Many
questions answered – Part: 1
Q-1: I am
practicing 49HB Kriya which I learn in L-1 two years back. I feel bored while
practicing it and I don’t think I am progressing further on the path. Please
help.
A-1: This is
normal and experienced by thousands of people practicing Kriya. Any one Kriya
you do, will give you good results max up to 48days because your body gets
saturated with prana with a specific technique and it DOES NOT add value to
your Kriya practice. “Incremental Add-on” is the essence of Kriya Yoga. It is a
live tradition. You need to learn higher kriyas and move further. Getting stuck
with any one practice is no good. It is bound to bring boredom! For you, next
step is to learn “Nadi-samhar Kriya”. You will bounce back to zest of life with
it. You will also learn to recognize your attitudes and blind spots with it. To
come out of “Blind-Spots” you need to practice “Shakti-Chalini Kriya” for 48
days. Continue learning and practicing, you will soon grow in the dimension of Light
of Awareness. Slow and steady wins the race! Kriya yoga is a very systematic
way to increase Awareness. Delta change (small incremental change) every 48
days is the essence of growing through Kriya practices. Please study
“Panch-Pakoda Principle” from 21 Points Teaching book and find your own chart
of combinations of various aspects – such as – Dhyan, Gyan and Bhakti which
needs to be added to your Kriya practice.
Q-2: I
practice Kriya daily but feel more growth happening with Gyan-Yoga. Should I
continue Kriya practice or shift to Gyan Yoga completely?
A-2:
Practice of Kriya throws you in to meditation where Gyan happens! For
intellectual people, it is good to give ATTENTION to few basic qualities of a
MASTER and keep growing in to that dimension through contemplation. Gyan – Yoga
is an idea whose time has come! With the dawn of new frequency, more and more
intelligent people will get attracted to this way. I recommend you to read
Ashtavakra Geeta and Tripura Rahasya. With this new knowledge, you will grow
very rapidly on the path. Practice of Kriya is necessary to keep vitality high,
without which understanding the scriptures is not possible. Also, continue to
meditate as without meditation the intellectual knowledge can get converted in
to intellectual arrogance! Also, add Bhakti and be simple and humble and
practice GRATITUDE to sustain “Enlightened Living”.
Q-3: I am
practicing Kriya and Meditation for last six months religiously. I did
experience growth but my clarity of thinking is not very high. What should I do
to increase the clarity?
A-3: As you
have learnt in L-1 & L-2; the Panch-MahaBhuta- Shuddhikaran-Process is an
important learning. Every seeker has to take care of food and nutrition to take
care of EARTH element. Drink Alkaline Charged water to balance WATER element.
Do Homa-Havan (Fire ceremonies) to increase clarity of FIRE element. Do Kriya
daily to balance AIR element and Meditation on daily basis balances SPACE
element. Now if you see, in our modern lifestyle, FIRE is the deficit factor.
Because of lake of fire element, clarity of thought is missing. Hence I
recommend that you add “Havan therapy” to your practice on regular basis. Fire
has fantastic advantages as far as the clarity of thought is concerned. It also
adds to Light of Awareness! In the new frequency, FIRE has a big role to play.
Rishi Culture always knew this secret and hence on every occasion, Rishis do
Havan to get clarity. The appropriate action is possible only if you have
clarity of thought, without which it is not possible to grow in awareness. So,
I highly recommend that you add “Agnihotra” practice on working days and do
full-fledge Havan on weekends when time permits. Once the deficit factor is
taken care, you will start enjoying balanced lifestyle! God Bless You!
Q-4: I am
feeling very restless and do not feel like doing anything. I am not even able
to sleep at times and restlessness keeps growing. Pl help at earliest. Life is
becoming hell…
A-4: This is
because of new heart-beat frequency. It is experienced by many but degree is varying.
Being an artist and sensitive person, you are experiencing it more. The answer
to your question is already there in my Diwali Greetings mail. Pl read it. If
you need any further clarity, pl write to me.
