Cuándo iniciar

Baba

Cuándo iniciar

Namaskar,

Hasta 1969, Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha disfrutó de una reputación muy positiva en la sociedad en general. Había puntos positivos en todas las direcciones. Baba estaba dando bendiciones, enseñando sadhana y resolviendo los problemas y enfermedades personales de las personas para que pudieran servir a la sociedad. Además, se dieron muchas demostraciones sobre samadhi, etc. En esa ola, numerosos altos funcionarios se estaban iniciando en el camino de AM, y también venían todos sus subordinados y familiares. Todos querían unirse y AMPS estaba creciendo rápidamente.

Desde una perspectiva superficial, Ananda Marga se parece más a las tradiciones védicas e hindúes que a otros sistemas de creencias, por lo que, naturalmente, cada vez más hindúes, y en particular los llamados brahmanes, ingresaban a Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha. Sin embargo, todo el tiempo Baba quería asegurarse de que ninguna comunidad inundara y dominara nuestro AMPS. De lo contrario, formarían una abrumadora mayoría y arrastrarían todo su dogma. Para evitar esto, Baba estipuló firmemente que el cabello sagrado y el hilo sagrado deben cortarse antes de recibir la iniciación. Por el contrario, los símbolos religiosos de los sikhs no fueron retirados porque no eran una fuerza dominante en Ananda Marga.

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La nueva regla de Baba para trabajadores de tiempo 
completo sobre como y cuando dar las iniciaciones

En 1982, Baba pronunció por primera vez Sus discursos sobre el neohumanismo. En esos días Baba quería que estuviéramos en contacto con más y más personas. Así que estableció directrices estrictas para nuestros trabajadores de tiempo completo. Baba ordenó que cada trabajador de tiempo completo debía iniciar a una persona todos los días. No debía pasar un solo día sin dar al menos una iniciación.

La regla era que si pasaba un día sin hacer una iniciación, ese acarya perdería su condición de acarya. Si pasaban dos días sin dar una iniciación, entonces perderían su estado de avadhuta. Si pasaban tres días sin iniciar a nadie, entonces se les advertía quede seguir así perderían su puesto de trabajador de tiempo completo. Y si pasaban 4 días, entonces uno era directamente expulsado de las filas. Esta fue la fórmula estricta que Baba estableció.

Bajo esa presión extrema, los acaryas daban diiksa (iniciación) en aeropuertos, autobuses, festivales y en todo tipo de lugares. Simplemente estaban agarrando a todos los que podían e iniciándolos, especialmente si era tarde y aún no habían iniciado a nadie. La presión era intensa. Ni un solo trabajador de tiempo completo dejaría pasar un día sin al menos iniciar a alguien, en donde fuera que se encontrara, así debía ser. Incluso PA (asistente personal) dada tuvo que participar, nadie fue excluido; y, de esa manera, nuestro Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha creció rápidamente en esos días.
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Los Margiis también tienen que involucrarse

Algunos comúnmente piensan que es únicamente el deber de los acaryas iniciar y crear nuevos margiis. Pero en este sentido, cada Ananda Margii, cada persona de familia tiene la responsabilidad de hacer nuevos margiis. Esa es la directriz dada por Baba en El Mandato Supremo.

El Mandato Supremo declara: “...Es el deber ineludible de cada Ananda Margii esforzarse por llevar a todos al camino de la felicidad. Verdaderamente esto es una parte integral de la sadhana, guiar a otros por el camino de la rectitud”. (Mandato Supremo)

Así que aquellos que no son acaryas o tattvikas no pueden iniciar a nuevas personas, pero pueden preparar el terreno y convencer y preparar a amigos, familiares, vecinos y “gente de la calle” para recibir la iniciación. Todos tienen esta responsabilidad. Sobre este asunto, Baba ha dado la directriz eterna de que cada Ananda Margii debe participar activamente en hacer Ananda Marga pracara.

