Import & export of kiirtana

 Baba

Import & export of kiirtana

Note: This letter is only for those who have reverence for Sadguru Baba Shrii Shrii Anandamurti ji and try to follow His Ananda Marga ideology.

Namaskar,

One of the most prevalent elements of Christian life is to pray for those who are suffering.

If Lucy hears the news that Kate’s aunt was diagnosed with cancer, then Lucy will think that God is unjustly harming Kate’s aunt. So Lucy will say, “Tell your aunt that I am praying for her!” Or if Micheal heard that John got in a car accident, he will think that God is necessarily maliciously harming John. So Michael will say, “Let us all pray for John.”
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God is enraged so we must pray to Him

The common thread is that they think that God is enraged and unjustly punishing that person. So the only hope is to request and beseech God to have mercy and not unjustly punish that person. After hearing their prayers, God may listen and refrain from abusing and harassing that person. In that way, those religious followers view God as an ordinary mortal who behaves erratically and irrationally, like an imbalanced person. In contrast, if their conception of God was as an all-merciful Entity who does not commit injustices or hanker for praise, then they will not pray to God. Just as a little boy does not pray to his mother for food because that child knows that, “Of course my mother is going to feed me.”

The norm amongst dogmatic Christians is: Whenever they hear any bad news or are told about any calamity, they say, “I will pray for them.” This is the standard for being a “good” Christian. Those devout Christians firmly believe that from afar they can help someone by praying. So if they are sitting in Argentina and their cousin is suffering from an illness in Spain, they think they can help their cousin and alleviate the symptoms by their act of prayer, from several thousand miles away. And not just dogmatic Christians, all of the various religions hold onto this sort of dogma, in one form or another.

But in our Ananda Marga, we know that we cannot export kiirtana or sadana to persons all over the globe. One cannot transfer virtue in this way. Everyone has to do their own spiritual practices. If you yourself are suffering then you may sing kiirtana and be benefitted; and, even those in your immediate surroundings who hear you singing kiirtana will be benefited. But you cannot export that punya (virtue) all over the earth etc.
 
But the various religions do believe in all sorts of prayer like dealings. For instance, if an infant is suffering from tuberculosis in the villages of India, concerned relatives across the country will pay their Hindu priest a profitable sum of money to recite the so-called monkey god mantra in order to cure the sick baby. Those same dogmatic Hindu priests, for their own economic gain, also claim, “Look, your father just died yet his future is unsure. If you pay me handsomely, I will secure his entry to svarga (heaven) and ensure he has all that he needs to be comfortable - blankets, food etc.” And verily, for financial gain, Catholic priests and Islamic mullahs lay similar claims.
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So the effects of their ritualistic prayer is not limited to this planet, so they believe. The various religions hold that by their prayer and blessings etc they can positively affect those who have left this world.

Swap prayer for kiirtana

Even though Sadguru Baba has logically pointed out the defects of prayer, some entering AMPS from the dogmatic religions carry that prayer dogma with them. Indeed, such religious dogmas are not easy to eradicate from the mind; it needs deep and sustained sadhana. So those born into the various religions drag those defective dogmas into AMPS. And how do they do this? In a very subtle way.

No one in AMPS will openly claim, “Let’s pray for my grandfather who is dead etc.” They know no one will appreciate this. Yet, still they harbour that dogmatic notion of prayer. So here is what they do. They switch out the prayer term “prayer” and substitute it with something else, i.e. something that is well appreciated in AMPS, like kiirtana. So they will say, “Let’s sing kiirtana to alleviate the suffering of my grandfather who has died.” Every so often, this type of thing occurs. And here below is a prime example.

First however, remember that If you yourself are suffering then you may sing kiirtana and be benefitted; and, even those in your immediate surroundings who hear you will be benefited. But you cannot export your kiirtana or sadana to all corners of the globe. One cannot transfer virtue in this way. Everyone has to do their own spiritual practices.
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Using kiirtana as a form of prayer

Unfortunately, some have organised various kiirtana programs for different types of causes such as for the victims of the wildfires in XYZ etc. Yet this entire kiirtana program is born out of the dogma of Christian prayer where they pray for someone in some far away place etc. The organisers of the XYZ wildfire kiirtana wrote:

“Margiis and Acaryas in the XYZ unit are organizing a global kiirtan...for those plants, animals and humans affected by the XYZ fires.”

