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The Untapped Source Of Power That Lies Within - Love
by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, 1967

Our life is the expression of our inner potentialities. We project ourselves to the extent we know of our inner status, and there is much more to life than that which we are already living. Let us consider what more there is to life and what more can be lived, than that we are living in the present. Certainly it is wise to know the whole extent of an expression of our life, and to try to bring in all that we have been missing so far.

We know, if we drop a stone in a pond, the ripples begin to move, and they move over the whole pond, reaching all the extremities. One slight stir in any part of the pond stirs the whole pond, influences the entire field of water, and its surroundings. Similarly, by every thought, word and action, every individual is setting forth influence in his surroundings, and that influence is not restricted to any boundaries. It goes on and on and reaches every level of creation.

Every individual, by his every thought, word and action, shakes the entire Universe. This is the status of an individual. One is connected with the whole Universe by every little bit of activity. An individual appears to be bound by the boundaries of home and by the boundaries of his own body, but in reality the subtle aspects of the individuality go to make universal existence.

An individual is never an isolated individual. He is intimately interrelated with the whole Cosmos. Even more than that, he shares the responsibility for the life of the whole Cosmos. The entire Universe lies in the individual. Cosmic existence lies in the existence of the individual. Cosmic life rests in the individual life, and the individual life extends to cosmic life. The individual and the Cosmos are interdependent. Neither of them is independent of the other. Every move if the individual shakes the Cosmos. The Universe reacts to the individual action. Every individual has this power that shakes the Universe, and shakes and saves the gods and angels in Heaven. Man has this strength that upholds the Universe.

The individual, by his every action, serves the Universe, and the great power of Nature is ready to serve the individual, if the individual influences the Universe for the progression of the process of evolution. By its very existence the Creation is set in motion to go on and on through the steps of evolution.

If the action of the individual is in conformity with the purpose of Creation and the purpose of evolution, then the individual serves the cosmic purpose of life, and all the great laws of nature readily serves the purpose of the individual. It is a simple and automatic process of give and take. As you sow, so shall you reap. When the individual behaves rightly he improves, and by so doing he contributes to the betterment of the entire Universe, but when knowingly or unknowingly he behaves wrongly, he acts contrary to the process of evolution. The laws of nature begin to react against him. The individual receives back the result of his wrong actions. He who will think right, speak good and act truthfully, will receive the support of all the laws of nature, carrying out the process of evolution around us. Naturally, when we serve the government, we enjoy all the advantages of the laws of the government because all the laws are to serve the individual interest.

We as the individuals have the influence over the whole Universe. Every one of us influences the entire Universe by every little action we perform. Obviously, we do not perceive it, but at every moment we are either supporting or damaging the entire Universe. Better we forget not the great responsibility that we can do and undo the entire Creation that breathes the life of God, by the simple, individual mistakes of ours. The wrong once done, cannot be undone. It returns to us from all sides. Everything suffers for our wrongdoing, and we are made to suffer for the suffering of all.

Thou shalt reap the consequences of thy doings, is the fair policy of Mother Nature. She only wants her children to enjoy, but while enjoying the flowers in the garden of God, those who walk loosely falter and fall unduly. The joy of life is there. It depends on us whether we make use of our power and use it or lose it. Better we produce the influence of all harmony, and we will do this by virtue of our natural ability to think, speak and act rightly. Our individuality will then command the power of the Universe. Make use of the cosmic power of the individual law in favor of our desire and use cosmic life energy for the health and great accomplishments in life.

The unlimited source of cosmic life energy is at our disposal. We have only to begin to use it. The great cosmic intelligence lies at our disposal. We have only to connect our individual mind with the cosmic intelligence, with the universal mind, and gain all clarity of thinking and all in activity, and live a life of eternal freedom on Earth.

