Real Personality Development Course.

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Note: This creation consists of five package/parts.
1)Package/part No. 01 gives Knowledge about Self: This deals knowledge about SELF in detail. You can skip some topics if you have no time. Summary of part 01 is also available.
2)Package No. 02 throws idea about past, present and future of Universe. That is- Complete History and Geography. It is also called as Time Cycle or World Drama. It also discusses many interesting topics and karma philosophy.
3)Package No 03 explains REAL meditation and also contains more than 100 hints that help us to judge and act appropriately in difficult situations.
4)Package No. 04 reveals secrets or essence of scriptures and many traditions of different religions. It discloses hidden truths in scriptures and the worldly knowledge.
5)Package no. 05 makes a person to be always on top/positive even in the worst situations.
6)Aim of this effort is to make man powerful than ever before by developing inner(real) personality.
7)How to use this?:
If you have time and interest, proceed in sequence.
If you do not have enough time or interested just in hints/tips that save your energy, you can directly move to package No. 03. Much of the hints given in package No. 03 are related to practical life and are independent of any package. These widen your intellects, removes confusion and stress in life.
It is also advisable to read summary of Package 01 if you do not have time. If you are satisfied with the knowledge of soul, then you can directly proceed to package to 02.

PACKAGE No. 01: SELF REALIZATION COMPLETE TRUTH- PART I

Everybody struggles to improve his or her personality. What is personality? Why I am not satisfied with myself? Why does everybody expect change in self from birth to death? If there is same effort from birth to death, then what is the success rate?

My Personality is what I radiate. What I radiate is the effects of what I am and what all are mine. What is life? Who am I? Why am I here? From where have I come? What are mine? Did GOD create Universe? Did God create all the Religions? Did He make some as rich, some as poor, some as beautiful, and some as ugly or handicapped? If you have interest in such matters, parts 01 and 02 will be an entertainment to you. Else you can directly move to part 03.

In life, we often use words- I and mine. But do we know exactly what I am? What is MIND? What is Intellect? Where are these located? What are relations among these? Let us discuss about these.

We say, “I saw, I heard, etc”. Who saw? Who heard? Did Eyes see? Ears hear? OR Did I see through my eyes and hear through my ears?

Actually eyes themselves cannot see. I see through my eyes. Similarly I hear through my ears. If eyes can see independently and ears can hear independently, there cannot be co-ordination between eyes(seeing) and ears(hearing). In that case every phenomenon should have been limited to that particular organ only. But practically, it is not true. For example, when I hear a sound, a power(I) within my body acts and moves(directs) my eyes towards the source that produced the sound. While writing, there is co-ordination between eyes and hands. This implies that eyes cannot see themselves. It is me who see through the eyes. I see the objects I wish to see. I open eyes when I wish. I close my eyes when I wish. Hence these organs do not act independently. I use them according to my wish and needs. THIS IMPLIES THAT THERE IS AN ENTITY IN THE BODY THAT IS SEPARATE THAN THE SENSE ORGANS OR THE BODY AND CONTROLS/USES THEM. It is powerful than the organs. It owns the organs. That entity is the Self, which is nothing but “I”.

More explanation:- We also say “My house, my car”. We never say, “I am the house or I am the car”. This clearly implies- I am different than the house, or the car. Similarly, we say, “My eyes, my hands, my body, etc”. So it is also clear that- I am different than even my body. We never say, “I –the body or I am the body”. Hence, I am not the body made from blood, bone, or flesh. I am separate than the body. I am not the organs. I am the power that uses the organs/body.

Where this entity(I) is located? Definitely I must be situated inside my body itself. Hence inside every physical body, there is a nonphysical entity that is the owner of that physical body. Physical body is made from the five elements of nature. But the entity(I) that owns the body, uses the body is beyond the nature. Because I use my body beyond the laws of nature. I act according to my wish. Nature is Live less. It cannot realize itself. It does not know about itself. It does not have intelligence. It cannot think, judge, discriminate or experience(more of this is explained later at 1). The power of nature is just physical.
Hence I am the entity that sees through eyes, hears through ears, talk through mouth, experience through the body. I have MY OWN THINKING POWER, JUDGING POWER, and REALIZING POWER. This Self is also called as SOUL(Atma or Atman). Hence I am the Soul.

[Strictly(literally) speaking, it is incorrect to say ‘My Soul or His Soul’. Because I am the soul. Because of ignorance some say ‘May His Soul Rest in peace’. But the right sentence is ‘May that soul rest in peace’.
But usually a soul is identified through its body. So in usage, the phrase- “Soul of Mr. X” or his soul has come are used. Hence it is also ok. Please note that the important point to be noted here are- SOUL AND BODY ARE SEPARATE AND IT IS THE SOUL THAT USES THE BODY].

Soul is the owner of the body. It is greater (special) than the body. Hence powers of Soul are greater and special than the physical body. Let us understand how a soul does karma(action) through its body. All the nerves of a body are connected to the brain. Brain is the centre of the nervous system. If I wish/need to see an object,

1]My eyes should be open,

2]Eyes should be healthy,

3]All the nerves from eyes to brain should be healthy,

4]Brain should be healthy. Even these are not sufficient.

5]My MIND should attend in this seeing process (I should be conscious about this). If my mind is deeply busy in some other matter, I will not see the object in front of my eyes even when my eyes are open or my body is fully healthy.

The first four points are related to the nature. They are physical. But the last is beyond nature. It is not physical. This implies that mind is not physical. It is not part of the physical body. Hence MIND is part of the SOUL.

Let us learn more about this. Even if many people see an object in the same way sufficient time with enough clarity, they do not understand it identically. For example, a car seen by different people, say- a baby, an elderly person, a driver, a car mechanic- will be interpreted in different ways. The baby will not understand anything. The elder man will understand something. The car driver will understand better. The car mechanic will understand much more. That is, the understanding, discriminating or judging power of different people is different. This discriminating power is called the INTELLECT. This power is also beyond nature and not physical. This is the second power of the soul.

Let’s go further. Even if many understand a matter in the same way, all of them do not accept/feel it identically. That is their behavior is not same. For example, all/many know that Smoking Cigarette is Injurious to Health. But only some get addicted to smoking. The main reason for this is the RESOLVES*(sanskaar) in them. In simple language, sanskaar can be called as habit/nature. Individual’s taste, virtues, capacity are different. RESOLVES is the third part of the soul. So- Mind, Intellect and Resolves are the parts/powers/faculties or subtle organs of the soul. Therefore the chaitanya entity soul has mind, intellect and resolves in itself. (The word chaitanya means one that is aware of it, can experience, and can act by itself. That is- it has intelligence, thinking power, can take initiative and has the power to realize.)

Every Soul resides in its own body. Some say Soul is everywhere. It is not true. The reason is, no relationship can be established with an entity that is everywhere. If soul is everywhere, there cannot be any relationship with anybody, anything or with one’s own body. Because one cannot establish relation with something that is omnipresent.

say- ‘Wind/air is everywhere. Likewise Soul is also everywhere’. But truly speaking- wind is not everywhere. It is divisible. Air is made of tiny particles, called molecules that have definite size, space, structure, etc. When we inhale, we take a part of air inside. Moreover air can be converted into liquid or solid states also. We close windows when we want to separate impure air from pure air. One cannot say that a single(the same) molecule of air is everywhere.

But soul(I) is(should be) indivisible. If I am divisible, I cannot experience; I cannot have unique memory. Let me explain in detail.

[For the time being, let us assume that pieces of soul are spread everywhere like wind molecules. Then these pieces are like molecules that can enter different people and/or things. Air exhaled by a person can enter another person’s body. So pieces of soul also will get transferred from one body to the other body, trees, objects, etc. Then who is going to experience and how!? Then even lifeless objects should have intelligence. They should react differently. Then I should be able to use others’ bodies also!.

Another effect of this is- Nothing can remain mine or me throughout the life span. Today if I am in a body, tomorrow I may be in another body. Today to whom I call/experience as my father, tomorrow I should experience the same with another person. Today if I feel a building as my home, tomorrow I should feel another building as my home.

But reality is against this. One feels his body constant(as his own) throughout his life. Even bodily relations, status, degrees, job, etc are also almost constant and stable throughout one’s life. (Eg: parents and children). Hence it is clear that every soul is INDIVISIBLE AND NOT OMNIPRESENT.

Another thing is that I alone have maximum authority on my body. Also I have maximum authority on my body alone; not on others’ bodies. So I should be inside my body itself. From this it is also clear that the soul in every individual body is different. This is the reason why everyone’s behavior is different. So the soul in each body should be UNIQUE.

Actually there is no need to explain so much. The reason is- ‘I’ cannot be sum of pieces. I can be only one thing. ‘I’ cannot be more than one.]

Next question: What is the form/shape of soul and where it is located in the body? All the nerves of the body are connected to brain. We experience pleasure/pain when signals from these nerves reach brain. Hence it is clear that soul is situated in brain.

