Live With Shree Krishna Every Moment – Work, Life, Stress… How to Remember God? | Swami Mukundananda
Ishavasya Upanishad Episode 16 Explained
2. Only Constant Remembrance Protects from Temptations
3. Two Domains: Divine and Material—Balancing Both
4. Unshakable, Childlike Faith as the Foundation
5. Story of the Boy and the Umbrella: Faith in Action
6. Faith in Names, Forms, Pastimes—Accepting the Material World with Tact
7. Saints Practice Karma Yog: Immersed in God, Unaffected by Insults
8. Service for a Cause: True Spirituality Is Indifferent to Praise or Blame
9. Lessons in Generosity and Detachment from Other Cultures
10. Facing the World: Tact, Politeness, and Speaking Truth Kindly
11. Train the Mind: Karma Yog Links Work and Devotion
12. Religion Means to Relink—Keep God in Mind Every Moment
13. The Attachment Analogy: Mother to Child, Cow to Calf
14. Hanuman’s Secret: Calamity Is Only When God Is Forgotten
15. Bring God Everywhere—Temple to Daily Life
16. Practice the Presence: Story of the Monk and Daily Remembrance
17. Progress in Sadhana Is Gradual—Like Building a Bridge
18. Self-Check: Emotional Growth as the Barometer of Spiritual Success
19. Feedback Comes from Within—Monitor Your Anger, Reactions, Mood
20. Love God, Handle the World—This Is True Karma Yoga
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The moment you forget your lord,
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the world of maya is there to engulf
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you. And the generals of maya are kaam,
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krodh, lobh, anger, greed, desire, they
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are all there to push you. If you want
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to save yourself, don't forget your lord
for even a moment.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=0
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So how will you do
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that?
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There are 2 Areas of Life: Divine vs Material
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The divine area
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and the material area. How to Develop Unshakable Faith in
God.
In the divine
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area,
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keep growing your love. Keep growing
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your faith.
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Make it a childlike faith.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=23
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Once there was a five-year drought in a
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village.
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So the villagers decided that the
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Thakurani was 15 kilometers away, if we go and
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beseech her, all of us,
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she will definitely reciprocate and
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cause the rain to come.
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All the villagers gathered and started
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going. One little boy brought an
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umbrella along. Parents, the others
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said, "Why are you bringing the umbrella
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along?"
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He said because we are going to pray for
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the rain. So if we pray, will the
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Thakurani not reciprocate? He had his
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childlike faith.
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And on the way back the rain started. He
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was the only one carrying the umbrella.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=78
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So in the spiritual realm what we need
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is that faith in the names of God, in the
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forms of God, in the pastimes of God, in
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His virtues
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in his Abode, in the guru,
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childlike faith and in the world you
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need tact, you need to accept the world
for what it is.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=130
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How Saints Truly Practice Karma Yog
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Saints also come in this world and the
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world is unable to disturb them.
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One saint had taken up a charitable
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cause. Now for the sake of the cause, he
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needed money.
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Kabir ji says,
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"Let me die, but never ask anybody for
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my own sake."
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But asking for a spiritual cause, I will
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never feel embarrassed.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=159
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I greatly appreciate the culture in
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Christians of America
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where children take great pride
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in gathering for a cause.
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They are encouraged.
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In fact, this thing we need to learn
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from the Christian culture. Anybody who
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associates with any church without
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asking they take out 10%.
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The nature of giving
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and that matter we Hindus are way way
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behind.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=205
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One person in North Carolina, his seva,
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what he used to do, he would gather
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funds
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and send them to India for charitable
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causes. So he would just go around
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asking, asking, asking. Now this was the
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year 2011. You know, since then the
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value of the dollar has reduced to half.
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So he met me and said, swami ji, the average
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American gives $5,000 charity in a year.
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So I said how much does the average
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Indian give? He said the average Indian
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gives $250 a year. So nevertheless this
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saint he went asking and when he asked
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somebody that person spat on him.
