Connection between India and Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka was once joined with Southern India and was integrated millions of years ago. The impact of sudden earthquakes disconnected the two parts and now it is an independent island.

Even today there are many similarities, unanimity and cohesion as far as language, food and culture is concerned. The people are warm, cordial, humble and helpful. They consider India as the Mother country and Sri Lanka as the son. This is also because their main religion is Buddhism. Lord Buddha was born in India and it was King Ashoka who took Buddhism to Sri Lanka in his determinations and pursuance of penance after the Kalinga war about 2274 years ago. They are still connected and welcome us generously in their country. However, this is modern history.

Penance in thick jungles of Sri Lanka by ancient yogis of India-

During ancient times some millions of years ago, it is said that Parvati and Lord Shiva  asked his second son Kartikeya to do spiritual penance by doing Sudarshan Kriya in the thick jungles of least inhabited Lanka because the Himalayas were very cold. At that time, the south of Sri Lanka was full of fierce animals and thick vegetation. To provide complete uninterrupted silence and quietude that place was ideal for a serious yogi. So Kartikeya came from North India and did ‘tapas’ or hard spiritual practices in the southern area of Sri Lanka called Katargama today. The original name was ‘Kartikgrama’, which means the village of Kartik. There was a river flowing by which is today’s Manik Ganga thus adding serenity around and the place was completely cut off from the villages. This river has now become narrow and shallow.

Kartikeya did meditation under the cool shade of the canopy of old trees and fasted many days to enhance his divine powers. When his attempts were successful, he completed his days of vow, broke his silence and offered all the fruits of his deeds to God.

Less than two thousand years ago, Mahavatar Babaji was also asked to go to the same place to do spiritual progress by God when he was a teenager. (Read- The manifestation of our soul-I to know more about this place) Like Shri Kartikeya, Mahavatar Babaji also donated all the rewards back in the lap of God and only asked that the rewards of his ‘tapas’ should be given to other aspiring spiritual aspirants. Hence, my sole aim of going again to Sri Lanka was to benefit from that place where these two spiritual giants had meditated under tough geographical and climatic conditions. There are many other unknown seers, yogis, saints, and philosphers who must have made that place holier by their own pious deeds in antiquity when very few people lived on Earth.* They have made it easier for today’s yogis if they have forbearance and tolerance to go there and sit calmly to absorb all the prevailing dynamic spiritual wavelengths and vibrations embedded in the atmosphere.

Before I left for Sri Lanka, Mahavatar Babaji explained to me that there are three levels of ‘tapasya’ or progression that a yogi can pursue and attain. They are-  tapasya, ghor tapasya and finally mahaghor tapasya. They are increasing degrees of hardships and forbearance that an ascending yogi undergoes to attain the highest levels of God realizations. Mahavatar Babaji did ‘mahaghor tapasya’ or highest level of hardships and endurance undertaken to achieve the ultimate spiritual realizations in Katargama in Sri Lanka. My sole purpose of going to Sri Lanka was to enhance my own spiritual progress by availing the divine atmosphere still permeating it.

Nonetheless, we stopped in various places to do sightseeing before we could reach Katargama. Colombo was one such place. We visited Ganga Ramaiyya temple and adjoining  Seema Malaka temple on a lake.  A few pictures are uploaded for all  to see and appreciate their grace, benignity and beauty.

We made this trip between 26th March to 4th April 2013.

Ganga Ramaiyya temple, Colombo

Ganga Ramaiyya temple is a palace converted into a temple. It also has a museum, a Buddhist school and a library. Many priceless gifts are donated by many devotees in this today’s Vihara, museum and library. In spite of seeing countless expensive and rare artifacts in the museum, a deep sense of detachment prevailed over me. After all what is it that is in the Soul of a realized Buddha that we find all these things worth relinquishing? Why do we pursue Him? Maybe for Peace? Ultimately, we find the value of any object worthless if compared to the priceless and most sought after love- Love for God. Isn’t craving for God far superior than any of worldly things? Why did the seers and sages advise detachment and contentment? What is it that I will take with me once I am done here? I was just ruminating…….Buddham sharanam gachami….  I take the refuge of Lord Buddha was resounding in the atmosphere of the Vihara or ex- palace and musuem of today in Colombo.

Amidst the hustle bustle of the city, a tranquil lake takes you by complete surprise. Seema Malaka temple is built on Beira lake and has an old Bo Tree. It is surrounded by many fine trees and water birds perching on them or in the quiet waters. We visited it at sunset time and the environment was very calming. Modern high rise buildings blend well with the Oriental and traditional ones.

The city at night around Berai Lake, reminded me of an oil painting!

To be continued.

# Sri Lanka was once a part of South India      # King Ashoka took Buddhism to Sri Lanka 2,274 years ago     #Kartikgrama, the village of Kartik      

Mahavatar  Babaji  tapasya  Katargama after Kartikeya 

# tapasya, ghor tapasya, mahaghor tapasya

Updated on 21.04.21

The place where Kartik Swami did penance in Katargama was already sanctified and purified by Maharishi Vishwamitra when he lived in the third Earth. His samadhi is where there is today a very large Bodhi tree which is venerated by all Hindus and Buddhists alike.

