16. Increase Your Memory Without Effort!

We are constrained by our mind. Our memory is like a library.

If we are attached to a single subject, thought, or memory, we will never have the freedom to access other memories or subjects. The world is filled with unlimited potentiality. Our minds and brains will be functioning at lower levels than they are capable of.

We need to have the emotional freedom from our memories. If we have total emotional freedom, we will have total access to any memory that we want. You can simply download any memory and start playing it instantly! There is a thumb rule for this process: No memory, when downloaded, should create any emotional bondage. Emotion filled memory is like a heavy video file; emotion free memory is like a light text file!

Remember, if we are emotionally free from any memory, we will be able to access and store any information we want from anywhere. People often ask me how to keep pace in this information driven world. It is hard to keep pace with the constant deluge of new information. My advice is the same. Don't create an emotional bondage with any memory.

Before enlightenment, I had read a few books about the Upanishad in Tamil. English was truly a foreign language for me.

After enlightenment, the entire scenario changed. I could access any language and information about various things in the past and present whenever I needed them. The moment I needed some information, it got downloaded. It seemed as if there was an encyclopedic CD package in my memory and all I had to do was to accesses it whenever necessary!

If we have an enlightened mind, there is no need for a formal education. Information will come seeking us! With my limited educational background and limited knowledge of English, I speak around the world. I give discourses and conduct so many classes. How is all this possible?

Ask the residents in my ashram or close devotees about my schedule. I have a busy day. I hardly find time to read. So, where do I get all this knowledge? I speak to thousands of people all over the world. I answer so many questions. It is the enlightened state which causes this to happen.

Be free of emotional bondage. Be aware. Your memory will grow incessantly.