The great possibility of our individual life, contacting the universal cosmic life energy and intelligence, is here at hand! Eternity lies in the present! Eternity is always in the hands of the present. It only needs to be appreciated. The present holds the master key to unlock the treasures of eternity. Every moment of our life is supplemented with the eternity of the by-gone past, and that which awaits us in the moments to come. Eternal existence of the unlimited Cosmos is available to us for our own power. Certainly, as we have seen, we are influencing the entire cosmic life, but somehow we are not making use of the great, unlimited and vast resources of that are at all times available to us.

We are always giving. Through every thought, word and action we are producing an influence in Cosmos. We are always giving. Certainly we want to give out all harmony, all peace, all happiness, all love, all serenity and grace, because this alone is useful and life supporting. Certainly we want to create a better life, healthier and more useful surroundings. Therefore it is of vital importance that we should know where to receive this great life energy, greater happiness, greater intelligence, greater harmony and greater serenity and grace. Yes, there is a primal source of all happiness, from which spreads all happiness that is found in the world. There is a primordial power of life energy from which all energy emanates. There is one primal source of serenity, from which the serenity and peace spread in all creation. Let us find out where the source is of all these most desirable features of life, and having found out the source, let us try to contact it and be in a position to draw on unlimited amount of happiness and energy, intelligence, peace and grace; for all good to ourselves and to our surroundings. We should know that the purpose of creation is expansion of happiness.

From a seed grows the tree, from the atom develops the molecules and the entire field of forms and phenomena of Creation. The subtle strata of Creation are at the root of the gross strata of nature. The subtlest stratum of life is at the root of all the different levels of life and living, and there is a level of life subtler than the subtlest which is permeating all the subtle and gross levels of existence, and these subtler than the subtlest stratum of existence, this transcendental state of Being, is the basis of all existence. This is the basis of all cosmic life, cosmic intelligence, cosmic energy, and here, at this level of transcendental, absolute Being dwells the cosmic law, which is responsible for all Creation and evolution of life. It creates the innumerable laws of nature, to carry the ceaseless activity of evolution of the entire Cosmos.

This cosmic law is such that in itself, it never changes. It maintains forever the absolute status of the Being, and maintaining the absolute status of the Being, gives rise to different laws of nature, that contact the process of creation and evolution; a process, which continually goes on and on for all times, filling the phases of eternity, of time and space. Here is the eternal Being secured by the eternal status of the never-changing cosmic law which is the source of all Creation, the basis of all cosmic intelligence, and the source of all energy, power and creativity. This is the ultimate source of all power. It lies in the field of the absolute, transcendental existence, which is omni-present, and as such, it lies within the heart of every one of us.

This un-tapped source of power that lies within us has to be tapped, and cosmic life energy and intelligence, has to be directly and consciously made a part and of our life, and then our individual existence will be naturally supplemented by the cosmic life energy. Our individual mind will be supplemented by the unlimited power of the cosmic intelligence; our happiness of this sensory level will be supplemented by the bliss of the eternal absolute Being. The present creativity of our mind and the ability of our body will be strengthened and reinforced with the boundless energy of the absolute Being. The health of both body and mind, and also the health of the surroundings, will be immeasurably improved; efficiency will be immeasurably increased. By getting control over the master-switch of nature at the level of cosmic law, the natural laws governing the surroundings become favorable and begin to support the aspirations of our individual mind and the desire of our hearts.

We as human beings, having such a perfected nervous system, have the ability to control the powers of nature. Make hay when the sun shines. Let us not lose the insight into life and the great possibilities that lie therein. And how do we utilize our ability to harness this cosmic life energy present within? Let us be careful that we do not confuse ourselves and become lost in the maze of mystical concepts, for it is very easy to get lost in the wilderness of imaginations and lose the perspective of life. We belong to the realistic age of science. Let us be sure, that all that we strive for and achieve remains realistic. Our age of scientific achievement does not give credence to anything shrouded in the garb of mysticism. Let us realize the absolute Being through a scientific and systematic method of achievement, where every achievement will be supplemented by the personal experience. The way is simple because the goal lies within us. We have only to dive within ourselves and then arrive at this source of the absolute existence. For that we have only to bring our attention from the grass level of existence to the subtle levels of thinking, and diving deep, arrive at the subtle source of thinking, the transcendentalist state of thinking, and consciously arrive at the source of thinking, which is the field of the Being that lies beyond the subtlest phase of Creation, in the transcendental field of eternal Being.