Q-5: I
attended L-1 last month and practicing Kriya regularly. I am experiencing high
levels of sexual excitement. Is it because of Kriya? How do I handle it?
A-5: Once
you start practicing “Panch-Mahabhuta- Shuddhikaran Process” you gain positive
health and start enjoying life in all dimensions. For a young man like you, it
is normal. Focus more on doing your day to day activities with higher awareness
and practice meditation daily. Also read good books and be with people in
healthy environment. Watching – witnessing you transcend the urge! Try it!!
Q-6: I have
started enjoying Kriya and meditation since last month L-1 course, but my spouse
is dead against spiritual practices and creating troubles for me whenever I
seat in meditation. How do I handle this challenging situation?
A-6: This is
the most difficult question to answer! J I recommend that you come
as rejoicer with your spouse to next L-1 course. House-holder’s spirituality is
to be practiced together for harmonious living. When husband and wife – both
walk the same spiritual path, the conflicts are lesser. Also, learn to respect
uniqueness of your spouse as much as your own uniqueness. Continue to practice
“Detached Involvement” especially while at home. Be more loving and caring!
Give enough attention and I hope, your spouse will not have objections to your
meditations! If you have right attitude, every disturbance helps you to get in
to expanding awareness! Don’t worry. In any case, you will get used it in three
years of married life!!!
LoveLight
Om Prem
Many
questions answered Part-2
Q-1: I had
been doing Kriya and Meditation for last six months regularly. I have become
aware of my emotionality but I am not able to control my emotions 100%. Please
bless me to come out of negative emotions such as fear, anger, jealousy and
guilt.
A-1:
Practice “Attention” of all that is happening. The moment you are attentive to
an emotion, it rises to the peak and then withers away! Get in to such attentive
mode all the time. This is the beginning of “Emotional Awareness”. With this
you will be able to recognize your “Trigger Points” (What triggers your
emotionality?) You will also become aware of your “Emotionality Patterns’. Once
you have the awareness of these things, you only need to practice “Emotional
Awareness” and “Emotional Regulation” to reduce it and come out of it
completely. You can also do re-patterning to substitute a positive pattern once
you know your negative pattern.
It all
starts with “Attitudinal Corrections” to look in to our own “Blind Spots”. Most
people do not grow because they do not have right set of attitudes. This world
needs attitudinal training in a big way! Training in emotional intelligence is
the next thing. Learning is growing. Learning and practicing is the solution.
You are asking – “Please bless me to come out of negative emotions…” My
blessings are always with you but only blessings will not help you. You have to
learn and implement what is being said. It is said, “Blessings of Mahavatar
Babaji is showering all the time!” We need to raise ourselves to get it. We
raise ourselves to such heights by learning to increase our Awareness and
Understanding.
Q-2: What
is Kundalini awakening? During meditation I am experiencing sensations in my
spine. Is it the beginning of Kundalini awakening?
A-2: About
Kundalini everything is discussed in detail. Please read the entire chapter on
Kundalini by clicking on this link…
http://www.premnirmal.blogspot.in/2010/09/secrets-of-kundalini.html
Q-3: What
is the difference between Attention and Awareness? Are they same and
interchangeable or have different meaning? Also, what is the difference between
Sakshi and Drishta? What is consciousness? Is it same as Atma? It’s all very
confusing. Pl clarify…
A-3: Yes!
For a beginner it is all very confusing! If you read more books of many Masters,
it will be even more confusing as all Masters have used these words in their
own ways.
So let us have
clarity. Attention is a “Quality of higher-Self” capable of throwing Light and
illuminating the field. Say, for example, your leg is moving unconsciously. The
moment you give attention to it, its field is illuminated and as a result it
becomes known to you. Awareness is real YOU, you can call it awakened atman.
(Un-awakened Atman is Badhaatma – bonded soul - normally called Jivatma). When
awareness becomes aware of itself, it is known as awakening – Buddhahood –
Enlightenment.
Sakshi
mean Sa-Akshi meaning one with eyes or the one who is seeing! Seer in you is Sakshi!
