MIRACLE IN MY LIFE - WITH THE MASTER

This experience of mine has been published in the recent book released on experiences with Guruji. It has appeared on other website also.. but not on my blog :-) So I thought id post it here as well.

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I took my attention to my left hand, left shoulder…. Left thigh… I took my attention to my thoughts… my feelings..

NO I WAS NOT DOING PANCHAKOSHA MEDITATION!!! THE PANCHA – KOSHAS IN ME WERE COMPLETELY SHAKEN UP!!!

I Lay there in the middle of the road, wiggling in pain. At that moment all that was echoing in my mind was “ Guruji, WHY…. “ I was returning back home after assisting the Basic course in Jayanagar. I had just met with an accident and I was thrown off the bike. My BODY could not take the pain, my PRANA had drained, my FEELINGS, THOUGHTS and MIND were all over the place and I was in absolutely no state of BLISS!!!

I landed on my left shoulder and thigh and skid for about a feet or so on the wet road. My cousin who was riding with me was fortunate not to get hurt. He got me to my feet with great difficulty as I was expecting a dislocated shoulder and a badly damaged left side of my body!

My favorite white kurta now looked half BLACK thanks to the coal on the road, I looked no better than a Black & White TV broadcasting a Live DRAMA with the only cast of the show enacting a scene filled with agony and pain!! I was limping in pain from one side to the other like a caged Hyena as people on the road stood watching the whole episode. After a while, regaining my senses I thanked Guruji for saving me from a major disaster. But I still was in pain, unable to move my shoulder more than approximately 40% and could barely bend my leg – the thigh and knee refused to listen to me!!

I mounted the bike again and very carefully went back home. Thanks to my lovely wife I got medication on time with a proper balance of love & care! That evening we were supposed to take the participants to the Ashram as Guruji was there. I called my teacher and explained the unfortunate incident and told her I may not be able to make it to the Ashram.  But In my sleep I remember saying these words – “ Im not leaving you Guruji” and then I got up. It was around 4 pm. The aching left shoulder reminded me to be careful with my movements. I carried myself and the uninvited guest – THE PAIN to the ashram that evening.

The Mantap was flooded with happy souls as always. Guruji was at his Majestic Best answering questions. I had flowers in my hand, wondering how to give the flowers to him, how to get past the crowd with an aching body, I sat there on one of the window panes right at the back, listening to his soul stirring answers!!

I closed my eyes and I said to myself – “ GURUJI CALL ME “ – Don’t ask me why I said it.. Because I really don’t know even now!!

Now this is where I felt Guruji heard my silent whisper and he reached out to me.. In between the knowledge session for no apparent reason  he asked :

“ WHO ALL HAVE BODY PAIN HERE?? OR PAIN IN ANY PART OF THE BODY?? “

I felt the goose bumps all over my body!! I sprung up and raised my right hand, hoping he would see me. I wanted to wave both hands but my injured left shoulder did not allow me to!!

Many raised their hands, Guruji pointed to 2 foreigners and askd “ WHERE IS IT PAINING ?“ They replied – Headache.  Now my INTELLECT started acting up!! I thought to myself, how is he going to see me through this crowd especially when Im standing right at the BACK with hundreds of people in front of me.. Then Guruji proved me wrong –

HE LOOKED AT ME.. POINTED TOWARDS ME AND ASKED – “ WHERE DO YOU HAVE PAIN? “ . I screamed out saying – Guruji I met with an accident and my left shoulder hurts badly. 

                             

THE MASTER SAID – " COME ON STAGE ". When the MASTER called, the body and mind forgot the pain and I walked towards the stage finding my way through the crowd who’s eyes were on me!! Slowly the line started to grow in length, people starting coming up on stage behind me. Of course who would not want to taste the medicine prescribed by the DOCTOR OF THE WHOLE WORLD!!!

He spoke to the 2 foreigners first and healed them and then as I could not sit down for long with my knees bent, I stood up waiting for my turn. MY TURN HAD COME – GURUJI STOOD UP AND LOOKED AT ME AND ASKED IN THE MIKE.. WHERE IS IT PAINING FOR YOU.. I GAVE HIM THE FLOWERS..  I TOLD HIM ABOUT THE ACCIDENT AND THE PAIN AREA ..

