Questions and Answers with Sri Kalki Bhagavan

Q. Bhagavan, I suffer with a lot of negative thoughts, what should
I do about them?

Bhagavan:
According to the natural principle,there is nothing you could do
about them, except to become more observant, to become more aware
that they are there. If you try to fight with them or to push them out,
they will become powerful. All fights with negative thoughts
must be avoided.

The more you fight, the stronger they become. The only way is to
realize that they are there and then accept them. Just accept the
truth. Because the truth is that, they are there. How could you deny that?
By accepting them, they become weaker. As they become weaker, they have a
chance that they would slowly fade out. So, please try to avoid all fight,
all struggle with negative emotions.

And as you gradually go into it, you will realize that they are not your
negative emotions but, they are just there in the thought
sphere and it so happens that your brain is picking them up. They
are not your negative thoughts, that is why we say - They are just
thoughts, like that building is there, they are there.

They are not your thoughts but humanity's thoughts. And you will
soon become free of them. This is the process that takes place in
the courses at the Oneness University. Through our Oneness Blessings here it
becomes a very tangible experience to you and you no more identify with
the thoughts as your thoughts. The present negativity that is within you
ceases thereafter.

Q. What is love Bhagavan, and if love has to be a permanent emotion
in me, what should I do?

Bhagavan:
What is love - we cannot talk about that. What is not love - we can talk
about. Love is not attachment, love is not possession, love is not
controlling somebody, love is not making use of somebody, love is not all
that you conceive of. You cannot know love but you can
experience love.

The only thing that we can talk about that it is unconditional. If you
love somebody just because somebody is good looking, somebody is wealthy
or popular or this or that obviously that is not love. But if you're not
able to give any reason at all, then probably you have discovered
love.That love is unconditional and such love is not an imaginary love.

Thousands of people have discovered it and you can discover it. That is
the purpose of human existence. Otherwise life is worthless.

Genuine affection is to be affected by the other. This is the state of
love that I give you as a personal experience in our Oneness Blessings.

Q. Bhagavan, how would the temple you are building affect the whole
of humanity, Bhagavan?
Bhagavan:
This temple that we are building has a special kind of structure,
built on a very special place. That is after 64,000 people are
enlightened, thousands of them would come there, sit there and
meditate.

So when that happens, let us say out of the 64,000 who have made it, six
or seven thousand people would be meditating in those halls and, the
remaining would be giving Oneness Blessing in the world. So their Oneness Blessing would be
very powerful, because these groups are meditating here.

Then after sometime this group would go out and, newer group would come
in. So it is like the power generator, with so many highly
enlightened people, all in the same hall. That is why, it is a
pillar less hall, with a very special design.

So as you keep meditating, it is like power supply, which goes into the
people who are giving Oneness Blessing outside and helps mankind to
become enlightened very fast. So, this temple is being specially
built for the specific purpose of enlightening mankind.

Q. Bhagavan, how do we accept things?

Bhagavan:
See, the mind is a very good businessman. It naturally does what is
profitable to it. What is not profitable to it, it does not do. When you
do not accept something, the first thing is, it's a fact that it is there.

You cannot wish it away. By fighting with it, you are creating a lot of
conflict. By conflict there is a lot of dissipation of energy.
When energy is being lost you become unhappy and also you become a
failure. On the other hand, if you accept what ever is there, there is no
conflict. No conflict means there is no wastage of energy.

When energy is still, there is no movement of energy as wastage.
That becomes joy and happiness. It leads to greater success. If you can
see this whole process, then naturally you'll accept because it is a
better choice for you. You cannot do unprofitable things.
Somehow you are imagining that if you fight with it, it is good.
Therefore you fight with it.

When you observe that fighting is not profitable, the mind naturally will
drop it. You must see how all the fighting is not profitable to you then
it's all over. It is very simple but because you are not
used to this observation, the situation is going to be difficult.

But once you learn it, it is as easy as breathing but, until then, it
looks "Oh! how am I going to do it ?". It takes some effort and
understanding. Still it will be difficult but, I am there! If you
know how to ask me, I can make you actually do it.

