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~ Paramahamsa NiThYaNaNda

NiThYaNaNdeshwar - NiThYaNaNdeswari TemPle, Bidadi

ashram, BaNgalore

4CONTENTSVolume 2, Issue 4, April, 2013

Who is Nithyananda: About Swami Nithyananda ... 6

My Dear Ones: Message from Swami Nithyananda ... 7

Life Strategy: Why do We Repeat Our Mistakes? .. 8, 9

Siddha & Ayurveda: Cool the Summer with Cucumbers ... 10, 11

Vedic Renaissance: Celebrating Enlightenment ...12-15

Vedic Renaissance: Satyakama - The Seeker of Truth ...16-19

Inner Awakening: Plan for a Miracle in Your Life! ... 20

Heal the World: Miraculous Spontaneous Healing! ... 21

Be Unclutched: Having Thoughts is not Thinking ... 22-24

Main Story: Responsibility Makes you Divine! .. 26-32

Esoteric Realms: Death is an Illusion!.. 34, 35

Nithyanandoham: Money = Maya ... 36

Beyond Mind: Meditation for Serenity ... 38, 39

Nithya Jyotisha: What the Future Holds: Horoscope ... 40-42

Nithyanandoham: ‘I’ Builds the Identity ... 43

Nithyanandoham: No Excuses for Un-Awareness! ... 44

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Paramahamsa Nithyananda is a global leader in the science of enlightenment. Coronated as the 293rd

pontiff of the world’s most ancient Hindu organization, the Madurai Aadheenam, Nithyananda is revered

as a living avatar (divine incarnation) by millions worldwide. The oldest apex body of Hinduism coronated

him as one of their 44 spiritual heads in the 2013 Maha Kumbh. He has been honored with the title of

“Mahamandaleshwar” of “Maha Nirvani Peeth”. He is the most-watched spiritual teacher on youtube.com

with more than 14 million views, and the author of more than 300 books published in 27 global languages.

Nithyananda was recently named among the world’s top 100 most spiritually influential personalities of

2012 by renowned esoteric magazine ‘Mind Body Spirit’ from Watkins.

A spiritual genius with an enlightened insight into everything from management to meditation,

from relationships to religion, and from success to spirituality, Nithyananda brings to us a wealth of practical

wisdom, meditation techniques, kriyas and tools for lasting inner transformation. A trained yogi, a powerful

spiritual healer and a siddha, Paramahamsa Nithyananda is working actively with scientists and researchers

worldwide to decode the mystical yogic sciences of the East, including levitation, teleportation and

manifestation (materialization).

When Paramahamsa Nithyananda ascends the traditional seat of deeksha daana (initiation) every

morning and starts his discourse (satsang), thousands of people from over 30 countries participate live via

2-way video conferencing, while thousands view it live on Nithyananda TV and Sadhana TV.

Who is Nithyananda ?

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My Dear Ones,

When you take the responsibility, the cosmic hologram opens in you. When you see the whole,

you will see a hologram image; when you go deeper and deeper, even the smallest part of

the image will be the same image. The macrocosm is in the microcosm and the microcosm is

in the macrocosm. That is the hologram. The cosmos is built on the structure of a hologram.

You are the microcosmic hologram of the macrocosmic hologram. The microcosmic hologram

is awakened in you the moment you take responsibility. You will then become the ocean in

the drop; not just a drop in the ocean. Responsibility changes the way you think, the way you

perceive, the way you feel; it changes the way you are. The science of responsibility should be

taught to all. We are responsible for the whole world, for humanity. Take the responsibility for

others’ irresponsibility. Take the responsibility to teach responsibility to the world.

Be Blissful!

Paramahamsa NithyanandaSpiritual Founder of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam

8life strategy

Why Do We Repeat Our Mistakes?Taken from the collected talks of Nithyananda on the Bhagavad Gita on the subject of “patterns”, delivered

to a live audience in the year 2011 in the Bidadi Ashram, Bangalore

The lives of mosT people are nothing but a series of repetitive patterns. We wake up in the morning, get ready in the same pattern, go to office in the same pattern, eat food in the same way, and every decision we take is based on the same ideas, in a pattern. Even responses to people and life situations are rarely different; people react in a predetermined manner when they meet a friend or colleague. In some situations, this causes a lot of damage because people even repeat the same mistakes again and again without being able to understand why that happens. In certain challenging situations, there is a lack of ease and the person feels powerless unable to come up with intelligent solutions at that moment.

even Though man Thinks he is the one in control of his life, unless he infuses awareness into his engraved memories, it is the patterns that actually run each person’s life. Not surprisingly, very often people find that their lives look like complete chaos inspite of all their efforts to put everything in order.

We need To pause and think about what

these patterns are, and why they exist in the

lives of people, controlling their every action.

When memories of certain unpleasant incidents

are etched inside a person, they begin to run the

person’s life. These engraved memories are the

“patterns” that take control of the person’s mind.

Every thought or action becomes controlled by

the impact of these memories. For example, a

child who was laughed at when performing on

stage will grow up to be an adult who is always

afraid of being ridiculed in public. Every time he

has to go up in public, the fear of being ridiculed

will present itself either subtly or vividly, making

him wary or being in the spotlight. He may not

be aware that he experiences the fear because

of the childhood incident, but that is the actual

reason - the pattern - which is the root cause of

his fear.

