Principles From Sanathana Dharma

By
V.I.G.Menon
(N)Vyloppilly Gopikrishna Menon

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• Yoga
• Prelude
• Fundamentals I Philosophy About Truth and Life
• a)What Is Philosophy ?
• b) What is Knowledge ?
• c) What is Capability ? d) What is Truth ?
• e) Is there Truth in Beauty ?
• f) Is there an absolute Truth in this World ?
• g)How Am I Experiencing Absolute Truth ?
• h) Why we do not See/Perceive“Absolute Truth” ?
• i) Which in the above has the highest (not Absolute) “Truth”
• k) Repeat, Why we do not See/Perceive“Absolute Truth” ?
• l) Properties Of Absolute T ruth

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• m) “Relative” Manifestations Of Absolute Truth in its “Positive” Forms
• n) “Relative” Manifestations Of Absolute Truth in its “Negative” Forms
• o) “Relative” Categories Of Absolute Truth
• p) “Relative” Classification Of Absolute Truth
Fundamentals II Society As a Manifestation “From” Absolute Truth
• a) Absolute as Relative Truth in: :
• b) Levels Of Relative Truth In Professions
• c) Passing States: Classification Of Professions
• d) Classification is with upward Mobility
• e) Classification is Eternal
• f) Levels Expression Of the Of Relative Truth
• g) What Causes Conflicts ?
• h)Evaluating the Level Of Truth

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 • Fundamentals III
• a) Understanding the Universe
b) Does the Universe think - is it Intelligent ?
• c) Is this Ecosystem intelligent ?
d)Why the Nature/Universe is intelligent ?
• e)The Intelligent Universe and Astrology
• Fundamentals IV Who Am I
• a) Who Am I ?
• b)What is Self ?
• c)What is Mind ?
• d)The Subdivision Of Mind
• e)The Overall Structure of “I”
• f)The Material World and the Beings: Bhutas
• g)What are Panch (five) Bhutas ?
h) Just Remember this !
i) How the Bhutas Make Parts of Me ?
k) The Making Of the sheaths around “I”
l) How Bhutas /“Thoughtons”Make up the Material Universe m) Why Astrology Works ?
n) How Some Planets Influence Our Actions/Karma o) Body ,Mind .Society and Soul p) My Awareness
Karma Yoga: Types Of Yogas Understanding SELF Purpose Of Yoga Ways Of Each Type Of Yogas
q) Who Am I .again? r) The Witness “I” s) Karma Yoga And Success

Definition Of Karma Yoga Convergence Of All Yogas All Yogas need a bit of Each Other When Yoga is achieved How Mind Works ?
The Activities Of the Mind Positive and Negative Positive and Negative Karma Karma Yoga Obstacles

All Yogas need a bit of Each Other

When Yoga is achieved How Mind Works ?
The Activities Of the Mind
Positive and Negative
Positive and Negative Karma
Karma Yoga Obstacles
Karma Yoga Develops Qualities Of Mind
Karma Yoga is Commitment To Self Mastery
Causes Of Suffering
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 The Eightfold Approach To Karma Yoga The Inviolable Universal Laws Of Life Rules For Conduct
Why Goal Attainment Makes Us Happy ? What are the
Possible Goals ?
What are the Possible Actions and Capabilities Types Of People
Goal/Capability wise How do people become Deviant ?
Karma Yoga For the Individual
Goals Progression in Life My Karma/Actions-Cycle Karma Yoga Blocks &
Supports
• Details Of Personal Causes
• Obstacles for Karma Yoga
• Evolution Of a Karma Yogi
• Caution !
• Essential For Karma Yoga
• Enemies For Karma Yoga !
• Dos and Don’ts
• Always Remember !

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Essential For Karma Yoga
How To Bring Consistency ?
Remember The Following are Manifestations Of Absolute Truth What Am I to Do ?
Everyone has a set Of All Skills
Skill distribution graph
Karma Yoga -Goal Setting
Society Is A “Person”
Evolution Two Types
How Society Evolves As a “Person” ?
Why Collective Humanity is God ?
No Challenge is hard
The Unit Of Society
Organisational Karma Yoga:Examples

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 Yoga
• Yoga is all about mind “stretching” to experience higher realities.
• In the few introductory slides are presented a possible
scenario,based on
several data, that humanity had a unique ancestor to its varied
faith systems seen today
These thoughts should keep all of us across the World Stay United
under all circumstances !

Prelude :
Sanathan Dharma The Mother Of World Religions !
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak, one of the Leaders Of India’s Independence was a profoundly Learned Person in Vedas as
well as “Modern” Sciences.
• In 1903 Tilak propounded the theory of the “Arctic home of the Aryans”, meaning that the “Aryans”
originated in the Arctic region and when ice age started, they migrated south into two branches ,one to
West and the Other to the East

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• Western branch went to Europe, while the Eastern branch reached India Ultimately.(This explains why
Local Versions of Ramayan is found in many Parts Of Russia and Mangolia) India,which still continues to
be a repository of the Vedic Tradition.
• Even Dravidians ,Druids Of Europe, Persians,All Judaic Faiths have Common Origin from the Ancient
“Aryans” although modified/corrupted over time and space
• This also explains why all languages have lot of commonality with Sanskrit
NB :If Tilak is right, it is Even Possible that Evidence of this Pre-Ice Age Civilsation is buried in the Lands Under the Ice !!!

