MORNING
SATSANG BY PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA
Nithyanandeshwara
Samaarambhaam
Nithyanandeshwari
Madhyamaam |
Asmath
Aachaarya Paryanthaam
Vandhey
Guru Paramparaam ||
I welcome all of you with my love and
respects.
Today, I will
continue to expand on the different great characters of Mahabharata and the
great sacred secrets explained in the Mahabharata.
Today is the
sixth day of the twenty-third Inner Awakening, Level-2 second day. Yesterday we all had a session on the banks
of the Ganga.
Understand,
Ganga is the great-grandmother of the Mahabharata. Bhishma is the “Pitamaha” “grandfather” of
Mahabharata. Ganga is the mother of
Bhishma. Actually, Ganga is, in a way,
father and mother, both, of Bhishma, because Shantanu (Bhishma’s father) did
not bring up Bhishma. So, Ganga is the
great-grandmother of Mahabharata. It is
on the laps of the Ganges, it is on the banks of the Ganges, the whole
Mahabharata started. Even just sitting
on the banks of the Ganga heals us so much!
Yesterday there
was nothing; we didn’t have big lessons or sessions; just some questions and answers,
spending some time together; almost like getting to know each other and just
sitting on the banks of the Ganga for half-an-hour or one hour. So much!
I tell you, I
HAPPENED on the banks of the Ganga!
Please understand, I took birth in Tiruvannamalai, but I HAPPENED, I
blossomed on the banks of the Ganga!
Ganga is such a powerful energy!
Ganga! Ganga is a River of Knowledge, River of
Enlightenment! There are some shlokas
which say “Just by drinking the water of Ganga you can get enlightened”! May be, when I was immature, I would have
suspected, I would have doubted and felt that all these verses are out of emotion
and devotion. But, after becoming a
mature being, an incarnation, I will not dare to doubt these verses! I will only say they are literally true! With all my Integrity and Authenticity, I can
speak with my Integrity and Authenticity, just by living around the Ganga, just
by drinking the water of the Ganga, just by even remembering the Ganga’s
sacredness, one can become enlightened, because it is such a powerful
technique, powerful method, powerful process!
Don’t think that just because I am on the banks of the Ganga I am
floored by the Ganga and I am blabbering something. No!
Ganga heals all the violence we carry, Ganga heals all the incompletions
we carry. See, lust is an incompletion,
anger is an incompletion, violence is an incompletion; all the incompletiions
we carry, Ganga can purify, Ganga can really, really purify!
I used to sit on
the banks of the Ganga. Just seeing, I
have realized oneness with Ganga. How
the things float on the waters of the Ganga but do not pollute the Ganga, same
way, I have seen the thoughts and incompletions floating in my inner-space do
not make my inner-space polluted, they do not touch my inner-space. When you understand your incompletions are
not powerful enough to make your inner-space incomplete, you become eternally
complete. I can say, that experience I
received from the Ganga, on the banks of the Ganga. It heals, heals, heals and brings love. Really, Ganga can bring tremendous love in
our heart.
I was wondering,
can this Ganga have influence, special effects even on me who is always in the
enlightened consciousness? But, I tell
you with Integrity and Authenticity, it has!
I may be, by default, residing in the enlightened consciousness, in my
incarnation-hood; but even in me that kindling happens! From yesterday evening, I am all excited, as
if I am in puppy love. Even mature love
has lots of pros and cons, we have lots of thinking through, pros and cons:
whether it will work out or not. Puppy
love is the most sweetest love in life where you don’t have any responsibility
or ideas of making it work. I can say,
from yesterday evening, I am in that space, as if I am seeing Ganga for the
first time!
Ganga’s
character in the Mahabharata is embodiment of Love and pure inner-space. From pure inner-space, dharma is born,
understand. From the pure inner-space,
dharma is born. That is why, they
portray that Bhishma is born out of Ganga.
