When this very child grows up, then diet would also change the sleep pattern would also change and when he becomes young, he would eat different kind of food but as soon as your body's age crosses the age of forty years then, actually after that your body's requirements...now the body isn't going to grow further Will it still grow up? No, it only grows up to the age of eighteen, it doesn't grow after that it sustains up to the age of twenty-five years and after twenty-five, the car actually begins to move in the reverse gear it becomes visible by the age of thirty-five or forty years by the time the age of fifty is attained, one cries in pain even while sitting and standing then he keeps saying this only- 'Ah! I am dead' while sitting also, they cry; They keep panting heavily standing up seems difficult, sitting down seems difficult one finds it hard to get up after being seated, and many times it's also hard to sit after one has stood up there's trouble in both the cases the body is undergoing a change, so accordingly the person's diet should become lesser food-intake should be as per requirement but what happens is, there is greed in the mind the tongue wants taste so, to provide taste to the tongue and fulfill greed of the mind, he keeps eating more and then cries saying- 'I am dead, I am dead!' then they search for some Ayurvedic medicine or they look for some anti-acid and, after continually consuming anti-acids and incessantly rubbing their stomach you see for yourself how people stroll outside their house, after having food ask them- 'What has happened?' They say- 'The food hasn't digested yet' we are trying to digest it in that case, you should have consumed less food but what happens is- they don't reduce their diet the body is not able to digest it because of which, diseases begin to arise in the body and complications begin to occur Now from where the body's journey begins, to where the body's journey ends this entire...means from birth to death either, you can live this entire time without following any technique or you can also live it with a proper system You can live your life from birth to death with a technique with a system and you can also live your life without any system and without any technique millions of..rather billions of people living on this Earth are living and dying without a system, they are not following a system They don't have access to the knowledge, they don't have access to those individuals who can teach them and they don't even have any clue that it's important to learn how to live the life properly so that you don't get sick and you fulfill the main objective of your life if... you wish to understand and know more, then obviously you need somebody to guide you however... what most of the people do- right from their birth till death without any guidance if others are eating, we also begin to eat; if others are partying, we will also party if others are buying cars, we are also doing the same others are getting married, we are also doing the same others are procreating, we are also doing the same others are getting their kids married, we are also doing the same other people have planned their retirement, we have done the same others did this, we also did the same but they don't apply their brain or intellect, their understanding or thought to it amidst all this what happens is- religion also somewhat comes in the picture somebody would go to the temple, somebody would go to Gurudwara wherever, anybody might go but even after going there, all of them are doing the same thing both of them are performing a similar task, what are they doing— one to Bhagwan and the other to Waheguru O Lord, kindly grant me a car; O Lord, grant me a house O Lord, kindly give me a job; O Lord, grant me a PR (Permanent Residency) May I receive a PR? How is the Lord involved in matters relating to your PR? even if one goes to the temple...you would notice that everybody is praying for similar things it's the worldly thing, it's again about the world, where one does not pray to gain understanding, to attain wisdom, to have a refined intellect I remember, once in Australia they took me to a Buddhist monastery there was a huge idol of Buddha, immensely beautiful it felt really exhilarating seeing it— an idol of Buddha emanating tranquility his meditative eyes, very beautiful in front of that idol, many lamps were lit up lamps of ghee were lit up below every lamp, it was written like— 'for health' 'for wealth' 'for family' 'for job' and there was one more— 'for PR' now, there was a stall where that ghee was being sold that oil was being sold so, which one of them would you like to pour oil in so, their belief was this, they were of the opinion— let's assume, you want good health, so you will buy that oil....also, it's available in different sizes like- small... medium, large and extra large so, one can buy after paying for it and in their bowl kind of a vessel....you can pour that oil in that bowl so, they asked us 'Which one would you like to buy?' I replied— 'I want none of them' so, they said- 'You don't want anything, this isn't possible?! You have visited Buddha's place, so kindly buy something' See, be it an idol of Buddha, Krishna, Rama, or anybody the person remains the same- selfish, as ever be it a Buddhist, a Hindu, a Jain, doesn't matter! It makes no difference they are all the same- what we call as 'beggars', for they are only asking for things; Why? Because the body is important comforts of the body are important name, prestige, fame are important wisdom isn't considered as important Buddha had renounced everything to acquire the higher wisdom and you go in front of that very Buddha, and pray— 'May my health become better' I... I really admire Buddha, his life, his teachings I really really love and admire Buddha but... physically speaking Buddha's death happened because of dysentery and poison somebody who gave him food, that food which was cooked that particular green leafy thing was poisonous the person had no idea that it was poisonous they made it very lovingly gave to Buddha as a food when he came to beg for food that food was offered, he ate that food and it was poisonous and he died because of that, so... body is a body, it is going to die, whether you are enlightened or not enlightened whether you are a great sage or you are just an ordinary..egoistic, greedy person Body has its own system but Buddha's teachings are far higher and above than just gaining health and wealth, marriage and children and... all that nonsense! All that nonsense! I am not talking about this, that these things don't hold any value I am not saying that money has no value, that health isn't important I am not saying that you shouldn't have a nice house and I am also not saying that you shouldn't earn money but I am saying that life isn't just merely confined to this Is life merely this much? Understand it this way- A man bought a lottery ticket like when it's released as Diwali bumper, so the ticket was also a big one he bought the lottery ticket, it was there in his pocket and when he came home, he... as he emptied his pocket, he kept the ticket outside in the meantime, a vendor came who was selling kulfi (ice-cream) that person's son said 'Papa, can I eat kulfi', that man replied- 'Yes son, you may eat it' so he said to the vendor- 'please give me a kulfi' when the vendor gave it, he said- 'I have run out of paper, I don't have a napkin' the child said- 'Don't worry, you just need a paper for the kulfi to be placed on it, I'll go and get it' now, as he didn't have the understanding so he picked that very lottery ticket he said- 'here it is, place it on this' so he placed the kulfi on it the child paid and started eating the kulfi, just then the father arrived- what does the father see upon arriving? placed on a lottery ticket worth five lakh rupees, what is his son eating? 