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"If you are responsible, you
will not express power,
you will express energy!" ~
Paramahamsa Nithyananda
4CONTENTSVolume 1, Issue 8, December, 2012
Who is Nithyananda ? ... 6
My Dear Ones ... 7
Life Strategy : Why So Confused? ... 8,9
Vedic Renaissance : Saptapadi, the Seven Vows of Marriage ...10, 11
Yoga & Kriya: Kriya to Banish Depression ... 12,13
Siddha & Ayurveda: Tulsi, the Holy Herb ...14,15
Bliss Bites: Sabudana Khichdi ... 16,17
Be Unclutched: Sadhana, to Unclutch from Depression ... 18, 19
Main Story: Walk out of Depression .. 20-25
Beyond Mind: Nirbhaya Dhyana, the Death Meditation ... 26, 27
Kailash: Kailash, the Mystical Journey ... 28, 29
Esoteric Realms: Death, the Ultimate Guru. Akashic Readings on
Death by Kaalabhairava through Paramahamsa Nithyananda ... 30, 31
Creative Juices: Jingle Bells, Bliss Version ... 32
In the Llife Of: Life After Death ... 34-36
Tritha: Kaashi, the City of Moksha ... 38-40
Paraabhakti: One Fine Day I Met Swami Nithyananda! ... 41-46
Abhyasah (Practice): Crossword & Gentle Kicks ..48, 49
5 Nithyananda TimesDecember 2012, Volume 1, Issue 8
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DisclaimerThe meditation techniques included in this magazine
are to be practiced only under the direct supervision
of an ordained teacher of Nithyananda Mission (NM)
and in consultation with your personal physician to
determine your fitness and ability to do the tech-
niques. They are not intended to be a substitute for
medical attention, examination, diagnosis or treat-
ment. If someone tries these techniques without
prior participation in the meditation programs of NM
and without the direct supervision of an ordained
teacher of NM, they shall be doing so entirely at their
own risk; neither the author nor NM shall be respon-
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Paramahamsa Nithyananda is a global leader in the science of enlightenment. Nithyananda is revered
as a living avatar (divine incarnation) by millions worldwide. He is the most-watched spiritual teacher on
youtube.com with more than14 million views, and the author of more than 300 books published in 27
global languages. Nithyananda was recently named among the world's top 100 most spiritually influential
personalities of 2012 by renowned esoteric magazine 'Mind Body Spirit' from Watkins.
A spiritual genius with an enlightened insight into everything from management to meditation, from
relationships to religion, and from success to spirituality, Nithyananda brings to us a wealth of practical wisdom,
meditation techniques, kriyas and tools for lasting inner transformation. A trained yogi, a powerful spiritual
healer and a siddha, Paramahamsa Nithyananda is working actively with scientists and researchers worldwide
to decode the mystical yogic sciences of the East, including levitation, teleportation and manifestation
(materialization).
When Paramahamsa Nithyananda ascends the traditional seat of deeksha daana (initiation) every
morning and starts his discourse (satsang), thousands of people from over 30 countries participate live via
2-way video conferencing, while thousands view it live on Nithyananda TV.
Who is Nithyananda ?
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My Dear Ones,
If you are carrying a depression in you, be very clear, you have a gap between your words and your
being, between your words and what you believe. Any person who does not have depression is enlightened.
If you are not enlightened, Be very clear, you carry depression, the gap between your word and what you
believe as you. If you can remove that gap, you will not have the tumor which I call depression.
Be Blissful!
Paramahamsa Nithyananda
Spiritual Founder of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam
8life strategy
Confusion, dilemma and turmoil are the oldest
problems known to mankind. The most powerful
solution is that of common sense. By looking at the
problem with simple awareness, there will be
no stress laid on the inner space.
a story that helps grasp this idea better:
There was once a student who wanted to major
in Logical Studies. He approached a scholar of
logic and asked him to be his guide. The scholar
was apprehensive, but agreed to guide the
student if he could pass the test. The student
obliged, and the scholar put forth a situation.
He said, "Two men came down a chimney. One
man's face was dirty, the other's was clean.
Which man washed his face and which one
didn't?" The student pauses and says, "The
one with the dirty face, naturally". The scholar
shook his head. He said, "The man with the dirty
face looked at the man with the clean face and
thought his face was clean. So the man with the
clean face washed his face, and the man with
the dirty face didn't wash his face." The student
was in awe and said he never looked at it that
way. He asked the scholar for another chance to
prove himself.
the sCholar repeated his question. The student
then said, "We just established that the man with the
clean face washed his face, and the man with the dirty
face didn't wash his face." Again, the scholar shook his
head. He said, "The man with the clean face looked at
the man with the dirty face and thought his face was
also dirty, so he washed his face. The man with the
dirty face saw him wash his face and so he washed his
face too." The student was taken aback. He pleaded for
another chance.
Why So ConfuSed?
?
Taken from Nithyananda’s Daily Morning Discourses on the Bhagavad Gita at the Bidadi Ashram, India
9 life strategy
the sCholar obliged and repeated the question. This
time, the student said confidently, “Each man washed
his face “. Once again, the scholar shook his head and
said, “The man with the dirty face looked at the man
with the clean face and thought his face was clean, so
he didn’t wash his face. The man with the clean face
decided he wouldn’t wash his face either, assuming
it was clean”. The student was now desperate. He
pleaded for a last chance.
at this, the sCholar put forth the same question. This
was too much for the student, who said, “Why don’t
you move on to another question?” The scholar then
said, “All your knowledge of programming is clearly
insufficient. Stop and ask yourself if it is even possible
for two men to descend from the same chimney, one
the a dirty face and another with a clean face”.
Confusion makes it harder to be
productive. It causes endless mulling over and
mulling over adds fuel to confusion, creating
a vicious circle. Looking at the problem with
nothing but simple awareness is enough to
realize that the problem is hypothetical and
any solution derived, no matter how “clever”,
will be hypothetical too.
keeping the inner spaCe engaged in
nonexistent problems and adding convoluted
logical patterns is what can be called “Maya”.
Finding solutions to these hypothetical
problems and thinking of it as a worthy
achievement is what can be termed as ego
and BREAKING this pattern is INTUITION.
all it takes is a simple bend in logic for it to
become a mess that reaches new levels of perversion.
With just a little awareness, the line of thinking can
remain straight and unnecessary patterns of confusion
and dilemma can be prevented.
