The Record of Shankaracharya Audiences – Index C

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Word	Year	Page	Description
Caskets	1964	162   D	True Knowledge can be given only with discrimination and has to be preserved in three caskets. Don't give gold casket knowledge to others indiscriminately.
Caskets	1979	906   D	Three 'caskets' of knowledge are like coverings hiding the Self - Mala, Vikshepa, Avarana. Golden covering (Avarana) can be removed only by teacher.
Castes	1962	55   D	Four castes of Manu is not only for man; it is for everything living.
Castes	1962	77   D	Meaning of 'twice born' in caste system.
Castes	1965	245   D	Caste system part of a special tradition related to specific time and place.
Causal body	1964	125   D	Every man is different in coarse and subtle forms; it is only in the causal form everyone is equal. In Atman everyone is the same.
Causal body	1964	134   D	Right-hand side of body is influenced by sun, left-hand side by moon.
Causal body	1968	349-350   D	Causal body causes subtle body and subtle body causes coarse body. H.H. explains how ideas form an intermediary between them.
Causal body	1969	377   D	Causal body lives in Antahkaran.
Causal body	1970	389   D	Three bodies in relation to disease. Ailments of causal body must be treated according to own level. See story of Millionaire patient, and sweets on page 389   D.
Causal body	1970	392   D	Known as Antahkaran. Simile of inner organ with four gears.
Causal body	1970	455   D	Chetan Shakti and Antahkaran makes causal body, but this is also illusion.
Causal body	1971	498   D	Causal body ever present - called 'body of non-knowing'. Experienced in deep sleep and in meditation when light of consciousness falls on it. Example of two types of house.
Causal body	1972	545   D	Physical, subtle and causal - three states in which we live. Difference between matter and consciousness is that of cause and effect.
Causal body	1976	771-772   D	Causal body is the house where Jiva-Atman lives and gets rest. It has to be enlightened by power of Chit.
Causal body	1976	772   D	Misunderstanding of causal part of triad of causal, subtle and physical. Explanation of 'root cause'. 'Causal' as used in 'causal body' is different from ultimate cause.
Causal body	1976	781   D	Causal body is also called Agyanamaya body - the body of ignorance. Samskars live in the causal body.
Causal body	1977	807   D	Chitta, Buddhi, Manas and Ahankar are part of causal body.
Causal body	1978	847-848   D	There is pure causal body which does not take birth, and impure which is born as a result of deeds done in ignorance.
Causal body	1978	848   D	Impure causal body responsible for illusion, which is ignorance, and that is responsible for birth and death.
Causal body	1979	911-912   D	Experience of causal body is either in deep sleep or meditation. Four states - physical, subtle, causal, Param-Atman.
Causal level	1964	110   D	Communication at the causal level is only through the heart.
Causal level	1964	130-131   D	Five states of consciousness: ordinary life, dreaming, sleeping, unconsciousness and Samadhi.
Causal level	1968	352   D	Each level depends for essential force on higher level.
Causal level	1968	368   D	Music works on causal level - different kinds of music.
Causal level	1968	371   D	On causal level there is no difference between H.H. and R.
Causal level	1970	396   D	Mirror of Atman - reflection pure on causal level but can be coloured by impurities at subtle level.
Causal level	1970	454-455   D	Causal, subtle and physical are all illusion.
Causal level	1973	623   D	Rest at causal level occurs when desires, thinking, feeling and emotions are stilled.
Causal level	1977	794   D	Causal peace reached only through meditation.
Causal level	1977	800   D	Q. re reaching deep peace of causal level.
Causal level	1977	802   D	If people come together in their natural state of body, mind and emotions, without ego creating artificial bodies or forms, then Self meets Self and this is on the causal level.
Causal world	1970	418-419   D	Experiences in physical world related to what was collected by Samskar in previous life.
Causal world	1976	772   D	Misunderstanding of causal part of triad of causal, subtle and physical. Explanation of 'root cause'. 'Causal' as used in 'causal body' is different from ultimate cause.
Cause	1967	298   D	Atman is ultimate cause, which is the cause that is itself causeless.
Cause	1970	426   D	There is no cause of the cause. See story of The king and the prize of 100 cows on page 426   D.
Cause	1970	435   D	In assessing truth, examine cause and look for the ultimate cause.
Cause	1979	868   D	Cause is the 'Word': world, its creation, is the effect. Brahma is the original cause from which the Word (Shabda) emanates.
Cause	1988	1024   D	Knowledge of causes on a universal scale leads to universal actions.
Cause and effect	1962	65-66   D	Law of cause and effect in Western system - H.H. describes the equivalent concept in his system.
Cause and effect	1967	298   D	If one starts with the phenomenal world and follows the chain of cause and effect, one finds that Atman is the base and cause of everything.
Cause and effect	1967	307   D	All manifested form has originated from one single cause. Scientists run after effect, we seek cause.
Cause and effect	1967	318   D	Establishment of relationship between Teacher and disciple is due to cause and effect.
Cause and effect	1968	338   D	Creation and manifestation, birth and death are shown as examples of cause and effect.
Cause and effect	1968	365-367   D	Chance and cause and effect. In worldly games, both the losers and the winners lose. See story of Mother's blessing for victory only over enemies within on page 366   D.
Cause and effect	1968	367   D	What the ignorant see as chance, the man of knowledge sees as the Law of Cause and Effect. See story of Four horse carriage (1) on pages 366-367   D.
Cause and effect	1970	402   D	Cause always bigger than effect.
Cause and effect	1970	419   D	Cause and effect operating across the three worlds.
Cause and effect	1972	560   D	Param-Atman has manifested this creation through the three Gunas and the process works automatically through cause and effect.