This Earth has been rebuilt, reconstructed thirteen times. 13 times this Earth has been destroyed and rebuilt after ‘pralaya’ or natural catastrophe. At present we are in thirteenth Earth.

The place where Mahavatar Babaji did penance in Katargama was originally sanctified by Rishis of yore. In fact, even before Sage Vishwamitra did penance here in second Earth, there was a Seer who lived in today’s Africa when the Earth was formed the first  time. Even Africa was once connected to Indian continent long, long time ago. He was the first person to have invoked God and came in search of Him and got gravitated to Katargama first at God’s response, today’s Katargama. After him on the same place Sage Vishwamitra came to do penance and left his mortal body here. Kartik Swami, other Rishis and presently Mahavatar Babaji have sanctified Katargama where there is a Buddhist temple today in Katargama Temple- Ruhunu Maha Katargama Devalaya apart from a small temple dedicated to Mahavatar Babaji.

More of that from my posts of March 2016 when I visited Katargama again. The pictures will speak and validate what I wish to confer upon you.

Part A

We are unable to manifest our Souls because of the ignorance embedded in our mind of many incarnations. Each person’s ignorance is different from the other.

Nobody in the world knows where is the seed of the ignorance seated?

The seed of ignorance is in the manas or mind. One has to go up to the last layer of the depth of the mind to remove the ignorance.

The soul has wonderful peace inside it. But to manifest that Divine Peace inside the soul, the ego and all the gravels of ignorance ought to be mined and thrown out. But what stops a human being or a seeker to not let the ignorance which is a covering the mind from uncovering the Truth of its Soul?

The soul is buried inside the heaps of layers of ignorance. Reluctance to admit and accept the liberating knowledge and Truth do not allow the liberating knowledge released by the holy Masters to seep into the mind. Their ego stops them from future learning and they insist and assert that they would like to remain in that state of mind because they know more and they know better.

Earlier the rishis or sages set out in search of the Truth and lived in harsh climate and hard life conditions to be able to concentrate their mind in their pursuits. They were humble and chaste and therefore with their continuous attempts and hard work, they were successful in knowing the Truth buried inside. God helped them by giving them the sacred knowledge and Divine wisdom by showing them the path that belonged to the sacred Masters; God guided them towards those Masters. Intense tapas or hard toil and spiritual attempts are performed by those who have surrendered their ego or any pride and they have enough patience to allow Divine’s intervention that will manifest some day in some manner.

Holy and divine, sacred places of great penance are chosen and made by the will of God. So the holy souls come to such places and meditate for a very long time in that surcharged atmosphere to realize the Truth and know the mysteries about God. The great realizations occur only at holy and sacred places wherever they may be.

Disciples who surrender to their Gurus or Holy Masters are guided by them to step up their inner efforts and they benefit from prior made Holy spots inhabited by holy souls. As the atmosphere is already surcharged by that Divine wisdom and peace so, naturally the present day disciples are able to easily access mentally by entering into the Divine atmosphere by meditating in those caves or other holy spots. Their Holy Masters are aware about the progress of the disciples and they encourage and support them in all their endeavours and liberate them from their existing ignorance or ‘avidya’ lingering over many lives.

As the disciple has laid down his entire personality at the holy feet of his or her Master, in order to purify himself at the hands of the Guru, the Grace of God and the Holy Masters is bestowed on the disciple. The disciple should have incessant patience and the will to cut through all the layers of the existing Maya or ignorance. Those seekers, who have completed the whole process of purification and cleansing undergo further hardships or penance in order to reach the uppermost level or realm of Divine Consciousness.

The liberating knowledge of Moksha is very sacred and should be possessed by the aspirant in order to free him or her from all the grave errors occurring in future and also to liberate himself from the effects of suffering lives and difficult life situations.

Part B

I am at present in Katargama in Sri Lanka and have come to meditate at the holy spots of Katargama Devale where Shri Mahavatar Babaji did intense tapas in the dense forest under the Banyan Tree and the Bodhi tree by the will of God. Today the majority of people are unaware about the Divine spots at which the humans can meditate peacefully and cure the chronic disease of ignorance. There are two places or spots which are most sacred, although the entire area is calm, peaceful and holy. More than 1800 years ago, Babaji came here from Kashi, India and meditated in a very dense forest where no one could even penetrate. Babaji was free of every particle of Maya, yet he did intense penance for others and our Earth. He meditated for many days under a Banyan Tree without food and water and wished not to be disturbed. Unfortunately, one wood cutter who was filled with the raging desire of cutting this very Banyan Tree could not be stopped by anyone and in spite of being warned repeatedly of the alarming dangers, he went ahead and cut the same tree under which Babaji had meditated intensely. After a few days, the woodcutter was so full of guilt and shame that he took away his own life by hanging from a tree.

The office bearer whom I met this morning, told me disappointingly that they have been trying to plant a Banyan Tree again at the same spot where there is a modest temple of Babaji today, but all their efforts have failed. The new Banyan Tree that they plant die and do not survive. This piece of information intrigued me and I was very curious to know the reason behind the dying of the Banyan Trees at the holy spot where Babaji once did intense penance and meditation.

