Every life is penance – penance of mind, body and Soul – Pranayam is mandatory to experience God – Swami Keshwananda

25-09-25

Chapter-8    

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Every life is penance, penance of mind, body and Soul
Pranayam is mandatory to experience God
Discipline is tapasya.

The first human being to receive Pranayam directly from Parmatma 1,07,00,000 years ago in Vrindavan; he was the first person to have done Pranayam before anyone else!

“I love Pranayam the most!”

Father Atharva Rishi, son of very pious parents, one birth in Haridwar

“I was born as Shankar Prasad on the bank of river Ganga 34,974 years ago in Haridwar in a hermitage and Gurukul of my Guru-Pitaji. My Pitaji’s name was Rishi Atharva.

About Rishi Atharva: He was also Markandey Maharishi a long time ago who gave the world Mahamrityunjaya Mantra. He reincarnated in Haridwar as our Pitaji and a tapasvi. He is the author of Atharva Veda.

My Pitaji was born as a noble kulin Brahmin and was very wise, poised and peaceful by nature. He had never uttered a lie or falsehood even once in his life. He was an idol of love and peace. Our house and lives were very basic and humble. We all led a very simple, regimented life owing to Rishi Atharva’s very disciplined and dedicated life. He would never leave his daily habit and practice of meditation, silence and making notes on palm leaves of his learnings received from his dhyana and chintan contemplation.

I was the third child among four brothers. I was the only one who could dive into the swift flowing river and learned to swim on my own. We called our mother and father – Mataji and Pitaji, respectively. We were taught discipline and were mentored from the very formative years as Pitaji was very strict although he never punished us.

My Mataji’s name was Ganga Devi since her hut was on the banks of Ganga. She was the third child of her mother. She was a lady of gentle and generous nature. She was born on 9th and the last day of Navratri, so she was a great devotee of Shakti or Maa Durga. She had installed many yantras of Shakti in her altar. She would observe fast and serve cows, invite and host Brahmins. She would follow all the instructions of my Pitaji. She would always teach us good lessons and ensured that we also followed our Pitaji’s instructions faithfully.

We ourselves have to go through the results of our actions, thus, never do anything that requires atonement

Though I was a mischievous child, my Pitaji never slapped me. He would always maintain silence and seldom explain that we ourselves have to go through the results of our actions, thus, never do anything that requires atonement.

One day, I was hanging from a branch of a tree, jumping and swinging around. I was 3 to 3½ years old. I was not listening to my Mataji’s pleas that if my hand slipped by chance then I might get injured in my back or head. For two minutes, I sat down in one place and stayed in control. Pitaji was watching everything. He did not say anything to me till now. Suddenly, a strong impulse came in my mind. I latched and held on to a branch, jumped onto the tree and sat on a branch. As soon as I sat down, my hand slipped and I fell on the ground. My right arm’s bone split into two and I started screaming. Mataji was distraught as I was wailing in pain. Pitaji quickly took me in his arms and laid me down under a neem tree. He knew of many remedies. He cured me completely in three months with native medicine, ghee, clarified butter and massage. After this, he kept me under strict vigilance. I never played alone. Any one of the brothers would always be around.

One day playfully, I took the wrong medicine. Pitaji would treat others, make their medicine and put it in a niche. I ate that medicine, became nauseous and vomited three times. It was a powdered mixture of herbs for the treatment of malaria. After that incident, Pitaji was very upset. He took away all my freedom and would seek accountability of everything.

When I was 6 years old, to bring the mind under control, Pranayam was initiated. Three Anulom-Vilom. I did not like the curbing of my mind’s limitless freedom. “I will never do Pranayam”, saying this, I went out of the house. I found Pranayam to be a punishment. Pitaji had instructed me to inform him before bedtime about the daily practice of Pranayam. Unfortunately, I never did it.

Pitaji’s worry was that I will soon turn eight, then moulding my mind and sanskar, inherent habits from past will be very difficult. He instructed my eldest brother, who at that time was named Parmeshwar, later came to be known as Shivananda, to now make me do two to four rounds of Anulom-Vilom not twice but thrice. However, I would cry, and plead persistently that I will never do mischief, but I will not sit in one place in asana or yogic posture. Neither would I witness my breath nor would I ever do Pranayam. Pitaji gave up on me and left me to my fate. He never hit me.

I had two other brothers, who were named Jagdish and Hari. Later, they became Yukteshwar and Lahiri Mahasaya prepared Yogananda for the world.

In the next five years, Pitaji prepared my three brothers for Yoga, Pranayam, Dhyana and the practice of Shanti. I did not do it. I wanted to only play, jump, and roam around and behold nature.