AFTER LISTENING TO ME HE JUST GLIMPSED AT MY LEFT SHOULDER AND ASKED – “ NOW? “. THAT’S ALL HE SAID !!

To my amazement, the shoulder that did not allow me to even lift my hand over 40 degrees was now 360 degrees in full swing!!! I ROTATED MY HAND THERE ON STAGE IN FRONT OF THE THOUSANDS SEATED THERE..

Guruji putting the mike towards me asked – NOW?? I was all smiles and I said – “ ITS GONE GURUJI!!!! “ Then he nodded his head as though to say – “ IM THERE WITH YOU AND I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED !!”

THE CROWD WERE AMAZED AND WERE ALL CLAPPING AT THE GRACE OF THE MASTER.  After healing me he turned away saying “ TODAYS DOCTOR DUTY IS COMPLETE!! “ As though to say the whole setup was for ME!!! I felt so special and blessed.

I walked back with gratitude and joy that I was lucky to be healed by the MASTER himself. I went back sat down again with my eyes closed thanking Guruji for what had just happened. As I had my eyes closed, Guruji appeard to me with a crown and a peacock feather on his head like KRISHNA himself!!! To my amazement when I opened my eyes –

GURUJI WAS SINGING – KRISHNA GOVINDA WITH A CROWN WITH A PEACOCK FEATHER BEAUTIFULLY PERCHED ON HIS HEAD.. ONE OF THE DEVOTEES HAD CROWNED HIM, HE NOT ONLY HEALED ME, HE GAVE ME DARSHAN AS KRISHNA AS WELL.. JUST THE WAY HE HAD APPEARED TO ME WHEN I LOOKED DEEP INSIDE WITH MY EYES CLOSED.

                              

Today a day after the accident, I don’t even have any signs of any accident. I am 100% mobile and in shape :-) Thanks to MY MASTER!!

KRISHNA IS HERE.. LOOK NO FURTHER .. KRISHNA IS LIVING WITH US.. IN THE FORM OF THE MASTER HIMSELF..

With Infinite Love and Gratitude – Jai Gurudev.

- Sathya -

IS YOUR LIFE REAL OR A DREAM?

                                                   

IS YOUR LIFE REAL OR A DREAM?

Guruji often says, " This LIFE is like a DREAM ". I have always wondered – Maybe, but how? All that is happening with me and around me all seems so real! But it is just lately that I really started to wonder may be this IS A DREAM after all! The difference between the wonder I had earlier and the wonder I have now is that, earlier there was a question mark towards the end. “Maybe it’s a dream, but how can it be?” there was a question mark. Guruji says when the bent in the question mark straightens up, it becomes wonder! Yes, now in me arose a real wonder!

“What is death, what is beyond death?” – in his talk Death and Beyond Guruji goes on to say, “Sleep gives you a glimpse of what death is and what lies beyond death. It gives a clue.” Hmm mysterious isn’t it? Sleep and death – correlated? It sounded true but something in me wanted a better understanding of what he meant. I thought about it often, did a lot of study and research to uncover the mysteries of death, mind, karma and beyond. It all gave good information but the understanding was yet to be experienced!

One day, I picked up “Autobiography of a Yogi” by Pramahansa Yogananda, which has been in my book rack for almost a year now. With every page I felt blessed. Blessed to be blessed with a MASTER of my Guru’s stature in my life! Then came the chapter where Sri Yukteshwar, Yogananda’s guru resurrects himself in subtle form after his maha Samadhi and appears before his beloved devotee – Yogananda. He gives Yogananda an understanding about the Astral Plane of existence.

                                  ( Pic of Swami Yukteshwar and Paramahansa Yogananda)

Every being has a physical – the gross body. The me that is typing right now, the you that is reading right now is through the physical form. Then comes the Astral form where resides our thoughts, emotions, feelings and the subtler expressions of life which happens through the mind! Then the Causal sphere of existence in which all exists and is the pure form of existence.Now this is where it could get a little tricky for you if you have are not a meditator yet :-) . Every meditator has had glimpses of something unexplainable during the process of deep meditation.

The astral sphere is where the mind gets into carrying along with it all the impressions, feelings collected through the senses during the physical form. Sri Yukteswar goes on to reveal fascinating things about the astral plane where everything happens through the thoughts and feelings and by the power of will of the being. Communication happens telepathically. The being in the astral plane meets all its relatives and friends from all its previous incarnations! 

