Look in - Bliss! – Part 2🔗

Being in bliss just for twenty-four hours itself is a spiritual achievement.

One person desired to have a candy. He searches for that candy everywhere. Finally he gets the candy. When he is in the process of searching for the candy, the frequency of his thought flow would have been very high. He would have been restless when he searched for the candy. His thought flow would have been oscillating at a high speed. As soon as he got the sweet and placed it over his tongue, the frequency of the oscillation in the thought flow will come down. When the speed of the thought flow comes down, then by nature, it will seem that the mind is in peace and in bliss. The human mind will form a relationship that this bliss and peace is due to the candy. When this connection and relationship is established, again and again, one will constantly search for the next candy.

Really, if the joy is in the candy, that candy should constantly give joy. But is the candy giving joy constantly? No. Beyond the fourth candy, if we take the fifth candy, we feel uneasy. Sixth one will nauseate us. Seventh one will make us throw up. If the joy is due to the candy, the joy should increase as the number of candies, which we eat increase. Am I right? But it does not increase. So really if we see deeply, the joy is not due to the candy. When we place the candy on the tongue the speed of thought flow comes down; the frequency of thought flow comes down. So please understand when the thought flow comes down there is joy. The pleasure is due to the frequency of the thoughts coming down. So by nature the mind comes to rest.

Tantra Shastra has beautifully and deeply done a research on this. Here is a small test that we can try on our own. Let us bring the complete attention of our mind to our tongue. Let us not think about any other part in our body. Let us focus on our tongue alone. Let us focus the complete attention of our mind on our tongue, Think and concentrate on our tongue. After bringing the complete aqttention of the mind on the tongue place a chilly at one end of the tongue and place a sugar cube at the other end of the tongue. Observe deeply how it feels at both these ends. If we see, both will have the same effect. However it is our mind which will say that the chilly is spicy and the sugar cube is sweet. Without making such a stamp in our mind if we observe deeply and with a clear mental set up, we will know that when the green chilly and the sugar cube are placed at each end of the tongue, in both the places the same kind of chemical reaction takes place. The same kind of reaction happens in both the places. It is we, who stamp the chilly as being spicy and the sugar cube as being sweet.

A small story.

To spread Christianity, a Christian Father goes to Africa. He got caught in the hands of the tribal people who ate human beings. The tribal folks were getting ready to slaughter him and eat him.

The Father thought that he was very intelligent and told them: Oh my son, please understand that I don't taste very good.

The tribal people asked him: How do you say that? Generally fathers are sweet to taste. He replied: Okay if you want to check me out, I shall give you a sample piece for you to taste.

So saying he took a knife and cut his leg and gave it to them. The leader of the gang tasted that and spat it out. The father was released. The father lived among the tribal folks for about five or six years.

One day, another person came to that tribal village from another place. He was surprised to see the father alive there.

He asked the Father: Father, how did the tribal people spare your life? By this time they would have killed you. How come you are still alive?

Father then replied: Oh it is very simple. As soon as I came, I cut a portion of my leg and gave it to them as a sample for them to taste, since they didn't like the taste, they spared my life.

The other man asked: How is that? I don't understand.

The father then showed his legs to him. His legs were false legs made of plastic. Father had already lost his legs in an accident and was using false legs made of plastic. He had given a portion of the plastic leg to the tribal people for tasting. Naturally, plastic will not be sweet.

Whatever stamping we have done as sweet or bitter is actually done by our mind. Spend ten minutes and do this just once. Let us focus the attention of our mind on our tongue. At one end of our tongue let us place the green chilly and on the other end let us place a sugar cube at the same time. Once we place both we will observe that the chemical reactions after keeping both on the tongue will be the same. It is our mind which stamps separately that the chilly is spicy and that the sugar is sweet. But once we have stamped it we will search for the sweet taste and never search for the spicy taste. Until we mark our stamp, both the feeling would be the same.

