It has taken a long time to reach this point in your evolution, but we observe a new energy rising that is taking hold on Earth that is bringing co-operation and peace. After years of wars and confrontation, the new energies are awakening people to the peaceful pursuit of ways to bring about a harmonious co-existence between all people. Now when war threatens there are still those that respond in a like way, yet at the same time many, many more pursue peaceful solutions. We will certainly do what we can to influence and aid those who seek peace and a total end to war and find a peaceful solution. The voices of those who are tired of death and the waste of your Earth’s resources through aggressive behaviour, are gaining power and influence that will lead the way to peaceful co-operation and statesmanship. It will take time to persuade some people that war only benefits the few who have invested very heavily in it. However, time will bring forth many truths and reveal those who are its beneficiaries.

On the one hand you are being assailed by the actions of a small minority who are set on bringing terror to you, whilst those who champion the cause of peace are working very hard to bring it about. There is of course karma involved in all of these issues and it makes it difficult for you to comprehend exactly what is taking place. Our presence will ensure that matters do not get out of hand but as you must have realised for some time now, the old energies have to be “removed” in one way or another. As you must also know by now, fear is your greatest enemy and aids those who are known as the dark Ones. They thrive on creating fear and without it they would lose their power to block the Light. Their time is nearly up which is why we frequently remind you of the need to keep your vibrations as high as possible, and deny them every opportunity to fuel their needs.

Changes are all around you and not least of all those that relate to Mother Earth. She is preparing for a great upliftment in her vibrations, and wide ranging changes that are already become apparent to those who study such subjects. Do not fear the outcome as unlike previous Ages when great floods, fire or catastrophes have occurred at the end times, as you are to experience a peaceful move into the New Age. It has been the intention of the Spiritual Hierarchy to ensure that you complete the old Age with success, and it has been largely down to your resilience and firm intent to come through this period with your heads held high. You have of course received every help and many souls from the higher dimensions have taken part. When you consider how much support you have been given, you get an idea of how important your evolution is viewed. Yet you will find it difficult to fully comprehend your success, as it has reached much further than you can imagine.

Your loved ones look on and are aware of how well you are doing, and there will be great celebrations when your time is up and you meet again. Naturally they keep up with your progress which they follow with keen interest. So Dear Ones please bear in mind that not only are your family and friends aware of your progress, they often try to impress you with their messages and console you when you are distressed. If not already aware you will be surprised to find your loved ones quite fit and healthy regardless of their condition when they passed over. Furthermore, they will be very aware and as alert as they were when a lot younger. There is so much to look forward to that you should have no need to concern yourselves about those who have gone before. No one is looked upon as being superior to another soul and wealth is no factor at all, as money has no place where all needs are provided by the power of thought. It may also lift some people up to know that even babies that have passed over grow up quite quickly in Spirit, and most will meet you as adults. The power of thought upon Earth is effective, but rarely acts as quickly as it does in the higher vibrations.

If your progress had not been interfered with your evolution would have advanced much more rapidly, and instead you have been denied such an opportunity. However, once you are allowed to benefit from advances that have been withheld from you and kept solely for the use of the Illuminati, you will quickly make up for lost time. As we have previously mentioned, the most spectacular changes will be when you benefit from free energy. Your scientists already know many uses for it and machines and equipment have already been designed and successfully tested. The future is waiting for you and holds many surprises, all of which will enhance your quality of life.

So as you make your way through the last antics of the dark Ones, know that in reality you do not have long to wait before wonderful changes start to take place. For you no doubt it would be a relief to be able to live in peace and prosper in a society based on love and sharing. It is coming but first the dark Ones and their power bases and weapons of destruction must be disabled and removed. Many advances have been kept secret at your expense and new technologies are hidden from your eyes. For example there are underground means of travel where speeds are reached of up to 700 miles an hour, and they already cover a large area of the globe. These advances will eventually benefit you all, and the future holds so many surprises that at present you can only dream of them.

We will ensure that when the time is right you are made aware of the new technologies, and they will be introduced to you. However, you will understand that there are those who would wish to keep them for themselves, and we have to first remove them so as to prevent interference with your progress. All these things will take time, but at least you will be aware as to what awaits you in the near future.

I am SaLuSa from Sirius, and so pleased that the time has arrived to release information as to what the future holds for you. Keep strong in your faith and know that we are with you. I leave you with our love and blessings.

Dear Heart Family,

Here is the January Message from God. It carries an extraordinary alignment of vibration and consciousness with the new possibilities beginning now in 2015. We are sending it as text and also putting it up as an audio download on our website in the hope that you will help us distribute it widely.

This Message was given on December 30. With two other Messages from God to send out to you at that time, it wasn't possible to send this Message out then as well. Thus, the audio contains a sentence that refers to New Year's Eve, which we've taken out of this text to eliminate any confusion. It is, of course, still present in the audio. The message is so relevant and filled with energy and so clearly about entering this new time of exciting creativity that we are trusting that that one sentence won't be too confusing. If you share the audio with someone, you might explain to them about the timing.

We are entering an amazing time. We are going to be offering new things here from Circle of Light to assist with the changes this new energy brings. Look for another letter coming soon which will outline some of our ideas and ask you for your feedback as well. With all our love,

Yael and Doug

Stepping into 2015 as Multilayered Beings of Inclusiveness

Beloved ones, you are standing on the threshold of a great change -- entering a new year which always marks a shift. But in this case, it marks the place where humanity is released from so many of the concepts which have kept it tied and grounded to a world of seeming physicality and limitation.

This is the year when freedom comes. This is the year when enough human beings realize that they are creating with the heart and turn on the light so that life may be recognized for the pure freedom that it is: The freedom of Love to create this moment's experience and to dive into the wonder of expression on many levels at once.

