TRANSFORMING YOUR NEGATIVITY🔗

IS SHIVA-POWER

SUNDAY, 10ᵀᴴ MARCH 2013

Today is Shivaratri - the day when timelessness – formlessness -namelessness appeared into the space of time, form and name, as Arunachaleshwara, for conflict-resolution and giving enlightenment to the gods Brahma and Vishnu. So the appearance itself happened for the sake of conflict-resolution.

Once, there was a conflict between Brahma and Vishnu. Conflict happens only when there is an ego. Both sides are responsible for the conflict. Even if one side does not have ego, the conflict will not happen. For any conflict, two egos are required, both of which are not ready to resolve the conflict, be authentic or take responsibility for the other's inauthenticity. For a conflict to happen, there must be lack of integrity, lack of authenticity and lack of responsibility to take responsibility for the other's irresponsibility and selfishness, and lack of the tattva of enriching. Only when all four are lacking, conflict is possible. When anybody who is in space, time and form forgets to take responsibility for other's irresponsibility, there will be conflict.

Between Brahma and Vishnu, a conflict happened about who among them is greater. Both of them were exposing each other, but were not ready to take responsibility for the other's inauthenticity.

The conflict started between Brahma and Vishnu. In a way, it's a fight between the father and the son; just the generation gap! The son is trying to teach a lesson to the father, ‘You may be older, but I know much more about computers than you know. I can use this gadget much better than you!’

Listen! People who don't feel responsible even for their own actions are living in poverty. When I say poverty, I don't mean physical wealth alone; they also live a low-level existence, animal-level existence. People who take responsibility only for their own actions are human beings. People who take responsibility even for others' actions, others' irresponsibility, are leaders. Even though you or your action are not responsible, taking responsibility for others' inauthenticity and others' irresponsibility makes you leader, makes you divine. Unfortunately, here neither Vishnu nor Brahma was ready to realize their own inauthenticity and take responsibility for the other's inauthenticity.

Realize one truth: the moment you have conflict, you have lost the space of the ultimate in you! In

the space of the ultimate, there is no conflict. If there is conflict, the space of the ultimate is lost.

Brahma and Vishnu both lost the space of the ultimate in them. Now the universe is at stake! So Shiva (Mahadeva), the guy who is responsible for everything, who has to come and rescue everybody, who has to take responsibility for everybody's irresponsibility and inauthenticity, enters into the realm of space and time. As Arunachaleshwara, as a pillar of light, a jyoti sthambha, Mahadeva appears to teach them the truth. Anybody who is bound by space, time, name and form has to take responsibility for their existence. Mahadeva appears to do the conflict resolution, to remind Vishnu and Brahma to take responsibility for their way of existence.

srishti (creation) and sthiti (sustenance) think that they are the ultimate until destruction enters their life. Only when destruction enters their life, do they realize that they are not the ultimate! That is why Mahadeva has to happen in their life in the form of Rudra, destruction. You should realize that whenever Rudra has happened in your life, it is to remind you of your inauthenticity. All forms of Rudra happening in your life is to remind you to take up responsibility for your inauthenticity and irresponsibility.

Mahadeva appears to Brahma and Vishnu to expose their inauthenticity to them, and make them responsible for their inauthenticity and others' inauthenticity.

Today is the day Mahadeva appeared to resolve the conflict between Brahma and Vishnu, to remind them of their inauthenticity and ultimately enrich them with enlightenment. Mahashivaratri is the day to celebrate timelessness entering into time. I can say that in a way, today is the day the Hindu calendar starts. The calculation of time starts from today. So naturally, Shivaratri is the oldest celebration, because the calendar starts today, the calculation of time starts today. Mahadeva has to appear again and again in your life to remind you that you are in state of inauthenticity and make you take responsibility to restore authenticity.

Whenever you look at any destruction as a reminder of your inauthenticity and irresponsibility, it is no more a destruction in your life. You have learnt how to make anything negative into something positive, to strengthen your life. If you are able to make anything negative into positive the moment it enters into your life, you are SHIVA

There are some things that have birth and death, such as your body. There are some things that have no birth but death, like illusion and delusion

The river Ganga only has birth but no death. It never dies. It becomes an ocean, but never dies. It may become an ocean, but it is still alive. It has no death. So listen! When any destruction comes in front of our face, we should know that Rudra is coming to remind us to take more responsibility and become more authentic. We are doing it; we will convert everything into the space of positivity and possibility!