Poco a poco irán progresando

Y debemos recordar que no podemos esperar a que las personas abandonen todos sus malos hábitos (fumar, beber, comer carne, apostar, jugar, etc.) antes de darles la iniciación. En esta era materialista, la atracción hacia actividades degradantes es muy fuerte. La mayoría se envuelve fácilmente en estos vicios. Insistir en que los abandonen antes de aprender sadhana no es muy realista. Más bien, debemos iniciar a todos.
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Al principio, Baba estaba iniciando personalmente a personas que fumaban cigarrillos. Y al practicar sadhana abandonaron ese hábito degradante. Baba no insistió en que primero dejaran de fumar. Primero se les dio la sadhana y, a medida que la mente y el cuerpo se volvieron más conscientes, estuvieron en una posición mas firme para poder abandonar esos malos hábitos y llevar una vida más pura. Así que no debemos esperar para dar iniciación a la gente. Si están interesados en aprender sadhana, se les debe enseñar, independientemente de sus hábitos, vicios y adicciones. Deben ser llevados al camino de la meditación y poco a poco se adaptarán a los 16 Puntos, o abandonarán el camino del tantra. En cualquier caso, nuestro deber es enseñar a aquellos que estén interesados. Algunos se quedarán, otros se irán, pero al recibir la iniciación todos progresarán, ya sea en esta vida o en la siguiente.

Como un árbol

Todo el mundo sabe que un árbol arroja innumerables semillas a la tierra, pero solo unas pocas brotan y de esas pocas que brotan, un pequeño porcentaje se convierte en árboles. Sin embargo, ese gran árbol dejó caer innumerables semillas. Así es la naturaleza. Imagínense si del árbol solo cayeran 1 o 2 semillas, y esas semillas no brotaran; entonces esa especie de árboles se extinguiría en muy poco tiempo. Por esta razón, el árbol deja caer una gran cantidad de semillas.

Como pracarakas, debemos emular ese árbol. Tienes que iniciar un número máximo de personas y luego, por el proceso natural de reducción / eliminación, la gente se alejará y algunos permanecerán como simpatizantes, y finalmente solo unos pocos se convertirán en practicantes margiis o trabajadores de tiempo completo. Pero para conseguir esos pocos, se debe iniciar a un gran número de personas. Si eso no se hace, no obtendremos ningún nuevo margii en absoluto. Entonces debemos ser como el árbol y plantar la semilla de la sadhana en un gran número de personas dándoles iniciación.

No olvidemos que Baba incluso ha dado instrucciones especiales para realizar iniciaciones masivas. Esto también demuestra que es muy importante iniciar a tantas personas como sea posible. Entonces nuestros acaryas deben iniciar a todos los que estén interesados. Y los margiis familiares deben conocer gente nueva y prepararlos para recibir la iniciación. No debe haber un criterio enorme y complicado para mostrar el camino a las personas; más bien por su libre elección todos tienen derecho.
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Conclusión

Considerándolo todo, es nuestro deber obligado ayudar a todos. Tenemos que llevar a todos al camino de la Benevolencia Suprema. Tenemos que seguir cumpliendo con nuestro deber sin preocuparnos por los resultados.

Supongamos que un Dada le enseña sadhana a alguien y esa persona practica durante un día y luego ese nuevo iniciado muere. Incluso entonces, según las pautas del Gurú, es decir, el Mandamiento Supremo, esa persona obtendrá mukti. Porque Baba con Su gracia ha garantizado mukti (liberación) a aquellos que practican sadhana con regularidad. Eso significa que incluso aquellos que practican regularmente durante dos días o dos semanas, sea cual sea el período de tiempo, esa persona obtendrá mukti. Simplemente porque repitieron un siddha mantra e hicieron la sadhana de Taraka Brahma. Luego están aquellos que entraron en el camino de la sadhana y luego abandonaron su sadhana. Tales personas volverán a tener vida humana porque al menos hicieron algo de sadhana. Por el contrario, si uno no está iniciado, nunca hace sadhana, y lleva una vida degradada, luego de su muerte simplemente renacerá como un ser / animal inferior. Es por eso que todos deberían aprender sadhana y los acaryas deberían estar atentos y dispuestos para iniciar a nuevas personas.

