A Personal Religion Of Your Own

By Ramesh S. Balsekar

Remain relaxed in Consciousness. In any situation, do whatever you feel you should do without any regrets about the past, without any complaints in the present, without any expectations for the future, and importantly, without blaming and condemning anyone for anything – neither yourself nor the ‘other’.

This will enable you to live your life, constantly connected to the Source, and will give you happiness through peace of mind: SUKHA-SHANTI.

This will be your personal religion: Sukha-Shanti.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ramesh S. Balsekar
• Release date: Aug 3, 2013
• ISBN: 9789382788690

Ramesh S. Balsekar

Ramesh Balsekar, a teacher of pure Advaita, or non-duality, is an unearthly blend of the utterly human and utterly divine manifesting as a brilliant spiritual Master. His crystal-clear and profound teachings are backed by his complete understanding that “Nobody does anything” coupled with his life experience as a top executive of a major Indian bank, as a huband, father and grandfather – all lived knowing that it is all happening as God’s Will.For much of his full life Ramesh, whose Guru was Nisargadatta Maharaj, has been devoted to Ramana Maharshi, in whose spirit Ramesh welcomes seekers and asks “Who is seeking? Leave the seeking to Him who started the seeking.”

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Personal Religion

Of Your Own

Ramesh S. Balsekar

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•   Advaita and the Buddha

•   Sin and Guilt: Monstrosity of Mind

•   The Bhagavad Gita – A Selection

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•   Confusion No More

•   The Essence of The Ashtavakra Gita

•   The Relationship Between ‘I’ And ‘Me’

•   Pursue ‘Happiness’ And Get Enlightened

•   Does The Human Being Have Free Will?

•   Pointers From Ramana Maharshi

•   A Buddha’s Babble

•   A Homage To The Unique Teaching Of Ramesh S. Balsekar

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•   Nuggets of Wisdom

•   Guru Pournima

•   It So Happened That...

•   Consciousness Writes

•   Celebrate the Wit and Wisdom: Relax and Enjoy

•   The Infamous Ego

•   Ripples

•   Spiritual Search Step By Step

•   Meaningful Trivialities from the Source

•   The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita

•   Tumcha Swatacha Vyaktigat Dharm (Marathi)

•   Atmabodhacha Shodhat Aahes? – Ka? (Marathi)

•   Ashtavakra Gita Saar (Marathi)

•   Koun Parvah Karto?! (Marathi)

•   Dharm Se Swadharm Tak (Hindi)

COPYRIGHT © 2006 by RAMESH S. BALSEKAR

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Your Maha-mantra for happy daily living

"In any situation, do whatever you feel you should do, without any regrets about the past, without any complaints for the present, without any expectations for the future, and without blaming or condemning anyone for anything, neither yourself, nor the other. What actually happens has never been in anyone’s control. It has always been according to God’s Will / Cosmic Law.

Thus you will always be free of sin and guilt for yourself, and free of the burden of hatred towards the others. This will mean the supreme happiness of peace of mind...Sukha-Shanti."

Ramesh S. Balsekar

The dictionary defines ‘Religion’ as ‘a system of daily conduct and mental attitude’.

INTRODUCTION

Daily living means every human being at any given time or place, even 5,000 years ago, doing in any situation, whatever he felt he should do. In other words, daily living cannot happen unless every human being has total free will.

Thereafter, what happens has never been in anyone’s control. What has happened is one of three things: 1) he has got what he wanted, 2) he has not got what he wanted; or, 3) what happened was beyond his expectation, for better or worse. Thereafter, the society has accepted what has happened, as the individual’s action, judged it as ‘good’ or ‘bad’, and given its award according to social regulations and legal provisions: reward or punishment. Reward has meant pleasure in the moment; punishment has meant pain in the moment.

That is what daily living means. It must begin with free will for the human being, but thereafter it is God’s Will. And the human being’s free will is based on two factors – genes, and conditioning in the social environment in which the individual was born, over neither of which did the individual have any control. Both factors were created by God. Therefore, it is perfectly clear that whatever any individual has done is precisely what God expected him to do; how can he ever commit a ‘sin’?

It is absolutely clear, therefore, that whatever the human being does is precisely what God expected him to do, and to accept the consequences also – pleasure in the moment or pain in the moment. At any moment, whatever situation a human being finds himself in, is precisely what is supposed to happen according to his destiny, God’s Will/Cosmic Law.

The human being is thus merely an instrument through which God functions according to the Cosmic Law, the basis of which the human brain is incapable of understanding: it is too vast and too complex.

It is absolutely clear, therefore, that the human being is not the doer of any deed – neither himself nor the ‘other’. Whatever happens, the human being has to accept as God’s Will; and since he is not the doer of any deed, he does not have to carry, at any time, the load of sin and guilt about his own actions, nor the load of hatred for the others who have hurt him. The absence of these two loads means peace of mind the ‘happiness’ which every human being seeks in life.

CONVERSATION WITH RAMESH

June 25, 2006

RAMESH: So, who is going to start? Your name is?

SUHAS: I am Suhas and this is Kalpana. I have come here for the first time. I was guided by Vipul.

RAMESH: I see.

SUHAS: I wanted to ask a simple thing. Is it necessary for a human being, who wants to lead a happy and disciplined life to follow a religion?

RAMESH: No! What do you mean by religion?

SUHAS: That was