There are Three Ways ThaT infuse life

into an engraved memory. The first is when the

memory is acted upon. When a person acts on

the memory of something, he begins to give life

to that memory, without being able to perceive

the situation as it is happening. Every action that

he carries out will have its roots in the memory

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of a previous incident and not in the present

situation. It is for this reason that the same kind

of responses happen again and again, and the

same mistakes are repeated.

anoTher insTance ThaT can bring an engraved memory to life when someone

encounters a person or situation that awakens

any negative emotion like anger, lust or jealousy

in him or her. When there are such emotions,

even if they are not acted upon, just being in

the breathing space of that individual, or in

that situation, can infuse life into the engraved

memory. The final instance is that of leaving

the physical body, or death. When a person

encounters death, all his engraved memories are

awakened and re-lived.

break free of paTTerns!

This vicious circle of geTTing caught

in a pattern can be broken by disassociating

oneself from the engraved memory. Once

someone understands that his response is

coming from some engraved memory, he can

be aware of his response the next time a similar

situation presents itself, and instead of acting

in the routine way he can respond differently,

consciously disassociating himself from the

engraved memory. This makes the memory lose

its power over the person. Awareness breaks the

vicious circle of repetitive mistakes and creates

the space for transformation.

10siddha & ayurveda

Cool the Summer with Cucumbers!CuCumBer (CuCumis saTivus) is a vegetable that belongs to the gourd family.

It is one of the oldest cultivated vegetables and is believed to have originated in northern

India. Cucumber has a high water content, vitamins A, B, C and minerals like magnesium,

potassium, and silica, that makes it a healthy choice for both cooking and snacking.

Here are a few benefits of this wonder vegetable.

KeePs The BodY hYdraTed - CuCumBer is 96% waTer. Adding cucumber to

the diet helps in keeping the body hydrated, regulating body temperature and flushing out

toxins from the body.

sKiN Care - The high waTer CoNTeNT, viTamiNs aNd miNerals present in

cucumber make it an essential part of skin care. Facial masks containing cucumber juice can

be used for skin tightening. Cucumber juice mixed with juice of a lemon and crushed mint

leaves is a wonderful cooling and rejuvenating face-pack, especially in summers. Keeping

sliced cucumber on the eyes diminishes puffiness and dark circles. The cooling sensation

relaxes tired eyes.

CoNTrols Blood Pressure - CuCumBer juiCe CoNTaiNs a loT of PoTassium, magnesium and fiber that work effectively for regulating blood pressure. This

makes cucumber good for treating both low and high blood pressure.

aids iN digesTioN - digesTive disorders liKe aCidiTY, hearTBurN, gasTriTis and even ulcers can be cured by drinking fresh cucumber juice daily. The high water content

and dietary fiber in cucumber are very effective in driving away the toxins from the digestive

system. Daily consumption of cucumbers is an effective remedy for chronic constipation.

PromoTes joiNT healTh - CuCumBer is aN exCelleNT sourCe of siliCa, which is known to promote joint health by strengthening connective tissue. Cucumber juice

when mixed with carrot juice, can relieve gout and arthritis pain by lowering the uric acid

levels.

aCTs as a diureTiC - CuCumBer aCTs as a diureTiC due to the high water

content. It encourages the elimination of waste products from the body through urination.

When buying cucumbers, ones that are firm to touch and dark green in color should be

chosen. Overly matured or yellow colored ones are not to be bought, as they may contain

more insoluble fiber and mature seeds, which are difficult to digest.

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Celebrating Enlightment!

Ram Navami

Hanuman Jayanti

aPril is a moNTh of maNY fesTivals iN the Hindu religion. Three such festivals

that are of great importance to Hindu followers are Ram Navami, Mahavir Jayanti,

and Hanuman Jayanti. These three festivals commemorate the birth of Lord Ram,

Lord Mahavir, and Lord Hanuman respectively. By celebrating their birth, the festivals

remind devotees of the extraordinary lives of these enlightened masters.

lord ram was The 7Th iNCarNaTioN of lord Vishnu, the Hindu God of

sustenance. Ram Navami falls on the ninth day of the period of the waxing moon,

or Shukla Paksha, of the Chaitra month of the Vedic Calendar. For Hindus, the reign

of Lord Ram or “Ram rajya” was a time of great peace and prosperity. Lord Ram

displayed righteousness and virtue throughout his life, and inspired those around him

to live the higher truths by living the higher truths in his own life. The festival is marked

by recitals of the stories of Lord Ram, with bhajans, kirtans (devotional songs), and free

distribution of prasad (food offered to the deities) after the puja and arti. Vedic mantras

are chanted in temples. In South India, devotees perform a marriage celebration during

the festival using small deities of Lord Ram and his consort, Devi Sita. This is known as

the Kalyanam.

haNumaN jaYaNTi is CeleBraTed oN The 15Th daY of the Shukla Paksha

or Chaitra Poornima, the night of the full moon. It is a celebration of the life of Lord

Hanuman, an ardent devotee of Lord Ram and a Vedic symbol of strength and courage.

According to the Shiva Purana (ancient vedic text dedicated to Lord Shiva), Lord

Hanuman was an incarnation of Lord Shiva himself. Lord Hanuman possessed the ashta

maha siddhis or eight mighty powers such as the ability to fly and more. However, it is

his unflinching devotion to Lord Ram that he is venerated for. Lord Hanuman was not

only a great devotee of Lord Ram but also a very responsible being. In every time of

trouble he took it upon himself to resolve the problem and inspire all mankind to radiate

the same responsibility and authenticity which he lived in his life. At the time of dawn

on the festival day, temples begin giving spiritual discourses. At sunrise, when Lord

Hanuman was born, the discourses are finished and the offering of prasad, or sacred

food, is then offered to the deities.

