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Question 1: In what ways might extreme transparency preserve and promote the highest purpose of
an organisation? Tiger clark, Montral, canada
Swamiji: Tiger Clark, First thing, the extreme transparency is not the way for outer world
life. Be very clear, only when you are working with an enlightened being, for enlightenment,
you need extreme transparency. That also, with the root of the patterns, you may need
to open up some of your past thoughts, present actions, future plans, to see the route of
the thought pattern. But otherwise, for the outside organization, a corporate company
or an organization, extreme transparency is not the basic value, because every moment
you are changing, you have so much of mood swing. Understand, in an organization, others
need to respect that you are a stable person. With master, whether you are stable or having
mood swing, both need to be open. Only with an enlightened being, when you are working
in a spiritual sangha, towards enlightenment complete transparency is required. Otherwise,
in a normal organization, no need for it, because, morning you have one mood swing,
by evening you have another one mood swing, by night you have another one mood swing.
In organization, you don’t need to make all this transparent. Because, then no one
will trust the other one, it will become completely unstable. The stability will be lost. Only
with the spiritual work, master needs to know, your stable instability and instable stability..
Some people are established in instability, very stably. Some people are established in
stability, unstably. Whether you are constantly unstable or constantly stable, or constantly
unstable only once in a while you become stable, or constantly stable, only once in a while
you become unstable, extreme transparency may be required only with an enlightened being
for you to become enlightened, only so that he knows the route of the thought pattern,
he can clear it. Only in the highest purpose of individual, and guru disciple relationship,
extreme transparency is required. In organisations, outside, like corporate companies, it is not
required. Because, you yourself are not clear to know what you are, then what will you show
to others? Morning you have some idea, and evening you have some other idea, night you
have some other idea..you are just a chaos, so which side of the chaos you will show to
the other person, which side of chaos, you will be transparent. For example now you are
depressed, if you tell everybody you are depressed, that is transparency, no, even that idea you
are depressed is not complete. One side of you will say, no I will come out of it by
tomorrow morning, if you tell everybody, you are not depressed, that also may be true,
because that part is also there alive in you, only with an enlightened being you need to
open completely, I feel depressed, I also feel, I may come out of it, I also feel one
moment its all useless, I also feel, depression is very thick. This kind of an extreme transparency
is required only for enlightenment in the guru disciple relationship. In the outer organization,
you dont need an extreme transparency. The totality of you, how finally it gets perceived
by you and others, if that much transparency is there, it is enough. That is enough, nothing
more is required. Tiger clark, only in the individual’s higher purpose like enlightenment
and guru disciple relationship you need extreme transparency, not in the so called social
organization or coprporate organisations, and the transparency is dangerous in political
organisations. In political organisations, transparency is not going to help, very dangerous.
Social organisations, it may not be dangerous, but it is not going to help you much. But
in the guru disciple relationship, complete transparency may be very helpful, very powerful,
for you to become enlightened. I tell you, just by being completely transparent with
the guru, you will never loose anything, it may appear like you may loose, you will never
loose anything.
Question 2: What kind of incentives and measurement systems could we devise to encourage internal
enterpreneures and nurture a varied portfolio of opportunities. Radha Chandra, Ireland.
Swamiji: It is a very beautiful question, Radha Chandra, create an ambience, where knowledge
and creativity is celebrated. I tell you this can happen. This can happen only a person,
who owns and takes maximum responsibility of the organization itself is celebrating
knowledge and creativity. You see, I myself celebrate conciousness, and conciosuness in
unique ways like deities. Because I myself celebrate, whoever is inspired, impressed
by me, they also start celebrating, otherwise I know thousands of our devotees, started
bowing down to the deities after connecting with me. Before that, they will go to the
temple to see, not to worship. Only now, deity means something real to them in their life,
because I celebrate in unique ways, in certain ways I see people who are inspired by me are
also celebrating. Same way a person who owns the place, who takes the responsibility, if
he celebrates, then the creativity, the internal enterprenures, the varied portfolio opportunities,
it will all start expressing. Radha Chandra, many times people try to encourage these things
just by incentives and money. I don’t think, money always plays major role in this, the
very mood of the lifestyle plays the major role. Mood of the lifestyle. Just yesterday
I received the information, five of our brahmacharis are going to Madurai adheenam, to help the
sannidhanam to help Madurai adeenam for some work, I myself spoke to swamiji also. And,
He was so happy to see modern day youngsters so honestly, so authentically following the
spiritual traditions. Swamiji was telling, I was really shocked when he told me. He said
, “Swamiji, I can not understand, how humble, honest, truthful, spiritual all the five sanyasis
you sent.” But one thing, before these guys went, I told., “Aye, it is Meenakshis palace,
you will hear Meenakshi’s anklet sound, jasmin’s smell, have her darshan. All brahmacharis
had. All the brahmacharies. All the fellows. They are saying, “Sometime it is frightening,
because late night three-four hours all of us are able to hear, not just one. And if
we close our eyes, we see the tall form, greenish color”, these guys are describing. Hundred
years atleast, see hundred years, more then hundred sixty years the period meenakshi was
in the body, atleast hundred years she lived in the palace. Because fifty sixty years went
around in travel, and she went to all the countires and war and all that. Atleast hundred
years. The present adheenam area was the palace and the present garbhamandir was the darbar,
rajya sabha where she used to sit and conduct the court. The present adheenam area, that
area was the bedroom, where she used to stay, meenakshi only was running the whole kingdom.