This is the time when you become multi-layered beings. When you are available to recognize all the things that are happening at once. Where you can dance as a human being, participate in the storyline of the world that you choose, while all the while being completely awake to your open heart rejoicing in your limitless true nature and participating in the great cosmic movement of Love.

All of life is part of this great creativity. And because I Am creative, beloved ones, so is every quark. Every tiny part of the spectrum of energy is a creative engine creating with Love. So the only thing that has been missing, or out of alignment, is the mis-perception that there is anything but Love. The ideation that there can be a world of darkness now, beloved ones, is meant to come to an end. You, as humankind, may rejoice in being the creative heart of God, taking delight in every aspect of the movement of Love and dancing it forth as a wondrous performance. The great romance of God as I discover more of Myself.

So I have said to you that you can enter this year consciously -- that you can decide which vibration you will live on. But this, beloved ones, isn't all of it. There is no either/or in the truth of the hologram. There is only ever inclusiveness.

So you don't have to choose which one you want to live. You don't have to decide, "Oh, I'm going to be that vibration." Instead, you get to embrace them all. To celebrate the mating of the moment of the energy, the outward thrust of giving and your heart to see where Love will take you next and to see what its unfolding will bring.

So enter this year as an open heart and a limitless consciousness. Be aware that Love is creating itself here as you. Make the choice to be absolutely unlimited. And then approach every moment as an explorer who is waiting to find the next unfolding of beauty.

This is the time for the recognition of only Love and the choice, beloved ones, to fully live it. To open up your awareness of every part of the holy dance in which humankind awakens from the dream and finds its truth as the creative heart of God I Am exploring the wonders of unfolding Love and all its possibilities.

So step into this year as a conscious creative heart choosing to live beyond the ego-mind. To instead be the powerful vortex of Love that meets every projection, every thought of duality and instantly performs the translation and becomes the vehicle of transformation into the experience of only good, only God and only limitless possibility.

It is most definitely time to leave behind the storylines. Beloved ones, those things that you have carried, sometimes for eons - identities of lack, of limitation, of humanness, especially the beleaguered stories of duality - now must come to an end fully and absolutely.

Those stories of the ego that promote the idea of something happening to you - let them fall away in the presence of this Love. And make the choice firmly, resolutely with deep conviction that those stories of the past are no longer you. And truly, have never been.

Feel the freedom, the lightness of being, the truth of the light that is your only reality. Be awake to the lift, to the experience of expansion, to the wondrous truth of Love as your beingness. And then allow your heart to be the vortex that meets every idea, every challenge to the truth of Love and brings about the transformation that you become the experience of the holy heart of God now available to serve humanity in this awakening.

You have agreed to take this on; to be here in this moment; to be the furnace where the heat of Love awakens all of humanity and you are ready to step up and throw the stories in. You are ready to allow the fires of life to consume the old storylines, the old identities that you have been holding for so long, that you may become the light and go forth joyously to be the awakened heart that meets each moment, realizing that you are true creativity. You are the vibrant and living heart so full of endless life that you can meet the moment in ecstasy, joyously and fully alive. The stories of duality may be consumed in the power of your Love and the world becomes fluid, the conscious expression of God as many things and many vibrations.

Thus, beloved ones, you can dance with every moment as it arises. You can meet the perfection of Love in absolutely everything. You can experience this endless bounty, this wondrous true prosperity. You can rejoice in this wonderful life in which everything is possible. And you can leave behind the human identity that you have carried for so long. For the time to be free is here. 2015 is the year of awakening consciousness and the glorious power of Love.

So, beloved ones, when you recognize that you are everything, that this now moment is pregnant with limitless possibilities, you don't have to choose either/or anymore, but can embrace with your heart this holy and endless inclusiveness of which everything is vibrant with life and you are my prayer of gratitude.

Therefore, you can explore what it means to be the heart that is full of Love and full of the energy of life that is ever-supplied and overflowing. And you can explore just how that experience will translate itself into the images of life in a world that is only Love with no more experience of duality. You, beloved ones, get to explore true consciousness and all that Love can create.

Therefore, every "level" is embraced, included, celebrated and explored. You can feel the tremoring, the vibration of creative power, the joining of the forces of creation that are ready to make more of Love. And you are free to be the touch of real consciousness and the witness to its meeting place with Love and what the world becomes.

You are welcome to explore this creativity in any way you choose, using any tools, as long as you are functioning from the heart and awake to the reality of only Love. This threshold becomes the end of duality and the deep collective embrace of the truth of only Love and its celebration.

You'll find yourself creating on many levels, beloved ones. Bringing forth the symbols of the life that your heart wants to explore. Embracing the outreach of consciousness and Love and allowing the mind to do its weaving but meeting it with the heart - meeting it as only Love. That which then unfolds is glorious and part of the whole of creation in all its radiant light.

Inclusive creation, heart-centered creativity, the pure direct expression of My Love. This is what begins in 2015. This is what you are, beloved ones, multilayered beings of consciousness and Love awakening into the limitless experience of expressing God and celebrating Love.

Let yourselves feel this inclusive embrace. Let the Love I Am be fully expressed as your heart and consciousness. Your every breath, beloved ones, is pure holiness. And you can feel the abundance of this Love and know that it is you; it is yours for all eternity.

Life in the world can change fully in an instant and this year is the cusp, the pinnacle, the shift, the pivot-point where everything consciously participates in the wondrous whole of God as the earth, the conscious whole of the Love I Am as humanity and the ability of your heart to create more Love.

I Am with you and I Am in you. You are My embrace reaching out as every heart to enfold the whole in Love from the inside out, from every perspective as the awakened heart and as the view of the cosmic hologram.

Everything is yours.