Listen! Intense integrity brings you into the space of positivity, because if you are integrated, you will constantly be looking at the words you utter to you and to others. You will weed out all the negative processes, all the negative commitments you are giving to you and to others. This will leave you with the prasad, the gift of positively positive space, real positive space. And authenticity gives you the prasad of space of possibility, just a space of possibility.

When Rudra comes, face him with possibility and authenticity, and he becomes Shiva. Rudra becomes Shiva, causeless auspiciousness. He becomes the space of rejuvenation, not just destruction. When he becomes the space of rejuvenation, he is no more the space of destruction. The space of possibility makes Shiva happen in you. Shiva happens in you. Whenever you view any destruction happening in your life as happening only to expand you, you are in the state of Shiva. Rudra becomes Shiva.

Brahma should have been established in the state of integrity, because he represents the word. Vishnu should have been established in authenticity, because he is all-pervading, sarva vyaapi. When Brahma fell from integrity, Vishnu fell from authenticity. The conflict happened, and responsibility has to appear in the form of Mahadeva, taking responsibility for both, the lack of integrity and the lack of authenticity; reminding them and putting them back into the space of integrity and authenticity. This action is enriching. Mahadeva, the embodiment of responsibility, appears to enrich Vishnu and Brahma, and to remind them about their inauthenticity and lack of integrity.

Fortunately, Brahma and Vishnu completed and restored their integrity and authenticity. That is the reason the universe is still functioning, available to all of us. I tell you, whenever there is lack of integrity and lack of authenticity among human beings, Mahadeva, due to his ultimate feeling of responsibility, appears in the space of time, form and name, to remind people and bring them back to integrity and authenticity. Today is the day we celebrate Mahadeva's happenings, all Mahadeva's happenings, not just this one but all happenings.

It is so beautiful to see our sangha restoring their integrity and their authenticity, and taking up responsibility and enriching themselves and the world. I can feel the joy that Mahadeva would have felt, when Brahma and Vishnu restored their integrity and authenticity! I feel the same joy when Rudra comes into your life with destruction. Face him with integrity and authenticity. He is not your enemy. He is your own being, reminding you to get centered with authenticity and responsibility. He is Shiva, who is your very life, because he loves you, because he is the very you. He is causeless auspiciousness.

Listen! Listen! These makara kundala ear-rings are

to remind you to listen! This is traditional jewelry worn by Mahadeva and Meenakshi. It is called makara kundala. makara is the vehicle of the river Ganga. makara is a kind of crocodile which lives in Ganga and goes on purifying Ganga. So listening purifies your jnana Ganga. Listening purifies your inner Ganga!

Listen! Today is the day for everyone to restore your integrity, authenticity, take responsibility and enrich yourself and others, because Mahadeva did all these four today. He appeared for conflict-resolution and he decided to enrich by giving enlightenment. Let us celebrate Mahadeva happening in the space of time, name and form, by restoring ourselves through integrity, authenticity, responsibility and enriching. From today morning, I am feeling an extraordinary strength and the power of authenticity! I know something extraordinary is going to happen from today. Today is the day for you to re-establish yourself in integrity and authenticity, take responsibility and enrich yourself and others.

Today, the great possibility is opening for us; the door is opening for all of us to restore integrity, authenticity, responsibility and enriching. This is the message of Mahadeva, happening today as Mahakala, who is beyond time. I can see that happening with one hundred sannyasis. The sangha is taking up this possibility, restoring integrity, authenticity, responsibility and enriching. It is like a huge door is opening, like what the saint Jnanasambandar did! On his marriage day, he just opened the door to Kailash! Whoever wanted to enter, he also took responsibility for their inauthenticity and took them along with him to the space of enlightenment!

Today, I am opening that door for all of you. So today, whoever declares, I give you the freedom of declaration and I take the responsibility of your declaration. I take the responsibility to make you responsible and authentic and integrated to your declaration. I take responsibility even if your declaration is inauthentic, and I take responsibility to make it authentic, responsible, integrated and enriching.

