Enemies of the Soul

In this video Dada explains how the six enemies of the mind can be channelized so that their inimical qualities are transformed into assets for our spiritual growth. The six enemies are all interrelated: desire, anger, greed, attachment, pride and jealousy.
The enemies of the mind are also part of us, so killing them means we are killing a part of ourselves which is not advisable.
So instead of killing them Dada explains that their energies can be channelized to a subtler goal. The subtle goal is the Omnipresent Supreme Consciousness which is the object of our meditation. He advises patience and continuous practice of channelization as we create new neural pathways that will divert the flows of these negative emotions into their positive counterparts.
0:00 What does 'enemies' mean and what is our goal?
2:56 Six heads of one demon
5:35 To kill the beasts or to tame them?
6:25 4 ways to deal with emotions
16:54 How to experience happiness during meditation?
20:23 What ruins society?
23:30 Channelization of our emotions
25:45 Kundalini shakti
27:21 From enemies to good friends
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The 14 Factors Obscuring Our True Nature Part 2: • Enemies of the Soul
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[@pramatheshdas8717]

I exactly needed this teaching right now . Actually I had prayed to God for something similar and found this.

[@sanmarcplaylist3423]

Dada your peanut butter discussion made me laugh because it is so relatable 😂

[@gracenow4082]

Dada says: "Our enemies are the heaviest emotions that we experience.[...]you cannot kill them. they constitute your stamina.[...] you ca suppress them, but you become a lifeless person. So we have to find other ways to deal wit them.[...]They are enemies of the mind because your goal is to achieve infinite happiness. The goal of the enemies of the mid is to keep you engaged wit h limited and temporary objects. If you look deep within your soul, you aspire for infinite, eternal happiness. They are interconnected and they are six of them, desire/lust, anger , greed, attachment, pride, jealousy." Thank you , dearest Dada.

[@milicaskobo1525]

It always amazes me how clearly, amusingly and in a simple way to understand, you speak about things that hunt us, tie us and create overwhelming confusion and suffering in life. When you speak, it sounds so light and clear, that makes me think everything is just beautiful. Thank you Dada. Namaskar

[@biswajitchakraborty9852]

I am benefitted by your teaching and explanation .

[@guaracilage]

That is clarity! Clarifying others🙏

[@onenessseeker5683]

I'm going to try this to give up smoking weed. So I need to dig a new trench. The only thing I beg god for is ultimate peace. Amen

[@miaherbosa1057]

Your clarity in speaking is a blessing to us Dada! That and your humor which makes difficult things easy to do.. you are such a good teacher and guide .. Namaskar and thank you everyday 🙏🏼🙂!

[@steveinwales7839]

The humour you bring to difficult subjects Dada, make me laugh and help me learn. Thank you.

[@bellagoldwinsfunhouse1244]

This is the exact video I needed this week! This helps a lot, thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@chaththa85]

‘So many answers r there in one video’… indeed Dāda!! Full of Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful teachings! Thank u so much for sharing ❤️🥲🙏💐

[@Mermaid1037]

That is one of the sweetest and greatest lesson in my life Dada, it includes so much enlightment! It needs to be watched by taking notes again and again until it is fully digested. Thank you for guiding us and helping us in our journey. Namaskar 🙏💐🇹🇷🧿

[@tamara8088]

This video is so full of clear and poetic lessons. It speaks to our tendencies and behaviors (in relatable ways) while eloquently clarifying the active form of meditation. The practice described here is the key to transformation. "As you think so you become". There is no one else. This is a priceless discussion on how to be and elevate love. Dada, thank you for sharing this energy with your every word.

[@PoetDesh]

Respected Dada, you are so down to earth and honest! These qualities have made me to bow to you in total humility and respect. OM.

[@aesonone]

nice reminder to not try and push down or indulge in the crude impulses but rather redirect them, and to see that the reaction of opposition based on our opinion about these impulses ultimately will not "deal" with them, if i look at myself it's easy to make this mistake or just forget

[@jaijaisun2282]

I know that what you said about the Supreme and our greed for His Love to be ours and ours alone, Dada. Yet when I look out at the world and see all of the suffering in people caused by these 'enemies of the soul', I simply cannot help but desire within every fiber of my being that every single person, every single entity, is bathed in His Love. Yes, I want this Love for me more that I want anything temporal, but I want it for us ALL, that this infinite expression of Divine Consciousness fills everyone one of us with Love to repletion. God Bless you, Dada, and every soul alike. Namaskar

[@zaizenz7262]

So MANY ANSWER in this video ..YES DADA !!!! In Japan Shinto, it is alway said god is present in everywhere in nature,,but so many people dont understand what it means or how to FEEl it...U have answer this question !!!!!!!