Y verdaderamente es el deber de cada Ananda Margii ayudar a llevar a todos al camino. Eso significa traer nuevas personas a los acaryas para la iniciación, asegurar que todos los miembros de la familia sean iniciados, y presentarles a todos los ideales espirituales e inspirarlos a llevar una vida orientada a la sadhana. Así que tenemos que ver el panorama general.

Nuestro deber dhármico es enseñar e iniciar a cualquiera que esté interesado en aprender. Eso es lo que Baba quiere. Y si alguien no está interesado, debemos intentar que se interese para enseñarle sadhana. Si todavía no están interesados, entonces no les enseñes. Después de todo, no podemos obligar a nadie. La regla general es que debemos iniciar a todos y cada uno, es decir, cualquiera que muestre incluso un grado pequeño de curiosidad o interés en sadhana y espiritualidad.
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Namaskar,
En Él,
Anand Sagar

~ Estudio en profundidad ~

Obtenga todas las instrucciones para sádhaná tan pronto como sea posible

Cierro esta carta con algunas enseñanzas clave de nuestro Sadguru Baba.

(A) Primero, Baba nos indica que la liberación es una garantía segura, pero uno no puede obtener mukti si no está iniciado y practicando sadhana. Por lo tanto, en el servicio a los demás, debemos estar atentos para iniciar a todos.

El Mandato Supremo afirma: "En aquellos que realizan sadhana dos veces al día regularmente, el pensamiento de Parama Purusa ciertamente surgirá en su mente en el momento de la muerte; su liberación es una garantía segura..." (resumen en español)

(B) Además, Baba enfatiza la importancia de obtener todas las lecciones de sadhana en el momento oportuno. Pero aquí nuevamente eso es imposible si uno no se inicia al menos.

En un resumen en español de Caryacarya - 2, “Sadhana, point #8”, Baba nos dice: La vida humana es corta. Es aconsejable obtener todas las instrucciones sobre sádhaná lo antes posible. (resumen en español)

(C) A continuación, Baba declara amablemente que "el dharma es propiedad de las masas".

En un resumen en español de Ananda Vacanamrtam - 7, “Spiritual Truth Surpasses Everything”, 3 January 1979, Patna, Baba nos dice: Hoy, debes recordar que Ananda Marga no se limita a un puñado de personas honestas e intelectuales. Más bien, está tratando de reunir a miles de personas bajo la bandera de una ideología sublime. Dedico a Ananda Marga en este DMC. [Dharma Mahácakra: una reunión espiritual durante la cual el Gurú pronuncia varios discursos] a todos los sectores de la sociedad. Antes de este DMC, solo hablaba de temas intelectuales, pero a partir de este DMC me he convertido en un hombre del pueblo porque creo que el dharma es propiedad de las masas, no el monopolio exclusivo de un puñado de la llamada élite educada de clase media. El dharma pertenece a todos y cada uno. Desde este DMC, lo reconozco como propiedad de la gente común. (resumen en español)

- Here is a link to the original English posting: When to initiate

- Here are more Spanish postings

How to fight infections

Baba

How to fight infections

Namaskar, 

When most of us get a fever, we do not feel comfortable with the elevated body temperature so we take some type of medicine. But that is the wrong approach. 

It is important to know how our own bodies function and react in such circumstances. One of the most natural methods is to facilitate your own body’s response to any viral attack. And one of the body’s first line of attacks against any foreign invasion, i.e. bacterial or viral infection, is a fever. Of course, when most of us get a fever, we do not feel comfortable with the elevated body temperature so we take some type of medicine (aspirin, Tylenol, Advil etc) to bring the body temperature down. And while this makes us feel better in the short term, it allows the fever, or bacterial or viral infection to advance because you have effectively stamped out the body’s first line of defense, i.e. the fever. By elevating the body temperature, the immune system is able to carry out its job of fighting off the fever, or bacterial or viral infection.
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So we should think twice before taking medicine to reduce a fever. Because ultimately, that fever is helping the body to fend off the invasion and bring us back into a state of proper health. To learn more about how it works, see the three articles appended below. 