But Dharma (Bhishma) should not go and sit with Self-Denial (Duryodhana)
and eat the food of Self-Denial. From
the beginning, you should not allow Self-Denial to be associated with you, with
dharma, because Self-Denial sometimes becomes so powerful, it binds, it makes
even dharma forget its purpose. Even
Bhishma has to give up on himself and others because of the power of
Self-Denial, Duryodhana. Such a powerful
demon, Self-Denial! But, when all the
blood in Bhishma left his body, all the Self-Denial is completed, he feels
thirsty and asks, when he was in the arrow-bed, he asks Arjuna, ‘Can you get a
little water?’ Arjuna then shoots an
arrow into the ground and Ganga comes out and fills Bhishma again. Means, if your Self-Denial is completed,
again the pure inner-space awakens in you.
Then Ganga fills Bhishma again, he lives in the complete space of dharma,
and leaves the body when he wanted, as he wanted.
Actually, Ganga
is the first and foremost character in the Mahabharata. Because her “screen space” is very less, after
Bhishma’s birth, after she hands over Bhishma to Shantanu, she has not
interefered in the story much. So we
forgot her. Otherwise, Ganga is the
great-grandmother of Mahabharata, almost the first character in the
Mahabharata.
Shantanu is born
as “Shivamsha” (part of Shiva). That is
why, with that Shiva Amsha only, Ganga lives.
How can Ganga live with anybody else?
Shantanu is born with Shivamsha.
With that Shivamsha, she (Ganga) lives, gives birth to the Ashta
Vasus. To the Ashta Vasus, she gives
birth. The whole mess of the layers and
layers of socio-political personalities and characters, the pure inner-space is
pushed back.
And Ganga, Ganga
is not just a river, collection of water; it is the largest living deity! She is not just a river. There is no other deity, no hill, no other
physical body on the Planet Earth which is worshipped by so many millions of
people. This statement I can make with
all my Integrity and Authenticity: There is no deity which is worshipped by so
many millions of people like Ganga is!
Even the Himalayas is not worshipped by so many millions like Ganga is! See, largest worshipped deities on the Planet
Earth: Tirupathi Venkateshwara, Arunachala, Himalayas, Ganga, if you see the
whole list, understand, if you see the whole list, Tirupati Venkateshwara,
Sabarimalai Ayyappa, Arunachala, Ganga, Himalayas, nothing can be even compared
to Ganga, because the number of people worshipping it, the millions of people remembering
it! The last few days, whenever I have the
time to sit on the banks of the Ganga, I see even the local people, with so
much of reverence they just come and sprinkle the water and go, just to do
namaskar to Ganga!
I tell you, the
largest worshipped deity is Ganga! The
largest worshipped single deity on the Planet Earth is Ganga! Ganga is such an embodiment of divinity! Actually, Ganga lands on the Planet Earth to
complete everyone. The very context for
her coming to Planet Earth is for Completion.
Bhagiratha’s forefathers were incomplete, and to complete them
Bhagiratha brings Ganga to Planet Earth.
For the sake of Completion only, Ganga even comes to Planet Earth. So, she is the pure inner-space, completing
everyone continuously.
I have a
question from Jnanatma: ‘Swamiji, Bhishma gave word to his father Shantanu and
followed Integrity till the end of his life.
However, I feel, Hastinapur would have been saved if he had broken his
word and taken the higher dharma of becoming King of Hastinapur. Which one is better, keeping the word just
because he gave, or breaking the word and becoming king and saving
Hastinapur...?’
Swamiji: Fulfilling
the word! First thing, if Bhishma had
broken his word, he would not have been “Bhishma”. Neither he would have been a great King of
Hastinapur, nor he would have been able to protect dharma. If he had had a son, that fellow would have
been ten times worse than Duryodhana, because he is born out of incompletion. He would have been embodiment of Gandhari,
Dhritarashtra, Shakuni, Duryodhana put together. At least, now, these fellows are separate,
separate; all the time they cannot be together to conspire. If Bhishma had had a son, he would have had
the brain of Shakuni, heart of Gandhari, stomach of Dhritarashtra and prana of
Duryodhana. Understand, Self-Doubt always
starts with stomach, and Self-Hatred always starts with brain, Self-Destruction
always starts in your heart, and Self-Denial becomes your prana,
breathing. If you see, all these four
were killed exactly at those points – by the heart broken only Gandhari dies;
with the stomach problem only Dhritarashtra died; his stomach collapsed and
Dhritarashtra died; and for Shakuni, he was hit on the head by Bhima and he was
killed; and for Duryodhana, his prana was on his thigh, and the thigh was
broken for the prana release; it is by hitting his prana, Duryodhana was killed
– because those qualities sit in those areas.
