Video Description: He welcomed everyone and happy to meet all of us again. What he comes to share is with his experience with a PLM, GM Sawan Singh Ji. Instead of looking outside, we look for reality inside ourselves. Outside is merely a reflection what is inside. Today, the life outside is the only reality (as it appears) we have no access to any other reality. We can move from one reality to another but we lose contact with one we thought was real. One example is when we are in a dream state that is our reality. Our self is the SAME self that went to sleep…that SELF did not change no matter whether we are in dream physical or nobody at all! He talked about Fa-Hein who dreamt he was a butterfly. When he woke up he marvelled am I really Fa-Hein who dreamt of a butterfly or was I really a butterfly. He consulted his philosopher friends. They thought he must have dreamt a butterfly, but he said that was not my experience at all but I WAS THE BUTTERFLY! The fact the self the i did not change in spite he was a butterfly show these experiences that create sense of reality are all experienced by one self which does not change, will never change. The experience of the self is the only experience that exists for us. To check reality by referring to own perception will always be real- but one thing that does not change no matter how many times we change our form is the SELF! The self never changes. Where is the SELF? He talked about in dream we see 20 people, are 20 people dreaming or just one person? Suppose you keep waking up now only 5 are real…rest were made up for that state…suppose you make up to the ultimate state…there was only one dream…all others were created many from the one. This is exactly the nature of creation, who are able to withdraw attention from the outside to the inside. It can be done successfully, and ultimately you arise and find there is only one. Mind is useful equipment attached to our self…the best experience mind creates is time and space. Is it possible for us to imagine that at all time and space pulled out from our experience what it will be like? It is impossible because we are unable to experience anything except through the filter of the mind which cannot create anything outside time and space.

Loneliness stops where the mind stops

Ishwar Puri Ji

12min- The self alone is real as long as we are experiencing anything other than the mind. It is important to understand how to protection of the self takes place and when there is above the mind there is no lonelinesses or loneliness or any other pair of opposites. You can experience it…method is very simple and yet difficult. It’s simple because Bulleh Shah made it look very simple, and we experience through means of attention. Consciousness is an ability to be aware of anything. Awareness is a very restricted part of consciousness. We are aware of the whole world via our thoughts, and yet only that part becomes effective where we put our attention. So the restrictive nation of consciousness becomes more restrictive when it comes to attention. There is no great gift of the unchanging self than use of the attention. If we can place our attention outside our body, we can place the same attention inside ourselves, where this experience is being projected from. He shared a story of a VIP who was knocked down in coma for a few months. They got brain surgeons to treat him from around the world. Ultimately, all experiences generated outside are being recorded and experienced somewhere in the centre of the head. He talked about pineal gland and pituitary body. Where do we see things when we’re looking through the eyes? If we examine we always see things behind the eyes where attention is originating from the centre of the head. And if we know this much as fact of our self so we can start from there what would happen if we would put our attention there (behind the eyes where attention is originating from). If you can do that you are on way to discovering your true self.

Why can’t we withdraw our attention inwards the same way as we focus it outwards?

Ishwar Puri Ji

24min- Suppose you close your eyes there is me sitting there behind the eyes. You can check out if you are really there by using your hands. The vision required to be where you are does not require physical vision at all. The vision of imagination is not taken care of by us. If you can practise a simple thing (difficulty of a simple thing is lack of practise). Also, we use mind to imagine and mind is given an entity to us but we have made it into a separate being and think mind has the soul and not us. We are not the mind as we use the mind to focus there and it has been given all power starts to protect itself and runs for outside experience as much as it can.

Imagination is a powerful tool opens up our ability to use set of perceptions that are not physical.

Ishwar Puri Ji

28min- Mind is trying to survive/ protect itself. This makes it difficult for us to withdraw our attention behind the eyes otherwise the method is very simple. But with practise and time if you are able to do that. The technique of training the mind to give up focusing outside is very simple- repetition of words. We are constant listeners and mind constantly speaks. So we remain distracted all the time. If you make mind repeat words that it doesn’t understand…at least we are blocking the mind for sometime from thinking outside. The whole idea of mantra is to prevent the mind think of other things- a simple technique used with some success. When we keep repeating, mind than imagine something else with images. So a second method is a Beloved who generated Love and Devotion in you…put his picture in front of you and hold that picture…you are then blocking a LOT. These have worked. A 3rd method is even better- do some preliminary work to hold steady for a little time behind the eyes, then you can start hearing sound inside. The inner sound can be very minor resembling physical sounds. Those sounds have one advantage-they don’t come from outside from the ear drum. You are able to hold attention through sound. We need to practise sometime. Greater our attachment outside, the longer it takes. And suppose you are able to achieve this-what will happen? You would gradually not know where your hands and feet are, arms and legs have gone etc. Very much alive aware of yourself just like now and yet not aware of this body. We all experience this process when we die. Death takes place same order as a withdrawal process via meditation, known as dying while living! You are experiencing what it would be like when you die by pulling attention to an extent you become unaware of this body. It is an experience of discovering your new self and is not out-of-body experience. Dying while living without any change or fear of death of this body. He talked about his dad initiate of GM before anyone else in the family. He felt he was going to die during meditation! GM said do you know people can die any moment but as a matter of record no one has died during meditation. After initiation you are no longer alone after that.