It’s active awareness of thought. Active Drishta is Sakshi. When you start
watching the watcher, Sakshi gets converted in to Drishta. Drishta is passive
awareness. When awareness becomes aware of itself, trio of “Drishta – Drishya –
Darshan” disappears! This is enlightenment.
Consciousness
is the substratum on which the game is played. You can consider the game of
illusion as movie, various Jivatmas as actors acting in the movie. The
consciousness is the curtain on which the movie is projected. Hence everything
else is changing except the curtain of consciousness!
Word “Atma”
is used in common language in Indian culture. It is to be understood as Jivatma
when it is shrouded by various belief systems and hence bonded and not free.
Here, it is called as Jivatma or Baddha-atma. When it gets released from its
karma, it merges in to higher-self known as Paramatma. This is a good landmark
but not the end of the journey. From here onwards one needs to walk the path to
Monad by tracing Sutratma and through Antahkaran shuddhi.
Q-4: I had
been to many Gurus and had blessings of them as many Gurus visit Dubai. Even
after receiving all their blessings, most of the time I am confused and I don’t
seem to be growing on spiritual path. Why is it so?
A-4:
Meeting various Gurus and getting their blessings is good. Masters blessings
are always good. But they do not work equally well for all as your Karma will
define your life journey. Masters blessings are like ocean! Everyone will
receive according to the size of your pot. How much can you carry in your pot?
Even if your pot is bigger, it will not last forever. So, you may feel good for
some time, but it will remain temporary. Hence only Master’s blessings cannot
create the change or transformation you are looking forward to.
You need
to walk your path. It’s your own journey! It’s better to be in touch with a
Master with whom you click well and the one who is available to you for
personal guidance. Today, most popular Gurus have become so big, they do not
meet anybody! They are not even available to their disciples who are also their
teachers! And this is not for criticism of anybody. Because of the size of the
organizations, it is practically impossible for them to meet their own people!
Be wise.
Know for sure that “Everything that glitters is not gold!” Take your own
decisions. Don’t get trapped in to “Cooked up - promoted Stories” by such
groups.
One of the
real ways to know the Master is through Science. Today modern science is
developed to the extent that even “Enlightenment” can be proved in a
laboratory! Pseudo teachers will start trembling the moment you talk to them
about taking them to laboratory. And those who are smart to protect their hypocrisy
- will say, “I have nothing to prove!” (Really they have “nothing” to prove!) Scientific
spirituality is always a better option.
Another
way to know a pseudo teacher is they ask for faith in them at the beginning! A
real Guru will say, experiment! A real Master does not ask for faith. The true
faith will happen as a by-product of your experimentation with meditation
through your own experiences. If the methodology is right, you will grow in
AWARENESS. If you are not growing in awareness, it’s time to look within.
Kashmir
Shaivism, Tripura Rahasya, Sri Vidya, Ashtavakra Geeta and all such scriptures
talk about spiritual practices which are for developing Awareness and
Understanding. Many teachers who are Mystics (But not the Master) – They have
their own experience, and some capable Mystics can also transfer their
experience through Pranapat / Shaktipat but as they do not have the way to help
you to increase your AWARENESS and UNDERSTANDING hence you cannot get benefited
much by following them! In “Masters Training” this is the first topic. Read
notes of Masters Training posted earlier on this group. Here is the link… http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/eesworld/message/1242
The higher
Schumann frequency (Heart-beat of Gaia) prevalent on earth now, needs intense
learning and awareness development meditations for ascension. And so we have decided to have only “High
Intensity Learning Retreats” from now onwards. Kriya – Dhyan – Satsang programs
will focus more on Gyana Yoga now onwards.
We are
soon going to announce weeklong retreats on Ashtavakra Geeta, Tripura Rahasya,
Kashmir Shaivism and Sri Vidya. Pyramid Ashram at Kalyan is now ready for this
type of intense learning. High intensity learning is NOT for masses. It is only
for those who are sincere seekers and want to learn and grow. Those who do not
expect to grow only with blessings are ready for such learning experiences. If
you believe that only Master’s blessings will do it for you, you are mistaken.
