Talk given by Pujya Sri K C Narayana on the auspicious occasion of April 22, 2011 Pujya Babuji Birthday (See transcript below)
Bodhayanti Parasparam Vol 9
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Dear associates,
My humble Pranam to all. On this auspicious day I like to share with you some basic principles of practicing the system. I have been practicing this system of Rajayoga for nearly 5 decades and I feel I have some information on the problems we face in our sadhana and would like to share the manner in which I tried to understand and meet the situations. When we study the book "The Ten Commandments" of our beloved Master we appreciate the point that this system requires certain definite changes in our habits. It is said that "Man is a creature of habit." This simple statement is deceptively profound.
We know that our lives are comprised of a collection of habits that dictate many of our physical, emotional and mental actions and reactions. Depending on the level of conscious awareness we invest in a habit's creation, habits can either enslave us, turning us into a mindless automaton, or free us to pursue creative, joyful activities that enhance and give meaning to our life. Most of us have a mixture of good and bad habits. The demand of the book Ten Commandments is that we eschew wrong habits and attitudes and embrace the wholesome and holistic attitudes and habits recommended in the book. If some of us feel that the call is too high it reflects the unwillingness to follow the commandments 3 and 2 which stress on the clarity required to understand and reach our goal.
Obviously this means our unwillingness to change our habits. When we say 'I am not able to get up early in the morning' we are only saying to ourselves 'what if I get up late and attend to meditation.' When we say we are not able to forgive our brother or sister we are only saying we are not willing to do so. The Commandments demand that we eschew greed, gluttony, hatred, envy, hopelessly undue attachment to persons and property and a host of other habit patterns which having been created by us we refuse to leave them. The plays of the mind are mysterious and funny and deserve greater attention in its role in habit formation. Habit is defined as an acquired behaviour pattern followed until it has become almost involuntary. Habits can be good or bad, productive or non-productive. Good habits lead to developing skills, such as learning to listen, pray, help etc., They also save us time and energy by automating the performance of desirable actions. These acquired behaviour patterns free our mind from having to concentrate, as would be required of unfamiliar actions. It is amusing that every early in the morning there is a ritual of waking up the Lord in every temple and He is yet to develop that habit. I only am stressing how difficult it is to develop a good habit.
To obey the Master who has developed total control over his internal and external apparatus as our beloved Master is the way to become like him. He always said that it is his wish that all become like him. It is common sense that we replace bad habits ( or as Master puts it spiritual diseases like laziness, sloth or indolence, envy, hatred, jealousy and a host of other negative traits which affect sadhana) with good ones, which is the basis of all selfdevelopment and spiritual evolution. But habits and attitudes die hard. This is evident when almost everyone who has ever tried to quit smoking, alcohol or coffee will tell that this is not always as easy as it would seem.
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