Best use of time + 4 more

Baba

Best use of time

Namaskar,

When embarking on any voyage, the first question is, “Which route is safe, secure, and will facilitate reaching the destination?” Similarly, in the journey of life, every human being wants the right path. We are fortunate that we are moving on the path of bliss—Ananda Marga. While on the spiritual path, one needs constant guidance; otherwise, there is the possibility, indeed likelihood, to go astray.
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Those who are not intelligent depend on someone other than Guru to guide them. But that is a bad approach. The best way is to have a direct connection with Guru, and for that Sadguru Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji has given tens of thousands of pages of discourses. And His teachings are not very difficult to understand. Even then, many may complain that they do not have time to read His teachings on a daily basis. Here then is a very simple solution.


What true sadhakas do

If we do not give our mind something positive to think about, then it will find its own pabulum—which is not always beneficial, or can even be harmful. One may worry unnecessarily about the future or engage in baser thoughts etc, because— “an empty mind is the devil's workshop”.

So during mundane duties one should fill the mind with something great and something sublime—His divine teachings in recorded form. That will be most beneficial. Because, as we all know, the science of mind also dictates that “as we think so we become”. So what we think about is extremely important.

No time to sit down & read Baba's books

All this leads to a few natural conclusions:
(1) We do not have much time to sit down and read Baba's books, but we have lots of time during the course of the day to listen to His books.
(2) Listening to His books gives the mind a positive abhoga, proper food, by which it can grow in a dharmic way. Plus listening is something that can easily be done again and again. Memory needs repetition, and by that way those teachings can be fully absorbed by the mind.
(3) In this fashion, we will come to know, understand, follow, and be capable of doing viprocita seva with the help of spreading His grand philosophy.
(4) Best is to start with easier books like Ananda Vacanamrtam and progress from there.
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The mind always needs some food—something to think about. So while doing mundane chores it is very helpful to engage in listening to His discourses / teachings. This psychic food is good for the mind. By this way, we can best utilise our time and learn, understand, and follow His teachings.

Way to listen—directions

Now that we have reached the fact that there are innumerable benefits to listening to His discourses, we need to come up with a practical plan in order to make this a reality. 

Note: In this digital era of AI, there are countless ways to make text to voice a reality. If you are not sure how, then just ask your favorite AI app how to manifest this. Or you can try one of the below options, which also have their benefits. 

(A) One way is for all the members of a particular unit to each record one book that is relatively short—such as Caryacarya part II, Ananda Vacanamrtam, Problems of the Day, or any book of that length. The recording of the book may take just an hour or two hours. Once done, then everyone in the unit can receive a copy of the sound files of each book that others in the unit recorded. In that way, everyone's recording library will grow quickly. Plus one can then start to trade recorded copies with margiis from other units. This type of domino effect will be very great.
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(B) Another approach is to have your preferred device read the book so you can listen and study it. Many computers, phones, and apps have this facility of "speaking". In that case, all that is needed is an electronic copy of a discourse. Then you can order the computer to read it aloud to you. Or you can download various apps that will also do the job. Of course now with AI it is getting easier and easier to convert text to speech; verily, there are innumerable avenues to quickly build a massive digital audio library of Guru’s teachings. 

Steps for listening to Him

By this way, all can get recorded copies of Baba's books in their mother tongue. And then the only job is to cultivate the habit of listening during the time of daily duties. At first, it may take a little bit of discipline, but quickly the mind will become habituated, and soon you will not like to do any mundane chore without having some food for the mind—i.e. you will have the desire to always be involved in listening to His sermons while doing daily duties.In the natural course, one's understanding of His teachings will grow exponentially; plus the mind will be nourished with positive food—ever drifting in that bliss. 
 

Conclusion

Those who cultivate the habit to read or listen to Baba’s teachings on a regular basis will experience how their mind will become more and more pure. That is the effect of outer suggestion. Indeed, their behaviour, conduct, and mental composure will change. Svadhyaya—reading Baba’s spiritual teachings—is very essential for doing dharma pracara. Without that people propagate dogma in the name of Ananda Marga. So regularly studying or listening to Baba’s teachings should be part of one’s daily routine. There is no other way.
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Namaskar,
in Him,
Shriideva

By listening and reflecting upon Guru’s teachings throughout the day makes our mental arena suffused in His thought and ideation. It is a very practical and easy many to make the mind light, inspired, and filled with dharmic teachings. 

Ananda Marga ideology says, "A'bhoga means occupation or pabulum. Not only the physical body but the mind also requires a pabulum; whatever object the mind confines itself to, that is its pabulum...mental pabulum is called a'bhoga. The object with which the mind is preoccupied or obsessed is its psychic pabulum or a'bhoga." (1)

Reference
1. Subhasita Samgraha - 11, The Hub of Universal Activities

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The below sections are entirely different topics, unrelated to the above material.
They stand on their own as points of interest.

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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

Staring at Him

PS Intro: Throughout this entire song, the bhakta is speaking directly to himself. 

Note: Only those who sincerely practice the higher lessons of sahaja yoga meditation can understand this song in the depths of their heart. 

