Anandashram Kanhangad - Satsang 21 August 2021
Channel: Anandashram Kanhangad
Date: 2021-08-21

One's own perceptions,  emotions and thoughts have to be witnessed to realise the Self. ---Swami Chinmayanandaji




Om Sri Ram jai Ram jai jai Ram


Chanting is being enjoyed. Mind has developed a taste for it. The first step is over...


Somehow mind must be trained to go within



Geeta---Seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, walking, talking, eating, purging-- all these happen in the presence of the spirit. 



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Chinmayananda Swami--- In the presence of the Atman, gross body, subtle body , causal body get activated. It is like the king in whose presence the ministers get busy. One's own perceptions,  emotions and thoughts have to be witnessed to realise the Self. 


Chinmayananda Swami--- Sun is responsible for activities but is not affected by the activities .. ...The animating principle remains pure and uncontaminated by the animations. 



We are not on inward journey all the time. So dwelling on these words help us...




The most important thing is shraddha. Total application of mind and intellect in whatever we do. When we salute the flag, we are not looking here and there. We  are going along with the symbol the flag represents...


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 A westerner's spiritual journey.


 His quest brought him to India.


The Westerner : -- Being careful and acting with care is Shraddha. I used to do pooja. My teacher saw me doing pooja. He said, you are not even looking at the image while doing pooja. He asked me to look at the flowers, the incense, the feet of the image, the image....The first time I did, I got tremendous concentration. Once when I was drying the clothes, my teacher said , the both sides of the cloth must be lined up properly. Once when I was out to get incense from another place, my teacher said that I was like a monkey looking at different directions. I asked what was wrong in looking at different directions. He said it was ok for an ordinary person to see everywhere. But a sadhaka who wants to focus his mind on God must conserve energy. Otherwise the mind looks here and there when you sit for meditation. If we want water to reach upper floor quickly we should make sure the taps down must be closed. So also energies conserved on trivial things helps in moving towards the goal faster.


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When we do manasik  pooja, first thing we do is to superimpose the indwelling Reality on the idol. Aavaahayami. Then swagatham-- welcome. Then mentally we collect 7 rivers' waters and offer them mentally at the feet of God. Then do pooja. Total concentration. No other disturbance. 


The tangible gain of Manasik pooja is that we develop faith in the indwelling reality. The level of concentration goes up and up. There is wholesouled involvement. 


This can be extended to all the activities. Then the mind will be concentrated in anything we do. So when we try to meditate, it remains concentrated. 


Om Sri Ram jai Ram jai jai Ram .....