Thank you dear friends, for the warmth, love and confidence that you have exuded through your comments and mails after the last post was out. Subsequently, after receiving your responses, one is likely to understand that you are now being prepared for the next step in your journey.

Some of you are already showing signs of sparks and brilliance while others are on the threshold of spiritual awakening. Whatever the case may be, I am certain that most of you are progressing fast on the path that you have chosen with the constant grace, supervision and assistance of our beloved holy Param Guru Shri Mahavatar Babaji and others. Our weblog Spiritinlife is now  a garden of holy companionship, mutual support and sharing intense knowledge. The beautiful flowers are blossoming here. My sincere prayers to the Almighty God to help us all in our future endeavours and efforts in order to achieve what we had set out to do- to know who we are; to know our souls.

I have just returned from a short pilgrimage to South India and I am still reeling under the dizzying impacts of the Divine Forces present in those sites. After a considerable gap of more than four years, I visited Mahavatar Babaji’s birthplace in Parangipettai and Shri Aurobindo Ashram, Pondicherry.  They both are situated close to each other. My purpose was to revive myself and renew my enthusiasm for further higher spiritual developments. We would be really fortunate to be visiting these places because one does not have to try hard as the huge Forces emanating from these two sites do their work on us automatically. A massive work is done on us when the inertia that we accumulate over the time is driven out by the Divine Forces of these places.

Not much is known about Babaji’s birthplace and it is so cut off from the world. It is in a very small, obscure village in Tamil Nadu on the sea side. Nevertheless, Parangipettai is very close to my heart! I like to visit it whenever I can. I visualize how Babaji must have lived here as a child and how he must have greatly influenced others even at that tender age before he renounced the world.

Babaji’s birthplace is so simple, minimal and devoid of any decorations yet the very powerful spiritual radiations that are still beaming out brilliantly is something one has to experience himself to believe this. The power of Ichcha Shakti or will is very prominent there.

(A yantra, a geometrical grid is made on the spot where Shri Mahavatar Babaji was born)

Even if we go there many times, it takes quite a long time for somebody to do acute in-depth analysis and thus draw the conclusion regarding the similarities that I always notice between God and Babaji’s birthplace. I each time have a feeling when I visit this place that Babaji’s birthplace is so humble and simple just like him. As I was meditating there in the very calm environment, I really thought seriously  that  Babaji asks nothing from us, he says nothing  to us, does not demand anything, he is so calm and quiet and yet he is so, so influential. His divine energies are influencing the whole of world ever since he was born almost two thousand years ago!

Likewise, God is also so reclusive, so away from the madness of this world yet it is all powerful, controlling this entire Universe. God is also never exhibiting any signs of being ostentatious.

They both are concealed and hidden away from the vision of the world; silent and hushed, yet powerful, very powerful. God is so wonderful, so simple, so powerful and without any outer adornments and any propaganda. The silent energies should be felt by us if we can visit that place and  more commonalities will emerge if one concentrates on that holy place.

These thoughts inspire me a lot every time I visit the birth place and I begin to get these ideas that we should also aspire to be like God and the birthplace of Babaji- so lovely, so quiet, so powerful, so great, yet shying away from the world and never craving for any propaganda to prove their worth to the world! They are quiet, peaceful, reclusive, resourceful, and yet very great.

Also these are divine traits, our Soul qualities and must be acquired to make our lives simple, happy and modest, great and noble…..

These were my reflections at that holy spot.

Conclusion- These three posts on ‘Who are you?’ should prove to be  very beneficial for all the seekers whether they are already practicing their sadhana or if they have just begun. After recognizing that we are a Soul and not a perishable body, we should pursue our goal of experiencing it and should follow these three D’s in our everyday lives to reach our ultimate goal of God realization.

A. Determination

Seek with determination. What you wish to know and realize, seek with determination. Do whatever is required to know God, but do not give up your goal of Self-Realization. The influence of Maya will dissuade you from the desired goal, but do not give up your resolve. Only those who are determined in life till the end achieve great things in life.

B. Discipline

The great mission of awakening and illumination requires two types of discipline. They are physical discipline and mental discipline. To achieve something phenomenal, one should aspire to have a great body and a great mind.

A fit and healthy body is a must to pursue the noble cause of awakening and living a divine life. The senses can be controlled with ease if the body is disciplined daily through various forms of health disciplines and exercises. A disciplined body will be in control of the seeker and thus make his triumphs easy to achieve.

The senses likewise, should be trained in such a way that the yogi should not suffer because of their senseless actions and undertakings. Mental sadhana  is controlling of senses and mind.

If you wish to know yourself, go within, touch your inner silent depths, remain quiet mentally, maintain silence for sometime in the day, meditate deeply and remain in the God given bliss……

C. Daily prayers and meditations

Daily prayers and meditation will help you to go within. They are the tools of God contact. A peaceful mind is able to have a longer duration of God communion, while a shallow and agitated mind will remain on the surface only. A few verses or shlokas  from the holy scripture reinforces these thoughts once again.

In Bhagwat Geeta, Arjuna faces a similar dilemma when he tells Lord Krishna in chapter 6 verses 34 and 35.

Chanchalam hi mana Krishna pramathi balvadhadham I

Tasyaham nighraham manye vayoriv sudushkaram II

For Krishna, the mind is very unsteady, turbulent, tenacious and powerful; therefore I consider it as difficult to control as the wind.

Shri Bhagwanuvach

Asanshayam mahabaho mano durnighrham chalam I

Abhyasen tu kaunteya vairagyen ch grihate II

Shri Bhagwan said: The mind is restless no doubt and difficult to curb, Arjuna; but it can be brought under control by repeated practice of meditation and by the exercise of dispassion, O son of Kunti.

Modesty, humility and simplicity are the qualities of the Soul, inculcate them. Invoke God with love and simplicity. Meditate daily with all your devotion and consecrate your whole being in moments of prayers and meditations…….

Hari Om Tatsat, Hari Om Tatsat, Hari Om Tatsat!

What could be a better day than this to blog free spiritedly? Though this is the last entry for the month of November and soon the year will end with three more entries, yet I wish that all of you must not overlook this date-30^th Nov. This was the day when Shri Mahavatar Babaji was born more than one thousand eight hundred years ago in Parangipettai, Tamil Nadu. It is an auspiscious day today for the reason that it is the birth anniversary of Swami Shri Nityananda of Ganeshpuri also. I get a feeling just now that this is an auspicious time of the day and I must speak to everyone right now.

Since I could not take out time earlier to compose the new post, this one is impromptu and unpremeditated; words are just flowing out of me as I remember these two great saints of India. The very fact that in spite of sleeping quite late last night, I woke up in the morning at 5.45 am sharp as fresh as a morning dew drop on a grass blade, I knew that today is going to be a day full of tranquillity, auspiciousness and  laden with blessedness. Seeking their blessings and offering my purest gratitude, I begin to speak to you with my words on this blog.

