Secrets Of Meditation - Three Levels Of Realities Around Us

The series includes practices in every session. we will follow the four-step approach as taught and passed on to us by great masters of eastern wisdom Learning the principles - I do not know, let me know it. Clarity and conviction - I do not understand it; let me understand it. Practice - I do not experience it; let me practice it.

Become a seeker to succeed

Secrets of meditation - three levels of realities around us

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So,

We are understanding and we need to apply these principles in our daily life to become a seeker.

So if we become a seeker half the journey is over and then the half the journey goes smoothly.

So whatever master says that we should neither reject nor accept without a proper explanation and understanding of any subject or a topic.

So when we reject outrightly,

You say that you reject outrightly is what our master says it is narrow-mindedness.

You are not interested in learning and if you accept without a right explanation that leads to blind faith and the blind faith will never help you reach to the journey of self-discovery.

It is extremely important that's why I say in my profession if the teacher says now just follow it what I say so better to leave that teacher.

But another point here is that we already have a knowledge available.

So why I should poke my nose into it?

I should follow the teachings so when I follow the teachings all the responsibilities goes to the tradition and all the teachers.

So you don't need to have build an ego no no no no no you have to understand this is what I'm saying.

Why should I say anything?

You see that the teacher experiences the sense of freedom and all these teachers explain based on the temperament of a individual seeker.

That's why I say we have 6,

000 years old tradition,

3,

000 teachers,

3,

000 masters,

They are teaching the same principles differently for grasping the subject.

The thing I did also discuss that understanding of every topic has been done by great masters differently that's why we have one fundamental text and many explanations.

Where is the exploder Sam?

I'm back in New York.

You're right in New York.

I was in the city yesterday.

So now see that we have covered almost seven or eight topics.

The first topic I said fourth state of the mind or focused state of the mind.

So now this focus state of the mind in the journey of meditation is different than we already talked about.

So in the second topic we understood become a human being.

The moment you become a human being means do you remember we have to be a thinker.

We have not to apply the intelligence as the animals apply their intelligence by default they are pre-programmed.

They don't have a choice.

We have a choice.

So the moment you make a choice,

Choice means what?

Focused.

So whether you say focused state of the mind or you make a right choice.

Look at it every topic redirects our intellect and the mind to the same thing to become a seeker.

Then we should remove that wrong notion.

I am very kind.

I am very noble.

People cheats me.

Why you are so kind so that the people cheats you?

Ask yourself.

It needs an explanation.

So sometime we are very kind in order to gain favor.

The motivation in the mind is different.

So the master says noble and good works alone is not enough to succeed in this journey.

Did you understand the fourth topic?

Evolved.

Evolving and yet to be evolved.

We are constantly evolving.

It's a fact.

So what we say there is a saturation of physical evolution in the human frame,

Human body.

It is the ultimate of the physical evolution that Darwin explained.

So what we are talking of mental evolution,

Mind carried away by the survival instinct.

Do you see that lot of people around us,

They are constantly blaming,

Complaining about everything.

You look at the politics,

Look at the world,

Look at the people in the Walmart.

So they are living at a very lower level of evolution.

You need not to say anything.

You say hmm,

Hmm,

You're right because we should not get carried away.

Then we have another evolution,

You know,

Like a social human being.

We follow the rules and so the blame complaint goes away.

But then there is another level of evolution that now why my mind is constantly subjected to pain,

Pleasure,

Likes,

Dislikes,

You know.

One day I like honey and the other day I hate honey.

I'm married to be happy,

I'm married to,

I,

I'm married to be unhappy.

What is this?

These are mental temperaments.

So can I get rid of it?

The moment you get rid of it,

You become a seeker.

Now that is what I explained.

Do you remember the four aids by Sri Aurobindo?

Four helpers.

Remember the teacher,

The text,

The zeal of the enthusiasm and the time.

You know many people have left it.

Let them leave,

Don't push them.

You know in our modern day life we say are you excited to do meditation?

Why should I be excited?

So when the excited excitement goes off then meditation also goes off.

That is not meditation.

So the four aids,

The time,

Time,

Time.

If you understand the time out of these four aids,

Keeping the enthusiasm,

We will succeed.

Another topic that I pick up,

Moving within and living within.

