Dear readers, as was informed to you two days earlier that the next 4 articles will be from Pondicherry, this article is composed from this very special place. Pondicherry is so appropriate for a seeker as it provides all the necessary requirements needed to do each one’s own sadhana and yoga.

My first visit after my arrival at 7.00 pm at Ma’s ashram.

I needed uninterrupted attention and complete focus and I am getting it here and I had a lovely start in the morning where I am putting up.

The place adds so much energy to the substance of my write ups and I am certain that everyone will be promoting their progress with the special energy that is supplied by places which are abundant with powerful spiritual vibrations.

Moving on, let us now proceed to the important part of the conversation between Swami Shivanandji and me in Pondicherry today.

I was in deep communion with Swamiji between 5 and 6 a.m. today and I reproduce some part of that dialogue by keeping the continuity of my conversations with him for the benefit of all the interested people.

(Swami Shivananda of Rishikesh- Divine Life Society. Picture source and courtesy- Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centre, Chicago)

15.12.14.

Swamiji: “In olden days, there was a lot of greenery and people were so less in number. It was quiet and peaceful. Some rare Brahmaveta Guru would ensure that the sacred knowledge of God realization that he possesses should be passed on to some one else before he dies. He would therefore make a small hermitage in a secluded place, mostly near a river bed and select a few deserving students. Out of many, he would choose only one or two at the most and over a period of a few years complete the procedure of transferring his accomplishments to the deserving students. All this would happen in a very loving and peaceful atmosphere.

Students came from far and wide and would try their best to become a suitable candidate for achieving the most precious vidya or knowledge called Brahma Vidya. To assist the process, yoga and pranayam were also practiced and the students would do anything to please their masters and gurus so that they would qualify and complete their degrees and specialize in their subjects.

However, the situation is a contrast today. There is rapid urbanization and the villages are impoverished. The city life is very hectic and there are no forests or open spaces where people can breath fresh air. And because the population is dense, the air is laden with so many thoughts floating that the minds of people are not calm. There is a sea of thoughts that float in the air and tranquility deprived. Also, the greed and imitation of acquiring worldly wealth is phenomenal in Kaliyug thus preventing them to remain in a peaceful atmosphere. It will take a little more than ten thousand years for the Earth to recover its rapid erosion and the values of Eternal Dharma or Sanatan Dharma to return and bring back peace, harmony and tranquility globally.

In the primitive times, it was easy to practice Pranayam, kriya, sukshma dhyan or meditation on very subtle planes in placid environments. But today all this is not possible for the majority of people who live in cities, only few can avail the prospects of living in clean and quiet environment to attain their spiritual pursuits and undertakings.

Many saints and seers, including me in consultation with Shri Mahavatar Babaji more than ten years ago decided to innovate and we came up with an entirely new school of thought whereby maximum help could be provided to maximum people to hasten the kaal chakra or time wheel from Kaliyug to Satya yug. Seeing the number of wrongdoers posing as saints who are frauds, profiteers, deceivers and betrayers rising everyday, it was arrived at a consensus after God’s approval to initiate a novel way of transmitting the ancient knowledge in today’s modern world. Technology and electronics would be used to transmit the given sacred knowledge from one person living on Earth who would acquire Brahma Vidya from us from the astral plane and through internet, home lessons would be distributed. Shri Mahavatar Babaji would be the chief associate who would decide what the context and content should be and how long the enterprise or initiative would continue. You were chosen by everybody to stay on the Earth and communicate with Shri Mahavatar Babaji who is living in seclusion in Himalayas and the saint community who is presently in a Spirit state in the various regions of the sky. Your blog is the platform and forum from where various activities are undertaken and an attempt to cover maximum candidates is achieved.”

I was listening to the flow of important messages very attentively and was also waiting to learn something special as I know that Swamiji would have a lot stored inside him, a treasure of knowledge that he has. Knowing my deep interest and aiming at teaching us something new in current days, he told me more.

Swamiji: “The next two weeks time is important. Keep vigil on your progress and dedicate this period in rapid learning after which you shall get a rest period. A flood gate has been thrown open by us by which many drowning men can save their lives. They will be intimidated and shaken up after which they will begin to reform and upscale their inner lives. You will have to monitor their progress and they will surely show tremendous progress.”

Me: “Definitely Swamiji, I will see to it that we do not be lethargic and must improve our present  level.”

Swamiji: “Now I will fulfill your wish and will tell you something vital.

There are  5 elements in the Universe, 5 elements in the physical body and 5 elements in the subtle body called manas. Dharti, jal, agni, vayu, aakash– Earth, water, fire, air and space.

Dharti, Earth and jal, water are  found before the navel at muladhar chakra as well as around navel, agni at navel and little above navel, vayu at 6th chakra at throat, the seat of manas and akash or space at 7th chakra.

Earth and water come from food and water (respiration) from nature. Energy is formed and is fire in the form of calories. Thoughts do not stay in one place and are flowing hence has vayu or air. And to realize God, we require very fine and refined cosmic elements in the form of selfless virtues such freedom, truth, forgiveness, love, compassion, dedication and so many more great qualities. Akash, space is needed for contemplation, meditation and soaking of all thoughts about the form and characteristics of God in us.

(This is a very concise version)

These 5 elements are also in extremely micro levels, in our mind or manas in the form of thoughts. Our quality of thoughts depend on the chemistry of food, habits, austerity, conduct and spiritual practices as tapas and a few more causes.

The 5 elements’ proportion keeps changing according to diet, location or environment, thought process and destiny or karmas. Balancing it is important otherwise the mind spoils its peace. Yoga, rest, meditation and guru bhakti are essential to maintain this balance. From time to time, the inner Guru will guide you to eat, think and behave righteously.

Nature is very essential, quietude and lack of noise is of paramount importance. Since in today’s time all this is not possible easily, we also made a plan to solve this problem. Doing Kriya or pranayam is not being rigorously stressed by us because of polluted air and noise pollution. To counter this deficiency, we devised a unique charter and plan. From time to time, you should go to places where your life slows down, you have mental peace and rest, you should attain higher progress and also achieve some powerful vibrations from ancient places by undertaking various pilgrimages. There is one place which I advise you and a selected few others to go to-Omkareshwar.