During my meditation a while ago, our dearest Babaji told me, “ The wood cutter was already cursed even before he cut my Banyan Tree and the curse lingered. The curse was because of his acts of deep ignorance. But there is another Peepal tree or Bodhi Tree in this precinct where I had also meditated which is alive with my energies today. I used to meditate under it after the Banyan Tree was cut. You have already written about it (The state of Super Consciousness-I) that it has tremendous Sankalpa Shakti and therefore you have come to this holy spot again to make an intense and strong resolution and to meditate with that resolution under the Bodhi Tree. It shall be fulfilled.

Seekers who have unconditional love, complete faith in their Holy Master shall be blessed with more courage and physical and mental strength to pursue further learning by dynamic meditations. So utilize this time and go very deep inside until you know the inner most depth of your soul. Inhale my presence in this holy place through your mind and breath. Instill peace and calmness that will not break continuity of your mind with me. Distribute this Divine knowledge to those who surrender to you and who please me. Do not extend help to those who are densely ignorant and covered with mud of darkness because the sacred knowledge of the Divine is given at the mercy and the will of God to those who have surrendered their individual self at the lotus feet of their holy Gurus. Invoke love and gratitude in those hearts who are willing to serve others and refrain from those actions in which you lose your precious time.

I bless all of you if you will make special efforts to go deep within yourself and contemplate. Remove all the remaining portions of your ignorance by doing daily meditations, praying and maintaining silence. These actions will purify you and make you peaceful. The manifestation of soul is due to prolonged peace of mind. Manifest your soul with the lingering peace of the Divine within you. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti Om”

P.S  As I am at this moment touring Sri Lanka, this post will be revisited and revised again. If I am able to get the pictures of the sacred spots of the trees under which Babaji meditated, then they will be uploaded later. Thanks.

Part C

Updated on 10.04.13

As mentioned last time that if permitted by the temple authorities, I would like to take pictures of the two holy spots where Shri Mahavatar Babaji had meditated. So here are the pictures that were taken on 31.03.13 early morning in Katargama.

We begin very early to visit the Holy Shrine or Devalaya to avoid the buzzing of people in order to take good pictures and to meditate peacefully. At 6 am we were at the holy Shrine.

This is a river named Manik Ganga that flows next to this Shrine. Maybe it was much closer to the place many years ago and has shifted as there is sand in the premises.

The Path

Inside the premises, one can easily divide the area in two parts- the left side and the right side. In fact there are two gates on the huge wall. One goes from this gate to the Murugan Swami temple, Buddha temple and the Bodhi tree under which Babaji meditated and the right side has Hindu deities and the small temple built by Kriya Yoga people as a memory where Babaji once came to do penance. First let us see what we can see once on the left side once we cross this gate.

The very first temple on right is of Murugan Swami. This is where he did penance many milleniums ago in a thick jungle.

The Bodhi Tree where Shri Mahavatar Babaji did penance and meditation

On the right side of the main wall there is a second gate

Just behind the left wall where there are two peacocks and a swastik, there is a small temple dedicated to Shri Mahavatar Babaji.

The yantra, geometrical energy and power point

Inside the premises there are temples of Lord Ganesha, Lord Murugan Swami of Palani, Mother Goddess Parvati.

The eighteen Siddhas of South India including Shri Mahavatar Babaji

A note All the historical sites associated with the life and times of Shri Mahavatar Babaji should be preserved and kept safe for posterity sake. 

Videos of this holy site.

1.Katargama Devalaya

2.The temple of Babaji where he did penance under a Banyan Tree

We see around us so much strife, disharmony, ambiguity and drowse. People walk, sleep, and fight in that kind of state of mind. Harmony is not the word in their lives. Peace is unknown. Based on that state of mind, they take steps of incongruity. When they will rise, you think. When they will think, wonders the Lord.

Some good souls who have faith in merciful God wish to see the Earth green, calm and tranquil and full of ecstasy. They try their hands to undo what the people in sleep are doing in moods of disharmony and incongruity. Questions are raised quite very often by the Samaritans when they read these sacred words of the Holy Masters on ‘Spiritinlife’ and they sometimes are at unease. It is because the Lord in them is being affected by the heat of acts of ungodliness carried out by men somewhere on the Earth because of their unsacred thoughts.

To know what is inside our soul my dear friends, leave the mayhem and confusion that has been lingering since time unknown outside yourself. We cannot clean the whole world but we can clean our homes and hearts. Peep inside, go deep within. Rest in that holy altar, bathe in the holy waters of sanctity and breathe fresh air of serenity.

Let the waft of stale air exhale from your inner core so that the corner is empty where you can rest deeply and inhale fresh air of tranquility. Leave the strife of countless minds that are in complete darkness and will never understand that peace is as essential for all of us as fresh air and clean water that we bank upon every moment, in every day and night. Instead, kindly still your mind like the calm waters of a moonlit cool lake and sit in the yogic asana and dhyana like a yogi in a cave. Call upon your Merciful Master and all gods with all the sweetness of your love in the heart. Invite the All-pervading silent God to help you pursue your first love, our sweet Lord Himself. When you can do that, the rest shall be delivered to you soon in moments of blessings and consecrations by the dearly loved Lord.