Moving within and living within.

That also,

Why within?

How many things are,

How many people are there inside you?

Only one.

So if your mind and intellect remains focused on one,

There is a natural focus.

Let us go little deeper today.

Let us understand the nature of reality and we should keep in mind this nature of reality all the time in our day to day life.

So that nature of reality we say real self,

It is our true nature and the common word used for real self is Sathya Chit Ananda.

Translated as absolute existence,

Consciousness,

Bliss.

Can we have little more explanation for that?

So that is understood in Eastern wisdom at three levels of reality.

So sat,

Sat,

The word sat,

It comes from the root that sounds like us and us that that becomes sat.

Sat means being,

A state of being and sat also means existence.

Let us go little deeper in understanding that being we use in human being.

What that means?

Human being.

Human is material part,

Being is the existence.

Existence.

Now understand what is this being and existence.

So translated as truth,

Absolute truth,

Absolute means unchanging aspect.

What is unchanging is existence.

I don't understand.

So master explains.

I exist.

Are you clear?

You exist.

You are clear.

Home exist.

Car exist.

See that?

Car exist.

Phone exist.

I exist.

You exist.

Home exist.

Car exist.

But who makes all of them to exist?

Who makes all of them to exist?

My master used to explain beautifully in different ways.

Who makes all of them to exist?

It is the existence.

It is the first word sat.

So it means I exist because of existence.

I exist because of existence.

Do you want to go little deeper?

Car is,

Brandy is,

Christina is,

Jerry is.

What is this is?

Is existence.

Take another example.

This existence can neither be created nor destroyed.

Take this remote.

Remote is,

It means it exists because of the existence.

So when I say existence can neither be created nor destroyed,

Crush this,

Break this,

Still the broken part?

Exist.

Why it exists?

Because of existence.

Crush it into the powder.

So the powder is.

Powder exists.

That is what we see the existence is neither created nor destroyed.

It is.

It changes the name in the form.

In this birth maybe I'm a weird guy.

In the next birth who knows I may come beautiful like the women here.

I see them.

So is remains.

Do you see that is remains?

And that is the existence.

Meditation is the discovery of that existence.

That is the first thing to understand.

We exist because of existence and that existence is known as the state of being and that is why we say human being.

Now see that.

Go little deeper.

Like water reveals waves.

Wave exists.

Water is.

Clear?

Wave exists because of water which is an existence.

You can cite many examples.

You can cite many examples.

Being is universal,

Transcendental.

That is why we say it is transcendental.

That is our nature,

The first part.

First part.

This is known in our tradition we say it is Paramarthic Satya.

Paramarthic reality.

The absolute reality.

Absolute reality.

See that.

I need to simply become aware.

I exist because of existence.

You exist because of the same existence.

Existence is only one.

That is known as the being.

That is one part of the real self.

We will take up other part in the next session because our topic is there are three levels of reality.

Another reality that we say it is Pratibha Sikka reality.

Pratibha Sikka means reflected reality.

Like wave.

I see the wave.

It means it is real but that level of reality is constantly changing.

It is reflected.

Same way we all are the reflected replica of the same existence.

Existence is one.

You all are different levels of reality and that reality is known as reflected.

Reflected image.

A mental image or a representation.

A look.

An appearance.

It is also known as illusion because we both are essentially one reality but still I see two.

So it is the second reality but it is reflected in the mind.

Science even says eyes look at any image reflected back and then that is what we see.

So the mind perceives this the reflected image.

That means what?

One water becomes millions of waves.

One existence appears as many many many millions millions millions of people.

We are essentially one.

Pratibha Sikka reality.

This is the reality that exists for a very short duration.

You can say literally hundred years hundred ten years fifteen years.

The existence continues.

It is neither created nor destroyed.

It remains as it is.

So if I identify myself with that existence I am that existence.

Where is the problem of fear of death and birth?

Fear of birth and death comes with the body.

Comes with the body.

Comes with an idea in the mind.

So that is the second.

When we keep our focus on the existence in what we discussed just now what happens?

Now there is another reality.

First thing that I see the reflected image.

Second level which do not last for long because it is constantly changing.

Because of this reflected reality the transactional reality comes.

What is transactional reality?

I am giving a lesson.