I can right now apprehend Shri Mahavatarji’s blessed figure in front of me so full of love and sacredness. He can be seen right now with his gentle arms unfolded and stretched outwardly like a divine father to embrace all of us although we have committed some transgressions and misconducts earlier. Yet today he has forgiven us and wishes that we should make a new beginning, a fresh start with an attitude of humility, thoughtfulness and an offering. We should offer ourselves, our whole selves at his feet and seek his guidance to make a fresh start. We should be bold enough to etch out a new life for ourselves by walking on that new path. I take a pledge at this moment to rededicate myself by offering my whole life, my whole being by prostrating down in his refuge absolutely with all my love, gratitude and humbleness.

He asks us a few questions which we must listen carefully and address them with attention, “Who  are you? What for have you come in this world? What are your goals? What do you want to become? How will you achieve those goals? Who is your guidance?

This life is not for amassing and accumulating tons of gold and other wealth. This life is not for fulfilling your earthly desires. This life is not for fulfilling your pride and satisfying small, irrelevant goals. This life is not given to us for settling scores of many past lives either. Neither is this life meant for pursing conflicts and battles and waging wars on others. We just have to sit calmly in our homes with lot of fresh air and open sky and abundant light to realise that we have come on this Earth with a much, much bigger purpose and meaningful missions. We have come here to know ourselves. We should be able to go deep down inside with the help of regular satsangas, holy company and holy talk and meditation. Contemplation is the outcome of meditation. Wisdom comes with contemplation and practise of yoga of meditation.”

He has requested all of you to henceforth ask questions with plentiful humility and unpretentiousness and seek your answers here. The foremost quality of a seeker is humility after which comes gratitude. Those who are not humble cannot win the heart of the Guru. From Guru comes gyan or wisdom. Wisdom will liberate you……Om shanti, shanti, shanti Om……

Just yesterday, I went to take some rest in the afternoon to get started working on my new post. By taking rest, I wished to collect my thoughts and was wondering that although I had enough to say but how do I start this one. I knew what the main theme was but a lot of times I do not know how to begin a new write up. Probably, this was also due to the fact that the splendid festival Diwali, the festival of lights and happiness has surcharged the environment with a buzz of activities. I was not getting the right environment to meditate. With that intention in my mind and to bring to a halt my regular humdrum activities, I decided to devote some time for relaxation and to take a breather and consolidate myself.

During that time, I meditated while I also tried to find answers to some quirky things that happened a few hours ago. As I relaxed and got respite in a few minutes, slowly my answers began to trickle in. I found some accurate answers from the highest Consciousness. I realized that we need extraordinary patience and persistence if we want to know the cause of the bizarre and inexplicable happenings that occur to us.  Everything has a reason, and that happens because there is a cause somewhere about which we have no clue. Thinking of all this and marveling at the micro- functioning of the Universal Laws in our Cosmos, I felt very gratified and I became quiet. My eyes were closed approvingly and I was in complete harmony of mind and body. At this point of time, I saw a beautiful Diwali earthen lamp made of dense golden glowing light in the far expanses. It was sparkling and had intense light coming out of it. I was wonder struck at this appeasing sight and took delight in having the rare opportunity to see a blaze of Light in front of me so brilliantly.

A drop of dazzling Light from this lamp came towards me and entered my forehead and it encircled the spot of the Divine eye which we call the third eye. I deliberately allowed it to come in. Just as I recognized that the Divine Light has arrived, the second patch of Light arrived at the same spot. Then the third enforcement and may be another bit of more bright light until the lamp vanished. I started quivering gently. With this accomplishment, I had become totally recharged and ready to begin my work. In a conjuring manner, I found answers to not only the quaint circumstances and the developments that were taking place over the last many days. On the other hand, I also got a reason to begin this post with an appealing anecdote!

Of late, I have had quite a few experiences of profound revelations since I have returned from Badrinath in September. If I compare my experiences and recent life situations with the Environmentalists or Naturalists, we have something in common. Our experiences teach us to have great patience. The most exquisite experiences and triumphs of an Environmentalist or Naturalists come after a long hiatus, a deep longing and a treacherous wait. To support my statement, take the instance of the Naturalists and Ornithologists who spend days and months even years, in deep forests. They have worked painstakingly, waited endlessly to get a glimpse of the most exquisite birds called the Birds of Paradise in the untouched forests.

So many times success eludes them yet they go again to those forests to watch these exclusive birds. The Birds of Paradise are ethereal, incomparable and most strikingly beautiful because of magnificent colours of their feathers and plumes. Their iridescent plumage and extraordinary, elongated and elaborate feathers combined with their unbelievable enticing dance and astonishing serenading are nature’s most extraordinary wonders on Earth!! These exceptionally beautiful and miraculous birds exist in only one place on Earth and the Environmentalists and the Ornithologists go all the way to those untouched rain forests to do research on them and record documents. And all this requires exceptional painstaking labour and patience. I thought of all this in the bed when I went back to my very fresh experiences in the Himalayas and I remembered my own unimpressive and ineffectual trek to Satopanth. And as I was brooding over all this, I was blessed with an eye opening and prodigious revelation. However, for you to know what those revelations were, we will have to go back and forth in times as I did myself yesterday  afternoon to consolidate my myriad spiritual experiences taking place in the last few months.

Part-I

Extraordinary experiences demand extraordinary patience.

When I was returning from Badrinath from my failed attempt to meet Shri Mahavatar Babaji in person, I was wilted and lifeless. I was not able to come to terms with the most unexpected turn of events. I could not even understand why all that happened to us. And what was the reason for Babaji to bring me to such high altitudes with so many hardships and then turn down my plea and aspirations? Why did he inspire me so much only to be denied? Why didn’t he meet me? What is going on? All my efforts have borne no fruit and now what in the world will inspire me? I became numb and was too dazed to figure out what was happening to me with the connivance of God and Babaji. In such a state of being insentient and lifeless, I needed mental rest. With all hopes shattered and no energy and life left in me, I wanted to rest in the car as we were driving towards Rishikesh. The time I closed my eyes, I became very still and tranquil and got some rest. Some twenty five kilometres before Karna Prayag, I witnessed that I am no more so anxious and tired. I felt like just shutting my eyes as nothing outside looked any worthwhile; I needed to come closer to my own self. I knew that Babaji had left Badrinath along with me on 22^nd Sept and must be in the same vicinity as me somewhere.

(New readers will have to revert to older posts New Light, New Life, I get a new life, a new light in Badrinath-I & II

In spite of my composure, the further I traveled down, the sadder I became. There was a reason for it. Mentally I was still so profoundly connected with him because he gave me information of each detail and description of his movement, hour by hour even minute by minute by telepathy. There was not a single moment when we were apart. I was actually making two trips on two levels. One mentally with him upwards towards his winter abode in middle regions of Himalayas where he had just shifted, and one in physical terms while I was descending from Himalayas towards Rishikesh. I was torn apart in every sense. So close yet so far I thought.

