THE SECRET OF LIFE : Sri Swami Sivananda

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Wednesday, 22 Nov 2023 05:30

Discourse:

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What is life? Is it merely the act of breathing or respiration or digestion or excretion or the acts of metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, the constructive or destructive changes that ever go on in the physical organism or human body or economy of nature? Is it mere thinking or planning or scheming to earn money or name and fame? Is it the act of procreation to keep up the line? Is it the sum-total of all these processes? Or is it the movement of the protoplasm in the unicellular organism, amoeba, with its single nucleus? Scientists and biologists have a very different conception of life. Philosophers like Sri Sankara have quite a different conception of life.

Life is of two kinds, viz., life in matter and life in the Atman or the Spirit or Pure Consciousness. Biologists, physiologists and psychologists hold that life consists of thinking, feeling, knowing, willing, digestion, excretion, circulation, respiration, etc. This kind of life is not everlasting. This is attended with dangers, pains, fear, cares, anxieties, worries, exertion, sin, birth and death with their concomitant evils, viz., old age, diseases, etc. Therefore, sages and seers, Rishis, prophets and saints who have realised their inner Self by discipline of the mind and the organs, by Tyaga and Tapas, by Vairagya and Abhyasa, by leading a life of self-denial, self-sacrifice and self-abnegation, have emphatically, without a shadow of doubt, like an Amalaka fruit in the hand, declared that a life in the Atman or pure Spirit alone can bring everlasting peace, infinite bliss, supreme joy, eternal satisfaction and immortality. They have prescribed various definite methods for Self-realisation according to various temperaments, capacities and tastes of individuals. Those who have implicit faith in their teachings, in the Vedas and in the words of the Guru or spiritual preceptor march fearlessly in the field of spirituality or Truth, and obtain freedom or perfection or salvation. They do not come back to this Mrityu Loka (mortal world). They rest in Satchidananda Brahman or their own Svarupa. This is the goal of human life. This is the highest aim of life. This is the final destination which bears various names as Nirvana, Parama Gati, Param Dhama and Brahma-Sthiti. Self-realisation is your highest duty.

This does not mean, however, that we should ignore the life in the physical plane of matter. Matter is the expression of God or Brahman for His own Lila. Matter and Spirit are inseparable like heat and fire, cold and ice, and flower and fragrance. Sakti (power) and Sakta (he who possesses power) are one. Brahman and Maya are inseparable and one. A life in the physical plane is a definite preparation for the eternal life in Brahman. World is your best teacher; the five elements are your Gurus. Nature is your mother and director. Prakriti is your silent master. World is the best training ground for the development of various divine virtues such as mercy, forgiveness, tolerance, universal love, generosity, nobility, courage, magnanimity, patience, will-power, etc. World is an arena for fighting with the diabolical nature and for expressing divinity from within. The central teaching of the Gita and the Yoga-Vasishtha is that one should realise his Self by remaining in the world. ‘Be in the world, but be out of the world. Behave like the water on the lotus-leaf’. Give up the lower Asuric nature which consists of selfishness, lust, anger, greed, hatred and jealousy and assert the divine nature, a life of mental renunciation and self-sacrifice.

Is there not a nobler mission in life than eating, drinking and sleeping? It is difficult to get a human birth; therefore try your best to realise in this birth. Time sweeps away kings and barons. Where is Yudhishthira? Where is Ashoka? Where is Valmiki? Where is Shakespeare? Where is Napolean? Therefore be up and doing in Yogic Sadhana and you will enjoy supreme bliss. Can you expect real Santi if you waste your time in hunting after the momentary pleasures of the senses and this worldly life? Can you enjoy real happiness if you waste your time in fights and quarrels or in idle gossiping?

To live is to fight for the ideal and goal. Life is conquest. Life is a series of awakenings. Conquer your mind and the senses. These are the real enemies. Conquer your internal and external nature. You must conquer your environments, old evil habits, old evil Samskaras, evil thoughts and evil Vasanas. You must fight against the antagonistic, dark, evil forces. You must resist the forces of degeneration.

This life is meant for Self-realisation. Do regular Sankirtan and realise the Atmic Bliss. Do Nishkama Karma Yoga and purify your heart and mind. Control the Indriyas and rest in your own Svarupa. When you get knocks and blows in the daily battle of life, the mind is duly turned towards the spiritual path. Then come Viveka, Vairagya, disgust for worldly things and desire for liberation. Practise deep meditation.

