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“How to tackle people whom we dislike?”

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“It is not possible that every person that we come across, will have to be

our favourite ones. It is quite natural to be psychologically affected when we meet

people whom we dislike. It is enough if we treat our psychological and bodily

tensions as natural. They pertain to the inner mind.

As far as the outer world is concerned, action is important. In order to face the

outer world we can keep a policy or principle to ease out tensed situation. For the

outer world, it is good if we consider our enemy as someone whom we like. There

by it is always good to tackle the situations and concerned persons through the

stability of mind.”-Sri Bagavath

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How to tackle people whom we dislike? 3

A Delightful Announcement to all the family members of Sri Bagavath Mission 6

Editor’s Voice 7 & 8

Question & Answer 9 & 10

Gallery 11

Zen Story - Empty Bucket 12

“When I see those whom I hate, my mind and body become tense. How to tackle the people I hate?”

- An aspirant asked this question to me.

Is this a problem that is unique only to him?

We all come across some kind of problems every day.

Is it possible that every person that we come across, will

have to be our favourite ones?

Is it possible that every situation that we come across should be favourable to us?

They will all be of different kinds.

Can we change all of those persons and situations to our liking?

Can we change all the situations to our liking?

How to tackle them?

How to handle those situations?

We have classified our approach of functioning of mind as inner and outer.

Do the problems described above, pertain to the inner mind or to the outer world?

The people and the situations that we

come across pertain to the external world.

However the psychological emotions that are caused by them pertain to the inner mind.

Now, for which part are we seeking solution for?

Solution for the problems of the inner mind?

Or solution for the problems of the outer world?

Which is our problem here?

Are the people in the outer world and the outer situations, the real problems?

Or the psychological emotions that were caused by them?

If there is no question of our mind or body becoming tense against the people and the situations, then we will not treat them as problems.

In that case, is it something that pertains to our inner mind?

Or is it an outer problem?

Because the inner emotions are caused by the aspects of the outer world.

What kind of a solution is required here?

What should we do?

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- Sri Bagavath

“How to tackle people whom we dislike?”

Should we streamline our inner mind?

Or the happenings in the outer world?

As far as the inner emotions are concerned, there is nothing that we need to do.

It is enough if we treat them as natural.

It is enough if we treat our psychological and bodily tensions as natural.

Is it enough if we treat them like this? Will all our problems be solved?

Suppose a person is throwing stones at us. We get pain because of that.

Will our problems be solved if we take the pain caused by the stone as natural?

Will our problems come to an end if we accept the psychological tension as natural?

As far as the inner mind is concerned, it is quite alright to accept the inner emotions.

Even then it makes sense to analyse how to face the outer world, since it is closely knitted with the happenings in the outer world.

How to face the outer world?

How to face the people that we dislike?

How to face the situations that we do not like?

As far as the outer world is concerned, action is important.

Suppose we are seeing a snake on our way.

We become afraid.

The problem does not stop there if we treat the fear that comes about in our mind as natural.

We should make use of the fear. Making use of that we have to deal with the snake.

One way out is to run away from the snake. The other way is to drive the snake away.

We get tensed when we see the people that we do not like. What should we do here in effect?

Should we run away from them like we did from the snake?

If we do not have anything to do with them, then we can easily get away from them.

But it is not possible to break ties with them if we are associated with them in the work. Hence we cannot even run away from them.

How to tackle them in this situation? How to handle that situation?

There is only one way to approach the inner mind – accepting that as natural.

But in order to face the outer world we can keep a policy or principle towards that.

Let those policies and principles be either real ones or those be based on our beliefs.

Whatever it is, the tensed situation becomes a little eased out if we keep a policy or principle as a support.

I recall the ideas that we spoke about – Maithri, Karuna, Upecha – in that context.

Maithri means relationship. Karuna means mercy. Upecha is detachment.

Let us suppose, a neighbourhood boy is hitting our glass cupboard with his hands. We will be afraid whether the glass of the cupboard would be broken down by the boy.