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lord ram WiTh lord lakshman, devi siTa & lord hanuman

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Mahavir Jayanti

The CeleBraTioN of mahavir jaYaNTi TaKes PlaCe duriNg the auspicious period between late March and early April. This

enlightened master who was the founder of the Jain movement was

born in Kundalagrama, Bihar to King Siddhartha and Queen Trishala.

At the age of 30, Lord Mahavir renounced his throne and worldly

possessions, and spent twelve years of his life as an ascetic. He

taught non-violence, respect to all living beings, and mastery over the

senses. The festival of Mahavir Jayanti consists of grand processions

of chariots, horses, elephants, and bands. Jain temples are decorated

with flags and alms are given to the poor. Abhishek, or sacred bath, is

performed to the deity of Lord Mahavir and prayer and teachings of his

work are recited.

The Three fesTivals, ram Navami, mahavir jaYaNTi, aNd Hanuman Jayanti, are so significant for Hindus because of great truths

they stand for. The chatur vedas, or four tenets of Vedic thought,

authenticity, integrity, responsibility, and enrichment are brought to

life through the lives and actions of these great masters. Lord Ram

displayed great integrity and responsibility when, for the sake of the

whole kingdom, he accepted banishment at the hands of his father

to fulfill the promise given by his father to his mother Kaikeyi. Lord

Mahavir showed how authenticity and integrity are more desirable

than the lure of the comforts of a luxurious life. He taught the world to

choose authenticity over pleasantness. Lord Hanuman displayed great

integrity and responsibility towards his master and God and played

an important role in defeating the mighty demon-king Ravan. As one

performs the rituals of these festivities and celebrates the magnificent

lives of these great masters, it is important to remember the spiritual

tenets they stand for. It is only in this way that true growth can occur.

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Satyakama - The Seeker of Truth

enlighTenmenT can happen noW, aT this moment. It is only a matter of being receptive. The Master is a gateway to eternal consciousness. It is up to the seeker to have the courage, determination and intelligence to take the first step in the right direction. Thousands of parables exist in the vedic texts about the lives of seekers and the paths they must travel to reach the ultimate goal - that is, moksha or liberation. One such story is that of Satyakama, from the Chandogya Upanishad.

saTyakama Was a boy Who lived in the dense forests of India with his mother Jabala. He had an intense desire to learn meditation and know the nature of the brahman. His search for a guru took him to the sage Gautama. The sage asked him, “Of what family are you, my boy?” Satyakama fearlessly answered, “My mother said that I should tell you that her name is Jabala and my name is Satyakama – and I know nothing more about my family. So I am Satyakama Jabala.” Appreciating his honesty and courage to speak the truth, the sage accepted him as a student.

The nexT day, sage gauTama initiated Satyakama into a meditation to quiet his mind.

This was the first step to the knowledge of the Brahman, brahma vidya - knowing the self. After teaching Satyakama to meditate, Gautama did something that was very unusual. He took Satyakama to the pasture where hundreds of cows were grazing. To Satyakama’s surprise, Gautama separated out four hundred thin, weak cows. He then told Satyakama that he was about to enter a different type of journey. He instructed Satyakama to take the cows to another part of the forest and to tend to them carefully. He was to return after the cows had multiplied to a thousand. Satyakama had many doubts in his heart, but in deference to the guruvaak (His Guru’s words), he left the gurukul with the cows for the deepest part of the forest.

deep in The foresT, saTyakama lost all sense of time. At first he felt lonely, but soon he sought companionship in his cows and the surrounding nature and forgot even the human language. His mind had become completely silent and even the very goal of his journey was forgotten. He began enjoying his life in the forest. He became one with the nature around him and completely alive in the moment, lost in ecstasy and joy. He carefully tended the cows. His cows ate fresh grass and drank pure water from the streams and soon became very healthy.

Adapted from Nithyananda’s talk on the Shiva Sutras. The story is from the Chandogya Upanishad

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Satyakama deep in the forest with the cows

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Satyakama stayed in the deep forest for many years, living a peaceful and happy life, so much so that he even forgot his goal of returning to his guru with a thousand cows. Satyakama never felt alone. Every living creature became a part of his family. When the time had come to return, a cow approached Satyakama to inform him that they were now a thousand in number, and that they should return to the Master.

saTyakama Traveled back To The gurukul with the cows, and upon seeing them all, the Master exclaimed that now one thousand and one cows had returned. In other words, Satyakama himself had lost all sense of his former identity, and had simply become one of the cows. The Master simply pronounced the Vedic declaration for enlightenment - ‘Tat Tvam Asi’, or ‘Thou art that’. Satyakama was so empty of identity, and in

Satyakama experiences the ultimate

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a state of such pure listening, that the Master’s

words just penetrated his being and became a

reality in him. In that moment, Satyakama got

enlightened.

The masTer has The poWer to create the

right situation in which a disciple can flower. It

is through the guidance and instruction of an

enlightened master that a seeker can reach the

state of the ultimate bliss. Satyakama also had

doubts, like any spiritual seeker, but he had the

intelligence to listen to his Master’s words and

the courage to practice the Guru’s instruction. In

this way, Satyakama was able to transcend the

plane of the mundane and reach a higher level

of consciousness. The Master is a vessel for our

own transformation, but the disciple must take

the first step. Once that step is taken, then the

possibility towards enlightenment, eternal bliss,

becomes a reality.

