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Saturday, January 23, 2016

Health Issue: Those suffering from constipation + 5 more

Baba

This email contains six sections:
1. Important Teaching: Health Issue: Those suffering from constipation
2. PS #311: Nothing can be done secretly. You know everything
3. Prout: Fight: universe is created like this
4. The world expects tremendous work from you - Ananda Vanii
5. Bangla Quote: পাপ তো আর দেৰে না
6. Links

Health Issue:
those suffering from constipation

Namaskar,

Ananda Marga health guideline: “Straining at stool often aggravates the disease. Remember that without constipation and defective functioning of the liver one can never suffer from piles.” (1)

Ananda Marga health guideline: “A hernia patient should also remember to maintain a slight but continuous feeling of hunger. Hernia patients should get out of the habit of straining while defecating.” (2)

Ananda Marga health guideline: ​”​Cancer is a disease of the whole body as well as a tridośaja disease [involving disturbances of váyu, pitta and kapha]. This disease is a combined effect of many different factors. It is ordinarily observed that persons who suffer from constipation as a result of violating the health rules, and who likewise are lazy, lack self-restraint, sleep during the day and keep late nights, are most likely to be attacked by cancer.” (3)

In some countries this type of toilet seat is widely used, but for some that may cause constipation and related diseases. If you see animals, you will notice that they defecate in a half-seated / squatting postures. The best natural & anatomical position for humans is to defecate in a squatting postures. That is the natural position and will ward off constipation.

Those using an Indian sanitary pan - as displayed below on the right - are already doing from a squatting position. And on the left is how one may squat on a western style toilet to relieve constipation.



in Him,
Raghava
(Ralph Newton)

References
1. Yogic Treatments, Haemorrhoids
2. Yogic Treatments, Hernia
3. Yogic Treatments, Cancer


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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==
Nothing can be done secretly - You know everything

“Tumi kato liila’ jano... “ (Prabhat Samgiit #311)

Purport:

O’ Parama Purusa, You know how to play a grand variety of divine liilas [1]. You play so many liilas. To divinely intoxicate my mind, You play a gamut of liilas with me. Sometimes You make me cry and sometimes You make me laugh. O’ my Lord, You shower Your divine blessing in countless ways.

O’ Supreme Entity, Baba, nothing can be done and remain hidden from You. You know and see everything - in each action You exist, You are always there. Without Your grace nothing can happen. You are present in every work. Whatever I do, wherever I go, You are there - watching. Nothing can be done secretly. In Your divine play - liila khela - the whole universe is dancing at Your feet.

Baba, You flood the world with Your smile and laughter, as well as with torrential tears of joy. You shower rays of happiness upon all, and side by side witness the troubles and torments people undergo. O’ my Lord, I love You, knowingly and unknowingly. Your songs of love flow throughout this cosmos.

O’ Parama Purusa Baba, You know how to play a variety of liilas….


Note for Prabhat Samgiit #311:

[1] Liila': In this universe there innumerable events taking place. When we know the cause of a particular event, then that is kriida. And when the cause is not known then it is liila. If the cause was initially now known, and later on becomes known, then that event becomes kriida. Thus as one's knowledge increases - and more and more events can be rationally explained - then for that person the scope of kriida is increased.

Ananda Marga ideology states, "There is a subtle difference between liilá and kriid́a. When the cause of an effect is easily discernible it is called kriid́a, but when the cause is unknown and only the effect is easily discernible it is called liilá." (1)

Reference
1. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 11, To Know Him Is to Be Free from All Fetters

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== Section 3: Prout ==

Fight: universe is created like this

Prout philosophy states, “Fight is the essence of life. Biologically, life is an expression of inner stamina, and externally or physically, it is a ceaseless fight to restore an unstable equilibrium. Anywhere and everywhere in the universe there is conflict. Why? If one looks at the process of creation, one will observe that creation originated from the nucleus. In the first phase of creation, that is, the phase of expansion, it is Avidyá or material force which supplied stamina to the Cosmic Mind, which is the cause of the process of creation. However, it cannot be denied that Vidyá or spiritual force is totally absent in this phase. In fact, in the struggle between Vidyá and Avidyá the former is suppressed by the latter and the resultant is expansion from the original nucleus. In the second phase, namely the phase of withdrawal, it is Vidyá which supplies the life juice for an interial move to the nucleus. Here also Avidyá is fighting a losing battle. In essence, in every sphere there is fight between Vidyá and Avidyá, and the resultant is interial or exterial progress. When Avidyá wins the process of crudification goes on; when Vidyá wins the process of introversion goes on.” (1)

Reference
1. Talks on Prout


== Section 4: Ananda Vanii ==

The world expects tremendous work from you

“The accumulated distortions of many lifetimes cannot be removed in the twinkling of an eye. The removal of these distortions requires prolonged cultivation of knowledge, selfless devotion and untiring action. The world expects tremendous work from you; so you must not sit idle like a frog in a well under the spell of inertia. Therefore awake, arise.” (Ananda Vanii #5)

Note 1: True Ananda Vaniis have a number whereas Fake Ananda Vaniis do not - just as a fake car license plate has no number. By this way, you can easily recognise a Fake Ananda Vanii.


== Section 5: Bangla Quote ==

পাপ তো আর দেৰে না


“ভগবান যদি তোমাকে ৰলেন, "আরে, তুমি তো অনেক পাপ করেছিস, তো তোর পাপটা আমাকে দিয়ে দে” | তখন তুমি কি ৰলৰে ? যে “না, ভগবান পাপটা তোমাকে কেন দৰ ? তোমাকে ভাল-মন্দ খৰাৰ, আদর করৰ, যত্ন করৰ--পাপ তোমাকে কেন দৰ ?  আমার যা সুকৃতি তাই তোমাকে দৰ | কিন্তু পরমপুরুষ মানুষকে তো ভালৰাসেন, মানুষ তো পরমপুরুষেরই সৃষ্টি | আর, মানুষকে তিনি পাপের হাত থেকে ৰাঁচাতে চান, তাই তিনি কি করেন ? তাকে না জানিয়ে, লুকিয়ে, তার পাপ চুরি করেন, হরণ করেন | চুরি না করলে, লুকিয়ে না নিলে, তো মানুষ দেৰে না পরমপুরুষকে তার পাপ | ভাল জিনিস দেৰে, পাপ তো আর দেৰে না | তাই যিনি পাপকে হরণ করেন, তিনি হলেন হরি |” (1)

Reference
1. অপ্রকাশিত, ১৯৮৮ আনন্দ নগর, GD 1 January 1988 Ananda Nagar


== Section 6: Links ==

Recent postings

Baba story: All-knowing Guru

Inhuman barbaric practise

Other topics of interest

People want what

What to eat and not eat



Monday, January 18, 2016

Pratyáhára is one lesson of sadhana + 6 more

Baba

This email contains 7 sections:
1. PS #3647:  हे मेरे बाबा! मुझ पर अहैतुकी कृपा की वर्षा कीजिये।
2. Holy Teaching: Pratyáhára is one lesson of sadhana
3. March of universal humanism must be made- Ananda Vanii
4. Bangla Quote: ঘাড়ে-কাঁধে জোর নেই
5. Comment: Re: People get terrified remembering this key thing
6. Comment: Re: Why bad marriages
7. Links

हे मेरे बाबा! मुझ पर अहैतुकी कृपा की वर्षा कीजिये।


प्रभात संगीत 3647 भूलिते चाहिना, कभु भूलिबो ना, साथे थेको प्रियो मने थेको...