How big can the soul be? Blood, water, bones and flesh occupy the whole space inside the body. There is no significant space for soul inside the body. Everywhere inside the body, there are atoms and molecules. Therefore, the soul should be extremely small. It is smaller than an atom. IT IS A TINY POINT. One may wonder by this, because so far no human being or scripture (except Bhagavadgita) has said this.

Some say, soul is present everywhere inside the body. According to this statement soul is present in eyes also. In that case, there is no need of the nerves that connect eye to brain to see an object. That is- one should be able to see even without that nerve or perhaps even without brain!

Another thing:- If soul is everywhere inside the body, then mind and intellects are also present everywhere in the body. In that case, damage to any physical organ/part of the body should also affect mind and intellect. Human organ transplantation is done. A person’s blood is also supplied to another. In that case, it is as good as- a part of mind/intellect of the first person is fed to the other person. So it should bring change in the behavior(mind and intellects) of the other! Everyday we pass urine and stools. Can we say some of our intellect and mind or thought energy also go with these?

Not just this much. If soul is present throughout the body, shape/form of the soul also will be same as that of the body. Size and shape of the body change. In that case, we have to say that the size/shape of the soul also changes!

Another thing is, if a person becomes physically handicapped; say by losing a hand or leg, then mental and intellectual powers of such every person should get affected.

If you say/argue “soul is not present everywhere in the body. But it cannot be small as point. It should be some what big.” In that case, its place in a body cannot be fixed/stable. Because since size and shape of bodies differ from one another, the position of the soul also will differ. Not only that- one will have to mention the dimensions of the soul.

Every soul is unique. That is, each soul is different from the other. That is why we behave independently. From this also, it is clear that soul cannot be omnipresent. There cannot be more than one thing that is omnipresent. If soul is omnipresent, then there cannot be any difference between the soul, body and the nature. The only thing that can be omnipresent is the empty space.

Hence soul has to be a point. Let me try to explain this even scientifically. According to science a water molecule is formed by molecule/atoms of hydrogen and oxygen. Hydrogen and oxygen atoms (or any object in the world) are further divisible. Division of atom obtains even smaller particles called protons, neutrons and electrons. One may say atoms are formed by protons, neutron and electrons. But if one asks “from what these protons, neutrons and electrons are formed?”; there is no answer. Scientifically these protons, neutrons and electrons are termed as fundamental particles. Because (normally) these cannot be further divided.

[In case these are divisible, then the same question can be raised again; i.e. ‘from what those are made of?’ and those obtained smaller subatomic particles will again have to be called as fundamental particles. The point here is that, if anything is indivisible(akhanda) and unique, it should be a point or very small.
Anything that is big is definitely formed by many other smaller things(particles). If ‘soul is big(I am big)’, then many other small things should form me. Then ‘among those many particles, which particle experiences happiness or sorrow?’. The word ‘I’ becomes ambiguous].

In the process of seeing through eyes, ears and mouth are not needed. In the process of hearing through ears, eyes and mouth may not be needed. But in all these processes, mind works. Hence it is clear that mind is placed at the central place(soul). IF MY MIND IS AT PEACE, THEN I AM AT PEACE. IF MY INTELLECT UNDERSTANDS, IT IS AS GOOD AS I UNDERSTAND. HENCE IT IS CLEAR THAT MIND AND INTELLECTS ARE WITHIN ME(SOUL). That is, they are parts(faculties) of soul. So please note that mind and intellects are not parts of the physical body.

say ‘my mind needs peace’. But the right sentence is- I need peace. Whether I am at peace or not is reflected through my mind.

Mind and intellects are subtle powers of the soul. They can be developed by increasing the quality of thoughts. Soul is indivisible. That is, mind and intellects cannot be separated from a Soul.

We say, ‘It is my habit’. Habits die harder. This also implies that the habits are directly related to me(soul). Habits become sanskaar (character). So mind, intellect and sanskaar (=resolves =character)- all are confined (situated) in a small tiny point, and that is the Soul(I).

Hence the one that thinks good or bad is a point. The one that discriminates is a point. The same point does good or bad actions. That point is I, the Soul, the self.

Physical health is observed by the movements or working capacity of parts or organs of the body. Similarly power of a soul can be seen through one’s thinking(mind), judging(intellect) capabilities as well as through his habits(character). character, resolves, sanskaar can be interchanged without much difference.

Now let us learn the working of mind, intellect and sanskaars. Mind is like a horse. Intellect is the controlling rope. I, the soul is the horse rider.

According to my desire/need(mind), my knowledge(intellect) and the sanskaar that is filled(updated) in me till today(till the last instant), thoughts emerge through mind. That is- I think according to my desire or needs, the knowledge I have and my habits.

Good goals(desire) and good sanskaars help in creation of good(positive) thoughts. Intellect has the power to decide/judge whether the thoughts are good or bad, right or wrong, etc. Mind can also be called as the door of the soul and intellect as the stomach of the soul. Thoughts are food to the Soul. Positive thoughts increase the power of the Soul. Waste and negative thoughts decrease the power of the soul.

Positiveness means nearness to truth and long lasting. What is truth? Body is mortal and soul is immortal. In simple terms, following truth means to give more importance to soul than the body. It is paying right respect and treatment to each according to its state. Complete meaning is given in part 02

Mind can be controlled by the intellect. That is- intellect is above the mind. But the Soul(I) should use the intellect properly. When the mind-horse starts wandering, it should be controlled through the intellect(determination). By determination, mind gets concentrated. After that, one should continue right practice.

That is, do positive (right) thinking. That is- think, feel, praise more about soul than the body. Churning of positive thoughts increases the power of intellect which increases the efficiency of thoughts. This process is regenerating and will ultimately make the soul powerful.

It is like this. To train the horse, initially it takes frequent use of the rope(intellect). As horse(mind) goes on getting training, the stress on rope(burden on intellect) goes on reducing. Similarly in the effort of controlling (and ruling) the Self (Self Transformation), one reaches the state of perfection at the end. That is, mind is automatically/completely merged in positive/elevated thoughts. Then there is no burden on intellect. There is no confusion, fear or mischievous(=chanchalata- hindi word) . THE SOUL SITS IN ITS OWN REAL STATUS. This state is known as carefree state or liberation in life.

Hence I am a ‘tiny point of divine light and might’ that resides in brain. In front view, I(soul) am seen between the eyebrows in my forehead. Many things that certify this(place of mind) are given below.

1)In India, many people put a dot in their forehead between the eyebrows.

2)When we salute, we bring our hand near to our forehead.

3)Bowing the head is a way of expressing regard. This implies that I am(soul is) situated in the head.

4)The word mastakamani(jewel at forehead), shiromani(jewel at head) mastaka=forehead, shira=head, mani=jewel are famous and divine words

But unfortunately, many believe soul is situated in heart. But the heart is just a pump that supplies/circulates blood. It is already explained that all our nerves are connected to brain and we experience through brain. Hence soul’s place should be in brain only.

When we get emotionally disturbed, the blood pressure is affected immediately. Hence body-conscious (ordinary) people might have thought that the soul resides in heart! Ordinary people can realize changes that occur in body only. Even though the cause for emotions is the thoughts created in the brain, they have not understood it. A person’s mental stability can be observed by the waves(EEG) that get generated in brain].

Body-consciousness means considering/feeling oneself as body. It is ignorance of the soul.

For simplicity, it can be said- soul is like a driver and the body is like a car. The soul drives/controls/uses its body like a driver drives his car. Some more relations between a soul and its body are mentioned below.

Body is a Car. Soul is the Driver.
Body is an Instrument. Soul is the Operator.
Body is a house. Soul is the Owner/User.
Body is a dress. Soul is the one who wears it.
Body is a shoe. Soul is the one who wears.

Body is similar to a chariot. Sense organs are like horses. Soul is the rider.


In the above, the first entity is experience-less, intelligence-less thing. The second entity enjoys/uses/controls the first one. Price of the first can be estimated. But the price of the second cannot be estimated. This also clearly indicates that we are not just blood, bones and fleshes whose price could be estimated. That is, we are not just made from physical nature. There is some entity(soul) in the body that is above the nature.

Price of a dead body is estimated. Deadbody(corpse) is nothing but the soul-less body. Till the soul is present in the body, the body is a living body. When the soul sheds(leaves) the body, the body becomes life-less. Then the body is buried or burnt. So it is clear that soul is above the nature or physical objects. Hence its price can’t be estimated.

Some say- MIND is part of brain. If so, let them cut and separate mind from brain and show it! Pictures of every physical object can be drawn. Using microscopes even the structure of a living cell of the body can be seen. If mind is part of brain, one should be able to draw the pictures of mind, intellects, etc!.

Another thing: A living-cell in the body is made from carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen which are just physical. But thoughts are non-physical. If mind is physical(part of brain), can we say- physical things produce non-physical thing/energy(mental energy)? Scientists may be doing research on this.