Yet, margiis singing around the globe have no such way to help out those harmed by the XYZ wildfires. They can send money and supplies from the various sectors to bring relief. But they cannot do kiirtana or sadhana for them. That does not work. If you yourself are suffering then you may sing kiirtana and be benefitted, and even those in the immediate surroundings who can hear you will be benefited. But you cannot export your kiirtana or sadhana to all corners of the globe. One cannot transfer virtue in this way. Everyone has to do their own spiritual practices.

Yet here the organisers are stating that, “a global kiirtan...for those plants, animals and humans affected by the XYZ fires.” This is entirely wrong as people singing kiirtana in GT sector, Hong Kong sector, or any other neighboring or faraway place have no scope to help. This is just a rebranding of Christian prayer dogma. So we should fully condemn it. 

In Him,
Jagadiish
(Jared Nielson)

Selling puja entering AMPS

This entire dogma started long back as the priests wanted to gain economic might by taking advantage of the general public. So there is a long history of selling virtue etc. And nowadays, the wealthy in India do not have time to do puja so they pay priests to come to their house to do puja for them. Sadly, our Baba Nam Kevalam kiirtana is growing fast in this direction. Some rich margiis may have already employed someone to do their spiritual practices (kiirtana, sadhana etc) for them. Openly those margiis may not admit it, but they have surely started. Certain Wt Dadas must be profiting in this manner.
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Note: Some are organising various types of kiirtana programs such as “for those plants, animals and humans affected by the XYZ fires.” However, such a kiirtana program should not be convened as it is not in line with Sadguru Baba’s teachings. 

== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

In my dry heart

"Ámár e kat́hin hiyáy, ásabe tumi ki ná jáni ná..." (Prabhat Samgiita #3378)

Purport:

O’ my Parama Purusa, will You ever come in my dry heart, I do not know. You are mine. By Your blessing, I am calling Your divine Self again and again - day and night. I want Your close proximity. Whether or not You will come to my parched, aspiritual mind, I do not know. But if, by mistake, or by any means You come in my soul, then You will not lose anything; Your prestige will not be ruined. Now due to my low bhakti, I can't do sadhana properly.
 
O’ Cosmic Entity, Baba by Your mercy I have decorated Your supreme seat with countless lamps and a display of light. By Your krpa’, with all my feeling, I go on singing Your song non-stop, continuously. I have composed those melodies in Your ideation, in Your tune, in Your language. Whether You come and take Your seat in the core of my being I have no idea.  

O’ Parama Purusa Baba, in my mind, I have so many hopes and aspirations - several desires and so much love. Among these many wants, I have no idea if You will satisfy some of them; I do not know. Only I request You to please come and sit on my Guru cakra forever...

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Como practicar

Baba

Como practicar

Namaskar,

El nuestro es el camino del enfoque subjetivo a través del ajuste objetivo. (Ver nota 6.) Tenemos que avanzar y avanzar hacia Él y mantener nuestros asuntos en la vida diaria. En general, lo que suele ocurrir es que en la sadhana, por Su gracia, la mente apunta hacia Brahma, y cuando la mente se ocupa de deberes mundanos, la mente apunta a los objetos mundanos. Este es el fenómeno común. Pero Baba nos advierte que este tipo de perspectiva materialista precipita la degeneración. (Ver nota 1.) Por eso debemos conocer el remedio adecuado para evitar la degradación y mantener la mente espiritualmente vibrada.


Forma ideal de practicar madhuvidya

Generalmente la gente está ocupada haciendo un trabajo tras otro. Pasan del "trabajo A" al "trabajo B", al "trabajo C" al "trabajo D", etc. Y cuando se trata de trabajos A, B, C, D, piensan de una manera completamente cruda. ¿Cómo? En el trabajo A, creen que alimentaron a su mascota. Y en el trabajo B creen que barrieron el piso. Y en el trabajo C creen que donaron un artículo a los necesitados. Y el trabajo D creen que ayudaron a su hijo en la tarea. Y en el trabajo E, creen que ayudaron a su abuela. Cuando tratan con su mascota no piensan: “Este es Dios en la forma de mi mascota”, piensan que es una mascota. Y al barrer el piso, no piensan: “Esto es Brahma en la forma de este objeto mundano”, piensan que esto es solo el piso. Y al ayudar a los demás, no piensan que “Dios ha venido en forma de necesitados”. Ellos piensan que esta es una persona necesitada. Cuando ayudan al niño con el trabajo escolar, no piensan: “Estoy ayudando a Parama Purusa en la forma de un niño”. Solo están pensando que este es un niño ordinario. Asimismo, no piensan: “Estoy ayudando a Dios en la forma de mi abuela”. Piensan de manera mundana que están ayudando a su abuela con su comida y medicina, etc.

