{"id":27973,"date":"2023-08-05T09:39:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-05T09:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/65.0.30.127\/blogs\/satsangs\/?p=27973"},"modified":"2023-08-05T09:39:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T09:39:32","slug":"nepal-2023-p1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohanji.org\/blogs\/satsangs\/ask-mohanji\/nepal-2023-p1\/","title":{"rendered":"The guiding principles of life: Satsang in Nepal 2023: part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Satsang <\/em>in Nepal: July 2023<\/strong> | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mohanji.org\/who-is-mohanji\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mohanji<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The significance of self-acceptance in life<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>I would like you to remember a couple of things from what I teach in the world. The key message to the world is: this is the Raja Yoga path, the royal path, the path of liberation. It\u2019s the path of dissolution because you become the ocean: you dissolve and become supreme consciousness. In this path, the key or main thing is <strong>self-acceptance<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Apne aapko maanna, respect karna<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: Accepting and respecting yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Love, respect, and acceptance &#8211; this is fundamental. If you fight with yourself, you cannot meet God because you are busy fighting yourself. Please remember one thing; <strong>all of us have imperfections<\/strong>. I don\u2019t know many things in life; I\u2019m sure most of you are like that. We don\u2019t know all the things of creation. We don\u2019t know all the things in life. This is okay; we don\u2019t have to know, but whatever we are, however we are, if we don\u2019t accept ourselves in that condition, we cannot accept the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We cannot accept the world if we cannot accept ourselves. <strong>The fundamental teaching of the path of liberation (<em>Raja Yoga<\/em>) is self-acceptance.<\/strong> You should look at yourself and not worry about what you don\u2019t have or your deficiencies. All of us have them; we all have deficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We never ever think we are complete. Why do we feel all the time that we\u2019re incomplete? Because we compare &#8211; compare with another person. Another person is another person; it&#8217;s not us. They have to be different. That\u2019s why we have eight billion people in the world. All are different people &#8211; different types of people with different constitutions, energy patterns, and frequencies. This is how life should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the plants, seeds, trees and everything you take are all different. That\u2019s how it should be. <strong>If you start walking with self-acceptance as the first step, it&#8217;s guaranteed that one lifetime is enough to meet Shiva, to be one with Shiva.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mohanji.org\/blogs\/satsangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Self-acceptance-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"mohanji-life-self-acceptance\" class=\"wp-image-28033\" width=\"564\" height=\"376\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now imagine you don\u2019t accept yourself. What\u2019ll happen? Your whole lifetime will be wasted fighting over this: in conflict. The conflict isn\u2019t from outside. Don\u2019t think about whether people hate you etc.; that doesn\u2019t matter. People love you or hate you; no problem. It doesn\u2019t matter, but if you hate yourself, you lose a lifetime. You cannot hate yourself, you see? Do you understand what I\u2019m saying? Are you with me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you hate yourself, (in Hindi)<em> agar aap khud se nafrath kar rahe hain, toh poori zindagi aisi bekaar ho jayegi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: If you hate yourself, your whole life will be a waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hating yourself is very detrimental. Start accepting whatever your conditions are. \u201cOkay, this is my situation; this is what I am.\u201d You may not be the best in your own eyes. That&#8217;s not a problem; you don&#8217;t have to be the best; there&#8217;s no need. <strong>You are what you are, and that&#8217;s your presentation to the world. What you are and how you are; this is your gift to the world, and not as another person.