Babaji

Child is divine manifestation

Avdhoot Baba Shivanandji

I often wonder why do people run after sons. ? Why so much priority for sons? Some part of it is related to customs and rituals. Take the custom of last rites or funeral rites. Many people feel unless there is a male heir to perform last rites they would not get Moksha.

Let me be very blunt and tell you that you would get Moksha only through your Karmas and nothing else. How does it matter who is performing your last rites, or even if they are performed or not. If your karmas are good and you have lived your life like a human being, the Almighty will definitely make sure that your souls rests in peace. And that Moksha and the next birth is very comfortable. But this kind of karmadosh would definitely not take that entire family anywhere – boy or girl, it’s a divine soul that is coming to the house. You must welcome him or her without having any shred of gender bias in your mind.

All of you worship Goddess Lakshmi and all of you need a mother to be born on this planet earth. Tell me if these things are not important and I’ll say that you don’t require a girl child! A child is reflection of divinity. By saying child I mean boy and girl. The consciousness of a child and his entire being is as pure and impeccable as the Holy Scriptures. There is no doubt about that. The myth about boys being superior to girls and hence more amenable is utterly baseless. The fact is that both are equal in all terms, by all the yardsticks whether divine or worldly.

All through the ages right from the inception of mankind to the present age, women have enjoyed special status in the annals of history. They were regarded as the de factio pioneers of all the progress achieved by the mankind. Same goes for the religious side too. Every religion has accorded a special status for women. Whether it is Mother Mary in Christianity, Rabia and Bibi Hajra in Islam, Mata Sita in Hinduism and in more recent past Mother Teresa. All these ladies belonged to the common strata of society and through their deeds and virtuous conduct, rose to the exalted pedestals of divinity.

All of them came to this world medieval and ancient periods when there was no great progress as such when compared to the present age. Yet they were never discriminated for being women, on the contrary they were the toast of their times. Highly revered and respected. Just imagine that was the state of the society hundreds of years ago. When, as we say, the society was in its formative shape, so it becomes all the more pertinent to ask, what has gone wrong with the society in the jet age? Why this archaic and retrogressive fetish for the male child?

Why this cold and ruthless apathy towards the girl child? The answer perhaps lies in the materialistic cravings of the society today. A boy is regarded as a money-spinner and a girl is regarded as liability, at times to be disposed off even before she is born. This notion gains credence in the face of growing instances of female infanticide. Witnessed throughout the country. Recent demographic surveys carried out in some parts of the country have revealed disproportionate male-female ratios, with female birth rate falling to alarming levels. This is the outcome of gross societal indifference towards the female child. And if this is the precursor to the impending times, society is heading for a calamitous situation.

The way out is very simple. Stop tinkering with the laws of nature. Respect the manifestation of divinity that is the girl child. Remove the irrational and misplaced fallacies about the girl child from the society. Daughters are as good as sons, if not better. Birth of a child is the will of God, don’t fiddle with that. Your love and affection towards children should give them equal love and equal opportunity in life to grow. Remember if you educate a boy you educate an individual, when you educate a girl you educate a generation.Even marriages have become a business deal. Girl’s parents are forced to fork out lot of money and give their child. Even then there is no surety whether their child would be properly looked after by her in-laws. If there are ten members in the family all of them would expect her to behave in ten different ways. In this confused state of mind when the young girl conceives, this turmoil has a direct bearing on the fetus she is carrying. On top of it, if the environment around her is not congenial, the fetus growing in her womb becomes susceptible to all the negativity surrounding the mother. That is the reason why we see so many children with congenital deformity or children born with terminal diseases. Whose fault is this? Certainly not God’s.... Certainly not nature’s... The fault squarely lies with the masses. The ones who are perpetrators of such kind of injustice.

We all will have to accept our responsibilities and change the way things are because none of us wants to be unhappy. Happiness is directly proportional to karmas that you do. So think about it. If ten percent of total crowd sitting out here change their thinking in this direction, I am sure the society will change subsequently.

Bless you with lot of happiness peace and clear vision.

Healing with compassion

Avdhoot Baba Shivanand

There is no energy more powerful than the love energy. If we fill our hearts with unconditional love for the humanity, I guarantee that we can put an end to all human sufferings.

Siddha Kundalini Yoga is full of compassion. It is based on the unconditional love of none other than the Lord Shiva himself. At the advent of cilvilization, Lord Shiva came on this planet with the objective that mankind should not lose itself in the affairs of the world. His intention was not to let the man disconnect himself with the God. Which precisely what is happening today. Because of all the negative energy that surrounds us, the planet earth is drifting away from divine light of the holy universe. It is only with the Siddha powers that this drifting movement can be slowed down. It is with the love energy that we can bring the planet back to light and to God.

There is no denying that more and more people are using a variety of meditation methods, however, their heart chakras are not opening up. There is so much of negativity in the Kalyug that we need a meditation method that can open up the heart chakra and let the energy flow through our being, which in turn we can pass on to the rest of humanity.

Siddha Kundalini Yoga is the ideal meditation method for the Kalyug. Because in Kalyug, the life span is short and there are diseases galore. We need a meditation method that can rid us of bodily disorders too. With SKY, you heal yourself while you meditate and you meditate while you heal yourself. What can be better than that!

When you practice SKY, you open up your Chakras and also acquire healing powers. And when you do so, you attract other people who approach you to solve their problems; love starts flowing through you for them. After they are healed, love starts flowing to you from them. In this manner, there is an exchange of love energy and both the giver and the receiver enlarge their heart charkas with immense love. As a healer, you grow faster on the path of spirituality, because when you do “Nishkam Sewa” or self less service God is extra kind to you. God loves Sadhaks who also give healing along with meditation because such Sadhaks are instrumental in the well being of humanity. Which is God’s own work. These people spread unconditional love of Lord Shiva to humanity.

Babaji decided to teach this sacred method because, now more than ever, humanity needs to be empowered with Siddha Kundalini Yoga.

While various Yogic methods exist, i.e. Raj Yoga, Hath Yoga, Jap Yoga, Kriya Yoga, they work only on the individual growth. But SKY activates your Kundalini Shakti. It awakens your inner strength. This inner strength is the backbone of your success, bringing you good health, abundance, prosperity and everything positive. And you can use the same powers to enrich the lives of your family and friends. In this way you become instrumental in spreading divinity.

So, how come this sacred divine power is now available to everybody? The first Siddha Guru was Adi Guru Lord Shiva, who came to earth and transferred the divine knowledge to a few deserving people, who were called Siddhas. These Siddhas kept the parampara alive by transferring the Shakti and the knowledge to the few of their worthy disciples. And then started the tradition of passing down the wisdom, to the seeker through “Shakti Path”.