Debido a la falta de brahmacarya o ideación cósmica, solo estaban ocupados con la mascota, el barrido, el niño necesitado y la abuela. Pero brahamcarya, segunda lección, madhuvidya, Brahmavidya, o ideación cósmica, nos enseña que, “No pienses ni mires todas estas cosas como si fueran mundanas”. Más bien, el sádhaka piensa que “Dios está ante mí en forma de mascota”. O creen que Dios ha venido en forma de piso, o de un necesitado, o de un niño, o de una abuela. Piensan que “Dios ha venido en varias formas y estoy sirviendo a Dios”. De esta manera, la mente no se mueve de un objeto burdo a otro objeto burdo. En cambio, con la ayuda de la segunda lección y la ideación del Supremo, la mente está ocupada sirviendo a Dios en varias formas, de una a otra. Y eso es lo que se llama Brahma a Brahma'ntar.
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La idea central de la segunda lección o Guru mantra es que la mente de un sadhaka no debe involucrarse en un trabajo mundano a otro trabajo mundano, etc. Más bien uno debe involucrarse en una forma de Brahma a otra forma de Brahma, a otra forma de Brahma - siempre ocupado con Brahma. Esa es la gran práctica de la segunda lección, de una manera muy práctica e ideal. De lo contrario, recitar la segunda lección como un loro y sin ninguna ideación no tiene sentido ni beneficio.


Significado de Brahma Brahma'ntar

En sánscrito, el término 'ka'l' significa tiempo. La frase, ka'l ka'la'ntar, significa de un tiempo a otro. Y en sánscrito, el término 'gra'm' significa pueblo. Entonces la frase, gram gra'ma'ntar, significa de un pueblo a otro. De manera similar, Brahma es Parama Purusa o Conciencia Cósmica. Entonces, la guía de Baba, Brahma Brahma'ntar, significa pasar de una expresión de Brahma a otra. Ese es el espíritu y el enfoque práctico de nuestra segunda lección.

En nuestro trato regular, debemos sentir y pensar constantemente que cuando hacemos deberes mundanos simplemente estamos interactuando con Sus diversas expresiones, simplemente pasando de una expresión Suya a la siguiente. Así es como ver a Dios en todo y seguir el código de brahmacarya.
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Conclusión

Aquellos que no sigan esta práctica de la segunda lección o brahmacarya ciertamente sufrirán una degeneración radical. (Ver nota 1.) Aunque la segunda lección exige un cambio en la perspectiva de uno, a través del esfuerzo y la práctica constantes, ver todo como la expresión de Brahma se volverá muy natural paso a paso.

Así que debemos hacer esfuerzos estrictos. Baba nos dice que, "Sin yama y niyama, sadhana es imposible", y la práctica de brahmacarya es uno de los aspectos clave de yama y niyama. Desprovisto de brahmacarya, uno no puede progresar a lo largo del camino de la sadhana. Como Sus discípulos debemos seguir sinceramente  brahmacarya, establecernos en esta práctica.

Namaskar,
A sus pies,
Divyacaksu

Como seres humanos, como sadhakas, tenemos nuestra Meta fija: Parama Purus'a es nuestra Meta. Baba es nuestro Ista. Y, por Su gracia, todo lo que hacemos en nuestra vida espiritual conduce a Su morada dichosa. Simultáneamente, en el día a día se necesita un cierto ajuste. Por varias razones, no podemos mantener nuestra práctica de meditación en silencio día y noche, sentados en padma'sana las 24 horas. Tenemos muchos otros deberes y responsabilidades que hacer en este mundo.
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~ Estudio en profundidad ~

Nota 1: La advertencia de Baba sobre la degradación mental

A continuación, Baba explica científicamente cómo la mente, nuestra existencia, se vuelve groseramente cruda al identificar las ondas mentales de uno con objetos mundanos.

En un resumen en español de Idea & Ideology, "Psycho-Spiritual Parallelism", Baba nos dice: Oímos un sonido, pero el concepto de la palabra pronunciada no está claro hasta que las ondas mentales se ponen en contacto con el concepto físico en cuestión. [Alguien]... oye la palabra 'gato'. Él ve un gato y la madre dice: '¡Mira, hijo mío! Ese es el gato que bebió tu leche ayer'. La [persona] asocia la palabra 'gato' con el gato visto. Eso significa que establece un paralelismo entre las ondas mentales creadas pronunciando la palabra 'gato' y la onda física proveniente de la forma física del gato. Por lo tanto, el paralelismo psicofísico es el significado de una palabra que en sí misma (la palabra) es una onda psíquica. El paralelismo psicofísico siempre tiende a hacer que las ondas psíquicas se vuelven más burdas, y si la onda mental se vuelve más burda, los seres humanos se transformarán en seres más burdos(ellos tomarán el camino del pratisaincara negativo) y la elevación espiritual seguirá siendo un sueño lejano. (resumen en español)