Since it is not very well connected with other places, it still retains its magnitude and spiritual power. The place is serene and quiet and you must also spend some or a few days in a quiet ashram and practice silence and Kriya and meditation. Even if you do it once in 3 years, the advantages would be so many. Many sages have blessed that place and if you can spend some time in that quiet and holy place, the difference will be huge. Maharishi Kashyap’s everlasting presence and spiritual vibrations are very prominent in this temple area. Those who wish to learn more about Truth and Light must make the attempt of visiting this place and get his favours and blessings!

I have given you this exclusive knowledge because you are a worthy disciple. You are now going to embark on a new, higher journey and that is- from today you shall dispense Prabhutva Gyan, extremely blazing knowledge. It requires sukshma buddhi and akash; very fine intellect, and sky or ether is of vital importance. Hence, you must spend some time everyday in a garden or a park and sit under the sky to bring back the balance of all elements. As you are doing  a lot of mental activities, you burn a lot of your mental calories. Some comes from food and some from the sky or akash.”…..

I finish this post by bowing down humbly and respectfully in the refuge and sacred feet of Maharishi Kashyap and Maharishi Shivanandji. They both are so lofty and humble and I pray to God to give me the strength and humility to fulfill all my duties and roles so that  their mission is accomplished for the salvation of humankind.

View of the river Narmada from the small hill where the temple is located.

The white dome is of Omkareshwar Temple, one of the Jyotirlingas in India.

Suggested related readings-

In search of Ultimate Peace-III &

Expand your consciousness-II

On this trip, I did not wish to take too many pictures and did not take my camera. However, some were taken with mobile phone. A short video at the exit of Mahakaleshwar temple was taken. Sharing them with you.

Mahakaleshwar

Mamaleshwar just before Omkareshwar

Omkareshwar

Cave just below the temple

Humble offerings for Yogeshwar

We return so enriched and fulfilled.

White dome of the temple as seen in our boat as we recede and return home.

Blessings inherent in heritage!

A new entry with a photo album of the rest of the places visited like Sandipani Ashram etc during our pilgrimage to Mahakaleshwar and Omkareshwar on Face Book.

Part A

Pilgrimage to Mahakaleshwar and Omkareshwar

After coming home from Dwarahat in September, within a gap of fourteen days, I set out to Ujjain in M.P. state to visit two places of light called Jyotirlinga. It was decided within minutes and in two days time we set off. They all are places of worship, atonement and seeking and have Shiva as the main deity in the form of Shivalinga, the symbol of primordial energy. There are 12 Jyotirlingas in India and I was fortunate to have gone to two such powerful places in two days and that too after coming back from Dwarahat which was so splendid. The other one, Omkareshwar is nearly 165 kilometers from Ujjain. We have to cross Indore first and then proceed in the interior, remote villages one after the other and reach a sleepy habitation near a serene river, Narmada. Omkareshwar is on a little height of a small mountain on the banks of Narmada and the now narrow river has to be crossed in a small boat at this point between two sets of mountains on either side. Though the quick trip got a little hectic for us but the gains and rewards are nothing in comparison to what we have received in lieu of that.

Both the places were very dynamic except that most people go to only Mahakaleshwar as it is easily reachable.

Maximum people go there to gain spiritual powers and power of various kinds including occult powers. For later, they are condemned by God and all the divine beings. People also go to ask for prosperity or relieving themselves of their mental or physical sufferings and so on.

I had no idea what was stored for me and I wished to just go and seek blessings so that I could garner more energies to do my seva, service which comes unexpectedly from any quarter when God ordains. No one is capable of serving humanity unless we receive very specific energies from those specific zones which store and bestow us with divine powers. The blog has received very high grade spiritual energies since its inception and it continues to do so regularly. At this juncture, a new thrust of energies have been activated and induced into the current new posts at regular period. As we gear up for the next ascension, some more energies of higher to highest grade will be infused consistently at the behest of God.

About Mahakaleshwar

It is a very old temple and it has a mention in the Puranas, the old holy Hindu scriptures. Earlier it was a very humble small Shivalinga on the bank of river Kshipra in a dense forest. In medieval times, to please their public the kings added some extensions by making it a large structure. Today, the main Shivlinga is to be reached by taking a few steps down in water in the basement which is made of concrete on the bank of the river. This was such a unique experience. The cool water in feet was a pleasant surprise so refreshing to the body and mind.

People are mostly coming for fulfillment of desires and for using negative energies as I discovered in silent moments. Apart from that, I was pleased to know in my meditation in the hall just opposite the main Shivalinga that Lord Buddha came here along with so many holy men including Swami Vivekananda in modern times. After knowing this, I shut my eyes and mind as nothing mattered because I had come to such a blessed place.  I wished to only take my Prasad , blessing and leave with nice memories.

Part B

In spite of hectic touring, I receive grace and encounter exclusive, immortal Astral Being

After I came back from Dwarahat, I had only taken a short lay off of two weeks in Mumbai and I had soon set out again to go to Ujjain for my next whirlwind  journey.

For quite a few days, I was in a state of unbroken peace and bliss after I came home from Dwarahat meditation. It took a few days time to reorient and recondition myself in the chaotic city. On so many occasions, I had a great urge to go back to that cave and experience the divinity once more.

There was a fixed plan of writing five posts on the blog without a break after these trips.  Yesterday night, after publishing seven posts which included two on Fb, I was running short of ideas and energy. I was in vain. I received no inspiration even after meditating and concentrating the whole day. Around 9.45 p.m. desperately I prayed to God to ensure time should not run out. Soon after I had finished expressing my plea, in my meditation, I envisioned something wonderful.

Meeting of Divine beings undertaken in higher regions 

I saw that there was a meeting going on between a cluster of godly heads when I traveled to higher sky. They all were in a serious meeting.

