Queries of Sadhaks ---- 21

Q. Namaha Shivaya! Can u please answer: How to prevent the mind to fall into the trap of negativity once there is a failure in life (be it small failure or big). The moment there is a failure, it’s very difficult to take the mind out of those thoughts until it’s too late and that too, even after doing Sadhana, and Sewa.

A. Namah shivay! It is exactly for situations like these that the Prati Prasav sadhna exists. When the sadhak is unable to release negativity by his own efforts and using his own spiritual energy, the Guru's energy has to be sought in his physical presence. Ishan ji is kind enough to be carrying out so many Prati Prasav shivirs with the grace of Baba ji just for experiences like yours so that no Shiv Yog sadhak walks the path of life with the burden of the path. Listen to Baba ji's videos, do the chantings as of now. Do not leave the sadhna. Fixed time. Fixed place. And attend the Prati Prasav shivir at the next given opportunity. Blessings.

Q. Namah Shivaya. Please advise if we can do the sacred Sadhna when we are abroad for overseas trip? Thanks.

A. Namah shivay yes you can do it but carry a woollen asana to sit for meditation and never do the meditation on bed. Always on the floor with a woollen asana below you so that the energy is not earthed. Blessings.

Q. Namaha Shivaya! Please share the details for Webcast of PRATI PRASAV SHIVIR, Austria, (as mentioned on www.shivyog.com) 25th April - 27th April, 2014? Please confirm and will it be the complete Shivir or selected timings so that one can plan schedule in advance?

A. Namah shivay ji the shivir will be held as normal. Just that Ishan ji will be on video conference mode. The energy will remain the same as also the timings and other arrangements. It will be a normal shivir. Blessings.

Q. Namah Shivaya Babaji. I cannot adhere to same time and same place sadhna, as I'm a doctor and have to do either day duty, or night duty or even 24 hours duty. In that scenario, I try and do sadhna daily, without fail, sometimes even at my hospital in between work, but defer following a particular time frame by compulsion and not by choice. Does this mean that I'll have a stunted spiritual growth, or spiritual progress? Please guide me and tell me how to combat this situation. Namah Shivaya. Thank you.

A. Namah shivay! Baba ji holds doctors in the highest regards. He says that all day long the doctors act like God to so many patients so the good work does not stop. It is quite praiseworthy if you do the meditation despite your routine. The main aim of meditation is for you to evolve on the spiritual front. In your case, when there is night duty, have a fixed time in the day that you would do sadhna at. When there is day work, you should fix a particular time at night to do the sadhna. For example - During day duty, your sadhna time is fixed at 8pm at night. During night duty, your sadhna time is fixed at 6am. So whenever its day job, you do meditation at 8pm and whenever there is night duty, you perform sadhna at 6am. Thus, there will be a pattern to your routine. In spirituality if you wish to reap rich dividends, discipline is must. Blessings.

Q. Namah Shivay! To maintain the regularity, while traveling for a longer period (more than a day and some time a week), Is it advisable to do DSS (without chanting loudly) and Meditation in the train/plane/bus? Kindly guide.  Namah Shivay!

A. Namah shivay! The intention is that we stay connected. In whichever manner it is possible, we must establish it. And whenever and wherever possible, we must do the sadhna at dedicated time and place. What you have suggested is alright. Blessings.

Q. NAMAH SHIVAY "BABAJI" I HAVE A CD OF GOA SHIVIR OF SHREE VIDYA SHADHANA LEVEL 2.EVERYDAY I MEDITATE AFTER COMPLETION OF DDS.CAN I GET "BARODA SHIVIR'S 2012 SHRI VIDYA'S CD.I SHALL BE HIGHLY OBLIGED,IF MANAGE TO SEND ME. NAMASHIVAY!!!AT PRESENT I AM IN US CHICAGO.

A. Namah shivay ji. There is no point in practicing the sadhna in which you have not got initiation from Baba ji. Do the meditation which has been taught to you in the shivir you yourself attended.

You should practice only the sadhna imparted to you during the shivir which you attended. Besides that you can do the guided Shree Vidya 2 meditation, the CD of which is available in the divine shop.
Also, it is entirely the Guru's grace what he imparts. The grace can never be bought or sold. Here is a Siddha who is dispensing wisdom which has never been told in the modern age by anyone in the world, and here are the people who are ready to defy his requests. The few months that Baba ji taught how to make the most sacred Paradeshwar Lingam, resulted in sadhaks defying Baba ji's orders and selling it like a commodity. Those still sells the Paradeshwar after learning how to make it from Baba ji have done great disservice to the Guru's vision and desecrated live God himself. For all those who read this post, please share it with those whom you think have advertently or inadvertently committed such a mistake. It’s a request from Baba ji not to sell it. The grace consequences will be for you only to confront.
So after such a malpractice of selling Paradeshwar, Baba ji had to put this deeksha on the backburner. So now, we have to make do with whatever blessings we receive. May be in the future when the purity level enhances, Baba ji might reveal it again. The only way to receive the Paradeshwar Lingam is to ask somebody to gift it to you after he himself makes it. Baba ji has forbidden the sharing of this arcane wisdom to whoever has received it during the shivirs. This was a deeksha and can be transferred only by the Guru. So even if someone who has received it from Baba ji, he cannot transfer it to others. It will be ineffective. All this works on resolution of the Siddhas. Baba ji has also requested all sadhaks to only gift it to others and never charge even a single rupee for it otherwise there are negative consequences to be faced. Blessings.

