Seeker, Saint, Seva, Salvation - Satsang by Rakeshbai Pandya, Part 1

Saint Rammurti Baiji asked Rakeshbhai Pandya to give satsang about his experience with spirituality, part 1: 

Shiva and Shakti, what we believe:

One is the supplier, the wealth, who gives you energy, and the Shiv is the protector.

When you see Lord Shiva always meditating, day and night, remember that before the Universe was created, if he says, "Okay, I'm on vacation," think about it: the sun will stop, the moon will stop, all jivas (living beings) will cease to exist, the whole planet will be frozen. Think about Lord Shiva doing all the hard work running the Universe, at Kailash doing meditation - he never complains about the cold weather, as he wears a mrig charma (deerskin) and a bhasma.

When we sing Om Namah Shivaya, Om is the eternal energy. It is in every one of us. When you practice here at the ashram and speak Om, it starts from the belly button, and it goes "A" "U" "M." Only the human being can experience that. Animals cannot. So we are so fortunate. And if you want to get into that energy, you have to learn the technique from the baijis.

If we sing this, we should acknowledge that Lord Shiva is doing everything, and why don't we tap into that energy? Request to the gods and goddesses, "Please accept me, forgive me..."

Spirituality is not for everyone, it's for serious seekers. Everything is s s s... you go to a saint. Then you go to salvation. But you have to work for it (seva), it cannot be purchased. For salvation, you have to work hard on it.

If you want to elevate, and go above, there are two things you can do: if you have money you can hold it, or you can give donation. If you keep holding the maya (material things), you cannot practice spirituality.

You give this way: out of the 24 hours in a day, you sleep 6-9 hours, you commute to work for a couple hours perhaps. How much time do you give your soul? After all, it's energy gives you all this!

To experience this eternal energy is the main thing.

That's what Lord Shiva is meditating on all the time. And we are blessed to have an ashram here with saints to teach us how.

Shiva/Shakti, positive and negative energy, runs the whole Universe. But if Lord Shiva stopped, the whole cosmos would be in chaos. The planets and galaxy runs with that energy and vibration, and that vibration is within us, and all you have to do is focus and tap into it. The baijis can teach you.

Lord Jesus, Buddha, Krishna, Rama, Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Ramtirth... if in their life they experienced God, why can't we?

You don't have to wear the saffron cloth...

We are so busy, but we have stop... and put our mind with this energy. Because when it's gone, we're not getting anything.