3. Dive In!🔗

One more thing: you will not be able to understand about me unless you dive into the technology that I have created. And unless you have dived and had one experience, you can"t judge either. Unless you yourself have one experience, you can"t understand whether I had it or not. Only when you have some experience, you can understand. So even if you want to judge me, jump completely inside. Only then you will be able to judge properly. If you are standing outside and judging, then you are a critic, not a seeker.

There are two ways of looking at things. Understand: a positive doubt such as maybe what he is saying is right - if you just have that "maybe", that"s enough. It is a scientist"s mind, a beginner"s mind. How a scientist approaches a theory, in the same way, but in the beginner"s stage. Then there is scope for so much to happen; so much of work can be done. Otherwise, you will be just sitting and wasting your time and my time.

Even if you are not able to completely throw away your doubts, decide for these two days that you will strongly believe, you will strongly trust, you will strongly work with the Master, that"s all. Doubt will completely disappear only when you become enlightened. But now, you can decide that you will put the maximum possible energy in the direction of working with the Master.

You have two paths: you can put your energy on working, or on doubting and wasting time. Now, I am asking you to put your energy more towards working. If you doubt, I need to waste a lot of time in convincing you and proving to you. I have already convinced people around the world. And for sure, there are at least a few "more intelligent" people than you in that number. So just relax from the head.

Why do you think I have to tell you so many things? Why do I have to take so much time in doing this? Because people waste so much time in intellectual jugglery, that"s why.

The other day, I went to one of our devotee"s house. I was telling his daughter to do an LBP program. She told me, "I will do whatever my mom says, but I should be convinced about it." I wanted to ask her, "Does that mean that whatever you are doing, you are totally convinced about?" No! The problem is, in other things in life, we are not bothered about logical conviction, but when it comes to spirituality, we are too cautious. I wanted to ask that girl, "You must be smoking or drinking. Are you logically convinced that it is good for you?" There are so many things that people are not logically convinced about, but they go ahead and do it. But when it comes to spirituality, they get too cautious. They spend a lot of time and energy in just intellectual jugglery. The real reason is, they do not want to enter into reality, that"s all! It is a cunning way of postponing reality.

See, you want to claim yourself as spiritual, but you are not ready to transform in order to claim that! So, you just play with the knowledge. Playing with knowledge is a nice way of postponing reality.

I am telling you very clearly: you are spoiled, corrupted with so many unnecessary words and ideas. It is time now to dump all the words and go in for the experience, for the truth. Ramakrishna Paramahamsa says beautifully, "People go into the mango garden and do a big survey, a big research. They analyse: how many types of mango are there? What is the production cost? What is the sales cost? What is the income? How many trees are there? How many branches and how many leaves are there? All the statistics are put down. There are some other people who simply go in, pluck a few mangoes, eat them and come out!

We waste too much time in analysis! The whole time is spent on project planning. No work gets done!

Actually, you don"t need so much time with me. Only because you are loaded with words, with too much analysis, do you have to sit together with me for two days for anything to happen. I have seen so many people having the experience without going through any technique or program with me.

A Beautiful Story…

Just the other day, I visited an ailing devotee. She has not done any of our programs, but she has achieved a far deeper state than anyone else. Actually, I went to heal her, actually, to bless her before she would pass away. After healing, I turned towards her feet and did namaskar. When I came out, one of my close disciples who had caught my action asked me, 'What is this Swamiji? You did namaskar to her, towards her feet, why? She has not even done any of our programs!' I told him, 'She has not done any of our programs. All she had done was heard about me, and she felt connected! That's all. She has seen me only once.'

I explained further why I did namaskar to her feet.

In Bhagavata Purana (ancient Hindu epic), there is a beautiful story where Krishna is painting the feet of Radha with mehandi (Hindu concoction for decorative coloring of hands and feet). The rishis got jealous seeing this. They asked Krishna, 'What is this? How can you do this to a girl? You may be in love with her, but you are God, so how can you touch the feet of somebody, and that too a girl? This is too much. We can't digest this.'

Actually their ego was hurt, that's all. They fall at Krishna's feet and touch them. Now, Krishna is touching Radha's feet! It means to them that they are indirectly touching Radha's feet, which they do not want! That is their real problem.

Krishna answers beautifully, 'Understand: purely by her devotion, she is more connected to me than this body is connected to me, so this body is feeling shy and of ering its respect to that body, to that person.'

If you understand this one thing, the Ātma Spurana is done, nothing else is needed!

Krishna says, "She is more connected to me than this body is connected to me. I feel she is more close to me than this body. That is why this body is touching her feet and offering its devotion and respect!"

This one sentence has got so many truths. The first thing is, it clearly implies that Krishna is beyond his body. That is why he is able to talk of the body in that fashion. The second thing: the feeling of connectedness happens only through deep trust or surrendering or relaxing, as in the case of Radha. Third: when devotion happens in you, you become much more than God! Understand: when devotion happens in you, you become much more than God! That is what you need to understand by this one sentence, by this one statement.

So, I told the same thing to the disciple who questioned me. I felt that the ailing devotee was more connected to me than this body itself because of her simple faith and devotion. A few days later, she left the body so beautifully and gracefully. She never trained with the ways of intellect or logic in her life.

People sometimes think that if you are from the West, you will be stuck in logic and if you are from the East, you will be more towards the being. This is not true. I know so many Hindus who are so strong in the head and so many Westerners who simply melt when they see me for the first time! It is to do with the quality of your being, not with where you took birth.