Prelude :If Tilak was right

Druids represented the Priestly class of Celts.The druids ,like Brahmins,used oral traditions
in passing spiritual Knowledge.And the Druid Traiditions resembled Brahminical
Traditions .
If Tilak is right,then Druids could be the abbreviation of

Dhrua+Vid = (from Pole+Learnt in Vedas).,Meaning,the Learnt From the (north)Pole,ie

Arctic
It is equally Possible that a highly Learnt Sub Group of this crossed the horn of Africa to reach
India and Were Called Dravida.
The other Group must have Come to India through Afghanistan and called “Aryans”.
It is often said that Karthikeya abridged Sanskrit Grammer into Tamil around 15,000 BC,so both
Dravidians and Aryans share same origin,very much as Western Civilisation shares with the
Eastern

Prelude:Unity Of Religions
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• In his History of the Jews, the Jewish scholar and theologian Flavius Josephus (37 -100
A.D.), wrote that the Greek philosopher Aristotle had said: "...These Jews are derived from
the Indian philosophers; they are named by the Indians Calani." (Book I:22.) Clearchus of
Soli wrote, "The Jews descend from the philosophers of India. The philosophers are called
in India Calanians and in Syria Jews

• So All the Abrahamic Religions Namely, Judaism,Christianity ,Islam and Bahai have
Common Ancestry From India Directly,which itself was from the Arctic !!!
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 Fundamentals I

Philosophy About Truth and Life

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 It is clarification of Thought.
What is the difference between the “Western” and the
“Eastern” Philosophies?
The western philosophies aims at Clarification of ideas, whereas
the Mainstream Eastern Philosophy aims at “Clarification of the
Mind” Itself (either by annihilating the mind or by annihilating
ripples in it).
This discourse aims to bridge both the approaches in philosophy.
What is Knowledge
• Sense impression is ‘data” and meaningful data is information. Sensational
information is News.And....
• We all seek knowledge.We all create and use knowledge.But--
• What is Knowledge ?
• Knowledge is Self guiding principle.
• There are two types of Knowledge.

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• First is the knowledge of the mind and spirit/soul.This concerns with religion,
Yoga, Meditation and so on.In Snskrit it is called paravidya.
• The second type of knowledge ,called apara vidya empowers the mind for
worldly transactions through different professional/career “disciplines” .Most
people aim at the second,leaving the first.But both vidyas are required. Sadly
Current Education System Provides only apara vidya causing all the problems
we have

Repeat, What is Knowledge

• Knowledge is the Self Guiding Principle (either

as para or apara vidya).

It is the principle that takes the soul or its

embodiment to where it wants to reach either in the
material world or that “above”

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 What is Capability

• Capability or skill is the ability to attain or ,if required, even Change

the Goal.Without knowledge,there is no capability,but even with
“cerebral”knowledge one may not have the
skill/patience/ability/attitude to practice or attain one’s Goal.
• Thus for example, a person “knows” how useful is Meditation,he also has
attended the class on Meditation where he was the “topper” in the demo
practice of Meditation.But ,back home,he does not have the patience to
practise meditation,or even if he does, it does not help calming his
mind,which was the goal-not attained because his capability to meditation
is yet to mature

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• Truth is the principle of consistency or constancy between One’s
inner and Outer Experiences.

• Truth also requisites to have the property of “Constancy ”,that is ,if

something is True Today,it should be True Tomorrow and the day
after ,and so on ,adinfinitum. A simpler definition for personal truth is the
principle of consistency/constancy between One’s Goals,
Thoughts,Words .Actions and Attainments throughout one’s life.

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Is there Truth in Beauty ?
• Higher Levels of Relative T ruth is there,
separately, in Physical, Intellectual, Social,
Orderliness compared with Orderlessness

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• If our Answer is that there is No Absolute Truth in this Universe,then that
statement has to be True Today, Tomorrow ,till eternity..which means we have
atleast one Absolute Truth -that is ,the statement which tells that “there is no
Absolute Truth in the Universe.
• Since we end up in a contradiction, we can definitely Assume that:

• There is Absolute Truth in this Universe !

Readers note: we are using a limited medium of the written language to communicate about the existence of an absolute,
unlimited, Truth,expressed again in the written language.(we will have occasion to discuss this problem from the vedic
angle later)
Also Bertrand Russel Created a Special Approach to deal with such Contradictions in the Mathematical Logic specifically
in Set Theory

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How Am I Experiencing Absolute Truth ?

• If Absolute Truth or,the Principle of Consistency is

there in the Universe, why am I not seeing it?.
• A Thought Experiment: Why we do not
See/Perceive “Truth”-see next slide

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Why we do not
See/Perceive“Absolute Truth” ?

Imagine :
Three dessert dishes, of which the first and the
second are “Labelled Sugar”: the first is
empty ,second is full of sugar cubes,and third is
showing the word “Sugar” displayed using sugar
cubes in the dish itself,but without a label
Which in the above has the highest (not
Absolute) ”Truth” ?-------------------------
• The first one refers to sugar but does not have
it ,so it is untrue.
• We sometimes deliberately project wrong
entities as True and time falsifies these mostly.
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W Which in the above has the highest (not
Absolute) ”Truth” ?
• The second one refers to sugar using an
external label it is true partially since the
“printed word” is not the sugar, which is else
where.
• We often believe entities such as an event, or a
relation, or an assumed affection to be True
but ,again,time falsifies these.

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• The third one refers to itself as the sugar and it
is made of Sugar Cubes. This is Highly
Consistent and it has “highest Absolute Truth”
of the Three.
• Many times we feel an inner tranquility and a
feeling that a higher power is residing in us or
guiding us. These are our Moments of Truth !!

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^Repeat Why we do not
See/Perceive“Absolute Truth” ?

• Ans:We do not find Absolute Truth because we

are using the wrong medium to “see’ Truth.

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• 1) It Causes Consistency
• 2) It is Valid for all time to come
• 3)It has to be same everywhere
• 4) It Cannot be Created Nor Eliminated—It is Just there
• 5)It Cannot be “seen” but it can only be Lived, for sentient
beings, through Life.
1)As Gods, Yogis, Saints, Messaiahs, Angels at the spiritual realm
2)As Great Leaders in any Society or Humanity Itself
3)As Professionals
4)As Labour
5) As wealth
6) As the Physical world
We use the word “Relative” in the sense that in a plant flower has come from the twig,twig has come
from branch and branch from the stem
Term “Positive” and “Negative” is only from Earthly Plane, for the “Absolute Truth” is the “cause” for

• 1)As Evil Spirits in the Spirits realm

All.