Cause and effect	1972	584   D	D.S. Past and future is already printed on the cosmic reel. The cause and effect are in the realm of Maya.
Cause and effect	1972	593   D	D.S. Cause and effect depends on time, and time is a function of ignorance. Pure consciousness, the white screen, is present always.
Cause and effect	1979	914   D	If you do conscious work there will be good results. Even if Samskar prevents good result immediately, it will bear fruit later.
Cave			See: Himalayan cave
Centres	1965	222   D	Emotional and intellectual centres - needs of both types. See story of Two artists (1) on page 222   D.
Centres			See also: Emotional Centre
Centres			See also: Intellectual Centre
Ceremony	1962	30   D	Ceremony of initiation is symbolic of reverence.
Ceremony			See also: Initiation
Chakras	1972	588   D	D.S. gives a description of each of the Chakras.
Chakras	1979	923   D	H.H. answers re bliss and brain, and relation to Antahkaran. Prajnachakshu - eye of wisdom: place on forehead between eyebrows.
Chakras	1988	1020   D	H.H. describes the rise of consciousness through the Chakras during meditation.
Chakras	1991	1063   D	Explanation of the systematic penetration of the power of consciousness (Kundalini) through Chakras in Yoga.
Chakras	1991	1064   D	Ajna Chakra is the abode of light where the vital energies Ida, Pingala and Sushumna come together. Sahasrara is the seat of unity where meditator, meditation and mantra become one.
Chakra­vartin	1968	359   D	A Chakravartin is one who has full control over the four states of consciousness and who does not need anything whatsoever. See story of Chakravartin on page 359   D.
Chance	1968	365-367   D	Idea of Law of Chance due to ignorance - everything governed by Law of Cause and Effect. See story of Mother's blessing for victory only over enemies within on page 366   D.
Changeless	1964	138   D	The objects of the senses change all the time: the Self is eternal, unchanging, blissful, conscious and peaceful.
Changeless	1965	234-235   D	The man on the way of knowledge looks for that which never changes.
Changeless	1967	325   D	Atman is not subject to change. One who understands this becomes very light and enjoys the drama.
Changeless	1968	349   D	Atman which is pure existence does not change, grow or decay, but remains the same all the time.
Changeless	1968	362   D	It is only the Absolute which is changeless and eternal as Truth; everything else is changing and therefore temporal.
Changeless	1969	379-380   D	Pure Ahankar says 'I am Atman and quite separate from the ordinary world. Whatever I see, is unconnected with me, is changeable and temporary. I am eternal, unchanging.'
Changeless	1969	383   D	To escape from the world of duality, we need to reach into the calm regions of the Atman, where alone the laws of sameness, oneness and changelessness hold good.
Changeless	1970	385   D	True knowledge enables us to see the changelessness in a changing world.
Changeless	1970	435   D	That which never changes is the Truth, the Absolute out of which the whole creation has emerged.
Changeless	1970	446   D	Anand is the natural state of Atman, and as such is unchanging. Only our view of it changes.
Changeless	1970	471   D	The states of conciousness - sleep, dream, waking, Samadhi all change, but the observer who sees them as a passing show always remains the same.
Changeless	1972	535   D	One who sees changelessness in all change, sees correctly.
Changeless	1982	994   D	If you get to know the changeless consciousness which expresses itself through all manifest forms, you will enjoy the world without feeling any lack in yourself.
Changeless	1991	1056   D	Universal Buddhi does not change. It remains as it is and is available to anyone who can reach it.
Chanting	1964	172   D	Before meditation, HH quotes from Vedas. Translation.
Chanting	1970	463   D	Chanting is like an appetizer we take before a meal. It is not the meal itself. Don't focus on finding more appetizers for people - give them help to proceed with meditation.
Checking	1964	191   D	When checking meditation of others, observe movements of eyes and body.
Chetan Shakti	1969	374-375   D	Chitta is the name for Chetan Shakti in individual man. See Q. on page 373   D.
Chetan Shakti	1970	394   D	Emanates from Atman and is the force of Atman. Available to all four parts of subtle body.
Chetan Shakti	1970	395   D	By itself, pure like light.
Chetan Shakti	1970	396   D	Relationship to causal body - example of illusions created by one's image in mirror.
Chetan Shakti	1970	397   D	How to recognise light of Atman in oneself - example of fire and ball of iron. Chetan Shakti takes part of qualities of Antahkaran.
Chetan Shakti	1970	419-420   D	Explanation of Chetan Shakti as Maya.
Chetan Shakti	1970	455   D	Chetan Shakti and Antahkaran makes causal body, but this is also illusion.
Chetan Shakti	1978	847   D	In complete stillness Chetan Shakti looks after body - not Prana, because in Samadhi, even breathing stops.
Chetan Shakti	1978	847   D	Gives power through Antahkaran to Chitta, Buddhi, Manas and Ahankar.
Chetan Shakti	1979	948   D	Through repetition of mantra, the power of Chetan Shakti tends to go up the spine.
Chetan Shakti	1980	956-957   D	Description of machine with belt and pulley to describe function of Manas, Chitta and Chetan Shakti.
Chief Feature	1964	121   D	See story of Valmiki the robber (1) on page 121   D.
Chief Feature	1965	278-279   D	R. asks about chief obstacle or feature.
Chief Feature	1989	1052-1053   D	RG asks about Chief Feature. There is no obstacle that cannot be removed by reason and wisdom. Obstacles are nothing more than a wrong measure of goodness.
Child	1975	719-720   D	Creation is like the child's game of hide and seek.
Child	1975	721   D	Need to keep feeling of a child in presence of beloved - child is not cluttered with past or future.
Child	1980	975   D	Wise man behaves like a child. Actions are not childish but he is alive to the present moment. He doesn't hang on to actions.