Como Baba nos advierte arriba, las ondas mentales de uno degeneran hacia la materia cruda cuando piensan en los objetos de este mundo. Y esto lleva a la caída de uno. La idea general es que la mente toma la forma de su ideación. Y en el ciclo de la vida y el renacimiento, uno obtiene un cuerpo de acuerdo con sus pensamientos en la mente, de acuerdo con su pábulo/alimento mental.
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Entonces, si uno piensa en un gato, renacerá como un gato o tal vez como algún otro tipo de animal. Y si piensan en ladrillos se convertirán en piedra. Y si piensan en las finanzas de su negocio, pueden convertirse en una billetera o monedero o una moneda de plata, etc.

La ecuación general es que al pensar en la materia cruda, las células nerviosas y las fibras nerviosas de uno se ven afectadas negativamente, es decir, se degradan, y se produce un cambio ectoplasmático. El resultado final es esa degeneración significativa por la cual toda la existencia de uno se convierte en materia cruda. Baba nos advierte acerca de este horrible resultado en el pasaje citado anteriormente y en innumerables otros discursos. Esto lo hemos escuchado todos.

Nota 2: De una forma o expresión de Brahma a otra

Todas y cada una de las cosas en esta vasta creación universal son la expresión de Brahma. Entonces, la directiva de Baba es idear sobre Brahma antes de comenzar cualquier trabajo mundano. Según Él, debemos aplicar el sentimiento de Brahma a nuestras acciones. Esta es nuestra práctica de brahmacarya o segunda lección de sahaja yoga.

Al participar en la perspectiva espiritual de brahmacarya, la mente de uno contempla o se mueve naturalmente de una forma o expresión de Brahma a otra. En esta práctica, la mente siempre está involucrada con Brahma, es decir, permanece constantemente en ese reino espiritual sutil. En cuyo caso la mente nunca degenerará. Siguiendo el código de brahmacarya y convirtiendo las propias ondas mentales en la esfera espiritual, no hay lugar para ninguna caída.
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En un resumen en español de "Caryacarya - 2, 'Sadhana', point #10", Baba nos dice:

Lo que sea que digas o hagas,
No lo olvides nunca;
Guardando Su nombre en tu corazón,
Trabaja, recordando que es para Él,
Y, infinitamente activo, dejate llevar por la dicha. (resumen en español)

Nota 3: La enseñanza especial de Baba

Esta es otra de las enseñanzas especiales de Baba que está íntimamente ligada con todo el tema de brahmacarya y la práctica de la segunda lección.

Mana eva manus'ya'na'm' ka'ran'am' bandhamoks'ayoh;
Bandhastu vis'aya'saungi mukto nirvis'ayam' tatha'.

En un resumen en español de Neo-Humanism in a Nutshell - 1, 'Existential Flow & Its Culminating Point', Baba nos dice: La mente es la causa de la esclavitud, y esta mente, esta misma mente, es la causa de la liberación, es la causa de la emancipación. Si se fomenta el movimiento hacia lo sutil, y hay un movimiento con la aceleración adecuada, entonces, ¿qué sucederá? Ocurrirá una de dos cosas diferentes: la existencia de uno se convertirá en la Mente Cósmica, esa metamorfosis de la mente unitaria en la Mente Cósmica. La mente se conoce como la posición cualificada - sagun'a'sthiti - o, si el mismo sentimiento del "yo" se entrega en el altar de la Existencia Suprema, entonces la alternativa será que todo el factor existencial se volverá uno con la Facultad Cognitiva Suprema, con el Principio Cognitivo - uno se volverá omnisciente, una entidad omnisciente. Así uno alcanzará sagun'a'sthiti o nirgun'a'sthiti (la posición sin atributos o no cualificada). (resumen en español)


Nota 4: Él me está mirando

Otra forma muy simple y efectiva de practicar la segunda lección se describe en la publicación a continuación. La idea básica es pensar: Él me está mirando. Esta sola idea trae a Parama Purusa a tu conciencia, y esa es una especie de segunda lección.

https://anandamargauniversal.blogspot.com/2013/06/manera-especial-de-llamar-parama-purusa-mas.html

Nota 5: Baba da la gran solución

El predicamento entonces se convierte en: ¿Cuál es la respuesta? Dónde está la salida. ¿Cómo es que los seres humanos, los sadhakas, pueden vivir en este mundo y mantener su marcha hacia Parama Purusa? Aquí Baba da Su respuesta perfecta.

