Acquisition of nectar 2016

(Source: Amrit, Pāras aur Kalpa Vṛakśa ki Prapti
by Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya)
ACQUISITION
OF NECTAR,
PHILOSOPHER'S
STONE &
WISH-FULFILLING
TREE

Revised Edition:
2016
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PANDIT SHRIRAM SHARMA ACHARYA
(1911~1990)

A pioneer of spiritual renaissance was born on
th
20 September 1911, in Anwalkheda, Agra, India. He met
his Guru, a great Himalayan Yogi, since he was only 15
years of age and scrupulously carried out his biddings
throughout his life.
He took part in the struggle for independence as a
volunteer, went to jail a number of times and embarked
upon the task of social and moral upliftment through
spiritual means in 1935 with the blessings of Mahatma
Gandhi.
A sage, a visionary and a reformer, the Acharya
initiated 100 points Yug Nirman Yojna, lived a disciplined
life of devout austerity, visited the Himalayas several
times and attained spiritual eminence.
The Gayatri Pariwar fraternity; Shantikunj Ashram –
an academy for moral and spiritual awakening;
Brahmavarchas Research Institute – which strives to
synthesize science with spirituality and over 4,000 social
reform centres (Shakti-peeths) are his greatest
contributions to the modern world. He translated the
entire Vedic Vangmaya and accopmplished a feat of
writing more than 3,000 books on all aspects of life.
The Acharya, Great devotee of Gayatri lived an ideal
life for 80 years and voluntarily shed his physical sheath on
nd
Gayatri Jayanti, 2 June 1990.
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PANDIT SHRIRAM
SHARMA ACHARYA

CONTENTS
Foreword ........................................................7
1. Obtaining Nectar............................................9
2. Where Is a Philosopher’s stone? ...................21
3. Wish-Fulfilling Tree on The Earth ..............39
4. Strive to acquire these objects.......................53
5. Terrestrial Nectars........................................57
6. Location of Philosopher’s stone and
Wish-fulfilling tree.......................................61
Translator’s Note ...........................................63

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To ensure the transformation
of the present day chaos into
an orderly and happy society,
there is no other option than
the reformation of character
and the development of
rational thinking.
~ Pt. Shriram Sharma Acharya
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FOREWORD
uman being has always craved for
happiness. Anything it does or plans is
Hwith an ultimate intention of increasing
pleasure. This desire has remained expanding forever
along with the mental growth.
The human mind stretched its capacity to the
extent possible and imagined three objects: (1) Nectar,
(2) Philosopher's stone ('Paras') and (3) Wish-
fulfilling tree ('Kalpa-Vriksha').
Man imagined Nectar, to live infinitely, escaping
from death; Philosopher's stone, to convert cheap
metals like iron into gold to amass unlimited wealth;
and the Wish-fulfilling tree to satisfy all desires.
Though none of these three objects is actually seen
by anybody, they are vividly described in ancient books,
legends and mythology.

The author of this book has no idea of the
existence of these - Nectar, Philosopher's stone and
Wish-fulfilling tree - in the form as narrated in the
legends, but based on his life long experience, he has
certainly discovered existence of three objects which
give mankind the same joy, wealth and satisfaction or
even better than what can be expected from the former
three mythological items. These better substitutes are:
the knowledge of real self (atma-gyan), love
(compassion for all) and penance (sacrifice and hard
work) - which are considered to be the real nectar,
philosopher's stone and wish-fulfilling tree of this
world, respectively. 'Akhand Jyoti' (the uninterrupted
flame of knowledge at 'Gayatri Tapobhoomi'), has
always been propagating these three gems, which are
now presented in the form of a book for the benefit of
the mankind.
- Shree Ram Sharma Aacharya