Anything in the world come under three categories- NON-LIVING(JADA), LIVING(JEEVA) AND CHAITANYA (INTELLIGENT).

Objects like machines, furniture, etc and dead things(dead plants and dead bodies of man and animals) are Non-living things. There are no special actions (like consuming food, breathing, reproduction, etc) in these objects. There may be some actions in man-made machines. But their function can be fully controlled. Machines can be switched off or on. There is no continuous biological process or intelligence in them. Machines do not grow. There is no living cycle in machines. Hence these come in category NON LIVING.

Plants and trees come in the category LIVING. They are made from living cells. The above said actions occur in a predefined manner in them. Man has no full control over these like he has on machines, computers, etc. These(plants and trees) follow laws of nature. But still they do not have intelligence(soul).

Animals come in the category of CHAITANYA. There are living cells(physical body) as well as soul(non-physical entity). There are again two categories in this. One is less intelligence animal(normally called as ANIMALS), and the other is highly intellectual animal(normally called as HUMAN BEINGS).

Plants and trees act 100% according to the laws of nature. In extra-ordinary situations, they do not attempt to rescue themselves. This implies that there is no intelligence (soul) in plants. They are just a part of the nature itself. A tree will not recognize plants created by its own seeds. A plant will always move towards sunlight. It will never try experimenting- like moving towards shadow and see for any special effect.

The reason is- it has no intelligence. It is not aware of itself. The sprout of any seed if it is laid (sown) upside down will grow upwards. That is, all seeds grow/move against gravitational force.

Animals behave closely to nature, but not to 100%. Behavior of different animals (even of a same species) are different in same circumstances. They behave according to their desires and needs. They consume food to the degree of their satisfaction. They try to rescue themselves in dangerous situations. That is, they have intelligence(soul) in their body.

But the level of intellect in animal souls is very less. In comparison to human souls, they are intelligence–less. That is why MAN is ruling the whole world. Behavior of animals can be predicted to a great extent. But it is very difficult to predict behavior of man. There are a lot of similarities in behavior of two cows. But it is very difficult to find similarities in human beings. One may be an engineer, another doctor, the other saint, thief, etc. DUE TO HIGH INTELLIGENCE, EVERY MAN BUILDS HIS OWN UNIQUE PERSONALITY.

There is no limitation to the power of intellect and mind of a human being(even to his desires also!). A deer fears to a lion, but not to another deer. A rat fears to a cat, but not to another rat. A cat fears to a dog, but not to another cat. But man fears to man!. Man’s enemy is man himself. The reason for this is man’s vipareeta_buddhi(wrong use of intellect). That is why most divine and highest devil personalities are found in human beings. Human soul is categorized as punyaatma(pure soul), paapaatma(sinful soul), mahaatma(great soul), dharmaatma(religious soul), etc. No animal has bad habits like man. No animal gets subjected into dangerous and innumerous diseases like human beings. Man gets heart attack. Man commits suicide. But animals do not. It is clear that today’s man is worse than and is unhappier than even animals.

Under same circumstance or environment, two plants grow identically. Two animals do not grow exactly same. But still there are a lot of similarities. But it is impossible to find same development in two human beings brought up under same circumstances. Hence it is clear that there is absolutely no intelligence in plants. Animals have it to a certain extent. But man has it to the greatest extent. By proper education and training, human intellect can be developed to a vast extent. By any education, intellect of animals cannot be developed beyond a limit.

(Hence human soul is different than animal soul. Human soul will not take birth in animal species. Human soul will take rebirth in human species and animal soul in animal species. More of this is given in part II).

Cause for all problems is body-consciousness. Remedy for all problems is soul- consciousness. Considering me as body, getting interested in bodily relations, bondages and materials is body-consciousness. Feeling that any problem to body will affect self(me) is also body consciousness. It is like this: Wearing of new, neat, good costumes gives happiness. Dirty, ugly, old clothes give unhappiness. Similarly clean, beautiful, healthy body gives happiness. Ugly, old and diseased body gives unhappiness. But if the cloth sticks to our body, the unhappiness is the greatest. This is the body consciousness.

That is- being incapable to forget body is body consciousness. Soul is separate than the body. Body is like dress of the soul. Soul is the one who wears the body. Hence a healthy soul means one who is capable of putting the dress(use body, think body, act) according to his wish and get detached from the body as soon as work is over. The one who wears dress feels his dress as just an object having no live. Similarly, we should feel our body as just an object. But today we are not only incapable of forgetting our bodies, but also are attached to even bodies of others. This is the body consciousness.


Or perhaps, our situation is worse than this. WE ACT AS IF I AM THE CLOTH(BODY) ITSELF. That is, I(soul) have considered(determined) myself(soul) as the costume(body). What a great ignorance and hopeless state is this!. I consider myself as male, female, young, old, white, black, etc. I consider myself as child of the person who gave birth just to the body!

If driver is attached(bonded) to the car, he cannot drive it properly. The driver has to be seated in his seat. Right method to decrease the speed is to apply brakes. Instead if he attempts to hold wheels of the car to decrease the speed, the result will be poor. Similarly, to use my body, I(the soul-driver) should be situated at my seat(be soul-conscious). That is I should act being in the soul-conscious state.

When one is angry, right method to avoid conflict is to control anger in the mind(apply brake). If instead, one just keeps his mouth closed( as good as holding the wheels by hand to reduce speed), effort is more. Also, the person may not be satisfied. The inner anger may be released (with interest) later. Controlling mind controls mouth and all the organs automatically.

Controller/ruler only has the authority. If one has knowledge and the faith- 'I am the driver/ruler/owner of the car', then only he can drive the car properly. If he considers himself as the car, then he cannot use/control the car properly. Similarly, TO CONTROL MIND AND INTELLECT, one should understand and feel that “I AM THE OWNER/RULER OF MY MIND AND INTELLECTS”. That is I should become soul-conscious. Soul-conscious stage is the state of a King. When King is seated on the throne, the subjects obey his orders. Similarly, when I am soul conscious, our mind, intellect and all the organs (organs are my subjects since I control or use them) can be rightfully used and maximum enjoyment is possible.

I and MINE should be understood properly. One has control over his belongings only. I can use my money, my house as I wish. If one thinks ‘I am the money’, how can he use his money!? Since we consider ourselves as the body itself, we are not able to use our body properly. The most intelligent animal(man) has become SLAVE of his own organs to the highest possible extent than any animal. Man suffers innumerable diseases and is highly addicted to drugs as well as to wrong diet. Man is busy in inventing weapons to destroy man.

Let us learn more about ourselves. Consider a crow’s shit(stool) falling on the head of a person walking on the road. If it is morning jogging time, and nobody had been present nearby, he might not have got stressed much. He may forget the incident easily. The effect on him will be more if he is on the way to his office and dressed in fine suit. It will be still more if the incident had happened in front of many others. If his colleagues also were present, the effect will be still more.

The effect of a karma(action) on me(soul) is called sanskaar(resolves). To the extent one’s intellect accepts(FAITH) it(any matter or the situation) and the mind’s involvement(PRACTICE= repeated thinking) in it, resolves(habit) is built up. Then he will develop anger and mental stress. There onwards his way (attitude) of seeing the crow changes. He will develop enmity with crow. His habit also changes. Whenever he sees a crow, he may start throwing stones at it. Previously if he had the habit of walking carefreely, now he will be watching intermittently towards sky often to check for a crow. The person may even dream fighting with the crow. In this way, the effect of resolves influences our attitude. This influences our future behavior, which are future thoughts and actions. In this way, PRESENT THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS DEVELOP RESOLVES WHICH INFLUENCE FUTURE THOUGHTS AND ACTIONS. THIS IS A CONTINUOUS PROCESS.

But note that same incident will not have same effect on two persons. The reason is due to the difference in their desire(mind), knowledge(intellect) and resolves. There is continuous influence of these three on our thoughts(mind). Effect of resolves is deeper and continuous. Resolves is like a habit. Likewise a person is caught by his habits, our present thinking is influenced by our previous(that is developed till the last instant) resolves. This is the cause for the attitude.

To the extent our mind and intellect accepts any incident, it remains in our screen of remembrance (smruti_patala= kannada language word). If the intellect takes(acceptancy =faith) it seriously or if we are deeply interested (practice= thinking again and again) in the matter, the effect (feeling or experience) will be deeper. It will remain in our memory(remembrance) for longer duration. This will get reflected in our vision(drushti) and action(kruti).

Attitude(vrutti) is the seed. Remembrance(smruti) is the nourishment. Vision(drushti) and action(kruti) are the fruits. Those whose attitude cannot be changed are called firm minded people. They do not consider other matters seriously. Their intellect is centered in a predetermined goal/state. Attitude projects the habit(character) of a soul(person). Remembrance projects his present state of mind and intellects.