En un resumen en español de Idea and Ideology, "Psycho-Spiritual Parallelism", Baba nos dice: En los negocios cotidianos, tenemos que concebir el significado de las palabras y, por lo tanto, establecer un paralelismo psicofísico. Entonces, ¿el destino humano está sellado para siempre? ¡No, no lo está! Podemos tener una posición suprema de la onda espiritual sobre la onda física y percibir esta última como una de las manifestaciones del infinito espiritual. Esto es lo que la filosofía de Ananda Marga quiere decir con Brahmacarya. Brahmacarya no significa celibato sino la asimilación de la onda psíquica de la mente unitaria en las ondas eternas del Macrocosmos. Ananda Marga establece para el aspirante espiritual un método práctico mediante el cual se realiza esta imposición espiritual y se evita que las ondas mentales se vuelvan más crudas. Más bien mediante bha'va sa'dhana' (práctica espiritual de la autosugestión) en el momento de la acción establecida por Ananda Marga, la mente tenderá hacia Brahmacarya y, por lo tanto, hacia el paralelismo psico-espiritual, el único camino hacia la liberación última. Porque, para la liberación mental, Las ondas psíquicas deben hacerse más sutiles, y esto solo es posible si uno entretiene solo ondas mentales más sutiles o si al inspirar con una fuerza espiritual obtiene un paralelismo de las ondas mentales con las espirituales. (resumen en español)

En Su enseñanza revolucionaria anterior, Baba nos indica que al practicar la segunda lección, brahmacarya, mientras realizamos trabajos mundanos podemos estimular las ondas mentales de la mente hacia el reino espiritual, y no hacia la materia cruda. De esta manera uno puede trabajar en el mundo y progresar espiritualmente y alcanzar la posición divina.
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Nota 6: Enfoque subjetivo a través del ajuste objetivo

En un resumen en español de  Ananda Vacanamrtam - 6, "Upavása", Baba nos dice: Los demás días deben permanecer equilibrados entre el ajuste objetivo y el enfoque subjetivo. Sin embargo, en estos días de ayuno, en estos días de upavasa, uno permanece más cerca del Señor que de sus deberes mundanos. (resumen en español)

En la enseñanza anterior de Baba, Él nos da dos caminos básicos. Primero, Él nos está guiando para que en nuestra vida diaria debe haber un equilibrio adecuado entre nuestros deberes mundanos y la vida espiritual, es decir, un enfoque subjetivo a través de un ajuste objetivo. Y segundo, en los días de upavasa, la directiva de Baba es que uno debe enfocarse principalmente en sadhana, es decir, el enfoque subjetivo. No hay un tercer enfoque. Eso significa que no hay días en los que nos centremos exclusivamente en los tratos mundanos, es decir, el enfoque objetivo. Entonces, la enseñanza anterior de Baba refuta por completo la noción de que uno debe "ajustarse" con el mundo mundano al comprometer los valores espirituales de uno. No hay margen para abandonar el enfoque subjetivo, es decir, la perspectiva centrada en Dios.

- Here is a link to the original English posting: How to practice

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- Here is a link to Spanish Prabhat Samgiita

Bad sádhaná + 3 more

Baba

Bad sádhaná

Namaskar,

This is a topic that applies to everyone. Every human being. Without thinking, the mind will no longer exist. We all think. People think about so many things - good and bad, knowingly and unknowingly. In essence they are ideating.

But what people fail to understand is that their negative and positive thinking - or negative and positive ideation - completely dictates their future: One will actually become or be reborn as what they were thinking about. This has an absolutely dramatic and disastrous effect. Let's take this entire topic step by step.
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Ananda Marga philosophy says, "As you think so you become."  (1)

Our tantric approach is that one should ideate on their Is't'a mantra cent-per-cent of the time. This theory is not new to anyone practicing Ananda Marga sadhana. But how seriously does a person truly consider the consequences of not doing this.

Ananda Marga ideology says, "If the mental force is directed towards finite and crude objects, then the person is ultimately converted into crudeness. As you think so you become." (2)

Your thoughts determine your rebirth

As stated above, everyone thinks; everyone holds an idea and image in their mind. The irony is that often people do not keep their highest ideal in mind, but rather something else. For instance, some think about their hatred for a particular group. Likewise, some think of their enemies in the world. They think intensely in this manner, with vivid imagery and with strong emotion. And do you know what happens? Such people actually are reborn as those whom they were thinking about. Same is the case with members of a group or clan who despise a rival party etc.