The Messages from God
Through Yael and Doug Powell
At Circle of Light
www.circleoflight.net
3969 Mundell Road
Eureka Springs, AR 72631

A New Beginning by Master Kuthumi

A New Beginning by Master Kuthumi
Channelled through Natalie Glasson- 16^th January 2015- www.omna.org

Greetings and great volumes of love are extended to each soul upon the Earth at this present time. In the ascension process we are all moving through on the Earth and the inner planes you are extremely valuable, your presence is for a reason and a purpose, this is the same all of humanity. Many of you have journeyed through lifetime after lifetime, most of your past lifetimes have been in service to others for you have supported and observed many move towards and through their ascension processes becoming Ascended Masters. While your focus was also on your own spiritual evolution, your service and support given to others allowed you to observe the ascension process multiple times. While those souls you assisted to ascend no longer exist upon the physical Earth, you still remain continuing upon your journey of spiritual evolution to obtain your own personal ascension process as well as continuing to act as a source of support for others. I share this information with you now as I wish to remind you of the greater meaning and purpose of your reality upon the Earth at this time while also illuminating the reason why we channel our energy and wisdom to support you now.

While you observed the ascension of many you were collecting valuable information and light frequencies which illuminated your truth and enhanced the light frequency of your own being and the Earth. Great value has come from your previous lifetimes on the Earth. There may be some Ascended Masters who you are deeply fond of and feel a strong connection with, it is most likely the familiar sensations demonstrated you assisted the ascension of the Master, male or female, while they were on the Earth and so a part of their ascension exists within your being. These masters, such as myself Master Kuthumi, now channel wisdom and consciousness to you, not to demonstrate their evolution or to act as a teacher, they simply wish to trigger remembrance and the further recognition of your truth. In many ways we are not the important ones, you are, you who remains upon the Earth. We opened the gateways and paved the way, yet we only achieved this because of your support and to support you, your mission and existence upon the Earth now. We all, including yourself, knew a time of tremendous growth and spiritual awakening would occur upon the Earth, a golden time. You placed yourself forward to be present on the Earth throughout large stages of humanity’s evolution because you knew your own inner strength and wise loving power. We wish for you to know, you see us as beings to aspire to and yet the roles have been reversed, we are learning and evolving so much from observing your great and sacred existence upon the Earth. It was divinely planned that you would observe the ascension of some ascended masters so that they could then support you from the inner planes. Our ascension was all for you, so you could be present and an example of the Creator’s light at this pinnacle point of ascension. You are now collecting wisdom and light frequencies which in turn enthuses our souls.

We are all united as one and so you are akin to our higher selves, you may see yourself as lacking, powerless or not at all sacred; this is only a projection of the ego and a misinterpretation. Please know the wisdom, insights and frequencies of light you activate within your being in your daily routine are valuable and essential for the ascension process of all souls. Your own personal ascension quietly and yet powerfully fuels the ascension of all as we are all one, interconnected eternally. With my words describing you as special and extremely valuable on the Earth now I am speaking directly to your soul rather than to your ego.

Our ascension was witnessed by few; your ascension is witnessed by all as all aspects of the Creator awaken to their interconnectedness and oneness with all. Dedicate yourself to your personal ascension with the knowingness that this is the greatest service you can provide and the reason you are present now. It is because you are strong you easily receive the high frequency light; you are wise already holding the wisdom of the New Age within you and deeply compassionately loving. You are truly equipped to live upon the Earth at this time of ascension. It is time for you to use your sacred skills to truly enjoy your reality upon the Earth, a reality enthused with the light and love of the Creator, this will create an incredible surge in the ascension process.

With this knowingness developing within your being from your soul and the sacred frequencies anchoring into your being two shifts will begin to occur for you and all. The profound development and expression of creativity will arise, not from the personality, from the soul. This creativity will be enthused with the divine vibrations of your soul, soul group and the Creator, thus supporting, encouraging and manifesting the essence of the Creator physically upon the Earth. You may have noticed this in yourself and those around you, the need to be creative, to become involved with diverse forms of art, most importantly to express yourself creatively. You may also notice that when you or others embark upon these creative actions of any form that they are easily and quickly achieved allowing the talent for the creative project to grow immensely. Many people may find themselves picking up an instrument and being able to play in a very short time, or finding they can write, draw, sing or so forth when maybe in the past it seemed impossible. The energy of the Creator which is activating and expanding more fully than ever before requires embodiment and expression to further aid the manifestation. The expression of the Creator at this time is through creativity as the creativity of the Creator will come forth alongside passion truly creating wonderful surges in embodiment and ascension upon the Earth. Allow yourself to be open to the development of your own creative energies as this is the Creator expressing and expanding through you.

The second major shift which is occurring at this time of ascension is due to the crucifixion energies anchoring upon the Earth and within your being. This sacred energy which has numerous purposes as described in previous communications has the purpose of completing cycles which are no longer needed in your reality, being and consciousness. Each soul upon the Earth has one or more major lessons they have come to the Earth to master in order to accept the energetic templates and codes of the energy to aid further ascension. These cycles are now ending, the lessons now coming to an end and so freedom is being granted by you to yourself. For example, when you view your past reality you may notice patterns such as lack of abundance, ill health, loss or failure. If there is a continuous pattern which you recognise has been present for most of your lifetime then this is the pattern your soul has come to overcome, to learn and to grow from. You may have experienced patterns of lack of abundance to result in yourself receiving the energetic codes and templates of abundance. Ill health would allow you to receive the energetic codes and templates of absolute health. Loss may be to ground energies of unity and inner strength while failure to access completion at a sacred level. The energy of crucifixion begins to encourage you to bring closure to these cycles of lessons and growth present throughout most of your lifetime because it is time to now experience the value of the lessons, the triumph and experience of obtaining the codes of the energies your soul wishes to access experiencing fully in your physical reality. As the crucifixion symbolises the end of the cycles of valuable lessons and growth guided by your soul so the forth coming energies of the resurrection aid and encourage your experience of the energies gained through the lessons overcome.