I don’t know when it happened but I was very settled and composed as some time passed and I touched my inner depths quite smoothly. I was soon lost to the outer physical world and I was at peace with myself. An exclusive peace made me centred and balanced and I did not want to come out of it at all now. I lost consciousness of time and my own body and got drowned in my inner peace. I stayed in that situation to what seemed timeless and eternity.

At this stage, I saw a very thick shaft of Light penetrating from a big opening up in the higher spaces. The Light had arrived from the divine Heavens onto the Earth and was cutting across the many layers of the skies and had reached the ground. Before it touched the ground, it was sprinkling from that opening in all areas. Some rays were falling on the left side, some in the centre and some on the right side of the opening. The space was filled with innumerable shimmery, beautiful rays of golden Light. The thick beam of Light rays were falling gently from above and they resembled the falling of very light snowflakes sprinkling all the way down on the ground. Soon my whole canvas was filled entirely with ample rays of Divine Light producing unprecedented deep silence and depth less stillness. I stayed with it until in the profusion of Light, I saw a solid trunk of a Banyan tree. In the space between my vision and that tree trunk was the presence of that copious golden Light!

The Banyan tree was situated inside a spacious cave cut out of a mountain piece. Its strong and thick roots were holding to the ground tightly and were distributed in all ways. In front of the tree trunk amidst the drizzle of golden rays was a seat which had a grey woolen blanket. On the blanket someone was seated. My eyes were keen to know who it was. It was a yogi. I watched this yogi with a mesmerizing spell and awe. I was captivated by his presence and aura. First I saw just the right half of the yogi in meditation whose hair was unusually long and was dropping down freely much below his seat like the hanging roots of the Banyan tree behind him.

Slowly, I saw the full face; it had a radiant golden glow. The body was also brilliant as rays of golden yellow light were coming out of him. He wore an ochre cloth over his body and was meditating with a still body. Now I could see the whole figure and recognized the identity without any doubt. I saw myself bending towards him in gratitude and reverence and I had no sense of time or space while I sat there wonder struck. The vision was now complete. I was in a big cave in a mountain where there was an old Banyan tree. There was a lot of divinity present there and the rays of Golden Light from God, of peace and knowledge were coming towards the cave. I sat there on the ground at his feet with poise. We both sat there in the cave under a big Banyan tree amidst the atmosphere of golden light. Much time lapsed and I was having a glorious time during those wonderful moments.

The yogi began to give me a sermon-

“God is an Eternal Force. That force is in you, recognize it. This Universe is His creation made of illusion, Maya. Separate the Maya from Ishwar, God. God is infinite and so is his creation – endless. The Supreme Knowledge with which one knows God is also Eternal Shashwat. Attain that. Separate the perishable body from the Eternal Brahma. You are Brahma. You are Eternal. Thou art That.”

I heard each word with rapt attention and after listening to these sacred words of eternal knowledge, I underwent another supernatural phenomenon. I saw myself enclosed in a tube like case and I was immediately passing through it which was like a long, deep passageway. I traveled in it very swiftly and I was inside the passage. There was abundant light in it. I was moving up this passage amidst a lot of light with ecstasy. After travelling quite a long passage, I came out of it as it had ended. The moment I came out of this passage, I felt the expansion. There was limitless dazzling Light outside it. This Light was much, much greater and more expansive than inside. In an enrapturing bliss, I began to jump up with my right hand raised in the air and my index finger pointing towards the sky and I said, “I am That, I am That, I am That!”

Dear readers, this is a very exact and rare description of Shakti paat or transference of divine energies that took place in my personal spiritual journey. It was when Shri Mahavatar Babaji transferred the realization of that Eternal Force called Brahma from his cave in the Himalayas when I was sitting in a car and returning home without meeting him in Badrinath on 22^nd of September before Karna Prayag. He gave me a direct experience of that Cosmic Consciousness as grace and compassion. Such experiences require very perfect conditions of mind, body and outer environment.

He was aware that I could not have been able to withstand the acute cold conditions of the place where he spends his summers – the cave close to the Satopanth Lake at 14,000 ft above sea level. It was not the right place for me for this revelation. So he never met me personally at that spot though he was calling me since years. Today I understand that nevertheless, the bungled and unsuccessful trek up to Chamtoli at the height of 12,000 ft was necessary for me and my daughter to be able to undergo some specific experiences in order to be ready for this exquisite and very extraordinary spiritual experience which I have just recounted. He was aware since the very beginning that I would not be able to make it to the top yet he made me undergo many extreme near death, physical, mental hardships in various geographical conditions since years as preparations in order to make me complete for the realization and experience of Brahma.

Please refer older post-(A Voyage to Eternity- a pilgrimage to Shri Mahavatar Babaji’s Ashram at Badrinath those readers who do not know the past and backgound of events on which this post is based on)

I am just realizing that Shri Mahavatar Babaji is such a splendid Spiritual Master. His expertise lies in working on us endlessly with tremendous patience and waiting infinitely for the results to manifest. He works on us without any rest and like an excellent teacher, he gives us some tasks to accomplish as our spiritual training or sadhana. Many uncountable small tasks when accomplished, combine in the end to achieve something very extraordinary. And for that very extraordinary achievement and triumph is taught the inculcating of extraordinary patience to us.

My very beloved Mahavatar Babaji, I thank you with all my heart, soul and mind for being so patient with me as you have chiseled and sculpted an idol out of a waste piece of rock in the wilderness!!!The craftsmanship, labour, art, sweat, patience and love is yours, I am only the receiver, the beneficiary. You are like the blazing Sun in the sky that lights up this Universe and hides itself at night. The Sun has been lighting up this Earth since I don’t know when and it never ever asks for acknowledgement and  any  credit. Shri  Babaji, you are the Light of this world! You have brought so much Light into my life and through me to other people’s lives. May we be your obedient children and always follow the radiant path of knowledge, humility, consecration, purity and virtuousness as shown by you. This is still too small in return for all the countless blessings that you have been pouring on us endlessly.

Revised 11-05-23.

Dear readers, before you proceed to read this new post, I hope you must have read the previous two –New Life, New Light and Expand your Consciousness-II. As the later is lengthy and to recapitulate the important portion from it, let me please highlight and quote a few lines after which the flow of the post will begin.

“Once the Spirit unfolds in us and you know Atma, there are three levels of aspiration and heights to accomplish after that. In accordance, there are three types of gyan or wisdom – Teevra gyan, Prachand gyan and Prabhutva gyan – intense, very intense and blazing wisdom respectively. In between these three stages there are other sub- stages of spiritual and God’s wisdom.”