09
M
an's dearest thing is his life, seeing its
end near he is prepared to trade anything
to save it. However poor he may be but
tries to sacrifice his last possession when face to face
with death. As the story goes, a woodcutter was once
collecting wood in a forest. The poor fellow was very
sick, hungry and weak, had blisters on the head, the
stack of wood was very heavy, he had no choice but take
it to nearby town for sale, to earn his bread. He tied the
rope over the bundle and sighed in despair: "Instead of
this life of drudgery, better if death comes to relieve me
from this pain". To his great astonishment, before he
completed the sentence, the Goddess of death -
(Yamuna, sister of Yama, according to the Hindu
mythology) appeared before him, and asked him why
he called her and what help he needed. Being face to
face with death, the woodcutter lost his senses, and
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realized the graveness of his mistake, but soon collected
his wits and replied: "in fact this bundle of woods is too
heavy for me and nobody is around. Can you just help
me to lift it up to my head?" Yamuna helped him
accordingly and vanished with a laugh.
This anecdote reveals a fact, that everybody loves
one's own life more than anything else in the world.
This attachment to the life induced a desire to live for
an infinite period defying death, and to make this
gross physical body immortal. This further led the
mankind to imagine a liquid, which can make one
immortal by drinking it. This was named as Nectar,
Elixir, 'Water-of-Life' etc. in various myths and
legends wherein Gods and great souls were described
to have achieved immortality by drinking such
liquids. However, practically so far not a single
incidence of immortality is documented nor any trace
of such liquids. The basic composition of this entire
universe is dynamic, under the forces balanced by
nature in such a way that right from a tiny electron to
a massive galaxy - all are constantly moving and
changing. Nothing can be permanently stable or
stagnant. Growth and decay are the inevitable aspects
of the world and human body is not an exception to
that. Therefore, the gross physical body, as we see
today, has to perish one day and its immortality is out
of question. If there is no death of the old body, there
cannot develop a new life too. Life is the name of
action, mobility and flow; and what is active and
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flowing will also undergo wear and tear, fatigue and
decay, and will perish one day. Now logically, to stop
decay and to prolong the life span of this physical
body means stopping all activities and making it
stagnant so there is no wear and tear, no death. But
then, by definition, it is not life! It is a deadwood!
Therefore, the way human body is made to function,
no one can be immortal. Rama, Krishna, Jesus,
Buddha, Mohammad and many Yogis, Rishis, Saints
and Prophets - all appeared on this earth in a specific
gross physical body and vanished at the end of the
life. None of them became immortal physically,
though their thoughts and messages are alive today!
It proves, beyond doubt that no human being can
achieve immortality and so far nobody has traced the
existence of so called elixir or nectar. So, really nectar
does not exist? No. We wish to emphasize that
'Nectar' does exist - but in a different form. Our
ancient Rishis discovered it after deep meditation
and severe penance and have presented it before us;
not only that, it can be easily obtained by anybody,
and once its secret is understood, it immediately gives
immortality! It puts you in a state where you find the
same joy, satisfaction, peace and fulfillment that you
assume to be associated with the achievement of
immortality. This nectar, revealed by our Rishis, is
'Brahm-gyan' (self knowledge). In other words, it is
the knowledge of the real self or self-realization (who
am I). It helps one discriminate between mortal and
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immortal, transient and permanent (Nitya-Anitya-
Vivek).
This, also known as 'Brahm-vidya' is a spiritual
accomplishment that lifts a man from gross physical
level to a higher level of soul - which is a part of the
supreme consciousness. Brahm-vidya (knowledge of
Atman or Brahman) reveals that the real self of a
human being actually is not the gross physical body,
but it is the soul residing within the body. Bhagvad
Geeta is a great treatise of Brahm-vidya. It compares
the physical body with old clothes. It is required that
old and worn out clothes be changed for new ones from
time to time. No one should be unhappy to discard the
old clothes. The soul residing within the physical body,
similarly changes the body, discards the old and
acquires a new one, such change need not be a subject
of sorrow or sadness.
A very common mistake being done by human
beings is to identify the self or 'I' with the physical body
and mind. The notion, that 'I' am the body with certain
name and fame, is 'Avidya' or ignorance. Brahm-gyan
removes this ignorance. The fact is, 'I' am the soul,
supreme consciousness or 'chaitanya' residing in this
physical body to perform certain duties as human
being, and will change this body when time comes.
Nobody cries or laments while changing old clothes,
then why so much grief while changing the old worn
out body? And why all these efforts to make this body
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perish? Why not to focus on the soul, which is
immortal and supreme reality residing in the body as a
king ruling the kingdom?
Let us see how the real self loses the identity and
gets covered by 'Avidya' and takes up a wrong
impression of identifying itself with the physical body.
The soul, 'Atman' or 'chaitanya' (consciousness) while
living in the physical body and playing a specific role,
becomes so deeply engrossed in that role, gets so much
smeared with the sensuous pleasures associated with
the physical body, that it starts believing that it is itself
the gross physical body. It is like a parrot living in a cage
that starts believing it to be the cage! So, the soul,
under a wrong notion, starts efforts to make the
physical body immortal, and forgets its own pure state
of immortality! Such illusion is aptly described in many
of our ancient scriptures. The rope-snake example is
very famous. In the darkness, we see a snake in the rope.
The reality - a rope is not realized, but the
superimposed image, - a snake is seen under ignorance.
As soon as there is light, the reality of the rope is
revealed. Our Rishis have called this phenomenon as
'Maya' or illusion. 'Brahm-Vidya', 'Brahm-gyan,
Atma-gyan or self-realization - by whatever name you
call, it is the real nectar, because it removes the illusion
of mortality and assures the soul: "you are immortal,
the supreme consciousness, chaitanya. You are not the
physical body". The person who deeply assimilates this
knowledge, and once realizes the true nature of his real
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self, soon identifies himself with the immortal soul, the
'Atman', and he does not need any other elixir or nectar
to make the physical body immortal. Realizing this
truth, man becomes free from all limitations of the
gross physical body. As described in chapter-2 of
Bhagvad Geeta, there is no birth or death for the soul, it
has been changing physical bodies from time
immemorial, fire can not burn it nor water can wet it,
no weapon can hurt it, it is the only immortal occupier
of this mortal physical body. The same is expressed in
Kenopanishad this way: Rise above sense-life and live
in the Atman. You will attain immortality and eternal
bliss. You will become immortal while living in this
body, if you attain knowledge of Brahman. You need
not wait till you leave this body. Just as the water in a
cup borrows its heat from the sun or the fire, so also the
mind, Prana and senses borrow their light and power
from the Atman. The ear hears through the light of the
Atman, the tongue speaks through the power of the
Atman, the mind thinks through the power of the
Atman, and the Prana performs its functions through
the power of the Atman only.
The assurance and confidence that "I am the
immortal Atman" comes by acquiring the 'knowledge
of self' (Atma-Gyan, Brahm-vidya), therefore, it is the
nectar on this earth. Man gets a divine vision through
brahm-vidya and sees that he has passed through
millions of lives of various creatures like insects, birds,
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uncountable number of bodies and discarded them at
the end of that life. He is also able to visualize fresh and
more efficient bodies he has to use in the future. This
visualization confirms his faith that his present life is
just a fraction of his entire eternal existence. This
knowledge gives him the same joy and contentment as
would be available by drinking a bowl of nectar, if it
existed at all.
Man almost reaches the state of immortality as
soon as he accepts the great truth, "I am sacred,
imperishable, all-pervading unalterable soul". His
attitude and approach towards the life changes and he
becomes like a sage or an angel. He does not remain a
slave of the situation but starts creating surrounding
situations according to his own plans. If you respect
yourself and if you are confident of your own excellence
and purity, then you really become the most excellent
person. If you think you are "Shiva" (the divine,
limitless, consciousness), then you are really 'Shiva',
and if you consider yourself "Jeeva", a creature, bound
by limits of gross physical body, then you are "Jeeva". It
is said that the trend starts from within only. If a child
is called by bad names in its own house, then expecting
outsiders to call by any better name is useless. As
evidenced by psychiatrists, a child treated as foolish by
parents, teachers and friends can hardly achieve any
important status when grown up. Usually the
experiences of conscious mind leave a deep impression
on the subconscious mind, which finally molds our
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personality. This is well understood by experts who
perform hypnotism and mesmerism. The person, who
continuously degrades himself and feels useless and
neglected, will soon become so. All our thoughts -
positive or negative - ultimately transform into our
personality accordingly.
To lead a respectful life in the society, you first have
to respect your own self. Hence accept the greatness of
your soul. Nourish and nurture your self-respect,
because you are the 'atman', soul, which is part of the
limitless universal consciousness. Self-respect does not
mean arrogance or egoistic behavior towards others
considering others as meager and worthless. No, self-
respect does not allow you to insult others. Self-respect
is just honoring our soul and listening to it as the
almighty God within self. If you wish to establish a
relation with God, first make yourself eligible for it,
because relationship can exist between equals only.
There is a well-known proverb, "First deserve and then
desire". You are connected to God through the soul.
You are part of 'Ishwara' - almighty God, accept this
fact and believe in it. When almighty God himself is
sitting in you, in the form of your soul, your behavior
and activities should naturally be excellent, of the
highest moral standard. This will also strengthen your
self-respect and help in leading a meaningful honest
life.
The real humanity arises as soon as the lamp of
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holy, divine grace within and reaches the greatness of
an emperor. His vision becomes so noble that he never
thinks of any mean or sinful deeds. He leads a life of
high morals and aims to achieve greatness.
The faith in immortality of the soul is itself nectar
that helps conquering the fear of death. This nectar
liberates one from the bondage of all space-time
limitations of this perishable body. Experiencing
sanctity within our self reflects self-respect, which
enhances self-confidence by accepting our self as an
imperishable soul. The life of this mortal physical body
is limited and we have drawn unlimited ambitious
plans. So the worry about completing them all within a
short span of life leads to frustration and mental
depression. The illusive notion that our existence is
limited to the gross physical body only makes us
clinging more closely to the body thinking that this is
the last and only chance to enjoy sensuous pleasures.
This attachment with gross physical body is the real
cause of all sorts of sorrows, fears, worries and anxiety.
The only remedy that can effectively save us from this
catastrophe is the knowledge of the secret that I am the
eternal soul, 'Brahman', the 'Atman' which never dies
but keeps on changing the physical body. So detach
yourself, though slowly and gradually, but completely
from the physical body and remove the 'Avidya'
(ignorance) that "I am the body". Be a man of courage
and action, performing duty of benevolence and
compassion to other living entities. Let the thought: "I
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am the imperishable soul, the eternal consciousness"
prevail in your mind and you will accomplish any
difficult task without fear.
In addition to your immortality, you should also
know that you are the unalterable soul. This is called
permanence or 'nityatvam'. All other things in the
universe - health, relatives, physical strength of the
body and wealth - are transient, perishable and ever
changing ('anitya', 'anatma'). Today you have wife,
sons, daughters, a huge bank balance, gold, a big
manor, caravan of vehicles and servants. But tomorrow
nothing may exist and you can be a beggar on the road
by mere a stroke of earthquake. Therefore these
worldly objects are described as delusion, 'maya'. So,
play your roles and happily carry out worldly
transactions ('vyavahara') with them, but never get
attached to them. Do not depend on them for your real
bliss, as they are not permanent objects. Be self-
sufficient and self-dependent by dwelling in the state of
soul, constantly remembering that you are the ever-
existing consciousness, imperishable Atman. Only
then you will become immune to any disturbance
generated due to destruction of the material wealth.
On acquiring real inner wealth of supreme
consciousness, you no more care for so called wealth of
this material world and you will always be smiling
under any adversity or calamity.
Initially the imagination of nectar looks somewhat
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tragic. As the story goes about the imaginary elixir,
King Alexander got a pot of elixir as a favor from a Sufi
saint, Khwaja Khizar. The king was just on the verge of
drinking it when a crow warned him about the
problems of making the body immortal. The crow said,
"See, I tasted a few drops of that nectar and have
become immortal. I am too weak to carry out my bodily
functions. All my friends and relatives have died, I am
lonely and crying day and night, but unable to die in
spite of my desire to get relief from this cursed life".
Listening to this, king Alexander returned back
without touching the pot of nectar.
Thus, even if this gross physical body is somehow
made imperishable, such extended life will bring
sorrows and misery only. Spiritual immortality only can
give permanent peace and satisfaction to a man. The
nectar of self-knowledge or 'Brahm-gyan', 'Brahm-
vidya' is unique. It imparts courage, freedom and
freshness. There is no parallel in any imaginary nectar.
On acquiring self-knowledge, a man gets a divine vision
with a highly positive attitude towards life. He is no
more interested in worldly matters, sensuous pleasures
or greed. He leads a life of high morals with simple
living and high thinking. He implements inspiring
thoughts making his life pious and satisfying inner self.
Each of his actions becomes divine, creating a heaven
around him.
Man worries too much and collects so many
objects and gadgets planning for the survival in future
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even for a limited span of life. If this body is made to last
forever, the burden of collecting and storing all future
requirements will kill a man! On the other hand, a
person who has consumed the nectar of 'Brahm-gyan'
never worries for anything. There is no difference
between life and death in his eyes. Readers! Please
enjoy the nectar of self-realization. 'Brahma-gyan' is
the fountain of immortality, know that you are already
immortal soul, 'atman', and you need not run behind
any imaginary nectar. This is the only way to salvation.
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WHERE IS A
PHILOSOPHER'S
STONE?
P
eople of the world, since ancient times, have
desired to acquire some substance which can
convert cheap metals like iron into precious
gold merely by touching. Ever inquisitive mankind
nurtured hundreds of desires but three of them were
most predominant: (1) long life (2) unlimited wealth
and (3) success everywhere. These burning desires
lured human brain to imagine objects like (1) Nectar
(2) Philosopher's stone and (3) Wish- fulfilling tree. In
spite of hundreds of stories and legends prevailing all
over the world describing these things, they have
remained pure imagination only. It is another matter
that cunning fellows have amply cheated innocent,
gullible people in the name of these things. Even if we
accept, just for the sake of argument, the existence of
such a Philosopher's stone, it will lead to a self-
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into gold, over a period of time, over abundance of gold
will make it cheaper than iron, and on the other hand
shortage of iron will make it costlier than gold. So,
from the angle of economic principle also there is no
real long-term benefit of possessing a Philosopher's
stone!
Any imaginary, non-existent Philosopher's stone
need not lure us. We should not run behind such
illusive object, for a simple reason that there is more
powerful, more beneficial and more effective
alternative substance already gifted by God to every
human being! This is real and can be experienced by all.
This universal substance is - Love; compassion and
care for the fellow human being. Even when you have
to work with poor facilities, meager resources and
ordinary teammates, a touch of love converts your
results into gold by enriching all the people involved in
the project. This is the real wealth and by grace of God,
there is no scarcity of such wealthy people showering
their love and benevolence. They possess a very large
asset of love, for all!
Outward appearance of a person may be very ugly
and physically in bad shape, but if you love him, the
light of love enables you to see his inner beauty, quality,
his generosity and kindness. Therefore, love acts here
as a Philosopher's stone that converts him into gold for
you, who is an ugly person in the eyes of the world! The
object, which you like, which fulfills your desires, gives
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monetary value. The poor man's hut made of clay,
wood and dung is more than a king's palace for him,
because of his love for it. He may not part with his hut
for a pound of gold even!
Absolutely, no object itself is cheap or costly,
precious or worthless. The value of any object to a man
is decided by the extent to which it satisfies his desires.
A sage, a Yogi who has renounced the material objects
and acquired the wealth of self-realization is no more
attracted by money, gold or similar physical wealth.
Such materials though look very precious in the eyes of
a common man, are worthless for the 'Atma-gyani'.
Man earns money by hard work but when he faces some
crisis or his prestige is at stake, he spends the same
hard-earned money like water. Each and every rupee
was precious to him while earning with great efforts,
but the same now looks trivial and worthless while
spending behind more important and more desired
gadgets of comforts and luxury. It appears, therefore,
that money as such is not precious but the objects that
fulfill requirements, satisfy desires and make a man
happy are precious irrespective of their real value. If by
any ways and means, an ordinary thing can be made
capable to satisfy needs and to provide happiness, then
there is no exaggeration in defining such ways and
means as 'Philosopher's stone'. After all, a cheap and
petty thing is converted to a precious thing of our
desire through some mechanism; then such a
mechanism is nothing less than a 'Philosopher's stone'.