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are probably different people whom you want to be like, but they are already taken. They&#8217;re already born, have a body, and are expressing life. You don&#8217;t have to be them. You cannot be them, and neither can they be you. You\u2019re unique, and your expression to the world is your uniqueness. This is what the world needs and is looking for today. So, don\u2019t ever feel, \u201cI must change so the world will accept me\u201d. The world will not accept you like that. Believe me, it\u2019s one hundred per cent true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many people struggle their whole life to change, and what happens? Death happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi) <em>Mar jaate hain.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: They die.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Will change happen like that? The change will not happen because you are already yourself. So, the only choice you have is <strong>self-acceptance<\/strong>, accepting yourself. From there, you can take a step. That\u2019s the fundamental teaching of the <em>Raja Yoga<\/em> path &#8211; the path of liberation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Awareness and stability<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The second point is <strong>awareness<\/strong>. What\u2019s awareness? Be aware; first and foremost be aware that you\u2019ve taken birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Abhi aap zinda hain, paidaa hue hain, zinda hain.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: You\u2019re alive now; you\u2019re in a body; you\u2019ve taken birth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s the beginning: \u2018I\u2019m alive\u2019. This is the biggest gift you have. Life is the biggest gift, not your emotions and other things, not even your experiences. But you are alive today and not as somebody, simply that you are alive. What we normally say is, \u201cOh, this is Mohanji; this is Sai Baba; this is that\u201d \u2013 we\u2019re only looking at forms, and we say that\u2019s that. No! Before all that, the main and most important thing is that \u2018You&#8217; are alive!\u2019 You\u2019re alive today. That\u2019s the core matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is where you can draw your picture. You can carve your life or pave your path. You can meet the highest because.. (in Hindi) <em>Aap zinda hain.<\/em> (Translation: You\u2019re alive.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Are you with me? That\u2019s the fundamental awareness. What\u2019s the fundamental awareness? That you\u2019re living; your heart is beating. You have all the potential of life. The highest potential of life is life, you see? Not what you\u2019ve achieved on the earth. You may have money, qualifications, or power; that\u2019s all secondary. Fundamentally, you\u2019re alive. (In Hindi: <em>Aap zinda hain.<\/em>) This awareness is enough for you to be stable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mohanji.org\/blogs\/satsangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Stability-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"mohanji-stability\" class=\"wp-image-28002\" width=\"440\" height=\"440\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s the biggest thing you need in life? Stability.<\/strong> What\u2019s stability? You&#8217;re stable all the time; nobody can shake you. Maybe there are things happening in the world, good or bad, but nobody can shake you if you\u2019re stable. Otherwise, everybody can make you jump like a monkey, isn\u2019t it? Society brings situations; various situations happen in life all the time. If we\u2019re unstable, we\u2019ll be just like a monkey jumping from branch to branch, still not satisfied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Satisfaction nahi hota hai. Kyon? Stability nahi hai.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: There&#8217;s no satisfaction. Why? Because there\u2019s no stability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stability is fundamental. How can you be stable? Acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Kisko? Kisko accept karna hai? Apne aap ko. Doosre ko accept karna aasaan hai. Magar usse kaam nahi hoga.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: Who do you need to accept? Yourself. Accepting somebody else is easy, but that\u2019ll not do the job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that person shifts, you\u2019ll also suffer. Are you with me? If you put all your acceptance on other people, then if they move, you move too. Your stability gets affected. That\u2019s not the <em>Raja Yoga<\/em> path; that\u2019s not our path. If you\u2019re with me, this is very simple and also very difficult. Why is it difficult? Because <strong>the most difficult thing in life is to accept ourselves<\/strong>. <strong>We can accept anybody outside, but try accepting yourself fully, with all your weaknesses and strengths.<\/strong> Do you think this is easy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Bahut mushkil hai apne aapko maanna. Apne aap ko sweekar karna bahut mushkil hai. Isi liye yeh<\/em> path,<em> yeh <\/em>tradition,<em> mushkil hai. Toh zindagi mein aage kya karna hai? Abhi subah uth ke kya karna hai? Apne aapko sweekar karne ki&nbsp; koshish karni hai.