And to turn back the tendencies of the senses from their objects. Its details are as follows: Remaining in the form of knowledge, the tendencies of the senses that go towards objects like sound, if they are offered to the Atma or Paramatma, then all desires are destroyed. And there are distinctions of karma karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → bhakti bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → Karma Karma Action. Deed. Any thought, word, or deed that will sooner or later reap its consequences. Karmas of a person are linked to their rewards (cause and effect). Bhagvãn is the giver of the rewards of the karmas; good deeds reap pleasant rewards, and bad deeds reap painful fruits. Karmas remain with a jeev until it has received its rewards. Tap to open in glossary → varna varna A caste of the ancient Indian social system: brãhman, kshatriya, vaishya, and sudra. Tap to open in glossary → ashram ashram 1) Stage of life. There are four ãshrams in total, each with their duties and responsibilities – brahm-chãrya, grahastha, vãnprasth, and sannyãs. 2) Hermitage. Place where tyãgis live. Tap to open in glossary → When one becomes a renunciant and performs nine types of devotion selflessly, abandoning negligence, that is called Bhakti Bhakti Devotion to Bhagvãn. One of the four attributes of ekãntik dharma. There are nine types of bhakti: Tap to open in glossary → And when one becomes the form of existence, and while transcending gunas, performs devotion in a state of kaivalya, that is called Jnana Yoga. To turn back the tendencies of the senses from their objects. And to remain in the form of knowledge and turn back from sounds and other things. To be content, that is the meaning of turning back. Do not keep too much craving. This world. And to be content, turn back the tendencies, and connect them to God. What does it mean to turn back the tendencies? How does it turn? How does it turn, like it runs and turns? To reduce attachment day by day. That is called the tendency of detachment. But what does it mean to do inner contemplation? What does it mean to do inner contemplation? To turn one's mind towards God. To do self-analysis. That is called turning back the tendencies. What kind of person am I? What do we do our whole lives? Of others. We keep analyzing others. Yes. To do self-analysis. Especially, how much affection do I have for God? Spiritual. Call it inner contemplation or call it turning back the tendencies. Or turning back the tendencies. If one turns back their tendencies, sits with their eyes closed, believing themselves to be the body, and keeps pondering over their own qualities in their mind, then is that called turning back the tendencies? That is not called turning back the tendencies. Perhaps, Maharaj said that seeing the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → But Maharaj said something even more than that, that one should do some self-analysis. How much affection do I have for God? And how much I don't have. How much affection do I have for the world? And how much have I finished with it? To do such self-analysis is called turning back the tendencies. To keep analyzing others is called outward contemplation. That is called external tendency. Then let him do whatever he wants. Doing good. Taking his qualities. Someone might take a quality, saying, 'Okay, Rishi Swami does very good work.' We took his quality. So, It is called outward tendency. That is called external tendency. That is not called turning back the tendencies. It is said that a quality was taken. There's no problem with that, it's considered good. If one takes good qualities, then they develop affection for God, that's how it happens. But it is not called turning back the tendencies. The meaning of turning back the tendencies is this. What was said about turning back the tendencies? That the nature of the senses is to look outwards, to only look outwards. What is that thing that comes in the Upanishads? Paranchi khani. Vyatrnat svayambhu. Such a sentence is in the Upanishads. Paranchi. Meaning, khani. What does khani mean? You have studied Shri Bhashya, haven't you? He. What does khani mean? Khani indriyani. And paranchi. Meaning, parang bahyan eva anchati anchati iti paranchi. Anchati means it praises it a lot. The nature of the senses is such that they are very interested in external objects. It likes to analyze others a lot, to analyze others. That's why they are called paranchi. God, the Upanishads, rebuked God. That God, by doing so, harms the jiva. Vyatrnat svayambhu. Meaning, the jiva's support was broken. Because the poor fellow, throughout his life and for many births, keeps analyzing others, saying, 'He is like this, he is like that, he is like this, he is like that.' And never, 'na antaratman paranchi khani vyatrnat svayambhu bahireva pashyanti pashyanti When the ‘parã’ speech reached the hruday-ãkãsh of Virãt-Purush, it became known by the name of ‘pashyanti’. Tap to open in glossary → He keeps looking at everything outside, but he never looks at his own jiva. Maharaj also said this in the Vachanamrut. That this jiva sees beauty, sees ugliness, but does not see himself. What does it mean to see oneself? To do self-analysis. The jivatma is not visible to the eye. It is not visible to the eyes. So what does it mean to see oneself? The jiva cannot