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A powerful impact is required to convert
something into some other thing. Transformation of
an ordinary small thing into a precious, important
thing is possible only under influence of a strong
energetic field. All human beings are already
equipped with such a power, a force, which can
transform a dull, lazy and morose atmosphere into
vibrant, energetic and divine one. This powerful force
is - love! A machine lying idle starts moving, a lamp
in dark lights up brilliantly and a stand-still fan starts
rotating - merely by switching on electric current!
Love is such electric current for charging up the
disappointed, inactive, sad and defeated people into
happy, fresh, active and energetic ones. It is usually
observed that the people pushed to darkness of crime
and notoriety due to negligence and hatred, are
transformed into kind and generous persons under
effect of love and compassion. A lamp spreads light,
burning oil; love is like the oil in human life,
nourishing and satisfying the life so as to engage into
acts of benevolence and kindness. A man deprived of
this basic source of life, - love, will remain dull and
disappointed. If we expect others to be polite, kind
and generous, let us first spread a message of love and
kindness from our side. Only love can convert a desert
into a green garden, a dead and dull into a live and
bright, darkness into light. There is no exaggeration
if such a wonderful thing is considered as a
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The object (Philosopher's stone), which can
convert iron into gold, is neither useful nor needed.
According to the principles of economics, money is a
medium that can be exchanged for goods and services
and is a measure of their values on the market. It is a
tool in commercial transactions to bring demand and
supply levels to equilibrium. If suddenly unlimited
supply of gold is available, it will destroy the economic
balance. Gold will lose value due to its plentiful
availability. Moreover, the possessor of large bulk of
gold will easily become a target of jealousy and will run
a risk of life. The history is witness of the fate of owners
of the famous diamond Kohinoor. A useful thing of
high utility may become useless after getting converted
to gold. Imagine that you are hungry and about to put a
piece of bread in your mouth and it turns to gold! The
same thing happened to king Midas in Greek
mythology, who got a boon that whatever he touched
would turn into gold. As the story goes, merely by his
touch, his chariot became pure gold but no more useful
for transportation, his beloved daughter turned into a
golden statue with no life in it, when he tried to eat
something, it also became solid gold. No doubt, he got
a lot of gold, but at what cost? Ultimately he repented a
lot and on his earnest request, God mercifully
withdrew the boon, and reversed its effect to bring
those objects back to normal functioning.
Actually, God has given everything to his children
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'Paras' (Philosopher's stone) is totally useless and
harmful hence it simply does not exist in this world
made by the supreme creator! But, yes its spiritual
version does exist which is the most essential and
beneficial for entire mankind, and that is - love as
described here. One who obtained this 'Paras', the
magic of love, can create a heaven of peace, joy and
prosperity around him - which no amount of money or
gold can make!
Any inert material has a remarkable property that
its particles tend to cling together due to mutual
attraction, scientifically known as cohesion. Mineral
particles come closer and form clusters of ore leading to
formation of large mines of raw metals under the crust
of the earth. Love, among living beings, is an attribute
of the highest quality. Naturally, the attractive force
generated by love and compassion is far stronger than
the cohesive force among inert materials. Even the
inert objects of the nature are competing with each
other to surrender, to give, to give in and to give up for
the benefit of others. For example, a river rushes to the
ocean and pours all her water into it; ocean tolerates
the heat of the sun, keeps salt and dirt within itself and
gives out pure water vapors to clouds. The clouds, in
turn shower sweet water through rains for sustaining
the life on this earth. If at any moment, any of the links
in this chain will become selfish and stop donating its
possession to the next member, it will be the end of life
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accomplishments to themselves, but generously
distribute to others for benefit of all. The soul, 'Atman'
is a divine entity - a part of the eternal consciousness,
hence it naturally induces sacrifice and benevolence in
all living creatures. We all know how parents sacrifice
their own happiness and comforts for the benefits of
their children. The love and care among one another in
a family provide basic strength for sustaining the living
beings. The end of such selfless devotion and sacrifice
will result into the end of this world.
We observe animals of various shapes and sizes in
the world, but they are all connected through one
unbroken thread of consciousness or 'Atman'. We see
hundreds of waves on the surface of ocean but
underneath lies the same undivided water. Similarly, a
single, non-dual consciousness has manifested through
all forms and shapes, so all are one and none is separate
from other. As we know, how the eldest and
responsible member of the family coordinates all family
activities and takes care of each and every member,
most often forgetting his own comforts and
convenience. In the same way, the creator of the
universe takes care of all inhabitants. When we
experience oneness with all other creatures of the
world, we start sharing their joys and sorrows also. We
know that one cannot escape from the results of sins of
other persons, as we are all connected. It is our pious
duty to help our neighbors in sustaining peace and
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plunge into life of sins and crime, we are responsible for
such misdeeds and also bound to suffer due to their
sins. If one mad man among a group travelling in a boat
suddenly starts digging a hole in the bottom of the
boat, we have to prevent him, otherwise that sinks the
entire boat sparing none, taking all travelers to the
bottom of the river. If we passively observe our
neighbor's house, which caught fire, within no time
the fire will engulf our house too. When we are all
connected through a single thread and inseparable part
of this universe, we have to behave responsibly and to
educate others also for the relevant code of conduct.
Otherwise we all have to pay the cost. When the
amount of crime and misdeeds cross certain limits, we
see increased events of natural calamities, flood,
earthquake, tsunami, epidemic, drought and wars.
Such events of misfortune claim thousands of human
lives - many of them, we feel, are innocent. But actually
it is not so. They are also participants, though
indirectly, in the sins of other human beings. God
created mankind with a special role assigned to take
care of his world, to spread the message of love and
peace. Then only we can deserve God's favor and mercy.
The secret of our religion is hidden in the fact that we
love each and every human being on the earth, show
care and compassion, consider all as our own self and
not different from us. Only this is our prime duty.
There is a difference between ordinary acts of
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or Yag). Ordinary good deeds are watched by people
and evaluated for their merits, but a Yagna has a very
subtle aspect beyond its physical appearance. Normally
by Yagna we mean an altar for sacrifice wherein the
'Havan Samagrees' - the sacred herbal materials are
offered to fire and sublimed into fumes. But broadly
speaking, this fire and altar system alone is not Yagna.
There are many forms of Yagna - for example, Gyan-
Yagna (spreading knowledge), Brahm-Yagna (penance
to know the real self), Japa-Yagna (chanting of sacred
verses or names of God). Yes, the fire and altar system is
the most common and basic form of Yagna wherein
precious herbal materials, specific food grains, oil seeds
or fruits are offered to the fire. Many shortsighted
people cannot understand the subtle benefits of such
Yagna. They consider this as a wasteful burning of
precious materials. But spiritually inclined,
enlightened philosophers know that a Yagna is a highly
beneficial ritual. When the sacred herbal materials
burn in the fire, their solid and liquid physical states
transform into micronized gaseous states spreading all
over in the atmosphere. The benefit of such fumes
reaches thousands of living beings of the world.
Specific prayers and sacred verses, 'Mantras', are
chanted in chorus during yagna. Such prayers are good
wishes aimed at benefit of all living creatures of the
universe. The chanting generates strong vibrational
energy and modulates the fumes coming out from the
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with a powerful positive energy destroying all ill effects
of negative thoughts. The prayers made at this time
yields desired fruits. Constantly propagating positive
thoughts and good wishes for all is a yagna of the
highest level and better than any donation or a material
charity. Any thought is a cluster of vibrational energy
that evaporates fast and showers like a cloud. A
thought - good or bad - once generated in mind, gets
radiated in space and reaches all people who have a
similar kind of thoughts. It is just like the specific radio
frequency, which can be received by those radio sets,
which are tuned to it. If we always generate good
thoughts for happiness of the world, our thoughts get
synchronized with thoughts of other well-wishers and
strengthen them. Thus kindness and generosity can be
encouraged. Thoughts are powerful vibrations of
energy and never get destroyed. They travel faster than
light and get stronger and stronger in harmony with
the thoughts of other kind people. This leads to
creation of divine asset empowering the religious mind
ultimately spreading peace and happiness throughout
the world. Such a great task is accomplished through
merely a small thought initiated in your mind hence
you also get your share of the credit ('Punya') for this
kind gesture.
Thinking always good for others, keeping truth,
justice, kindness, compassion and mercy in mind,
being generous to all and inducing noble thoughts in
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'Brahm-Yagna'. This flow of good thoughts and chain
of kind acts must be uninterrupted, unbroken
('Akhanda'), for, only then it can yield maximum
benefits. If mind periodically switches over to selfish
thoughts, bad, damaging, greedy and guilty thoughts,
then good effect of kind thoughts is washed away. Thus
harmony in thought process is very important. This
should be included in our daily routine like eating and
sleeping, without any delay or negligence. We should
always think positively for the good of the world and on
every opportunity, should also tell others to do the
same thing. Anybody in our family, friend-circle,
learned, dull, known or stranger - all should be
apprised of the power of kind thoughts, love, truth and
justice. We should advise them to replace vices and bad
habits with good habits and kind acts. This will show
that we care for them. If you give sweets to someone, he
will like your pleasing gesture, but an intelligent person
will also realize that you intend to extend some
permanent benefit to him through this act of kindness.
Common people may not understand the importance
of 'Yagna', but a spiritually inclined person visualizes
the hidden benefits within. We have to keep this
unbroken 'Brahm-yagna' going on uninterrupted in
the benefit of all leaving creatures, ultimately leading to
our own spiritual growth and divine progress.
Have you ever thought, why this soul, which is
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this stinking physical body full of blood, urine and
excreta? Why it prepared itself to bear the pains by
falling into the cycles of birth and death? The answer
is, only to taste the nectar of love prevailing in this
universe, the soul manifested through this structure
of bone and flesh. Each of the sense organs has it's
own subject. Ears want melodious music, eyes
beautiful scenery, tongue tasteful food, skin wants
tender and loving touch. Similarly, divine love is a
subject of the soul, which can be enjoyed on the earth
only. Therefore it comes down to this earth, giving
up even the attractions of heaven. The bear comes
out from the bush to enjoy a cool breeze, the snake
comes out from his hole to lick dew drops, the
cuckoo reveals its song in the season of spring, the
wagtail bird is seen in the autumn and amphibians
wake up from their hibernation in monsoon. They all
appear for a specific purpose of fulfilling their desires.
The consciousness, the real self or the soul, is
nurtured by the divine love created by almighty God.
It wants to swim in the lake of love for survival, as a
fish survives in the water. This soul, the 'Jeevatman' is
the prince in the realm of God and has arrived on this
holy earth to enjoy the beauty of his Father's
kingdom - the garden of love. The consciousness or
soul manifests as Jeevatman in various forms on this
earth, enjoys the nectar of love created by God, and
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Our life is uncertain, unstable, transient, rough,
irregular, full of struggle and hardships, and also
surrounded by difficulties and sorrows. Had it not been
supported on a strong internal platform, it would have
disintegrated into a useless disgustful entity long back.
Sometimes it may also appear that suicide is better than
that life of drudgery. But in spite of all obstacles and
hardships, there exists a constant attraction between
the soul and the life, like a magnetic force. This
constant force is love, which is backbone of our life,
which sustains the life and makes all the activities and
functions possible. If you can imagine any living
creature totally devoid of love, then its behavior and
attitude would be like a burning sun of a hot summer
noon, flaring up anything coming into its contact.
Even ferocious animals are not devoid of love. How
strongly they love their offspring and how affectionate
they are towards their mates! Even the robbers,
criminals, killers and immoral people have some
fraction of love within their hearts at least for someone!
Otherwise they would become explosive like a fireball
or a bomb. Any animal may lack any other virtue, but
certainly it would not lack love for someone at least.
Just as heat is an attribute of fire, love is an attribute of
the life and soul! During the dark night of ignorance,
rays of love still exist, however feeble they may appear.
Soul is full of love beyond doubt, and remains happy
within the atmosphere of love and peace. The fish
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cannot attain peace until it is engrossed in love. Thirst
makes us wander here and there, but once we get cold
water and drink it to the content of our heart, we settle
down to rest. A snake usually rests in its hole after
filling up its stomach and does not need to move
anywhere. The shell floats over the sea surface until it
gets the first raindrop under 'Swati' constellation. On
getting that, it goes to the bottom of the sea to make a
pearl out of it. In the same way, the soul has arrived on
this earth with a purpose of attaining eternal love, once
it is achieved, it will return to its native with full
contentment. This is the real secret of salvation, birth,
death and the life cycle.
We are compelled to undergo many births as the
thirst for the true love is not quenched. The mirage of
greed, attachment, possessiveness and other attractions
confuse us diverting to perishable and transient
objects. But, by the grace of a devoted teacher - a
'Sadguru', when we find the source of real eternal love
within our own self, we find ourselves surrounded by an
ocean of love. Then, within no time the soul gets deep
satisfaction and returns to its heavenly abode fully
contented.
Love means sacrifice and service. A person who
really loves someone surrenders his own self for the
happiness of his beloved one, without the slightest
desire for his own happiness. He never tries to take
anything but always focuses on giving something. True
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allow one to slip into the pothole of physical
attractions. True devotee and a man of high moral see
an image of a goddess or a mother or a sister in every
woman. You never find posters of indecently exposed
actresses on the walls of his room. He does not loiter in
streets and market place. He inspires women to reach
the high status of Seeta and Savitri. He sings songs of
brotherhood of Rama and Bharat instead of cheap
commercial filmy love songs. When a person lures and
exploits someone to satisfy his physical desires, it is not
love but merely lust that pushes one into the ditch of
sins. It creates a hell for both of them under the spell of
physical attraction.
"I will take everything, but will not give anything
to others" this attitude is a root cause of all evils. In fact
every human should adopt a policy of, "I do not want,
please you take". Only this attitude can lead to peace
and prosperity. "I take, but do not give you anything"
was the principle adopted by queen Kaikeyee (one of
the three wives of king Dasharath of Ayodhya in
Ramayan), which converted the kingdom of Ayodhya
into a hell. Entire town lamented and king Dasharath
lost his life. The palace became gloomy and deserted
like a crematory. The innocent and saintly prince
Rama, scheduled for the coronation ceremony next
day, had to leave for the forest. But entire situation
turned abruptly as soon as the policy of "you take, I do
not want" emerged. First of all Rama renounced the
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kingship of the state. Then Seeta declared that she
would follow her husband to the forest instead of
enjoying luxury of the palace. Sumitra, the mother of
Laxman, told her son that he had no place in Ayodhya
if Rama and Seeta went to forest. So Laxman also
decided to follow the elder brother to forest. This was a
divine event. Bharat even went to the extent of
rejecting the throne and crown, and started crying like
a child at the feet of Rama, saying that he did not wish
the possession of the kingdom. Rama pacified him,
saying that Bharat should rule the kingdom of Ayodhya
and the forest was the only place suitable for him.
Heavenly atmosphere reflected in this entire episode
where family members created a golden era by sacrifice,
among otherwise a hell of a situation spoilt by queen
Kaikeyee. Entire town of Ayodhya cheered up with joy
at this golden moment. The happiness was so intense at
that time that Valmik and Tulsi never got contented
describing the delight in Ramayana. It was power of
love that created a heavenly situation with full
contentment of all and therefore love is considered a
Philosopher's stone on this earth.
In this materialistic world, only love and
compassion can work miracles. So, please show
concern for your family, friends, relatives and unknown
and strangers even. Have a feeling of benevolence, love
and care, respect and empathy for all coming into your
contact. Thus you will spread a selfless love in your
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case of even dispute and contradiction with someone,
let the feeling of love prevail. Keep the dispute issue-
based and limited to the subject of dispute only. Never
brand the person as bad and never allow hatred to
develop for a person. Let your thought, speech and
deed all be full of love. Be polite in your behavior.
Honesty and good conduct must be your policy and
sweet soft speech your nature. Once you start your
journey on the path of cultivating these virtues, your
life will also move faster towards acquiring true
unselfish love. And, then you will discover the
marvelous object called Philosopher's stone on this
earth.
Divert your attention from that imaginary stone
that converts iron into gold. Instead, acquire the skill
and capability to convert any mean heart into a noble
one through touch of your love and compassion. This is
the real Philosopher's stone. One, who possesses this,
has got everything in this world that one can think and
needs nothing further.
¦

