Journey to Enlightenment Part 01

Author(s): Chitrabhanu, Chetana Catherine Florida, Nirmala Hanke, Raksha Penni Helsene
Publisher: Create Space

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executives who have everything and still they have mental problems? What is a mental problem? A mental problem is creating the emotions and trying to find out the answer and magnifying the small thing with the magnifying glass and not seeing the size of the problem, and the size of the thing, and the size of the relation... and they go on magnifying...
Mahavir was the last prophet of Jainism in 599 BC. His teaching came from the realization of what was going on in nature. So this philosophy in a way is not coming from the books, not coming from the head, not coming from an individual. It is the philosophy of nature; it is the law of nature. Somebody experiences the law and that person articulates the law so we call him inventor. Newton invented - what did he invent? Gravity. But before he invented, gravitation was there. So he is not a manufacturer - he discovered. But still we give credit to Newton. Einstein invented a theory and in that theory he proved that energy can be turned into matter and that matter can be turned into energy, it is convertible. The theory of relativity is not a product of Einstein. He presented what was there already.
Television was not manufactured. It was the law - how the vibrations are working, how you can capture them. In the same way Mahavir did not manufacture anything. He experienced what was the law of life - why people are unhappy, why people are not enjoying the journey. They are well equipped, they have the language, they can express, they have the brain, they can reason, they have the emotions, they can communicate, they have five senses and each sense can enhance something good in the universe. So what one needs to know is that the person is not using them. He is misusing them. If you don't use properly, anything which is dormant, it misuses more. The rest wastes more than the usage. If you use it, at least it will sparkle, it will be polished, but if you don't use it, it rusts. The human talent is rusting, inside is corroding. So we have to see that this is our human life.
Every person has the wellspring born in her and in him. That we realize through meditation, through concentration, through teaching, through breathing, listening and gradually we erase the old words which have made us so helpless, dependent, weak and frightened. So here, these are the days, these eight days of the Forgiveness Festival, are specially meant for the people's awareness, for their realization, for their own good. These eight days are for people to be people, for individuals to be individuals. And these eight days are for you to give a gift to yourself because you have been so generous, you have given to everybody.
There was one girl who was coming to me and she was very unhappy. I say, "why are you unhappy”? She says “I have so much love but my boyfriend he is ungrateful, he does not know how to receive it. I want to give my love". I say "you have so much love, you want to give to him, a little portion of it, why you don't give to yourself, so at least you will not be unhappy, you will not cry, you will not be depressed. What you want to give, a little portion, at least you give to yourself. Because you want to make him happy, no?" Yes, if I give him love, he will be happy. I say, "so much love and such a good quality you have, give that to yourself, so at least you will be happy and you won't be here to come and ask the question.” We are very generous; we want to give to everyone. We want to give free advice. We want to do everything, but we deprive ourselves. We hardly take time to be
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