In a frantic hurry, Swami Nityananda and Shaligram Swami of Ganeshpuri were going  somewhere in ether and walking upwards hurriedly. I was hushed and asked to remain absolutely quiet and still and not to disturb the meditating Sage which we all saw in the far off zone. I was asked to wait till they reverted to me. I watched all this quietly and waited in curiosity as well anticipation to know what was about to unfold before me. In a few moments, Swami Shaligram reverted and said- “I and they all have been very busy and are deciding between ourselves and finalizing what should be written in next immediate post. We had lots to do you see.  The Maharishi is still meditating. He is Nitya Jyot. Let us not disturb him at any cost. We will work tomorrow now.”  I understood the gravity of the situation and held back myself and withheld my anxiety.

I  know that we are cursed by God if we disturb somebody who is in meditation and is busy handling mammoth missions of God. I anyway asked for forgiveness from God instantly just in case by mistake or innocence, if I had entered and trespassed someone’s personal space in which he was meditating silently and was blissful in a transcendental state. I  pleaded and apologized sincerely in case I  had offended him.

When the precarious few minutes were over,  I saw Swami again walking downwards and I could not hold myself. I took the liberty and raised a question. I was anxious I would not be able to ever reach with my mind that far off exclusive zone again and find out myself about Nitya Jyot. I instantly allowed my anxiety to diffuse.

Nitya Jyot

“What is Nitya Jyot, I have not heard this before?” I asked slightly after seeing the meditating Sage in a golden halo.

“They are highly illuminated divine beings who work ceaselessly for God as well as people and live very, very far from the terrestrial zone. They have very long lives given by God. They are constantly living in God’s Light and hence given the title Nitya Jyot-Always in light. They live in Satya Lok, the land of Truth,” replied Swami.

I was very relieved to know that all was well.

I was quite drowsy, I closed my eyes. Promptly, my eyelids were filled with soft, mellow, pale yellow coloured light. I felt so warm and good and forgot the state of the physical body. Before long, I heard the auspicious sound of Om arriving immediately and I heard somebody say, “Your body has less oxygen and less space or akash and therefore you must not tire yourself more than this. You are already on the edge of crashing out and now we shall not allow this. Earlier we ignored it. The nerves if broken will take six months to repair. So rest now and I shall tell you what is to be done tomorrow.”

In a little while, I saw a very tall, thick beam of flowing, brilliant  golden light falling over the Earth from very far off. Some answers to personal lingering questions also came along with this Light with exact date and time for futuristic references. I prostrated at him and went to sleep. I thought I must follow their instruction obediently and should sleep as sleep is of utmost importance in order to get started in the morning without delay.

At the daybreak, I woke up very fresh and went to the park at 6.30 am. After a short walk,  I sat on a bench under a tree and open sky and closed my eyes gently. The weather was perfect and I sat relaxed. I began to do long inhalation and exhalation to inhale abundant amount of oxygen inside and immediately felt good in a few minutes. My mind was totally calm and attentive and once more I connected with the same beam of Light that I saw the previous night. I felt balminess in my body. I was side by side also getting a sense of reassurance after the appearing of Light of God filtering in that my work will not be stalled and I will continue  to write uninterruptedly.

After slipping into a deep state of peace, I was able to touch a new height. In my continued long meditation there, I came to know the following new wonderful revelations-

More revelations

After the Earth there are layers of sky like atmosphere, stratosphere etc. Beyond the sky there is empty Space, ether Akash. Some highly enlightened Divine Beings are located in that Space beyond the sky much, much away from the Earth. Those Divine Beings are sages who are meditating there and wish to be excluded from the humdrum of Earthly life. They exclude themselves because they wish to meditate without any hindrance and noise coming from teeming people walking on the Earth. They meditate for years and centuries and are contributing towards man’s final emancipation.

“I am Kashyap Rishi, one of the seven rishis. I am living very far off from the Earth because my desire of Earthly things has banished epochs earlier. I wish to stay away from it because all the people are so attached to Earthly objects. Come, I will show you my vision from the centre of my existence. The Earth looks so small like a small piece of stone, it is that for me.

Tell people that they are wasting their time in just being born and then dying. People only take birth and die, they are born and die, they are born again and again and so many times again. They suffer so much in their reoccurring process of birth and death.

I send out rays of my mental energies as Light on Earth to people who are striving to establish the Truth. You have experienced so much Light in the cave at Dwarahat. Earlier you could see little light and before that rays of light, sometimes even single rays. But you did not know that rays of God’s light have Truth embedded in them.

Whenever you experience Light, you must wait and watch to see what message it contains for you. It does not come without a specific reason.”

Maharishi spoke in chaste Hindi, “Satya kya hai? Satya ka tatva kya hai?”

Satya hai ki ishwar hai, wo avinashi hai, wo prakash hai, wo nirakar hai, wo amar hai aur wo sada bana rahega. Us satya ko jano. Aur us Prakash mei Satya hai. Dwarahat mei jo tumne Prakash dekha usme Satya hai, jab bhi  tum Prakash dekhoge usmei Satya bhi milega.”

Translation- What is Truth? What is the substance of Truth?

Truth is that God is, it is immortal, it is light, it is formless it is immortal and will never be destroyed. Know that Truth. And in that light is Truth. The Light that you saw in Dwarahat has Truth in it. Whenever you see Light, in that you shall also find Truth……”

Well, I accepted that I was still very naive as far as the science of enlightenment is concerned. I told him that I consider myself a small baby as far as they all are concerned. They all are my spiritual, sacred fathers. And I am very keen to know a lot from them as I am a new child in their cluster of very enlightened beings and wish to do more sadhana under their guidance.

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Updated- 22.05. 2020

Man must not revolt in times of crisis; he must turn his mind inside and meditate (P-5)

Part A

Preface

My dear readers, this post is subtle. It is mainly for the evolving seekers and maybe some help would be required to resolve some content for which you are always welcome. We will also have to go in depth on the subject involved.