भावार्थ
बाबा, मेरे परमप्रिय! कृपा कर मेरे मन में, मेरे साथ अनन्त काल तक रहिये। मैं तुम्हें भूलना नहीं चाहता। मैं तुम्हारी कृपा नहीं भूलॅंगा। जब कभी मेरे मन को जड़ता का स्पंदन और भौतिक आकर्षण का तूफान दूर फेकने लगे तो कृपा कर मुझे धर्म के पथ पर बनाये रखना। कृपया मुझ पर दया बनाये रखें। मेरे ऊपर हर क्षण अपनी अहैतुकी कृपा और करुणा - दृष्टिपात करते रहें । हे मेरे बाबा! मुझ पर अहैतुकी कृपा की वर्षा कीजिये।

- Trans: Dr. T.R.S.

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== Section 2: Holy Teaching ==

Pratyáhára is one lesson of sadhana

"Question: What is pratyáhára?"

"Answer: Pratyáhára is derived: prati – á – hr + ghaiṋ. The word áhára literally means “assimilating” or “taking something within”. As a yogic practice, pratyáhára means “withdrawal of the mind from external objectivity and goading the withdrawn mind toward Parama Puruśa”. (Yoga Psychology, Questions and Answers on Meditation)

"You must bring about a revolutionary change in the flow of your judgment and thought, and see how, after overcoming your fascination with external colour, your mind becomes tinged with the His glorious colour. In Ananda Marga Sadhana, the method of withdrawing the mind from degrading tendencies, and absorbing oneself in the colour of the Great, is called Pratyáhára Yoga (the yoga of withdrawal) or Varńárghyadána (the offering of colours). All people have a particular attraction for one or another object or activity and as soon as they become attracted to an object, then their minds become coloured with the colour of that object. You can withdraw your mind from the colour of that object and dye yourself in His colour by offering Him the captivating colour of the object that has attracted you: this is the real Pratyáhára Yoga. The word Pratyáhára means “to withdraw” – to withdraw the mind from its object." (1)

Note: In Astaunga Yoga, there are 8 limbs - one of which is pratyahara. We practice that as Guru puja as part of our regular sadhana routine. Guru puja is very important. After sadhana, one should always do Guru puja, and Guru puja can also be done on its own. After all, it is a lesson. By this way, one's attachment for mundane things slowly fades away. It is a perfect science. If, after practicing Guru puja, one is unable to get rid of their worldly attachments and / or a particular mental weakness, then best is to consult an acarya. In Senior Acarya Diary, Baba has given a detailed science and method for practicing Guru puja. One should learn how to do this from any acarya, one on one.

Reference
1. Subhasita Samgraha - 3, Vibration, Form and Colour


== Section 3: Ananda Vanii ==

March of universal humanism must be made

“Since the very dawn of civilization, numerous isms have emerged before the humanity. Various rhythms of mobility have appeared but none of these has taught to look upon the entire humanity as an integral and indivisible entity. Hence, there is so much infighting so much intolerance amongst human beings. The human society of today has advanced considerably in the intellectual sphere. It must no longer sit inert. By applying all its might, the march of universal humanism must be made smooth by hook or by crook. Hence no latitude in procrastination or cowardliness of any sort should be permitted in this regard.” (Ananda Vanii #52)

Note 1: True Ananda Vaniis have a number whereas Fake Ananda Vaniis do not - just as a fake car license plate has no number. By this way, you can easily recognise a Fake Ananda Vanii.


== Section 4: Bangla Quote==

ঘাড়ে-কাঁধে জোর নেই

“তাই ধর্ম ছাড়া অন্য কোনও দ্বিতীয় পথ থাকতেই পারে না | কারণ বিস্তার, এই যে expansion, এই যে বিস্তারিত হওয়া, এটা একটা স্বভাব ধর্ম | এর এই স্বভাবধর্মই মানুষের মনকে ৰড় করতে-করতে, ভূমামনে মিশিয়ে দেয় | এ ছাড়া অন্য তো পথ নেই | কেবল theory প্রচার করে তো কাজ হৰে না | আর, কেবল বিশেষ-বিশেষ দর্শন নিয়ে, অন্যের নিন্দাবাদ করেও, কোনও কাজ হৰে না--মানুষ তৈরি হ’ল না, তো, অন্য কাজ সে মানুষ কি করে করৰে ? আগে তো তাকে তৈরি হতে হৰে | মাথায় জোর নেই, ঘাড়ে-কাঁধে জোর নেই, তার উপর যদি দশ মনের ৰোঝা চাপানো হয়, সে তো নিয়ে যেতে পারৰে না | তাই মানুষ তৈরিকরাটাই ৰড় কাজ | এবং মানুষ তৈরি করতে গেল ধর্মপথ ছাড়া অন্য কোনও পথ নেই, অন্য কোনও গতি নেই |” (1)

Reference
1. ১ জানুয়ারি ১৯৮৪,AN.


== Section 5: Comment ==

Re: People get terrified remembering this key thing

Namaskar
Another wonderful source three dimensional skulls ..can be had via ceramics. Here in the west they sell them perfectly copied..with a small 7 watt  light bulb  inside...and wire coming out of the base. People market them for Halloween.
 I have two in my house as a reminder that human life is like a bubble in the wind. I use them as night lights in my home. A real skull is usually devoid of the lower jaw..but is right for Tandava.

I was watching a fascinating documentary called "Particle Fever" a seventeen mile cyclotron in CERN Switzerland has been built and has shown the elusive Higgs particle exists.

At the entrance of this facility is a wonderful statuary of Siva Nataraj.

 I am sure it is at the entrance  in honor of Oppenheimer.

As you might know after the first test of the Hydrigen bomb J Robert Oppenheimer quoted from the Bhagavad Gita..." I am Siva destroyer of worlds.."
Oppenheimer a genius but a true human being talked  against the US government..programs..they eventually destroyed him.
Thinking of this documentary AND Oppenheimer quoting the Gita .. I was walking in my local small town cemetery here in the US. Population only 5000. I happened upon a grave ...and there was an inscription on a stone." For every man who is born death is certain..and for every man who dies birth is certain."
Now you have to realize here in the west....you might be able to find an inscription from the Bhagavad Giita say in Los Angeles or New York City in a modern cemetery ..but I live in  a small western Pa town...and the cemetery I walk in harkens from the 1800s.! And there are thousands of stones but my eye found the inscription .
A rare incident indeed.

In BABA
govinda

PS
Way back in the early 1970s at a retreat here in Tallequah Oklahoma...one married couple from Texas  wrote a wonderful Bhajan.
I have forgotten most of the lyrics...but some of them I do remember

I saw the dance of SHIVA in thunder wind and rain..
I saw the dance of SHIVA I'll never be the same

Came to earth as SHIVA..Ah ah ah ah ah ahhh
Came to earth as Krsna ...Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah
Cane to earth as BABA..Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah..
BABA his greatness the undiscovered mystery ...
No one knows the secret..No one knows the secret..No one knows the secret
No one knows the secret
BABA His greatness the Undiscovered Mystery...No one knows the secret!

