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  purpose I implemented few things on myself to raise my

  awareness. I am sharing with you all what I gained from

  my Guru Brahmarshi Patriji’s teachings and through self-

  experience.

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  1.

  10 Minutes Energy Breakfast

  Food is a very important aspect of human life where

  most people are concerned about feeding the physical body.

  If we think about it deeply, the body gains only 5 % of

  energy through food, but where does the rest 95% come

  from?

  People receive energy while in a state of deep sleep.

  The cosmic energy we receive during our sleep, combined

  with the energy we get through food helps us to survive the

  years we live. However, these energies are not enough for a

  day to stay healthy and happy.

  When I understood the real concept of meditation

  and began Anapanasati, I truly understood what ‘energy’

  actually meant. In my initial days, whenever I used to get

  time I followed the procedure of crossing my legs, clasping

  my hands, closing my eyes and observing the natural flow

  of my breath for 10 minutes. I did not mind the place or

  my surroundings, I just sat and meditated and it gave me a

  fresh feeling every time and a newer perspective.

  At least 10 minutes or more every day to self will change

  a lot of things within us and everything will take care of its

  own. You will love to eat this energy breakfast more and

  more with practice. I call this a 10-minute energy breakfast

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  and I thoroughly enjoy indulging in it.

  As we receive universal energies in our mind and body,

  it recharges our soul, where it starts opening new doors to

  every situation you face. The present generation is quite

  advanced and most of them are gaining enough awareness

  to see their wrong doings but failing to implement. This

  ‘energy breakfast’ will offer them to replenish their power

  of discernment and with daily practice they will achieve

  a great journey of transformation within and around.

  They will gain more positive energy that influences your

  surroundings.

  2.

  Check in and Check out

  We check in on Earth as we have taken physical birth on

  this three dimensional reality and we physically check out

  when we vacate the body or ‘physical death’. This process of

  check-in and check-out is like a lifelong thing as long as you

  are in this physical body. If you enter a particular situation

  you will exit from it too. But have you ever pondered upon

  your thoughts? There is only entry and seldom exits from

  thought patterns! We keep accumulating and revising them

  again and again whilst there is no doorway to exit. This

  is a very important and serious matter to think about and

  requires an immediate exit action plan.

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  I practice this consciously along with my 10-minute

  Energy Breakfast routine. Every night before I go to sleep,

  I just close my eyes and sit quietly; relax myself, then put

  few simple questions to myself, “Have I done something

  unnecessary today, any action which was not required?

  Have I spoken any unwanted words? Is there any situation

  that made me feel guilty? How would I like to see myself

  as a being?” If I need some improvements on my action

  and words, automatically the area of rectification appears

  in front of me. This helps me develop acceptance towards

  my deeds and my transformation process becomes more

  effective and easy. At first, it may sound hard to you or

  it might bring out the non-acceptance towards your own

  present Karma, but if you follow this for a week you will

  understand and receive its benefits.

  On one hand, this small exercise of check-in will help

  you clear all the garbage, which you have accumulated

  subconsciously. This cleansing process will help you

  become a new person as well as help you to gain a newer

  perspective on self. You will feel more confident within.

  Who is a successful person?

  In my perception, people who are highly successful are

  those who can sleep every day with no guilt or complaints

  about themselves. As we are open to receive all through

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  regular check-in and check-out process, everything in our

  life starts changing and it becomes more fulfilling.

  3.

  Do Not React

  We always react to situations both externally and

  internally, especially internally. To gain any semblance

  of a situation it is important to go within to respond and

  not to react. Most of the chaos happens because we react,

  as all that is happening inside disturbs our mind and our

  thoughts, poisoning our attitude towards self and others.

  Develop your thought pattern in a way which will not allow

  any external thought to poison you before you have the

  entire picture of the situation clear to you. You ought to

  play the role of a pure observer.

  For instance, if your boss is unhappy about your work

  and tells you that you are not doing well, rather than

  allowing the degrading thoughts about self, think “where

  you are lacking?”. An area of improvement needs to

  be taken care of and only then you will be able to get a

  solution to perform better. However, if you react and go on

  a spree of degrading thoughts and putting yourself down,

  you are allowing the lower energies to take over you and

  your surroundings.

