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"Yoga Phil was first Propounded by AM"

To: AM-GLOBAL Subject: "Yoga Phil was first Propounded by AM" Date: Wed 21 May 2007 22:11:29 +0500 (IST) From: Ram Sahay Kulshresth Baba "Toma'ri bhuvane toma'ri bhavane toma'ri a'she din ket'e ja'i..." (P.S. 331) Purport: Baba, in Your kingdom and around You my days are passing in Your hope. Thinking about Your lotus feet and ideating about You, the blackness of my mind, the hopelessness turns into the hope of effulgence. In Your attraction, in Your charm, and by the showering of Your grace, everything becomes sweet and attractive. Your smile brings new charm in life. The breeze which touches You, that sweet fragrant breeze brings the aroma from You, and it gives new awakening in my life. My whole being is vibrated with that. When I think about Your close proximity then my mind dances with joy and ecstasy and then nectar showers. Baba Your grace is everything...
== "YOGA PHILOSOPHY WAS FIRST PROPOUNDED BY ANANDA MARGA" ==
Namaskar, In the whole, entire history of this world, the first time the philosophy of yoga was ever propounded was by Ananda Marga. That is what Baba says. So never before in the history of humanity was the philosophy of yoga ever given-- never. It is quite an amazing and extraordinary concept: The first time the philosophy of yoga came into being was with our Ananda Marga. Baba Himself states this truth. But, the irony is that no one would ever know it by reading our AM books-- because, tragically, those highly unique and historic words never got printed in the published version of the discourse.
WHAT BABA SAID ON 26 SEPTEMBER 1979
Specifically, in His morning general darshan delivered in English on 26 September 1979 in Caracas, Venezuela, Baba clearly says:
"The yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga".
Baba says this in the first minute or two of the discourse. I have heard it with my own ears-- dozens and dozens of times. Baba says this quite clearly. But later on when this discourse, 'Be Free From All Complexes', was printed in the book Ananda Vacanamrtam part 34, that very special sentence was not printed. If you check on page 79 you will see that it is missing. And it is a terrible tragedy and very sad to see, because this is a very unique and revolutionary proclamation that Baba is making: "The yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga". Verily, there seems to be no other place in our AM discourses where Baba says this very thing. Yet He clearly spoke it in English that day on 26 September 1979.
WHAT IS THE IMPORT OF SUCH A STATEMENT
Just to put things into perspective, we should analyse the import of Baba's historic statement. When Baba says, "The yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga", then it means that no one-- not a human being nor a Taraka Brahma-- prior to Baba was able to give the philosophy of yoga. Not Patanjali, not Kapil, not Buddha, not Mahaviira Jain, not Shankaracarya, no one was able to put forth the philosophy of yoga-- not even Lord Shiva or Lord Krsna. Such is the grand magnitude of Baba's divine statement. So this is yet another remarkable aspect of our AM ideology. That this was the first time that the philosophy of yoga has ever been given. Quite an impressive fact. And we Ananda Margiis can easily understand this very truth because we know that Baba's advent on this planet is an incredible occurrence. He has given many "firsts" such as: Microvita theory, Prabhat Samgiita, Neo-Humanism, Prout, and so much more. None of these ideas were ever given before. And now we also know that Baba is also the first to give the philosophy of yoga.
A COMMONLY KNOWN POINT IN OUR UNIT
Actually, many of us have been aware about this fact since long because, for example, in our unit, we have been listening to this discourse for years and years. By Baba's grace, we have this cassette as it is an overseas discourse and those were recorded properly and well-circulated. So since long we were thinking that this point-- about AM being the first to propound the philosophy of yoga-- is quite commonly known.
NOT PRINTED IN THE BOOK, MUST CHECK ALL CASSETTES
But just recently when we went to examine the printed discourse, we saw that this very important and unique sentence was not placed in the book-- Ananda Vacanamrtam part 34. Rather it is missing entirely. This was astonishing for us and at that point we concluded that every printed discourse must be re-checked with the original cassette. Otherwise there is no telling what other points have been missed. And we-- the general members of the Marga-- should start this process by confirming the discourses using those cassettes that we already have.
