Wednesday, January 22, 2025

Why Bad things Happen to Good people | Is God Truly Just | Part 1 by Swami Mukundanand

Why Bad things Happen to Good people | Is God Truly Just | Part 1 by Swami Mukundanand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0 Main Points:  1  Circumstances don't come without reason, they come as teachers and they wish to teach us. If we wish to attract good circumstances, start by developing good thoughts but then there is something that breaks our faith in this paradigm and what is that?   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=23  2  When we see bad things happening to good people it goes against our sense of justice. You see there are three things in contention that we can consider, one is justice, second is injustice and third is Grace. Nyaya, Un-nyaya and Kripa.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=47  3  What is justice? Consider for example a worker who slogged in the factory all month long, at the end of the month the factory owner gave him his Justice salary. This is what you deserve here is what you get, this is justice.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=86  4  What is injustice? The worker he put in his efforts and then the factory owner at the end of the month said, you know, on the fifteenth of the month you came late by one hour, instead of coming at a.m. you came at , here I am going to subtract half your salary go! This is Un-nyaya or injustice   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=111  5  and the third is grace, Kripa. The worker says, Saheb I have to get my daughter married, I need so much of money, can you please give it to me, the bank will not give me a loan. The factory manager says okay, I'm gifting so much and I am giving so much as loan which I will deduct from your salary on a monthly basis. This is Grace or Kripa.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=145  6  The judicial system of the world is involved with ensuring that there is a justice. Justice is important to ensure that people stay away from crime because when bad things draw bad consequences others become discouraged from doing it. It's a very simple principle.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=170  7  about 30 years ago, management consultancy book had come out called the one minute manager. It taught how to manage in one minute. It says when you get a subordinate first of all help the subordinate understand what is good behavior, clarify the goals, this is what you're supposed to do, this is the output I want, this is how you should behave.  Let him or her define the goals of good behavior in half a page simple and easy, then someday catch that subordinate doing well and give a one-minute praising for one minute, you re-confirm that behavior.  Oh so wonderful you are doing well and I am very pleased. You confirm the good behavior and later on someday, if you catch your subordinate doing badly you give a one-minute scolding, only one minute scolding.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=214  8  Sometimes parents they start giving half day long scoldings then that is not productive. Just let the subordinate know that this is bad behavior. When you repeatedly administer this one minute praising, one minute scolding, it will fashion behavior. Why? Because everybody's behavior gets molded by consequences, pleasure and pain, pain can fashion even the behavior of animals.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=298  9  There's a story of Akbar and Birbal - a goat was trained in not eating fresh green grass - by fashioning its behaviour by punishment.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=334  10  Parents tell me, Swamiji you know my child is so unruly, how to train my child. I said look I don't have any experience but I'll tell you about this one minute manager, the same principle applies. You have to teach children with consequences, some parents stay away from those consequences and what happens, spare the rod and spoil the child.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=471   11  Kripaluji Maharaj, you know he grew up in a village, so his relatives were all simple Villagers, so he would say that when their children would not study, what would he do? They would bring the children my child doesn't study. Maharaj ji would not adopt the one minute manager, he would take the child and lock the child up.  Now after 24 hours the child is saying, chacha take me out take me out. Maharaj ji would let him remain there, until he decides that it is too painful not to study, then he would say, all right, come out.  In other words any behavior can be fashioned with consequences and that is why we have the judicial system of any country in place, because when justice is fair, justice is timely and justice is firm, it reduces crime.