'kulfi' hence, the son was scolded.... he himself was frozen into kulfi So, using a lottery ticket as a paper for keeping a kulfi on top of it it isn't meant for this purpose but the child understood only after receiving a thrashing Now, you will say, why are you... saying this thing? I am talking about this thing because in this example, your human life too is just like that lottery ticket and placed on this ticket, you wish to relish the kulfi of sensory indulgences and desires so if you won't get a thrashing then what else would you get? Be thankful, for I didn't come with a stick Those... Dandi Swamijis those Dandi Swamijis also carry a staff so, I asked a Dandi Swami- 'Swamiji, why do you keep this staff?' he said- 'In reality, it symbolises a Dharma-Danda, like a flag of Dharma; There's a small flag on top of that staff we carry the flag of Dharma but there's one more thing— it is highly useful in beating the disciples so, when the disciples err, we don't have to get up and go somewhere, the staff is right here and since it is long enough, hence we can do the service from there itself' so, Dandi Swamiji had said this thing When human life is there, so after acquiring this human life will you lead this life systematically or would you live it without following any system— that is a very important question See, if dog is angry on another dog, then what will dog do? it will go and bite and use his nails and have a growling fight to wean out his anger on that dog but if a human being, if a man or a woman is angry and she pounces on another human being and bites and uses her nails to scratch the other person, and punches and slaps so what is the difference in between the dog and a man? Dog is angry, a dog bites; A man is angry, a man bites Have you seen when people get very angry, they bite one another There was a board outside a government hospital that if a dog bites, then fourteen injections would be given in the stomach if a dog bites a human then how many injections will be given? Fourteen; And if a human bites another human, then fifty injections will be given means, a human is more poisonous an animal isn't that poisonous Will we lead our lives following a particular system, or without any system like, when I just talked about anger so anger is like an energy anger isn't wasteful even anger is an energy, but understand this energy in this way- like an atomic bomb too, is an energy from atomic energy, you can generate electricity and from atomic energy, you can also make a bomb and use it to destroy some nation energy is simply energy How you use that energy makes all the difference Similarly, anger is an energy if you don't know how to use the anger then anger will destroy you, not anybody else and if you know how to use the anger, then this very anger can be used very constructively to make beautiful changes in your life Let me give you one example for that usually people sleep late when it is a holiday they love to sleep late and I know those people who are working in Canada, they are always complaining they have no time, they are always rushing going to job, coming back cooking food, eating and doing the grocery...where is the time? but anyhow.. when you listen to Satsang then you can use this anger in a very constructive way like how.. that you are angry on yourself the day you sleep late and the day you don't do any sadhna (spiritual practices) If you have learnt what to do; And you know what to do and if you know how to do the sadhna, and if you don't do the sadhna use your anger to rise in time the next day so that you don't skip it We can vent out our anger on somebody else but when you vent out your anger on some other person then as a reply to your anger, you will receive anger in return but, if you use this very anger to improve your life with a firm resolve that I have to rise early in the morning and no matter what happens, I have to practice yogasanas and without doing asanas and my spiritual practices, I am not going to perform any worldly task and if I am not able to do it, then I should be angry on myself that day for, how could I waste my day why did I waste my life See... the people who are living without following any system, have a very simple formula during childhood— play and eat study for a while when youth arrives play, eat, study, roam around with girlfriend or boyfriend earn get married this is youth, then in middle age what is the formula— earn more having established yourself, then establish your children and get them married and then comes.. the age of retirement then in that age listen to old songs— the precious childhood days have passed, the precious days of youth too have passed these songs keep getting played and then keep moaning over the fact that— we aren't young anymore 'What shall we do now?' People ask- 'Will consuming Chyavanprasha bring our youth back?' 'Will we regain our energy, if we eat shilajit (mineral pitch)?' I said- 'Your bones will now become warm only once, and that will happen on the fire of funeral pyre' nothing is going to happen before that So, one thing is that you have lived your entire life with a set standard and since everybody is functioning like that, so it feels as if we are also doing the right thing but if someone has lived his life with understanding, with the power of discrimination, with wisdom, with a system then that person knows that when the body is healthy yogasanas can be practiced only at that time when the body is youthful and healthy sitting still for doing mantra chanting, can happen only at that time the waist isn't aching the knee isn't aching sat in the asana, closed the eyes and the mantra chant is happening with every breath whatever your mantra might be whatever your religion might be but only that person has the capability to sit, to do sadhna whose body has that energy and as the age progresses we may or may not agree to it, but energy depletes, it doesn't increase strength decreases, it doesn't increase
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