Q. What exactly is Mukthi Bhagavan?

Bhagavan:
Mukthi could be defined in various ways. My general definition for Mukthi
is - The liberation of the senses. Now when you see anything, you do not
see without the interference of the mind. When you can
see without the mind's interference, that is Mukthi. If you can hear
without the mind interfering, that is Mukthi. The same applies to
smell, touch and even thought.

Thought can also be observed without your getting involved in the
thought. Now what's happening is, when you are thinking, you think you are
thinking. But it is actually possible to notice thoughts
flow as though they were independent of you. This is a physical
reality - actually you can observe the thoughts. Any kind of thought would
be flowing into you and going out of you.

When you can observe this flow of thoughts through you, this is the state
of Mukthi. That is the complete liberation of the senses from the control
of the mind. It's only such a being which is actually
living.

Wherever the mind is in control, you are not actually living. When the
mind is not there, then you are actually living. That's why,
when people ask me - what is the purpose of life, my answer is - "if you
are living you won't ask that question".

The purpose of life is to live. What does that mean? It means to
live the life of the senses. The senses must be independent and free of
the mind. Now what's happening is, you are not at all
experiencing reality. Reality to you is what is flowing through the senses.

Now, all the time you are interpreting all the data that is coming into
you. You look at a tree and you say - big tree, mango tree,
green tree, this, that etc. All the time comments are going on. When you
sit down to eat food, you are not eating food. You start
worrying about your family, about your office or comment on the food
itself. The food is not being experienced.

That's why I have said in the Mahavakyas, "when you experience the reality
as it is, then you will just experience bliss". You will
realize that this whole creation is perfect. It's the most beautiful
thing. You are already in heaven. You have made it into a hell.

So the whole attempt of this movement is to help you experience
reality as it is. When that happens you will discover unconditional love
and unconditional joy. You feel connected with everything and everybody.
You do not feel that you are a separate individual.

You do not live for yourself anymore. Because, `yourself' has
become 'everybody'. You live for the sake of humanity, which is not a
concept or an imaginary thing. This is a day-to-day reality, once you
become enlightened. Thousands of people have already got into
these states. This is the state I shall give you when you come to
me.

Q. Bhagavan, why doesn't the mind stay concentrated on one thing?
What should I do if it has to stay put at one point?

Bhagavan:
See, the mind, breath and kundalini form a triangle. If you tamper with
one you'll be tampering the other two. Suppose the breath is
not constant or steady, the mind also will not be constant and
steady.

Similarly if the kundalini is vibrating too much, then also the mind will
be unstable. Kundalini will start vibrating depending on the
temperature, air pressure, depending on the kind of people around,
depending on the food you've eaten, the clothes you are wearing - so many
factors.

So as the kundalini is vibrating, the mind also becomes unsteady and
becomes unfocused. So also is breath. In fact breath is a crucial
element and most people do not even know how to breathe. That's why I
often say that, children must be taught in school as to how to
really breathe.

When this is done, you'll actually find that the mind becomes
steadied. Without setting right these two things the mind will be
very very shaky. And of course if you are not able to do these
things, you can very well ask me inside and I will steady it. And
you'll have a very focused mind. It's not very difficult to
achieve.

Q. Bhagavan, please tell us three very easy ways to become rich -
Bhagavan!

Bhagavan:
First thing is that the desire must come from the heart and not from the
head. The desire from the heart is, let us say, you just look at a car,
and then you touch it you see it you feel it, and then you
would like to own it. You would like to drive it. From compassion if you
ask, normally the desires do not get fulfilled.

Then the second thing is, you must have the confidence that you
deserve it. If you become your own enemy and say."Oh! All this is
not possible. Do I really deserve it?", then it becomes very
difficult.

The third thing is, you should ask me, like you would ask a friend. If you
ask me like a friend, then it is very difficult for me to say a "No". And
it should be reasonable. It should not be.somebody who is just having a
small little tea shop, and then you come and
ask, "give me a Benz!" that would be very very difficult. But if you would
ask for a Maruthi or something (, it should be) reasonable,
then it is possible.

And I do believe in fulfilling people's desires. Because I think,
that is something very good for people. I am not against desires, as long
as they do not hurt or harm others. So once or twice, when
these desires are fulfilled, then it becomes very easy. You will
exactly know how to go about it.