Children	1964	128   D	Children can be initiated at age of five. Child's mind has very little dirt, even less cloud and little tension. a wonderful time to give this training.
Children	1972	586   D	D.S. When teaching children, stick to your religion but help them see that everything is Christ. Example is better than precept.
Children	1972	586   D	D.S. Don't say 'my son' - he is not your son, he is just loaned to you. With this attitude you are placing God within him and he will attract Divine qualities.
Children	1976	770   D	Gita and Upanishads as an aid to educating children.
Chit	1967	298   D	Chit is like seed form in which all names and forms have their existence. Manas, Buddhi, Chitta and Ahankar are manifestations of Chit.
Chit	1967	299   D	Manas, Buddhi, Chitta, Ahankar and Chit.
Chit	1969	380   D	Explanation of Chitta and Chit. Relation to consciousness. See letter on pages 378-379   D.
Chit	1970	446   D	Sat-Chit-Anand is the natural state of Atman. None of these three change, develop or improve.
Chit	1976	750   D	Universal, unpolluted power that descends from Samashti, becomes Chitta in the individual.
Chit	1976	752   D	Source of power for Chitta which energises it and enables it to function.
Chit	1976	771-772   D	Causal, subtle and physical bodies have to be enlightened by power of Chit. Example of light in king's kingdom, audience chamber and residence.
Chit	1976	778   D	Paper from H.H. Explanation of Chit - the supreme power.
Chit	1978	849   D	Chit means 'it is alive'. Chit is knowledge, Jnana.
Chit	1993	1084   D	Chit is consciousness - clearer or less clear according to the condition of the Antahkaran.
Chitta	1964	155   D	Lessening desires will still the Chitta (Consciousness) and make way for deeper stillness.
Chitta	1964	170   D	Chitta (Memory) is the store where continuity is maintained in order to fulfil the desire. It always keeps reminding one of the line of action.
Chitta	1964	171   D	Storage facility for thoughts, resolves, centred in heart.
Chitta	1965	226   D	The part of the Antahkaran which keeps alive all knowledge and is the springboard for all inner activity.
Chitta	1965	228   D	Stillness of Chitta is essential for Self-realisation.
Chitta	1965	232-233   D	R.'s link with four rooms and enneagram.
Chitta	1965	247   D	A filing system. Also see other version on page 248   D.
Chitta	1965	248   D	Store of all knowledge - can be wrongly filed. Also see other version on page 247   D.
Chitta	1965	262   D	Cosmic and individual Chitta. Soul and consciousness. See story of Lakshman's dive (1) on page 64   D.
Chitta	1965	262   D	Lakshman saw the impurity and speed of Chitta in his dip. Soul and consciousness were still and pure - he just had curiosity. See story of Lakshman's dive (1) on page 64   D.
Chitta	1965	264   D	Activity of Chitta arises in heart.
Chitta	1969	374-375   D	Chitta can reflect an image of Atman like a mirror. But the image does not really exist. There can be no image without Atman. See Q. on page 373   D.
Chitta	1969	380   D	Explanation of Chitta and Chit. Relation to consciousness. See letter on pages 378-379   D.
Chitta	1970	393   D	Holds store of individual consciousness.
Chitta	1970	396   D	Centred in heart. See story of Millionaire patient, and sweets on page 389   D.
Chitta	1970	404   D	Bhawana springs from Chitta and Manas. Desire first glimpsed by Manas, then Chitta (memory) provides knowledge - sometimes abundant, sometimes scanty.
Chitta	1970	405   D	Increase of Sattva possible only when Chitta, Manas and Buddhi come together and there is no division between them.
Chitta	1970	470   D	Use of force to make Chitta stay in a particular state does not succeed.
Chitta	1971	492   D	Holds all knowledge of individual - cherishes certain thoughts. If impure, cherishes distorted ideas.
Chitta	1971	513   D	Store-place for knowledge - good or bad.
Chitta	1972	566   D	D.S. Chitta sings the old songs - all our past experiences are recorded there.
Chitta	1973	603   D	Observance of disciplines only necessary until the melting and purification of Chitta is complete.
Chitta	1973	607   D	Liberation is freeing Chitta from the duality of good and evil.
Chitta	1973	611   D	If we are lucky enough to find holy company in this materialistic world and Chitta becomes absorbed in it, reaching Param-Atman is not difficult.
Chitta	1973	612   D	Meditation, Samadhi etc. are all states of Chitta. They are not states of Atman.
Chitta	1973	614   D	Inertness of Chitta stands in way of realising Param-Atman - love removes.
Chitta	1974	630   D	Chitta can give one 'Bhawana', a state of pure emotion, one aspect of which is faith.
Chitta	1974	633   D	Vision requires all the human faculties - body, sense, Manas, Buddhi and Chitta.
Chitta	1974	637   D	Three stages in this work - second is Manana when essence of all the thinking of what we have heard comes into Chitta.
Chitta	1976	749   D	Part of function of Antahkaran - can only think what Buddhi tells it. Works with power of knowledge from Atman.
Chitta	1976	752   D	Explanation of Chit and Chitta.
Chitta	1976	760   D	Originates in heart.
Chitta	1976	778   D	Paper from H.H. on the parts of the Antahkaran. Explanation of Chitta - that which thinks over what Manas presents.
Chitta	1977	796   D	Keep door of Chitta open to the Absolute for universal grace.
Chitta	1977	806   D	If you remember Absolute at start and end of actions, your door of Chitta will be open during a busy day. Do not conceal anything.
Chitta	1977	807   D	If open to the Absolute, promptings come from the Atman and Buddhi works in accordance with reason.
