To
feel Aatma (soul) one must madly fall in love with oneself. One must
learn to accept, respect and revere oneself. There are several obstacles in
accepting oneself like societal norms of evaluation (age, profession, physical
appearance, social background, negative feedback) and things beyond one’s reach
(frustrations and fate, our thoughts, an impediment, guilt, samskars-mental
impressions). The magic attitudes for evolution are empathy, acceptance, vairagya
or detachment, role play, pratipakshbhavana (art of creating an opposite
attitude to something you do not like) and doing seva (selfless service).
By changing one’s attitude one can feel Tat Twam Asi meaning you are that
(supreme consciousness) or Aham Brahmasmi meaning I am Brahman (divine).
The
author also talks in detail about the aura in this book. It is the
electromagnetic field that encompasses all life forms. The thicker the aura,
the more spiritually powerful the person is. The aura acts like a protective
layer for the body. One can enhance one’s aura by chanting mantras, by changing
to sattvic (purity) nature of mind, by doing seva (helping
others), by spiritual healing, by greening places, by watering plants and by
visiting religious places and caves.
The
quotes that I like from the book are as follows:-
1. It
is only when one learns to look at divinity in everything can one lose the
arrogance and ego. When we start looking at things this way, we are already
divine.
2. When
you criticise someone and their qualities, even unwittingly, you magnetise a
fraction of the person’s qualities. Therefore, criticising someone regularly
will at some point instill within you the very qualities that you criticised.
The same rule applies if you praise or admire someone.
3. According
to yogic teachings, if you want to acquire speed, meditate upon a horse.
Similarly, meditate on the strength of the elephant, the courage of the lion,
the patience of the spider, and so forth. The moral of the story is : what you
meditate upon, that you become.
4. Self-love
has to go beyond attention seeking. If you look around, your dog is asking for
it, your kids are asking for it, and many of your friends are asking for it as
well. So do not join the attention-seeking club. Once you see the spark of
divinity within you, you will not want attention from anyone else. You will
look for vairagya and that solitude will give you a high.
The most
interesting part of the book is Life Scorecard. It gives equal weightage to three
main parameters of life i.e. physical, intellectual and spiritual. It motivates
one to score more in these three fronts of life.
At
the end of the book, there is a glossary to explain the meaning of Indian words
and terms. It is very helpful in understanding the concepts related to Aatma,
aura and destiny. The illustrations are thought provoking, appealing and
inspiring.
Hingori
Sutras has unfolded four spheres namely Dream Sutra, Aatma Sutra, Karma Sutra
and Guru Sutra. You can share your spiritual experiences, comments and
viewpoints with the author at hingori@hingorisutras.com.
You can also take up a spiritual quiz here https://www.hingorisutras.com/karma-quest/ and
can read the blog here https://www.hingorisutras.com/blog/.
Highly
recommended book for those who wanted to fall in love with themselves! :)
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