Your vulnerable soul shall open up to you. Your mind shall breathe in the nectar of serenity and peace shall prevail.

Now go little deeper inside. What do you see? Do you recognize that?

That is pristine peace, clean and very soft, mellifluous and full of innocent scent and sweetness; so sublime and gentle. Bask in that, remain in that sanctuary and dip in the tranquility that the soul consists of since eternity.

Peace percolates in our soul like coolness in river waters.  Tenderness, calming peace in our sublime soul. Imbibe it as you inhale the sweet scent of lovely flowers as you walk past ravishing flower beds in your garden. Instill that calmness and peace so strongly in your mentality so that any upheaval and destruction done outside shall not touch your stability. Carry on with your work and daily duties with such durable peace packed inside you. This source of continuous harmony and peace shall never betray you.

So what is inside our soul?

There is peace inside our soul.

Introduction

Brahma akshar hai, Brahma  saakshi hai, Brahma anant hai, Brahma chetna hai, Brahma durlabh hai, Brahma sarvottam hai.

God is indestructible, God is a spectator, God is endless, God is consciousness, God is hard to attain, God is Supreme!

Brahma Eeshwar hai, Brahma paripoorna hai, Brahma shanti hai, Brahma anand hai, Brahma sarvasva hai, Brahma ki shanti, anand ko prapt karo.

Brahma is God, Brahma is complete in itself, Brahma  is peace, Brahma is bliss, Brahma is everything, attain the peace and bliss of Brahma!

Narration

Wonderful meditation occurred spontaneously a few hours ago. Words are just flowing out of me, incredible experience of limitless joy and peace. Who would not want this priceless, sublime experience and why should we not request for it?

In the afternoon, silence and peace invaded from the ethereal sky. Very blissful peace! Saw a colossal Lord Shiva covering my whole vision, then the entire gigantic Universe. I prayed to Him submissively to forgive the sins of all humanity as we are so prone to make mistakes every day in every life. Prayer selfless uttered, rewarded most appropriately. Body and mind in perfect repose and inactivity, a state of bliss and perfect peace clambered on me. I rested in a nest so full of homely, snug, warmth and love that nothing in this world can substitute it!

As peaceable was the sleep, so was tranquil returning to wakefulness. In a state of perfect calmness, a soft and gentle voice of God inside spoke, “Whether I speak like a man or a woman, whether I speak in loud or soft words, whether I come as an image or not, does it really matter to you any more? You hear my most soft whispers and the lightest step that I take sneakily as I get invoked in your lovable heart. Hence know for sure that I am housed in you permanently!

In the Himalayas your heart is, the soul in me always, who cares for me in a manner such as you? I speak to you so often in the day; you drop everything that is occurring in the mind and listen attentively as if there has been no world existed ever outside you. With due respect and reverence and pristine love, you seek me, you overhear me as if I am the lover and you the beloved. Should I not return all the honor, love, care and thoughtfulness that was bestowed on me so unselfishly?

In return I give you today, my revelation that I love you as much as anyone can love. I adore you as no one before has, I protect you as no one before has done and I reveal myself through you to all now.  Because this has been your kind prayer on the lips and inner gaze all the way through as nights and days drew to an end!

I love those who love me, I protect those who care for me and do harm to none. I oversee you as clouds over the lands, I illumine you as light at dawn, I water you as sap in the veins of green floras, I feed you as a mother to her child and I watch over you eternally as the protective Father of the tribe……

You took me in and threw up your palms in the skies of the Universe so that these blessings could be shared and people as unknown faces are healed and restored properly.  Did I not see that? My eyes are everywhere, my ears listen to your innermost songs and emotions and I judge you subject to your hidden intentions and yearnings.

Listen to me carefully if you can. If you wish to beget Me, seek Me lovingly! Seek Me day and night! Seek Me in joy, seek Me in disaster! Seek Me when you toil, seek Me when you sleep and Love me as much as you have loved no one ever before in all your lives!!

Dear friends, this article is sublime, chaste and pristine. If subjected to further explanations, its very mild fragrance shall evaporate. So kindly inhale the gentle perfume in the evening air of the lavender incense on my altar at this sacred moment of serene dusk….

Madurai is a temple city about 2,500 years old in Tamil Nadu, India. It is famous for its Meenakshi  Amman temple and enchanting Jasmine flowers.

It is also called Meenakshi Sundereshwarar temple. It is dedicated to Mother Goddess Parvati, known also as Meeenakshi, the consort of Lord Shiva. Meenakshi means ‘fish-eyed,’ the one whose eyes are extremely beautiful in the shape of a fish. This is the only temple where the Goddess Meenakshi is the principal deity of the temple and not Shiva or Sundereshwarar although there is a temple of Shiva just next to that of Meenakshi Devi. Devotees from all parts of India and  other countries come to pay their obeisance and reverance to Mother Goddess.

It is a Shakti peeth, an energy centre. There are some special places like this one where the Divine infuses a great amount of spiritual energies so that people get some power to progress on their spiritual path and the long journey that it demands.