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usuAlly durIng lunch breAk At school, I eat and listen to music that plays during the

morning satsangs (spiritual discourse) and energy darshans during meditation programs. An energy

darshan song played in my playlist and I was recalling when I had heard it play last. It was played

during an energy darshan during the Inner Awakening program on the day I got initiated into the

Gayatri Mantra. I felt centered in my Ananda Gandha (the chakra where the healing energy of all

the seven chakras is centered in the body) while listening to the song remembering everything.

Swamiji opens our Ananda Gandha chakra during the “Healer’s Initiation” as a part of the Inner

Awakening program. This blesses anyone who takes the initiation to be a channel for the healing

energy to flow and help the other in healing himself. That day, one of my friends came near me

and I just rest my hand on my friend's head. When I put my hand down, my friend thanked me for

healing her neck which was injured to due to dancing! I told her it was Swamiji and about Nithya

Spiritual Healing and how an initiated healer can heal anyone. That day I gave the healing

without being aware that I was healing! swamiji healed my friend through me! Thank you Swamiji!

Miraculous Spontaneous Healing!

By Avani Singh,

alias Ma Ananda Priya Poojitha,

Standard VIII Student, New York,

USA

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unclutchIng Is the dIsAssocIAtIon of yourself from your thoughts.

When you are constantly bombarded by your thoughts, you cannot

take conflict-free decisions or experience peace. You tend to over-

think situations. By constantly being a witness to your thoughts

instead of participating in them, your thoughts no longer hold the

same power over you.

the fIrst thIng you need to understand is that mind is not a thing,

it is an action. It is your very action. If you look inside, you can look

very clearly that you are doing it, you are minding. The moment the

thoughts come, you decided to think, to entertain the thoughts.

You are responsible for the action of thinking happening inside

you.

the other thIng to understAnd is that having thoughts is not

thinking; there is a subtle difference. You may be having thoughts,

but that does not mean that you are thinking. Your thoughts come

and go as they want. There is no reason for their arrival. Sometimes

you suddenly become aware that something is happening within

you. In India, there are annalayas, mostly found in temple based

communities. Here, anybody can come, eat, stay as long as they

want, and leave when they wish to. There is no registration or

obligation for the people. Your mind also works on this exact

principle. When you become aware of you, you respond to the

thought in front of you, that’s all. If it was a joyful thought, you

think you are joyful. When you become aware of you and the “am-

ness” is experienced by you, if the thought that came to your mind

Having Thoughts is Not Thinking!Taken from the collected talks of Nithyananda on the Patanjali Yoga Sutras in the World Tour in 2009

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was a depressing thought, you think you are in

depression. Logically, there is no such thing as joy

or suffering.

there Is A beAutIful story from the Mundaka

Upanishad. There was a beautiful golden bird sitting

on the top branch of a tree. A small bird was sitting

on a lower branch. It was trying to eat from here

and there. When it ate sweet fruits, it used to get

tempted to jump to nearby branches and taste the

fruits there. But when it tasted the bitter fruits, it used

to feel upset and that life too was bitter, and lose

interest in tasting more fruits. Suddenly, it looked

up and saw the golden bird sitting beautifully, its

wings gleaming, and a peaceful expression on its

face. The small bird felt that he must become like

Having Thoughts is Not Thinking!

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the golden bird. He started moving in that direction,

but suddenly on the way, he found more sweet

fruits. He forgot all about reaching the golden

bird and felt that he could live comfortably at the

present level. When he came across the bitter fruits

again, he looked up to the golden bird once more.

you mAy Also be plAyIng the same game in your

mind. When you are suffering, you feel that you

should stop your mind. After a few minutes, when

you just be silent for some time, you gain the

confidence that you can restart your mind once

more. The action of starting the thinking process is

your own choice. Mind is an action, it is coming as a

decision from you. Every moment you are spinning

your experience into words. If you understand that it

is you who is thinking, it can be a great freedom for

you, because you will not be fighting with yourself

constantly.

the bIggest freedom thAt you can achieve is to

realize that it is you who is in control - in control of

your actions, and in control of your thoughts. This

is the biggest click that can happen in you. When

this happens, there is no conflict within you. You

will not be constantly fighting and disrespecting

yourself. You will not be saying that you tried your

best, but could not stop your thoughts. You will be

in complete control of your mind. Knowing this will

let you unclutch from your thoughts, because it is a

conscious decision from you. Before, your thoughts

controlled you. Now, you control your thoughts.

Knowing this truth is unclutching.

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Taken from the collected talks of Nithyananda on the subject of “Integrity, Authenticity, Responsibility &

Enriching” delivered in March 2013 in Bidadi Ashram, Bangalore, India

You are the Source of everYthing!

resPoNsiBiliTY meaNs liviNg, ThiNKiNg, sPeaKiNg and acting, responding to life from the truth that you are the source of everything happening inside and around you. Therefore you are responsible for all happenings inside and outside you.

The BiggesT quesTioN we have now in our minds is, ‘How can I be responsible everything happening around me? I can be responsible for what is happening inside me. How can I be responsible for what is happening outside me? For example, if an accident happens in my life, how can I be responsible for it?’ Everybody asks this question. Let me answer you.