The blog post is divided into two parts. The first one is to explain this portion of last post-

http://spiritinlife.blog/2014/10/19/why-is-it-necessary-to-live-our-life-by-gods-will-i/

“You have been discharged the duty of awakening people far and wide in all parts of the world through your very original and creative writing. It has energy, solutions and a road map to guide all wanderers and to anchor them to this blog. In future, you shall write articles that shall reveal hidden knowledge and concealed information that God has been keeping to itself from time immemorial. It is my will that that sacred, secreted knowledge should be opened up now and given to mankind because in today’s world, all the givers of spiritual knowledge are either running after their own prestige or money or vying with each other in bad competition. They have not surrendered their ego (ahankar) and are still in darkness (Maya). Merely giving good discourses is not enough and useful. Unless true and right knowledge (gyan) dawns on humans, they cannot relieve themselves of the bad karmas and lack of spiritual wisdom (bodh). Pure knowledge (Atma Gyan) should be dispensed through an authentic source so that adulteration and putrefaction is avoided. Nobody can swim across the ocean of delusion (bhram) unless their guide knows to swim very well. Verbal help is of no use, it will not save the drowning victim.”

In the last post, there were some terms which were nuanced and elusive and have been picked up again to explain terms like ahankar, Atma gyan, bhram etc. I have selected some part from one old post- The state of super consciousness-III for  the convenience of the old as well new readers, it is essential at this stage. Please read it well  to get a grip of what will be concluded in the end after reading the referred paragraphs from older posts.

Atman –There is a Universal, all pervading, infinite, immortal Power or Force which is all comprehensive. It is called Atman, Brahma or Ishawara. It is present in the form of light and wisdom in all beings. It has no definite beginning or end hence is immortal. Atman can only be felt or experienced but cannot be described. Only a sacred soul can realize and know it. Those who do impure and profane acts can never know Atman, cannot even have belief and conviction of its existence. The glory, beauty and praise of Atman should not be sung before the defiled and desecrated spirits.

Jeeva – A fraction of the Universal Force is present in us and it is called jeeva or individual self or human self. The human has mainly two impurities or vikaar and they are desire and ego because of which he gets deluded and forgets and fails to remember God and consequently suffers from troubles, problems, unrest and unhappiness.

Manas or mind –  In every individual jeeva there is present  manas or loosely called mind. A fragment of the Universal light is present in the individual. Out of this fraction, a little portion of the Universal Force and Light is present in the manas or mind. The mind is shaped in accordance to type of actions performed by the individual. It is the manas that feels and perceives and it has its own light, dim or bright depending on the person. The manas also has its own power depending on how well we behave, think and act. The type of actions performed by us is responsible for the type of force that enters our mind. It entirely depends on the quality and type of actions performed by the individual thus attracting either negative or positive forces.

The power in the mind predetermines a set direction and path and shapes the lives to come. Manas compels us to act in the first place and it is the mind that suffers. After death, the body disintegrates, not the manas. The mind leaves one body and sets on its path and travels according to the karmas performed. According to its desires and performed actions, the mind creates a new body and moves on from the point it has already covered.

The mind is so powerful that it is everything. It possesses the power of sankalpa, ichcha shakti – will power and the power to initiate an action. It is only when we have a will that we do something, we change ourselves, we give a definite course of line and direction to our thoughts and life as a whole. It is because of our desire that we are born and we die only when we have a desire to die.

The mind has immense powers. It can travel anywhere (telepathy), it can hear far off sounds (clairvoyance) and if the mind determines and decides to do something, it begins to connect and tap the Universal Energy which is positive and accomplishes impossible feats.

Tendencies of self-doubt, skepticism, lack of faith in God are innate in the mind. It is self-doubt that separates us from our Atman. They should be discarded.

In Yoga, the first step is to control the mind’s flow and curb it with discipline, self-control and obedience. Once the mind is restrained, its restlessness is contained. When we do bhakti or have devotion, the ego begins to fade away slowly and one loses the passion, attachment and longing for worldly desires and ultimately the human discards the ego entirely for the sake of bathing in God’s bliss. His identity mingles with the all-pervading power like the iron which when melted in very hot fire, melts wholly after becoming red hot and is moulded in the shape which is desired.

The process of complete transformation is done and executed with the kripa of a guru. We must have full faith in ourselves and the Guru who completes the process of divinization for our good. The prana or vital life force is entwined intricately in the mind in a very subtle form and gives force and a concrete push to the mind. Desires give a shape to the mind and the prana give a direction. In the humans, this concept can be explained very well with this comparison and example as explained in the holy scriptures-  A blind man is unable to go forward as he cannot see and so is a lame man. The manas is the lame man and prana is the blind man. The mind is lame if there is no force of prana while the prana have movement, they have no direction. They can however, walk together by helping each other. The mind acts as eyes and the prana as crutches when the duo walk together. Desires are the catalysts.

Meditation makes the force of the prana feeble in its seamless and unrestricted movements. It quietens its senseless roar and curbs its dangerous speed. If one meditates for a very long time, the death of the subtle, hidden desires on its own is absolutely certain. And the countless desires which are unborn yet; however very, very faint they may be; are destroyed by the guru as dreams during the time we sleep by his thought power or sankalp in the last phase.

When all the desires are completely dissolved and finished, Self-Realization or Atma sakshatkar takes place naturally just like the day breaks and simultaneously night recedes. This journey is also of the ascension of the energy chakras beginning from throat chakra to third eye and eventually to crown chakra. In other words we begin from vishuddha chakra to agya and finally to brahmarandra. Vishuddha chakra is the center of mind or manas and is the first phase.  Agya Chakra is the center of breath or prana, the second phase  and finally the Brahmarandra – the center of Atma, our final desired destination.

A human being has three levels or degrees of ego or ahankar– gross, subtle and very subtle. If we translate it in Hindi it is sthool, sukshma and kaaran respectively.  The individual must get rid of the ego completely till its last shred to free itself of maya or prakriti.

Sthool, Gross ego-This is my house, my building, my son….

Sukshma, Subtle ego -I am a gyani, knowledgable, I am sensible, intelligent, I know, I have understood everything. For such people further learning is impossible. People in this category love to hear their praise and find it difficult to handle criticism.