Our present thoughts are result of our present desire(mind), present knowledge(intellect) and the past habits(resolves developed so far). If the present thoughts (remembrance= practice) support the past(= existing) resolves, the resolves become deeper. For example, if a person having habit of smoking continues smoking, the habit gets deeper. But if desire is opposite to the resolves(habit), practice can be opposite to the habits. This will change resolves. This is called transformation of resolves(habit) or Self-Transformation.

Another example: If you want(desire) to go to Bangalore, and have the knowledge of the route as well as excellent driving experience(habit), you get right confidence in the work(=action= journey). You reach goal faster. If there is lack in any one of these, the speed will be slow. Please note that for right practice, just desire is not sufficient. Right knowledge is also necessary.

If you have complete knowledge of the route and strong desire to reach, you reach faster. If there is no burning desire, you may become lazy and take rest in between or get interest in sceneries on the way. This will delay the journey. If you get deeply interested in side-sceneries in the journey, your decision of going to Bangalore itself may change! If you do not know the right route, even the strong desire may be useless!
NOTE THAT IF ALL THE THREE MATCH, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY GOAL IN LIFE. IT IS THE STATE OF PERFECTION. THIS IS CALLED LIBERATION IN LIFE OR CAREFREE STATE. These three will match only if the resolves become completely pure. Completely pure character brings complete satisfaction. That person will have no fear, tension at all. He will not have fear of even death.

Some addicted persons or criminals are least bothered about others. Their desire and resolves are bad. It seems that the above three match even in those(eg: terrorists). So one may ask is it the state of perfection? But truly, there is no match. Their match is temporary and limited. These people are dependent (even mentally) on many things in their life. They need drugs, huge quantity of money, weapons, others’ support. Whenever any of these supports fails, they get stressed. But a highly pure person will have dependency. He will not be worried even if does not get food for days or becomes handicapped.

A note:- In the present world, nobody is really or fully satisfied. Everybody is under stress. Everybody’s mind and intellects are loaded. From the childhood, education starts. Today education has become burden both to parents and children. Everybody desires change in self(to develop self or not satisfied by self)) and in others(has expectations). BUT IN BOTH THE PROCESSES, THE PERSON DEFINITELY CHANGES HIMSELF(=GETS INFLUENCED).
That is- even if you do not want change in self but try to change others, you change yourself! There is change in your behavior (resolves) and what you experience. So please think before you deal with others. Think before act.

There is possibility of being negatively influenced by others when we deal/communicate with them. If I get negatively influenced by others, I definitely lose something. So we should be sure that the gain what we get by the deal is more than the loss. Else the deal is a waste. For example, health is more important than wealth. Hence one should not sacrifice health for wealth.

But even wealth is also needed for health. One needs money to take care of his body. So sometimes it is advisable to sacrifice health for earning. He may have to work in night shifts. In some cases, person may have to work in polluted areas. But one should work in such conditions for some years and try to change for better situation.

But if a person has enough money, he should not try to earn even more by sacrificing his health. Because for the former, it is necessary, for the latter it is not. More of this will be understood when we realize what is the value of time, money and energy(health) in part 02.

Now let us discuss about developing the self. Even if all the students of a class are taught by the same teacher, they do not pass with same grade(marks). The reason is- individual’s desire(interest), understanding capacity are different. factor availability of resources and facilities are not considered here This makes the practice(effort) of the students number-wise.

Some students concentrate in studies. Even when guests visit their house, they talk to them for few minutes and keep themselves busy in studies. They do not take any matter seriously. So they become capable of forgetting other matters easily. Their mind is engaged in smruti(practice) and they reach goal easily. But those, whose desire is not firm and are interested in other waste/negative matters, cannot concentrate their mind and intellects properly. Hence their practice will not be right. This creates difficulty in reaching goal.

There are some who are really interested in studies. But their understanding capacity (intellectual power) is less. What should they do? Fortunately, the understanding capacity can be increased. Some extra effort is needed. They will have to read more number of times. They may need others’ help (or more books and related materials) in clearing their doubts. (In the previous example, the person on journey towards Bangalore will have to clarify the route details from others). If these are done properly, definitely they will pass with good grades.

It is like this: If the mouth of the vessel is small(less understanding capacity), then it takes more effort in filling it. But as the vessel is being filled- that is as the knowledge is digested, the receiving capacity increases (vessel’s mouth go on widening). More effort is needed during initial period only. But the student should never be lazy, get tired or lose interest in studies.

In other words, it can be said like this: If the vessel is small(weak intellect), less liquid only can be filled. But as it is filled, the size of the vessel (intellectual power) increases.

Resolves has effect on attitude. Attitude has effect on thoughts (smruti=remembrance). Individual’s resolves is different. Hence individual’s thoughts differ. RESOLVES CONTRIBUTE HIGHEST TO ONE’S PERSONALITY.
ATTITUDE is formed by RESOLVES. Resolves is formed by THOUGHTS(smruti=remembrance). Hence past thoughts are cause of present attitude. Present attitude, present knowledge and present desires yield present thoughts. So past thoughts(resolves), present knowledge and present desires are causes of present thoughts. If I want to change myself, then I should change my present thoughts. SO THE ONLY WAY TO CHANGE SELF IS TO CHANGE PRESENT KNOWLEDGE AND PRESENT DESIRES. That is to get right knowledge and develop right desire. This will change my present thoughts. This will change my existing(past) resolves. This will ultimately change the attitude. So by changing thoughts, I can change everything. INTELLECT is the one that helps us in this.

We human beings have the highest power, the intellect. We understand things to the highest possible extent by intellect. Intellect has the power to understand, discriminate and judge. Not only that, it can control mind. This is called the power of determination. We, human beings should use our intellect properly. Intellect should decide(= I should decide= I should use my intellect to decide= I should make myself aware of) the things that are good, correct, useful and necessary. Then by determination, I should engage(practice) my mind in these thoughts. Then the intensity of wrong desires(thoughts) emerging in mind will become weak and eventually die. Patience, right knowledge and strong determination brings continuous practice.
In many cases, it is difficult to learn(adopt) new things. Eg: exercise. It may need a week or a month of honest effort. Right knowledge and Determination brings honest effort. It takes more than 15 years to become an Engineer or Doctor. Patience and continuous practice are necessary.

What is education? It is nothing but “DIRECTING AND ENGAGING MIND ACCORDING TO INTELLECT’S DIRECTIONS (KNOWLEDGE of the respective subject/field).” Man gets high status by education. Life is also similar. We use our mind and intellects according to knowledge, desire, circumstances and resolves in us.

An intelligent person controls his Mind(horse) through Intellect(rope). But less intelligent person’s Mind(horse) itself drives the Intellect and the RIDER. Definitely, danger is ahead!.

According to smruti(thoughts= remembrance), everything changes. Because thoughts create Resolves. It is the thoughts that form our future. That is why it is said, “What you are is what you think”. We become embodiment (swaroop) of what we think(our thoughts). Smruti(thoughts) form our embodiment (swaroop)

As the smruti, so is the swaroop. As the swaroop, is the saphalataa (success). Smruti becomes swaroop. Swaroop becomes success(= result).


As said earlier, effect of an action is(forms) the resolves. But the effect of an action is the effect of thoughts(smruti) not just action literally. In other words- WHAT WE THINK IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT WE DO. We are more affected by our thoughts than just physical actions. In other words WE EXPERIENCE WHAT WE THINK AND NOT WHAT WE DO. For example, a bus conductor (one who issues ticket to passengers) puts his hand forward.

A beggar also puts his hand forward. Action is same in both the persons. But there is great difference in their thoughts/experience. The conductor does it with authority (demanding money to issue ticket), but the beggar does it helplessly to beg alms. The conductor may put forward his hand more number of times than the beggar everyday. But his embodiment (resolves) will never become that of a beggar. The reason is clear- during the action, the smruti(realization= thoughts= experience) in them were different.

A note:- this is an example how we can overcome the effect of karma(= action). That is- we do not get upset by any action, however it is. Just see- film actors become ready to perform any action. The hero may play the role of a beggar. He may appear in dirty clothes in a movie. The film actors become capable of doing any action because they are highly paid. So if in any action payment is high, one becomes ready to do that.
But in real life, these actors will have high ego. Hence they fail in real life. But if we understand the power of thoughts and their fruits, we can overcome the effect of any action. The person becomes capable of enjoying the life just by thoughts. For that one should know different types of thoughts and their fruits which are explained in detail in part 02.

Take another example. Assume that you utter the same words “How are you?” with a baby, child, friend, lover, parents, stranger, subordinates and with an animal. The emotions(experience, realization) that occur are different at different situations. (One may not have even courage to utter these words to his senior official!). Hence the resolves that develop in every individual is different.

That is why no two persons in the world can have Name, Form and Behavior- all the three same. –This sentence may be unnecessary here.