10vedic renaissance
Saptapadi or ‘seven steps’ is a very important rite in a Vedic marriage ceremony. At the time of marriage, the couple sit in front of the sacred fire and take seven vows in the presence of the Guru or God that they will both live a blissful married life. These vows in the Vedic marriage have a very deep meaning and are designed to help the couple to evolve together in a holistic way. They pertain not only to the worldly pursuits of the couple together, but also their mental, emotional, social, ecological, and spiritual attitudes. If followed with authenticity they lead to enlightenment itself.
The following are the Saptapadi mantras and their interpretation:
1st sacred vow: Concept of sharing@kim;e iv:[uSTva ANvetu,ekamiñe viñëustvä anvetu |Let us both create, secure and enjoy all the things and comforts related to the physical body like food, clothing, shelter and other wealth needed for the physical body. This very vow hits at the dowry system. The dowry system asks for wealth and other things from the girl’s family. This vow clearly states that the couple will create wealth and sustain it together.’
2nd sacred vow: Mental and spiritual strength, work towards enlightenmentÖe ^jeR iv:[uSTva ANvetu,dve ürje viñëustvä anvetu |Let us join together without ego, to do all that is needed to increase the Shakti (energy) inside our body and thus enhance our intellectual strength by meditation, yoga etc.
3rd sacred vow: Living independently dependentÇIi[ ìtay iv:[uSTva ANvetu,tréëi vratäya viñëustvä anvetu |I will not force myself upon the other at the physical or mental level when the other does not prefer it.
Saptapadi, The Sacred Vows of Marriage
Couples have the wonderful opportunity to go through a vedic marriage ceremony during the Inner Awakening Program (which is conducted by Nithyananda himself) where they consciously commit the seven vows to each other and enter a fresh phase of married life.
11 vedic renaissance
4th sacred vow: Transcend maya by teamworkcTvair mayae Évay iv:[uSTva ANvetu,catväri mäyo bhaväya viñëustvä anvetu |I (the man) will help the woman overcome the illusions she holds in the form of her fear and insecurity. I (the woman) will help the man overcome the illusions he holds in the form of lust.
5th sacred vow: Social and eco-friendly responsibilitiesp pzu_y> iv:[uSTva ANvetu,païca paçubhyaù viñëustvä anvetu |Let us look after our ancestors and elders who are alive, our Guru, Devatas and all animals that support us, like cattle or pets, and the entire nature like trees, hills, rivers etc.
6th sacred vow: Support each other without suffocating;f&tu_y> iv:[uSTva ANvetu,ñaòåtubhyaù viñëustvä anvetu |Let us support and strengthen each other in all moods and in all seasons, in all situations, at all times and spaces, not only when one of us is weak or in low mood, but let us share when we feel strong or when we are in high mood as well.
7th sacred vow: Comply with promises and live as friendssÝsÝ_y> haeÇa_y> iv:[uSTva ANvetu.saptasaptabhyaù hoträbhyaù viñëustvä anvetu ||We promise to follow all that is covered here and all that is not covered here as well. There could be many things that may not have been included in the previous promises. So this promise covers all those that have not been covered in any of the previous promises.
After the seven steps are over the husband has to call his wife “soe” (sakhe) meaning “Oh my friend”. soayaE sÝpda ÉÉUvsakhäyau saptapadä bhabhüva
By making these seven promises, we both have become friends. I have got your friendship and you have mine. We shall not let this be lost. We shall live forever as compatible companions. By taking these vows the couple agree to be friendly to each otherBy chanting these mantras, the union between the husband and wife is solemnized in the presence of the Guru or God. They are united in their thinking and in the way they act. They pray that they may have pure love towards each other. By this mantra they vow to become people who are like-minded in opinion and thus enjoy being together.
12yoga & kriya
Kriya to Banish DepressionKriya given by Nithyananda in his Daily Morning Discourse, on 31st October, 2011 at the Bidadi Ashram, India
Depression or Clinical depression is
characterized by an all-encompassing low
mood accompanied by low self-esteem, and
by loss of interest or pleasure in normally
enjoyable activities. Clinical depression is a
disabling condition that adversely affects a
person’s family, work or school life, sleeping and
eating habits, and general health. Depressed
individuals have shorter life expectancies than
those without depression, in part because of
greater susceptibility to medical illnesses and
suicide. Depressed people may be preoccupied
with, or ruminate over, thoughts and feelings
of worthlessness, inappropriate guilt or regret,
helplessness, hopelessness, and self-hatred.
In severe cases, depressed people may have
symptoms of psychosis.
DISCLAIMER: This technique is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical diagnosis or treatment. Individuals with any type of medical
condition, the elderly, children below 14, women who are pregnant or suspect they may be pregnant are advised to seek professional medical advice before
practicing this technique. Viewers who are not on two-way video conferencing are cautioned that they are practicing these techniques at their own risk.
For more kriyas visit:http://www.nithyananda.org/nithya-kriyas
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1. PADMASANA
Place the right foot on the left thigh and similarly the left
one on the right.
Cross the hands behind the back and firmly catch hold of
the great toes of the feet so crossed.
Place the chin on the chest and fix the gaze on the tip of
the nose.
2. SHEETALI PRANAYAMA
Continue to sit in Padmasana.
Close the eyes and relax the whole body.
Extend the tongue outside the mouth and roll the sides of
the tongue up so that it forms a tube.
Inhale slowly through the tongue.
At the end of inhalation, roll the tongue in, close the
mouth and exhale slowly through the nose.
Do this 21 times.2.
BHASTRIKA
Continue to Sit in Padmasana
Inhale slowly through the nostrils and fill the abdomen
completely.
Exhale quickly and forcefully through the nose by
contracting the abdominal muscles towards the spine.
Do this 21 times.
14siddha & ayurveda
Tulsi, the Holy HerbOcimum sanctum (holy basil) popularly called tulsi in India, is
ubiquitous in vedic tradition. Perhaps its role as a healing herb was instrumental
in its “sacred” implication. Tulsi is the most common and revered of all household
plants in India. Lord Krishna says, “I give Myself to a devotee who offers me merely
a tulsi leaf and a palmful of water”.
Tulsi (holy basil) has delicate purple and green leaves, flower
tassels like miniature temple spires and an arresting sweet fragrance famous for
attracting the minds of devotees. The whole plant and all its parts are useful. It
is really simple to grow tulsi in pots. It grows only through seed propagation and
requires a good amount of sunlight and water daily. The leaves are to be collected
from the plant tips so as to allow it to grow into a thick lovely bush.
