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Apply Ashtavakra Gita [ AAG ] -Day1/2 | Question & Answers + Experiences (English)

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AAG Q:01 As it is said that, a person who asks in a demanding mind is not listening.  How can we find out about it?  especially dealing with youths. Thanks
Ans:
Good quality sadhana makes you more aware and sensitive to the minds of others and the environment around you.
AAG Q:02 How to overcome procrastinating work which is needed to be done. I have pending much study or work which is being enemy of my success. How to finish what I start with confidence and bliss
Ans:
Procrastination is nothing but a pattern. You created the pattern. You can change or drop it. You can create new patterns.
Step 1: Observe the pattern
Step 2: Ask yourself if you want to become free from it
Step 3: If yes, then break it.
Being engaged in quality sadhana, committed seva, and going through various Art of Living courses, again and again, will give you the willpower n skill to achieve the above.
AAG Q:03 Jai Gurudev. Yesterday, Gurudev said – the purpose of words is Silence… How and why? Words are actually accumulated thoughts (or accumulated chaos of mind). Words always create more thoughts/words. So how to use words to create silence?
Ans:
Words that come from a silent mind create silence in the listener too.
AAG Q:04 How to handle Internal as well as External distractions on the path?
Ans:
Sharpen your focus.
AAG Q:05 How to get out of old Cravings & Aversion which become patterns now?
Ans:
Step 1: Observe the experience, sensations, thoughts, feelings, state of mind, date of body, quality of presence/being
Step 2: Ask – is this beneficial to me in the long term
Step 3: Move from the experience to experienceR
Step 4: Observe that true joy is already with the experienceR – that is YOU
Step 5: Drop the experience
Step 6: Celebrate your victory!
AAG Q:06 How to make more people come in this spiritual path?
Ans:
Enroll people for SudarshanKriya, Sahaj, AMP, VTP, and TTP
AAG Q:07 I feel I am stuck in a pattern.. the same thing happens again and again only the people change..how to come out of this pattern? How to change the experiences?
Ans:
Refer to answers of Q02 and Q05
AAG Q:08 In meditation either I sleep or am stuck in positive/ negative events or thought n some other time just stuck in a vibration of Sahasrara chakra n feel anand n try to hold it how can I move to d next step n what is it?
Ans:
Drop the experience. The goal is YOU!
AAG EXP:01
JGD – my experience –
Day 1- no overeating – breakfast turned out to be just enough with no scope of overeating. There were many situations during the day to check my determination.
Day 2 – see where you are stuck – as only when we identify can we work on it. I am stuck on Raag dwesh, right & wrong, judgemental 🙏🏻
Also making conscious attempts on my speech
Response:
Thank you for sharing. Good effort. Lage raho 😀
AAG EXP:02
Jai Gurudev. Heartly thankful for blissful sessions in the morning. very well organized. With Gurudev’s grace working upon qualifications of listening AAG. feeling very calm and contented.
Response:
Thank you for sharing. Great. Keep it up.
AAG EXP:03
As I started working on the purity of speech I started becoming more aware of my thoughts. Was able to resist the temptation of indulging in the delicacies prepared for Janmashtami. Started realizing what I was getting stuck with and it was to my surprise all were in paìrs of opposites. Knowledge can be a burden too I have read this knowledge sheet last year because I had subscribed to the AOL app for 1 year just for Patanjali Yog Sutras and An Intimate Note To Sincere Seeker. I couldn’t find the knowledge sheet though. Completed all tasks for forming good habits.
Response:
Thank you for sharing. Excellent. Please keep sharing more.
AAG EXP:04
Jai Gurudev!🙏Very thankful for this series.
Trying to be very calm with two kids at home is challenging .trying my best and enjoying.
can feel Gurudev’s grace upon me. I was about to make an important career decision & had almost decided. Then all of a sudden an old friend called up today evening and suggested some insights that have made me rethink the decision. I feel just saved from making a wrong decision.
Response:
Thank you for sharing. Wonderful. Keep feeling HIS presence….then every day is a Guru Story.
AAG Q:09 Jai Gurudev! in the talk, Gurudev says knowledge should not be given until it is asked for. But it is our duty to let them have their taste. So, can you please explain the context? Don’t say the truth is contradictory. 
Ans:
You answered it….taste.