"Balir e ba'ndha diye ki, ba'ndhabe tumi bha'loba'sa'y..." (Prabhat Samgiita #4912)

Purport:

My mind, do you really expect that with the dyke of sand you will be able to capture and obtain His boundless love. You should understand that the overflowing prema of Parama Purusa cannot be bound and attained by religious dogmas or superficial sadhana. You should know that by external, ritualistic worship and showy meditation, you can never get His infinite, ever-flowing grace. That is why after destroying all my crudeness and staticity with a big, loud bang, I am just staring at Him. To get His sweet compassion and boundless affection I am fully depending on Him. That is the only way to receive His krpa.   

No matter how thick the fog, or the degree of negativity, or much hopelessness and despondency envelopes and grips my entire being and clouds my movement towards my Goal, I have only the singular desire that my longing may move me forward towards Him. By His mercy, I only want that my yearning may push me ahead towards that very most cherished One - towards my Dearmost Supreme Entity.

My Parama Purusa Baba always graciously resides in nitya'nityaviveka. He remains in my heart. And with His cosmic presence He beautifies all the jinana, bhakti, and karma of my entire being with the pure consciousness of samvit.

My Dearmost Parama Purusa stays in my heart. I am fully depending on Him. Without His kindness nothing is possible…


Notes for Prabhat Samgiita #4912:

[1] Nitya'nityaviveka: Ananda Marga ideology says, "Nitya'nitya viveka [is] discrimination between permanent and impermanent). Whenever an intelligent person ponders over something, he or she discerns its two aspects-- the permanent and the impermanent. The attempt to accept the permanent aspect after due deliberation is called nitya'nitya viveka. The permanent is not dependent on the relative factors of time, space and person, whereas the impermanent is the collectivity of the relative factors. The best way to recognize the impermanent is that if one of the three relative factors is changed it will undergo an immediate transformation. Nitya'nitya viveka enables human beings to realise the necessity of observing dharma. It helps them to understand the fundamental differences between dharma and religion, or doctrine. Religion is something entirely relative whereas dharma is a permanent truth..."
  "Nitya'nitya Viveka is an inseparable part of the practice of dharma. Dharma lays down clear guidelines for moving ahead in perfect adjustment with the prevalent situation. Dharma is the throbbing vital faculty of living beings. In dharma there is no scope for the accumulated inertness of staticity." (1)

[2] Samvit: "Samvit means spiritual consciousness, spiritual awakening. A man engaged in bad things all of a sudden feels that “No, I shouldn’t do all these things. No, I should be a good man henceforward.” Such an idea all of a sudden comes in his mind. And this thing, this change of mental tendency, is brought about by samvit shakti of Vidyámáyá. Do you follow? This is what is called samvit shakti. “No, henceforward I must be a good man. No, henceforward I must be a spiritualist. I must not encourage any depraving idea.” Samvit shakti." (2)

References
1. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 7, 'Five Types of Conscience'
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 23, Brahma Cakra

== Section 3: Important Teaching ==

How to overcome suffering

According to Baba, human beings generally suffer from the three types of afflictions: (1) a'dhibhaotika, (2) a'dhidaevika, and (3) a'dhya'tmika.

If a person is undergoing hardship in the mundane sphere and not getting their minimum requirements met, that is a'dhibhaotika suffering. If one is suffering from mental tension and psychic stress, that is a'dhidaevika suffering. And, if one is in despair, feeling separate or distant from Parama Purusa, that is a'dhya'tmika suffering. These are the total afflictions of all humans.

Ananda Marga philosophy says, "The jiiva experiences three types of suffering-- a'dhibhaotika, a'dhidaevika, and a'dhya'tmika. A'dhibhaotika suffering is mundane, that is, it derives from shortages of food, clothing, medicine, education, shelter, etc. If we change the structure of society this misery will be ended. So we must do this, we should do this. Regarding a'dhidaevika suffering -- if we prepare our minds through sa'dhana', all the mental cares and worries that result from a defective mental structure will come to an end. The feeling of separation [from Parama Purusa] is a'dhya'tmika suffering. This can be eliminated by spiritual sa'dhana', that is, by dhya'na, dha'ran'a', pra'n'a'ya'ma, pratya'ha'ra, etc." (1)

Reference
1. Discourses on Krsna & the Giita, Krśńa Unparalleled

== Section: News Oct 2020 ==

Infighting in pseudo-Proutist parties

Namaskar 

In fact it is a curse of infighting in AMPS. Ac Santoshananda dada has encouraged many Proutists to contest election on PBI tickets and Vimalananda dada has appealed to all Proutists to contest elections on PSS ticket. 

Just like the three groups in AMPS, Proutists have also been divided into two groups - PSS and PBI. The truth is that neither PSS nor PBI leaders are following Baba's instructions. Baba instructed us to start revolutions in the name of Samaj movements. For example - Amara bengali, Magahi samaj, Angika Samaj, Bhojpuri Samaj, Utkal samaj, Sahayadri samaj etc.

Contrary to Baba’s instructions, Ac Raghunath ji and later on Vimalananda dada instructed all to contest elections not in the name of their samaj, but in the name of PSS. They combined all 44 Samaj of India and created PSS. 

Baba has not given the word PSS (Proutist Sarva Samaj). After 1990/ 1992, Ac Raghunath ji created PSS and got it registered with the election commission of India. Ac Raghunath ji was thinking that PSS should be recognised in India like the BJP, Congress parties etc, not in the name of 44 samaj independently...