¦
The soul has its immortal
existence that only exists
through its relation with the
supreme soul. This is the
ultimate state of unity, of self-
realization, in which the
individual soul declares,
“sthitapragya, so aham asmi”,
“I am that absolute spirit!” At
this time, he realizes that in
the multitude of shapes and
forms in the world there is the
hidden reality of one life, one
force, and one truth.
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~3~
WISH-FULFILLING
TREE ON THE EARTH
i
t is imagined that there is one miraculous tree in
heaven. Whatever you desire sitting under that
tree, is obtained. If someone wanted a thousand
gold coins sitting under the tree, he would get a
thousand gold coins. In fact mankind has been in
search of such a tree from ancient times. The
possession of such an object is very lucrative, which can
furnish any desired item without really making any
effort. The entire world is craving for happiness. It is
quite natural to keenly desire a tree that can so easily
provide all the causes of happiness in the world.
Millions of years have gone in search of such wish-
fulfilling tree, but no one has succeeded in locating
anywhere on the earth a tree as described by ancient
scriptures.
However, spiritual scientists have found out the
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can be obtained by anybody who wants it. But only
condition is, you need to identify it properly, as it is not
in the same form as described in scriptures. When the
heavenly bodies appear on the earth, they are not visible
to our physical eyes. Gods may be living in heaven with
gross physical bodies, but none on the earth has seen
any God in the same form. They may be visiting the
earth, but in a subtle form not visible to human eyes.
In the same way, the wish-fulfilling tree is very much
on this earth but not visible in a material form. In spite
of being invisible, it is full of all the virtues. It serves the
same purpose on the earth, which it serves in the
heaven. Though we are devoid of seeing it physically,
we are not devoid of its merits, as we are still capable to
derive all the benefits that are available to Gods in the
heaven.
Penance is the 'Wish-fulfilling tree' on this earth.
Penance means voluntarily undergoing hardship with
severe self-control and striving to achieve some desired
goal. Many people obtained boons through penance in
ancient times. They mastered miraculous achievements
and skills due to such boons. It appears from our
ancient literature that the only way to please Gods was
penance. The sages and hermits could satisfy God with
practice of penance and achieved specific powers. Only
such capable devotees can acquire those powerful skills
after hard efforts. Lean and weak persons cannot digest
heavy food rich in fat and nutrition. It is believed that
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vessel. In the same way, divine power can only be
handled by deserving and capable persons, who have
trained their minds by putting in proper efforts
through penance. If such power falls into improper
hands, it can ruin or drive the person insane. If a child
gets a gun or ammunition it can kill itself and many
other people too. Therefore almighty has made it a rule
that skills, assets and power will remain with those who
deserve them and who are eligible to handle them. The
main criteria of eligibility is, whether a person has
acquired the necessary skills by putting enough efforts
and hard work and whether one has a keen desire to
obtain certain object. Once this test is passed, God
bestows on him all that he deserves.
Our Great ancient sage Bhagirath brought the river
Ganges down from heaven to this earth by severe
penance. Goddess Parvati obtained lord Shiva as
husband and prince Dhruva got an unmovable constant
kingdom in the sky, all by penance only. Not only one
or two, there exist thousands of evidences to prove that
only penance, hard work, self-control and great efforts
can give you the desired wealth. Whether a god or a
demon, all have obtained boons through severe
penance and hardships. Even if you are surrounded by
unlimited wealth around you, not a single piece can be
enjoyed without putting in proper efforts and penance.
Millions of diamonds, minerals and valuable objects are
hidden beneath crust of the earth and under the ocean
bed, but mining and drilling can only yield the access to
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that treasure. As the mythical story goes, fourteen of
the most valuable objects were recovered when gods
and demons jointly churned the ocean. Nothing can be
obtained without suitable efforts. Only hard work,
perseverance and efforts can yield the wealth of the
world. Occasionally we see some cases of sudden
accidental and undue benefits to some person merely
due to stroke of luck. However, according to the theory
of 'Karma', it is a result of accumulated past meritorious
deeds performed with hard work.
The well-organized creation of God - this universe
- functions in a perfectly systematic way with well
defined set of rules. There is no anarchy. Nobody can
walk away unpunished robing others' wealth. If not
today, then tomorrow, the sinner, the robber has to pay
the price of his misdeeds. Nobody can get anything out
of the way. Saint Kabir has aptly said: Lord Rama,
sitting in his balcony, watches everyone and distributes
rewards to each one according to one's efforts. As the
familiar saying goes: As you sow, so shall you reap.
Industrious, hard-worker, sincere men obtain the
wealth, but the lazy, sitting idle, just go on blaming
their own fate.
Very difficult task can be accomplished and
unreachable objects can be achieved with sincere efforts
and hard work. The legendry hero Farhad excavated a
long tunnel through mountain with a shovel and
courageous hard work. The great poet Kalidas started
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earned him a universal fame. Gold glitters on heating in
fire, metals shine when polished and a razor and a
sword get sharpened when rubbed on a grinding wheel.
Friction of quartz produces fire. Hard work and sincere
efforts bring out numerous skills and capabilities
hidden in human being. They ultimately help
acquiring all the wealth and satisfy desires that can be
imagined to be fulfilled with a 'wish-fulfilling tree' or
'Kalpavriksha'.
If you wish to see your house, clothes and body
beautiful, start cleaning them. Whitewash the house,
repair the broken items, decorate all objects properly
and see how they start gleaming! To be physically fit
and attractive, exercise regularly, do manual work,
apply self-control in eating and sleeping, and you will
achieve your goal. Knowledge, wealth, fame,
leadership, authority, will-power, freedom, happiness,
peace – whatever you desire, just put enough efforts,
hard and sincere efforts, and see you will get it! This is
the fundamental key for unlocking success.
Undergoing extreme hardship and sacrificing today's
comforts for tomorrow's golden goal is penance. This
penance is obviously fruitful. Achievements and
accomplishments are usually followers of hard work
and penance. Nobody can alter the law of nature that
only the hard-worker wins at the end. One who
attempts honestly and sincerely definitely gets his
desired object tomorrow, if not today. God certainly
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Even if a tree existed to deliver desired things free
of cost and without efforts, it would do harm only,
because anything achieved without efforts distorts a
man's mind, induces random, uncontrolled, greedy
thoughts and finally leads to grave consequences. It is
said, once upon a time a man reached under a wish-
fulfilling tree. He desired cold water to drink, and soon
water appeared before him. With a pleasant surprise he
wished tasteful food and that too he found before him.
Gradually he desired a bed, cushion, money, house,
servants, kingdom and so on. And with his
amusement, he got every thing. Now getting bored
with all these wealth, his mind ventured into another
direction. He feared that some animal would come and
kill him. Soon a roaring ferocious lion appeared and
ate him. So what he got unduly, ultimately ended soon
with his own death.
One thing we all have to understand that there is
no freedom without power. Whether we wish to be free
from poverty, sickness, slavery, corruption or bondage
of births and deaths, all efforts demand energy and we
cannot escape from it until we exercise tremendous
power to remove the bondage. Aryans therefore have
been worshipping energy right from the beginning
with great respect. Many great men and saints have
considered the energy as supreme religion in a class of
its own. Worshipping strength, power or energy as a
goddess in a specific sect of religion was initially a part
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notoriety due to consumption of meat and liquor by its
followers in the name of rituals. The manifestation of
energy or power in the form of Goddess is known by
many names – Maa Kali, Durga, Chandi, Bhavani, Devi
Maa, etc. She fights to conquer devil forces and kills
demons, enjoys drinking their blood.
One great man has said: truth is power. The
darkness of ignorance and immorality can be destroyed
with a torch of truth only. Power electrifies a lazy man
or dull society infusing life and freshness into them.
Energy is like electric current or a magnetic field that
can be invoked into any part of a body and can be
mobilized to impart strength and vigor to that part. As
soon as the body is charged with power, a common man
becomes great like Gandhi, Lenin, Sun Yat-sen or
Columbus, and performs supreme tasks like Ram,
Krishna, Christ, Buddh or Mohammad. Mental energy
in the form of talent creates great philosophical
knowledge and leads to modern scientific inventions in
the benefit of the entire mankind. A small fraction of
such intellect or brilliance can create miracles around
us and can produce all the amenities, which can be
imagined in heaven. Over and above this, collective
power of a well-organized group is further and far more
effective. One plus one is not two, but eleven here. The
teamwork of a highly complementary pair of persons
can produce eleven times more output. Collective
efforts of even a few really hard-working men can
perform surprising tasks. In this modern era, only