This is how, by exploring deep within ourselves, by the method of transcendental, deep meditation we arrive to fathom the ocean of life energy, present within ourselves, and tap the power of cosmic intelligence and bring the force of eternity and cosmic energy in the present, right here and now, and be what we want to be, what we ought to be and what we deserve to be. Certainly, within our lives, we do not deserve to suffer or encounter any obstacle on the road to fulfillment, nor do we wish any desire to remain unfulfilled. Suffering should be foreign to us. Every desire that comes up should find its way to fulfillment, and waves of our individual lives should flow in the fullness of cosmic life, and this is the life that we deserve to live: Individual life in eternal freedom of cosmic life; individual life in the bliss of eternal Being; individual life supplemented and supported by the unlimited force of cosmic life, be it to us, to our neighbors and to all the individuals in the world. May God bless every man to turn within himself and tap the unlimited source of power that lies within.

God and Devatas
(with Dr. John Hagelin)

Consciousness is that which has precipitated into fabrics of physiology. Consciousness, Vedic Literature, Vedic words, they are fluent, they have precipitated as the fibers of physiology. And the finest fiber of physiology is expressed in the Vedic Literature as Devata. Devata, silence embodiment. Embodiment of silence, Shiva. Embodiment of dynamism, Vishnu. All these Devatas are there present in the structure of the physiology. So it's not an imagination. It's a reality. Physiology, physiology of man, physiology of Devata, physiology of the embodiment of silence - Shiva, physiology of the embodiment of dynamism - Vishnu. They are the physical expressions. And these physical expressions have a form. They have a form. They have all that is described in the Vedic Literature as the Devatas. Shiva, Vishnu, Ganapati. These are all the realities of life. They have a form. They have a form. And one secret about this form is, that the Devata will appear to the worshipper or to the devotee or to whosoever prays in the form he wants Him to appear. Fulfillment of the thought.

One raised in the religious literature - God, this God, this God, this God, this God. And it's human nature. Whomsoever they like most, they revere Him. And great reverence is called devotion. And the point of devotion is called God. And so all these are in the feeling. And the feeling materializes. Feeling materializes. Feeling materializes. Vedic Literature is full of instances that the devotee sees the point of his devotion, sees his God as he wants to see Him. It's a great depth of reality because one's own Self is that omnipresent, infinite value of totality. You can derive anything from within your Self. Anything from within your Self. That's why transcendental meditation and that's why the source of thought. And in Yogic Flying the proof comes, that you can have Yogic Flying. You can have Yogic Flying.

Apart from Yogic Flying, there are sutras, there are programs. You achieve anything and anything means anything. Because your own Self, your own Atma, your own Being is a field of all possibilities. Omnipresent, unbounded, infinite. Omnipresent, unbounded, infinite field of intelligence. Once your awareness is communicating with it, anything you want will be there. Rik Ved exhorts, Rik Ved proclaims, that once the mind is in tune with the transcendental reality, the whole nature, the whole infinite creativity of natural law, the whole Will of God is there to bring fulfillment to any desire. It's a reality. It's not a gossip. It's a reality. It's not a matter of faith. It's the reality. It is so. It is so. It is so.

And it is on that basis that we are building the great fortune of mankind. On that reality. Because it is so. We think it should be so. It should be possible to be so. And so when we are rising to proclaim a better world, a peaceful world, a happy world, a fulfilled world, a blissful world, we are not dreaming, we are not dreaming. We are actualizing what has always been there, what will always be there.