The real
meaning of the “Blessings of the Master” is when you are with a Master you
start learning and growing in Awareness and Understanding and that is the way
you absorb the blessings. It has more to do with YOU and the situation of
“Intense Learning”. A real Master will create an environment and motivate
disciples to walk the path. The way there are no free meals in the same way
there is no ready-made enlightenment! Enlightenment is guaranteed if you walk
the path of Awareness and Understanding. All the scriptures are talking about
this only. Because you do not read scriptures, you do not understand this.
Weekend teachers themselves do not have time for scriptures hence they are not
capable of giving such clarity.
As a
student in my Sadhana years, I have asked this question of “Blessings” to many
great Masters personally. (J. Krishnamurti, Swami Chinmayananda, Swami
Dayananda Saraswati, Osho Rajneesh, Kiran Swami, Sant Amitabh, Vimala Thakkar, Dada
Gavand, Ramesh Balsekar, Ranjit Maharaj, Pilot Baba, Gorakh Baba to name a few)
because the most popular sayings of Kriya Yoga is “Guru Kripa hie Kevalam”.
Now, if only Guru-kripa is going to do the job, why should I do Kriya and
Meditation and learn the scriptures? All the Masters said, “You need to do your
bit to prepare yourself!” And that’s the point!!
Q-5: What
is the difference between Shaktipat and Shivapat?
A-5:
Shaktipat is “Energy Transfer” from Master to Disciple. At lower level it is
Pranapat. It elevates your Prana-Shakti and you gain health. At times, few Shaktipat
Masters open the chakras with Shaktipat but the real Shaktipat awakens the
Kundalini and it is rare! Masters who can handle Kundalini awakening of
individuals are rare and those who can do such experiments at mass level are
rarest!!
Shivapat
is NOT “Energy Transfer”. Shivapat is all about Master sharing his own
Enlightenment with the disciples by instantly raising them to newer dimension
of awakening. Shivapat experience will take you to higher levels of Awareness
and will help you walk your own path in true sense. Through Shivapat
experiences when Master shares his Enlightenment, disciple gets it as Satori
experience! Satory experience is a glimpse of enlightenment. It becomes
permanent when you listen to words of the Master and remain in the higher
understanding which is your own! All of you who have attended Aura Workshop
have seen the magical effects of Shivapat. How instantly it elevates your
awareness and the effect is you actually start “seeing” with two eyes! In
genuine spirituality there is no component of imagination. All those who focus
on “Third Eye” they are not seeing, they are hallucinating! When Kundalini
rises up to third eye; one starts hallucinating. It’s only when the wisdom eye
opens, hallucinations stop! This is proven scientifically and also
statistically. And the most important point here is - unless your awareness grows,
you will never be able to differentiate between what is real and what is
hallucination. Most seekers today are caught-up in “Mind Games” because they do
not have right methodology of “Awareness Development”. Path to liberation is
not through the hallucinations of third eye; it is through awareness
development with understanding.
All those
who are running after “Experiences” let us have right understanding of this
very experience. The very nature of “Experience” is such that it cannot last
forever! Hence do not hang on to your old experiences. What you are hanging on
is only the “memory” of that experience and not the real experience! In fact,
hanging on to the memory of an experience becomes hurdle to have further
experiences! Consider all experiences as passing phase! All experiences belong
to the “Experiencer”! And who is the experiencer? Ego is the experiencer! When
you have no more experiences, that is the real experience (Anubhuti)! No
experience is sustainable. Only Understanding is sustainable. Learning the
scriptures is necessary to develop the understanding. Only those who have
systematic learning approach and do appropriate Sadhana grow on the spiritual
path. This way you develop your “Experiential Understanding”.
Master’s
presence is a blessing of life. In the presence of the Master the growth is
fastest. First thirteen chapters of “Tripura Rahasya” consistently convey this
message! Gurudev Dattatreya helps the disciple Parshuram on the path to
enlightenment in his own presence! Parshuram is considered as Vishnu’s Avatar.