Baba says,  “Only Sadvipras have the right to engage in politics; other people should be swept out from the field of politics.” (Prout in a Nutshell - 15, Talks on PROUT, Paragraph – Political Parties, July 1961, Ranchi)

Contrary to Baba’s above instructions, Tom, Dick, Harry, etc are being allowed to contest elections. These PBI & PSS candidates neither follow 16 Points nor Caryacarya. All of them are sycophants of Vimalananda dada and Santoshananda dada. 

Prout philosophy says, "Sadvipra leadership is the ideal form of leadership. Such leaders will be physically fit, mentally developed and spiritually elevated. With their help and guidance, revolution will be materialized." (Prout in a Nutshell - 21, Nuclear Revolution)

Kindly see the below Hindi news....

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पिछले दिनों PBI के संबंध  काफी कुछ लिखा गया ।

काफी प्रपत्र सामने लाये गए ।

मैं आज एक प्रसंगक मुद्दा उठा रहा हु । कोई इसे व्यकिगत न ले । यह मुद्दा उठाना आज आवश्यक हो गया क्योकि मेरे पास खबर आई कि हरनौत विधान सभा से मगही समाज और PBI दोनों कैंडिडेट दे रहे है ।

तो यह जो claim किया जा रहा था कि ये वही PBI है जो 60 के दशक में बनाया गया था ।और 1989 में फला फ़्लान office bearer थे ।

क्या कोई मुझे बताएगा कि क्या 1979 के बाद से जब समाज election लड़ा तो क्या PBI भी वहां से कैंडिडेट दिया था ?

मेरे अनुसार कभी नही ।

पर अब PBI मगही समाज के विरोध में खड़ा हो रहा है ?

अब मार्गी समाज को चिंतन करना पड़ेगा ? समाज आंदोलन की विचार समझकर कर सामूहिक विचार बनाना पड़ेगा ।

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In Him, 
Vya’pti

== Section: Important Teaching==

Scripts of the world

Prout philosophy states, "In the present world there are four types of scripts – Indo Aryan, Semitic, Occido-Aryan and Mongolo-Chinese scripts."

"The Mongolo-Chinese scripts are pictorial scripts – all the letters of the scripts are pictures. They contain about 1055 letters. In the Occido-Aryan scripts there are 20 to 35 letters. In the Indo-Aryan scripts there are about 50 letters, and in the Semitic scripts there are 20 to 30 letters."

"The Chinese and Japanese practice of using Romanized Mongolo-Chinese script is unscientific."

"Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sindhi, Kashmiri, etc. come under the Semitic scripts and are written from right to left. This is difficult to write and takes a long time to print. Malaya has abandoned Arabic script and adopted Roman script to overcome this difficulty."

"The scripts of Tibet and South-East Asia come under the Indo-Aryan scripts. They are quite good but difficulties arise in joining letters. Through practice it has been experienced that Roman script is the best script. It is the most scientific. Those who oppose it do so out of local sentiments. Proutists won't go against any local script, but they will encourage the most scientific script as the world script. At present Roman script is the most scientific script. Future generations may evolve a new script." (1)

Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 15, Talks on Prout

== Section : Important Teaching ==

Is the big boss to blame?

Ananda Marga ideology states, "Without His wish, not even a leaf of a tree, nor even a blade of grass can move." (1)

Parama Purusa oversees everything and all have their role to play - no one can do anything without His approval. He oversees everything. Then how is it that things can go awry? How can "bad" things happen?

One way to understand this is via the analogy of any government when led by an ideal president. Ultimately, the president of any country is responsible for every action of every government office spanning millions of employees. Some may then accuse and blame that ideal president for the wrong and harmful decisions taken by various employees, such as the lowest level clerk taking a bribe in the village. If one thinks more rationally, we can say that there is a system when the president oversees everyone, and he wants for all to follow the rules and regulations. But certainly it has to be recognised that every governmental employee is responsible for their own dealing. The president is not the cause or reason behind an employee’s wrongful action.

The creation is the thought projection of Parama Purusa; everything exists in His mind. Whatever He thinks, that happens. But, at the same time, He has given human beings a limited degree of freedom to choose between right and wrong, to follow dos and don'ts. If human beings go against the codes of universal rules and laws given by Parama Purusa they get punished. Whereas if they follow those codes they get rewarded. So if any human being does something wrong they will be held accountable and punished for that wrongdoing. This is the way this creation works. Prakrti manages this formula of reward and punishment as per the system given by Parama Purusa. 

Reference

1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 8, Do Virtuous Deeds Day and Night – 2

== Section: Hindi Quote ==

उत्सव में भी लोग नाचते थे

“करीब-करीब हर आदमी नाचते थे | मुनि-ऋषि लोग उत्सव में नाचते थे | और यह जो जाड़े में लोगों को तकलीफ़ होती है, जाड़े के बाद वसन्तोत्सव, आजकल जिसको “होली” कहते हैं, उस सब में भी लोग नाचते थे | तो यह नाच का fixed rule था | हम सोचे थे कि गाना हम जैसा re-orientalization कर रहे हैं, ठीक वैसा नाच में भी करेंगे, classicalize करके | किन्तु देखे अगर वैसा हम करें, तो और काम किस वक्त करेंगे, इसलिए नहीं किये | तुम लोगों की राय क्या है जी ?

