Satsang 4 March 2021
Channel: Anandashram Kanhangad
Date: 15/06/2022

The first quality of a stitapragna is that he always feels, “I am full, I am full”...then he is free from raga [or likes] and bhaya [or fear] and krodha [or anger]...

When all these are repeated, it is not for repetition, it is for reminding ourselves that our goal is to become stitapragna...This is all a reminder to us...

when something is offered to us, we do not offend the one who offers but we must know that our goal is fullness...

Swami Dayananda Saraswati says , suppose a cup of coffee is given to the one who has never taken coffee and if u ask him how it is, he will confess his inability to decide how good it is since he has never taken it....That we will be able to compare and decide because of a previous experience...our true nature is fullness ...each time a desire is fulfilled, we lose the charm for it because we compare it with our original fullness..

This fullness is inherent in us... WE ARE FULL...WE HAVE FORGOTTEN THAT WE ARE FULL...SO WE ARE SEARCHING FOR IT OUTSIDE...AND NOTHING MAKES US FULL SINCE WE KNOW THE ORIGINAL FULLNESS....CRAVINGS FOR INDIVIDUALS, OBJECTS, SITUATIONS LOSES ITS CHARM OVER US ONCE WE GET IT....IT IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THE ORIGINAL FULLNESS IS NOT THAT....THIS IS BECAUSE CONSTANTLY A CHECKING IS GOING ON IF THE FULLNESS IS THE ORIGINAL FULLNESS OR NOT...

MORE POSSESSIONS MORE PROBLEMS...GO FOR A TOUR WITH MANY BAGS ..EACH TIME WE COUNT, 1, 2 3 4....

We get a vehicle after long aspiration and lose charm once we get it.....we build a house after a long struggle, once done , no charm is left...the same with the marriage...we decide to go to kashi...once you go , the charm is gone...

Only because of raga the bhaya comes...when the sense of otherness is gradually erased we come out of fear...in the sixteenth chapter, the divine qualities are topped by fearlessness. The fearlessness comes because we do not feel the threat from anybody because we see God’s forms everywhere. This fearlessness is not because of adventurism .....

Bhaya comes because there is otherness...In childhood we had to cross a place in dark on certain days...And a particular spot there was traditionally known for ghost...So there used to be fear if it got dark before reaching there...When we told this to father, he said, “there is nothing like ghost but if you have fear take the name of any God”...So we would chant the shlokas of Shirdi Baba...and all the fear was gone...

Papa too said that there is no evil force because everything is divine. Gandhiji had the fear of ghost in his childhood and the Aaya removed it from his mind by asking him to take the name of Rama..
-----Anger

ANGER MUST NOT BE FOR PERSONAL REASONS. Somebody says something to us . That should not make us become angry with them. Mataji was angry only when people did something secretly or behaved in a petty manner, or did something artificially...for ex, if someone said, I surrender completely , Mataji would immediately retort, “what do know about surrender”...

Body language is enough for expressing anger... Pujya Swamiji was kind to all...All were free to approach him, talk to him anything, even differ with him...But he could be angry AND THAT WAS ONLY FOR CORRECTION...Once we were suggested to have the steam cooking arrangement ...Swamiji agreed and everything was taught to those who were doing the cooking using firewood till then. One day instead of putting water and then heating the equipment, it was switched on without water. So he was warned. After a few days, the same mistake was repeated. Then Swamiji just got up and walked fast to the canteen to see for himself. We too ran behind him. He saw everything and said, “dismantle everything, pack it and send it back”...He was not approachable at such times. We told Swamiji that money will not be paid back. Swamiji said that was ok but it must be sent back. .........On another occasion, a particular person was not correcting himself even after Swamiji had told him to correct himself. So when he came all the way from a distant city, Swamiji said that he must sent back with the Prasad since he did not want to see him. ...