UNLOCK YOUR MIND POWER

     Power of mind is amazing. The Mind power is not exploited in its totality. Most of the People are unaware of the potential of subconscious mind. It is like we have a Treasury, which is locked. We don`t even know that we have so much wealth. It is hidden.

If you know how to train your subconscious mind, your life style will change. Also it gives you success in your life.

     Subconscious mind is very powerful, yet is like an innocent baby. It believes without questioning. In day to day life we plan our schedules. We go to places, meet people, get the job done as per our plans. When you dream big and to achieve that, you need to train your subconscious mind. But to train your subconscious mind, you need to put some efforts. Now let me explain how to train your subconscious mind.

     People say they have lot of problems. But most of them do not know what the exact problem is. Make a habit of writing daily affairs in a dairy. Write down everything you experience and your emotions too. Some people might have hurt you.. some might have made you happy.. you might have felt sad. . Write down everything.  After few days,  go through the pages and try to analyze yourself. Check out  your weak points as well as strong points. Figure out where you behaved in a positive manner and where in a negative manner. Find out your real problem that is disturbing you most of the time.

     Take a sheet of paper. Write down your problem. For example, Most of the time you may feel you are hurt. Now Focus on this problem.Try to figure out the reason behind it. May be you talk too much.. may be you care a lot.. may be you don`t care at all.. or may be people around you are trying to dominate you.. may be they are trying to humiliate you for ego reasons.Now try to get an answer, thinking rationally without being biased.You may find the solution.

In case you don`t get a perfect answer/solution, may be your ego is a hurdle, which is justifying your wrong acts.Then  you can depend on your subconscious mind. Ask your mind repeatedly to give a perfect solution. 

     Sounds crazy? But soon you will realize that your mind itself is capable of solving problems.You need not depend on others.

Visualization

     This is a very powerful tool to train your subconscious mind. You can achieve your goals or dreams and can be successful with this technique. Imagination and day dreaming may motivate you, but Visualization gives you the result.  

     Before visualizing your big dreams, train your subconscious mind with visualization technique.

     Here it is how you can go.Take out 10-15 minutes from your daily schedule, if you are too busy do it before sleeping. Sit or sleep in a comfortable position. Close your eyes.Think of anything which you may like.May be it is sunrise over a hill..  may be having lunch at your favorite place. . or  may be anything.Visualize that as if you are watching a movie, as if it is happening and as if it is real. Try to see the objects as clearly as possible with each and everything in detail.

     After you get control over this, try to include your sense organs in the visualization process.For example, Hear the sound.. feel  the fresh air.. smell the fragrance.. make the feel  real as much as possible.

     It may take some time to master  this.Once you get control over visualization, try to visualize your dreams or goals. Visualize as if your dreams have already come true. For example,  If you want to become a popular movie star, visualize as if you are already a star.. your movie is released..huge crowd in front of the theatre.. people are rushing to have your autograph. . you are treated as a celebrity!!

Do the visualization process repeatedly and see the dreams come true.Believe me it happens.

     The trick is.. Subconscious mind will act upon your visualization and finds out all possible ways to achieve that.

     This may sound silly.. but it works in  reality.

                                 Never underestimate the power of Mind !!

FAITH - How it works.

I wrote about 'Faith' in my last blog.
Yes, faith in God can do wonders, it can do miracles.
I also said God is neutral, he neither helps you nor betrays you.
Sounds contradictory right? Let me analyze this.
Before that....

If you are a theist, a believer in God, I recommend you not to go through the analysis.
The best thing is to stick to one belief, have hundred percent faith in it and get the things done.
More you read about God, the more you try to analyze God, 'God' moves away from you.
You should blindly believe in God. I am using the word 'blindly believe' deliberately, because God is a power unseen.

Now it's time to analyze. How does faith in God works?
Before answering this I would like to explain a little bit about Mind.
You know about conscious mind and sub conscious mind, but you don't know how it works as far as faith is concerned.

Let me try to explain this complicated subject in a simpler way.
Conscious mind accepts things which are endorsed by sense organs. For example if  I say 'here is an Apple',  your conscious mind accepts or believes it only by seeing, smelling or at least by touching it.
But your subconscious mind does not require the endorsement of sense organs, it just believes. It believes hundred percent.

When I hypnotize people, I tell them 'here is an Apple' showing my empty hand. Hypnotized people see that, they feel it, they even enjoy eating it.
But in reality there will be nothing.
Sub conscious has the power to visualize and it can give you satisfaction of having it for real.
If your conscious mind believes hundred percent, it behaves exactly like subconscious mind. Yes. It is an illusion!
Of course illusion does not give you concrete results, But gives you mental satisfaction.
The power ofsub conscious  is not confined only to illusions.. it has the power to convert the belief into reality.
When you believe something strongly, your sub conscious mind gives you immense will power, self confidence and it finds out different ways to achieve what you wanted to achieve.
The power of mind is unimaginable, there is no frame of restriction to that.
Your mind can create illusions, it has control over your body, it creates short cuts to achieve your goal.