Understand,
first thing, fulfilling the word you give is the highest purpose. By not breaking the word, Bhishma has done
maximum possible good to Hastinapura. If
he had broken his word, the son would have been a disaster; nothing would have
been left after him; he would have wiped the whole earth away! Because, a personality like Bhishma, breaking
his word would have only caused disaster to Planet Earth. If anybody breaks their word, it will only be
more and more incompletion; they can never be in the space of Completion. Yudhishtira did not break his word, but broke
the spirit of the word. When he uttered
the word “Ashwatthama died” – he uttered the word “Ashwatthama, the elephant,
died”; exactly at the moment when the words “the elephant” was being uttered,
at that exact time, Krishna blew his conch (the sound of the conch drowned the
words “the elephant”; so Drona, Ashwatthama’s father heard only the words
“Ashwatthama died”). Technically, Yudhishtira
did not drop his Integrity; but actually he was part of the conspiracy. Immediately, his inner-space which was always
floating above the earth, fell to the ground.
The story says very clearly, his (Yudhishtira’s) chariot always used to
be floating above the earth, but it now landed on the floor, on the earth! This concept yesterday night I was explaining
to all my sannyasis. Actually, because
of the “Ganga effect” only, yesterday I was sitting with my sannyasis;
otherwise, the moment I call my sannyasis, it will only be with gun –
rat-a-tat-a-tat! Yesterday night,
without gun I was training them. I was
giving them some stories and all that.
It was Ganga’s effect only! This
concept which I was explaining to them, I wanted all of you also to listen to.
See, this,
actually the matter you see around you is Bhu Loka. Matter is not reality; matter is matter. That is Bhu Loka, Planet Earth - the walls
around you, the floor under you, the roof above you. How it occurs to you is the reality. If you think you cannot go out of this room,
you are caught, whole day you are made to sit here, then you feel ‘Oh, God!’, this
is the “Prison Effect”. It occurs as a
hell to you, lower frequency. But if you
think, feel ‘Wow! What a beautiful
space! Whole day I am allowed to sit
here in the presence of Swamiji! Many
people in the street are not allowed to sit, but I am allowed to sit. And this building also protects me from the
cold and allows me to experience Swamiji’s presence!’, then, this same building
occurs to you in a higher reality. This
place becomes like a protection and gift for you. Then this same hall is Svar Loka, higher
loka, Tapa Loka. Please understand, the
same matter, how it occurs to you is reality - whether it occurs to you lower than
its existence or higher than its existence.
If it occurs to you lower than its existence, your life will be hell,
suffering, incompletion. If it occurs to
you higher than its existence, your life will be heaven, joyful, complete. I tell you, Ganga can complete any lower
occurrences you have. Ganga can complete
any incompletion you have. I can give
this as an authentic spiritual practice.
Actually, just for this I want to create an ashram on the banks of the
Ganga!
Anybody on the
Planet Earth, if they have some incompletions that they are not able to
complete, strong incompletions, just go and spend time on the banks of the
Ganga, drinking Ganga water, eating food cooked with Ganga water. Whenever you find time, morning and evening,
sit on the lap of the Ganga, sleep in the breeze of the Ganga. I tell you with all my Integrity and
Authenticity, Ganga will complete you, because even the people who are dead,
their incompletions, lower occurrences, their incompletions she has completed! And you are ALIVE! She can enter into you, your muscle-memory,
bio-memory, bio-energy and complete you!
Do pranayama on the banks of the Ganga; that Ganga prana will go into
you. Eat food cooked in Ganga water,
live on the banks of the Ganga, sit on the banks of the Ganga and meditate,
sleep on the banks of the Ganga in the breeze, enjoy the weather on the banks
of the Ganga, I tell you, she can complete you!