Kaaran- Ati sukshma ahankar, Extremely subtle ego -is entrenched in our breath. It is due to very subtle ego that one believes that he is the doer and  experiencer or karta and bhokta. The prana or breath have to be purified of this impurity. Doing kriya or attending spiritual discourses only accelerates the purification of the prana  but cannot destroy the very subtle ego completely. Prana can only be totally purified with the blessing of a saintly guru, Atmagyani guru on conditions of our surrendering completely and secondly if we have an intense desire to free ourselves from the suffering of recurring births and deaths. These are two important preconditions if we wish to realize Atma. Please refer Why is Atman difficult to know ? once again to get a good understanding of this thought. By surrendering to the Guru, we cross vishuddha chakra, the throat chakra, the seat of manas or mind. It is the mind which stops one from submitting. When the pranas are completely purified, we cross the third eye centre or Agya Chakra about which explanation is given a little later.

When the Agya Chakra cleans completely, then the crown chakra begins to open gradually and the disciple begins to sense and experience Atman. There is a chief difference between understanding Atma intellectually and perceiving it. Atma cannot be ‘known’ but can be perceived within oneself. It is just a very subtle perception, a sensation of its presence inside, a conviction of its presence and a feeling of its existence beyond the senses and mental bodies. It is to be just felt. Atma can neither be explained to others nor can it be given in alms. It can be attained with the mercy of God; it can be conveyed and transferred from a Atmagyani guru to his disciple out of love. It is the selfless love of the guru which spontaneously flows to the disciple and flows as grace and benevolence. The Guru and the disciple both should be pure and selfless for this exchange.

As the prana become purified, our thoughts become pure and refined. Once the thoughts are purified, our actions become untainted, we become humble. Humility is achieved when the disciple crosses the last step of manas or mind. The pranas can be purified by worshipping the Atma gyani guru and not by maintaining silence or maun. If the disciple contemplates and thinks deeply on the guru for a long duration, his prana is purified completely whereas with pranayam the pranas are purified to a good extent. By purification is meant the eradication of the subtlest ego, the thought of doership and the existence of individual self-‘I”.

There are very subtle desires or vasanas clinging to the prana flowing inside us and those desires cannot be destroyed by one’s own efforts as they cannot be detected. If the disciple has immense admiration and adoration for his guru, if he worships him with his mind, body and soul, if the disciple immerses himself in the divine words of the guru, the seeds of the vasanas and unborn desires are destroyed. The brightness and light of divinity in the guru burns the vasanas of the sansara. The delusion of the jeeva that he is the doer and experiencer of the actions performed, vanishes in the knowledge of Atma given by the paramgyani guru. He offers the results and fruits of all his actions to the guru, in return he gets peace and spiritual joy.

The disciple acquires true humility after this stage of development as he has no unpleasant feelings for anybody and is unbiased and selfless. Once awakened, initially he sees everyone as ignorant and uninformed but at a little later stage, the yogi has compassion and mercy for the people who are in sleep state as he sympathizes with their suffering and wishes to improve their deplorable condition. At this stage maun or silence is actual and proper otherwise in silence is hidden subtle ego which can erupt as a volcano in some circumstances.

Repeat the holy sound of Om, meditate on Om. Om is whole and complete in itself and shall give you wholeness. Om is Light itself.

Shwas+vasana=new birth, Or

Breath+ desires= new birth.

When manas or mind enters a new body as new birth, it carries with itself past vasanas or desires, fruits of all past karmas, sanskaras or tendencies of past karmas etc. This is known as pranadosha or corruption of pranas and because of this the prana of the disciple have to be purified to destroy all the past desires of the physical world experiences of all past lives. The desire to enjoy the physical world, the enjoyment of the pleasures derived out of the senses of material, the desire to relish the effects of the karmas done in the past by the jeeva is strongly embedded and hence the master cauterizes all the seed of the embedded desires to liberate him of unwanted and undesirable future consequences.

After the pranas are purified, they flow at a medium pace and the rhythm is tranquil. During meditation they slow down further and in sleep they are as good as negligent. In the absence of desires, in the absence of excitement created by desires, in the absence of mere thought of desires, the mind automatically flows in a calm rhythm and beat. When the mind and body become so calm, we are able to contemplate on Atma. Meditation on Atma, contemplation on Atma releases us from the clutches of repeated births and deaths and gives us mukti  or salvation. Therefore, the disciple must clear all debts and self- created desires.  To achieve the state of Atma or Super Consciousness, there are a few debts that one has to clear……..

Part B

Dear readers, by now you must have got an idea that reaching the kingdom or state of God is a very prolonged procedure and it takes many lives’ efforts and will power. To erase all the subtlest desires locked in the life force till the last shred of a human, takes phenomenal working out and classic planning by the Divine Masters in collusion with the Omnipresent God.

To do this act, we begin with the Guru’s physical form and assume that his physical form is always with us watching over us with a keen eye and compassionate nurturing. This is on the level of removing the gross impurities of ego and desires.

On the next level, we are again advised to take each day and each action by contemplating on the will of God in subtler sense and in small decisions included too. Impurities gradually dwindle and wipe out by this method of cleansing.

Lastly, the remotest scrapes of jeevatma in any human being are abolished by the Omnipresent God with or without the physical Guru. The Gurus’ sankalpas or intentions irrespective of whether he possesses a physical body or not, reaches the disciple wherever he or she may be. The Divine Masters always work on the commands of God, who after testing the eligible seeker by tightest and toughest tests remove and release the remaining doership, all desires and sense of self of that seeker by asking him or her to always obey and listen to however the bizarre and inexplicable summons may be. Those wise men that follow all the directives of the Almighty arriving at their doorstep as life circumstances, intuitions, visions or mere feelings and perceptions in the end as the will of God are richly rewarded. Absolutely the impurities are evaporated, the inner core shines and on that reflects pure, brilliant rays, streams and huge halos of God’s presence as Light and much more awakening. God also arrives and reveals to us more cognizance, phenomenal revelations and unprecedented exposures of hidden secrets of its presence and powers as well as magnificence apart from bestowing continued calmness of mind, good health and well-being and prosperity in every sense.

To elaborate and carry on with the remaining conversation between me and God in the cave at Dwarahat, I will first quote something as was narrated in former post to stay connected with the main idea with the just arrived readers.