collective strength of a harmonious group is considered
to be real power. In a team, the weakness of one
member is nullified with strength of another one and
strength of each member is added up to a multiple
effect. It is beyond doubt that a group, union, team,
organization or an institute is a magical entity where
people involved exchange mutual cooperation and
multiply their strength manifold.
Salvation of the soul also requires the power of true
knowledge and penance. Lazy and weak-minded
cannot liberate his soul from bondage of re-births.
Physical, mental or spiritual – any pain can be relieved
by worshipping power only. Incapable people usually
lament about their sorrows, keep on murmuring and
blaming their fate or God or the world. Those who
wish to achieve fame in their desired field must acquire
energy and power and harness them for the goal.
Perseverance and uninterrupted efforts – are the
only two greatest courses leading to desired boons by
pleasing the goddess Energy. Whatever plans and
programs you have in mind or whatever is your aim of
life plunge into it whole-heartedly. Dedicate your total
energy and mental power day and night. Hard work and
only hard work, untiring efforts! Make it your habit.
Never think that you will get tired with more work.
Work is a driving force that will increase your capability
with the progress of task. After working for merely an
hour or two, a lazy, indifferent or hopeless person gets
so much tired as if he climbed up a mountain. Whereas
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an enthused and interested person does not feel a bit of
fatigue in spite of putting in whole day's hard work.
True dedication for goal, deep interest and joy of work
are like a dynamo producing high level of energy for
untiring work every moment.
Please remember that any of your desire can be
fulfilled by energy only. One needs power and force to
carry out any task. An engine needs fuel for running.
Looking around for support and depending on others
will never serve your purpose. It is said that to go to
heaven one needs to die oneself. You cannot expect
someone else to die for your journey to heaven. For
achieving success in your field, only you have to strive
hard. So collect your strength and stand up on your
own feet. Do not be impatient under the trying times
when the goddess of energy puts you to severe test. Do
you know, Thomas Alva Edison failed thousand times,
before he got success in inventing the light bulb? Had
he given up the task halfway, the world would have
never seen the electric bulb! You will also undergo
frequent and many spells of failure and
disappointment. But if you successfully pass through
all these difficulties, delays and failures, these tough
times teach you lessons and ultimately you are going to
grab the multiplicity of the desired result with
blessings of the goddess.
Not once or twice, but thousand times we have
uttered that there is no freedom without energy. So be
powerful. Strengthen your capabilities. Induce very