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This plant has a long list of medicinal implications. To list
a few, the essential oil in tulsi has antimicrobial effects, specifically
antiviral effects. Various formulations of tulsi significantly shorten the
course of illness in patients of viral Hepatitis. Its extracts have marked
mosquito repellent activity. Hence, it is believed that growing a tulsi
plant in front of our homes, for the above said two reasons, markedly
purifies the air, making it free from air-borne microbes and checks the
entry of mosquitoes too.
The most common implication of this holy basil is in
combating respiratory disorders and sore throat. As a home remedy,
some tulsi leaves along with a few pieces of ginger and pepper and
a little jaggery can be boiled together in water and filtered to get an
extract. This is consumed while hot in intermittent sips. Or an easier
way is to collect a few fresh leaves of holy basil, crush them gently to
squeeze out its juice. A few drops of this juice relieve one from running
nose, sore throat, fever and cough. Recent research has shown that tulsi
powder taken over a period of two weeks reduces the fasting blood
sugar by around 17%.
Tulsi has a positive effect over blood pressure and also
acts as an effective detoxicant. A tonic may be prepared by mixing 1/4 tsp
of dry tulsi leaves with a spoonful of butter and little honey, taken twice
a day, first thing in the morning and before going to bed at night. One
of the major constituents of the leaves, ursolic acid has been reported
to possess antifertility activity attributed to its anti-estrogenic effect
responsible for arrest of spermatogenesis in males and inhibitory effect
on implantation of ovum in females. This may prove to be a promising
antifertility agent devoid of side effects. Some other uses of it include
as a mouthwash for relieving toothache and the whole plant’s decoction
for relieving headache.
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Sabudana KhichdiSago, or sabudana as it is called in India, is a starch taken
from the pith (center) of sago palm stems. Traditional
Indian medicine uses sago in combination with rice to
cool the body. Therefore, sago can function as an herbal
remedy to treat ailments resulting from too much body
heat, such as the production of excess bile. Sabudana
is, hence, a good food ingredient for people with an
unbalanced pitta dosha.
As a starch, the health benefits of sago come primarily
from carbohydrates. This carbohydrate content allows
sago to function as a staple food in several regions of
the world. Sago is also low in fat and has no protein.
People often mix sago with other ingredients that
offer essential vitamins and nutrients, such as milk or
fruits and vegetables. In Indian cuisine, sago is used in
puddings (payasam), in gruel or soup, and in khichdis.
Sabudana khichdi is the perfect dish for a light breakfast
which is easily digestible and provides a quick boost of
energy.
Preparation
Ingredients1 cup Sabudana (Sago)2 Red chillies1/2 cup Peanuts1 Boiled and peeled potato2 tsp Oil1 tsp Cumin seeds1 Pinch Hing (Asafoetida) 1 tsp Lemon juice Salt to taste A few Coriander leavesA few Curry Leaves
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Directions
• Wash the sabudana well and then soak it in enough water
to cover the sabudana pearls. Leave it soaked for 5-7 hours
before cooking. Fluff the sabudana pearls every 2-3 hours
with a fork or spoon. The sabudana needs to be soaked until
they are perfectly soft. You will know when they are ready to
be cooked by their soft and round shape and because they
will be double of their original size.
• Chop the potatoes into small cubes. Heat the oil/ghee in a
pan and add cumin seeds. When the cumin seeds crackle, add
the red chillies and curry leaves.
• Add the chopped potatoes and stir well. Allow them to
cook until they are light brown on the outside. Add the
soaked sabudana and mix gently. Cook for 10-15 mins,
stirring occasionally. When the pearls get translucent and
shiny, sabudana is ready.
• Add crushed peanuts and salt. Stir well to make sure
everything gets mixed well.
• Garnish with coriander leaves. Add some lemon juice and
serve hot.
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Sadhana, to Unclutch from Depression
be unclutched!
Taken from Nithyananda’s Daily Morning Discourse on
23th September, 2012 in Thiruvannamalai Ashram, India
Whenever you are caught up with depression,
unclutching or separation from being absorbed into
suffering or from that depression, is called as feeling
connection or bhakti . This has to be practiced with
a conviction that does not pull you down. Please do
not disconnect yourself from this bhakti and sadhana
(spiritual practice). Let it become a survival need
within you rather than a choice. One of the biggest
mistakes made by my devotees is that they keep
thinking - why do I need to practice it, Nithyananda is
in my heart. But if you do not do sadhana, the bhakti
you have towards me will be destroyed because it is
only by sadhana that the bhakti is strengthened and
grows. In the absence of regular sadhana, the layers
and layers of suffering increases until suddenly one
day you are completely disconnected and not able to
relate with me at all. Even the strong remembrance of
me will not be able to put you into the joy and ecstasy
of bhakti. It will make you think that you lost your
spiritual strength thus you end up succumbing into
your suffering and falling into depression.
Everyday, hundreds of people lose the ability
to unclutch from suffering, nor are they able to
retain the bhakti just because they did not do their
sadhana regularly. Bhagwan Sri Krishna (Incarnation
worshipped as a Hindu God now) reiterates this in the
Bhagavad Gita (Hindu religious book with universal
significance) that you should be the friend of your
Self through continuous practice, if not your own
Self will be the enemy. Practice the presence of God
continuously to unclutch from suffering and the other
things that pull you down.
19 be unclutched!
It is very unfortunate that you enjoy the
suffering because it gives the feeling that you can
always put the blame on somebody else. However
when that same suffering is repeated again and
again until it becomes a pattern in you, your life
is destroyed. Gaudapada, a great spiritual master
who was Adi Shankara’s paramaguru, another
great spiritual Master from ancient India, beautifully
describes the power of continuous sadhana when he
said that just as the ocean can be emptied with the
help of the tip of the blade which can hold just a drop,
so also can the control of the mind be brought about
by the absence of depression. Hence it is very much
possible. Do NOT stop your practice of unclutching
from suffering. Do NOT let anything disturb your
bhakti because a broken spiritual practice signifies
that you are allowing your mental patterns to pull you
down. By practice anything is possible. You can even
empty the ocean with a kusha grass with continuous
effort for years. Same way, why not conquer the mind
by the absence of depression? It is possible. And
sadhana is the way.
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What is Depression?
Depression is nothing but the mood of the mind which does not flow with
life. It is nothing but the energy of your being not being able to cope up with the
reality. You have two things - the imaginary life and the real life. Whenever your being
does not meet the real life you fall into depression. The conflict between the real life
and your being, the reality and your imagination is depression. Most of the time our
attachments to the concepts, to the ideologies, to the philosophies, makes us not to
move ahead. When society becomes sophisticated, affluent, depression is a luxury. You
can have it only when you have other things and not if you don’t have basic needs.