The melody is equally wonderful and haunting

Note: Here is a link to the initial letter on this topic - People get terrified remembering this key thing


== Section 6: Comment ==

Re: Why bad marriages

Namaskar Bro Vikram
Thanks for bringing this matter up. I think a progressive margii should support this idea.
In Him
Shiva
Note: Here is a link to the initial letter on this topic - Why bad marriages


== Section 7: Links ==

Islam: Why is there so much killing and bloodshed - 4 & more

Baba

This email contains four sections:
1. Current Events: Islam: Why is there so much killing and bloodshed - 4
2. Hindi Quote: उनसे बड़ा काम नहीं होता है
3. PS #2815: Why have You allowed poison to creep into each corner of the flower gardens
4. Links


Islam: Why there is so much killing and bloodshed - 4

Note: Links to the first three parts has been appended below.

Stinging from the rejection of his own town and tribe, Muhammad's message quickly become more intolerant and ruthless - particularly as he gained power. Islam's holiest book clearly reflects this contrast, with the later parts of the Quran adding violence and earthly defeats at the hands of Muslims to the woes of eternal damnation that the earlier parts of the book promises those who will not believe in Muhammad.

infidels were enslaved, converted upon point of death and slaughtered
It was at Medina that Islam evolved from a relatively peaceful religion borrowed from others and into a military force that was intended to govern all aspects of society. During these last ten years of Muhammad's life, infidels were evicted or enslaved, converted upon point of death and even rounded up and slaughtered depending on expediency.

To fund his quest for control, Muhammad first directed his followers to raid Meccan caravans in the holy months, when the victims would least expect it. This was despite the fact that the Meccans were not bothering him in Medina.


Murder innocent drivers and steal their property

Muhammad provided his people with convenient revelations "from Allah" which allowed them to murder innocent drivers and steal their property (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 426). The people around him gradually developed a lust for things that could be taken in battle, including material comforts and captured women and children. 

Often the people captured in battle would be brought before the self-proclaimed prophet, where they would plead for their lives, arguing, for example, that they would never have treated the Muslims that way. The traditions are quite clear in portraying Muhammad as largely unmoved by their pleas, and ordering their deaths anyway, often by horrible means. In one case, he orders a man slain, telling him that “Hell” will take care of the poor fellow’s orphaned daughter (Ishaq 459).


Inherent double standard in its relations with those outside the faith

The raids on caravans preceded the first major battle involving a Muslim army, the Battle of Badr. This was the spot where the Meccans had sent their own army to protect their caravans from Muslim raiders. Although, Muslims today like to claim that they only attack others in self-defense, this was clearly not the case in Muhammad's time. In fact, he had to compel his reluctant warriors with promises of paradise and assurances that their religion was more important than the lives of others.

Muhammad defeated the Meccan army at Badr, which emboldened him to begin dividing and conquering the three local Jewish tribes at Medina. Their mistake was to accept the Muslim presence, but reject Muhammad's claim that he was in the line of Jewish prophets. His stories from the Torah simply did not agree with their own. (Muhammad's recited version of Bible stories sounds more like fragmented fairy tales with the same moral - believe in his personal claim to be a prophet or else).

How these three tribes, the Banu Qaynuqa, the Banu Nadir, and the Banu Quyrayza met their fate is insightful into the Muslim mindset, which employs an inherent double standard in its relations with those outside the faith.

(To be continued)

Reference
1. Comment of M. Twain, Courtesy of Washington Post


== Section 2: Hindi Quote ==

उनसे बड़ा काम नहीं होता है

जो “अ” भी होता है, “ऐ” भी होता है, आगे भी चल सकते हैं, पीछे भी चल सकते हैं | “खाएँ या नहीं खाएँ, करें या नहीं करें”—इस प्रकार के द्विविधा-ग्रस्त जो मनुष्य है, उनसे बड़ा काम नहीं होता है | जीवन के किसी भी क्षेत्र में द्विविधा नहीं हो, किसी भी क्षेत्र में द्विविधा नहीं हो | जहाँ द्विविधा मन में आ गया, एक को रखो; दूसरे को लात मारकर हटा दो |
[भक्त गण -- "बाबा, बाबा, बाबा !"]

[यह प्रवचन-अंश, बाबा के कैसेट से सीधे लिखा गया है । बाबा का यह असली प्रवचन, अमृतोपदेश है। आनन्दमार्ग हिन्दी पुस्तकों में छपे प्रवचन तो नक़ली प्रवचन हैं, असली नहीं हैं -- बंगालीकरण (बँगलाइजेसन) के तहत उनकी बर्बादी की गई] (1)

Reference
1. 30 December 1970 Patna


== Section 3: Prabhat Samgiita ==

Why have You allowed poison to creep into each corner of the flower gardens


PS Intro: This below song describes the scene of that era, i.e. before the divine advent of Parama Purusa. In that time, the people were completely distraught and feeling helpless; they were pained by witnessing all the suffering of their brothers and sisters. Those days the whole humanity was being exploited, tortured, and choked. In response, various great devotees tried to solve the situation but they could not get victory over those wicked, demonic forces. That is why they began desperately calling for that Divine Entity - Parama Purusa - to come immediately and rescue them from those the cruel rulers and restore harmony and peace throughout the society.

So this song is the expression of the heart of those devotees from that era when they were desperately crying for His divine help. Upon hearing their call, by His sweet will, Parama Purusa Baba has taken advent as the Taraka Brahma; He has created a tremendous psycho-spiritual vibration whereby all the problems were solved - completely. In the very near future, in the coming hours and days, we will see those divine solutions manifest in the physical sphere.

"Mánavatá áj dhuláy lut́áy, tumi keno dúre rayecho..." (Prabhat Samgiita #2815)

Purport:

O' Parama Purusa, the whole humanity is wallowing in the dust. Humanity is suffering. The exploiters have grabbed the upper hand and the suffering humanity is at their mercy. Those selfish forces have created a black pact and are imposing their will on the innocent people. O’ Parama Purusa,  Why are You remaining far. All the sweet softness has been lost and turned into an abrasive roughness. Love and compassion have turned into animosity and cruelty. The sweet devotional feeling has completely dried up. O' Lord, are You not seeing this? Why are You remaining so far away. 

In this present era, the fragrant flower pollen has become inert. It has lost its sweet aroma and has now become lifeless . The sandalwood has lost its aromatic fragrance and become crude and static, like a demon's body. Morality and devotion have been suppressed by those sinful forces. Why have You allowed poison to creep into each corner of the heart and the flower gardens? Why have You allowed noxious poison to float everywhere. Why are You letting the society become overrun by the darkness of those tamasika forces. O' Parama Purusa, why have You allowed this to happen.

O' Parama Purusa Baba, the great virtue of generations and generations of sadhana has become lost. Humanity's benevolent brilliance and compassionate endeavours - all those good and auspicious thoughts - have been crushed & are long gone. All the dharmic teachings of those great rishis and yogis has faded away. Demons have polluted the air, water, and  moonlight. The sweetness and purity in this world has gotten crushed by the demonic elements. Negative forces have taken over; demons in human form are ruling - doing their hellish dance of war and destruction. Why did You allow the devils to do their dance?

Baba, O' Parama Purusa Baba, why are You still remaining far...


== Section 4: Links ==
 

Friday, January 15, 2016

Islam: Why killing and bloodshed - 3 & more

Baba 


Islam: Why there is so much killing and bloodshed -3

Note: A link to part one  & two has been appended below.

Namaskar,
"Still, Mecca at the time was a remarkably tolerant society. Muhammad was allowed to attack the local customs for thirteen years, even though the town's economy depended on the annual pilgrimage attended by visiting pagans, whose religion he actively disparaged.


