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Success in life begins with knowing, "Who am I? What is the purpose of my life?" Knowledge of the self exists; but sincere seekers are rare. More rare are the great teachers of such wisdom. Since time immemorial, wise men have described our wonderful nature: spiritual, primeval, ever-existing, undying, unchangeable, imperishable. This selection of the writings of Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa (Chris Butler) shares that timeless wisdom — inspiring, challenging , practical. According to yoga, every action, good or bad, produces some karmic reaction. Actions that are “bad” create bad karmic reactions. A person who engages in heinous criminal actions or who lives simply like an animal, exploiting others, will have to eat the bitter fruit of such actions in the future. There is more than enough food, water, fuel and so on to satisfy the actual needs of everyone on the planet. But there is not enough to satisfy everyone's greed. Even if it were physically possible for you to consume all the food, water, and fuel in the world, you still would not be satisfied. “Material food” cannot satisfy spiritual craving. Since the materialist is never satisfied, he never feels that he has had enough. Sometimes a person is still addicted to cigarette smoking or meat-eating. If he follows the process of bhakti yoga, then gradually he will be able to give up such habits. It is a question of tasting a higher taste. If a person engages in the process of bhakti yoga, he will gradually begin to taste the higher spiritual happiness, and he will be able to give up all vices naturally. After he gives up such bad habits, then his progress will be very rapid. We may think we are attracted to the beautiful body of a woman, but actually it is the spark of life which attracts us. When Marilyn Monroe “died”, when the life force left the material body, the body was no longer attractive. All that was left was a lump of unattractive matter that was thrown in the dirt. So is it logical to think that material energy is all-attractive? Life force or spirit is the attractive element. The body is yours—but it is not you. The body is a garment that you are wearing, a machine that you are using, a vehicle that you are driving. The body is your possession. Just as a person does not identify himself as being the shirt he is wearing, he also should not identify himself with the body that he is wearing. Masochism can never lead to spiritual perfection. The body is actually a most precious property of the self; it enables the self to engage in various devotional activities that can bring about a change in consciousness. A person's external activities affect his consciousness, and his consciousness affects his external activities. Knowing this, a bhakti yogi consciously chooses to engage in particular external activities in order to bring about the desired spiritual happiness and wisdom. Hear these Soothing Sounds by Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa (Chris Butler) to experience Peace & Inner Happiness This is why people in modern Western societies are still not satisfied, even though they are so economically advanced and thus have so much facility for sense enjoyment. They always want more. As the late British economist E. F. Schumacher points out: Is there enough to go round? Immediately we encounter a serious difficulty: What is “enough”? Who can tell us? Certainly not the economist who pursues “economic growth” as the highest of all values and therefore has no concept of “enough.” There are poor societies which have too little; but where is the rich society that says: “Halt! We have enough”? There is none.* What's really needed is to recognize the need for spiritual as well as material happiness. A society that has great material prosperity but lacks spiritual purpose is really a poor society. A body without the soul is a dead body—even if it is nicely decorated with fancy ornaments. If you identify your body as yourself, you will try to satisfy yourself by trying to satisfy your body. You'll think, "I am the body and I want to be happy, I want to be satisfied." Thus, you'll try to satisfy the belly, the tongue, the genitals, the ears, the eyes, the nose, and so on, believing that this will bring you the inner satisfaction and happiness you crave. But sense gratification does not satisfy. This is further evidence that you are not the body. No matter how much sense pleasure you have, you are still never satisfied within. - Srila Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa, Science of Identity Foundation
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Citati o mudrosti, identitetu Ako ste mudri možete vidjeti osobu ili atmu u tijelu, i odnositi se prema toj osobi, a ne prema njenom tijelu. Ne biste smjeli suditi osobi prema njenoj rasi, težini, visini, spolu, genima i tako dalje. Ako se pogrešno poistovjećujete sa svojim tijelom, zaključit ćete da će vaše postojanje završiti uništenjem vašeg tijela. Ali ako znate da ste vječno jastvo u tijelu, onda znate da vaše postojanje neće završiti kada tijelo umre. Vrijednost materijalnog tijela u duhovnom životu Mazohizam nikada ne može dovesti do duhovnog savršenstva. Tijelo je u stvari najvrjedniji posjed jastva; omogućava jastvu da se uključi u razne pobožne aktivnosti koje mogu dovesti do promjene svijesti. Vanjske aktivnosti osobe utječu na njenu svijest, a njena svijest utječe na vanjske aktivnosti. Svjestan navedenog, bhakti jogi se svjesno bira uključiti u određene vanjske aktivnosti kako bi došao do željene duhovne sreće i mudrosti. Poslušajte ove umirujuće zvukove Jagad Guru-a Siddhaswarupanande Paramahamse (Chris Butler-a) kako bi iskusili Mir i Unutarnju Sreću Zadovoljstvo Ako svoje tijelo identificirate kao jastvo, pokušat ćete se zadovoljiti zadovoljavajući svoje tijelo. Promislit ćete, „Ja sam tijelo i želim biti sretan, želim biti zadovoljan.“ Stoga ćete pokušati zadovoljiti svoj stomak, jezik, genitalije, uši, oči, nos, i tako dalje, vjerujući da će vam to donijeti unutarnje zadovoljstvo i sreću kojom težite. Ali zadovoljavanje osjetila vas neće zadovoljiti. To je još jedan dokaz da vi niste tijelo. Bez obzira koliko imate osjetilnog zadovoljstva, još uvijek nikada niste u sebi zadovoljni. Razumijevanje potrebno za pravu sreću Vi ste vaše tijelo, zar ne? Vi ste u svojoj biti kemikalija… zar ne? Bar je to ono što jedan od najuglednijih Američkih znanstvenika tvrdi: Ja sam skup vode, kalcija i organskih molekula nazvan Carl Sagan. Vi ste skup skoro identičnih molekula sa različitom etiketom.* Poput Sagan-a, većina ljudi vjeruje da su tijelo. Stoga, ako ih pitate tko su, oni promisle i odgovore u terminima tjelesnih etiketa. „Ja sam Susana. Imam plavu kosu, 29 godina, majka sam i još uvijek 36-24-36!“ „Ja sam Henry. Ponosni sam Američki bijelac!“ „Ja sam John. Odvjetnik sam. Imam 40 godina i svakim danom sve stariji.“ „Ja sam Alice. Studentica sam. Debela sam i metodičar.“ Ime, rasa, dob, spol, religija, nacionalnost, profesija, visina, težina i tako dalje – sve su to tjelesne etikete. Prema tome ako smatrate da ste vi vaše tijelo, automatski sebe identificirate s takvim etiketama. Ako je vaše tijelo debelo i ružno, mislit ćete, „Joj, to sam ja! Ja sam debela i ružna.“ Ako je vaše tijelo staro 60 godina i ženskog je spola, mislit ćete, „ Ja sam šezdesetogodišnja žena.“ Ako je vaše tijelo crno i lijepo, mislit ćete, „Ja sam crna i lijepa.“ Međutim, je li tijelo stvarno jastvo? Jeste li vi stvarno vaše tijelo? *Carl Sagan, Cosmos (New York: Random House, 1980), str. 127. ~ Učenja o našoj istinskoj biti - Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa (Chris Butler)