                                                                                    

 YES, ALL THE PREVIOUS BIRTHS!!! (Phew that’s a  lot of unwanted relationships to handle!! – Isn’t that what you r thinking ? haha :-) )

My understanding - this is where the being learns to give unconditional Love because everyone belongs to each other! Fantastic isn’t it.

OK! Now whats the relationship between what Guruji said about Sleep and death and what Sri Yukteshwar said about the Astral plane? Where am I getting to with all this mumbo-jumbo??( Isn’t that what you are thinking! Ya I know, my Astral being just read your mind :)

17^th September – The evening when it all connected with each and revealed to me the understanding I was looking for!

As I sat browsing through the pages of “An Intimate note to the since seeker” during the Long Kriya which I was conducting, I happened to stumble upon the knowledge sheet – “DREAMS”. In that beautiful sheet of knowledge Guruji says and I summarize here “ When something is unbelievably beautiful or joyful, you wonder if it’s a dream. When misery is there you never wonder if it is a dream! All miseries are unreal. A Wise man knows happiness is real and is one’s true nature and unhappiness is unreal as it is only an affliction of memory. When you see both happiness and misery as a dream you abide in your true self. Nightmare is mistaken as a reality only when you are dreaming!” I finished this and I closed my eyes reflecting on these wise words of wisdom.

Suddenly the puzzle arranged itself to reveal its mysterious scene. Dream is an integral part of sleep. Most may not understand the astral plane, but what every common man experiences is DREAMS!

Have you noticed that in dreams you do something spectacular where you are a super hero battling 10 people with bare hands even though the 10 other enemies would be carrying the most terrifying weapons! You do the most unimaginable stunts and amazingly you beat them all up (and say "Yenna RASCALLA!!)? 

         

Have you noticed there are times in your dreams where you meet strange people who you wouldn’t have even seen in this lifetime so far and after you wake up you wonder, what in the world was that stranger doing in my dream? Have you noticed that in your dream you would have lived like 20 years in the future and life is running for another 5- 10 years and in all you would have lived close to 40 years- all this in your dream of just maybe 1 hour!! Have you ever felt just in the moments before dropping off to sleep, something is actually dropping your body? What is this something? Suddenly to me, it all seemed clear.

During our sleep the mind drops the body and all that remains is the mind in the Astral plane with all its gathered thoughts and impressions. And as Sri Yukteshwar said everything in the Astral plane happens through thoughts emotions and feelings and hence the heroic scenes J that we often see in our dreams! In the astral world we meet our old relations and friends from different lifetimes, hence the strange visitors in your dreams :)! In the astral plan time travel happens and hence the long 30-40 year long experience in your dreams :)!

And here’s the mother of all understandings. When we die the mind along with the impressions, thoughts, feelings and  ego abandons the body and enters the Astral plane where it would reside depending on the extent of the Karmas. The dreams that we have every day depends on the impressions and karmas carried out by us during the day or that lifetime till date. This is the understanding that dawned on me in the moments of Kriya about what Guruji says -  “sleep gives you a glimpse of what death is and what is beyond death."                                              

                                                                         

 We die every day in our sleep, the mind leaves the body and enters a different world. Death is only a prolonged sleep. A sleep where the body is abandoned and another body is chosen at a different place and time for the soul to be reborn again! What happens in the interim where the body is dropped and until another body is chosen? We get a glimpse of this mystery every night during our sleep – which we call dreams. WOW!

With wonders in the mind… – “ What if this moment is also a dream! What if everything around me is a dream! What if my life so far in itself was a dream within a BIGGER DREAM! After this wonderful experience filled with wonders, I open my eyes to finish the page of wisdom - and I was amazed.

The lines read – “ Keep wondering whether your waking reality is a dream, and you will wake up to the real!”

Are you wondering too?

P.S – This article is purely my understanding and interpretation. The reader may or may not agree with my words. In fact my understanding may be wrong too!! If it is I will correct my understanding when the truth is revealed J I just wanted to express my thoughts and hence I have.

What's a MISTAKE?

In the peaceful atmosphere of Sai Baba temple, sat a man in meditation!

Who was he?Where did he come from?Was he here for a reason? 