In our life-time we are realizing. We are fortunate to have come to this level of awareness that something that is there, we can have in its full value. This is education. Vedic education. This is Vedic health. It's a great opportunity for everyone. It's a very great opportunity for everyone. Because everyone is like that. That's all. That's all. Everyone is potentially that. Only one has to take one's attention to that level.

And I ask Dr. Hagelin to explain you this Measurement Theory. There is a theory in physics, Dr. Hagelin you can explain to them wherever the mind goes, it does something to it. Explain to them Measurement Theory.

JOHN HAGELIN-------Yes Maharishi. It's really one of the deepest and most surprising principles of modern Quantum Mechanics that the world is as an objective reality simply does not exist. What you have in fact is a participatory world in which the consciousness of the observer has an inevitable effect upon what it observes. We could state it a little bit more specifically by saying that the active observer or the act of measurement takes a quantum mechanical state to a state of lesser entropy, a state of greater orderliness. We could say it like this also, that the process of creation according to quantum mechanics is a participatory process in which the observer actively participates and serves to draw out latent properties of a particular object. So what that means is - objects come into full existence, come into full fruition, full flowering as a result of the process of measurement, of the process of observation. And in that context, whatever the attention falls upon brings that object into a state of more concretely manifested existence, a state of lesser entropy, or a state of greater orderliness. So increase of coherence, increase of order in the system being observed is an inevitable effect of the process of observation itself.

This is the principle of Quantum Measurement Theory, the principle that the observer or consciousness has an inescapable influence upon that which is being seen and not just a random influence. An influence that bestows increasing orderliness or coherence within the system under observation. This is the principle that Maharishi was referring to, the principle of Quantum Measurement Theory, the inevitable influence of consciousness to bring orderliness and to influence positively the system under observation.....

MAHARISHI-------We take our attention to that and then that thing is made lively in our awareness. That's all that is necessary for living perfection in life. From the religious angle, from the scientific angle, from the innocent angle, from the most intelligent angle, from any angle. Because the reality is so, therefore anyone from any angle doesn't matter what, has that value completely dawned in one's own awareness That is Vedic education. That is consciousness-based education. That is worthwhile education. The life is too precious to have education, employment-based education. Employment-based education means slavery. Employment-based education means slavery. Mastery means rising to one's own dignity where all possibility is waiting for us to become a daily, living reality. Living reality. And now the short-cut is there. With a few thousand people constantly engage in unfolding their own potentiality, the whole world will be in harmony and coherence of world consciousness.

It's a very beautiful. Only I wish how soon we are able to gather this Group and they will be the lighthouse for continued generations to come. Lighthouse. Continued generations to come. Very beautiful.

Happiness

Enjoy your life and be happy.

Being happy is of the utmost importance. Success in anything is through happiness. Under all circumstances be happy, even if you have to force it a bit to change some long standing habits. Just think of any negativity that comes at you as a raindrop falling into the ocean of your bliss. You may not always have an ocean of bliss, but think that way anyway and it will help it come.

Doubting is not blissful and does not create happiness. Be happy, healthy and let all that love flow through your heart. We have an infinite number of reasons to be happy and a serious responsibility not to be serious.

Always think of good qualities. Life is so precious. Every minute contributes to future progress. Where is the time to think of bad things? There is not enough time to think of all the good that exists on earth and in heaven."

Keep Your Desire Turning Back

Keep your desire turning back within and be patient. Allow the fulfillment to come to you. Resist the temptation to chase your dreams into the world. Pursue them in your heart until they disappear into the Self and leave them there. It may take a little self-discipline. Be simple, be kind, stay rested.

Attend to your own inner health and happiness. Happiness radiates like a fragrance from a flower and draws all good things towards you. Allow your love to nourish yourself as well as others.

Do not strain after your needs of life. It is sufficient to be quietly alert and aware of them. In this way, life proceeds more naturally, effortlessly.

Life is here to enjoy.

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