Two Types of Depression
Depression has two types:1) The depression supported by your ego2) The depression that makes you feel total inability.
The depression that makes you feel total inability is better. You will
understand that you need help from outside. The depression that is supported by your
ego will be interested only in the solutions which you feel are solutions. So you may
expect some teacher who will support your solution which you already have, which
you strongly believe in, even in depression. Depression is not wrong, but depression
supported by your ego is something seriously wrong. Even if you have depression, there
is every possibility you can be saved if your ego is not supporting your depression. If
your ego is supporting your depression you will not listen to the master’s teachings.
You will listen only to the teacher who is ready to support your depression, your
understanding, your ambition, your ideas, your thoughts. Even if the teacher is trying to
move a little away from your conclusions you will shout at them. The worst thing that
can happen to a jeeva (soul), the worst mess he can create for himself is supporting his
depression by his ego. Depression itself is not wrong. But while you expect your own
solution and expect the master to support your solution, you are in a big soup. You
can’t be saved. Naturally you will start searching for a teacher who will support your
ego. By fulfilling ego you can never walk out of depression.
Walk Out of Depression
Taken from the collected talks of Nithyananda on the
subject of “Depression”
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Walk Out of Depression
Taken from the collected talks of Nithyananda on the
subject of “Depression”
The Science of Depression
Human being is a great potential bound by distracting,
deluding kind of a net, prison. Every single cell of you is having
a kind of a covering. That covering constantly represents
mortality, delusion. Your cell is constantly struggling to
experience immortality. Every single cell in your body, which
is the smallest unit in the physical body and thought – the
smallest unit in the mental body and the pure light in your
conscious body - all put together constitute as the cell. All
your smallest units are directly connected. All your smallest
units are covered by delusion. In each level your smallest unit
is struggling to break from that delusion. At body level that
struggle is to get rid of disease and death. At the mental level
that struggle is to get rid of depression and disorders. At the
conscious level that struggle is to get rid of the delusion and
achieve enlightenment. So the point to be understood here is
that all your struggles are nothing but struggles to achieve
enlightenment. Start struggling directly, you will not waste
your time and energy in diluted, diverted attention or direction
or decisions. Your struggle to get out of depression is rooted
in the same unit where your struggle for enlightenment also
happens.
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The Only Way Out is In
Even when you have the small struggles, look into the
smallest unit where that struggle is happening - that cell, where
that struggle is happening. Whenever all the struggles in you are
aligned, immediately you are out of delusion. Delusion is nothing
but thinking or believing that all these struggles are independent
of each other.
Don’t Resist!
Your being needs its own space. Your being needs a little
bit of aloneness. But your resistance to give aloneness, your
resistance to give space for your being only creates depression.
Depression is like a black hole. If you don’t resist and enter into
it, it can create a big bang. As long as you resist, depression is
a death. When you allow it to happen, it just rejuvenates you
totally. When you live totally you will know how to leave totally.
If you know how to get depressed totally, you will know how
to express yourself totally. The very word depression has a
condemnation to it. You do not want to get depressed. You resist
continuously with the depression. You resist the black hole. That
is why you never let the big bang happen.
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From Depression to Expression
Depression has become our nature now. Using
the depression as a method is the only way to reach the
divine, the way to reach the deep state of expression.
As long as you resist the depression, except some more
problems, nothing else can be achieved. No medication
can help depression. As long as you fight your depression,
there is no way to come out of it. It is like fighting with
your own shadow. Depression is the seed of expression
and expression is the way to depression. They are just
cycles of life and death. They are nothing but peak and
valley of your being. Peak of your being is expression. Peak
of your valley is depression. If you know how to go deep
with the depression, how to travel with the depression,
then even depression cannot depress you. The very idea
of depression will be lost. You can label any experience
as a depression or as an expression. It is just your label
which makes something as depression or something as
expression.
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Knowledge Weapons to Combat
Depression
Truth from shaastra - shashtras (knowledge
weapon) can create ecstasy in the inner space and energy
to expand in outer space. Unless you have the courage to go
near the truth, the real healing will never happen. When you
fall into depression the thoughts which bring you out of the
depression, the clarity which brings you out of the depression
are the self-healing thoughts which are actually created by
shaastra-shastras. Whenever depression attacks you, life brings
different scenes in front of you, during which the shaastra-
shastras (knowledge weapons) can be used so powerfully that
you can just come out of the depression. The more and more
you accumulate the self-healing thoughts inside your system,
you will see that depression will have fear to come near you. If
you want the truth to do the process of healing in you, it has
to be digested, internalized. When these truths are added in to
you, you will completely re-think, you will re-design your whole
life. When the load is taken out of your inner space, there is
nothing but healing.
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Power of a Feeling Connection With the Divine
Feeling connection to something which is higher than you, either God or
Guru, nullifies things from the constant harassment you go through from your body
and mind. Feeling connection is the ground where, if the seeds of truth are sown, they
become the reality of experience, the tree of experience. There are problems which
may not be solved by unclutching, which will be solved by a feeling connection. The
pains which you can’t heal, the problems which you can’t get out by unclutching, can
be solved only by a feeling connection with something higher than you. A lot of things
with which your ignorance survives, a lot of things with which your mind thrives, a
lot of things on which your suffering is built, will be taken away from you. Feeling
connection with the divinity is the capacity to convert the wisdom into lifestyle with
expression, not depression.
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26beyond mind
Nirbhaya Dhyana - Death MeditaionTaken from the Akashic Readings on Death by Kaalabhairava through Nithyananda
on 29th September, 2012
Every fear you accumulate, every
fear makes you feel agitated, every fear
which you do not want to think, remember, go
through, go into all those fears consciously,
neither deciding to save yourself from that
fear nor having greed to achieve what you
are afraid of. So without having the greed or
fear, enter into the fear. Naturally the fear
will lose its quality of fear when you do not
carry fear or greed for the fear. Greed has
its quality of greed because of your greed
for greed and fear about the greed. Same
way the fear has the quality of fear because
of your fear for the fear and indirect greed
towards the fear.
So when your fears are approached
with fearlessness and greed-lessness, the
straightening out of your consciousness
everyday happens. The change of
consciousness from jagrat to swapna,
swapna to sushupti, the waking state to
dream state and dream state to the deep
sleep state, happens because your awareness
is not straightened out.