While there is a mention of various Kriyas of Siddha Kundalini Yoga, e. g. Mrit Sanjivani, Siddha Kriya, Diya Kriya, Shambhavi Shakti, the details were kept closely guarded. The knowledge died with few Gurus.But in Kalyug, when the humanity is reeling under darkness, God decided to throw open all the secrets for the benefit of the humanity. So that we can come out of suffering and begin our journey towards Satyug. The period has already began from 1984 and shall continue till 2012. This is the right time for every seeker to walk the path of spirituality and learn to meditate. In this period, grace marks are awaiting for every seeker.

Many Maharishi have mentioned about the Mahima of divine period. And their desire to do Sadhna in this period so that they could achieve the highest level of ascension. Lot of divine souls already have taken birth in this period. These newborn babies are joining the growing Siddha family. Many new borns have received “Shaktipath” by Babaji. He predicts that these children will take humanity to Satyug through their divinity.

The increase in the negative energy will correspond with the increase in the positive energy in the form of great spiritual souls, who would be instrumental in restoring positive balance in the universe.

If you are interested in self-realization. You must become a part of Siddha family. And join in the divine mission of spreading unconditional love.

Spirituality, Meditation , Self realization

Avdhoot Baba Shivananda

Spirituality and worldly affairs run parallel to each other. There is a widespread misconception among the people regarding spirituality. Spiritual quest, they believe, calls for renunciation of worldly affairs. And those worldly pursuits warrant an end to spiritual pursuits. Many people regard meditation as the ritual to be performed at the end of their lives. If someone is asked to attend a Satsang he shrugs off the invitation saying “this is the time to enjoy life. Meditation can wait till its time comes.” This is wrong. If an individual is totally engrossed in materialistic world then in his twilight years, if he wishes to chant Ram’s name and turn to meditation, he will not be successful. For the simple reason that his materialistic preoccupations will subdue his desire to meditate. Upon meditation, he will discover that his materialistic cravings will overwhelm his Dhyan Sadhna. More importantly his zest or enthusiasm for meditation will be found lacking.

In ancient times the regimen for self-elevation was superb. A child was sent to Brahma charya Ashram in his formative years. Here he was imparted contemporary as well as spiritual knowledge by his Guru. In the later course of his life, when he assumed his worldly and domestic responsibilities his spiritual values were strongly in place. Taking a cue from this, you must ensure that spiritual conditioning of your child should begin well in earnest as soon as he arrives in this world. You need enlightenment or power to enjoy the benefits of this worldly life. This Shakti comes to you solely through Dhyan and spirituality. Many people come to me and say: “Babaji we amassed wealth, we have everything going for us in terms of prosperity and family life, yet we do not have peace and tranquility.” Someone went to the extent to say that his body was rendered incapable of enjoying the luxuries of life. According to him, while he subsisted on frugal cereal diet his servants feasted on the choicest of foods cooked in his house. This pained him immensely. Had he struck a proper balance between his worldly and spiritual life right from the outset, things would not have come to such a pass. Many people have this notion that anybody who is spiritual will have no interest in his worldly life. He will no longer be a practical person. This is far from being true. Actually, a spiritually inclined person has many advantages. He experiences an enhanced state of consciousness, besides witnessing a substantial increase in his willpower. Hence it is quite natural for a spiritually aware person to be more successful in life as opposed to the person who does not possess a spiritual outlook.

Now let us come to the vexed issue of renunciation and spirituality. Many people hold the view that renunciation is the gateway to spirituality. This logic is absolutely erroneous. Out of the twenty-four hours that you have got, you can spend two hours easily to nourish your soul and the remaining twenty-two can be comfortably utilized for the day to day life. Worldly existence with its all incumbent factors is equally essential in terms of priority, as is the spiritual quest. Spiritual perspective shapes your personality. It teaches you how to be a responsible father, how to be a caring husband, how to be a dutiful wife, how to be a compassionate and obedient son or daughter. In essence, it inculcates a strong sense of dedication towards your apparent responsibilities. On the other hand, you will never realize God by relinquishing the world. Whereas you can easily realize Him while staying rooted to your worldly existence. This begets an important question. Where do you search for God? Outside? The truth of the matter is Paramatma or God is present very much inside your own self.

Gautam Buddha visited his home after attaining enlightenment. His wife asked him was it not possible for him to attain what he attained without being an ascetic? Yes, it was very much possible, Buddha replied, “but”, he continued, at that stage I was obsessed by my quest for enlightenment and there was nobody to guide me, hence I renounced everything to pursue my objective. This goes out to prove that enlightenment can be attained by staying well within the parameters of domestic life. Various Maharishis and enlightened souls have attained Siddhadom following their daily life routines. They attained Moksha and Self-Realization that way. This is the simplest way to Realization. This truth is the essence of realization. When you are able to fully comprehend these simple facts, the gateway to your Moksha becomes clearly visible to you.There is a lot to meditation than meets the eye. It is a multi-dimensional process that revolves around the quest for salvation. Meditation is your own medium for soul searching and self- refinement. Thus, you become more amenable to receive the Higher energies. It is here that role of divine stimulants like Kundalini Shakti is the backbone of your spiritual evolution. It helps you to transcend the barrier of individual consciousness to merge with universal consciousness. An ordinary person utilizes only four percent of his total mind power. Rest ninety six percent lies unused. Now with this state of mind, a person aspires to achieve different goals. The goals can be anything ranging from excelling in studies to scaling new heights in other fields. Little does he realize that the driving force behind this aspiration was provided by the four percent of cerebral power that he used. The remaining ninety-six percent of his cerebral power was still languishing in darkness. Despite this our man in question decides to pick up the challenge to excel on behalf of his dormant brainpower. Now that ninety-six percent of dormant mind power is restless to prove its utility but there is no way it can be channeled for its maximum use. Similarly an alcoholic pledges to turn himself into a teetotaler. Here also only a meager four percent of his mind power has chosen to abstain from drinking. But the rest ninety-six percent of his inner power is inclined favorably towards drinking. With the result that major part of his inner self is still infested with vices. At the stroke of seven in the evening these vices will emerge from the darker side of his brain and pervade the remaining four percent of the same. As this happens, the resolve to abstain along with the positive mind energy is laid to waste.