'NOT CLEAR ON THE TAPE'
What do the editors and publishers of Ananda Vacanamrtam part 34 say about those missing words? The publishers and/or editors, of the book Ananda Vacanamrtam part 34, claim that Baba's words were 'not clear on the tape'. That is the excuse they have given in their footnote at the bottom of page 79. And for that reason, i.e. because those syllables was 'not clear on the tape', Baba's historic statement-- "The yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga"-- does not appear anywhere in the book, AV-34. But the strange thing is that those publishers and editors understood the words directly preceding Baba's historic statement. And in our unit we also have a copy of that cassette and I can say first-hand that Baba's historic words about the first propounder of yogic philosophy are just as clear as those preceding words. So then it is peculiar how those publishers could not catch Baba's historic statement when those words were just as clear as the preceding ones. Instead they just wrote, 'not clear on the tape'.
IT TAKES COURAGE TO PUBLISH BABA'S BOOKS
Although I hate to say it, it seems that something "fishy" is going on. Because after all, Baba's statement-- "The yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga"-- is quite clear on the tape. So it may be that those publishers and editors have their own hidden reasons and fears about printing such a statement-- due to its revolutionary nature. Because the society at-large will not be inclined to believe it-- rather they may oppose. In turn, those publishers and editors may have thought that Baba's statement is "too outlandish" etc. So that may be the reason why those editors and publishers deleted it from Baba's printed book. After all, it will not be the first time such a cowardice act has occurred. Earlier, when certain editors and publishers printed the 'Views of Other Faiths' discourse in the Prout series, they deleted the lengthy section where Baba critiques the Semitic religions like Christianity and Judaism etc. Because those editors and publishers thought that Baba's words were too tough or too outlandish. So they did not have the courage to print Baba's revolutionary words. What else could be the reason when that discourse was printed in full in the book Tattvika Praveshika (1957). Similarly, in His discourse 'Liberation of Intellect' of Patna, 26th January 1980, Baba has given the revolutionary decree about women's rights and He condemns the Muslim dogma that "three women are equal to one man". But for 'some reason', our editors and publishers also failed to print that section of the discourse. Rather those editors and publishers removed it thinking that the public would react against Baba's dharmic proclamation. Or what else could be the reason. After all, there is a pattern developing here. Likewise, in Baba's Hindi discourse of 06 Jan 1979 in Patna, He boldly states that AM is being propagated everywhere and that 'Ananda Marga is across the planets'. But this also the editors thought was too outlandish a statement-- so they removed it from the printed discourse, even though Baba clearly states this on the cassette. And verily, who knows where else such editors and publishers might have failed to print Baba's actual words-- due to their own cowardice mentality etc. Surely, the more we look the more deletions we will find. Because it seems they do not have the courage to publish Baba's revolutionary statements. Or at least all the arrows point in that direction. By all this we can understand that language skills are not the only thing needed in order to work in the Publications department-- courage is also required. Because the whole of our AM ideology is revolutionary and Baba has told many things that the general populace may not like or may not accept. And in their fear, some of the editors and publishers of AM books delete those potentially controversial statements like, "The yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga". Due to their cowardice mentality they do like that. In a related manner, we can say the reason why they deleted the paragraph about margii rights from the AM A Revolution discourse is due to their selfishness. These are the very real issues we encounter with our Publications Department. That is why it has to be said that in order to publish Baba's books properly, one must have a certain degree of courage. Failing that, due to their cowardice, they delete certain lines that they feel the public may not like. And those editors and publishers they give phony excuses like, 'it is not clear on the tape'.
PROPER TRANSCRIPTION IS IN THIS EMAIL
For everyone's awareness and reference, a proper and true transcription of Baba's discourse, 'Be Free From All Complexes', has been appended at the bottom of this email. That way everyone can readily see where Baba has said, "The yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga". So everyone should keep a copy of this for the record and maybe even print it and attach it to the AV-34 book. Because it is hard to believe that those in Publications will correct the matter any time soon, if ever. So we should take the matter in our own hands. That is the best way.