If a Vishnu’s avatar needs a live Guru, what about you and me? Other Vishnu’s
avatars Rama had his Guru in Vashishta Rishi. Krishna had Sandipani Rishi as
his Guru.
I have
tremendous Gratitude for my Master Sri Dada Gavand in whose presence the light
of awareness – Enlightenment - happened. Sri Ranjit Maharaj who taught me to
fly in “Vihangam Marga’ (The Way of a Bird). At present I am learning the
secrets of “Pashupat Shaivism” at the lotus feet of an Immortal Yogi and you
all know him very well. Learning in the presence of a live Guru – what a
blessing of life!!!
All my
friends who are seriously interested in learning - here are few insightful
landmarks from my own life.
1)
The first level of understanding happened to me by learning
Bhagvad Geeta and Vedanta (various Upanishads) from Swami Chinmayananda. This
is the understanding of 25 elements. This phase helped me to become a sincere
seeker – a mumukshu.
2) Next level of
understanding happened by being with a very unorthodox Master Sri Dada Gavand.
He helped me to be more attentive and the light of awareness grew leading to
enlightenment.
3) Third level of
Understanding happened by being with Sri Ranjit Maharaj. He taught to fly in
Vihangam Marg – A way of a bird.
4) Next level of
Understanding happened through Shivapat experience given by Sri Lakshamanjoo
Maharaj in astral dimension and 36 elements of Kashmir Shaivism were revealed
and further higher Understanding happened that completed the jigsaw puzzle of
my understanding!
5)
Now the next level of higher learning of secrets of immortality
is happening by learning Pashupat Shaivism with 46 elements. The journey
continues…
Now, here
is the warning bell for those who entertain the myth that there is no way to
enlightenment… Well, there is a way and this way is guaranteed! The way is
through higher understanding of various elements! So, next time you invite me
to Dubai, let us have intense learning camp of Kashmir Shaivism. You will
learn, experience and understand 36 elements and 32 states of Being – a path to
liberation!
LoveLight
Om Prem
Many
questions answered: part-3
Q-1:
Recently I came across a miracle. I saw lot of ash flowing down from a
photograph of a spiritual Master. Being a scientific minded person, I keep
thinking about it as I know that to every miracle there is an underlying
structure. The moment we know the science, it is no more a miracle. But in this
case, I am not able to understand the science and the person at whose residence
it is happening is an honest man. He has nothing to do with money and name and
fame. I am confused. Please help.
A-1:
As a scientific minded person I have seen and recorded hundreds of such cases
in past few decades. Initially I was surprised, but as the science is now
known, it is no more surprising.
There
is a science called “Teleportation” where an article travels through the
“Sub-Space” and hence its movement is not seen by naked eyes. Scientists have
already succeeded in proving teleportation in laboratory. Yogis and Rishis knew
it through spiritual science. “Brahmastra” used during Maha Bharat war traveled
through sub-space!
In
the modern times, Swami Vishuddhananad Dev knew it and he used to demonstrate
such things and many other miracles through “Surya Vigyan”. It is a science of molecular
modification through use of sun rays and subtle elemental control. Pandit
Gopinath Kaviraj has described it in details in biography of Paramhamsa Swami
Vishuddhanand Dev and the famous traveler Paul Brinton has also described such
incidences in his book “In Secret search of India”.
Let
me narrate this incidence which happened in front of 100+ scientists from world
over in a conference at Bangalore, two years back. A spiritual master called a
person from audience and made him sit on a chair facing audience. Then master
went behind him and rubbed hands on his head to take out a crystal ball. I was
in the front raw and photographed this event. The Master was none other than
Rev. Alex Orbito, a Philippines based popular Psychic surgeon and the person on
whose head he created the crystal ball was none other than Ex. CBI Director Dr.
D. R. Karthikeyan, the one who investigated the Rajiv Gandhi case and he is now
a legal advisor to Indian government.