Chitta	1977	808   D	Those who have pure hearts have pure Chitta. If Chitta is open and in the present moment one will not see impurity in anything. See story of H.H. and the erotic sculptures on page 808   D.
Chitta	1978	823   D	Ahankar and Buddhi make decisions, Manas and Chitta do the thinking.
Chitta	1978	832-833   D	It is Chitta which repeats the mantra and gets rhythm going.
Chitta	1978	842-843   D	Chitta is the function within which the solution to a problem is known. It's like a camera which has taken a photograph.
Chitta	1978	846   D	Chitta is affected by Mal and Vikshepa.
Chitta	1979	899   D	Relates directly with Chaitanya which is consciousness. Chaitanya is in the region of the solar plexus and not related to the brain.
Chitta	1979	915   D	If it agrees with Buddhi, it is inspiration rather than imagination.
Chitta	1980	956-957   D	Description of machine with belt and pulley to describe function of Manas, Chitta and Chetan Shakti.
Chitta	1993	1085   D	Attitude and memory stored in Chitta. Pure Chitta preserves truth in memory and provides a positive and useful attitude.
Chitta			See also: Antahkaran
Choice	1972	580   D	D.S. God is our own house. Our own Self is pure consciousness. You do not require a licence to go back to your own house.
Choice			See also: Freedom
Christ	1962	41-42   D	Cursing the barren fig tree. Curse by Realised Man is only given to correct wrong.
Christ	1970	397   D	R. asks re 'Advocate with the Father'. H.H. explains that role of Christ is in India given to the teacher.
Christ	1978	855   D	Christ and star in East - signs of an incarnation.
Christianity	1964	137   D	Difference of interpretation on a large scale results in the creation of different religions. One has to look into all of them and find the common thread.
Christianity	1964	137   D	Main theme of Christianity in life is suffering.
Cinema screen	1965	240   D	Drama of life. See story of Man at cinema on page 240   D.
Cinema screen	1972	572   D	D.S. In reality the reel of film has already been made and you are simply the witness at the cinema. See the reel peacefully or leave the cinema! See H.H. comment on page 600   D.
Cinema screen	1972	600   D	Film on cosmic screen - don't try to change it - go to film of your choice! See D.S. statement on page 591   D.
Cinema screen			See also: Screen
Circles	1962	62   D	Inner circle, the circle of understanding. Outer circle of common people.
Cleansing	1971	501   D	Realisation will not come till cleansing of Antahkaran is complete.
Cleansing	1971	506   D	Cleansing, purification and energy creation take place in unified state of Meditation.
Cleansing	1971	514   D	If clean internally and externally people will want to learn cleanliness from you. See also page 517   D.
Cleansing	1971	515   D	Bhakti can cleanse, purify and present you before Param-Atman at your best. See also page 517   D. See story of Mira and poison on page 515   D.
Cleansing	1972	599   D	You cannot offer unclean or ugly things as worship. See D.S. statement on page 575   D.
Cloud	1964	126   D	Sheath or cloud is one of three hindrances to meditation.
Cloud	1964	168   D	Cloud or sheath obscures connection of Atman within and without. Meditation dissolves cloud.
Cloud	1964	171   D	Fifth step of ladder - attachments drop away and clouds vanish - insight comes.
Cloud	1964	177-178   D	Impurities in Buddhi have two causes: one is the filth or cloud or mist and the other is its own mobility. True Knowledge removes the filth or cloud and meditation stills it.
Cloud	1964	188   D	Realised Man is trying to remove the cloud of ignorance. The Self is itself real.
Cloud	1964	189   D	Knowledge and devotion both needed to break cloud of ignorance - can't just leave it to the Absolute.
Cloud	1964	197   D	The natural state of the Self is Sattvic. We try to undo the cloud and the impurities which surround it and which make it look multifarious and Rajasic.
Cloud	1964	198   D	Ignorance is the cause of the cloud surrounding Buddhi.
Cloud	1964	201-202   D	The barrier between you and the realisation of Self are the things which we have termed as 'cloud'. Both the System and the knowledge are aimed only at breaking those clouds.
Cloud	1970	402   D	Dissolution of cloud - to reveal Atman.
Cloud	1972	570   D	D.S. In the last stage of meditation there is just pure consciousness which has been there all the time like the sun - you have just removed the clouds.
Code	1961	6   D	Proper code of life: do as you would be done by.
Coexist­ence	1991	1059   D	Concept of co-existence, providing space for everyone, is needed to resolve divisions in Study Society.
Common Man	1970	397   D	Teacher takes common man towards Absolute and brings glory of Absolute into society.
Common Man	1975	725   D	When one speaks to the common man, the knowledge has to be very simple.
Commun­ication	1962	41   D	Disciple receiving messages through cosmic consciousness like radio waves.
Commun­ication	1962	60   D	Disciple's relationship with Realised Man - comparison with good and bad radios.
Commun­ication	1964	99   D	Communication with Realised Man not only through personal talk and correspondence.
Commun­ication	1964	110   D	Three ways of communication: the word, subtle and causal.
Commun­ication	1964	118   D	Relationship of servant, disciple and master. A disciple is more than a servant.
Commun­ication	1964	170   D	When pure Buddhi is full of Sattva, communication becomes possible with the master at a distance and thoughts can be relayed and satisfactory messages received.
Commun­ication	1965	224   D	Unity of conscience with the Realised Man is subject to levels.
Commun­ication	1965	252-253   D	If disciple is working correctly he can communicate on subtle level with Realised Man in time of need.
Commun­ication	1968	340-342   D	H.H. explains communication on subtle level.
Commun­ication	1968	368   D	Constant and regular practice of meditation establishes familiarity and allows union with Atman. Example of cultivating new friendship.
Commun­ication	1968	371   D	Relationship with H.H. on subtle and causal levels is not governed by space and time.
