SaturDAY, May 2, 2020 Spiritual Promotional Feature ASK SURAKSHIT SACRED Why Wait? SPACE Her Loyal Messenger YOG GURU Interconnected SURAKSHIT GOSWAMI Here, in one more of her short, fictionalised mythological stories, saiswaroopa iyer writes of Do joyful Why should I be unable Agnidyotana’s close encounter with divinity in his quest to fulfil a promise he made to Rukmini people find To regard the bodies of others as ‘I’? meditation It is not difficult to see he wilderness was er thinks he has the power to seal her easier to That my body is also that of others. daunting. Ag- future, despite her resistance. I bear practise than In the same way as nidyotana clutched her message to her chosen man.” sad, morose the hands and so forth his staff. His other Agnidyotana saw the couple ex- people? Is the Are regarded as limbs of the body hand instinctively change an amused glance. “When this Self-realisation held what constitut- woman chose me, the whole world goal easier to Likewise why are ed his mission, a letter from Princess tried dissuading her. Including me!” attain for happy people? embodied creatures T Rukmini to the Yadava lord, Krishna “Ignore him. He only meant to — Raj, 39, Chennai Not regarded as limbs of life? Vasudeva. Agnidyotana had been test!” The woman interjected with a ■ When we are happy and full of joy- Shantideva walking for four days now. When his mock frown turning into a smile ous excitement, our , life energy, ✥ feet could carry him no further, he when her eyes met her husband’s. moves upwards. This upward move- As a mother with her own life sank to the ground. Of all the “But tell me good sire, your mission ment helps us in our spiritual practice. guards the life of her own child, people at Kundinapura, Princess seems to concern the affairs of We get better results in our sadhana. let all-embracing thoughts Rukmini had to choose him, an powerful people. Is it safe for you to If the happiness quotient of a sadhaka for all that lives be thine. ageing brahmin, for this critical get in?” continues to increase, then dhyana is task. He had stuck to a less taken “It is the matter of , kind deeper and quicker. It is important for Khuddaka Patha path to avoid being recognised by lady.” Agnidyotana smiled at the aro- a spiritual practitioner to be motivat- ✥ spies. But the decision had cost him ma of freshly cooked gruel. “All my ed. The shastras say that a practi-

All life, I regard as sacred. And, it his speed and safety, too. The wilder- a s life, I have been a man of scripture and tioner’s enthusiasm is a significant as- seems to me, in ethics, we are ness around him did not allow him a they proscribe violation of a woman’s pect of his sadhana; it’s his first step concerned not alone with mankind, good night’s sleep. And he was hun- consent. The gods I worship get angry towards spiritual progress. If you are but also with animals. gry. Could he reach Dwaraka before arun dy uti d at the kingdom that insults women. I not excited about your spiritual prac- Sadhu T L Vaswani the stipulated date? O, why didn’t he am a purohita and it is my duty to take tice, then it is difficult to make pro- ✥ choose the path close to the shore, corrective course of action to save my gress on the path. If you are sad and To the extent we develop broader friendlier to travellers? city from the wrath of gods. May unhappy, then your prana will soon “Shambho Mahadeva! Help me! they help me in my mission!” start waning. Consequently, you will and broader vision and appreciation Help Rukmini assert her consent, The simple gruel was tastier than not be able to concentrate. This will of who our family is, to that extent Lord!” He tried to trudge ahead. Ag- anything that Agnidyotana had ever allow all sorts of disorders to take root we can actually experience the nidyotana was stuck in a hostile wild “Help me reach Saurashtra. eaten before. Energising, too. Like he in your mind. That’s why unhappy reality of who we are. patch where even a stray boar could At the earliest!” had eaten enough food for a whole people are not able to be successful in Radhanath Swami make a meal of him. What happened “Gather your breath, week. “Arise and walk ahead, Brah- their spiritual endeavours. ✥ to the merit of his life — of rituals and Brahmana!” The hunter chuckled. beamed and led the way. “This man mana.” The hunter spoke, in a tone Happiness is the prerequisite for As we learn to truly recognise sadhana? Could the gods not rescue “And who in his right mind would here does not see anything beyond surprisingly solemn. “You cannot af- any kind of sadhana, which is why how much the value of our life him, especially when someone’s future venture into this wilderness? If not the graves and pyres. And I belong to a ford to tarry.” gurus lay emphasis on satsang. rests in our connectedness to hung in the balance? wild animals, hunger would see the hospitable hill tribe who never lets a Agnidyotana rose, as if in a trance Through satsang, an individual’s men- Dizzy, Agnidyotana caught hold of last of you! Forget guest go hungry!” and picked up his staff. Grunts of wild tal conflicts are resolved and he be- other living beings, our the nearest creeper for support. He felt reaching Saurashtra myth fic There was some- boars ceased to be a concern, like the comes peaceful. Once he is in a calm- relationship to our responsibilities the creeper was too soft — it was a or wherever.” thing rhythmic thorny path ahead of him. His mind er frame of mind, he can begin his can change drastically. part of a net! A hunter’s net. Just then, Agnidyotana heard an anklet jin- about her lilt and the tinkle of replayed the picture of an anxious sadhana. Just like stale, musty fruits and Ogyen Trinley Dorje he felt the net descend upon him. It gle. A woman? In these surroundings! her anklets that Agnidyotana felt was Rukmini depending upon his success flowers are not used as offerings in ✥ meant that he was in an inhabited part He saw the bearded hunter grin. She surreal. and he strode ahead all night. In the religious rituals like puja, similarly, a When we try to pick out anything of this land. Perhaps the hunter could emerged out of what seemed like a Before long, they reached an in- wee hours, he heard a sound that drooping, unhealthy body cannot help by itself, we find it hitched to help him? narrow path through thickets. It had conspicuous cave that was the hunter’s made his eyes moist with gratitude. you move forward in your sadhana. everything else in the universe. Soon, he heard footsteps and a to be the hunter’s wife, frowning at home and the woman lit a fire to cook The sound of sea waves. He had That’s why it is important to start John Muir flame torch lit up the surroundings what her husband had just said. a meal. “What brings you to these for- reached Saurashtra. Dwaraka is nigh! spiritual practices when you are and Agnidyotana saw the hunter. “Running my reputation along ests, Brahmana?” Seated on the snowy top of younger and more energetic and it is ✥ “Well, well! If the gods don’t mean to with yours to the ground, aren’t you? Agnidyotana could not keep a se- Mount Kailasa, the god of gods raised even better if children are introduced “No life is a waste,” the Blue Man make a cannibal out of me! Why What are you, a hunter, there for, if cret from the kind couple who were a brow, though a knowing smile to spiritual practices. So, start today for said. “The only time we would a human be stuck in my net?” not to kill wild animals?” She chided feeding him in the middle of no- played on his lips as he turned to the stellar results. ■ waste is the time we spend “I need your help, brother!” Ag- the hunter and then turned to Ag- where. Still, he took care to leave out mother of the universe. “The distance Send your questions to thinking we’re alone.” nidyotana did not waste a moment as nidyotana. “And the forest has enough specifics. “A noble maiden has chosen he covered within a night, Parvati! [email protected] with subject Mitch Albom the hunter helped him out of the net. to not let anyone go hungry.” She her future Lord. Alas, her elder broth- What did you feed him?” ■ line: Ask Surakshit and state your age

