Mohanji Speaks Ms 68 Why Are We (Humans) Special ?

We have the capacity for the right identification which no other species has. But as human beings also, even though we have the capacity for the right identification, we still identify ourselves with our character, personality, form, position in the world or the society or our possessions. We must understand that these identifications are shallow and temporary. What is unchangeable, is the energy aspect of our existence, soul aspect, Atma tatwa.

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Welcome to Mohanji Speaks.

Hello my dear friends,

Hope you are doing well.

This is Mohanji.

Today let us think about the Constitution called human beings.

Why are we so special?

Why are we different from all the other species on earth?

Why do we call ourselves refined species?

Because we have the capacity for the right identification which no other species has.

But as human beings also,

Even though we have the capacity for the right identification,

We still identify ourselves with our character,

Personality,

Form,

Position in the world or the society or our possessions.

We must understand that these identifications are shallow and temporary.

Positions can change,

Character can change,

Constitution can change,

So many things can change.

Whatever is changing is not the right identification.

And whatever is unchangeable,

Which is the energy aspect of our existence,

The soul aspect,

Atmatattva,

If we start identifying ourselves with Atmatattva,

All our other identification becomes insignificant.

We have that capacity.

That is why we are a special species.

Now we look at what are we consisting of or what we consist of.

Physical body,

We all know,

Physical body which is the shell,

The vehicle and physical body is just a structure which we use for mobility,

For presence,

For experience,

So many different things.

And we have the sensors connected to the physical body which helps us to experience life.

And we have three major processors sitting inside like the engine room of a ship processing the data that we collect.

Of course,

Food we consume physically,

That is for the physical body and that is processed by the physical body.

Then we have air we consume and that energizes our systems.

Water we consume and that kind of equalizes or stabilizes certain factors of our body,

Especially heat.

Like that we have consumptions of various physical nature such as food,

Water,

Air,

Etc.

Then we have consumption of emotional nature such as emotions out of interactions.

Then we consume knowledge from various things,

From physical things and virtual things.

We collect knowledge.

Then we have possessions,

Ownerships,

Those are processed by ego.

So these three processors are sitting inside processing these things consistently,

Continuously in the waking state.

These three processors,

We do not see them but we can feel them because we are experiencing earth accordingly.

Then we have three states,

Distinct states,

Waking state,

Dream state,

Deep sleep state.

In the waking state we interact with the world outside.

In the dream state we interact with the world inside,

The stored memories.

And in deep sleep state we interact with no world.

We shut down and we recharge.

So these are the three states every day in 24 hours we go through.

Each state has distinction.

Each state has its own value.

Now there is a fourth state,

The state of witness of all these three states plus the three processors plus the physical body.

That state is a witness to all the states.

That is very difficult to reach but once reached that is a different dimension or our whole life changes.

So the fourth state,

The Turiya state is a very beautiful state where you start experiencing detachment and freedom.

With the awareness of these states and we start connecting to deeper and deeper aspects of us,

We start realizing the energy aspect within us which is energizing the whole structure.

The waking state,

Dream state and deep sleep state,

The ego,

Intellect and mind and all the substratum,

The koshas,

The sheaths and all the physical aspects as well.

As a witness without involvement energizes as this energization produces certain effects which we call experiences of life.

And these experiences are what we are born for.

This energy aspect which is the most silent aspect but without it nothing works just like electricity.

If without electricity there is no table fan or tubelight or washing machine or refrigerator,

Nothing will work without electricity.

Same like that the mind,

Body,

Intellect and ego,

The substratum,

The states of consciousness nothing works without this energy.

So we start identifying that electricity within us.

This is true identification,

The master of all,

The real master,

Your personal master that's this electricity,

The energy.

We can call it soul,

We can call it God,

We can call it anything you like but it exists.

And once you identify yourself with that thing which is real in you,

Permanent in you,

Which is indestructible,

You cannot destroy it,

It's not modifiable,

You can't modify it,

A permanent thing in you is this particular energy aspect.

So once you understand that energy aspect and you start connecting to that energy aspect consistently and you know the path is always silence.

And how do you find silence?

That's where you catch breath.

Breath is a good vehicle to reach the silence and we have techniques and methods to reach the silence like kriyas,

Meditations,

Contemplations,

So many different faculties and factors.

So many practices to reach that particular state or to become one with the true thing within you.

This possibility is only with human beings.

All the other beings,

They are mechanically following a routine.

They wake up in the morning,

They go after food,

They eat well and then they sleep,

Then they procrastinate and they have procreation.

All those are like a mechanical process.

They are all mechanical more or less.

But for human beings,

Since we have the capacity to understand the truth within us,

We also have the capacity not to understand it.

This is something which we must understand.

Instead,

If you are focusing on ownership,

Possessiveness,

Possessiveness is usually a byproduct of insecurity.

If a person is very secure,

He will not be possessive.

Ownership is the same.

Illusion,

We can't own anything on earth because we came empty handed,

We live empty handed,

We can own nothing.

So all these possessions and positions are temporary.

What was your position when you were a child and what will be your position when you are in old age?

So positions are temporary,

Situations are temporary,

Possessions are temporary.

When we detach from all these with awareness that everything is temporary,

That's the time when it becomes easier to connect to the permanent.

And when there are so many desires,

There are so many noises in mind.

Noises are thoughts.

And with these noises,

There is distraction,

There is diversion and also it eclipses the truth.

Our emotions,

Our connections,

Our relations,

They are all temporary and only available at certain points in time.

Like for example,

When you are in deep sleep,

None of these things are available.

Your possessions,

Positions,

Relations,

They are all awake.

You don't have them or you can't use them.

But when you are awake,

You have all those things.

Then build any ownership based on those things.

So these are the things which we must remember and understand.

Then we connect to the truth within us.

Then where our anxieties,

Where our fears,

Where is worry about future,

Where are guilt and regrets?

Nothing.

Because life is all about experiences.

Nothing right,

Nothing wrong.

But again,

If you deny that opportunity for any living being,

It is not good.

Such as murdering,

Torturing,

Denying things to people.

Everybody has come here for experiences.

If you deny an experience to somebody,

You are not doing them a favour nor are you actually following the principle of existence.

Where everybody have equal right on earth,

Anybody who is crawling,

Flying,

Walking,

Talking on earth have same right.

All are same.

They have the right to experience and we cannot deny it.

Hence my friends,

Ahimsa,

Non-violence.

This is why I keep talking about ahimsa.

No denial.

You cannot deny any being their set of experiences.

Whether you like it or not,

They will have it.

No violence helps you to be clean and clear within yourself.

And this is also reason,

When you find yourself,

You find everybody is the same because all are the same thing.

So there is no difference anymore.

You see unity in consciousness within you and outside of you.

I leave you with these thoughts,

Contemplate on it,

Meditate on it,

Discuss about it and try to connect to yourself deeper.

There is a master sitting in you,

Waiting for you,

To talk to you.

Lots of love.

This is Mohanji for you.