This is explained by Tantra Shastra that bliss is a feeling which is expressed from within. It is not something that the material things of the outer world give. For the word 'Bliss', there is a beautiful explanation. A feeling that does not reduce is called Bliss. A feeling which is always there in us, a feeling, which does not reduce or change is called Bliss. Let me repeat, a feeling which does not reduce is called Bliss. This Bliss should flower in us and be in us, and it should not be created due to any external circumstances.

Again a small story.

Even though it is a small story, it is a beautiful story. This happened in the life of a Sufi enlightened Master. Sufi enlightened Masters are the enlightened Masters of Islam. Abdullah is a great Sufi enlightened Master. His specialty was that he was always smiling in bliss. Without any sorrows, he was always in eternal bliss. He was always in ecstasy, in joy and in bliss.

One of his disciples asked him: Master, you are always in bliss. How is that possible?

Before I proceed, let me tell you something. Actually the toughest thing is for the disciples to trust the Master. Please understand this clearly, anybody can trust the Master, but if the disciples trust the Master, then we can know for sure, that he is a true Master. Really, if you see, the disciples will know the entire business. They will know the inside business. If the disciples trust, then be sure the Master is a true Master. If you want to know whether a Master is a true Master, then just observe the way the disciples treat the Master. It is enough if we know whether the disciples have respect for the Master.

It is easy for devotees who are outside to respect the Master, because they see the Master for half an hour or fifteen minutes. That is, only for a short span they get to see the Master. It is not surprising for devotees to respect the Master. But it is tough for the disciples who are with him always to respect him. If the disciples respect Him, then we can be sure that He is an enlightened Master who lives a pure life. We can correctly gauge the enlightened Master based on the respect his disciples give the Master. We need not have to do anything else. These disciples are always there with the Master for twenty-four hours. Twenty-four hours a person cannot act the way others want. May be for ten minutes he can keep smiling or acting the way others want. But how long can someone act? He can act as though he is in bliss for ten minutes. It is easy to act as though we are in bliss for ten minutes. If we laugh for more than ten minutes then our mouth starts paining. That's why, if we observe the disciples who are with Him, the way they treat Him, then we will know whether he is a true Master or not and we will know about His life as well.

Let us come back to Abdullah's story.

In this case, the disciple himself had a doubt, he asked: Master, everybody in this world has got problems and they have no peace in their life. Even here we also have a lot of problems; different kinds of people come here. They also have different problems, lot of incidents keep happening, but you are always in bliss. How is that? The enlightened Master gave a beautiful explanation for that.

He said: Oh that is very simple, you know what I do, as soon as I get up in the morning, I call myself and then ask myself: Abdullah today do you want to be happy or be sad? What do you want to do, tell me? By nature what will our mind say? It will say: Be happy. When it says so I will say: Okay is it so? Then be happy.

This looks very ordinary when we listen to it. It looks very simple and easy. Sometimes when we listen to it superficially, we will not even understand this.

He said: As soon as I get up in the morning, I will ask my mind, 'Do you want to be happy or sad for the next twenty-four hours? Mind will say that it wants to be happy. Then I will say okay then be happy, that's all.

The disciple further asked: Oh Master how is it possible? So many problems are there and there is no peace, so many sorrows are there, how is it possible to be happy? Tell me something which is practical.

He answered beautifully: For the next twenty-four hours you know roughly what is going to happen in your life. Is it not? Everyday some accident is not going to happen, only when it happens accidentally it is called accident. You have a fair idea how the next twenty-four hours will be. You know what problems you are going to face and how many good things are going to happen. You know you are not going to face a problem as serious as a ship sinking nor are you going to gain any fortune which is worth crores of rupees in the next twenty-four hours. Those two incidents are incidents that happen rarely. Those are incidents that seldom happen. Both fortune and misfortune are events which happen rarely. You know the events which might happen in your life for the next twenty-four hours.

Abdullah said: Roughly, we know as to what is going to happen in the next twenty-four hours. Then we can ask ourselves once, as to how we want to face that next twenty-four hours. By nature our mind will say, let us face it joyfully, then what? Just face it joyfully. That's all!

