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This begins a New Practice....Weekly Knowledge #121 Jun 1995Big Sur, CaliforniaUSAThis begins a new practice of weekly dispatches of Knowledge from Guruji. Every center around the world will receive the Knowledge so it can be read for people to copy down at weekly Satsang. Here is the first segment Guruji dictated at Big Sur, 21 June, 1995.* * * *Beyond an event is Knowledge.Beyond a person is

CLOSE TO THE MASTER

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Weekly Knowledge #2 21 Jun 1995Big Sur, California USAIf you're not feeling close to the Guru, it's because of you. Because of your mind, because of your ego concepts. Share with the Guru that which is very important or intimate to you. Share that. Do not feel shame, shy, or judgmental about yourself.Unless you express to the Master that which is very intimate and important to you, just being

PRABDHA KARMA AND SANCHITA KARMA

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Weekly Knowledge #3 29 Jun 1995California USASome karma can be changed and some cannot.When you prepare halwa, if sugar is less or ghee is less, water more or less, it can all be adjusted, repaired. But once soji is cooked, it cannot be reversed.If the buttermilk is sour, milk can be added, salt can be added to make it drinkable. But it can never be reversed back to milk.Prabdha karma cannot be

ONLY SPEAK KNOWLEDGE

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Weekly Knowledge #4 04 Jul 1995 Toronto CanadaOnly speak Knowledge. Don't repeat anything that someone tells you or opinions about anyone that someone states -- "That so-and-so said such-and-such about you." If someone comes to tell you such things, discourage them. Don't believe it.If someone blames you directly, know that they are taking away your bad karma and let it go. Don't believe in it,

MASTER IS A DOORWAY

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Weekly Knowledge #5 12 Jul 1995 Montreal Ashram CanadaMaster is a doorway. And the doorway needs to be more charming than the world so that you will come to the doorway. Someone is in the street and there is rain, thunder, hot sun; they need shelter. They look around, they find a doorway. They come to the doorway. The doorway is more inviting, more charming, more celebrative, more joyful than

DOUBT

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Weekly Knowledge #6 20 Jul 1995 Montreal Ashram CanadaA doubt is a gray area. Gray is something which is neither white nor black. Now, how to solve the doubt? An event, knowledge, convention cannot help. Then what can help? Accepting it either as black or as white. Put it either as black and accept it or as white and accept it -- whether or not it is black or white. And see the gray as a

FIRE

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Weekly Knowledge #7 24 Jul 1995 Montreal Ashram Canada The senses are like fire. Your life is also like fire. In the fire of senses, whatever you put in burns. If you burn tires, it creates pollution and bad smell. But if you burn sandalwood, it creates fragrance. Celebration happens around the bonfire. Grief happens around the fire of cremation. The same fire that supports life in winter, can

HABITS AND VOWS

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Weekly Knowledge #8 30 Jul 1995 Connecticut USA How to get rid of vasanas (impressions)? This is a question for all those who want to come out of habits. You want to get rid of habits because they give pain and restrict you. The nature of vasana is to bother you, or bind you, and wanting to be free is the nature of life. Life wants to be free and when a soul doesn't know how to be free, it

DEALING WITH BLAME

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Weekly Knowledge #9 10 Aug 1995Braunlage Germany When someone blames you, what do you usually do? Blame them back or you put up resistance in yourself. When someone blames you, they actually take away some negative karma from you. If you understand this and don't put up resistance and feel happy about it, then you drop your resistance. "Oh, good. That person is blaming me. Good. Something is

TODAY IS KRISHNA'S BIRTHDAY

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Weekly Knowledge #10 16 Aug 1995 Rotterdam NetherlandsBIRTH OF THE CENTER OF ATTRACTION Krishna means the most attractive . . . It is the divinity that is the most attractive; the energy that pulls everything to it. Krishna is the formless center which is everywhere. Any attraction from anywhere is coming only from Krishna. Often people fail to see the spirit behind the attraction and merely

ANASUYA

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Weekly Knowledge #11 24 Aug 1995 London United Kingdom Knowledge will be different at different levels of consciousness. At a particular level of consciousness you will become anasuya. Anasuya is devoid of fault-finding eyes. If a mirror is dusty, you need a duster to clean it. But if your eyes have a cataract, any amount of dusting will not help. So first you have to remove the cataract. Then

THE LOVE OF THE IGNORANT AND THE ANGER OF THE ENLIGHTENED

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Weekly Knowledge #12 31 Aug 1995Bangalore Ashram India The love of the ignorant can be harmful yet even the anger of the Enlightened is not harmful. It can be only good! An example is the school at the Art of Living Ashram in Bangalore. 250 children are enrolled but only 200 come to class on any given day. Fifty children don't show up. Why? They cry at home, "Mother, I don't want to go to

