Talks Excerpt 280. Swamiji shares Lord Shiva’s bija mantra.

From Mother Radha’s notes, written at Swamiji’s feet.

There are three states of consciousness: deep sleep, dream, waking. You dream of Swamiji prostrating to his guru. You wake up. Where is Swamiji, where is his guru? Then you realise that it is all in you.

Shiva is linked with Ganga who is auspiciousness. But what underlies all this? What is behind them? You have to find That. Then you will know.

If God is Omnipresent [everywhere], think of Him in this statue and in that statue. Realise Him there.

Shiva is the master of the five elements: Water/Ganga, earth/body, fire/third-eye, air/prana, and ether/all space is inside Him.

Shiva’s bija mantra is Namah Shivaya. The five parts are: na, ma, shi, vay, ya.

Either I see myself as Spirit, and so in all. (That is: these hands do the work – I do nothing; these eyes do the seeing – I do nothing. I am the silent witness.) Or: I am nothing.

Christ is more crucified today than ever before. In his life he made eleven men selfless and one man more selfish. All Masters are the same.

Only when you offer every action to God will you be pure. This is true surrender. When the mind is turned to God, it cannot go against conscience. Dreams even, are sattvic.

Hold your deity’s feet in your heart and repeat [from the 9-verse Gita Dhyanam or ‘meditation on the Gita’. This is the 8th verse] Mukam karoti vacalam pangum langhayate girim; yat kripa tamaham vande paramananda madhavam. [Meaning: I salute that Madhava (Sri Krishna), the source of supreme bliss, whose grace makes the dumb eloquent and the cripple cross mountains.]

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