One day, when I was 19½ years old, a thought arose in my mind that maybe I should also do Dhyana, Pranayam, and Sadhu sangat, holy company. I would sip the holy water of river Ganga, observe fast and also do charity and seva or service but in following the instructions of Pitaji, my ego would stand between him and me. At last, I took initiation from him and was the last of the four brothers to start practicing Pranayam. When I started doing Pranayam, I got stuck to it like iron to a magnet. I would do it four to six times a day. Pitaji would forbid me but I became obsessed with it as the mind would give a lot of happiness, and I felt that my energy had increased a lot.

He explained that meditation, Yoga, Pranayam, Samadhi and Silence should all be done in moderation and balance. These in themselves give us balance, but we should not disrupt that balance by doing anything in excess. In doing so, there is a chance that our balance may get disrupted forever because the force in our prana gives us energy. However, this should be regulated via some special nadis only. Doing too much of yoga sadhana increases our ego, even inertia enters our system, because we do not accept the present circumstances or run away from them, we either cross limits or disobey.

By the time I submitted to Pitaji’s sage advice, I was 24½ years old. I felt whatever I was doing was correct and purposeful but father was watching everything. He stopped alerting me and kept silent. Shivananda, who at that time was Parmeshwar, would never overlook or disobey a single instruction. From the beginning, he was disciplined, observed fasts, was an expert in obedience and surrender like a bird that enters a cage on its own. Pitaji would spend maximum time with him and discuss in deep detail the matters pertaining to yoga sadhana.

For this reason, I could not control my mind at a later stage and due to this obsession, ended up doing Kriya, Pranayam in the Himalayas for many lives. Centuries passed.

However, a couple of years ago in 2022, when I saw that a woman has single-handedly changed the definition of meditation, Yoga, Ishwar sadhana, karma yoga, and scriptures in this era, I, who was proud of my yoga shakti earlier, started doubting it. One night in 2022, I asked my Pitaji Markandey finally, why do you give so much of your yoga shakti to this woman? I hardly get 2% from you, while she gets 130-140% of it. What is so special about her? Why so much Grace?

Pitaji spoke to me with a lot of humility, “She has never in any lifetime disobeyed a Guru, father, or husband, thus she has never had to do any atonement for it. Her mind is extremely pure and filled with love. Not only in this life but in every life, she truly accepted each word of Ishwar in her heart. But she does not even know that she has done so. We made her travel to the Himalayas 11 times by saying that Mahavatar Babaji will definitely meet her. She was always met with disappointment. She never complained to God that a joke is being played on her. She always said, “What God intends to do with me, I do not know. When God will unveil this mystery, I don’t know but there must be some reason why He keeps sending me to the Himalayas time and again, sometimes alone.”

“Finally, instead of being able to meet Mahavatar Babaji, she found refuge in us Rishis, she melted in joy. She was very moved and said, “So, to make me do big tasks, God was making me do a small task. This was a trial. A huge sky lies further ahead. I wish to go into that space where there is Chidakash – Mahakash. Now, I will write about them, write their biographies. My prana is in the Rishis. They are my life, they are the sustenance of my life. I dedicate my every breath to them. My life has become worthwhile, I have become whole by bringing them into the world, I have become immortal.”

She has never looked back, and is living each moment by God’s Wish. This is the difference.”

There are Regenerative forces in the navel

You were sent to the Himalayas 11 times to meet Mahavatar Babaji, but you could not meet him. Ishwar Kripa, God’s Grace is gained through surrender. Around our navel, there are 11 glands, called granthi, which are undeveloped in most people due to tamas or inertia. They are of Ichcha Shakti, Vichar Shakti, Sankalpa Shakti and Kriya Shakti. They all have opened.

When you went to the Himalayas for the first time, one of the glands on the left side was activated. The next time you travelled to Himalayas another granthi to the first one’s left activated (anti-clockwise). One after the other all eleven granthis opened and got activated. The last one was activated in 2014, first one in 2005. The 11 granthis are for ichcha shakti, vichar shakti and kriya shakti required for yoga. First 3 granthis are for ichcha shakti. Without our ichcha shakti, will power neither yoga nor our progress is possible. 4 granthis are for vichar shakti and sankalpa shakti, distributed as 2+2 each. For Kriya shakti, there are 4 granthis, in 1+3 distribution. In the second group of the four granthis, first one is for decision making, second for resolving, third for organising those properly and knowing the kernel of the entire stream of thoughts; the fourth granthi is activated in some rarest of rare being. In 2014 Rishikesh, the fourth one got activated for you. It is for accessing the centuries-old pious thoughts of Rishis that exist in the far-off Astral Skies.

To connect, hear, know and write down quickly through the power of memory, the thoughts of Rishis who were alive lakhs and crores of years ago. In reality, if this granthi gets activated and develops completely, then it has a very unique/divine function. You have got this blessing. It is to be able to hear, know and obtain the thoughts that were conceived by Ishwar crores of years ago from Hiranyagarbha. This is also the task of the last granthi that got activated. The possibility of activating this granthi is close to nil. For you, it started opening from 2014 during Dwarahat Yatra, then a little more development happened in Sep ’18. Then again in Dec ’19 and then after a year’s hard penance from Mar ’21 to Apr ’22, it completely developed. Now, you are very skilled with its functions. The articles of 4th and 5th Series have all been obtained by you from Hiranyagarbha.