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The saint said, "Thank you. That was for
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me. And what about for the poor children, do you
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have anything?
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This is spirituality, that nothing is
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able to disturb him.
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He has got his mind in God and he's
going about doing his works.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=246
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How to Live in the World and Still Love God.
So how do
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you do your works? You need tact.
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Learn tact from Voltaire.
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Although Voltaire was a gross materialist,
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he was one of the Renaissance
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writers, artists of France.
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So at a time in the 18th century when
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France and England were right at the top
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of the world and they were great arch
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enemies. Voltaire went to
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London and seeing this guy, he was the
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most famous French man of his time.
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The Britishers were so annoyed, the
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English men. They said, "We need to
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punish him." He was hearing them all
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discussing that we need to punish you.
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We need to punish you.
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He said, "Englishmen, is it not
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sufficient punishment that I am not an
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English man but I am a French man?" They
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said, "Yeah, you have already been
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punished. You're a French man."
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He defused the situation by his tact.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=321
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Learn to tactfully deal with the world.
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You are a man of the world. Learn the
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ways of the world and handle the world
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without any attachment.
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So speak palatably.
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Speak the truth but speak the truth
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palatably.
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Don't speak the truth that is
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unpalatable and hurtful to others. You
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don't call the blind man अंधा but
you call
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the blind man Surdas.
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You call the blind man pragya-chakshu.
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It then becomes an honor. That is why
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the English language has changed from
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the days we were in school. Now from
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being handicapped, people are called
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differently-abled.
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What a beautiful word.
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So people who are intelligent,
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they know how to speak words that
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please,
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words that are effective, words that are
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progressive, words that are
enlightening.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=402
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Train Your Mind to Remember Krishna Always
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That is what this mantra is telling us
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that handle the world and at the same
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time “sambhuti”,
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keep your love for God
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and keep your love for God alone.
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This is karma yog. Actually the word
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religion from Latin it comes re+legion
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means re-link, reconnect with God. We have
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got disconnected with God, to establish that
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connection is religion and that is what
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is karma yoga. Yoga means union
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and that union will come with the mind.
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So when you keep your mind in God,
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you are now practicing religion,
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you are now a yogi with the mind in God
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and doing your worldly works.
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So the verse is saying that keep your
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mind in God for each moment. If
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the mind comes away from God, it'll go
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to the world.
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So keep the attachment in God
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just like a mother.
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She may be working all day long but the
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attachment is in the little one. I hope
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my child is not crying. I hope my child
is okay.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=484
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Kabir ji said take inspiration
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from the cow. If you think you are
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attached to your children, the cow is
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many times more attached.
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So the cow when it's taken to graze, it
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leaves its little calf but keeps on
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thinking of it. Cow’s “chitt” is in the calf.
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And even while grazing, the thoughts,
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whatever level of thoughts a cow can
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have, emotions are there.
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Sometimes they grow so deep that the
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grass falls off from its mouth and then
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while it is returning
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the cow coming close to the cow shed the
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gow shala, it breaks into a run and
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starts mooing to meet its little one.
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So the mind's attachment remains in the
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calf and it is going about its works.
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So Saint Kabir says
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cow never forgets its child. You should never
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forget your Lord.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=581
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The moment you forget your Lord,
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the world of Maya is there to engulf
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you. And the generals of Maya
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are kaam, kordh, lobh, anger, greed,
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desire,
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they are all there to push you. If you
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want to save yourself, yoke your mind to
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God.
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That is why Hanuman ji says
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there is only one calamity & that is
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when you forget God. That is why Narad ji in his
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Bhakti Darshan says don't forget your lord for even
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a moment.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=667
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So how will you do that?
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The practice of karm yog. When you come to the temple,
charge up your spiritual
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batteries and your consciousness.
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And when you walk out of the temple,
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take your Lord along with you. He is
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with me. He is my witness.
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He is my protector. He is enjoyer of the
fruits of my actions.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=721
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Practicing the Presence of God Daily
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So keep God with you wherever you go,
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whatever you do.