A LIAR IS INNOCENT

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Weekly Knowledge #13 06 Sep 1995 Bangalore Ashram India A dear person whom you trust lies to you and gets caught. What do you feel?1. Sadness2. Anger3. Cheated4. Disappointment5. Compassion6. Let down7. Loss of respect8. Wonder9. Shock10. EmbarrassmentRecently when someone lied to me, I felt happy and more love, for they were not a good liar. Had they been a good liar, they would not have been

BE A GOPAL

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Weekly Knowledge #14 13 Sep 1995Melbourne Austrailia Like fish in the water, you are in air. Thoughts are in mind. Mind is in Big Mind. The Big Mind in Me is love. Emotions are ripples in love. Love is all Knowledge. Every atom of Big Mind is crammed with Knowledge. Knowing this, you stop seeking. You seek until you come to the Master. You walk until you come to the swimming pool. You don't

Silence

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Weekly Knowledge #15 21 Sep 1995 Bangalore Ashram IndiaPrayer within breath Is silence Love within Infinity Is silenceWisdom without word Is silenceCompassion without aim Is silenceAction without doer Is silenceSmiling with all the Existence Is silence!

BIG MIND

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Weekly Knowledge #16 27 Sep 1995 Bangalore Ashram India You know there is a Big Mind and a small mind. Sometimes the Big Mind wins over the small mind and sometimes it is the other way around. When the small mind wins over, it is misery and when the Big Mind wins, it is joy. Small mind promises joy and leaves your hand empty. Big Mind may bring resistance in the beginning but fills you with

THE ONLY THING YOU MUST REMEMBER

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Weekly Knowledge #17 05 Oct 1995 Bangalore Ashram India The only thing you must remember ishow fortunate you are. When you forget this you become sad. Sorrow indicates(I) your negative qualities, and (ii) your attachment to your positive qualities. When you think you are too good, you blame the world; then you become sad. The purpose of sorrow is to bring you back to the self. And self is all

FREEDOM AND DISCIPLINE

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Weekly Knowledge #18 10 Oct 1995Bangalore Ashram IndiaFreedom and discipline are opposites and complementary. The purpose of defense is to protect freedom. But is there freedom in defense? Do soldiers have freedom? No, they are totally bound, not even allowed to put the right foot down when told the left foot. Their steps are measured and they are unable even to walk with a natural rhythm.

DISCIPLESHIP ENDS --

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Weekly Knowledge #19 17 Oct 1995Nova Scotia CanadaA SHISHYA (DISCIPLE) ORA SAKHA (COMPANION)? Knowledge has an end. Knowledge completes. So also does discipleship. For the disciple is aimed at acquiring Knowledge. Once you cross the water, however nice the boat is, you get off the boat. After twelve years, the disciple completes his studies. The master does a ceremony called Samavartha, where

SAKHA -- YOUR RELIABLE SENSE

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Weekly Knowledge #20 24 Oct 1995Montreal Ashram Canada There are three things: the Self, the senses, and the object, or the world. And there are three words: sukha, pleasure; dukha, sorrow; and sakha, companion. These have one thing in common: "kha," which means "senses." The Self through the senses experiences the world. When the senses are with the Self, that is pleasure (sukha), because the

SCEPTICISM

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Weekly Knowledge #21 01 Nov 1995 London United Kingdom Ignorance is being a sceptic and not knowing you are a sceptic. If you think you are a sceptic, you are no longer a sceptic because you have a clue of something beyond. So, in reality, you can never know whether you are a sceptic or not! A sceptic is stuck in a paradigm and closes all other possibilities. But this creation is of all

SHAUCHA AND ASHAUCHA

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Weekly Knowledge #22 09 Nov 1995New Delhi India When you are miserable, what has happened is that you have gone away from the Self. This is called Ashaucha. It means you have become unclean. In India when someone dies, the close relatives are said to be Ashaucha for 10 days because they are very sad. They are impure because they have moved away from the self. After 10 days of just being with

BOREDOM AND SADHANA

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Weekly Knowledge #23 15 Nov 1995 Bangalore Ashram India What is boredom? A repetition without interest or love causes a monotonous state of mind; that is boredom. It overshadows the Self. A practice or abhyasa is again a repetition whose purpose is to destroy the boredom and reunite with the Self. In this process the practice itself creates boredom and as you continue, it penetrates the boredom

WHO ARE YOU? BRAHMA, VISHNU, MAHESH OR GURU?

