Dependence and rubber duckies

(Very much an informal blog post. Much background knowledge and troubles are assumed.)

Depending or clinging mentally to anyone other than one's inner Master in one's heart is like a drowning person trying to stay afloat using a rubber ducky in a stormy ocean. Both you and the ducky will go down. But the ducky may still come up after you drown! So it can float and survive alone in stormy seas, but it is not made to help others through emotional or physical turbulence.

(A preceptor should ideally help abhyasis to help themselves emotionally by being a good listener. Let them talk it out, calm down, and think for themselves. Paraphrasing may be helpful. Still, sittings are much more effective than conversations because deeper level stuff blocking effective use of one's intellect and will is removed. And only one's own understanding, motivation, and decisiveness are truly helpful.)

Clinginess to others is from tamas overriding sattva.

Sittings, again, and meditations help increase sattva. Even a few seconds of meditation can change the proportion of sattva-rajas-tamas.

Watch your own behaviour and then intervene spiritually in your life through cleaning, meditation, and prayer. Still try for ahimsa at thought-talk-act levels.

Prayer is best done before an event.
After, cleaning and meditation.
During, remembrance.

You have tremendous energies. Direct all of them towards the inner Master by being dependent mentally only on him and simultaneously being independent of all others. Accept from them and give to them, yes, but don't depend on them emotionally or spiritually.

Reserve dependence only for the inner Master. He is the only rubber ducky that can grow or shrink as needed for you to stay afloat through the wildest storms!

Understanding Sahaj Marg/The Heartfulness Way practices

(Disclaimer: This is my personal understanding and so not to be taken as official Sahaj Marg/The Heartfulness Way explanations.

The terms may be understandable only to abhyasis and the ideas probably appreciated only by regular practitioners and/or trainers.

The general direction of each element is one way - to or from the inside.)

Two elements

Morning meditation - sitting from the inner Master

Evening cleaning - sitting from myself, supported by the inner Master

Two elements with a different perspective

Morning meditation - listening to the inner Master

Night introspection+prayer+meditation - communicating to/with the inner Master

Other elements

Individual sitting - sitting from the inner Master and mind-field of another abhyasi - the trainer, enhanced and supported by one's inner Master.

Universal Prayer and other sankalpas - undergirded by the inner Master, building and enhancing a positive attitude and supportive mind-field for humanity, and individuals and groups of humans. Initially. Then extending to all life.

Constant remembrance - real-time, as-needed, sittings and communication with the inner Master. To paraphrase Babuji - everything can be completed by constant remembrance; all the time it is charging. [1]

Group meditation - individual sittings for everyone in the group, plus work on interrelationships, plus work on group as a whole. This extends across all groups sitting at the same time in different locations.

Bhandara or celebration - group meditation with Grace. Grace can descend at any time, but it is certain and especially palpable during a bhandara, to which abhyasis across the world come. Perhaps the certainty is because they will change the mind-field of their own areas when they return.

NOTES

A sitting has only two activities - cleaning of the mind-field and transmission to it. Both activities are guided by prayer, and infused with universal, positive, sankalpas. For optimal effects, trainers should be in a state of positivity, gentleness, and humility. And realise the fragility and delicateness of the mind-field upon which the work is happening.

Transmission is always the same, the subtlest possible forceless-force. But when it goes through a mind-field, that absolutely pure, universal , attributeless love may get coloured and so become grosser. Hence the injunction that trainers should clean their mind-fields before giving sittings.

[1] Babuji in Shahjahanpur - Audio CD-1-02 Point of Intercommunication

03:30: I'm telling you, everything can be completed by Constant Remembrance.

Even meditation is not so useful as the Constant Remembrance, but we must do it. It has some specific purpose also. Meditation has some specific purpose also.

But you see, this Constant Remembrance is very useful.

Now I'm telling you: all the time charging. You are thinking of God and charging is there.