Break Free of Bonds

An ANGRY CEO in a board

meeting with

Cool Socrates and his

angry wife

The SIX formidable enemies that BIND us -

Lust, Pride, Greed, Anger, Illusion, Greed

PanicConfusion

fear

Running with agitated mind

Calm analysis before action

Ignorance

PassionGoodness

Why am I

bound ?

Spiritual World – the

eternal reality

Material World – the perverted reflection

Creation

Maintenance

Strong Desire, Resourcefulness, attachment to

result

Self control, patience, regularity, sense of duty

Foolishness, carelessness, irresponsibility, sleep

Destruction

Which Mode Am I in ?

Animals in Goodness

Animals in Passion

Animals in Ignorance

TIMES OF THE DAY

Material conditioning makes us bound

Be Bound or Be Free: Choice is yours

Love

Lust

wrath

illusion

Suffering continues

Mode of Ignorance

Harnessed into positive energy by Krishna Consciousness

Mode of goodness

love

Eternal bliss

The Hard Struggle for Survival

Hard Labour

Foam

bondage

fear

death

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Honest

selfless

thoughtful

helpful

pious

Take religion as a serious duty

Reading of books of philosophy, poetry, science

No meat eating

No gambling

No intoxication

No liquor

No extramarital relations

Mode of Goodness

Mad after seeing and showing

glamour

Wound mind and disturbed sleep

Religion : a social affair

Disregard scriptures

Gives charity for fame

Attraction between man and woman

Hankering for family prestige

Hard labor for honor

Money is honey

Mode of Passion

foolish

No interest in spiritual

life

mad

Nothing to do with God

Dizzy and lazy

Sleeping too much

Drugs, meat, wine

dejected

postponing

intoxicants

Mode of Ignorance

Result of action in different modes

Pure goodness

Goodness

Returns to kingdom of God

Elevation to the stage of demigod or angel

King / rich man / madman

Bird / beast / reptiles / trees

Passion

Ignorance

Working in mode of goodnessA spring board to climb up to transcendence

stimulus

Freedom to choose and

subordinate our feelings to

values

response

Pro-active response action based on chosen values

Re-active response allowing the stimulus to dictate your response

It is not what happens to us,

but

our response to what happens to us

that hurts us.

Circle of CONCERN and INFLUENCE

Circle of influence

Circle of concern

Circle of concern

Circle of Influence

Exam study

Self Discipline

Punctuality

Sincerity

People teasing

you

Exam result

My Public Image

A ugly looking

boy

My Smartness

People’s love for

you

Proactive and Reactive Behaviour

Proactive People

Reactive People

• Focus on circle of influence

• work on things they can do something about

• Focus on circle of concern

• Focus on weakness / faults of other people

Proactive Inside – Out

I can BE more patient

I can BE more co-operative

I can BE wise

Reactive Outside – In

If I HAD respectful friends …..

If I HAD a better face-cut …..

If I HAD more co-operation of colleagues …..

Problem Solving to Break Free

Problem

DIRECT CONTROL Problems involving your own behavior

Solution

Work on improving your own habits

Problem Solving to Break Free

Problem

INDIRECT CONTROL

Problems involving other people’s

behavior

Solution

Improve methods of influence; thereby increase your circle of influence ( inside-out, not outside in)

Problem Solving to Break Free

Problem

NO CONTROL

Problems we can do nothing about

Solution

Smile and learn to live with these problems

A Meaningful Prayer“ O Lord, give me

the courage to change the things which

can and ought to be changed,

the serenity to accept the things

which cannot be changed, and

the wisdom to know the difference ”

Mantra Meditation

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama

Rama Rama Hare Hare

Chant

Chanting Hare Krishna Eradicates all sinful reactions, Counteracts sinful tendencies,

Uproots all ignorance and

FREEs the suffering soul from all material animalistic urges.

Mantra Meditation

No meat eating

No intoxication

No illicit sex No gambling

Regulative Principles of FREEDOM

Why No Meat Eating ?

• Health/ Economic Religious Consideration

• Scientific Reasons• ‘halal’ and ‘haram’• Slaughtering of

animals – prohibited in Mecca

• You become what you eat

Why No Gambling ?

• Untruthfulness corruption quarrel

• Unlimited Restlessness/anxiety in mind

• Untrustworthy character• Greed for money Beg / Borrow / Steal / Murder

• Negligence of material and spiritual well-being

• Indulgence in habits/acts dangerous to oneself and others

Why No Intoxication?

• Makes us forget ourselves and lose all good sense

• The myth of freedom from tension

• Robs off strength, good intelligence and wisdom

• Health problems

• Dangerous consequences (even death)

Why No Illicit Sex ?

• Because of romance, men have been killed, families have been broken, and wars have been fought

• Dangers of free mixing – AIDS

• Complications in life

• Glory of Brahmacharya and chastity

Dr.Nicole says: “This vital fluid(semen) of man carried back and diffused through his system makes him manly, strong, brave and heroic. If wasted, it leaves him effeminate, weak and physically debilitated and prone to sexual irritation and disordered function, a wretched nervous system, epilepsy, and various other diseases and death. The suspension of the use of the generative organs is attended with a notable increase of bodily and mental and spiritual vigor.”

Modern Medical Opinion

VEDAS- Manual for ultimate freedom

Guru

Spiritual Professor

SastraText Books

of Injunction

Parampara

Institution

TIPS FOR FREEDOM

(1) Proactive Behavior – mode of Goodness

(2) Follow Four regulative principles of freedom and escape from slavery

(3) Chant Hare Krishna to transcend the three modes and go back home back to Godhead

Thank you

Become a Free Bird

By

giving your heart

to God