Opposed to this, any person whose Kundalini is aroused, will not face any kind of above mentioned predicament, because his consciousness is refined and developed by Kundalini Shakti. It can be best understood by utilizing the afore-mentioned paradox. The Kundalini Sadhna, which begins with the four percent mind, scythes through the darker side of your mind illuminating and expanding the consciousness in its wake, till the time hundred percent of your cerebral power is harnessed from its dormant position to the benefit of your own Self. The development of Kundalini Shakti in your body corresponds with an enhanced state of other powers and of course a steady rise in your will power. With resurgence of Kundalini Shakti, all the hidden and latent powers inside you are revitalized and awakened. This includes your spiritual powers and will power. You posses everything inside you. Shivatva the part of Paramatma is present inside you. You only have to arouse it. Once aroused it banishes the darkness from your self and illuminates your entire persona. This illumination ushers in happiness and prosperity in your life. The upward progression of Kundalini Sadhna cleanses the Chakras and rids the Self of all the incumbent negativity. In the process the accumulated Karmas from previous life are also exterminated. This extermination of past karmas eradicates sorrow, hardships and precludes all possibilities of their reoccurrence.

Babaji had a disciple who himself was an accomplished Siddha. Prior to meeting Baba, this noble soul wandered throughout the country in his ascetic days. In that period he never asked for anything not even food. If someone gave him food he ate it, or else he stayed hungry. At times he used to be without food for days altogether. In between, gripped by severe hunger, he used to eat anything, irrespective of the fact whether that was edible or not. Consequently, he developed stomach ailment due to his rigorous lifestyle. He reveals that after his Shaktipat when he experienced Kundalini arousal, he was struck down by terrible bouts of diarrhea. Concerned by his condition, his disciples wanted to take him to hospital. He politely turned their request down. His condition according to him, never warranted medical attention. Rather, it was related to his altered state of consciousness in the wake of Kundalini arousal. Whatever was coming out of his body, he said, was in reality hardships, ailments and other similar entities which were being evicted well before they could affect him in any way. This was the wonder of Kundalini Shakti.

Kundalini Shakti completely negates all the ills and ailments thereby lending a healthy glow to the body. Students experience a stark change and rapid increase in their intelligence and retentive powers and concentration. On his own, a person acquires divine knowledge of Shastras. As he meditates, he is able to see his past, present and future. Not only that, he also visualizes the future events of his life. There is nothing magical about all these qualities. Powers responsible for such divine forces are present well inside the darker recesses of the mind. Meditation aided by Kundalini Shakti illuminates those darker areas of your Self and in this way all your hidden powers are brought to the fore. No wonder Sages and Maharishis have laid supreme importance

on Kundalini Shakti. In holy scriptures it has been specifically mentioned that you attain Moksha only when your Kundalini Shakti rises from Mooladhara Chakra at the base and reaches Sahasrara Chakra at the top. Thus, it connects with Shiva that is present in Saharara Chakra paving the way for your Moksha or final ascension. Therefore Sadhak should always strive for Shaktipat, Gurukripa which would eventually take them to the Kundalini arousal.

Kundalini arousal in turn will lead to a fulfilling worldly and spiritual life. Kundalini is the best nourishment or reward for your soul. For your physical body there is no dearth of stimulants and rewards. And everything related to your physical body is transitional or terminal, which will not remain with you forever. But your spiritual nourishment is going to hold you in good stead forever. It will never desert your soul. It is said, if you die after your Kundalini has risen to Visuddhi Chakra at the throat, in your next birth, you will be born in a noble and virtuous family. You will perpetually remain in the ambit of Devbhava (Divine grace). Hence, you will find the same everywhere right from your family, environment and rest of the things. These factors will facilitate your meditational pursuits, as you would not be bogged down by struggle for sustenance for your family. Above everything else, you will find your Kundalini Shakti stationed at the same point where you left it in your previous birth, i.e. Visuddhi Chakra. In our Siddha family, there are numerous children who display these traits. From the looks in their eyes, it becomes clear that they are Sadhaks. I have seen six year old kids in a state of Shambhavi, which is not possible for fully grown ups. These kids are in a world of their own. About Shambhavi, it is said, if a person is in a state of Shambhavi, his mind is filled with elixir. Excellent lineage or pedigree is indicative of the spiritual merits of the previous birth. More so because a person carries the impressions of his virtuous deeds into his next birth. Hence he continues from that position in his present birth. At a relatively younger age he will find his Guru. So much so, that some newborn babies are given Diksha. Yes, people frequently come to me and seek Diksha for their infants. I am sure in the turbulent times or Kalyug, these children will come to the rescue of humanity.

Now let us come to the prime important subject of Guru. Essentially Guru is your vehicle for divinity and salvation. He charts the course of your spiritual voyage. Guru, is a reciprocal entity. Which means he is subject to your Sadhna. It is the merit of your Sadhna, which alone decides the type of Guru you will get. Above all, Guru is a multi-dimensional phenomenon. Even the parents are Gurus. During infancy mother is a Guru. The child learns the fundamentals of life from her. She teaches him to eat, drink and walk. That’s why the first word that a child utters is “Maa”. Then comes Brahman or the teacher who imparts the Mantra. He is also a Guru. Thus begins man’s journey of existence. During his life, he finds many Gurus. Each Guru performs his designated task and leaves, without asking for anything in return. Entry of a Guru in your life is commensurate with your spiritual quest. Finally it culminates on one Guru who is called Param Guru.

Param Guru is entrusted with the divine task of piloting your spiritual transcendence to its final destination. Param Guru is endowed with divine attributes. Company of a highly spiritual Guru and Sadhna with utmost devotion are the two basic pre-requisites for spiritual evolution. One must always fervently pray to God to give him the Guru, who himself has achieved Moksha. Guru, embodied with these credentials is the sole medium for Moksha. Secondly, you are nobody to search for a Guru as one Siddha had once remarked. He has said ‘its not for you to search for a Guru, rather it is for the Guru to seek you out’. This is universal fact. As you advance deeply into your Sadhna, it’s the Guru who seeks you out. You never realize that it’s not your prerogative to look for a Guru. Without any fore knowledge a Guru materializes in your life. Guru’s advent in your life in this manner has a strong and irrefutable logic. If by any chance, even if Param Siddha Guru happens to appear in your life at a time when your Sadhna has not reached the desirable state, then in all probability you would not be able to recognize him, as your perspectives will remain clouded by ignorance. You may wonder whether he is really a true Guru or not. That can happen to anybody. Guru and his Gyan (wisdom) do not conform to any conventional norms. One has to strive diligently to seek Guru and his wisdom. Secondly, Guru’s knowledge is not hereditary so that it is automatically transferred from father to his son.