Life is short. Time is fleeting. This world is full of miseries. Cut the knot of Avidya and drink deep the nectar of Nirvanic Bliss.

Spiritual life is not mere idle talk. It is not mere sensation. It is a transcendental experience of unalloyed joy and bliss. It is a life of fullness and perfection. There is a place of eternal peace and infinite bliss where there is neither death nor desire, neither sorrow nor pain, neither doubt nor delusion. Do you not aspire to reach this immortal abode of perennial joy and happiness?

Discipline the mind and the senses. Cultivate noble virtues. Try to know the nature of the soul. Practise regular meditation on the Self. Then alone you will attain immortality and deep abiding joy. Then alone you will reach that immortal abode. Give up identification of your Self with the physical body. Identification of one’s Self with the body is the greatest crime. Give up planning and scheming. Abandon speculation. Relinquish cherished hopes, expectations and worldly ambitions. Kill desires. Rise above desires.

Live intelligently. Study the Upanishads thoroughly. Meditate regularly. Come out of the dungeon of ignorance. Bask in the glorious sunshine of Brahman. Share this knowledge with others. You are swayed by unholy desires and Avidya. Self-realisation is the goal of life. This is the end and aim of life, of human existence. Wake up from the dream of forms. Give up this clinging to false names and forms. Do not be deceived by these illusory names and forms. Cling to the solid, living Reality only. Love your Atman only. Atman or Brahman is the living Truth. Atman only persists. Live in the Atman. Become Brahman. This is the real life.

The practice of Karma Yoga prepares the mind of the aspirant for the reception of the Knowledge of the Self. It moulds him into a proper Adhikari or aspirant for the study of Vedanta. Ignorant people jump at once to the practice of Jnana Yoga without having any preliminary training in Karma Yoga. That is why they fail-miserably to realise the Truth. The impurities still lurk in their minds. The mind is filled with likes and dislikes. They only talk of Brahman. They indulge in all sorts of useless discussions, vain debates and dry endless controversies. Their philosophy is on their lips only. In other words they are lip-Vedantins. What is wanted is practical Vedanta through ceaseless, selfless service of the country and humanity in some form or other with Atma Bhava.

Kindle the light of love in your heart. Love all. Include all creatures in the warm embrace of your love. Cultivate Visva-Prema or all-embracing, all-inclusive Cosmic Love. Love is a mysterious divine glue that unites the hearts of all. It is a divine magical healing balm of a very high potency. Charge every action with pure love. Kill cunningness, greed, crookedness and selfishness. The Immortal can be attained only by performing acts of kindness continuously. Hatred, anger and jealousy are removed by continuous service with a loving heart. You will get more strength, more joy, and more satisfaction by doing kind acts. You will be loved by all. Practice of compassion, charitable acts and kind service purify and soften the heart, turn the heart-lotus upwards and prepare the aspirant for the reception of Divine Light.

May you enjoy deep abiding peace and perennial joy by leading an ideal Divine Life discharging the duties of the world, singing His Names with Sraddha or faith and devotion!

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CHILDREN IN BHARATHAM, ARE MISGUIDED BY INDISCIPLINE AND RUBBISH STUDENT ASSOCIATIONS AND STUDENT POLITICAL WINGS, ENDING IN LOSS OF CHARACTER! Elections in Bhartiya states are near, here is chance to eliminate such demonic political parties from this Holy Earth!!: MEMBERS READ CAREFULLY, HERE THE TATTVAM/ESSENCE IS VERY STRONG, KEEP THIS TATTVAM IN YOUR MIND, IN THE NEXT EDITION YOU WILL FIND MORE OF THIS KIND"

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All Members.
Respected family members of this great holy Nation.

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REQUEST ALL STUDENTS, PARENTS AND TEACHERS MUST READ THIS TOPIC.IT IS URGENT IMPORTANCE IN THE PRESENT SITUATION OF THE NATION

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NOTE: DIVINE NATIONAL CULTURE OF BHARATHAM:

BEWARE: OF ASURAS (DEMONS) WHO DESTABILISE BHARATHAM AND DHARMIC LIFE.

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1. You are following a wrong path even in your studies and educational career; and neither your parents, your government, your society nor your friends are good enough or intelligent enough to tell you what your problems are going to be when you become an adult!

2.  "Here comes the need for a new type of education. You may call it Sanatana Dharma."

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3.THIS IS NOT HAPPENING IN THE MUSLIM WORLD,

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THEIR POISONOUS MADRASA EDUCATION, IS FUNDING HATRED, VIOLENCE, MENTAL DISTURBANCE, CONVERSIONS, CREATING TROUBLES AMONG THEMSELVES AND OTHER COUNTRIES!!