I am a teacher you are a student.

Transactional reality.

What is transactional reality?

In day to day life we live our life.

Here is your home.

Here is my home.

Here I am.

There you are.

So it comes from the reflected reality.

It does not come from the absolute reality.

Three levels of reality.

First is absolute reality.

Second is reflected and third is the transactional reality.

Okay let us join at 8 for a melody.

It's all a transactional reality if you understand.

Pick up this.

The moment you are interacting with your thoughts,

Speech and action is not real you.

And it is based on the reflected reality that you are David,

I am Girish,

Why we are meeting,

For what purpose.

So when we have a thought,

Speech and action all our transactions takes place in the material world.

So we always keep in the mind.

You can also understand in a different way.

So once you are clear about being,

Existence.

So there are two parts in us.

Being and becoming.

Being never changes.

Being is existence.

It is absolute reality.

It is one.

Because of that existence we all exist.

Because of the earth we all exist.

So it is not difficult to understand because of the one existence we all exist.

But we exist because of existence.

That is being.

That never changes.

That is of the nature of permanent peace,

Happiness,

Love,

Wisdom at the core,

At the center.

And what is becoming?

Any change.

Change in the body,

Mind,

Intellect and that leads to transactional reality.

So can we say that we are made up of two things.

Changing aspect,

Unchanging aspect.

Unchanging aspect is absolute reality.

The goal of meditation is to discover that absolute reality and then you start living from that real self.

So what happens when you start living with the real self?

Real self is of the nature of peace,

Happiness,

Love and wisdom.

So it bypasses the intellect and the mind.

Mind says you hate me,

I hate you.

You like me,

I don't like you.

But the real self says everything is good.

Real self gives the attributes to the mind and that is the path.

That is what is known as awakening.

That is what is known as awakening.

How come I live in the transactional reality,

Applied life?

Because sense organs gives me the knowledge.

But these sense organs have limitations and they cannot discover the real self.

Many reasons.

One reason,

Eyes cannot hear.

They have their limitation.

The eyes have their own limitation.

I cannot see far-off objects.

Leave aside,

I cannot see myself.

Material love.

So that is why we say we have to transcend the sense organs.

Then comes the mind.

Mind has also limitations.

Mind has its own limitations.

So that is why we say Eastern wisdom is an instrument of knowledge.

That includes yoga,

Tantra,

Kundalini,

Any.

They follow the same principles.

The Eastern wisdom is an instrument of knowledge.

That aims at,

That discovers the absolute reality.

Look at the sense organ.

They are one-sided windows.

They only open to the world.

They cannot see you inside.

The real self is inside.

So that absolute reality,

Which is known as the real self,

It is neither reflected nor transactional reality.

So when I keep in this mind all the time,

Allow my intellect to function with reference to the absolute reality.

Our stress pertains to the transactional reality.

That is not me.

You negate it by thinking and you will see the mind comes down.

I negate.

Neighbors house is not mine.

Same way.

I remember I converted this principle into six neighbors.

You are sure that neighbor is not you,

Not yours?

Are you sure?

Body is my neighbor.

Mind is my neighbor.

Intellect is my neighbor.

Likes and dislikes are my neighbors.

We have,

Now you look at it.

Think of it.

Think of this.

One more point you need to think every day in this week.

Tell me,

Clay becomes clay when the clay pot is broken or it remains clay?

Water becomes water when the wave merges or it remains water even when it is a wave.

How simple it is?

So Jerry remains real self whether she is a Jerry or not,

David or not,

Girish or not.

Do you see this point?

See that point.

You break the clay pot,

It is clay.

You crush it into the powder,

Still it is a clay.

Storm,

Tsunami,

Flood,

Still it is water.

Gold becomes gold when earring necklace are melt or they remain as a gold.

So I remain as a real self.

I remain as a real self.

Can I identify?

When I become stressed then I become stress.

When I am stressed then I become stress but you are absolute reality.

Master says no,

No,

No,

You are absolute reality.

How can you identify with the stress?

It is a property and characteristic of the mind.

It is transactional reality.

Look at it,

Look at it.

The way we perceive,

So continue to live the most.

Just recognize in your mind.