Conclusion

A fever is the body’s chief defense mechanism against abacterial or viral infection. So we should reconsider taking fever medicine as that lowers the body temperature and enables the fever bacterial or viral infection to grow. Best is to tolerate the fever as much as possible; by that way, the body naturally cures the foreign invasion.
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In Him, 
Sunanda

It is quite common that at some point in our lives we get fever. In that case we are unable to serve, and instead are a liability as our family members and friends have to take care of us. As sadhakas we should do all we can to remain healthy and help others as well. To achieve this, we should know how our own bodies function and react in such circumstances. 

#1: Why fever can be your friend in times of illness

~ Courtesy of Medical News Today ~

Fevers are more than just a symptom of illness or infection, claim researchers; elevated body temperature sets in motion a series of mechanisms that regulate our immune system, they found.

When we are healthy, our body temperature tends to gravitate around a constant 37°C (98.6°F).

But when our bodies are faced with an infection [bacterial or viral], body temperature often goes up and we experience fever.

A slight fever is characterized by a minor rise in body temperature to about 38°C (100.4°F), with larger increases to around 39.5°C (103.1°F) counting as “high fever.”

When we have the flu, for instance, we may come down with a mild and somewhat uncomfortable fever, driving many of us to seek natural or over-the-counter remedies against it.

Fevers aren’t always a bad sign; you may even have heard that mild fevers are a good indication that your immune system is doing its job. But fevers aren’t just a byproduct of our immune response.

In fact, it’s the other way around: an elevated body temperature triggers cellular mechanisms that ensure the immune system takes appropriate action against the offending virus or bacteria.

So say researchers hailing from two academic institutions in the United Kingdom: the University of Warwick in Coventry and the University of Manchester.

Senior researchers Profs. David Rand and Mike White led teams of mathematicians and biologists to understand what happens at cellular level when fever takes hold. 

Their findings, which have recently been published in PNAS, reveal that higher body temperatures drive the activity of certain proteins that, in turn, switch genes responsible for the body’s immune response on and off, as required. (Medical News Today)

#2: Elevated body temperature helps certain types of immune cells 

~ Courtesy of Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology ~

Summary: You may want to thank your fever for helping fight off infection. That's because scientists have found more evidence that elevated body temperature helps certain types of immune cells to work better.
 
"An increase in body temperature has been known since ancient times to be associated with infection and inflammation," said Elizabeth A. Repasky, Ph.D., a researcher involved in the work from the Department of Immunology at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. "Since a febrile response is highly conserved in nature (even so-called cold blooded animals move to warmer places when they become ill) it would seem important that we immunologists devote more attention to this interesting response."

Scientists found that the generation and differentiation of a particular kind of lymphocyte, known as a "CD8+ cytotoxic T-cell" (capable of destroying virus-infected cells and tumor cells) is enhanced by mild fever-range hyperthermia. Specifically, their research suggests that elevated body temperature changes the T-cells' membranes which may help mediate the effects of micro-environmental temperature on cell function. To test this, researchers injected two groups of mice with an antigen, and examined the activation of T-cells following the interaction with antigen presenting cells. Body temperature in half of the mice was raised by 2 degrees centigrade, while the other half maintained a normal core body temperature. In the warmed mice, results showed a greater number of the type of CD8 T-cells capable of destroying infected cells.

"Having a fever might be uncomfortable," said John Wherry, Ph.D., Deputy Editor of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, "but this research report and several others are showing that having a fever is part of an effective immune response. We had previously thought that the microbes that infect us simply can't replicate as well when we have fevers, but this new work also suggests that the immune system might be temporarily enhanced functionally when our temperatures rise with fever." (Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology)

#3: Defenses Against Infection

~ Courtesy of Merck Manuals ~

Body temperature increases as a protective response to infection and injury. An elevated body temperature (fever) enhances the body’s defense mechanisms, although it can cause discomfort.