So it is not just limited to a particular human group etc. Any person will turn into whatever they are thinking about - and again everyone thinks. At present, some on this earth are immersed in the practice of negative ideation, unknowingly. And they are wholly unaware of the severe ramifications. In His above teachings, Baba pointedly warns us and categorically states that a person will become a ghost or money, or verily anything, even a hog, a worm etc - if that is what they think about. So everyone should be made aware of the horrors of doing negative ideation.
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Those who think who intently think about their mule or dog will be reborn as a mule or dog. Indeed whatever it is that one loves or hates - or whatever one thinks about - that is what they will become, either in this life or the next. Those who mentally curse their enemy and think about their enemy day and night will be transformed into their enemy. They will be that one day.

Transformation occurs over time

One other thing should be said. This entire phenomenon is not like one magic show, as in "poof" all of a sudden one becomes a frog. It happens gradually. For instance, if one thinks about their rival and their rival is someone who gets angry easily, then that negative vrtti of anger will soon take shape in their mind as well. And then due to that continued negative ideation, in that very life or the next, they may become exactly like that rival, in all the ways - physically, mentally, etc. So little by little people acquire the qualities of whatever they are thinking about. Here is another example to consider.

In the west, people may not be afraid of so-called ghosts, but they may be scared of so many other imaginary things. They may be paranoid that nobody loves them, and then sadly over time that becomes their living reality. They truly think and feel that really nobody loves them. This becomes their reality, even when others really do love them.

This negative ideation probably accounts for a huge number of the cases of depression and related mental diseases in the so-called developed, materialistic nations. People harbor a negative thought in mind and ultimately they become a living representation of that thought or fear. It is our duty to warn and teach others about this. They must know about it, lest they destroy themselves - ruining this life and making their future dark.
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As you think so you become

All of the above applies to Ananda Margiis as well. Just because someone has been initiated into tantra does not mean they cannot fall onto that path of negative pratisaincara. So some sadhakas have fallen. One must be cent-per-cent involved in sadhana, ideate, and do dhyana on Him.

Unfortunately, some may be doing negative ideation on their "enemies." They may pass their days planning and plotting against their rivals. In that case, they will acquire those very characteristics; they will become like that. Then there are some who are so fascinated with their tools and gadgets they will become converted into that lifeless object.

Ananda Marga Ideology says, "The mind becomes so infatuated with its crude objects that ultimately it becomes converted into matter. It follows the path of negative pratisaincara." (3)

Because whatever direction in which the mind is coloured is the direction in which it will grow. Whether it be money, fame, prestige etc, whatever a person ideates on will become their living reality. This is the natural law. If one is involved in all kinds of mundane thoughts and longings, then that will certainly affect their future. Thus sadhakas should not get caught in the trappings of doing any type of negative ideation.
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Conclusion: ideate on Parama Purusa

The question that invariably arises is how to proceed. Here Baba gives the answer.

Ananda Marga philosophy says, "Whenever any thought arises in the mind, it should be immediately channelled towards Parama Purus'a. You should say: “O Parama Purus'a, Thy will be done“." (4)

The only way then is to direct all thoughts and energies towards Parama Purusa and serve Him in all respects, always. This demands strong sadhana and proper use of Guru mantra. Then one will be cent-per-cent safe.

This entire topic of doing negative ideation is a slippery slope. People the world over, non-margiis certainly and some margiis too, get verily caught in this negative approach and it ruins their future. All should be warned accordingly and be extremely cautious and careful about how they ideate in life. No one should allow mundane or crude thinking - i.e. negative ideation - to be part of their mental flow, lest they wish to destroy their future.
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Sin of over-accumulating

In materialism, people point their minds towards matter, which leads to their horrific degeneration as they will be reborn as an animal or piece of metal etc. Secondly, their avaricious, matter-based approach creates a terrible disparity of mundane wealth and untold suffering on the collective level. 

• The world's 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than 4.6 billion people combined, Oxfam's latest report on inequality found.
  
• The richest 1% are more than twice as wealthy as 6.9 billion people, or nearly 90% of the human population, the report estimated.
  
• A key driver of the wealth gap is that women and girls put in 12.5 billion hours of unpaid care work every day, the Oxfam researchers argued.
  
• Their recommendations include investing in national care, passing laws to protect and pay care workers, and ending extreme wealth.

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Fate of materialists

Ananda Marga philosophy says, "They say, “Why should I bother about such subtle things. I’m quite happy as I am.” Such people, engrossed as they are in materialism, are bound to be reborn in crude material bodies." (5)

Human life is rare and all have been blessed with the power of cognition. We are to utilise this in the best way possible and realise Him.