Maharshi Vyas is an appropriate example in this context. His son Shukant Dev Shakumri, was a highly erudite person. Being son of Siddha Maharishi Shakumri had mastered many param

Siddhis. Shakumri provided Moksha to Raja Parikshit by imparting the knowledge of Srimat Bhagwat to him. Despite his exalted credentials Shakumri was not able to attain Moksha for himself, as he was not a self realized soul. Hence he was not able to attain eternal peace. This incident underscores the peculiarity of the whole issue. That Siddhaguru was not able to impart the divine knowledge to his own son. The knowledge that could perhaps have qualified his son to attain Moksha. Now this factor illustrates the point that Guru Shisya relationship is entirely different from father-son relationship. For divine knowledge Guru is a must. Maharishi Vyas was unable to enlighten Shakumri because that knowledge required the tutelage of another Guru. So finally when Shakumri asked him why he was not able to attain eternal peace? The legendary sage replied: “you did not get eternal peace because you did not have a Guru who could have guided you to self realization, without which eternal peace is not possible.

A perplexed Shakumri wanted to know ‘who was the most appropriate Guru for him other than his father Maharishi Vyas the Param Siddha?’ It was this very mindset that ‘my father is an accomplished Siddha’, which turned out to be the biggest impediment in Shakumri’s path to eternal peace. Such feelings instilled a superiority complex in him. Your father’s status is inconsequential as far as your own self is concerned. On the contrary what are you, matters the most. You can never relate your existence to your father. Nevertheless, Shakumri was ordered by his father to go to Raja Janak, who his father believed was the appropriate Guru for him. Under his tutelage Shakumri could progress to eternal peace. Shakumri had his own reservations about Raja Janak’s ability with regards to divine knowledge. Raja Janak, in reality, was a Siddha. Even today people subscribe to the belief that holy persons and Siddhas are only those who lead a very frugal and detached existence meaning they are always ill clad and ill fed. Under such ill placed notions it becomes hard to believe that any king could also be a Siddha. To buttress their contention, people reel off verses from Geeta to prove that only a pauper can be a true Siddha! How easily people forget that first person to preach the tenets of Mahabharat to the world was none other than Krishna, ruler by birth.

In compliance with his father’s wishes Shakumri went to Raja Janak. He found Raja Janak surrounded by a bevy of female attendants, who were fanning him. This sight made him wonder how come a person who is the centre of so much female attention be a Siddha? This brought him to another widespread fallacy that is rampant even to this day. That male and female can coexist and yet at the same time pursue their respective Dhyan Sadhna. On the flip side, people have no qualm in worshipping Shiva-Parvati and Laxmi Narayan. In the same fashion, Shakumri found it hard to accept Raja Janak as a true Siddha whom he found in the company of women. He believed that Brahmacharya (celibacy) was the first pre-requisite of Siddha hood. Even today the same perception prevails in the minds of many people. Female for them is the end of Bramhacharya. Even I was faced with this question many a times. I took them to task and told them clearly if your Brahmacharya is so fickle that it cannot withstand female company then you are not a true Brahmacharya in the first place. Such people are worse off than a common man obsessed with agnostic pursuits. Brahmacharya does not mean only celibacy. Brahmacharya means Brahma like conduct. When the element of Paramatma is present inside, a person resides in a state of eternal bliss. In that state, there is automatically no desire left for the fairer sex. Simply because that person is operating in a bliss which is thousand times more gratifying than the desire to cohabit, so naturally such people are hardly bothered by the company of female or male. He is only concerned with Parabrahma who resides in both man and woman. Parabrahma is neither male nor female. This is the true state of Akhand Brahmacharya, where one sees only the Parabrahma in every individual, irrespective of his or her gender. Parabrahma is Anant meaning eternal and Ajanma-birthless.

Shakumri was oblivious of this knowledge. For him Raja Janak was another self-indulgent man with a strong inclination for wordly pleasures. How could he be my Guru, wondered Shakumri. Thus he returned back. He went to Maharishi Vyas under the impression that his father had perhaps erred in sending him to Raja Janak. “Father are you sure whether it was Raja Janak whom you deemed fit to be my Guru?” he asked. “How could you send a great Brahmachari and a Yogi like me to him for Diksha?” he continued. His father emphasized his views again and asked Shakumri to approach Raja Janak for Diksha. And so he went again to Raja Janak. There he found Raja Janak in the course of his royal bath, assisted by royal maids. Shakumri was taken

aback by what he perceived to be a show of misconduct not befitting a Siddha. Again he returned and narrated his experience to his father. All through while Maharishi Vyas remained steadfast on his view that Raja Janak was the right Guru for Shakumri. In this manner Shakumri made nine trips to Raja Janak, only to return empty handed each time. On his ninth visit as he came out of the royal palace of Raja Janak, a divine power, under the guise of a Brahma, told him “O Shakumri you went to Raja Janak nine times. Each time you saw a reflection of your own hidden lust in him. What you saw was in truth a reflection of your own suppressed desires and yearnings. Each time you criticized Raja Janak, you lost equal number of Siddhis present inside you. With the result, now you are absolutely devoid of any divine powers that you once possessed.”

Shakumri realized his mistake and he wanted to atone for it. Thus a chastened Shakumri approached Raja Janak who had the foreknowledge of Shakumri’s arrival. Raja Janak ordered his guards to stop Shakumri at the gate and then keep him waiting for three days. In his earlier days Shakumri might have taken it as a grave offence to his exalted status of a Siddha not to mention being the son of the greatest sage! But now he was a changed man. After three days, Raja Janak asked his guards to send Shakumri to his royal harem, where queens were instructed to look after him in the best possible manner. Shakumri was a man of utmost restraint now; he studiously avoided any act, which may have been construed as misconduct. Later he was taken to Raja Janak, “O King please take me as your disciple” pleaded Shakumri. Raja Janak, being a Param Siddha was wanted to rid Shakumri of all his vices. So he asked “what are you going to give me in return for my tutelage?” Shakumri was prepared to give anything as Gurudakshina. “Anything that you wish my lord” said Shakumri. Raja Janak then asked him to give him the most useless thing as Gurudakshina. Shakumri was elated as he thought it to be the easiest thing to do. He went out and took a fallen twig, but then he realized it had some use too. Then he picked up an iron object only to relent after he realized its use. Each time he picked up some object he discovered its value or use. He was frantically searching for some appropriate Gurudakshina. His efforts continued till the time he collapsed from fatigue under a tree. A foul smell woke him up from his slumber. Shakumri discovered someone has defecated near him while he was asleep. The excrement with its concomitant stench appeared to be the most useless thing to Shakumri. An unusual thing happened as he tried to pick up the filth. The excreta jumped out of his hand as he tried to gather it. It kept on occurring till he heard a voice. “Stop you filthy creature! Don’t you dare pollute me by touching me”, a voice rang out from the mound of trash that he held so dearly. Shakumri was flabbergasted to hear that. To his mind excrement of man was the dirtiest of all the objects and here it was, forbidding him not to pollute it. The voice continued, “I came to earth in the form of very pure milk. Even the cowherd was ecstatic to see me. Later he took me to a sweet shop where I was turned into a sweet. My aroma drove everyone crazy. From the shop I was taken to a temple and offered as Prasad to God. It was the beginning of my ordeal. You people ate me up and after sometime transformed me into my present repulsive form. Therefore you are the most worthless of the entire lot.”

