| Q |
As a German, do I have a special task? Is there a particular duty for me in
Germany, or in India? |
| Shri Munirajji |
Everybody has his duty, no matter where he's been born. |
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| Q |
I do Pancha Karma parallel with Navaratri. Do they work together or can their
be problems in combining the two? My experience has been that after 8 days both
compliment each other everything that comes up during the Pancha Karma Therapy
can then be dissolved in the fire. |
| M |
Everyone can do what they enjoy |
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| Q |
I really enjoy reciting part of the aarti in the German language, such as the
Father aarti. Is that o.k.? |
| M |
There is nothing wrong with it.
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| Q |
Babaji said that we should go out into the world and spread what he has said.
However, it is my experience that it is very difficult, to talk with people.
Many think they know everything already and cannot listen. What shall I do?
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| M |
People believe and follow their paths in different ways. Communicate the path
the way you do it. If people cannot accept it, then let them go their own way. Babaji
had no interest in people changing their religion or to create a new religion,
only that a human being is humane. The highest religion is humanity. When
someone is born the first thing is that that they are born as a human being,
without already having a religion. |
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| Q |
I have heard, that everything that one thinks and says has effects on many
different levels. Could you explain this? |
| M |
The mind, our desires are very quick. However, we need a strength, a
potential, so that we can we put it into something. For example if we want to
eat something sweet, we first have to get up, go to the cupboard and get the
sweet. So we need the ability to manifest something. Not everyone has that
ability. There are endless levels. The stream of thoughts has no end. The mind
can travel everywhere, but what really matters is what it can manifest, rather
than just running here and there with the mind. |
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| Q |
Babaji has said there will be much destruction. I feel there is a lot of
fear amongst people around me about this destruction. How can we instill trust?
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| M |
I already knew you were going to ask this. You should only make sure that YOU
are without fear. What will come, none will be able to stop. But because of this
you should not change your direction. Stay in touch with what is going on for
you. |
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| Q |
How do you see the political situation in Iran?
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| M |
Political situations are ever changing. New things always happen.
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| Q |
I have been given the information that in 2012 the great transformation
should already have taken place. Many people around me are already preparing for
this and stock up provisions for survival. Is it wrong that I do not prepare
myself for this by stocking up goods? |
| M |
This is another rumor. One person says something and another one spins it on.
One should not engage with this. |
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| Q |
What is the meaning of Mundan (head shaving). I cannot get into this, because
I do not really understand it. What are it's spiritual benefits? |
| M |
Along with some other rituals, mundan is particularly beneficial for your
mental and emotional health. These rituals have been part of religion since time
immemorial. Of all 16 Sanskars (important situations for the spiritual search)
mundan is the first ritual and therefore should be carried out before anything
else. But everyone has to know this for them selves. Everyone who has the
feeling that it will be beneficial for them, should do it. Mundan serves also as
a protection against physical illness (such as viruses). |
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| Q |
Mundan is often carried out on children at the age of 1 and a half to 2 years.
How come? |
| M |
The main benefit of mundan for children is for their health.
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| Q |
What makes a yogi a yogi and a sadhu a sadhu? |
| M |
To become a sadhu, it takes a lot. In this yuga there are no real sadhus.
Those who appear as Sadhus, only appear as such. To be a sadhu means to renounce
everything. In this yuga none is really able to do this and it is not what is
being asked. The materialistic attraction in this yuga is very strong, like a
magnet. People who want to go this path, cannot succeed or carry it to the end.
Anyway, it does not make any sense in this age. There are 8.4 million types of
yoga. It is Karma yoga that is appropriate for this age. |
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| Q |
What is Karma Yoga?
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| M |
Whatever you do is Karma Yoga. You should not sit around, you should always
be engaged in activity. That is Karma Yoga. |
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| Q |
When I write my diary, is that also Karma Yoga? |
| M |
That is also part of it, because with that, you can inspire other people.
Whoever does something is a Karma Yogi. |
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| Q |
I cannot understand what it means to do nothing, when everything is Karma
Yoga? |
| M |
When you do something bad, that is not Karma Yoga. You should always be busy.