Ananda Marga Ideology guides us, "When one’s goal of ideation is Parama'tma', one attain absolute progress. As one’s psychic object is subtle and expansive, one’s psychic body becomes subtle and expansive, too, and finally becomes one with the Macrocosm." (6)


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Reborn as a hog or a worm

Ananda Marga Ideology says, "It is the natural wont of the mind to take the shape of its object of meditation. If the object of worship is crude, say money or any crude thing, the mind takes the shape of that crude thing in the course of time. Hence the proverb “As you think so you become.” For instance, when someone constantly thinks of a ghost, he actually becomes a ghost one day. One then starts behaving in an abnormal way. Again, someone concentrates upon dollars, one day the person will become an actual dollar. Hence human beings should be very, very cautious in what they ideate upon, in their objects of contemplation." (7)

Ananda Marga Ideology says, "One acquires a physical body according to the nature of one’s sam'ska'ras [unmanifested mental reactions]. Hence it is not at all impossible for a human being to be reborn as a hog, a worm, a tree, or even a piece of stone." (8)

Like a chameleon

The following guidelines from Sadguru Baba are highly related with this entire topic.

#1: Ananda Marga Ideology guides us, "When a microcosm accepts something as the Supreme Desideratum it becomes identified with its desideratum. For instance, when a cockroach constantly thinks of a káṋcpoká in fear, its body gradually takes the form and colour of káṋcpoká. When a chameleon thinks about the colour of a leaf on which it sits, its own colour becomes the same as that of the leaf. This is called natural camouflage." (9)

#2: Ananda Marga philosophy says, "As one thinks, so one becomes.” There is a certain insect that eats cockroaches. When that insect appears before a cockroach, the cockroach becomes mortally frightened. Due to the fright its nerve fibres cease to function, and when the fright becomes more intense, its nerve cells also cease to function. The severe fright creates a picture of that voracious insect in the cockroach's mind, and due to that persistent image a transformation of its nerve cells gradually sets in, which then extends to the nerve fibres, and at the end of this process the cockroach will appear to that insect to be a member of its own species. The insect actually thinks that the cockroach is a member of its own tribe, so how can it eat the cockroach? If human beings take the Cosmic ideation, they will also become one with the Cosmic Entity." (10)

Every thought is an action

#3: Ananda Marga philosophy says, "No one can ever exist without doing some action or other. Even when sitting quietly, one is performing an action; the physical body may not be exerting itself, yet the ever-active mind is not still. The mind even without physical action engages itself in actions by thinking or imagining. A person may be thinking evil of someone, may even be planning to kill him; or may be thinking of ways and means of helping others in their distress. All this is action and does not need any physical exertion or movement. Even physical action is only a further projection of mental activity. It was explained earlier that all action is performed by mind and the ten organs (indriyas), which are only a further extension of citta that translate mental actions into physical activity. All actions can be classified as physical or mental. Actions performed by the mind with the help of the organs (indriyas) are physical, while those performed without their help by mind alone are mental actions. Both these actions will cause distortion in the mind, and as a result of the restoration of the mind to its normal state, they will cause a reaction which will have to be experienced. Hence any action, whether mental or physical, will make the doer experience the reaction (karmaphala)." (11)

#4: Ananda Marga Ideology guides us, "The subject of today's discourse is “Macropsychic Conation and Micropsychic Longings.” The microcosm cannot remain without thinking – to remain at a standstill is not its nature. Think it must." (12)

#5: Ananda Marga philosophy says, "The first mental faculty is that the mind thinks: the mind discovers and invents newer modes of thinking, the mind thinks with concentration, that is, the mind meditates. Regarding this faculty of thinking, if it is done in a methodical way, the result is certainly positive: a negative result is achieved only in certain rare cases. But if it is not done in a methodical way, the general result is negative: only in very rare cases do we get a positive result. So our students, our boys and girls, our ladies and gentlemen should be taught how to think in a methodical style, otherwise there will be wastage of mental potentialities. We do not want such wastage to take place in this age of science." (13)