These words had a miraculous effect on Shakumri. He knelt before Raja Janak and wailed “O King Janak now I have realized that even the body of an animal serves a purpose. Compared to everything my body has no utility. Therefore, it is the most worthless of entire objects.” Thus, Shakumri realized the essence of ego. It was his ego, which was his biggest obstacle. And Raja Janak had rid him of his ego. Now he was on the threshold of self-realization. Ego, is the biggest impediment in the way of self-realization. “I” and “Mine” syndrome never allows you to progress spiritually. You can attain self-realization within seconds if you want. It is very simple. The moment you remove the “I” from your system He will be there. ‘He’ is your self-realization. It is you who have blocked His access. The very minute you step aside He will come over. You will fade out, the moment you make way for Him. That’s how you attain salvation.

Inner strenght perspective

Avdhoot Baba Shivanand

In this blue chip age life has acquired new dimensions. Apart from being grossly materialistic, the life nowadays revolves around exploring ways and means to escape tensions, upheavals and stress. These factors are keepsakes of modern day cosmopolitan life. Not to mention diseases pertaining to the state of restlessness. In this scenario people are literally caught between devil and the deep sea. Meaning the cures to these acquired ailments are as severe as the malaise. For example, a person suffering from diabetes has to endure frequent intravenous injections before and after every meal. Strong antibiotic tablets with potential for hazardous after effects are more norm than exception these days. Same goes for rigorous and life sapping medical therapies normally prescribed as panacea. The precious commodity called relief is hard to come by.

Relief nowadays is more scarce that oxygen on the Himalayas. The relief that we are talking of implies to all the ills besieging the humanity. People live in constant shadow of fear. Fear of unknown is lurking in the mind of everyone. Blame it on terrorism and violence of every perceivable variety but actually the reason lies somewhere else. It lies in our minds. Remember that age-old credo-“Idle mind is devils workshop”. This adage albeit differently can clearly illustrate the root cause of all our predicaments. It would go something like this-“A polluted mind infested with negative thought is devil workshop.” It is people themselves who are bringing all the miseries upon them. And no doctor, psychiatrist can rid them from this syndrome. Rather relief to this syndrome lies within each of us. It is just a matter of reaching out to it. Blessed souls like Avdhoot Baba Shivananda are there to guide anyone who wants to reach out to his or her reservoir of remedial powers. Avdhoot Baba Shivananda’s soul mission in life is dedicated to rooting out negativity from the earth. If negativity is banished world would be absolutely free from all kinds of malaise ranging from social to physiological.

The Man and His Noble Mission

Avdhoot Baba Shivananda was initiated into meditation at a tender age of eight. His Guru was 108 Swami Jagannathji was blessed with immense Siddha powers. Perhaps Swamiji had inkling that one day this prodigal disciple would make him proud. Babaji started his spiritual journey with Shakti Upasana. With the aid of Shirdi Sai Baba he successfully completed his Sadhna. Destiny it seems had chosen him for a specific role. More specifically for the role of a benevolent and benefactor Siddha, who would bring joy and succor to the aggrieved, so to speak. Baba Shivananda’s search for Guru for further pursuits culminated at the Ashram of Sadguru Nityananda. Another divine incarnate blessed with amazing powers.

Avdhoot Baba Shivananda’s spiritual odyssey took him to all sacred places. He spent endless hours meditating and praying for Siddha powers. It was a gradual cycle of spiritual awakening and realization for him. In the due process he learnt secrets of divinity that empowered him to provide relief and succor to the aggrieved. Babaji attributes all his accomplishments to his Guru Sadguru Nityananda. And in compliance with Gurudev Nityananda’s legacy, Babaji laid foundation for World Spiritual Healing Foundation. The platform for realization and liberation.

Avdhoot Baba Shivananda has acquired profound expertise in spiritual healing. His approach on spiritual healing is pragmatic and crystal clear. No wonder his discourses have become a healing by themselves. Babaji propagates the use of versatile and immense powers of Kundalini. This is a fountainhead of Shakti he says. There have been instances where people with non-conformist views experienced miraculous healing just by watching Babaji’s programme on TV. Sometimes people are claimed to have felt complete relief from kidney stone and other fatal ailments while watching his discourses. Babaji sees nothing unusual in this. For him such occurrences are a testimony to the all pervasive powers of Kundalini. Kundalini, he says, is capable enough to wipe out the negativity from entire planet. Avdhoot Baba Shivananda’s mission in life also runs on the similar lines. To eradicate negativity from the earth! If his healing powers are anything to go by, such eventuality is well within the realms of possibility.

Power to change destiny

Avdhoot Baba Shivanand

I have been receiving a lot of letters at Ashram, from people seeking healing. Telling me how they are suffering in their lives be it their health, profession or family. Today I promise you that I will talk about this life and try to unfold its secrets, so that once you leave this hall you are clear as to what life is and how you should live this life. All our scriptures the Shastras and Vedas are the best management books. They are comparatively more compact and complete than modern education books. I was in Bangalore and a lot of people belonging to different communities and working in industries came and met me. They spoke about recession and its ill effects on the country. And how the people were closing down their businesses. Overall they were suffering. They had all come for my blessings believing I would give them some locket or bhabhoot that would alter their fortunes.

The first thing I told them was low of nature. If you understand the fundamental law of nature, then you cannot do anything wrong. If you ignore the law of nature it can lead you to trouble. And the basic law is ‘healthy people make healthy industries’. Vice versa, sick people make sick industries. So you jot down on a piece of paper whether you are a healthy or sick person. Healthy people make healthy nation and sick people make sick nation. In the same vein, healthy people make healthy society and sick people make sick society. Everything good is collectively good for people. So you have to analyze and see what we are and how we are. World Health Organisation has released a new definition of a healthy person. Now according to WHO, a healthy person means anyone who is healthy physically, mentally and spiritually. Hence if anyone is healthy physically, mentally and spiritually, he is considered a healthy person.