• 2)As
Itself
Nefarious ,Criminal Leaders of any Society or of Humanity

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• 3)As Criminal Minded Professionals
• 4)As Lazy and Destructive Labour
• 5) As ill gotten wealth
• 6) AsOrganizations
“Errors, Delays and Disasters” in the
or the Physical world

• 1 .As PMSS Skills +ve or -ve

• 2.Attitude +ve or -ve
• 3. Goals +ve or -ve
• 4.Means +ve or -ve

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• 1)Subjective Truth realised by Intuition/Meditation
or Revelation
• 2)Objective Truth:Experiential Truth

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• 1)Material /Physical Truth:These Follow Material Laws Of Nature
• 2)Mental (Emotional/Logical Intellectual/Scientific)Truth:These Follow Logic
&Emotions
• 3) Social (Ethical):Laws of Dharma ,Ethics and Harmony
• 4)Spiritual Truth/God:All religious principles which helps us realize the
Absolute Truth.
All communications on the aspects of Absolute Truth as well as realising It are
termed Sruti in Sanatana Dharma or the eternal religion of humanity
enshrined in the Vedas
Fundamentals II

Society As a Manifestation From the

Absolute Truth

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 Absolute as Relative Truth in:
• Matter Of Facts (as they occur in day today life )
• Matter Of Logic (as facts are communicated through language)
• Matter Of Semantics (mapping to reality in Language)
• Matter Of Syntax (in written structure in Language)
• Matter Of Rhetorics (in communicting emotions through Language)
• Matter Of Ethics (as acts and facts that impact people)
• Matter Of Law (as rules governing personal and conduct)
• Matter Of Scientific Laws (as in Science and Technology)
• Matter Of Aesthetics (Technics in producing emotional effects)
• Matter Of Etiquettes (in our day to day behaviours towards others)
• Matter Of Scientific Laws (as in Science and Technology)
• Matter of Technics (in science, technology and arts)
• Matter Of Politics (concerning the progress of Local/Global groups)
All these are mentioned as related to Smriti since these are not eternal

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Physical

•Matter Of Facts and Materials (as they occur in day today life )
Intellectual

•Matter Of Logic (as facts are communicated through

language)
Matter Of Semantics (mapping to reality in Language)
Term “Truth” is used as “Relative Truth”
Mental/Intellectual:
• Matter Of Syntax (in written structure in Language)

• Matter Of Rhetorics (in communicting emotions through Language)

• Matter of Technics (in science, technology and arts)
• Matter Of Scientific Laws (as in Science and Technology)
• Matter Of Aesthetics (use of Facts,Language,Logic,ethics , Science and
Technics in producing emotional effects)
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• Matter of Technics (in science, technology and arts)

• Social
• Matter Of Ethics (as acts and facts that impact people)

• Matter Of Law (as rules governing personal and conduct)

• Matter Of Etiquettes (in our day to day behaviours towards others)

• Matter Of Politics (when it concerns the survival and progress of humanity or its sub groups)

• Spiritual As any or all Religions and Spiritual Faith Systems

• All these professions are related to Smriti since these are not eternal

• Sudras: Who looks only for meeting their bodily needs (eg. mere physical
Laborers):Type -Physical
• Vaisyas: Careerists in different Professions including Business by providing
various products and services to society: Type-Intellectual
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• Kshatriyas: Those who are Social/Political /Trade Leaders who protect
society and its people:
Type -Social
• Brahmins: Those who do services for the sake of GOD Realization of others or
themselves: Type-Spiritual
• NB1: God realized Yogis, Messaiahs, Sanyasis,Rishis are above Brahmins

• NB2:All these four types are Passing States for an Evolving Individual, or society,eg all
Children are “sudras”

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Classification is with upward Mobility
• This Classification is only based on the Quality of
Actions and Not by Birth

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Classification is Eternal
• This four class system is eternal and will last as
long as humanity exists

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 Levels Expression Of the Of Absolute
Truth
* Absolute Truth may also express in four
WORD forms in varying degrees:
1)As all spoken words Called as Vaikhari
2)As all thought forms in Mind as Madhyama
3)As intution and revelation as Pashyanti
4)As the “visible” mantra during “Samadhi” as Para
Remember the Biblical Statement: In the beginning was the word,and the word
was the God.That God will manifest as the word “AUM” during Samadhi.Also
that is why, Vedas are said to be revealed, to,not written by ,Rishis in the Para
State.

What Causes Conflicts

• You may be seeing the Truth from the Madhyama level ,I may see it at the
Vaikhari,the lowest level and each of us is convinced about our Truth,but do not
accept the other’s Truth.
• We do not see the higher perspective and we fight for Truth!
• To add to Complication, I may be at a “physical level,communicating Truth at the
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 Vaikhari Level,and You may be at spiritualcommunicating at the Vaikhari Level
about the Truth you experienced in Madhyama or Even Pashyanthi Level

• All religions and Professions Engage in these kind of fights

• Another is Class Conflicts

• At the Para Level, we may never have any conflicts at all since no communication
using the Physical Medium is required.

Evaluating the Level Of Truth

Level 1
Is it Only mere Physical Phenomenon ?
Level 2.
Does it affect my thinking ,and habits ?
Level 3
Does the fact or thinking, affect humanity or even its lowest subgroup,namely,family or
friends or others ?Am I doing my duty ?
Level 4
Doest it help me or others progress in all the previous levels by attaining higher
spiritual consciousness ?

Fundamental III
Understanding the Universe
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 What is Universe ?
•All those Physical, Mental,Social,Spiritual (PMSS)
entities in me and those Outside me constitute the
universe

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• What is Intelligence ?
• Ability to comprehend or create higher levels of, values
(PMSS Values) order, or organization
• Are we human beings Intelligent ?
• Yes
Is the Universe Intelligent ?
• Yes !Yes! Yes!

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 Understanding the Universe

Why Universe is Intelligent?

If the universe is not intelligent, how come we, as a product of the
universe are intelligent ?
It will look as if we got our intelligence from outside the Universe.
The argument is similar to the field of Robotics.
Since we are intelligent, we create intelligent ,and even self evolving
robots.
Similarly, the Universe and the Nature is intelligent enough to make
intelligent, self evolving beings like us !

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 • What is Thought ?
• Thought for us is pattern of Energy
Changes(in me or in the Universe).