I encourage you to call me forth, Master Kuthumi, asking my energies to embrace you in quiet time or meditation. Encourage yourself to contemplate these questions in order to understand where your focus is required, how you can truly benefit from the crucifixion period and easily move through this period with ease. This may take time, space and dedication, yet it will offer to you a deeper seated freedom from within your being.

What are your main cycle/s of growth present throughout your physical reality which you may not have yet fully overcome or mastered?

What is the energy your soul is seeking through the repetition of the patterns?

What is stopping you from anchoring, activating and embodying this sacred energy now?

This is such an important time for your soul as you consciously overcome processes of growth which previously would take many lifetimes. You are allowing yourself to see the reason you were born on this Earth and that which your soul seeks to embody and became at a physical level thus you create a new beginning for yourself upon the Earth in this fantastic time of ascension.

Examples of energies your soul might be seeking are: love, faith, compassion, strength, courage, peace, clarity, devotion, unity, trust, happiness, abundance and so forth. Such simple energies which naturally exist within you and yet your soul wishes to experience and embody them wholly.

My constant loving support is with you,
Master Kuthumi

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Sivananda Daily Reading

18 January
Posted: 16 Jan 2015 10:00 PM PST
Observe Silence
Use measured words in talking. Do not talk much. Try to finish a conversation within a few minutes. Understand the nature of the man rightly. When he enters your office or house for an interview, speak politely and with great respect for the man. Then send him away immediately and conserve your energy.
Do not indulge in long unnecessary talks and discussions. Man is a social animal. He is prone to much talking. He is very garrulous. This talkative habit is ingrained in him and he is much troubled when he cannot get any company. He does not want to go in for seclusion.
The observance of mauna (silence) is death and capital punishment for him. Ladies are still more garrulous. They always create some kind of unnecessary quarrels in the house.
I always prescribe the practice of mauna for one and all, as this helps in the preservation of energy, development of will and enjoyment of peace. All sorts of quarrels, misunderstandings, anger, etc., can be easily avoided by mauna for two hours daily and for six hours on Sundays, and for a full week on long holidays.
Even during other periods talk very few words. When you speak, speak gently and sweetly. During mauna you must live alone. Do not mix with other people. Do not even express your ideas with gestures.
The other channel by which energy is wasted, is the mind. This wastage is due to loose thinking, worrying, anger and fear. Just as energy is wasted in too much talk, so also energy is wasted in loose thinking.
If this mental energy is conserved, you will have at your disposal a tremendous store of energy. This you can utilise for various other purposes and sadhana (spiritual practice). If this energy is conserved you will feel that you are very powerful. You will feel no exhaustion even if you turn out tremendous work.
To do this you have to watch your thoughts very carefully, by introspection and meditation. You will have to divert the mental energy to useful thinking. There will be some struggle in the beginning. But after some time the mind will naturally think of auspicious and useful items.
Raja Yoga, Message 7
Posted: 16 Jan 2015 10:00 PM PST
Victory Over Mind - Desires, the Cause of Bondage - Vasanas: Subtle Desires