First we must ascertain whether these three things exist in us. Now today the society is worried about children, particularly the youth. Are we imparting these three things as a culture? Are we inculcating these habits in children to make sure they are healthy physically and mentally? Are we taking them towards the spiritual side? Mind you, there is difference between spirituality and religion. So don’t get confused. If I say inculcate the feeling of spirituality in children, suddenly I find some Amma taking her teenage son to temple everyday in order to inculcate spirituality in her son. No, not that.

If you want to accomplish some thing, you have to pay a price got it. This is a major thumb rule of nature. Nothing comes for free in this universe. In some way or the other you have to pay a price to achieve whatever you want to achieve. In case you want to remain physically healthy you are required to pay a price even for that. The price is in form of physical exercises. Tell me, are you regularly doing exercises such as morning walk, jogging or practicing Yoga or Pranayama? If you are not doing any of these you are not paying the price. And if you are not paying the price, are you going to be healthy?

Health is necessarily not confined to only physiological aspects of our body. There is more to it. Rather it is factored in three-pronged sequence. The three essential components of health are healthy mind, healthy body and healthy spirituality. By saying healthy spirituality I mean strong spiritual moorings. As I said earlier health is a multi dimensional phenomena. It is closely interlinked with its three corresponding parts. To start with, mind is the most pivotal part in entire scheme of things. Above all, mental part connects with your thought process. Food for mind is also very important. In our Shastras they call it Swadhyay. Swadhyay is reading the divine scriptures everyday. After reading the positive scriptures, the positivity of the mind increases and it becomes healthier. Healthy mind on its part, leads to an advanced spiritual state. Thus, when you meditate deeply you inculcate this feeling of spirituality in you. To put it more clearly, healthy mind, healthy body and sound spirituality together make a healthy individual. Any nation, where people are practicing these three things will have a healthy society. Because if people arehealthy, the nation becomes healthy. If they become healthy their organizations become healthy. As a sanyasi I must talk about the mantras. I will tell you how the mantras are relevant in the life. But first I will explain you what are the mantras and their relevance especially they were created in first place. Once you go into spirituality, you will find mantras there. In Geeta Krishna says, “Among all the Yagnas the Mahayagna is Mantrayagna. If you recite a mantra that is Mahayagna, God of that Mahayagna is myself. I am the Devtaa of Mahayagna.”

Various types of mantras are mentioned in our scriptures. The Vedic Mantras, the Tantrik Mantras, Sabar Mantras and Aghor Tantras etc. basically what happens when you recite a mantra; for example take up the mantra Om Namah Shivay and you go on reciting Om Namah Shivay. After some time you find that your energy level is rising. And you begin to experience the divine energy of Shiva. But what is the basic phenomenon that takes place? The answer is every human being has five bodies. The physical body -Annamayakosha, the bioplasmic body - Pranamayakosha, the mind body-Manomayakosha, the intellectual body-Gyanamayakosha, the cosmic body-Anandmayakosha. If you see these five bodies the Mann or Manomayakosha lies at the centre.

Every thought that comes in the mind creates energy. This energy makes you Mind body. If positive thoughts are coming then you have a very beautiful mind body. But if anyone is preoccupied with thoughts of resentment, anger and jealousy—for instance lot of people are in the habit of saying that everyone is jealous of me. If such types of thoughts are recurring repeatedly in your mind, inevitably they would constitute a very ugly body. Saints can see the difference in the energy bodies. It’s a thought process. Our elders especially Siddhas were very intelligent. They knew if they did not give Mantra Diksha to ordinary human being, then he would be perpetually busy with negative thoughts and mundane negative feelings like resentment, jealousy, hatred, etc. which in turn would generate negative energy. Therefore in order to control these people, the Siddhas gave them positive mantras. So that if a person is reciting that mantra continuously his mind body would be controlled. He will exude positive energy.

At this point I would like to reveal a very interesting phenomena. Every thought that comes in your mind has a specific shape, color and fragrance. If someone is engrossed in negative thoughts he will display negative traits like ugly appearance, darker negative color and foul smell. On contrary, if someone is thinking positively all the time, he will have pleasant personality emitting attractive odor and fair color. Subconsciously all the energy bodies around you reflect the state of your thoughts. Or they are a creation of your own thoughts. Once you are absolutely saturated with a particular energy, a stage comes when the same energy would manifest in the form of physical reality. Primarily because everything originates from the mind body. If it is very positive and divine thought, you will enter the Gyanamayakosha as your thoughts will move upwards. Once you get the ultimate Gyana of the God you start experiencing the ultimate bliss paving your way for Anandmaykosha

On the other hand, average or inferior thought would stimulate negative energy, which of course, would automatically move in downward direction. First it would enter your bioplasmic body or the energy body and then it would manifest in the reality. It is a very scientific phenomenon. All great Siddhas and Saints have been working to increase the mind power. It is mentioned in our scriptures that if a thought comes to our minds repeatedly, it becomes a mantra. And if you are regularly reciting that mantra then it becomes a reality. In other words, you can create a life of your own choice if you know how to control your thoughts.

Many people come to me claiming to be saintly persons who help everyone and in return the same people cheat them. Well, there is something wrong with their thought process. They have picked up this mantra—the moment I will help someone he will cheat me. Same mantra in Manomayakosha is creating creatures permeating the energy fields. Therefore it is quite likely that a perfectly honest person will impulsively cheat them after coming under the influence of their energy fields. In our scriptures, it is written—Aham Brahmasmi; meaning I am Brahma the ultimate creator. Therefore you are the creator. Aided by Chitashakti or Kundalini Shakti you

create success for yourself. You create spirituality for yourself. You also create failures for yourself. In the same fashion, you create disease and cruelty for yourself. There is no external force other than your thoughts and mind, which is responsible for creation of all these elements. Shiva is very kind. He has given you the choice to create things for yourself. He has given you the power to choose.

I will give you one example. You all are wearing very nice clothes. How did you purchase such fabulous clothes? First of all, how did you decide that I am going to wear pant shirt or kurta pyjama? Understandably, a thought came in your mind and you chose. Is it your choice or not? Tell me yes or no. (Audience murmur in consent). It is your choice that I want to wear a wonderful kurta pyjama. Its your choice whereby you decide to wear a beautiful sari. Here what you do when you go to a shop? For instance, Shyamji was narrating his own experience while shopping with his wife and daughter. Both these ladies, Shyamji says, have their own way of selecting their favorite stuff. They ask the shopkeeper to show them everything. Whatever they like is kept aside as per their instructions. Not content with that they demand, “Now show us something else some other saris which may be more beautiful than the ones we have selected so far. This is better keep it aside and show us more.” Eventually they virtually have his shop emptied of its entire belongings. Bu then they have a pile of saris chosen by them. Out of that they will again choose. Finally they pick up one or two saris. That is the power of choosing. You are exercising your power to choose. Shiva has given you this power. So that you select whatever you want. For instance take the example of food. The lady of the house enquires Kya khaoge, what will you like to have for supper? Then you choose....Okay I would like to have such and such dish. She informs you that your choicest bhaji is not available right now. If that’s the case drive down to all corners of Mumbai and get me that particular bhaji, you order her. In doing so, you are exercising your power to choose. It’s a simple example that I gave you. You do that or not?