A part of the brain called the hypothalamus controls body temperature. Fever results from an actual resetting of the hypothalamus's thermostat. The body raises its temperature to a higher level by moving (shunting) blood from the skin surface to the interior of the body, thus reducing heat loss. Shivering (chills) may occur to increase heat production through muscle contraction. The body's efforts to conserve and produce heat continue until blood reaches the hypothalamus at the new, higher temperature. The new, higher temperature is then maintained. Later, when the thermostat is reset to its normal level, the body eliminates excess heat through sweating and shunting of blood to the skin.

Certain people (such as alcoholics, the very old, and the very young) are less able to generate a fever. These people may experience a drop in temperature in response to severe infection. (Merck Manuals)  

== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita == 

You are smiling in my heart

"Tomáre khunjechi, tiirthe marute, durgama giri guháte..." (Prabhat Samgiita #2203)

Purport:

Parama Purusa, because of my blindness and ignorance, I have searched for You in various so-called tiirthas and so-called holy lands - Jerusalem, and I also went to Ananda Nagar, Varanasi, Puri, Mecca, Rome, and dogmatic religious places, as well as in the caves of treacherous mountains also Tiljala, and Jamalpur. But, unfortunately, I could not find You anywhere. In return, I only got frustration, pain, and agony. Baba, You remained still further. In this way, I wasted so much time and money, and became completely exasperated. You are very close and intimate to one and all. Everyone holds You more dear than their own self.  

I am looking for my Closest One, but I could not get Him. I was seeking Him in various remote places. It may be that a mistake occurred and that is why He has not been seen, and why I have not been able to find Him. It is very natural that those who are close will remain very near; they will not go far away, rather they will wipe away the tears of their close ones in times of sadness. They will share in their joys and laughter, and remove the sorrow of their loved ones. Baba, alas, You are missing from my life.

My Most Intimate One, today samvit has come in my mind. Now my eyes are open. By Your grace, I realise that You always remain smiling in my heart, in my mind. There is no need of searching You externally...


Note for Prabhat Samgiita #2203:

[1] Samvit: Ananda Marga philosophy says, "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." (1)

Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 23, Brahma Cakra

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Cause of beauty + 2 more

Baba

Cause of beauty

Namaskar, 

Here we examine the science behind how and why a person finds beauty in the world.

Ananda Marga philosophy says, "Suppose I see something. The vibration radiating from that object produces a sympathetic vibration in the mind. I begin to feel that I should assimilate that vibration, that I should accept it as my own. This is what is known as attraction." (1)

Every expressed object in the vast universe emanates its own unique vibration. Every jewel, stone, cloud, and every river has a particular vibration. Accordingly one feels attracted toward that object. People are attracted to something to the degree to which that object satisfies, satiates, and fulfills their heart’s desire. That is the extent to which they will call that thing beautiful. This is the universal formula. At the same time, it is highly individualized. Different people find beauty in different places.
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Real life incidents

Let’s take a few examples:

(a) A handsome movie star can fall madly in love with an ugly lady and marry her. The entire world might be in shock how this happened. But for the movie star, he is completely enthralled with that ugly woman. For him, she is the essence of true beauty. 

(b) The mother of an autistic child thinks that her cross-eyed son who always has saliva dripping from his mouth is the most beautiful child in the world. Others are completely repulsed by the looks of that boy, but for the mother her son is stunningly beautiful.

Likewise, every survivor feels that the person who rescued him is most beautiful, and every child thinks that its mother is most beautiful. Finding beauty in the world is a personalised endeavour. 

In this way, the vibration of the wavelengths from a particular object has a strong capacity to attract someone - or repel them. That means not every vibration is soothing to every person. Not all objects create a sympathetic vibration in a person’s mind. It depends on the object as well as that person’s inborn samskaras and mental structure.
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Nothing worldly is eternally beautiful 

Side by side, people also lose their attraction for particular mundane objects. An object no longer appears to be beautiful when it fails to give that deep satiation in their heart. In that moment, when an object loses its appeal, one begins to feel that that object is unattractive or ugly. With that change of feeling and loss of attraction, marriages end, people get rid of their belongings, or an individual moves from one dwelling to another. When people lose their attraction for a given expression they search elsewhere to find that beauty that will satisfy their heart.