References
1. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 1, Spiritual Practice and the Cosmic Science (Sádhaná and Madhuvidyá)
2. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 1, Spiritual Practice and the Cosmic Science (Sádhaná and Madhuvidyá)
3. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 9, Cognitive Force
4. Namami Krsnasundaram, Disc: 23
5. Prout in a Nutshell - 4, Cosmic Attraction and Spiritual Cult
6. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 8, Cosmic Attraction and Spiritual Cult
7. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 12, Dances and the Path of Vidyá
8. Ananda Marga Ideology & Way of Life - 7, Form and Formless
9. Ananda Marga Ideology Way of Life -10. Cognitive Faculty and the Supreme Desideratum
10. Discourses on Tantra -2, Yoga and Tantra
11. Ananda Marga Elementary Philosophy, What Is My Relation with the Universe and the Cosmic Entity?
12. Subhasita Samgraha - 18, Macropsychic Conation and Micropsychic Longings
13. Yoga Psychology, The Mind Grows in Magnitude

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

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== Section 2: Prabhat Samgiita ==

My hidden tales

Intro to PS: In this song the bhakta is innocently sharing his inner heart feeling about that most loving Entity, Parama Purusa. Yet, unbeknownst to him, the very Personality whom he is communicating with is none other than Parama Purusa Himself. So that is the unique aspect of this song.

"Ámár gopan kathá jene niyeche..." (Prabhat Samgiita #1272)

Purport:

He knows all my secret thoughts: the vibrations of my mind and the feelings of my heart. He has the pulse of my inner self, is aware about everything, and understands the pain and longing of my core. He perceives what is good and bad for me, along with what is for my welfare and what I should and should not do. All this He perfectly comprehends. Parama Purusa is my Savior. My entire existence is within His mind. It is all at His fingertips. He is aware about everything related with me. My Parama Purusa is my most close and most dear; He is surrounding me in all the ways; I remain under His eternal shelter.

Due to shyness, whenever I try to hide my emotions from Him, they cannot remain hidden - ever; every vibration always comes to light. He is aware about even my secret tales. Whatever I think, He knows. Nothing can be kept from Him. It is all within His reach. He inherently has it all within the periphery of His awareness. I am never alone; He is with me always.

He resides in the depths of my being and saturates my soul with the sweetness of His grace. My whole inner world gets enchanted by His divine presence. He is my most dear One who whispers sweet, loving words into my ears and touches the deepest parts of my soul.

Parama Purusa is living within me and sees the entire landscape. He is more aware about my existence than I am. He is with me always and eternally guides me and keeps me under His loving care and shelter...

== Section: Important Teaching ==

Who does not appreciate His liila

   Ananda Marga ideology guides us, "If the actors in that drama think: “I am merely playing a part,” “I am only acting” they will never be disturbed by undue pain or pleasure. Those who play the role of Sah jahan shout, jump or try to escape from prison. But the persons playing the part of Sájáhán know very well that they are only acting in a drama. They know that after having played their role they will go home and eat rice and curry. But on this universal stage, however, those people, those jiivas, who act in the drama, forget that they are mere actors, that their real home is elsewhere, that this universe is only a stage – a platform and that they will go home and eat rice and curry. While taking part in the drama they think that they are actually the characters of the drama – the real Sájáhán. And as a result they either suffer from too much pain or enjoy too much pleasure. Sometimes out of too much joy they lose their equilibrium – their common sense. In Bengali parlance it is said that when people are puffed up with pride they spurn the world. But why does this happen? It happens because the jiivas forget they are playing a role, acting in a drama. In a drama some play a tragic role – others a joyful role. If those who are sádhakas are constantly aware that they are merely playing a role as an actor, they will never be overcome by sorrow or overwhelmed with joy."
   "Before the creation of this universe, Parama Puruśa was in His Nityánanda stance – He was enjoying Himself. He was overwhelmed with His own ánanda. After the creation of the universe, He had His Nityánanda and also His Liilánanda. To play with lesser jiivas is His Liilánanda. Now the jiṋániis and the karmiis will declare – “Oh, what a terrible game, what a terrible liilánanda our Parama Puruśa is playing with us: He enjoys His liilánanda but we can hardly tolerate it any more. We have to earn a living and buy a house – there are so many problems to face in life. Yet He is playing His game of joy and sorrow with us.”" (1)

Reference
1. Ananda Vacanamrtam - 6, Nityánanda and Liilánanda

== Section: Important Teaching ==

First Democracy is 2500 years ago

Ananda Marga philosophy says, "The first written constitution was framed by the Licchavi Dynasty of Vaeshali (in northern Bihar) in ancient India over 2500 years ago. Prior to that, the words of the king were law and kings ruled according to the advice of their ministers. The first republican democracy was established by the Licchaviis. The Licchavi Republic comprised some portion of Muzzaffarpur, portions of Begusharai, Samastipur and Hajipur between the Gandaka and Kamala rivers, all in the present state of Bihar. It was the first democratic state and they had their own written constitution." (1)

Reference
1. Prout in a Nutshell - 12, p.45

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