Lost in the archives of our memory there must be a moment when we were in the Divine Cosmos of Brahma Loka as souls, with an option of experiencing life in the fourteen interesting planes of the Material Cosmos. Knowing fully the pros and cons of the Mental body which was necessary to take birth in these planes of existence we gladly chose and entered this aspect of Manifestation. Often misunderstood as a limitation, the Mental body is a powerful gadget at the disposal of the soul. Guruji has been emphasizing this truth quite often as we reach the pinnacle of time when a collective global initiation into the Light Age is just a few months away. He wants us to know that in these times of change our Mind is our friend. This article is a compilation of many points on the Mind or Mental body and its mysteries.

When the decisions of life bring us to a point of a clear categorical choice, with both opposing options carrying equally compelling reasons to be picked, many opt for the simple approach of writing two chits – one with ‘yes’ scribbled on it and the other with a ‘no’. We pull out one with our eyes squeezed shut as our heart pounds with anticipation, and of course, there’s a fervent prayer on our lips. This is just one of the rather innocent ways in which we expect the Universe to make life easy for us. A matter left to chance we thought, but, it isn’t; we were amazed when Guruji said that the wish of our soul gets executed by our mind and what we pick finally is our own latent wish!

This is true for choices made using pendulums pointers as well. Maintaining absolute objectivity with where the pendulum stops or which direction it rotates is near impossible. The power of our mind is beyond the scope of our current imagination. It is like an executor of our soul’s will, our own personal genie if you will.

Psychic experiences are another proof of this reality. When a meditator really wants to have a vision of Deities or a communication from the Rishis, they often have it. Such mental projections are natural, especially when the wish originates from a need to feel special; this in turn is a result of comparing ourselves to other meditators and their psychic visions. Guruji once told us that the mind can create visions which we can see with our eyes wide open, orbs being a simple example.

What is striking is that if we make a genuine wish to have a real vision, not an illusory one, then our mind will oblige and it will not create false projections to please us. This point is evidenced by a meditator, in her own words – “During the Orientation Class of 2012, I requested my mind to not give me any false experiences. I did see some things, mostly white Light and I know from my core that it was not a projection; Guruji also verified this as true. My mind did not fool me.” What made the difference is the sincerity and honesty in the request made to the Mind.

Dreams are from the sub-conscious layer of Mind. This is why not all that is seen in dreams carry messages. “Mind is a powerful gadget,” Guruji says, “Though Mind plays a very important role it can also create illusions, if you fall prey it will lead to confusion.”

The entire science of Raja Yoga is based on managing the human Mind and purifying it to attain the most exalted Spiritual states. This shows that from the very ancient times humanity has been grappling with the inability to manage something as dynamic as the Mental body. Just to refresh our knowledge, let me state that it is the Mind where emotions are born and thoughts are generated in the Intellect body. A quick read of the booklet – Descent of Soul – will help.

Most of the Spiritual energies which we receive during Meditations, blessings, etc are first absorbed by the Mind. Healing works best when our subtle bodies are pure. When our Mental body is pure it can assimilate the healing energies better.

While discussing mental disorders Guruji explained to us that the problems like Schizophrenia are due to disorders at the level of the physical brain. Multi-personality is a psychological problem of illusions; it is not the same as possession by other entities. In most cases psychological problems are not due to any functionality disorder of the brain or the Mental body but they are due to the confusions created due to life situations and several other factors.

Mind-linking is another very interesting aspect of our Mental body. Guruji says that when we think of a person strongly our Mind literally stretches and touches that person’s Mind. In a room full of strangers somehow our eyes meet only with one or two; is this similar to mind-link? A person came across an interesting repeated occurrence which clarified the concept of mind-link better.

At the airport after taking the boarding pass as she turned a group of three famous movie stars, who were busy talking amongst themselves somehow stopped, and gave her a clear eye contact. Later after the security check again another celebrity out-of-the-blue had a clear eye-contact. In both the cases there were hundreds of passengers around ogling at the celebrities but they gave a deep clear eye-contact to only to one person. Was this a kind of mind-link or some subtle interaction at the mental level?

Guruji clarified that because of the Spiritual energies carried by the person the celebrities had some kind of soul-level recognition. This was not a mind-link.
It is commonly observed that between some twins if one is hurt the other feels some pain, this is a case of strong mind-link.

Mind-mates, or what is commonly referred to as soul-mates, is another facet of reality which has intrigued probably the married ones more than the singletons. A quick re-cap: when we chose to experience life in the Material Cosmos we had to take on the Mental body, which had gender-specific characteristics as well as groupings like husband-wife. Some souls chose a gender but did not sign-up with another soul for the grouping and we refer to them as single souls. Others chose the grouping in which one soul chose the female gender and the other became the male. So technically the right term is mind-mates; due to paired Mental bodies they almost always take birth to be a couple, their destinies are tied and they can share some Karmas. They have to wait for each other as they work towards attaining Mukti.

The new points Guruji added were that even soul-mates (just to keep up with the general terminology) have their individual Freewill which leads to differences and this can lead to variations in their relationship. Their equation could be either diluted or intensified. It is not a must that they always take birth in the same life-times to be a couple. Sometimes they take separate life-times and marry others.

The most striking feature of God’s Creation is that innumerable permutations and combinations are possible. Every rule is a generally followed guideline; exceptions can and are made for either a greater purpose or out of sheer Grace and Divine unconditional Love. If and when one or both souls in the pair want to disconnect then that option is also available. So celestial divorce is possible too!