[सभी उपस्थित मार्गी चुप]

सब चुप रह गया | अच्छा, क्योंकि इन लोगों के मन में डर है, कि बाबा अगर नाचना सिखलाना शुरू कर दिये, तो “हम लोगों को भी तो नाचना पड़ेगा” |

[ऐसा बाबा बोलकर बाबा मुस्कराए | बाबा की बात सुनकर सभी उपस्थित मार्गी हँसने लगे |]

[यह प्रवचन-अंश, बाबा के कैसेट से सीधे लिखा गया है । बाबा का यह असली प्रवचन, अमृतोपदेश है।]  (1)

Reference

1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 46 (Pure), chapter 2

== Section: Bangla Quote ==

ছিল প্রচুর শক্তি

“বিশ্বব্রহ্মাণ্ডে আকাশ পাতালে এমন কোনও শক্তি নেই, যে আনন্দমার্গকে ধ্বংস করতে পারে | কারণ আনন্দমার্গ ন্যায়-ধর্মে প্রতিষ্ঠিত | পাপ-শক্তি যদি তার সঙ্গে সংঘর্ষে লিপ্ত হয়, তো পাপশক্তি চূর্ণ-বিচূর্ণ হয়ে যাৰে | এক ফুত্কারে ফড়িয়ের  মত শেষ হয়ে যাৰে | কিন্তু ক্ষমতার মোহে, ক্ষমতার মদে মত্ত হয়ে, মানুষ এই চরম সত্যটা ভুলে যায় | তার পরে যখন শক্তিহীন হয়ে যায়, তখন আফ়সোস করে | কিন্তু তখন আর আফ়সোস করে কোনও লাভ হয় না | যা যাওয়ার তা চলেই গেছে | তোমরা জান এক জন এমনই ব্যষ্টি ছিলেন, যাঁর হাতে ছিল প্রচুর শক্তি | তা যার হাতে ছিল, অভ্রংলেহী স্পর্ধা, আস্পর্ধা, ভাবত “আমি সৰ কিছু করতে পারি” | সে জানত না, নারায়ণের একটা নাম হ’ল দর্পহারী, তিনি কারও দর্প সহ্য করেন না | কারণ দর্প পছন্দ করেন না | তাকে গুঁড়িয়ে ধুল করে দেন |”

[“ৰাৰা, ৰাৰা, ৰাৰা !”] (1)

== Section 4: Links ==

Prabhat Samgiita Day - 14 Sep

Starting point of Prabhat Samgiita 

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2013/08/history-what-devotees-were-singing.html

Postings to Read

Spirituality: essential aspect of nitya karma

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2016/06/nitya-karma-3-more.html

Golden rule: inherent flaws

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2018/11/self-centered-theology-vs-am.html

Link between sadhana lessons

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2015/03/why-and-what-about-sadhana.html

Story: how Baba made me victorious

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2023/05/story-how-baba-taught-me-surrender-part.html

Ananda Marga vs dogmas of epic

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2022/04/baba-yudhisthira-dogma-namaskar-in.html

Baba story: Are you reading AM books? + 3 more

Baba

Baba story: Are you reading AM books?

Namaskar,

Here begins the story recounted by one margii…

By Baba's grace, I was initiated in 1963. A few years later in 1966, DMC was held in Nagpur. At the time, due to His pull of bhakti, I had a very strong desire to have Baba's personal contact. Numerous margiis had told me that Baba knows everything but I wanted to have my own first-hand experience of this. So this is what I planned to do: I decided that when Baba asks me anything, I will not answer until He asks me the question in my mother tongue. That was my plan. And I did not tell anybody about this. By that way I would be confirmed that Baba knows my thoughts and mother tongue.
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What happened in my PC?

As per the system, I waited in line for PC (personal contact). When my turn came, I entered Baba's room and immediately did sastaunga pranam. After a short while, I heard Baba say in a soft voice, "Get up, get up."

I got up and stood before Baba.

Baba asked me, "What is your name?"

I kept quiet because He spoke in English, not my mother tongue. That was my plan so I did not say anything. I just stood there. Although I understood English, I was waiting for Baba to speak to me in my mother tongue. That is why I was not responding. Then Baba asked me other questions - all in English. Still I did not respond. I continued to remain quiet.

Baba started smiling. Then in a very gracious and sweet way He began asking me those same questions in my mother tongue (Bundel Khandi). We talked together for a few minutes. I was so happy.

While in His presence, I was thinking, "Yes, Baba indeed knows everything. He spoke in my mother tongue which is not widely known; and, He understood my desire without my saying anything."  I also realised that those things about myself which only I knew and no one else knew, Baba also knew.
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Baba asks, "Are you reading AM books?"

On that same occasion of PC, Baba pointed out many of my mistakes, i.e. times I failed to adhere to Ananda Marga conduct rules. In follow-up, Baba inquired, "Are you reading Ananda Marga books?"

I replied, "No, Baba."

Then Baba told, It is very important to read our Ananda Marga books and study the discourses in order to practice those points on a day-to-day basis. Otherwise you will not know about those things, in which case how will you follow them in your practical life.