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=507  12  Once in Orissa the SDTM sub-divisional judicial magistrate used to come and attend my lecture and then he became a friend he would meet me etc, he said Swamiji I am totally incorrigible. I don't take any bribes.  Ever since I moved into this district the crime rate has fallen because people have understood that you cannot get away and when you get away what happens ? Take a look at the pirates of Somalia, any ship passing by the Suez Canal going close to Somalia gets looted because it's a broken country & the rule of law doesn't exist so people say, never mind, do what you like, there will be no consequences.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=562  13  In the court of God also, the principle of justice holds. God has the law of karma - if you do good things, good things should happen to you, if you do bad then bad things, should happen to you.  God is also the judge, in fact worldly judges have limitations, they depend upon Witnesses, they depend upon evidence, either of these could be misleading the judge doesn't know what the convict is thinking and even if the judge had that yogic siddhi and could know the mind of the convict, he will know what the convict is thinking today, he doesn't know what the convict thought five years ago at the time of the crime  but in the case of God, He is all-knowing, He doesn't need any witnesses, plus the worldly judge can make mistakes in interpreting laws. Because laws have different interpretations and that is how advocates make their money because cases get reappeared at higher and higher levels. You know, this judge misinterpreted.  In the case of God, He is the one who created the law, He doesn't need any lawyers, He doesn't need any police, He is the witness, He is the police and He is the judge, hence from God we can expect perfect justice!  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csh5kj2HNg0&t=623  Introduction 0:23 Circumstances don't come without reason, they come as teachers and they wish to 0:31 teach us. If we wish to attract good circumstances start by developing good 0:38 thoughts but then there is something that breaks our faith in this paradigm 0:47 and what is that?  When we see bad things happening to good people it goes against 1:00 our sense of justice. You see there are three things in contention that we can 1:11 consider one is justice second is injustice and third is Grace. Nyaya, Un-nyaya and 1:26 Kripa.  What is justice? Consider for example a worker who sloged in the 1:38 factory all month long, at the end of the month the factory owner gave him his Justice 1:46 salary. This is what you deserve here is what you get, this is justice.  1:51 What is injustice? The worker he put in his efforts and then the factory owner 2:02 at the end of the month said you know on the fifteenth of the month you came late 2:07 by one hour, instead of coming at 9:00 a.m. you came at 10:00 here I am going 2:14 to subtract half your salary go  This is Un-nyaya or injustice  2:25 and the third is grace, Kripa. The worker says, Saheb I have to get my 2:34 daughter married I need so much of money can you please give it to me the bank 2:39 will not give me a loan. The factory manager says okay, I'm 2:45 gifting so much and I am giving so much as loan which I will deduct from your 2:50 salary on a monthly basis. This is Grace or Kripa.  The judicial system of the 3:00 world is involved with ensuring that there is a justice. Justice is important 3:12 to ensure that people stay away from crime because when bad things draw bad 3:24 consequences others become discouraged from doing it. It's a very simple 3:34 principle,  about 30 years ago management consultancy book had come out called the 3:42 one minute manager some of you may have read it. It taught how to manage in one 3:51 minute. It says when you get a subordinate first of all help the subordinate The One Minute Manager 3:58 understand what is good behavior, clarify the goals, this is what you're supposed 4:04 to do this is the output I want, this is how you should behave. Let him or her 4:12 define the goals of good behavior in half a page simple and easy 4:21 then someday catch that subordinate doing well and give a one-minute praising for One Minute Praise 4:33 one minute you re-confirm 4:36 that behavior. Oh so wonderful you are doing well and I am very pleased. You 4:44 confirm the good behavior and later on someday if you catch your subordinate 4:51 doing badly you give a one-minute scolding only one minute scolding.   One Minute scolding 4:58 Sometimes parents they start giving half day long scoldings then that doesn't.. 5:05 is not productive. Just let the subordinate know that this 5:11 is bad behavior. When you repeatedly administer this one minute praising one 5:18 minute scolding one minute praising one minute scolding it will fashion behavior

