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
 Passion
Goodness
Ignorance

Running with agitated

mind

Panic Calm
Confusion analysis
fear before
action
Why am I
bound ?
 Spiritual
World – the
eternal
reality

Material
World – the
perverted
reflection
 Creation
Strong Desire,
Resourcefulness, attachment to
result
Maintenance
Self control, patience,
regularity, sense of duty
Destruction
Foolishness,
carelessness,
irresponsibility, sleep
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
Eternal
bliss
Love love
Mode of
Harnessed into goodness
positive energy
by Krishna
Lust Consciousness

wrath

illusion
Mode of
Ignorance Suffering
continues
 The Hard Struggle for Survival

[ Hard Labour

f Foam

b bondage

^ fear

_ death
 Reading of books
Mode of Goodness of philosophy,
poetry, science
Honest

selfless
No meat eating

thoughtful
No gambling

helpful
No intoxication

pious
No liquor

Take religion as
a serious duty No extramarital relations
 Mad after seeing Mode of Passion
and showing
glamour
Gives charity
Wound mind and for fame
disturbed sleep Hard labor for
honor

Religion :
a social affair
Money is honey

Disregard
scriptures

Attraction between Hankering for

man and woman family prestige
 Mode of Ignorance
foolish Dizzy and lazy

No interest
in spiritual dejected
life

postponing

mad

intoxicants

Nothing to do
with God
Drugs, meat, wine
Sleeping too much
 Result of action in different modes

Pure Returns to
goodness kingdom of God

Elevation to the stage of demigod or

angel

Goodness

Passion King / rich man / madman

Ignorance

Bird / beast / reptiles / trees

 Working in mode of goodness
A spring board to climb up to transcendence

stimulus response
Freedom to
choose and
subordinate our
feelings to
values

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
concern

Circle of
influence
 Circle of
Exam concern
result

People’s A ugly
love for Punctuality
looking
you Sincerity boy
Self Discipline

People Circle of
Exam study
teasing Influence
you
My Public
My Image
Smartness
Proactive and Reactive Behaviour

Proactive People
• Focus on circle of influence

• work on things they can do something about

Reactive People
• 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 Solution

DIRECT CONTROL Work on improving

Problems involving your own habits
your own behavior
 Problem Solving to Break Free

Problem Solution

INDIRECT CONTROL Improve methods of

Problems involving influence; thereby
other people’s increase your
behavior circle of influence
( inside-out, not
outside in)
Problem Solving to Break Free

Problem Solution

NO CONTROL Smile and learn to

Problems we can do live with these
nothing about 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

Chant

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
 Mantra Meditation
Chanting Hare Krishna
Eradicates all sinful reactions,
Counteracts sinful tendencies,
Uproots all ignorance and
FREEs the suffering soul from
all material animalistic urges.
 No intoxication

No meat eating Regulative

Principles of
FREEDOM

No illicit sex No gambling

 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
 Modern Medical Opinion
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.”
VEDAS- Manual for ultimate freedom

Guru Sastra Parampara

Spiritual Text Books
Professor of Institution
Injunction
 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
Become a
Free Bird
By
giving
your heart
to God
Thank