Clarity is important. You must be very exact in what you are asking. When
you want a job, please tell me, more exactly, what company you prefer, how
it should be. The more the data you feed, the easier it becomes. Because
when you actually ask me, the desire can be
fulfilled.

Otherwise the desire won't come in the first place. I believe in
creating rich people, in creating wealth. Then we can wipe out
poverty. We can all live quite nicely. I want you all to live a very
comfortable life. So you work out later on, may be not now and find out,
how much you really like to have. To make a person rich is very easy in
fact.

Q. What is the purpose of Your Darshan, Bhagavan? What do you do
to us in your Darshan? What happens?

Bhagavan:
Reason number One is, when I am physically in your presence, it is easy to
give Oneness Blessing. That is it. the Oneness Blessing that is given becomes much more
effective, much easily given, when you have a personal
Darshan of Me.

We have some other reasons also. It is not so important now. But as far as
I am concerned, right now my main focus is, to help you
receive the Oneness Blessing. So, that's what this is. And when I am closing my
eyes and going inside, I am trying to focus on you people. That will help
in the process of Oneness Blessing and also answer some of your
prayers.

Many of you though say that you have come for Mukthi, you have
secret desires. You keep asking. I try to focus on them so that your
desires get fulfilled. It is also for the fulfillment of your
desires that I give Darshans. Though that role is basically Amma's at
Nemam, to fulfill desires, when you ask, I have to help you in
that.

Q. Bhagavan, what is creativity and how does one become very
creative?

Bhagavan:
After working very hard and thinking very hard, if you could set
aside your thought process, you could become very creative. To be
truly creative you must stop thinking. When that happens, then
something comes from inside, that is true creativity.

But the question is - how are you going to put aside your thought
process? By simply putting aside your thought process you are not
going to become creative because you must do all the hard thinking also.

If you can do really hard thinking and then if you learn the art of
putting aside your thought process, which can be learnt, then you
would discover that simply the creativity comes into your
consciousness. It could be that you are working on an engine or some new
design. It would just come up.

The process is done inside, of which you are not aware. It will just be
thrown up. Here is where we are trying to educate the youth.
That's what we are trying to help you through our youth Oneness Blessing - an
exclusive program for the youth - to become more creative. In
silence creation occurs.

Q. What is surrender? How to surrender?

Bhagavan:
When we use the word surrender what we mean is that you should
understand that this mind cannot really help you and that you have to get
beyond the mind. If you let go of the mind, that letting go is what we
call, surrender. You must realize that the human mind is limited and there
is no use wasting your time with the mind. It is only going to create
obstacles for you.

If you can see that, the mind would stop interfering. If that
happens, then we say you have surrendered. That is all. It is not
some kind of slavish surrender. It is never used in that sense. God would
not like you to surrender like a slave. He is after all your friend. So,
when we use the word surrender it means putting aside
the mind, knowing its limitations.

You discover surrender when you feel you are helpless. When you feel you
are totally helpless you will discover surrender. That is when Grace comes
pouring. Imagine that you are struck on the railway line and the train
rushing at you, then you will certainly surrender!
Many people have surrendered to me like that. Most people surrender only
in dire moments. That is why miracles too happen only in those moments.

Q. What is the relationship between Yoga and Mukthi Bhagavan?
Without Yoga people say you cannot get Mukthi. What do you say
Bhagavan?

Bhagavan:
All that I can tell is, now let us say you make a spaceship and you
finally land up on the moon, it's a highly technical and a very very
complex operation. But then if you have the Siddhi to travel in
space, in a moment's notice you can physically land on the moon, do the
same kind of exploration and come back.

That way all-human effort to achieve Mukthi is very cumbersome, very
difficult and very rarely it will succeed. And finally when it does
succeed, again it needs Grace. That is why very few people have
become enlightened either through Yoga or other sadhanas.

Very often when they have been enlightened it has spontaneously
happened. So, what I maintain is "Enlightenment has to be given to man. He
cannot get enlightened on his own". Amma and I have come to give this
state to man.

Q. Bhagavan, you speak about Oneness. What exactly is Oneness?

Bhagavan:
Man suffers alienation from his fellow human beings, nature and God; worse
still from himself.