Muhammad "marry" Abu Bakr's 6-year-old daughter

At first, Muhammad was only successful with friends and family. After thirteen years, “the street preacher” could boast of only about a hundred determined followers, who called themselves Muslims. Outside of his wife, his first convert was his young cousin Ali (who would later become his son-in-law and the fourth caliph of Islam). Another early convert was Abu Bakr, a wealthy merchant whose money and credulous acceptance of Muhammad can be credited with the survival of the fledgling cult. (Muhammad would later "marry" Abu Bakr's 6-year-old daughter). He would have sex with her when she turned 9 and was still prepubescent.


Muhammad recognize the local gods in addition to Allah

Relations with the Meccans turned particularly sour after an episode known as "e Satanic Verses" in which Muhammad agreed to recognize the local gods in addition to Allah. This delighted the Meccans, who generously extended their welcome. But Muhammad soon changed his mind after his own people began to lose faith in him. He claimed that Satan had spoken through him, and he rescinded recognition of the Meccan gods (Tabari 1192, Quran 22:52 & 53:19-26). 

The locals intensified their mockery of Muslims and made life particularly difficult for some of them. Although Muslims today often use the word "persecution" to describe this ordeal (justifiably, in some cases), it is important to note that the earliest and most reliable biographers (Ibn Ishaq and al-Tabari) record the death of only one Muslim during this period, an older woman who died from stress.


Muslims became violent

This fact is a source of embarrassment to modern apologists, who do not like admitting that Muslims were the first to become violent at Mecca and that Muhammad was the first to resort to militancy... and at a later time, when it was entirely unnecessary.

Muhammad's search for political alliance led him to make a treaty of war against the Meccans with the people of Medina, another Arab town far to the north (Ibn Ishaq 299-301). This was the last straw for the Meccans, who finally decided to capture Muhammad and put him to death. 

Although this sounds harsh against Western standards, it is important to note the contrast between the Meccan reaction and that of Muhammad when he had the opportunity to deal with perceived treachery in Medina at a later date on the part of those who hadn't even harmed anyone.


Muhammad slaughtered an entire tribe of Jewish


The Meccans limited their deadly aggression to Muhammad himself. This is quite clear from the episode in which Muhammad escapes his home by using his son-in-law, Ali, to trick his would-be assassins into thinking that they had him trapped (Ibn Ishaq 326). No harm was done to Ali or his wife, both of whom subsequently remained in the city for several days to complete the transfer of Muhammad's family business to Medina.

Compare this to the episode of the Banu Qurayza Jews, in which Muhammad slaughtered an entire tribe of Jewish people based on their leader having switched loyalties in a conflict in which none of them even participated.

The year that Muhammad fled Mecca for Medina was 622, which marks the beginning of the Muslim calendar." (1)

(To be continued)

Reference
1. Comment of M. Twain, Courtesy of Washington Post 


== Section 2: Main topic ==


यह मनुष्य का काम नहीं है

“जो मिलेगा, वही खाएँगे, ऐसा नहीं जी ! जो वस्तु का प्रभाव तुम्हारे शरीर पर, मन पर, आत्मा पर, अच्छा है---वही खाना है | जो मिलेगा खाएँगे, यह मनुष्य का काम नहीं है | यह पशु का भी काम नहीं है | पशु में भी खाना का विचार है”
[यह प्रवचन-अंश, बाबा के कैसेट से सीधे लिखा गया है । बाबा का यह असली प्रवचन, अमृतोपदेश है। आनन्दमार्ग हिन्दी पुस्तकों में छपे प्रवचन तो नक़ली प्रवचन हैं, असली नहीं हैं -- बंगालीकरण (बँगलाइजेसन) के तहत उनकी बर्बादी की गई]

Reference
1. अप्रकाशित भाग, 3rd June 1990, DMC, “The Cult of Spirituality, a Cult of Pinnacled Order”


== Section 3: Links ==
 

Prior Letters of Islam series

Islam: Why is there so much killing and bloodshed - 1

Islam: Why is there so much killing and bloodshed - 2

Other topics

Worrying trend

Confused people misguide others



This email contains four sections:
1. Current Events: Islam: Why is there so much killing and bloodshed - 3
2. Hindi Quote: यह मनुष्य का काम नहीं है
3. Links

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Five Important Issues

Baba

This email contains six sections:
1. Hindi Quote: जब नींद टूटेगी तब भी देखोगे कि जप हो रहा है
2. PS #2288: In spite of having You very close, it is still not possible...
3. Prout: Future humans to disconnect their limbs
4. That very irresistible aspiration which leads human beings - Ananda Vanii
5. Holy Teaching: Dogma: attained salvation by fasting
6. Links


जब नींद टूटेगी तब भी देखोगे कि जप हो रहा है

“अहोरात्र चौबीस घण्टे पुण्य कर्म करो | तो बोल सकते हो कि चौबीस घण्टे कैसे करेंगे ? कभी खाते हैं, कभी चलते हैं, कभी पढ़ते हैं | इसका उत्तर यही है कि मनुष्य का शरीर है—साधना के लिए | जनसेवा भी साधना का ही part है | जब खा रहे हो, जब सोए हुए हो, उस वक्त क्या करोगे ? उसके पहले भी तो अपना मन्त्र जप कर लिए | मन्त्र-जप करते-करते सो गए | तो निद्रता अवस्था में श्वास के साथ स्वतः मन्त्र का जप होगा और जब नींद टूटेगी तब भी देखोगे कि जप हो रहा है |”
[यह प्रवचन-अंश, बाबा के कैसेट से सीधे लिखा गया है । बाबा का यह असली प्रवचन, अमृतोपदेश है। आनन्दमार्ग हिन्दी पुस्तकों में छपे प्रवचन तो नक़ली प्रवचन हैं, असली नहीं हैं -- बंगालीकरण (बँगलाइजेसन) के तहत उनकी बर्बादी की गई]  (1)

Reference
1. Kuru Pun'yam Ahoratram,NP,GD,Ranchi,11/1/67,GD Ranchi


== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==


In spite of having You very close, it is still
not possible for me to fully realise You


Note: Only those bhaktas who feel a devotional vibration in their heart can understand this song in the depths of their core.

"Toma'ke ka'che peyeo cena' da'y..." (Prabhat Samgiita 2288)

Purport:

O' Parama Purusa, You are mine - You are very close to me. Often I think that I have understood You completely; but when I contemplate more deeply I understand that I know not. in spite of having You very close, it is still not possible for me to fully realise You. O' Divine Entity, You are my very intimate and closest One: Your mind can’t be understood. You smile softly and say You love me. Yet when I long for You and yearn to have You in a more intimate way, You are not coming that close. Then I think that I do not properly understand Your mind - Your desire. Otherwise surely You would come deep into the depths of my heart. Baba, O' my Dearmost, Alas, I do not know how to satisfy You completely. [1]

O' my Lord, just when I think I have completely understood You, and just when I think I have truly come to know You, i.e. Your desires and Your inner plans, then with Your divine liila You shower even more of Your divine love and I become restless to get You more and more close. I feel so much love for You in my heart that my eyes constantly rain and shower tears when I think of You. It is Your grace. 

O' Parama Purusa Baba, due to Your infinite compassion I have understood that only You are the Essence. You alone are the Cosmic Nucleus of this vast universe. By Your grace I have forgotten all those transitory expressions; they can’t give me permanent shelter. I no longer run after the ephemeral things of this mundane world. Your divine liila is not easy to understand. I understand that Your liila cannot be understood. [2] Now I only say and sing: "O’ Forgiver of the mistakes, O' Lord please forgive me for my lapses, wrongdoing and negative deeds. Please shower Your causeless grace on me."