This new post which has a title ‘I got a new life, a new Light in Badrinath,’ will have three parts- I, II and III. Part I will narrate about my new life and part II & III will deal with how I got new Light after Mahavatar Babaji revealed some exceptional Oriental, antique knowledge as supreme Grace to me after I could not meet him in Badrinath in Sept’12. A deep sense of gratitude wells up all the time in silent moments these days for Him even though outwardly I have been thoroughly engaged in formatting and composing this exceptional post since then. This is surely one of those articles which can never fade or become dull in my memory and will always be most treasured for so many reasons known only to me. My recent voluminous experiences prior to this post and also just before the post took a definite shape today are some of the most wonderful, extra ordinary and memorable experiences I have ever had – earthly as well as spiritual. They have in fact been life-altering experiences. I am now a very changed person- much, much calmer and quieter inside outside. The deep sense of oneness with my Supreme Self and the unbroken connection between we two makes it so. The exclusive experiences have today made me understand-

What is Moksha or liberation, the complete science behind it and also what happens on this path even after this particular eminent high state of human Spiritual Consciousness is attained.

The theory of karma and karmafal or action and reaction is densely connected with the kind and level of illumination or Moksha a soul finally gets; they are very intricately interconnected in this matter. I have learned that the highest spiritual wisdom comes to only those who are pure, pious and kind-hearted in every life and not just selected few out of the uncountable. It is a chain or series of many, many virtuous births and pious lives that are responsible for accumulation of highest spiritual wisdom – the stage of Prabhutva Gyan or blazing knowledge and wisdom. It comes after one attains Moksha. It is a long procedure where our every good act, whether visible or invisible to others accumulate over a very long period of time. Those very actions act as a highly positive force in some future specific life to give us the incredible push that we would require to break free from the bondage of lives which were our very first ones on this Earth as humans! Imagine going that very far in time and space in mind or manas with your kindest Guru! This is possible if you desire it very strongly and fall in the category of intense and fiery determined seekers and meet the pre-qualifications to achieve it which are pre-set by the Supreme Force.

I have been very fortunate to be able to reach up to the first ever human birth that I took and recently the last thin string that was tying me as a compulsion was broken. I became free of any chain.

This blog post is for one and all. It is for those readers who have been consistent in keeping in touch with the regular postings on the blog since its inception or who have arrived lately and are taking their first steps. It is also for those people who are yet to come from all over the world. This article is going to be useful for the people of future as this post also touches upon concerns and issues of our present overall lives and even the lives of our generations still to come. All the posts which are regularly posted here are for all types of seekers, the casual one, the serious one and lastly the very serious ones. It depends on each one’s desire how far one wants to go ahead or how much does each seeker wishes to experience one’s Divine Self vis- a -vis in this very life.

My realizations-

To procure the highest order of spiritual knowledge called Prabhutva Gyan, or blazing knowledge, the Guru makes the disciple undergo intensive spiritual work and toil so that the very transparent invisible loam or dirt of delusion does not exist anywhere; it vanishes completely. The more we lose the grip of that ignorance or Maya, the more wisdom we get. Meditation erases slowly the memory of our contact and contamination with Maya over lives. Meditation calms the mind, cleans it of prevailing Maya, subdues and quietens it. The rays of God’s Light in intense moments of high meditative stage, penetrate our cerebrum and in doing so they give us solutions and answers to our protracted and bewildering problems. Problems which are manifestations of our difficult karmas or actions performed sometime in the past. When the last strings or threads of karmic bondage with the very first lives are also shattered by the blazing knowledge very gently and you are set free, the soul is ready for the third and final stage of illumination – Prabhutva Gyan.

The bondage and ties are hidden in the subtle body and cannot be seen by anyone except the Guru. The corresponding alterations and markings of these karmic slavery are etched inside the brain. During meditation, with the grace of God and the Divine Master, the shreds called the loam of ignorance or avidya present in the brain are wiped off by the illuminating rays of Light and there are no dust particles of karmas in our spine and nervous system. In future times, as there are no particles of ignorance in our nervous system, the rays of the blazing wisdom enter freely in our nervous cells. Such a phenomenon is for the handful as the criteria for passing the test is hard to meet.

There are three things that the seeker must have never done in any one of his incarnations and based on those criteria, he/she becomes qualified to even think of procuring such blazing illumination called Prabhutva Gyan. The highest level of wisdom and spiritual knowledge is attained after one attains Moksha and are next levels after this stage.

• Such a soul should never have committed suicide even if there were insurmountable difficulties or pain in any life.
• Should never have killed or murdered any one and
• Should not have grabbed someone’s land unlawfully with force or coercion.

If any soul has ever committed either one or more than one of these sins in any life, then by the order and command of God, he/she is debarred from attaining the highest stage of Samadhi- Brahma Samadhi. It is achieved only after attaining Prabhutva Gyan, the most blazing knowledge and wisdom of God and its workings.

God has a record of all our past actions in all our lives or incarnations and the perfect Guru can peep into all your lives easily. Having said that, if the seeker is very determined not to mind the fury of so many lives’ force of karmas unfolding in some queer or hard ways, wishes to still rise up and bask in the glory and shine of one’s Cosmic Spirit, then the perfect Guru will give some of his own force and will power to substantiate the will power and desire of his disciple. This is irrespective of any gender provided she or he is willing to take on anything, any circumstance that is sent by the will of God at that juncture. The perfect Guru will then start guiding the disciple in the most mysterious fashion to accomplish this far-fetched and inconceivable goal.

In the mid of October 2011, one afternoon while I was sitting relaxed and thinking of my spiritual life journey, suddenly I heard Babaji saying that he would like me to travel to many places in a series to India’s heritage sites.

I had many times wished to go to Khajuraho and Ajanta Ellora since a long time but never went there. And as the itinerary got finalized, I was happy and at that time I was not in a position to perceive the connotation of the whole episode. The real meaning of intensive travelling was minimal and superficial. The unabridged purpose of visiting the various sites has just been understood and seeped in. In Nov’11, I began touring with the first trip to Kanhangad, Kerala to the caves of Swami Shri Nityananda where he did penance for many years. I received a lot of strength and understanding of his personal spiritual journey and my future spiritual journey alongside with that. He blessed me so that I could pursue my future journey smoothly and without breaks and hurdles.

A short visit to Karla caves near Mumbai and Igatpuri to trek to Kalsubai moutain in December and to Ajanta Ellora in January was made. Soon after this, we went to Mallikarjun at Sri Sailam in the month of February after which I toured Puri, Konark, Dhauligiri, Bhubaneshwar and concluded the round with Khajuraho in the month of March. I assumed that the travelling would end here. But the whole touring came to an end finally only last month when I again went to Shri Badrinath in September.  I went to Badrinath in August also but returned from Rishikesh because of floods and landslides. Why were these many trips made apart from seeing the heritage sites was hidden in mystery until a few days back when I found out. I had mentioned in those posts that I had visited my past lives when I was in Puri or Khajuraho and I have also constructed temples in a few important sites there. I was made to visit these places because they are a landmark in my spiritual journey and those lives standout from others. The unburnt seeds of unripe karmas were cauterized by reliving those lives momentarily. Then again, what was the need to know all this was kept hidden away from me until the whole truth was out after I made a third unsuccessful attempt to meet Shri Mahavatar Babaji in the middle of September’12.

