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What am I? Number five has a special significance in spirituality the five elements ( Panchmahabhoota ), the five bodies ( Panchsharir ), the five rules of the Buddha ( Panchsheel ), the five precepts of Aurveda ( Panchkarma ), etc. However there is one set of fives that denotes a unique spiritual phenomenon that very few are aware of the five qualities of the Self. Lot of significance has been attached to the questions Who am I and Why am I? But the question What am I? is often ignored. What is my inner core made up of? What are the qualities of the Self? What is at the essence of my being? What are the five core values of a human being? And the answer will be five qualities or values. These are creation, realization, satisfaction, devotion and discrimination. To make it simpler, you can substitute these five qualities with the verbs Expressing, Being, Enjoying, Loving and Knowing. Why only these? You can use an micro or macro approach and will arrive at the same set of five what...

A discussion between Seekers and Master is reproduced below. The discussion throws light on a number of beliefs one may have about Karma. Seeker 1 :   Master , what exactly is the Law of Karma? Master :   Let   us examine everyone’s beliefs here about Karma before we exactly come to the law of Karma. Let us suppose young Sam stole from his father. He stole 100 dollars worth of money from his father’s wallet. What according to you will happen as per law of Karma? What do each one of you think? Let us start with you – since you asked the question… Seeker 1 :     Well, I think if Sam stole from his father, when Sam grows up – his son will steal about the same amount of money from him. Master :     What about interest? (smiles)    J   What if he does not get married at all? What do others think? Seeker 2 :     Well, I believe that someone will steal back from him. It may be money, it may be ideas. It will be sometime or the oth...

Seeker :   What is Real Happiness? Master :   Real Happiness is not that happiness which you get when you achieve something. The mind has cast a shadow over the real ‘you’, the nature of which is happiness. When the mind falls – then what is behind the mind – that Truth manifests. And when that happens, it is real happiness. Suppose you have an aim, a desire to achieve something or to own something. And when you actually achieve it – then the mind, that was thriving only on that desire – falls for some moments since the desire has been fulfilled. And in those few moments of no-mind, you experience emptiness and you call this as happiness or bliss. All happiness you have ever experienced is only because of the mind getting empty, because of the no mind state, because of the lifting of the shadow of the mind. But you get the notion that ‘because’ the target was completed – you got happiness. Because you got what you desired – you got happiness. Because of this false notion, d...

People say many things. If people knew the truth, then whatever is happening in the world today, would that be happening? People do not know the truth. They call information of external things and general knowledge as the truth. The truth gives joy at the beginning, at the mid and at the end. This means it always gives happiness. It is beautiful and sweet. Taste it from anywhere. It is always sweet and never bitter. If truth seems to be bitter, then one should check his tongue to see if there is something bitter on his tongue. If someone is told, “You are a fool… you are fat… you are ugly…”, then this person feels bad. People think that perhaps he found this truth to be bitter. But actually it was not the truth, but the information about his body-mind that he felt bad about. His true self is beyond the body-mind. The truth (the ultimate truth) is beyond the body-mind. But people consider the truth and information to be one and the same. The ones who coined the statement, “ Truth is G...

Once, a disciple of Saint Ramakrishna Paramhansa asked him, ‘You always speak to Goddess Kali. Can you request Her to visit my home so that I can be graced by Her divine sight?’ Ramakrishna replied, ‘Give me your address and I shall certainly send Her to you.’ The disciple gave his residential address and left happily. He thought, ‘Goddess Kali will come to my home, now I need not attend any spiritual discourses.’ Many days passed but Goddess Kali did not appear. The disciple was sure that Ramakrishna, being a great saint, could not have lied. Therefore he again approached Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna said, ‘You have provided the address of your house instead of your address. What is your address?’ The disciple then handed over his office address thinking that he was present in his office for most of the day. He could not grasp the significance of Ramakrishna’s question. There is no end to what ignorance can make you do! Having given his office address, the disciple would wait at his offic...

One on One with Oneness Seeker :   How to attain God? Master :   When all false notions about yourself get broken – you attain Him. Seeker :   What do you mean by false concepts and notions? Master :   Those that are mere beliefs – which have been merely accepted at face value. Suppose, I start believing that if certain targets are achieved in my life – only then I am successful, then I have a ‘false concept’ of success. Because people have told me that such an achievement alone is what consists of success. Now, if something like that doesn’t happen in my life, then I will believe that I am a failure, because the world calls it a failure. This means that I have to be unhappy or happy depending on these beliefs and concepts of others, whereas real happiness is something totally different. Seeker :   How can I obtain liberation from notions, beliefs and false concepts? Master :   Only by understanding. The moment these notions come under the light of under...

Don’t be too hard on yourself. Forget about others, Do you forgive yourself? You don’t. Instead, you punish yourself for every small mistake you do. Others don’t punish you as often. You do it to yourself, everyday and every hour. A person abused you. He did that and is over with it. He is gone now and probably enjoying at this point of time or is busy with something else. What about you? Are you over with it? Mostly you are not. You are still brooding over it, thinking about it and crying over it. You are playing that episode in your mind, over and over. Who’s the real culprit here? The one, who abused you only once, or the one, who is torturing you a thousand times and is still crying about it. You have to decide. Wake up friend. See things clearly. Contemplate on them. Don’t do such an injustice to yourself. Say, you could not wake up for a test in the morning. Get over with it. If that test was important, you would’ve taken it. It’s gone now and gone is gone foreve...