ACHARYA DIVYACHETANANANDA AVADHUTA says good Reformat Your Memory thought and action can strengthen immunity ANIL K RAJVANSHI tells us how to stop unpleasant thoughts and Positive Microvita memories from affecting us adversely Precious Gift rom my younger days, I have memory im- And Covid-19 When I was in my 30s and newly had the ability to sense when planted in e are currently bat- better term will be ‘microvitum’ and married, I followed my husband to somebody is thinking about quite a number tling a pandemic not virus. So we can say, in the realm me. This ability allows me to of hypnotised caused by the spread of microvita, the coronavirus Cov- his hometown in Japan, where a son Freact even before the person has spo- patients with of what is being id-19, is a crude, negative microvita. bringing home his American wife ken or made his intentions known harmful results. Wcalled an invisible virus, the novel According to their nature, micro- was unheard of. But my elderly — most of the time with disastrous Implanting of coronavirus Covid-19. The founder of vita are of three types — negative, mother-in-law set me at ease at the results. new memory Ananda Marga, Shri Shri Anandamur- ordinary/neutral and positive. Nega- very first meal, announcing that I Most people, now and then, do by oneself is difficult. ti, also known as Prabhat Ranjan tive microvita function on their own, could do anything I wished because exhibit this ability of reading the So, a better way to do so is to Sarkar, had written a book titled Mi- through nature, while positive micro- there were no expectations. I never mind and I feel everybody has this practise yoga and meditation. When crovitum In A Nutshell in 1986. He vita function through specially created capability though they may not be one is immersed in deep thought on wrote that there are entities that come waves. Negative microvita move with forgot this gift. A few years later, we aware of it. a subject for a long time, then the within the realm of both physicality the help of inferences — sound, moved to Los Angeles. I missed my majority of neural pathways in the and psychic expressions, smaller or touch, form, taste and smell. When a family. An elderly neighbour, one Brain Power brain are used mostly to focus on that subtler than atoms, electrons or pro- negative microvita penetrates one’s day, made a picnic and invited me The brain is not only an instrument thought. This allows other memories tons that in the psychic realm, may be body, the person feels very uneasy. But and my child to join him. He said, that can create thought but it can also to weaken and provides possible op- subtler than ectoplasm. He called such when millions of negative microvita “Don’t worry, I decided I like you. send this signal and receive external portunity for removal of unpleasant entities microvitum and microvita, in enter, it does not take more than a few You can make any mistake...it’s thoughts. We do have painful memo- memories. plural. The position of the microvita seconds for even an elephant to die. ries associated with people, places and Sanyam, deep thought, according is just between ectoplasm and elec- Covid-19 is a type of negative micro- okay.” I never forgot this gift. Later, objects. Quite often, negative thoughts to Patanjali Yoga, can be cultivated tron, but it is neither of the two. Bil- vita. Negative microvita primarily when we moved to NYC, I had a from them bother us. with long practice and is the surest lions of microvita form a single car- function in the Muladhara and Swa- baby and experienced post-partum How is the external thought re- way to make the brain supple. Then, bon atom. The microvita move dhisthana and gradually rise depression. One day, I took my ceived and is it possible to stop it from unpleasant memories can be reduced throughout the universe from one upwards. baby out in the stroller; I knew I affecting us? Taking the analogy of and rendered irrelevant. celestial body to another, regardless of The is a collection of had a terribly unhappy expression modern computers or phone apps In such circumstances, when ex- atmospheric conditions like temper- glands and sub-glands that controls on my face. An elderly gentleman may provide a possible answer. ternal thought impinges on the brain, ature and pressure. These entities, with the 50 propensities of the human An app in the phone or laptop then it will not be registered, since their mysterious movement, create mind. A mind engaged in degenerat-

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