Baba, You can only be attained through surrender and love. O' Lord please grace me; please fill me with Your divine compassion...


Notes for Prabhat Samgiita #2288:

[1] To understand You fully, the unit mind must lose its individual identity. As long as one is cognizant of their own unit existence, then You cannot be realised.

[2] "Toma'r liila'y ha'r ma'niya'chi": This phrase from the third stanza of the above Prabhat Samgiita is neatly represented by these below teachings.

"Surrender yourself to His will. Shake off your load of self-conceit. Lighten the burden of your life and float yourself on the waves of His will. It is He who is teaching you the sa'dhana' in the guise of a Guru (preceptor); it is He who is strengthening your knowledge and faith in the guise of a philosopher. You are plundering His mercy in everything day and night. Go on working as a machine, leaving the doership to Him. How little can your poor intellect comprehend or analyse His unfathomable sport (liila')! So, instead of trying to comprehend or analyse keep the bearing of that inscrutable juggler aglow before your eyes." (1)

"Parama Puruśa is beyond the scope of relativity. Why is He making the world dance? Why has He made Paramarasa-Samudra? The answer to this cannot be known in the world of causality. Why Paramátmá has done something has no answer because He is beyond the scope of causality. Hence that which is non-causal, that which is beyond the scope of causality is Liilá. Whatever Paramátmá does is Liilá, but what Jiiva does is Kriidá. The wise will do Kriidá in such a way as to adjust their waves with the waves of Liilá. They will not try to know why Liilámaya has done an action. They will simply try to know Liilámaya Himself. If you cannot know the cause of a trifling thing like dancing, how can you know the cause of the action of Liilámaya? Jiiva has a very small brain and a very small cranium. It is not possible for it to know the action of Liilámaya. Suppose someone is an MA in 20 subjects. If he or she is asked suddenly to appear in the MA examination, he will not pass – he will have to read again, then he will have to appear. This proves that the Jiiva fails even to succeed in its own Kriidá. So how can it understand the cause of the Liilá of Liilámaya? It cannot. The best approach is to love Him, is to join His party. If there is true love the Master Magician will certainly make you understand everything because the more the members of His party know, the more convenient it is for Him." (2)

References
1. Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life - 4
2. Subhasita Samgraha - 19, Parama Puruśa

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== Section 3: Prout ==

Future humans will disconnect their limbs

Prout philosophy states, "Compared to mechanical babes, biological babes will be perfect. Ova and spermatozoa, both being chemical compounds, can be created in a laboratory. Embryos, created by the fusion of spermatozoa and ova, can also be developed in a laboratory. Babes created by such a method will be called biological babes. The entire body, including the brain, can be created, but it is beyond the scope of human endeavour to create mind. As in the natural evolution of human beings, nature will put a bodiless mind into the embryo of the laboratory babes. This explains why a laboratory babe will not be free from saḿskáras or the reactions to past actions. With the development of medical science, laboratory babes can be given a long life in comparison to normal human beings."

"It may be possible for future humans to disconnect their limbs and move anywhere freely with their brain only. The different parts of the body of a biological babe can be replaced, but the brain cannot be replaced, for it is a brain with a particular set of saḿskáras, and hence replacement of the brain would mean replacement of the personality. The brain is a collection of nerve cells, the totality of which is the personality. It is not possible to change the brain without changing the nerve cells and consequently the personality." (1)

Reference
1. Talks on Prout given in 1961


== Section 4: Ananda Vanii ==

Innermost golden cavity of

“That very irresistible aspiration which leads human beings towards their goal with tremendous speed, also builds all sorts of social structures and generates newer social consciousness. With all sincerity in thought, words and deeds you have to build that aspiration, you have to awaken the cognitive faculty latent in the innermost golden cavity of every microcosmic mind. For you have to work to bring about the well-being of every entity; no benevolent individual can neglect anyone.” (Ananda Vanii #63)

Note 1: True Ananda Vaniis have a number whereas Fake Ananda Vaniis do not - just as a fake car license plate has no number. By this way, you can easily recognise a Fake Ananda Vanii.


== Section 5: Holy teaching ==

Dogma: attaining salvation by fasting

Ananda Marga ideology states, “Some people consider it propitious to have a holy dip in the Ganges on certain auspicious days. Other people think that by standing knee-deep in water in the winter season they will attain virtue. It is sheer nonsense to expect emancipation in this way. These are merely physical actions which do not guarantee emancipation. However, they may bring emancipation in one way – one may contract a virulent typhoid fever or pneumonia and expire! Na muktirtapanáddhomádupavásah shataerapi. There are some people who die after fasting for thirty or forty days. The members of their community think that they have attained salvation thereby, but one cannot attain salvation by fasting in this way.” (1)

Reference
1. AMIWL-10, Ideation on Brahma


== Section 6: Links ==

Recent postings

False info in AM books

Mahaprayan of one family acarya


Other topics of interest


Importance of milita snana

When tragedy strikes

Monday, January 11, 2016

Unity + Islam: Why is there so much killing and bloodshed - 2 + Ravi Batra

Baba

This email contains five sections:
1. Letter: On organisational unity
2. Current Events: Islam: Why is there so much killing and bloodshed - 2
3. Query: Microvita
4. Q & A with Dr Ravi Batra
5. Links


On organisational unity

Namaskar
Baba has told to follow yama-niyama, without this sadhana is impossible, & Baba says margiis have to follow 16pts strictly. Yama-niyama and 16pts are common for all the margis, whoever post top to Bottom holding in Marga, has to follow strictly.

Those who will follow it will develop deepest love and respect with Baba and His organization. They will like to be united, will never cry for their power post and prestige. Such margiis will never be disunited because their goal and mission is same.

Humans make mistakes and rectify them for their life improvement. Individually improve oneself to be united.

in Him,
Dada Jinanainjanananda


== Section 2 ==

Islam: Why is there so much killing and bloodshed - 2

Note: A link to part one has been appended below in section 5.

"Islam was created both from these crude pagan practices and from the basic theological elements of Christianity and Judaism as Muhammad [often erroneously] understood them (his inaccurate interpretation of Christianity, for example, is often attributed to an early experience with fringe cults in the Palestinian region, then known as Syria).

Muhammad was born around 570 AD to a widowed mother who died just six years later. He grew up poor and orphaned on the margins of society, which was controlled by tribal chiefs and trading merchants. He worked for his uncle, Abu Talib, as a camel herder. Although his uncle had some standing in the community, Muhammad himself did not rise above his lowly station until he was 25, when he met and married a wealthy widow, Khadija, who was 15 years older.


Tales from Judaism, Christianity, and paganism brought into


His wife's trading business not only nurtured Muhammad's natural talents of persuasion, but it also gave the successful salesman an opportunity to travel and acquire knowledge that was not as accessible to the local population. He would later use this to his advantage by incorporating the stories that he had come across into his "revelations" from Allah, particularly the tales from the earlier religions, Judaism and Christianity. 

Having attained a comfortable lifestyle and the idle time that wealth affords, Muhammad would wander off occasionally for periods of meditation and contemplation. It is quite likely that he was experiencing the symptoms of a midlife crisis, including a desire for personal accomplishment and meaning.

One day, at the age of 40, he told his wife that he had been visited by the angel Gabriel in a dream. Thus began a series of "revelations" which lasted almost until his death 23 years later. The Qur’an is a collection of words that Muhammad attributed to Allah. The Hadith is a collection of narrations of the life and deeds of Muhammad. The Sira is his recorded biography. The Sunnah is said to be Muhammad's way of life, on which Islamic law (Sharia) is based.


