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Lecture of Guruji Mohan, Bremen, 19.07.1997:
I am Guruji Mahan Lal Sharma. People call me Guruji to show their respect. I do spiritual work. I have no expectations. In India Gurus have / form sects and they have dogmas. These dogmas create disturbance because they follow different ideologies. They form groups and two groups start to fight. I do not want a single follower, no sect in my work and I am the only one. I know the truth. Every person is designed from God, is a temple of God. (Truth??) is not in heaven, you do not belong (in heaven?) . I know myself.
There are two ways to solve a problem:
The philosophical way: It creates ideas, dogmas, principles. Many religious teachers and religions of the world follow this way, e.g. different theories such as
- Hindus -- Bhagavat Gita = dogma
- Christians -- Bible = dogma
- Muslims -- Coran = principle
- Buddhists -- Dhama Pita = sectarian
Then these people try to solve problems according to this book.
The second and more important way is existence, is to live with the problem, to solve the problem. For example, love is such a problem. There are many theories about love. What is love? Someone proposes a theory, then there is thought. This thought creates more theories. But he himself has not fallen in love. This is the meaning of dogma, principle. Not scriptures, but someone has fallen in love, has made the experience of love. This is the essential way.
For example, I was gifted a book about swimming and I turned the pages and asked that person: “Do you know how to swim?” But this person never went into the sea. My theory is: I am here to live with you. No sect, no group. I am not explaining but experiencing.
People call me Guruji. How did this happen? I have no followers, no sect. People ask: What is the speciality of this man?
I was travelling and went into a hotel. In front of this hotel there was a cage. A Papagei was sitting in that cage crying “freedom, freedom!”. I was astonished to see that poor Papagei sitting in that cage speaking “freedom, freedom!”. And I see many people sitting in a cage speaking “heaven, heaven, God”. It is very easy to talk about God. I again heard this “freedom”, and I listened attentively. “What can I do?”, I thought. I enquired from the manager about this bird. He told me, the owner of this hotel had been a freedom fighter and had taught “freedom” to this Papagei. Then I took a room in that hotel and I decided to make that bird free. The owner was not at home and the manager was sleeping. I came down from my room. Poor bird. I opened the gate. Now the door was open and the bird could fly away easily. But the bird was sitting there, speaking to me “freedom!”. It never came out of the cage. But I am a determined man, not worried about a good or bad action. So I caught the bird. It bit me and became angry, blood came. I caught the bird, the cage was open and it flew away. I with a bandaged hand was thinking about that bird.
People make their own cage and it is difficult to open a golden cage. What is the matter with humanity?
At five o’clock the bird was in the cage again, the gate open, crying “freedom!”. What is the sense?
What is the sense of talking about religion, God, gurus? When someone is trying to show you the way, you bite. That has been the ways of mankind, the same business for centuries. Many prophets came. You always crucify the good man and never criticize the politics.
Jesus. This man is a foreigner, not a man living in flesh.
The truth is now - at present - not in the future. This is a paradox. The present is now at this very moment. Discover the truth. What is the mechanism of your mind?
The mechanism of the mind is different. The mind says: It is difficult. I have to work. The present life is not true. The mind wants to discover. So you do yoga, tantra, meditation. You try to capture the future moment. The moment of the mind is always in past or future. The mind cannot move in present.
Then there are spiritual gossips. People say that if you go to a spiritual man, a priest, he will tell you: If you stop desire, you can find the truth. Every guru says this. So people come to me and ask: How to do – no desire? Desire is object. No desire is also object. You want to have no desire? This is also an object. To go to the market for earning money is also object, is desire. To go to a guru to ask for “no desire” is also the same thing. If you seek truth, you will lose truth. If you don’t seek truth, you will find truth. Try to be here. Your being, presence is truth – but you are searching in the church, with gurus, Buddhists, Hindus, monks. There is only one basic truth: Truth can happen in this moment, but not in the future. Believe your own being, present moment of your life.
I want to tell you a story:
A donkey and an dog are talking. A Sadhu comes. Sadhus know the language of animals. What is the conversation about?
They are in the bush and the donkey says to the dog: “Last night I had a dream. I saw beautiful green grass and grazing this grass I was overjoyed and ate too much. So I got stomach pain.” Then the dog says to the donkey: “It is difficult for donkeys to see dreams. Only dogs can see dreams and only dogs are allowed to see dreams. I had a dream: “There was no more water in the rainy period but flesh and bone was falling from the sky. I was eating flesh and bone.!” Then the Sadhu laughed. The dog was on the alert and barked and the donkey kicked the Sadhus. He fell and his arm was broken.
The story says: Every person has his own cage, limitations, his own world and boundaries. You are living in these boundaries. If some person tells you to come out of your boundaries, you bark. There is a certain kind of world around you and are the creator. There is a gate around you and you are the creator. There is a gate around you. But you blame other people (…) You are this Almighty himself and you create your own world and now you complain. You are weeping: “What is happening with me? Others have money, fame, but I am a poor man.” The treasure is inside you, hidden inside you. You are sitting on this treasure.
There are two important elements:
1. Akashà: This is difficult to explain. It is a form from Sanskrit. It is sky but not sky. It is only present, penetrating existence, it has no form, it is formless, infinite. All forms come from Akashà: air, water, fire, earth. It is omnipresent, infinite. It is in plants, man, house, sun, material comes from Akashà. The body will disintegrate, and sun, earth, all forms will go back to Akashà as a seed, this is a material thing. If a person has infinite life, he can understand, but we have only got 70 years. Science comes from Akashà.
