Destiny, destination, free will and luck

I would say that most Russian will say that everything is a faith so no need to do anything everything is recorded almost European would say that everything is in my own hands, I rule my destiny if I’ll do good today, I would be doing good tomorrow. I think both are correct in certain things. One man asked me if it was possible to change the destiny, I said that of course it was possible to change your destiny. But to change your destiny you need to know exactly what is your destiny. If you don’t know what is your destiny then what change you will bring in what. Otherwise the best you can do is to try to improve your current situation that’s it. But you are free to learn out of experience you are doing through that learning will be yours and that is important in every situation , if life is bring and you will face it in different ways or say different destiny the learning will be purely yours. How you will be purely yours. How you will manage yourself. How you will behave facing certain situation is purely your. But even then I see that even the person who is not practicing yoga can be very good person. I have many friends that never practiced yoga but they are very-very good people. Maybe they never went through a some say shocking experience in their life, questions about death or life became important to them. It is only after you see some shocking things or very few intelligent people start asking question about what is death, what happen after death. That maybe the only reason I can see now.

time and right example is there, I will tell you." So, they were moving in the countryside. And there was a poor man living. He asked the disciple to read his head. And what is written on his forehead? He said, "He will have never more than half a bag of rice." Okay, now I will answer your question. They both went there. Guru was very famous. He told the poor man, this poor man, "Sir, what can I do?" And he simply said, "You have half a bag of rice?" "Yes, sir." "Go to the market and sell it. And with the money, you bring good food for your family." He said, "This is the only thing I have." He said, "I'm telling you, go and

sell it." So, he went and sold half a bag of rice, and it was more money to bring food, choice of the foods, and good sweets for the whole family. And they had a party. Disciple was worried, "Now what?" He said, "Wait and watch." In the night time, they saw creator himself carrying a half a of rice going to put it in in the poor man's house because he had written he will always have half a bag of rice. That's how you can manipulate your destiny. If he will be keeping that half a rice that will always remain half a bag of rice. But he began to spend it and they became

prosperous and well fed and everything. And there was always half a bag of rice. That's how you can work with your destiny. And if your pockets are not empty then no more money will come in.

It’s very easy to stay away from temptations when you’re old – difficult thing is to find them. Temptations are important thing( smiling).

Every man is a specific kind of the Creator: they are carrying some emotions, something inside them. I’ve never think - this person is inferior to me or he is idiot, never. They all have very special something inside, which we must be wise enough to find out. Yogis become even more sensitive.

If you don’t have creativity inside you – you will never understand the Creation of Creator. Creativity is the first thing you must have; otherwise you will never understand, never appreciate. Again you cannot discarded your destiny.

how destiny will affect?

Guruji: it will carry your previous karmas from your previous birth; that’s why you were born in a particular family, in a particular initial situation. Then you will need to develop to actually understand this. 50% you cannot change. Genetics are there, family are there, but you need very strong mind to understand all these.

why people can fail in their life – because of their destiny or because they are weak?

Guruji: maybe they are weak – but we cannot give a judgement here, because we don’t know their destiny. Maybe their stop is the part of their destiny. Life is a complicated thing. It is simple – but it is simply complicated.

ABOUT LUCK

Q: How to judge that Shakti Chalini mudra is done perfectly?

Guruji: By the results. Shambhavi state will come much later. But that mudra will prepare for the Shambhavi state, guaranteed.

Q: How can You understand that someone completely has done that?

Guruji: When you will reach that level – you can understand.

Luck is very important here. People may argue that it's the grace of god or blessings of the Guru – but I feel that luck plays a very important role. You cannot discard the element of luck.

Q: Who is responsible for this element?

Guruji: Just good fortune without any reason (smiling).

Q: Past life experiences matter here?

Guruji: No – it is luck, it is not connected with anything (laughing) just by chance! Luck is luck – no one can predict it.

Q: You cannot see in the chart – if the person is lucky or not?

Guruji: W hatever I will try to translate – I’ve heard it from some very experienced persons: luck is not hitting the target on both sides every time. Luck is: wherever you shoot – the target will appear there. That is luck!

Q: Sounds like a destiny and destination

Guruji: Luck is destiny.

Q: Is it possible to attract luck to the person?

Guruji: I think so

Q: How???

