{"id":716,"date":"2026-07-15T13:09:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/?p=716"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:00:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T03:00:03","slug":"lesson-95-living-with-siva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/lesson-95-living-with-siva\/","title":{"rendered":"Lesson 95 \u2013 Living with \u015aiva"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/kauaishindumonastery.com\/mc-daily-lessons\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LwS-Lesson-95.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Recording: Gurudeva&#8217;s cloned voice<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dealing With Doubt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not only does the subconscious create barriers in our own minds, it also draws to us the doubts and worries of other people for us to face and resolve. There is such a vast warehouse of negative conditioning against meditation that it is almost useless to begin if we believe any of it at all. We have all heard a few of the fears: \u201cSomething terrible must have happened to you as a child if you want to go into that.\u201d \u201cYou don\u2019t love me anymore. That\u2019s why you meditate\u2014you\u2019re withdrawing.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re just afraid of society and responsibility. It\u2019s an escape from the real world that you can\u2019t cope with.\u201d \u201cYou\u2019re going to be poor if you meditate. Everyone who meditates is broke, you know.\u201d And so it goes, on and on. <br><br>We do have to answer these objections for the subconscious and thus settle all doubts within ourselves. Of course, the results of meditation will themselves convince the subconscious of the benefit of inner s\u0101dhana as we bring forth perceptive insights, renewed energy, a happy and balanced life and spiritual attainment. Negative conditioning breaks down as we prove to ourselves according to our own experience that it was wrong. Such conditioning is inhibiting to some and has to be corrected. To counteract it, we can ask ourselves, \u201cWhy? What is it all about? How did I attract these problems? Do I still have such doubts in my subconscious, consciously unknown?\u201d We can further ask, \u201cWho has done the conditioning? What was their life like? Were they happy people?\u201d Finally, from our own positive efforts to cognize, we actually remold the subconscious, erase false concepts and become free. <br><br>The mind in its apparently endless confusion and desires leads us by novelty from one thing to the next. The reaction to this causes the miseries of the world, and miseries of the world happen inside of people. But occasionally we have to call a halt to the whole thing and get into ourselves. That\u2019s the process of meditation. It\u2019s an art. It\u2019s a faculty we have within ourselves which, when developed, gives a balance and a sense to life. And everyone, whether they know it or not, is searching, trying to find out what life is all about. <br><br>So many people tell me, \u201cOh, I would like to study yoga, but I just don\u2019t have the time,\u201d \u201cI can\u2019t get quiet enough,\u201d or \u201cThe kids make too much noise,\u201d or some excuse like that. They don\u2019t realize that you don\u2019t become quiet automatically. Becoming quiet is a systematic process. You become quiet systematically. It might take you two weeks of practice before you can sit down and feel that you\u2019ve made any progress at all, or even feel like sitting down and trying to become quiet. But it\u2019s one of those things you eventually have to do. You get up and cook breakfast because you have to eat. You are hungry. And when you become hungry enough to get quiet within yourself, you will do so automatically. You will want to. And then what happens? You will sit down, and your mind will race. Say, \u201cMind, stop!\u201d and see how fast you can make your mind stop and become quiet. Say, \u201cEmotions, you are mind-controlled,\u201d and see how quiet you become. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NANDINATHA S\u016aTRA 95: NOT CONTROLLING MEN EMOTIONALLY<br>\u015aiva\u2019s women devotees never become angry with a man, maliciously belittle or verbally abuse him, or use other emotional controls, such as disdain, accusation, crying, or prolonged pouting or silence. Aum Nama\u1e25 \u015aiv\u0101ya.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dealing With Doubt Not only does the subconscious create barriers in our own minds, it also draws to us the doubts and worries of other people for us to face and resolve. 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