Victory over Mind
You will find in the Kathopanishad: "He who has no discrimination and whose mind is always uncontrolled has his senses uncontrolled like the vicious horses of a driver. But he who has understanding and whose mind is always controlled, has his senses under control like good horses of a driver. He who has no discrimination and whose mind is not under control and ever impure, does not reach that goal, but enters into the round of births and deaths. He who has understanding, who has his mind always under control and who is pure, reaches that goal whence he is not born again. He who has understanding, and who holds the reins of the mind, reaches the end of his journey, and that is the highest place of Vishnu." (III Valli: 5-9)
Truth dawns by itself upon the mind of the tranquil who are equally good and friendly to all beings. Tranquillity of the mind is attained by eradication of desires and thoughts. Mind is agitated by desires and thoughts. When desires and thoughts are controlled the mind becomes as calm as the lake which is not agitated by the winds. Tranquillity cannot be attained within a week or a month. Practice for a long time is essential.
You can bore a diamond with a bristle. You can tie an infuriated tiger with a slender silken thread. You can bring the sun down for your child's play. You can make the flame of fire burn downwards. But it is difficult to control the mind!
You can even wear a cobra as a garland round your neck. You can jump to the other side of the ocean. You can extract oil from stone. You can make a rope out of sand. But it is very difficult to control the turbulent mind without the grace of the Lord; the prompter of the thoughts alone can subjugate this wild mind. My prostrations and adorations to the prompter!
The world is a very big wheel. It is revolving unceasingly. The mind is the nave of this wheel. Those who are egoistic, proud, passionate and greedy are caught up in this wheel. If you wish to stop the mind from moving, you will have to annihilate egoism, pride, desire and greed. If you can stop the mind from moving, the world-wheel will come to a standstill and you will be freed from the round of births and deaths.
Victory over mind is certainly victory over death. Triumph over the tyranny of matter or flesh is undoubtedly triumph over death. This is the attainment of immortality. This is the goal of life. This is kaivalya of vedantins or absolute independence of raja yogis. This has to be achieved through intense spiritual practice or constant meditation on the imperishable Self.
Mind is your bitterest enemy, always remember this and treat the mind as such. Disconnect yourself from the mind and ever stand as its silent witness. Do not become one with the mind and its modifications. Ever introspect and practise self-analysis, then the mind will lurk as a thief but it cannot do any havoc. It will gradually be tamed and it will become your obedient servant.
The mind whirls like an intoxicated bee. Do not give leniency to it. Keep all your senses and desires under strict control. Separate the senses from the objects. Get rid of all attractions. Control the prana. Close the avenues of the body. Just as you can capture an elephant, so also you can capture the mind now. Just as the soldier kills with his sword the enemies who rise against him again and again, so also you can kill all thoughts of objects as they rise again and again and again.
Tell the mind thus: "O mind, a thousand times I have advised you to stop your wanderings and to seek the lotus feet of the Lord. Stop your wanderings or I shall kill you at this very moment."
Mind is very treacherous. It will hurl you down into the abyss of ignorance. It will say: "Give up sadhana, you will not gain anything. The world is real. There is nothing like sensual pleasure. Enjoy it to your heart's content." Hear not the voice of the mind. Swim against the mind-current. Do not co-operate with the mind in its evil wanderings. Gradually it will come under your control. There is the practical method to non-co-operate with the mind. If the mind says: "I must eat sweetmeats today," say unto the mind: "I will not co-operate with you today. I will not eat sweetmeats. I will eat only bread and dhall." If the mind says: "I must wear a silk shirt," say unto the mind: "I will not wear in future any silk clothing; I will wear only homespun cloth." If the mind says: "Go to the cinema," say to the mind, "I will attend sadhana week," and immediately proceed to Ananda Kutir. If the mind says: "Attend the dancing party," take part in chanting God's names and satsang. If the mind says: "Eat eggs and meat," eat spinach, fruits and milk.
If the mind says: "Read novels and newspapers," study the Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads and practise karma yoga. If the mind says: "Take part in horse racing," go to holy places. If the mind says: "Gamble," practise vigil and chant the whole night. If the mind says: "Go to the club for gossiping and card playing," attend satsang and do japa intensely. This is the method to non-cooperate with the mind. Non-cooperation with the mind is swimming against the sensual currents. The mind will be thinned out gradually. It will become your obedient servant. You will gain mastery over the mind.
You should not try to control the mind through violence. You will not succeed if you do so. You will have to coax it with sweet words, just as you coax children with kind words and sweetmeats. If you attempt to control the mind through force, it is like trying to bind a furious elephant with a thin twine or a plantain fibre. Just as the goad is the effective instrument to control the furious elephant, so also you will have to adopt the approved or prescribed means such as burning renunciation, association with the wise, enquiry, pranayama, etc. to control the mind.
You should first conquer the mind through enquiry of 'Who am I?' As long as the mind is not destroyed, so long desires will stick to you again and again and you will have no peace of mind. When the mind does not think of any object, when the mind is completely destitute of all desires (of body, world and book-lore) you will attain the state of mindlessness and you will enjoy indescribable peace. As long as you do not attain Self-realisation and have not controlled the mind, so long you should follow implicitly the teachings of your guru and the scriptures.
You must practise the following again and again:
1. Destruction of subtle desires.
2. Annihilation of the mind.
3. Knowledge of Brahman.
Remember this point well. Even if any one of these three be practised for a long time, it will not give the fruits which all the three combined can give.
By destroying subtle desires and thoughts you melt or annihilate the mind. By annihilating the mind, you kill egoism. By killing egoism, you know the Self. By knowing the Self you attain Self-realisation. By attaining Self-realisation, you become free from all sorts of pains, tribulations and miseries. You enjoy supreme unalloyed bliss of the Eternal and become That.
Tear to pieces the veil of ignorance. Catch the fickle deer (the mind) with the snare of enquiry and constant meditation on Brahman. Mount yourself on the elephant of Self-knowledge and roam about freely in the hilly tracts of the highest peak of supreme wisdom of the Self.
Listen, O mind, to this last piece of advice. Sink not in bonds, in the mire of worldly life (samsara), in the perilous ocean of births and deaths. Mix not in mundane affairs. Eat not the fruits of pain and sorrow. Take not birth again and again. Wither not in wicked deeds. Is not eternal bliss thy quest? Commune with the Lord of bliss now. Forget the body and its connections and rest peacefully in blissful joy. Calmly abide in thy supreme Abode. Now there shall be an end of birth.
Repeat, O mind, the name of Hari! Hari's name is a safe boat to take you to the other shore of immortality. Sing maha mantra constantly: Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare, Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare. This is a triple-strong weapon to cut the tie of worldly life. Soar high in the heaven like a kite. Swim in the ocean of bliss.
O mind, you cannot be my friend now. I know your worth and nature. I was deluded till now through your tricks. We move now in diametrically opposite poles. You want fleeting sensual pleasure from the objects outside but I want immortal bliss of the soul inside. You are ever restless and worried but I am peaceful and tranquil now. You are full of passion, fear and attachment but I am dispassionate, fearless and unattached. You want woman, wealth and property but I am dispassionate and full of renunciation. We cannot agree on many points now. Therefore leave me quickly and quietly. Goodbye friend, my old comrade!