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Weekly Knowledge #24 23 Nov 1995Bangalore Ashram India There are three forces: Brahma shakti, Vishnu shakti, and Shiva shakti. You may have one of these predominant. Brahma shakti is the force to create something new. Vishnu shakti is maintenance and Shiva shakti is bringing in transformation, filling in life, or destroying. Some of you have Brahma shakti. You may create well, but you may not be

HOW TO MAINTAIN INTIMACY

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Weekly Knowledge #25 29 Nov 1995Bangalore Ashram India Intimacy often gets broken because of ego or your desire. What breaks intimacy?Ego or taking a positionDesireTaking intimacy for grantedFinding imperfection in oneself or othersExpectationsInsensitivity or over sensitivityLack of vivek or vairagya (lack of discretion or dispassion)JudgementsGrumbling or lack of gratitudeDissolving into

ALL ARE SEARCHING FOR SWEETS,

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Weekly Knowledge #26 07 Dec 1995Bangalore Ashram IndiaALL ARE SEARCHING FOR SWEETS,THE ONE WHO FINDS THEM,GIVES THEM AWAY Guruji was on the porch with a group of people. He sent Kashi to get the sweets from inside the kuti, but Kashi returned saying he could not find them. He went again and again, three times, and still he could not find them. Then Guruji himself went in. He came out with the

OVERCOMING EVENTS

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Weekly Knowledge #27 14 Dec 1995 Bangalore Ashram India All the problems that you face in life are because you attach over importance to the events. The events grow bigger while you remain smaller. Say, for example, you are riding a motorbike on a busy motor way and in front of you there is another vehicle emitting exhaust fumes. You have three options. 1. You can complain, somehow bear with

THE WASHING MACHINE

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Weekly Knowledge #28 21 Dec 1995 Gyan Mandir, Bangalore India Our body is like a washing machine, our mind is like cloth, each lifetime is one run or cycle, and Knowledge is detergent. The mind comes into the body to get cleansed and pure. But instead of detergent, if you use dirt, then you have dirty clothes. Pure water is like love, Knowledge is like detergent, mind is like cloth, and the body

DIVINE IS ALL CELEBRATION

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Weekly Knowledge #29 27 Dec 1995 Weggis Switzerland A poor man celebrates the new year once a year. A rich man celebrates each day. But the richest man celebrates every moment. How rich are you? Do you celebrate once a year? Once a month? Every day? If you celebrate every moment, you are the Lord of Creation. Review the year while you celebrate. This is your homework. What did you do? What did

NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION

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Weekly Knowledge #30 05 Jan 1996 Weggis Switzerland New Year's was a grand celebration . . . like everyday!And everyone was unusually crazy . . . like everyday!Guruji was fantastically charming . . . like everyday!And a basket full of chocolates was on the couch . . . like everyday!They were in shape of bees today.And they started flying from the Guru's hand. * * * * JUST BE Joy is dissolving . .

WRAPPING PAPER

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Weekly Knowledge #31 11 Jan 1996 Weggis Switzerland All sensory pleasures in the world are like wrapping paper; the true bliss is the present inside. Divine love is the present, yet we are holding onto the paper believing we have already enjoyed the gift. It's like putting the chocolate inside your mouth with the paper still on. A little chocolate may seep into the mouth, but the covering makes

IS GURU SATISFIED (TRIPTH) OR UNSATISFIED (ATRIPTH)?

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Weekly Knowledge #32 16 Jan 1996Ljubljana Slovenia A student's job is to satisfy the Master.But how can you satisfy someone who is already satisfied? If Guru is satisfied, then your growth is shunned.If Guru is unsatisfied, he's away from the Self.If Guru is satisfied, then what can inspire you to grow? If he's unsatisfied, he cannot be a Guru.If he's satisfied, he cannot be a Guru. So what is

ADVICE FROM HAWAII

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Weekly Knowledge #33 24 Jan 1996 Kauai, Hawaii USA What type of time do you give the Divine? Usually you give the time that is leftover, when you have nothing else to do, when no guests are coming, there are no parties to go to, no nice movies to watch, no weddings to attend. Such time you give. This is not quality time. Give quality time to the Divine. It will be rewarded. If your prayers are

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPOT IN THE UNIVERSE

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Weekly Knowledge #34 01 Feb 1996 Honolulu, Hawaii USA There is a place you can come where everything is beautiful. Tourists go from place to place looking for beauty. They try to take beauty from that place. They only get tired and tanned. Yet the most beautiful spot anywhere is right here. When you come here, you find that wherever you are, everything is so beautiful. Where is this place? Don't