[@user-zd1pl2qd7d]

Dada, Namaskar🙏🙏🙏Your explanations are so clear and positive. Your way of teaching inspires us! Baba Nam Kevalam!!!🙏🙏🙏

[@dhananjananayakkara4272]

Dada , May the Universal Power always with you !!!!!!!!! .

[@deannasamaa1228]

Thank you for this wonderful video!

[@CreateYourHeaven]

Thank you for these teachings and words of wisdom Dada. Love and gratitude :-)

[@siriuselvergel4948]

Namaskar.WOW!! I´ve never thougth this metod and either read about it. Thanks Dada!!

[@xLUNAPODx]

I needed this right now. Thank you

[@guilupi]

Thanks Dada for your rich, clear and powerful explanations. I can feel the love and the truth that come from your words. I please continue posting your videos and doing this great work!

[@madhurikumari4858]

Very nicely explained dada ji

[@Exceltrainingvideos]

That was wonderful, Dada!

[@MeditationSteps]

Thank you so much!

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You look like a zen viking, lol! Especially when you smile, your vibes really shine ^^ I love what you do. Keep up the good work! ❤️

[@000DAAN000]

Thanks looking forward to the future videos 🙏

[@umonk3068]

I am from odisha . Proud of our GURU parampara

[@nicolaslaurent4862]

You just made me realize that our ignorance, limitation and incompleteness is an expression of pure love from the supreme. Used to be angry about it, but after your talk I feel so grateful. Thank you dada.

[@zapada]

That kind you for explaining so thoroughly and comprehensively how to change the polarity of our powers towards spirituality. Another great teacher I love and respect, Nigella Lawson who writes cooking books, also says that greed is a good positive emotion and it’s the lack of greed that leads to death, the more powerful the greed the more powerful the love for life. I liked that. And your lesson follows to make us understand how to work with and transform these powerful ‘beasts’

[@NightLordOzak]

Thank you. Really inspiring. The way you communicate this ideas is matching my preference ;) Much Love , bless.

[@zapada]

On my 5th view of your video and I feel I’m just about to understand. There are so many layers to this lecture!! Clear as day but every time something different changes my world completely. What is this amazingness and sorcery!!!! 🤗 💕 ✨

[@vatsalsurti685]

Wonderful idea of having desires, cultivating desires and elevating desires Thank you

[@fraufrida9209]

Very grateful with you for sharing. ✨🙏🏻

[@goodday8426]

Great explained.

[@maaikeschols7515]

Would love if these videos become available as a podcast... thank you for sharing your wisdom Dada

[@synchromystique]

OM 🙏✨

[@girl3102]

Oh Dada I don't know how to express my gratitude to you. I've been meditating for almost a year and I already experience wonderful changes but at the same time confusion, anger and too many feelings and emotions I cannot understand and explain very well, so I'm always scared and anxious! Although, I don't want to give up, I don't want to give up at all! I wanna get to the goal no matter what so, I asked the supreme; oh father what is this? this anguish, I feel so lost please answer me, give me a light, a torch to follow!... so I came to this video and you just said so beautiful, touching and warming things that resulted to be just exactly what I was trying to understand and you put it so simple and so gentle that I don't get how I was struggling so much to figured it out, thank you thank you thank you Dada, and thank you The Supreme for his infinite love, we're never alone... oh I must say I hope to hear more of your personal stories, they are so charming and I also get jealous of people that get touched by the supreme before me and I always felt so bad about that but now I know he enjoys it and that makes me so happy!

[@akashbhawar1937]

Oh Wow 🙏you made it so easy to understand. 🙏

[@alchemicalembrace]

Thank you very much. 🙏❤️‍🔥

[@annameretska6472]

Namaskar Dada, happy to see your video! Thanks

[@ritalato2779]

Lovely message

[@brotheronthepath]

This was awsome..lol very good message!

[@besprutad]

Very good episode

[@anuragchaubey3803]

Thank you

[@saffron1977]

Thank you dada

[@mohammadalikarimi3449]

Thanks Dada, really interesting topic and really helpful.

[@Balansekunst]

Brilliant ☀️🙏

[@paulalister]

Very good explanation Dadaji

[@meerasingh4153]

Namaskar dada 🙏 your each and every video is wonderful 🙏

[@PRINCERAOYADAV]

Thank u so much dada 😊

[@ashtangayogacrete8086]

Very inspiring and useful words 🙏

[@khyberkhan2473]

Thank you ❤

[@mateak9648]

Thank you Dada❤

[@sanmarcplaylist3423]

Sending love to meditation steps from Philippines 💕

[@shadidx3157]

Thanks 💗🌷

[@ericherbigphdmba7598]

I hope your ankle is better. thank you for the video.