BABA'S BLESSING
By Baba's grace, He has blessed us with His supreme teachings of Ananda Marga-- the first time in history that the philosophy of yoga has been given. So we should place extra importance on the printing of Baba's books and make sure that they are 100% clear and true to what He has said. Baba says, "The scriptures containing spiritual injunctions must be totally flawless." (NSS p.200, Edn 1995) Namaskar, Ram Sahay
Note 1: NOT ONE MISTAKE BUT MANY
The most gross and fundamental flaw of the printed version of this discourse occurs in the second paragraph, where they failed to print Baba's historic statement, "The yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga". However, the printed discourse is riddled with numerous other types of transcription errors and deletions etc. Really there are too many to count.
Note 2: THESE PARAGRAPHS HAVE THE MOST MISTAKES
(A) Here below is the actual transcription of the first paragraph of the discourse. By comparing this with the book (AV-34, p.79), anyone can see that there are some fundamental mistakes in the printed version of this paragraph. "Last night I said something regarding different movements of humans in different strata of life, different arenas of life. Now, there is an eternal question of human mind regarding the success of life. Some people do so many things but come out unsuccessful, and some people do something for a short while and get crowned with success. What is the inner secret? Why does one become successful and one not?" (Paragraph #1 of the discourse 'Be Free From All Complexes') (B) Here below is the actual transcription of the second paragraph of the discourse. This is the one where Baba says that AM is the first to propound the philosophy of yoga. By comparing this with the book (AV-34, p.79), anyone can see that there are some fundamental mistakes in the printed version of this paragraph. "Regarding this Lord Shiva says-- you know, Lord Shiva was the first propounder of the yoga cult. I will not say yoga philosophy because the yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga. But before this, during the time of Shiva, there was a cult, that is, a practical side was there." (Paragraph #2 of the discourse 'Be Free From All Complexes') (C) Here below is the actual transcription of the 14th paragraph of the discourse. By comparing this with the book (AV-34, p.81), anyone can see that there are some fundamental mistakes in the printed version of this paragraph. "Now these two attributions, to think and to remember, are closely related to each other. What we see or what we perceive from the external objective world is reflected in the mind. And as a result of this reflection, coming first from the nerve fibres and secondly in the nerve cells, creates a sort of reflection in the mental plate. And when the reflection is created, we feel the existence of that external object. "Feel" means we see, we hear, we get the taste. This is thinking. And the second portion of thinking occurs when those waves, those sympathetic waves of the human mind, get refracted on the mental plate. They are stored-up thoughts. Those stored-up thoughts may be termed as memory." (Paragraph #14 of the discourse 'Be Free From All Complexes') (D) Here below is the actual transcription of the 22nd paragraph of the discourse. It is the second to last paragraph. By comparing this with the book (AV-34, p.83-84), anyone can see that there are some fundamental mistakes in the printed version of this paragraph. "Now even a man, who is a bad type of sinner, other sinners may hate him, that he is a bad man, even sinners may say that he is a bad man - for such a sinner, the worst type of sinner, the future is not dark. The future in his case also is very bright, if he takes shelter in the divine lap of the Supreme Father. "I am on the lap of my Father, I cannot be a sinner." Suppose you are walking along the path and your dress, your clothes, become muddy due to dust or clay. Then should you think that you will remain nasty or dirty forever? If you appear before your Father with dirty clothes, what will your Father do? He will clean your clothes and take you on his lap: "O my son, your clothes have become muddy, but you are my son. Come here, come here, sit on My lap. I am your Father, you are My son, you must not suffer from any sinner's psychology." Do you follow?" (Paragraph #22 of the discourse 'Be Free From All Complexes')
Note 3: HERE IS THE PROPER TRANSCRIPTION OF THIS DISCOURSE
'BE FREE FROM ALL COMPLEXES'
~ 26 September 1979 morning, Caracas ~