The most prominent structures of the temple are the Gopurams or towers which are visible from every part of the city wherever you go. They are exceptionally high and very beautifully decorated. They are painted brightly with figures of deities, gods, goddesses and semi gods. The city is based and thrives on river Vagai since a long time. There is a mini city inside the temple and people all over the year come in large numbers out of their devotion and love for the mother goddess. It is not at all possible to see the entire temple in just one day; it requires a few visits. This time, we concentrated on the outer side and left out the inner area comprising of a huge water tank. Photography is allowed in some inner parts and chambers and we obviosly could not resisit the idea of taking many pictures on our visits.

An overview of whatever little we could see in two days……

Outside Madurai

Large fields of growing yellow Chrysanthemum flowers for the  garlands of the Gods and Goddesses residing in many temples in the temple city. Very refreshing site and experience. So very different!

The temple as seen from outside

The entity warding off evil beings at the tower top in all corners

Before we go inside the main chamber, there is a wide corridor buzzing with various activities. Constant repairs and improvements were seen being undertaken by the temple authorities. People also take some rest in this place  to enable them to see the remaining of the temple premises. I was told by our driver that the entire temple premises is spread in 15 acres area! I don’t have the exact figure, it may be right also looking at the gigantic size of the structures everywhere.

A lot of walking, a lot of seeing and a lot of overwhelming feeling initially and followed later by that of devotion, calmness, admiration and reverance came…. .

Inside the temple, Ashta Shakti Mandapam

Devi Bhadrakali

Many hands igniting their lamps of devotion

One thousand pillars hall or mandapam

The hall in the Northern side of Sundereshwar temple has 1000 pillars mostly carved. Built at a later stage by the Prime Minister of the Nayak dynasty dedicated to Lord Shiva as Nataraja and Mother Parvati or Meenakshi. It also has an art and architecture’s museum now .

Nataraja and Parvati in the hall, Shiva in bliss, in a dancing pose.

Pillars in a diagonal row

Dravidian architecture on pillars

A model of Meenakshi Amman and the temple she resides in. Found a nice way to get closer, a nice moment, shall cherish it for long. Thanked Mother by whispering to her and bowed down in humility and gratitude mentally…..

Our gifts in return

A generous, big lump of sandalwood paste

Rose petals

A sari with Mother’s Temple’s Gopuram, a souvenir…….

The most famous weave and pattern of Madurai was coveted.

Dear readers, with this short post and a photo gallery, we come to an end with the exhibition of pictures of the several pilgrimages that I made in the end of Dec’12 to South India. Hope you have enjoyed seeing them as much as I have taken delight in composing short posts and photo gallery with them.

Each visit to the holy place is a divine experience and so many new revelations are given by the Almighty and my Guru during those times. Sometimes there are inconveniences and lack of good food and hygeine, but it is overccomed and ignored. I share my experiences with you as posts and add pictures in the posts to collaborate what I have seen or realised. The pictures are most of the time used to convey many subtle things and so many times to say something visually instead of using words and sentences.

When you conjoin the words with the pictures, your canvas will become larger. That is the purpose served by my pictures. They are here to enhance your spiritual imagination, strengthen your visualization powers and in future use the powers of imagination and visualization to expand your Spiritual Consciousness……

P.S Pardon me if I have not been able to reply to your comments and emails in the last few days. Shall revert to you when blogging activities diminish. Some other things crop up and are equally important to attend to. But remember you are always on my mind and I will communicate with you shortly. You should always stay in touch.

Regards and thanks.

Sarika

Introduction

  My dear readers and friends, you are welcome back.

This portion of my write up Part- A is unplanned and spontaneous. Part B came earlier than this. I decided to make two parts of this post like many before, nonetheless in the end both the parts will be interrelated regarding what is being advocated in both. Part A has my interface with Shri Mahavatar Babaji and his advice to me regarding the new post, while Part B is what Swami Nityananda preached us by giving us a lot of wisdom and sagacious advice to everybody here.

Even so, Shri Mahavatar Babaji has given us many good tips.  He has addressed all his devotees and disciples alike spread globally. He has urged me to tell the slow walkers of this good path to walk faster now. They should pick up quickly by this time. Those who have kept their pace at medium speed should investigate why they are not taking quicker steps. Where is their mind engaged and what is it that makes them tread at a comfortable pace? And those aspirants who are marching fast on this path should ensure that they keep their mind focused and introverted and maintain their swift pace continuously. They should not allow their mind to be diffused or disoriented. Apart from these tips of great advice, there was a lot more that was given to me. I had a lengthy conversation two days back with the Spiritual adviser and most humble Guide, my Holy Grand Master Shri Mahavatar Babaji. Moreover, it also becomes obligatory for me to transmit, narrate those important facts as it concerns each of us. This is what transpired and emerged between us one blessed evening currently.