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Either the bumps of the fear or
bumps of the greed are responsible for your
consciousness jumping from waking state
to dream state or dream state to deep sleep
state. If you remove all the bumps of the
fear before falling asleep you will not fall
asleep, you will fall into something called
restful awareness which is recorded by the
word turiya by the earlier mantra drashtas
(Evolved ones who perceive the mantras
through visualization). So the word “turiya”
denotes the state of falling into the restful
awareness without the bumps of fear or
greed. Every night remove all the bumps you
created during your daytime through fear or
greed. Continuous practice of removing all
the bumps of fear and greed by facing them
will help you to fall into the state of turiya.
This is what Mahadeva calls as death process
- nirbhaya dhyana.
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Kailash, the Mystical Journeykailash
A trip to Mt Kailash is profound in every way.
The high altitude and the blue sky combined with the
presence of our beloved Master is truly the experience
of a lifetime. From the very beginning the trip was fully
charged with high energy. We visited temples and did
several pujas and homas. Throughout the trip I was only
able to sleep 4-5 hours per night. In spite of this I still
felt energized during the day, except for the two days
when I had a high altitude reaction. I still remember
vividly; since the first night when we crossed the border
of Tibet, I started having intense dreams every night until
we reached Mt kailash. The teachings in the dream were
written on a board line by line. On the night we arrived
at Mt Kailash the teachings in the dream were all about
Enlightenment. For all those days we were in Tibet it
seemed like there was not much difference between the
sleeping and waking state. I either would be awake or the
minute I fell asleep I would enter into the dream teaching
right away. When I woke up it felt like I didn’t sleep at all.
Finally I got a chance to ask the Master why I had those
kinds of dreams. The Master answered me without a
doubt. He said: “The dreams mean that a lot of karma is
leaving you.” Wow! How could a person expect a spiritual
journey like this?
We all had one after the other amazing experience.
For a day and a half we were all sitting at the foot of Mt
Kailash with a clear blue sky, so close to our Master, being
in his breathing space. Many hours of Puja was done. We
were just soaked in his grace with gratitude. The Akashic
Records reading happened at the last part of our first
day at Mt Kailash. Lord Shiva sent the message to all of
us saying that that was the turning point of our life. He
said he will bless the whole the world, including all of us,
and will shower on us through snow. When we left Mt
Kailash next afternoon it was clear blue sky. After about
half an hour drive all of a sudden the weather started
to change. Hail started coming down, one little ice ball
even jumped into the slightly opened car window and
hit my face before we realized what it was. Then we all
started shouting: “Yea, we got the blessing!” Minutes later
the hail turned in to snowflakes. Swamiji has mentioned
several times in satsangs afterwards how he turned on
the shower at Mt Kailash and ran away from the morning
Satsang. He was referring to this incident.
Another great experience was that we all had
a chance to dump one of our samskaras (engram or
engraved memory) in to Lake Manasarovar. I dumped my
judgement. Now I am very conscious whenever I intent
to pass a judgment.
By Helen Castner, California, USA
29 kailash
Speaking of the Akashic Records reading at
Mt kailash; when the reading was finished I realized
that my question was missing. They lost my question
which means they lost a once in a life time opportunity
for me! I was so angry! Although I was told that I could
ask the same question at the final energy darshan, I still
couldn’t get over it. Finally the truth hit me! I realized
that anger was actually one of my strong patterns and
it just showed up again at the right time to remind me,
that this was why my question got lost. Once I saw
the truth I decided to take this opportunity to ask our
Master to break the pattern for me instead of asking for
something else. The next evening I was like an honest
student handing my homework to the teacher to ask
for help. When Swamiji read my request he laughed
and told me he would break the pattern for me. “He
must be happy for me to notice my fault”, I thought to
myself. Then he asked me what my question for the
Akashic Records reading was. I told him and he blessed
me that I will have income through singing after the trip.
Yes, that is our Master. He gives what we ask for with
great compassion and love. He does way more than a
mother does for us. Thank You my Master and Guru! I
am forever grateful for you!
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Taken from
Nithyananda’s
Akashik Readings on
29th September, 2012
Namah Shivaya Namah
Shivaya Namah Shivaya.
Death is guru and god, not
oblivion as perceived by body
centered individuals. Death is a
boiling process. Whenever your
engrams, desires, fear, greed,
everything is boiled in the high
energy, there is a possibility your
desires can become reality, your
fears can be conquered. You can
be free from both desire and
fear if you are ready courageous
enough to face the process with
consciousness. Understand, during
the death your desires come in
front of you just to make you
understand the disillusionment
which can be caused by their
presence. Fears come in front of
you make you understand they
cannot frighten you anymore. But
if you do not have the awareness
to look into them you get deluded
by them. Even while they come to
reveal the truths about them, it
is like mistaking a friend to be a
enemy, and before even the friend
expresses his friendliness, you
thinking he is enemy and dealing
him with a different attitude.
So when the desires and
fears come in front of you
during the moment of death, have
patience and restful awareness to
look into them. They are coming
in front of you just to tell you
their disillusionment and their
ability that they can’t frighten you
anymore. By not looking at them
with a deep restful awareness,
those desires are given a wrong
extension of life by your unaware
unconscious mind.
Death, the Ultimate GuruAkashic Readings on Death by Kaalabhairava through Paramahamsa Nithyananda
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When the desires are given a wrong
extension of life, what you experience is
heaven. When the fears are given the wrong
extension of life, what you experience is hell. With
restful awareness when you deal both of them
what you experience is liberation.
Death can be a great guru to liberate
you and god to give you the ultimate. Having
restful awareness in every moments of your life
during the great attacks of fear and greed while
you are in the body is the best way to prepare
for the death, and ability to handle your fears
and greeds which you may encounter while you
leave the body. Moment of the leaving the body
is of great importance. That moment will decide
the way you are going to continue your further
journey.
So prepare yourself with restful
awareness, continuously being a
jeevanmukta, practicing living enlightenment,
being established in restful awareness, during
all the chaos or the tsunamis of fear and greed
attacks in your life.
32creative juices
Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way!
My Master is winning, you are whining
It’s been simple all the way!
Hey jingle bells!
A day or two ago
You thought we all would go
Little did you realize.
That my master is more than just plain wise!
Hey! Jingle bells!
Jingle bells, jingle bells! Jingle all the way!
My master is coming, you are going
Make way in a royal way, hey!
Hey jingle bells, jingle bells!
Jingle all the way!
Oh, it’s so much fun and salsa!
With Nithyananda Paramahamsa
We welcome all the crew
Who want to be the lucky few!
Hey jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the
way!
