Lecture Notes

Introduction

• Wonderful experience in Toronto.
• Impressed with Brighter Mind and Alpha Plus program children.

Meditation and Techniques

Technique Used

• Great hierarchy involved in technique.
• Witnessed by Babuji Maharaj as an Ocean of Bliss.
• Vision of a submarine:
  • Represents life underwater, invisible without display of devotion.

States of Devotion

• Babuji's observation:
  • First state: Wood burning with noise.
  • Second state: Burning wood with smoke but no noise.
  • Third state: Fire without smoke.

Submarine Vision

• Life as a submarine:
  • Mostly underwater (inner focus).
  • Minimal exposure to outside (efficient living).

Inner Focus

• Main focus on inner ocean.
• Outer attention sufficient for day-to-day tasks.
• Goal: To stay connected with the divine inside.

Path to the Goal

• Infinity as a goal requiring immense effort.
• Practices:
  • Morning meditation
  • Evening cleaning
  • Night time prayer

Evening Cleaning

• Remove daytime impressions.
• Consider impressions created on others through behavior.

Defensive Living

• Defensive driving analogy when applied to life (Babuji Maharaj).
• Aim to live in a way to avoid forming new impressions.
• Constant yet effortful practice leading to an effortless life.

Impression Management

• Learn to ignore (through meditation).
• Ignore unnecessary thoughts and circumstances.
• Avoid harmful associations; engage in spiritual company.

Spiritual Company

• Satsang important for creating spiritual vibes.
• Group meditation (collective effort) has benefits.

Constant Remembrance

• Good meditation results in constant remembrance.
• Results in gratitude towards the divine, leading to intense love.

Love and Ego Dissolution

• Remembrance leads to love, which leads to dissolution of ego.
• Path towards divine creation by dissolving self-created ego.

Humility and Divinity

• Cultivate humility through meditation
• Humility facilitates invisibility (living a humble life)
• Intense practice necessary to reach higher spiritual states.

Closing Remarks

• Encouragement to intensify practice.
• Possibility of building a spiritual community in Toronto.
• Interest check for community housing project.