YAGNA (યજ્ઞ) OF OFFERING

It is possible for the mind to reduce the thoughts if naam-smaran of Shree Bhagwan is done with love, devotion and heartfelt affection. We need to create the habit of offering all activities of the mind to Shree Bhagwan. Offer good and bad both. This offering should continue every second. When this is done with love, devotion and knowledge it is called yagna of offering. Self narration is automatically included in the bhavna of yagna of offering.

Pujya Shree Mota
Jivan Mandan
Edition 3; page 86.

DEBT TO SOCIETY

All of us need to understand one thing very clearly. We earn our livelihood from the society and it needs to be compensated for that. Such time is coming when just collecting, enjoying and plundering the wealth will not work. What we earn does not belong to us only. Lots of people have worked for that to happen. We are just not aware of that fact. Even though we may not accept this in our mind, society has a definite role in it. We always reciprocate in our worldly affairs and it is same with the society in general. We will be able to digest the wealth only if we enjoy it with detachment, enthusiasm and understanding. By the grace of God all my personal capital (40,000 Rupees) was used for the betterment of the society. I am not writing you this out of thin air but from my personal experience. I am telling you this since you are my swajan.

Pujya Shree Mota
Dhan no yog
Edition 1; page 187.

PROCESS OF TRANSFORMATION OR SUBLIMATION (રૂપાંતરક્રિયા)

Swajan : Mota, I do understand you regarding naam-smaran and self narration to God. But no real interest develops in it. Mind gets attracted to beauty and is being pulled into other desires and  pleasures. How do I use naam-smaran in this situation?

Shree Mota : We should offer whatever is within us to the entity that we have decided to inspire and guide us in our progress. There will be less trust if it is not done. It is comparable to the worker giving the report of the whole day to the owner and then feeling the relief as a result. Sadhak should do the same and only then he can remain stress free, easy going and open hearted.

Continue the thing that you comprehended while doing Hari Om Japa. Japa is lot more vibrant and effective if it done from within. Try taking a lot more interest in it. We should be as excited as our profession or business and some more. Someone may ask "what can I do if there is no excitement in Japa?" Well, you do not get excited initially in the business as well, but that changes fast when you start getting interested and making money. We will get involved in Japa just as well and our interest will increase in it too. We will also get new understanding and vision as we get involved in Japa. Our heartfelt aim is to get more and more involved in Japa and get deeper and deeper into it.

The tendency of the mind towards the beauty cannot be reduced fast. Mind will stop taking interest in the pleasures of the world only with difficult penance and when mind settles in the divine consciousness. One who does not want to be attracted towards the beauty should do constant naam-smaran. But even this may not be enough to divert the mind. Only the fortunate one who has intense desire in the heart to not be controlled by mind, may be able to do so. We should be able to comprehend all the thoughts and be able to understand the roots of the thoughts. We should do this with naam-smaran as a main focused tool and giving it the utmost importance.

It is a kind of energy when old desires get intensified. This energy gets wasted when it flows through its old beaten track. If this energy is used with knowledge in the opposite direction, we get more in touch with divine consciousness. To do this we should not surrender to the this force of natural tendencies. At that time we should offer these desires and natural tendencies to Bhagwan  with prayerful heart and awareness constantly. Only then the desires and the attraction to beauty will not flow in its beaten track and slowly loose its strength and we will transform or sublimate our nature to that extent. So truth of the matter is that if you remember to do this at the time it is needed, it will be definitely beneficial. This work is not for impatient person. It demands tremendous patience, great endurance, irrepressible enthusiasm and unlimited awareness from us.

Pujya Shree Mota
Dhan no yog
Edition 1; pages 131 - 134.

NEED OF THE EGO

Swajan : Mota, When will I get rid of my ego? Why do I have so much of ego?

Shree Mota : It is not possible to have the condition without the ego right way. It is impossible to do any activity without the ego in our life. We will be absolutely lazy and aimless without it. So ego is necessary for the progress of the human being. If we use the element of ego only in the field of sadhana, its force in other activities will be reduced automatically.

Pujya Shree Mota
Dhan no yog
Edition 1; page 137.

SELF NARRATION (આત્મનિવેદન), A KIND OF BHAKTI

There are nine kinds of bhakti and self narration is one of them. When we self narrate tendencies and reactions of the mind that develops when we act in certain improper way to certain people and circumstances, mind's load seems to ease.  It is important to do this with heartfelt sincerity and keeping in mind the purpose behind self narration is to get freedom from such reactions. By the grace of God I have done self narration of my natural inner tendencies with open heart during my sadhana period. It is not possible for sadhak to move forward without such heartfelt narration. It is a giant step forward for the sadhak. In fact when there is real desire to move forward, sadhak cannot but confess such tendencies of the mind with open heart. It is a real sign of bhakti if such heartfelt confession is done.

Pujya Shree Mota
Dhan no yog
Edition 1, pages 123 - 124.