In the last few months I wanted three things from Shri Mahavatar Babaji

• More Divine knowledge
• Inspiration to touch new unparalleled heights in Spirit
• Shakti or power to increase the depth and duration of my daily meditations

Although I did not come to know when God heard my petition, but the recent hardships, turmoil, agitation and arduous events at home and in the trip to the Himalaya’s Badrinath temple area granted me my desired plea. However, there were no prior indications or intimations from any where as to what was to happen and what would finally emerge from it all. Whatever few instructions that were articulated by Shri Mahavatar Babaji sometime during the day or sometime during calm moments of night to me were obeyed and followed with complete reliance and executed with confidence. This went on for more than a month and a half.

As each day arrived one by one, beginning from 22^nd August onward they became harder and harder to take till the end of September. I was still absolutely clueless about what was happening and also what my predefined and pre- casted fate was and the final outcome of all that was on-going. Yet I believed in Babaji’s godlike words and pursued till the end; my utter blind faith in Mahavatar led me to do. I was tenacious and indefatigable. So much so, that when my mother underwent a long stay in the hospital in the last week of August in Sharjah,  I was told by my relatives at one stage that she was recovering and would return home in two days. So I left for Delhi on 13^th Sept and proceeded towards Badrinath area. I reached on 16^th evening and the same evening my mother passed away and we were miles  away from each other. It was devastating. I was wondering what could be the reason of Babaji’s queer behaviour towards me.

I later realized that because of lack of purity and divinity prevailing in the people around me, Babaji thought it wise to instead pursue the pre-decided plans of clearing the load of dense karmas of my daughter. Therefore, I found myself in the chilly weather of the Himalayas instead of being with all the relatives. Though I was gloomy, I decided to still pursue my goal to reach the caves of Shri Mahavatar Babaji twenty five kilometres away from Badrinath temple.

This time again the guide conned us and much against my intuition and wish, started the trek on a wrong day. There were grey clouds and the Sun did not seem to be kind to us that day. We still began our trek although late on 18th September. The weather became very adverse after two o’clock and we were not taken care at all by any one. The consequences were that I became critically ill on 12,000 feet above sea level by four o’clock and had to be rescued literally. We were very lucky to meet by chance a group of five curious paramilitary trainees and a trainer respectively near our tent. I told them that there was an emergency and I wished to cut short my trek because of lack of amenities given by the organizer.

They were extremely helpful. They agreed to walk back with me and we trekked back in a drizzly, dark night thus saving each other’s lives. I knew the way back but was unwell. The path was very dangerous and slippery. We faced death every moment and were many times hanging by just a fine thread of life over wet rocks, slippery muddy path and cold weather! One wrong step and we would have fallen in cold Alaknanda river from a huge height. The army men also did not know the route back so we became a whole rescue team. My daughter was alright and looked after me all the way and saw to it that I would not slide back and become unconscious. I had caught a chill because of wet shoes and the body was not getting warm. She had never seen me fall to such a poor health condition before and salvaged me by being brave on that scary night and by looking after me all the way down.

In the meadow where we had camped before our retreat, I had lost all hopes of reaching the higher altitudes where Babaji usually stays and thus meet him personally even this time; realizing this I was totally heartbroken. It was the most disappointing moment of my life. I was dead tired, disappointed and perplexed. We somehow reached the hotel at nine o’clock at night in a jeep of armed services. They were extremely helpful till the time they dropped me back in the hotel. even in the hotel, everyone was very concerned and caring. They made sure that we immediately got something to eat to make us warm, brought us the useful items from the shop at night and gave us good food to get a good sleep and rest to recover. A sense of belonging and security returned and I started feeling and getting better just after that.

On the other hand when I woke up in the morning of 19^th Sept, magically there was no exhaustion or pain in the body as if I had not trekked those rough and deadly eight something kilometres at all. And the Sun came out smiling at us as if to say that it was in collusion in the near fatal conspiracy against us by both – the Almighty and Shri Mahavatar Babaji! After that everything became very smooth and easy as if only until this part God had decided to contradict us in some bizarre ways. As I was too naïve to understand what was happening and what the exact plan of my Guru was, I complied with reverence and trust. We had to still spend two days in Badrinath for the taxi to come and take us back to Rishikesh. Most interestingly, I could meditate exceptionally well on those days. I have no words to explain to you how blessed I felt when I was all the time mentally talking to Babaji during my meditations in the hotel! Day and night I was in direct communion with Him as he unfolded many mind boggling mysteries of the imperceptible world of dead, of our Earth and also guided the passage of my mother safely to the next world. She had died with a lot of suffering and remorse and had asked Babaji for help to move on with ease. It was granted.

I realized that my meditations were exceptional for the reason that Babaji had descended from Satopanth lake on 19th Sept morning because of onset of winter and mild snowfall . He was staying in Badrinath  just a few yards away from me hiding! He was living in an ashram with other twelve disciples quietly. He explained what his day is like and advised me to be one with him to accomplish the most through my meditations because of his presence. He complained mildly that there is more noise than before in Badrinath and he wishes to live secretly so that outside irritants do not jeopardize his unity with God. Silence is required for him to work mentally to send out healing and spiritual vibrations and thoughts the world over.

He was on his way to lower altitude to spend the peak winter. Incidentally, we descended on the same date as they. It was 22nd Sept, 2012 morning.  Three devotees joined them in the ashram and they had come to Badrinath to take Shri Babaji and the rest of the troupe with them comfortably. Arrangements were made by these three devotees to take Shri Babaji to warmer altitudes in Himalayas. I and Babaji  although left Badrinath on the same date, did not see each other in physical form. He spoke to me very gently telepathically and also assured me that he would compensate all the bad times I had undergone with very rewarding times by calling me some other time. And as he knew I could not tolerate such high altitudes, so he would call me to the lower heights and would also fulfill all my desires. The most vital of all of them was of being in his holy company.

And even before I met him personally in future, he would give me the highest wisdom now because I had earned it. He assured me that in the upcoming posts sixteen to thirty two posts would be of the highest order. He will soon make me write about special things on the blog which have been written never before. They would be pertaining to Brahma, the highest Universal Self.

He also pointed out to me – “Like you did not circumvent or get marred by the nasty experiences in Badrinath and you were stable and patient, in the same way the state of blazing knowledge called Prabhutva gyan is earned and achieved when we encounter everything peacefully and patiently and never break down when God gives us all sorts of difficulties to pass a test. The Guru will deliberately give the most trying times to the disciple or shishya to make him/her strong to attain the highest knowledge. However, later he will give extreme comfort and relief.”