To avoid this misery he has created varied forms of escape like
going out to parties, reading books, watching television, gossiping etc.
He has become an expert of managing suffering. Unless this
fundamental issue is handled, there cannot be a massive
transformation in the way we live and the way we experience life.
That is why, inspite of the French revolution, the American
Revolution, the Russian revolution and many others, the world has
not made any progress in terms of peace and happiness.

The root cause is that man is divided within and without. When this sense
of division vanishes all problems in the world - religious,
social, economical, political - would dissolve.

Oneness starts basically inside oneself; this can be affected
through a process of individuation. Man is divided within and he is a
stranger unto himself. We do not love ourselves in the first place let
alone loving others. We are constantly divided between the good and the
bad, the right and the wrong, the perfect and the imperfect, the should-be
and the should-not-be. When we achieve Oneness at a
fundamental level, this conflict ceases.

Then there is an inner silence, which remains undisturbed by
external factors. This silence is not the opposite of noise. That is inner
Oneness. This Oneness then extends to the world at large, to nature and
finally with God. The ultimate vision of the Oneness
Movement is to make man one with God.

Q. Bhagavan, what is the Oneness University?

Bhagavan:
Oneness University can be considered as the university for
universities. It exists to make one into a true human being. Every human
being has to be enlightened. Every human being has to be God realized.

This University exists to help people become enlightened and God
realized. The function of the University is not only to give an
understanding of the human mind, human consciousness and life itself but
also to bestow the state of enlightenment or Oneness.

Seekers are not only given the state but are also empowered to
transfer this state to others. One is fully empowered to help others
become enlightened. The effort is to create a new humanity which
would has discovered Oneness.

Q. What does one learn in Oneness University other than
spirituality?

Bhagavan:
This is a University, which is designed to help sort out all kinds of
human problems. If you are a student who is weak in mathematics or physics
or you have problems with concentration or are
disoriented, we will help you.

Suppose you are depressed; we will pull you out of depression.
Suppose you are married and you want to end up in divorce, we can
sort out - not by advising nor by counseling like they do in courts. You
would simply fall in love. That is all. Suppose somebody had
cheated you and you have thoughts of suicide, we would make you
perfectly alright.

You want to get into a good job but are not able to get into because some
problem with yourself, we would set that right. If you are a
businessman, who has attempted a hundred and eight businesses and
failed in every one, this time you would succeed. We will change the whole
pattern for you.

If you are sick and the doctors have given up hope, we would heal
you. If you are spiritually inclined and you want to become
enlightened or God realized, we would give you that state. In short, this
place exists to sort out all human problems.

Q. Bhagavan, what is the most important factor in keeping a good
relationship with one's parents?

Bhagavan:
The basic thing you must know is that whatever they, as parents,
have done to you, whatever you do not approve of, was not that they did
willfully; they were made to do those things because they were
being controlled by several factors. You must realize that you are nothing
but robots.

You are a robot and your parent is a robot. If you can see that, you
wouldn't blame them at all. The way they behave with you would
depend on what happened while they were in their mother's womb,
their fundamental childhood decisions, past life vasanas, later day
conditioning etc.

If you realize this, then would come acceptance, then would come
love and the relationship falls into order. Once the relationship
falls into order, everything else falls into order.

Q. Bhagavan, what is my swadharma? How do I come to know
about it? Since the very beginning of my education, I have not faced
any success. Why is it, Bhagavan?

Bhagavan:
Swadharma has got two meanings, two connotations. One refers to your
nature. Suppose you are a violent person and that is your nature,
then you should not join any pacifist movement.

You should either join the police force or the army. That is the
best place for you. Let us say, your basic nature is to sing, then the
best thing is that you become a singer. Or if the basic nature of your
body is to dance, then you become a dancer. That is one of the meanings of
the word swadharma.

That is to actually know your true nature and act accordingly. Like
Krishna tells Arjuna - "your swadharma is to fight, not to talk
peace". So you must know what your true nature is, what the
constitution is in relation to the vatha, pitha, kapha. Whether
there is sattva, rajas, or tamas predominant in you, what is your
combination, and accordingly you must be true to your nature. The
other thing is discovering your mission in life.

God has a definite mission for each one of you which you must
clearly understand and live accordingly. For that to happen you must
discover God. But in kaliyuga, you have lost contact with God. Here we are
trying to put you in touch with God, whereby you and God can talk and God
can tell you the purpose of your life. Then accordingly you must live. It
has to come directly from God. That is the other aspect of swadharma.

