You have to understand the nature of the mind. Mind does not like to be quiet and it will move and be restless so long as you identify with it. Mind is knowledge and knowledge is mind. They are one and the same. The very nature of mind is to seek and to expand .The Nature of god or your true nature is to be still.  Mind is therefore both heaven and hell. It’s Hell when you allow it to go its way unchecked and Heaven when it breaks and dies under the teachings of the Master{  Self Realization}

The mind is the devil and the mind is god. If no mind, then who is doing wrong? And who is doing right? Dealing with the mind is very simple; all you need to do is stop and be mindful of it! The problem is, you let the mind ride you, and I told you to be mindful when this happens. You must have faith and ignore it all. Mind `s nature is to wander. Think, in deep sleep where is god and where is the devil? From experience you can say that they are not there because they are your thoughts. Who the question is “who is thinking?”

Having said that, the mind tends to make a big deal about religion. This is from years of programming and it is a tough one to break. When in reality it is no different than any other thought. In deep sleep there is no religion, so it can’t be real in the least. What’s real cannot be seen or experienced and therefore knowing this you can discard everything to the side.  What’s real is always there, it needs no proof. It is your true nature, it is the true God. It has no views, no dislikes or likes and no this or that. It is simply what is! So the term is often used that God is what is. This alone makes it the true definition of Free will. This is why faith is needed. Without faith in the master you are fighting a losing battle.  This is because the world and your sense tell you what the mind sees and the master tells you of something else that can’t be experienced with mind. The mind is relentless and the moment it sees any weakness it attacks. This is when you need to know and feel- “no, what master has said is true” so I choose to ignore the thought. Beait a thought of religion or god.

There is no antichrist or devil as described in the books. These are manmade concepts- mind concepts. Not to worry about such things at all

So long as you think you are the mind, do good no harm but don’t be attached to the results or the act

Until then follow what the master says

Qu: I find it hard to stay the path. I see and feel resistance what can I do to remain strong

Answer:  this is not what i the teaching is. You must not be involved or attached but you are

You are involved and care what they think. You must be compassionate so long as you are in mind- this is the way to kill the ego, the people around you must /might test your ego and it is up to you to be mindful and watchful, if you don’t react but rather be humble yourself and bow to their will- which is the will knowledge / Brahman you will soon transcend it. This is important, this is the same thing Realized persons of old have done. When stoned they accept it and have compassion for the ones stoning them

Now realized people are not conscious of this compassion as they have no ego, but as an aspirant you must will this compassion. The highest compassion is knowing that nothing is true

But knowing nothing is true does not mean telling others this- they would not understand. If it is only you who does, so you must apply it to yourself “if I am being insulted by your parents, it matters not as it is all illusion, this is the mental attitude you must have.” This weakens mind and the ego , getting you close to the Self. You should not use the teaching as an excuse to be uncompassionate or to expect things be this way or that way

Simply understand what I have taught you and apply to yourself only. Yes you will get some resistance but trust me it will stop sooner or later and you will transcend it

Don’t expect the outside world to change- expecting this will strengthen the ego not weaken it. You stand still and allow the world to be as it is – good or bad

Leave the world alone.  If you think you are a body and mind and you are so long as you think so. Then you must be compassionate and stay by the Master and seek his guidance. The Master is the Self and is always beside you. You have only to look for him

Qu: People who do certain conscious things to kill for example someone killing someone or even committing suicide. Is that actually karma too? Someone actually committing suicide is destined and then to go back more and more lifetimes? Why? There’s no choice in that matter for someone to stop it if it’s destined in their lifetime? Or at the other end, someone getting realized… it’s destined no matter what for a particular lifetime. Because sometimes I hear you say “don’t go off course” etc. “don’t get taken off track by desire” but if it’s destined for me to be realized or not this life time then why to worry? If one is destined to be realized this lifetime then one shouldn’t worry about doing worldly things correct because it will work out to him getting realized anyways?

Answer: As “everyone” is He or the Self . No one is doing anything. It is a picture, death, birth and suicide is all under knowledge and the same picture knowledge. Yes it is destined. The thing is if you think you are of mind then you can control, but this control comes with karmic consequences and the cycle is repeated. You should not commit suicide doing so simply makes things repeat. It is what humans like to call purgatory. Purgatory is simply rebirth where you end up doing the same thing over and over until you step out of it and realize “I am not the body and mind doing this”. The key is to step aside and see that you are not the body and mind who is doing it. You simply be mindful and watch who is acting and who is thinking. If you are thinking you can’t be the mind who thinks, for the mind to function there has to be screen on which it can operate. So you can’t be the mind. And the mind is full of thoughts that are random and that you have no control over. So you can’t say you are the mind- it is just madness to do so.

