Part-A
My dear fellow co-travellers, today is 12th July of 2014; Guru Purnima, a full moon night, an auspicious day most widely celebrated across the world by all the devotees, disciples and seekers and of course, by the admirers of the system of guru shishya, teacher–student’s unconditional relationship. After receiving quite a few messages and mails in the day, I wish to reply to all with my new post, hope you receive your message and lesson. It has been quite a long time since a new blog-post appeared here. The reason is obvious- we are revising and recapitulating older articles on FB with the intention of churning and absorbing the hidden as well as obvious facts in the blogposts. Moreover, new, short and systematic posts are being published on Face Book also for those who could not have processed and grasped the very grave articles on the blog pages at the outset. Many of you who have reached the blog via FB hopefully are getting to know about the foundation and the natural flow of theme in which the blog ascends progressively. I have been eagerly awaiting to know from them if they need any clarification or further explanation on those topics; I think many do. Please take your time to introduce yourself and tell me what is it that you are absorbing and what should I do more to enhance your inner sadhana. Sending only friend request won’t be helpful. You may please first write something about yourself on spiritinlife@gmail.com, after which a student-teacher relationship can be initiated and help and proper guidance received by you.
Please let me tell you that on Spirit In Life blog, you shall find only ways and methods of doing inner sadhana. The more you are going to stabilize and quieten your mind by performing those certain actions, the more you shall get clarity about the basis and principles of knowing the Truth within. With the passing of time you shall get more peace and calmness because your ignorance shall be wiped out gradually with the Light of God. Many saints’ blessings are embedded here so remember to tune in your mind with theirs. Be cautious in retaining and preserving what you have grasped or else you may lose it slowly with flow of time. The hurricane-wind of the Maya or the deluding force will uproot your stabilized mind. Those who are doing their Kriya practice, please do not disrupt your discipline. Many of you are not initiated in it, it is alright. Reading the articles of the blog with trust and faith as well as pure devotion will lead your life into a new direction which you had never imagined before. Words of wisdom and new light shall follow after you have imbibed the whole essence. It requires you to put in the effort of many reads in the articles so as to grasp the unabridged quintessence. Later, you may surely ask for my help in case you still feel that you have not been able to touch the lowermost bed of the sea! I am of the view that those of you who have been sincere in their determinations and struggles have managed to come quite far relatively effortlessly…..
So let’s begin our next lesson-
Outer actions and inner actions, antar bahir kriya – both actions are going on all the time in us. Outer actions are those that require a human being to do actions with one or more of the five senses present in the physical body. While inner actions are those that are performed silently or loudly at the level of mind and not visible.
Inner sadhana or tapasya involves the mind. The mind or manas at the advanced level of an aspiring yogi is engaged in performing actions for the higher purpose of attaining the advanced knowledge of discovering the Truth or Self within oneself. The external actions become secondary in such a case. They are done sometimes to assist the growth of the Soul. Inner actions are systematically initiated and performed with the aid of proper guidance of a realized Guru also called as Atmagyani Guru, that is a Guru or Teacher who has experienced the immortal, eternal existing power called Atma or Brahma within oneself.
Atma is very elusive; it is hidden even from the greatest intellectual or gyani. It deceives the most knowledgeable man, it can delude the most self styled propagandist, missionary or advocator or proponent or a champion of jugglery of words! Yet it is present in all of us and every being!
So what should a true seeker do, how should they begin their journey of Self Realization?
The real work begins with the act of doing subtle actions related to one’s mind. It is to first calm the mind, silence it and then fix it wholly on Divine Guru first. And with attaining perfection, advance towards bringing one’s mind on concentrating on unalloyed, absolute Brahma. This is also action, also called kriya but they are refined karmas. With meditation and concentration as the breath calms down with daily practice, the prana, the life force disjoints with manas, mind and the knot of jeeva and Atma separates. With constant hearty blessings of Guru and our own regular efforts, the Atma begins to dazzle!! It shines as gyan, knowledge, peacefulness, outpourings of joy called Ananda and sometimes as pure silence or void- all are attributes of our eternal Self.