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: It\u2019s very difficult to accept oneself, and that\u2019s why this path, this tradition is difficult. So, what do you need to do further in life? What do you have to do after waking up in the morning? Try to work on self-acceptance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do you have to do when you wake up in the morning? Accept yourself; at least try. Try accepting yourself. You have weaknesses, desires, feelings, inclinations, tendencies, vices, and strengths; you have everything. Whatever is there in the world, you have that, right? With all this, you say, \u201cOkay, I&#8217;m fine.\u201d Then life will go on, but you\u2019ll be stable. Storms will come and go. Which is the tree that survives storms?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Kaun sa ped toofan ko<\/em> jhelta hai? (Translation: Which tree can withstand storms?) The one that\u2019s flexible. <strong>The tree, which is flexible, survives storms. You should be like a flexible tree &#8211; flexibility.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Acceptance, awareness, and flexibility &#8211; these are the fundamentals of the path of <em>Raja Yoga<\/em>.<\/strong> Nobody can shake you. Storms will come and go; you\u2019ll survive. You\u2019ll be stable. You have the right to be stable. You have the right to be you. That\u2019s why my core of teaching is \u2018Be you\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:28% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/mohanji.org\/blogs\/satsangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mohanji-16.jpg\" alt=\"mohanji-raja-yoga\" class=\"wp-image-28017 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><strong>Acceptance, awareness, and flexibility &#8211; these are the fundamentals of the path of <em>Raja Yoga<\/em>.<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<cite><strong>&#8211; Mohanji<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Vastavik bane rehna. Ye bahut shaktishaali bhaav hai.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: Be yourself. This is a very powerful emotion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018Be you; be yourself.\u2019 Don\u2019t try to be somebody else. That&#8217;s already taken; they\u2019re already somebody else. You can take good qualities from other people; that\u2019s all fine. I&#8217;m not talking about that. You know I&#8217;m not talking about ignoring others&#8217; goodness. Do accept others&#8217; goodness. Do accept everybody. Are you with me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Yeh samajh rahe hain na aap?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: Do you understand this?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Abhi<\/em> questions. <em>Yeh introduction tha.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: Questions now. This was an introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Guidance for self-acceptance<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong> (In Hindi) <em>Main Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh se belong karti hoon. Aaj tak jitna bhi maine practise kiya hai, usme highest hoon. Aisa kuch nahin hai ki mujhko highest ko attain karna hai. Toh jo aap bataa rahe hain, jo cheez highest ko attain karna hai, toh humse aur bada highest kya hai? Ek woh prashna raha. Doosra aap baarambaar bataa rahe the ki khud ko pehchaanna, khud ko accept kar lena. Accept toh karna chaahte hain sab log, par kaise? Uska kuch technique hona chaahiye.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: I belong to Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, where I\u2019m at the highest level in practice. It\u2019s not that I\u2019ve to attain the highest. My first question is: what\u2019s the highest one can go? What\u2019s highest beyond us? My second question is: You\u2019ve emphasised the importance of self-acceptance. We would all like to attain that, but how? There needs to be a technique for that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mohanji: <\/strong>What\u2019s higher than us? That\u2019s the first question. Am I right? What\u2019s higher than us? What\u2019s the most subtle?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s life? The combining or marrying of two things is what we call life. One is the gross (Hindi: <em>sthoola<\/em>); the physical body, mind (Hindi: <em>mann<\/em>), intellect, and ego all put together is the gross. Then we have the <em>sookshma<\/em>. What is <em>sookshma<\/em>? <em>Sookshma<\/em> is the energy which is activating the physical. When <em>sthoola<\/em> and <em>sookshma<\/em> combine, we call it life. When <em>sookshma<\/em> activates the <em>sthoola,<\/em> who is more powerful? <em>Sookshma<\/em>, right? When <em>sookshma <\/em>leaves the body, we call it death. <strong>When <em>sookshma<\/em> and <em>sthoola,<\/em> i.e. gross and subtle, join together, we call it life. When they separate, we call it death.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, in this context, what maintains your life is the <em>sookshma<\/em>. Are you with me?