Swami Vishwananda & Meditating on the Guru within

Sri Swami Vishwananda says "It doesn't matter whether you are lying down, whether you are moving around or standing, or if you are dancing, whether you are driving a car or you are riding on a horse, whether you are asleep or awake.

The ones who are meditating constantly on the Guru and chanting the Guru's glory, meditating on the Guru's glory, meditating on the Guru within themselves, they are enlightened."

Swami Vishwananda talks about perceiving the Guru within

Sri Swami Vishwananda says "Once you meet your Satguru, your Satguru becomes everything for you. The Satguru becomes the mother, the father, the family.

The Satguru Himself becomes your own body. The Satguru Himself becomes the breath of yourself, the senses. You have to perceive that the Guru is indeed the One who is inside of you fully."

Swami Vishwananda explains: How to become Free?

Sri Swami Vishwananda says "Only when you fix yourself and you are not flickering around, everything becomes possible. Whatever one does, if it is with an attitude of disinterest, an attitude of surrender – wherever you are, the Lord is not far away from you, it is seated inside your heart.

So when you perform your own duty, with full love – you love what God has given you – you become free. Then Bhagavan Himself will reveal Himself wherever you are."

Swami Vishwananda & the Qualities of a Devotee

Sri Swami Vishwananda says "A devotee, when they are spreading the love, spreading the word of the Lord, the Lord considers them a carrier, a light carrier, bringing His love. To those who are such an example, everyone looks upon and tries to copy. A bhakta has this quality of surrender to the Lord, and bringing this knowledge to others, is considered to be the dearest to the Lord, because it is the Lord Himself who moves in the bhakta.

A bhakta which is always in deep awareness of the Lord, with full devotion, is dearer to Him than anyone else. So such is the charity, the service, the worship, the japam, the meditation of a bhakta. That every breath, every time, every second is a continuous reminder of the sweetness of this nectar of the Lord, remembering the Lord at all times."

Swami Vishwananda talks about Death

Sri Swami Vishwananda says "Don’t be scared of dying, remind yourself, you are the eternal soul. This is a practice you can do every day, remind your mind that you don’t die. Secondly, you have to start loving death; you have to be always prepared to go, because this is one thing for sure, you will die, unless you become like Mahavatar Babaji - but even that, then you are above death.

In reality you are immortal, it’s the essence of  who you are, the Atma is eternal.  Keep reminding yourself that you are eternal and death doesn't have any power, its like meeting a friend, you don’t have to be scared. Krishna had to go, Rama, Jesus; know there is a better place. Here is just a passage. Every day we are dying little by little. Nothing is eternal apart from the soul and the Love that you have. The Atma and Prem. God is eternal, beyond everything."

Swami Vishwananda talks about Free Will

Sri Swami Vishwananda says "On the spiritual path there is only one free will, God’s will; He is the only one who is free. If one is caught in illusion, etc. how can one be free? One is not free. Where is the free will? So there is not a free will really…the will which He gives to His creation is the will of loving Him. Because that He can’t do; He can’t force you to love. In love, there is a freedom, that’s why its said true love, when it awakens one pains for the Beloved only; one knows nothing else than God. The free will becomes one with the Beloved Lord.

A bhakta, a devotee, (bhakta is more than a devotee), whatever the bhakta does, is always to please  the Beloved. His own comforts, etc. are not required. That’s why it is said, God is present everywhere, in everything, but He is dancing in the heart of the bhakta only. Even if He is present in all hearts, but He is not dancing there; deep in action there, like in the heart of a disciple...you see, in the heart of a bhakta, disciple, it is more than God Himself. The action that one sees in the heart of a bhakta you don’t see anywhere else. In God you find God alone, but in a bhakta you find the bhakta and God; the relationship and action between both of them."

Swami Vishwananda answers: 'Does everyone have a Guru?'

Q: Does everybody have a Guru, even without knowing it?

Sri Swami Vishwananda answers: Yes, everyone has a Guru.

- There are billions of people in the world and few masters…

- Krishna Himself said it, "Out of millions only few will attain Me", and the few who attain Him choose to come back and serve the others.

- So each Guru has a lot of disciples to take care of?

- A few disciples. Only the one which is ready, they will be guided to a certain Guru. You see, when you’re ready to go to school, you’ll go to kindergarten first. Do you stay always in kindergarten? No. You go to primary school,...university, etc. Each level that you go, you have a certain Guru. But not everybody reach university degree, it’s like that. Only when one is ready, the divine provides. Know one thing, the Guru is not only here, it’s in any religion, they send always the teacher, the master to guide them.