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• What is Intelligent Thought ?
Intelligent Thought is Organised pattern of Energy
Changes, which can modify itself so as to create
(PMSS ) Values.

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Does the Universe think - is it Intelligent

• Under the Previous definition ,yes, it “thinks” and it

is intelligent.

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Does the Universe think - is it Intelligent

Consider a Small Forest Ecosystem .Primary food producer

here are plants.
Primary Consumers are the worms and vermins Secondary
consumers like birds here consume the Worms
Tertiary Consumers like fox consumes the birds
Decomposers like bacteria,fungi do the clean up act of
consuming the dead tissues of plants and animals, as well as
that of the decomposers themselves
Is this Ecosystem intelligent

• Obviously Yes,because it requires intelligence to understand it in

the first place.
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 • Second the entities which are players in the ecosystem also have
limited or extensive local intelligence for identifying and
consuming the “values” they are programmed for through their
DNAs.
• This very ability of the Nature to create and transmit Genetic
information itself is a remarkable example of the
Nature’s/Universe’s intelligence.
W Why the Nature/Universe is intelligent ?.

Recall that “Intelligent Thought” is Organised pattern of Energy Changes, which

can modify itself.
The Ecosystem does exactly that.
Energy from sun is “transformed ” by plants which is transferred to
Insects,birds,carnivores and the saprophytes to complete the act as if
choreographed by someone.
Also what makes the Yellow butterfly go to its particular, say,Yellow (or any other
type) flower and what makes bats locate their prey using ultrasonic
echolocation,and what acts as the primary cause in the timing of foliation or
flowering of plants ?

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W Why the Nature/Universe is intelligent ?.

• Clustering Principle is universal and exist from the sub atomic level 1) At the
appropriate temperature quarks cluster to form and atoms cluster to form
liquid,gas,and solids or even react to form compounds.(Infact,quarks are not
seen to exist independently)
• 2) Viruses which have the properties of “matter” and “life” stay as
clusters,same with bacteria-they reproduce and stay in Clusters
• 3) Same is true about the entire plant and animal kingdom which stay in
Clusters
• 4) No doubt it is evident in Galactic and super Galactic Levels
• 5) Clustering in humanity is “Social”at the level of International
Groupisms,Nations,States, Counties, Communities,Political and interest
Groups

Origin Of the Intelligent

Universe
Let us imagine as to what the Universe is made of ?
After all ,we need not give that prerogative only to scientists ,and moreover we
need not ,be career oriented and possibly we can be more objective than
career scientists. Also like them,we all are part of the Universe .
Not Atoms,because atoms are made of sub atomic particles.But the sub
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 atomic particles,are made of something...Assume ,as we continue to
look further and further deeper levels,we got the fundamental particle
which makes up the universe.
Let us call it the “Thoughtons”,(Or Bhutas) because this name will help
us relate to few other concepts. So we got thoughton as the most
fundamental particle.But remember we said the Universe is intelligent

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So this particle has to be intelligent.
Since it is intelligent,it should be able to operate on itself or change
itself, because as per our definition, “Intelligent Thought” is
Organised pattern of Energy Changes,which can modify itself.
That is, 1)The fundamental entity which constitutes the universe is
intelligent 2) It is constant and hence eternal Truth 3)It is the
Cause of all the subsequent evolution of the universe 4)It is also
the controller of the universe as it is intelligent

• Restating,
• 1)The fundamental (not the most fundamental) entity which
constitutes the universe is intelligent
• 3)It is the Cause of all the subsequent evolution of the universe
• 4)It is also the controller of the universe as it is intelligent
• 5) It is the Thoughton (as we said earlier) or Bhutas
• That thoughton,according to Bible was the Primary
Word,Word was the God!
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 • That Word According to Sanathan Dharma is the
Word “AUM”
• Call it the ,Thoughton, Word Of God,GOD,GOD
Particle ,or The Unification Of Nature’s Laws.
• However Such God Particles,Or Thoughtons, we Will Call as
“Bhutas” its Traditional Name
At the University of Miami, psychologist Arnold Lieber and his colleagues decided to
test the old belief of full-moon “lunacy” which most scientists had written off as an
old wives’ tale. The researchers collected data on homicide in Dade County (Miami)
over a period of 15 years — 1,887 murders, to be exact. When they matched the
incidence of homicide with the phases of the moon, they found, much to their
surprise, that the two rose and fell together, almost infallibly, for the entire 15 years!
As the full or the new moon approached, the murder rate rose sharply; it distinctly
declined during the first and last quarters of the moon.

http://www.innerself.com/Astrology/full_moon.htm
Practical economic use of the lunar cycle has been going on for a
long time. In tropical rain forest countries in South America and
Southeast Asia, where most of the world’s hardwood comes from,
tree-harvesting contracts are linked to the phase of the moon. The
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 trees are only cut down on a waning moon, as near to the new
moon as feasible. This is because on a waxing or full moon, the
sap rises in the trees and extensive sap bleeding attracts hordes of
deathwatch beetles, which will devastate a crop. Awareness of this
cycle means the difference between making or losing millions of
dollars every year.
Carl Jung's astrology study
Carl Jung, the world-renowned psychologist studied 483
married couples and concluded that long lasting
relationships had a certain astrological pattern which were
found to be three times higher than the rate of
coincidence. Also the coup es whom astrologers would
interpret as being the most conducive to marriage were the
couples whose astrological pattern occurred most
frequently.
In a television program, in the US, the producers showed twenty
astrological birth charts mixed with that of four serial killers ,to
Carolyn Reynolds, a well- known astrologer, who successfully
identified the four people as possible serial killers. She was also
able to give other specific information about these serial killers
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that proved correct.