If your child has to go to the school are you not exercising this power? If you have to watch a particular channel on television, are you not exercising your power to choose? These are the different ways you exercise your power to choose throughout your life.

If it’s a thought that is going to decide your future, shat should you do in that event? Should you exercise your power to choose the thought or you let any other thought to enter your mind? What I mean is are you exercising your power to choose this thought or are you letting it come? Invariably you are exercising the power to choose while buying clothes, deciding menu and a host of mundane things. Or let us put it this way. You go to a garment shop and say I want to go to party so give me something to wear accordingly. You do not want to exercise your power to choose. And supposing the shop owner gives you an underwear and baniyan suggesting they would make a fabulous party wear on you. Would you agree to his suggestion? Certainly, not.

My point is, for trivial things you are exercising your power. But for bigger and decisive things that shape your lives, you are not watching your thoughts. If you watch every thought that comes to your mind and if you are that intelligent as that sari buyer is. Then certainly between the negative and positive thoughts that approach your mind, you would block the passage of negative thoughts and simultaneously allow the positive thoughts to enter our mind. This way you will make your life. It is in accordance with the law of the nature. The law of the nature states that every incident that occurs in your life is due to the thoughts that you have created. Be it disease, poverty or even accidents. You create them much in advance. First by creating the thoughts and then finally they manifest in reality. There you are not exercising the power to choose, that why the life is going haywire. What are we choosing today? Take the case of industry. We have already chosen the thought the industries are doomed. Because the government is not favorable. The policies are not favorable. Hence, we are going to lose everything. Individually the people have chosen a negative thought. Therefore in reality the negative thought created by the person will take actual shape. And it will happen actually.

Many mothers decide to choose very delicate thoughts for their children. Mostly the children concerned are either suffering or are regarded as problem children. They come to me and say

Babaji he is a problem child. Unwittingly, the very thought that they have chosen for their child is –he is a problem child. He is a problem and if she repeatedly says he is a problem, she is creating that energy in atmosphere. Obviously the most frequent and recurring thoughts are liable to become a reality. Hence the child is bound to become a problem. Exercise the power to choose your thought more than what you are exercising in choosing your clothes, make up, car or the house. Exercise the power to choose the thoughts arriving in your mind. Once you start believing everything good is going to happen to me, everything good will happen to you. On the other hand if a person feels that I am sick. Every time he is creating a thought that I am sick, he is creating a diseased individual. Ultimately after some time that person will become sick. My view is if you scan every thought entering your mind very carefully and select only the positive thought, your life will change for the better.

Activation of kundalini

Kundalini Sadhana is an extremely wonderful experience. At least that’s how many people perceive kundalini. Others are a bit apprehensive; they somehow appear wary of kundalini. For them the entire process of kundalini awakening is fraught with some unknown danger. Similarly, the books on kundalini, available in the market, also reflect two schools of thoughts. One school of thought believes kundalini awakening is essential to remove the beastly part of human beings. This part subdues all the rest of human faculties. Without kundalini, Moksha is not possible. Therefore, kundalini awakening is extremely essential, not only that, it is equally essential that rising kundalini reaches the Sahastrar Chakra at the top. In order to accomplish these objectives, Sadhana is necessary.

On the other hand, the second school of thought pertaining to kundalini meditation believes kundalini is an extremely virulent element. Upon its arousal kundalini has very dangerous consequences, which are beyond man’s prowess to handle. As a result, a person cannot cope up with kundalini arousal and loses his sanity at times abandons his home and acquires delirious tendencies. He starts hallucinating about imaginary things, like ghosts and other negative traits. These fallacies about kundalini awakening are rampant among the foreign authors. They are paranoid about kundalini. They give scary accounts of kundalini awakening giving the impression as if they themselves had experienced the same. Their accounts are quite interesting. Some would claim to witness kundalini arousal on its own. The fact is, kundalini would never get aroused all by itself. For that you need someone to awaken it. It is like a bulb, whose light will never reach you unless you insert the plug in the socket. This socket should be connected to the electricity flow. Hence kundalini cannot rise on its own accord, it has to be aroused.

In my opinion, such people might have remained oblivious to their own Shaktipat, which precedes kundalini awakening. People like Krishnamurthy have given graphic accounts of kundalini awakening, where people in the heightened state of kundalini awakening went into depression. They started seeing monsters. Some foreign author has likened the state of kundalini awakening to schizophrenia. Foreigners find similarity in the traits displayed by deranged persons in mental asylums and those of Siddhas in the state of kundalini arousal. For such observers the only apparent common thread is delirium, visible in both the instances. However, the delirium in the case of a mentally unsound person is of an entirely different nature than that of a Siddha who is in a truly ecstatic condition. The other person has actually donned the mask of insanity to forget something. His delirious actions are ascribed to kundalini arousal.

I am not telling you these facts in order to scare you. Rather I am putting the whole issue in the right perspective, so that you are aware of the true aspects of the whole issue. In the lighter vein, I am scaring you before someone else could do the same with you. Once a Sadhak asked me, “Babaji, is kundalini arousal an integral part of spiritual quest for salvation and that no other saint or spiritual figurehead has laid so much importance on kundalini as you do?” truth of the matter is; all Siddhas and those who have attained Siddhadom have underlined the importance of kundalini. Similarly, kundalini finds mention in the holy scriptures of all prominent religions of the world, under different names. Starting from Mexico, in the entire Christianity belt predominantly Christian populated countries, they talk about the Holy Spirit. While praying they say “Come the Holy Spirit, ignite the divine fire within me.” The Divine Fire that they mention is kundalini shakti. In Mexico, people worship the serpent God. In a different manner, Mexicans are aware of kundalini, but at the same time, they are forbidden to utter a single word about kundalini other than worshipping it. Tribes in Kalahari in Africa have a medicine man, who is revered for his healing powers. Healing powers of medicine man originate from kundalinishakti. Nevertheless, kundalini shakti is known by different names amongst the tribes, some call it Mam; some call it Qwalamicha, so on and so forth. Essentially, through these examples I want to drive home the point that kundalini shakti isan eternal part of spirituality. Or let me put it this way, kundalini shakti would always be present wherever there are Siddhas and Healers.

