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Vicharasetu Jan 2005 The Path of Introspection •…¿ ¥…i…¬ +…{x……‰ i… {…Æ˙®…¬ Faultfinding and blaming others is one of the most notorious habits with man. You have to understand the defects of others just for the sake of knowledge and for your own safeguard. But, it should not rob you of your peace and happiness. Neither should it constrict your mind disabling you to see and appreciate the good qualities in others. –– Swamiji January 2005 Vol : 40 No. 04 Narayanashrama Tapovanam Contents Excellence through Spirituality Prabh°ta-raømi≈ 124. Practising A Liberal Mindset 125 Time Limit for Self-realization? Correspondence 1. Journey into the Inner Horizon 2. Overcoming Negative Thoughts News & Notes Narayanashrama Tapovanam Venginisseri, P. O. Paralam, Thrissur. Kerala - 680 575. India. Fax & Tel. (0487) 2278363 email: [email protected] Website: http:// www.brahmavidya.org Excellence through Spirituality [Talk given on 29th November 2004 at the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, U.P.] Ya∆ øaiv°ssamup°sate øiva iti brahmeti ved°ntino Bauddh° buddha iti pram°∏a-pa∂ava≈ karteti naiy°yik°≈ * Arhan-nityatha jaina-ø°sanarat°≈ karmeti m¢m°∆sak°≈ So’ya∆ vo vidadh°tu v°µchita-phala∆ trailokya-n°tho hari≈ ** As usual, I shall recite the auspicious and invigorating monosyllable ‘Om’. We are now occupied with the subject of generating excellence. But the very source of excellence is right within your body. From that spiritual source, the one effective and creative way of tapping excellence is by generating this beautiful sound Om. I would like you to join me in this recitation, so that all your anxieties will be eliminated. Keep company with me. Sit erect and preferably close your eyes. Closing the eyes itself will bring about a great internal strength. Harih.. O…..M, O…..M, O…..M. Harih Om Tat Sat. Jai Guru. I heartily greet all of you, seekers of knowledge. As I understand, most of you are students and some of you are members of the faculty who are orienting the students towards whatever they are aiming at in life. In my own life, knowledge has been my pursuit. I don’t know of any pursuit other than knowledge. And as far as I can understand, the only factor that distinguishes man from the rest of living beings is knowledge – the potential and possibility of developing knowledge, gaining it and also expressing it. Let All Interactions Enrich Your Mind After all, life is interactions between the individual and the rest of the world. We interact with persons, places and events. When I say persons, places and events, the entire world with which we have to interact is covered. In all these interactions, the interacting individual remains the same. Whether you are at home or in the office or in the society at large, are you the least different? The differences and the variables are always outside you. So, whenever we think of excellence, it is a quality that we can ascribe to and also develop with regard to our interactions and performances. Excellence of any kind in any performance whatsoever – tell me whether the excellence has to come to you from outside or it is to be generated, developed, preserved, and enhanced from within. Are we conscious of this fact? I am sure that many important thinkers are not even conscious of this. Right from ancient ages, has there been any addition to the human body? No new organ has been added to it. The ancient man had a pair of eyes, a pair of ears, a nose, two hands, legs and the other limbs. The present man also has the same. The human personality has not changed at all physically. So far as what we have within, we have an emotional, thoughtful mind and a rational, knowing intelligence. And at the back of it, as the coordinator, we have an ego. Tell me whether anyone born in this world – either in the corporate world, or in the industrial world or in the religious world, or in any other world – ever had anything more than these? So, in what way are you less, I am asking you. Are you less? Why there is no answer. Are you less? Do you have any deficiency as a human individual? (There is a chorus: "No", for an answer from the audience.) If you don’t have any deficiency, are you not poised to achieve anything that you want to achieve in life, provided it is reasonable and possible for man? So, cast aside the sense of inferiority and weakness. Stand poised to attain anything that is possible. You must embody this kind of a ‘Himalayan confidence’ – I would like to call it ‘Spatial confidence’. You understand the difference between the two? The Himalayas are still limited in size. What about space? Unlimited. This is to be generated from your own mind and intelligence, and not from outside. If you don’t know, better know it from me now. You must be an embodiment of confidence. Animals and birds also have lived on the surface of this earth. Not much of civilizational growth is found in them. But in the human world, everything has been civilized; everything has progressed. Is it not because of the human mind? And what is the power of the mind? The power of the mind is ‘thinking’. It is not enough if we do something, if we learn something. We must think about what we have learnt. What is its relevance? How can it be applied? How can the application be improved? How can I be effective in any given situation? Constantly, we must aspire for this growth and advancement. Whatever be the objective environment, every day of your life subjectively, personally, inwardly you must have enrichment. You must have an elevating day – a day of expansion and improvement. Respectable and enlightened people are here constituting your faculty and they will tell you about different subjects so far as your training programme or educational programme is concerned. I don’t speak about these at all. But there is one subject, about which perhaps none of your teachers will speak to you. That is the subject of the mind – the levels, dimensions, qualities and excellences that your invisible mind within the body can visibly bring about. Externally you may have many things to complain. There may be denials; there may be imperfections; there may be failures. These are all in the object sphere. But your mind should be flexible enough to get enriched by any kind of an input coming from any person, place or event. Many of you will celebrate your birthday. Remember that your birthday will be meaningful only when you are able to say: “This one year of life in this world has enriched me, enhanced my potential and I stand more enlightened and mature, more effective and creative”. If this inner enrichment has accrued to you, the birthday celebration is quite all right. Otherwise, it is not a birthday – it is a birth-distancing and death approaching day. Excellence – A Subjective Dimension I think of excellence not as something to be achieved after the performance of an action. You may have a programme of say 1 month or 6 months or 2 years. Will the excellence be judged looking at the result only after the performance of the task? I think of excellence as a quality in your personality. Our excellence is the excellentiality of the mind, the excellentiality of the intelligence, and of the ego. Do you aspire for excellence? Do you stand for excellence? Then, you have to cultivate excellence every moment in whatever you do. Your focus should not be on the final outcome. At each step of performance you have to be excellent. I am told that many of the students here are anxious. As students you are anxious! Then as managers, what are you going to be? Anxious squared? As students what do you have to do? Sitting in a classroom you are listening to lectures without any trouble at all. You are seekers of knowledge. The experts provide you information. You have only to receive them. You have enough food to eat. You are not bothered for money. No directors or bosses are above you to scold you, to intimidate you. In such a classroom why is it that you are becoming anxious? What does the intelligence look for? It looks for knowledge. What is the mind looking for? Mind is looking for timely memory, timely orientation, enough of confidence, creativity, enthusiasm, and all that. None of these is available from the market or from the books. Your mind alone is available as the resource for the various qualities you need. If you want to develop commitment, be committed to your studies now. Make sure that you learn confidently and assiduously. And about the examination, you should never worry at all. By worrying, will the examinations be better performed? A worried mind will write better or a worriless mind? (There was chorus response: "A worriless mind".) Then, why are you worrying? Whatever you have learnt over a year, you are writing. After one year of learning, are you not ashamed to say that you are anxious about answering for three hours? Suppose you have not been able to acquire knowledge. Then within the examination hall, can you write more? So, where is the question of having any anxiety? I was in Malaysia. When we were having Satsang with the hosts, a call came from London. The host’s wife, while talking over the phone, suddenly said, “There is a Swamiji who has come here. Please talk to him”.
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