Dada and Ruzbeh in conversation

Excerpts from YouTube videos of Dada and Ruzbeh in conversation

Stillness cleanses the mind – sit in silence 15 minutes at a time, keep on increasing the 15 minute intervals. Blessed is the one who is pure in spirit. We can cleanse our bad karma’s by doing good karma’s. To detoxify, work in selflessness, dedication and satsang.

Diet can be transcended

We carry bad karma’s from our past lives, our aim of life is to be like a Holy man by achieving perfection which means awareness

The Integrated Education is missing – City dweller feels superior to the Villager. Joint Family passed on Godly values to children. The very first lesson which should be taught is that God is watching you, second lesson that you must always speak the truth, control over anger which needs a power superior to his own

In rare cases one may be born as an animal or some other form – like in case of heinous crimes. Law of Karma is not punitive, but reformative. Law of Karma is one aspect of God and God is love.

Forgiveness is important because peace of mind is the richest treasure of mankind. Purity has precedence over forgiveness but forgiveness includes forgetfulness. Shampoo your mind everyday means forgiving.

Besides selflessness and humility, self-control is required and the best way is to walk the way of acceptance. Let thy will prevail – Tum hi sab kuch jaanat Priyatam, teri icha puran ho. Sukh mein, dukh mein, mere Priyatam, Teri icha puran ho! Thou knowest everything beloved, Let thy will always be done. In Joy and Sorrow, my Beloved, let Thy will always be done!

To put your ego aside, be in a circle of seekers who have surrendered. Or go against the ego. Surrender is only needed

Master said his last words “Be by me” – so I am not alone but that’s his grace

Between here and Astral world, there is a Purgatory – where one cant hide desires – so one shakes it off to reach Astral world

If degree of desires are more, one comes back

From the Astral world, one goes to the Causal world – Astral body dies and Causal body comes alive – it is here one comes to know one’s destiny. When you come back, you have forgotten that you have made the decision yourself

Visualization – Man does not use even 10% of his power, 90% is wasted. With visualization, either you change what is around you, or you change yourself

Difference between affirmation and visualization – Visualization is more powerful, it can alter reality or you!

During pregnancy, Mother should be careful that no negative thought or feeling enters her mind. As much of spiritual listening, singing, thinking that she can do. Mother has to talk to the child in the womb with spiritual lessons.

In a calamity when several people die, there is a National Karma or Group Karma

Karmon ki gatt nyari, Karma is not arithmetic

Moment of death is destined but in some cases, it can be postponed

A perfect Master can decide when to leave. There was a Master who woke up every morning in the “Graha” and asked him what are the instructions for the day

The mind is that which separates me from you – the Individuality, which creates duality

If there could be merger of minds, there would be true harmony and peace

The need of a Guru to quieten the mind and reach the state of surrender and oneness – because the mind will not surrender itself to anyone but the Guru. The surrender has to be done by the mind itself

The soul does not go anywhere after it leaves the body because space dimension applies so long only once it is in the body. The soul’s journey is a journey is consciousness, which is different from space. Heaven and Hell are states of consciousness.

The soul does not take up physical body immediately after death, it goes off to sleep as it is tired and then wakes up. Then it is assigned a task in the astral world, it dies again and goes to causal world, which is called “Devakana”. It is there that the soul gets complete view of itself and the Universe

Keeping some time for silence is so that you have time to think of God. God gives us 1440 minutes every day. Once you thank God for giving you this birth, then next question automatically arises – What for is this human birth? What are the duties as a human being? We realize that it is a simple way, but we keep on postponing.

To forego anger, prayer is the answer. There are certain things which I cant do on my own, I need a superpower. Scientist Babson said “The greatest and least used power is the power of Prayer”

Group chanting or Group meditation helps

Idea behind spirituality is that you are not the body that you wear – You can forget your body through anything creative – music, painting, drawing. Hare Krishna movement is based on music, people forget the body, they go in a trance

Sufi’s & Yogi’s insist eat less, sleep less and talk less – that is a way to God. The Gita speaks of the Karma Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Jnana Yoga, Raja Yoga and other yogas – the path that I follow is Alpa yoga or Sahaj yoga. Bhakti yoga is aligned to Alpa yoga. Sahaj yoga is yoga of surrendering to the Master. A time will come when you will be asked to render account for every idle word you have spoken – ascribed to Jesus.

How to teach silence to the child in this age of so many distractions? We must teach the child to sit in silence everyday for a while. In silence one can communicate anything. Emphasis in today’s education is on words, not deeds.  

Selflessness is very necessary – to fly, a man needs grace of Guru and God. Without grace, the disciple may become proud. He has to thank the God and feel grateful, that it is God who brought him in contact with the Guru. Without Guru’s blessings, the disciple is nothing. Behind all disciple’s efforts, is the blessings of the Guru. Blessed is the man who knows it. It is because of him that he walks on the way of humility.