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The Intelligent Universe and

Michel Gauquelin, a French psychologist and statistician, was highly

skeptical of the validity of astrology. In his book, "Written in the Stars" he outlines
the research he conducted to find out if there was a correlation between a
person's chosen profession and their natal chart. Gauquelin's findings placed
astrology firmly on the doorstep of science. His findings revealed that the position
of the stars had some indication as to what line of work a person may enter in life.
http://www. williamjames. com/Folklore/A STROLO G. htm

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Fundamentals IV

Who Am I

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Who Am I
• I am not my body because it grows and withers
• I am not my mind because it constantly changes
• I cannot call these changing entities as I because when
“I” refer to “I” , “I” means the CHANGELESS WITNESS
of these changes.
• This WITNESS Which is Unbounded Consciousness is
called the SELF

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• What is the Connection between “ I” and its body as well
as to the Mind ?
Self in the body is like the “water” in a chalk piece dipped in
water. SELF runs throughout the “Mind & Body” and,runs
it.Also, SELF,unlike water, is “Consciousness” SELF,like
Water in the chalk piece above, Cannot be seen,but can
be felt.Water can be felt by touch,SELF can be felt by
reflection /Meditation /Intuition on the consciousness.

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What is Mind

Assume the water in which the chalk piece is dipped is blue coloured,due
to some blue dye. Then the chalk piece looks blue and nobody even will
bother about the colourless,stainless water inside.
Mind is like the colourant attached to the soul on one side and to the body
(through sense Organs)on the other as if SOUL or the SELF is
embedded in the Colured Mind and the Coloured Mind is embedded in
the body

The Subdivision Of Mind

* Mind Can be sub divided into :
Sensory agency which interfaces with the Emotional Mind (ie
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the outward mind) The Emotional Mind Which Interfaces with
the Intelligence (or the inward Mind)

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 The Overall Structure of “I”
Body Sheath or Anna Maya Kosa (Sanskrit) (1)
^Sensory Sheath or Indriyas/ Prana Maya Kosa (Sanskrit) (2)

Mental Sheath or Mano Maya Kosa (Sanskrit) (3)

Sheath Of Intellect or Gnana Maya Kosa (Sanskrit)(4)

I” ,the witness or “AUM” (6)

Bliss/Ego/Causal Sheath (5)

The Material World and the Beings:

Bhutas
• The Absolute Truth after Several Modifications
Becomes the Five “Elements” or “Bhutas”
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• Ether Or Space (Akash), Air (Vayu) (Fire)
Agni,Water (Jal),and Earth (Prithvi)

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What are Panch (five) Bhutas
• They Stand For the “Principal Essence” behind such
Material Manifestations.
• At the Bhuta Stage Material World is not Yet Manifest.
• Thus Akash (Space) Means the Principle of Space,Vayu
(Air) Means Principle Of Air and So On.
The Name Thoughtons we gave earlier Could Very Well
Fit “Bhutas”

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• The next Slide,Titled, The Making Of “I” shows how the
Satwik ( “Purity”) aspect Of “Bhutas” help Making my
Sensory apparatus/sheath Thus (see the following slide)
Purity Aspect Of (1 )Akash,(2)Vayu,(3)Agni,(4)Jal,(5)Prithvi
Help develop my organs Of (1)Hearing,(2)Skin, (3)Sight,
(4)Taste and (5)Smell respectively

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 • Also the “Purity” Aspect of “Bhutas” Make my Perceptive and
CognitiveAkash
Parts Vayu Agni Jal Prithvi Mind
J Of —My Mind (not Brain-which is a Material Entity) While The
Passion” Aspect of “Bhutas” Make my
Vital air Or “Prana” Or the Sensory Sheath Possibly You are
able to relate why “Prana Yam” ie.,“Stretching The Prana” and
Yogic Postures which Stretch Body help tone up the Mind.

• The following Slide,Titled, The Making Of “I” the Rajasik

( “Passion”) further shows aspect Of “Bhutas” help Making
my Motor (locomotion) apparatus
• Thus (see the next slide) “Passion” Aspect Of (1)Akash,
(2)Vayu,(3)Agni,(4)Jal,(5)Prithvi Help develop my organs Of
(1)Speech,(2)Hand, (3)Foot,(4)Genitalia and (5)Anal Organs
respectively
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How Bhutas /“Thoughtons”Make up the
Material Universe ?
Sub Division Of “Bhuta” Principles
To Make Up the Material Akash
Ether)
World,
First Tamas Vayu Air)

(“Perversion”) Part of
Agni
Each Bhuta Principle Eire)
divides into five equal Jal
Parts 'Water)

As Shown horizontally. Earth

Erithvi)
These Parts Join
Manifest(S Real Real Real Real
(ee Vertically )to form Vapour
pace) Plasma /” Liquid Solid
Real Material World “Dark State Fire” State State
Matter” “Air” “Water” “Earth

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Why Astrology Works
• Now the the Universe and Planets are Made Of “Thoughtons”
Or Bhutas They Should Be able to influence everything at the
Thought or “Thoughton” or “Bhuta” Level.

• That Explains why Planets influence Human and Material

behaviour,(way beyond EMI and Gravitation, which is
negligible), and hence Astrology.

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• Sun at the “I”, the Soul and other Levels
• Moon at the Mind/Emotional Level
• Mars at the Ego Level
• Mercury at the Intellectual Level
• Jupiter affects the “Para Normal” Level Significantly through
luck,fortunes etc

• Saturn Creates Obstructions (which are Good Spiritually) and

Servility
Body ,Mind ,Society and Soul
• “I” find I am not alone,there is a family or a
group ,or a large society there of which I am A part
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 My Awareness
* I am aware Of My Body
* I am aware Of My Sensory Data
* I am aware Of My Mind and Its Emotions
* I am aware Of My Knowledge and Intelligence
* I am aware of My Society , which influences me and of
which Society/Family I am a Part
* I am aware Of Myself as the WITNESS of all
. these sub entities
My Awareness
• I am aware of my Physical Self
• I am aware of my Mental
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 (sensory/Emotional and Intellectual) Self
• I am Aware Of My “Self”
• I am Aware Of My Spiritual Self

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 Who Am I ,again?

• I am the witness to my PMSS (Physical,

Mental, ,Spiritual) Changes.

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The Witness “I”____________________
• “ I” am the witness of My PMSS Changes
• “I” am the Consistent Entity throughout “my” existence
• “I” am the Truth for me
• “I” can experience this “Truth” only by Living it
• “I” Can Live the “Truth” using my PMSS skills to attain my
PMSS Goals -through every Karma Cycle “I” undertake

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• Karma Yoga

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• What is Yoga ?
Yoga means Joining or uniting
Specifically it means Union of Body and Mind With
the SOUL , the SELF witnessing all about oneself.