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This is the practice of the presence of
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God.
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There was one monk in England in the
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12th century called Lawrence.
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He was a monk in a little monastery.
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He used to maintain a diary and he
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passed away. When he passed away, the
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diary fell in the hands of people. They
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read it and they said, "Oh my god,
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words of such wisdom."
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He was later recognized.
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His remains were taken out from there
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and put in the most important place in
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England.
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And the book was published, practice of
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the presence of God.
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He says out there exactly the same
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thing. He says, "If I was a preacher,
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I would preach nothing but the practice
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of the presence of God."
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So when you practice the presence of
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God,
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you are practicing to yoke your mind in
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God and using your tact your intellect,
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your social finesse.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=749
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Now the goal is to have your mind
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constantly in God.
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As we discussed, it should not come off
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off even for a moment. But reaching
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there will be a journey.
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People practice it for a little while
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and when they forget God, they say, "Oh
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my god, this is so difficult."
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So I tried and I was not able to do it.
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My mind came away. So remember progress
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will always be one little delta at a
time.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=843
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A very interesting tale is of the
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connection between the US and Canada. In
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the 19th century, animosity was rampant
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between the two great neighbors.
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It was decided to bring the countries
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and their peoples together. We must
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build a bridge over the Niagara.
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So a place was chosen. But the problem
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was that the water speed was so rapid
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and the turbulence of the river it was
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an impossible engineering feat. So
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finally
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one engineer called Theodore Hewlett in
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the year 1846
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he hit upon an idea.
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He said let us throw a rope across.
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But how do you throw a rope across such
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a huge river?
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So he organized a kite flying
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competition from both sides.
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and said, "Whoever can drop their kite
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on the other side will win."
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Finally,
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after a few months, Homan Walsh from the
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Canadian side, he managed to drop his
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kite on the American side.
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And then what they did was they started
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pulling the thread and to it they tied a
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heavier thread. And to that they tied a
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heavier thread. To that they tied a tiny
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rope and then a bigger rope. And finally
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they had a half inch diameter rope
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across. And the announcement was made.
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Today we have connected America and
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Canada with a half inch cord. So slowly
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they made it bigger and bigger and
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finally the bridge was constructed which
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exists till today. This progress
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happened slowly.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=881
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The Way to Measure Your Spiritual Progress.
So remember you will
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also progress in your sadhana slowly but
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a sadhak
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should keep this awareness.
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Am I progressing?
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Am I growing in my tolerance, in my
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wisdom, in my emotional stability?
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How am I doing as a sadhak?
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=1011
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Look at this smart kid, high school kid.
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He wanted a summer assignment.
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So he went to the paid phone at the mall
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and he rang up a number and said, "Sir,
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you had a vacancy for an office boy.
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Is it still available? Can I apply for
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it?"
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The person on the other side said that
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we employed a boy one week ago. So very
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sorry. There is no vacancy now. He
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said sir it's possible the boy is not
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doing well and the job may fall again.
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How is the boy doing?
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So the voice came that the boy is doing
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absolutely fine and we still have no
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vacancies. He put the phone down and he
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said yippee.
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The shopkeeper said, "Look, your job is
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taken by someone and that person is
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doing well. So why are you celebrating?"
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He said, "I am the boy who's been
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engaged.
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I was just checking how are they
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thinking I'm doing."
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So the feedback loop now in this case it
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is your own feedback, your own self
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Awareness.
https://youtu.be/xUY1ZXZXkws&t=1039
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The effort you are putting in you don't
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need to go and ask Gurudev please tell me
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now where have I reached ?
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You judge for yourself, has your anger
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Reduced ?
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are you feeling less hurt nowadays ?
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are you having less mood swings ?
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If all these things are happening, it
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means that you are progressing.
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The अंतह करण (the mind) is getting cleansed.
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So what a beautiful verse this is. Love
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God and handle the world. This is the
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karm yoga
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That Gita teaches, that Sri Kripalu ji maharaj taught us.
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