Assume that you hear insulting words like dog, monkey etc. If some stranger calls you, you may get tensed up. But if your friend says for joke, you may be happy. If a mad person or a drunkard says the same, you may ignore that. If you hear that in a television, you may not get upset at all. Instead you may get bored or become happy. But if your close friend really meant that you will get surprised. It is due to difference in our attitudes towards different people. We have to make our attitude so strong that nothing in this world can influence us (affect our thoughts(smruti)). Otherwise our smruti will become chanchala (unstable) and make our realization/experience negative. This negative realization will create more negative resolves that will worsen our attitude. This chain reaction weakens our personality.

Some do not have interest in bad habits. But they are not determined. So when they come in bad company (friends), they easily get influenced and get addicted to bad habits.

After accepting the (right) path, one should have determination. Then only the remembrance (thoughts) can be stable/continuous. Determination increases both intensity(power) and duration of the thoughts. It is like having very high salary for many years. Strong determination increases willpower. This increases soul power (resolves become powerful).

What happens due to lack of determination? We will fight with ourselves and waste time, (money) and energy. The reason is- our mind and intellects do not support each other. The intellect is weak due to less determination. So the order given by the intellect to the mind will not be powerful. Hence mind cannot be controlled properly. Mind works(thinks) as per the previous habit(resolves). So the change cannot be faster/effective.

Factors that determine movements of horse are controlling rope and habits of horse. Similarly our mind is influenced by both our intellect and resolves. Thoughts that come up in our mind depend on these two. Our past resolves is negative and intellect is also weak. Hence at present our mind thinks negatively and we feel difficulty in positive thinking. We feel easy to learn bad things but do not get confidence to change for better. Even small children develop bad habits fast. This is today’s world. To develop positive thinking, we need right knowledge, faith and determination in that.

How to change old habits?:- Consider a boy having the habit of getting up late in the morning, say 8 AM. He wishes to get up at 5 AM. He keeps alarm for 5 AM. The alarm rings. He gets up, tries to get out of bed, but fails. He switches off alarm and sleeps again. He does not get power to get up from bed. Because his habit is deep.
Suppose say, somebody tells him, “Tomorrow if you get up at 5 AM, I will give you 100 rupees”. Next day when alarm rings, the boy gets up. When he remembers 100 rupees, his sleep vanishes and he jumps out of the bed. What is the reason for the change? It is the power of intellect. In the first case, intellect was inactive. But in the second case, his intellect had faith of getting Rs 100/-. Hence intellect overcame the influence of habit and mind followed the order of intellect. Intellect wakes up when it understands(gets faith in) the fruit (or result of an action). Here the knowledge of profit made the intellect powerful.

Same phenomena occurs in these cases- 1)Students become capable of sacrificing sleep and work hard during examination days. 2)One works even night during business seasons. 3)A mad person or a drunkard also behaves in discipline when he sees a policeman. That is- the intellect gets awakened when it realizes the fruit(here, the loss). Hence it is very important to know the fruit of an action. Else action may not be useful. This is karma philosophy. Deeper points are explained in part 02.

So it is clear that mind should be under the control of intellect and not of the old habits. Some do not fear to commit great sins like murder. They are determined to do such actions. Their intellect (=they) will not become upset by their actions.(Eg: terrorists). A butcher does not repent for his action. Some determine that they will not give up smoking. Their intellect is made inactive in such matters. Even if intellect gives wrong signals, they ignore them. Hence large ripples/emotions do not arise in their mind. Their life proceeds without much confusion/hesitations. But when the smoker gets cancer or T.B, he repents a lot. But it is late or sometimes too late. The pain, loss and sorrow they experience could be multifold. Sometimes they will have to bear it till the end of life. Hence it is said, “the boat of truth may fluctuate, but can never sink”. There may not be shortcuts in the path of truth. There may be tests in the path of truth. The tests are just to check, clear past karmic account and not to threaten (more explained in part 02).

Dangers, risks are there in path of lies also. So one should not fear the tests in the path of truth. These tests are due to previous account(wrong actions) and are to check ourselves.

When a patient gives up the previous bad habits, symptoms of disease may arise. It is actually not disease. It is healing crisis, during which the body is being cleaned. One should have patience at that time.

During manufacturing process, the product has to undergo some specific tests. The aim is not to spoil the product, but just to test it. The duration of healing or the test is less. So the circumstances in life should not upset us. But if we are not stable during that time, it is as though we are still diseased, or like weak product. It is as though we failed in the test. So we will have to appear for the test once again. That is- the problem(circumstances) will arise again. As this repetition increases, it becomes resolves and fear becomes our resolves. Fear becomes one of our natural qualities! Later it requires more effort. So by fearing, the problem never cures. So one should give up fear and hesitation if he has to bring change in his life.

There may be shortcuts in the path of Lie. But the life of Lie is less and the end is always sorrow. In path of truth, fruit is always sweet. The path of truth is clear, simple and straight. But one should know truth.
The intellect is to understand, to check anything for rightness, to direct mind to reach the goal. If the intellect is proper, then only right understanding and right experience is possible. For example, if a child sees a car, it cannot experience anything special. An intellectual person understands and experiences better. So one should use his intellect properly. Knowledge is needed to understand and faith and practice to progress.

But there is difference in understanding and experiencing. If the same situation is understood properly by two persons, they need not experience/feel it in the same way. To experience anything, one has to accept it.

For example, in a cricket match or war between two countries, the citizens of different countries experience it differently even though they all understand it identically. Citizens of country to which the winner belongs enjoy happiness and citizens of the country of the loser experience sorrow. Citizens of other countries may not consider the result seriously. So whatever may be the level of understanding about the situation, but most important is- to know the true relationship of that thing/situation with ME. That is why the knowledge of “I (Soul) and Mine” is of UTMOST important. Just having a lot of knowledge may not yield satisfaction. Some have secured double degrees from well known universities. Today man has much knowledge of sun, moon, and physical technology. Even though today’s man has gained a lot of knowledge, he does not have satisfaction. SO ONE SHOULD KNOW WHAT HE IS AND WHAT IS RELATED TO HIM. That is why knowledge of soul is of utmost important for anybody.

NOT KNOWING SELF OR FORGETTING SELF CREATES MISTAKES:

A cow knows that it is a cow. For the time being, assume that is not aware of that. If it considers itself as a tiger and starts attacking an elephant, what will happen? It may lose its life. On the other hand, if it considers itself as a rat and fears to come out or move freely during the whole day, how its life would be!? Due to IGNORANCE ego or fear enters us. But Both EGO AND FEAR are DANGEROUS!

Our today’s situation is similar. We just know that we are human beings. But since we consider ourselves as body, we consider us as Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, beauty, ugly, rich, poor, male, female, learned, illiterate, etc and have developed ego or fear. This has been the cause for loss of peace and happiness. Man has become enemy of Man himself. We have become slaves to our sense organs and are in the clutches of many diseases, have polluted the environment. The world has become a war field. (People in villages do not know their fundamental rights. Due to this, they have lost many comforts. Lack of knowledge incurs loss).

The saying “Half knowledge is dangerous” fully true with respect to human beings. We have knowledge of body, but not of self. Hence body conscious has developed which is the root cause of all evils.

A child does not have knowledge of either the soul or the body. It has zero knowledge. Hence it is neither useful to society, nor a disturbance. But man knows about body, hence he considers himself as rich, poor, etc and has become dangerous for him as well as to society. Man can become useful to society only if he gets full knowledge, which is both soul and the body.

MAXIMUM BENEFIT IS POSSIBLE ONLY IF ONE IS SEATED IN HIS OWN(REAL) STATE (SWADHARMA) SWA=SELF, DHARMA=BEING: If a middle-class person considers himself as high-class person or low-class person, he cannot work properly. Consider a person who has One Thousand rupees with him. Being ignorant of that, if he considers himself to be owner of Ten Thousand rupees and starts purchasing expensive things, he will end up in problems. Instead, if he assumes that he has just One Hundred rupees only, his shopping will be poor. The remaining Nine Hundred rupees would get wasted!

Hence what am I? From where and why have I come here? When should I go back? What should I do till then? That is, complete knowledge of rights and responsibilities should be learnt. Otherwise full(maximum) success is not possible.

We(soul) are different than the body and are owner of our body. So can we use our body according to our wish? Take an example: Can I drive my car just according to my wish? Can I pour kerosene instead of petrol and expect the same results? Can I ride car on mud roads? Can I commit accidents? Who is going to lose?

Definitely, I am going to lose. There are certain rules and regulations to follow in driving car and there is a proper method to drive car also. One should learn and follow them. Otherwise, it becomes an offence.
Every object in this world has its own properties/characteristics. Crossing the borders is called mal-operation or offence. As the authority of a person increases, his responsibility also increases. Even if an elderly person commits the same mistake as that of a child, the punishments for both differ. If the King does the same mistake of an ordinary citizen, do you say both should be punished to the same extent?