Abdullah also said one more thing: Please don't decide the same for forty-eight hours. Don't decide for two days. If you decide, you will forget it.

Please understand this clearly because this is the magic key which has the ability to change our lives. We know what is going to happen in our life roughly in the next twenty-four hours. We will know that this is the way our life is going to go in the next twenty-four hours. When we know that then we have a choice as to whether we want to confront that life joyfully or sorrowfully. By nature we will know for the next twenty-four hours what we should do.

As soon as we get up in the morning we know that we will go to work, we will have the usual items for breakfast, we will go back to the same house, the same wife will serve food and we will live the same way. So we know what will happen in the next twenty four hours roughly. In the next twenty-four hours only the events which we are aware of are going to happen. Do we want to encounter this life worrying that something is not happening the way we wish? Or do we want to encounter this life with a clear and joyful mental pane? This choice is with us. The choice is definitely with us. It is not with anybody else.

Some people come and tell me, that they will do meditation for the entire life but they never meditate. I know that very well. In our meditation campaigns, some of the participants will have the blissful experiences.

In that enthusiasm, they will ask me: Master, I want to do all the seven meditations everyday, tell me how to do it?

I tell them: No, no, not required to do the entire seven, just do one in a day that is enough. They will say: No Master, I have decided to do all the seven for sure.

They will be adamant.

Then I tell them: Okay, if that be the case, do it as per your wish.

Then after a month or so, if I see them somewhere, I will ask them: Sir, have you started doing the meditation? Are you doing the meditation regularly?

They will say: No Master, I am yet to start. I call the initial enthusiasm as the honeymoon period! The enthusiasm is only in the beginning. This enthusiasm and eagerness are there only in the first few days. After that it is not there.

Most often when a person decides that he is going to do meditation forever in his life, then it means that he is never going to begin. If he decides that he will do meditation for the next few days, then you can be sure that he is going to do something. There is a saying: Too good to be true. This means that there will be certain things which will be too good, but which might not be true. In movies we see that villain flying in the helicopter and the hero catching him by a bullock cart. This is too much. It is not a practical truth. Similarly, when we decide for big things, it never happens. Let us not decide that we are going to be in joy the entire life. If we do that it will not happen. So just decide that for the next twenty four hours alone we will try to be in joy.

Some people may think what am I going to do by being in joy. What difference is it going to make? There are three beautiful words in Sanskrit (one of the old languages spoken in Bharat. Most of the hymns and songs were sung in Sanskrit in the olden days) called, Sat, Chit and Ānandam. When we speak about God we use these words. Divinity is explained using these words. Sat means clear knowledge; Chit means energy. Ānandam means blissful feeling or the blissful state. Actually if we have the clear knowledge, then we will get the energy and bliss. If we get the energy then we will get the knowledge and bliss. If we are in bliss, then we will get the energy and clarity. All these are the same energy but have different names. That is, if our energy from the being is expressed through the brain then it is knowledge or clarity. If it is expressed through the heart, then it is energy. If it is expressed through our consciousness or feeling, then it is bliss. That's all. It is the same energy. Based on the different ways by which it is expressed, it is called by three different names.

Please understand this clearly, if knowledge comes, then energy and bliss follow. If energy comes, then knowledge and bliss happen. If bliss happens, then energy and knowledge happen. All these three will come together. In our everyday life, just begin to be in a blissful mental plane. That itself will become a meditation, thus bringing the energy and knowledge. We may think how I am saying that by being happy we will get the energy. Some of us may wonder about this. This concept may not be very clear. It may not seem believable. Please understand, when we are in bliss, unnecessary thought flow is automatically reduced. We don't waste our life thinking about the past and future. Our energy is not wasted by us focusing on the pains of the past or the anxieties of our future.