Previously, I was thinking just the opposite. I had heard from many sadhakas that bhakti is everything. So I had formed a very negative opinion about jinana (knowledge) and thought that there was no need to review and study Ananda Marga books. Because of this defective mentality, I had no idea about those conduct rules and teachings; therefore, Baba had to point out my mistakes.

Baba then explained, "It takes a lot of effort to bring these books in printed form. So much time and energy are invested, yet you are not reading them. That is why you do not even know the basic dos and don'ts of life."

At that point, I realised that reading Ananda Marga books is highly important and mentally I took the firm determination to study all of the Ananda Marga literature. Due to my lack of knowledge of Ananda Marga ideals and conduct, I was not aware about right and wrong, virtue and vice, as described in various publications and literature. I was not following those codes properly and thus committed sin and acquired negative samsakaras. For the requital of my sins, Baba punished me for my wrongdoings, and I accepted. Afterwards, I felt completely light and blissful, by His grace.
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Conclusion

Reading Ananda Marga books is invaluable and necessary for every Ananda Margii. Due to a lack of knowledge of Ananda Marga ideals, some margiis and Wts preach dogma unknowingly.

Namaskar,
At His lotus feet,
Mahadeva

~ In-depth study ~

Relation with Sadguru

Baba then asked me, "Who is your father?"

I replied that …. is my father.

Baba told me, "Mr.… is your worldly father.”

Baba continued, “I am asking about your spiritual Father.”

Hearing this, I remained quiet; I did not know the answer.

Then after some time, Baba smiled and blessed: “I am your Father - not only for this life but up to eternity."

Then Baba graced me and I felt His sweet touch in every cell and pore of my existence. Still today I cannot forget His proximity, guidance, and love. Even now when I think about this it gives me goosebumps. Since that time I became very regular in studying Baba's books so I could best adhere to and propagate the principles of Ananda Marga. I also realised that those things about me which only I knew and no one else knew, Baba also knew. Indeed Baba knows everything and He loves me very much.
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Baba is still present

A few people think that Baba is the subject of history and believe they lost their opportunity to communicate with Him directly or personally. They think that the opportunity to be with Baba has passed. Indeed such persons feel that the privilege is gone and Baba is no longer accessible. They think that they cannot have His proximity and can only talk about His greatness. Thinking thus, they feel sad. Those who think in such a manner are mistaken. They could not realise that Baba is Parama Purusa and He remains with everyone always.

As Baba is Parama Purusa - His existence is beyond time. Now, even in this very moment, you can have His grace and serve Him. You can do anything that bhaktas have done in the past. So one should not feel and say with a deep sigh that, "Those days are gone and it is now impossible to have His close proximity." Instead, remember that Baba is always with you - now, in the future, always.

Bhaktas realise this divine truth and others do not. If you want to say something to Him then say it mentally - there is no need even for vocal chords. If you say or ask mentally, He listens. His ears are ready to listen. If you want to offer something, His hand is ready to receive. If you want to do pranam - go ahead. He will receive your pranam.

In all the ways, Baba is present with you because Baba is that eternal Divine Entity, Parama Purusa.
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Regarding all these bhavas and their importance in the life of a bhakta, Baba has beautifully written about and described them in Namami Krsnasundaram.

Ananda Marga ideology says, "Brahma, the author of this vast cosmic imagination moves everywhere within the universe, His vast Macropsychic arena, with His mental feet. He catches all the objects of this universe with His all-pervasive mental hands. He is the intellect, the intuition and the witnessing faculty of the innumerable created objects and hence we can say that He has His all-pervasive mental heads. Similarly, as the witness of all the macropsychic entities, He has innumerable mental eyes; and to hear their words, spoken or secret, and every loud or soft sound, He has His all-pervasive ears. He exists surrounding all objects with His own identity. You can keep nothing secret or private from Him - He knows more about you than you know about yourself. Behind all His pervasive faculties of knowing, understanding and hearing lies His Macropsychic stance." (1)

Note: The above is the first-hand account of Shrii Vrajbasi Lal from Bhopal (MP) whereby he recounts his PC with Baba.

Reference
1. Ananda Marga Ideology and Way of Life - 6, Microcosm and Macrocosm

Plagiary?

It is the accepted international standard and Baba's system not to copy another's work and publish it in your own way. Baba has given a very strict rule on plagiarism. Why is Baba against plagiarism or stealing someone's work? There are many reasons:

1) It is against the code of asteya (non-stealing).

2) Countless stories of bhaktas need to be published. But some do not want to do the hard work of compiling and writing these stories, so they just steal them from others. But new stories need to be told, otherwise so many unpublished stories of sadhakas will be lost and forgotten forever. So watch out for story thieves, and kindly help them not to steal by posting on social media in their own way. If you want to forward this story then attach the following yellow section with the story: 

“Courtesy of unknown bhakta via Ananda Marga Universal (https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/)”

This will be treated as the standard protocol.

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The below sections are entirely different topics, unrelated to the above material.
They stand on their own as points of interest.