That is why, many sadhus who live here, even if they don’t do any spiritual
practices, they will become liberated, they will become Jivan Mukthas, just
because of Ganga’s effect to complete.
She is here to complete, complete, complete! I will make an ashram specially for
Completion! Anybody can stay here and
achieve Completion. Anything she will
complete! You have a strong anger
pattern, lust pattern, violence pattern, anything she will complete, because
she is the embodiment of Completion!
I will give the
essence in Hindi.
I don’t want to
end the satsangh; I am going to continue to speak on Ganga. See the context for which she came to Planet
Earth, the purpose itself is for Completion!
Jagan Matha! I can say, she is
Jagan Matha (Mother of the Universe), because only when she landed, the fixed
source of water on Planet Earth happened.
Before her, only a little bit here and there, and underground water, was
used for life to exist. It is only after
her landing on Planet Earth that life became “lifestyle” on Planet Earth. Understand, life becoming lifestyle is done
by Ganga Ma. What an amazing
purpose! Originally she lives in the
world of Gods. Bhagiratha does tapas and
asks Ganga Ma to land on Planet Earth.
When Ganga agrees to come to earth to complete the ancestors of Bhagiratha,
then there was the fear that her power, when she lands, Planet Earth may not be
hold, Bhooma Devi (Mother Earth) may not be able to hold her. Then, again, Bhagiratha calls Mahadeva for
help. Mahadeva says, ‘Alright.’ He puts his head when the Ganga lands on the
Planet Earth. Then Ganga Maiyya, Ganga
Matha enters into Mahadeva’s hair, matted locks, and she starts enjoying his
presence, his intense intimacy. She is
there having vacation, enjoying Mahadeva’s presence. Mahadeva’s Sahasrara (Crown Center) is filled
with Amrita (nectar) of Enlightenment – Sahasraramrita. She was enjoying that amrita and started
living there. Here this poor fellow
Bhagiratha is begging her, ‘Come, come, come.
You are having your honeymoon....’
She was literally having moon and honey together! Having honeymoon, not coming down! Moon is there on one side, honey is there on
Mahadeva’s Sahasrara, and she is having honeymoon with him! And then, again, Bhagiratha does tapas to
Mahadeva. Mahadeva wakes up and says,
‘Oh, I forgot she is here. I will allow
her.’ Then he unties his matted locks
and allows a few streams to come out.
Those streams are only Bhagirathi, Alakananda, all those different
streams....Mandakini, all those different streams, including Yamuna.
Yamuna is not a
separate river. In course of time, for
geographical purpose, we named it as Yamuna, because for more time she is
running as a separate stream and then joined.
See, Bhagirathi, Alakananda, they all joined, they all joined after a
few hundred kilometres. But Yamuna ran a
few thousand kilometres and joined in Prayag.
So, all are same only. So,
Alakananda and Bhagiratha joined in Dev Prayag.
But Yamuna runs a few thousand more kilometres and joins, she joins in
Maha Prayag. Yamuna joins after 800
miles (1376 kms / 855 miles). Otherwise,
if you see the origins, in origin all of them are almost same distance
only. The distance between the
Alakananda’s origin and Bhagirathi’s origin, and the Bhagirathi’s origin and
Yamuna’s origin, are all same distance only, not much difference.