39min- He talked about withdrawal of attention you are putting attention to certain point on the body. There are 18 certain trigger places in body which can give experiences beyond this body. 6 lie below eyes and the remaining 12 behind and above the eyes. The 6 centres can provide energetic experiences but not to higher awareness. If you put above 12 places they can answer about entire creation. You are lucky to have a human body therefore don’t be frightened. There is a certain phase we like to meditate, we don’t want to die as fear of death is preventing us from new experiences. When we overcome that and discover- you gradually, step by step not accelerated way as that can frighten you. Once step at a time, then take next step is easy that is why there is no rush. It’s good if we find small bit of memory and within that we operate. Nobody comes to spiritual path unless that person is a seeker of a spiritual path. It not something let’s go there is a revolution going on it’s a path for those who are seeking. What is the measure by which a PLM (attained all 5 states) holds all that together at all times. When you go to the top you realise whole reality was created from there and it’s real and not real at the same time. PLM are with us in all levels and they are ourselves at the top level at the same time. But in human state when they come to us…they are aware of all states therefore when they interact with us they examine you are ready to go…they then take responsibility for your journey back home via initiation. It is the MOST important event it can happen in your life. They are not teachers at all. They take total responsibility to take that soul back home to be with one. They are not philosophers stone they have come to touch us and make us like themselves. They take 100% responsibility to take you back home. All other stuff (meditation etc) is for the mind as it likes to struggle. If they know effort is not going to give us then why they say do more meditation? Why? Because unless you go through your porcess and failing you don’t believe effort is not required…mind will not believe it. OK make an effort. He shared story of GM’s devotee disciple Daryai Lal Kapoor, who was doorman for GM. He was so happy. All effort is based on the mind our path starts from beyond the mind. From par braham to suckhand is my path and all struggle is to appease your mind.

52min- Intuition is knowledge without thinking comes from beyond mind. Same is beauty, joy and bliss cannot be created by mind. Therefore, if these are your tools- you will notice what pulls us to a PLM? It’s not what he says, it is unconditional love master is giving us. Unconditional love is a great sign of a master that nobody else can do. We keep building experience through love than effort. These are operations taking place beyond the mind and PLM is operating with that. He talked about surprise to get a video tape somebody singing song of Bulleh Shah. Real secret of spiritual path is love and devotion. Mind is the greatest obstacle, in fact it is the only obstacle but we treat with different kinds of games. We need to keep it at bay so it doesn’t obstruct us on the path. The area in which PLM wants to take leap of faith is very small and makes sense to mind also. It is only to reach the 3rd eye centre behind the eyes which is the airport/ railroad station where he is waiting with tickets in his hands. We just need to reach that point and yet it can take whole lifetime due to distractions. So he gives us method to overcome those distractions. He shared story of Bulleh Shah a simple man he was a disciple of a teacher. Some guy’s wedding taking place and Bulleh Shah invited his master but master was busy but send one of his servants on his behalf. When servant arrived Bulleh Shah family thought he is a servant and treated him like a servant. The servant went back and Bulleh Shah master asked him how he was treated. Bulleh Shah asked for forgiveness in letter but no reply…but he said he has to please his master. One event in master home and Bulleh Shah dressed himself like a dancing girl.

1hr4min- Our true master is our own self in his highest form. Since we cannot realise our real self, master takes all these form. Self is immortal and the self we are all trying to discover via meditation, love, devotion. Thank you so much for listening to me patiently.

Self-realisation is the same as God’s realisation.

Ishwar Puri Ji

1hr5min- He talked about short session for Q&A now. A question about forgiveness came up. It is good for one good reason if we understand law of karma (action and reactor) whatever you do, conscience says good (bad) then we will be rewarded (punished). It appears to be operating in physical world, astral world and appear to be generated in the casual world. Karma can create reaction, you hurt someone they will hurt you. It is specially true of negative karma- you are hurt and you do not remember you can only be hurt if you have hurt someone else earlier. In same lifetime sometime you remember you did something wrong and getting something back therefore should not perpetuate it but sometime when it’s from past-life …if we forgive karma ends! We find we have grudges against people how can we forgive people? There are somethings in life that are unforgivable…that’s EXACTLY things we should forgive! Brining this awareness into your head helps in forgiveness. Wherever possible, you are hurt or carry a grudge forgive…it closes the karma ❤ Why do enlightenment people try to enlighten others? Because they are not enlightened. It depends on what it means. True enlightenment, discovery of your own self. This is very interesting about intuition, to develop it? The answer to that is- you can’t! It’s a natural gift of soul. You can develop power of the mind but cannot develop love and intuition, it is a nature of our soul. When you use time it cannot be intuition. Intuition is spontaneous, does not involve time and space whereas all reasoning involves time and space. He talked about his friend from Harvard who wrote to him it is not effort that pay anything…even meditation needs to be effortless. Being on spiritual path—builds intuition automatically. As gut feeling develops, coincidences develop outside…therefore there is a correlation of what is happening outside with inside. In words of GM they are the same thing. It is true entire path of spirituality takes you to same stages how you came.

Forgiveness is a GREAT way to end the karma!

Ishwar Puri Ji