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== Section 2: Important Teaching ==

Cause of useless dreams

Ananda Marga ideology states, "When certain impressions perceived by the sense organs, agitate the conscious mind and sensory or material thoughts are thereby vehemently awakened in the conscious mind, the nervous system, the crude receptacle of the Kámamaya Kośa and the mind itself becomes unsteady and restless. This leaves an impression on the cells that is short-lived or long-lasting depending on the degree of its intensity. Sometimes even a significant impression being compelled to give way to a newer one under the impact of some other sense-agitation or restlessness, loses its previously acquired permanence. In the sleep state, if a person's nerve-tissues are agitated due to some physical cause, often either as the result of this or on account of cerebral heat caused by some vehement thinking, the nerve cells also become tired and disturbed. Such agitations give rise in the mental sphere to desires similar to those impressions, accumulated in the nerve-cells. Thus the agitated citta (the sub-conscious mind) accepts as real the stream of thoughts arising from one or more such impressions. The crude organs having stopped functioning, the identical desire arising from the previously acquired desire, do not then seem to be imaginary but appear to be quite real. Such dreams often do not come true, for these are actually pure imaginations or a mere stringing together of different disjointed thoughts, a confused or inconsistent dream. Only those whose nerve tissues have become weak due to some ailments of the brain or head or to some protracted illness, or those whose digestive system is malfunctioning, generally experience such confused dreams, which we may call Sensual Dreams. These dreams, as I have already said, are the true reproduction of previously imagined objects or the disjointed expressions of previous thoughts. Excessive eating also gives rise to such dreams in a person. Those who have purity of thoughts and also restraint over their diet, are generally less susceptible to such dreams. Such dreams never occur during [deep] sleep.” (1)

Reference
1. Subhasita Samgraha - 2, The Intuitional Science of the Vedas – 5

== Section: More on plagiary ==

Please read and convey this to story thieves

Namaskar,

Some thieves have been (a) stealing Baba stories from this network, (b) posing that it was their original writing (c) and printing in their publications, magazines, or ​ posting it to their Facebook account, or What's App, blog, Google +, Tumbler, or any other media profiles etc. This type of blatant thievery / plagiarism discourages bhaktas from writing new stories. Because those bhaktas think someone is going to steal their work. The fault here lies with only a few select people.

 Yet, even after repeated warnings they continue to indulge in stealing stories whenever the opportunity arises. They refuse to write new stories. Such lowly thieves don't care about yama and niyama, Sixteen Points, or the code of asteya (non-stealing). In DMS and large gatherings etc, such story thieves would steal others belongings and chapels (sandals) as well. You might have encountered this. They wait for large gatherings and procure shoes and chapels for the whole year. By this way they become shoe thieves. And others suffer. This especially happens at Ananda Nagar or any large Ananda Marga gathering, whenever the opportunity arises.

The tragic outcome is that there are thousands of bhaktas who have stories to tell but there is a dearth of writers. Yet time marches on, and sadly those bhaktas will leave this world and their stories will be gone forever.

Our humble request then is to be creative and write new stories. The sole motivation is to publish the maximum amount of Baba stories. Everyone should work hard and try to contribute original material in this respect. All unpublished stories should be written.

In addition, by following this code then fake stories will not be circulated as everyone will be responsible for demonstrating the authenticity of each story.

Thank you for abiding by this ethic and code that is both today's international standard as well as Baba's given system. Again, it is our formal request not to plagiarise this story or any published writing on this network.

So please do not circulate any letter or story letter on any other network without keeping the full and complete letter including the header, signature, and all related notes and references. In addition, it would be proper to introduce the letter as "Courtesy of Ananda Marga Universal". Then everyone will clearly understand from where you got the letter. This is the accepted standard.

Baba says, "It is not possible to guide others with mere cheap, superficial knowledge, like a half-baked pandit who reads a half-a-dozen books and then spouts a few mouthfuls of grandiloquence, and who has obtained a doctorate by plagiarizing others’ works. " (1)

Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 1, The Practice of Art and Literature

== Section 3: Links ==

Upcoming pseudo-culture event: 01 April 

Hurtful humour & pranks

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2016/06/enjoying-by-harming-others-4-more.html

Degrading tradition: April Fools’ Day 

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2016/03/why-pranks-should-always-be-condemned-3.html

Postings to Read

Prout on education & crime

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2018/04/widespread-violence-remedy.html

Prout's strategy to avert ecological catastrophes

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2019/06/how-to-stop-man-made-disasters-2-more.html

Science of essential AM practice

• https://anandamarganewsbulletin.blogspot.com/2014/12/asana-longevity-all-around-health.html

Proper order to learn AM teachings + 3 more

Baba

Proper order to learn AM teachings

Namaskar,

Baba's key teaching from the Acarya Diary is to first study and understand Ananda Marga ideology. Then, once one has full command of the vast teachings of Ananda Marga ideology, then if one chooses they may read other philosophies. Generally, though, we find that people do the opposite. First they read other books: other religious texts, other philosophical treatises, dogmatic teachings, or books by dadas and margiis that often contain gross errors etc. This is the wrong way to educate oneself.