Ishwar has made this last granthi of two halves for two tasks each. The first half is to obtain the lakhs of years’ old thoughts of Rishis from akash through vibrations only. The second inner half of the granthi is to know the Wish of Ishwar from  Hiranyagarbha, to completely accept Ishwar’s Wish and to immediately manifest it. This is the reason my Pitaji gives you 135% more yoga shakti after every meditation than to anyone else; with the help of which you are able to work so quickly on the books. Out of the many books, one will be about me and two will be about you. My Pitaji Markandey, will have three or more than three. This will depend on the Wish of Ishwar.”

Your Pitaji Keshwananda

THURSDAY | 11-01-24 | 2:42 PM

(From – Bk 4 of 7 Adi Shankaracharya Ch 2 Swami Keshwananda, pp. 157-166)

And –

PARMATMA
VISHNUPAD MANDIR, GAYA | 19-03-25

Sakshat darshan of the fierce form of Narasimha
in the temple of Shri Vishnupad mandir at Gaya in Bihar

Parmatma has now taken the incarnation, avatar of Narasimha for the non-believers, extremely ignorant and greedy people and traitors

“Peace will be gradually established in the world. It will take about 607 years but there will be a noticeable difference each day which will be felt by an exemplary yogini like you. I had planned a lofty purpose for you much in advance. You work at a global level through the books of Adi Shankarachaya.

From My side, the time has come to punish the defiant, arrogant and the lowly natured people. I had taken this step on 19^th Mar ’25 evening for the welfare of the people, the world and for all living beings. Prahlad Rishi appeared, gave you sakshat darshan साक्षात दर्शन when you were meditating at Vishnupad Temple.

You had meditated in the courtyard of the temple for an extended time. I had made your meditation very powerful with my Shakti and made you observant of the Truth.

In your dhyana, you saw a very fiery and radiant form of Lord Narasimha at the threshold of the garbha griha, sanctum sanctorum of the temple. The form of Narasimha Bhagvan is considered to be an incarnation of Narhari Vishnu.

It was twilight time when you saw the entire visual. The temple was built with black stones. The avatar of Lord Narasimha was seated at the threshold of the temple, with Hiranyakashipu on his lap and was roaring, His ten long fingers digging into his chest.

The next moment, a sweet little boy was standing in the corner. He was Bhakt Prahlad. In the next few moments, you saw him gazing at you. He was not little anymore but appeared to be a man. He said to you in a very soft and loving tone, “Yes, I am a Rishi. Whatever you have just witnessed is true. I was born at this very place where today there is the temple of Vishnupad. People believe that Bhagvan Vishnu killed Gaya, a rakshas, demon under his feet. This is true indeed. It was the demon Gaya who was born again as Hiranyakashipu. He became a king and I, born as his son, was extremely loving and devoted towards Ishwar. Blinded by greed for wealth and power, always indulged in pride and ego, Hiranyakashipu did not believe in God. He thought of himself as God.

But for me, only Ishwar was Truth. Neither did I ever indulge in my father’s flattery nor did I compromise on my devotion to God. We always had a difference of opinion because of this clash. In the end, viewing me as a roadblock on his path, he tried to push me into the jaws of death several times but did not succeed. When he became extremely hateful and outrageous with disbelief, Parmatma, considering the boon given to my father, found a different and novel way to put an end to him.”

I, Parmatma, first burnt away all the punyas earned by Hiranyakashipu because of which he became lifeless. I snatched away all his power and intelligence. That is the reason why he accepted all those things which otherwise he would never have done. I came in an invisible form of Narasimha and putting him on My lap, I tore open his abdomen with My fingers.

The main reason for his defiance was his nabhi which I destroyed. I have conferred humans with three shaktis or powers – of action क्रिया शक्ति, thought संकल्प शक्ति and will इच्छा शक्ति. Hiranyakashipu’s ichcha shakti was very predominant but he had ominous desires and sinister thoughts. Hence, his evil desires which were sunken very deep inside his nabhi were pulled out and burnt away by Me. By doing so, he became powerless in his next birth. But on that day, I increased your ichcha shakti manifold for you to do My work.

A cure and remedy to remove the very old desires

Under the navel, nabhi are also stored very deep desires and vasanas which cause suffering for people and the world at large. Unless fulfilled, the desires remain permanent. To remove those enduring vasanas, recite Om on your nabhi, the desires will dissolve slowly.”

 

PRAHLAD RISHI | 19-03-25
Everything is in the hands of Parmatma