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Types Of Yogas
Bhakhthi Yoga
Gnana Yoga
Karma Yoga
These are the ways in which one’s, Body, Mind
(including) Intellect can be “ Stretched” so as to
meet or join with the SELF
Understanding SELF
• Every one has a Physical Self,Mental Self, under the
SELF which is the witness of all these subservient
selves
• In actuality the SELF in YOU and the the SELF in Me
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 are the same .Each of us is a wave in the Ocean Of
the “SUPER SELF”.
• The Underlying ocean is same.
Yoga
• Yoga is stilling the mind”
• If mind is a river, thoughts are its currents and
stilling the river, makes river bottom to be seen
• Similarly when mind is stilled, it allows the absolute
“I”to be realized

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• Yoga has two Parts:
“Stretch” Body and Mind to attain Consistency
with the SELF so that the identity of SELF is felt.
This can be Called Preparation stage.
“Stretch” SELF to attain Consistency with the
“SUPERSELF” Till the identity is felt.
Bhakthi Yoga : For the Emotional mlnd.To believe in a Personal
God .Worship and Work For him. It helps map the Emotions and Experiences
of the Individual to his God and later to the “his Universe”. Wider the universe,
Better the “Yoga” Attainment.
Final Result is “Union of the Emotional mind with the Universal Mind”.
Benefits: Progressive Peace Of Mind,Luck,Fortune, Peace Of Mind,
Universal .Understanding. Clairvoyance, Clair Audience and for the
blessed,“Moksha”
Personal God is the Guru
Gnana Yoga:
Stilling the Mind so that (the Stretched) “I” merges with the
Universal Intelligence.
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Sub Yogas: Physical Postures and Asanas, Pranayama and
Finally Meditation Leading to Moksha
Benefits: Same as in Bhakthi Yoga
Any apt person can be the Guru and Guru is the “GOD”
Karma Yoga:
Stretch Relevant Attitudes, Desires, Goals and
Actions , by eliminating at the same time Irrelevant
Desires, Goals and actions
Benefits: Worldly Progress, Leadership, and in due
course, ’’Realisation of the SELF”
“Goal is the God,or Guru”.
Karma Yoga is Excellence in One’s Work, holistically.

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 Definition Of Karma Yoga

o
Continous improvement of One’s (Noble,Relevant ) Goals,Desires and Actions
and Elimination of Traces of One’s (Ignoble .Irrelevant) Attitudes,Goals,
Desires and Actions .
o
Restating,Karma Yoga ,simply is Excellence in One’s Tasks Pre
Conditions:
It should be done as your duty (to family, organisation, humanity etc)
There should not be any Ego
Best if it is done as a Sacrifice for the Personal God and only fo
Spiritual Rewards
Best if there is no desire for Physical, Mental, Rewards,but not to deny
them if these happens
Convergence Of All Yogas
• Yoga Principle is all about Stretch .
• Stretch Your Self, Stretch, Your Prana, Mind, Intellect so
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 as to widen your understanding of your SELF .
• All Yogas, Bhakthi,Gnana,Karma get the same benefit
• All Yogas need a bit of Each Other
• All Yogas Finally End up in knowledge and revelations
about the SELF.
All Yogas need a bit of Each Other

• For Example the Karma Yogi who is engaged in continual

improvement of his Goals at his Work Area will be definitely
helped by a bit of Bhakthi Yoga in the form of devotion and
submission to his Lord ,as well as to his Work Area Tasks
and Goals ,as well as by Gnana Yoga such as Inteelectual
Pursuit Of the Absolute Truth, Or the Trade Skillls

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When Yoga is achieved
Any or all the following happens in degrees
•Peace
•Joy
•Consistency in material life
•Harmony with Society
•God/Self Realisation
•Miracles
•Moksha/Salvation
How Mind Works
• Being made of the subtlest “thoughtons” ,
(panch Bhutas) ,mind becomes what it
perceives and confuses it for the “I” which
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The Activities Of the Mind
These are
• Understanding
• Misunderstanding
• Imagining
• Sleeping (withdraw into Void)
• Memorising
Positive and Negative Karma
• These activities can be Positive (Progressive) or
Negative (Regressive) and can express
physically ,in Society

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Karma Yoga Results
• Equanimity
• Freedom is that State when Self is above “positive”
and “Negative”
• Results from a Lifetime of Self Mastery

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Karma Yoga Obstacles

• Illness
• Fatigue
• Doubt
• Carelessness
• Laziness
• Attachment
• Delusion
• Failure To Achieve Tranquility
• Failure To Maintain Tranquility
• Absolute Surrender to the Almighty,the Universal Consciousness
eliminates the Obstacles Gradually

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Friendliness To All
Compassion Towards Suffering
Happiness in the Company Of the Pure
Neutrality Towards the Impure

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It is Throughout Life based on Continuous

• Stretching the Purity Levels Of Mind (and Acts)

• Stretching the Refinement Levels Of Mind and Acts
• Stretching the Levels Of Surrender to Almighty

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 Causes Of Suffering
• Ignorance about the “I”Egoism
• Attachment (Identifying oneself with one’s Physical,
Mental or Social Assets)
• Hatred (Towards Self or Others or to PMSS Values)
• Fear Of Death
• Every Individual Has it in degrees.Karma Yoga will
reduce it Continuously
The Eightfold Approach To Karma Yoga
• Yama:Or,Following the Laws of Life
• Niyama:Or,Laws for Conduct
• Asanas:Yogasanas Or Postures
• Pranayama:Or “Stretching”the breath
• Prathyahara:Or avoiding Sensory Distractions
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• Dharana:Steadiness of Focus in Life
• DhyanaMeditative thinking on Goals
• “Yoga”:Success in Attaining the Goal

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• Non-violence
• Truthfulness (consistency between
Goals,Attitudes,Thoughts,Words and Deeds)
• Compromise in these leads to Conflicts and loss of Peace of
Mind or Loss Of Focus