strong self-confidence. Stand up for your own noble
cause. God helps you only when you are capable to help
yourself.
A lion does not eat stale, rotten meat of a dead
animal. He prefers to die hungry instead. Shall we
sacrifice our excellent virtues for the sake of trivial
sensuous pleasures? An emperor never behaves like a
beggar. So we should not indulge into an activity,
which is a blur on the face of humanity. We should
discriminate between just and unjust, and favor the just
and fair only. We may lead a life of poverty, undergo
hardships but will never accept any wealth earned with
unfair means. Humming bird and honeybee suck sweet
juices from fragrant flowers and avoid going near dirty
objects. We also must keep ourselves surrounded by
good people and noble thoughts. Being human, we are
more responsible to lead a graceful life that is
benevolent to all on this planet and not a curse to
anybody.
Shameful is the life that passes in sinful acts and
sensuous pleasures. There is no difference between
human and animal so far as basic activities of eating,
sleeping, fear and procreation are concerned. Thinking
at higher level only differentiates a man from other
animals. Even a person who may be great but never
extends support to fellow human beings is useless, just
like a coconut tree that grows very tall but no one gets a
shelter in its shade during hot sun. Nobody can
appreciate a dog guarding a stack of hay, which itself

cannot eat and does not allow a cow to eat. Meaningful
is the life that goes in the service and support of all.
Acquiring this human body is a good opportunity to
serve the mankind. Missing this golden chance now,
the selfish will repent a lot later on, when he will realize
the true purpose of this human life.
Therefore, lead an ideal life of high moral standard
that can be exemplary to all. Leave your footsteps on
this land which next generation can follow. Let your
life be filled with truth, love, justice, compassion,
sincerity, self-discipline, willpower and generosity.
Conserving physical and mental energy for noble cause
should be the prime duty and always a focus of your
total attention, else life will be meaningless.
Not only you live life of a highest moral, let others
also live accordingly. Take this as a commandment of
God. Remove all vices, desires, selfishness and malice
from mind and live gracefully a simple harmonious life
to encourage weaker people for achieving strength.
Exploiting others for your own selfish motive is
condemnable. Never try to achieve freedom by
enslaving weaker sect. Progress made by oppressing
fellow human being will not last long. Everything
achieved this way will get destroyed. The consequences
of such devilish act are beyond imagination.
So help all others to live with freedom and peace.
Show path to people who have wandered. Never
jeopardize their fundamental human rights. Never
discriminate people based on their cast, creed or