It is important to have a goal in life and to focus your activities accordingly.
That is Karma Yoga. |
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| Q |
The Germans have always done a lot. Have they not exaggerated? Isn't
stillness also a part of it? |
| M |
When a person has set their goal and focuses their entire energy towards that
goal, then it transforms into a spiritual exercise. When they follow that goal
with wholeheartedness then they will harvest sweet fruits. The other possibility
is: to pursue your goal wholeheartedly only in the beginning, but later only
with half-heartedness, with half the energy. Then everything will dissipate and
end in a dead-end street. When you set yourself a goal and pursue it with full
determination, then everything is possible. When you complete your intention,
you will reap its fruits. Then he is a yogi. It is the same when we build a
house. When the house is complete, we can move in and start living in it. Then
we can eat the fruits. The scientist does research. When he has discovered
something, it will benefit humanity. The same rule applies for the yogi. A yogi
does not walk the path for himself, but for the whole of humanity. When you want
to make use of a field you first have to irrigate it and sew the seeds, then
comes the time for the harvest. At harvest time, however, you will reap much
more than what you need for your family. It is enough for many more, and they
all can benefit. |
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| Q |
What are the wisest steps?
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| M |
Everybody should work. Do you only want to travel around? If you want to
achieve something, you must do Karma Yoga. You have to give everything. Nothing
comes from nothing. If someone sits around, nothing will happen. Appropriate
measures must be taken in order to put things into action. |
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| Q |
Surely it is not good to sing aarati and bhajans all day long or to pray 24
hours a day. Where is the limit? Where does one stop? |
| M |
Everyone should give as much time as they can manage. Everyone has to decide
for themselves how much time they can spare on top of their daily duties and
activities. Someone who has to battle with hunger and feed their family cannot
sit and meditate. They need to provide for their family so they can eat.
If someone offers God a flower with a pure heart, that is wonderful spiritual
worship. The most important thing is the feeling with which you do something,
not the length. Our hearts need to be pure. |
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| Q |
I have read in a book that Babaji wants us to do japa 24 hours a day. The
usual kind of praying is too boring. I have another way of communicating with
God. I prefer the direct way. |
| M |
I have not heard that someone prays 24 hours a day. All we should do is be
conscious that nothing belongs to us and that nothing we do comes from us.
Nothing belongs to us. In the end it is only God who is active and present in
everything, and we should act out of that awareness. |
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| Q |
Is there a mantra to ground us? |
| M |
There are endless mantras, but without action they are of no use. It also
requires a particular sanskar (initiation) and a particular culture, to make a
mantra effective. It makes no sense to receive a mantra with our mind. There is
no use if we run here and there with our mind. To step into action is the only
way. That way it bears fruit. |
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| Q |
Some people think it is important to protect oneself from negative energies.
This is what is being said in light work. Do we really have to be afraid of
negative energies? |
| M |
When you purify your own mind, you will be protected. When we are jealous and
think negatively about others or act negatively then we get scared that it will
backfire on us. Those who purify their own mind do not need to be frightened.
The same is with a thief: the moment he sees a policeman he thinks: let's hope I
won't be found out. An innocent person has nothing to worry about. When you
have the feeling your actions have been good actions then there is no room for
fear. Your conscience knows whether you have done good. Sometimes you do
something but you know what you do is not good, but you do it anyway. This power
comes from past actions, karma, and can not be avoided. Look at a school class.
All children have the same teacher and the same conditions, but everyone turns
out differently. One turns into a minister, the next into a doctor and another
into a road sweeper. It is karmic. If we think and act in the right way now, we
plant the best seeds into the ground for the future. It is in our power |
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| Q |
Is jhara (healing with peacock feathers) good for me?
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| M |
This is up to whether you believe in it or not. If you do, it will help.
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| Q |
Someone else asks Muniraji for his blessings for all present.
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| M |
At the
moment there is too little life, too little activity in the German
ashram. |
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