Commun­ication	1971	511-512   D	Communication presupposes experience, example of grains of salt being dissolved into sea.
Commun­ication	1978	829   D	Subtle communication through intensity of meditation. See story of Guru whose disciple was caught in a whirlpool (2) on page 829   D.
Commun­ication	1979	905   D	With true love which is beyond love of the physical body, communication with beloved flows.
Commun­ication	1985	1005   D	Communication with Realised Man after death through purified Antahkaran is possible but H.H. would prefer disciples to contact him through his teachings. See story of The man who told H.H. he could call up spirits of the dead on page 1005   D.
Commun­ication	1988	1018   D	Communication with teacher after death is through the knowledge he has given. The spiritual relationship remains constant because the Atman is the same everywhere - pure and One.
Commun­ication	1991	1059   D	On path to unity in the Study Society senior people should open their hearts and minds to each other. If there is a selfish attitude in the heart, pretences will abound.
Company			See: Good Company
Complete­ness	1964	163-164   D	Meditation leads to a feeling of completeness.
Complete­ness	1965	250   D	Seek completeness of oneself and follow one's best desire.
Complete­ness	1966	290   D	Jaiswal explains Sanskrit term Poorna and its roots.
Concentra­tion	1978	832   D	Dharana (concentration), Dhyana (meditation) and Samadhi and three stages - all workings of Sattva, just a difference of degree.
Concentra­tion	1978	845   D	Concentration and Gunas. None in Tamas, there can be some in Rajas but also some disturbance. Concentration in Sattva leads either to good work or to stillness.
Concentra­tion	1978	846   D	It is Chitta which concentrates and which is affected by Mal and Vikshepa.
Concentra­tion	1978	847   D	When there is connection between Vyashti and Samashti due to concentration, then even things you don't know 'dawn' on you.
Concentra­tion	1979	871-872   D	Second stage of knowing (Manana) - pondering and reflection.
Confidence	1964	179-180   D	He is blessed who has confidence (after meditation). It is a grace. It is the outcome of all our efforts on the way and mercy of God.
Confidence	1979	878   D	Confidence and faith is another method of realisation.
Conflict	1968	349   D	Conflict arises from attachment. Attachment is a sort of deformed love.
Conflict	1973	607   D	Forces of good and evil live in all of us including saints. Their co-existence leads to conflict.
Conflict	1974	679   D	The noise of the conflict between SES and the Study Society should not reach H.H.'s ears.
Conflict	1976	743   D	Conflict in the mind during meditation.
Conflict	1976	747   D	Conflict between Buddhi and Manas.
Conflict	1979	896   D	If friction leads to unity it is discrimination and can be useful, but if not, it is a waste of energy and consciousness. Conflict multiplies conflict and leads to destruction.
Conflict	1985	1003   D	Jaiswal explains to H.H. the divisions occurring within the Society following Dr Roles's death.
Conflict	1991	1058   D	Causes of conflict are greed, power and pride. Every greed is concealed by beautiful speech and deception.
Conflict	1991	1059   D	Interested parties in the Study Society should seek the judgement of a wise, impartial, experienced person to resolve the conflict. All should accept the resolution.
Conflict	1992	1072   D	If due to hate, one is set on strife and separation at any cost, then even the scriptures and wisdom cannot help.
Conflict	1993	1086   D	Those who work on the spiritual side have never been frightened off by any confrontation but take every attack as an opportunity for further development and re-examination.
Conflict			See also: War
Confusion	1972	595   D	Common man is usually confused by the claims of the different ways. Then there is the need for enquiry to get everything clear for himself. See story of Blind people and elephant (1) on page 595   D.
Confusion	1977	816   D	Systematic knowledge and Satsang will bring people to understand the meaning of life.
Conjunction	1965	253-254   D	Conjunction of planets and effect on people - people who have reached a certain stage on the ladder are free of planetary laws.
Connection with H.H.	1961	8   D	R. reports that a firm connection has been established.
Connection with H.H.	1962	75   D	Working in a School, there will be nothing to hinder development once you have come into connection with the fully Realised Man.
Connection with H.H.	1964	116   D	If a man is awake it is not necessary for him to come very close to the Realised Man; he has the power to receive it from a distance as well.
Connection with H.H.	1964	202   D	The feeling of separateness is only in the physical, material world. In the conscious world there is nothing different and nothing separate one from another, everything is One.
Connection with H.H.	1965	247   D	Photo of H.H. can help to keep connection alive.
Connection with H.H.	1982	986   D	H.H. explains there are two types of guidance. He has given us all the knowledge we need, but there is still a need for mental and spiritual care. This will always be available.
Connection with H.H.	1988	1016   D	If really engaged on spiritual work, Study Society will maintain continuous relationship with H.H.
Connection with H.H.	1988	1018   D	Door is open to people with Sattvic Buddhi and devotion. But if the desire for physical presence is motivated even remotely by ego or personality then it is inadvisable.
Connection with H.H.	1993	1087   D	It is essential that all doubts and questions are resolved. Any that are unresolved should in future be raised through Mr Jaiswal.
Conscience	1965	224   D	The domain of conscience is not subject to space-time.
Conscience	1976	747   D	Inner voice of conscience. When Sattva predominates, Buddhi gives good advice.
Conscience	1976	781   D	H.H. explains the equivalent concept - Samskar giving you guidance. Can be right or wrong depending on whether Samskars are pure or impure.
Conscience	1985	1007-1008   D	If your Antahkaran is pure, the message from conscience will stand up for everyone in world - not just your own son. See story of Father and son at station on page 1007   D.
Conscious­ness	1962	32   D	Those few with cosmic consciousness catch vibrations by inspiration and pass them on.
