03 Mar 2023
1. While resolving the fights in the office, I feel I am slipping into the world. Please guide me.
[Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked: Namaste Swami. Earlier I used to be calm without any attachment to anyone. Last week there was a big fight in the school, which is still raging among everyone. Normally, I used to shout furiously, but now the rage and the thought have disappeared, Since You want everyone to be happy together on the true path, I have been trying to reduce everyone's anger. After coming home I used to spend the time studying Your knowledge. But these days, my time passed by discussing with them. My school head told me that she will not quarrel with anyone and will be friendly since you told me. She commented that you are without any enemy (అజాత శత్రువు) (I know all credit goes to You only, You are directing me). But I am afraid and confused that I am slipping into the world, I am Your servant, I encourage myself that You will not leave me, But the mind is not calm, it seems confused. I understand anyone's intention when they speak, then I answer accordingly. They are satisfied. That is making me more mad. Thank You.]
Swami replied:- Don’t spend your precious time to be used for God in all these unnecessary worldly issues that steal away your valuable time. Time is limited for any human life.
2. Does sacrifice indicate the completion of all spiritual efforts?
[Namaste Swami, In the word Gita I read that Gee means sacrifice and Ta means knowledge. After identifying the Contemporary human incarnation (knowledge), and doing sacrifice of the fruit of work, there is nothing to do and there is nothing to achieve! Does it mean all spiritual efforts are completed? Thank You Swami.]
Swami replied:- I don’t know that ‘Gee’ means sacrifice and ‘Ta’ means knowledge. The Gita means the song sung by God. The sacrifice of fruit of work (not the ancestral property) is the highest as clearly told in the Gita (Tyāgāt śānti ranantaram). The bond with hard earned money is stronger than the bond with ancestral money because the value of money is perfectly realized if it is hard earned through hard work. God always competes with the strongest bond and does not compete with every worldly bond. If the strongest worldly bond is defeated by the bond with God, it will be practically proved that the bond with God is the strongest. If the strongest boxer in the city is defeated by you, you have defeated everybody in the city. True love needs practical proof and not theoretical proof.
3. Whether or not what I am doing is correct?
[Namaste swami, In one of the previous videos, it was said that you should not be friends with bad people, you should harm them. but in daily life we are in a situation where we have to spend some time with them every day, they keep trying to hurt those around them in some way and to get them under their control. But I do not know to harm them and instead want to share Your knowledge with them. I have to praise them first if they have to listen to me. If I say that the people around are unable to understand them, then they are ready to listen to what I have to say. Whether what I do is right or not. Thank You Swami.]
Swami replied:- In any case, you shall not support bad people. Even good people like Bhishma and Drona were punished by God since they supported the bad Kauravaas.
4. Please guide me in the following situation.
[They are trying to involve me in their work after hearing all the knowledge. I tell them that because of my friendship with our Lord I am discussing with you but not because of friendship with you. They are attacking the people around them every day with a new angle. How to handle it, I am telling all the correct people in the school about Your knowledge.]
Swami replied:- You better give the reference to My spiritual knowledge, which will give more clarity about the concept.
5. What exactly is real pranayama?
[Namaste swami, Sri Ganapati Sachchidananda Swami says "If you want the mind to be peaceful, you should do Pranayama every day." You said that yoga means to be with God. Please tell me what real pranayama is. Thank You Swami.]
Swami replied:- Pranayaama makes you to retain inhaled air to be retained for more time (Recaka) so that the blood is more purified, which gives better health. This has nothing to do with God. This is related to your physical health that can be used in enjoying the world also. Yoga means that effort used to meet the available God in human form.
6. What is the inner meaning of the following?
[Smt. Lakshmi Lavanya K asked: Namaste Swami. What is the inner meaning of the greatness of Arunachalam? There are many stories which say that chanting is the only way to get salvation, what is the meaning of them?]
Swami replied:- Chanting the name gives a lot of headache to God. If somebody chants your name in your ear continuously, you will also give salvation to him or her by killing that person. Any temple provides the worship of representative model of God to develop the theoretical devotion in the case of beginners.
7. Where are the sin and disease for those who come to You to learn knowledge?
[In Your answer to a question, You said that diabetes, blood pressure etc., are caused by doing very big sins and so they remain for life, but You said that knowledge destroys all karmas (virtue and sin). Where is the sin and disease for those who come to You and learn knowledge then?]
Swami replied:- Mere knowledge cannot do anything unless it is practiced. The fruit is always for practice (Karma Yoga). Knowledge and devotion are theoretical related to intelligence and mind respectively. Of course, theory is the mother of practice. Mere theory without practice is only false love shown to God.
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