Three KiNds of PeoPle

The PersoN who does NoT feel responsible even for his own actions is an animal – he lives in a very low consciousness. The person who feels responsible for his own actions is a human being - he lives in a middle level consciousness. The person who takes responsibility even for others’ actions is divine - he lives in leadership consciousness - ishvaratva. Sometimes you may

not be the reason for some happenings, but if it is affecting your life, you are responsible for those happenings. Just because you are not the reason as per your logic, you can’t say you are not responsible in truth.

everYBodY asKs me, ‘swamiji, how can we be responsible for things for which we are not the reason?’ Being a reason or cause is different; being responsible is different. Sometimes you may not be directly the cause or the reason, but

Responsibility Makes you Divine!

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when you understand you are responsible, you will be able to solve it.

You maY woNder how You can be responsible. You need to know - unless you take responsibility, neither you are going to improve the situation, nor going to expand in your inner space. Vivekananda says very beautifully, ‘Take more and more responsibility, your shoulders will become stronger and stronger.’ In any field, freedom is the basic condition for growth.

Responsibility brings the experience of freedom. With responsibility, your consciousness expands.

feeling reSponSible iS life!

feeliNg You are resPoNsiBle is not just a methodology or technique to increase your productivity in the corporate circles, or making you a responsible citizen for the sake of the country. No! I am not funded by any state or corporate. I am supported by the cosmos! I am not against you being a responsible employee, but I am not teaching responsibility only to make you a responsible employee, or only to make you a responsible citizen. I am teaching responsibility to make you an enlightened being.

You are The sourCe of everYThiNg, and you are responsible for everything. Whatever is happening you are responsible. Only when you understand you are responsible, the possibility for expansion starts. Feeling responsible is

life. You not feeling responsible is death. When you don’t feel responsible you shrink in your life continuously. When you feel responsible for anything, your life in that zone expands. If you feel responsible for your family your relationship with your family expands. If you feel responsible for your company, the productivity of your company expands. If you feel responsible for your city, the life standard in your city increases, it expands. If you feel responsible for the world, the world

Responsibility Makes you Divine!

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becomes a better place. If you feel responsible for the universe you become enlightened.

reSponSibilitY expandS Your poSSibilitieS

everY oNe of us is greedy for the powers leaders have, the powers higher souls have, but unfortunately no one wants to take the responsibility for it. I tell you, the world has abundant. Neither the wealth nor the extraordinary powers are restricted when you take responsibility. Powers, wealth, spiritual

powers, all the auspicious things starts expressing through you intensely when you start becoming responsible. Responsibility expands your possibilities. Responding to the world from the best possibility is responsibility. Responding to you and the world from the best possibility is responsibility.

exTraordiNarY Powers are NoT mYTh, mythological stories or just some blind faith. I have already done enough scientific researches to demonstrate the genuineness of the possibility of teleportation, telepathy and materialization.

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Look in, look into your life. When you start taking responsibility you can decide the way your heart beats, you can decide the way your lungs function. You can also decide the functioning of the non-mechanical parts of your body. Each one of us has mechanical parts of the brain and non-mechanical parts of the brain. Mechanical parts of the brain are responsible for the functions of your body like the functions of the heart, lungs, liver, kidney, intestine and the functioning of your nervous system – experiencing touch, taste and seeing. The non-mechanical parts of your brain are responsible for extraordinary powers like telepathy, teleportation and vaak siddhi. When you take responsibility for how you think, how you feel, instead of leaving the responsibility to the society, media and others, you can make the non-mechanical parts of your brain

function. When you take responsibility for all the happenings inside you and outside you, a new energy, a new possibility opens up in you. The first step to realize the divine in you is to take the

responsibility.

reSponSibilitY giveS birth to a leaderShip conSciouSneSS

someTimes PeoPle siT iN The throne or become a center of power without having the

state of a leader. I have seen them dying in depression and suffering in suffocation due to the power. They never enjoy the power. Unless you achieve the state, status becomes a liability. Status binds you and brings suffering to you and others if you have not achieved the state. The state of responsibility, the state of a leader - leadership consciousness or ishvaratva – has to be achieved first.

resPoNsiBiliTY NoT oNlY awaKeNs leadershiP qualities in you, it awakens leadership consciousness in you. Qualities are different, consciousness is different. In the corporate life, in the outer world, if you are taking responsibility for some position you may express leadership qualities, but when you take responsibility for everything happening in and around you, you express leadership consciousness.

wheN You do NoT CarrY the consciousness of leader, you are bound by the powers of the leader even if you get it, and you will bind the people who come under you accepting you as leader also. This is one of the biggest diseases India is suffering with. Many seats are occupied by the people who are not responsible enough for the seat they are occupying. From the individual houses to the seats of official power, political power and media power, in every field many people who have not achieved the state get the status. They become a liability.

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reacting and reSponding

wheN You go oN exPaNdiNg, the commitments and responsibilities you hold in your being for yourself also expand and become great possibilities. You only have two ways of relating with the world. Either you react or respond. If you feel you are not responsible, you react. If you feel you are responsible you respond. When all your actions are responding - you are a karma yogi; no karma binds you, you are living in completion, expressing completion. When you feel you are not responsible, you react. Reacting puts you in bondage and keeps you in incompletion.

oNlY wheN You exPress all the possibilities out of liberation cognition, ‘jeevan mukta sambhavana’, you are living your life. Life is lived when ‘jeevan mukta sambhavana’ becomes your lifestyle. Nothing else is required for you to be a leader, just leadership consciousness is enough. When Vivekananda walked the length and breadth of India he did not have anything other than leadership consciousness in his life. But wherever he went kings washed his feet, gave their own thrones for him to sit on, received his blessings and guidance, they requested for his spiritual support. Leadership consciousness is an independent intelligence. It cannot be hidden from others. Once you have it, the whole world will know you have it. Simply the whole world listens to you. You do not need any power, political strength or infrastructure for the world to know you are a leader. Even if you walk in the street you will stand tall – as a man among men, and the world will respect you.

onlY evolution can change the World!