There
are Tantriks who have demonstrated it too. They use “Pishach Siddhi” for such
purpose. They have a team of “Pishach” (ghosts) under their control and they
help to do such tasks. It is possible to see the movement of such subtle bodies
by clairvoyants and also by modern Kirlian cameras. This method seems to be the
most popular these days as most cases are of this type. A tantric can order his
“Team” to carry the ash from one place and put it at another place. It can be a
photograph or it can be on your head too! A friend from Dubai recently narrated
one such his experience in which ash started flowing from his crown chakra when
he was with a Tantrik master in south India! Somehow my friend saved himself
but most gullible audience gets influenced by such Tantriks and they get
exploited. At times, those who get exploited don’t even know! Few consider such
experience as “Spiritual experiences” and start promoting such experiences on
their blogs and groups to impress the novice spiritual seekers through
glamorizing them as something special!
Wait
and watch. With development of modern science, everything is becoming clear! Modern
Kirlian cameras and “Aura videos” are helping us to segregate genuine from
fake! Another point to note: Genuine Masters demonstrate in front of scientists
while fake ones hide the name of their tantric masters! Think… and you will
become clear on this point.
Q-2:
What is the difference between spiritism and spirituality?
A-2:
Spiritism deals with spirit world – subtle entities, séances, mediums,
plainchant and Ouija boards, using chilies for havan (Fire Ceremony), Mirchi
Pooja and all such things! Many immature people get entangled in such things
with Tantrik masters in the name of spirituality while real spirituality has
nothing to do with it.
Spirituality
is all about “Spirit” which means Atman. Adhyatma means “Adi - Atma” means
“about the Atma”!
With
meditation - as your mind becomes subtler, you can get special powers called
“Siddhies” and get tempted towards spirit world. A genuine seeker – mumukshu -
knows about it and never gets interested in Siddhies. It is good to walk the
spiritual path heading towards enlightenment without getting in to by-lanes of
spiritism. If you are an intellectual or scientific minded person, better focus
on Vihangam Marg (The way of a Bird) by reading books of Vihangam Marga Masters
such as Nissargadatta Maharaj, Ranjit Maharaj or read scriptures such as Ashtavakra
Geeta, Tripura Rahasya etc. and walk the path to enlightenment.
Many
youngsters these days are getting into spiritism because of inquisitiveness or
at times – unknowingly; and getting into troubles at later date. There are
people who get into spiritism for short term material benefits and pay very heavily
for it at a later date!
Q-3: What
is enlightenment in scientific terms? How is it proven in laboratory?
A-3:
With modern scientific equipment, it is possible to look into the activity of
mind through MRI scanning of brain. There are many methods. In sleep labs too
it is possible to know the activity of certain points in brain. So, it is
possible to prove the state of non-thinking in laboratory by monitoring the
brain wave activity. Scientists say, “If one can stay in a state of
non-thinking for about 40 minutes at a stretch, God spot situated in brain gets
activated and person gets special experiences” Scientists are working to know
the activities of certain points in brain (associated with pituitary and pineal
glands) and trying to correlate the brain mapping with it.
Beta
waves, Alpha waves, Theta waves and Delta waves are known to scientist working
in sleep labs. These brain waves are localized at certain points in brain and
seen in certain conditions. E.g. Theta waves are seen during dreaming state
which is also associated with REM (Rapid Eye Movements) sleep. These are
normally seen in everyone. In certain cases scientists have seen C40 and C200
waves. These are not localized at certain points in the brain but they are coherent
oscillations of 40Hz or 200Hz seen across the brain. These non-localized gamma
waves are indicative of extraordinary state of meditator when thoughts are not
there but awareness is highest.
In a
recently concluded experiment at USA, thousands of Lamas doing “Mindfulness
Meditation” appeared for a test in laboratory. Scientists are keen to know
short term and long term effects of meditation on brain. It will be really
interesting to note the findings and conclusions of scientist when the sample
size is so high.
As a
group we are engaged in a land-mark study of effects of Kriya and Meditation on
brain. Our team of scientists and doctors will keep you updated on new research
findings.
LoveLight
Om
Prem