Humans are so egotistical to think that they have control over things. The simple act of drinking a glass of requires billions of interaction on the body level. It also requires that acts take place so that the water is delivered to your glass. So many things such as environment and circumstances  are out of your control have to come together to allow you to drink this glass of water. So you can see why you are really not in control of anything as a body and mind

So if you know who you are chances you won’t be committing suicide but if you did you would know who is doing it. So long as you think you are mind you must do good. After a while you realize that both good and bad are the same thing. Knowledge and not true!

Self-realization is also destined. If you have the thought of being realized it is destined and you must use this “apparent free”  will to pursue it although the one who is pursuing it is an illusion. So long as you think` you do have “illusionary free will” and good acts should be done

Free will in the true sense is only there when you Realize the Self  –otherwise it is an illusory free will. So when I say don’t go of course I am saying this because you are of mind and it appears you have free will, so I ask the mind to use this free will. When you attain the Self you see the body and mind that had free will was really “destined free will”

Worry is there so long as mind is there and so long you can think you must use this free will to pursue Self-Realization. It is a paradox really. You will also see that all effort will never get you there but without effort you will never get there. And you son find there is no there to get to either-you are the Self all along.

You will also find that there is no one going anywhere and there is no such thing as Self-realisation that can be felt or quantified. Buddha spend years following the Self , he only attained under the tree when he gave up all effort and realized the person practicing was the obstacle, let go of that and you are free as you always were

Bad is Good and Good is bad?-Don’t let the mind touch it—that is the solution

As you are not the body or mind , leave the good and bad, good and bad are both knowledge and untrue. I say this not to encourage bad but as a thought to ponder on your journey to Self-Realization!  To see yourself you need to transcend both.  And the way to transcend is to understand it is not true. Good and bad are words- only man made concepts

In this blog post I will discuss the “The lion and the Gazelle paradox” let’s find who is bad and who is good

However before we go on let me say something

One takes the human definition of good and bad as gold but it is simply not true. Words make rules and define what is good or bad, but words are man-made and the basis has no truth. What is good is bad for one person and what is bad is good for another. The key to understand all this is to see good and bad for what nit is- a thought and a word.  Word and thought is knowledge and knowledge itself is not true. There is no reality to it.

What is called a rose can be smelled by any other name Ranjit Maharaj would say –by that line of thought what is good or bad is also nothing but a thought.

Take a lioness she has cubs and she needs to feed them so she goes out hunting and sees a gazelle who by the way also has young with her, the lioness kills the gazelle and feeds her young. The gazelles young are left hungry and without their mother. So who is bad and who is good her?

Neither is bad or good, in all cases circumstances and environments arise to make this happen. It is not the lionesses fault (fort being at the right place at the right time) or the gazelles fault (for being at the wrong place at the wrong time)

So what is wrong and what is right?  You need to step out of human hood and look at things for what they are –WHAT IS! God is defined as what is! Where there is no will and will at the same time. Looking at this makes the mind quiet as it begins to see things ever more clearly

So long as you think you are the mind and body, always do good. However take the time to reflect on what I have said

Sex is a very strong desire and motivator. Sex has taken many aspirants off the path of attaining the Self (Self Realization). Sex has also taken down many a saint. It is so strong and so addictive it can and has caused many wars. So how does one deal with it?  If one is young and is on the path, should they avoid sex? The answer to this question will be decided by a master and will vary from aspirant to aspirant depending on the level of spirituality

Question: i am interested in meditating, should i or should i not?

Answer: meditation is good..but the right kind is needed..meditating for powers, channeling energy and feelings is no better than not meditating. This is because to meditate one needs an ego to do so and there is the assumpotion of a doer. Knowing yourself requires getting rid of that ego. So meditation is only a temporary passage. Meditation is for beginners or new seekersd and it is used to make the mind subtle. A subtle mind is needed to take in the teachings of a Master if you want to meditate find a real master and get the advice of real meditation. You should know that the real motive of meditation is to know thyself, ënquring ” who am i?” and going into yourself is good meditation -after a while that has to be dropped, Master tells you when. Understand this -if nothing is true then who is doing? there is no doer, so there should be no desire to do anything?

Question: So there truly is no “I”… What about the question “what am I”  or who am i? In some books it says “I” isnt in any of the bodies. SO where is “I”… Are both “I”‘s ego? Or would one mean the Self?