Swami Vishwananda tells the story of Sathya Kama

Sri Swami Vishwananda says "A saint, Sathya Kama, approached a great sage, Bai Hari Drumatha. This great sage had the Divine knowledge, he was always fully absorbed in the Divine consciousness. Sathya Kama approached him and said, “Can you please instruct me into Brahma Gyaan, give me the knowledge of Brahman?". Having talked with him, the Guru selected 400 cows from his herd; weak and in an extremely terrible state. He went with him to the stable and took with him 400 weak cows, and asked Sathya Kama to follow them. The cows were lead, 400 of them, and behind was Sathya Kama. They all went towards the forest as instructed by the guru. He had great reverence and great enthusiasm and joy, because he was doing what the guru told him to do. Sathya Kama said, “I shall return with their number swollen to a thousand. He was very determined, he had great love in listening to the word of the master. He went and found a nice place with lots of grass, water, and he stayed there until the cows had increased to 1,000. With such determination and such awareness; he had a clear aim inside his mind, that he would not return to the ashram of his guru until that was fulfilled.

Every day his mind was fully absorbed only on the feet of the master. There was not a single moment where he would not think about his master, he had this deep longing inside of him. After many years, finally this herd reached 1,000. He counted and was very happy and enthusiastic. He returned back to the ashram and on the way, he attained enlightenment, full realization. He didn’t do much, just the advice of the master, just the blessing; through carrying out his duty with full love and surrender, with extreme reverence. He followed the advice of the master without any questioning, without any hesitation, with full faith, so that the duty which he received became his worship. Through that he attained self-realisation, God-realisation, just through listening to the advice of the master, nothing else."

Swami Vishwananda talks about Acceptance

Sri Swami Vishwananda says (How to find one's deepest vocation) "Acceptance – to accept firstly what God gives you outside, because everything you receive in the outside it is from Him; any job is also from Him, He has placed you somewhere for a reason. If you can’t accept that how would you accept something greater? Learn to accept now, then automatically, you will be guided - God called you from wherever you are on the right way, where you have to be. If you look properly, God has guided you all this time, even without you being aware that He was guiding you; that was His plan.

The will of god is in everyone, but the one who realises it is the one who is in tune with Him; like a radio on the right channel. Programme the inner radio; put on the divine frequency, you will realize that you are right where you are and you are right where you will have to be
– this is the divine tuning."

Satsang of Swami Vishwananda in Bari

Sri Swami Vishwananda tells us how the pride of the Pandavas was crushed by Krishna:

"During the Mahabharata, there was a man who wanted to observe the great war. He went on a hill close to the battlefield of Kurukshetra, and from there he had a good view of all that was happening.

As he was thought to be a spy, a soldier was sent to capture him and cut his head off. Before he died, this man prayed to Krishna "Lord Krishna, I just wanted to see your lila, this was my only wish. That’s why I went on this hill to watch the Mahabharata."

Krishna went there, picked up the head, blessed it and put it on a pillar. Then he went back to the war.

When the war was finished, all the Kauravas were dead; killed by the Pandavas. They were full of pride, having been victorious in front of this huge army and strong enemies.

Krishna brought them to the pillar where the head was watching, still alive. Krishna asked the head:

-          You have watched the whole war..Please tell us, what did you see?

-     Lord it was a great blessing to see your lila.   It was only You on both sides, and above both armies was Your Sudarshana chakra turning.

It is all God who makes all that happens in our life. The Prana Shakti is the bread of life."

Stories told by Swami Vishwananda during Satsang in Bari

Sri Swami Vishwananda said "Once a simple lady was living in a small hut. Two people were observing her and her poverty. They told her " We can help you and provide for you." She was laughing and said "Who provides for the poor and for the rich? The same One and I know Him very well. He gives me all that I need." They answered "But you don´t have a drop of oil to put in your lamp and get some light." The lady smiled, put her finger up, and a light came into the room. All this is about how much we trust in God, how much we surrender - then He reflects in proportion to our sincerity. The Divine name should always be on our lips, then we will begin to reflect Him. The Love of God is the only thing that is real. It is the only reality: the Love of God. All is predetermined. Only the Love for God is not. This is the free will of man. The Goal of spirituality is to love, that's all."

Swami Vishwananda & Yearning for God

Sri Swami Vishwananda says "What is the difference between wanting and yearning? (someone answers: Yearning is burning desire and wanting is from the mind.) That's it! Whenever I hear people saying “I want God!” Want is not enough! You have to yearn for Him! You have to burn with this desire of attaining Him! Only then you will attain Him.

And by attaining Him means that everything in life will be taken care of. You'll have the pleasures of life. You'll do your duty properly. You'll have all the fulfilment, all the merits and you'll have Moksha at the end. But the most important it is to attain the Lotus Feet of the Lord, just by carrying out the word of the Master."