Create the environment, kindle the interest, arouse the curiosity, wait for the right ripe moment, then deliver.
AAG Q:10 I have a question – I observed that Gurdev had spoken of not to use harsh words, and for no reason, I did today, And then I immediately realized did it happen with others too?
Ans:
Doesn’t matter, you focus on yourself. Continue being honest and authentic, like you have shared above. I don’t know about others, but it did happen to me.
Yes, sometimes it happens to me
Response: There you are…
And more…
AAG EXP:05
Yes! Then I felt horrible, couldn’t stop asking apologies. Overall it has decreased significantly however I feel being pushed to that extent to utter harsh words. JGD bless me with the culture of speech.
Response:
Thank you for being honest and authentic. This will help you in a big way. Blessings.
AAG EXP:06
Today when I got angry with a friend before I uttered my mind voice remembering the homework dint say anything and I realized how much difference it made to me internally … when I got angry with staff at home repeating the task with a softer tone and first with appreciation and then mentioning the correction… did make a huge difference.
Guruji definitely bringing the change where I stuck
Response:
Excellent, this calls for a celebration!
AAG EXP:07
Job bhi kisi se kuch important baat karne jati hu , I always pray to Guruji please take care of my speech. Jai Gurudev!
Response:
Aap ne to mool mantra hi pakad liya. Badhai ho!
AAG EXP:08
Today’s Home Work – controlling on harsh words was actually challenging, I was realizing it after the damage is done. This happened almost 4 times, only by 5th time I could control it.
Response:
That’s very good progress. You are on the right track.
AAG Q:11 Jai Gurudev! Bhaiya, why I am not able to forgive and forget the past and feel afraid for the same and keep on grumbling some unknown fear. Am I doing my sadhana properly?
Ans:
Commit yourself to a big responsibility in Seva.
AAG Q:12 Want to forget about my health issues but I am not allowed to do?
Ans:
Don’t forget. Work on your health issues. Fix them. Then they will forget you.
AAG Q:13 Even after twenty years of service, my junior was given a higher section at work. Unable to take it Bhaiya…
Ans:
I understand it hurts. However, Gurudev inspires us to learn even from kids and animals. We even worship objects. Praise your junior and learn from him/her. Take your junior as your own. We all are connected – Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
In the profession doing the work and showing the work done, are two entirely different skills. Both are necessary.
AAG Q:14 Bhaiya, I usually cut off toxic people out of my life for my mental peace. And that helps too.
But what if I get negativity from my own parents. 
What to do then? 
(I have asked them to join Happiness Course but they just don’t care and they want me to back out from all Art of Living related stuff)
Ans:
Compassion + Skill
AAG Q:15 Jai Gurudev! Bhaiya, why I’m unable to move on from a person who has insulted me badly?
Why do only toxic people come into my life?
Ans:
Emotions keep us entangled. We need to realize we are bigger than our emotions. Prioritize your life rather than your emotions. Don’t lose sight of the lovely people in your life. Wherever your focus goes, that aspect grows in your life. Keep repeating AMP.
AAG Q:16 How to detach from past yourself?
Ans:
By being busy in the present in a commitment to a higher purpose.
AAG Q:17 Mujhe decision lene mai bahut duvidha hoti hai. Jab ki mai bahut salon se sewa , satsang, sadhna mai hu. Even ki mai aol teacher ban jana chahti hu ya nahi, is main bhi doubt hai
Ans:
Jab Gurudev tumhe teacher banane ka risk lene ko ready hai, to tum bhi teacher banne ka risk le hi sakte ho!
Learn to take risks in life. It will improve your decision-making ability.
AAG EXP:09
Jai Gurudev! Bhaiya and team. I am very grateful for making available this awesome knowledge in a palatable form …
I felt the change in the way I feel about situations, people…
Today’s acceptance was better and I looked at the situation in a different way…I could keep my cool and say it’s ok…
Response:
That’s so inspiring. Thank you for sharing.
AAG Q:18 There is buzz came in between after starting Sudarshan Kriya. Please explain the relevance of that buzz.
Ans:
The buzz was to bug you. But you don’t budge. Abhi ke liye itna hi…bus.
Had a lovely time reading, answering, and responding. Please continue sharing and asking. It’s a great contribution to each other’s progress on the path.
Much love & light
Jai Gurudev
Urs
Saleel

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