Be a witness Swami Sukhabodhananda

Be a witness

Swami Sukhabodhananda

Firstly, learn to be calm. Value calmness. Do not assume that being worried is natural and get trapped in that myth. Secondly, the moment you are a witnessing consciousness, unnecessary thoughts will reduce. Learn not to language an experience but be without words. Use words only when needed, otherwise be devoid of them. Thirdly, you will find your thoughts will further reduce. Learn not to identify with your inner self-talk. When thoughts come do not identify or participate in them. Do not say I like this or dislike that, as this is a form of identification. You will slowly slip into a witnessing consciousness and thus a new ‘presence’ opens up within you. Whenever you are free, for example, while in flight, observe your breath. The breath is in the present, and thus by observing your breath you will also be in the present. If you are driving, do not observe your breath, but be alive to the present. Be open to it without verbalising it. Practise the art of being in the present and see the miracle happening in your consciousness. More than prayer, it is prayerfulness that helps achieve enlightenment. Just be prepared and available for the divine. You cannot go after the Lord, for you do not know his address. Nevertheless, the Lord knows your address. You should be worthy for His grace to descend. Then you will find yourself enlightened. There is no other reason for unhappiness except ignorance. If unhappiness exists, we keep it alive; we identify ourselves with it. We say, it will take time for the unhappiness to vanish, but because we give time, we keep unhappiness alive. Learn to surrender unhappiness and believe that the impossible will happen. If it does not, then there is a cosmic purpose. Allow it to be. If you can surrender your ego that life should happen the way you define, then a spiritual energy will descend. Ego brings with it an ordinary energy, whereas surrender brings a spiritual or a divine energy. Swami Sukhabodhananda is nicknamed the Corporate Guru and is founder chairman of Prasanna Trust. www.prasannatrust.org