Desires — The Cause of Bondage
What is pleasure to ordinary living beings? In what does it lie? It is in the gratification of desires, in propinquity or possession of things wished for. But are these always possible? We know they are not. How then can everlasting bliss be got from an object that is finite or conditioned in time, space and causation, that is evanescent?
All the activities of life are to realise bliss. Life loathes pain and evades it, and its urge is to make pleasure everlasting.
The cause for suffering is the desire to live and enjoy the sensual objects of this world. Maharishi Patanjali uses the term 'abhinivesha' for this strong desire to live and enjoy. The cause for desire is ignorance. If the root-cause 'ignorance' is annihilated in its entirety by attaining knowledge of the Self, all desires, all sufferings and the clinging to life will cease for ever.
Thirst for pleasure is the cause of pain and bondage. If you want to become deathless, become desireless. If you do not want pain, give up pleasure. If you do not want death, give up birth by destroying cravings.
The cause of all actions is desire. A desire crops up in your mind. Then you exert to attain the object of the desire. Desire is the motive power that keeps up the continuance of life. Desire is an offspring of ignorance. Annihilation of ignorance, by attaining knowledge of the Self, can destroy all sorts of desires. Desire is the real fetter that binds a man to this world. When all desires are rent asunder by the dawn of knowledge of the Self, there is salvation from worldly existence.
Just as a small quantity of oil will adhere to the sides of a vessel even after it is thoroughly emptied, so also some subtle desires will still lurk in the corners of the mind even though you try your level best to destroy them. These subtle desires should also be eradicated through discrimination and enquiry. Then only will you enter into deep meditation and samadhi.
The action of the objects of the outside world on the senses excites a craving for the enjoyment thereof. Man first exerts to get possession of the objects of enjoyment. He then possesses and enjoys. He then becomes attached to the objects. He clings to the earthly life and gets himself entangled like a silk-worm in a cocoon.
Mind expands when the desired objects are enjoyed. So it gets pleasure. It becomes one with the pleasant objects. It contracts when it comes in contact with objects which are unpleasant. So it gets pain. It separates itself from objects that give pain.
Ignorant persons attribute their happiness to objects. Just as the dog which sucks a dry bone foolishly imagines that blood comes from the dry bone whereas in reality the blood oozes out of its own palate, so also foolish persons imagine that their happiness comes from external objects, while they actually derive the happiness from their own Atman within. They are deluded owing to the force of illusion or ignorance.
Subjective feelings of harmony and discord are the immediate antecedents of pleasure and pain. The external objects first induce subjective changes, such as sensations of heat and cold or the feelings of harmony and discord, and then cause pleasure and pain. A stoic, a disciple of the philosopher Zeno and a Hindu vairagi, through discipline and training of the body, senses and mind, become indifferent to pleasure and pain. Pleasure and pain are relative terms. They are mental creations, after all. They are characteristics of the mind. In the Atman there is neither pleasure nor pain. It is an embodiment of bliss. You will have to transcend the mind to enjoy the bliss of the Atman.
Real happiness can be had in one's own Atman alone. Only the jivanmukta who has freed himself from the bondage of ignorance and realised the Self, is ever happy. Therefore attain Self-realisation and be happy for ever.
Names and forms are illusory. The world is a mere play of the mind. It is only a phenomenal appearance. When there is mind, there is world. If you can produce destruction of the mind consciously through yoga sadhana the world will disappear. You will find the Atman everywhere.
When you possess an object of desire the mind withdraws its attention from the object, turns inwards before the rise of a desire for another object and enjoys the bliss of the inner Self. Even in the daytime you become one with the Atman whenever a desire is gratified. When you enjoy an object you become mindless for a short time. You rest in your own Atman and enjoy bliss. This truth is known only to those who are endowed with discrimination.
Except sages and yogis who possess the inexhaustible imperishable spiritual wealth, all are beggars only in one form or the other. Some beg for money, some for position, titles and honours, some for estates and property. It is desire that makes one the beggar of beggars. When desires are annihilated through knowledge of the Self, this begging will cease entirely.
Hope moves every foolish man. There is nothing which is so difficult to acquire as an image presented before the mind by hope. The hope entertained by a father of seeing his only son once more after he is lost is very, very slender. The hope that barren women hold of giving birth to sons is very scanty.
When a desire is not gratified during the waking state, it manifests in dream. Man does in his dream what he desires to do in the waking state, but which he was not able to do in that state on account of cares, worries or some kind of difficulties or obstacles. The mind has its full play during dream, in an unhampered manner, as the dense physical body is at rest then.
Sometimes there arises conflict of desires. Of two conflicting desires, only one can be realised and the other gets subsequently suppressed. The suppressed desire may again manifest on the surface of the mind after some time and it can be realised also.
If you have twenty rupees in your pocket and you go out shopping in the bazaar, various conflicting desires arise in your mind and you are in a great dilemma whether to purchase a flannel shirt for the winter, a good Parker fountain-pen or a strong pair of shoes. That desire which was very intense in your mind, fructifies at that moment. The other desires get suppressed for the time being.
Desire is a burning fire. It never gets extinguished by the enjoyment of desired objects. It only waxes stronger like a fire fed with clarified butter or ghee. Extinguish this fire by destroying all thoughts. Then you will enjoy the supreme peace of the Eternal. Extinction of thoughts will lead to liberation (moksha).
Have a strong will and overcome environment and circumstances. You can make your will pure, strong and irresistible only when you rise above desires. It is only the ignorant man that complains always of environment and circumstances.
A doctor thinks that the advocate is very happy. The advocate thinks that the businessman is happier. The businessman thinks that the judge is happier. The judge thinks that the professor is happier. The professions of others appear to be good and lucrative. This is an illusion. This is a trick of the mind. Be cautious. Get discrimination. No-one is happy in this world.
A man at Darjeeling thinks that Mussoorie is a better place: the Mussoorie man vainly imagines that Naini Tal is a better place. It is all the trick of the mind. Distance lends enchantment to the view. No more wanderings. Wherever you go you have the same sky, the same earth, the same five elements and the same passion. Rest in peace at one place and think of God.
Go wherever you like, to Gulmarg or Pyalgaon in Kashmir, to Darjeeling or Simla in the Himalayas, to Vienna or the Alps in the continent of Europe, you will not find any real rest. The charming scenery may soothe the retina for a second. Likes, dislikes, jealousy, passion and greed are everywhere. You carry the same mind with you. Imagination and change of places have deceived many. Be contented. Live wherever you like. Discipline the mind and the senses. Meditate on the inner Self ceaselessly. Here you will find everlasting peace. Mind will stop deceiving you now.
"There is consecutiveness in desires even though separated by class, place and time, on account of the unity of memory and impressions." (IV-19)
Death is similar to sleep. Birth is like waking from sleep. When you see a friend whom you saw forty years ago, the events and occurrences that took place long ago come back to your memory at once, and those that happened recently are held in check or abeyance. This is your experience in your daily life. The same law applies to desire and different kinds of births. There is unity or identity in tendencies and memory. Desire tendencies will manifest as desires; action tendencies will manifest as actions, knowledge tendencies will manifest as knowledge.
There is continuity of impressions as cause and effect. Every act leaves impressions in the subconscious mind (chitta), which cause memory. Memory in its turn leads to fresh actions and fresh impressions. This cycle goes on from eternity like the analogy of seed and tree. In a human body the tendencies of various human bodies only will operate. The tendencies that were produced through experience in other kinds of bodies lie dormant. Therefore the continuity of bodies, tendencies and desires is kept up, though there is separation in species, time and space.
The desires, ideas and feelings constantly change. Some of the old desires, ideas and feelings are constantly departing from their store-house, the mind, and new ones are replacing them. This constant change does not in any way interfere with the harmony of mental operations. Only some of the old desires, ideas and feelings depart. Those that remain work in healthy co-operation and concord with the new arrivals. The new arrivals are strongly magnetised by the old ones. They both work in harmony, and this harmony retains the identity of the mental existence.
There is a continuous flow of impure desires from the mind towards objects. The current should be diverted through exertion to the pure path of japa, meditation (dhyana), enquiry (vichara), satsang and study of religious books.

