NUMERICAL REPRESENTATIONS Numbers too represent Bhagawan's Teachings :
0 Zero represents the world and the integer one stands for God; without "One" the "Zero" has no Value. That is, without "GOD" the real I, the world "0" is meaningless. 1 The one and only reality is God. There is only one religion, the religion of love. One caste - The cast of humanity. One language - The language of the heart, and there is only one God - He is omnipresent. 2 There are two things you must always remember. The existence of God, and the inevitability of death. There are two things one should forget: whatever help you have done to others, and whatever harm others have done to you. There are two duties to be done by man, the one along the Dharma Marga for this world and the other one along the Brahma Marga for his liberation. 3 You are not one person but three, namely, the one you think you are, the one others think you are and the one you really are. If we are able to guide our life bearing these three aspects in mind, then it will be possible to get the Atmathatwa into our lives. There are three things one should keep in mind always and do. They are - (1) I will not think of anything else except God. (2) I will not do anything else without the permission of God. (3) I will have may attention completely fixed on God. 4 There are four purusharthas or goals of life, "Dharma, Artha, Kama and Moksha". Earn Artha (Money or wealth) through Dharma and for Dharma; develop Kama (desire) for Moksha. We have to pay off four kinds of debts in this world, namely debt to your parents, debt to the sages, debt to nature and debt to God. Only four days deserve the honour of being holy; 1. the day on which Bakthas gather to sing the glory of God; 2. the day when the hungry are fed; 3. the day when we meet a great sage and 4. the day on which Viveka dawns on us. 5 Five sheaths encase the Atma and hide its splendour from revealing itself. Make all these pure and shining. (1) The Annamaya Kosa must be purified by good clean pure food; (2) The Prana Maya Kosa by calm steady breathing and an equanimous temper; (3) The Mano Maya Kosa by holy thoughts and emotions untouched by attachment to senses or unaffected by joy or grief; (4) Vijnana Maya Kosa must be purified by contemplation of the Reality; and (5) The Ananda Maya Kosa by getting immersed in the ecstasy of God realisation; 6 There are six bad qualities which will degrade human being to the level of animal. They are (1) Kama (Lust), (2) Krodha (anger), (3) Lobha (greed), (4) Moha (attachment), (5) Mada (arrogance), (6) Matsarya (jealously). Swami has six chief Divine characteristics. They are : (1) Aiswarya, (2) Keerthi, (3)Jnana, (4) Vairagya, (5) Srishti, Sthithi and (6) Laya. Whoever has these qualities you can consider as being Divine. Splendour, Prosperity, Wisdom, non-attachment, the powers of creation, preservation and destruction - these are the unfailing characteristics of avatharas of the Mahasakthi which persists fully when it has apparently modified itself with Maya Sakthi. Whenever these are found, you can identify God head. 7 There are seven things that have to be fostered for the welfare of the world. They are: (1) The Cow, (2) the Brahmam-ward aspirant or the Brahmin, (3) The Vedas, (4) Chastity, (5) Truth, (6) Non-attachment and (7) Dharma. When all these decline, God comes as Avatar to restore them to their pristine purity and strength. 8 There are eight stages in spiritual discipline until one attains fulfilment. These are called "Ashtanga Yoga". 9 There are nine forms of Bakthi. They are (l) Sravanam,(2) Keerthanam, (3) Smaranam, (4) Vandanam, (5) Pada Sevanam, (6) Archanam, (7) Dasyam, (8) Sakhyam (9) Atmanivedanam. In all these forms Prema of Divine Love is the essential component. It is this Prema that thrills and fills the mind with joy and hope. 10 Ten Indriyas (Five Jnana Indriyas and five karma Indriyas) should be controlled. The one who has mastery over his Indriyas is really Dasaratha. Clasp the ten Indriyas together and merge the Jivathma with the Paramathma. That is the meaning of putting both palms together as Namasthe. Om Sai Ram