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Rules For Conduct
• Simplicity (Non Self-Projection)
• Contentment (About Self and its Past and Present)
• Continuous Purification Of Mind and Acts
• Continuous Improvement/Innovation in Mind and Acts
• Surrender to Almighty

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• Attainment of a Goal For which we work selflessly (For the Organisation
we work for,For the Family etc.)Make Us Happy because:
• When Our Goals are Selfless,the Witness “I”,the “Truth” in me identifies
itself with the Goal and makes it Happen.
• When the Goal Is attained,the feeling of Oneness with the Goal as well
as the “Truth” or “I”Makes me feel “powerful” .blessed etc, and Gives
me another Opportunity to Stretch My PMSS Capabilities Further.
What are the Possible Goals
Only four types
Physical
Mental
Social
Spiritual

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Only four types
• Physical
• Mental
• Social
• Spiritual

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Types Of People Goal/Capability wise

Only four types

• Those who works for/attains Immediate Physical Goals Mainly
(Sudras/Pure Laborers)
• Those who works for/attains Mental
(Intellectual/Planned) Goals Mainly (Professionals-
Vysias)
• Those who works for/attains Social (Leadership) Goals Mainly
(Kshatriyas)
• Those who works for/attains Spiritual Goals Mainly (Brahmins)
• All this is by the Quality Of Action, not by birth,

How do people become Deviant ?

• Entrenched Self Centered (P,M or S) Goals
• Frustration When It is Thwarted
• Brooding On What is Lost
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• Loss Of Clear Sense Of Circumstances
• Loss Of Clear Memory
• Loss Of Clear Intellect
• Fall

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 Karma Yoga For the Individual

Your Life’s Goal

Your Spiritual Goals

Your Social Goals (Pilgrimage,Meditation,Yoga,
(Status,Recognition,Reputation,Friends Circle) Prayers,Satsang)

Your Intellectual
Your Physical Goals ■ Goals
(Education,Trade Skills, Reading,’
(Food, Riting ,’Rithmetic,Internet ,Movie
Clothing,Shelter,Housing, Professional Goals)
Intimacy Needs)

Goals Progression in Life

Bliss (Joy,Happiness & Even Moksha)

Kama (PMSS Desires-Goals)

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 Anna (Health, Wealth, Knowledge & Reputation)

Dharma (Duties &Obligations to Gods, Self,Family,& Society)

My Karma/Actions-Cycle

° 1. I assume my Physical/Mental/Social/Spiritual (PMSS) capabilities

1 2. I Decide A Goal
3. I work for the Goal
4. I win Or Lose
5. I reestimate My assumptions about My Capabilities
6. I Improve/change My Capabilities and Goals if Required
7.Goal
7. I take up Improvement Of the Current Goal or take up another
8.I do it in Every Area Of My Life, every time
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 Your Life’s Goal

Natural Causes
Your Spiritual Goals
Eg .Health/
(Pilgrimage,Meditation,Yoga, Prayers,Satsang)
Rain/Sunshine/Incidents/ etc)
(Status,Recognition,Reputation,Friends Circle)

Your Social Goals

Your Physical Goals
(Food, Clothing,Shelter,Housing,
Intimacy Needs)

Personal Causes
Attitude/Aptitude

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 Details Of Personal Causes
Qualities Of The------ Nature Result
MindjThat keeps
Changing,Time To Time)

Satwik Attitude Bliss/Happiness

Goals and Means

Rajasik Attitude (Nature Of Passion) Supports Conflicts,

Competitive Goals And Means
Frustration and
Sorrow
Tamasik Attitude (Nature Of Perversion) Supports Ignorance &
Destruction and Negativism
Further Failures

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• Dehabhiman (Pride about Body and its
Posessions)

• Sastrabhiman (Pride about Trade/Technical

Knowledge)

• Lokabhiman (Pride About Social Status)

• (Uttam) Highest
• (Madhyam)Medium
• (Adham) Lowest
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Evolution Of a Karma Yogi
• Initially He/She should Prove Himself and Get the T rust of those who Employ him by
following the Code Of Conduct and aiming only at Quality of Work (Nothing but meeting
the requirements of those who are going to use your work products Excellently)
• He or She should not worry about physical/professional/social hazards or rewards in

•
doing the duty
He/She Should Support Peers & Superiors
• Next He/She Should be Getting Recognition

• Next,Depending On the Situation He/She May Rise as a Leader in The Career

• This May Get Reputation
• With the Reputation He/She Can work to become a Local/Global Leader

• Use Reputation Only as a tool for further “Stretching” not for being egoistic

Caution
• Never aim at creating Trust .Then that becomes your Major
Job!.
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• Always follow a regimen of identifying your PMSS weaknesses, including your
Trust worthiness, that may affect Your Performance of the Duties at home or at
Office/Field/Projects
• One who has mastered self improvement (it may take years!) can help
improvement at Office/Home -Otherwise NO!
• Mere performance Of duties at home or duties will do !
•Karma
Continuous Improvement is the principle of
Yoga.Otherwise it becomes just a Karma !

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• Consistency in PMSS Goals, Attitude, Thoughts,
Words,and Actions

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• Lust (Craving for and living in Physical Pleasures Not
Natural to One’s Situation in Life)
• Anger (Emotional Outbursts that Devalue the
Recipients)
• Greed (Desiring and Acquiring Physical Wealth Not
Natural to One’s PMSS Capability or Situation in Life)
Inconsistecy: Between one’s Goals,Attitude, Thoughts,
Words,and Deeds.Falsehood /Hypocrisy,is another
name for it.
Violence: In One’sGoals,Attitude, Thoughts, Words,and
Deeds.
Covetousness: Inordinate appettite to ammass ones
own wealth by taking that of Others

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Dos and Don’ts
• Never Ever Find any fault with any thing about your
body,mind,society or Soul-but Continually Identify
Improvements in any PMSS area
• Only remember that whatever the facts,they have
been deemed so by the God,the absolute Truth
• Also remember that,it is enough you work
continuously with the energy level available to you
to improve your PMSS Levels of Performance
Always Remember !
• Only Embodied human forms can act and change
this world
• For that I have to Learn to Change Myself
• With that Capability I can help others in the
directions they want.
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• Consistency and Excellence in PMSS Goals,
Attitude, Thoughts, Words, and Actions