So many questions!! Here are the answers.
Who was he? – ME!! Where did he come from – JP Nagar 2^nd phase!! Was he here for a reason?- Ya, came with family!! Ok Ok Jokes apart :-) as I sat there in silence something funny flashed.

WHATS A MISTAKE???

 Here's the Dictionary definition 

 " mis·take - An error or fault resulting from defective judgment, deficient knowledge, or carelessness. "

Many Gurus and great Seers who have seen the LIGHT OF LIFE  have said.. Life is a play! Life is a drama! Life is like a movie.. etc etc.. Shakespeare said – All the world’s a stage and we are all actors playing roles! So keeping these in mind now lets see what  MISTAKE MEANS.

Firstly lets split the word  MIS – TAKE. Now say it aloud 5 times.. slowly, like MISSSSS TAAAAAAAKE.. MISSSSS TAAAAAAAKE.. MISSSSS TAAAAAAAKE.. MISSSSS TAAAAAAAKE.. MISSSSS TAAAAAAAKE..

Did you hear it right.. MIS AND TAKE.

So picturize this – A Mega blockbuster movie in the making!! You are the Director and Actor. God produces the movie of your LIFE – so let’s keep the producer away for a while :-)

So what does a Director do when the scene he is shooting for a movie goes wrong or is not satisfactory???

 

 TAKE 1.. TAKE 2… TAKE 3.. AND it goes on till the TAKE is perfect to the Directors satisfaction.. Note that though the Producer is the one who sponsors the whole movie..he does not interfere in the takes. Director(YOU) are fully responsible for whatever happens. Similarly  in our lives when there’s a mistake committed by you or anyone else it’s just that the situation or the TAKE did not turn out the way it should have been. In other words it means "thats not the way to do it!" or " there's a better way to do this"

So it’s a MIS-TAKE.. A TAKE WHICH WENT WRONG! that's all!!

 So instead of complaining and trying to find placeholders and bakras to shift the blame to.. know that the Acting/Directing was not up to the mark. Direct the scene well and RETAKE it to correct the MISTAKE.

May be the MISTAKE isn’t correctable, at least the next scene will be better and your Acting improves and so does your Direction and in the end the PRODUCER – GOD is happy :-)

AND WHAT MORE UR LIFE MOVIE IS A BLOCKBUSTER HIT!!

Why did all this flash in Sai Baba temple?? Well probably because theres a Rajnikanth movie titled BABA, hence I got an analogy based on movie and direction!! :-)

Joy Gurudeva!

Sathya - the Seekers journey continues!

AN AWAKENING

They say – The early bird catches the worm..but in my case, The early bird needs more sleep!!

It Was a pretty early start to my day considering I reached home at 3 am post my late night affairs in office!!I meant the affair with conference calls where we kind of specialize in finding faults with even the most well made presentations!! After a quick download(if you know what I mean :-)) and freshening up I got ready for Daddy’s day in!

NOW PICTURIZE THIS : My darling wife was getting ready had to step out for some work. Me with a glass of raagi in hand and my sleepy eyes half closed like Buddha!! (Just that I was no where even remotely close to Buddha. His look was more ENLIGHTENING – Mine was more like STRUCK BY LIGHTNING!! Reminded me of Tom and Jerry cartoon)

The morning warm-up had begun. My little angel knows his papa is a little overweight in Madhya Pradhesh!( The tummy) and needs some exercising so gives me a run around to drink his glass of raagi. And Suddenly the mummy – baby bond strengthens and he dosn’t want to let go of mummy, me trying to carry him towards me and then the loud shrill!!!! Picturized it? Are you smiling??

 Just when there seemed to be a slight bit of frustration setting in me, suddenly there was an AWAKENING. An inner voice which said – Is it my little one or the situation irritating me or is it THE WAY I CHOSE TO PROCESS THE WHOLE SITUATION IN MY MIND??

All of a sudden there was a calm and I looked at my little angel and there was something beautiful about him that I had not noticed in the past 2 and half years! Don’t know what it is.. but there was something. The fullness in his actions, his expression of love, his innocence. Suddenly a shift happened in me. When I break down this situation into its finer pieces, I see it is just the way one chooses to process an event or a person’s behavior in one’s own mind. The situation was perfect the way it was,there was a sense of urgency at that moment coz the situation demanded it! My little angel was acting just the way he should be. Each one was doing their own role, but the fact that all these happen at the same time makes it look chaotic and pushes the buttons in us.