Be steadfast, be truthful to yourself and know that these subtle actions or sukshma karmas or kriyas will take you very far in achieving the lost kingdom of God within.
Many people wonder in the world and question why we aren’t doing regular ceremonial actions as is being preached in our religions or communities instead. The answer is that when wisdom dawns, ignorance flies! The mind does maximum actions, maximum internal actions give maximum corresponding good or bad fruits of our actions in time to follow. Hence, when we stop this predicament, and do some specific actions with awareness after controlling and concentrating the mindless breaths; or if we put a stop to wasting of breath, then enlightenment and knowing of that Supreme Self is possible when we take charge of those subtle actions that are occurring continuously on the platform of our mind with mastering meditation.
(To be continued)
Shri Bogarnath enlightened me about this in my evening subtle meditation through His Light on this auspicious day of Guru Purnima and asked me to write about it. It is our Guru Purnima Prasad and should be partaken with that attitude by all of us.
My heart is so full of gratitude and love towards all the sacred Masters, who are constantly showering their inner Light on us through their flow of subtle energies and because of that we proceed and move forward little by little and rise up higher in our Consciousness. On this special day, I touch their tender, holy feet and ask for their constant guardianship, protection and spiritual comfort and expansion of my consciousness……
(For new comers- Shri Bogarnatharji* was a very highly illumined rishi of ancient India. Shri Mahavatar Babaji was inducted astrally into the great science of breath science called Kriya Yoga to immortalize the body and mind by his great Guru Shri Bogarnatharji)
Part B
Effulgent White Light I saw coming towards me engulfing,
I absorbed it with contentment and gratitude and further more gratitude,
My eyes smoothly closed and welcoming it with a loving heart,
I noted that this time, it was different as it would not stop too quickly!
It was gratifying, I applied my will mildly for it not to end coming towards me,
Last night was unique as the bright Divine Light was surging towards me incessantly,
I could see it inside my eyes and saw the faintest colours; beautiful white and softest blue,
More than enough moments passed and it still lurked around me and daintily kept streaming and flowing.
More Light, still more Light surrounded me and I noted that I had no desire to have it stopped,
It filled my vision, my eyes, my calm mind and my every happy pore of the inner being liberally,
Why should it be stopped and why should it not be cascading over my fortunate eyes?
The gentle, soft, endearing, mellow, soft and enchanting Light had arrived as a sign of my benevolent and merciful God!
Unceasing it was, this time it would not stop easily for it came to say that blessings were being sent, said He-
“For all the hardships endured with no complaints or antipathy or sigh or outbreak or pessimism,
You were as if burrowing the Ocean, you knew that unless you have the patience of the magnitude of the giant mountains Himalayas,
You will never be able to see Me as brilliant, as effulgent, as radiant and as ceaseless as today this!
I come to you as per and according to you how you make a vision of Me inside and,
Your devotion, faith and ingenuity and ceaseless yearnings and endless heart wrenching calls!
I am not so easy to attain yet not so hard to please, if you are fiercely determined and are ready,
To submit everything that belongs to you and even your happiness, health, life and death and every breath.
Come to me all, if you are ready to entice me with your unending faith and devotion,
Give me your love, attention, regard, care, vision, heart, splendour and everything that you own,
I will confirm you and welcome you with my most brilliant attributes and gifts of knowledge,
Love, sympathy, compassion, bravery and very brilliant Light of mine that you have ever imagined and have never known!”
(From my encounter of 03.06.14 late night. First came Light and then along with it these words)
(Picture of this flower taken in Sri Lanka in Nuwara Eliya in March 2013 and the first one of the lamp in Kolur in Mukambika Devi temple visited in Nov of 2011 and of mine in Khajuraho in March 2012)
#Atma is very elusive #Outer actions and inner actions #antar bahir kriya
# inner tapasya, sadhana #refined subtle actions #sukshma karma, kriya
# knot of prana manas and jeeva Atma separates by sukhshma karma or kriya by mastering meditation #Bogarnathar
Updated on 20.04.21
On this special day , my Pranaam to you ,for the guidance and path you are showing by your blog. I m reading since last two year. Today is Guru Purnima , I now to you for all this enlightenment .