INDEBTEDNESS OR ABUNDANCE

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Weekly Knowledge #35 08 Feb 1996 Miami Beach, Florida USA Question: God is all abundant, all full and we are connected to God. Then why are we in debt, except for some? Why do they have, and we don't have? Guruji: Is it only money? You have abundance, yet at the same time, you are indebted. So how can both be true? How can you be indebted and at the same time have abundance? Somebody says: An

ABIDING IN THE SELF

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Weekly Knowledge #36 14 Feb 1996 London United Kingdom Abiding in the self you become the valentine for the whole world. Spirit is the valentine of matter and matter is the valentine of the spirit. They are made for each other. They uphold each other. If you hold onto matter and do not respect the spirit, then matter is not pleased. If you honor the spirit then you will care for the world, and

KNOWLEDGE AND FAITH

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Weekly Knowledge #37 21 Feb 1996Oslo Norway In science you have knowledge first, and then faith follows.In spirituality, faith comes first, and then Knowledge follows.For example, the knowledge that pesticides and chemical fertilizers are good for plants came through science, and people had faith in it, and all over the world they were used. And then another knowledge came that they were not

RESPECT

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Weekly Knowledge #38 29 Feb 1996 Bangalore Ashram India Why do you respect someone? Because of their good qualities, isn't it? For example, positive qualities like honesty, wisdom, love, talents, behavior. But all these change in time. And when they do change, you lose respect. You only respect the greatness. I have tremendous respect for each and every one. Not for their greatness or wisdom or

DESIRE AND JOY

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Weekly Knowledge #39 06 Mar 1996 Bangalore Ashram IndiaAll desires are for happiness. That is the goal of desire, isn't it? How often does your desire lead you to the goal? But have you thought about the nature of desire? It simply means tomorrow, and not now, isn't it? Joy is never tomorrow. It is always now.How can you have desires when you are joyful? And how can you really be joyful now

FAITH AND LOVE

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Weekly Knowledge #40 13 Mar 1996 Rishikesh India God does not wish you to have more faith because the more faith you have, the more work for God. God will have to run behind you; then you start controlling Him. He is the servant of faithful servants and He does not want too many servants telling Him what He should be doing. Love is the highest strength, yet it makes you absolutely weak. So God/

QUESTIONS

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Weekly Knowledge #41 20 Mar 1996 Rishikesh India A boy asked a question and before Guruji could answer, he was ready with another question. To this Guruji said, "If you hold onto the question how will you receive the answer? Give away the question to me and then you will find that you are in the answer. If your hands are holding onto the question, how will you receive the answer? Your hands are

BLAMING AND MISERY

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Weekly Knowledge #42 26 Mar 1996 Bangalore Ashram IndiaWhen a worldly man is miserable, he blames the people around him, the system, and the world in general.When a seeker is miserable he, of course, blames the world, but in addition he blames the path, the Knowledge, and himself.It is better not to be a seeker so that you blame less. But then a seeker (sadhak) also enjoys everything much more.

ATTACHMENTS

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Weekly Knowledge #43 03 Apr 1996Sydney AustraliaAttachments cause feverish breath and feverish breath takes away peace of mind. Then you are in pieces and fall prey to misery. Before you get scattered too much, gather yourself and rid your breath of the feverishness through surrender and sadhana. Unfortunately most people do not notice this until it is too late.When someone is drowning in the

VIVEK

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Weekly Knowledge #44 10 Apr 1996 Jakarta IndonesiaWhen you follow fun, misery follows you . . .When you follow Knowledge, fun follows you. * * * * If you say that you have no one in this world, then you are disowning me. And if you disown me then I cannot do anything for you. What is Vivek? Vivek means knowing that everything is changing. Time and again you have to awaken to this -- that the

WORDS

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Weekly Knowledge #45 18 Apr 1996 Bali Cliff Resort Indonesia We attach meaning to words and we distort them, too. For example, the word "brainwashing." Like your body, your brain needs washing sometimes. You don't want to walk around with a dirty brain, a dirty mind. What is wrong with the word "brainwashing?" It indicates a clean brain, a clean mind, but it is used in a derogatory manner.