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HERE IN BHARATHAM THE MAJORITY OF MUSLIMS EXCEPT VERY FEW GOOD NATION LOVERS, ARE NARROW MINDED POISONOUS UNCULTURED BRUTES, NO GRATITUDE TO THIS HOLY NATION, BECOME ASURAS AND FOLLOW DEMONIC ACTIVITIES TO DAMAGE THE UPNISHADIC CULTURE OF BHARATHAM

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3.1 Christianity violates all disciplines, by religious conversions and Church, cum evangelists, using the money, spreading lies, cheat the public all over the world. 

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4. Nature can suddenly burst a bomb on the head of all humanity, which she has been keeping secretly tucked under the arm to burst any time. The whole Earth can shake, and the matter ends there in one second!!

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5. THE BREAKING INDIA FORCES CONGRESS AND COMMUNISTS ALONG WITH ALL REGIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES USE DEMONIC POLITICS; VOTE BANK POLITICS WITH MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS ASSOCIATED WITH ABOVE SAID POLITICAL COMBINATIONS TO DESTROY THIS HOLY NATION.

6.TO STOP THESE EVIL MOB IN THE PRESENT DAY, ONLY WAY TO IT BE RIGHTEOUS, TRUE TO ONE NATION AND ONE PEOPLE PRINCIPLE. 

7. TODAY IN KERALA AS WELL AS OTHER PARTS OF THIS HOLY NATION, WHERE GREAT BRAHMA RISHIS, MAHARISHIS TOOK BIRTH AND GAVE US GREAT TEXTS, FOLLOWED BY GREAT ACHARYA SRI SWAMI ADI SANKARACHARYA AND MANY MORE BORN AND SUCCEEDED IN ESTABLISHING A STRONG SANATANA DHARMAM THROUGH OUT BHARATHAM; BUT THE PRESENT POLITICAL SYSTEM NOT PREPARED TO FOLLOW THEIR TEXTS AND SERVE THIS NATION, NEED TO CHANGE THIS TENDENCY BY RENAISSANCE. 

8.POLITICS IS SCIENCE: BUT THE PERSONS IN DEMOCRACY IGNORANT AND DEMONIC USE THIS TO PERSONAL GAINS AT THE COST OF NATION AND HER PEOPLE.

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### Role of parents and teachers in a child's life:

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1.School, teachers and parents play vital role in holistic, and the teacher is the second. Both have an immense contribution and responsibility in shaping child’s personality.

2.Role of parents: Parents are the child’s first role model. Children behave, react and imitate same as their parents. Parents play important role in encouraging and motivating their kids to learn. Good parental support helps child to be positive, healthy and good life long learner. Children acquire skills at the parent and teacher is a real secret of child’s happy learn very early stage of their life if the parents are responsive and development of the child. Parents are the first mentor of the child understanding.

3.Teacher-Parent Relationship: Trust and mutual understanding between. Support and Cooperativeness from parents towards teacher helps a lot to connect, understand and work towards child. Remarkable positive change is seen in a child if the parents and teacher understand and work hand in hand. A good parent teacher relationship leads child to be positive towards attending school.

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##### National Code of Conduct for The Citizens of Holy Bharatham : Swami Sivananda.

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1. Patriotism: Our Motherland should be our first and highest consideration. Welfare of the nation is our own welfare. Therefore, let us willingly be ready to offer up even our own life for our country. Let us inculcate in our children and members of our family love for our country, the spirit of patriotism and service to our country and our fellow citizens.

2. Duty: Our first and foremost duty is to God and to Righteousness. Leading a righteous life is the best and most valuable service of our Nation.

3. Character: Character is the greatest wealth. A pure, incorruptible citizen is the greatest asset of our Nation. This is vital and indispensable. Therefore, good character is to be given top priority value; upon this depends on our nation’s welfare and its future stability.

4. Health: Health is the basis of success. Health is wealth. Next to character, it is the greatest national asset. As citizens, building up character and safeguarding health, should be our primary duty to the Nation.

5. Virtue: Let us join hand and eradicate the evils of gambling, liquor-drinking, drug-taking, tobacco-smoking and betel-chewing. Let us eradicate the evils of bribery, corruption, selfishness, immorality, dishonesty and misconduct. Disloyalty to our Nation is crime and unpardonable sin.