Answer: There really is no “I” or even bodies, meaning the description of the subtle body, casual body are only concepts
They are told to help the body and mind aka the ego understand and then to weaken itself so to speak. The key of getting around this is to understand. You negate all experiences by knowing “neti neti” -meaning “I am not this, I am not this”, forgetting an experience is the way to get past any state. When you truly forget you are no longer in the body because the “I” is not present, you become universal consciousness which although high is also in knowledge. The problem is you as the mind and body want to experience and so you are impatient and looking for something, this something is what is keeping you stuck at any level. You must not have any expectations; the expectation is a desire for self which although noble is also a thought that keeps the “I” present. Universal consciousness includes everything in existence; it includes the body and mind. However it is not true and so you must ignore this as well. Remember there is no experience in the SELF. This is your yard stick to determine if you are still in knowledge or not, fact is if you are not in knowledge you will not know it. So forgetting means not really having consciousness or the feeling “I exist”.
Self is Self evident and there is no experience to it
Just be nothing, being nothing does not mean using the ego and saying “I am nothing” it is accepting everything as illusion or “no-thing”, it is not caring what the body or mind wants or does, it is being desire less. Just be nothing is exactly that –you are nothing and therefore there is no one who knows he is nothing, if you know you are nothing there are no words to confirm it. In the beginning you must use mind to train yourself to be nothing, after a while mind goes and you are truly nothing and yet all. Careful practice and repeated practice will dissolve this “I” is seeking. You have to find the source of the “I” or not
Once the seeker is gone , space remains, forget this and you will be closer to Self

Question: When you surrender the ego you gain more free will? Why do people surrender to “god” in religions? They surrender everything to these religions but gets them no where

Answer: Self is free will because there is no will and everything that appears to happen is divine and your will—you do not have will but you see you don’t need will because everything serves you without any need or want. Free will by definition only exist with an ego, with no ego the question is moot or irrelevant

whereas with mind you want this or that or even worse try to manifest things, this is bondage, if you want nothing you get everything in return and are truly free, you get a freedom that words cant describe

Surrender to God by religious methods is right for the ego that follows it, there is no right or wrong just WHAT IS—WHAT IS is God and so by definition they are efforts are not wasted, it is karmic ally correct. Do not concern about what others do, it is not your world or concern, find yourself and then worry about others, otherwise leave everything alone

Question: The problem with Gurus today is that they ask you to surrender unconditionally for Self Realization

Answer: Explanation. The concept of surrender is misunderstood to most. Surrender with a mind is not surrender at all. It is a transaction. Total surrender eliminates both the one who is surrendering and the object of surrender. If you surrender it has nothing to do with free will, in fact it is the surrender of the ego, the absence of which gives you freedom, and did you know if you fully surrendered to a false Master you could still be liberated? Why? It is the total dissolving of the ego which is freedom

You can’t keep your ego and surrender at the same time. The mind is incapable of full surrender. Because you get the mind saying things as above. It is true it makes no sense to surrender to a false Master that wants things from you like money etc

However when you surrender for the death of the ego, you can only gain yourself

Full surrender is pathway to Self- almost instant realization-for most it is impossible to do

The want of free will is ego and hell…you get stuck in the body and mind

If you read the stories of those fortunate enough to find a real Master you will find a common element, , you don’t tend to find Masters that easily, rarely it is the case that one who is realized advertises himself or herself as a saint, a real Master is ordinary. So ordinary he appears extraordinary

The Master is not the physical form; he is not the name or the person you see. The Master is formless and is all including the body and mind. The Master is the Self, he is Yourself. The self has no name or look and the physical body is an illusion, the name is also the biggest ego trait, so you can call him by any name. He is truly formless and yet appears right in front of you as an ordinary man. Masters are in all forms, they can be husbands, doctors, simple labourers, Kings, businessmen, students etc

A Master can often trick as aspirant to test his or her faith. When I say can I mean his actions are destined to do so. In the world there are many curiosity seekers, who are interested in Self Realization but of these very few are true seekers.  Sometimes circumstances around the Master happen to weed out aspirants who just ask questions for curiosity.

Most aspirants on the path will fail, obstacles and ego related issues will arise to sweep them away in the beginning I thought you would fall with the ego but you did not and so here it is.  A true Master does not advertise aspirants find them, despite their greatest effort to be unknown, Masters ARE FOUND BY THE TRUE ASPIRANT. Of the many that seek few have made it as a true seeker and found a real Master

Sometimes The Master aka the Self puts many tricks and obstacles in your way to test your faith and the strength of your ego. A strong ego will break down in the face of obstacles and mind will help it leave with justification and reasons, a weak ego one that is close to Self will pull through many teachers will often hide their identity for this reason. Commercial saints you can see everywhere, they practice yoga and they wear orange robes. True Masters are hidden and are ordinary people with ordinary lives.

Masters do not choose this path, it has been chosen for them. Masters do not necessarily “like teaching” but as they are not the body and mind they have no choice.  Masters can’t turn away the Self if it seeks itself, so Self is always there for you

Note in the Final reality there is no aspirant and no Master. All is Self and you cant know your Self. There is only ONE and when there is no one there is no experience of that One.