be grasped by any sense, nor can it be grasped by the mind. So, to do self-analysis. So, the tendency of the jiva that goes outwards, it makes resolutions and doubts. Resolutions and doubts are considered our true nature. And analyzing resolutions and doubts is considered analyzing ourselves. Ours, not others'. To analyze the resolutions of others, if it's sometimes necessary, then do it, no problem. But especially, one should analyze oneself. Then it is called inner contemplation. And if one sees the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → If one sees the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → And if one sees the murti murti 1) Sacred idol of Bhagvãn used to offer worship. There are eight types of murtis that can be worshipped: stone, wood, metal, earth, engraved or drawn, sand, gems, and mental. 2) The form of Bhagvãn. Tap to open in glossary → But it might not be very convenient, and no one does it. It might not be convenient. That's why God said that. That it is difficult. If there is a window on the second or third floor and someone peeks out from there, then, and if someone else is walking in the market and wants to look inside the window, then what happens? Who finds it easier? The one above. It's easy to look outside. Just poke your head out the window immediately. The other person has to get a ladder, climb up, and then they can see inside the window. So, doing inner contemplation is like that. That one has to get a ladder, and then go there and look. If there's a ladder, fine, otherwise, if there isn't, you won't find one. So, you can't look inside. So, looking within oneself is that difficult. And looking inside others, looking at others, that is very easy. So, they gave an example in that, window and mirror. Mirror, yes. Window and mirror, yes. If you look in the mirror, you see yourself. And if you look out the window, you see only others outside. So, we see others our whole lives, we analyze others. And we are still going to do it. Are we going to stop doing it now? We are going to do all that. But this is very rare. Outside. Maharaj called someone who just keeps looking outside the most foolish of fools, the craziest of the crazy, and then said something very harsh, the lowest of the low. Yes. He said that if one just keeps analyzing others outside, then he called him that. Yes. So, sometimes, one should analyze oneself. And that doesn't happen on its own; it happens if you write it down. What kind of person am I? So, one writes down their resolutions and then analyzes them, saying that if there is such a resolution, it is called such. That is written in the Vachanamrut. If one makes such a resolution, then it is called such. That is called good intellect. That is called demonic intellect. That is called devotee intellect. That is called ekantik intellect. Such. It's all based on resolutions. It's not based on anything physical. It happens based on what kind of resolutions we make. How does one become Brahmarup? Huh? It happens mentally. No one becomes Brahmarup physically. Physical siddha happens. It does not become Brahmarup. Naradji was a physically perfected being. And yet, the flaw of being Brahmarup remained. There was a flaw in becoming Brahmarup, why? He desired to get married. So, it doesn't happen to Brahmarup. The physical Brahmarup, those were siddhas, perfected beings. They go from here and even to heaven, and with this body. They go to Patala Loka. They go to Indra Indra The king of the devs. He resides in Svarg-Lok. Tap to open in glossary → They give him some advice. They do all that. Because he was a perfected being. Even if one becomes a perfected being, they may not become Brahmarup. And even if one has a physical body, they can become Brahmarup. That is because, How does one become Brahmarup? It happens mentally. So, what is the procedure for becoming mental? Resolution. If we want to become mental. Someone wants to become Brahmarup. Usually, no one wishes for it, but if one wants to, then. What is its procedure? To believe. Analysis. To do self-analysis. Do you want to become Brahmarup, or do you want to make others Brahmarup? Do you want to become Brahmarup, or do you want to make others Brahmarup? What target have you set? That we. Brahmavidya. In Brahmavidya. To make everyone else do it. To make them Brahmarup. If there are good resolutions, good resolutions can be easily written. How to write down the weak resolutions and how to manage them? By doing many good things, don't leave any room for the bad ones. So, good people, otherwise, to control it, even Naradji couldn't do it, so how can we? How to write down the weak ones, because how to write down the weak resolutions? Write them in code. Yes. If you want to write a name, like if you had a weak resolution about something, and you want to write its name, then write it backwards. Satsang Satsang 1) True company. The practice of associating with Bhagvãn’s sant, other satsangis, the ãtmã, and the sacred shãstras, and also observing vartmãns and niyams. 2) Also refers to the sampradãy, which is the presence of good company. Tap to open in glossary → So, Mi Sa, not Swami. I had such a reverse resolution. Not Swami. Mi Sa Mi Mi Vasi Mi Vas, write something like that so no one knows what this is written. 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