religion. All human being are children of God and
equal. Separation based on gender, race and province is
also shameful. One who cares for truth and justice
always appreciates virtues of others. He is open-
minded with broad outlook on life. On the other hand,
a narrow-minded selfish person lives a miserable life
himself trapped into many vices. He considers others
useless and drags them into darkness of shabby,
immoral life. His own soul curses him, but being a slave
of bad habits, he cannot give up his errant life without
your strong support. His condition is exactly like the
character of 'Mahabharat', whom we know as
'Duryodhan', he says: "I know my duty and religion,
but I cannot follow it, I also know what is sin, but I
cannot give it up!"
Do not be mean and narrow. You are on the path of
development and progressing well, so help others to
prosper. Let others enjoy freedom, as you like salvation
of your own soul. Encourage others to achieve greater
heights. Readers! You are prince in this kingdom of
almighty God. Live life of a king! All other living
beings are family members and children of this mother
earth, as you are one of them. So behave with them as
you expect them to behave with you. So live life very
pleasantly and spread pleasure everywhere for everyone.
So, 'Wish-fulfilling tree', 'Kalpa-vriksha' in this
world, is penance – characterized by virtues like
enthusiasm, patience, vigor, dedication, courage,
stability and perseverance shown under any situation.

Who developed these virtues through penance, is a real
achiever who can get any desired object that a wish-
fulfilling tree can give. People desiring to obtain status,
leadership, wealth, prestige, knowledge or any benefit,
personal or social, have first to undergo penance only.
Sincere dedicated efforts and hard work can install all
virtues required for penance. Once these virtues start
developing, they displace the vices such as laziness,
negativity, helplessness, instability and malice, and
replace them with good qualities like enthusiasm,
optimism, kindness, generosity, compassion, satisfaction
andself-confidence.
Beyond doubt, only penance has the magic touch
to fulfill all your desires. Whosoever achieved anything
in this world did it with striving hard. If you wish to
achieve something in life, make hard work and
dedicated efforts your second nature. Nothing will be
impossible for you and you will get all you want.
¦

¦
If you adopt the principle of
“simple living and high
thinking” you would soon
start attaining rapid progress
in life. Simplicity of life-style
will automatically eliminate
your sense of scarcity. This
together with the positive and
constructive transformation of
your thinking and feelings will
enable you to make
constructive use of whatever
resources you have.
¦