Conscious­ness	1962	42   D	R. gives essence of system (Laws of Three and Seven) and man and cosmic consciousness. H.H. confirms same in his system.
Conscious­ness	1962	45   D	States of consciousness. Realised Man maintains consciousness and will, even in Samadhi and Turiya.
Conscious­ness	1962	47   D	The Nyaya ladder - seventh step - fourth state of consciousness.
Conscious­ness	1962	48   D	R. asks re consciousness and will.
Conscious­ness	1962	64   D	Time and states of consciousness. The differentiation of time is illusion.
Conscious­ness	1964	129   D	Relationship of consciousness and 'Prana'. Five states of consciousness. Place of consciousness in these states. Also see other version on page 131   D.
Conscious­ness	1964	130   D	States of consciousness. Consciousness moves to causal body and watches over physical body. Comes only through work and effort on System. Also see other version on pages 131-132   D.
Conscious­ness	1964	131   D	Relationship of consciousness and 'Prana'. Five states of consciousness. Place of consciousness in these states. Also see other version on pages 129-130   D.
Conscious­ness	1964	151-152   D	What it means when the mantra goes faster and faster, lifting one's consciousness to the top of the head.
Conscious­ness	1964	156   D	Five elements make up the macrocosm. The difference in macrocosm and microcosm is in weight, size and form but not in consciousness. In consciousness they are one and the same.
Conscious­ness	1964	171   D	Insight develops when attachments fall away.
Conscious­ness	1964	188   D	The creation is Consciousness, but we think it very coarse because of illusion in ignorance.
Conscious­ness	1964	193   D	Consciousness is charged with energy. Mantra links Atman to Absolute.
Conscious­ness	1964	196   D	Absolute creates looking outward; in Self it is all consciousness.
Conscious­ness	1964	198   D	The world of Consciousness knows no separateness, there everything is united.
Conscious­ness	1965	228   D	Stillness of Chitta (Consciousness) is essential for Self-realisation.
Conscious­ness	1965	244   D	Consciousness prevails everywhere.
Conscious­ness	1965	246   D	One of the three aspects of Atman.
Conscious­ness	1965	276-277   D	Five states of consciousness and five sheaths.
Conscious­ness	1965	286   D	Real consciousness/cosmic consciousness - have to experience.
Conscious­ness	1967	298   D	Consciousness and Chit. Consciousness is also known as Atman.
Conscious­ness	1967	303   D	Unity is the Absolute which is Truth, Bliss and Consciousness.
Conscious­ness	1967	304   D	Awakening with constant Sattva, good essence, true knowledge and meditation can lead to higher consciousness.
Conscious­ness	1967	305   D	Higher levels of consciousness can occur through use of Buddhi. Occasionally by chance or necessity a wave of Sattva lifts up consciousness.
Conscious­ness	1967	319   D	Inner Circle works towards growth in cosmic consciousness through certain people.
Conscious­ness	1968	338   D	Consciousness and matter - the two predominant factors of creation. Material world owes its existence to consciousness and consciousness can only be manifested by matter.
Conscious­ness	1968	359   D	A Chakravartin is one who has full control over the four states of consciousness and who does not need anything whatsoever. See story of Chakravartin on page 359   D.
Conscious­ness	1968	367   D	Nothing moves without consciousness. Everything is conscious; it is only the level of consciousness that is different.
Conscious­ness	1969	380   D	Explanation of Chitta and Chit. Relation to consciousness. See letter on pages 378-379   D.
Conscious­ness	1970	386   D	H.H.'s definition: power to feel.
Conscious­ness	1970	422   D	All states can be experienced in this body.
Conscious­ness	1970	423   D	Consciousness cannot be related to substance. All substances take form through consciousness.
Conscious­ness	1970	441   D	Everything reflects Chaitanya (consciousness) and nothing is lifeless. An object like a tree can teach you much and bring you face to face with God.
Conscious­ness	1970	471   D	Changing states due to Gunas but observer who sees all as 'passing show' always remains the same. See letter on pages 466-467   D.
Conscious­ness	1972	558   D	The five states of consciousness (Samadhi, waking, dreaming, deep sleep, unconscious) belong to the creative art of Absolute. Each state is useful - there is nothing to choose between them.
Conscious­ness	1972	570   D	D.S. The real test of whether you have reached the deepest level of meditation - pure consciousness - is if you can be like that in the active world.
Conscious­ness	1972	572   D	D.S. It is only God, super-consciousness, that is always with us.
Conscious­ness	1972	580   D	D.S. God is our own house. Our own Self is pure consciousness. You do not require a licence to go back to your own house.
Conscious­ness	1972	581   D	D.S. If you identify with consciousness the connection with external or internal senses will be broken, but the body/mind machine will carry on as usual.
Conscious­ness	1972	587   D	D.S. Direct your attention not to the form, but to the Consciousness from which it is made. See story of Gold image and gold shoes on pages 586-587   D.
Conscious­ness	1972	590   D	D.S. Consciousness always remains the same - it is just the clothing that is different. So remove the clothing.
Conscious­ness	1972	593   D	D.S. Pure Consciousness is present throughout all three states - only the limitations may be different and these are ignorance.
Conscious­ness	1973	625   D	Journey of individual to universal.
Conscious­ness	1975	713   D	In consciousness there no beginning and no end - the idea of meeting the beloved is only given as form of incentive.
Conscious­ness	1975	728   D	States of being: awake, deep sleep, dream, unconscious, Samadhi.
Conscious­ness	1978	860   D	Self-consciousness is there whether experienced or not. Analogy of waves and deep sea.
Conscious­ness	1979	899   D	Chaitanya which is related to Chitta, is consciousness. Chaitanya is in the region of the solar plexus and not related to the brain.