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi):<em> Clear na? Samajh rahe hain aap?<\/em> <em>Aur question hai to baad mein poochhna, agar ye maine explain nahi kiya toh<\/em>. <em>Hamaari zindagi mein kiska control hai? Hamare sookshma ka.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: Is it clear? Are you following this? If there are further questions, ask me later if I haven\u2019t explained this. What\u2019s that which controls your life? It\u2019s the <em>sookshma<\/em> or the subtle within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:37% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/mohanji.org\/blogs\/satsangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mohanji-22-2.jpg\" alt=\"mohanji-energy\" class=\"wp-image-28031 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><strong>Recognising the energy within is the only step human beings need to take. That\u2019s like a constant awareness that starts with self-acceptance when you stop having conflict with yourself.<\/strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<cite><strong>&#8211; Mohanji<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your whole life is controlled, stabilised or activated by the subtle. The same subtle activates the entire universe &#8211; all the planets and the galaxies.<\/strong> So, who&#8217;s the real boss? That\u2019s the real boss, and what\u2019s the shape and the form of the real boss? Brighter than (Sanskrit) <em>divya surya-sahasrasya<\/em>. Brighter than a million suns &#8211; pure brightness; intelligent brightness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s sustaining the entire universe and also sustaining our bodies. That\u2019s the highest awareness of human existence. Our only job is to move our awareness from the physical (which is body, mind, intellect, and ego) to the subtle (which is <em>sookshma<\/em>), the energy part. We can call it soul, or we can call it <em>shakti<\/em> or whatever you want to call it, but it\u2019s energy. Why I\u2019m saying \u2018energy\u2019 is because everybody can understand that, and then we realise the same energy goes through all the birds, animals and plants everywhere. That sustains the entire universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recognising the energy within is the only step human beings need to take. That\u2019s like a constant awareness that starts with self-acceptance when you stop having conflict with yourself.<\/strong> It&#8217;s not like learning something; it\u2019s being aware. There can be many techniques or activities you can learn, but to know what\u2019s running the show, what\u2019s needed is silence, observation, and <em>manana<\/em> (contemplation), and it automatically leads to <em>dhyana<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What\u2019s <em>dhyana<\/em>? You\u2019re melting your mind in the consciousness, in the energy. That\u2019s <em>dhyana<\/em>, a state where you are still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi):<em> Woh apne aap aa jaata hai; dhyaan kar nahi sakte.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: It happens by itself; it cannot be \u2018done\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It means that you can&#8217;t do meditation; meditation becomes you. You can \u2018be meditation\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How to be in acceptance? In our education system, and right from childhood, people compare us with other people. Even in the family, everybody says, \u201cAh, you aren\u2019t like the other, or you should compete with the other.\u201d In schools, they say you should score more than the others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We\u2019re always tuned or programmed to compete. That\u2019s the first and fundamental thing we should stop. When you stop comparing, you automatically start accepting yourself.<\/strong> If you want to become somebody else, you can never accept. If you imitate, you cannot accept. If you\u2019re completely content the way you are then\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi):<em> Theek hai, sab log apna apna kaam kar rahe hain. Main bhi apna kaam kar raha hoon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: Okay, everyone\u2019s doing their work, and so am I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:39% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mohanji.org\/blogs\/satsangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mohanji-39-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"mohanji-comparison\" class=\"wp-image-28036 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><strong>We\u2019re always tuned or programmed to compete. That\u2019s the first and fundamental thing we should stop. When you stop comparing, you automatically start accepting yourself.