Vasanas — Subtle Desires
The mind is born of sattva (purity). Hence it is pure. But it is rendered impure on account of subtle desires (vasanas); it is rendered dirty by its wandering in this world in the sensual grooves in company with the sensual jiva and tasting the various sensuous objects.
The water of a lake is agitated in two ways. Winds blow and raise the waves. This is one way. Bubbles rise from the bottom of the lake, come to the surface and burst out. This is another way. Even so, the mind-lake is agitated in two ways, from without and from within. The mind joins with senses, comes in contact with the external objects and is perturbed. Hidden subtle desires and latent tendencies agitate the mind within.
"They (the vasanas, or subtle desires) are beginningless, as the desire to live is eternal." (IV-10)
Desires have no beginning and end. Every being has 'clinging' to this physical life. This 'will to live' is eternal. Experiences also are without any beginning. You cannot think of a time when this feeling of 'aham' or 'I' has not existed. This 'I' exists continuously without any interruption. From this we can very easily infer that there have been previous births for us.
The happiness of a baby which is inferred from smiles should be considered as a proof of a previous life. Also, how could there be fear of death and desire to avoid pain in any being who has only been born, if he has had no experience of liability to death, it being understood that desire to avoid anything is only caused by remembrance suffered in consequence thereof? Nothing which is inherent in anything stands in need of a cause. How should it be that a child, who has not experienced his liability to death in the present life, should, as he may be falling away from the mother's lap, begin to tremble and hold with his hands tightly the necklace hanging on her breast? How is it that such a child should experience the fear of death, which can only be caused by the memory of the pain consequent upon aversion to death, whose existence is inferred by the trembling of the child?
"Being held together by cause, effect, substratum and support, the vasanas disappear on the disappearance of these (cause, effect)." (IV-11)
Subtle desires produce action. Actions strengthen the desires. These both produce impressions in the subconscious. These impressions or tendencies again produce desire, memory and action. When the contact of the senses with the objects are all destroyed, all desires will doubtless be destroyed.
Wherever there is desire, there is the world. Wherever there is peace, there is no passion. Wherever there is passion, there is no peace. Wherever there is attachment, there is no freedom. Wherever there is freedom, there is no attachment. Wherever there is vasana, there is no perfection. Wherever there is perfection, there is no vasana. Therefore, go beyond desire by cultivating discrimination and dispassion and by meditating on Brahman (the Supreme Self) and be happy.
That which appears to be sweet and pleasant is no longer so after it comes under possession and enjoyment. Mind deludes and deceives human beings. Just as dark clouds hide the sun, so also the clouds of egoism and subtle desires hide the sun of wisdom (Atman). If they are in the mind, bondage results. If the mind is absolutely free from these, emancipation comes in.
Subtle desires produce a tremendous influence on the minds of people. They overpower them and make them hopeless victims or slaves. Those who are under their impulse move about in the world like drunkards. They have no discrimination between the real and the unreal. They have clouded understanding and indiscriminate hankering after sensual objects. They forget all about the consequences of their actions. They have no memory. Their boasted intellect fails to function when they are under the firm grip of vasanas which are more potent intoxicants than liquor, bhang, or opium. The effect of these intoxicants lasts for some hours only, whereas the effects of vasanas last for countless years. The effects are carried from birth to birth, and persist till one gets knowledge of the Self.
The mind is compared to mercury. If you place a small quantity of mercury on the ground it is scattered in all directions. It becomes difficult to gather all the scattered particles. Even so, the rays of the mind are scattered in various sensual objects. It becomes very difficult to gather all the scattered rays of the mind. But mercury can be bound by a certain process with the help of herbs and reduced to the form of a pill. (One can fly in the air by keeping this pill in the mouth.) Similarly, the wandering mind can be bound by dispassion and practice. The yogi who has bound the mind can rise up to Brahman.
The usual flow of the mental current is towards worldly objects. Where the vision is turned outward the rush of fleeting events engages the mind. The outgoing energies of the mind begin to play. You will have to turn the mind inwards towards the Self through dispassion and practice. In the beginning the mind will run towards the worldly objects again and again even if it is turned towards the Atman. Constant practice is necessary to make the mind rest in the Self forever.
If the chickens and the fowls run hither and thither to eat various sorts of rubbish, what does the owner of the poultry do? He gives a slight tap on their heads and throws before them some grains to eat. Gradually, they leave their dirty habit of eating filth. Even so, this mind runs hither and thither to eat filthy things and enjoy the five kinds of sensual objects. Give a tap on its head and make it taste gradually the spiritual bliss, by practice of japa and meditation.
Alcohol, meat, rajasic food, novel reading, obscene songs, obscene talks and evil company will make the wheel of mind revolve very rapidly; whereas fruits, sattvic food, company of the wise, study of religious books, solitude, japa, chanting God's names, concentration, meditation and the enquiry 'Who am I?' will slow down the wheel and eventually bring it to a standstill.
