PURIFY THE PRANA TO ACHIEVE THE PEACE OF THE MIND.

Once the purification of the prana is achieved, mind stops to function in duality (sankalp and veekalp). In realty mind is never without activity and constantly plays in duality. As long as expectations, anger, greed and infatuations etc, persist in our prana, there will always be sprouting of inner tendencies in the mind. This leads to constant flow of thoughts in the mind. To sublimate the prana requires more courage than the courage of a soldier in the battle field. One who has lively and creative eagerness and desire can win this battle. So if we remove the base of the prana, mind has no way to function in duality. Mind then achieves tranquility and quietude. So understand that the mind gets the quietude if there is purification of the prana. This does not happen without the great effort. Naam-smaran is the easy way to achieve this.

Pujya Shree Mota.
Prabhuni khoj
Edition 1; page 64.

NAAM-SMARAN AND INNER IMPLEMENTS (MIND, INTELLICT ETC.) --- HARMONY AND CONNECTION.

Experience this my brother. Act with equanimity so that there is equilibrium between mind, chitta, intellect, prana and ego. I have heard from some holy men that you can attain heaven by reciting or writing God's name for 70 million times. This is absolutely false. Naam-smaran will never be effective if you let your mind, intellect, chitta, prana and ego behave as before. So the major way is to develop a connection of the Naam-smaran with the mind and the intellect. There is no way to advance without reducing attachments and jealousy.

You will not achieve salvation even if you recite God's name for millions of years. It is very difficult for us to cultivate the state where we are without attachments and jealousy for most of the time while still being in our ordinary lives. Is there any way out of it? Yes, there is. We work with our mind and intellect to reduce attachments and jealousy while getting automatic help from naam-smaran and prayers. To do this we must interact with unity, harmony and goodness with our aquaintances. You must keep in mind that this may lead to injustice to you and you must learn to bear that. You should know for sure that the interactions done with the bhavna ( always remembering that the purpose is to reduce the attachments and jealousy) will keep you in the condition of happiness.

Pujya Shree Mota
Prabhuni khoj
Edition 1; page 63.

My two cents -- Please refer the blog " naam-smaran and analysis of the mind" written on June 30, 2011. This is another way of looking from a different angle.

FAMILY, THE FIRST STEP

Some people boast about their worship of God. But these kinds of talks are not befitting and exaggerated. They merely talk but do nothing in realty. Learn to interact with goodness and harmony with the souls that come in your contact due to past karmas and destiny. We cannot experience divine consciousness without going beyond duality and all three gunas (satva, tamas and rajas). If you cannot climb the first step then how can you move forward? If you cannot develop goodness towards your family, this kind of talk will only increase hypocrisy.

We will get the full benefit if we let go and sacrifice for our close family with love. Everybody suffers in one way or the other. If we do this with love, it is going to benefit us otherwise we will get nothing but unhappiness and misery.

Pujya Shree Mota
Prabhuni khoj
Edition 4; page 42.

My two cents -- This talk was addressed to the devotees who have just come out of Maun Mandir.

Lots of time this reflected the mental conflict and anguish of the devotees while in the Maun Mandir.

UNFIT FOR SADHANA (SPIRITUAL PROGRESS)

The soul that refuses to accept his fault, thinks that his behavior is always right, never understands the appropriate hints from others and gets angry when others point to his fault, can never enter the field of spiritual progress. It is not possible to develop devotion to Bhagwan when the mind is playing in the field of attachments, infatuation, prestige and the heart is in enjoying the wealth and glory in the society. The soul that wants to travel the path of spirituality must detach his mind from such distractions.

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan manthan

Edition 3; page 210.