However, no worldly expression has the capacity to exude unending beauty for time immemorial. Ultimately, at some point that object will fail to satiate a person’s heart. In that moment, the individual will begin to feel disenchanted and even repulsed by that object. It happens with everything of this mundane, ephemeral world.

Physical appearance can have the opposite effect as well. For instance, suppose there is a neighbor and due to their outward appearance you have no desire to go close and interact with them. But then you are forced into a conversation with them and you find that their personality is quite sweet and charming. In that case, your feeling and perception of that individual will change. You will no longer think that they are ugly, rather you will consider them to be charming and you will desire to remain in their company.

So one's physical appearance has no bearing on the real beauty or charm of a given person. But again, regardless of any individual's degree of beauty, that is limited and temporary. No created being can exude unending and ever-increasing charm.
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How and when "beautiful" things become ugly

From a distance, initially people may think that something is very, very beautiful. But as they get closer or over time, they ultimately find that they no longer get that deep satiation from that object which they were initially feeling. Driving that same motorbike every Sunday begins to lose its appeal, until finally one day the owner is no longer attracted to that motorcycle, and he sells it. Likewise, one day the spouse of one's dreams no longer seems so attractive to them. And when this occurs, they go to court with divorce papers in hand. 

So it is not uncommon. People often lose their attraction for the person that they were once in love with, or felt attracted towards. Suppose a person sees someone from afar and thinks that person is "the most astoundingly beautiful person I have ever seen." For them, that person is the personification of beauty and charm. They are so attracted by their physical beauty. But when they interact with that person and they find out that they are unkind, mean, arrogant or abusive, and they have a bad experience with them, then in their mind all that beauty and charm vanishes. Such is the temporary nature of physical beauty and attraction. If one gets abused by that person physically or emotionally etc, then that physical form is no longer beautiful in their eyes.
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Conclusion

Beauty is a psychic phenomenon. If the person or object creates a sympathetic vibration in your mind, then that is what you will think is beautiful. That is how the law of attraction works. 

Namaskar, 
In Him,
Para’ka’s’t’ha’

~ In-depth study ~

Bhaktas also attract others to path of blessedness

Ananda Marga philosophy says, "All the entities of this universe are mutually attracting all other entities. But Parama Puruśa is attracting all entities by dint of His love for all, by dint of His personal relationship with all. So Parama Puruśa alone is the presiding Entity of mohana vijiṋána, and not any other entity. When jiivas feel this attraction in the heart of their hearts, they think it is an excellent idea to draw all human beings to His charming sweetness by their loving hearts, and then guide them along the path of supreme beatitude, the path of all-round perfection, just as Parama Puruśa attracts all by the radiance of His unbounded love and affection. So those who love the Supreme, those who are genuine devotees of Parama Puruśa, are bound to love all and attract them to the path of supreme blessedness." (2)

Merging into Parama Purusa

Ananda Marga philosophy states, "The feeling that is at work behind aesthetic science is nothing but pleasure. But what is behind this pleasure? I like this flower. I take delight in a particular arrangement. I feel amused with a special style of speaking. This is how dramas came into being and how human beings invented recitation. When this pleasure fills my mind, “I” becomes the subject or possessive case, and that which enthralls me becomes the objective case. When such a state of affairs continues, a stage is reached when that Entity feels that “I” am dear to him. Thus the reverse occurs. If this stage continues over a considerable length of time, one loses oneself.” (3)

Losing oneself to the very source of joy, is known as mohana vijiṋána

Ananda Marga philosophy states, “As long as I enjoy, my unit existence persists. As I exist, I can enjoy, and when I lose myself, when “I” becomes dear to that Entity, when “I” becomes the source of joy to that Entity, a stage is finally reached when my unit existence is completely lost in that Entity. The losing of oneself, the state of being lost or as a matter of fact, the beginning of the process of losing oneself to the very source of joy, is known as mohana vijiṋána, or the science of supra-aesthetics. And the Entity to whom we lose ourselves is Mohana, or the embodiment of enchantment. Parama Puruśa is Mohana as He enchants one and all. Had not Parama Puruśa enchanted the world, no one would have wanted to live here." (4)