As of now 80% of our energy is wasted by our thought pattern which oscillates between the past and the future. As soon as we get up in the morning, when we brush our teeth, we will think about our office problems. As soon as we go to work, we will think of what has to be done at home. We will think about teaching our son his school lessons since he is not studying well. When we are at home teaching our son we will think about going to the temple in the evening. As soon as we are at the temple, we will think about when to go back home. After we reach home, we will think about going to work the next day. The clear truth is that wherever we are, our mind is elsewhere. If our body is here then our mind is not present here. This is the clear truth. Wherever we are in a particular place, our mind will be elsewhere.

The basic reason why there is no joy in our lives is that, wherever we are, except that place, our mind thinks of everything else. If we are here then we can be for sure that our mind is everywhere else, except here. It can be anywhere. Being anywhere other than the place we are in, is what is called worry. And mentally being present wherever we are, is what is called bliss. If our mind is there wherever our body is then that is called living in the present. Living in the present is what bliss is all about. When we are in bliss, we are living in the present. If we are in the present then we will be in bliss.

To understand this more deeply, let me give you a small example. If we are near one of our friends with whom we are completely comfortable with, whose company we enjoy, then we will not know how much time has gone by since we were with him. Even after a few hours have passed, we will wonder how so many hours have gone by? We will wonder as to how the time went by so quickly. But, if we are with someone whom we are not comfortable with or a person who is not entertaining to be with, then we will be glancing at our watch every five minutes. We will be wondering as to why the time is not passing by quickly. We will wonder as to whether our watch is in working order. We will be wondering as to why the time is inching along. Why? Because when we are near a person whom we don't like then the frequency of our thoughts will be high. Our thought flow will be rapid. We will not be in the present moment. We will be oscillating between the present and the future. When we are with someone whom we like then we will be in the present moment. So when we are in the present moment, we will not know as to how the time has passed. When we are in bliss, truly, we will not know how time went by. We say: I was in bliss, forgetting myself. When we are in bliss, we will not know as to how time went by. The reason is that the frequency of thoughts will be less. If we think as to why time is going very slowly, then we can be sure that the frequency of our thoughts is high. Be sure that your mind is restless. Only when our mind is restless, we constantly think that the clock is ticking very slowly . If our mind is there where our body is then we will be in bliss. If we are in bliss then we will have the clear knowledge to face every second of our life. Actually, if we are in bliss then the mental energy will start piling up within us. When the mental energy is piled up, if in the future any problem arises, we will have the clear knowledge to solve the problem. Knowledge and energy to solve the problems will be there in us.

There is a beautiful word called spontaneity. That is the maturity to face the present. We don't have the maturity to face the present because always our mind keeps oscillating between the past and the future. Either it is thinking about our past or longing about the future. It is only bothered about the past and the future. There is nothing else. That is why we don't have the energy to face the present moment.

By deciding that we will live the next twenty-four hours happily the blissful feeling will happen within us. The elevated mental state will give us the maturity to face life directly. We will face every event that happens in our life with clarity. Now, truly, the biggest problem in our life is that we want to solve all our problems at one shot. We want to decide everything at one shot. We will be able to break the broomstick, if we take the sticks out one by one and break it. But if we want to break the broomstick as a whole in one go, it is not possible. When we face all our problems at one shot, we ourselves give strength to our problems. After that we try to destroy the problems and then it becomes impossible.

A small story.

There was an enlightened Master who was doing penance in a forest. A traveler lost his way at night. He came to the Master's hut.

He asked the enlightened Master: Oh Sage, how much distance would I have to travel to reach the country?

The enlightened Master said: Son, you will have to walk for about 10 miles.

The traveler pleaded: Sir, please help me, with your powers. Can you do something by which there will be light in the path way which I have to take to the city? I have urgent work in the morning; hence I have to reach the city by morning. Please can you help me with your powers?

The enlightened Master said: Don't worry son. Take this lantern light with you. You will be able to see the path and you will be able to reach the city without any problem.

The traveler was puzzled and he asked :Oh Sage, what are you saying? This lantern will show the light only for ten steps, but I need to walk for 10 miles, I asked your help for showing way for ten miles, but you are just helping me only for ten steps.