For instance, if you want to learn to play the shofar (musical instrument) then you will consult with a master shofar player, not xyz on the street. Likewise, if you want your child to become educated you will not send him out on the street, but rather enroll him in a very good institution. If the child learns out on the street he will only learn abusive words and slang.
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The central idea is that one should not try to start learning Ananda Marga teachings from sources other than Sadguru Baba's direct teachings. First one should learn Ananda Marga philosophy. That is Baba’s guideline from the Acarya Diary. The underlying reason is that if one first learns something from a secondary source - such as from a dada's book, Ananda Marga magazines, dadas’ lectures etc, then most of the time that is a negative or wrong teaching. In that case, in order to get the right teaching one has to first undo the negative, dogmatic guideline. It is an arduous and laborious task.

Invariably be misguided

Consider this analogy. Two students sought out the guidance of the same music teacher. Student A had no prior knowledge and he was told that the price would be $10 per hour. Student B had already studied music and the teacher told him the cost would be $20 per hour. Hearing this, student B inquired why he had to pay double the amount. The teacher replied, "Because first I must undo all the wrong things and then teach you the right way. It will be double the work for me."

When Wts and margiis try to learn about Ananda Marga philosophy from some other source then they will invariably be misguided and all those dogmas will have to be removed. Best is to first study the books of Ananda Marga. We must bear in mind Baba's teaching from Acarya Diary: Before studying any theory or philosophy, first learn all the tenets of Ananda Marga ideology by reading Ananda Marga books. That way we will know His divine guidelines and we will not be swayed by the dogma of other so-called teachings.
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Listening to Baba's books

At present it is the need of the day to impart Baba's key ideological guidelines to humanity on all kinds of issues from human health and spirituality to economics and water conservation. By studying Ananda Marga books we will all develop a clear-cut understanding of His teachings on these burning issues and many other points as well.

Human beings are known as manusa - psychic beings. We eat physical food just a few times a day, whereas we need psychic food all the 24hrs. By feeding our minds with Baba's discourses, the psychic flow of one’s entire existence will be greatly enhanced and one will be better able to serve humanity. Remember, one will only be able to do viprocita seva by teaching and modeling His words and ideas to the general populace.

This psychic nourishment enables us to grow not just today but tomorrow also. What we think now affects our future. By saturating the mind with His sweet ideas over the course of the day through the studying of His books, one’s whole existence will drift in His spiritual vibration - in His flow. His words will be in our every thought and that will invariably accelerate one’s movement on the path.
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Again, when Wts and margiis try to learn Ananda Marga philosophy from some other source they will invariably be misguided and all those dogmas will have to be removed. Best is to first study the books of Ananda Marga ideology. We must bear in mind Baba's teaching from Acarya Diary. Before studying any theory or philosophy, first learn all the tenets of Ananda Marga ideology by reading Baba’s books.


Conclusion

The overall message in this email is three-pronged.

(A) First read and study Ananda Marga ideology and gain a clear understanding of the full gamut of His teachings.

(B) In this advanced technological era, there are lots of ways to gain access to and study His teachings. One may download sound files onto a portable device and listen to His books while engaging in mundane, routine duties. This can make one’s use of time much more efficient. More about this is below.
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(C) Once one has completed studying Ananda Marga ideology and gained a clear understanding of Baba’s teachings, then one may read other philosophical books, as well as articles in Ananda Marga magazines and Dadas’ books, which are often full of gross errors and mistakes. Fortified with a clear understanding of Baba’s true teachings one will be able to find the faults in those Dadas’ books, and will not be misled by them.

Namaskar,
in Him,
Ananda

It is a busy life and not everyone has time to sit down and read Baba’s books all day. However as Ananda Margiis we have to be cent-per-cent familiar with His teachings. One very good way to manage the time is to have your phone, computer, or digital player read Baba’s books aloud to you. That way when traveling on a bus, doing food prep, or cleaning the house or jagrti etc, you can listen to Guru’s teachings. If you need more information about how to do this then please write us.
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Whoever is born will one day die

Baba has graciously given us the rarity of human life. Furthermore, by ensconcing ourselves in His thought and psychically involving in the dharma of Ananda Marga, we will certainly reach that cherished goal. This blessed recipe Baba has given to every Ananda Margii. May we all recognise His special gift and make our lives successful.

Ananda Marga ideology states, "The books in Ananda Marga philosophy are all absolute knowledge. The proper mark of identity of absolute knowledge is that it must be universal, rational and psychological. Certain instances of absolute knowledge are as follows – the goal of human life is the attainment of Brahma; human beings are the progeny of Parama Puruśa; this universe is created by the macrocosmic conation; matter is the crudified form of the universal mind; by dint of sádhaná or spiritual practices human beings gradually become divine; whoever is born will have to die one day; liberation is the birth right of all living beings; human society is one and indivisible; diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." (1)

Ananda Marga ideology states, "Even after getting human life, only a few get the opportunity to listen to dharmika discourses. Among those, only a few develop the desire to practise dharma sa'dhana'. And even among these, only a few actually grasp the spirit of sa'dhana'. Those rare ones who understand, perform sa'dhana', and reach the goal are truly blessed." (2)

For those who wish to have audio files in English of Baba’s books, contact us as we may be able to provide those to you.
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References
1. Ananda Marga Philosophy in a Nutshell - 4, Prápta Vákya and Ápta Vákya
2. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 3, The Requirements for Sádhaná

== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

Flashes of smiling brilliance

"Ábár kii? re álo elo, dhulor e dhará te..." (Prabhat Samgiita #0615)

Purport:

O' human being, look what a liila? See the great refulgence. Behold! Parama Purusa has come again onto this dusty earth. The flood of the Divine Entity has appeared. Open your eyes. Look, gaze, with heartfelt longing, the Lord of Radiance, the Supreme Entity has manifested. The One you have been waiting for since ages has taken advent.