Guruji: By absolutely not thinking about it. Then luck will take the attention: why is he not even thinking of me?

Now Earth isn’t noticing you because you’re living on her surface; maybe when Earth starts to look at you and support you – that is luck. Nature supports luck.

Q: Does luck have some embodiment, like a deity?

Guruji: That is the Earth, who will take you as her child. That’s how it happens.

Q: So it's a trick – because all jyotishi are talking about luck?

Guruji: They’re not considering the effect of planet Earth. They’re only considering different times the planet affects a person, who is on the planet Earth. Earth provides the element of earth – this is what I’m thinking now.

Q: Only hard work can help achieve that state with Mother Earth?

Guruji: Not only hard work: hard work with a very loving and creative way to it; then – something will happen.

Q: Maybe some kind of worship?

Guruji: There are no principles, connecting with that.

My mother often complained: wherever she came – I was lying like this. She scolded me so much and reminded me so much – but the habit continued. I think, if she could see me now – I’m still doing exactly the same (laughing) maybe now she will appreciate that.

Q: If someone were to wear the stone of the lord of the 9th house – it doesn’t attract luck?

Guruji: It will definitely help, yes. Wherever you arrow – god came down and drew the target around it – that is real luck (laughing).

Q: Again that exists the persons who – around them everything goes wrong?

Guruji: Yes, I have a disciple like that. He was complaining: whatever I do – I’m always failing; I told him: you should think positive! He said: what should I think positively? I’m feeling unhappy. I told him: you should be very positive in thinking that you’re extremely successful getting different types of failures – how many people are like you? I'm a perfect man – because I’m perfectly imperfect. But he’s very successful in getting different types of failures. And he still is.

FREE WILL

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It is already too late.

It was not your choice and will which school you would go to. Someone else decided it for you.

Your name also—you didn’t choose it. Someone else did.

It’s already too late.

So enjoy what you have now.

Actually, this is the biggest illusion: that you have been given free will.

On one hand, you are told that everything is God’s will. His will is, yours is not.

Accept it.

WILL, FREEWILL, DESTINY

what is will?

Guruji: will is something which is experiencing rarely by humanity. Especially free will.

all is divine?

Guruji: we don’t know – divine or devilish, how can we decide?

could we say that any situation will nevertheless come from A to B but in different way – no matter even we have an illusion we have the choice?

Guruji: if we have the choice world would be ended many millennium before. It is human nature to destroy themselves. So it’s a very good thing we don’t have a choice.

so we don’t have free will actually?

Guruji: no, we just keep reacting from certain situations and we think we have a free will . Remember, nothing comes for free in this creation. Even will. Yes, when you are more than a thousand years old – maybe then you will experience just an alter of free will.

no matter how much we will effort for something – the final point will be the same, which was our destiny?

Guruji: one thing I will here again point out: your destiny is not your destination. It is just a way, which will take you to your destination. Many people have asked me – can we change our destiny? I said – yes, you can change; but first to change your destiny you need to know exactly what is your destiny. Before that what you will change?

but how we can know our destiny?

Guruji: well, by being one with the Time – so you will be able to see past, present and future at the same time: that will tell you and show you what is your destiny and then holds your destination. Only by learning about your destiny you may also learn about your destination.

if we know our chart – we don’t know our destiny?

Guruji: it is just a probable road map. And there are thousands of different possibilities.

so when some higher beings decided our birth – it was also only 50%, other 50% is possibilities?

Guruji: yes. But most of the people are repeating their habits. It is impossible to get over your physical limits – that means your genetics, your DNA impressions and initial habits which perform when you were young, your like and dislike – most of us are just keep repeating our habits. You need to brake this vicious circle – than maybe your perspective, your point of view will be different then all life and all the situation in general.

but to form the habit requires only 21 day?

Guruji: yes, and in the early childhood you have plenty of time to form permanent habits.

why so? In middle age and old age it’s very difficult to form something new?

Guruji: because we are representing the past, keep looking back and worshipping the past. And you will observe that most of the children are discussing histories of their family, they like it; and old people are always discussing about the future. Just observe it. We love discuss what we don’t have: a child doesn’t have past and old man doesn’t have future – so they keep discussing that. Like we’re discussing immortality or beggars discussing millions of dollars(laughing)

THIS IS REAL LUCK

Story from Bharthari: one cobra was caught by snake charmer and put in a basket: for three days he was just there in the darkness. Then the rat, hoping to get food, made the hole and entered; God provided food for the cobra – and out of the hole he escaped. This is luck!

