Welcome to mustmeloud. This session combines Sadhguru'sspeeches can Enlighten You! there was a man in south india who wanted to get supernatural powers what are supernatural powers you know supernatural powers you know what there there somebody wants to walk upon water somebody wants to fly without an airplane everybody walks on the floor,so somebody wants to walk on the ceiling essentially circus they want to do something that nobody can do So the man wants supernatural powers he went from guru to guru.
So many gurus he saw... everybody said no. Then someone told him... This South Indian guru is no good! No good... because... They're too conservative, they won't give you all this... I know a monk in Tibet where he has all the supernatural powers you want and he's willing to give it to you.
Immediately our man setforth on a journey to Tibet from South India to Tibet, walking across Himalayas not an Not an easy journey but our man is determined He wants supernatural powers So he went all the way He went to this monastery,the Buddhist monastery.
The culture in the Buddhistmonastery is very different from what we know here in South India. Here... people have been taught That attitude have a power that means... a guest is God If... somebody comes to your home as a guest you must treat that person like a God.
Even if he happens to beyour enemy somewhere else when he comes to your home you must treat him like a god You must be saying in India People see you and they're doing this because they want to treat you like a God. Could you come here when they come to your place they'll be different. But now that you're here... They want to treat you like a God.
But in the Buddhist Monasterythere is no such culture If you go there... nobody will ask you who you are Not because they don't care for you because... in their life... the most the the biggest thing about their life is... to find out who am I If a new person comes just now As soon as it comes you ask him "who are you?" It's a very big question Yes? Very big question, isn't it ? so they don't want to embarrassyou with such a big question.
So a new person has come if you do not ask him who are you what is the next possibility? where do you come from Do you know where you come from? Now, you came from China that's not the point. Where do you really come from, do you know? From where you came into thislife, do you know? Do you know? No... Where is it? mother... Okay, to mother's belly where did you come... You really don't know whereyou came from, isn't it ? So they don't want to embarrass you with that question either a new person has arrived you don't ask him who you are or where you come from not much room for conversation so they don't talk to you Lunch means there is a bell... If you want you can go on eat If you don't eat... nobody will force you because fasting is an important part of Buddhist life.
If you are not eating it is greatly respected... nobody will come and say come and eat Because they think you're fasting This is a strange situation for this man from South India Because in South India you must knowthis if you go to somebody's home... It doesn't matter at whichtime of the day you go you must eat.
You tell them, no... no...I just had my dinner and came I doesn't matter you come to myhome, you must eat! Because this is hospitality... This is a sure way to the hospital nobody asked him who youare, where you come from, come and eat, nothing.
He just hung around... when hunger overtook him he went and ate and just hung around one day, two days, three days... three weeks passed away nobody spoke to him. After three weeks, the old monk who was there called him He knows why this man has come he said: "What will you do with supernatural powers" "what will you do walking upon water?" "after three days, a boat will be better!" I will teach you the way of meditation with this you can live a fruitful life our man said no, no, no, no...I don't want your meditation you think to learn meditationI have to come to Tibet? In India we know everykind of meditation don't you forget Gautama the Buddha isan export from India In many ways the monk tried to dissuade him But, our man was determined Iwarned supernatural powers.
then the monk said okay, if you must have it tomorrow morning, four o'clock Take a dip in the river and come here Let's see what we can do the secretsof supernatural, I will give it to you Our man went four o'clock in the morning had a dip in the river this is not South India this is Tibet temperatures are all minus He took a dip turned half blue He went and sat in front of the monk the monk looked at his condition and his determination he said see this is very simple There are three mantras, you are to these three mantras three times over all the supernatural will be yours.
Shall I reveal the mantras to you: "Buddham Sharanam Gacchami... Dhammam Sharanam Gacchami... Sangham Sharanam Gacchami." These three mantras, threetimes over, your turn your turn everything... all the supernaturalis yours only thing is... when you are uttering the mantra,you should not think about a monkey.
He: "Is that all?" Monk: that is all... He: "Can I go?", Monk: Please... Our man came out of themonastery really jumping with joy The fool of a monk revealedall the secrets of supernatural and he tells me don't think about a monkey... What is... what does he know about my culture Here we think of way the "Upanishads", "Brahmasutras", these are all the great scriptures.
Why will I think about a monkey I'm hunter? I have not seen a monkey in the last 10 years Like this... Thinking monkeys, he came down to the Indian part of Himalayasthere is a sacred River in There is a sacred River in India,you heard of this? He came down to the sacredriver Ganga had a dip in the had a dip in the river sat down "Buddham Monkey..." Monkey means... another dip in the river... sat down, "Buddham Monkey..." another dip in the river "Buddham Monkey..." another dip in the river In various yoga postures he tried "Buddh" means: monkey comes.
One week of intense practicehe came to your place he does He came to your place he does not have to do anything Only monkeys, inside monkeys, outside monkeys a universe full of monkeys now he could Now he could not sit, stand, or sleep monkeys everywhere, inside,outside, everywhere monkeys.
Now he went back,all the way back to Tibet once again. He went to the monk and said: "I don't want your supernatural powers, First, relieve me from these monkeys!" Now, this is the nature of your mind If you say: "I don't want something" Only that will happen in your mind, isn't it? Only monkeys... no, no, no... don't think of a monkey No, you cannot think of a monkey! only monkey... The more you do that,more monkeys will happen.
Or what I am saying is, without understanding thefundamental nature of the mind If try to do something head-onwith it you will go crazy So many things,that you think you want to forget You will never forget.
Things that you want to remember,you always forget, isn't it? Yes or No? Because... without understanding the fundamentals of mind we are trying to operate the mind this is the most sophisticatedmachine on the planet But... you are going at it somehow If you go at it somehow sometimes it works... Most of the time unfortunately, most people's minds areworking against those people When you're 5 years of age, When you were only that much... how joyful you were and today how joyful you are has it gone up or gone down? That means your mind is working against you It is working against you simply because without understanding the fundamentals of what it is you're trying to operate it If you have a sharp knife you must have a steady hand yes? yes or no? If you have a very sharp knife You must have a very steady hand unsteady hand You will either cut yourself or cut somebody yes or no? That's all that's happening right now Once you became a human being you have a sharp knife no steady hand that's why yoga to create a very steady hand So this sharpness can be used the way we want That it will not cut us all the time Right now, all the misery that you see on the planet all the human misery that is happening on this planet where is the manufacturing unit, Shanghai? Where is the manufacturing unit in your mind.
Every kind of misery is manufactured only here...(referring to our head) This should be manufacturing bliss for you, ecstasy for you. But it's manufacturing misery because there is no stable platform It's all over the place.
Once this man begins to work for you, Once... you are blissful by your own nature there is no fear of suffering once you become like this within yourself That your mind takes instructions from you Whatever happens, I will keep this blissful. This will become magic.
This will become a fantastic... instrument of well-being. Now you would like to explore the full depth and dimension of this life.
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