Manifestation, Awareness, And Taking Charge of Our Destinies

Speaker A [00:00:00]:

How can we take control of our destinies? How can we actually live the life that we truly want to live? Can we take control of these various situations and circumstances of our lives? Whether it comes to health, wealth, relationships, abundance, and so on. And if we can take Control of our life and our destiny, how can we do it? And what is the spiritual science behind all this? Let us look at all this today. Before we dive into this topic, first of all, you need to Understand the nature of reality. You need to understand what this world actually is. The teachings of Advaita tell us that This world is not how it seems to us. This world, the way we perceive it is an illusion. It is Maya. And there is an absolute reality, an independent reality, and everything else is depending on that reality to exist.

Speaker A [00:01:11]:

And that absolute reality can be called by many names. It can be called God or consciousness or pure awareness and so on. But the nature of that absolute reality is that it is infinite, it is abundant, it is All powerful and it is all pervading. Now what Advaita tells us is that we are that ultimate reality. We are that pure awareness or consciousness. And what we need to also understand is that we do not Exist in this universe. This entire universe exists within our infinite awareness. But we have right now identified ourselves with this body and mind, and we have limited that infinite awareness into our body and mind.

Speaker A [00:02:05]:

And hence, we are struggling to live our lives in this material realm. But technically, there is nothing called as the material realm. Everything is spiritual. Everything is awareness itself. Just being modulated in infinite number of ways. And this universe is just a simulation or A projection within that one pure awareness. Now since we identify That infinite awareness with our body and mind, we experience the limitations of this body and mind as though they are true. Our mind, the way it is, has various limitations to it.

Speaker A [00:02:51]:

And the 3 primary limitations or parameters of our minds are time, space, and causation. Our mind can never go beyond time. It can never go beyond space or it can never go beyond causation. We can only operate and experience and live as a body mind unit Within the parameters or within the boundaries of time, space, and causation. Because for any experience to happen, Any interaction to happen, any activity to happen, there needs to be time and space and causation or causality. Now let us keep time space causation aside, and let us focus on the mind itself because this is key to understanding Destiny. Now our mind within itself has various tendencies to it. And these tendencies occur because of our past karma.

Speaker A [00:03:51]:

And in order to understand karma, you can look at one of our previous So where I had thoroughly covered the subject of karma. But because of various factors including Karma and the karmic memory, we have a certain kind of a mind today. And our minds within itself has various thoughts, emotions, tendencies, and belief systems to it. And the personality that we have, The attitude that we have right now, and it is because of the mind that I have, I have a certain kind of personality today. And this personality thinks certain kinds of thoughts, feel certain kinds of emotions, and holds Certain belief systems at the deepest level. Now the key here that we need to understand is that personality creates Personal reality. The way a person's personality is, it creates a certain kind of a reality for itself. And this universe, since it is all a projection in awareness, is just reflecting back Our own personalities and our own belief systems and our own limitations.

Speaker A [00:05:14]:

Now we are not only limiting that Infinite awareness or consciousness into a body mind unit, but we are also further limiting it based on the limitations of our minds. So there are various Belief systems that we hold within our minds. Some of them may be true. Some of them may not be true. Some people might believe that it is difficult to stay healthy after a certain age. This is a limiting belief. This is not true. But they hold these kinds of beliefs at a deep level.

Speaker A [00:05:55]:

Now what happens here Is the infinite awareness or consciousness is being limited by these limiting beliefs within our minds. And because of this, these limitations are being reflected back to us in the world around us, And we are experiencing our own limitations. This is happening because everything is connected and everything is one. All that truly exists Is that pure awareness or consciousness? Now to go back to the concept of karma again, our previous karmic memory has created a certain kind of a personality today. And this personality is controlling the direction of our lives, And it has created for itself a certain fixed destiny in the future. Now if we want to take control of our lives And if we actually want to live the way we truly want to live, we need to, first of all, understand the nature of reality. We need to understand how everything works. And also we need to be conscious of the thoughts and feelings that go through our minds and bodies every single day.

Speaker A [00:07:10]:

If we do not Tend to it. And if we are totally unconscious, they take control of our lives, and we cannot let that happen. So first of all, we need to be conscious and aware of our thoughts, feelings, and our belief systems. And we need to totally reject and discard the negative thoughts, negative feelings, and negative belief systems That are not helpful for us. And instead, we need to induce positive thoughts, feelings, and positive belief systems, And we need to have a positive world view in order to create positive things in the world. So whatever belief systems we hold within our awareness, The world will reflect it back to us. So it is very important that we do it consciously. And many people ask the question And whether our destiny is fixed or do we have any control over it? The answer for this question is very simple.

Speaker A [00:08:11]:

The answer is both Yes and no. The destiny is fixed for most of the people who are not conscious, Who unconsciously go through their lives without being accountable for their thoughts, feelings, actions, and belief systems. For such people, the destiny is fixed. As per their karma, as per their personalities, it is all fixed. But for those who can be conscious of their thoughts, of their personalities, of their belief systems, and so on, the destiny can be changed and it can be whatever they wish it to be. A simple example to understand all this is that of a ship in the ocean. Now a ship with a captain, with the right Kind of a map and a right vision to steer the ship. We'll have total control, and he will take the ship to the right destination.

Speaker A [00:09:05]:

Of course, there will be a lot of resistance. There will be a lot of resistance from the wind. There will be a lot of resistance from the water currents. But still, he will steer the ship in the right direction and he will take it to the right destination. Now imagine a ship without a captain. Such a ship will move wherever the wind takes it, and it will move wherever the ocean currents take it. And it might end up in a random destination. This is exactly how we need to understand destiny.

Speaker A [00:09:38]:

This is How? We need to understand that for some people, destiny will be fixed and for some others, Destiny will be in their control. So it depends on how we live our lives. And it is very important that we live our lives consciously in order to create our lives the way we truly want to live. And if you actually Are interested in conscious creation. We have a 6 weeks intensive program through which One can truly understand the nature of reality and understand various concepts in-depth To consciously create one's life the way they truly want to live. For more information on this, you can check out the Advaita The conscious society by visiting