Q. What exactly is love, Bhagavan? Is love also an emotion like
anger, like jealousy or is it a power that is hidden within man?
Would love lead to suffering or to joy?

Bhagavan:
The love that we are talking about is not an emotion, nor some
power, as you say. It is none of these things. This love cannot be spoken
about. We can tell you what it is not. The love of a parent for the child
is not this love. The love between a man and a woman is not this love.

Your love of your friend is not this love. It is not attachment, it is not
possession, it is not concern, it is not caring, it is none of these
things. It is the stuff with which this universe is
created. It is the stuff of the universe. It is your true nature. It is
that which is there. If you go deeper and deeper into reality
what there is, it is emptiness. It is all emptiness.

That emptiness is love. That is the love we are talking about. It
has to be experienced. At the first level you have to become
enlightened, at the second level a divine being must come into you, only
then you will know what it is. Otherwise it is beyond your
grasp. We are not condemning the love you are experiencing now. This kind
of love is perfectly fine.

What we are telling is, `that' love has no cause. If you see
somebody, there will be `that' love. If you see an ant there will
be `that' love. There is no cause for `that' love. For the love that you
know there must be a cause. It must be your child, wife, friend, then
there is love. On the other hand, when you experience causeless Love, you
are in Oneness. You are no more separate from the dog, the leper, the
beggar, or the rich.nobody is separate from you. There is complete
Oneness. It is a love born of Oneness. So, It has no cause.

Q. Bhagavan, the kind of thoughts I have, the kind of feelings I
have, are they all designed by God? Is God putting those thoughts
inside me? Is God putting desire into me? Is God putting violence
into me?

Bhagavan:
All these thoughts come from the thought sphere. The thought sphere is as
old as man and every single thought of every being that has
ever been on this planet, is recorded there and it is still there. These
thoughts are flowing into and out of you. What thoughts are
flowing inside you and what thoughts are flowing out of you depends on
your health condition, the place in which you are staying, the
people around you and many other factors.

It is like tuning into a television channel. There are so many
channels there and you could tune in to any channel. If you tune
into a channel called negative thoughts, you will be getting so many
negative thoughts. If you tune into a channel called violent
thoughts, you will be getting those thoughts.

Once you get this insight that you are not your thoughts, and these
thoughts are not yours, then strangely you will find that you tune into a
channel which is broadcasting silence and you receive that
silence. Otherwise you would be getting these thoughts and they are as old
as man.

They are not your thoughts. Some body could have had fear ten
thousand years ago as he was being been chased by a tiger. That
thought could now enter you. It would not be fear of the tiger but it
would be fear of the share market. But the same fear comes into you like
that. Once you realize that your thoughts are not your
thoughts, you could actually see how they are coming, how they are flowing
through you and then you become very detached. That is how you could be
free of these things.

Q. Bhagavan, what should one do if love should go on increasing in
oneself?

Bhagavan:
If you would realize that there is nothing you could do about it
that is the beginning of love. In spirituality, the moment you
realize there is nothing you could do about it, that is the
beginning of all spiritual growth. As long as you keep trying you
will never ever get there because that trying is the problem.

That trying is the thing which takes you away from where you want to be.
You have to realize the futility of all effort in the inner
world. All effort on the spiritual path is futile. If you could
realize that, it could hit you like a ton of bricks and then all
effort ceases. The moment effort is gone, there is love, there is
peace. But as long as you keep struggling you keep putting in some effort
you will move further away.

If you want to discover love and you put in some effort, you will
move further away from love. If you want peace and you put in some effort,
you would move further away from peace because that very
effort is the disturbance, the noise. You have to realize that
futility of effort.

Q. What is the joy we get in spirituality, Bhagavan?

Bhagavan:
Spirituality is only for getting joy. There must be joy in
everything you do. Every moment must be joyous. You are not joyous. Making
you joyous is spirituality. There must be joy - Joy without a cause. Joy
with a cause is not joy at all.

Just because you pass you exams, just because you have purchased a house,
because you got married to somebody nice, you are happy. That is pleasure.
Joy is causeless just as true love is causeless.
Spirituality helps you to discover causeless love and causeless joy.