Jingle Bells, Bliss Version!By Ma Nithya Shantananda, Bidadi, Bangalore, India
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34in the life of
Death is a mystery, but more importantly, it is a
man’s greatest fear. In some Catholic nunneries, the nuns
lie down in open coffins every morning and meditate that
they are dead. In Vedanta this is one of the most used
techniques for enlightenment. In Buddhism, anyone
initiated into sannyas has to spend three months in the
cremation grounds and continuously observe bodies
being burnt while visualizing himself being burnt. Almost
all mystical traditions on the planet use this technique
to achieve the highest possibility. Logical mind finds it
difficult to understand how one simple experience can
give such courage.
Life After Death
After his mission started, Nithyananda
visited the very spot of his death
experience at the Manikarnika ghat in
Varanasi along with his devotees in Jan
2006.
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Nithyananda himself had this particular
experience in Varanasi. When he went to Varanasi, he
saw that per day three hundred dead bodies were being
cremated in a place called Manikarnika Ghat.
Traditionally, it is believed that if somebody
leaves the body in that area, or if their body is burnt in
that area, they
will be liberated.
Ramakrishna
confirms this
and says that he
saw Mahadeva
himself going
to every pyre
and unclutching
every soul from
its body and
liberating them.
The men working
there would carry
the bodies to
the Ganga river,
reaching there
by evening. As
they walk, they
keep chanting
‘Ram Naam
Satya Hai’, which
means that Lord
Rama’s name is the ultimate truth. There is no special
ritual involved. Three times the bodies are dipped into the
Ganga as they say ‘Raam Naam Satya Hai’.
Nithyananda sat there to watch what was
going on, and an hour later, death was no more a strange
incident that happens once in a blue moon to a distant
relative. Bodies of all size, gender, age, colour, community
and religion were burnt in that hour. When one sees so
many bodies, it feels like there is nothing to it. Everyone
has to leave their body some day and they will have
company as well! The breath that goes into them does
not come out, that is all.
Knowing that death is inevitable will bring
down the respect that one has for the ego. Whatever that
one thinks should not leave them is their ego. When one
knows for sure that everything is going to leave them,
the respect for the ego goes down immensely. Being a
very straightforward person, Nithyananda immediately
dropped his ego and decided that if he’s going to die
after all, he should have a death experience now itself
and live without the fear or die and see for himself. He
sat down in a small Shiva temple nearby and started
watching the dead bodies being burnt. The big ‘click’ that
he remembers even to this day happened when an old
lady’s body was being burnt and he could see the fat from
her stomach melting. This fat made the fire burn brighter
and this made him think that the very same thing is going
to happen to him. This opened up a deep, terrible fear of
death in him and he faced it consciously.
After his mission started, Nithyananda
visited the very spot of his death
experience at the Manikarnika ghat in
Varanasi along with his devotees in Jan
2006.
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The fear was spreading all over his body
and when it met his awareness, it became a death
experience. He saw clearly that his body was dead. For
two and a half days, he did not sleep, eat, drink or think.
Suddenly the ‘click’ happened that his body is dead but
he still exists. This was such an intense ecstasy that the
fear of death just left. Slowly he opened his eyes, and the
first thing he felt was a deep gratitude. He performed
a small pooja for Vishwanatha and he could see clearly
that Vishwanatha was alive. When he died, Vishwanatha
became alive to him. Till the previous day, because he
was alive, Vishwanatha was a dead stone.
When a fear is suppressed, it stays inside the
person. When one does not consciously face the fear,
it shakes his whole nervous system. However, when it
is faced consciously, it becomes a death experience. As
Mahadeva says in the Shiva Sutras, “Visualize the fire
rising out of your body slowly, let your form be burnt, let
your body turn to ashes, but not you”.
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38tirtha
Varanasi, a city situated on the western
banks of the Ganges River in the north Indian state of
Uttar Pradesh, is a cultural and spiritual hub for all of
India. Kashi, as it is also known, is said to have been
residence to Shiva (The Hindu God of Rejuvenation) and
his consort, Devi Parvati, where they lived and offered
blessings and boons to devotees. It is no surprise then, that
located within this vibrant city are numerous temples and
holy sites dedicated to the Hindu Gods and Goddess.
situated on such a site, one of the most
famous temples in all of the Hindu religion, is the Kashi
Vishwanath Temple. Resting near the banks of the mighty
Ganges, the Kashi Vishwanath Temple has a rich cultural
and spiritual heritage that has inspired, motivated, and
offered solace to visitors from every walk of life.
BelieVed to haVe Been Built in 490 AD,
the Kashi Vishwanath Temple was destroyed during
numerous invasions of India and in 1776 it was rebuilt
in its present state by the Maharani Ahilya Bai of Indore.
The Sanskrit words ‘Kashi’ mean “shining” in English and
‘Vishwanath’ translates to “Lord of the Universe,” denoting
Shiva. The significance of this holy edifice cannot be
understated, from its placement amidst the Ganges to
its location in sacred Varanasi. The Kashi Vishwanath
Temple is a living embodiment of the timeless cultural and
spiritual tradition of India.
one of the most famous aspects of this
extraordinary monument is the fact that the temple itself
is home to one of the twelve ‘Jyotirlinga’ shrines of India.
In Hindu belief, the Jyotirlingas are located at places where
Shiva Himself appeared and gave blessings to his devotees,
symbolised by naturally formed Shiva lingas at these
temples called jyotirlingas. Situated throughout India,
these shrines are some of the most sacred sites in all the
land. The holy shiva linga of Viswanatha Temple is placed
on a silver altar in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
However, history deems that fearing destruction from
invaders, the original Vishwanath Jyotirlinga was hidden
at the bottom of a well. Known as Jnana Vapi, or ‘wisdom
well’, it is located within the temple walls and still believed
to contain the original Jyotirlinga to this day.
less than half a mile away from the
temple structure lies another famous Hindu location, the
Manikarnika Ghat. A “ghat” is literally a flight of steps that
descends down to a body of water. One of many ghats in
the city, the Manikarnika Ghat, located along the Ganges
river, is known for being a site of cremation. It is believed
that Vishnu, the Hindu god of preservation, was the
builder of this particular ghat.