KARMA

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Weekly Knowledge #46 24 Apr 1996 Bangalore Ashram India Strange are the ways of Karma. The more you understand it, the more amazed you become. It brings people together and separates them. It causes some to be weak and some to be strong. It makes some rich and some poor. All the struggle in the world, whatever it may be, is the bondage of Karma. It cuts across all logic and reasoning. This

SANYAS

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Weekly Knowledge #47 02 May 1996 Bangalore Ashram India Sanyas means what? I am nothing and I want nothing, or I am everything and I have everything. And Sanyas is being colorless or multicolored. Your association or company can either elevate you or push you down. Company causes first an attraction and then delusion. This keeps your mind swinging between the two extremes and causes love and

ILLUSION

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Weekly Knowledge #48 09 May 1996 Bangalore Ashram IndiaIllusion is error of perception and knowing illusion as illusion is Knowledge. Our experience of the world is based on perception. Since every perception is erroneous, the world is an illusion. Experiences are all of perception. The experiencer is the only reality. Look for the seer, the experiencer, in between experiences. Every experience

SELF

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Weekly Knowledge #49 16 May 1996 Bangalore Ashram India Self is not just the mind-body complex. Often people think of the Self as the mind-body complex. This is an erroneous notion. Neither the body nor the mind is the Self. All the yoga you do is for the body. All the meditation you do is for the mind. Whether calm or disturbed, your mind remains mind.Whether sick or well, your body remains

ENLIGHTENMENT

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Weekly Knowledge #50 21 May 1996 Bangalore Ashram India Enlightenment is beyond seasons like the evergreen coconut tree. Sometimes the question comes up "What's the use of all these courses? Your behavior has not changed!" The Knowledge acquired by a human being cannot be measured or judged by external behavior. Someone may behave as though they have absorbed all the Knowledge but internally

SAMADHI

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Weekly Knowledge #51 29 May 1996der Haag Netherlands A single cell becomes the whole body. Somewhere it is nails, somewhere it is nose and tongue but all is a manifestation of a single cell. In the same way, the entire universe is made up of a single substance. Remembering and FEELING that everything is made up of one thing heals the body and mind and balances the doshas in the body (vata,

WHAT YOU KNOW

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Weekly Knowledge #52 05 Jun 1996 Bad Antogast Germany What shall we talk about today? What is the point in talking about something of which you know nothing. And so . . . there is no point in talking about what you know and no point in talking about what you don't know! (Laughter) Stefano says, "What about something you think you know but don't know?" Guruji says, "We can talk about something

SEVA IS SAVIOR

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Weekly Knowledge #53 13 Jun 1996 St. Louis, Missouri USAToday marks the one year anniversary of these Knowledge Sheets. The year which started in Big Sur and is ending in St. Louis, began in KNOWLEDGE and is concluding in SEVA. Knowledge Sheets now go to more than 300 Satsang groups touching 7000 people every week around the world! The way to expand from individual to universal consciousness

WHEN WE ARE JOYFUL

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Weekly Knowledge #54 19 Jun 1996 Somewhere in Beautiful British ColumbiaCanada When we are joyful, we don't look for perfection. If you are looking for perfection then you are not at the source of joy. Joy is the realization that there is no vacation from wisdom. The world appears imperfect on the surface but underneath, all is perfect. Perfection hides; imperfection shows off. The wise will

JUDGEMENTS AND GOOD COMPANY

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Weekly Knowledge #55 26 Jun 1996 Canadian Ashram CanadaThough you have heard "don't judge," judgement comes unavoidably in day-to-day life. By the actions and behaviors of people, you either approve or disapprove. But always remember that everything is changing, and do not hold onto the judgement. Otherwise your judgement gets solidified like a rock. It brings misery for you and for others.If

GOD IS A THOROUGH BUSINESSMAN

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Weekly Knowledge #56 03 Jul 1996 Canadian Ashram CanadaThe Divine has given you all the small pleasures in the world, but has kept the bliss to Himself. To get the highest bliss you have to go to Him and Him alone.Don't be too smart with the Divine and try to fool Him. Most of your prayers and rituals are just attempts to trick the Divine. You try to give the least and get the maximum out of

SURRENDER AND RESPONSIBILITY

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Weekly Knowledge #57 11 Jul 1996 San Jose, California USASetting up a time-bound goal gives direction to the life force. Imagination is essential for this. Most people have a small imagination and are stuck with that, and that causes frustration. But if you are a devotee, you say "Let Thy Will be done" and then you will step lightly to the goal. You will take it easy. We have to make a

RESPECT EVERYBODY AS YOU RESPECT ME

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Weekly Knowledge #58 17 Jul 1996 Bad Antogast GermanyRespect everybody as you respect Me, but don't expect from everyone what you expect from Me.You do it the other way. You don't respect everybody as you respect Me, but you expect them to give you joy and behave ideally. When they don't live up to your expectations, you get frustrated and you blame or curse them. By cursing, you lose your

DOING VERSUS HAPPENING

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Weekly Knowledge #59 24 Jul 1996 Bad Antogast GermanyOnly one who is 100 percent in doing can recognize the happening.The healthiest way to apply this knowledge is to see the whole past as happening and the present as doing. If you see the past as doing, then ego and regret come along. And when you see the present as happening, then laziness and unawareness set in. If you apply the doing for

DON'T BE GRATEFUL!