Many do not understand the meaning of the statement “All are EQUAL in front of Law”. But Law itself is different for different people, is it not! Many say there should be EQUALITY in the world. If everybody becomes King, then how will be the society? Some say works of equal periods should be paid equally. Will it be correct to give same payment for waiters of a small hotel and a five-star hotel? Is it justice to pay same salary to teachers of nursery or kindergarten class and PG students?

Hence one experiences happiness according to his capacity(purity), intellectual power and the authority(position). Accordingly, he is given responsibility and is subjected to law (and truth). (Truth and purity are measure of healthiness of the soul)

Equality does not mean to distribute equally!:- It means one should get proper(right) fruit for his work/action. Can a teacher give same marks for two students even if their answers differ? Opportunities should be given to a person to choose. But if a person does not use the opportunity properly, he will have to blame himself. Can everybody dream to become prime minister? Definitely it is not wrong. But he should follow the method to fulfill it. He should know where he is. An illiterate person dreaming to become a doctor should first try to pass first standard.

Very less people use the available opportunities in their life. There cannot be laziness or carelessness in life of those who use their opportunities properly. ( There are some handicapped people living independently having no complaints about themselves, others or the society. With strong determination and positive thinking, they have attained satisfaction in their life. ) Before complaining anybody or anything, one should check self whether he had properly used all the opportunities throughout his life so far?

Let us learn the activities of MIND and INTELLECTs. Because everything depends on how I use my mind and intellects. Intellect knows that smoking cigarette is injurious to health. But mind desires to smoke cigarette. At that time, one should control the mind with intellect. Some do not wish to smoke cigarettes. Some put brake to mind using intellect. These people can be called as intelligent in this matter.

Some get addicted and smoke for some period. When some symptoms of ill health are seen, their intellect (which had been previously slept, lazy, careless) gets awakened. Then it may control the mind. There is some repentance (loss). Then they give up smoking.

Some won’t give up smoking early. But when they see T.B or cancer patients in hospital, they get shocked by personally seeing the dreadful effects of smoking. Their intellect realizes now! Then they think of quitting smoking. Some give up smoking at still a later stage. That is, when they personally get cancer. Some do not quit smoking at all. To that extent, their intellect is made inactive or weak.

Surrendering intellect to any material, person is as though killing the intellect. This is the greatest suicide in life. It decreases one’s inner power. Surrendering to good things(divinity) is not killing the intellect. Good things(truth, purity, divinity) increase the power of intellect. Surrendering intellect to GOOD/BAD things is like observing RIGHT/WRONG food.

A person having habit for a long duration usually would have lost his real taste. It is difficult to treat an addicted person. It is difficult to remove madness from a mad person. Similarly, we all are mental patients by birth. By birth itself, we are given wrong food(knowledge). We have considered us as body, Hindu, Muslim, male, female, etc. Nobody has given the right knowledge about the soul to us.


Many religious people have said/preached about Soul, but have not given the right knowledge. Some say, mind is part of brain. Some say there is no rebirth. Some say body, soul, mind, God everything is same (AHAM BRAHMAASMI = I am the BRAHMAN). Some say I am God (SHIVOHAM). Some say soul and Supreme Soul are same or soul becomes Supreme Soul. Some say Soul gets merged in Supreme Soul. Some say human Guru is greater than God. Some say our forefather’s deeds/actions have effect on us. Some say man takes birth in animal species. Some say it is after taking birth in 84 lakh species a soul gets human birth. The knowledge available is confusing. There is no logic that explains what they speak. Here we explain everything logically.

Consider petrol being filled into car or some screws being fitted into the car. During these processes, if a driver feels as if his stomach is being filled by petrol or screws are being fitted into his body, then WHAT type of DRIVER is he!? Our present situation is the same. When some utters wrong words on us, we accept them unnecessarily and feel sorrow, tension, etc. We become interested in matters that are not at all related to us. That is we make our intellect to eat/consume/store negative, waste and rotten food and make our intellect weak. This develops wrong habit.

Considering ourselves as car(body) is body-conscious. Because of this we get caught in severe bondage like male-female, rich-poor, beautiful-ugly and start struggling unnecessarily. This has caused loss of our real taste, which is peace. That is why today everybody lacks peace. We keep our mind busy in the things that are related to body. We try to satisfy the SOUL (the entity that is greater than body) by the things that are less powerful than (not related to) soul. We try to satisfy one thing (soul) by operating the other (body)!

This is like the owner or king (soul) being slave of the servant or disciples (sense organs) and expecting to be powerful! Hence we have not been able to satisfy ourselves (soul). That is why many do not get good sleep also. People today visit clubs, bars to get peace of mind!

The soul conscious stage is the King on throne (powerful stage). Body conscious stage is powerless King’s stage (crownless or throne-less king)

Since we had got fully addicted to body conscious, we do not get real taste in the easiest and simplest spiritual knowledge. Hence understanding it is still more difficult. To such extent, man is caught in the clutches of body, bodily relations and materials.

IS MAN A MACHINE?

Detailed, accurate study of a machine is possible. Its behavior can be predicted almost completely. For example, we can be sure that a car gives 10 kms per a litre of petrol. There is definite procedure to repair a car. It can be repaired in less/known time. But repairing a body(curing disease) is not so easy. But what about Mind(soul)?! (It is still complicated) Today there are many people who are known as psychiatrists (mental surgeons). But they do not know what MIND or INTELLECTs are! Still they have such degrees!

Some say Man is also like a machine. In that case, behavior of all human beings should have been same. At least human beings of same sex, age group, etc should have same behavior. Man uses machines. Do ‘Machines also use Men?” Man creates machines. Is the converse true?! Machine can be switched off whenever desired. It does not need regular sleep like us.

One interesting thing is: A machine is designed before its manufacturing. But man is designed(developed) after* his manufacturing (birth). A machine cannot improve itself or cannot add new functions to it by itself. It is man who develops machine. But man can change himself.

Machine does not operate itself. There is an operator who controls machine. Even automatic machines follow continuously the instructions given by man. But Man controls even himself. Hence man cannot be a machine. The limit/boundary for a machine is precise. But for a Man?!

There are No controversies on the knowledge of a Machine. There is a definite procedure for its production, use, maintenance and repair. Man has gone on improving capacity, efficiency and services that can be provided by machine by inventions. He has invented new machines.

There are Some controversies on the knowledge of a Body. That is why we have different types of health education- like Homoeopathy, Allopathy, Ayurveda, Unani, Acupressure, Magnetotherapy, Nature therapy, and so on. Even though there are many and more techniques to cure a body, man is not capable of increasing the efficiency of the human body or in decreasing the diseases. New diseases are arising! From birth till death, man is living (surviving) on the base(grace) of these dangerous medicines. Some patients have to take medicines till death. Just think: Are there doctors to animals? Even then they do not get severe health problems!

Maximum controversies (confusions) are in the knowledge of SOUL(and GOD). There are countless opinions, religions, scriptures, gurus, etc who quarrel among themselves. There have been wars in the name of religion and God. There is no communal harmony in world. Hence it is clear that “1)Man knows enough about machines. 2)His knowledge about body is not enough. 3)But his knowledge about soul, mind, intellect is very much less or he has wrong knowledge about the soul.”

Just see man’s condition:- Objects and machines are far from man. He knows them well. Body is very close to him. He does not know about it properly. But the soul- that is HIMSELF, he is totally unaware of that or has wrong knowledge!

Today tension, worries, mental diseases are increasing with an alarming rate. Rich, healthy, young educated people also commit suicide. Children also have started committing suicide. Man has learnt inventing, operating and using machines. But operating (controlling and ruling) MIND and BODY is more important. Man lacks these. Today Man has come to a state of destructing both humanity and nature. It is as though whole humanity wishes to commit mass suicide (Everybody digging the grave for both them as well as for others).


The reason for saying the above is to clarify the fact that “Man having the highest power(intellect), has not used it in right way, but has used negatively.”

One more thing to those who say ‘man is just like an object or a machine’: An object is seen/accepted in the same way (identically) by all. A house or car is seen and used like a house or car by all irrespective of their religion, sex, etc. But people are not like that. Mr. X may be friend of one. The same Mr. X may be enemy of another. He may be a stranger or nothing to some others. Hence it is clear that man is not just combination of flesh, bone, blood, etc. There is something that is different than all these. That is the SOUL, the real SELF.

HOW TO CURE DISEASE OF MIND?

To repair any machine, one should know its working procedure. First, it is serviced (cleaned) and foreign particles, if any are removed. Then condition of all the parts is checked. The fuel must also be proper.
To cure body, right food(includes fresh air and sunlight) and right actions(including exercise, way of living, sleep) are necessary. This includes

Curing mind is same as curing soul(Full details are given in part 02). For this right food (knowledge) and action(practice= positive thinking) are necessary. Knowledge is LIGHT and yoga= meditation= remembrance= practice is MIGHT.