DESTINY AND DESTINATION

I heard the story that when Guru gave her Kriya – and after she didn’t drink and she didn’t eat?

Guruji: Guru gave her a certain mantra with a certain ritual. Kriya doesn’t always mean that you’re practicing some yoga. Every ritual is called kriya. And that was the power of the certain mantra. But even without eating she was growing old naturally.

but You said that for us like practitioners the food is needed?

Guruji: yes. It is written in Gita: you must enough eat, enough sleep – only then success will come. If you want your body to achieve certain goal.

First we develop our brain – then perception will come.

if you see the destiny of the person, being in samadhi; can you see the future lives destiny?

Guruji: destiny is not enough; I’ve just told you: destiny is not your destination. If you’re able to see the destination of that man – then only you will be able to see some future. Seeing destiny is just consulting your road map.

if you can see the destiny – you will see also the several lives?

Guruji: first you will see your own destiny and destination; first you will confirm and relaxed about your own self- then you will notice others.

DESTINY&DESTINATION; AGHORA;

I’ve been hearing the question: can we change our destiny? People ask too much about their destiny.

I’ve been hearing this question from lot of my disciples – indian, Russian and Ukrainian – what is destiny and how we can change it? I keep telling them that you can change your destiny only by knowing it. Now I will give you something which is very rarely said or maybe very rarely heard: your destiny is not your destination.

It is just a means, which will take you to your destination. Don’t worry about your destiny – find out, what is your destination and go for it.

What is destiny? – it’s just a root plan, map of the road, which will take you to your destination. It’s no more than that and it’s important because of this. Remember – always keep focused on your destination. It is more important than destiny.

can we call destiny karma or dharma?

Guruji: no karma, no dharma – it’s just the plan of the road how you will reach somewhere, that’s it.

if accomplished yogi can change his body – he has no destination?

Guruji: no, he definitely has destination. They begin to observe the life, a creation itself. That observation is their destination. They’re observing the whole creation very deeply and becomes very wise. Wisdom is their destination.

and destiny? Because body is like karma?

Guruji: this is the blueprint of your destiny. All your genetics, your DNA, your possibilities – everything because of your this body. And when yogi or siddha is changing the body – that means he’s free to take on any different past and any different future. He’s playing with time also by changing the bodies.

there are different levels of it – entering a new body?

Guruji: everybody entering new body – without remembering anything. But if siddha is taking a new body, he will remember the link – he will never forget.

but if someone is able to create new body from pure essences of five elements – it will be absolute freedom?

Guruji: it will be immortal body. Absolute balance of five elements creates immortality.

how yoga practice can change our scenario, if it is already scripted?

Guruji: the nature will begin to support you: it will change the scenario. All options are open. You cannot judge a yogi by the karmas because he is a yogi. It is a different program.

our Guruji is writing new scenario?

Guruji: nature! Guru will lead you to that. And nature will take over. And you will be with nature. By realizing your true nature you will become part of the nature.

why only people are not complete in the picture of nature?

Guruji: because most of people have very artificial life, much away from nature. They don’t care. Tribes are very near to the nature – and they keep surviving.

You think in future people will be not educated?

Guruji: they will be educated – but very few people; hi-tec scientific things will be with them – but they will live like tribals.

if some troubles will come for such higher beings, who is in tune with the nature?

Guruji: rarely

that means he did something wrong?

Guruji: not always – maybe exposed to something. Not always karma.

You said we have no choice: and at the same time You said we must achieve something? So we have own wish and will?

Guruji: no, from the very elementary level you can think like that; but as you will evolve and grow high – then you will find that only effort you can do – but the destiny has already been written. My point is: remember, your destiny is not your destination. It’s just like road map. Road map is given to you and you cannot change it. How you go on that – is up to you. Whether you go, you run, you dance, you cry – that is your choice. But you will go by that road.

is it possible that someone has no interest in yoga, but his destiny is Samadhi?

Guruji: not possible. No yoga – no Samadhi. Maybe his destiny is to become a mad man, thinking, he achieved Samadhi.

but if destiny is destiny – you may have no wish for, but you will get the result?