Mahesh vakharia.
“To submit everything that belongs to you and even your happiness,health,life and death and every breath.”
Surrender to you O Self,engulf me wholly and fully…
Thank you so much for this post mom.
Thank you Shri Bhogarnatharji.
Dear Mom this pic of you in green is so wonderful and peaceful to look at-feel like framing this and keeping in my prayer room. Where was this pic taken and pls let me know also about the tree behind you.
Gratitude and Love <3
My dear Shahid, this picture was taken in Khajuraho in the hotel’s front area during morning walk. It was pleasant and I just wanted to sit under this tree, that’s all. Nothing intentional except that I was definitly feeling very tranquil and calm in the serene atmosphere. Thanks anyway.
Mom.
Dear Sarika ji, Pranam and Happy Guru Purnima !
“Guru” is one who takes us from darkness to light.
“Guru” is one who shares all his experiences and teachings with his fellow disciples for their spiritual upliftment.
We are so blessed that through your blog we have been able to receive the teachings of so many sacred Masters-Mahavatar Babaji, Nityananad babaji, Shaligram swami, Kartikeya swami, Sri Bogarnatharji, and so many others. Through your eyes, we got to see so many religious and sacred places and through your experiences, we are able to feel the vibrations of those places.
Indeed, you are a true guru, who has been working relentlessly for our spiritual upliftment and acting as a bridge between us and the sacred Masters.
On this sacred day of Guru Purnima, I offer my love and devotion to you and thank you for being such a special teacher in my life !
I know my words are not enough to convey my love and affection for you, but once again, please accept my humble pranams !
You look so beautiful and pure in this photograph.
Jai Guru !
Kanchana
My dear Kanchana, Pranam.
Delighted to get a note of thanks from you on the special occasion. We all have been remembering the Divine Souls and have asked them to shower their kripa on us so that our journey towards God’s home becomes joyous and easy. Like you and so many others, I have also thanked them profusely because we have received uncountable blessings from them in so many known and unknown ways.
It is true that I have become a medium for many people and I rejoice in my heart when I see you and others making progress in so many ways, in all areas. It gives me a real high because this is real progress for any human being.
I accept your love and affection with gratitude and feel blessed because as two souls we shall soar higher by elevating each other.
Through you I, once again convey my heartfelt thankfulness and happiness to all of you for being a part of my spiritual journey. I am indebted to all my Gurus, Mother Nature and everybody for uplifting my Soul so whatever I am doing and shall do for anybody in future is never too much; it is necessary that I give all of you my love, my knowledge and my blessings. We all are connected with one objective-loving our sacred teachers and filling our heart with seamless love for God. Stay blessed.
Jai Guru.
Sarika
guruve namha..babaji..connect me to yours…
sarika ji..convey my love to babaji please.
Let us spread the light over everywhere as much us can in the grace of god. i can support you sarika ji as much i can with in my limitations,
i do not have a guru, but i can collect informations from everywhere with my senses, i does it. and this blog help lot of peoples who wandering for knowledge.
thanks for that sarika ji, and to babaji…my pure love.
i placed him as my guru…hope oneday the great soul will grant it..sarika ji.
love and light
Midhun PK
Dear aunty,
Namaste.
I have two questions to ask related to this article. It talks about inner actions performed silently and loudly. Can you give some example of it. How inner actions are performed loudly.
In another line it is mentioned to put a stop to wasting of breath. Can you explain it more.
Regards
Shilpa
Dear Shilpa, Quoting from the post itself-
“Outer actions and inner actions; both actions are going on all the time in us. Outer actions are those that require a human being to do actions with one or more of the five senses present in the physical body. While inner actions are those that are performed silently or loudly at the level of mind and not visible.”
Hope it is clear to you now.
Sarika