Which Knowledge is power?:-

It is said KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. But poor man considers the knowledge of nature and objects as the real knowledge. Today man has attained physical/material knowledge to a vast extent. He knows atoms, protons, and their properties. He can count even one millionth of a second or much lesser than that. He has developed missiles. He is capable of destroying the universe many times. He has become such a powerful creature. BUT MAN IS LIVING IN FEAR AND ANXIETY! Just see- when a person gets power, his fear should go on decreasing. But today as man’s power has increased, his fear also has increased!

So don’t you think-

1)the real power is somewhat different than what man thinks and

2)man’s real power has decreased and man is still becoming weaker?

We need knowledge in the right order. Soul is more important than body which is more important than machines and materials. So we should have maximum knowledge of Soul. Lesser knowledge of Body is enough. Even lesser knowledge of Objects is enough. There is no need to know what is there in sun, moon, etc!

WHY DO WE NEED COMPLETE TRUTH?:-

Complete truth is needed to use anything rightfully. That is

1)to get full benefit of the thing(situation) and

2)not to be deceived from it. There are always Dos and Don’ts in everything. So one should know his rights and responsibilities. Without realizing SELF properly, this is not possible.

Some say- ‘I will live according to my wish. Why should I bother about these?’ To light a wooden stick, kerosene oil is enough. Even ghee can be used for the same. But it is a loss. If that loss is ok for you, you can definitely proceed according to your wish. Children play pebbles. One can use pebbles made from gold also! It is left to individual to decide about his own life.

Knowledge And Experience:-

Knowledge and Experience are the biggest treasures in life. Which among these is greater? Take an example. A boy put string fixed with food particle into a pond to tempt a fish. He had placed a glass sheet as an obstacle between the fish and the food particle. The fish tried to reach the food. But it could only hit and kiss the glass. Then he lifted the string for a while and lowered it again into water. The fish again tried to reach the food but failed due to the glass sheet. He did this four to five times. Fish tried and got tired. Next time, the boy removed the glass sheet and immersed just the string only. But this time, the fish did not try at all DUE TO PAST EXPERIENCE. Here the fish had experience. But that experience was not only waste, but also misleading.

Hence any experience not based on knowledge(reality) is of no use. Experience gained from ignorance can be misleading or dangerous. There is a story in India which explains this- like

the cat of tennaaliraama(Rama of tennali) disliked milk, and

a Brahmin went to market, bought a cat, tied it before performing shraadha(a ritual process) of his late father.

So just imagine how our actions would be if there is no right knowledge! How man is moving? Man is continuously descending. All the elements of nature are polluted. Natural resources are getting exhausted. Temperature of atmosphere is increasing (Global Warming).

Education is given from childhood itself. The reason is to develop knowledge. From education, one gets good status and job. From the job, he gets (right) experience. This increases his value. During job he also gets more training. In this way, his knowledge and experiences go on increasing and the person develops properly.

Hence both knowledge and experience are needed; but first knowledge. Experience should be based on knowledge.
Consider a coolie, porter or a watchman. They do not have much knowledge of professional education. Even after many years of experience (service), they will be in the same position. There is no much progress in their life. But a person having good degree attains far better status in life. That is why- it is said, ‘Education is Power’. Better the education better is the fruit.

In education, goal is decided far earlier. One does not go on reading or practicing what he sees/gets. He practices the subjects that have more value in society, that are of his interest, etc and related/useful to him. So initially, the student should be aware of different positions in the society. Then according to his capacity, he selects one or few options in them. Hence knowledge of the outside world also becomes a necessity. One day, he has to stand on his own feet. He has to face many circumstances in life. Intelligent people prepare themselves before the problems arise. A fool starts digging well for water only when his house gets fire!.

We need knowledge of both good and bad. But there is no need to get bad experiences. One should know the effect of poison; but there is no need to have its experience. One should know bad effects of drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes; but by having experience of these, one is not going to gain anything. In fact, there may be loss. So knowledge not only shows us the way for better(profit), but also saves us from danger(loss).

That is why there is a saying- “Na hi jnaanEna sadrusham” = nothing(Na) is equal to knowledge (jnaana)

Hence knowledge of WORLD DRAMA is also needed. That is the knowledge of three times-past, present and future. That is the knowledge of beginning, middle and end of the universe. That is the religo-political (complete history and geography) knowledge. The Principle (Chief) actor, creator, director of this drama reveals the full knowledge. He is also called as SEED OF HUMAN TREE. One should know different personalities; that is the hero- heroines (highest possible status) of the human tree(world drama). Otherwise our aim itself may not be correct. Then our effort will be in vain or yield lesser fruit. Details of world drama is given in part 02.

A note:- Knowledge and experience are the biggest treasures of life. So- As one grows and becomes old, his happiness should go on increasing, is it not? Because he gains both knowledge and experience! But sorrow enters in life as we grow older. What does this imply? This implies that the knowledge and experience what we have gained is just about materials and that of bodyconsciousness. Hence they cannot support us during the most important time of our life. If a person has real knowledge and gains experience based on that, happiness will go on increasing even he becomes older.

Without believing or being aware of the soul, all give importance to it!:-

An object is seen in the same way by all. For example, all- irrespective of cast, creed, religion, age, sex, etc, consider a car as car. What about human beings!? One calls a person as father. Another calls the same person as husband, son, friend, colleague and so on. If man is just like a machine or object, how could these relations built up?

In some cases, one changes his religion; say a Hindu gets converted into a Muslim. Then his friends may become his enemies. If man is nothing but a combination of flesh, bones and blood, how could these be possible? Hence it is clear that there is an entity inside the body that uses, or controls the body. This has high influence on (the self as well as) others and society. So the major influence is not the physical power or matter that is contained in the human body(flesh and bones), but is the thinking characteristic, intellectual ability and behavior which comes out of that body. This intelligence, character is not present in non-living objects. It is subtle(not corporeal). It is in the soul and that is the real ‘I’.

It is already been explained that MIND is part of the soul. But one more point is worth to mention here. Many saints, sages or religious people say Mind is produced by food. Their argument is- “If one does not eat food for weeks, he cannot think. Hence mind is produced by food. So it should be part of body”. (Even Scientists and doctors used to say Mind is part of body (brain). But now many of them say “Mind is not part of brain. Brain houses the Mind”. Now many scientists believe that there is metaphysical entity in brain.”). More explanation is given below.

What do we think? We think about ACTIONS. Actions are to be performed through BODY. And body needs food to perform actions. Just think, if the petrol tank of the car is empty, how the driver can drive? He will take rest. He will not try to move(drive) car. Similarly when we stop food to body, the soul/mind will take rest. So the argument that says mind is produced by food is incorrect.

Rest= Swadharma= Original Quality of the soul= Peace:-

Swadharma (real quality, property or characteristics) of soul is PEACE. Peace is the state of complete detachment (liberation). It is the absence instability. In other words, it is the state of absence of negative and wasteful thoughts. That is- during peace, thoughts related to bondages of body, bodily relations, materials, etc are absent. In other words, there will not be any ripples in mind. We(the soul) get exhausted(tired) everyday. Hence we go asleep(PEACE) daily.

Why do we need sleep? Is it due to just physical tiredness or even mind also? A coolie or a farmer works in the field during the whole day. His mind has no work, but body gets loaded. A student or a scientist’s minds are subjected to heavy work. But their body is not loaded. A lazy person has no work to body or mind. Still all of them need almost same amount of sleep! So what is the real cause of tiredness?

Sleep/rest is needed to both body and mind. How these get tired? When they are stressed, they get tired(example: disease, overload, mental stress, wandering of mind).
Take an example:- Consider three persons. Let the first one sing music for one hour. Let the second give lecture to students for one hour. Let the third give lecture to public for one hour. Let the fourth gossip, talk and hear useless, waste matters and rumors for one hour. Here all of them have used their mouth and ear for the same duration(one hour). But tiredness in first case will be least and in the last case will be highest.

The reason is- in the first case, there is no confusion. The person need not bother about others. All that is to be sung is already programmed inside. In the second case, the person has to check whether the listeners understand or not. The third person has to be more attentive. There can be possibility of threat from public. In the fourth case, mind and intellect will be wandering here and there with highest speed. Hence the tiredness will be more in last two cases. Tiredness increases with doubt, anxiety, fear, wandering, etc.
If a person works within his capacity, his body does not get overloaded. Hence the farmer can work for the whole day. There is no confusion in his work. His mind also will be stable since he knows his work well. Even though the student or the scientist think deeply, they are concentrated (quite stable) in a matter. Hence mind is directed in a straight path. So they become capable of using their mind and intellects for the whole day(say 8 to 10 hours). But one cannot gossip for 8 to 10 hours. One cannot express anger for 10 hours. Soon he will get exhausted.

Now let us see the cause of tiredness is in a lazy person. He has no work to either body or mind. Even then how does he get tired? The reason is- his mind and intellects are influenced by body, bodily relations and materials.

So I become restless when my mind wanders (is caught) in things that are less important than ME(SOUL). More the mind is stable, less is the tiredness.