Self-proclaimed prophet began attacking others religion

With his wife’s influence and support, Muhammad proclaimed himself a prophet in same "lineage" as that of Abraham and Jesus, and began trying to convert those around him to his new religion. He narrated the Quran to those who believed him, telling them that it was the word of Allah (heard only by himself, of course).

Muhammad's Quran did not contain a single original moral value and it contributed only one new idea to world religion - that Muhammad is Allah's prophet. In fact, Muhammad's "Allah" seemed oddly preoccupied with making sure Muslims knew to obey Muhammad's every earthly wish, as this mandate is repeated at least twenty times in the narration of the Quran.


Combining all 300 of their pagan idols under the name “Allah”

In the beginning, Muhammad did his best to compromise his teachings with the predominant beliefs of the community’s elders, such as combining all 300 of their idols under the name “Allah.” His amalgamation of Judeo-Christian theology and pagan tradition grew more sophisticated over time. He also used his "revelations from Allah" to repeatedly affirm his own position. Even if he did not remember the Biblical stories correctly, for example, each one was conspicuously modified to incorporate a common theme: "Believe in the Messenger (Muhammad) or suffer the consequences."

According to early Muslim historians, the Meccans did not mind Muhammad practicing his religion, nor did they feel threatened by his promotion of it. This changed only after the self-proclaimed prophet began attacking their religion, including the customs and ancestors of the people (Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 167). This was enough to stir up the resentment of the influential leaders of Mecca, who then mocked his humble background against his pretentious claims. (See also MYTH: Muhammad was Persecuted for Preaching Islam)" (1)

(To be continued)

Reference
1. Comment of M. Twain, Courtesy of Washington Post 


== Section 3 ==

Microvita

Namaskar,

Has anybody heard about the process of transforming microvita into a new form of energy through a reactor ? Do you know anybody doing research in that field ?

Gurucharan


== Section 4 ==

Q & A with Dr Ravi Batra


Question to Dr Batra:

Some have written that your economic prediction for the depression of 1990 was wrong. Kindly tell us what is your reply to those people?


Reply from Dr Batra:

Thanks for your email. The book called The Great Depression of 1990 had two parts: one was the theory that depressions are caused by extreme wealth concentration. That part was hotly disputed, but few deny today that extreme inequality causes massive poverty. So the theory part of that book is accepted by most people.

The second part of that book was the forecast that a global depression would start in 1990. This prediction turned out to be wrong but not completely. First Japan did go into depression; second the United States faced a steep recession in 1990; my forecast for America turned out to be partly wrong, because I did not foresee the role of China in supporting the US economy. China, once America's sworn enemy, loaned almost $3 trillion to the US government, and this prevented the depression. If someone lends so much money, even a beggar can become a billionaire.

In my subsequent books, I took China's role into account, so that my forecasting record has jumped to over 90% accuracy. 95% of my forecasts made in The New Golden Age, written in 2006, have been accurate, and other forecasts are materializing right now.

The enclosed article in Fort Worth Weekly examines my overall forecasting record.

Ravi Batra

Note: For the attachment - Prophet of Boom - kindly write us...


== Section 5 ==

Links

Here is the first part of the series on Islam


Friday, January 8, 2016

Economic Trends & Reforms for 2016

Baba


Economic Trends & Reforms for 2016

Namaskar,
Here following is a review of Dr. Ravi Batra’s many works and publications including his economic trends and reforms for 2016 - and more.

Enclosed please find two attachments.

In Him,
Mahesh
AM Universal Moderators



#1:

New Book by Ravi Batra Highlights Economic Trends and Reforms for 2016
Press Release:  – Wed, Jan 6, 2016 19:39 GMT
DALLAS, TX--(Marketwired - Jan 6, 2016) - Ravi Batra, author of End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt and Poverty Despite Congress, has made a career out of making accurate forecasts. He claims an over 90 percent success rate in his predictions that seem to be borne out by what he has written in the past. For instance, in two books penned in 1978 and 1980, he foresaw the fall of Soviet communism before the end of the century, a forecast that earned him the medal of the Italian Senate in 1990. 
In another book published in 2006 and noted for its predictive accuracy, The New Golden Age: The Coming Revolution against Political Corruption and Economic Chaos, he made forecasts for the next 10 years. He prophesied a very deep recession starting in 2007, along with a lingering malaise and stagnation at least till 2016. The title of this book says it all. He also foresaw the Bush and Obama bailouts along with a giant increase in federal debt. Regarding oil, he predicted a continuing bubble that would crash after 2012. It seems everything he said or wrote in 2006 has come true.
What is in store for us in 2016? That is where his new book, End Unemployment Now, comes in. "2016 is going to be a year of the climax," says Batra, an economics professor at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. "It will be a year in which a revolution begins against the rule of money, leading to economic reforms by 2018. After that a golden age starts and is in place around the end the decade."
End Unemployment Now (www.ravibatra.com) explains the reason behind what is now known as The Great Recession and offers a variety of reforms. "The main cause of our troubles is monopoly capitalism, which is a system dominated by giant companies that charge high prices, pay low wages and extract huge productivity from employees," says Batra. "As a result, supply rises faster than demand and generates layoffs. So the solution lies in breaking up the behemoths and returning to free markets, where small firms engage in price and quality competition."
However, politicians are beholden to wealthy corporations and will not permit such reforms, at least until the revolution. Batra says there are existing laws that any U.S. president can use to quickly eradicate poverty and joblessness, making Congress irrelevant to the restoration of prosperity. For instance, the president can ask the FDIC to create what is known as a "bridge bank" that would compete with large banks. This step could trim interest rates on credit cards by as much as 66 percent, he says. "Using The FDIC alone can cut poverty in half in just a week," an outlandish claim that, according to Batra, "depends on the president acting courageously like the FDR and not worry about the political fallout."
If recent financial turmoil is any indication, we may do well to pay heed to Batra's words.
About Ravi BatraDr. Ravi Batra, a professor of economics at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, is the author of five international bestsellers. His latest book is "End Unemployment Now: How to Eliminate Joblessness, Debt and Poverty Despite Congress" (www.ravibatra.com). Batra received the Pratima and Navin Doshi Award for his contributions to economic analysis. In 1990, the Italian prime minister awarded him a Medal of the Italian Senate for writing a book that correctly predicted the downfall of Soviet communism, 15 years before it happened.

#2



2016 Will Be a Tumultuous Year
by
©Ravi Batra

I have written many books in my life and some of them made a variety of forecasts. For instance in a book published at the end of 2006, I pinpointed the year in which a major recession would start in the United States and then engulf the world. Some of my words in The New Golden Age were:
The economy will steadily get worse with home prices falling and layoffs rising…(p.173)
The housing bubble appears to be a major event, which once had a lot of momentum but is now beginning to recede. It is likely to burst in 2008, give or take a year. The burst could start in 2007 and continue till 2009. (p.175)
The economy could still face a steep recession because of rising oil prices, but avoid the calamity of a depression. Unemployment could rise to the level of 10 percent or more. (p.179)
The rest is history. The housing bubble punctured in mid-2007, whereas, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research, the so-called Great Recession began in December 2007 and ended in July 2009. In addition the stock markets crashed between October 2007 and March 2009, while unemployment rose to 10% by the end of 2010.
About oil, my forecast was that “the current bubble could go on till 2011 and then crash in 2012.” (p. 175.) This forecast was off slightly, because the oil price began to collapse in 2014, and continues to crash. However, remember that all these forecasts were made in 2006.
Now the question is: what is in store for us in 2016. Given that poverty in the United States is the worst in more than 50 years, a large swath of Americans—even the poor around the world – looks forward to a major change in society; they see how money has corrupted politics and economic policy; they feel hopeless and wish to God that some one would put an end to the rule of money. It is in this spirit, I have written a poem, which ends with a message of hope in 2016. (I started writing this poem in 2010 and completed it last December.)