At the same time, if the boy so hitting, is our own child, our approach would be different. We would not mind the breaking of the glass. But instead we would be afraid whether the broken glass would cause any injury to the child.

Hence we should consider the persons whom we hate as our relatives. If we take them as our relatives, the tensions and conflicts between us would ease out.

“It will be better if you give the meaning of friendship to the word Maithri”, a friend suggested.

Those who consider friendship as

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significant can consider that way. A relationship should emerge from that. That is important.

If our friend is functioning against us, then we will even be ready to break the friendship.

I happened to read a book that had a lot of information about previous birth experiences.

In that book, there was a story of a wife who had been affected by her husband and goes to seek help from a person who has some mystical powers.

He says, “Your current husband was your son in the previous birth”.

This may be true or may not be true.

We do not know much about previous births.

Suppose the person giving you nuisance lives in the next door. You may consider him as your enemy. But in your previous birth he may be your own son.

Considering this way about that person will reduce the intensity of the problem that you face, to some extent.

Likewise, our decision to behave mercifully will ease out the tension and make us simple.

Though the approach called Upecha (detachment or getting away from something) is talked about in favour of the outer world, it is actually something that is associated with the inner mind-inner world.

We cannot ignore the outer actions and outer situations.

Should we run away from office, if a person whom we hate, joins as our boss?

In the outer world, if we start escaping from the situations, like this, we will not be able to stick to any job.

What is meant by psychological detachment within our mind?

It is almost similar to the statement in Hindu's holy book Bhagavath Gita, “Do your duty.

Do not be attached to the results”.

Result is the outcome of action. Can we be in a job without expecting any fruit or result?

Can a student study well without the expectation of success in the exams?

The term 'result' does not refer something in terms of action.

During each and every moment of our functioning in an external action, a psychological reaction is created as a result.

In the event of these effects being not necessary for any outer action, then, ignoring the inner functioning as least significant and keeping oneself away from that is Upecha.

How to treat the problems and discomforts that are caused in our body by unnecessary psychological emotions?

Upecha is nothing but neglecting the unnecessary psychological emotions.

The discomforts caused in the body are not really discomforts.

These discomforts occur in our body as Physician that streamline the chemical changes that are caused by the psychological emotions.

Hence there is no need to panic about the Physician who has visited the body in the form of that discomfort.

The physician will go away once the required equanimity is created in the body.

Hence, as far as the inner mind is concerned, it is good if we keep ourselves away from the psychological emotions. For the outer world, it is good if we consider our enemy as someone whom we like.

There by it is always good to tackle the situations and concerned persons through the stability of mind.

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Our Sri Bagavath Mission Ashram is located at the scenic footh i l l s of Jarugumala i in Kodambakkadu, Periyagoundapuram, Salem.

Every month there has been Sri Bagavath Aiya's Enlightenment Retreat being conducted here.

Moreover many of our seekers who are interested in the retreat want to come with their families.

But enough space for accommodating all the family members in separate rooms is not available. To fulfil this need of all the participating seekers, as per Aiya's advice, we have decided to construct 32 separate rooms with all comforts in natural surroundings.

For humans to live healthily and being one with nature, pollution-free air, pure rain water and chemicals-free food that is made from natural manure, are required. We are also executing innovative work towards preserving the natural resources that are available here. Currently we have been using rain water throughout the year for drinking and cooking purposes. Moreover we have

A DELIGHTFUL ANNOUNCEMENT TO ALL THE FAMILY MEMBERS OF SRI BAGAVATH MISSION

done some work in order to collect rain water without wasting it, and store as ground water.

Due to this our Sri Bagavath Bhavan has been remaining as a place where all the natural resources are integrated.

In addition to this, it is very rare to get an opportunity of living in the proximity of an Enlightened Master. This rare opportunity will be available for all those who come and stay here.