Coming back to the concept of God, it always works if you are a firm believer. Faith in ourselves also can do miracles but it should be hundred percent. We say 'I believe in myself ', but we don't. We say ‘I have self confidence' ,but  we don't have. Because your mind knows your limitations too.
You never attribute negative qualities to God, hence faith in God works in a better way.
Whether God is there Or not, whether you believe and have faith in idol worship or in the almighty power(without any form) does not matter,
IT IS FAITH THAT ULTIMATELY WORKS..
Even if you trust a fake master(Guru), it works if your faith is not fake.
Its YOU and YOUR FAITH that works for you.
God is like a knife. You can either use it to kill someone or you can use it to operate a person to save his life.
Knife can neither kill nor save, but you can.

'GOD’ CAN SAVE YOU!!

In my previous post I had written ‘God neither helps us nor betrays us.He remains neutral.
      Now I am telling God can save you! He can help you!!
It is possible because of your Faith,belief and trust in God. Might sound cliche to you,but it really does.
      All religious texts stress the importance of FAITH.
      According to the Bible, faith is your belief in the one, true God without actually seeing Him.
    ‘Therefore I tell you,whatever you ask for in prayers, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.' MARK 11 :24.    
     The Qur`an states by remembering God, Faith can grow,and that nothing in this world should be dearer to a true believer than faith.         Vedas praises faith, belief and dedication. Swami Chinmayananda has summarized it ‘Faith is to believe what you do not see, The reward of faith is to see what you believed.'
     Hence all religious texts reflects the importance of faith and belief in God to achieve your goals.
     All theists say ‘we have faith in God, in God we trust. We believe our God.’ Yes.. if they have 100% faith and belief in what they say they are rewarded with their wishes. But the question is do they have hundred percent faith in God ? They say they believe hundred percent in God. They pray to God. But they don`t leave it to God alone.. they try different measures also to solve their problems.. I don`t say it is wrong. But it proves that it is very difficult to have hundred percent faith in God.
     Faith and belief can give you Self Confidence and Will Power. There are numerous examples where in the incurable diseases have been cured by strong faith challenging the Medical Science. A skinny person can defeat a muscular guy in a fight if he strongly believes.
     Here is a small story..
    ‘Chant my name crossing the river. You won`t drown..’ said the Master (Guru) to his disciple. The disciple just followed his Master`s words and walked through the flooding river chanting his Master`s name.
    ‘Oh! My name itself has so much of power. I might be a Godman’ wondered the Master. Chanting his own name the Master too tried to walk through the river. But alarmingly the Master drowned.
    The essence of the story is - The disciple who believed his master`s words 100% created a miracle where as Master without having faith in himself got drowned.
    Another example..
    Master gives initiation to two of his desciple and asks them to chant the ‘manthra’ ten thousand times and he assures them they realize God by doing so..
    Suppose one of the disciple has hundred percent faith and belief towards his Master, he is bound to realize God. Whereas another disciple`s conscious mind does not believe hundred percent of what master said, won`t be able to realize God. 
    The main intention of religious texts or Masters is to create hundred percent faith in the believers.
    So faith can do wonders.. faith can do miracles.
    But still I reiterate what I had written in previous post ‘God is Neutral.. He neither helps us nor betrays us.’
    Then the question arises How faith in God can do miracles? Why the 'FAITH' in 'GOD' is the most powerful than other faiths? And how the faith succeeds only when it is 'GOD' and not  in myself or others?
    What is the logical answer for this? I will give you a detailed explanation of how this works in my next post.

CAN GOD SAVE US ?

CAN GOD SAVE US?

Can God really help us? Everyday millions of people pray to God, asking him to grant their wishes. "Please help me.. my dear God!" they say. Will God really listen to you and revert your sweet call?

Who is 'GOD' ?

All holy scriptures agree that GOD is almighty and omnipotent. The scriptures also agree that 'He' is the creator of our beautiful universe! Ergo it means that he is the proud creator and we are his children.

Theists believe God supports them through difficult times.. They pray, they worship,they offer. Most of them believe God listen to their prayers and help them.

Atheists, although don`t believe in the 'God' concept, agree that some unknown power does exist, which is beyond our measure and way beyond us. They definitely are aware of the power of nature.They believe that there is some power within us, which holds the light of life aloft us and Until that power is within us, we shall live!

