Sorry, No Smoking

Sorry, No Smoking

If you want to progress on the spiritual path, you must put some barriers, for instance, tobacco.

Smoking was considered part of the culture some 35-40 years ago. Today, it is not the same.

We have been saying this for so many years and it has taken so long, and has cost so many millions of lives. So many lives would have been saved if there was no smoking.

No smoking, no drugs, no alcohol – put these barriers.

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Whatever work we want to do, do it with good intentions. Nobody’s curse can affect you if your heart is pure. If your heart is impure then for sure it will have an influence.

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Q: During meditation, what is the benefit of keeping our eyes open by just five to ten percent? In many statues and idols of Lord Buddha, He is often depicted with His eyes half-closed. Please tell us something about this.

Guruji: When we close our eyes, we drift into the world of our mind, our thoughts and emotions – which is called the Manorajya (literally meaning the kingdom of the mind). When our eyes are open, we are engaged in the outside world. So when you close your eyes only partially, then the mind neither gets stuck in the inner world of thoughts and emotions, nor does it get entangled in the outside world. Then the mind slowly settles down and comes to a state of rest. This is a very beneficial technique for those who close their eyes and drift off into the world of dreams. It is like asiddhaushadhi (a perfect medicine)

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Just as nutritious food and exercise is necessary for the body, meditation is necessary for the soul. What is necessary for the intellect is listening and reading. What is necessary for the mind is singing and feeling. Feeling is strengthened through singing. Listening to music and singing purifies the feelings. Knowledge purifies the mind. In the same way meditation purifies the soul.

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Q: When there is love, why suffering is also there in a relationship?

Guruji: Love with wisdom is bliss. Love without knowledge or wisdom is pain.

Om Namah Shivay