Interested seekers can join as member for this lot of 32 rooms. We have fixed donation of Rs.5 lakhs for member. The member of these rooms can come and stay with their families during holidays and their leisure time. This will not only be an ideal surrounding where they can stay in the proximity of Aiya, converse with him and attain the clarity of Enlightenment and Understanding, but a place where they can enjoy the natural resources and live healthily.

Interested friends can benefit from this membership.

For contact :Sri Bagavath Mission, Salem–3.

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Greetings to all from your co-traveller.

In this world, only very few out of crores of

seekers have attained Enlightenment.

T h e r e a s o n b e h i n d t h i s i s t h a t

Enlightenment has been prevailing as something

that is beyond description and its descriptions

have always been mystifying.

A big revolution has happened in the space

of spirituality due to the advent of Sri Bagavath

Aiya. It has been made so simple that all the

seekers are now able to attain Enlightenment.

Sri Bagavath Aiya's new approach is the sole

reason behind this simple process.

He has simplified the psychological

functioning by dividing it into inner and outer

world.

Surrender is the consummation of

devotion. It is this surrender that is able to provide

Liberation.

Surrender is something that is just giving in

to whatever happens in whatever manner and

totally accepting that.

Surrender was something that had been an

impossible feat in the present situation.

As Sri Bagavath Aiya enabled us the

understanding of the mind by dividing into inner

and outer worlds, Enlightenment has been made a

possible feat to attain.

Many different emotions come about and

disappear in the mind.

Happiness, fear, sorrow, distress, anger and

desire are all associated with the psychological

functioning.

Outer world is all about our actions.

We have some or other responsibility in this

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world. We may be in a profession. Or we may be

in a job. May be an officer. We have to execute all

our responsibilities in whatever positions we are

in.

The situations we face and the

responsibilities that we accept and act upon, are

all about the outer world.

Though the inner and outer worlds are

two different things, both are interconnected.

Both are finely interlaced.

The outer world may be impacted by the

inner psychological mind or the mind may be

impacted by the outer world actions.

What responsibility do we have to

streamline these?

Inner world or the outer world?

It is enough if we understand that the

psychological emotions are not in our control.

That understanding itself will offer us the

surrender.

However the outer world is not like that.

In addition to understanding the outer world

problems, we also have the responsibility of

streamlining that.

As long as we have not understood this,

our entire effort has been towards streamlining

both the inner and outer worlds.

In a state of having understood the

distinction between both the inner and outer

worlds and the entire effort being spent in the

outer world actions, not only our performance

enhances but the chances of attaining success

also go up.

In this context, it is only those who have

attained Enlightenment that can exist as

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liberated souls in the inner world and performers

in the outer world.

It is this simple understanding that Sri

Bagavath Aiya has been offering to all of us and

making us Enlightened individuals.

Sri Bagavath Aiya has been a great Master

who has been enabling thousands of seekers

become enlightened. We all have the glory of

having lived along with Sri Bagavath Aiya.

Beyond that, many people who have been

traveling the Bagavath Path have relished the close

association with Aiya.

As Aiya possesses simplicity and reality

together, it is a blessing for all of us to be not only

closely associated with him, but it is making even

ordinary humans enlightened individuals.

Psychological experts have envisaged that

the future generations would suffer more

psychological stress than the current generations.

It is only the Enlightenment Understanding

offered by Sri Bagavath Aiya that is a perfect

solution to save all those who would suffer from

psychological stress.

Blessed are those who recognise Bagavath

Aiya.

We are all blessed.

We have the responsibility of making

others also blessed like us. thOn 12 September, which happened to be

the Birthday of Sri Bagavath Aiya, many devotees

from Chennai Sri Bagavath Mission met Aiya in

person, obtained Aiya's blessings and celebrated

his Birthday in a grand way.

At present, Aiya is staying in Salem Sri

Bagavath Bhavan.

Details of the Enlightenment Retreats that

have been planned to be conducted in October

and November 2019 have been published in this

edition. Moreover details of English Retreats that

are planned for January 2020 have also been

published.