Consequences 5:24 Why? Because everybody's behavior gets molded by consequences, pleasure and pain 5:34 pain can fashion even the behavior of animals.  There's a story of Akbar and 5:44 Birbal. The Mughal emperor Akbar and his wise minister Birbal. So Akbar said 5:58 Birbal is there anybody in my kingdom who can train a goat to desist from 6:07 eating green succulent fresh grass? 6:13 Birbal said huzoor it's not a problem give me one month's time. Akbar said 6:21 all right. Birbal went and purchased a goat. Now he 6:27 would put the green grass before the goats nose and every time the goat would 6:33 go for it Birbal would take a stick and whack it on its mouth. When the goat kept 6:40 on receiving the whacks one after the other 6:43 after the other, even the little goats brain understood that it's not worth it 6:51 Forget it, it's too painful. After one month of such training Birbal took the goat to 6:59 the Emperor. The goat in one hand the stick in the other he said my goat has 7:09 become a vairagi- it's become detached from grass, you try it out it will not 7:17 eat. Akbar said really, he said come on bring the most tasteful grass in my garden 7:26 the servants brought it. Akbar himself put it before the goat, the goat looked 7:35 at the grass it looked at Birbal's stick. Birbal, he shook his stick the 7:43 goat understood you know I'll get a whack, forget it it pulled back. Even the 7:51 goats behavior had got fashioned by consequences. Parents tell me Swamiji you 7:58 know my child is so unruly how to train my child. I said look I don't have any 8:05 experience but I'll tell you this one minute manager the same principle 8:11 applies. You have to teach children with consequences some parents stay away from 8:18 those consequences and what happens, spare the rod and spoil the child.  8:27 Kripaluji Maharaj, you know he grew up in a village so his relatives were all simple 8:32 villagers so he would say that when their children would not study what would he What would he do 8:39 do? They would bring the children my child doesn't study 8:44 Maharaji would not adopt the one minute manager, he would take the child and lock 8:49 the child up. Now after 24 hours the child is saying 8:55 Chacha take me out take me out. Maharaj ji would let him remain there, until he decides 9:01 that no it's too painful not to study then he would say all right come out. In Justice is timely 9:08 other words any behavior can be fashioned with consequences and that is 9:15 why we have the judicial system of any country in place, because when justice is 9:22 fair, justice is timely and justice is firm, it reduces crime.  Once in Orissa the 9:35 SDTM sub-divisional judicial magistrate used to come and attend my lecture and 9:40 then he became a friend he would meet me etc he said Swamiji I am totally 9:47 incorrigible. I don't take any bribes. Ever since I moved into this district 9:54 the crime rate has fallen because people have understood you cannot get away and 10:01 when you get away what happens, take a look at the pirates of Somalia, any ship 10:07 passing by the Suez Canal going close to Somalia gets looted because it's a 10:13 broken country the rule of law doesn't exist so people say never mind do what 10:19 you like there will be no consequences.  10:23 In the court of God also 10:26 the principle of justice holds. God has the law of karma if you do good things good things 10:36 should happen to you, if you do bad then bad things should happen to you. God is 10:43 also the judge, in fact worldly judges have limitations they depend upon 10:53 witnesses they depend upon evidence either of these could be misleading 11:01 the judge doesn't know what the convict is 11:06 thinking and even if the judge had that yogic siddhi and could know the mind of 11:14 the convict he will know what the convict is thinking today, he doesn't 11:19 know what the convict thought five years ago at the time of the crime but in the 11:25 case of God he is all-knowing he doesn't need any witnesses, plus the worldly 11:35 judge can make mistakes in interpreting laws. Because laws have different 11:42 interpretations and that is how advocates make their money because cases 11:49 get reappeared at higher and higher levels. You know this judge 11:53 misinterpreted. In the case of God he is the one who created the law he doesn't 12:01 need any lawyers, he doesn't need any police, he is the witness, he is the 12:06 police and he is the judge hence from God we can expect perfect justice  Standby link (in case youtube link does not work): Why Bad things Happen to Good people Is God Truly Just Part 1.mp4