What do the Vedas say about GOD?

Vedas categorise GOD as "TATH" meaning "that", which implies that God is neither male nor female. According to the Advaita philosophy, GOD is formless (niraakaara),without qualities (Nirguna) non-emotional(nirvikalpa) and non-biased(Nishpaksha). It neither has a beginning nor an end (Adyanthya rahitha). So it is not possible for this power (God) to differentiate one person from another, it does not know to discriminate. Hence it leaves an equal impact on all.

       When a tsunami hits, atheists, theists, saints, robbers, likewise everybody dies.Nobody is spared. 'The good' and 'the bad' is something that we have attributed as qualities with the concept of "civilized" society in mind. We label things which makes us happy as good and things that give us pain as bad. 'Good' and 'Bad' are relative terms.

           Having said this,let's now throw some light on the 'GOD' that most of the theists believe will help them..

      Say for a second.. if I imagine myself as the GOD, the first imagery that hits my eyes, would be that of the millions who pray to me.

      Among them are people whom the "society" has recognized as thieves, robbers, generous donors, lawyers, devotees, saints, daily wage workers, beggars. Likewise a humongous group itself is standing before me. All of them are my children!!

      Among whom one is a devotee, but a robber by profession. He is praying to me. He says 'Oh God, my mother is suffering on her deathbed and I don`t have a single penny to save her! She too back then did not have a single penny to afford my education. Nobody was ready to give me a job. So becoming a robber became inevitable for me. By fighting with the tantalizing venoms of poverty and hardwork, she has struggled to save me. Now it is my turn to return the favour. You are the most merciful, hence only you can empathize with me in my pain, so I pray to you, dear God, to make sure that no one would catch me while i commit this sin.'

     The man waiting to catch him in the act happens to be my other devotee, a Police officer who stands for loyalty. He on the other hand prays to me saying 'I want to catch him at any cost today, please bless me with success in my endeavour. He is a thief,a betrayer and an anti social element. To arrest him, cut his wings and push him in prison, dear GOD, please do help me.'

       Now,whose desire am I to fulfill? Which wish should I grant?

      This society itself is the reason for a thief to be a thief and a police officer to be a police officer. One is poor and the other rich. Both have problems, both are my children! At the same time both have strong reasons to back their prayers.

Being 'GOD' how can I judge and settle this?

     Thus if God seeks to benefit one, it may cause loss to the other. What we see as 'good' and 'bad' does not bother him. Neither does he help us nor does he betray us. He remains neutral.

    One question that might continue to haunt you after reading this could be..

'But when we have prayed him, God has really done us wonders! The "GOD" whom I believed in has not left me  when in trouble, in fact I myself have witnessed miraculous incidents! How is this possible then?'

It is possible!!  How??

I will write about it in my next post.

Devare nannannu kaapadu.