See, the very ambience I created, has evolved the standards. Constantly reminding, constantly
celebrating, because constantly the tapas is celebrated here, constantly, the serving
is celebrated here. sacrifice is celebrated here, that kind of ambience is created. See
here, I have created this whole ambience, by the way of life, otherwise, no other thing
can make this into reality, the posiibility. Radha Chandra, no other incentive or measurement
system can help encouraging internal enterpreneures or nurturing the varied portfolio opportunites.
Only way of life, only celebrating the inernal enterpreneures, and celebrating the varied
portfolios. Only celebrating will help. . Nothing else.
Question 3: Are Phobias, result of some evil happening in the past life, since they have
no basis in the current experience, how can we get over them?
Swamiji: Irfan, two- three things you need to understand,
First thing, there are some phobias, result of some evil happening in the past life, not
all phobias. Second, anything happened in the past life if it affects your present or
future, it is evil happening. But, anything does not affect your present and future, it
is not evil happening. Third, you are saying since they have no basis in current experience,
how can we get over it? Irfan, the only way to get over the phobias is, untiringly reminding
them that they have no basis in your current experience. See it is like , phobias are like
mood swings, when somebody comes to me with mood swings, I don’t keep quite, I remind,
remind, remind, remind. Sometimes people around me ask me, swamiji, what is there to advise
them..all the words they already know. I tell them, “ No, now they don’t know. Remind.
Now they don’t know. Remind.” Even the basic truths, in guru disciple relationship,
he boils you, like a potato, potato tries to jump out of the pot, please don’t do
it. Wait, your mind will say, “Oh, then can I just suppress, suppress, suppress and
kill this, how can I kill this suffocation?” Only by suppressing, it dies, never by making
decision along with the mood swing. Basic truths, like a for apple, b for brinjal, c
for cat, again and again and again reminding. Irfan, all phobias are nothing but mood swings.
When mood swings are strengthened it is called phobias, when phobias are in the initial level,
it is called mood swings. If you are strengthening your mood swings, by taking actions alongwith
mood swings, you are entering into a strong phobia. You are creating a strong phobia.
You see, phobia or mood swing, only one thing, whether they are able to repeat in more no
of frequency, or you are able to repeat with more number of frequency. They say, life is
bad, life is bad., life is bad.., you say life is good, life is good, life is good.
Whether they are able to repeat 100 times per minute, or you are able to repeat hundred
twenty times per minute. That’s all . So, powerful antidote for phobias is ajapa japa.
The more no of times, the phobia repeats itself, you repeat the mantra, that’s all. What
is phobia, it is telling you constantly, “Oh, I have this fear this fear, this fear, this
problem, this problem, if it is same thing allowed, I will have nervous breakdown, I
may suffer, I may suffocate, I may sacrifice my life ..I will die ,no I cannot tolerate
this I cannot tolerate this, it is too much, this… this..” it goes on.. Then you say,
“Om hreem nithyananday namah, Namah Shivay, Namah shivay, Namah shivay, Namah Shivay,
that’s all. Whether you are going to repeat more number of times, or the phobia is going
to repeat more number of times, is the game. If your Phobia says, “I am afraid, I am
afraid, I am afraid” , you say, “I am not afraid, I am not afraid,” or you say
that. “I am beyond everything, I am beyond everything, I am beyond everything,” that’s
all. Don’t say, “I am not afraid” as that fear engram, that word gets engraved
deeper, just say, “I am beyond everything, I am beyond everything, I wont listen to you,
I wont listen to you”, that’s all or just the mantra, that’s it. For all phobiasand
mood swings, one and only solution is ajapa japa. Do not decide alongwith phobia. Do not
decide alongwith mood swing. But stand with ajapa japa. Sometimes people ask, “ if we
have surrendered completely to existence, how can we make decisions, how can we make,
what should we do? He comes and gives suggestions, always suggestions should be heard, suggestions
will be put in your ears, it will be put in your ears, after that he gives ou the freedom.
Understand, all phobias are frozen mood swings. The only solution for mood swing or phobias
is ajapa japa. Even if you
have
the phobia of flight, closed space, when you
are having that phobia attack, do ajapa japa, you
will see the phobia just settles and dies.
Question 4: Andrea williams, turkey. I am planning to get married soon. What is your
advice on the role of male and female in a marriage?
Swamiji: Andrea williams, whether you are male or female, your role in marriage is sharpening
your capabilities of compassion. Compatibility and ability to accommodate more people into
your fear and greeds, goals, ambitions, ability to accommodate them in your inner space, ability
to keep them feel connected to what you want, and ability to connect with what they want.
I tell you, marriage is nothing but one life guru disciple relationship. Guru disciple
relationship is eternal, life after life after life after life marriage. Ofcourse, marriage
has lot of wrong components, I am not talking about those components. Marriage has many
of the wrong understandings and meanings. I am not talking in the legal marriage you
understand. Anyhow, let me put it in a very simple way, let me not take it to the higher
levels, let me explain the way you understand.
Andrea, only when your ambitions, goals find place for the other person, and the other
persons’ ambitions and goals find place for you, you will be homely, you will be fulfilling
your role in marriage. Other than that, no other way. One more thing I want to tell you,
you cannot have completely, union of mind. For
that to happen, both person should be in no mind space. The union of minds never happens. Atleast,
be very clear. Both of you, find place in each others’ ambitions and goals. See to
it, you find place for the other person, and same way in other person’s goal and ambitions,
you should be finding a place. That is the only way, you will be fulfilling your role
in marriage.