Conscious­ness	1979	900   D	Consciousness works through all parts of the Antahkaran - not specifically through the brain.
Conscious­ness	1979	901   D	Desires are a spark of consciousness. Sankalpa names the object of desire, Buddhi approves. If it is not approved it is withdrawn and goes back to unmanifest consciousness.
Conscious­ness	1979	902   D	Our body can hold a certain measure of consciousness. It is the purity of consciousness that is important, not the amount: Ganges water in a pot of whatever size is the same.
Conscious­ness	1979	914   D	If you do conscious work there will be good results. Even if Samskar prevents good result immediately, it will bear fruit later.
Conscious­ness	1979	918-919   D	Pure consciousness is power from which comes knowledge and bliss. There is nothing wrong in pure consciousness. Right and wrong is purely relative.
Conscious­ness	1980	969   D	Two aspects of manifestation - the physical and subtle elements, and consciousness which pervades all of them.
Conscious­ness	1985	1008   D	Consciousness is reflected in Antahkaran. If Antahkaran is Sattvic, consciousness will be reflected more clearly.
Conscious­ness	1989	1048-1049   D	Consciousness is evolving in new ways all the time. If there could be an end to originality in knowledge it would not be conscious.
Conscious­ness	1993	1084   D	Consciousness permeates body like fire in ball of iron. Body is an instrument. Example of sound and microphone.
Conscious­ness	1993	1085   D	Is not subject to birth or growth or decay or death. It only seems so because we make the wrong association.
Consistency	1962	39   D	The way Realised Man moves and speaks, expresses the dignity of the Atman.
Consistency	1970	405   D	Always love to speak the Truth, so there is consistency between what one thinks, says and does.
Consistency	1971	510   D	Pull of the body away from consistency. Make use of Buddhi. Role of School.
Consistency	1974	631   D	Whatever one says one should do; whatever one thinks one should say; whatever one feels one should express.
Consistency	1974	638   D	In H.H.'s teaching on consistency, the order of action - feel, speak, do - is essential. Analogous to highest triad (NOC) in Mr Ouspensky's system. See story of Rama talls Lakshman he is destined to marry Sita on page 638   D.
Consistency	1974	653   D	R. asks re shloka on consistency. H.H. explains it's from Manu Smriti.
Consistency	1974	662   D	Unity of thought, word and deed opens heart.
Consistency	1974	671   D	Translation of prayer by Tulsi Das.
Consistency	1977	807   D	When Chitta is open to the Absolute, promptings come from Atman. These affect first the causal body then subtle and physical bodies, giving consistency of thoughts, words and actions.
Consistency	1979	902   D	Consistency of behaviour and action only possible by greater consistency and purity of Buddhi.
Consistency	1991	1057   D	Need for unity and consistency between thought, word and deed. Thoughts, concepts, ideas, desires, aims, resolutions, ambitions must be spoken out exactly as they arise.
Contacts	1982	986   D	Mental and spiritual guidance from H.H. always available. It may be necessary to have longer intervals between visits and shorter visits, but the door is not closed.
Contacts	1982	997   D	If necessary to clarify any points discussed, MA and RG are welcome to contact H.H. by letter or in person.
Contacts	1989	1044   D	Establish as many contacts as possible and provide them all plentifully with the knowledge H.H. has given. Offer it with love and sympathy, without any call for conversion.
Contemp­lation	1979	871-872   D	Three stages of knowing (study, reflecting, contemplating).
Contemp­lation	1979	929   D	Reflect again and again on teaching to remove Samskar.
Control	1970	452   D	Discipline to gain control over senses and mind.
Control	1972	580-581   D	D.S. We don't like to be controlled by others. Where there is knowledge there is power. See story of Lion cub and sheep. Further explanation on page 581   D.
Control	1973	611   D	Example of two ways of controlling a river by a dam or a canal, and control of our thoughts.
Corruption	1974	650   D	If our ego or Ahankar supposes we are the Master and makes us try to dominate and rule everything, this is Vikriti - corruption. See story of Rama procures Ravana's liberation from Ahankar on page 650   D.
Cosmic Conscious­ness	1967	319   D	Growth in cosmic consciousness possible only because there is a need.
Cosmos	1978	822   D	Sun and planets and corresponding elements in human body.
Cosmos	1978	845   D	Samashti is the cosmos. Param-Atman, the God of the cosmos has three great qualities: omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotent.
Cosmos	1979	875   D	H.H. explains concept of Advaita - cosmos and ourselves are One. We know it by reason but in practice we have to act as if there were two.
Cosmos	1979	883   D	Relation (ratio) of stages in creation 1:10. Only three can be seen with the naked eye - fire, water and earth.
Cosmos	1979	924   D	'As in the individual body so in the whole universe'.
Cosmos	1979	937   D	Vyashti and Samashti, remembering relationship brings power - forgetting disconnects source of power.
Cosmos	1979	939   D	Relationship of cosmos and individual - body represents Earth, mind represents Moon, seeing - the Sun, intellect - Brahma etc.
Cosmos	1979	951   D	Individual meditates about the cosmos, and the cosmos meditates about the individual.
Cosmos	1982	995   D	Universe contains thousands of cosmoses, but Absolute has no end and no beginning.
Cosmos			See also: Universe
Couplets	1972	530-531   D	R.'s New Year Programme based on couplets from H.H.'s teaching. See letter of approval from H.H. on page 532   D.
Creation	1964	119   D	Whole creation is Will of Absolute. H.H. relates process of creation and the process whereby we have our own body.
Creation	1964	129   D	Four ages of creation. Now in the fourth age. The impulse of True Knowledge is always there.