2. Prana: Is the omnipresent power of the universe, e.g. gravitation force, the earth’s revolving, magnetic force, the activities of animals, the growing of plants, the activities of thoughts, the omnipresence of this universe. It is impossible to translate this word. Prana is not breathing. It is a different thing. Every person exists of these two factors: material and energy.
It is difficult to see. For example, what is electricity? But you can get the experience. Touch a current wire and you will get an electric shock. Then you can say – this is energy. But with eyes, magnifying glass, you cannot see. With a microscope, you cannot see it. With a microscope you can see atoms, but it is difficult. Prana, energy is everywhere present. Everybody has prana. No more prana, no more life. There is a positive correlation.
For example, a fish in the water may ask: Where is the water? It is living in water every day. We are living in the prana like fish in the water. Many people say / believe: I lose energy. There is no such thing as more or less prana. Your thinking is the barrier, is the main hindrance. This projection is the problem. If there was more prana there would be no difference.
Control your own prana – and you will be enlightened.
If you realize prana in your own body, you know everything and you will be enlightened. Man people say: I’ll go in heaven. But then there will be no more prana because you’re dead.
In the 8th century the Pope offered reservations for a space in heaven, costs: $ 200. There was a long queue for a flat in heaven, mostly by the poor. All things are false. Prana is true. Living is prana, living your life – that is prana, that is the ultimate truth. Life is going on. If you disturb prana, disease will come.
There are three bodies living in you: The physical, the mental, the spiritual body. If you are not living easily in your body, disease will be the result. You are creating a problem. If all three bodies are balanced, there will be health. My work is: I realize my own prana. You don’t lose energy. If people tell me such things, I laugh. Energy is everywhere. I can make a religion, write books, become a big guru. You will say: This man is true. Prana is living in your body. You’ re using prana. I’m using prana. This is my work.
Now it’s time for questions and answers:
Prana is energy, it’s omnipresent. If (a) seed is put under ground and it is watered, it grows and will become a plant. The seed takes power from prana. Prana is useful not only for living creatures but it is also in steam, cars, gravitation, magnetism. In all kinds of force used for mankind, there is prana. If this power and material combine in a certain proportion, it will become man, woman, plant.
What is the sake of prana?
There was this scientist Humphrey Davy who invented laughing gas. He was in his laboratory and his mind suddenly struck and he started to laugh. That’s how laughing gas was invented. Thoughts are prana, laughing gas was created with this prana.
Or: James Watt was not allowed to attend school for health reasons. He saw this water boiling on the kitchen stove and later he discussed this matter and invented the steam engine and the railway was made because of his experiments.
You can realize prana through your nose: simply breathe.
My work. What is my work? You are more interested in me (than in my work), but I am also interested in you. Come and see I have a certain power and how I’ll use this power. But some power you have also. I have an aim:
We have three bodies:
1. the physical body. It can become ill because of 2 reasons:
If drinking and eating habits are irregular.
If your physical body is ill, you will get medi(ca)tion. Do not project your desires on me. This is meant for a professional doctor and can be cured.
2. the mental body. It plays he game of satisfaction and dissatisfaction.
Every action, work etc. is related to this game of (un)happiness.
If this mental body is disturbed, you will fall ill.
The physical body is the medium of the mental body. Then, in this case, doctors are not helpful.
3. the spiritual body: It is the problem of birth and death – or
fear of death and love of birth or love of death and fear of birth. This will create problems in your spiritual body.
So there are six things essential and if they are not in balance, you will fall ill.
Science and research proved that 90% disease come from the mind – 10 % disease are physical. For example, if an arm is broken or there is no more arm at all, I cannot help. That is beyond nature. But I am working within the laws of nature. I can consider mental and spiritual problems. If there is a physical problem, go to see a doctor.
Frage: Hier im Westen sind die Zwänge sehr stark, denen wir ausgesetzt sind, z.B. Arbeit zu finden. Oft ist die Arbeit ungeliebt. Da ergibt sich oft das Problem trotz solcher Bedingungen auch bei schwerer Arbeit körperliche Balance zu finden und seelisch glücklich zu sein.
Yes, this is an important question. This is a social problem, not an individual problem. It is about prana. Thank you for this question.
If you realize your own prana, the mental body will get satisfaction everywhere – in soft and difficult situations. Most people know only half circle of energy. If you look, you get energy through my eyes to you. This is half circle of energy. You are not making a full circle. Full circle means giving and receiving energy at the same time. People don’t know about energy. Even a wall, everything has energy.
Yes, your society has some problems. After three years of profession the government tells you after two months to go to a different place. You will be dissatisfied. How can I balance? Make a full energy circle – that is the balance. Send and receive energy at the same time. There is no such thing as good or bad energy. Energy is energy. If you touch it, you will say: Oh, this is bad energy. No, it is your fault to touch it. Throw energy and receive energy, then you will not be disturbed.
Frage nicht klar verständlich …
What is this - …- to find a suitable partner ?
In what respect suitable? – money, colour of skin, work?
Love is unconditional, love is a giving thing.
And with man and woman it is like this: If there is love, two become one, become a unity. What you do to the partner, you do to yourself.
If you hurt the other, you hurt yourself.
If you deceive others, you deceive yourself.
What you think about the others, you think about yourself.
There is no separation.
TWO ARE ONE IN LOVE.
We are all one – man, woman, animal, plant -- all.
Copyright: Guruji Mohan, Abhimanyu Dhyan Yog Kendra, Nandeshwar Dham, P.O.Box No. 118, Udaipur (Raj.) 313 031, India
live-recording by: Gunda Drews.