<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<cite><strong>&#8211; Mohanji<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Do that with acceptance or with no comparison, competition, or imitation. First, you detach yourself from imitation and competition. That\u2019s like a constant awareness: \u2018I\u2019m not somebody else, nor do I have to be somebody.\u2019 As I said earlier, if you want to attain some goal or something that\u2019s different, that\u2019s creating a purpose. Sometimes you want to achieve something in life. Everybody has a different level of achievement. After a while, even that interest will go \u2013 to achieve something.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You won&#8217;t want to achieve anything because this comes automatically. As your frequency shifts, you automatically start achieving, and when you keep your mind in front and in analysis (analysing, comparing, and competing), then you\u2019re in conflict all the time; you\u2019re never satisfied. Fundamentally, we can understand that we\u2019ve stopped comparing when we start accepting and also start having more satisfaction with life. You know, peace and satisfaction are signs that we\u2019ve started accepting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To start with, change your programming. The programming is to compare with, compete with, and imitate other people. That\u2019s what society pushes you: \u2018Please do it.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Comment from another person in audience: (In Hindi):<em> Jab aap apne aap ko maan lete ho ki main har ek jeev mein hoon, ishwariya tattva hoon, usee mein hi aap rehte ho, aap aware ho jaate ho, toh doosri awareness toh God ho jayenge na sab log, mann ka hi toh khel hoga.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: When you believe that you aren\u2019t different from other beings and are essentially the <em>Ishwara tattva<\/em> or principle, then the rest is a play of the mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mohanji:<\/strong> (In Hindi):<em> Dekhiye, woh vishwas hai. Kisi ne bola hai. Zindagi mein 2-3 tareeke ki understanding hoti hai.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Pehle ko kehte hain Shrutabuddhi &#8211; hamaara intellect. Doosre logon se, ya education system se, ya parents se, ya religion se hum bahut kuch information collect karte hain. Hum iske saath toh paida nahi hue the. Hamaari buddhi 80% aisi Shrutabuddhi hai &#8211; matlab doosron se jo mila hai.<\/em> <em>Is information ko hamne abhi tak experience nahi kiya hai. Agar experience kiya hai toh kya hoga? Mann dissolve ho jayega; mann hoga bhi nahi.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Doosre ko kehte hain Yuktabuddhi. Yukti &#8211; logic. Jaise aag mein haath daala toh haath jal jayega.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: See, that\u2019s belief in what someone said. There are two or three types of understanding in life. The first one is called <strong><em>Shrutabuddhi<\/em><\/strong> or intellect, which works on information collected from sources such as other people, the education system, parents, religion, etc. We weren\u2019t born with such information. About 80% of our intellect consists of <em>Shrutabuddhi<\/em> &#8211; that which is sourced from outside of us. We haven\u2019t experienced this information. What happens if we experience it? The mind will dissolve and remain no more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other is <strong><em>Yuktabuddhi<\/em><\/strong>, which comes from logical inference &#8211; like we know that if we put our hand in the fire, it\u2019ll get burned. Your hand will burn if you put it in the fire. How did we know? We can understand through experience, not just directly but even indirectly; we understand through the logical mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(In Hindi): <em>Yeh dono hamaare saath hain hamesha. Zyaadaatar hum Shrutabuddhi use karte hain.Yuktabuddhi kam use karte hain.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Translation: We always have these two types of <em>buddhi<\/em>. We mostly use <em>Shrutabuddhi<\/em>; we use less of <em>Yuktabuddhi<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It means <strong>we&#8217;re using more knowledge we&#8217;ve collected from society, religion, teachers, and parents &#8211; from everywhere<\/strong>. That&#8217;s what we consider as &#8216;ourselves&#8217;; that&#8217;s belief. Understand the difference here. Belief means: \u201cI believe so because my teacher, Guru, my religion, my parents, or politicians said so.\u201d We\u2019ve collected this, and we believe it. <em>Yuktabuddhi<\/em> is that logically, we start analysing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:41% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"603\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/mohanji.org\/blogs\/satsangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mohanji-34.jpg\" alt=\"mohanji-knowledge\" class=\"wp-image-28048 size-full\"\/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>We always have these two types of <em>buddhi<\/em>. 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