In your mind you need to recognize the three levels of the reality and keep reminding your intellect because our mind has forgotten who we are and once we remember this we start becoming a seeker and the seeker always succeeds.

Seeker always succeeds in this journey.

So let us start our practice of meditation.

Eyes are closed.

Eyes are closed and the body is steady.

Check it.

What did I say?

What I am pointing you to based on what we discussed today.

Can you make it,

Can you make that point?

What does it mean the steady body?

I'm asking you to become aware of the stillness or a steadiness in the body.

It is not the steadiness of the body.

Whatever you see through the sense organs in the mind cannot be made still.

They are constantly changing.

So you have more awareness than actually practicing and you are looking inside into the forehead in this space my friends.

In the stage one we have 90 or I would say 99% knowledge,

10% so-called practice.

See that point?

So that points you to the absolute reality,

The being not becoming.

Look at the neck joint.

You are aware.

I explained you last time.

You are aware,

Alert,

Attentive of the neck joint.

Experience is becoming.

Experience is not being.

So your experience is sensation,

Being comfortable and steadiness.

What after that you enter into the being,

The space.

Space is one.

Space is awareness and awareness of space.

I think those who attended the Saturday's session I made it clear.

You see that you need not to make any effort.

You need not to enter into the process of becoming in the stage one.

When the intellect is a hundred percent clear it passes on this knowledge to the mind.

The mind takes care of the body and you are free.

You are comfortable.

I have seen lot of people who understand this principle in the beginning they had visiting,

Moving,

There's no no it is because of my mind.

Everything is gone.

Look at the shoulder joints.

Be there.

Feel sensation,

Being comfortable and steadiness and the space.

I need not to explain more.

You are already there.

Hip joint.

Be there.

Wear sensation,

Comfort and steadiness.

It is experience.

Behind that,

What exists?

In the beginning that is how we move slowly my friends.

The entire body,

Your comfortable hand,

Your comfortable and steady.

So remember discomfort,

The steadiness belongs to the existence because existence is always steady.

And then being carefree.

We are in the stage one.

I told you 99% knowledge part.

Pay attention.

You are simply moving the mind in the field of awareness and you experience the changes taking place in the body,

Mind,

Intellect,

Senses,

Etc.

Etc.

It refers to the existence.

If there is no reference of the existence which is unchanging,

How you can feel the steadiness?

No way.

So being carefree.

Now I see another aspect of being carefree.

It is simply said,

Let the thoughts come,

Let the thought go.

Very good.

So what is behind the thought?

There has to be a space,

There has to be an interval and that interval is the space which continues.

Thoughts on the surface come and go.

Thought comes,

Space disappears.

Actually it is not.

It is still there.

Then interval,

We feel the space.

Then again there is a thought and the mind says,

Now you see the space is not there,

Emptiness,

It is always there.

It is always there.

If the tumbler,

Emptiness is not there,

You cannot fill the water.

The deeper state of the mind is always empty.

It is the way we live with these thoughts and feeling in the sensation,

They come to the mind,

They disturb me.

They disturb because I do not see what is behind.

Look at it.

I give you a different perspective every time so that you can go deeper.

Your mind is not conditioned,

Does not become habitual.

So let us today make the practice semi-active,

Not very active.

So we leave the quick,

Gentle and the fast breathing.

We will focus our mind on the humming.

So first start inhaling deep,

Silent,

Slow.

First into the belly,

Then into the rib cage,

Then into the neck in the throat.

So when you fill your air into the lungs and then while breathing out,

Keeping your awareness inside the forehead,

Start doing the humming sound as long,

As deep as possible.

This time you have to pay attention how longer you do it,

How longer the inhalation and how longer and deeper is the humming so that the rate of your breath should drop down to four or five or less than five and something good happens.

Let us start.

Take your own time.

Do follow your own mind in the breath.

It should be as the very time you do the humming,

Your belly squeezes,

Your rib cage withdraws inside and awareness after,

Point in the space inside the head.

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Aum Stop the humming and continue with the deep silent and slow breathing is your car we will add the nyasa today as you inhale move the mind inside the right arm in the space dropping Aum Shanti When you are exhaling move the mind from the fingertips to the shoulder inside mind is walking on the space reaching to the goal is Aum Shanti There is a continuity of awareness or if I say of remembering where your house is while driving your car to the home continuous.