[@mahavirbisht2307]

Namaskar Dada ji, it's pleasing to listen to you

[@vibs99]

Thank you Dada for this great lecture 🙏🙏.. I really admire your clarity and Your ability to simpliy difficult topics. Your experiences make it interesting and encouraging.

[@throwaway2119]

Thank you for your videos. I don't have a spiritual teacher or community and your videos validate some insights I have had. I wondered about Jesus's display of anger when cleansing the temple. I felt almost justified in my own anger at materialistic false teachings for some time but the negative emotions persisted. I don't have a spiritual teacher or community and your videos help validate some insights I have had.

[@hagagalvao]

One other thing is biliving in time.. this video came as a profund chat I realy need with a friend rith now.. And I loved you. And I am to thankfull that i canot express in a youtube comet.

[@swaruparanimohite-patil3177]

Thanks

[@likabendeliani2976]

Thanks Dada, wonderful examples you have. What a wonderful feeling is that i have all this 6 enemy 🥶🙈🧐 inside to meeeeeeee😎 Hmmm 🤔 May my highest power is happy , I Like this kind of understanding of life. Your service, make videos and being helps to wake me up and start move 🙏🏽 👩🏽‍🦯🏃🏽‍♀️

[@DiegoPereyra]

So easy to love you Dada, so easy...

[@jyotikrishnamohan7493]

I liked the peanut butter anecdote. It helped me understand better.

[@alicerovizzi8489]

Namaskar Dada, i'm trying to stop smoking right now and i was wondering if there was a video that talks about that! thank you so much for your beautiful content!

[@PRINCERAOYADAV]

👍

[@johannaenlazadoracimiyoga4064]

😂😂 thank for sharing your experience !

[@douglasdelay]

🕊🕊🕊

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Namaskar Dada 🙏

[@lucasmottafernandes6969]

🙏

[@tatianakoroleva5868]

thank you so very much, Dada! deeply appreciate your explanations and enormous inspiration from your talks!! Is fear a part of one of the six enemies? is there a way to channel fear?

[@MeditationSteps]

Yes, it is. Fear is one of eight enemies of the mind and is being worked out by confrontation. To do what you fear.

[@MeditationSteps]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y37XkKWerJJ8sKs There is a video on the topic: How to overcome fear?

[@carolinanielsen7361]

❤️

[@paralyzeddd]

namaste

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🙏❤️

[@n-f-b8972]

"Dada, you are old man OK! you can not digest, so dont judge by yourself" haha 😂

[@umonk3068]

I am in complete shock how KZbin algorithm works . How has this video so low views

[@johannaenlazadoracimiyoga4064]

Doing Yoga with asanas that opens your heart helps you to meditate and and find happiness more easily. In my experience when I do clases of Hip openers I feel at the end like angry.. But I meditate more. namaste ✨

[@kristofszobacsi5123]

At 29:00 that didn't made much sense to me, when you said that you can't loose the supreme but however you would rather loose an arm over the supreme...I mean why would you loose something that you can loose over something which cannot be lost? Of all these videos this is the part when you just stop making sense for me, if attachment is bad it should be bad being attached to the "supreme", if greed is bad it should be bad wanting so much of this "supreme" i supouse since will get as much as you deserve...I love your videos and everything you say apart from this, love you dada you are a great man helping others with these videos and your wise words❤

[@tarequlislamtopu3859]

Dada Namaskar

[@aldenasuemia]

Dada, please can you link to your Babanam Kevalam song at the end? I did not find it on your page, I listened to the lives but it was not there.... But I think I can hear your voice in the choir, so I think this is from Meditation Steps? Thank you so much!!!

[@MeditationSteps]

Here you are: kzbin.info/www/bejne/haeup59mdq2ch5Y

[@lejambon08]

I never had a problem with these enemies but a very, shall we say unique woman blew them up into monsters for me. I consider this spiritual abuse, i carry them now and wonder if they will ever leave. Is it the way of adults to continue carrying these things or is it possible to return to an earlier state. Been celibate four years and still waiting.

[@Parts4ADealLLC]

I am studying law and I am wondering, once you are enlightened will you also have special knowledge that's imparted into you and you will be able to go to court of law and defend yourself even though you don't know their rules and procedures, but out of sheer wisdom, knowledge and understanding be able to corner your opponent, or is this a different type of enlightenment? Thank you for a Great teaching.

