AWARENESS OF ‘BEING’
UNDERSTANDING VIVEKA...

Meditator (to Guruji): This is my third Advance Meditation Course. One and half year back I had come. First time when I came here, I got a one sentence like a magic sentence – everything is okay. And I took it – everything is okay. I went buzzer on it. Everything is okay. I started like all negative things. I started gambling. I started boozing. I started all the wrong things. I started avoiding my home life, my parents, and my personal friends. One thing – just go anywhere, go buzzer, everything is okay. Within one year I think I lost my whole 12 years work; working, savings, all in one year. i.e. about more than Rs. 5-6 lakhs, just gambling. Last month I was here and till today I have saved Rs.40, 000/- by not playing gambling. One and a half, last 5^th of the last month I was here, today is 10^th. So one month five days. I think I saved at least Rs.30,000 to Rs.40,000/- According to me everyday what I used to loose and everyday what I earn from my work life and plus my personal saving also. I could not work. Till 2-o-clock I used to go to my factory in afternoon and used to go out by 6.00 p.m. Let us go to gymkhana, let us go to race course, and let’s go to anywhere. Now this magic sentence, I am taking it you know, other way again positive way. So even like I don’t have a real meaning of it, ‘everything is okay’ means you should realize what you are doing. Then you can do anything. Not that whatever you are doing is okay, but you are simply aware of it and doing everything. Whatever you are doing, for eg. I started practicing this like I should be aware if I am going to gamble. If I am aware, I won’t go. ‘I won’t go’ -that I realized in this last, I think, 20-25 days and let’s see how long I will continue. Booze was at least, I don’t booze much now. I cut down my boozing, cut down my cigarettes, but gambling totally stopped and on the other side, going on the right track, aware of it now. Whatever I am doing is – I am still smoking, but I am aware. Like it’s not that because people say it is harmful for any human being but I can take it, so I am taking it. I know. I am aware of it. Even boozing I can take it. I am aware of it. The day I can’t take it, I will stop. Why should I stop now? That is my logic. I can afford to take at least those things I can afford to have. I enjoy it, I take it. And I am aware of it also.

Guruji: You see, it is an interesting turn that is taking place. Now he has understood not only ‘everything is okay’ for what has happened in the past but ‘everything is okay’ being applicable right now. And being aware of it, it really brings better transformation. Being aware of exactly how we are, what we are doing and being with it fully, automatically changes the things. Now e.g. he said- I still know this is not good for health and still I am doing it. I am able to take it, I am taking it. See when the real understanding dawns, it is called viveka. See there are people who can take anything and nothing affects them. Then it is perfectly alright for them, you understand? For Shankara, he was going on the road and then he took some intoxicant or some kind. Then all his shishyas said ahah, look at our guru, he is taking all these intoxicants. Then there was somebody little bit ahead. Somebody was pouring iron, you know, hot iron into the cast. He also asked him to give him some, because he could drink it. He was able to drink that also. See this viveka; if you do some unnecessary scruples about it, then you will get into problems. See knowing where your body is, knowing where you are, if you take, it will affect you. You may reach a stage where nothing affects you but until we get that point-

"Being aware of exactly how we are, what we are doing and being with it fully is the state of Viveka."
Jai gurudev.

-by Guruji Rishi Prabhakar

(extracted from Guruji’s talk- “Going Beyond”)