We humbly appeal to all of you to spread

this message to all seekers and help them attain

Enlightenment understanding.

Let us understand Enlightenment!

Let us share the understanding!

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The language of the mind and the body is

the same. They both function in the same way. The

body is nothing but the solid form of the mind. The

thoughts that come about in the mind reveal

through the body as emotions. Feeling the

thoughts in the mind is a subtle form. Feeling the

thoughts through the body is a solid form. In

accordance with the psychological thoughts in the

mind, chemical changes are induced and then

they reveal as physical emotions. The emotions

that we do not feel through the mind are not called

emotions. Similarly we say that body exists

because of the chemical changes in the physical

body. Let us understand the functioning of the

physical body in a similar way we understood the

helplessness of the mind.

We understand the functioning of the mind

by classifying it as inner mind and the outer world.

The intellect part does not interfere in any form in

the free functioning of the mind by understanding

on its own, that it does not have anything to do

with the inner functioning of our mind.

Understanding this is Enlightenment.

Our intellect understands its helplessness

and liberates itself from interfering into the

functioning of the mind. The psychological

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Question & Answer

functioning happens freely without any

interference. All emotions appear and

disappear there and moves freely like a stream.

All the thoughts and emotions run like a freely

flowing river without any stagnation anywhere.

When out intellect conflicts with the

free-flow of thoughts that occur naturally, the

psychological battle starts. Continuous mental

battle accumulates and causes chemical

changes in the body. We call such chemical

change as discomfort or disease.

Mind cannot be used to streamline the

mind. We should use this understanding for the

inner mind. Similarly we should use our mind for

actions in the outer world. This understanding

should be used for the outer world. Leading life

in this manner is the best way to live.

Let us similarly understand the body by

classifying into inner and outer world. The body

corrects itself when it understands that the

intellect does not have anything to do with the

free functioning of the body.

Generally the body digests the food that

we take in, absorbs the nutrients from the food

and expels the waste as defecation. When the

body has the capability to do all this perfectly,

Are the mind and the body one or different?

Question : I understood that Enlightenment is nothing but the intellectual understanding of the

helplessness of the intellect of not having the capability to streamline our psychological emotions. I have

been living with psychological freedom, having understood that our intellect does not have anything to

do with the psychological emotions but only to face the outer world and manage the actions in the outer

world. To what extent does this psychological understanding help in the functioning of the physical

body? How to match this psychological understanding with the physical body? Is there an understanding

for the functioning of the body similar to the functioning of the mind? If there is a similar understanding,

then how do we understand this?

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will it not have the intelligence to set right the

discomforts that are caused? Before this happens,

our intellect starts ordering the body to do and

change a few things as a solution to the

discomfort. When the body is not well, there is

nothing wrong if the intellect starts functioning in

the outer world in outer aspects such as what kind

of situations should be created, what kind of food

should be eaten etc., It becomes inappropriate

when it attempts to set right the discomforts of

the body.

Let us understand the connection between

the body and the mind through a simple example.

A tree is something that we see above the ground.

The roots that are the base of the tree hide under

the ground. When the tree is good it means that its

roots are healthy. Any problem in the root will

affect the tree. Even when the tree is impacted by

strong winds or heat, it quickly regains its natural

state if the roots are healthy.

Here the tree is the physical body and mind

is the root. It is the conflict of the mind that reflects

as disease in the body. When the mind is not

healthy, the body will not be healthy either, even if

very healthy food is taken for the growth of the

body. When the mind functions like a freely

flowing stream, the body also functions very

smoothly in a healthy manner.

The psychological emotions such as anger,

fear, hatred, worry, jealousy etc, are similar to the

diseases in the body such as fever, pain, agony,

cough, cold, vomiting, diarrhoea etc. When our

intellect does not interfere in the functioning of

the mind, all the emotions attain the state of

equilibrium. Similarly when the intellect does not

interfere in the functioning of the body, all the

wastes in the body defecate despite the diseases.

