Navratri 2015 At Bangalore Ashram - Part 2

Sri Sri in satsang today

Art of Living International Centre, Bangalore

October 20th, 2015

The world we know is very little and what we don’t know is huge, enormous, humongous. So connection to the subtle existence is what all these yagnas are all about. Invoking the subtle Divinity. Like in this planet we have such diverse flora and fauna. Just take for example, rice. There is not one type of rice. Right in this region there are 150 types of rice. Just in this region. So if you the amount of diversity in the world, it is mind boggling, it is amazing! So the manifest world has such diversity, you think the unmanifest world doesn’t have diversity? It does. It does. The diverse world of unmanifest is what is invoked in this Durga Homa, this connection to the subtle world, from the where gross is controlled. The cause of the gross is the subtle and this is an action in the subtle."

"The Nava Durga has nine different names. The fifth one is Skandamata. Skandamata is the Divinity that brings forth practical knowledge, that which puts the knowledge in action. And then Katyayani, Katyayani is the energy or the Shakti from the unknown, which is born out of the anger of the good. There is good anger and a bad anger. Good anger is with wisdom, bad anger is with emotions, with selfishness. Anger of the wise is also beneficial, benevolent, whereas the love of an ignorant can be harmful. So Katyayani is a form of anger that destroys all types of negativities. And then Kalaratri the name of the most ferocious, fearsome form of the mother. It’s this Durga that causes all the furies in the nature. Nature has fury. Somewhere earthquake, somewhere floods, somewhere tsunami, all this is the power of the mother Kalaratri. So whenever people foresee such fury coming to the planet, they pray to the Divinity in all these nine forms. Maha Gauri, the eighth form is so beautiful, most beautiful! Most soft, beautiful, totally kind-hearted and giving blessing to everybody. It’s that form which gives all the wishes and then Siddhidhatri, the ninth form, is bringing Siddhis or perfection in life. Perfection is, before the thought arises, the work is done, that is perfection. You want something and it is already there. Before the want arises you have everything already, that is Siddhidhatri. These are the nine forms of the Mother Divine, that are invoked. And where are the Goddesses? Are they forms? Yes, but in a subtle way, subtle forms. It’s not the material but ethereal, beyond the space and for that the first step is to sit in meditation. In meditation you experience the space. That’s what Buddha said, ‘ You are simply talking about Goddesses, just sit and meditate. Don’t worry about God. Get into the space of emptiness, your space. Once you get there, then is the next step where you see all different energies, mantras, they become active. In Buddhism also they worship all these devis, but first meditation is essential. So if you are meditating then all these yagnas, pujas, they have more effect. Otherwise it is not so much. Otherwise it is like, you have opened the tap and you are keeping the glass elsewhere, not underneath the tap! So water is flowing, but you are keeping your cup empty. Or you are holding your cup upside down. After 10 mins you take it out and there is no water! Because you are not holding it correctly. All the pujas start with meditation and this is a technology from thousands of years ago, when they did all this to invoke, enliven all these diverse principles of the holy spirit. There is one spirit within us, that Spirit has many diversities with many names, many subtle forms and that’s what Navaratri all about, adoring, invoking enlivening all these principles on this planet."

"There are four levels of speech. The one we are speaking is Vaikari. There is a Veda mantra – “Chatvari vak parimita padani tani vidur brahmana ye manishinah. Guha trini nihita nengayanti turiyam vacho manusha vadanti”. There are four types of speech, which the wise ones knows, intelligent ones knows. Three types of speech are hidden in the heart of man. Only one is that which people speak. But the other three are hidden in the cave of one’s heart, this is the meaning of it… Now I want you to experience this. The fourth level, Turiyam, is connected with the breath. You can’t speak if there is no breath. So if you say “aaa..” it ends somewhere. The moment the breath is out, the sound ended, the words cannot go any further, the sound ends. This is Turiya, the fourth state. Now, Madhyama is one step behind. Now mentally you say “aa”. You can say it forever! No end. This is Madhyama. Madhyama is from the level of feelings. This is the speech which we really communicate with plants, animals, all other species in the world. It doesn’t require language, it is beyond language and eternal, continuous. There are two aspects. One is that the sound never ends, i.e., the words have disappeared, because each sound when it ends, then the other can start. If “aa” ends then “gaa” or “ee” can start. But if the first sound doesn’t end, then it can take you to another level. From subtle feeling level, we communicate. This is the second level. And then there is a third level, that is Pashyanti, where not even feeling is there, but you see. It’s beyond feeling, but it is just there. How to explain this now?! That communication needs no words, no space, no time and from this level, Pashyanti level, all the vedic chants were downloaded. One who gets into the Pashyanti level or the seeing level, is called Rishis. The Rishis downloaded from this level. Cognizing, that is Pashyanti, you just see. And then Para, nothing can be said about it, because you are not there at all! You are not there because there is no difference between the Universe and you. There is no one to communicate with, but simply knowledge exists. From where everything starts, that is Para level, which cannot be said, understood or explained. So from Para all the levels have come but all the four are in the heart of human beings. From the heart you can experience these."

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