Do not give leniency to the mind. Keep all your senses and desires under strict control. Become indifferent to the objects of senses by looking into the defects of sensual life and cultivating discrimination between the real and the unreal. Master first the senses and then annihilate the desires. Renounce unnecessary worries and anxieties. Cut off mentally all ties and attachments. This is real sannyas.
Break the bonds of desire. Preserve equanimity in success and failure. Do not manifest any liking for life or dislike for death. Do not wish evil to the man who harms you or good to the man who smears your body with sandal paste. Take as much food and drink as will barely keep up life. Purify the mind. Free yourself from all attachments. Mentally tear off all bonds and ties and live as free as wind. You will surely attain eternal happiness.
It is easy to get degrees in universities by cramming a few books but it is exceedingly difficult to eradicate subtle desires. Their annihilation is harder than uprooting the Sumeru mountain. But that aspirant with iron determination, patience, perseverance and virtuous qualities can doubtless annihilate them all.
When one subtle desire is eradicated, will-power increases. If you have controlled five it will be very easy for you to control the sixth. With the destruction of each you gain additional strength (power). You can actually feel this.
Calm the mind by abandoning desires, observing mauna and practising deep and constant meditation. Master the senses by the practice of self-restraint and withdrawal of senses. Turn your gaze on your centre of concentration. Observe celibacy. Eat simple food. Be regular in your meditation. You will soon attain freedom or immortality.
The mind with half-developed wisdom feels severe pain when it relinquishes all desires. It demands aid from higher souls through prayer. Never grumble when you come across some unpleasant happenings. Feel that Lord Siva is standing by your side always. Feel that you are sleeping in His bosom or lap. Fear not a bit when you are assailed by diseases or troubles or difficulties. Stand adamantine. Face them with a sweet smile. These are tests or trials to strengthen you in the spiritual path and infuse courage, fortitude and forbearance. These are all His blessings in disguise. Welcome them with a cheerful countenance and overcome them one by one. The Lord will give you immense strength to bear them. Feel His mercy in your daily life in all events and occurrences. Then you will grow strong day by day.
Give up thoughts of this and that. Destroy tossing of mind. Confine the flying bird of your mind in your heart through steady devotion, discipline and regular meditation. Rest peacefully in your own Self.
Subtle desires become thick or dense through repetition of sensual enjoyments. They become stronger and stronger through indulgence in sensual objects. The stronger they are, the greater the delusion and infatuation. The whole play of worldly life is kept up by them. Transmute impure vasanas into pure ones through effort. You will get wisdom this very second. Extinction of all vasanas is liberation.
A desire to go to 'talkies' is impure. A desire to study the Bhagavad Gita, to roll the beads or to visit the cottage of a saint, is pure. Increase the pure vasanas. All the impure ones will disappear by themselves. A keen desire to have Self-realisation will destroy all others. There is nothing wrong in increasing pure desires. They are valuable assets for you in the path of Self-realisation. The real satsang is within. Association with impure desires and likes and dislikes is evil company. If you destroy these you can keep good company with Brahman or the immortal Self.
If you have a firm conviction that this world is unreal, vasanas will not arise in the mind. If there are no vasanas, there will be no thoughts also. If the mind does not think at all, being completely destitute of vasanas, then dawns the supreme state of mindless-ness — which brings supreme bliss and knowledge.
Even though the previous nature of a man of knowledge has been quite regenerated, yet some relics of old previous nature still continue to a very small extent. That is the reason why the Bhagavad Gita says: "Even the man of knowledge behaves in conformity with his own nature." (111-33)
If you wish to enter into the great peace of God, all the worldly desires must die, all the senses should be brought under your perfect control and the mind should be stilled.
The craving-seeds are the root-cause for birth and death. Root yourself in the divine through japa, chanting and meditation on the Lord (bhakti yoga), or enquiry of 'Who am I?' and meditation on the Atman (jnana yoga). All the craving-seeds will be burnt in toto.
Reduction of wants, sattvic food, cheerfulness, satsang, practice of celibacy, burning desire for liberation and regular meditation will take you to the threshold of liberation or the domain of eternal bliss. He who has no desires values this world as mere chaff. He can command the whole world.
O restless, truant, care-worn mind! Why do you wander about in vain after sensual objects? Are you not tired of them? Remember that this world, this body and life are as evanescent and unsteady as a bubble. This world is full of miseries, untruth, deceit, hatred and diseases. You cannot enjoy an iota of happiness here. Be sure of this. Open your eyes now. Take refuge at the lotus feet of Hari and rest in peace. Enjoy the wealth of the three worlds. Drink the nectar of devotion and become immortal.
O mind, why do you roam about aimlessly like a pariah dog? What have you gained by this? Give up desire. Go back to your original sweet home — the immortal abode of eternal bliss — and be happy.
Desire nothing. Hope nothing. Anticipate nothing. Fear nothing. You are invincible. You are the light of lights. You are the sun of suns. If the sun can radiate so much life and light to the whole world, what about the source of the sun, the sun of suns? Feel this and become a centre of life, joy, peace and bliss, and shine as the sun of suns.


				*1-17-15 SaLuSa et al*