When I was trekking up on the steep mountain to reach Vyas Gufa in 2005 in Badrinath, Mahavatar Babaji reminded me about his forecast – that I will write and publish a book in future. Obviously, it sounded  like a joke at that time because I thought only saints and yogis could write a book on Vedantic knowledge. He informed and asked me that he is capable of making me write a grand book soon by which I shall become famous. However, I would myself not understand what I had written like so many people do. In comparison, the other option was that if I waited patiently, he would make me write and publish a book in some years. At that time, I would understand everything that I will write instead of only explaining or preaching to others. It will only happen after realization of Brahma. I immediately told Babaji that whatever he will make me write in future, I should first understand and experience it first. I must write a book with experience and understanding. He granted my wish!

He explained to me further that he had to cut short my visit to Satopanth this time because of some old debt of my daughter towards her mother in a very distant life which had to be cleared. I had to give her an opportunity to save me and thus relieve her of her karmic debt She was estranged with her mother in that particular life. The relations had to be reformed and corrected and the whole drama of life and death was re-enacted this time. As for me, he took one last test to check if He put me in the most annoying, life threatening and arduous situation, will I lose my trust and confidence in Him or not. He was testing me hard.

Well, honestly not once did I think that Babaji was doing anything unreasonable with me even in the most trying situation. But I failed to understand why and what exactly was he doing and pleaded that nothing untoward should happen to us as my Guru’s name would get tarnished in the family. His honour was my honour after all. I was recalling the incident of one chela, disciple as mentioned in Autobiography of a Yogi who was thrown from a cliff top from the mountains of the Himalayas as he could not be accepted as a disciple of Babaji in the current life because of karmic pressure. So he threw himself only to be brought back by the other disciples and a new life was injected in him instantly by Babaji by inducting new life force. *

The five kilometres area around Badrinath is very highly spiritually charged. Badrinath is the place where everyone has to come to attain the highest Samadhi- Brahma Samadhi. Boganathar, Agastya Maharishi, Adi Shankaracharya and some more had to come here to attain the highest state of Spiritual knowledge and bliss. It is the world’s most dynamic and spiritually vibrated holy place.

Today when everything has got over and calm has returned, I realize that if I hadn’t chosen to carry out all the directives of my Guru obediently over the whole year like a lamb, I would not have undergone a sea change metamorphosis internally as well externally. The major changes or the metamorphosis that I am speaking about are those I have been craving for a very long time, they did not come about since the past ten years or so. Such is the seizing power of our intricate karmas and their closures! But nevertheless, Babaji helped me all along these years with extreme patience and adroitness. I also wonder at this stage at the latest revelation of incredible amount of patience that I have cultivated over the years and the insatiable drive I possess to be excelling myself.

There are none among us who are not battling some of these problems – they may be one’s personal, professional, familial or some social or even concerning spiritual success for that matter. There are also environmental issues we need to attend to. We cannot solve several of our matters fully by ourselves because of lack of divine insight. Short-sightedness in us comes from absence of divine wisdom. Divine wisdom is achieved, we untie our grip and the cover of delusive Maya, the deluding Force in nature from our minds. The power and extent of this deluding Maya is so intense and grave that even if we recognize it and begin to work on it for its removal with the help of a highly Self realized Guru, even then the whole process might take many lives! But if our karmas are of the highest order, pious and self-giving and both the disciple and the Guru are both equally keen and ready to face anything without being hesitant, the process of removal of entire cover of dark ignorance in one’s mind begins. It initiates only after we give our petition and a consent is given by God.

It requires a lot of force inside and outside in the teacher and the disciple even to initiate and then to proceed this whole process of complete removal and disintegration of Maya or lack of knowledge or avidya. Just a few would wish to initiate and take this step because first the desire or Ichcha Shakti, which is the power of one’s will in the seeker, has to be very concentrated and genuine.

It should not wither or wilt in the long operation as it is time consuming. Once God accepts the petition of the seeker, all the nature’s forces abide faithfully when the schooling and learning is on. Whatever it takes to clear the muck outside one’s surrounding or settings in our lives; come what may, it will be cleared even though the whole procedure may be very tiring and toll-taking. The real procedure starts when the Guru will order the disciple to take some drastic or arduous actions happily and unquestioningly. The disciple should have enough courage and foresight to understand that there is nothing unworthy that the Guru will ask him/her to do and finally when the series of actions or long drawn instructions are over, the force of the tight grip of complicated karmas of the past would finally be released. These are the tremendously deeply buried seeds of unexpressed karmas of our very first or second human incarnation ever! If ever we are able to touch upon this level of recovery, then the arrival of the divine rays of blazing knowledge or Prabhutava Gyan from the Universal God dawns in us!!!

The withdrawal of the last film of Maya or ignorance from the innermost recess of one’s mind initiates the beginning of Prabhutva Gyan.

What happens when we get such blazing knowledge?

We do not forget God at all and the awareness of His presence, the unity and the adherence is of the highest order.

While in Teevra intense knowledge, the memory is dim and the fogginess returns if the pressures of arrival of past forceful karmas are overwhelming in dire circumstances.

In Prachand gyan, the very intense knowledge state, the seeker is more stable yet the consciousness and mindfulness may stagger or the sadhak may be bogged down by the ensuing situations. It is God who decides on the basis of our performing actions and deeds whether we are eligible and can take a step forward or not. The tests and the consent become harder to accomplish as we move up after intense knowledge or Prachand Gyan. Therefore do pious deeds, keep your heart unselfish and have endless faith in your Holy Guru.

In the highest state or Prabhutva Gyan come what may, the sadhak has never-failing faith, reverence and unconditional love for both – his mentor, guide and Guru all rolled into one and the ever loving and benevolent God. He/she at last tastes directly the God’s love. It is unconditional and unfailing towards him/her and therefore all the tiredness, disappointment and uncertainty which was lingering cast away! A new journey begins; a journey with new life and new Light!!

To be continued…..

*Autobiography of a Yogi, chapter 33

Updated on 11-05-23

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The pace of my life is unusually fast and sometimes I need to break that pattern intentionally so that I leave behind the unending noise and clatter of the atmosphere and connect more peacefully with the Holy Spirits and converse with them from time to time in quietude. Their words is the elixir, the potion on which I thrive and live on and even a few moments of communication  with them is enough for someone like me to take  a plunge in the ocean of vast spiritual wisdom and simultaneously get ample rest of mind.

 As it has been a long time since I abandoned or quit temporarily the daily grinding and challenging   domestic duties, I decided to go to a place where the atmosphere would be very still and calm and I would restore my spiritual energies. So on 7^th September on a very pleasant morning, I took out my car and headed towards Ganeshpuri, which is approximately seventy five kilometres from my house. It was a rainy day and the villages outside Mumbai were lush green. I was delighted and I devoured the sight of the lush green paddy fields throughout the journey. The continuous copious light green colour of the long standing blades of the paddy in the lavish fields had a healing effect on my eyes and mind. I got some mental rest. I took long deep breaths and gasps in between to breathe in cool and fresh rejuvenating air. The continuity of green paddy fields did not break until I reached the Vajreshwari temple. The entire place was remarkably beautiful with the thick green coloured mountains encircling the lush green fields. The river Tansa and many other small streams were gurgling with joy and running forcefully over big, black stones as if displaying that they were quite busy!  Had it not been for the constraint of time, I would have spent at least some time there strolling in the scenic vicinity. And to top it all, the several white birds flocking the grey sky with synchronized flapping wings added so much more grace and beauty to the atmosphere that it tantalized my heart and I became ecstatic. Just before we were about to reach Vajreshwari temple, I was repentant for not taking my camera with me but I consoled myself by the thought that there should be some days when you should only  relish the scenic beauty and just being with yourself is good enough.