You Need To KNow This one truth - constantly cognize you are responsible for everything including what you think as accidents. When you cognize, the way you perceive and experience the world becomes different. When you perceive the truth of the world in a different way, you can change the facts of the world; not before that. No revolution can change the world. Only evolution can change the world. When you evolve, if you just sit with responsibility under a forest banyan tree, a city will happen around you who want to learn that truth from you; nothing else is required.

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iT is verY uNforTuNaTe ThaT human beings are taught from

the beginning to put responsibility on others. I just sat taking the

responsibility for the Vedic tradition and making all these truths

available to the world. Now I can see the power of my cognition.

Hundreds of people are taking this responsibility on their

shoulders. I give my clarion call to the youth of India. Oh youth

of Bharat! We are all responsible for Bharat, for India. It is only by

the spiritual strength we are going to rebuild the country. Only by

building human beings we are going to build the nation. Wake up!

Don’t waste your life just imagining an IT job and a wife, 2 kids and

a small family. Don’t be in that unfortunate small cognition. Wake

up! We are responsible for the whole world, for humanity. Take

the responsibility for others irresponsibility. Take responsibility

to teach responsibility to the world. Take responsibility to teach

integrity and authenticity to the world.

32oh YouTh of BharaTh! waKe uP! We are responsible for the whole world, for the humanity. Take the responsibility for others irresponsibility. Take responsibility to teach responsibility to the world. Take responsibility to teach integrity and authenticity to the world.

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Death is an Illusion

Death is the illusion as understood by human

brain. If you awaken the non-mechanical parts of the human

brain it will have the capacity to see the life with a larger

understanding. Children do not have even the level of the

brain awareness awakened in the adults. That is why every

time when they fall asleep and come out of sleep they feel

they are dead and came back. They strongly believe whatever

has happened in dream has really happened. That is why in

the dream if they feel hungry, in the waking state they cry.

And whatever has happened in the dream they feel as truth.

The lowest level of brain functioning is responsible

for taking your life as bits and pieces without having large

vision. Person who thinks every dream is reality, every deep

sleep is death and gets broken feels the discontinuity during

sleep and waking is unconscious. When the brain grows

little more and capable of looking at the life with larger

vision, every night sleep does not feel like death. Every day

waking up does not feel like birth. They are able to stitch

every sleep and waking-ups together and call it as life. This

is consciousness. If your non-mechanical parts of the brain

is also awakened, kundalini also awakened, you will see lifes

and deaths by stitching it together as the large life.

Taken from Akashic Readings by Lord Kaalabhairava through Nithyananda, on 7th October, 2012

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Ability to see the large life and making your

decisions based on those understanding is jeevan mukti,

living enlightenment. Ability to see the large life different

deaths and different births are not discontinuity of your

existence; just like births and deaths are continuity,

just like sleep and waking up is the continuity of your

life, births and deaths are also continuity of your life.

The more you see the continuity of the life, more you

become intelligent. More you become blissful, more you

become alive, more you are enlightened. Awaken the non-

mechanical parts of the brain by kundalini awakening or

any spiritual process as prescribed by incarnations and

enlightened beings. You will realize death and birth is

just continuity of the different parts of life; just like sleep

and waking and dream is continuity of the same life,

birth death and the gap between birth and death are all

continuity of the same life. Understanding this takes away

all the fear, all the possible fear in your life and gives you

tremendous restful awareness - vast time is in front of you

to fulfill your life’s purpose and mission.

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Money = Maya

nithyanandoham

money is The mosT illogical Thing ThaT

all logical people on planeT earTh

believe! The greatest superstition on planet

is not God, it is money. Money is the greatest

parama maya – the worst collective delusion.

created by human beings. In truth, whatever you

have is by chance. So why should somebody be

called as millionaire, somebody as billionaire,

somebody beggar? No reason. A few people

who want to exploit others gathered together

and created the concept of holding, created the

concept of money. Then unconsciously, every

fellow started following it. Whoever rebelled

against it was killed and controlled in the name

of law. In the course of time, the whole world

was drowned. They had forgotten that they have

created the superstition called money! In the

movie Matrix, the artificial intelligence created

by human beings takes over human beings. Same

way, the superstition called money created by

human beings has taken over human beings.

so Whenever you are handling money,

be very clear: “This is the language the world

understands, but I am not going to believe it as a

power. I am something more than all my wants.

All my wants put together is not equivalent

to me, it is only a part of me. Money can bring

the cot I want, it can bring the food I want. But

it cannot bring me what I really am.” When you

are feeling gratified with whatever is obtained by

chance, your inner space drops from the world’s

largest superstition.

Taken from the morning discourse of Nithyananda delivered on 14th March, 2012 in Bidadi Ashram,

Bangalore, India

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38beyond mind

aN agiTaTed miNd is liKe a boat with the

oarsmen pulling it in different directions. It

causes stress and confusion. An agitated

mind struggles with conflicting thoughts –

fear of the past and greed for the future.