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  Remember, you are the owner of your house, body

  and mind. If you are allowing someone or something to go

  inside, only then it will affect you. In most cases, people are

  so affected by these energies, they become depressed or go

  in a state of numbness—also called a psychic attack, which

  means that the individual who is affected, allowed someone

  or something to affect them in such a severe manner.

  The best way to protect yourself is to not react but

  respond. Even if you have allowed the negative energies

  inside and have become low, you can always gain confidence

  through the energy of the Universe by practicing

  MEDITATION. Even if you have been paralyzed spiritually

  by a psychic attack or unwanted negative energies, you can

  always jump back on track.

  It is difficult to always respond and not react because

  human nature is driven by emotions, especially the negative

  ones.. the ultimate cure to this is practice, the more you

  practice forgiveness and responding to situations, the more

  clarity you will get.

  4.

  Dream Observer

  Dream is not just a dream.. it’s a reality in the astral

  world. Your thoughts manifest quickly as a reality on the

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/>   astral plane. When you observe your dreams your learning

  becomes quicker and this way the time required to receive

  any knowledge is reduced by working on your dreams

  within yourself.

  When you seek to become an observer you will see and

  understand the real truth. You will learn that you are the

  source of all the things that are happening through you.

  It does not matter, if you remember all your dreams

  or not, just work with at least one of your dreams to begin

  your work.

  You will get lot of insights about yourself. A great

  transformation will take place within, by working with

  your dreams. Gradually, you will break the pattern of day-

  dreaming or lose imagination as you would have gained a

  higher level of consciousness of your subconscious mind.

  5.

  Reading

  I was an average reader before realizing my true self.

  I became a voracious reader, after I understood that the

  ultimate truth differed from this physical reality in which

  we are living.

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  I couldn’t live without books. Reading at least one page

  a day is food for my intellect. I got introduced to a huge

  number of spiritual books recommended by Grand Master

  Brahmarshi Pitamaha Patriji. He always encourages people

  to read as much as they can. He says “Books are the swiftest

  shortcut to Enlightenment”, so I developed a habit to read

  books which helped me to shine my inner world.

  Books are your closest friends. Whatever you are going through

  in day-to-day life challenges, you will always find a book in a home

  that will help you to find your peace within. They help you to

  conquer your inner thirst for knowledge. By reading books

  of various authors, the knowledge you will gain will lift your

  intellect to a higher state of consciousness. In my personal

  experience of reading books, it had turned out to be a great

  adventure. I would connect to the author of the particular

  book and would get more information from them rather

  than that given in the book.

  Read a page a day and keep your worries away, exactly

  how an apple a day would keep the doctor away!

  6.

  It Is Not Yours

  In life we always think that there is so much which we

  don’t understand and we wonder “What is there for us?”

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  When we see the external world through our physical eyes..

  the world glitters and we often lose ourselves thinking we

  own it all. However, it is important for us to dive within

  to actually understand that out of all that we have there is

  much more and beyond than the material world.

  Universe always helps us through the right opportunities

  but we fail to realize lessons from it. People around you

  speak about what they have achieved. They tell you what

  is convenient for them by making you believe that it is

  also right for you.. but the same formula never applies to

  everyone as each individual experience is unique.

  It may sound difficult because we pick up different

  experiences when learning more about our own self to gain

  the right understanding through those unique experiences.

  As you get the clarity of what is and what is not for you, you

  also learn to say ‘No’ to what does not serve you in your life

  purpose. This is how you will find clarity to serve your true

  purpose.

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  CONCEPT OF

  BABAJI MUDRA

  As explained by Brahmarshi Pithamaha Patriji,

  Founder, Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement,

  India.

  The HUMAN HAND has five fingers.

  Little finger

  Ring finger

  Middle finger

  Index finger

  Thumb finger

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  These different fingers symbolize different concepts in the

  field of SPIRITUAL SCIENCE.

  Little finger

  - Physical Body

  Ring finger

  - Mind

  Middle finger - Intelligence

  Index finger

  - Cosmic Self

  Thumb finger - Supra-Consciousness

  “The Physical Body”

  We obtain the PHYSICAL BODY from the physical

  parents and the Earth elements. PHYSICAL BODY is the

  minimal part of the totality of our Self. That is why it is

  represented by the LITTLE FINGER.

  When we were a kid, we used to show the little finger to

  depict he nature’s call...

  The ‘LITTLE FINGER’ represents the PHYSICAL

  BODY.

