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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. If you are wise, you can see the person or atma within the body, and relate to the person, not to his body. You should not judge a person by his race, weight, height, sex, genes, and so forth. If you erroneously identify yourself with your body, you will conclude that your existence will end with the destruction of your body. But if you know that you are the eternal self within the body, you know that your existence will not end when your body dies. - Srila Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa, Science of Identity Foundation 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 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 You are your body, right? You are chemical in essence ... right? At least, that’s what one of America’s most influential scientists claims: I am a collection of water, calcium and organic molecules called Carl Sagan. You are a collection of almost identical molecules with a different collective label.* Like Sagan, most people believe that they are their body. So if you ask them who they are, they think and respond in terms of bodily labels. “I’m Susan. I’m blond, 29 years old, a mother, and still 36-24-36!” “I’m Henry. I’m a white American male and proud of it!” “I’m John. I’m a lawyer. I’m 40 years old and getting older every day.” “I’m Alice. I’m a female student. I’m fat and I’m a Methodist.” Name, race, age, sex, religion, nationality, occupation, height, weight, and so on—all these are bodily labels. Therefore if you consider your body to be yourself, you automatically identify yourself with such labels. If your body is fat and ugly, you think, “Woe is me! I am fat and ugly.” If your body is 60 years old and female, you think, “ I am a 60-year-old female.” If your body is black and beautiful, you think, “ I am black and beautiful.” But is the body really the self? Are you really your body? *Carl Sagan, Cosmos (New York: Random House, 1980), p. 127. ~ Teachings on Our Real Essence by Jagad Guru Siddhaswarupananda Paramahamsa (Chris Butler)
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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)