I have not been able to visit Ganeshpuri frequently in the recent past because of blogging work and other family pressures. So as a mark of respect and an offering of my present segment, I went to seek the blessings of Swami Nityananda and Swami Shaligram. It always feels so light in our heart and mind if we offer all we possess or the work we have done at a saint’s holy feet or even for that matter in the abode of God whatever that may be- a temple, a  church or a synagogue. I could have possibly invoked these two saints in my house during meditation and could have offered myself and my current work, but somehow I felt that they were essentially calling me. And besides that, I should just let myself lose and receive something special and rewarding from them as a Prasad  or blessing after completion of my thirty seven blog posts of this particular segment. So I took some sweets and a coconut as a mark of my offering at their temple. I went there merely to perform a thanksgiving act quietly and any blessing that comes from them is a huge grace for me. I lit an incense stick in the temple of Swami Shaligram after I settled down in front of his big photo at his Samadhi to meditate. Thankfully, I had an exclusive time as no devotee arrived for more than three quarters of an hour because of rains and I could therefore meditate peacefully.  In return of my devotion, I received a very beautiful learning- a wisdom that is essentially important in a seeker’s life to know if he wishes to climb up the higher steps of the spiritual ladder. The blessing came as Self Realization during my meditation in Swami Shri Dayananda Shaligram’s temple there. He blessed me with a lot of peace as I sat there for quite some time with my still and restful body and mind. Once I absorbed that heavenly peace and felt so good, he set out to give me a long discourse as elucidation.

“There are hardly 25% people in this whole world who know that peace is very essential in our lives. The rest of 75% people are mean, rude, harsh, greedy and selfish. Out of these 25% people who make an effort to gain peace, merely 2% succeed. Peace should be sustainable. To achieve that sustainable peace of mind, there is first strife. After strife and storm comes peace. One has to strive hard to eliminate all the undeserving people, circumstances or events in one’s daily life to gain permanent peace of mind.

Lord Krishna made all possible efforts to bring about peace without a war between the Kauravas and Pandavas but did not succeed because of arrogant and selfish attitude of Duryodhana who did not want peace but instead wanted to avenge his insult and craved to rule the kingdom singlehandedly without sharing the rights of the Pandavas. And so there was a war between the two parties. Arjuna and others had to go through the unbearable painful strife in order to gain peace in their  lives. Mahabharat war was fought for bringing about peace in the land.

Only 2% people gain success in attaining long-lasting and sustainable peace in their lives and more so in the mind because the jigyasu yogi or the ardent persistent seeker will pierce through the three subtle bodies and eliminate them completely. They are sthool, sukshma, kaaran shareer. In translation it means that the striving seeker has to pierce  and transcend the physical body, the mental body and emotional body correspondingly. Beyond these three bodies is the Sakshi Atma, the witness, the  Self. With prolonged practice of meditation, the three bodies are annihilated one by one as the rays of Universal Energy and Spirit enter the last core region of a human being called the kaaran shareer.  The more the rays of Light enter, the more peace one gets. This takes time but with profound spiritual knowledge gained by the persistent seeker, the last bits and traces of ignorance are burnt and the seeker attains long lasting peace. Such a high yogi gives prolific peace to others in the environment too. Strive hard. You too should bring that sustainable peace in your lives, bring peace in your heart, your mind and in other’s lives too.”

With such enlightening words, I close this segment with bowing down humbly at the sacred feet of Shri Mahavatar Babaji for giving me so much spiritual abundance throughout this long segment. My endless thanks and pranams forever and forever to you my honourable and revered Shri  Baabji…..Om Shanti, shanti, shanti Om…

A Note  Dear readers, as you can see this is the second part of the title Blessing as Self- Realization.

I wish to conclude and wrap up segment D titled ‘Our rich heritage’ with this post on the blog. It already holds more than thirty six articles out of which twenty were addressed to our lost heritage and seventeen were on occult science dealing with the worlds after we die and before we are born again. I feel this has been quite a long session and hence it should be ended at this point.  Besides, I also think I deserve a good break of a few weeks at least at this juncture after its successful completion.

The last few months were exceptionally frenzied because of turning out of the most unexpected circumstances which I have encountered gracefully with never failing love, guidance and knowledge of my Gurus. At this stage, I intend to look back and assimilate whatever I have grasped while I was journeying during this course of time. And now as I have circumnavigated with this last post, I also wish to revisit my past exclusive anecdotes or encounters with the Supreme and my sacred Gurus in my meditations and peacefulness in moments of silence. So will be back after a short break! Until then, have some splendid times with your inner Self and reflect during times of inner silence and peace….

19^th morning meditation

Last night on 18^th Aug that is, before sleeping I chanted God’s many names and prayed fervently by calling out distinctly to God in my own peculiar way- ‘Hey Ishwar, Hey Prabhu, Hey Bhagwan, Hey Narayan, Hey Parmatma, Hey Jagannath, Hey Dayanidhe, Hey Kripa Sindhu, Hey Deenbandhu, Hey Deenanath, Hey Sarva Rakshak, Hey Sarvahitkari, Hey Sarva Palankarta, Hey Sarva Shaktimaan, Hey Sarva Vyapak, Hey Bhagwan……..’

(Oh God, Oh Universal Lord, Oh Merciful Lord, Oh Compassionate God, Oh Blessed Lord, Oh Lord of the downtrodden, Oh Protector of all, Oh Benefactor of all, Oh Almighty God, Oh Omnipresent God……)

I did this many times till immense peace descended over me and I became well in body and mind.  Very quickly I turned my chanting into sincere praying when I asked God to bring about peace and harmony on Earth because the unrest and disharmony in my outer environment began to show on my health and mind. It was perturbing to see Divine’s peace being destroyed in a few hours or days in the world that we live in. Seeing the unrest and disturbances on television screen as well as continuous contact with somebody’s very impure inner being further affected the body and by evening the energies of my sacral chakras became delicate and nearly out of balance. As I totally believe in love, kindness, friendship, harmony, and oneness of God, I could no longer help myself until I had to resort to my unfailing source of peace, calmness and inner harmony- prayers and meditation. So with chanting Lord’s infinite names, I went to sleep peacefully.

As I lacked normal vigour and health, God was kind enough not to wake me up early and instead woke me up by arriving as white Light in me in quite late hours of the day. I thanked the Almighty with a heart full of gratitude and thanks.  Merciful God blessed me with a quick recovery and also some great illumination along with it. I needed to know what was bothering the world and what was it that makes people create disequilibrium, chaos and rebellion everywhere they go. The previous night I had also pleaded God to give wisdom to those people who are against God’s laid out benevolent and compassionate plans and create mischief. Therefore, God responded by communicating with me through these merciful words which brought so much relief, cheer and goodness.