Some people are attracted to notoriously despotic rulers. This can be highly befuddling to outside observers. But for those followers it is completely natural. Even though their chosen dictator commits untold sins against humanity, those followers are completely enthralled with that ruler. Because they find the vibration of that despot very appealing. And that attraction overpowers all logic. So beauty just depends upon on how far that person or that object satiates their heart. Likewise some are attracted to cigarettes. Others are baffled why anyone would find beauty in cigarettes. But those users enjoy the smell and sensation of those nicotine products. For them cigarettes are something beautiful.
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References
1. Namámi Krśńa Sundaram, Disc: 25, 'Aesthetic Science'
2. Namámi Krśńa Sundaram, Disc: 27
3. Prout in a Nutshell - 10, Aesthetic Science and Saḿgiita
4. Prout in a Nutshell - 10, Aesthetic Science and Saḿgiita

== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

Your august presence

"A'lo jhariye madhu ks'ariye a'ndha'r sa'riye tumi esecho..." (Prabhat Samgiita #1233)

Purport:

My Parama Purusa, You have come, showering refulgence, exuding nectar, and wiping away all darkness. You have arrived - making the flowers blossom and spreading happiness and bliss. By Your august presence, my hopes and longings have been fulfilled. WIth Your supreme manifestation, everything has changed.

Baba, in the anticipation of Your advent, living beings were waiting with deep yearning and melancholic longing in their heart. In the hope of Your arrival, they patiently began watching for Your coming - constantly looking towards Your path. The painful longing of bhaktas resonated in Your heart and You could no longer remain distant. You have come pouring the basket of prema - satisfying everyone's soul. The sleeping humanity has gotten new life by Your krpa’.

Parama Purusa Baba, that river which dried up and evaporated in the desert of materialism, and that spiritual song which was lost in the oblivion, You have mercifully  brought the current of that river and the tune of those songs along with You.

Baba, with Your auspicious blessing, You have inundated hearts with the nectar of bhakti. This is Your causeless grace...

Note for Prabhat Samgiita #1233:

[1] The inner idea is that when Parama Purusa comes and inundates the heart with deep bhakti, then all those feelings of love, which had dried up, start to blossom. In the above song, the river signifies the flow of bhakti and the song and melody refers to that subtler expression of inner spiritual feeling.

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Re: Cataracts, bathing, & sun

Namaskar and thanks for another great post.

I would like to add something here from my research about the Bath Mantra and facing the Sun...

What i have come to understand is that the water beads on over the body will refract the light into the colors of the rainbow.

Combining Physics with Physiology, research is beginning to understand the healing benefits of colors... 

Blue light can stimulate nerve cels, other colors may enhance cellular processes, enzyme production, immune activation.. What is also interesting, i would have to find the reference on this one,  Is that the red spectrum has a wave length that could be in resonance with the DNA double helix.(red light = 620–750 nm).  DNA double helix size is 46-50 nm in solution - not in vivo.  Even though not the same size,some suggest that it could be some kind of a fractal.  

Researchers are suggesting that DNA helix is more than a protein synthesis blueprint.  Rather that bound DNA in chromosome form may actually be a light storing and light emitting organelle.   The descriptions in literature discuss the idea that coherent light is used by the chromosomes to communicate with distant portions of the body. In health the light emitted is coherent, when unhealthy the light is not coherent, that is, not well organized.   Using laser therapy (or sun light refracted) we put back into the body this coherent light to help the body/chromasomes to reorganize themselves and promote healing...

i use this color (red) light and also infra red light in my practice with excellent results in many cases - by His grace.

So when we face a natural light source and perform the bath mantra we are infusing our body with this star energy and the full spectrum of visual colors - and the non visible wave lengths - providing profound healing potential. Baba was so far ahead of the science in so many areas it is difficult to fathom. 

in Him.

Mukunda - Seattle region

- Here is a link to the initial letter on this topic: Cataracts, bathing & sun

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