The enlightened Master said: No son, this is a magic lantern. Take this in your hand and start walking; you will be able to cross this forest without any problem.

The traveler agreed and he said: Ok is it so? Then I will move on.

So saying he walked towards the forest and found that every ten steps he took, he was able to see the next ten steps. By walking like that, he crossed the entire forest and reached the city.

We must face every problem one by one and live everyday. However we don't live everyday and we don't face every problem one by one. We see our life as one big bundle. We see the whole of our life as a big bundle of problems. When we see our life as such a big bundle then what will happen? The confidence which we have by nature will also wither away.

In the Hindu epic Ramayana, there is a monkey character named Vaali. There is a boon which Vaali had. The boon was that he will get half of the powers of the person who opposes him directly. Similar to this is our worry. Our worry is like Vaali. Our mind is a monkey i.e. Vaali monkey. If we face our mind directly and see all our problems and worries together then whatever half of the mental strength we already have, even that will go to him, i.e. will go to our mind. When half of your mental strength goes off like this, then the balance mental strength will be spent in worrying. We will not be able to succeed. We will not be able to go beyond the mind. Unable to go beyond mind, we will be depressed in our mind. We should not face our life as a whole. Let us not try to win all our life struggles in one day. Let us face our life as every single event, every single day and every single moment. That is, if we see life as a whole, then we begin to worry and start to search for the solutions to problems which we have not yet encountered.

A small story.

Two friends were sitting and chatting.

The first friend said: I have won thousand rupees in a lottery. I am planning to a buy a buffalo. If I buy it then I will sell the milk and run my life.

The other friend said: Oh what a stupid you are, if you have won thousand rupees in the lottery, then use that money to buy a half an acre of land and do agriculture. Had it been me, I would buy land and do agriculture.

The first man said: Agriculture is not that great, buying a buffalo is the best thing. The other person said annoyingly: If it is me, I would go for agriculture.

The first man angrily said: I will graze my buffalos on that agricultural land.

The argument continued and finally ended in a fight.

Actually they didn't buy the buffalo or the land. But the conversation between them increased the intensity of the non-existing problem.

Similarly even in our lives, there is no buffalo or land. But we are the people who are on both the sides and we argue mentally to ourselves about imagined situations.

Like for example, we think: I should do this activity tomorrow.

Then our mind argues for the other side: What will happen if I am unable to do that tomorrow.

Then we counter argue within ourselves: No whatever it is, I should do that tomorrow. If that problem comes I will fix it in this manner.

And so thinking we find a solution for that.

Then again we think: What if some other problem comes.

By thinking in this manner, we ourselves play both the sides.

In our meditation campaigns we conduct a small program. We take a subject for a debate. But the same person should talk for both sides. It is like a block and a tackle game. The moment people play that game, they will know how much their mind is torturing them. Actually we can talk for both the sides. Be it any event, our mind can talk from both the sides. It is the habit of talking from both the sides that makes our lives hell. We are unable to stick on to a decision with clarity. Only when we take a decision, we will be aware of the positive points on the other side. Mind always shows what we don't have as valuable.

For example, after starting a handloom business only, we feel that the iron business is more profitable. If we start up the iron business, within couple of days, we begin to feel that the handloom business is very good. The root of mind is dilemma. Oscillating nature is the root of the mind.

The reason why bliss is not flowering in our life is that we ourselves spend half of our energy towards joy and half of our energy towards sorrow. One half is spent for joy and the other half is spent for sorrow. We ourselves play with our thoughts. The thoughts and questions like: Whether it is inner space or outer space? Should we work for the inner space or outer space? Should we search for the inner space first or the outer space first? Thus oscillating between these thoughts we are struggling.

