FIRST STEP IN SADHANA

 We must keep one very important thing in our understanding that whatever vruttie we keep while hearing, thinking, behaving or speaking about anything, we have created our life according to that vruttie. With certainty know, understand and believe this. This matter is a fact and there is no imagination in it. For this reason, we need to be very alert and careful before and during such time of hearing, thinking, speaking, behaving and interacting with others. The Jiva who has firmly determined not to create the negative aspect of Jiva nature in future, such Jiva becomes alert and aware within as soon as he experiences the negative aspect of Jiva nature outside or within. As this practice of being aware becomes creative and effective,  his vision, vruttie and tendencies are expressed within in an appropriate manner by inner instruments like mind and heart. From that moment onwards, the Sadhak starts to live the life appropriately for the progress in his life. 

This beginning of the life of Sadhak at such time is only the first step in sadhana. For this reason we must be alert while talking or listening. If someone comes and talks about someone else indiscriminately, we should explain our viewpoint with love. No matter what happens, we should never provide our ears, mouth and eyes to the negative aspects of of life. 

Know for sure that if we are disturbed with such events and have thoughts regarding that matter, it will definitely will make its impression on us. Similarly, whatever kind of thoughts, vrutties and tendencies spring up in our mind and especially develop its repetition, know for sure, that this will create its Sanskars. The result of such Sanskars is not good and will be there definitely. So it is best sadhana if we can keep mind and other inner instruments in the Bhavna of Shree Bhagwan continuously with love and devotion. This will create such best and higher quality Sanskars within us.

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Yog,  Part 1

Edition 1; Pages 116 - 117.

WHAT IS THE ROOT OF KARMA (ACTION)

 The root of Karma is our Chitta. Mind, Prana, intellect, Chitta, and Ego are the inner instruments of our body. Any thought that arises in the mind is stored in the Chitta, even though it is not expressed in speech. Whatever you spoke, acted, behaved, conversation you had, work you did, relationship you had, fights you had, spoke good or bad, anything experienced, all go to Chitta. Even if you spoke or worked in physical, subtle or causal way, it all goes to Chitta. Chitta is an open camera. Everything is stored in there. It is called 'our Sanskar'. This stored Sanskar manifests (ઉદયવર્તમાન) in time. This means it springs out and now is called Vruttie. Then this Vruttie is put in action. Now this is the root of the Karma or action.

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Yog, Part 1

Edition 1; Page 115.

WHAT IS CHITTA (ચિત્ત)?

 Chitta is a storage place of our Sanskars (old impressions). Every Sanskar whether it is good or bad is stored there. Sanskars come to Chitta from our five Karmaindriyo, five Gyanendrio, mind, intellect, prana and ego, and are stored there. Chitta is like an open camera. It stores everything and there is no doubt about it. Whatever we think, it's Sanskar is fixated in Chitta. If you keep only happy thoughts, these happy thoughts will be stored in Chitta. Human beings think about sad thoughts even while having happy thoughts. These are two opposite sides of thoughts. 

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Yog, Part 1

Edition 1, Page 115.

LIFE'S VISION AND VIEWPOINT (2)

Continued from previous blog (1).

 Nothing is useless in the world. The things that the human being considers absolutely bad or evil, it is also not useless; it appears or considered bad or useless, the reason for this belief is that we are used to seeing, believing and using it this way for a long time; otherwise nothing is bad or useless. Everything is full of God and we will have to continue our practice of this Bhavna in our daily interactions in Sansar with firmness, love and devotion. As we continue to pray for His Grace-help with heartfelt humility and sense of urgency, there will be absorption, unanimity and equilibrium in the behavior and actions of our inner and outer dealings. At this stage we will definitely experience the Grace of Shree Prabhu. 

Presently, we do not perform proper evaluation of our mental thoughts with balanced mind (તટસ્થતા). We must understand whatever is not proper with Bhava of love and make an effort and by any means (having vision or art of explaining) make sure that such thoughts do not appear again. All these do not happen appropriately and in right proportion. Presently, it is not possible to accept this with abstract Bhavna. So, we must be alert and do this. 

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Sandesh

Edition 3; Pages 59 - 60.