Part A

I had to catch up with sleep on 28^th Jan so I slept in the day and I woke up in the evening at 5 p.m. with a very pleasant feeling. Even before I woke up fully and with my eyes still shut, I began having a long conversation with Shri Mahavatar Babaji with God’s grace. He keeps a vigil over me all the time like a sweet Divine Father and he waited till I was fully rested and refreshed enough to resume my blogging activities. The last many days were engaged in familial duties and I tried to finish as much as possible so that I could return to my writing table. I was a very sleepy and tired person and so I put aside everything and decided to gain some energy and vitality and be back quickly. Just before I fell in deep sleep around 3 in the afternoon, my mind was delving intensely in the making of the approaching post. I was thinking what should be the content of our next lesson, where do we go from here and what should the devotees do to make progress and march ahead. While I was contemplating on this matter, I felt some calmness and relaxation and inadvertently I fell in deep sleep smoothly. I don’t even know when. All the disturbing noises in my area died out and I slept peacefully for continuous two hours in bounteous bliss.

My unending love for awakening and enlightenment and undying love for my Divine father Babaji, supersedes everything. This is the first thing that occurred no sooner had I regained my wakefulness. I woke up very fresh, Shri Babaji was waiting for me. In a deep meditative state when I was awake, he spoke so promptly, “Do you recall what God told you some months ago about me?”

I instantly murmured sweetly like a babe, “Yes, I do. It was said more than on one occasion.”

“Then begin your post with that first. I have given you the highest spiritual knowledge. Your blog is placed highest in the web-world and all those people who are surfing and have come here incidentally can find all their answers. Everything is here.  I am dispensing all the wisdom through it. You are my medium.”

The conversation lasted more than an hour and that supplementary energy coming straight from a powerful source of my Guru made me more invigorated, placid and tranquil apart from that of sleep. The tiredness vanished somewhere as if it wasn’t ever there in the first place. There was a lot that came as helpful advice for each one of us out of which whatever can be imparted in one single post shall be given to you.

My dear ones, what was Babaji referring to? What God told me on some days about Shri Mahavatar Babaji?

Extract from ‘How to know our soul?’

“During the concentrated moments, God told me that Shri Babaji is one of the rare, brilliant gems among mankind for the reason that he is so close to God. When I inquired God what must be his state of mind most of the times as it is my desire to peep into it out of genuine curiosity and aspiration. The reply was that he is in godly ecstasy most of the times since he is so near to God.”

Dear blessed readers and devotees, I take so much joy in revealing to you what God has told me on more than a few occasions. God has appeared to me as effulgent, beautiful, shimmery rays of Light on at least three or four occasions and in explicit words just to emphasize the fact that in this whole creation which God has created, Babaji stands near Him, God.  This means first comes God understandably. After which God’s highest realizations and attributes and all elements are reflected maximum in the personage of Shri Mahavatar Babaji in our living, physical world!

In fact, when I was writing my first article on the personal features of Shri Babaji in 2008, ‘The Light of the world Shri Mahavatar Babaji-I, one day completely bemused and mystified to the hilt, with pure innocence I asked him abruptly, “Who are you, Babaji?”

He chuckled and declared with a bemusing, very gentle, soft and clear voice, “I am the CEO of this world!” I loved it, it was to my heart’s desire.

In a spate of swift moments, I immediately comprehended that he has all the Godly powers entrusted on him to run this entire Universe which he does with utmost humility and fairness. It took me many days to let this revelation sink in. I felt extremely blessed to have got an opportunity to know him, to be able to come so close to him. A divine blessing for me, surely.

Again when I was in contact with our beloved God as narrated earlier in ‘How to know our soul?’, I was informed that as Shri Mahavatar Babaji is so near to God, he is our Divine Father too, he is everybody’s Divine Father.

My dear everyone, please know that it is at the behest of the wish of God that we have this knowledge at this point of time with us and therefore so much revelation, so much exposure and disclosure. And because our dearest Babaji does not speak anything to us unless he is guided and prompted by the will of God, we must listen to him very attentively. We must think and ponder what is the reason for this disclosure and rendering at this time and juncture of this blog.

If you look back I have written in the last post right in the beginning that it is the concluding post on the topic of soul but as you can see here this post has become an extension of the same title and subject matter in spite of deciding to wrap up the series. As you all are coming back again on this blog to search, know and learn, there is an equivalent force behind you that is working without your knowledge. The power and presence of God and the divine souls are at work continuously. They are attentive and aware of our improvement, progress, and also personal needs. Looking at all this and keeping everyone’s capacities and requirements in mind carefully, an astute and perceptive decision has been taken by the omnipresent God which reflects directly in the words spoken by the Masters. At an auspicious moment, it was decided by the Almighty that hence forth, a shift has to be taken on the blog to a new, greater height and pinnacle.

A surge to progress and direct contact and union with God should be undertaken on the blog and so all the readers have to be assured and informed well in advance so that they are  pretty well prepared in every sense. From now onward, more light and information, discussion will take place regarding God, the almighty Power and Force instead of Shri Mahavatar Babaji. To make this more clear let me tell you that if you see carefully, you will come to know that Segments I, II & III were about the stages  of an advancing yogi. In between, the middle section revealed about the personal side of Shri Mahavatar Babaji which was so much welcome by us because so little is either known or written about him in the literary and spiritual world. Posts which have contents related to Banyan Trees and some sages, they all resonate the same objective. They  tell us that they feel so blessed and honored to be serving in some way for Mahavatar Babaji; they all feel extremely happy if our dearest Babaji accepts something from them, more so if it is some sort of service to others.