God’s Washer Man Plan: A New Year Message
When righteousness dies and sin prevails
God makes a plan to end travails
Leaders rise to destroy greed and cruelty
To restore honesty and end poverty
The wicked tremble as crowds roar
You will not grab our wealth any more
The corrupt are put to slander and shame
Economists helping them get the blame
O Big Business, heed the clarion call
For God is about to make you fall
Our Father is now well enraged
His washer man plan is taking shape
A washer man slams clothes on jagged rocks
To cleanse them of dirt and dross
God has lifted rich CEOs to a new height
To slam them down in a terrible blight
They will now pay for stealing from the poor
And go to jail, it is crystal clear
This will end the rule of acquisitors
While sanity, humanity and people will be victors
Watch the world dance in celebration
As tyrants face humiliation
The oligarchs are arrogant and mean
Worry not, God’s plan will start in 2016

Ravi Batra is a professor of economics at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 75275, USA. He is the author of five international best sellers. His latest book is, End Unemployment Now: How to End Joblessness, Debt and Poverty Despite Congress. For more information, see ravibatra.com.


Wednesday, January 6, 2016

बाबा कथा: कलकता में बाबा का दर्शन + English Prabhat Samgiita + Hypocrisy exposed + 3 more

Baba

This email contains six sections:
1. Bangla Quote: ৰাড়ার সঙ্গে-সঙ্গে এটাও হৰে
2. PS #2129: You are transcendental, You are beyond everything....
3. Posting: बाबा कथा: कलकता में बाबा का दर्शन
4. Holy Teaching: Hypocrisy exposed -> Petty people have left behind...
5. What signifies one's progress - Ananda Vanii
6. Links


 बाबा कथा: कलकता में बाबा का दर्शन

बाबा,
नमस्कार,

यह 1981 की बात है जब बाबा धर्मं समीक्षा कलकत्ते में कर रहे थे। मैं धर्मं समीक्षा का अर्थ नहीं जानता था। न ही यह जानता था कि उसमें या उससे क्या होता है। एक दिन अचानक मेरी कलकत्ते की यात्रा हो गयी। मैंने सोचा कि कलकत्ते में जाकर वहाँ बाबा प्रभु का दर्शन करूँगा और वही से अपने गांव मिझौली चला जाऊँगा। बाबा उस समय “मधुमालञ्च” में रहते थे। बाबा द्वारा चरणरज स्वप्न में देने के कुछ सप्ताह बाद की यह सब बात है। पहले मैं कलकता--जोधपुर पार्क वाले कार्यालय में गया, और उसमे ऊपरी तल्ले पर जाकर ठहरा। ऊपरी तल्ला तिरपाल से छाया हुआ था, तथा भोजन बनाने की भी वहीं व्यवस्था थी। हमने भी ‘मेस’ में अपने भोजन का इन्तजाम करा लिया।

मैं बाबा का दर्शन करने उनके आवास में चला। वहाँ गया तो पता चला कि बाबा आज दर्शन नहीं देंगे। वे केवल कार्यकर्ताओ की बैठक को भवन स्थित हॉल में संबोधित करेंगे। बाहरी लोगो को दर्शन नहीं हो सकेगा। यह सुनकर मै और उपस्थित दर्शनार्थी भक्तगण उदास हो गये। उस बाबा आवास से जो सीढ़ी बाबा के तल्ले से निकलती है – वह नीचे दो ओर बँट जाती है। एक तो वह हॉल में चली जाती है और दूसरी बाहर की ओर निकल जाती है। बाबा का दर्शन नहीं होगा – यह सुनकर मैंने उपस्थित मार्गियों से कहा कि - “बाबा का दर्शन अवश्य होगा – कीर्त्तन करो|” बस, शुरू हो गया – ‘बाबा नाम केवलम्’। कुछ ही क्षणों बाद बाबा हॉल में आने के लिए ऊपर से चले। जहाँ से सीढ़ी दो ओर बँट जाती है, वहाँ पर जब प्रभुजी आये तो उन्होंने कहा – “आज मै इधर से जाऊँगा|” कहना न होगा कि वे बाहर जाने वाली सीढ़ी से उतरने कि बात कर रहें थे। अब भला किसकी हिम्मत जो बाबा भगवान को रोके? अब बाबा श्री श्री आनन्दमूर्ति जी हम लोगो के बीच में आये और आते ही बोले – “मेरे बेटे बेटियों! तुम् लोग ठीक से तो हो? (अंग्रेजी में वे बोले थे|) सभी हर्षित मुद्रा में में बोले – “हाँ बाबा, हम ठीक से हैं|” इसके बाद हरि जी सभा भवन में चले गये। मैं बाबा का दर्शन कर बहुत हर्षित था। मेरे मन में यह भाव आ रहा था कि यदि हम लोग कीर्त्तन नहीं करते तो शायद प्रिय बाबा का दर्शन नहीं होता।

धर्मसमीक्षा की तैयारी
मैंने सोचा कि ए मन, बाबा का दर्शन तो हो ही गया, अब चलो अपने गाँव मिझौली। रिक्शा लेकर जब मैं जोधपुर मार्केट के नजदीक पहुँच चुका था – एक अवधूत दादा आचार्य जी से भेंट हो गयी। वे कुछ दिनों पहले धनबाद में ही पदस्थापित थे। वे बाबा क्वार्टर ही जा रहे थे। अवधूत दादा ने मुझे देखते ही कहा – “अरे, आप धनबाद से अकेले आये है? उनका आशय धर्मं समीक्षा होने से था। उन्होंने सोचा कि मैं धर्मं समीक्षा के लिए आया हूँ। मैंने बिना सोचे समझे ही कह दिया – “हाँ दादा जी, हम अकेले आये है। कितने लोगों के साथ आयें?” अवधूत दादा एक कार्यकर्त्ता थे। हम लोग धनबाद में साथ-साथ रहे थे तथा मार्ग का कार्य भी किये थे। इसलिए हम कुछ दिल खोल कर उनसे बात भी कर लेते थे। उन्होंने कहा – “अरे, आप कहाँ जा रहें है? धर्मसमीक्षा आप की हो गयी?” मैंने कहा – धर्मसमीक्षा क्या?” उन्होंने कहा – “हे भगवान, चलिये चलिये। बाबा का क्वार्टर चलिये। वहाँ धर्मंसमीक्षा होगी|” मैनें कहा – “बाबा का दर्शन मैंने कर लिया, अब घर जा रहा हूँ|”