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~4~
STRIVE TO ACQUIRE
THESE OBJECTS
N
ectar, Philosopher's Stone and the Wish
Fulfilling Tree – all these three great
objects are easily available to all people,
common like you and me. They are hidden if we
neglect them, but they start approaching us as we try
to obtain them. Usually objects do not exist for us
when we turn our back to them. We cannot see
behind us. But when we turn our face to them, we see
the objects that were invisible a while ago. It is true
that when we work hard for the objects we desire
normally we get them sooner or later.
As such everybody wants to remain happy
keeping sorrows away, but in reality these are mere
meaningless impotent whims bearing no fruits of
materialization. The desire to achieve something has
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and sincere efforts for the aim. A well determined,
fully convinced man achieves his highest target by
unwavering efforts. There is nothing in the world
that one cannot obtain it in spite of sincere efforts. Of
course, this is not true for greedy accumulation of
unnecessary objects. But so far as spiritual joy, the
bliss is concerned, it is available to all through
development of pure virtues with a simple and
benevolent life. A very strong divine support is active
in your favor for this purpose.
Nectar, Philosopher's stone and the Wish fulfilling
tree – all these three are available if desired sincerely
and understood correctly. The confidence that we are
immortal at the spiritual level, should be so firmly
embedded in our mind that every problem of our life
has to be addressed from this perspective only. This
present life is just a fraction of our entire eternal
existence, so any issue has to be given only
proportionate importance. Once this understanding
develops, our life becomes peaceful, clear, innocent and
blissful. This is nectar on this earth.
Having love and compassion for all, extending
kindness, companionship, cooperation, service and
benevolence to all is so nice a virtue that anybody
coming into your contact will humbly reciprocate
your kindness in the best manner. People will like to
do anything for you. Love makes you capable to see
inner beauty of an ordinary person. Love can change
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ones. Love is therefore considered as Philosopher's
stone in this world.
Industry, adventure, diligence, hard work, sincere
dedicated efforts are all a type of modern age penance
that provide the desired fruit and take you to your goal,
however difficult it may be. Who practices this
penance, does not need other wish-fulfilling tree, he
gets everything of his choice.
¦
STRIVE TO ACQUIRE THESE OBJECTS

¦
Spiritual life is truly lived by
an all-inclusive self-restraint
and discipline in which one
has to consciously endeavor
every moment to transform
his entire way of life into that
of a true Brahman. This
entails a gradual and
sustained spiritual discipline.
¦

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~5~
TERRESTRIAL
NECTARS
U
sual meaning of nectar is, the object
emanated during churning of great ocean
and collected by Gods ('Devatas'), drinking
that makes one immortal. But this nectar is quite
imaginary and belongs to heaven, which practically
nobody has seen. On the other hand, we are fortunate
to have not one or two, but many kinds of nectars on
our earth as described in our ancient scriptures.
In the well-known 'Medini' Sanskrit dictionary,
milk is described as nectar. Ayurveda repeats the same
truth – milk in the diet is equivalent to nectar. This is
further supported by famous ayurvedic treatise: “Raj
Nighantu”.
Water is also considered elixir of life as referred in
Sanskrit thesaurus 'Amar Kosh'. Atharva Veda declares
water as medicine for all ailments and equivalent to
nectar. Raj Nighantu identifies 'Ghee' (clarified butter)

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as nectar. Buttermilk obtained on vigorous churning of
curds is also equated with nectar. Sweets prepared from
ghee and sugar, honey, and all tasteful nutritious foods
are considered nectar for this body. Some ayurvedic
preparations based on mercury, mica, gold and other
minerals, which prolong life and reduce aging are
considered equal to nectar. But again, these are merely
supporters of gross physical body and have no effect on
the spiritual self, which is already immortal and does
not need any such artificial support. Sweet speech is
also considered as elixir. In the scriptures of
'Hitopadesha' the innocent soft speech of children is
called nectar. The food that is begged is like poison and
that which is earned through hard work is considered
as nectar according to our ancient book 'Manu-Smriti'.
It is stated in our scriptures that true knowledge
imparts immortality. Hence 'Vidya'- knowledge of the
real self is nectar. The initial verse in the 'Amar Kosh'
also indicates that knowledge contains the
characteristics of elixir. However, one more nectar
superior to all stated above, is described by Lord
Krishna in chapter 4, verse 31 of Bhagvat Geeta, and
that is 'Yagna Prasadam' means, whatever food or
objects remain after distributing to all as a goodwill
gesture, is nectar. Yagna itself is an act of benevolence
to the society. At the end of the Yagna, we offer our
sacrifices to God and distribute donations to our
teachers (Guru) and other people. What remains after
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nectar. Manu-Smriti says the same thing in verse 275
of chapter 2. Ishavasya Upanishad also tells us to enjoy
objects in our possession only after offering a portion in
the service of mankind. Whether strength, power or
material objects, when a sizable portion of them is used
for benefit of large mass as a goodwill gesture, the
portion remaining with us is purified and imparts
divine bliss which is not available to Gods even from
the imaginary nectar.
¦
TERRESTRIAL NECTARS

¦
The illuminated ascent of men
and women to a higher level
of consciousness leads to the
transmutation of society, thus
altering the trends of time and
creating a new, better world.
This is the goal of the New
Era.
¦

~6~
LOCATION OF
PHILOSOPHER'S STONE
AND
WISH-FULFILLING TREE
P
Philosopher's stone and Wish-fulfilling tree
provide objects for satisfying materialistic
desires. But materialistic desires are endless.
No sooner does one desire get fulfilled than the next
one pops up. On obtaining a desired object, human
mind is no more interested in it, and starts craving for
yet another object. Thus we are trapped in a vicious
cycle of countless desires. No matter how much
materialistic wealth is supplied by the Philosopher's
stone and Wish-fulfilling tree, man never gets
contented with that.
Desires never get satisfied on obtaining desired
objects. Sometimes they arise with more intensity.
Suppression of desires is also not a solution for
curtailing chain of desires. A correct judicious mental
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attitude towards material objects, understanding our
own actual requirements, wisdom, compassion and
above all, satisfaction and sense of gratitude for
whatever we have got – these are the virtues which calm
down the storm of uncontrollable acute desires and
tranquilize our mind. Acquiring these virtues, a man
feels himself richer than 'Kuber' (the lord of wealth)
and happier than Gods in the heaven. Self-knowledge
and self-realization exposes the futility of material
objects. He no longer craves for the material wealth
instead he is oriented towards the divine bliss. There is
no desire left nor has he to run behind any object.
Readers! Please never waste your time and energy
in search of Philosopher's stone and Wish-fulfilling
tree in the material world. Search them within as the
excellent virtues and unlimited love and kindness
resting in your heart. This is a treasure untapped so far.
Open the doors of your mind towards internal light,
which will illuminate the unlimited wealth in your own
possession. The satisfaction and bliss you get here is so
profound that a mountain of Philosopher's stone and a
forest of Wish-fulfilling trees can be sacrificed for that.
Your acts of benevolence and humanity can grow like
flowers that will spread the fragrance in all directions.
¦

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TRANSLATOR'S
NOTE
nsatiable greed for gold compelled ancient man
to engross into research for a substance - a
I'stone' that could convert steel or lead into gold
by merely touching it. This laid the foundation for
development of Chemistry known as 'Alchemy' at that
time and those engaged into the search were known as
'Alchemists'. This ever illusive imaginary substance
came to be known as 'Philosopher's Stone' into western
world and as 'Parasmani' or 'Chintamani' in Asian
region. Root of the word 'Paras' seems to be in the
Sanskrit 'Parshva' meaning facets as the diamond or a
prism has got. It can also be related to the Sanskrit
word 'Sparsh' - meaning 'to touch'. Though the object
of research remained obscure forever, man surely learnt
the fundamentals of chemical reactions and chemical
properties of many more substances.

Similarly, man's desire to be immortal led him to
venture into a search for nectar, which opened up the
branch of allopathic medicines in western world as
alchemists engaged themselves in search of the elixir of
life.
'Kalpa-Vriksha' or a wish-fulfilling tree,
compared to former two, is more connected with
Indian mythology. It is described to have emerged out
as one of the 14 miraculous objects, which evolved
when Gods churned the ocean during the act known as
'Samudramanthan'.
All these three objects have fascinated mankind
since time immemorial, but physically never seen by
anybody.
Here Pt. Shree Ram Sharma Aacharya reveals to
the reader, the actual existence of all these three
wonderful substances, most coveted by all, but in a
different form. These are more effective than the
mythological objects described above. They are within
us - only a capable spiritual teacher can give us a master
key to open the treasure to find them out.
Translated by Dr. Mahendra Patel

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