All the physical discomforts act as a doctor in the

functioning of the body and make it healthy.

Treating the body medically for the disease is the

same as managing our anger.

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The mind and the body have been

functioning well in order to create equilibrium

which is the natural functioning. Our intellect

should understand that all the physical

discomforts come about in order to create a

balance in the body only and refrain from

interfering in the functioning of the body. When

the intellect does not interfere with the

psychological functioning of the mind, then all

the psychological emotions reach a state of

equilibrium like a freely flowing stream. When

the intellect ignores the physical discomforts, it

will reach a healthy state in which one will not be

aware of the functioning of the body.

All the physical discomforts that occur in

the body are a means of physical balance by

directing the body towards a healthy state. When

the intellect understands that all the diseases are

the wastes that defecate from the body, then the

body reaches a healthy state quickly.

All the actions of the psychological

functioning reflect in the functioning of the body.

When we understand that our intellect does not

have to do anything in the functioning of the

body both the mind and the body returns to its

natural state.

Then what really is the work of the

intellect? When a fear emotion occurs in the

mind, we should avoid managing that. Instead we

should use that fear as a motivation to act

correctly in the outer world.

Similarly when the body is having a

discomfort, for example, when one gets

abdominal pain, the intellect should, (without

trying to remove the pain) involve itself only in

things such as whether food should be taken in or

not or what kind of simple food should be taken

in etc.,

The physical discomforts heal the body

and disappear, similar to the psychological

emotions that disappear on their own.

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Seekers with Sri Bagavath during morning walk

Sri Bagavath with Chennai Volunteers at Chennai on the occasion of his Birthday. Seekers meeting Sri Bagavath at Bagavath Bhavan

Seekers with Sri Bagavath at Jarugu Hills Light of Enlightenment eradicating Ignorance...

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Empty Bucket

A person was often induced by those

around him to burst out with some emotion like

anger, fear or hate, however much he tried to

remain calm. Then he felt sorry each time. As he

thought that the people around him were the

reason for his problem, he avoided frequent

meetings and closeness with them. Still he could

not solve the problem. He kept seeking solution to

his problem for many days and atlast reached out

to a sage and asked for his help.

After listening to him calmly, the sage asked

him to get two pots of water each from the two

wells in his ashram.

The man filled water in the pot from one

well. There was no water in another well. So he

told the sage that only an empty bucket came

back.

The sage said, “Actually, anger or calm, fear

or fearlessness, hate or hatelessness come out

according to one's nature. The bucket let inside a

dry well shall come out empty. Only the bucket let

inside a well with water shall return with water;

the bucket can bring out only what is inside. The

bucket cannot produce water.

The other men around us are like the

bucket. Their words and deed can only bring out

what is in our nature. Whether it be anger, hate,

love, good or evil-these are only what is imprinted

in our mind. In that way, they are only helping us.

They make us realize what is inside us. There are

so many things imprinted in our mind.

Sometimes we come out with words or deed

unguarded, induced by the situation and by our

state of mind. Thus, our action is often the

reaction to how we understand things. In reality,

the others who seem to be the reason of our

reaction are just empty buckets.”

The man said, “If my own nature is the

reason for everything, how to change this

nature? Give me a solution, please.”

The sage said, “It is beyond one's capacity

to change one's nature. It never changes

knowingly. It shall change without our

knowledge. The anger, fear or hate that others

induce in us keep getting released from our

mind. If we can understand that something

imprinted in our mind is atlast vacating and

getting released from our mind, it is enough. Our

nature shall then change by itself. But our deed is

in our control and if we can act right, after we

come to normalcy, we shall gradually return to

calmness (composure) from anxiety, without our

own knowledge.”

“ Understanding that others are just

empty buckets, I shall hereafter do the right

deed as I shall be conscious now.”

People around us are only empty

buckets.