These thoughts often lead to bad decisions.

A continuous pattern of agitation is like an

infection or a disease. It leads to ill health

and mental stress. It can also infect others

in the society, leading to a breakdown in

relationships.

iN The Bhagavad giTa ChaPTer 6, Dhyan

Yoga, verses 13-14, Shri Krishna gives the

direct technique for being centered in oneself

and attaining serenity.

ChaPTer 6, verse 13

samam kaaya-shiro-greevam dhaarayan-achalam sthiraha |samprekshya naasikaagram svam dishash-chaanava-lokayan ||

“holdiNg The eNTire BodY, The neck and

the head in a steady manner, look intensely at

the tip of the nose without being distracted in

any way.” This is a powerful posture in which

Samadhi can be experienced.

ChaPTer 6, verse 14

prashaantaatmaa vigata-bheehi brahmachaarivrate sthitaha |manaha samyamya macchittaha yukta aaseetha matparaha || lord KrishNa furTher iNsTruCTs -

“Being serene within oneself, abstaining from

apprehensions, having subdued from the

thoughts, intent on the vow of living like a

God, intensely reflecting on Me, live your life,

devoted to Me.”

BeiNg sereNe wiThiN oNeself is to stop

having an agitated mind. An agitated mind

destroys health and causes deep distress in

the old age. Abstaining from apprehensions

is to be free from thoughts of fear and greed.

And having subdued thoughts is to reduce

the number of thoughts. Shri Krishna also

instructs his devotees to follow the vow of

celibacy or brahmacharya vrata, and to live a

life intensely reflecting on Him and live a life

devoted to Him.

This is a direCT iNsTruCTioN from

an incarnation to human beings to save

Meditation for SerenityTaken from Nithyananda’s morning discourse on Bhagavad Gita on 11th September, 2012

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themselves. If a person is drowning and he is given this instruction by the captain of the ship, the person cannot stop to question the captain. Similarly, this is a direct and unquestionable instruction from an incarnation to human beings to save themselves.

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aries: aPril is aN esPeCiallY good Period To BreaK free from patterns

of self-criticism as soon they

show up! They tend to create a habitual state of

dissatisfaction with oneself. Take time to look into

your defensive tendencies and pessimistic ideas

about life, future and yourself. Take responsibility

for it! These incompletions are not allowing you to

be in restful awareness. Complete with yourself

each time you remember yourself in a negative

way, take this as a lifestyle. It will build a restful

awareness relationship with you. Your tiredness,

boredom will vanish as you re-align yourself to

life.

Taurus: Time is riPe To aCquire wealTh Through your

business. People in jobs may enjoy

a promotion. You may even receive

some money which was on hold

for some time. To enable this, start analyzing

the words you utter towards money. As you re-

establish your responsibility towards these words,

you will be able to attract and celebrate it, and

unblock life situations related to wealth. Let your

intention of re-establishing responsibility into your

inner space, be a conscious, integrated force. This

intention will be powerful enough to express itself

as reality.

gemiNi: iT’s Time To go ouT aNd eNriCh PeoPle! Your 11th house of

gain indicates the frutification of your

efforts in an area of your life. Your success can be

financial, spiritual, or social. Take time to enrich

all your relationships even when you think you

can live alone by the principles of the tattvas. Life

unfolds outside of you. Inner awareness is only a

potential until we complete the process by sharing

it. Your fulfillment depends on the fulfillment of

those you interact with. If we do not continue to

expand ourselves, we fall into depression. Never

give up the responsibility to enrich yourselves,

those around you and ultimately the whole world.

CaNCer: Be aware of The oPPorTuNiTies of growTh happening in your work area. Do not

get stressed out and follow a routine

of meditation and yoga which will

help you deal with the situations in a much relaxed

manner. Take good care of your health and do not

ignore injuries, if it occurs. Legs and joints should

be gently worked out during physical exercises. Be

aware of how you create your moods throughout

april. The mind constantly tells everybody else

is responsible for your misery! But don’t fool

yourself by projecting the responsibility of what

you create on others. Nobody can make you suffer

without your silent permission.

leo: exPerieNCe The Power of TraNsformaTioN This moNTh! Be authentic with your

emotions: be it anger, lust, jealousy,

love, feeling of solitude, fear of

losing control over life, hanging on

to your identity and patterns. Go

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to the peak and valley of it. With any particular

emotion, just see the whole thing consciously. Feel

it as a strong physical experience. Do not allow

other thoughts to mingle with your feeling. Be

totally filled. This is the best way to be free from

these strong reactions in your body and transform

yourself.

virgo: waTCh Your aNger as iT rises. Many times,

because of inauthenticity, you fall

in a terrible confusion and anger

that life ‘cheated you.’ You will feel

anybody you see has cheated you. You will feel

this friend has cheated me by wanting me to help

him; this guy has cheated me by wanting me to be

his assistant. But nobody wanted; it’s only you who

tried! The terrible feeling of being cheated and

exploited by society, the illogical anger happens

to you when you play with inauthenticity mixed

with lack of integrity and irresponsibility. The only

way not to fall in this is to not entertain the words

which are not fulfilling your completion with life

and others.