Guruji: you will find yourself in that situation. You will have to do that work, which you don’t want to do.

GREAT LUCK

Sudden death, no unnecessarily travelling, journey and no debts: this is considered very fortunate – this is what hindus believe.

what does it mean “unnecessarily”?

Guruji: it will bother you unnecessarily, disturb you and your routine will be disturbed – so many things. You’re never relaxing when you’re journey somewhere.

HALF A BAG OF RICE

“What is your monthly budget?”

Guruji: “I answered that I have no income, so my budget is unlimited.”

It is exactly according to your income that you plan your budget. I have no income, therefore my budget is unlimited.

Govardhan Maharaj and Babaji take good care of me.

What is due to come to you, will come.

Do you remember my story about the man who had only half a bag of rice?

It is a story about a Guru and a disciple. The disciple asked the Guru a question: how strongly are people dependent on their own destiny or karma?

And if everything is already written in destiny, then how can anything at all be changed in the script?

The Guru said, “Good. When the proper time and suitable example come, I will tell you.”

They approached a town where a poor man lived. The Guru told the disciple to read the poor man’s destiny from his forehead.

The disciple answered that according to destiny, the man could never have more than half a bag of rice.

The Guru exclaimed, “Now I will give you the answer.”

They approached, and because the Guru was very popular in that area, the farmer greeted him respectfully and asked how he could be of service.

The Guru simply said, “Do you have half a bag of rice?”

“Yes, sir.”

“Go to the market, sell it, and with the money buy delicious food for your family.”

“But that is all I have,” the farmer replied.

“I told you. Go and do it.”

The man went and sold his half bag of rice, and naturally he then had money to buy delicious food and different sweets for the whole family.

Because of this, they had a celebration.

The disciple became very worried about what would happen next.

“Wait and watch,” Guruji replied.

Late at night they saw how the Creator Himself personally came and carried half a bag of rice on His back into the poor man’s house. Because it had been written that the poor man would always have half a bag of rice.

This is exactly how you can influence your destiny.

If the poor man had simply kept his half bag of rice, then it would have remained only half a bag of rice. But he began to sell the rice, became respected, and money started coming to him.

And he still always has half a bag of rice.

This is how you can work with your karma.

If your pockets are not empty, then money will not come.

LET’S TRY FOR LUCK

You’re not enjoying anything: you work hard, become a millionaire, multi-millionaire, even billionaire; then doctor says – go on a diet. Your cholesterol is increasing, your sugar level is high; even though you have millions and billions in your bank account – but you cannot eat things, you’re on a diet. Without good luck you can enjoy nothing. So let’s try for luck!

Maybe we should make a request to the Universe – and She will answer with what we really need?

Guruji: Have you ever been able to answer the request of bacteria who are living inside your intestines?

But we can thank the Universe anyway…

Guruji: But then the Universe’s time frame and your time frame has the vastest distance in between; the time it will take to react – you will be waiting for millions of years.

So: if people ask the Universe for something and it really happens – what is it then?

Guruji: Very simple analysis: when you’re hoping for something – unconsciously your karmas have also directed you towards achieving that. You will be doing karma according to that, unknowingly or knowingly. And that thing will come to pass.

Who will win in this game: people with stronger karma?

Guruji: With enough creative imagination and the hardest karmas, which support them. And with luck of course. We should also chant the mantra: Om Luckaye Namaha – maybe luck will come to us.

ILLUSION OF CHOICE

It's a very sweet thing – when everybody is saying: you have a choice, you can choose… but my observation is: we have very limited choice or no choice at all. Choice is nothing: just a reaction to the situation- and as a reaction you’re forced to make some decision. This we start to think is our choice.

You think there is no choice in the path of life?

Guruji: When you’re moving on the path of life – you will face so many situations and you will have to make some decisions- that’s it. Good or bad. But we’re not really in control of our life. But to keep this illusion is a good thing: it gives us hope: oh, I’m important, I have some choices. We have nothing. Even to change the channel on the tv is a very limited choice: you can choose only as many channels as you have subscribed to.

When we come to this life – do we have some kind of goal?

Guruji: Maybe our goal is to find a goal somehow.

For this goal the situations in our life are created?

Guruji: Some of them – yes.