African healing masters conduct healing in a typical manner. First they light a fire and afterwards they dance around it in a peculiar fashion. They believe when you shake your body in a particular manner, the Mam-the Goddess rises. According to their beliefs, the fire, which rises from the bottom of your body, spreads to all parts of the body. Ultimately, it reaches the top of the body. In this condition when you touch somebody the sacred fire enters the body of that person. Disease, according to African beliefs, is devil incarnate. Once when you touch somebody, the holy fire within you consumes the devil in that person and he is completely healed. That is how they perform healing with the help of kundalini shakti.

Native tribes of America have their own perception regarding kundalini. As per their beliefs, there is a hole on the top of every human being when he is born. For them, the hole at the pate of the head is child’s connection with God. In their scheme of things, second point is the brain and third one is heart. As the child grows up, he imbibes the values and customs laid down by his parents and gradually that hole is closed. The moment that hole is closed, the natives believe, individual’s connection with God is severed. Interestingly, there is a stark similarity between our culture and the culture of these natives. Our scriptures have attached special attention to seven centers- Chakras as they are called and their relevance to our personal and spiritual growth. Charkas, including Crown Chakra, remain closed at the outset; as the man grows up he has to open them in a phased and procedural manner. With Shaktipat, the thousand petalled lotus is opened. Finally when all thousand petals of this lotus are opened, a man attains Moksha.

In our Sanatan ethos, irrespective of whether a person attained Siddhadom in his lifetime or not, he is conferred Siddhadom posthumously. In some way Kapal kriya is performed on him. Kapal Kriya is originally a part of the last rites, where the skull of the deceased is broken open, essentially by the son of the deceased. Through this act the deceased is supposed to turn into a Siddha. The futility of the exercise is lost on everyone. Little does anyone realize there is no point in elevating a corpse for Siddha status, whereas it would have been appropriate had it been opened to receive the sacred wisdom, when the dead man was alive. But that would have been possible only through Guru’s powers and not by the stick in a son’s hands. Ideally, Shaktipat was the best recourse to opening the inner recess of his mind. Anyway, Kapal Kriya is a symbolic way of analyzing the whole issue.

Kundalini has been interpreted differently by people abroad. In the ancient Kabbalah doctrine of the Jews there are descriptions of elements closely resembling the phenomenon of kundalini. Especially the chapter pertaining to Garden of Eden, where there is mention of Adam, Eve, forbidden apple and snake. Not only that, every ancient scripture has mentions of serpent. However, this serpent in no way symbolized evil. Rather, serpent stimulated the evolution of mankind. At the same time, serpent was also accredited with elevating the consciousness of human beings. Above all serpent was a divine power specifically tasked to raise the consciousness. These are the salient hallmarks of kundalini shakti.

Now coming back to our own land, many of you visit the Babunath temple nearby. What do you find there? Yes, there is a Shivling, with a snake coiled around it. Circumference wise, the snake, with its hood raised, is coiled around the Shivling in three and a half circles. Above this idol of Shivling and snake, housed over a stand with three legs, is an earthen pot dilled with water. There is a hole in this pot filled with water. There is a hole in this pot from where water is dripping down below. That’s how we offer water to Shivji, as a mark of obeisance.

In exactly the same manner, there is a Linga in the Muladhara Chakra of every human being. Kundalini shakti-the serpent power, is coiled around in Muladhara Chakra, in exactly three and a half circles. Kundalini in Muladhara Chakra is in dormant form. From Sahastrar Chakra, elixir drips down on the Shivling, drop by drop. The tripod like contraption in Shivling is comparable to our three Nadis- Ida, Pingala and Sushumna. Ida and Pingala represent the force of Moon and

Sun respectively. This is a beautiful symbolic description of Shiva. It has been said that man is a replica of God. Our Siddhas have imparted this sacred knowledge in our Vedas, Puranas, Upanishads and other holy scriptures. The only exception is the language used. The language has been altered in every scripture. In some instances, sacred knowledge pertaining to kundalini shakti is in the form of stories. You have to decode them to decipher their true content viz a viz kundalini shakti. You have to comprehend the science, logic and secret contained in that particular story. On your part, you tend to get caught up in rituals. In reality all these factors are present inside your own self.

Baba says the external universe and external world that you see, in reality is a reflection of the universe that exists within you. He has summed up the dilemma of man in a very brilliant way. What is outside is Maya-illusory world. But what is present inside is the eternal truth. You have God outside is the eternal truth. You have God outside also and God inside also. Shiva outside also and Shiva inside also. Self-Realization is achieved only when these two forms o divinity merge with each other and become one. But there is one wall which obstructs this union between Shiva from external world and Shiva present within. This is wall of “I” and “Mine”. The moment “I” cease to exist, both the Shivas are united. And become one Shiva. In this universe everything is Shiva. Till the time “I” is there, “I” and Shiva are two different entities. Extinction of “I” leads to communion within both the Shivas.

Bhagwati Mahishasurmardini is a confluence of sacred powers Maha Saraswati, Maha Lakshmi and Maha Kali. This sacred trio is reflected in Ida, Pingala and Sushumna. Kundalini arousal stimulates knowledge in an individual. Maa Saraswati enthrones herself on his tongue. As a testimony to the wonders of Maa Saraswati, the person automatically acquires the knowledge of Shastras and other holy destroys the karmas accumulated from the past. The demons of ego, greed and illusion are consumed by the serpent power.

Meaning of Shivyog

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Rakesh, Noida

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Anshu Gauba, Housewife

I feel blessed that I got the opportunity to attend the Siddha HealingTM workshop. During the Mrit Sanjeevani Meditation meditation i saw the golden energy flowing in my whole body. When i was doing the Ascension Kriya I saw many known and unknown people who were going in the light and rising to the higher dimension.

Hemant Gupta, New Delhi

I was suffering from severe headache for last 25-26 years and the pain was so severe that it was not bearable. I visited all over India and nearby places, many top hospitals like PGI Chandigarh and Rohtak but nobody could diagnose it correctly.25 years is a very-very long period and I lost all hopes of getting cured. The pain was for a 26-27 days in a month and hardly I was OK for 3-4 days in a month. With the blessings of Avdhoot Baba Shivananda, the headache was cured within 5-6 days and today I am perfectly all right, no trace of any ache. I am grateful to Baba ji and shall remain for ever.

Shyam Kaushik, Mumbai

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Krishna Kumar Dubey

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