Trust And Practice Authenticity🔗

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THE SPH NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM

Have the courage of authenticity and experiment with the space of possibility.

There are three groups. One group is in self-doubt. Even the word doubt is too good to describe it. They are in self-denial. They are prejudiced. This group is in tamas. The next group is the believers. They are in rajas. The third group is authentic. This group is in satva. Kṛṣṇa beautifully explains the differences between the prejudiced group in self-denial, the believers with positivity and the authentic group with possibility. He then talks about their ways of life, character and how we can achieve the authenticity of satva and imbibe the truths explained in the Gītā.

The clear decision that you will continuously expand your possibility for you and you will not be satisfied with what you are now, is more than enough! You do not need any other separate practice. That is the good news I have for you! A conscious decision is enough! Please understand, the gap between your desire and your responsibility is your inauthenticity. Bring more and more authenticity. Take more and more responsibility. So, when you take responsibility, sit by creating the space and be ready to sacrifice. The world will simply move based on your word! The world will move as you want!

Life starts with the space of possibility! Bliss or Ānanda means ‘the space of possibility, where life oozes out of you’. Everything should create a space of possibility in you. Take one single idea. You don’t need to experiment with the whole Gītā. Take one single principle and intranalyze that to the core. Let your whole being vibrate with that single thought.

If you fail, there is nothing wrong. But have courage to work with it. If you succeed, you will know it is the truth and you will be liberated. You will be in the space of completion. You will have bliss. If it fails, you will know that it is not the truth and you will be clear. You can continue your search elsewhere. So be very clear about it. The basic truth Kṛṣṇa is telling you is about integrity and authenticity.

The tāmasic group is prejudiced, meaning negative and lacks integrity. Understand, it is due to the fear of your possibilities you get into the space of impossibility. Your patterns, fears, everything is directed only in one line — fear of your possibilities. Lack of integrity is nothing but fear of confrontation. See, the moment I present the truth of integrity, everyone thinks, ‘Oh! I can do this may be for two days or four days.’ But no one, no one thinks or understands, realizes, why you are afraid of integrity.

Realize you are the being who does not need the help of the manipulative mind. So, integrity is your strength. Lion's roar is enough. No animal will even stand in that area. Your integrity is enough. No problems can even stand in your breathing space. Next, the rājasic group believes intellectually but lacks authenticity in action, which is the space of possibility. They carry self-doubt and the space of impossible. Understand, why do you feel you can't commit to live the great principle of authenticity? It is because you have an innate fear, innate pattern, self-doubt about your laziness; self-doubt that your laziness may overpower your consciousness. That's the biggest enemy for authenticity, śraddhā.

Listen! You love many things in your life, but you don't like the path to achieve them. See the conflict. Complete with the laziness, the tiredness, the boredom pattern continuously.

Then starts life; then starts something in your life. It is called that as Life.

The third group, the satva group has the power of authenticity. They not only believe, but they have the courage to create the space of possibility and play with the words and ideas as well. They don't settle with the patterns of 'impossible'. They go on expanding their possibilities.

Go on making impossibilities into possibilities. What is Life? Continuously making impossibilities into possibilities is Life. When you accept that impossibility as impossibility in your life, you are dead! After that, where is life? Life is life as long as you are making all ‘Impossible’ into ‘I-M Possible,’ all ‘Impossible’ into ‘I Am Possible’!

Please do not miss authenticity, the fragrance of courage. Let these words penetrate you. The work that a disciple enters into is with the unknown, the uncharted, and the unmapped territory; so fear of expansion will be there. That is the only barrier. In spite of it, we should go on expanding. Let fear be there. It will hang around for a while. When we do not listen to it, it will leave us. It is a great day when fear of the unknown leaves us. From then on growth becomes simple, easy and spontaneous.

-Helping students carry the space of possibility within them. -Inspire students to align to integrity and authenticity.

MATERIALS NEEDED:

❖ Colourful papers ❖ Markers ❖ Plates ❖ Paint ❖ Kitchen paper or cloth that can be dirtied ❖ Water

PROCEDURE:

INFERENCE:

MATERIALS NEEDED

Paper Pens

PROCEDURE: Separate the group in two. One will be the “impossibility (I)” group and the other will be the “possibility (P)” group. Ask the I group to write down 11 impossibility-based cognitions that they have experienced in their lives, such as: “This is too difficult for me” or “I tried many times and failed”, etc. Ask the the P group to write down 11 powerful cognitions about how to handle oneself, others and life. Once everyone is done writing their list, ask the I group to tell their impossibility-based cognitions out loud to the P group. The P group will then answer them with a powerful cognition that will bring them back into a space of possibility

INFERENCE:

Life starts with the space of possibility! Bliss or Ānanda means ‘the space of possibility, where life oozes out of you’. Everything should create a space of possibility in you.

VAAKYARTHA SADHAS

ENGAGE A DISCUSSION:

CONCLUSION:

The work that a disciple enters into is with the unknown, the uncharted, and the unmapped territory; so fear of expansion will be there. That is the only barrier. In spite of it, we should go on expanding. Let fear be there. It will hang around for a while. When we do not listen to it, it will leave us. It is a great day when fear of the unknown leaves us. From then on growth becomes simple, easy and spontaneous. This committed journey leads to bliss, eternal bliss, Nityānanda.

BOOK XVII, VOLUME IV