If all the time, during our whole life, we’re trying our best in practicing yoga…

Guruji: No, not everybody is trying to do their best. Very few good people – they try to accelerate themselves. Otherwise generally people are happy in their feeling of security.

So very few people reach their goal?

Guruji: Of course; by discovering it first.

To have no choice is not a bad situation; suppose your choice will go wrong – then you will spend the rest of your life blaming yourself. Now you could blame god or somebody there – it is a little bit of a comfortable feeling knowing somebody else did all of this to be blamed (smiling).

Destiny is the computer program, which has been put inside us – so we have to follow that program. Otherwise the program will crash, or the computer will crash.

but if you are very advanced user or hacker – you can change the program?

Guruji: we’re trying on level best to do that. That’s why it’s said that yogi should stay away from the system, away from the society – that is away from the program and you will be out of it.

if you are advanced user – can you be inside the program and out of it in the same time?

Guruji: possible, why not. But once you’re understand the program – I don’t think you will remain interested in it. It’s just a program.

Q : coming back to the destiny and destination – can we say that the destination is common for every spirit?

Guruji : no, everybody has own destination. That’s why destiny’s are different.

Q : it’s not matter of quantity of lifetime?

Guruji : no, everything is individual. We’re all on our individualities. But sometimes lovers go together – that’s the best part.

PRICE FOR THE FREE WILL

We have the talk about free will:

as a grassroots level man my observation is: nothing comes for free, even your will.

You have to pay very heavy price to the very developed power.

Be ready for that!

DESTINY

it’s the greatest dialogues in puranas about destiny and efforts…

Guruji: but even efforts is part of your

destiny.

how it is?

Guruji: you will continue to move towards

your destiny; destiny is not your destination, it is just a path. Every

effort may take you one step further for your destination on the path of

destiny.

how we should behave: if it is destiny – it will happen anyway?

Guruji: but you don’t know your destiny: so

whatever you will do – it will become part of your destiny. Many people

asked me: can we change the destiny? I said of course you can change

your destiny, but fist discover – what is your destiny. Otherwise what you’re

going to change? Only thing you should be changing is: can I change my crane

situation? – which you can do.

so You suggest in any situation try to put some efforts?

Guruji: of course! With proper

understanding.

not to wait that destiny will give you what you want?

Guruji: but if you have patience enough to

sit in one place – destiny provide everything there. I will tell you short

story, which we read when we were children and it’s still sticking in my mind.

There

was one Guru and disciple. Guru was extremely wise and very learned man, disciple was a very

good disciple.

Disciple

asked him: Guruji, can we change our destiny? And he said: I will answer to

your question in the proper time. They were travelling by the country side and

disciple was learning. Then one day they come across the poor man and Guru

asked disciple: read his forehead – is it destiny? Disciple has learnt that

from the Guru and he said by reading that: he has only half sac of rice, this

is all his wealth.

Guru

said: now I will tell you, how to manage with the destiny. He went up to the

poor man and said: you have half sac full of rice? – yes, sir, this is all I

have. – go to the market and sell it.

And with the money bring food and something to have party in your house. – but this is all I have… - go, do it! So he

sold half sac full of rice and that gave him enough money to have a party that

day, and he was worrying what will be after 2 days when everything will be

gone.

Guru

said: have patience. They continue to wait night time and in the early morning

Creator himself came with the half sac full of rice to put it in the farmer’s

house: because Creator said – he will always have half sac full of rice.

If you

have enough understanding to know, what is your destiny – you can manipulate

that also with intelligent mind.

what do You think – if he’ll be the warrior in that life, not the salesman – he will die sooner?

Guruji: no, he will live exactly the same.

but if we take Markandeya’s life?

Guruji: then Shiva was involved – which is

in itself an extraordinary thing. Rarest of rare.

if he maybe live in ashram?

Guruji: but then it was his destiny also.

Maybe because all the tapas what he did in previous incarnations – that was the

climax of his life and the situation was created to happen like this.

but if that guy will worship Shiva or practice all his life?

Guruji: this thought never came to him. Such

things never came across him.

it looks like he must die earlier?

Guruji: not earlier – he was 40 plus, has

wife and children; now his son is maybe 20 plus. He had a nice life – not rich,

but everything he needs he was earning.

DESTINY OF THE YOGI

What do You think – Your own destiny has different ways?

