Questions and Answers:
Q) When we die and the brain stops working, do we have zero TPS? If so, what is the difference between that zero TPS state and achieving the same through meditation?
A) At the time of death you don't achieve zero TPS state. The brain not working does not mean that you are in zero TPS. The brain may not receive information from the senses and process it but it can work on past memories. Even when your eyes are closed, during dreams, no information is received from the outside but information is processed inside the mind without input from the outside. In the same way, during death, you don't receive information from outside but process information already collected. Death is not zero TPS; only enlightenment is zero TPS. If you browse the website on NDE, (Near Death Experience), you will see that an American doctor researched more than ten thousand people who had a NDE. His conclusions prove the great truths of the yoga shastra, which I just told you.
The whole Nithyananda Spurana Program (NSP), that I personally conduct over four days in Bharat and two days outside of Bharat, is about this one question; what is death and how to be aware at the time of death.
In the Bhagavad Gita, there is a profound statement; at the time of leaving the body, if you are aware or conscious, your next birth will be according to your choice, or you won't have a next birth, and you will become enlightened! It is not a mere statement; it is the solid truth.
In these four days, I program your mind so that the moment the pain of death happens in your being, you will become aware of the pain and restlessness and come to zero TPS. It is not that this meditation will help only during death. Even while living, you will be able to reproduce the zero TPS state whenever you wish to.
A scientist creates a formula to reproduce an experience in the outer world, like the theory of gravity, for instance, while a mystic creates a formula to reproduce in others the same experience that happened inside him, in the inner world. A Paramahamsa is a man who is able to put people in the same experience that happened in him spontaneously, without much effort on their part.
All I'm trying to do in these four days is to give you the formula, a meditation technique, through which you can have the same experience that happened in me spontaneously, when I meditated and became enlightened. I try to create the same space in you through a proper technique that works on the seven layers of your body, to give you a glimpse of that experience during NSP.
Q) Sometimes we get caught in unpleasant situations, where we need to speak up, but we don't. I'm always being pushed around and don't know how to deal with it.
-A) A small story:
Two friends, both drunk, are sitting in a pub and talking. One guy, fully drunk, says, 'I am scared to go home. My wife will open the door and start screaming and throwing things. I'll have to run inside and hide. Please tell me what to do; how do I escape from her?'
The other one is surprised and says, 'In my house, it's the opposite! I bang the door open, throw my shoes noisily around, bang the utensils, eat in the kitchen, bang the bedroom door open, shout, and still she acts as if she's sleeping!'
Two different situations: in the first one, the guy is afraid; in the second one the wife is afraid! Any situation depends on how you deal with it. I am not telling you that you should exploit the situation. No! But when the situation calls for intelligent handling to allow certain things to happen and, when people are causing difficulty in making that happen, you can easily make things work your way, that's all. This is a typical example, although the subject used here is not appropriate.
So, it is up to you to choose to create the first or the second situation. Don't always choose to be in the first situation; decide to create the second situation also sometimes. It is just intelligent handling with complete awareness about what you are doing.
Also, there is no need to give in submissively when you are being pushed around. When you give in, two things are happening: one is that you don't know the knack to handle the situation. The second is, your passive ego gets in the way and protects you from getting into an unpleasant situation, so you give in. This needs to be looked into with a deep awareness. The reason why you don't want to deal with the situation is you are afraid your ego might get hurt in the process of confronting the situation. This is the truth. This is what we call passive ego. Passive ego cunningly wriggles out of a situation, so that your ego remains intact.
But outwardly, you will appear to be the helpless victim of the situation. Just come out and bravely confront the situation. Decide not to let the situation suffer because of your passive ego. Let your ego get hurt a little; what is there in it? If you do this a few times, you will not only learn the knack of working around an issue, you will also let go of your defenses and feel free because of it.