Episode 42: You Deserve the Best
“What is the best? The best is a state of consciousness.”
-Kristen Vandivier
Episode Summary
You deserve the best.
Never feel unworthy or
not justified in having the best.
I tell you, this is your heritage;
but, you have to accept it.
You have to expect it;
you have to claim it.
To do so is not demanding too much.
These powerful words come from Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, better known as Guru Deva, the master of our tradition from which Vedic Meditation comes. This is one of his most quoted phrases, but also, in the current climate of “manifest your dreams” gurus, it one of his most misunderstood. What does it mean to deserve the best? What is the best? Are some more worthy of the best than others?
In this episode, Isabel and Kristen go line by line to unpack the hidden meaning behind the words. They unravel some of the misconceptions around the phrase “deserving power” or punya and reveal how the best is in reach of everyone.
Highlights
2.46 Deserving Power
“Your deserving power is to what extent are you aware of your own true identity.” Kristen
3.20 Punya
5.25 “What is the best? The best is a state of consciousness.” Kristen
11.00 Expectations
“We expect what we are used to. This is where meditation comes in. Because when we start meditating, and innocently let our awareness go to that layer, that consciousness state comes spontaneously from that, so we start living the best and then the expectation for the best comes from the fact that we already have it.” Kristen
12.30 Support of Nature – the support of yourself
16.00 Releasing attachments to specific outcomes and timings
18.00 Self-doubt and suffering
20.30 Who are you?
“If your concept of self is little you you´re are going to struggle with this, but if you are the universe, if that is your status there is no hesitance with that at all.” Kristen
25.35 Having the best and not feeling the best.
26.00 Projectors of our state of consciousness
29.00 Millionaires and happiness
33.00 Claiming the best
“To me the claiming is easier when I think of myself as a servant (of the universe).” Kristen
33.45 Heritage
“Heritage implies this is what you´ve had before. This is your heritage because, at a certain layer, you are already here, you already have it, you are already living it.” Kristen
34.55 Heritage – Inheritance – it´s coming your way.
36.00 Acceptance
“To the extent you perceive everything as a gift, you accept everything. There is no rejecting of what is, this is where suffering comes.” Kristen
39.00 Suka Deva story
43.00 Self-doubt in the feminine consciousness
45.00 Joy is the baseline
46.00 Moving to the best
47.00 Pride in misery
53.00 Acting when there is a better deal
54.00 “You get what you expect, and you get what you accept.” Kristen
55.00 Hanuman
56.00 “Ask yourself to what degree does this feel frictionless inside.” Kristen
58.00 Exploring what the best is for you