…You have three aspects. You have the lower self, the gross or physical self; you have the central self, which is known as the existing self; and you have the higher self, which is a powerful, sophisticated and delicate self. So you can work on any level and you can go up and down, but you have to train yourself through your own experience. You can get knowledge from A, B, and C. It doesn’t matter. If you can get wisdom from anybody, it is always a beautiful bounty. It is a special treat if you find some person who can stand by you and let you get through that experience. You are a God-conscious individual because you have the power of mental infinity.
I am talking into two languages now. In one word I am saying it scientifically, in the other I am relating in a mystic language. This way you can understand both. When you say, “I am a God-conscious person,” it only means that you realize your mental capacity and ability. There is nothing more than that because everything you have is your mind. If somebody is beautiful or ugly to you, it is your mental evaluation. Somebody seems rich to you even though he doesn’t give you a penny. He is rich to you because of your mental appraisal. You may imagine somebody is poor, even though the guy may have a million dollars sitting right under his seat. You call him poor because of your own mind. Actually, everything is your mental outlook. The problem with your mind is that as you think, so you are. How can man develop his mental faculty to perceive everything correctly? I would like to train you that way so that you may have a happy life around you.
The third factor as a human being is the soul, the spirit. As no lamp can burn without methylated spirit in it, no life can exist without a relationship of spirit in it. Spirit has many meanings, tones and facets. If there is a central thread in it, all it is, is the general flow of the cosmic energy. In Catholicism we call it God; in yoga we call it cosmic energy. The meanings are exactly the same.
You have to understand your physical relationship with that infinite energy and how you can tune in for your own purposes, so that you can have a healthy, happy, holy, wholesome life, a fulfilled life, a beautiful life in which you can perceive in yourself the contentment of existence. You should be so contented that if you had to quit this planet you would just say, “Thank you.” You have got to give thanks. And if the bad times are coming, just say, “Wonderful.” Good days are coming say, “Fine.”
After all, what is life? It is a wave. The light must follow the night as night must follow the day. Sunshine must follow the clouds, clouds must follow the sunshine. But you feel you are really something special. You want sunshine all the time. If man is in the sun all the time the nose gets burned and the eyes can’t see. No one can live in this world with sunshine all the time. Is there anyone willing to do that? No. This up and down is the beauty. Having happiness all the time is a very boring thing. You can’t live that way. You have to have a little pull sometimes and just feel where you are and where you should be.
That’s why we call this life a vibration. What is a vibration, actually? Vibration is that which vibrates. And what is it? A path of vibration. Up and down! A wave. As a wave moves, so life moves. What do we want out of it? What do we desire? We desire a mind which is neutral, which understands the wave. You all know about surfing? When there are heavy tides people go surfing. They enjoy it. Other people go crazy. A mind which is developed, artistic, and self-controlled rides on those waves in life and enjoys it.
Read the entire lecture on Sikhnet here. © Teachings of Yogi Bhajan.
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