Anandashram Kanhangad - Om Sri Ram - Satsang 29 Oct 2022
Channel: Anandashram Kanhangad
Date: 29/10/2022

Why we do not take it seriously when we are told God is everywhere. It is because the me and mine is very strong. Papa has told clearly, if we chant with the feeling, "I am chanting", even 100 years of chanting will not help us progress on the path... 


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Impersonal Aspect


Mataji had made it very clear that in the Samadhi Mandir of Pujya Papa we will not have any picture and there would be no ritual like arati etc. But somehow, there is photo now and Arati too is going on. So we thought, this satsang hall will not have any photo and any ritual... 


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Jnanottara Bhakti


Papa--- When we sit for silence, we must be conscious firstly, that the God we seek is in our own heart. Then, make the mind repeat the name until at  all its waves cease. If the mind does not become easily still, continue repetition with an attitude of self surrender... Slowly witness consciousness develops

...witness consciousness is the awareness of the radiant Truth within us. In fact this awareness itself is God-realisation. 


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Devotee's words to God--- Seeing devotees who have chanted your name all their life without much gain, I wonder, where I stand, who is just a fresher


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Devotee -  My grandson put me in charge of the kittens and left for a vacation with his parents. First time, I forgot. Then I heard the kittens mewing. When I followed the mewing, I found them looking at my eyes and saying, "mew mew"... I could no more consider it as mewing. The life force in them was telling me that they were hungry and must be given food immediately. Though the incident is small, it is of great significance in the background of the Satsang. 


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Seva


Field for seva is created by God. We should be sensitive to the demands and sufferings of our co-creation... 


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In 1971 Bangladesh war broke out and our country was in need of money. So the coffee estate where we worked decided to contribute. Before handing it over, we told the estate workers about the contribution. Immediately they said they would give their wages of a day. Since they were 1000 people and 50 years back their daily wages was 3.5 rs, their amount was 3500 rs. So while handing over the contribution to the collector, we told him that estate workers' contribution must be acknowledged. He immediately agreed and said, "it is not the quantity but the mental involvement of all those with the feeling 'our motherland must be served' that matters".. 


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