Can we say that is the focus of yoga?

Yes.

Do you remember 24 by 7 real self?

Job is done.

Now inside the left arm to those who forget but majority of you I know you will remember car is the driver,

Car is the vehicle,

Mind is the driver,

The space is the highway,

Aum Shanti is the destination.

So you bring everything the senses and the mind together to real self you're showing you need not to pick up any object when you're driving on the highway where is totally a space you're saying Aum Shanti that is your goal.

So again you see that what is your goal I discussed about it living on the surface and living within without understanding clearly living within nothing will happen.

Now inside the right leg and I see everyone is so so still the stillness in the body comes from the existence it is not off the body stillness in the mind will come from the existence not it can never be of the mind.

Then we have a reflected understanding of this mind my mind is wandering it is meant for wandering.

Now inside the left leg you see how beautiful the everyone in the state and our body is maintaining a total stillness.

It is so natural if the mind moves within it understands and it knows the time will come you will continue to move the body doing your daily chores and still oh here you are living within no issue and now inside the spine you're inhaling deep silent and slow that is your car moved by the mind inside from the crown of the head to the to the tailbone never forget the goal is Aum Shanti.

Aum we understood real self and today we understand existence truth being a lot of names are given a state of being from the tailbone to the crown of the head.

Now leave this practice will be doing mantra only once and check our mind if it continues to live within with that mantra.

So inhale into your belly and rib cage deep silent and slow continue to inhale first mantra is Sarvesham Swasthirvat well-being now hold the breath look inside the heart.

Sarvesham Swasthirvat well-being Sarvesham Swasthirvat may there be well-being for all look at the well-being release the breath mind any thought enters into the mind how you negate that thought by saying may there be well-being for all I picked up that word negate I negate my neighbor's house why it is not mine no thought belongs to me except one Sarvesham Swasthirvat with the normal breath now you are doing it.

Now the second mantra Sarvesham Shantirvat may there be peace for all and I we discussed about the peace is a good space the moment you said you enter into the infinite space breaking the barrier of inside and outside so let us inhale deep silent and slow for 10 seconds continue the routine Sarvesham Shantirvat release the breath and continue to live with that may there be peace for all if you see it if you know it then only you can say may there be peace for all so we are becoming a little selfish if we say the peace for all first we see and experience the peace within and then it pervades everywhere it is existence behind becoming there is always a peace we don't recognize we identify with our stress and anxiety we claim that we carry the burden of the stress in our life now inhale deep silent slow third mantra Sarvesham Puranambhatu completeness in me hold the breath Sarvesham Puranambhatu release the breath live with that awareness that everything every object is complete in itself why it comes from the completeness and who is the one who is full and complete existence see that is how we bring the clarity to the mind and remove that out so now any thought comes thought comes because it indicates that I'm incomplete negated how you negate it Sarvesham Puranambhatu understand slowly slowly we are going deeper that is the way the last mantra is Sarvesham Mangalam every moment in my life is full of auspiciousness that combines peace completeness and well-being inhale deep silent and slow continue to inhale hold breath Sarvesham Mangalamhavatu release the breath live into that state Sarvesham Mangalamhavatu is your mind clear any thought enters into the mind except auspiciousness is indicating a sense of incompleteness causes worry anxiety pain and suffering would you entertain it and if you do not negate it not by force understand negation here is a very positive term I'm not concerned I don't care what I care Sarvesham Mangalamhavatu when you don't care these thoughts the mind will say I okay I have to leave you do nothing remain as you are or if the idea of negation comes do it or either by Aum Shanti either by Sarvesham Shanti if nothing comes you know there are two ways you can recognize the thoughts entering into the mind one way they come and they go second they come there they arouse your feeling and emotion from the past projecting into the future they engage you that engagement has to be negated how Aum Shanti negated I told you not a fight I know I don't need you that is one of the most beautiful method of meditation by negation we will take up deeply Nethi Nethi it is known as Nethi Nethi method of negation to succeed in meditation is one of the most powerful but by understanding not by force not by repression not by suppression I have a million why should I worry about the penny Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti Shanti beautiful so bring your mind on the right hand your mind on the left hand left your both the palms place it on your eyes open the eyes inside the palms know you're experiencing bring the hand down how are you David?