Q. Can you please answer: in the family due to so many Circumstances I'm not able to do sadhna on a fixed time due to which I’m not feeling much progress I'm practicing Sri Vidya2 from two years.  Please suggest me.

A. Namah shivay ji. Being a grehjasthi, you have the best opportunity to attain self realization by enjoying the best of both the worlds. But all of that is entirely in your hands. You have to set such a time table which enables you to perform the meditation at a fixed time daily. Only and only you can do that. Blessings.

Q. Namah shivay. Am asking a question on behalf of several sadhaks who also face this same problem which hinders our sadhana. Many often, especially on the beginning of our spiritual journey, we encounter random thoughts in our daily Sri Vidya dhyan. Sometimes we get carried away by this thread of thoughts in the middle of meditation. When we manage to get our mind back to the mantra it takes only a while before the thoughts abound again and the mind roams and wanders in a never ending vicious circle. I wanted to know what babaji mentioned about it and whether and how to put a stop to this natural phenomena. Some school of thoughts say the more we resist and repress the flow of thoughts the more they proliferate while another one suggests that we become hollow and empty and think about nothing for a successful meditation. On practical level the latter is almost next to impossible for us, new sadhaks. I feel that 75% of my sadhana gets lost and hence I am not progressing. Please guide us and kindly let us know the shivyog way for tackling this matter. Thank you :)

A. Namah shivay. Firstly the more you worry about a problem, the more you perpetuate the same. So firstly stop worrying. You are doing all this for happiness, for evolution. So why the negative emotion of worry? Peace can’t be brought through war. Secondly, the importance of Yam Niyam in Shiv Yog is emphasised time and again by Baba ji for this very reason. The moment you let your mind slip, it will go astray. To regulate the flow of thoughts, adhere to a time table of sadhna. Fixed time. For example you set 6am in the morning as your time to meditate. Now, every day you must be there at the place of your meditation at that very time. No doing it at 630 or 7 or 730. There has to be a pattern. Your mind will slowly get tutored in a pattern and thoughts will subside. Thirdly, do not skip sadhna even once. Start the chain of discipline immediately after attending a shivir. The energy is high and the flow can be made easily. Fourthly, there are guided meditations, particularly of Shree Vidya and Durga Sapatashati. You should start with these meditations where at every step; you have to follow a certain procedure so there is no room for distraction. Before beginning meditation, chant the Guru Stuti and ask the Guru to help you concentrate, you shall succeed. Blessings.

Q. 1) The diya should have 1 or 2 cotton swabs? 2) We have to use TIL (Sesames oil), 3) What to do on 9th day with the sown Jau grain? 4) What to do with the coconut and betel nut kept with Kalash? 4) what to do with water in kalash? 5) How when and where to dispose old or duplicate god idols?

A. Namah shivay ji 1 swab, Til oil yes. Give the grain jal samadhi. Coconut and betel nut are now prasad. Eat it. 5. Drink the water in the kalash. It is consecrated. Old idols are to be given jal samadhi in the nearest river with piety. Blessings.

Q. Namah shivaya just 2 more query: 1) the visarjan to be done on 9th day or 10th day after Saptshati paath? 2) when Kanya bhojan should be done i.e. 8th day or 9th day as we have Saptami so what should be the correct way.

A. Namah shivay ji all days are equally auspicious. Kanya bhojan must be organized on all 365 days of the year. Baba ji does this all through the year. And Jal samadhi can be given on any day. Blessings.

Q. Please say the conditions of wearing Shree Yantra and Mrutunjaya Yantra please please Namaha Shivaya jai maa kali.

A. Namah shivay ji. You can wear them the moment after you receive initiation in any of Baba ji's deekshas. Although it’s not as if non-sadhaks cannot wear it. But the yantra will get recharged by itself when you perform the Shiv Yog meditations. Blessings.

Q. Namah Shivaye! Can you please suggest if we can do Shree Vidya sadhna while lying down on the bed at the time of sleeping? Please advise...

A. Namah shivay. The Shree Vidya sadhna is the most sacred meditation in the world. It can never be treated with disrespect. The meditation itself is pronounced as Shree so you can imagine how pious it is. Never do this on the bed. Dedicated pooja altar. Dedicated place. Dedicated woollen aasan. Dedicated time. Discipline. This is sadhna to regulate your mind and senses. It cannot be performed in a leisurely manner. Utmost seriousness and respect is required. Blessings.