Creation	1964	133   D	Every living being destined for Self-realisation at some time. The creation wouldn't cease at any point due to Realisation of certain beings.
Creation	1964	175-176   D	Creation of Gunas. Two partners of creation - Atman and matter.
Creation	1964	177   D	Creation starts by the feeling of 'I am' - Ahankar of the Absolute.
Creation	1964	188   D	The creation is Consciousness, but we think it very coarse because of illusion in ignorance.
Creation	1964	214   D	Only the fully Realised man can behold the true picture of creation. Real search is only for cause. All substances dissolve only in their causal form.
Creation	1965	227   D	Creation is full of these three Gunas.
Creation	1965	242   D	Action and desire form the two poles between which creation rises and falls, so that the eternal peace can be manifest in different ways.
Creation	1965	263   D	Creation is made from the same substance as the Absolute.
Creation	1965	264   D	Creation (Samsar) takes place in one's Buddhi and is dissolved in it.
Creation	1965	267   D	Creation and Sanatan.
Creation	1965	272   D	Creation in the Indian tradition and relationship with words of initiation ceremony.
Creation	1965	280   D	Creation and True Knowledge/Vedas.
Creation	1965	281   D	Gita chapter 15: tree of creation is upside down - roots above, trunk below.
Creation	1970	419   D	Multifarious forms in creation occur in Apara-Prakriti from action of the three Gunas. Analogy of ice and water.
Creation	1972	552   D	H.H. describes the expansion and dissolving of mind into unity while looking at nature as being three stages of the world - creation, maintenance and destruction. See letter on page 551   D.
Creation	1972	596   D	Three stages of world and the Gunas - Brahma, Vishnu, Shiva.
Creation	1977	816   D	Creation is for knowledge and bliss, and for enjoyment by right ways, means and actions.
Creation	1978	822   D	Body and cosmos, planets in orbit etc.
Creation	1979	912   D	The world is the artistic creation of Absolute. It is full of variety just as a play must have variety for people to enjoy it. Some actors may be crying, some laughing. We must be detached. See story of Brahma's holiday on page 913   D.
Creation	1980	969   D	Process of creation in universe in answer to Q. re stillness. Example of cold and boiling water.
Creation	1989	1039   D	All creation is born, kept going and disappears in stillness. It is not only that which is present but also that which is not present.
Creation			See also: Ray of Creation
Creation			See also: Samsara
Creative work	1979	904   D	All creative work starts when one is at peace in Sattva.
Creative work	1979	913   D	Creative work is the art of manifestation; artist starts from emptiness, allows brilliance of Absolute to come in. Meditation is reverse of creative work of manifestation. See story of Two artists (6) on page 913   D.
Creativity	1970	394   D	Chetan Shakti is force of Atman as applied to outer and inner creativity of the person.
Creativity	1970	405-406   D	Artistic creativity present in seed form, and expressed in accordance with laws of space, time and matter. Example of water of Ganges.
Creativity	1974	652   D	The energy which a disciple gets from his teacher is not just for his own enjoyment but should be made available to everyone.
Creativity	1978	856   D	Creativity is the product of practice in this life and previous lives.
Creator	1962	30   D	The Creator is the basis of the Tradition of the Meditation. He meditated and created the Universe manifested in Creation.
Creator	1962	31   D	Creator begins act of creation with meditation
Creator	1962	34   D	R. links this with 'In the beginning was the Word'.
Creator	1965	240   D	Creator and drama of the creation.
Creator	1974	663   D	Mela talk on man's striving to know the relationship between himself and his Creator.
Creator	1979	868   D	Cause is the 'Word': world, its creation, is the effect. Brahma is the original cause from which the Word (Shabda) emanates.
Creator	1979	883   D	Creation was started with the 'Word', and ultimately gets absorbed in that Word.
Creator	1979	903-904   D	Beauty of creation experienced through Sattva. This feeling of unity slips away because of Rajas and Tamas. Spend more time in natural places. Example of Indian President.
Creator	1979	918-919   D	Creation is the manifestation of pure consciousness.
Credentials	1967	299   D	See story of Who are you? Give me your credentials on page 299   D.
Crest Jewel	1967	299   D	W. asks re Crest Jewel and five sheaths.
Crest Jewel	1967	300   D	Description of sheaths.
Crime	1970	435   D	Use of truth for base purposes is crime.
Criticism	1989	1054   D	In every organisation there will be differences, but with love and generosity they can be washed away. Criticism destroys. See story of Pumpkin and mango tree (2) on page 1054   D.
Cruelty	1965	223   D	Cruelty would be banished from the person who does his Sadhana properly.
Crystal­lisation	1962	41   D	Special particles added to common particles help them crystallise to give an impulse to make one go further.
Crystal­lisation	1962	48   D	Four types of graces crystallise a person by the time he reaches the third stage, and give him power to prepare for the fourth.
Crystal­lisation	1962	54   D	Four bodies can be crystallised only in the creation of a human being.
Crystal­lisation	1968	345   D	Brief reference to crystallisation and 'outer influences'.
Crystal­lisation	1968	360   D	Means doing away with ignorance surrounding subtle body by using influences from inner and outer worlds.
Curiosity	1974	629   D	Questions can come either from curiosity or real desire to experience the truth for oneself.
Cycle(s)	1970	408   D	Cycles of birth, death etc. (Discourse at Mela camp).
Cycle(s)	1970	420   D	Who is it that lives through different lives?' 'What is it that takes forms, dissolves and continues the cycle?'
Cycle(s)	1970	425   D	Cycle of education.
Cycle(s)	1970	462   D	Cycle of life kept going by everyone taking something and leaving something. Wise man takes the pure and leaves the impure.
Cycle(s)	1972	535   D	Cycle of apparent change. Anything that begins has to end.

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