[@felixgolez7248]

Namaskar! Come to the Philippines, we will prepare the tastiest and creamiest peanut butter because we grow the best peanut in the world! C'mon!

[@MeditationSteps]

🙏

[@rosisunny9302]

You can Change you self not the Politishens!We have to work on what we can!

[@TheLolada123]

And then he Will Scream "wataaaa" i laughed só much

[@norpafro]

Very useful and enlightening thanks Dada, one question are you still eating the peanut butter? Lol

[@MeditationSteps]

:) rarely

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[@BakinKolaac]

Dada, this is beautiful knowledge you are so unselfishly sharing with us! How to remove sexual desire? It is making us (men especially) very big slaves!

[@MeditationSteps]

Thank you for the feedback! It is necessary to strive for balanced work of all chakras, especially lower chakras. We recommend to watch a video course of biopsychology: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJaTZoeenbNmbNU. You find there asanas wich help to get rid of excessive anxiety in the body and adjust the mind to higher ideas. Moreover, it's recommended to wear langot. Regular meditation will help you redirect your mind.

[@nivedithajmokakatte9607]

Sir.. is expecting ur partner to love and care and give u importance also considered as desire? Bcos I feel like this desire alone is inhibiting my growth. But I don't know how to overcome it. Sometimes it feels reasonable to desire it

[@MeditationSteps]

Namaskar, this is the support team🙏 Dada doesn't have time to answer all the questions, so we help him. The desire for love and caring can be considered a desire because the attention of another person is also a limited thing. In this (kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIKTeoF_g5WaZqc) video Dada explains the three different approaches towards the divinity. One is by the denial of all desires. The second is by the free expression of all desires. And the third is the gathering of all desires together and slowly and gradually channelizing them towards their source which is Pure Consciousness. We hope this information can help you overcome all the obstacles on your way to growth! Best wishes, Meditation Steps🌸

[@nivedithajmokakatte9607]

@@MeditationSteps thank u team.

[@billzepp69]

Oh yeah man I have done the peanut butter diet. When it changed my shit I reacted also. It’s just better to let god tell people in its way even tho your teacher cares. It’s hard.

[@tanajimalusaray]

Masturbation has severely impacted my performance and put me into self doubt. There was a time where I masturbated 8-12 times a week. After a decade of trial and error I have brought it down to twice a week. My goal is to never masturbate but practically l am planning to do it once per month. I need help, Any Suggestion will warmly welcome

[@vincenzopetito4828]

Было🌹?🌷....🌺

[@chaththa85]

💐🙏🙏🙏💐❤️🥹

[@filipg9950]

What happened to your ancle? You have some small wound, or bruse.

[@vedremo9240]

How can we overcome fear of death? How can i believe in some form on continuation if we disappear every night as we sleep? I meditate hours a day but reading a lot of enlightned secular buddhist, parinibbana or advaita like nisargadatta i m losing every hope about the path. Sattvic life or not the only certain thing seems to be annihilation

[@pierrolunar8561]

Secular Buddhism has not much to do with Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhism there‘s a practice called dream yoga, where the goal is to be aware in a dreamless sleep, which can be achieved through meditation and lucid dreaming. So no, you don‘t get annihilated when you‘re asleep also you won‘t die through the death of the physical body. If you‘re really curious, go to a meditation retreat and experience those things for yourself, don‘t get caught up in conceptual beliefs.

[@vedremo9240]

@@pierrolunar8561 yes a great part of me was dying in front of my eyes and grasping ti stay alive lol now i m on the other side

[@pierrolunar8561]

@@vedremo9240 Why comment on such a video if you are so close minded and are not interested in other views? Seems very childish.

[@vedremo9240]

@@pierrolunar8561 why i gave this impression? I m not close minded about other views at all. I was just sayng that i wrote that in a difficoult moment that went away

[@pierrolunar8561]

@@vedremo9240 it seemed like you made a joke about a spiritual experience, so sorry if I interpreted it wrongly.

[@niallmacceide4603]

Hmmm, a worrying spike in the spiritual expert pandemic.

[@justafighter1346]

Not worrying...

[@condomeca]

You talk about feelings,not emotions

[@ugc1784]

As has been ordained time and again and again and again, following the profound Sanatna Dharma is the only way out of the present agression being exhibited by some syndicates, the gang members of which call that syndicate a religion.

[@_savesoil4200]

Thank you

[@lucasmottafernandes6969]

Thanks Dada