The truth is that some important aspects of Babaji’s personal life has been provided to me through some other agencies in nature also with the wish of God apart from my meditations. The reason is that Babaji does not like to talk too much about himself, in fact very little. On the contrary, he likes to speak through silence by which he provides us all the solutions and answers, although it may be a different matter that we are not yet so developed in mind to receive the intimations which are sent by him through his mind powers. He likes to meditate most of the time so that he can communicate with us in some method mentally like inspirations, telepathy, intuition or clairvoyance and clairaudience via the astral sky in the higher ranges of the atmosphere.

With the post -A foreword before we take a new turn into our future spiritual training on this website, if you remember we took a major shift by telling you formally that this blog is an internet class and is global in nature where spiritual lessons are imparted.

Please read again the very powerful post, ‘I get a new Life, a new Light in Badrinath-III’. I highlight this portion to emphasize that in Karna Prayag when I was meditating, Shri Mahavatar Babaji pronounced and propounded-

“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 with the eternal Brahma. You are Brahma. You are Eternal. Thou art That.”

This was preparing us for an elevation in future. Along with his and God’s words, we have been given tremendous amount of Force and Power to recharge ourselves to take a giant step from this particular post onward. And thereafter, we touched subtle topics of our Soul. All the columns and articles which were explaining the idea, concept or the fundamentals about our soul were delivered with some personal experiences and examples to make them easy to understand and believable. Those of you who have not read the previous portions need to peek into them soon to enable yourselves to grasp what we are heading for now onward.

From today another big Force has been added in this site by means of such dynamic revelations by God and Spiritual giants in the league of Shri Mahavatar Babaji and Shri Nityandanda Swami. My humble pranam and eternal gratitude to them. We will always be indebted to them in our lives to come.

After revealing who Babaji is in earlier so many posts, God does not want to reveal in excess about him. A lot has been disclosed about him on this medium called Spirit in life, and as most of his time is spent in relaying dynamic mental forces in meditative hours in day and night for world’s spiritual welfare, he prefers to remain in silence and seclusion.

As a result we now shift our focus from Babaji’s personal attributes to attributes of God. After having come to know so much about Shri Mahavatar Babaji, it should be easier to compare and be acquainted with the Highest Force which is often named God. As they both are so similar, we should not have a great difficulty in knowing the attributes of God that dwells everywhere- in us and in every particle in the Universe.

Dear friends, you will be delighted to know that some more messages have come to me in the blessed afternoon of 28^th Jan while I rested to regain and gather my thoughts for this exquisite post, even if the post will get extended and drawn out.

Babaji whispered further, “Then begin your post with that first……Tell them that you are not a seeker anymore. You are a teacher here. In your spare time, you always tell me about all my disciples and the events on the blog. Not once have you felt that the achievements and success of your blog are yours. Your sense of surrender is very acute. You have been discussing the improvement, progress or regression of all the devotees and seekers who have come to you. You pray for them and ask for their deliverance. You have been taking all approvals from me and have acted upon only those ideas and programs which I have favoured because you rely wholly on my judicious actions and advice. I have given you telepathic powers so that the communication channel is firm and unbroken with God and me. Your deep sense of discipline, commitment and faith is what I expect from all the other aspiring devotees. If they too will keep their Master on top of everything, they too will surge ahead without any delay in their rapid spiritual development. If they can match the sterling quality of obedience which you possess, they will attain victory, glory and uncontainable joy in times to come.”

Part B

Swami Nityananda gave me darshan on 22^nd Jan morning during meditation after a long hiatus. At the back of my mind, I was trying to solve something.  He gave me solutions to some of my personal matters and also blessed me with so much more divine knowledge of which he is so capable. I am of firm belief that it is to be shared with others on this platform for everybody’s use because it is my ‘prasad’.

Swami Nityananda threw a question at me so unexpectedly,

“What is the reason that it takes us so long to know our divinity and to unfold it, although it is already present since our inception?”

Translation, original words follow:

“Your weaknesses, flaws, frailties are the cause of your downfall. Flaws are deeds. Every deed has its consequences. The weight of the consequences has to be carried, and to do that time is needed. New births have to be taken in accordance to those deeds and in those new births, which is a capturing snare, the jeeva or individual soul falls into it.

The knowledge of Self releases us from our darkness. Darkness means vanishing of awareness, doing wrong actions and falling on the wrong path. Whenever we do actions of deceit, betrayal or selfishness, we are forbidden gradually from attaining the knowledge of our Spirit or Atma. This is because we have to bear the consequence of our own wrong actions and we bear them on our body and mind.

Those people, who in the name and guise of religion, dharma are not telling the whole Truth to others, will find their knowledge waning slowly.

And those people who are enjoying  good time in the name of religion or God is only because of some good deeds of earlier life. However, because of their wrong deeds of today, the previous lives’ good deeds will be washed away soon. And that’s why I too call Shri Mahavatar Babaji a Banyan Tree and the rest of today’s new age, modern Gurus are like changing weathers, withering seasonal flowers.

We should once and for all attain that knowledge which will annihilate all our ignorance so that we are able to understand a new world, a new life. Those who walk on the Right Path, God will sustain them and their path, and God will give all blessings and give full knowledge.

