Q: Beloved master, Please make me free from anger, jealousy and hate and make me free from all dross. Gurudev, I have been doing pranayam, it is cleaning me; but I want you to take strict action to make me crystal clear. Because I want to live and feel Adi Shankaracharya Aatmashatak. Gurudev, please help me out in this life itself. Please accept me, guide me, save me.

A: Shruti, what you have stated in your question is a nice gesture on your part, but you cannot become a millionaire just by wishing to be a millionaire. You need to work on that and just doing a little while of pranayama will not solve the question which you have. To live the life as per the Atmashatakam stated by Adi Shankaracharya can be very easy if you are persistent and you deliberately make a sincere effort to follow the instructions as I have given or as the book is asking one to do.

But most important, providing yourself an opportunity to do the task will help a lot & putting your mind into it requires a lot of effort on your part. If you do so, then definitely you would be able to successfully come out of these negativities of the mind and be a witness to the mind; and to be able to witness the mind is very difficult because our identification with the mind is very-very deep and we need to program ourselves.

And that requires a vigilant eye on the concept, on the point where you never miss what your mind is thinking at any time. But the mind is subtle and complex and it is really very difficult to guard your mind, but it would be easier if you just focus on your body & on your breath and to do so i.e. the procedure for that can be learnt if you come here and live for at least 3 to 4 weeks in the ashram when I am present and that would give you a quick review of what you should follow in your life everyday.