“You have come here to me with no selfish motive but out of love for Babaji. Hence he has made you the guiding light for this world on his behalf and for the disciples of many other saints whose children are yet to finish their spiritual journey in this life. Your guiding force will tell them what is Truth and falsehood? What is Guru Bhakti? What is Apara Bhakti(Transcendental devotion)? What is the rin (debt) of shishya towards their Guru? What will happen if you surrender completely and live each day and moment with the wish of God?

There comes a stage in  a sadhak’s (seeker’s) life when the small self or ‘I and I am’ evaporates completely and all the vibrations of the divine world appear without obstruction as there is no corruption in the antahkaran (inner being). When such a divine soul works ceaselessly for the world, God rewards him with unknown, unheard gifts which were secretly hiding in the pouch of God’s womb. Any undertaking or work pursued by such men of God produces extra ordinary results and mankind benefits profusely. Such work is for posterity and should be revered and handled with pure devotion by all. God has plans for humanity for many millenniums into the future. The human mind is too small and constricted to fathom or conceive the gravity of such endeavours and hence makes small or grave mistakes in grasping the fundamental importance of such massive undertakings in which savvy and piercing perceptions of mahayogis (great yogis) act as catalyst in shaping the world that is yet to be designed and carved out of existing present world!”………

(Remaining lines are as follows-)

Now from those shimmery rays of Light, a little after all this poured these following lines towards me which made me reel under much, much amazement and I dazzled in every sense! They were-

“I directed Shri Mahavatar Babaji to start the new wave of Kriya Yoga in the modern world with the help of his previous disciple Shri Lahiri Mahasaya. It was here in 1861, that a seed was sown for that great purpose for world revival. Since the past more than five decades, the world and the Earth have seen rapid decadence, regression and too much immorality. I have called you here in the same cave to restart a new movement by which ancient knowledge can be provided in their homes to all pursuing souls directly without any adulteration, ulterior motive or mixing of obsolete ideas. It will have far-fetched results in time to come. This old cave disperses vibrant spiritual energies till this day. It has been in use since more than nine thousand years by wandering yogis, ascetics and spiritual practitioners. Whichever person meditates at home or anywhere by genuinely visualizing meditating here in this charged cave will be blessed and will receive benediction, grace and mercy. The aim should be for spiritual progress and salvation and not benefits of material advantages. Now go and compose many articles which will have your life turning incidents as episodes in your blog by which not hundreds but millions will be rewarded and enriched in their enduring spiritual pursuits.

God’s work is silent, God’s presence is silent and God is silence. Bathe yourself in the purity of that silence which is within you, you shall be worshiped.

This work is not for today but for centuries to come where mankind can help itself in seeking their lost glory and divinity by diving in the pool of spiritual nectar and releasing itself from its own created miseries, gloom and darkness. Those people are blessed who live each day by believing in the presence of God within and listening to the will of God to enhance their divinity and sovereignty”….

(To be concluded in next post by tomorrow)

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Footnote- Because of lack of time today, this post has been composed in a few hours in the evening. Kindly bear with me as it may require quite a few revisions looking at the length of it. Many thanks.

# The mind is so powerful that it is everything. It possesses the power of sankalp, ichcha shakti –will power and the power to initiate an action

“You have come here to me with no selfish motive but out of love for Babaji.

# Your guiding force will tell them what is Truth and falsehood?

# Any undertaking or work pursued by such men of God produces extra ordinary results and mankind benefits profusely.

# I have called you here in the same cave to restart a new movement by which ancient knowledge can be provided in their homes to all pursuing souls directly without any adulteration, ulterior motive or mixing of obsolete ideas. It will have far-fetched results in time to come.

# This old cave disperses vibrant spiritual energies till this day. It has been in use since more than nine thousand years by wandering yogis, ascetics and spiritual practitioners.

The much, much awaited moment of approaching the holy mountain arrived for us on the auspicious day of 20th Sept 2014. We left the YSS ashram at Dwarahat at sharp 9 am for Dunagiri Mountain with our packed lunch after having a good breakfast. We hired a guide who was attached with the Ashram and also took a jeep on hire so that our journey would be trouble free. It is advised that we should not take our car there because nobody can drive the very narrow, unmetalled roads beyond a point, a place called Kukuchina in a car. Jeeps are suited for this purpose.

Our guide and driver were both very good and as we had arranged them through the Swamiji of YSS ashram, we got some information about the place and stories about Shri Lahiri Mahasayaji, Shri Mahavatar Babaji and their cave and also about a few sadhus and yogis living there presently. We learnt that they are also being helped to grow in their individual path by receiving messages astrally from time to time from Shri Lahiri Mahasayaji and Shri Mahavatar Babaji. I sensed that the work of God  is going on world wide all the time silently.

Let me now please describe a little about our walk upward towards the cave. Doing so will help many others who wish to sometime visit this powerful, peaceful and reclusive cave in times to come. Also these pictures are a testimony of how the yogis have enriched their spiritual lives by doing their individual efforts so passionately over centuries even before we woke up to them……

The place was very serene and quiet atmosphere greeted us. No devotees had arrived so far in the peaceful mountain. Except for the chirping and singing of the small birds, we heard no sounds in the small forest. It was extra ordinarily pious and tranquil as if a few yogis are still meditating in their subtle bodies there, and that the world is oblivion to them and they are disseminating very fine peaceful vibrations all around for our world….

Providentially, the surroundings became free of any untoward climate change except for appearance of some light, grey floating clouds. It was a sunny day after that. Little bit of drizzling had already taken place even before we came to the starting point and we started our trek with complete surrender and expectations none. 

Our jeep took us so precariously on these very thin, narrow kuchcha roads barely 5 meters or maybe less than 15 ft I suppose. Only the locals could have driven in a track like that, on slim edges of mountains. For them it was a daily business and for us a sacred yatra.

Sticks are given by YSS and also shoes to those who came unprepared.This is the starting point from where we begin our climb up. We are at the foot of riven Gagash.

I came to know from my guide that Shri Lahiri Mahasayaji followed this river, Gagash (Guruji has spelt it as  Gogash in Bengali pronunciation in AOY) while he was rambling in the mountains and accidentally reached the place where Babaji called out his name-Gangadhar as described by Guruji in AOY. We are standing where Gagash is flowing and took a picture as our token of gratitude and thanksgiving to Shri Lahiri Mahasayaji even before we ascended.