Last night I said something regarding different movements of humans in different strata of life, different arenas of life. Now, there is an eternal question of human mind regarding the success of life. Some people do so many things but come out unsuccessful, and some people do something for a short while and get crowned with success. What is the inner secret? Why does one become successful and one not? Regarding this Lord Shiva says-- you know, Lord Shiva was the first propounder of the yoga cult. I will not say yoga philosophy because the yoga philosophy was first propounded by Ananda Marga. But before this, during the time of Shiva, there was a cult, that is, a practical side was there. He [Lord Shiva] said that a man must not be under any sort of complex - that is, a man, a spiritual aspirant, must be free from all complexes; [he must have] neither superiority complex, nor inferiority complex, nor fear complex, nor defeatist complex. That is, the mind should be completely balanced. Actually, the question was placed before Lord Shiva by Pa'rvatii. Pa'rvatii was the spouse of Shiva, wife of Shiva. Pa'rvatii's question was: "What are the secrets of success?" And in reply Lord Shiva said that there are seven secrets. He said: "The first secret is Phalis'yatiiti vishva'sah siddherprathama laks'an'am" - that is, "In the aspirant, in the spiritual aspirant, there must be this firm determination that 'I must be successful in my mission.'" This firm determination is the first factor, first item, first requisite factor for success. If a man is doing something but has not got the firmness of determination - if within his mind there is a question "whether I will be successful - if I am not successful" - this kind of thing - then he will never be successful. There must be firm determination that "I must be successful." This is the first requisite factor. Do you follow? Even those who do not understand English are understanding a little bit. Mm. [laughter] And the second thing is: dvitiiyam' shraddhaya' yuktam' - "one must have respect for one's goal, one must have respect for one's path." And the third thing: trtiiyam' Gurupu'janam - "one must have reverence for the guru." I need not explain this item, because my subject is here that one must be free from all complexes. Caturtho samata'bha'vo. The fourth factor is that the aspirant must have a balanced mind. This is the item now under discussion. Pain'camendriyanigrahah. The fifth is, one must have self-restraint. Eating too much, sleeping too much, drinking too much - these weaknesses will not help the aspirant. One must have a balanced life. One must have self-restraint. And s'as't'hain'ca pramita'ha'ro - "one must take balanced food, that is, not too much nor too little." It should be substantial; it should be sentient, or at least mutative in nature for family persons. It must not be of static nature. It should be balanced food, because the cells of your body are created from the food. The food that you take creates the cells of your body. And your mind is a collective mind of the minds of so many cells, so if you take static food, non-sentient food, your mind will also be of that nature. Your mind will get depraved, degenerated; so you should take proper and balanced food. This was the advice of Lord Shiva. So one of His pieces of advice was - what? Caturtho samata'bha'vo - that is, "You must have a balanced mind." Now what is a balanced mind? The human mind has got two special wonts, two main courses, two main duties: one is to think and the other is to remember. The two duties of the human mind - one, to think, and the other, to remember - to keep in memory. Two things. Now, what is proper memory and what is proper thinking? If the thinking is proper and if the memory is proper, then I will say that the man is free from all complexes. Now these two attributions, to think and to remember, are closely related to each other. What we see or what we perceive from the external objective world is reflected in the mind. And as a result of this reflection, coming, first from the nerve fibres and secondly in the nerve cells, creates a sort of reflection in the mental plate. And when the reflection is created, we feel the existence of that external object. "Feel" means we see, we hear, we get the taste. This is thinking. And the second portion of thinking occurs when those waves, those sympathetic waves of the human mind, get refracted on the mental plate. They are stored-up thoughts. Those stored-up thoughts may be termed as memory. Now when you are suffering from a superiority complex, you think that you are a better person and others are worse persons; as a result of which you are unable to accept the external waves in proper style. So your thinking gets polluted, gets distorted, and as a result of which the refracted portion, that is, the memory, also gets distorted, becomes defective. So you must not have any superiority complex. You should remember that you are not superior to anybody else. All are children of the same Supreme Father, all are progeny of the same Supreme Progenitor. Nobody is superior to anybody. The second complex: Sometimes you may think that "I am an ordinary man, and that man is so big, so learned, such a big scholar - so rich, and I'm poor" - like this. If you think like this, what will happen? There will not be proper expression of your mind, there will not be proper emanations of your thought-waves; as a result of which the thought will