How to spot poverty consciousness Part 4

The Lure For Free

Long ago there was a comic strip in which the woman of the house goes to a sale to buy a VCR. She comes back with a TV. On enquiry from her husband she says, “The VCR was free along with the TV, since we required a VCR I bought the TV.”

While there are some opportunities for free is good, the lure for free can have unpleasant consequences.

When you buy a trouser and get another free, which is good. You are trying to grab an opportunity which has presented itself. Though I have always believed that the price of the free trouser is included in the price of the paid one and nothing is free. However, in case of clearance sale this may be a profitable proposition. The problem happens when we go on a shopping free and buy stuff we do not require just because something free was available along with it.

The bigger threat is when we look for medical advice, astrological advice and vastu advice for free. The advent of social media has fueled this desire of ours that everything should be available for free. When free we do not look at the credentials of the consultant, their track record but are ready to follow what he suggests for free.

Another reason we want the advice free is because it is intangible and we do not want to pay for the knowledge which the consultant has gathered with his qualifications and experience. This is the reason why most consultants give free advice, work on the fear psychosis of the client and sell them gem stones or yantras. The gullible client is unable to hold the consultant responsible as he did not pay for the advice he only paid for the stuff for which the consultant has delivered the goods so the transaction is over and done with.

This tendency of looking for free consultation comes out of poverty consciousness. When you are not ready to pay for the service of others, you are giving a message to your own subconscious that advice is free and so it is unable to attract paying clients to you in the domain you specialize in. You may be deserving a pay rise in office but your subconscious has been tuned by you to not attract that pay rise because talent, experience, qualifications are all intangibles like to knowledge of the consultant whom you do not want to pay.

So in effect by aspiring for free consultation you are feeding the poverty consciousness and not allowing the prosperity consciousness to attract wealth in your life.

VastuAcharya Manoj is a Senior Mahavastu consultant and can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com for Vastu advice

The Power of Trust

In Vrindavan, where Lord Krishna was born, there stayed a shepherdess who used to go to Mathura every day to sell milk and curd. Once a saint visited her village and she went to listen to his sermons. The Saint was telling a story and she got hooked to it. The saint was telling that there is a lot of power in the name of God and just by reciting the same great troubles can be surmounted. Just by reciting His name even a whirlpool can be crossed. If you have to cross a whirlpool in life never leave the name of God.

Next day she again went to sell milk to Mathura. On the way she had to cross the holy river Yamuna. Earlier she used to hire a boat to cross the river. This day she thought if the name of God can help you cross a whirlpool, I can definitely cross this river. Thus she silently recited the name of Lord Krishna and started moving forward. Truly she found herself walking on the river as if she is walking on a smooth road.

She started using this method every day and in her heart she used to thank the saint for sharing this mantra. One day she thought that she should invite the saint for lunch since he has done so much for her. So she goes to his residence in Mathura and invites her. The saint accepts and accompanies her to her village.

On reaching the banks of the river the saint starts calling the boatman. The shepherdess is surprised and she asks him, “Why do we need a boat when we can cross the Yamuna walking on it?”

“What are you saying young lady? How can we walk on Yamuna?”

“O Great man, you were the one who taught me this method. I just recite His name and walk on the river.”

The saint could not believe it so he asks the lady to first walk on Yamuna and he will follow her. She recites the name of God and starts walking. The saint follows but as soon he puts his foot on water he falls down. The shepherdess realizes that the saint has fallen in water. She comes back and holds his hands. With her support he too starts walking on Yamuna. Soon they reach the other side.

The saint falls to her feet and says, “I have been professing the importance of the name of God and to use it as a source of hope but it is you who has truly done that. You are a great soul.”

This story has been in circulation in Hindi on WhatsApp groups. My question to all my readers is “What is the relevance of this in Vastu as a Vatu practitioner and as a Vastu client?” I look forward to your comments below

Vastu Acharya Manoj is a Senior MahaVastu Consultant and can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com for Vastu advice.

The Hindi version of the story is as below:

वृंदावन की एक गोपी रोज दूध दही बेचने मथुरा जाती थी, एक दिन व्रज में एक संत आये, गोपी भी कथा सुनने गई,
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संत कथा में कह रहे थे, भगवान के नाम की बड़ी महिमा है, नाम से बड़े बड़े संकट भी टल जाते है. नाम तो भव सागर से तारने वाला है, यदि भव सागर से पार होना है तो भगवान का नाम कभी मत छोडना. कथा समाप्त हुई गोपी अगले दिन फिर दूध दही बेचने चली,
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बीच में यमुना जी थी. गोपी को संत की बात याद आई, संत ने कहा था भगवान का नाम तो भवसागर से पार लगाने वाला है, जिस भगवान का नाम भवसागर से पार लगा सकता है तो क्या उन्ही भगवान का नाम मुझे इस साधारण सी नदी से पार नहीं लगा सकता ?
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ऐसा सोचकर गोपी ने मन में भगवान के नाम का आश्रय लिया भोली भाली गोपी यमुना जी की ओर आगे बढ़ गई. .
अब जैसे ही यमुना जी में पैर रखा तो लगा मानो जमीन पर चल रही है और ऐसे ही सारी नदी पार कर गई, पार पहुँचकर बड़ी प्रसन्न हुई, और मन में सोचने लगी कि संत ने तो ये तो बड़ा अच्छा तरीका बताया पार जाने का, रोज-रोज नाविक को भी पैसे नहीं देने पड़ेगे.
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एक दिन गोपी ने सोचा कि संत ने मेरा इतना भला किया मुझे उन्हें खाने पर बुलाना चाहिये, अगले दिन गोपी जब दही बेचने गई, तब संत से घर में भोजन करने को कहा संत तैयार हो गए. अब बीच में फिर यमुना नदी आई. संत नाविक को बुलाने लगा तो गोपी बोली बाबा नाविक को क्यों बुला रहे है. हम ऐसे ही यमुना जी में चलेगे.
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संत बोले - गोपी ! कैसी बात करती हो, यमुना जी को ऐसे ही कैसे पार करेगे ?
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गोपी बोली - बाबा ! आप ने ही तो रास्ता बताया था, आपने कथा में कहा था कि भगवान के नाम का आश्रय लेकर भवसागर से पार हो सकते है. तो मैंने सोचा जब भव सागर से पार हो सकते है तो यमुना जी से पार क्यों नहीं हो सकते ? और मै ऐसा ही करने लगी, इसलिए मुझे अब नाव की जरुरत नहीं पड़ती.
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संत को विश्वास नहीं हुआ बोले - गोपी तू ही पहले चल ! मै तुम्हारे पीछे पीछे आता हूँ, गोपी ने भगवान के नाम का आश्रय लिया और जिस प्रकार रोज जाती थी वैसे ही यमुना जी को पार कर गई.
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अब जैसे ही संत ने यमुना जी में पैर रखा तो झपाक से पानी में गिर गए, संत को बड़ा आश्चर्य, अब गोपी ने जब देखा तो कि संत तो पानी में गिर गए है तब गोपी वापस आई है और संत का हाथ पकड़कर जब चली तो संत भी गोपी की भांति ऐसे चले जैसे जमीन पर चल रहे हो.
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संत तो गोपी के चरणों में गिर पड़े, और बोले - कि गोपी तू धन्य है ! वास्तव में तो सही अर्थो में नाम का आश्रय
तो तुमने लिया है और मै जिसने नाम की महिमा बताई तो सही पर स्वयं नाम का आश्रय नहीं लिया......

How to spot Poverty Consciousness Part 3

A friend accompanied me to a famous temple in Indore. After performing the Pooja I donated a small amount in the DaanPeti placed in the Mandir.

Seeing me he said, “You know God does not need your money and if he needs He is not God.”

“Yes I know that He does not need money but he definitely want me to share.”

“If you want to share, why don’t you share with poor?” He argued. I got really annoyed.

“Is that what you do? When did you last donate to poor?” I asked.

He kept quiet and started looking elsewhere.

This is the state of affairs with many people. When it comes to donate in a temple they say it is better 

to donate to poor and when it comes to donating to poor they will come up with newer excuses – “It is all a mafia”, ‘why can’t he work?”, ‘Did you see that child in the arm of the woman was sleeping? Why are they always sleeping? You know they are drugged.” These are the responses you get for not sharing their money with poor.

In Christianity there is a concept of tithing where good Christians are encouraged to donate ten percent of their income to the church. The church then uses it for community good. A similar concept exists in Islam. Unfortunately the majority community in India does not practice any such thing. If any religious guru suggests such a thing we all will troll him on social media, main stream media and maybe on the roads too. He will be labelled to be regressive. Why? Just because we want excuses for not giving.

The act of giving is a sure sign of prosperity consciousness. By giving you are sending the message that I have abundant money and I am willing to share. The universe then gives you more such that you can share more.

By making excuses and justifying your “non-sharing” behavior you are actually telling the universe that you are living in scarcity and not having any intention to partake with what you have. My guru says it is better to give food to poor rather than money but give you should.

VastuAcharya Manoj is a Senior Mahavastu consultant and he can be contacted at mshrivastava2005@gmail.com for Vastu advice.

How to Spot Poverty Consciousness? Part 2

Once you recognize the symptoms of poverty consciousness and realize that you are demonstrating those symptoms it becomes very easy to get rid of them and move towards prosperity consciousness.

Most of the people in this world when they stay in a hotel stuff the toothpaste, lotions, and shampoos in their bags before check out. This does not happen only with people from a particular country but is a global phenomenon. A survey was conducted internationally and hotel owners from Europe and Americas have reported that their guests have robbed them with mattresses, televisions, iron, electric kettles, paintings, etc. I was really surprised when I read it. I mean how guests can take away mattresses without the hotel knowing about it. But believe it or not this is the truth.

