Gurudev Uvacha

 ============================================================== ================================================================ Friday, April 08, 2022. 06:00. What Is Meant By the Concept of Mental Health? =============================================================== For the most part, Western psychology is focused on treating what is considered ‘abnormal’ in order to help an individual fit into society and act ‘normally’. Much focus is put on external causes of various forms of disturbance and how the individual can adjust, adapt or respond to those disturbances. The approach leads to a constant need for ‘therapy sessions’ as there are countless causes of disturbance, looked at from an external standpoint, all the time in everyone’s life. If an individual can be made basically content with the coping mechanisms and can be supported to ‘fit in’ to the life of society, the therapy is considered to be successful. Missing from this approach, however, is any attempt to understand th...

 ============================================================= ============================================================== Thursday, April 07, 2022. 06:00. AHIMSA : (Non - injury ) This article is a chapter from the book “Bliss Divine”. ============================================================== INTRODUCTION : In the regeneration and divinisation of man, the first step is to eliminate his beastly nature. The predominant trait in beasts is cruelty. Therefore, wise sages prescribe Ahimsa (non-injury). This is the most effective master-method to counteract and eradicate completely the brutal, cruel Pasu-Svabhava (bestial nature) in man. Practice of Ahimsa develops love. Ahimsa is another name for truth or love. Ahimsa is universal love. It is pure love. It is divine Prem. Where there is love, there you will find Ahimsa. Where there is Ahimsa, there you will find love and selfless service. They all go together. The one message of all saints and prophets of all times and climes, i...

 ============================================================== ================================================================ Wednesday, April 06, 2022. 06 : 00. THE INCREDIBLE GIFT OF OUR SPIRITUAL HERITAGE : This article is a chapter from the book An Instrument of Thy Peace. =============================================================== As far as we know about the human race, since ancient times there has been a continuing development in human society. In the beginning man wanted to know where he could find food, water and shelter, but then a period came when, not satisfied with knowing only about his immediate physical environment, the desire arose to ask deeper questions. Past observances had revealed to him that all of life seemed to be an entry and an exit.  He began to ponder, “Why am I here? Where did I come from? Where do I go?” These questions were asked, but there were no answers forthcoming. Some adventuresome people with a pioneering spirit desired to pry open...

 =============================================================== =============================================================== Tuesday, April 05, 2022. 06:00. "The Guru-Disciple Relationship" Association with the Guru : ============================================================== The third point is: association with a Guru is a blessing by itself. I speak from my own personal experience of how we have been blessed by the personal association that we had with Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. This is purely a personal feeling that I am expressing. I have never seen a person like him, nor do I hope to see another, at least in this life. He was superb impersonality in personality—impersonality seen in a personality. He was a person like anybody else in the sense that we could see him, but he was an impersonal being. When he came, one could never feel that a man was coming. Usually, the idea of male-female is there in our minds, and so we would say that a male is coming. But when Sw...

 ============================================================= ============================================================ Monday, April 04, 2022. 06:00. The Three Principles : ============================================================== Introduction : To realise our full spiritual Nature is to experience the fullness of life. As long as we have not attained this state of being, our intellect will continue to suggest methods for overcoming feelings of imperfection, which manifest as desires. Desires are nothing but an expression of the ignorance of our real Nature. This ignorance has made us identify with body, mind and intellect, and is the cause of our egocentric life of pains and limitations. Therefore, there is no achievement more sacred and glorious than the realisation of our true identity with the unlimited, eternal Self. The purpose of religion is to eliminate ignorance through spiritual practices until the devotee comes to gain the light of wisdom. Ignorance, manifestin...

 ============================================================= ============================================================= Sunday, April 03, 2022. 06:00 Stand Up and Face Life! ===============================================================  On the battlefield of Kurukshetra, Arjuna, a mighty warrior, a great achiever and celebrated hero suffers a psychological breakdown. At the very crucial moment, when weapons were about to be raised, he was assailed by a temporary state of confusion about his duty and the very purpose of the war. In the grip of despondency, he crumbled, sat down and refused to fight.   Arjuna was overwhelmed by his emotions, by his attachment to his grandsire, Bhishma, and teacher, Dronacharya. Viewing the war from the pinhole of a limited, egocentric and narrow standpoint, created anxieties, fears and intense emotions in his mind. Whenever we become overly emotional due to sadness, anger, vengefulness or frustration, our thinking becomes clouded. Th...

 ============================================================= ============================================================== Saturday, April 02, 2022. 06:00. The Power of Selfless Devotion : =============================================================== Human life is an intriguing journey. We fall in love and expect reciprocation, we help someone in need and expect a favor in return, we pray to God and expect the fulfillment of our desires. This chain of performing actions and expecting self- benefitting returns becomes the fundamental basis upon which we either experience happiness or drown in disparity when such expectations are not fulfilled. The state of being rich, famous, beautiful, and surrounded by people who appreciate us is a dominantly prevailing yet faulty perception for a happy life. This is a common means of self-gratification because we can experience these states of being through our sensory organs and the mind reassures it. Yet, it is an illusion because these qu...