Guruji : I think my destiny was set from day one when I took my first breath. And now I realize, that destiny is not my destination: it will take me to my destination. I think my destination has already been decided by Babaji – maybe Shiva Ji also.

so You think all the experiences of Your life – they were needed? You cannot avoid anything?

Guruji: They were needed to give me some wisdom or knowledge – so you can hear some stories also.

Could it be seen in the chart, that the destiny is not fixed?

Guruji : In the chart the future is always probable. And a very good astrologer with highly developed intuition can decipher that. But the future will always remain probable. First you need to know your future – then you can change it. It will happen the way exactly you will do it.

It really works only one way?

Guruji: Always.

how can you understand that about probability – that it must be, it must not to be?

Guruji: Because you cannot see your future, no glimpse – you’re just going by an astrologically planned situation. They gave so many choices. Probable future means – accurate future we can never decipher; only by going to it. It is the greatest of great mystery: to be able to judge what will be in the future. We all need to know that. But then, if you know the future – you live in fear of it. That is another problem.

Some years back we discussed that nobody can predict the yogic path?

Guruji: It may be predicted to a degree – yes, he may take up this path. How far he will go – that will remain probable.

Can we create the changes?

Guruji: Create you and your determination – and it all depends on different karmas. Like in the story about a traveler asking the time to get to the city and a wiseman beside the road.

PROBABILITY OR DESTINY

ok, but if someone starts to practice yoga and in 40 or 50 years achieves very great heights in that; but unluckily this person could not be aware of yoga path at all and live his life completely in a different way?

Guruji: he will not even be aware of what he is missing. He needs to be aware for that. That’s the game. If you will consider the word “probability” – it’s too deep word: it will cover every option which can be there.

is it like a destiny?

Guruji: there was a time – I was thinking I’m doing everything: now I look back and I think – it just happened.

but You told in Your autobiography that even Your script of the life was written before – but the meetings with Babaji and Matsyendranath was not there?

Guruji: that was not in the script, which I saw in 1985 three times – I saw myself this area, living it, but Shivalingam and appearance of Shiva was not there. Me, wearing red and doing abhisheka – it was not in destiny.

Whoever is writing the script of life – it is not like a movie where the script is fixedand you cannot improvise: they always leave big room for improvisation and adding more spice and entertainment and learning – that field remains open there; even though general script is there.

I thought finding the Shivalingam was in general script?

Guruji: it was not there.

maybe You have not seen it?

Guruji: oh, I saw it three times – I remember what I saw. Later I heard that three people were trying to get this Shivalingam – and it came to me; so it was probable then. It’s probability of the game, which could change something. But now I’m ok: to create the routine for Shailendra Sharma Shiva Ji Himself had to intervene. This I’m eternally grateful.

Again I will remind you: probability is the very vast thing. Because we’re not that developed – we just see one or two possibilities. But there are untold of possibilities connected to us! We need to become aware of them, that’s the main point.

Again I will say: the sadhu, who gave me water on Amara Pahar – that was the beginning of something supernatural.

that is the question: it was in the general script?

Guruji: I think it has to be. I was not even started to practice yoga in 1979 – I was interested, interest was beginning. But after that drinking of water it speeded up too much.

so what is in the general script? The date of birth and the date of death only?

Guruji: most of the people take birth to work out result of their own previous karmas: that’s why it remains more or less fixed.

this probability is like a rope and you’re like a kite?

Guruji: if you will remain only a kite, your probability will be just that cord which you’re flying. And when the kite became self-aware and learn how to fly herself – then vast probabilities will open up.

Your action depends on your awareness.

If you are a depressed person – even an entertainment and funny situation will depress you even more(smiling).

So main thing is get rid of the depression and see the funny side of most of the things which you’re going to face.

FOLLOW THE DREAM

Is our destination already fixed or do we have some choice?

Guruji: F or one lifetime it is fixed . Then it’s a great achievement to realize – what is your destination. The moment you will realize your destination – you will also become aware of your own destiny and you will begin to understand it.

Will it stop the fear of death?

Guruji: Of course. That is just a step. Destiny is just a way, which will take you to your destination. To understand more – read “Putnik”.

It's a very great desire to achieve in one lifetime…

Guruji: Why not? Follow the dream: what else do we have?

This level of life force: is it fixed or can it be changed during life?