Anyhow, she
(Ganga) starts flowing. And the funny
thing, one great Rishi, Jahnu Maharshi, is doing tapas in the Himalayas. In the flow, in the speed of her flow, Ganga
started melting the Shiva Linga which Jahnu Maharshi had made. Jahnu Maharshi had made a Shiva Linga in the
sand. Ganga was flowing so fast, she
started dissolving the Shiva Linga. This
fellow (Jahnu Maharshi) did not bother even for a second. He just swallowed the whole Ganga! Please understand, even to hold Ganga, Shiva
has to bend his head down. But this fellow
(Jahnu Maharshi) just swallowed the whole Ganga. That is why Shiva bhaktas are more powerful
than Shiva himself! He said, ‘You are
jumping around a lot, a small girl! Come
on!’ So he just swallows her! Then Bhagiratha prays to Jahnu Maharshi. ‘Please, please, for my sake, you allow her
(set her free); because my ancestors ashes are all lying; so she has to purify
it.’ Then Jahnu Maharshi says,
‘Alright’, and he touches his ears and allows the Ganga to come out. That is why she has the name Jahnavi. Ganga has the name Jahnavi. She is called Jahnavi; means, Daughter of Jahnu
Maharshi. That is why, during some rituals, the Brahmins touch their ears to
purify themselves. Because the Ganga is
flowing out of the ears, she will purify you when you touch your ears. The shastra says, by just remembering Ganga,
you are purified, you are complete! Even
by remembering the Ganga, you become pure!
That is what is the tradition.
Actually, the
origin of the Bhagirathi and Alakananda, the distance between them, and the
Bhagirathi and Yamunotri, the distance between them, both are one and the
same. But the Bhagairathi and Alakananda
join very quickly, and Ganga and Yamuna join a little late; that’s all.
So, Ganga, she
comes out of Jahnu’s ears. Then the
story says, Bhagiratha does not want to leave Ganga alone. He himself guides her. Then Ganga washes the ashes of Bhagiratha’s
ancestors, completes Bhagiratha’s ancestors, and she gives a boon to
Bhagiratha, ‘I will be available on the Planet Earth forever completing all
incompletions.’
Embodiment of
Poornathwa, Ganga Matha! Embodiment of
Poornathwa, Embodiment of Completion! So
beautiful! All you guys are fortunate
who are doing your Completion on the banks of the Ganga! In the breathing space of Ganga you are doing
your Completion! The tradition says, “Sadhana
done on the Ganges bank brings thousands of times more result!” It is true!
Ganga Matha is such powerful energy, such powerful energy, such great
energy!
The largest
worshipped deity is Ganga! She is the
Kalpataru for Planet Earth. Whatever,
whoever wants, she goes on showering!
She is like a mother. Physically
also she gives what you want, and physically also she showers what you
want. Actually, instead of putting our
faith on any deity made of stone, we can put it on Ganga, because that is more
relevant, more relevant. Wherever Ganga
is not there, as a substitute you can have stone deities and metal deities. All deities are substitutes of Ganga, but if
Ganga is there, nothing else is required, nothing more is required. The largest embodiment of the Divine,
Ganga!
I commit with
Ganga Matha, Ganga Maiyya, with all my Integrity and Authenticity, I will
strive to put my best efforts to keep her clean and stop the pollution
happening from external sources. Of
course, internally nobody can pollute her; she is as pure as herself; you
cannot compare her purity with anything else.
But these external impurities being dumped on her! Many parts of the Ganga, the common man is
not able to use it for drinking and taking bath because of the external
pollution. I will work to stop
that. It is my commitment to Ganga
Matha! We should protect Ganga Matha from
getting polluted. The pollutions of our
lifestyle, corruption of our mind, we are trying to dump it on Ganga. She is a Kalpataru. Come on!
Meditate on Mother Ganga. Let
Mother Ganga be a Kalptaru.
I have also
decided that on the banks of the Ganga we will find a place and make an ashram
and plant our Banyan Tree here! So,
Ganga and Kalpataru together!
Sit straight. Close your eyes. Cognize that Ganga Matha, the Kalpataru
energy is healing you all, healing all of us.
Create a deep prayerful mood, prayerful space, deeply pray to Ganga to
awaken your Kundalini Shakthi and make your inner-space blissful and make what
you want as reality. Pray to Ganga
Matha. Namah Shivaya!
KALPATARU
MEDITATION IN PROGRESS.....................
Relax. You can open your eyes. My blessings!
Let you all experience your inner-space as reality! By the grace of Ganga, it is possible!
All the
participants who have come for Kalpataru Darshan, please come. And all the Inner Awakening participants,
Level-2 participants, please be seated; you will have darshan later on.
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