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Weekly Knowledge #60 31 Jul 1996 Bad Antogast GermanyToday is a gift from God -- that is why it is called "present!" Warning! Watch out! This Knowledge Sheet contains explosives! It can explode your head or your heart. If it explodes your heart -- nothing is left! If it explodes your head -- everything is attained! Guruji: How many of you are grateful here? (Everybody raises their hand.) If

Faith and Devotion

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Weekly Knowledge #61 Los Angeles, California07 Aug 1996 USAFaith is the subject of head. Devotion is the subject of heart. And meditation is of both and connects both.A mature intellect is devoted. A mature heart is full of knowledge. And meditation matures your intellect as well as your heart.Mr. John Pb: But people with good intellect seem to have less faith.Guruji: They have more faith in

INFINITE PATIENCE AND SMART SHOPPING

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Weekly Knowledge #62 Santa Monica, California14 Aug 1996 USASuppose you go to God, get a boon, and walk away. When your intention is to get a boon, then you are in a hurry. Another person who knows he owns God is not in a hurry for anything. Infinite patience comes up in him.When you know you own God, you are not in a hurry to get something out of God. Your hurry to get something throws you

SURRENDER - SHAME AND SHYNESS

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Weekly Knowledge #63 22 Aug 1996 London United KingdomIn surrender the head bends and meets the heart. The head that does not bend has no value, and the head that is stiff will have to bend sometime, either in surrender or in shame. The head that bends in surrender will never have to bend in shame. Shame accompanies arrogance. Shyness accompanies Love. See how children are endowed with

SPECIAL? ORDINARY?

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Weekly Knowledge #64 28 Aug 1996 Grimstad NorwayAre you special or ordinary?What makes you special on the path? (Everyone is silent) Your perception, observation, and expression have advanced. What makes you ordinary on the path is that you are special! (Laughter) . . . . Because everybody thinks they are very special in some way or another!Your perception has improved. You see the cause

WHETHER YOU WIN OR LOSE

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Weekly Knowledge #65 05 Sep 1996 Bangalore Ashram IndiaAfter the Satsang a small group of about 150 people met with Guruji and were playing with the words and arguing with him and telling him how mean he is that he doesn't spend much time with them and yet has stolen their hearts. Guruji kept winning by twisting their arguments and people laughed like anything.Guruji: Whether you win or lose

THE WELL BAKED POT

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Weekly Knowledge #66 Bangalore Ashram12 Sep 1996 IndiaIf you pour water into a half baked pot, the pot becomes wasted and so does the water. If the pot is well baked and strong, then it does not matter whether you put the water into the pot or the pot into the water.During Satsang that

THE FALL THAT RAISES

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Weekly Knowledge #67 Bangalore, Ashram 19 Sep 1996 India You only see the fall of the water. You don’t see how the Ocean becomes the Cloud. The ocean becoming the cloud is a secret, but the cloud becoming the ocean is obvious. In the world only a few can notice your inner growth and

WHICH IS MORE EXPENSIVE - YOUR SMILE OR YOUR ANGER?

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Weekly Knowledge #68 Bangalore Ashram 25 Sep 1996 India Mahesh: Do you get angry? If so, how often? Guruji: I can but it's very expensive. Usually, you give your anger freely and smile rarely as though a smile is costly. In ignorance, anger is cheaper and a

BALANCE AND DISCIPLINE

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Weekly Knowledge #69 Bad Antogast 02 Oct 1996 Germany People who are free, regret that they don't have discipline. They keep promising that they will become disciplined. People who are disciplined look for the end. (Discipline is not an end in itself, it is a means.) Look at the people

NAVRATRI

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Weekly Knowledge #70 Mumbai 09 Oct 1996 India Navratri means the nine nights and the new night. Creation happens in the darkness. In the womb of the mother and underneath the soil. Nine months in the womb are like nine long nights where the spirit takes human form. Night provides rest and

CELEBRATING THE SILENCE

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Weekly Knowledge #71 Bangalore Ashram 16 Oct 1996 India One who has given everything has also given freedom: Honor the freedom first and make good use of all things given to you. Your sankalpas (intentions) and desires separate you from God. Offer all the desires and your sankalpas to