One more thing, because of this kind of oscillation struggle, we start enjoying within ourselves. We start enjoying that state. The undecided state puts us in a comfortable stage. Because if we take a decision, then we will have to take up further responsibilities. Any decision we take, we have to take up the responsibility. If we don't take up any decision and just get by then we can enjoy and be in a comfortable stage. The moment we begin to act according to situations then due such our cowardice and fear of facing life directly we will not have the courage to go beyond that fear. If that being the case, will anything happen? No only if we are strong and courageous to face the consequences of our decision, things will happen*.*

Tantra Sastra beautifully says, how many times we say no to our mind, so many times our mind has become stronger. If we say no to our mind a hundred times, then we will become solid to that extent. As many times as we agree with our mind, we will be flowing with it. If we want to achieve something, it is enough if we say 'No' to our mind. But what do we do? If the mind shows the other side as greener, then we run towards that side. This is sheer cowardice. It shows us that we lack the courage to face life.

Here is a small story.

A short and thin man left his cycle outside a hotel. He went inside the hotel and was having his food. After having his food, he came out and found that someone had poured paint and some colors over his cycle.

He came inside the hotel and shouted: Who dares to pour the paint over my cycle? There was a well-built strong man inside the hotel who was having his food. He was at least twice the size of the cycle owner.

He got up and said: Yes, it s me, who did that, what do you want to do? Looking at this man and his well-built body, he did not want any trouble with him. He told him: Oh is it you sir? I just came here to inform you that the first coat of paint has dried if you want, you can do the second coating.

Here we see how the flow of words changed immediately according to the situation. First, he shouted as to who poured the paint, but after seeing the well-built man what was his reaction? He says that the first coat has dried and invites the well-built man for the second coat. If we act according to our minds pull, we flow along with our mind. As long as we search for the outer space, we will be moving according to the pull of our mind. As long as we place importance on the outer space, the inner space never happens in our life. But when importance is given for our inner space, the outer space automatically happens.

Please understand this clearly. When the blissful feeling happens in us, the outer space happens outside automatically and clearly. This is because bliss gives us knowledge and clarity. The blissful feeling gives us courage, strength and energy to face our life. There is a beautiful verse in Tantra Sastra. An enlightened Master by name Aatmananda Saraswathi gives a beautiful commentary on this technique. Let me give you the verse and explain the technique.

Aham Itham Sarvam Avasthitham. Kim thathvam indra jalasya. idhi thathyaha chaman vrajae

The direct meaning for this is, 'Change, Change and Change. This is what the mind is'. Just as in jugglery or magic anybody who understands the change which happens in the mind, is the person who has realized the self. The commentary has been very beautifully written for this. When we face the world with a joyful mind and in a blissful manner, we will have the mind, which does not change due to any change. But two things which are beyond the above will happen.

If we are in bliss, a wonderful energy will flow from within us. That's why Buddha says, 'Laughter is a big meditation'. There is statue called 'Laughing Buddha'. This is very popular in Japan. People buy that statue and keep it in their house, since there is a belief that it gives luck. Understand that it is not enough if we just keep the idol, we also buy the laughter along with it. Buying the statue and keeping a gloomy face does not help. We should also buy the laughter and express it in our face. That idol should be placed in our mind. That blissful feeling is energy.

What will happen when the blissful feeling comes within us? He explains that two things will happen. The energy that makes us realize our dreams into reality and the intelligence to understand that this reality itself is a dream happens within us. When we face our life with joy, two things will happen. One is, the energy to make our dreams into reality and secondly, the intelligence to understand that the reality itself is a dream. Both will come to us.

I was talking about the Abdullah meditation. That enlightened Master finally said: Take a strong decision that for just next twenty four hours you will live your life in joy. Every morning, once you get up, just call yourself by name, and ask yourself: Today do you want to be happy or sad? Decide for yourself. As I said, roughly, you know what might happen till tomorrow morning. No big change is going to happen. So decide whether till tomorrow morning, you want to be sad or happy, that's all. By nature mind will say: Be happy. Then start being happy, that's all. Nothing else is there.

When we hear this, we might find it difficult to believe. That is the big problem. The greatest truths are very simple. When something is very simple, we do not believe it. Some people are happy going round the sacred hills of Thiruvannmalai (the hills in South Bharat). That is not a difficult thing for them to do. But if you tell them to sit and meditate for twenty minutes, they will say: Master, it is very difficult to meditate.

