Q. What message can we tell to people with different belief systems e.g. – people believing in different religions have their fixed ideas and ways of salvation. They think that, their way is the only way of salvation and they are fixed about it. What message can we give to those people? I feel they are in delusion. Ans: This could be your understanding. They might be quite evolved. We should not judge or criticize another. Anyways, have you thought why do they think so? It is because of their understanding level or level of consciousness. That consciousness could be of the first standard or second standard or third standard. They can only understand things in that way. Allow them to be. In the absolute sense there is no Hindu, Muslim or Christian; NOTHING. There are only human beings. Just another species. And GOD? There is only one entity. All are expressions of that entity. It is only in the waking state that you think, ‘Oh you are a Christian, you are a Hindu or you are a Muslim’. But when you are sleeping, where is the Christian, Hindu or Muslim?. All gone! So there is no deep meaning for any of the religions except that it is just another path leading to God. Whichever path you follow, is fine because it is up to you. Whichever religion you may want to follow, be good and do good. Be kind, generous and compassionate. End of the day, only that matters. End of the day, only your inner peace and cleanliness of your inner space matters. Inner Peace matters a lot, because it becomes the outer peace. If people feel that there is difference between religions or one is better than the other, it only reflects their level of understanding or consciousness. Allow them to be. If they are open and receptive, you can say that, ‘Okay; have a look at this or why don’t you look at it this way?’ What happens to your religion at night when you are sleeping? So, why do we have to worry about religion? If you like to worship in a Muslim way, please do. There is no problem. If you like to worship in the Christian way, please do. If you want to follow the Buddhist principles, please do. These are all fine. This is your journey. Walk with faith and conviction. No true guru will ever say that this is the right way or the right path. Everything is relative. If the path is of liberation, nobody can bind you. If I bind your leg with my leg, I too cannot walk, right? So a guru who is steadfast on the path of liberation can never bind you. He will never do that. When binding happens understand that there is a lack of awareness, or, consciousness is really low. Those seeming Gurus who are insecure themselves, may put fear in you that if you don’t come to him every week, you will have a big problem. Thus, he put the seed of fear in you. It will grow by itself. When you are not coming for meditation and by chance you fall down; then you will think….. “Oh! I did not go for meditation. Guruji had said that I will fall down, so I fell down!” Automatically fear will create more fear. The Guru need not worry. The seed of fear that he sowed in his disciple will automatically grow. This is totally against the path of liberation. If I say, if you come here, or do not come here, no problem – I am with you. This is your home. This is the path of liberation, and this is the truth. I like to remain fearless and keep you fearless. There are no insecurities and fears in our path. We need not meet even. We are connected with the strong rope of faith. If you look at all the Great Masters or saints over time, they were always steadfast on the path of liberation; not binding. Binding never happened. In today’s world, why does binding happen? Political interest or money, just money and power! If you do not come here, how can I take money from your pocket? So I make sure you come here. The best method is fear. I create fear in you, so that becomes a chain, and I bind you. If I liberate you, you may go and spend the money elsewhere. So what will I do? Do you understand the problem? Do you see this clearly? Be aware of how the world operates. There are so many traps in the path of spirituality. All that glitters are not GODs! Insecurity of certain people and certain religions are visible all around! People who handle religions often have serious insecurities. That is why fears are created in their subjects; otherwise, when a man is on the path of liberation, fears cannot exist. In the path of liberation, fears have no value. If fears exist, there is a total lack of awareness and understanding. But, we need not preach. We should not preach. We should not argue or fight. We need not deliberately educate people or tell people. If they come to us, we answer, we guide with love, affection and objectivity. We should not try to convert either. Nobody can convert another, but can convert only themselves from the accumulated filths of the mind to purity. No other conversions have any permanent value. So, lead by example. Live the truth and peace that you have experienced. Do not sell your mind to other people and allow it to be influenced and utilized. Live your truth and live your understanding. Do not allow others to manipulate you and later complain. . You express happiness, contentment, desirelessness, higher awareness, love, selflessness, then others will think…. look at this fellow, living in the same terrestrial standards that I live in, How can he be so liberated? They will ask you – What is the trick? What is the secret? At that time you can say, ‘Try this path, and this path has no binding’. We never say that if you meditate, you will be ok and if you do not meditate, you will not be ok and will become unacceptable. It is a path of liberation, a path of Pathlessness, where anything becoming a habit is not accepted. We have to eventually shed everything to move on in liberation, including our body, mind and intellect. Well, you can follow the path of meditation and if it does not take you higher, drop it. Even if this guru is looking good, but he does not take you any higher, drop him. Be on the path of liberation; just like you travel through the classes of the school. Different teachers may come and guide you. Have faith in that side of existence where all the gurus talk the same. Different mouths are giving you the same information. Mohanji may die tomorrow and somebody else will come and guide you. This is ok because it does not matter, as long as you are guided and you are protected, and you have faith. It is your faith that matters. Remember this clearly. If you cannot hold on to your own experience and grow up from there, if you are completely suffocated with the image of a Guru which you have created and you expect that person to fit into that image and if he changes you discard him; where does the problem lie? In the guru or you? If the message is good for you, you should take it, if the message is not good for you, why do you bother? Drop it. Just drop it. This is my sincere advice. Do not come to see me for my sake. Come to see me for your sake. Think what has been your experience and hold on to it. Others can have their own opinions. But, you need not necessarily buy them. Why do you buy things you do not need or will never use? Buy only things that you need. That will leave more walking space in your home and it also means peace of mind. We have to start walking from where we stand. I can start walking only from this point. I cannot walk from where you are sitting. I can start from there only if I go to that place – correct? So we have to start walking from where we stand, and that is our experience. Start from your own experience and keep progressing. Do not keep shifting your faith based on others words. If you want to leave Mohanji, it is fine. But, this message stays true wherever you are, and which ever path or Guru you are following. qawithmohanji.wordpress/2011/12/18/qa-in-muscat-november-17-2011/
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 09:20:03 +0000
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