Guruji: I t’s up to you how you use it; how you preserve it or you can make it stronger – it’s up to you. That is the practical riddle, which you have to solve yourself.

To set the goal and just go for it?

Guruji: Without preparation where you will go? If you realize your destiny, the destination is in the heart of the African continent, in the deep jungle; without preparation how will you go there? You need to prepare yourself well. And if you realize – your destination is on the peak of the mount Everest – you cannot go there in your bikini. You will need good preparation and all equipment to reach there.

When You were asked how to realize the destination, You said that we must know our past…

Guruji: Past and present moment: then future will become very clear for you.

Sometimes I feel that I’m useless in my life: I don’t know where to move exactly; I didn’t realize till now my destination. What is the mechanism or instruments to do so?

Guruji: You just need to go deep inside your own heart. And what you love to do the most: to do it may be your destination. Or from a philosophical point of view: destination may be to find what is your destination. That is also an interesting way. And also I see – when you move along on the path of destiny then you’ll have some ideas about your destination; suddenly nobody realized the destination.

If I go deep inside my heart – will I know the destination of this life or the whole destination?

Guruji: F irst you will realize the destiny of this life; then , when you will begin to look at the pattern – then you will realize the pattern is following from so many different lifetimes. Then you will start to become aware of so many different lifetimes and many different destinations which you have already gone through. That’s why I wrote in “Putnik” that the horizon may be another destination, a limited point of view. So you go ahead on and on. You’ve already gone through many-many destinations.

And when you realize the pattern – you can bring about some very good changes in the pattern also. You can create a fabric of time on your own, with your own desires in it. That is a very great destination. You’ll be able to create a fabula out of the Time and with your own design in it.

TO BE READY FOR ANY TROUBLE

if we have the strong feeling about something, that it will definitely happen – can we avoid it or we can only observe?

Guruji: the death you cannot avoid. But other situations you can avoid; it is just like you have the very strong feeling that it is going to rain – you may not able to stop the rain but you will take an umbrella with you – this much precaution you can take. I think this is s good example.

if something bad must happen – you just can prepare well?

Guruji: we can prepare well and the degree of suffering may come down.

can the Guru and parampara in Kriya yoga reduce the sufferings which must be?

Guruji: I’m sure about it, it reduces much. The practice of Kriya yoga, mahamudras and khechari – even in Hatha Yoga Pradipika they are saying it will take you beyond of your karmas. It should happen in our lives also if we’re practicing in the right way. Even the pain is much less.

Only after you go a little bit forward and looking back – then actually you begin to see and understand. When it is happening – we never understand.

Q: “Guruji, it’s said that karma dictates the situation in life, whether you are going to lead a comfortable or a painful life, etc. Does it apply to animals as well?”

Guruji: “Of course! Animals have a destiny too. One stray animal gets beaten on the streets, while the other sits comfortably in air conditioning! Everything depends on the situation at birth, the planetary position at birth. We have cast horoscopes for the all the calves and puppies born here [in the academy], and their lives are closely following the pattern dictated by their planetary position at birth. Astrological principles apply to everybody, whether human or animal. Animals also have good or bad spirits. You’ll have to widen your perspective to understand all this. This is the mystery we are all trying to solve, that’s why it is so fascinating.”

In India we have a term “kripa” — grace from God received without any reason. So sometimes it is beside the destiny. And if somebody is able to receive it, his destiny does not matter. So I think I have received kripa grace — or maybe I was the only bare bodied in that winter, so the God said: “Okay, let’s give him something”. There is no reason behind — it has just happened. Everybody is open to receive it. So they go around — some receive, some not. And I think that it is good to be here.

KARMA

…you see, most people who are taking birth in this planet, limitating five elements, moved most of their memories, their perception and their consciousness – limited in five elements. I believe that most script of they life have already been written. Most of them are taking birth as a result of their karma. And result of their karma is fixed. They will take birth and will follow exactly the script which have been written by some greater spirits – those, who are teachers or whatever you want to call them. That’s why, no matter how wise things you continue to tell them, they will never listen. Because their script is fixed and they will act according to their script always; they are not able to act free. Only a person, whose karmas are in balance, will be able to think a little bit freely. He will begin to think and maybe he will begin to act freely also and maybe one day he will be in a position to wright his own script.