उन्होंने मुझे समझाया और बड़ी कठिनाई से समझाया कि उसमे बाबा के बिलकुल समीप में बैठने का अवसर मिलता है। एकदम P.C. के जैसा। मैंने कहा कि मेरा P.C. हो चुका है, तो उन्होंने कहा कि अबकी बार भी P.C. की तरह ही होगा। मैंने उनकी बात को मानकर रिक्शे को पुनः उसी ओर चलने का निर्देश दिया। अवधूत दादा जी ने रास्ते में पुछा कि मैंने कुछ मार्ग का काम किया है? मैंने कहा कि दादाजी, इधर तो हमने कुछ भी नहीं किया है। इसपर वे बोले – “तब तो बड़ा गड़बड़ है। वहाँ तो आप निकाल दिये जाइयेगा और धर्मसमीक्षा में भेजने वाले सन्यासी दादा को भी डाँट पड़ेगी|” मैंने कहा कि सच्चाई तो यही है कि मैंने इधर कुछ समय से काम नहीं किया है। बात करते-करते हम लोग बाबा आवास में चले आये। धर्मंसमीक्षा के प्रभारी अवधूत दादा से हमारी भेंट कराई गयी। उन्होंने भी यही पूछा कि मैंने मार्ग का काम किया है या नहीं? मैंने फिर वही उत्तर दिया। उन्होंने कहा कि – “तब आप तो बाबा के पास से खदेड़ाईयेगा ही, हमें भी डाँट उनसे खिलवाईयेगा|”

परम प्रभु, बाबा चरण में
देवकुमार

Shrii Bhakti jii presents this story:
- We are very grateful to Shrii Bhakti for his immense contribution of putting the hardly legible material into a usable electronic format. Without his efforts it would not have been possible to publish this story. - Eds


== Section 2: Bangla Quote ==


ৰাড়ার সঙ্গে-সঙ্গে এটাও হৰে

“এই extra-cerebral knowledge ওটাও একটা natural জিনিস হিসাৰে স্বাভাবিক জিনিস হিসাৰেই ক্রমশঃ মানুষের মধ্যে develop করতে থাকৰে | এটা সাধারণ মানুষ যে তার মধ্যেও extra-cerebral memory অনেক খানি ৰেশি করে জাগতে থাকৰে | ওটাকার অস্বাভাবিক কিছু মনে করা হৰে না | মনের পরিধি ৰাড়ছে | মনের পরিধি ৰাড়ার সঙ্গে-সঙ্গে এটাও হৰে | সুতরাং যে কোনও মানুষের পক্ষে গত জন্ম বা তার আগেকার জন্মের কথা মনে করা খুৰই সহজ হৰে | হয়তো ছয়-সাত জন্ম আগেকার কথা মনে করা সক্ত হৰে | কিন্তু এক দুটো জন্ম সে সহজেই মনে করতে পারৰে | আঁঽ ? আর দুজন মানুষে দেখা হয়ে গেল, পরিচয় নেই, কিছু নেই | এক জনের মনে হ’ল---”আরে, তুই তো আমার মাসতুত ভাই ছিলি” | ৰলে, “হ্যাঁ, হ্যাঁ তুই তো আমার মাসতুত ভাই ছিলি” |

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এটা অসম্ভব কিছু নয় | বা কষ্টকর কিছু নয় | এওগুলোও হয়ে যাৰে |” ধীরে-ধীরে দেখো |” (1)

Reference
1. MGD,11-Jan-79, অপ্রকাশিত, ১১ জানুয়ারি  ১৯৭৯


== Section 3: Prabhat Samgiita ==

You are transcendental, You are beyond everything - Is that why You come secretly?

PS Intro: This Prabhat Samgiita depicts the  madhura bhava - where the bhakta has a most intimate and loving relation with Parama Purusa with the closest proximity.

Ananda Marga Philosophy states, "One of the many bhávas is madhura bháva. Madhura bháva is a very exalted bháva, for this bháva fills the mind with sweetness and bliss and leads the aspirant to the closest proximity of the Lord. To a person who is predominantly a devotee of the Lord, everything tastes sweet, there is nothing bitter in the creation of Parama Puruśa. He is attracting you through the ectoplasmic world, binding you through the bonds of love." (1)

"Tomáy ámáy gopan dekhá,hobe priyo maner końe..." (Prabhat Samgiita #2129)

Purport:

O’ Parama Purusa, O’ my dearmost, our intimate meeting, our sharing of the heart, will happen in the remote corner of my mind.  You will grace me by coming. There I will talk with You - I will whisper my inner feeling to You. Nobody will know and nobody will see – and also nobody will understand  about this intimate relation of ours.

O’ Divine One, You will arrive in my most anticipated, overflowing heart with the softness of flowers. Adorned by garlands, You will graciously take Your seat. In the sweet atmosphere of that illuminating moon-lit, full moon night, we'll be together in the madhuban (abode of nectar) of my mind.

O’ my dearmost Baba, whatever little I understand about You and whatever little I know of You, I know that You are the Infinite Entity, who is beyond words and language. You can't be held by thinking or the mastery of knowledge. You are above such limited expression. Nobody can sing Your glory with their own voice. You are transcendental. You are beyond everything. Is that why You come secretly?

Baba, O’ Parama Purusa, I will see You in the madhuban of my heart, in the sweet and divinely vibrated place deep in the recesses of my mind. Please shower Your causeless grace by giving me parabhakti...


Reference:
1. Namámi Krśńasundaram, Disc: 27

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== Section 4: Holy Teaching ==

Petty people have left behind only scornful mirth and derisive laughter

Ananda Marga philosophy states, "In the annals of human history, many truths and falsehoods have been recorded. Attempts have been made to belittle the importance of great personalities, to erase them from the pages of history, and often small and insignificant people have been magnified and presented as great. But none of these attempts has been successful. Everything is written on the pages of eternal time exactly as it happened; the selfish and vain efforts of petty people have left behind only scornful mirth and derisive laughter on the vast canvas of eternal time." (1)

In the above quote Baba is guiding us that anti-social elements or bad people highlight themselves and distort history. But in due course they get exposed and their real status is reveald amongst and put in the garbage.

That is what has happened here. Following examples demonstrate that in at last two scenarios Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s name has been removed. Below is the related news and comment courtesy of zeenews-India & Indian Express.


News - Govt removes Indira, Rajiv Gandhi's names from 'Hindi Diwas' awards


"As per reports, the awards in question are - 'Indira Gandhi Rajbhasha Puraskar' and 'Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Gyan-Vigyan Maulik Pustak Lekhan Puraskar'. These will now be known as 'Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar' and 'Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar', respectively.
The awards are given by the Ministry of Home Affairs each year on 'Hindi Diwas' for progressive use of the language." (2)

Comment: We are living in a democracy , not monarchy. Independent India emerged because of the sacrifice & dedication of many freedom fighters not because of any royal family-- so due credits goes to the real hero's - the way NDA named it now. Congrats !! (3)

News - Stamps with Indira, Rajiv Gandhi discontinued

"Two stamps featuring Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, launched by the Department of Posts (DoP) in December 2008 as part of its series titled Builders of Modern India, have been discontinued, an RTI query by The Indian Express has revealed. The government now plans to introduce stamps under a new series featuring Deendayal Upadhyaya, Jayaprakash Narayan, Syama Prasad Mookerjee and Ram Manohar Lohia in the coming months." (4)

References
1. Namah Shivaya Shantaya, Disc: 15
2. zeenews-India
3. zeenews-India
4. Indian Express


== Section 5: Ananda Vanii ==

What signifies one's progress

“A sádhaka is verily a soldier. The pricks of thorns on the difficult path signify one’s progress. The collective welfare of the universe is the crowning glory of one’s victory.” (Ananda Vanii #2)

Note 1: The above is one of Baba’s original Ananda Vaniis. These original and true Ananda Vaniis are unique, eternal guidelines that stand as complete discourses in and of themselves. They are unlike Fake Ananda Vaniis which are fabricated by most of the groups - H, B etc.




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