Friday, March 1, 2024

आपकी भी दशा ख़राब चल रही है तो ये काम जरूर कीजिये! If your condition is bad, then definitely do this ! - Devi Chitralekhaji

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Wednesday, July 5, 2023

The Essence of Being Human: Exploring Consciousness | Kartikeya Das

The Essence of Being Human: Exploring Consciousness | Kartikeya Das

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA 

https://krishnabff.blogspot.com/2023/07/the-essence-of-being-human-exploring.html 1  So I'll focus on one topic that is consciousness  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=4  2  who am I  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=18  3  This is established in Shrimad Bhagawat Gita chapter 2 text 13 https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/2/13/  it says Two words Deha (body) and the possessor of the deha or body is called as Dehi and that is all of us And very firmly this point is established that all of us we are not this body but we are spirit soul within the body,   And therefore when someone dies what do we say, the person has passed away or the body is there in front Who has passed away The person has passed away from the body Therefore the point established is we are spirit soul  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=84   4 So now the question comes what is consciousness So when we say spirit soul the symptom of the spirit soul is consciousness Therefore whenever we see a living and a dead what's the difference between the two the presence of consciousness,  So as soon as a person dies the spirit soul leaves there's no consciousness And all of us sitting here we're conscious beings  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=143  5 But you know what This consciousness is also at different levels The lowest level of consciousness is called as Annamaya, Maya means full Ana means food, so full of food So these personalities at this level of consciousness all the time they keep thinking about food  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=168  6 I don't know how many of you had this experience playing with a kid having few teeth in front and the kid is there around holding your hand or your finger and you're talking to someone and the finger goes into the mouth and that is why the kids are like that because they are on the platform of Annamaya, you'll see them putting anything and everything in the mouth so at this level of consciousness the person only thinks about his own enjoyment   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=192  7  Okay let's go a bit higher Going a little higher the next one is called as Praanmay, Prana means life full of life. What does that mean, now the person understands that he has an existence and he has to maintain it, for example again say a child puts his hand in fire, will he ever dare to do that again ?  and we have the saying the burned child dreads the fire, so now the child realizes now I have to maintain my existence, he'll never touch the fire, so at this level of consciousness called Praanmay, so the person is very much aware about his existence and he tries his best to defend himself, protect himself and this is what is all about Praanmay consciousness.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=223  8 In Mahabharat there is one beautiful shloka which talks about what are these two levels, what activities these two levels of consciousness people do ? So it is described that four activities eating, sleeping enjoyment of sex and defense.  These are the four instincts which all the animals do and along with that even humans at the lowest level of consciousness of Annamaya and Praanmay focus only on this, my enjoyment, my protection, that's it  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=280  9 let's go a little higher now we saw Annamaya, Praanmay, the next one is Manomay, Manomay means full of Mind, now the person thinks about what he's thinking, he tries to refine his thought process, intellectual pursuit, he wants to be a better person now, so now what he does is, he starts Thinking, is it proper is it not proper ?  like for example say he gets angry and he's thinking is it okay to be angry now ? how should I react, how should I respond what am I supposed to do, anyways the matter is not so serious, let's not be angry now and he withholds his Anger, just think about it now the same person is going higher in his consciousness level, now he starts thinking how to behave how to react or how to respond  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=330  10 Okay let's go to a bit higher consciousness, now the higher one is called as Vigyanmay, full of knowledge, now such a person is aware or trying to be aware that he is not this body but a spirit soul, he understands this and he also understands that each and everyone, even the nonhuman species is a living entity, is a spirit Soul,  as soon as he understands that, his dealings become different his dealings become very nice, he tries to serve everyone, isn't that amazing, up to his capacity He tries his best, I'll try to Help  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t= 388  11 But then there is some highest level of consciousness, that's called as Anandmay, full of Happiness, at this level the person is aware, he's conscious of God, he's conscious of his relationship with God, he's conscious of each and every living entity's relationship with God and his relationship with the living entities and now at this level he goes to any extent, even at the cost of his own life, to help the other Personalities.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=434  12 A very wonderful incident about extent of the helping nature of such a person  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=471  13 So this is the level of a person who is there on Anandmay platform. Therefore this question comes why should I raise my consciousness level Because when I raise my consciousness level with higher and higher consciousness, one thing is I'll be able to relish deeper Stability, security and satisfaction.  The person will be very blissful. I'm sure after hearing this you might be asking this question to yourself, how to raise this consciousness How should I do That ? The only thing that I'm supposed to do is purify the consciousness by spiritual practice. Every single day one should have spiritual practice (sadhna)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=547  14 a profound spiritual practice called mantra meditation, so effective, so wonderful, that one can surely experience the change within and the raising of one's own consciousness. Let's do some practical now.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=633  15 but let's begin Maha Mantra महा मंत्र = हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण,कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे ,हरे राम हरे राम, राम राम हरे हरे,  Let's offer a silent prayer to the Lord Let's beg and pray to Him that He helps all of us to elevate our consciousness and be a very nice instrument in the society,  so that before we leave our body, we should be able to serve at least a few and at the time of death we leave our body with a smile on the face,  So let's pray for all our near and dear Ones, let's pray for all the living entities all around the creation and end the mantra meditation session, the essence of being human is raising one's consciousness level to such an extent that everyone around feels it.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4V5fHPGwYA&t=771

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