  “The Mind”

  When two hearts and two minds meet and vibrate at

  the same frequency, there is a marriage in effect, and they

  exchange the rings only on the RING FINGER and not on

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  any other finger...

  THE MIND is obtained from the indoctrination of the

  Society. If we grew up in a Hindu family, we will have a

  Hindu mind. If we are born and brought up in a Christian

  family, we will possess a Christian mind, so onWW and so

  forth.

  * * *

  Further, the RING FINGER is much bigger than the

  little finger, indicating that the “MIND” is more important

  than the “PHYSICAL BODY”.

  THE MIND, in fact, is the total controller of the

  physical body.

  The ‘RING FINGER’ represents the Mind.

  “The Intelligence - Buddhi”

  THE INTELLIGENCE - BUDDHI differentiates

  between good and the bad; truth and the untruth; right and

  wrong; correct and incorrect; propriety and impropriety;

  beautiful and ugly – irrespective of the factors in a

  SOCIETY.

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  Whereas THE MIND is automated through the social

  conditioning and prejudiced, the INTELLIGENCE -

  BUDDHI is less prejudiced and less biased.

  The Intelligence is the sum-total distillate of all the

  Experiences of a Soul, encompassing all its karmas, in all

  its different lifetimes and Existences.

  Experiences from all our previous lifetimes become the

  SOURCE—NUCLEUS of the present Intelligence. THE

  INTELLIGENCE – BUDDHI is the END RESULT of

  the totality of Soul’s ‘heaven time’ and ‘Earth time’ history.

  We observe that the MIDDLE FINGER is bigger than

  the ring finger. THE INTELLIGENCE is far greater than

  THE MIND.

  The totality of all life experiences is far greater than

  this life experience and the society’s general thinking.

  The ‘MIDDLE FINGER’ represents the

  INTELLIGENCE.

  “The Individual Self”

  When we point out somebody, we use the INDEX

  FINGER, not any other finger!

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  In fact, we are not just our physical body; we are not

  just our mind; we are not just the int
elligence. We are the

  soul, the Atma—the cosmic self

  “ATMA” is nothing but an eternal speck of

  Consciousness, Energy and Wisdom!

  The Individual Self is otherwise called as “Jeevatma”.

  The ‘INDEX FINGER’ represents the INDIVIDUAL

  SELF.

  “The Cosmic Self”

  The SOURCE-ORIGIN of Individual Self is the

  Consciousness Supreme – We are all different from each

  other in our physical body, mind and the intelligence,

  however, we have the same ATMIC SOURCE and WE

  ARE ALL ONE AT THE LEVEL OF BRAHMATMA.

  The SOURCE-ORIGIN, the INFINITE SELF of the

  infinite number of Individual Selves is known as the Supra-

  Consciousness. The SOURCE-ORIGIN-INFINITE

  SELF is otherwise called as “BRAHMATMA” or “SARVA

  BHUTHATMA”or “ Cosmic Self ”.

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  The greatest of all great truths states:

  “Mamatma-Sarva-Bhuthatma”

  “My Individual Self is The Cosmic Self Common To

  All Beings”

  Victory is ever indicated by the THUMB.

  The Supra-consciousness is represented by the

  ‘THUMB’.

  “BABA MUDRA”

  The “BABA MUDRA” has the ring finger and middle

  finger held by the thumb. The two fingers not touched in

  BABA MUDRA are the little finger and the index finger.

  The significance is that there is no need at all to tamper

  with the physical body in our spiritual endeavors! We should

  never trouble the physical body. Never!

  The physical body is absolutely glorious and wonderful

  and is a pinnacle achievement of the Nature which is

  guided by the NATURE SPIRITS.

  No need to practice difficult Hatha Yoga Kriyas!

  No need of impossible Sheersha Asanas!

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  The second finger, the ring finger, that is Mind must

  be controlled, however. THE MIND must be thoroughly

  disciplined and should be totally rectified.

  * * *

  All the prejudices and stupidities of the SOCIETY are

  reflected truly in the INDIVIDUAL MIND. Such prejudices

  and stupidities of the Society hamper an individual’s sanity

  and spiritual intelligence. Liquidating the impact of all the

  prejudices and stupidities of the Society on an individual’s

  mind is the process of MEDITATION.

  What can tame the Mind?

  THE COSMIC SELF!

  However, that should be ‘agreed upon’ by the Individual

  Self.

  When the Individual Self wants to see that it is the