Kaashi, The CiTy of MoKsha
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manikarnika Ghat, Varanasi
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the name manikarnika literally
means “ear jewel”. Tradition states that after Sati, the
incarnation of Aadishakti preceding Parvati, sacrificed herself
for the honor of her consort, Lord Shiva and her body was
cut up into many different pieces by the sudarshana chakra, disc-
like super weapon, of Lord Vishnu. The places where her
body parts fell are regarded as sacred places of worship and
are known today as Shakti Peethas (energy seats). In all there
are 52 Shakti Peethas all over India, and Manikarnika Ghat is
one of them, as Sati’s earrings fell at this spot. Moreover,
each of the peethas are guarded over by a Bhairava, a fierce
manifestation of Lord Shiva. In Varanasi, Kaala Bhairava,
the Lord of Time, is the custodian. Hindu belief holds that
to die in Varanasi and get cremated at Manikarnika Ghat
assures one of moksha, or liberation from the cycle of birth
and death. The fire in the pyres of the Manikarnika Ghat
have been continuously burning for centuries.
Varanasi is reGarded as one of the oldest
continually inhabited cities in the world, and the oldest in
India. The Kashi Vishwanath Temple and Manikarnika
Ghat, although significant Hindu sites both steeped in the
culture and tradition of the land, are only two of the myriad
Hindu relics and religious places the city has to offer. A
place of fine arts, culture, and spirituality, Varanasi stands
as a testament to the living tradition of the Hindu religion
and lifestyle.
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42
in the year 2008, i was depressed. “Depressed” is
too small a word actually. I am depressed every now
and then even now, that’s not such a big deal though.
It’s like having a cough or cold, it disappears in 2-3
days. In 2008, I was suicidal. my life was a black hole
with nothing but more and more pain getting sucked
into the black hole with every passing day.
someone had hurt me and insulted me real bad and
I was wilting from the hurt, losing any desire to live
ever again. When I say suicidal, I don’t mean I wanted
to kill myself, I never had the courage to do that. But
every day I used to sit in my bedroom window and
pray to God to please end my life soon because I did
not see any point in living. I lived in Mumbai, which
meant it was almost always raining - both in my heart
and outside the window.
to run away from the hurt, I ran away from home -
to the oil rigs, in the middle of the sea, where I used to
work. Where there was no place for emotions. Often,
in the middle of the night, I would stand on the railing,
watching the waves rise and fall in the moonlight, with
nothing but water till as far as the eye could see, and
wonder how big the world is and how small I am, and
where is God. Is He out there somewhere, watching
me? Is there anyone out there who can help me ? The
lines from a song kept ringing in my head “ You gave
me a life, now show me how to live”. My friends and
family were in no place to help me & after a certain
point I decided to stop bothering them, it pained them
to see me like this too, so I kept quiet. I let the work fill
up my mind and time. So much so that by November, I
had almost 45 vacation days remaining to be used and
my manager literally banned me from coming to work
for the next few days.
One Fine Day, I Met Swami Nithyananda!
By Ananda Yoganandini (aka Arti Agarwal), Bangalore, India
Photographer, Writer & Artist. B. Arch, IIT Roorkee.
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around the same time, during my travels, I
stumbled upon a book by Osho “The Fish in the Sea is
Not Thirsty”. I had no idea who Osho is. But I flipped
through the book and liked it. I read it on the rig. It
made me feel a little better. But it didn’t last. It just
made me even more aware of a hollowness in my life.
Then I started reading books by Paulo Coelho, which
I loved too. But these were some happy breaks from
my own empty life, nothing more. Nothing and no
one could give me a solution of how to change the
underlying misery in my life.
on one suCh day when I was sent home from office
and told to not show my eager-to-work face for atleast
a week, my sister called me from US and told me to
go to a program in Bangalore called “Kalpataru” where
you can ask a certain Swamiji for anything in life and
He will grant it to you.
i did not believe in swamis. I thought they were all
fake and talked a whole lot of mumbo-jumbo preachy
stuff which carried no relevance for everyday life. But
the idea of asking for anything in life kind of stuck in
my head and I asked my sister to send me the details.
Now that I look back on it, even though I was a highly
qualified person and all that, I never questioned how
any one Swami can grant you anything you want. She
sent me the flyer for Kalpataru. I saw a black and white
picture of Swamiji with his brilliant heartfelt smile.
( The same one which I have now put in front of my
work desk, which I look at all the time ). Something
happened and I told my sis - “I know he is enlightened,
I will go see him”. I have no clue what made me say
that, and who in the world I was to even know who
is and isn’t enlightened. But I booked my tickets and
went to Bangalore. I was totally new to Bangalore and
to the ashram. I hired a cab for the day (I was rich in
those days - with a lot of money and no desire to spend
anywhere) to go to the ashram and see this Swamiji.
i was roaming around in the ashram, completely
clueless of what is where and while strolling I reached
the temple. I wasn’t a temple-loving person in those
days. Even as I was outside the temple, I suddenly saw
everyone stand still where they were and fold their
hands. Someone in an orange robe came out of the
temple, right in front of me, with some other people.
I had no idea what was going on. In a few minutes, I
could guess that this was probably Swamiji. He then
turned around, smiled and raised his hands to bless
us, and he looked at me too. I didn’t realize it, but I was
also standing with my hands folded, standing sort of
amazed.
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ThaT was my firsT encounTer wiTh
swamiji.
ThroughouT The KalpaTaru mediTaTions
I was crying like I would never stop crying and was really
thankful for the eye-bands so that no one could know that
it was me crying so hopelessly. I was also thankful that
no one knew me there. Gnana mhj was conducting the
program and I remember asking him some very stupid
questions. He smiled at me really sweetly and assured
me that I would experience God in the meditation itself.
I had blanked out in one of the meditations, and guessed
that this must be what he meant. When I went up for
darshan, I was really really shy, because some people were
standing next to Swamiji. But this was the only chance I
had to save myself. I told Swamiji in one sentence about
how someone broke my heart & hurt me real bad. He
asked me “You want him back?” I told him, “No Swamiji...”
Then he asked me, “You want to be healed?” and I said
“Yes Swamiji, I just want my life back”. He hugged me and
told me, “Don’t worry, you will be completely healed”. I
blanked out again, and felt a great calm come over me
afterward. All my inner worrying suddenly stopped. I had
a throbbing headache but it did not matter. I just knew, if
this Swamiji cannot heal me, no one in this world can.
i was compleTely oKey by january
2009. It was almost like waking up after sleeping for
an overly long period of time.
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Time wenT by and i wenT on worKing
with my job, and never found any time to go and see
Swamiji again, though I really wanted to. My job did not
even allow me to go and see a doctor, leave alone going to
see a Guru. People at my work made fun of my spirituality
and my rudraksh mala. I just responded to them as acidly
as possible and told them to keep their noses out of my
personal life.
in january 2010 i decided To quiT my
job which gave almost everyone a big jolt, since I had a
job which paid me up to 4000$ in a month. Everyone in
my office mocked me. I was missing Swamiji so much.