Today, we will be declaring the official Nithyananda order or Nithyananda sampradaaya to the world. This order will form the core group or the sampradaaya. This will be my spiritual army, armed to take the responsibility of the world, to take the responsibility of the world!

You must have heard the viraja homa mantras. I will read out the mantras and meaning, so that you know what commitment you are giving to yourself, to the master, to the dhamma and the sangha. And I also request anybody who is ready to declare for sannyas to make the decision now. I will be asking you to raise your hand now itself, after listening to the mantras.

tilaanjuhomi sarasagm sapishtaan gandhaara mama chitte ramantu svaahaa ||

The mantra means, O! The smell of the Presence, ananda gandha, I offer the sesame seeds which represent the strength of integrity, along with the

nectar called 'feeling connection', along with an integrated inner space. Let the strengths of integrity dwell delightfully in my inner space. Let there be blessings. Hail, I offer the oblation!

aavo hiranyam dhanam annapaanagm sarveshagm shriyai svaahaa ।।

I offer to the cosmic auspiciousness - the earth, cows, gold, wealth, food and beverages that originally belong to the cosmos. Let there be blessings!

This means that with this offering, you surrender everything - all personal wealth, everything that is 'I' and 'mine'!

shriyam cha lakshmeem cha pushtim cha keertim chaanrinyataam | brahmanyam bahuputrataam | shraddha medhe prajaa sandadaatu svaahaa ।।

This means - kindly bless me with power, prosperity, wealth, completion, glory, the ability to enrich, the state of being the chosen inheritor of the cosmos, authenticity, intelligence and people. Let there be blessings! Hail, I offer the oblation!

Here you declare to the cosmos - I am the chosen inheritor of the cosmos! So, everything is at my disposal. You offer all the things you possess, and declare that everything is at your disposal! sannyas means renouncing possessions and keeping everything at your disposal! Understand, sannyas means renouncing possessions and keeping everything at your disposal! You don't possess anything, you don't own anything, but everything is at your disposal. Strength, energy, the power you radiate, everything is in your disposal.

May the sesame seeds, which are black and white and fit to be offered in sacrifice, which represent the strength of integrity that follows one's will and commitment, complete whatever karmas, sins, negativity and incompletion that is in me. Let there be blessings!

Understand, this offering is to represent the strength of integrity. Even if there are some incompletions and inauthenticities, you declare out of your authenticity of brahmanyam bahuputhrathaam. Listen! Even for one single moment, if one percent of your inner space feels that you are the chosen inheritor of the cosmos, even if you have one reason to feel that you are the chosen inheritor of the cosmos, by holding on to that, you can declare even your incompletion to become completion, your inauthenticity to become authenticity! How many of you cognize this?

Here, the rishi declares, 'Even if it is just one ray of authenticity or integrity, with that strength I am declaring - Let my inauthenticies be burned! Let my lack of integrity be burned!'

Even if it is just a small fire, it can burn a huge

pile of cotton! The cotton is like inauthenticity and lack of integrity. The world is irresponsibility; whatever you visualize, selfishness and everything. Even if there is a small fire, it will burn all the lack of integrity and inauthenticity, and then it will take the responsibility and enrich the whole world!

So you don't need to have fear, 'I only have fifty percent integrity and fifty percent authenticity; I don't have the other fifty percent. What can I do?'

I tell you - nobody, nobody, nobody, including me, ever declared brahmanyam bahuputrataam after having one hundred percent authenticity! It is always the strength of one ray of authenticity, one ray of integrity, that makes you declare that you are in the state of brahmanyam bahuputrataam! With the strength of declaration, now burn all the lack of integrity and inauthenticity!

Don't worry if you are in confusion. There is nothing to worry! Confusion is not wrong if you declare to get out of it! It is wrong if you miss, because of confusion. This mantra very clearly shows that the rishi who declared is in confusion! Don't you see? After declaring, brahmanyam bahuputrataam, he says, 'Let my lack of integrity be burned by the will of my integrity, by the power of my integrity.' If he is in completion, he would not even have remembered his lack of integrity! When you are in completion, do you even remember the negativity you left behind? If you remember, there is still incompletion and fear. But even with all that, he is declaring! He is declaring. That is the strength of the rishi. He is teaching us this lesson.

