NITHYAM, DHYANAM, ANANDAM🔗

Nithyam is creating a new mental set up which will guide you from inside. We all are used to guidance from external sources. The external source of guidance will not be available all the time and it will not be 100% correct. In whatever problem you may be, you cannot express the problem, present the exact situation to a third person. So the guidance which is based on your presentation cannot be 100% correct. No external source of guidance can feel the situation exactly as you do.

So the guidance should be customized to come from inside. That is why enlightened Masters have created ways, techniques for getting guidance from within. When Masters achieved the ultimate success, their own Realization of Truth, they created a formula by which they themselves achieved the goal, so that all others could achieve the same goal. Just as a scientist creates a formula for getting the same result in an

Morning Guru Puja under the sacred banyan tree, Bangalore ashram, 2006.

experiment which he did in his research center, in the outer world, Masters created the formula for the ultimate experience in the inner world. They are called teachings and meditation techniques. When you listen to the Masters' words, the mere listening will create a new mental set up called nithya.

In ancient times, society was divided into four levels or varnas called presently as the caste system. They were divided based on their percentage of liberation, level of consciousness and the level of their expression; not based on birth.

The third, those who sell their confidence, who can give protection, protection in the outer world, are called kshatriya. Leaders and warriors fall into this group.

Those who sell their time (labour) are at the basic and first level. They were called 'shudra'. The very word shudra means formula. They are the very base of a society. They are the foundation stone on which the entire society can safely stand. The next set of people are those who sell products (business minded). They are called 'vysya'.

The creamy layer, those who sell wisdom, who are able to give protection not only in the outer world but also in the inner world, are called brahmana. Those who can build confidence in the mass about the inner world, who can give courage to society to travel in the inner world, who can guide and assure safety in the inner search, are called 'brahmana'.

The brahmana group is a spiritual lot. They become spiritual beings or enlightened Masters.

For the kshatriyas, the leadership group, one day or the other, they would face depression of success in their life. Then they turn towards spirituality! They turn their journey to their inner world from their previous focus on the outer world alone. This is called 'vishada yoga' or the path of confusion. Leaders, after they feel they have achieved everything they had wanted to achieve, but not for what and why they wanted to achieve, feel depressed. This is called depression of success. At this point, they turn towards spirituality.

Students from Nithyananda Gurukul are at the Arunachala Temple in Tiruvannamalai, Paramahamsa's hometown. They are seen doing a meditation in the very spot where Paramahamsa trained passionately as a child.

For the vysya and shudra groups, satsang or participation in spiritual gatherings will be the starting point.

Just by being in satsang, one can be liberated. In a satsang, we continuously receive spiritual information. We have the pathway shown to us. This is what is known as shravana or nithya.

The clear understanding of the message leads to a turn in our journey towards our inner world. We will stop running towards material success, outer world success, and start journeying for the ultimate success. This turn is called the cognitive shift. The pathway of journey is manana or dhyana. The solution here is not ready-made. In this area, ready-made solutions seldom work.

The final experience, the ultimate success is bliss - ananda or nidhidhyasana - that which is experienced, that is jeevan mukti or liberation.

Now, there is only one choice before us: accepting the Truth - nithya, moving into meditation - dhyana and be liberated, experiencing and radiating bliss - ananda. Or else, refuse the truth and continue to be in bondage. Whether we accept it or not, we agree or not, we take it or not, the Truth is the Truth.

Paramahamsa Nithyam, Dhyanam, Anandam

A closeup of Sri Anandeshwara and Anandeshwari deities

Inauguration of the Vedic Temple in Los Angeles, USA, 2007. Among the deities were the 24 Jain Tirthankaras (enlightened Jain Masters)