Why do people behave this way? The reason is simple, they want to maximize on the tariffs they have paid to the hotel. In their minds this is just value for money or worse still they feel that the hotel is anyways running on huge profits which itself is a crime and robbing them of whatever they can is a way to get back to them for their crimes (profits). Very few people realize that most big hotels operate at wafer thin margins and even if they do earn good profits it is the fruit of the huge investments they have made.

The fact is that this behavior stems out of poverty consciousness. How can someone who does not appreciate other person’s wealth and profit be able to generate the same for oneself?

The other reason is the mindset of scarcity. What if we go to a hotel in future where they do not furnish a soap in the bathrooms? We should stuff this in the bags for such situations.

I know it is a touchy subject but if you display such behavior just recognize it as that of poverty consciousness. This acceptance in itself will move you towards prosperity consciousness.

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How to spot poverty consciousness? Part 1

Just the awareness of the behavior which stems out of poverty consciousness is helpful in coming out of it. I have observed and introspected during my daily meditations and have come up with some sure signs of poverty consciousness. When reading them you may find it difficult to accept but if you meditate on it for 10-15 minutes you will understand it.

Observe people buying fruits and vegetables from road side. They must have stopped their sedan to shop but they will haggle with the vendor endlessly to save ten rupees. If you ask them they will say, “पैसे क्या पेड़ पे उगते हैं? (Money does not grow on trees)” or “वाह साहब खून पसीने की कमाई है, ऐसे कैसे लुटा दें (It is our hard earned money. We can’t just blow them away).” Now observe the same people shopping in a mall. Not only they will buy at the quoted price they will also pay taxes on it to be contended that they bought from a branded retail.

Most of the people buy diyas during Diwali from roadside. Small kids are seen selling diyas and well to do people negotiate endlessly for reduction in prices. The vendor here is more worried about the food he will eat in the evening and less on profit and so he sells at whatever price the buyer is willing to pay and the buyer returns to his home contented that he ensured that he is not duped.

Negotiation is not bad, but putting all your energies in negotiations (that is what is called haggling) and making it an ego issue is a sign of poverty consciousness.

My guru says, “कभी जानबूझकर बेवकूफ बन जाओ, फिर देखो समृद्धि कैसे दौड़ कर आपके पास आती है.” Sometimes, be fooled knowingly and see how prosperity rushes towards you.

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Prosperity Consciousness is the domain of subconscious

It can get very confusing with so many consciousness and conscious coming in this article so please read it carefully.

As is evident from the word itself consciousness resides in conscious. But we have two parts of the mind – conscious mind and subconscious mind, so where does the consciousness reside? The answer is that it resides in both and that is the cause of complications – loads of them.

There can be four combinations due to the two minds; both conscious and subconscious are filled with same consciousness – prosperity or poverty, the conscious mind is filled with poverty consciousness and the subconscious with prosperity consciousness and vice versa.

When the conscious mind is suffering from poverty consciousness and the subconscious has prosperity consciousness the person will eventually have its conscious mind superseded by the consciousness of the subconscious. When the conscious mind and subconscious are both entrapped in poverty consciousness the person becomes a miser.

Now imagine having a situation where the conscious mind is prosperity conscious and the subconscious is poverty conscious, isn’t it a deadly combination? The person is sure to get into abject poverty. The conscious mind will make him behave like a prosperous person while the subconscious mind will prevent him to increase his income. Such person get entrapped in a lot of personal loans and bad debts and in some cases they have to either run away from their place of residence to avoid debtors or have to declare bankruptcy.

When I say that 90% of the people suffer from poverty consciousness, few people believe it. The problem is that most of the times the person does not know what his subconscious think about prosperity.

In the next posts I will write about the behaviors of poverty consciousness people. Stay tuned.

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Prosperity and Poverty Consciousness

When the great leader, Rahul Gandhi said, “Poverty is just a state of mind. It does not mean the scarcity of food, money or material things. If one possesses self-confi

dence, then one can overcome poverty,” nobody understood him. He was actually speaking about different type of poor and everybody understood that he is speaking about the financially poor. He was referring to those who suffer from poverty consciousness. While the population below the poverty line may be around 30%, the population who suffer from poverty consciousness is well over 90%. A person may not be poor but yet suffer from poverty consciousness. Similarly someone may not be rich and yet be endowed with prosperity consciousness.

Sometimes, great leaders say something so profound that it takes a lot of thinking to understand it.

Before delving deeper into the two types of consciousness let us try to distinguish between them. A poor person is someone who lives in scarcity and rich person lives in abundance. Most of us are between these two extremes. Our consciousness decides in which direction we are heading. Poverty 

consciousness takes us towards scarcity and prosperity consciousness takes us towards abundance.

Most people, more than 90%, live with poverty consciousness without realizing it. Each day this consciousness is driving them towards scarcity. The good news is that one can easily switch the consciousness from poverty to prosperity.  What is needed is space programming (Vastu) and some amount of discipline to follow some simple meditative practices.

I will be posting more articles on this topic – symptoms of poverty consciousness, prosperity consciousness, how can you change your consciousness with simple exercises.

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