ABOUT JIVAN YOGA -- PUJYA SHREE MOTA (1)

 Sadhana is a Jadibuttie (root of the medicinal plant producing magical effects) for shortening the time and yet in the most appropriate manner. We can also say that Sadhana is an art to change unfavorable circumstances into favorable circumstances. Otherwise the Prakruti carries out this traditional and routine development since it is in the nature of Prakruti and this will go on. Thus if we want to go above Prakruti to accelerate our development, there is no way other than Sadhana and accepting its tools. We can also say that it is conscious way of making efforts to make the process of Chetan accelerate and subtle; by infusing energy and life in the development done by Prakruti. So, Sadhana is not something additional or different than life (Jivan). Similarly, Yoga or ways of Yoga is not different from life. It is a process to concentrate and focus attention of our subtle heart increasingly towards development of the conscious-life from the life governed by Prakruti; experiencing Chetan-energy-infusion leading to increasing speed of development and thus new creation. Such process leading to increasing knowledge (Gyana) and subtle Bhava is given many names to accomodate preferences of Sadhaks. They include Yoga of knowledge, Yoga of devotion, Yoga of Karma etc., Otherwise, it is only one process. Since this is the conscious process for new creation and destiny of the whole life, it is much better to give the name of Jivan Yoga. 

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Yoga, Edition 1,

Part 1, Page 11.

CLEANSING (PURIFYING) OF INTELLECT

 SAMATA AND PURITY IN INTELLECT BY GOING WITHIN (ANTER-MUKHATA, અંતરમુખતા)

Sadhak needs to cultivate going within more and more so that he gets the solutions of the problems in life from his heart rather than intellect. All of us are in Jiva-Nature and act accordingly. Our senses, mind, intellect, chitta, prana etc., are always looking outside for the solution of the problems. They rarely go within, get concentrated and focused to find the solution of our problems. Going within means all our senses and inner implements like mind, intellect etc., get free from all aspects of outside objects, and start thinking about within, by going and staying within.  As, the going within is maintained, becomes creative and lively, there is expression of Samata and other virtues in Intellect. Only when such going within becomes lively and creative, there will be purifying of all the aspects of mind, prana and intellect etc., It is never possible to achieve this without going within. For sure, all kinds of purifying is needed in Sadhana but no one seems to pay any attention to it. If there is expression of love-devotion towards Chetan of Shree Bhagwan and development of Bhava, such Bhava can also purify all our implements automatically.

Our work of Sadhana will progress if we continue to remove our attention from outside world and practice continuously to stay in the Bhavna of Naam-Smaran with love-devotion-knowledge, be the witness of the activity of senses and inner implements and be aware of its improper tendencies and practice, to offer them at the lotus feet of Shree Prabhu, and pray with heart and in heart to keep senses and inner implements in its appropriate nature. 

It is not possible to express complete purity and holiness in intellect without being free of the tendencies and desires of duality, getting rid of ignorance, being free of attachments-Hate and completely being free of the ego.

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan-Yog, Part 1

Edition 1, Pages 353 - 354.

PLACE OF INTELLECT IN SADHANA (3)

 The layer of feelings is an obstacle to completely manifest element of ultimate reality that is within human beings but perhaps more obstruction is from the layer of intellect. Intellect is more powerful than feelings regarding keeping more insistence and also for a much longer time. The grip of intellect is much stronger than that of feelings. Some times people who are more directed by intellect get stuck to their beliefs very rigidly, preventing their spiritual progress. We know of many experts in science, spirituality and religion, who get stuck to their own perceived beliefs so much, that they never see any truth or reality in any other beliefs that are against their own viewpoint. 

Intellect cannot get through its own field of action. Intellect is helpful and at times it is harmful. Intellect tends to give advice where it does not see with clarity. It also muddles through the knowledge where it does not possess true knowledge with appropriate facts. This is where real difficulty and trouble arise. We are stuck in the lower kind of layers of mind and the process of rising above these layers is going on within us. These are the subtle games played to make us fall backwards. Sadhak can be alert of these subtle games only when he develops conscious awareness with knowledge.

Our intellect is misdirected by attachments-hate and limited by duality. It is bound by certain standards and so it becomes limited. Moreover it is covered with layers of insistences, opinions, beliefs and imaginations. It stays in the same condition with all these defects till it is poked to get over these defects and progress higher. Its development happens in the same form with defects unless these layers are removed. Our intellect is covered with many layers.

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Yog, Part 1

Edition 1, Pages 351 - 352.

PLACE OF INTELLECT IN SADHANA (2).

 Till our inner implements of Intellect and prana are quieted and purified, it is almost impossible to deeply love Shree Bhagwan. 

Holiness, brightness, subtleness and vision to see through in Intellect are never produced without faith and trust in Shree Bhagwan. Intellect can try to disturb us through our core and make us go astray from our goal of development of life. If our attention is always directed towards attaining the goal of our lives, it can be the agent to wake us and warn us. So intellect is a friend and not foe for the one who makes the efforts.

Root of the word Buddhi (intellect) is Budh, meaning to know. Anything that explains the root of everything to us is Buddhi. We will understand its mystery if use it. Any work where there is entry of intellect, that work is illuminated (get clear vision and understanding). Gitamata says that presently the intellect is affected by the mud of Moha (infatuation). You see everything in color according to whatever color glasses you wear. You will not see white with black color glasses. Our intellect is affected by the mud of Moha, desires, anger, puzzles etc. so how can we experience Chetan? Old impressions of Intellect are of different kind. Intellect will express true knowledge if it gets free of old impressions (impurities).

Intellect is a form of Shree Bhagwan. In our base meaning within our body there are two elements that are closest to Shree Bhagwan-Chetan and they are Intellect and prana. Where ever Chetan enters, it assumes its characteristics and intellect explains all the aspects of it appropriately. 

There will be a problem, if Intellect does not agree with rationalization of certain understanding. At such time intellect will not work with us properly. We must satisfy our intellect. If you want to tread this path, you need to satisfy Intellect. Suppose intellect thinks about other thoughts then tell it, 'it is not proper that you are having different kind of thoughts. Do you know or not that we need to do this work? What will happen if you think this way to finish the work? So why is there fuss about it?' We need to make Intellect understand this. We will not achieve anything by opposing our intellect. We will have to adopt the way of compromise with intellect. We will need to explain that these compromises are for the purpose of achieving higher stages in Sadhana.

Pujya Shree Mota

Jivan Yog, Part 1,

Edition 1; Pages 35o - 351.