Very good very deep very different levels the first level was warmth to the body and then some indigo color and then just blank space for the last half it was wonderful.

Beautiful yeah we have to live into that blank space to allow the knowledge of the reality to descend to dawn.

How are you Christina?

That was wonderful just practicing every having everything that you have taught me up to this all of us to this point and every day getting being able to add another aspect is such a blessing so thank you for that and this morning was wonderful I I was totally absorbed so thank you.

Very good you are wonderful the younger picks up this journey nothing like it how are you Sam?

Was that me sorry you cut out for a second.

I can hear you now.

Perfect I'm really good it was very very very deep very deep and quick quiet all the above amazing thank you.

Thank you good good how are you Lara?

I got really deep in the beginning super deep there's a lot of color actually today that doesn't normally happen for me and then there's all this construction happening right behind my house and so there was some loud booms and distractions that kind of pulled me out.

The gate.

Yeah the gate and it was interesting to kind of play with that.

Right the word you use play with that don't fight no repression no suppression is required.

How are you Jerry?

I'm good I initially it was quiet and then some thoughts coming and going and just kind of negated them like didn't get involved with them but noticed them.

Some lights and then just a lot of space.

A lot of space.

You see that's a beautiful I think I passed on the message to you all and we will work on it so you see that we continue to negate negate negate until the time comes you cannot negate it that is your real self you cannot negate existence so that process of meditation is deeper so I am just putting up day after day every session to go there.

How are you Brandy?

I'm good.

There was a softness or a gentleness to my practice today.

It just was that's the best way I can describe it.

It is the best word because we experience the hardness the anxiety the duality and the reaction because we accept what we are not and the moment you negate what you are not there is too much of softness comes.

Yes you are right that is a right word to use.

How are you Kate?

I'm well Garesha.

I hope you're well too.

I'm sorry I had to come I had something come up in here so I was late but it was it was I want to say compassionate yeah I had some itching that I didn't attend to in different areas just noticed and then embraced and went away and then after that was able to be more contemplative and present and I would say soft is a good word for me today.

Good good itching comes negated.

See that we have not to lose that awareness of negation Sam we have not to lose that awareness now someone in front of you is angry over you negated.

Now let me you can apply in daily life.

Why?

Because you are not anger.

He or she is angry reacting oh thank you very much.

Internally you say don't say openly otherwise they'll catch your neck.

Don't say outwardly,

Internally oh thank you you are teaching me how good you are you have come to me you are angry over me and I'm learning how to endure.

You say to yourself the other guy say are you listening to me yes I'm listening to you.

How are you John?

I'm good thank you.

I was able to keep my attention stable on my breath.

Yes yes that has been a big challenge for you I saw you in the beginning but now you are able to sustain that for many many sessions.

How are you internet?

I'm good I also Brandy's explanation of softness is is also what I experienced it was very light and at one point I became very my body became very warm yes and I just went into that experience and then it was just open just yeah yeah yeah it's a beautiful experience so I can continue ahead I pick up the higher principles based on today's experiences how are you Ashok and then we will take up Terry.

I'm good sir,

Nice and relaxed.

Now I can see a glow on your face yeah you are becoming younger.

Very good then I can joke with him he has been with me how many years 25?

More than that.

You see how a useless teacher you cannot learn even after 25 years.

Terry how are you?

You know that's another explanation you can put for this argument.

Terry is there?

Yes I could we could not see you we could see your beautiful lamp I think that's the lamp that I have seen 15 years ago also when I came to your house.

Yes you have to that's a that's a big challenge in Google Meet I have I cannot unmute.

So look at this idea when the Terry you unmuted you can start speaking so understand your application of negation it's a beautiful word in Sanskrit we say neti neti not this not this means I am not this I'm not this I'm not this I'm not this continue to negate you cannot negate you can reach to a point where you cannot negate and that is your real self.

Can you negate anxiety?

Yes.

Can you negate attachment?

Yes.

You see that go on go on finding it can you negate pleasure?

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

And the moment you negate it yes you can.

Yes Terry.

I really can't speak.

I haven't stopped moving and it's making me.

Nobody's?

Yeah.

So I'll send you the file and you do the practice.