SINCERITY AND BLESSINGS

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Back To Top ^ Weekly Knowledge #72 Bangalore Ashram 24 Oct 1996 India Q: Many ask for blessings but only a few will receive it. Why? A: The giver is anyway giving but the taker is not there - the sincerity is missing. One who gives blessings gives it

IN THE SOLITUDE OF THE SELF

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Weekly Knowledge #73 Hong Kong 31 Oct 1996 Hong Kong Jai Guru Dev ! Buddha is not on the peak, rather the peak is beneath Buddha. One who goes to the peak comes down, but the peak seeks the one who is stationed in the inner space. Shiva is called Chandrasekhara which means

SEE THE DIVINE IN YOURSELF

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Weekly Knowledge #74 Kyoto 06 Nov 1996 Japan You are stupid if you don't see the Divine in me. If you see the Divine in me you cannot but be a part of me and you cannot be away from me. And if you feel a part of me you can only see the Divine in yourself. And if you can see the

ANNIHILATE CONFLICT

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Weekly Knowledge #75 Kuala Lumpur 14 Nov 1996 Malaysia When you are in a harmonious environment your mind picks up any excuse to be in conflict. So often small things are enough to create big turmoil. If you have a conflicting environment you tend to seek harmony ... Have you noticed

THE HEAT OF KNOWLEDGE

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Weekly Knowledge #76 Calcutta 20 Nov 1996 India For your prayer to be answered, the desire has to be intense. The greater the intensity of desire and the later it gets fulfilled, then greater will be the gratitude. lntense desire leads you to devotion. For desire to get intense,

THE ARROW OF FAITH

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Weekly Knowledge #77 New Delhi 28 Nov 1996 India It is only through merit that you can have faith. When you lack faith, happiness is neither in the inner nor the outer world. Happiness springs forth from faith. Happiness is forgetting the body consciousness. Pain or sorrow is holding on

HOW TO DEAL WITH RUDE BEHAVIOR

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Weekly Knowledge #78 Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 05 Dec 1996 India What do you do when someone behaves very rudely to you? 1. Get upset 2. React rudely back 3. Get frustrated 4. Run-away from and avoid the person or the situation 5. Blame the person 6. Preach to the person None

PLEASURE

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Weekly Knowledge #79 Bangalore Ashram 12 Dec 1996 India The mind that is seeking pleasure cannot be centered. You either seek pleasure or come to me. When you are centered, all pleasures come to you anyway, but they are no longer pleasures. They lose their charm. The mind that seeks pleasure can

THE FIVE ASPECTS OF THE UNIVERSE

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Weekly Knowledge #80 Bangalore Ashram 19 Dec 1996 India You have five aspects to yourself: Asti (is-ness); Bhaati (Knowledge, expression); Preeti (love); Nama (name); and Rupa (form). Matter has two aspects: name and form. Consciousness has three aspects: "is-ness" -

SURRENDER AND SELF-RELIANCE

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Weekly Knowledge #81 Lake Lucerne 25 Dec 1996 Switzerland Self-reliance needs enormous courage. Surrender needs less courage. A person who cannot surrender cannot be self-reliant either. If you don't have enough courage to surrender, then it is impossible for you to be

NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

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Weekly Knowledge #82 Lake Lucerne 01 Jan 1997 Switzerland The year 1997 is fortunate because you are living at this time. When you are living for the sake of the world, the world is fortunate. You are not living for yourself, but for the world. Whatever the world needs or wants, you are

PADMANABHA -- THE LOTUS NAVEL

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Weekly Knowledge #83 Bad Antogast 08 Jan 1997 Germany Different organs of our body are governed by different devas. The solar plexus is connected with the sun, that's why it is called "solar" plexus. When the first rays of the sun fall on the solar plexus, it is very good for

BHAKTI

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Weekly Knowledge #84 Trinidad 15 Jan 1997 Caribbean In Bhakti there are four letters. It's made up of "bha", "ka", "ta", and "i" (ee). "Bha" stands for fulfillment and nourishment. "Ka" stands for knowing - a means of knowing. "Ta" stands for redeeming, for saving, for salvation. "I" (ee) stands for

ACCEPT THE WORLD AT ITS WORST

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Weekly Knowledge #85 Dallas, Texas 22 Jan 1997 USA Suppose the worst of the world is given to you; what would you do with it now? You cannot complain if you get the worst. You can only complain if you don't get the worst. If the world is at its worst,

