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Break Free of Bonds
An ANGRY CEO in a board
meeting with
Cool Socrates and his
angry wife
The SIX formidable enemies that BIND us -
Lust, Pride, Greed, Anger, Illusion, Greed
PanicConfusion
fear
Running with agitated mind
Calm analysis before action
Ignorance
PassionGoodness
Why am I
bound ?
Spiritual World – the
eternal reality
Material World – the perverted reflection
Creation
Maintenance
Strong Desire, Resourcefulness, attachment to
result
Self control, patience, regularity, sense of duty
Foolishness, carelessness, irresponsibility, sleep
Destruction
Which Mode Am I in ?
Animals in Goodness
Animals in Passion
Animals in Ignorance
TIMES OF THE DAY
Material conditioning makes us bound
Be Bound or Be Free: Choice is yours
Love
Lust
wrath
illusion
Suffering continues
Mode of Ignorance
Harnessed into positive energy by Krishna Consciousness
Mode of goodness
love
Eternal bliss
The Hard Struggle for Survival
Hard Labour
Foam
bondage
fear
death
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Honest
selfless
thoughtful
helpful
pious
Take religion as a serious duty
Reading of books of philosophy, poetry, science
No meat eating
No gambling
No intoxication
No liquor
No extramarital relations
Mode of Goodness
Mad after seeing and showing
glamour
Wound mind and disturbed sleep
Religion : a social affair
Disregard scriptures
Gives charity for fame
Attraction between man and woman
Hankering for family prestige
Hard labor for honor
Money is honey
Mode of Passion
foolish
No interest in spiritual
life
mad
Nothing to do with God
Dizzy and lazy
Sleeping too much
Drugs, meat, wine
dejected
postponing
intoxicants
Mode of Ignorance
Result of action in different modes
Pure goodness
Goodness
Returns to kingdom of God
Elevation to the stage of demigod or angel
King / rich man / madman
Bird / beast / reptiles / trees
Passion
Ignorance
Working in mode of goodnessA spring board to climb up to transcendence
stimulus
Freedom to choose and
subordinate our feelings to
values
response
Pro-active response action based on chosen values
Re-active response allowing the stimulus to dictate your response
It is not what happens to us,
but
our response to what happens to us
that hurts us.
Circle of CONCERN and INFLUENCE
Circle of influence
Circle of concern
Circle of concern
Circle of Influence
Exam study
Self Discipline
Punctuality
Sincerity
People teasing
you
Exam result
My Public Image
A ugly looking
boy
My Smartness
People’s love for
you
Proactive and Reactive Behaviour
Proactive People
Reactive People
• Focus on circle of influence
• work on things they can do something about
• Focus on circle of concern
• Focus on weakness / faults of other people
Proactive Inside – Out
I can BE more patient
I can BE more co-operative
I can BE wise
Reactive Outside – In
If I HAD respectful friends …..
If I HAD a better face-cut …..
If I HAD more co-operation of colleagues …..
Problem Solving to Break Free
Problem
DIRECT CONTROL Problems involving your own behavior
Solution
Work on improving your own habits
Problem Solving to Break Free
Problem
INDIRECT CONTROL
Problems involving other people’s
behavior
Solution
Improve methods of influence; thereby increase your circle of influence ( inside-out, not outside in)
Problem Solving to Break Free
Problem
NO CONTROL
Problems we can do nothing about
Solution
Smile and learn to live with these problems
A Meaningful Prayer“ O Lord, give me
the courage to change the things which
can and ought to be changed,
the serenity to accept the things
which cannot be changed, and
the wisdom to know the difference ”
Mantra Meditation
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna
Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
Chant
Chanting Hare Krishna Eradicates all sinful reactions, Counteracts sinful tendencies,
Uproots all ignorance and
FREEs the suffering soul from all material animalistic urges.
Mantra Meditation
No meat eating
No intoxication
No illicit sex No gambling
Regulative Principles of FREEDOM
Why No Meat Eating ?
• Health/ Economic Religious Consideration
• Scientific Reasons• ‘halal’ and ‘haram’• Slaughtering of
animals – prohibited in Mecca
• You become what you eat
Why No Gambling ?
• Untruthfulness corruption quarrel
• Unlimited Restlessness/anxiety in mind
• Untrustworthy character• Greed for money Beg / Borrow / Steal / Murder
• Negligence of material and spiritual well-being
• Indulgence in habits/acts dangerous to oneself and others
Why No Intoxication?
• Makes us forget ourselves and lose all good sense
• The myth of freedom from tension
• Robs off strength, good intelligence and wisdom
• Health problems
• Dangerous consequences (even death)
Why No Illicit Sex ?
• Because of romance, men have been killed, families have been broken, and wars have been fought
• Dangers of free mixing – AIDS
• Complications in life
• Glory of Brahmacharya and chastity
Dr.Nicole says: “This vital fluid(semen) of man carried back and diffused through his system makes him manly, strong, brave and heroic. If wasted, it leaves him effeminate, weak and physically debilitated and prone to sexual irritation and disordered function, a wretched nervous system, epilepsy, and various other diseases and death. The suspension of the use of the generative organs is attended with a notable increase of bodily and mental and spiritual vigor.”
Modern Medical Opinion
VEDAS- Manual for ultimate freedom
Guru
Spiritual Professor
SastraText Books
of Injunction
Parampara
Institution
TIPS FOR FREEDOM
(1) Proactive Behavior – mode of Goodness
(2) Follow Four regulative principles of freedom and escape from slavery
(3) Chant Hare Krishna to transcend the three modes and go back home back to Godhead
Thank you
Become a Free Bird
By
giving your heart
to God