We must first attain wisdom, knowledge which is so difficult to attain, many lives are required to attain that knowledge. Just like with great efforts we make rose water with roses, so is the hard process of attaining the greatest wisdom.

Once we achieve the highest wisdom and knowledge, we must remain in that state and not err. We must live in that state for a few years after which we will stabilize in it and never come down.”

In his own words:

“ विकार गिराता है। विकार कर्म होता है, कर्म का फल होता है। कर्म फल भोगना पड़ता है, भोगने के लिए हमें समय चाहिए होता है क्योंकि वैसा जन्म लेना पड़ेगा और नए जन्म में फिर एक चक्र चल पड़ता है।

आत्मा का ज्ञान हमको हमारे अंधकार से छुड़ाता है। अंधकार मतलब चेतना का लुप्त होना, गलत काम करना और गलत राह पर पड़ना। जब जब हम धोखा, झूठ, दगा करते हैं, स्वार्थ के कर्म करते हैं, तब तब हम अपने आपको आत्म ज्ञान से धीरे धीरे निष्कासित कर देतें हैं क्योंकि जो हमनें विकार, गलत काम किये हैं उसका फल हमें भोगना पड़ता है और उसे हम शरीर और मन से भोगते हैं।

जो लोग धर्म के नाम पर, उसकी ढाल पर लोगों को पूरा सच नहीं बताते, उनका ज्ञान धीरे धीरे लुप्त हो जाता है।

और जो वो अब ख़ुशी, ऐश पा रहें हैं वो पिछले जन्म के अच्छे कर्म हैं, सो मिला है। लेकिन आज के गलत काम उनकी सारी कमाई को साफ़ कर देंगे। इसलिए मैंने बाबाजी को बरगद का पेड़ कहा और आज के बाकी साधुओं को, गुरुओं को, धार्मिक गुरुओं को, आती जाती बहार कहा है। वे एक मौसम के फूल हैं।

हमें एक बार ज्ञान ऐसा लेना चाहिए जो हमेशा के लिए सारी तबाही ख़त्म कर दे, नई दुनिया, नए जीवन को समझने के लिए। जो नेक राह पर चलेगा, उसके रास्ते को और उसको, भगवान बनाये रखेगा, उसको भगवान पूरा ज्ञान देगा, खूब आशीष देगा।

पहले विवेक, ज्ञान प्राप्त करना है जो कि बहुत कठिन है, इसमें बहुत जन्म लगते हैं। जैसे देसी गुलाब में से बहुत मेहनत से गुलाब का जल बनता है, ऐसे ही कड़ी मेहनत से ज्ञान प्राप्त होता है।

ज्ञान मिलने के बाद उसमें बहुत काल तक रहना है, कोई गलती नहीं करनी है। कुछ साल उसी अवस्था में रहना है, उसके बाद हम स्थिर हो जायेंगे और कभी भी नीचे नहीं आएंगे……..”

“Vikar girata hai. Vikar karam hota, karam ka phal hota hai. Karam phal bhogna padta hai, bhogne ke liye hame samay chahiye hota hai kyunki vaisa janam lena padega aur naye janam mei phir ek chakra chal padta hai.

Atma ka gyan humko hamare andhkar se chudata hai. Andhakar matlab chetna ka lupt hona, galat kaam karna and galat raah par padna. Jab jab hum dhokha, jhooth, daga karte hai, swaarth ke karma karte hai, tab tab hum apne aapko Atma gyan se dheere dheere  nishkasit kar dete hai kyunki jo humne vikar, galat kaam kiye hai uska phal hume bhogna padta hai aur use hum shareer aur mana se bhogte hai.

Jo log dharam ke naam par, uski dhal par logon ko pura sach nahi batate, unka gyan dheere  dheere lupt ho jata hai.

Aur jo woh  ab khushi,  aish paa rahe hai woh pichle janam ke achche karam hai, so mila hai. Lekin aajke galat kaam unki sari kamai ko saaf kardenge. Is liye maine Babaji ko Bargad ka Ped kaha aur aaj ke baki sadhuoko,  guruo ko, dharmik guruo ko passing show, aati jaati bahar kaha hai. Woh ek mausam ke phool hai.

Hume ek baar gyan aisa lena chahiye jo hamesha ke liye sari tabahi khatam kar de, nayi duniya, naya jeevan  ko samjhane ke liye. Jo nek raha par chalega, uske raaste ko, aur usko bhagwan banaye rakhega, usko bhagwan poora gyan dega, khoob ashish dega.

Pehle vivek, gyan prapta karna hai jo ke bahut kathin hai, isme bahut janam lagte hai. Jaise desi gulab mei se bahut mehnat se Gulab ka jal banta hai, aise hi kadi mehnat se gyan prarpt hota hai.

Gyan milene ke baad usmei bahut kaal tak rahena hai, koi galti nahi karni hai. Kuch saal usi avastha mei rahena hai, uske baad hum sthir ho jayenge aur kabhi bhi neeche nahi ayenge……..”

Om Guru Narayan Narayan Hari Hari; Guru Narayan Narayan Hari Hari; Guru Narayan Narayan Hari Hari…….