We will be able of accomplishing difficult things. Why is that? This is because, the ego gets a satisfaction. We can tell people that we went around the sacred hill everyday. For the sake of ego and prestige, we can do that. Many people come and tell me: Master, for the past eighteen years, I have been going to Sabari hills (a holy place in South Bharat, where the temple of Lord Iyyappa is built) or some people come and tell me: Master, for the past thirty years, I have been going to Tirupathy hills (a hill in South Bharat where a temple for Lord Vishnu is built) by walk. Please understand, if we do such acts as a meditation technique, it will make a big difference. But if it is not done like as a meditation, but just done for pride or just done superficially, nothing will happen. I am not trying to disrespect any of the rituals, which are done. I am only saying please do it with complete dedication.

If we see, in our life it is very easy to do difficult things, because we get an ego satisfaction. But it is difficult to do simple things, because the ego does not get fulfilled. If I say, 'Be in bliss', it is a very simple thing. But it seems that being is bliss is very tough. Dedication does not mean belief. Believing the words of the Master is different. But trying that out is what I call dedication. I always say: Don't believe what I say. If you start believing, you will not do it. Just have the dedication to try what I say, that is enough. Scientists will have the spirit of discovery in them. They keep searching. They have the interest to learn different things. If we have that searching attitude in us, then that is enough. Nothing else is required. With that attitude of search and curiosity, do this small meditation.

Every morning as soon as we get up, let us call ourselfves by our name, and ask ourselfves: Today, do I want to be happy or sad? Let us decide for ourselfves. We will roughly know what might happen in the next twenty-four hours. Only specified events will happen, whether we spend that day in joy or sorrow. So let us ask ourselfves: Should we be alive and fresh by facing this event in bliss or should we be sad as usual and face the events? By asking ourselfves in this manner we must decide. As much as we decide to be in bliss, bliss lays a strong foundation in us. Thus the decisions, which we make will be clear and will have the depth. Tremendous energy will start flowing from us. Many participants from our meditation campaigns used to tell me: Master, earlier, per day if I work for five hours only, I used to get tired. But now I am able to work for twelve or thirteen hours, I don't know how this happened. This is because, when the unnecessary wastage of the mental energy is stopped, then energy will overflow in our body.

With this small example we will be able to understand this. Just for one hour, just sit simply without doing any physical work and keep worrying about something. Then after sometime, we will see for ourselfves that our shoulders start to pain. We need not have to do any work, but just deeply worry about something. Our shoulders will start paining. The depth of our worry makes our body tired.

In Bhagavad Gita (a spiritual book, in which Lord Krishna explains the science of self-realization and the exact process by which one can establish the eternal relationship with the supreme), Lord Krishna beautifully says,

Uttharai Dhathmanathmaram aathmanam avasarayae aathmanyava bandhuhu ripur aathmanaha.

That is, we should keep bringing ourselves out of the sorrow. We should bring ourselves to the higher plane. We should move ourselves into bliss. If we bring ourselves to a higher plane, then we are our best friends. If we don't bring ourselves to a higher plane, then we are our big enemies. We must bring ourselves to a higher plane. Then naturally, the number of times we fall in sorrow will come down.

Again and again, let us just decide just for twenty four hours. Let us not decide for forty eight hours. Let us decide it as soon as we get up in the morning. Decide what we want to do till the next day morning. When we start living in bliss, the clarity and knowledge to live our life and the energy to live that life will always keep flowering. The knowledge to live our life is Nithyam (eternal) and the energy to live that is Dhyanam (meditation) and the joy, which happens while living in Nithyam and Dhyanam, is the bliss. If we are able to bring the Nithyam (Eternal), Dhyanam (meditation) in our life then Anandam (bliss) will happen in us. The knowledge and clarity to face life and the energy to live life, will make eternal bliss to flower in us. Being in bliss itself is a spiritual achievement. Being in bliss for twenty four hours itself is a spiritual achievement.