liBra: swaPoorNaTva, The ProCess of CleariNg aNd resolviNg our past

conflicts, is the key to your

self-integration and success. Take it as the master

practice this month! Nithyananda reveals how

authenticity can lead you to enlightenment: ‘When

your inner image of yourself matches the image

you present to others, you automatically want

to take responsibility for everything around you

and enrich the world. The integration of the inner

self image - mamakara – and the self image you

display – ahamkara – strengthen you and make

you genuine. Then you live the four tattvas in

completion with yourself!’

sCorPio: TaKe good Care of Your healTh by

practicing exercise at least

twice a week. You need to

take some time off for yoga, swimming, jogging-

you need to oxygen yourself in order to keep a

good digestion and blood flow. Be aware not to

put too much pressure on your business partners

and beloved ones. You may be expecting a lot out

of them. Be empathetic, work on understanding

them by listening to their needs, their lacks and

suggestions. Find out how you can enrich them by

solving their problems with your comprehension!

sagiTTarius: aPril is The righT Time To TaKe care of

your daily routine and straighten

out the way you organize your

house, your activities, your plans.

Observe how you put your will into action to create

what you want in life! Find out the discrepancies

and procrastinations and analyze where you give

valid reasons not to do the work. Work not done

because of ‘valid reasons’ is not equal to word

done! It is also a good time to put properties on

sales; you may find a buyer during this period.

Investments are also auspicious in April.

CaPriCorN: Your iNsPiraTioN To exCel iN Your maiN activities is real!

You are able and patient enough

to work on long term lucrative

business deals and becoming a

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high achiever is a key factor of your growth right

now. Concentrate on projects that add value to

the society where you live, such as social services,

spiritual services and sharing the four tattvas

all around. The time is also auspicious for you to

help your siblings, parents and family members if

they have important projects to work on and to

improve your relationships with them as you do

so.

aquarius: some fiNaNCial oPPorTuNiTies are

exPeCTed! Your colleagues

and relations will show support

and help for you to reach

heights! Decide to honor the words you tell to

yourself. Nithyananda reminds us: ‘When you give

a word to you and you honor it, your bio-memory

will, first, be aware while you give words to you.

Second, it will decide to remember whenever you

give words to you. Third, it will have tremendous

self-confidence about the words you give to you.

Every word you talk to yourself is a commitment

you are giving to you. It means a lot of awareness

needs to be infused while you think.’

PisCes: meNTal sTress maY

iNCrease due To whaT you

perceive as ‘increased responsibilities

and pressure.’ We have the wrong

understanding that too much work is

harmful for us. When you decide to ‘work, work,

work’ visualizing you will become healthier and

live long, then it will just happen! Keep a watch on

the words you utter to yourself. Have integrity in

your words, because your integrity creates your

body. This period is a favorable for your family.

Practice svapoornatva to look into your resistance

to a relationship rather than going into dispute.

Harsh words should be avoided.

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All of you have a certain concept of individuality. How it gets developed - you need to understand that.

The very identity you create as ‘I’ is nothing but lot of threads put together. See, just like how a piece

of cloth is a lot of threads put together, weaved in a complicated way, the same way, every time you

utter the idea ‘I’, that becomes one thread. More and more number of times you utter the word ‘I’ and

assert the identity, that many threads form your identity-cloth. And wherever you assume that identity

strongly, that kind of color is given to that cloth. The fabric out of which your identity is made is the very utterance of ‘I’. The number of times you utter I, I, I - that becomes the thread. As many

times as you utter, that many times the threads get intertwined and becomes the identity, and you

start wearing the cloth. And unfortunately, you start thinking that you are the cloth itself!

The only way to cause the confused ‘I’ to disappear is - stop uttering more and more words that speak

‘I’. Editing the word ‘I’ in all your conversations can be a powerful initial spiritual practice, because

that stops the power supply for the cloth to get strengthened or colored. The supply of identity will

stop when you stop using the word ‘I’ both in outer conversation and inner conversation also. Please

understand, you need to stop using ‘I’ both outside and inside - both are required.

nithyanandoham

‘I’ Builds your Identity!

Taken from the morning discourse of Nithyananda delivered on 9th January, 2012 in Bidadi Ashram,

Bangalore, India

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The mosT CuNNiNg esCaPe rouTe that

human mind uses is – ‘I did not do it knowingly.’

This is the continuous unconscious pattern with

which human beings suffer. Who said you did it

knowingly? But you did it on purpose! Understand,

even all unknowing things, you may be doing

unknowingly but with purpose. Unknowing does

not mean you can do anything you want and

there is just no need to be responsible. Unknowing

only means that somewhere, secretly, you are still

comfortable with your patterns. You are not yet

feeling the suffocation of your patterns.

all PhilosoPhiziNg, eNCouragiNg, iNsPiriNg, everYThiNg is just till the level you

feel uncomfortable with the lower identity and

get comfortable with the higher existence. That’s

all. Getting comfortable with the higher identity

is not ego. Please understand, talking outside as

if you have higher identity is ego. But internally if

you are comfortable with higher identity, it is not

ego.

The mosT CuNNiNg PaTTerN humaN beings

carry is, trying to justify their wrong deeds

and wrong things with the word ‘I did not do

knowingly’. See, the moment you say you did

not do knowingly, you justify all the actions

happened. If you did not do knowingly, it means

you are still supporting the identity which has

made the mistake. So work on your lower

identity, be disrespectful to your lower identity,

be uncomfortable with it. Become uncomfortable

with your lower identity, so that you can become

comfortable with your higher being.

No Excuses for Un-awareness!Taken from the morning discourse of Nithyananda delivered on 20th January, 2012

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