The trek began from this point.

Our guide with our lunch, thanks to YSS.

The forest was healthy and looked self sustained.

The caretaker who keeps the key of the lock of the cave and his wife working in a field in the morning as seen by us on the heights. His father used to keep the key earlier.

Our guide asked him to pass him the key to open the door of the cave. We were the first visitors that day fortunately and wished to maintain silence throughout.

Their house near their fields on a small mountain top.

We took some short breaks to accommodate ourselves to the new altitude as we were going higher. When we stopped, I enjoyed seeing the new growth in September after the rains in all the trees. The new pines’ leaves were very light in weight and had a hue of beautiful light green. I enjoyed seeing so many trees and always with the same level of joy.This particular tree which my eyes saw, gave me a different perspective. It was so artistic. The curls in the stems of the pine tree resembled like locks and curls of a beautiful girl which were swaying on her young face and she was seeing this very pristine view of valleys and mountains from a height! I certainly felt at this moment that the beautiful views in front of my eyes must be a painter’s most sought views…….everything in nature so beautifully arranged, everything working quietly with so much precision, peacefulness and mutual co-operation and sustenance.

After walking up for about 50 minutes we saw something-

A new structure, a meditation hall has been constructed just a little before the cave by YSS. It is on the same place where Babaji fulfilled Lahiri Mahasayaji’s wish of a golden palace.(Ch 34 AOY- Materializing a Palace in the Himalayas)

We are close to Babaji’s cave.

We finally arrive at it to our greatest satisfaction. I stopped immediately and gazed and gazed at the cave  from outside without any stirring as if my deepest most desire has been fulfilled and I had arrived at last. After all I had waited for 12 years for this auspicious moment!

After our most serene and enriching moments, we walked down completely soaked in fulfillment and satisfaction. We felt highly remunerated and rewarded, the reason being that the circumstances that we were in in the past many weeks, this pilgrimage was just not feasible, we were thinking of not going ahead. It required exceptional yielding and will to agree to God’s wish and fortunately we complied. All the way as we were inching upwards, we were so happy and relieved that we forego and overlooked so many things just to make this trip possible. I had planned to come here in 2002 but the most appropriate time was now I was certain after I undertook my yatra. To come to a place like this one, I had to be prepared very well and with a great purpose in my life ahead. After all it was here that the momentous action of initializing Kriya Yoga in modern times was spearheaded by none other than Shri Mahavatar Babaji………I was totally convinced of my belief that day!

The inside view of the Smriti Bhawan where we rested and took some refreshments after we visited the cave.

This post is reverently dedicated in memory of His Holiness Shri Mahavatar Babaji and Shri Lahiri Mahasayaji   who in the modern times Kaliyug revived the ancient Kriya Yoga Science at this consecrated and sanctified cave on a holy mountain, Dunagiri and millions are benefiting from this spectacular event……

I have made a short video of this cave for the readers delight and contentment. There may be some who cannot ever go there because of some specific reasons; be it their age, distance or merely home bound duties. They will get a short glimpse of this sacrosanct place.

There have been a few posts on FB which were written from Dwarahat, Rishikesh and after I came home.  They are relevant for all of us. Kindly read those poems many times as they will inspire and motivate you on your spiritual journey ahead with a fresh new outlook.

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Ever since I have visited the very vibrant, sacred place in Bangalore called the Sapta Rishi Dhyana Kendra,  Manasa Light Age Foundation on 22^nd August ’14 morning, there has not gone a single day when I am not thinking, contemplating about it or receiving very powerful and yet subtle energies from that source. In this way my mind, even when involved in the basic and special tasks and duties of the ongoing day has not been able to let go of its immense impact on me. In the gaps that are empty of occupation with the essential duties, I quickly go back to that place with the help of my subtle mind and I am meditating there. My physical body at home but my mind to be found in the meditation hall of the White Light, which is continuously arriving from the Sapt Rishis, the constellation of seven Sages and many other unnamed divine sources of Light as well. In this way, there have been many considerable gains in my favour from those sources. Besides, this post is in response to those yearning souls who are craving to obtain more food for their thought and Spirit.

Some persons wanted me to enter a post on Ganesh Chaturthi day. I pray to God and Lord Ganesha to fulfill that wish and impart us auspiciousness, intellect, mental prosperity and more insights for every person on this special day with this new publication. With these benevolent offerings and prayers, I narrate my interaction with an unknown, silent Sage this afternoon.

In my introverted and meditative times, fresh avenues and doorways have flung open by the grace of a Rishi who wishes to stay anonymous but has inspired me to write this post. The reason why he says he wishes to stay veiled from others is that the post contains many aspects of the veiled Maya or delusion about which we are never able to uncover in all our lives put together. We must nevertheless overcome it. However, it is only when a yogi has arrived at specific progressive and trailblazing milestone in his or her spiritual life, God begins to unfold so many mysterious secrets of Maya. In Maya all  people keep falling again and yet again blindly and agonize themselves and grieve incessantly after that. He wished to be elusive for the reason that this subject matter which is explained right here is also delusive and he will stay reclusive. Hence his point of view will be driven home extremely easily and people will remember today’s lesson well. It is his way of making us understand very well by staying nameless and unspecified. I agreed to his will out of sheer respect and admiration.

The venerated Sage in the celestial world explained to me at length that-

“There are many self-help and spiritual organisations all over the world which from outside look genuine but they are shady and dicey. They look attractive and inviting to public but are booby traps. The people who are running it are having asurik or enchanting powers of Maya. Those proclaimed Gurus or saints have vast qualities of attracting a large number of people who get driven to them blindly and commit themselves to doing actions which are prohibited by God. Such leaders have false individuality and abased ego and are surrounded invisibly by low quality dead entities which are holding that so called saint at ransom invisibly, thus lowering the energy field of the place and the people who come to them. The pseudo or self-styled Spiritual Gurus are not even in the know sometimes about the energy fields being invaded by the low beings from the bad world. Some do it on purpose and consciously thus misleading thousands of men and children. The unscrupulous, spiritual professors and lecturers resort to all types of occult and negative forces of nature for their own advantage and are completely unaware of what they are doing and what wrath they are about to bring upon the innocent visitors and their followers subsequently. In such states of consciousness, people who have arrived as seekers or worshipers or devotees, set out unknowingly to create a new group or set of karmas and actions which are so detrimental and regressive for them that one cannot ever even imagine.