INDIGESTION OF KNOWLEDGE

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Weekly Knowledge #86 City of Angels -- Los Angeles, California 30 Jan 1997 USA Indigestion of knowledge leads to development of a false ego which has no cure. Knowledge must be digested properly. Indigestion of knowledge leads to: False egoDisinterestedness; taking for granted;

UNKNOWN KNOWLEDGE

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Weekly Knowledge #87 Your Home Town 07 Feb 1997 Your Country Do you recall this from last week's Knowledge sheet? "P.S. Next week everyone write a knowledge sheet with your news flash and send it with your name on it. Fax it to 1-805-565-3538 (USA) or mail it to your national center." It

BE LOVED

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Weekly Knowledge #88 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 12 Feb 1997 USA You don't need to worry to maintain knowledge. When knowledge is lodged in you as wisdom, it will never leave you. Wisdom lodges itself in your heart. Make the Divine your Valentine (your sweet Beloved). This is the last thing to do and

SEVA BLESSINGS

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Weekly Knowledge #89 Guess Where? 19 Feb 1997 Guess Where? When you do seva don't think you are doing a favor for somebody. You have done the seva and it has rewarded you immediately. Its reward is for sure and is always more than your doing. Your expectation of reward for the seva turns the

SHARE YOUR JOY

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Weekly Knowledge #90 Honolulu, Hawaii 26 Feb 1997 USA By sharing your misery, it doesn't reduce. By not sharing your joy, it reduces. Share your problems only with the Divine, not with Tom, Dick, or Harry -- that just increases the problem. Share your joy with everybody. Darren: How do you

Shiva and Krishna Are One

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Weekly Knowledge #91 Singapore 05 Mar 1997 Singapore Angels are a part of the Big Self. The infinity has diverse qualities, and specific qualities assume names. They are called Angels. Angels are nothing but a ray of your Big Self. They are there to serve you when you are

THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT

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Weekly Knowledge #92 New Delhi 13 Mar 1997 India Being in a crowd when you are alone is ignorance. Enlightenment is being alone in a crowd. Feeling of oneness in a crowd is a sign of wisdom. Knowledge of life brings confidence, and knowledge of death makes you fearless and centered.

A FRIEND IS AN ENEMY AND AN ENEMY IS A FRIEND

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Weekly Knowledge #93 Rishikesh 19 Mar 1997 India In the company of your friends, you lose your centeredness. Your enemy puts you back in yourself. Your friend sympathizes with you and makes you believe in matter. Your enemy makes you feel helpless and takes you

SIMPLE OR COMPLEX?

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Weekly Knowledge #94 Rishikesh 26 Mar 1997 India Life is utterly simple and yet most complex. You have to simultaneously attend to both facets of life. When life appears most complex, turn to the simplicity. Simplicity brings peace. When you are peaceful attend to the complexity within

EXPAND YOUR VICES

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Weekly Knowledge #95 Rishikesh 03 Apr 1997 India If you cannot get rid of vices, increase them. Worry, pride, anger, lust, grief - give them a bigger dimension and a different direction. Anger - what is the point of getting angry about small events? Be angry about the infinite, about

THE PRIMAL INSTINCT

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Weekly Knowledge #96 Rishikesh 10 Apr 1997 India Fear is an impression of the past reflecting about the future of the present. When people deny fear, they become egocentric, when they recognize and accept fear, they go beyond...get free from it. Total lack of fear is possible only in

SATSANG IS THE SHELTER

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Weekly Knowledge #97 Calcutta 17 Apr 1997 India Why do people need homes? Can they live like animals in the forest without shelter? Even intelligent animals make their homes. Man needs protection from changing nature. So he builds a shelter for physical comforts. In the same way, for

THREE KINDS OF LOVE

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Weekly Knowledge #98 Banglore Ashram 24 Apr 1997 India There are three kinds of Love. The Love that comes out of Charm, that which comes out of comfort, and the Divine Love. Do you see what I am saying? The love that comes out of charm does not last long. It comes out of unfamiliarity

WHAT ENHANCES YOUR BEAUTY?

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Weekly Knowledge #99 Bangalore Ashram 30 Apr 1997 India When your mind is not complaining, responsible, courageous, confident and hollow and empty you are inexplicably beautiful. A person who cannot correct or act has no right to complain. And when a person can correct or act,

DROP YOUR SELF IMAGE

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Weekly Knowledge #100 Mauritius 07 May 1997 Mauritius Kashiap : "How do you make everyone happy?"Guruji : "Become me."Rama : "How do we become you?" What stands between you and me is your self image. Your self image restricts you from being me. Self image whether good or bad causes