Black sesame seeds represent integrity. White sesame seeds represent authenticity. Offering it into the fire represents responsibility, and the confidence you radiate in your body language is enriching. O my sons, today we are all liberated with this sannyas initiation! brahmanyam bahuputrataam! Because I don't need anything, everything is in my disposal.

chorasyaannam navashraadham brahmaha Gurutalpagaha gos-teyagm suraapaanam bhroonahatya tilaa shaantigm shamayantu svaahaa || Let the same sesame seeds, which represent the strength of integrity, restore completion and complete all incompletions, and the sin born out of eating the food of a thief, and of eating the food offered during specific funeral rites.

atma me shuddhyantaam jyotiraham virajaavipaapma bhooyaasagm svaahaa || Let the sacred fire and the energy invoked in it purify my body, the identity that I project towards others, the identity that I feel as me, and others' perceptions about me. May I become the supreme cosmic light which is pure and free from suffering! Let there be blessings! Hail, I offer the oblation!

atma means all three together: what I feel as me, what I project as me and what others perceive as me. All these three put together is atma.

antaratma me shuddhyantaam jyotiraham virajaa-vipaapma bhooyaasagm svaahaa || Let the sacred fire and the energy invoked in it purify my inner space and the identity that I project

towards myself. May I become supreme cosmic light, which is pure and free from suffering! Let there be blessings! Hail, I offer the oblation!

paramatma me shuddhyantaam jyotiraham virajaavipaapma bhooyaasagm svaahaa ।। Let the sacred fire and the energies invoked in it purify the supreme Self within me which is covered by my ignorance. May I become supreme cosmic light, which is pure and free from suffering! Let there be blessings! Hail, I offer the oblation! Today, the day when the supreme Cosmic Light has expressed itself, we are all becoming supreme Cosmic Light!

kshudhe svaahaa । Let this oblation be unto the energy of hunger. Let there be blessings! Hail! It means tat even your hunger is purified; the possibility of you becoming a nirahari is created.

kshutpipaasaaya svaahaa । Let this oblation be to unto the combined energy of hunger and thirst. Let there be blessings! Hail!

vivittyai svaahaa । Let this oblation be unto the all-pervasive cosmic energy. Let there be blessings! Hail!

These few verses are chanted as paatha bheda. In some sampradaayas (orders), these verses are part of the viraja homa mantra. In some sampradaayas this is part of the next set of mantras. But in our sampradaaya, these verses will be part of the viraja homa mantra

rigvidhaanaaya svaahaa । Let this oblation be to unto the One who ordains the rig veda and rig chants. Let there be blessings! Hail! kashotkaaya svaahaa | Let this oblation be unto the Lord who is excited in the process of creation. Let there be blessings! Hail!

kshuthpipaasaa-malam jyeshta- am alakshmeer-naashayaamyaham । abhoothim asamriddhim cha sarvaan nirnuda me paapmaanagm svaahaa ।। I am bringing authenticity and removing all the inauthenticities arising in the form of hunger, thirst, misfortune, inauspiciousness, powerlessness, lack of expansion and growth, and the space of impossibility. May this oblation eliminate all my inauthenticities. Let there be blessings! Hail!

annamaya pranamaya manomaya vijnaanamayam anandamay- am atma me shuddhyantaam jyotiraham virajaavipaapma bhooy- aasagm swaahaa ।। Let the sacred fire and the energy invoked in it purify the five-fold Self comprised of the sheaths of food, life-energy, mind, intelligence and bliss. May I become the supreme cosmic light, which is pure and free from suffering! Let there be blessings! Hail! I offer the oblation!

agnaye svaahaa | vishvebhyo devebhyo svaahaa | dhruvaaya svaahaa | bhoomaaya svaahaa | dhruvakshitaye svaahaa | Let this oblation be to unto the energy of fire of Agni, to the gods Vishwadeva, Dhruva, Bhooma and Dhruvakshiti. Let there be blessings! Hail!

These are the Viraja homa mantras.

I bless you all to achieve success in the completion process. I bless you all achieve, experience, live, express, radiate, share, explode and enrich with eternal bliss, ‘Nithayananda’!

From time immemorial, there have been so many different scriptures, spiritual literatures and philosophies that have evolved on planet earth. I can tell you from my experience that these four principles are literally the essence of all these spiritual scriptures, of all these spiritual truths!