When those disciples arrive at the door of the realized genuine Spiritual Master by good luck sometime in future, the task of relieving such number of sinking souls is a mammoth task for the genuine Messiah. Only an effusively enlightened Spiritual Guru can regress into very far off lives of such disciples and can help them come out of the mess and disorder that was created in many incarnations back by them or even if generated now in the present life.

Likewise, there are many people who are living around us in our environment and are harming us by their negative vibrations and behaviour. We are tolerant and also accepting this fact because primarily we cannot differentiate between good and evil people. We do not know how badly we are getting affected currently by them and will also continue in future by our obliviousness.”

And so the kind Rishi educated me very gently in his own, sublime manner for many more minutes. He continued very gently in murmurs-

“It is God’s mercy through the mentor Guru or other saintly, godly souls who are always protecting you from the ethereal world and hinting at the proposal of minimizing your contact with such nasty and depreciating people. We do so because we do not want you at any cost to fall back in the dark world again and suffer for so many existences or lives, physically, mentally or emotionally.

The Universe consists of negative and positive energies. The negative forces play a very pivotal role in a soul’s journey towards knowing the presence of God in oneself. They throw upon us a challenge of a force that makes our journey upwards to divinity difficult, rather unmanageable. And that is the test laid by God for us so that we pass the test of struggle, a fight of overcoming all the opposing forces in nature.”

The venerated, silence loving Rishi further explained to me that-

“There is a thin line that divides the good saatvik force and the tamasik negative forces which we should differentiate if we wish to enter the realms of pure Spirit. I assert upon you all that we must never cross that line of Maya that divides the saatvik and tamasik force, the good and the evil force. If we do so, we shall fall into the booby trap of agonizing karmic cycles of action and reaction and get traumatize in so many ways in future incarnations.

There are cases of people who have come to learn from Spirit In Life but have left halfway as their own Maya in the guise of ego came in the way of realizing the Truth. If they do not return at present, they will take several incarnations to realize the Truth at that time but with agony and pain and the dawn of Purity and Truth will manifest with utmost grief, frustration and hurdles. Hence to make your journey to Self Realization easy and fast, get rid of the depleting, negative forces in and around you and let go of the false pride and submit humbly. Go deep inside to know your own weaknesses. Those people who have left unfinished tasks and not done but are reading the blog clandestinely and not acknowledging the person who is working hard to write enlightening articles regularly will be reprimanded and penalized by God. They must remember the story of Eklavya from Mahabharat who sacrificed his thumb for not telling and acknowledging his Master about his source of knowledge. He was cursed and humiliated by his own Guru Dronacharya while Arjuna was always blessed for having the subdued qualities of submission, love, purity and respect for the teachers.”

A lot of time just passed away in listening to what the humble Sage was telling me in the afternoon yet I was not done. I wished that he should summarize my lesson of the day with precepts and guidelines so that I always remember it when I need them. Knowing the innermost of my desires, the Sage very perfectly ended my learning session with benign wisdom and a memorable lesson-

He softly and tenderly re-joined, “Whenever we have done less actions of piousness and humility, whenever we have done very little actions of charity, when we have done such little actions of love and peace, the negative forces pounce upon us to consume us. Our own actions are responsible for the compelling Maya to overpower us and blind us. Do actions which will free you from the clutches of obscurity, demeaning ego, greed, wasteful desires and sexual lusts and longings.

Serve your Guru in whatever way you can. Serve the humanity according to your own strengths and power. Love everybody and do not be revengeful and nasty to people. Do not loathe, disgust the poor and needy, help them instead. Do not boast about your earnings and wealth, it is all very temporary. God can give you disease and sickness to show how little and insignificant you are in this world. Death will wipe out everything that you own today and will remove your name permanently from this Earth. Merely people who have done chaste, selfless, generous, loving and pure actions are remembered in history, times and ages to come. The Sapt Rishis are remembered today for their developmental and self-sacrificing actions for the society and people and their work was offered to God and hence they are venerated even today. Till this day they are continuing to help salvage the humanity in their act of redeeming their souls from wasteful lives and then assisting them to soar higher in spiritual world so that the Earth becomes a loving, peaceful and wonderful place for all living and non-living beings for centuries to come.

Never ignore your spiritual duties even if you have to ignore your everyday duties. Learn meditation with earnestness. Help those poor people who cannot walk alone on the virtuous path of Truth and Knowledge. Give a helping hand to the meek and the courageous alike. Fill your life with divine bliss, peace and pure love. Forgive those who have always hated and troubled you; their minds are contaminated. May God bless all of you with inner courage and strength to make your decision firm in fulfilling God Realization in this life itself. May you all prosper, find peace in all your attempts and may you all serve the Enlightened Masters in whatever you are capable of. Walk alone on the path of God with your head high and heart full of devotion, tranquillity and assure yourself a berth in the celestial world where no moment passes without lingering serenity, peacefulness and deep ecstasy. God is kind, very kind. You move an inch forward and God will hold your hand until you know His true nature so full of compassion, forgiveness, love and quietude.

Live your present life in enduring Peace, Love and Light.”

# First visit to Manasa Light Age Foundation on 22^nd August ‘14 morning  #The anonymous Rishi

#Eklavya Dronacharya Mahabharat

# Our own actions are responsible for the compelling Maya to overpower us and blind us.  # Do actions which will free you

# Maya, a booby trap

# Learn meditation with earnestness    #Sapt Rishis self sacrificing actions      #Walk alone on the path of God

#There is a thin line that divides the good saatvik force and the tamasik negative forces

#Never cross that line of Maya that divides the saatvik and tamasik force, the good and the evil force

Part-A

My dear fellow co-travellers, today is 12^th 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