Who benefits from listening to the mantra’s – if it is the one who hears, then yes. One does Kirtan when one is about to pass away. Why do we chant a mantra a particular number of times? – it is to define a thing. Usually 1,25,000 times so that one gets the habit. We can work while we pray and we can do vice versa. Purpose is to realise oneness between you and naam. Its coming back of an ancient memory.

Normal body is of 5 elements – Astral body is made of thought. Causal body is made up of “being”. From the being comes thought, from thought comes action.

A word is also a deed – Karma gets created by words. Brahma Lok, Shiva Lok, Vishnu Lok are levels of awareness – the roots are in the causal world, but they don’t occupy space. Evil thought becomes Asura, the hell. There is hope for everyone.

We become what we think. In the astral world, it is all thoughts. Physical world is a world of trial and tests. Thought can help in subduing this body but will is needed. Thoughts have vibrations which make you ultimately what you are. If you wish to change, you have to change your vibration.

God is only one, it can out on any form that he likes – the one message is that “Give Love, but the Love that you give should contain respect”

When we sleep, the silver cord remains intact – it connects the physical with the etheric double. But a man passes through the stage of awakening, dreaming, sleeping and sushupti (blissful sleep) i.e dreamless sleep. Even though sushupti may be very small period, but we have to enter it every night without being conscious of it, and it is in those moments that we get energy to work. Healing takes place all the time because every cell of the body contains the healing energy. Sushupti is divine energy as though the soul returns to its home and comes back filled with energy

Best time to pray is Brahma muhurat i.e 4 am to 4.30 am – there is a descent of vibrations from above. Second is mid-afternoon, third is Sandhya i.e twilight and fourth is just as you go to sleep. Remember the Lord for a minute after every hour or do it 5 times every day – once when you get up, once when you take breakfast, lunch, dinner and sleep. If we are specific, it has an effect – hence 5 times. Azaan or Bell is 5 times a day, if you don’t pray, you feel guilty.

A spiritual person is one whose mind and heart are moving towards God all the time. A truly spiritual person is a lover and love is of 3 types – love if someone loves you, love if someone does something to you and third of “Agape” – it is given inspite of whatever you may do. This type of love makes a person spiritual.

Meditation is sinking deeper and deeper within yourself. Man has been able to control nature so much so that he says “I have mastered nature”. Man has to know what he is. Observing your breathing is the key. But you will get more benefit if you repeat the name of your deity.

Between Karma, where does free will come in? The Universe gives us a chance – again and again and again. We are free to make the choice at every step, at every moment. Upanishad Rishi says there are 2 ways open to you – Shreya and Preya. Preya is the pleasant but it leads to your doom, Shreya is a thorny path, but it leads you to your highest good. You have to choose between the two and your choice determines your Karma for tomorrow. God gave you free will as much he kept for himself – Life is a gift which he has given

When my Guru didn’t pay attention to me, it was a process of purification and it was a lesson in humility. The Master knows best, the disciple, the shishya has to become a shishu, a family member.

The planets create electromagnetic fields – we may be born in the same place at same time but destinies would be different, because of this electromagnetic field. To not get affected by these energies, we have to discover our electromagnetic shield – to create this shield, one has to know the mechanics, which ancient people knew.

If you are on the spiritual path, people will believe that you are being hard on the family. The seeker on the path does not wish to draw closer to the spirit of attachment. In every one of his actions, he is careful to see that he takes a detached view of life.

Loneliness is a great psychological disease. We were always taught in childhood you are not alone. Repeat God’s name and go in the dark.

Secret of embracing pain is to not regard it as pain, and offer it to God so that the pain of some others is lessoned. Common man finds some sort of physical reason why the pain has occurred, which is not the right way. Nature wishes to teach us the lesson of acceptance. As life goes on, this lesson becomes more and more intense. Present day education doesn’t encourage this.

Each child brings its own destiny with itself. One can mold oneself but leave it to Law of Karma, which is not punitive, but reformative. So the Guru does not interfere with the Law of Karma, he encourages.

Gratitude is Number 1 on the path of spirituality. One prayer – Thank you God! It brings us to acceptance. I learnt through association of people who accepted.

A Fakir must have these 3 marks:

1. Zikr - Meditation

2. Fikr – Repetition of the name Divine

3. Control over Nafs (the lower self of desires)

A Fakir is supposed to control all these desires and live a pure life. He does not waste his time in idle talk but talks to the heart within, the beloved.

All that a Guru wants of the disciple is obedience, which is either 100% or 0%. Some disciples become jealous of the one’s close to the Guru. Being part of mandali is double-edged sword. Guru-Disciple relationship depends on grace of the Guru, there is no Karmic bond. Disciples closest to the Guru, one will find baser elements of character. The Guru finds them useful. Give cent percent obedience to the Guru, you become closest to him