6. Public Property: O Citizen! We are custodian of public property. Let us not spoil, misuse, steal or destroy National property. Let us preserve it with love and care. Let us keep our country neat and clean. This is your sacred duty.

7. One Family: All our citizen are brethren. Let us feel this fraternity. Let us all love each other and one another and be united because, we are one family.

8. Religion: We must have equal reverence for all religions, creeds and faiths. Let us love as our own brother the followers of our faiths. Let us treat others as we wish to be treated by them.

9.Non-violence: At all costs avoid every type of violence and hatred for, this is a blot on the fair name of the Nation. It is soul-killing and cause great harm to our country’s welfare and development. It is totally opposed to our Nation’s ideal.

10. Economy: Let us adopt simple living and high thinking. Let us not be extravagant. Let us avoid waste. Let us practice frugality. Let us share what we have with our less fortunate fellow citizens. This is National virtue that our India needs today.

11. Law: Let us respect the rule of law and uphold social justice. In this lies the guarantee of our welfare and orderly progress towards better India.

12. Ahimsa: Non-injury is our highest virtue (Ahimsa Paramo Dharmah). Compassion is a divine quality. Protection of animals is our sacred duty. This is India’s special teaching. Let us be compassionate towards all creatures. Thus, be a true Indian. Try to become an embodiment of kindness compassion and goodness in your everyday life.

13. Ecology: Man, and Nature are inseparable. Man, and his natural environment are inter-related and mutually interdependent. Everything in Nature contributes to our protection and nourishment. Let us, therefore, protect our natural environment. Helping in maintaining the ecological balance is our duty. It is indispensable for our safe living and highest welfare. Polluting of public places and polluting of air and water of the country is a national crime. We must make amends of our past lapses.

14. Unity: The more united the people of a country, the greater is their ability to withstand all obstacles and dangers. United we stand, divided we fall. This is particularly true about today’s India. Therefore, let us live in close harmony and loving goodwill with all our countrymen. Love of our country means love of our countrymen. This is the most invaluable service a Citizen of India, can offer to our Motherland.

15. Education: The process of education should incorporate within it the imparting of the basic knowledge of India’s great culture, its lofty ideals and noble values and principles of living. Our education has to be oriented for enriching and enhancing the quality of life of our youth and students.

##THUS, SHINE AS A TRUE CITIZEN AND SERVE YOUR COUNTRY BEST, BY THE VERY MANNER OF YOUR LIFE AND CONDUCT.   

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###OPINION: PEOPLE OF BHARATHAM POSITIVE:

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1. SANATANA DHARMA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS HINDUISM IS ETERNAL, WHOLE UNIVERSE IS EXISTING IN THIS TRUTH

2.  EVER EXISTING

3.  THERE IS NO SPACE FOR ADHARMA

4. ALL DEMONIC ELEMENTS DEMOLISHED BY DHARMA

5. SO NO QUESTION EVIL ASURIC DEMONIC FRAGMENT'S BARKING, THEY WILL BE   ULTIMATELY BURNED AND DESTROYED BY NATURE.

6. PURE CONSCIOUSNESS IS DIVINE AND SUPREME, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS

7. NATURE IS ABOVE ALL, EVER EXISTING, ALL OTHERS MEANINGLESS.

8. THE CONTENT OF SO-CALLED HOLY BOOK IS NO HOLY AT ALL, AS IT PREACHES HATRED AND DESTRUCTION OF OTHER MANKIND, RELIGIOUS CONVERSIONS AND LIES OF UNCIVILIZED MATERIALS

9. CHRISTIANITY IS EQUALLY DEMONSTRATED CRUELTY, THE SO CALLED HOLY BOOK FULL OF LIES

10. BOTH ARE NOT RELIGIONS BUT SAMPRADAYA (ILLITERATE MAN MADE, NOT BASED ON DHARMA

11. THE CULTURE OF BHARATHAM BASED ON UPANISHADS AND FULL OF  REALISATION TEXTS ARE PRODUCED BY GREAT RISHIS OF BHARATHAM

12. IN THIS MATERIALISTIC DESTRUCTIVE MINDED UNIVERSE, NO RELIGIONS COMPARABLE OR ABOVE SANATANA DHARMA OF BHARATHAM.

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OPINION: 

1. Congress, a donkey party, it's so called daydreaming stupid leader Rahul Vinci, Rahul Gandi, frequent visit to foreign countries, to abuse PM of this Nation, and Sanatana Dharma -exceeded all limits this time, his party and his family to be condemned, and kicked away from politics, people should awake and realise the danger.