become distorted and the refracted thought, that is, the memory portion, will become defective. Similarly, the fear complex: Sometimes people suffer from a fear complex. The psychological side of the fear complex is as follows: Due to the presence of something stronger, or due to the presence of something which is imaginarily stronger, not actually stronger, what happens? Mental flows are blocked, are choked. They cannot find the proper avenue of expression; as a result of which thoughts also get polluted. There cannot be free thinking. A man suffering from a fear complex cannot think properly. And if the thought is defective, the memory will also be defective. So you must never suffer from any sort of fear complex. Why should you suffer from a fear complex or an inferiority complex, when the Supreme Father is your father, when you all are the children of the same Father; why should you suffer from any inferiority complex or any fear complex, when the Supreme Father is with you? You are not weak. You are very strong, because the Almighty Father, the omnipotent Supreme Father, is with you to help you - so you must not encourage the psychology of weakness, or an inferiority complex or a fear complex. He is with you, always He is with you to help you. You are never alone. And sometimes there is a defeatist complex. "Oh, I am defeated in this world," "Oh, I am defeated in this struggle for existence." Such a sentiment, such a psychology, sometimes goads a man to commit suicide even. "I am defeated, I am defeated in the struggle for existence." You must not encourage this type of psychology. When your father is the Supreme Father, your father is the most powerful entity in the entire universe, why should you think that, why should you feel that you have been defeated in the struggle for existence? No, a bright future awaits you. Your future is glorious, your future is luminous, your future is effulgent. So you must not suffer from this psychology of helplessness or hopelessness or of despair. This defeatist complex may also be called "sinner's psychology". A man may always think: "I am a sinner, I am a sinner, I am a sinner." If he feels like that, if he thinks like this, that "I am a sinner," then actually one day he will become a sinner. Actually he is not a sinner, but if he thinks like this, that "I am a sinner, I am a sinner," what will happen? - he will actually become a sinner, because it is the characteristic of the human mind that it takes the form of its object. So when a man thinks, "I am a sinner, I am a sinner, O Lord, I am a sinner, O Lord, I am a sinner," then actually he will become a sinner. So such a psychology is fundamentally defective. You must never think that you are a sinner. You should think: "It may be a fact that I was a sinner in the past, but from this very moment I am on the lap of the Almighty Father; I cannot be a sinner, I am not a sinner. I am seated on the lap of my Supreme Father, I am not a sinner." Lord Shiva said this:
Api cet sudura'ca'ro bhajate ma'mananyabha'k; So'pi pa'pavinirmuktah mucyate bhavabandhana't.
[If even the most wicked persons worship Me with a concentrated mind, I will liberate them from worldly bondages.] Now even a man, who is a bad type of sinner, other sinners may hate him, that he is a bad man, even sinners may say that he is a bad man - for such a sinner, the worst type of sinner, the future is not dark. The future in his case also is very bright, if he takes shelter in the divine lap of the Supreme Father. "I am on the lap of my Father, I cannot be a sinner." Suppose you are walking along the path and your dress, your clothes, become muddy due to dust or clay. Then should you think that you will remain nasty or dirty forever? If you appear before your Father with dirty clothes, what will your Father do? He will clean your clothes and take you on his lap: "O my son, your clothes have become muddy, but you are my son. Come here, come here, sit on My lap. I am your Father, you are My son, you must not suffer from any sinner's psychology." Do you follow? So even if, in the past, you were sinners, forget it. Remember that from this very moment, you are the neat and clean son, you are the neat and clean child, of the Supreme Father. So there must not be any psychology of sinning complex. For a spiritual aspirant, there must not be any complex. Be free from all complexes, and move along the path of righteousness with a balanced mind, with mental equilibrium and also mental equipoise. A bright future awaits you.
(26 September 1979 morning, Caracas)
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Baba says, "Just as tamarind should be eaten in hot, wet climates as I mentioned earlier, in hot, dry climates people say that if they do not eat poppy-seed or black gram in their country they will be susceptible to nosebleeds so they have to eat it. Thus the climate or environment exerts a particular influence over inclination." (Varn'a Vijia'na, p.92)
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