ದೇವರೇ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡು..
      ದೇವರು ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡಬಲ್ಲನೇ ? ಪ್ರತಿದಿನ ಕೊಟ್ಯಾಂತರ ಜನ ದೇವರಲ್ಲಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಇಷ್ಟಾರ್ಥ ಸಿದ್ಧಿಗಾಗಿ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ, ನಮಗೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದನ್ನು ಮಾಡಪ್ಪಾ ಎನ್ನುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಈ ಎಲ್ಲರ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆಗೆ ದೇವರು 'ಓ'ಗೊಡುತ್ತಾನೆಯೇ?
      ಈ ದೇವರು ಯಾರು? ಎಲ್ಲ ಧರ್ಮಗ್ರಂಥಗಳು ದೇವರನ್ನು ಸರ್ವಶಕ್ತ ಎಂದು ಒಪ್ಪುತ್ತವೆ. ಈ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿಕರ್ತ  ಅವನೇ ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನೂ ಒಪ್ಪುತ್ತವೆ. ಅಂದ ಮೇಲೆ ಈ ಜಗತ್ತಿನ ಒಡೆಯ ದೇವರು, ನಾವೆಲ್ಲರೂ ಅವನ ಮಕ್ಕಳು .
      ದೇವರನ್ನು ನಂಬದ ನಾಸ್ತಿಕರು ಕೂಡ ತಮ್ಮ ಅಂಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲದ ನಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಮೀರಿದ ಆಘಾದವಾದ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಇರುವುದನ್ನು ನಂಬುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಪ್ರಕೃತಿಶಕ್ತಿಯ ಅರಿವಂತೂ ಅವರಿಗೆ ಇದ್ದೇ ಇರುತ್ತದೆ. ನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿ ಯಾವೊದೋ ಒಂದು ಶಕ್ತಿ ಇದೆ, ಅದು ಇರುವವರೆಗೂ ನಾವು ಜೀವಂತವಾಗಿ ಇರುತ್ತೇವೆ  ಎನ್ನುವುದನ್ನೂ ಒಪ್ಪುತ್ತಾರೆ.
       ಆಸ್ಥಿಕರು ನಂಬುವ 'ದೇವರ' ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದಷ್ಟು ಚಿಂತಿಸೋಣ. ಒಂದು ಕ್ಷಣ ನಾನೇ ದೇವರು ಅಂದುಕೊಂಡರೆ... ನನ್ನ ಬಳಿ ಬೇಡುವ ಕೋಟಿ ಕೋಟಿ ಮಂದಿ ನನ್ನ ಕಣ್ಣ ಮುಂದೆ ಬರುತ್ತಾರೆ.
       ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ 'ಸಮಾಜ' ಗುರುತಿಸಿದ ಕಳ್ಳರು, ದರೋಡೆಕೋರರು, ಕೊಡುಗೈ ದಾನಿಗಳು, ನ್ಯಾಯವಾದಿಗಳು ಇತರರಿಗೆ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡುವವರು, ಭಕ್ತರು, ಸಂತರು, ಕೂಲಿ ಮಾಡುವವರು, ಭಿಕ್ಷೆ ಬೇಡುವವರು...ಹೀಗೆ ಹಲವು ಮಂದಿಯ ದೊಡ್ಡ ಗುಂಪೇ ಎದುರಿಗೆ ನಿಂತಿದೆ.. ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ನನ್ನ ಮಕ್ಕಳೇ !  
       ಒಬ್ಬ ಭಕ್ತ ಆದರೆ ವ್ರತ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಳ್ಳ, ನನ್ನ ಬಳಿ ಬೇಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾನೆ.
       'ಮರಣಶಯ್ಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ ನನ್ನ ತಾಯಿಯನ್ನು ಉಳಿಸಲು ನನ್ನ ಬಳಿ ಹಣವಿಲ್ಲ..ನನಗೆ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಕೊಡಲು ಅವಳ ಬಳಿ ಹಣವಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ..ನನಗೆ ಯಾರೂ ಕೆಲಸ ಕೊಡಲಿಲ್ಲ..ಕಳ್ಳನಾಗುವುದು ನನಗೆ ಅನಿವಾರ್ಯವಾಗಿತ್ತು..ಹೊಟ್ಟೆಗೆ ಬಟ್ಟೆ ಕಟ್ಟಿ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡಿದ್ದಾಳೆ..ಈಗ ಆಕೆಯನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡುವುದು ನನ್ನ ಕರ್ತವ್ಯ..ನೀನು ಕರುಣಾಮಯಿ.. ನಿನಗೆ ನನ್ನ ನೋವು ಅರ್ಥವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ..ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ನಾನು ಕಳ್ಳತನ ಮಾಡುವಾಗ ಯಾರ ಕೈಗೂ ಸಿಕ್ಕಿಹಾಕಿಕೊಳ್ಳದಂತೆ ನನ್ನನ್ನು ಕಾಪಾಡು.' 
        ಅವನನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿಯಲು ಕಾದಿರುವ ನನ್ನ ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ಭಕ್ತ, ನಿಷ್ಠಾವಂತ ಪೋಲಿಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ ನನ್ನ ಬಳಿ ಬೇಡುತ್ತಾನೆ 'ಈ ದಿನ ಹೇಗಾದರೂ ಅವನನ್ನು ಬಂಧಿಸುವಲ್ಲಿ ನನಗೆ ಯಶಸ್ಸು ಸಿಗಲಿ ದೇವರೇ..ಆತ ಸಮಾಜಘಾತುಕ, ದ್ರೋಹಿ, ಕಳ್ಳ.. ಆತನನ್ನು ಬಂಧಿಸಿ ಹೆಡೆಮುರಿ ಕಟ್ಟಿ ಜೈಲಿಗೆ ತಳ್ಳಲು ನನಗೆ ನೆರವಾಗು ತಂದೇ.'    
       ಈಗ ನಾನು ಯಾರ ಬೇಡಿಕೆ ಈಡೇರಿಸಲಿ ? ಕಳ್ಳನು ಕಳ್ಳನಾಗಲು ಈ ಸಮಾಜವೇ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ. ಪೋಲಿಸ್, ಪೋಲಿಸ್ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಯಾಗಲೂ ಈ ಸಮಾಜವೇ ಕಾರಣವಾಗಿರುತ್ತದೆ.
       ಇನ್ನೊಂದೆಡೆ ಒಬ್ಬ ಬಡವ, ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬ ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ. ಇಬ್ಬರಿಗೂ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳೇ.. ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ನನ್ನ ಮಕ್ಕಳೇ ! ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂ ಅವರವರ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಗೆ ಅವರದ್ದೇ ಆದ ಬಲಿಷ್ಠ ಕಾರಣಗಳಿವೆ. 
       ದೇವನಾದ ನಾನು ಈ ಪಂಚಾಯ್ತಿಗೆ ಕುಳಿತರೆ ಅದು ಸಾದ್ಯವೇ? ಇದು ಒಂದೆಡೆ ಇರಲಿ.
       ಈಗ ವೇದಾಂತ ದೇವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಏನು ಹೇಳುತ್ತದೆ ನೋಡೋಣ.
       ದೇವರನ್ನು 'ತತ್ '  ಅಂದರೆ 'ಅದು' ಎನ್ನುತ್ತದೆ ವೇದಾಂತ. ಅದು ಹೆಣ್ಣೂ ಅಲ್ಲ ಗಂಡೂ ಅಲ್ಲ. ಅದ್ವೈತ ಸಿದ್ದಾಂತದ ಪ್ರಕಾರ ದೇವರು ಆದ್ಯಂತ ರಹಿತ, ನಿರಾಕಾರ, ನಿರ್ಗುಣ, ನಿರ್ವಿಕಲ್ಪ. ಅಂದ ಮೇಲೆ ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಆದಿಯೂ ಇಲ್ಲ ಅಂತ್ಯವೂ ಇಲ್ಲ, ಅದು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದೂ ಅಲ್ಲ ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದೂ ಅಲ್ಲ. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಯಾವ ರೂಪ ಭಾವನೆಗಳೂ ಇಲ್ಲ.
       ಈ ಶಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಒಂದು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಗೆ ವ್ಯತ್ಯಾಸ ಮಾಡಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ,ತಾರತಮ್ಯ ಆ ಶಕ್ತಿಗೆ ಗೊತ್ತಿಲ್ಲ. ಎಲ್ಲರ ಮೇಲೂ ಅದು ಸಮಾನ ಪ್ರಭಾವ ಬೀರುತ್ತದೆ. 
       ಸುನಾಮಿ ಬಂದಾಗ ಆಸ್ತಿಕರು, ನಾಸ್ತಿಕರು, ಸಂತರು, ಕಳ್ಳರು..ಹೀಗೆ ಎಲ್ಲರೂ ಕೊಚ್ಚಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗುತ್ತಾರೆ. 
      ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು, ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದು ಇವೆಲ್ಲ  ನಾವು ನಾಗರೀಕ ಸಮಾಜದ ಕಲ್ಪನೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡ ಗುಣಗಳು. ನಮಗೆ ಹಿತ ನೀಡುವುದು ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು, ನಮಗೆ ಕಿರಿಕಿರಿ ಉಂಟುಮಾಡುವುದು ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದು. Good and Bad are relative terms.
       ದೇವರು ಒಬ್ಬನಿಗೆ ಲಾಭ ಮಾಡಿ ಕೊಟ್ಟರೆ ಅದು ಇನ್ನೊಬ್ಬನಿಗೆ ನಷ್ಟವಾಗಬಹುದು. ನಾವು ನಮಗಾಗಿ ಮಾಡಿಕೊಂಡ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದು 'ದೇವರ' ದೃಷ್ಟಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದು ಅಥವಾ ಕೆಟ್ಟದ್ದು ಅಲ್ಲ. ಎಲ್ಲರ ಬೇಡಿಕೆಗೂ ದೇವರು ನಿರ್ಲಿಪ್ತನಾಗೇ ಇರುತ್ತಾನೆ. ಯಾರಿಗೂ ಸಹಾಯ ಮಾಡಲಾರ .  
       ಹಾಗಾದರೆ ದೇವರನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥಿಸಿ ನಮಗೆ ಒಳ್ಳೆಯದಾಗಿದೆಯಲ್ಲ? ಪವಾಡ ಸದೃಶ ಘಟನೆಗಳು ನಡೆದಿವೆಯಲ್ಲ? ನಂಬಿದ ದೇವರು ಕಷ್ಟಕಾಲದಲ್ಲಿ ನನ್ನ ಕೈ ಬಿಡಲಿಲ್ಲವಲ್ಲ? ಅದು ಹೇಗೆ?
       ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಉತ್ತರ ಮುಂದಿನ ಬರಹದಲ್ಲಿ ನೀಡುತ್ತೇನೆ.