“The complete chaos, utter confusion and lack of harmony in the world are due to its own ignorance.  An agitated and vicious mind creates unrest and destruction first inside its own  space and then outside it. Most people have an inner world of hateful, vicious, greedy thoughts.

Hate breeds and spreads violence; jealousy and hatred are the two root causes of outside mayhem, lack of co-operation and peace between men. God did not create hate, humans created hate. God created love, peace and harmony. It is the unrestrained, untaught and wild mind that forces man to do incorrect, immoral and sinful actions which generate endless, sorrowful lives in future for them. Therefore, it is most essential for everybody to learn to meditate to quieten and serene the mind so that we know how to love all. It is only through the practice of meditation that  will help all people to become more understanding, friendly and empathetic.  The mind enlarges and enhances to Super Consciousness through this special mode of tranquilizing and purifying the mind and heart called meditation.

When much mass wrongful acts are earned and deposited in the people, there are catastrophes like floods, land and soil erosion, landslides, earthquakes, tsunamis, mass deaths and unreasonable fluctuating seasons and  harsh weathers. Nature cleanses the environment through various methods of upheavals to bring back balance, harmony and sanctity.

People suffer in masses and there is poverty, hunger and other causes of intense sorrow everywhere. Mass bad karmas create mass bad effects. However, the virtuous and morally upright men called saatvik suffer unduly in many ways because of the mass bad karmas of so many other people on this planet.

The excessive wrong karmas of masses are enough to bring down the presence of this planet but it is for the high powered innumerable virtuous sacred karmas of the small numbers of the illumined and enlightened souls called Mahatamas and saints that creates balance on this Universe by stopping the world to break apart.

Ignorance about Universal Truths, Oneness of God; lack of knowledge of the Silent Spectator and presence of Omnipresence within and without is the root cause of all miseries.”

My dear friends, many a times in the material world I get to see glimpses of divinity. It happens  when the mind completely ignores the unseen floating negative thought-waves of multitude people hovering around me.

Shri Mahavatar Babaji sends me his clear messages in such elevated states through his mind only. My mind is able to connect with his and I get information of various kinds by his Grace. Now this is purity of mind and heart as they say in Yoga philosphy or Yoga, the Unity of one’s mind with that of Universal Self. When the mind is forever disinterested in accumulating worldly mental attachments, such a mind is able to peep into the benign spiritual world of God. This state is also called asansari mana- unworldly, unassuming mind.

True calmness of mind is achieved when the unreasonable desires and greedy expectations are discarded by us. Unnecessary longing and accumulation of pride, ego, desires and unhealthy mental habits give rise to agitation of the otherwise calm mind. It must be immediately cast off.

Desires can be never-ending and ignorance about its presence in us can be more harmful than we think or recognize.

Those of us who wish to have Divine Illumination within oneself even amidst outside strife and normal householder’s life  must  accept that to realize God in oneself, one only has to go inwards and it is the mind ultimately which will help us to see and realize God in daily meditations and true, honest prayers.

Sadhana of only those is successful who continuously put their mind on one object, thought, theme or Godhead. Uninterrupted concentration is the key to all success in spiritual objectives. An unsteady or unreserved mind, more so in search of God will not reach you to your ultimate destination. Mind is everything. Mind is thought or sankalpa. It is out of the mere thought or sankalpa of God that this Creation was born. Our mind is created out of that Cosmic power.  Such is the power of our thoughts or mind called mana. So pray whenever you can, in times of happiness or gloom, sickness or health; meditate whenever you can snatch some time off from your daily grind and send out loving, peaceful, powerful thoughts of regeneration, rejuvenation and divine love in all directions and corners of our world. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti Om……

A note Thank you everybody for the overwhelming response and appreciation as comments which are full of encouragement and unconditional love. Please know that I have registered them in my heart but cannot reply individually to all. With God’s blessing and Grace, I shall try to serve you even more.

Thanks once again….

 Although I am not the one to crack under pressure easily but my well of continuous energy got fizzled out because of extreme activity in the last two months and to take some rest after a spell of brief illness, on 9^th Aug afternoon I placed my tired body in the bed and felt a little stress-free. The senses became relaxed and the limbs were feeling de-stressed soon after. Not even before I could completely let go of myself wholly, in a micro second I perceived thick yellow Cosmic Light scattering in my room. The soothing Light was spreading close to my body and it was a sheer delight to see, feel and sense the same Light in my closed eyes. The comforting warmth that it gave me also generated a sense of deep escalating bliss because the Light was a forecast of auspiciousness and celestial joy. The lingering woes began to wane and the energy as sap in my body began to rise up in the entire body upwards. I was aware that I was rising upwards and that my consciousness would soon reach the highest skies. This thought made me a bundle of intense buoyant joy from a sack of heavy tired energies in no time.

I lounged in it as long as I could. There was Light outside me and there was so much Divine Light within me! My heart soared and then danced in joy as I recognized the fact that with mercy of God that divine moment had at last arrived because of which I would be now floating in the supreme skies of ananda, divine bliss  for the next few days….

The same Light which sometimes is addressed as God, came as a bolt over me in a few split secondss.  Like a thick panel of light it hit me in the spine and entered inside it. The running of comfy and snug Light was so much longed-for. I was instantly re-energized. A feeling of wellbeing and goodness ascended side by side. Alternately, my mind’s concentration became fixated and the dissipated energies rewound and indeed God spoke to me …

“What is there to be so distressed and demotivated about? For everything there is a good reason. Not all can be explained yet it can be believed by the firm believers. The death and destruction that was happening at the time of your arrival at the Himalayan foothills was not without a reason.

Human mind is very constricted and biased. It mainly thinks about itself irrespective of nature’s laws and people do not abide by the rules laid down by the Spirit or God which creates havoc and disorder. It again falls in the domain of the saints and the realized ones to bring about order, harmony and peace. Babaji is doing just that. Our karmas create our destiny. Collective karmas if done adversely will deprive the people of prosperity, peace and sense of wellness. So send out loving as well as thoughts of regeneration in the environment to re grow the lost good thoughts in the atmosphere. Believe in your destiny and continue doing your daily service or seva of God and leave the result of your good karmas to God to bless you in any way it deems fit. Babaji is watching over you always.

 A yogi whose heart is pure and mind stable in all times will find lasting peace and tranquillity. Restore yourself from the fatigue accumulated over last many weeks and find solace within. Connect your mind with My presence and you shall obtain bliss. As God is even-handed and generous you shall be rewarded at the right time. Nothing goes unnoticed under the eyes of omnipresent Almighty.

Continue your sadhana with the same zeal and gust as before. Meditate daily and help those who are in need of you and you shall find enduring elated happiness.”