3.1 Mistake Your Identity!

Anyhow, for these two days, drop from your identity. If you are a doctor, think of yourself as an engineer. If you are a lawyer, think of yourself as a doctor. If you are male, think of yourself as female. Just change your identity; relax from your identity for these two days. You don"t know the freedom you will experience if you are able to do this! Just for these two days decide, "There is no need for me to prove my identity to anyone. I am not going to prove my identity to anyone. I am not going to hold on to my identity." Just for these two days, be a Paramahamsa! The word Paramahamsa literally means: instead of society calling me mad, I myself say I am mad, so that I am free!

Just look at me! I don"t have to follow any one idea. I don"t have to follow any one mould. I give you only one guarantee: that I will not hurt you; that"s all. After that, I don"t have to prove anything to you. I am not even interested in proving any identity to you. That is why I don"t even use the word swami in my title. This swami word is associated with too much identity, too many problems. That is why I never use the word swami in my title*. Paramahamsa* means liberated. You can also live the life of liberation for these few days.

As long as you are here, try to even avoid talking. If you start talking, you will have to bring back your old identity; you have to talk in the same way; you will be in the same track. So for two days, just relax; do not carry the identity; do not carry your same ideas; just be like a vagabond.

Actually, hippies are the people who are very close to enlightenment; all they need is a little meditation, that"s all. They have all the other qualifications for enlightenment. I lived a hippie for nine years, but of course, not with drugs, with only meditation! If you simply remove drugs, and add meditation to hippies, they are enlightened … over! Nothing else needs to be done. Just remove their drugs and add some meditation. For these two days, let you be enlightened hippies! Paramahamsa is just an enlightened hippie, nothing else! Hippie minus drug plus meditation equals enlightenment, that"s all!

For these two days, just relax from all identities; relax from feeling compelled to prove your identity; just be completely relaxed. Don"t bother about the results. At the end, you will see that so much can happen in you. So much of transformation can happen in you; you will be a new being, a new person when you leave the hall.

This is such a great opportunity to sit, to experience Upanishad. Now, you are going to experience Upanishad. It is such a great opportunity to experience Upanishad from the very source of the Vedic tradition; from the very root! So, all you need to do is only one thing: relaxing from your identity. If you don"t have one, you are saved; half the job is done. If you have one, then relax from it for the next two days.

Completely Open … Listen…

Now, we will start the first thing - the initiation. Sit with a completely open being. You can even visualize and feel that you are open. Visualize that you are completely open; that you are a flower fully opened, fully blossomed, fully available; that you are totally relaxed. Just listen to these few mantras that I am going to chant. I am going to chant mantras from the Upanishad on which we are going to work.

Close your eyes. Just sit completely open and in silence. The silence always exists … inside you and outside you. Sit with a completely open being. Make your inner space available and open, for the downloading of this new software that is going to happen now.

Just visualize very clearly that you are opening your body, that you are opening your prana - that is the air circulation; that you are opening your mind - that is, your inner chattering; that you are opening all your emotions; that you are opening your very inner space.

These words are powerful words coming to you directly from enlightened beings, now recited again by an enlightened being, towards enlightened beings that is you all…

… from an enlightened being through an enlightened being to enlightened beings… Let your eyes be closed. Be completely open and relaxed.

(Swamiji chants from the Taitreya Upanishad)

Let these words vibrate in you and penetrate your core. Be completely open. The whole process is now getting inscribed into your inner space, so that it can open by itself. It can take care of the process by itself. It is literally like downloading a software. Just allow it. Put your whole energy to open up. Allow whatever happens to happen.

(Chanting continues and finishes)

Relax. You may now open your eyes.

Now, you will see that this very downloading itself will do the process. You don"t have to worry that you don"t understand the meaning of what I have just chanted. In fact, even if you understand the meaning, try to avoid going into what you think the meaning is. In reality, you don"t know the meaning. Sanskrit is not just a linguistic language; it is a phonetic language also. You may know the meaning of the words as written in the dictionary – that is the linguistic meaning. But, you will not know the phonetic experience of it, the other layer of it. So just relax, and allow the downloaded software to work on you.

You have the great fortune of sitting with an enlightened being. Enlightened beings are the only living Gods on planet Earth. If I declare this openly, sometimes, people get irritated. Their ego gets hurt. They ask: how can he claim that? Understand one thing very clearly: don"t bother whether I am God or not; but just you trusting this statement, just by you believing this statement, you are going to be helped these few days. I have finished solving all my problems. By saying that I am God or I am not, I am not going to have any problem. Also, by you accepting that I am God, I am not going to gain something out of it. No! If you don"t accept also, I am not going to bother about it. By you not accepting it, my personality is not going to be affected in anyway! I am not going to lose confidence on myself. Do you understand what I am saying? Whether you accept it, or not accept it, my confidence in myself is not going to be affected in any way. I have solved my life already! Only thing: if you accept, it will help you; that is the only reason. For the next two days, it will be a big help for you. In making such a statement, I am proposing it more as a technique, as a method, than as a fact. You may take it more as a method, to lift you or to transform your consciousness, than as a fact. So, just take it as a method, and work.

Fortunately, enlightened beings are not selected by voting! They just declare themselves, that"s all! Whether people vote or not, they don"t care. That is the greatness of enlightenment!