Just then, one day I subscribed to the ashram newsletter.
The very next day, I got an email saying that there was
a Kalptaru in Mumbai on 26th Jan! I was overjoyed. That
was just a day or two away. I went to the Kalpataru. In
my darshan, I just couldn’t find any words. I felt Swamiji
already knew me, He is God, & just by seeing me He
knows what all is going on in my life. I said “ Swamiji, what
can I tell you, you already know everything...” He hugged
me and said “Don’t worry, I will take care”. I remember I
had a throbbing migraine that day also and I was almost
the last person to go for the darshan. I had removed
my contact lenses so I was almost blind and I could see
Swamiji properly only when I was really near him. After
the darshan I was standing on the stage, pretty clueless
of where to go... when someone came to help me and
helped me down the stairs, because my eyes were almost
closing from the pain.
afTer ThaT day, i never had any more
doubTs about my job. I quit my job with great joy.
My manager asked me” What do u want? Do you want
a promotion? Do you want a transfer? Do you want a
different job role? Do you want a vacation? What do you
want? “. I smiled at him, and said “ I want to quit”. i was not
going to barter my life for money anymore.
and Then, jusT when i had freed up my
life to do programs in the ashram, the scandal broke out.
I remember March 2nd, 2010. I was completely restless
that day, without knowing anything. I don’t watch the
news. My sister called me and told me what happened. I
was just in pain over what was happening - Why are they
doing this to my Swamiji? All he has ever done is good to
this world. I already felt that Swamiji was an inseparable
part of my life and nothing and no one could change that.
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my friends moCked at me. They didn’t just mock at
me, they continued to do so for a long time. I told them
to disappear from my life altogether. I was infamous for
using words like arrows. I had the capacity to make any
man feel like crawling into a hole when I start yelling at
them. I used this skill to my advantage now. I told these
"friends" to never show me their faces again, because
if they do, they will be responsible for anything that
happens. I can easily scare people. And I did that now.
all through the sCandal, I never felt that I was doing
anything great or anything like that. I was just standing
up for my love for someone who saved my life. I was
not going to let a bunch of morons interfere with my life
and my love for Swamiji. That is all there was to it.
a lot of other things went wrong in my life in
the next few months, and by July, I was yearning to see
Swamiji again. I was in one more hell by the time Swamiji
came out of prison. One more depression. For almost a
week I was just in my parental home, lying in my bed
crying all day because my best friend who I was in love
with had broken up with me - on the eve of my birthday.
Now that I think about it, it was a strong pattern in my
life, I came closer to Swamiji every time something
went awry in my relationships. My sister used to make
me sit on her lap and comfort me. She used to watch
Swamiji's discourses, and having nothing to do in life,
I sat with her to see the discourses. It is unbelievable,
but even after loving Swamiji for almost 2 yrs, I had not
seen even a single discourse of his. I started seeing his
discourses and following all the techniques he gave.
Small miracles started happening in my life. Now, I was
just waiting to attend the NSP, the first one after the
scandal.
in the nsp, i had the first most mystiCal experienCe
of my life & I knew that my life would never be the same
again. After the NSP, one day, I suddenly decided to
move to Bangalore and say goodbye to Mumbai for
good. It was a really sudden decision, with no prior
planning at all, and my apartment owner made me
pay 26k extra as one month rent for moving out so
suddenly, but being close to Swamiji was all I wanted
in my life now.
in reality, this story has only a beginning, and
no end. So this is the beginning of how one day, one
darshan with Swamiji changed my life to something I
could never have imagined it to be. I am ending it very
abruptly because I realize that I cannot do justice to the
entire story by writing it as a note. And the book I have
been writing about my struggle needs to see the light
of day some day, very soon.
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48abhyasah (practice)
ACROSS
1. It is considered to be the oldest Indian city.
Kaala Bhairava liberates anyone who leaves his body
in this holy city.
3. The Sanskrit name of the prayer offered at the
lotus feet of revered Guru. (two words separated by
hyphen)
7. Sanskrit name of Samyama where one can go
beyond sleep. According to Mahabharata, Arjuna
mastered this Samyama.
10. The most revered Guru of Jain tradition. He was
the 24th and the last Tirthankara.
11. Sanskrit name of skullcap, which sages and saints
have used as a bowl for receiving Bhiksha(asking for
alms).
12. The virtuous king who donated his entire kingdom
to the sage Vishwamitra and walked away with his
wife and son.
DOWN
2. Among the Pandavas he is considered to be
the finest archer and a peerless warrior. Bhagavad
Gita was delivered to him
4. Name of the Dhanush i.e. the bow, which Arjuna
used in the war of Mahabharata and was invincible.
5. She is the goddess of Nourishment in Vedic
Tradition. She is a form of Devi Parvati, the consort
of Shiva.
6. The famous sage who is the author of
Ramayana.
8. Sanskrit name for the ritual of making offerings
to the sacred fire. They are an integral part for most
of Sanskar ceremonies.
9. The kind of food which keeps us energetic and
does not create inertness in us is called ….............
food
Answer Key:
1. VARANASI 2. ARJUNA 3. GURU-PUJA 4. GANDIVA 5. ANNAPOORNA 6. VALMIKI 7. GUDAKESHA 8. HOMA 9. SATTVIC 10. MAHAVIRA 11. KAPALA 12. HARISHCHANDRA
CROS SWORD
49 abhyasah (practice)
Below there are a few questions which we call
as a hitch. What you have to do is to think of
a solution according to your understanding.
Then read the answer given by the master.
Read just one question at a time and check
its answer. The beauty of this exercise is that
the answers given here will act as gentle kicks
given by a trained soccer player which will
lead the ball directly to the goal post. Your
honesty here is going to decide the level of
benefit. So enjoy!
Hitch 1: How are silence and the sound of
music connected?
Hitch 2: What do you think about depression
which comes after success?
Hitch 3: Why did I take birth?
Hitch 4: What is meditation?
Hitch 5: Who has to get corrected first?
Answers from the master:
Gentle Kick 1: Just imagine. If the music
was without any gap, how would it be?
Cacophonic, is it not? Your idea of melody
and rock is decided by the gaps of silence
added to it. The silence in between is also the
silence within.
Gentle Kick 2: It is a gift given by God to
the selected intelligent ones; who will see it
with awareness and turn towards spirituality
for a solution.
Gentle Kick 3: Out of your own unconscious
choice.
Gentle Kick 4: Tell me what is not! It
depends on the attitude of the person.
Gentle Kick 5 : The person who wants to
correct others.
Gentle Kicks
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