That was a wonderful moment when Guruji’s message came to mind and I paraphrase – “ Look through my eyes(guru’s eyes), you will not see any fault in this creation. Everything is beautiful just the way it is”. And through the day every moment I spent with my angel, playing his imaginative creative games - my world came to a stand still.

Thanks to my little naughty angel for awakening his sleeping dad! I said a silent prayer – Let this awareness be in my always!

 What a wonderful gift from GOD, every parent should realize that it is not they who teach their children, it is the little one by his own behaviors teaches parents the way to a fuller life!!
THANKS YOU GOD FOR A WONDERUL WIFE AND A NAUGHTY LITTLE ANGEL.

More to come soon...

GOD - GURU the relationship.

Most people have a concept in mind about GOD. Is GOD human? Is GOD Male or Female? Has anybody seen GOD?

 When things dont go the way we want it to.. suddenly a question pops up in the mind. Why me? Why is all this happening to me? With the question a doubt comes up.. is there a divine power? Few might say - " GOD does not exist. " All these are the chattering of an ignorant mind.  To pull the mind out of Ignorance one needs a helping hand. Only THE ONE who knows who GOD is.. only THE ONE who has realized the truth can lend a helping hand. Only that hand has the strength to pull you out of Ignorance. Only that hand is loving and caring enough to lead you out of darkness.

GOD is not a concept.. GOD cannot be seen.. GOD is a presence that needs to be felt. More on GOD and GURU.. in later blogs :-) for now read a question posted to my BOSS( I mean Guruji.. there's only one BOSS for me in this life :-) ) and the reply given by him.

Q: Please explain the difference between Guru & God?

Sri Sri: In India, God was not a concept that was somewhere else above in the sky or in the seventh heaven. Here God permeates the whole of creation. God is present in every atom of the Universe. That is why we have the concept of "Nataraja". The dance and the dancer are not separate. You cannot have a dance without a dancer. Similarly there can be no creation without God.God is the basis of all creations. The three qualifications of God are ,God is Sath (Truth), God is Chit (conscious) and God is Ananada (bliss). This is the most scientific definition of God. He is present in every atom everywhere.

God is nothing but love. Where do you see love in life first? In the mother that is why we say "Mathrudevobhava" (Mother is your God) and mother is the first Guru, second comes the father, third the teacher and fourth the guest who comes to your house. The guest is god. Even today in Karnataka, they address the guest as god. They call them " Devarae" and they treat the guests with honor and respect. Guru is the manifestation of love. Guru is absolute love. He does not want anything other than happiness for everybody in the world. Love is God. We are all made up of a substance called love. Don't think God is somewhere else. That is why here we say, see god in the rivers, mountains, Sun, Moon, stones, trees, animals and in people around us. God is in everything and seeing God within you is meditation and seeing God in the person next to you is service. We need both.

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WOW what a reply..

My Journey has begun!!

Spirituality is saying ‘who am I?’ and science is saying ‘What is this?’ Objective analysis is science and subjective understanding is spirituality. And they go hand in hand. It is said in Bhagvat Gita -Gyan Vigyana triptatma which means you should satisfy yourself through both subjective and scientific knowledge. You will find fulfillment only when both science and spirituality go together
- Sri Sri Ravishankar.

FINALLY!!! After 2 days of intense search, I finally finalized the template for my blog! Scientific Seeker!! Hmm wondering whats with the name?? You'll know soon. Back in school I was probably the worst science student my class has ever seen. I was never interetsed to study about mass!! matter!! atom!! proton!! neutron!! Blah blah blah!! When I saw Einstein's photo.. I wanted to gift him a set of fancy combs!! if he was alive. So much for Physics at school!!

A decade later I find myself reading about the ATOM!! QUANTUM THEORY!!!what Irony!! But this time not for grades but in a quest for the TRUTH. The Universe is governed by certain LAWS. Laws that are undeniable. Every single being on this planet encounters these laws everyday. So whatever I discover, whatever I find fascinating, I will share on this blog.

So here I go, my entry into the blogging world has begun with a quote from my Master.