A Message from Guru Dev…

The senses and the body work only in accordance with man’s mind. For this reason it is a necessity to take care of the mind.

In man’s life the sthula sharir (gross body) is not the most important, the sukshma sharir (subtle body) is more important. The gross body is merely the frame, managing it is the subtle body, the mind and intelligence. The senses and the body work only in accordance with man’s mind. For this reason it is a necessity to take care of the mind.

To make the mind pure, the author of the Yoga-Shastra has instructed this method:-

`You should keep in mind these four conditions, maitri (friendship), karuna (compassion), mudita (delight) & upeksha (indifference).’
[Yogadarshanam 1:33]

A feeling of friendship amongst those people equal to oneself and a feeling of compassion for subordinates or those people that are sick.

With those who are more happy, more wise or more learned, or surpass you to some degree, make sure you look at them with a feeling of happiness.

And with those who have a feeling of malice and hostility with you, apply an attitude of indifference, so that you will not copy this feeling of enmity and hatred.

In this manner, by keeping in mind these four vrittiyon (mental conditions, of friendship, compassion, delight & indifference), then envy, malice and jealousy etc. will not arise in the mind and the mind’s innate spirituality grows.

By so doing, no obstruction appears in everyday affairs and with the disappearance of mental filth the instinctive longing for sensual experiences becomes less and on this account the mind becomes opened inside, praising and worshipping Bhagwan.

Jai Guru Dev.