2. All highly corrupted political parties are fall in in a funny heading (I.N.D.I.A.), PREPARED TO DEFEAT SRI MODIJI AND BJP IN 2024 ELECTION!!!???

3.These so-called leaders are failed in their own states and could not provide good governance, followed by unrest in their states.

4. The communists next donkey group, latest stunt of America visit and the comedy programmed namely Kerala Sabha!? these buggers destroyed Kerala in all and joining with radical Islam soon they will be eliminated, people of Kerala get up from donkey thoughts, otherwise Kerala shrink to extinct in all way.

5. The speaker of Kerala assembly unnecessarily abuses Hinduism and supported by cpm party head, wonder these demons do not realise their faults, need a lesson to know the strength of DHARMA.

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NOTE:

1. POLITICIANS (THOSE IGNORANT AND DEMONIC NATURED) ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY TO OPEN THEIR UGLY FOUL MOUTH AND UTTER NONSENSE UPON SANATHANA DHARMAM.

2. THE NONSENSE COMMENDY ALLIANCE ARE NOT THE AUTHORITY ON SANATHA DHARAMAM.

3. DK, DMK. AIADMKA AND ALL NONSENSE POLITICIANS BEWARE YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY WASHED OUT SOON.

4. COMMUNISTS AND CONGRESS ARE THE ENEMY TO MANKIND DESTROY THEM.

5.ALL SANATHANA DHARAMAM FOLLOWERS (WHICH EVER YOUR POLITICAL INTEREST BE: YOUR POLITICAL MINDSET) TAKE An OATH THAT YOU STAND AGAINST ALL EVIL MINDSET AGAINST SANATHANA DHARMAM!!!

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######6. CRUSH THE ANTI NATIONAL ELEMENTS SUCH AS CONGRESS, COMMUNISTS, LEFT LIBERALS, URBAN NAXALS, TAMILNADU REGIONAL ANTI NATIONAL CUM ANTI SOCIAL POLITICAL PARTIES (DK, DMK, AIADMK, ALL SILLY SELF-APPOINTED CASTE GROUPS), NEVER ALLOW THESE BUGGERS RAISE THER VOICE/HEADS. CRUSH THEM UNDER YOUR FEET.

#######7. THE PRESENT CASTE SYSTEM  IS MAN MADE ( NEHRUVIAN ERA IDEA OF DIVIDING HINDUS INTO COUNTLESS MANY HEADDINGS AND HOLD THEM FOR  FREE BENEFITS SO THAT COLONIAL DIVIDE AND RULE POLICY SINCE INDEPENDENCE, TILL NOW )  WONDER STILL THEY ARE KEPT AWAY FROM HINDUISM ) THIS IS  NOT RELATED TO DHARMA" POLITICIANS ARE IDIOTS WHO TALK NONSENSE WITHOUT KNOWING THE SUBSTANCE, REGARDING VARNA: IT IS ABOUT GUNA AND PROFESSION RELATED, DIRTY POLITICANS TWISTS KNOWINGLY, BURN THESE WEEDS FROM THE SOCIETY URGENT NEED OF THE PRESENT.

########8. VOTE BANK POLITICS OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES OF BHARATHAM, MADE THEM ABUSE SANATANA DHARMA FOLLOWERS (HINDUS) AND APPEASE MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS, SOTHE FAMILY POLITICS FLOURISHING, AT WILL AND WISH, HENCE HINDUS WAKEUPAND FIGHT AGAINST THIS TREACHERY AND DEFEAT ALL THESE DEMONS OF POLITICS. 

#########9 "Udhayanidhi’s rant comparing Hindus with malarial mosquitoes and Covid virus could have easily gone without the kind of outrage we are seeing today. Such Hindu-hate has been normalised in Tamil Nadu, a state which has seen some of the greatest Hindu kingdoms like the Cholas, Pallavas and Parantakas."

##########10 "But the massive outpouring of public anger on media and social media perhaps points to a silent change afoot in Tamil Nadu. A revival of Sanatan Dharma and politics around it is slowly taking shape under BJP’s young leader K Annamalai. Santana Dharma has been in Tamil Nadu for as long as it existed in the rest of India, tracing back to the Vedic times. It is not possible to keep that fountainhead of Sanatan Dharma muted forever with the rock of Dravidianism….”

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JAI HIND
JAI BHARATHAM
VANDHE MADHARAM
BHARAT MATHA KI JAI.

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