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How To Bring Consistency
•Initially Work only on small Commitments till you have proven yourself to your own

•
SELF-it may start from child hood
Do Not Simply Commit Anything just casually
•Think Enough Before You Commit ,if it is worth the effort.
•Don’t be carried away by the PMSS incentives you may get if you honour the
commitment
•Evaluate it from Your Own PMSS Capability as well as the relevance to your PMSS
Goals and the overall risks and rewards
•Consult a Spiritual Guru or any one whom you trust but take decisions your self.
•Prayers are also helpful in stressful decision making.Pray for Yourself ans the Parties

•
involved,even if they are your adversaries.
Get back in reasonable time ,as committed,and Give your Yes/No
•Once Committed Stay with it.

• 1 .As PMSS Skills +ve or -ve

• 2.Attitude +ve or -ve
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• 3. Goals +ve or -ve
• 4.Means +ve or -ve

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What Am I to Do

• When everything is a manifestation Of The Absolute Truth,

What Am I to Do ?
• Nothing to worry.
• If it is your duty to arrest terrorists ,go ahead, you cannot
desist from that. That is your dharma.
• Otherwise, Do what you deem as YOUR DUTY!
Everyone has a set Of All Skills
Consider the Graph in the next slide
Who has highest spiritual skills (intuition,religiosity etc)?
Who has highest social skills ?
Who has the highest physical skills ?
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 Skill distribution graph

An idealized skill difference/distribution graph in a group of 82 students

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 The Skill Distribution

•
Rightmost end of the previous graph shows that only a very few students are the top
scorers.Similarly leftmost end of the graph shows that only a very few students are the
abysmally low scorers.Rest of the Students fall in between and maximum number gets
average or closer score to the average.
This is only one aspect of the Distribution Of Skills in Reading, which is an
Intellectual Skill
But for all other PMSS Skill Categories a Similar
Distribution is found
That is,Given any of the millions of Skills,
Few are the Leaders (uttam),Few are Average (Madhyam)
And Few are (apparent) Laggards (Adham),

The Skill Distribution

• But Remember ,No one can Ever hope to be the topmost in all
Skill Levels,forever.
• This Causes Mutual Leadership and dependence
• This is an Unviolable Rule in Social Order
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• Also This is valid only at a Given time of the Social Group,since
the Individuals may evolve (eg a Laggard in Intellectual Skills
May do Better in Social Skills and few who were Excellent in
Intellectual Skills must have either climbed up or down).But the
distribution will look the same.
Karma Yoga -Goal Setting
Know Your PMSS Capability Profile.
Have a Plan to Develop Your PMSS
Profile aligned to your Life Goals
Aim always for Peace Of Mind Even As You are
engaged in the Most Formidable Tasks
Follow the Karma Cycle

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With The “Priestly Class” and
(“Brahmins”) as its Head

Society Is A “Person”
With The Leaders (“Kshatriyas) as its Trun
• With The Professionals (Vaisyas) as its Thigh
With The Labour Class (sudras) as its Feet—
•
This “Societal Person” is also “a Manifestation of the Absolute
• Truth” Called “Virat Purusha”.
Why Collective Humanity is God

• Individual
happen
Man Cannot Fly but Society/humanity Can Make it

• Individual man cannot Prevent Diseses,but Society Can

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• Infact, individual man cannot do anything, unless he is in a position
where society can empower him
• So Love This God Called Society.Take All the Goals
For Him as Worship.See Goals Themselves as
GOD
Evolution :Two Types
• Genetic -by physical modification of the individual
species for most of the non human species
• Epigenetic -by modification of Physical, Intellectual,
Social Environments

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 Rivers, Canals ,Pipelines and Transports form its Circulatory System
Atmosphere form its Respiratory System
Land, Infrastructure and Buildings form its Support System
Mines and Agriculture form its“Mouth”
Material and Food Processing form its Digestive System Communication and Internet form
its Nervous System Mechanical Systems are its Muscles Each Industry is its Organ
Government is its Brain
Environment Management is its Excretory System
Media and Channels are its Endocrine System
Military is its Immune System
Money is its Blood

Why Collective Humanity is God

• Individual Man Cannot Fly but Society/humanity Can Make it happen
• Society Nourishes, Society Teaches.
• There are no letters or words in these slides which are not given
by society/humanity at large
• Individual man cannot Prevent Diseses,but Society Can
• Infact, individual man cannot do anything, unless he is in a position
where society can empower him
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• So Love This God Called Society. Take All the Goals For Him as
Worship.See Goals Themselves as GOD
No Challenge is hard
• No external Challenge is as hard or as rewarding as
the challenge of organising oneself from internally

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The Unit Of Society
• The Unit Of Society is individuals.
• Individuals are born,brought upin
families/households
• They Work in/for enterprises

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Organisational Karma
Yoga:Examples Of Previous Decade

Primitive Examples Of Previous Decade

•TQM
•Kaizen
•Six Sigma
•CMMI
•ISO 9001
Why they are not Enough ?
Why they are not Enough

• They are not enough, because the Earlier Management Styles though
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 thoroughly Improved ,Des not Fully Empower the Individual or his
Liberation
• They Never aimed at improved at the “PMSS” qualities Of the Person in
Toto.
• It was Always aimed at improving “work”
• Though Work is Worship,all these movements failed to take the
employees or the Manegement to an exalted level because many
practices were reduced as mere “mechanistic” rituals.

Organisational Karma Yoga:What is it ?

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Notes
• Attitude
• Respect,Worship
• Forget & Forgive
• Learn From Mistakes
• Non Ego
• See Gita 11 plus
• Brain Jearning
• Tamasik
• Results /^\
• Patanjali // \
• Failure arch / /
• Breaking free frOm “Habits” Brain-Habit
• How will power is affected by sensory drains
• Power of discrimination/power of determination
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• Organome
• Icchasakthi etc....

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