Soul(I) is eternal. It is a point. It is master of the body. It is greater than nature. Hence it(we) should not get attracted by any material or other bodies (physical personalities of others). Getting influenced by others is as good as bringing self to a lower stage. This is as good as forcing a King out of his throne. This brings dissatisfaction and is a violence to the self. This is like an all time engineer being forced to practice medicine or something that’s not related to him. This(body-consciousness) brings restlessness in our life. Hence all need sleep.

Take another example. We have three types of rests, PHYSICAL, SENSORY and MENTAL. Physical rest is obtained when we lie down and the body is not shaking(stationary), but we need not be asleep. Sensory rest is attained when there is no pain or discomfort in the body and there are no disturbing sound, extraordinary light(brightness) and disturbing smell, etc. Mental rest is possible only when we FORGET everything; that is- during SLEEP! The third alone gives full relief(rest).

That is why we get more comfort in a SLEEP for few minutes in a MOVING(even though body is still shaking) bus than just lying in a STATIONARY bed for hours. Few minutes of sleep(mental rest, real rest) is better than some hours of physical rest. This also indicates that I am not physical. Physical things are less important than subtle things. If we understand this simple logic, we can tune our mind and experience rest/peace even in this shaking/disturbing world(like the person had nice sleep even in moving bus).

As we grow, intellect grows. That is good. But unfortunately, ego(body conscious) also builds up. This is the root cause of all evils. We know about body, but do not know about soul at all. It is like- knowing my dress properly, but not knowing the body. It is like knowing my shoes, but not knowing my legs. It is like knowing my home properly, but not knowing about the body. Knowing shoes but not legs is as good as NOT knowing BOTH!. This is the reason why all are dissatisfied in life. Even those having good health, beauty and richness also have high degree of ego. They are easily subjected to high mental stress. They cannot adjust with people of their own category also. The reason is clear: Shoes are meant/made for legs. Legs are not made for shoes. Shoes are used according to legs’ needs. Likewise, body is made/meant for the soul and not the soul for the body.

So I should act(use my body, the shoe) according to the nature(quality, reality, swadharma) of the soul. But today man is using(loading, takes stress) his mind for the body! The legs(human mind) is caught in the shoe(body and materials)

Due to lack of real spiritual knowledge, everybody considers himself as body. Even the great saints of olden days have said, ‘na iti’(not this), ‘na iti’(not this). They put effort to know about creator(God) and creation(universe). But they could not get it. Hence they spoke that God is NOT THIS, NOT THIS,. That is- they had honestly admitted that they do not know the real truth. Many people who believe in God speak about soul. But they really do not know what the soul is! While doing action, they consider themselves as body itself. That is they consider themselves as male, female, Hindu, Muslim, etc. So-called religious people are conscious of soul to a little more extent. They do not commit(or commit less) sins. Their actions are special compared to an ordinary person(citizen). But nobody knew or knows that SOUL IS A POINT OF DIVINE LIGHT AND MIGHT.

Even though many say, soul is different than body and eternal, they do not know its form and place in the body. Many say one should do dhyana (meditation= think of = remember) of God and Soul. But without knowing the form, how can one think about that? If I tell you remember (think of) Mr. X, can you do that without having his complete introduction? So if one just says- think of soul or the Supreme (God), what is the use? It is as good as directing to eat food from an empty plate!

Due to lack of the knowledge of self, everybody’s (including a lazy person’s) mind is trapped in his own body, others body and physical materials. This is like King wandering here and there for satisfaction. Such act can never bring satisfaction. Because wandering is against King’s quality/nature. Hence these negative thoughts (lust, anger, greed, attachment, ego, anxiety, stress) make the mind(soul) tired. This is why even a lazy person also needs sleep of same duration. People, who have less negative thoughts, get good sleep. Others do not get even good sleep!

A driver cannot perform his duty either he is tired OR his car is faulty. Due to the mind being engaged in body, and bodily relations continuously all the time, it(I, the soul) gets tired. (Hence we need sleep daily). This is like the driver(I) getting tired.

Similarly, if a car is forcibly damaged, or not supplied with fuel, driver cannot use the car. Keeping fast for long duration is forcibly making the car(body) weak. In case of some serious diseases, we cannot think (create thoughts in normal manner) normally. This does not imply that mind is part of the food. Actually this is good(needed) thing. Because, during these periods(illness or fasting), body needs complete rest. Unless mind is at rest, body cannot be at complete rest(already explained above). So when the body becomes weak, automatically the soul takes rest; that is mind goes into the real state(peace). Hence the traffic of thoughts is reduced. Hence one becomes unable to think when he is physically tired.

One more thing:- If one argues, “condition of body influences mind. Hence mind is part of body”. Then all should think identically under same conditions! For example, consider many boys are playing football. Many of them fall many times. Some of them cry when they get pain. Some of them do not show pain externally. Some of them do not care such things at all! Why the difference? Mental responses of patients having same degree of illness are not the same. Consider four persons being attacked by gangsters. One person may counter attack; the other may run. Another one may take revenge later. The last one may complain to police. Why such difference under same physical conditions? So it is clear that there is something in the body that takes(considers) all these into account, analyze the situation(discriminates) and takes decision according to its own taste(ego, character, etc). Truth is so simple. Hence the above argument is wrong.

Another important thing:- Today, man does not think about himself(the soul). During the whole day, he thinks about body only, because he is body-conscious. He is not aware of the self(soul) at all. Consider a driver who knows about car only and does not know anything about him. That is- he is not aware of his own sense organs or does not know about drinking or taking food to his stomach. He knows to use all his energy and organs to drive the car only. In such case, if the car becomes faulty, the driver is as good as dead(inactive) or handicapped.

Consider a person who is not aware of his left hand. He will be using his right hand only. His left hand will not be active. In any case, if his right hand gets tired or powerless, the person halts. This does not imply that he has no left hand. He has forgotten or not aware of his left hand. The person should be made aware about his left hand and gradually trained to use his left hand. Similarly when the body becomes weak, mind fails to think (gets disinterest in) material things. Since he does not know about soul, he fails to create thoughts. It does not imply that there are only physical things in nature or mind is made from food.
We all are similar to such drivers. We know only driving(thinking about) the impure body(car).

(Impurity here relates to the
1)body created by lust,
2)Body that continuously emits bad smell(sweat),
3)Body that is trapped under many religions, Hindu, Muslim, etc,
4)Body that is always vulnerable to diseases).

Being unaware of the soul, we do not know to think about the soul(self realization), or the Supreme(God realization).

Those who speak about God also do not know enough about it. Many relate human beings (physical personalities) as God. Eg: SriKrishna, SriRama, SriLakshmi, SriNarayan, Jesus, etc. All of these have human form that is nothing but body.
Some say God has no name and form. Then how and what can mind think!? So, when the body becomes weak, mind gets handicapped, it loses interest in bodily things. So it cannot remember even Srikrishna, SriRama, Jesus, etc., because all of them are physical personalities.

A driver can leave(come out) of the car whenever he wants. But are we(soul) capable of forgetting our body whenever we desire? Suppose, if we were told- ‘Today you should not remember monkey.’ Can we do this? The more we try to forget it, more it disturbs us!. Just see- My mind is totally(completely) mine. Still I cannot control it. How weak we are!

One may be able to control his organs for some time. Eg: If I decide- 1)I should not become angry for next 2 hours, 2)Today I should never drive my car beyond 40kmph. But it is not possible to control mind even for few minutes(perhaps few seconds!). Everybody in this world is caught by ignorance and is a mental patient.

Hathayogis try to control mind by forcible control of body (hatha= by force, not natural, not simple, not easy). They perform rigorous praanaayam(physical and breathing exercises). They cannot control body by easy practice (change in thinking). They concentrate their mind in some parts of physical body itself! The reason is that they do not know form of soul or the Supreme at all! Except mortal, what do they know? Some concentrate on their breath. Air is just physical. Hence their yoga is not real (not spiritual, eternal). It is physical or mortal. Real yoga is the one in which mind is thinking real things (soul-the real self, and the Supreme- God).

One should always try to have relations with his superior if he wants to be better. For example, a citizen should try to get King’s company. A student should bring himself in the company of a learned one, a good teacher. If the citizen brings himself strongly in the company of a beggar, then he is going to lose. Soul is higher than nature or body. So thinking (concentrating) material things or body made of mortal things is of NO USE! That is, the status of the soul cannot be improved (Thinking body created by impurity(lust) will impure the soul naturally!).

One advantage of hathayoga (breathing and physical exercises): An ordinary man has bad habits in life. These hathayogis do not have bad habits. So their state will not degrade as fast as an ordinary person. They enjoy better physical health. But since their life is nivrutti maarga ( sacrificing house, parents, wife, children, etc and living in a lonely place), it is not a model for the society. Not only that- a common man cannot perform all those exercises, especially, ladies and old, handicapped people..