SECTION 3. INTRODUCTION TO KALPATARU Welcome
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Guru vandanam –
Nithyanandam paramasukatam kevalam jnanamurthim
Dvandvaatheetham gagana sathirsam thatvamasyaadi lakshyam
Ekam nithyan vimalam achalam sarvadee sakshi bhootham
Bhaavaateetam triguna rahitham satgurum tam namaami
Acharya welcomes everyone and introduces themselves (1-2 minutes)
- A short & sweet introduction to Acharya’s journey
- Appreciate the audience for being there
- A short introduction to Swamiji
Context (this is for the Acharya to understand, not to be taught)
“The context with which the participant comes in must be with the idea of participating in the process where he will enjoy the experience and be able to understand the science behind creating this reality for himself and take responsibility for it”
Paramahamsa Nithyananda
Why is the world the way it is?
In our life:
- There are things in our life which we wanted to have, and we have them ☺
- There are things in our life which we wanted to have but don’t have ☹
- There are things that we don’t want, but we have them in our lives anyway (confused smiley)
Why is that? Why is the story of our life written in that fashion?
- Who wrote it?
- Why did they write it? 4-Mar-18
- How to rewrite it?
Who? Why? How? These are the BIG three questions. Today we are going to listen to ourselves and answer these questions.
What is Kalpataru?
Kalpataru Tree and the Tiger:
A small story:
A man was traveling through a forest. He decided to rest under a tree. But he did not know that this tree is a Kalpataru – A wish fulfilling tree. While resting, he suddenly had a desire – “how lovely will it be if someone brings me food!” he thought. In an instant delicious food appeared before him!
He then thought “I wish I had a cot to rest on”, and immediately a comfortable cot appeared. He figured – “oh God, whatever I think is instantly coming true! What will happen if I imagine a tiger coming and killing me?”
- A tiger appeared and killed him.
This is not just a story of some unknown man. That man is you, that man is me – we are ALL always under a Kalpataru. Whatever we think, the cosmos is working to make it happen.
Surprise! You wrote it
This is not just a story of some unknown man. That man is you, that man is me – we are ALL always under a Kalpataru. Whatever we think, the cosmos is working to make it happen.
So the surprise is that you are the author of your life. You wrote it, and you scripted it. Today you will experientially understand that it is YOU who wrote it.
Now there is good news and bad news.
The bad news is you are responsible for all of it.
The Good news is that – because you wrote it, you can rewrite it. We always try to put responsibility for your life on others – we say God made it. It is not by us. So we don’t have to do anything – it is like talking about the weather – sip your tea and talk about weather since we don’t do anything. Whether weather can be changed or not - your life can be changed.
If we know why you wrote it & when you wrote it, and how you wrote it – then you simply know how to rewrite it.
If we understand this, then we have understood the science of Kalpataru – the science of manifesting what we want, and not manifesting what we do not want. We will be controlling our destiny – our own karma.