The trees and creepers throughout this wilderness are filled with colours. Now everywhere - on land, in water, and in the sky - in this heavenly intoxicating night the dance of panorama has created a divine vibration. He has ascended on this mortal earth again.

Because of His supreme presence, everything has changed. The minds and hearts, which were crying in sorrow and pain, are now dancing in joy with rhythm and melody. The sweet breeze is blowing full of fragrance. With flashes of smiling brilliance, the fountain is dancing. He is in this world to remove all suffering and establish dharma. On this dusty earth, Parama Purusa Baba is here....

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Why sadhakas suffer more

   Ananda Marga ideology states, “Reactions in requital to past actions normally occur more in a spiritual aspirant’s life than in an ordinary person’s life. The reason is that when all original actions are surrendered to Brahma, there remain only the reactive actions. The reactions may be good or bad [according to whether they are resultants of good or bad original actions]. But think about how many of the deeds you performed before coming to the path of sádhaná were good and how many were bad. To tell the unpleasant truth, ninety-nine percent of your deeds were bad. Hence it is often the case that sádhakas have to suffer much more from bad reactive momenta than get to enjoy good ones. It can even be said that the more one suffers from reactions, the more one is progressing along the path of sádhaná.”
   “Of course, the requital of the reactive momenta may possibly be pleasurable instead of painful; it all depends upon the nature of one’s actions. In either case, the more one surrenders one’s actions to Brahma, the shorter will be the period of requital caused by the reactions. In this case the intensity of the requital will be greater than normal; but this is a good sign, because intense requital means the exhaustion of the requital within a short period.” (1)

Reference
1. Ananda Marga Ideology in a Nutshell - 8, Sádhaná

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Enemies of humanity, not rśis

Every margii chants the bath mantra on a daily basis after bathing. One of the terms in that mantra is r'si. Following is the definition:

Ananda Marga ideology says, "A rśi is one who cultivates wisdom, who enriches the intellectual field through deep research and innovative discoveries and harvests the fruits of wisdom. Those who invent deadly weapons such as the hydrogen bomb, which caused the frightening holocaust, do not help the human intellect attain the height of human perfection, but rather direct their intellect towards crudeness. These types of inventors and their patrons do not deserve to be called rśis, rather, they are worse than demons, far worse than internal creatures, having forfeited their right to human identity." (1)

Reference

1. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 6, The Expansion of the Microcosm

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Should Proutists be worried

Seeing the slow progress of Prout pracara, some Proutists get depressed thinking that, “We lost yet another election and that nobody is listening to us.” Everywhere capitalism / capitalist exploiters are thriving and sucking the blood. WIth this mindset they become defunct and do not want to do anything. Whatever questions they have about when Prout will be established, Baba has given in the following quote. This society moves on. Now vaeshyas / capitalists are exploiting. In a short period those capitalists will be fully destroyed. That is the natural law. If one does anything or not, by nature of their very deeds, those capitalists will be destroyed. At the same time, one can expedite and hasten this process but even if you do nothing this social cycle will move forward. Nobody can stop it.

The rapacious capitalists are increasing the degree of their exploitation day by day. When the general society has no scope to even breathe, the common people will leap on those wealthy exploiters and destroy everything. In this way the social cycle will rotate one step ahead. This is the inexorable law of nature. So Proutists need not think twice about whether revolution will come or not. Just go on doing your duty and in the opportune moment the change will come like a wildfire.

Remember, regardless how hard you try to start a fire in the rainy season you cannot do it. But in summer, when the conditions are ripe, then without any efforts a fire will break out. In that same way the social cycle will move. With our efforts we can bring that change a little bit sooner.

Prout philosophy states, "The rule of the social cycle is that the Shúdra Age is followed by the Kśatriya Age, the Kśatriya Age is followed by the Vipra Age...This kind of social rotation is the inexorable law of nature." (1)

Prout philosophy states, "Nobody can stop the rotation of the social cycle, not even the sadvipras. They stay in the nucleus of the social cycle, wakefully and vigilantly observing the process of rotation. One after another, one age follows the next: Vipra after Kśatriya." (2)

References
1. Human Society - 2, The Vipra Age
2. Human Society - 2, Shúdra Revolution and Sadvipra Society

== Section 3: Links ==

Postings to Read

Baba did not review pre-1990 books

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2025/08/baba-did-not-review-pre-1990-books-2.html

Never this type of food

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2016/09/what-is-donkey-food-kiirtana-sadhana-3.html

Bliss: inherent to being on the path

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2013/09/how-to-decide-if-one-is-ananda-margii.html

Raksha Bandhan & female submission

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2016/08/amps-female-militias-condemn-raksha.html

Doing pracara with religious followers

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2013/06/hurling-stone-on-religion.html

Way to enhance sadhana

• https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2013/12/within-few-minutes-one-gains-lot.html