There are souls which are not technically soul-mates but have taken many births together and have had some or the other associations over lifetimes. Such souls also form a kind of group.

Most importantly love between a soul-mate couple is not more than that between a single-souls couple. Guruji has confirmed this very clearly. Also, it is not usually revealed which pair is of soul-mates and which is not so as to keep the journey of life normal. So what made only two individual souls choose a paired mind and all that comes with it? Answer - some affiliation or affection before they took on the pairing.

In the light of the times we live in, Guruji mentioned that the new energies stabilize and strengthen relationships between individuals; all misunderstandings will be removed. But if a pair chooses not to be together then even soul-mates could fall apart.

Soul-mates share a subtle connection even when one is alive and the other is not due to paired Mental bodies. The single-souls couple can have a connection only if their love is very deep for one another. This is true for souls which are not a couple but are associated in different ways, like parent-child. While answering a question from Ms. Subbalaxmi in one of the informal discussions she asked about this – “I am very attached to my mother. After this lifetime we may not meet again, this scares me. Will our attachment not bring us together again?”

Guruji replied, “It may. But as you advance you will realize that you can contact them wherever they are. You need not be related in the next or any lifetime. When you love someone very deeply you can always contact them, and even converse with them, no matter where they are in this Universe. If you genuinely love then you are always connected to that person.”

Incredible isn’t it and all this while we thought that death keeps people apart. It does in the routine matters but at the level of the soul it cannot. It is important to note that we can contact and converse with our loved ones only when we advance spiritually.

Our concern for our loved ones is naturally boundless but sometimes we cannot help them. A few days back, in the background of the Pralaya times, Guruji mentioned in the Residents’ Meet that we have to learn to manage our emotions. Our loved ones also have their Freewill, exercising which, if they make choices which are not in tune with the Light Age ahead then they might go through problems. We cannot force them to choose Light. We will have to silently witness in pain if we cannot salvage them from situations.

With the knowledge of the workings of the Mental body we have to take responsibility that it is our soul which chooses and experiences through the Mind. The collective intelligence of the body, mind and intellect, which we can define as the ego, is subservient to the will of the soul. The will of the soul ultimately rules no matter how much the ego influences.

There are many more mysteries of the Mind. In the times to come as our higher faculties open we will be able to comprehend them better. In the meanwhile, under the guidance of Guruji, let us continue the exploration.

There is more in our world than we can ever understand. The invisible plays a very important role in maintaining the visible and this happens to an extent we might find very hard to believe. The last five thousand odd years of the Dark Age have blinded us from so many Truths about all that goes into making life as we know possible. Only when we directly experience that which is labelled as mysterious does it become a reality. Guruji told us about some bizarre experiences he had when he travelled abroad to meet an associate. This proves the sentient Intelligence which pervades everything that God creates, which actually is everything.

Guruji had scheduled his foreign trip for barely a week. For a person of his exalted stature any place in the world is like a venue for meeting Divine Beings. Even before his flight landed, the Personality of the cosmopolitan city emerged as a Being and welcomed him. This megacity has one of the world’s largest shopping malls. Guruji happened to visit this place; within a few minutes an invisible Divine Being who is centrally responsible in protecting this place of enormous abundance appeared and welcomed Guruji!

Who was this non-physical Being? Using human terms, she is one of the assistants of Goddess Mahalaxmi. Wherever there is a lot of abundance in wealth, Beings representing Goddess Mahalaxmi work as caretakers.

From this point onwards, read on only if you are open-minded about the reality that life is stranger than fiction. There is more. Wherever a very important activity for human welfare takes place, a Being protects that place from dark forces. Hospitals have caretaker Beings from a certain origin. Government establishments and such power centres have caretaker Beings from a different origin. Organizations which store a lot of knowledge like libraries, book stores and even educational centres like schools and colleges also have caretaker Beings. Locations where caches of arms and ammunitions are kept are protected by special caretaker Beings. Even large food storage facilities are protected in this manner.

The central underlying principle is that for the functioning of life as we know it there are Divine forces which protect from dark forces. Not just this, the caretaker Beings also monitor and even report to the Spiritual Masters who administer our world.

Accumulation of any type of energy like wealth, knowledge and intense activity for a larger cause like hospitals are shielded. This applies to sacred sites which have a vast storage of Spiritual energies. Taponagara is an example.

Nature Beings and forest gods are not myths of yore from some pagan community of antiquity; they can be experienced as realities.

These caretaker Beings operate from the very beginning of the establishment of the places. They can be invoked but most people will not believe. It is ideal to offer love and respect to them. It is important to note that these Beings come from different origins; they are not the consciousness of the locations themselves. Please read the chapters on consciousness from Volume One of this book series to understand this point better.

We seldom realize the power of human emotions and thoughts even when they are represented in symbols and signs. For example, a car bumper sticker of a knife with blood dripping off it attracts energies of violence. Pictures of scary skull, anger caricatures, etc. attract similar energies.

The power of human intent expressed in words is no less powerful. Curses are famous for their effectiveness. If a curse is uttered by a person who has been unfairly wronged then it will work. Guruji warns that those who use curses for personal vendetta will also suffer. Fortunately curses can be withdrawn. And strangely so can prayers.

Despite the fact that God does so much behind-the-scenes to make this world liveable, it is still divided between victims and victimizers. The Law of Karma always operates and makes everyone accountable without doubt and yet if the victim prays to God for justice the process gets expedited.

Guruji insists that we should believe only that which resonates with our inner voice. He wants us to know, see and believe by ourselves. Guruji once said, “It is not easy to understand all Spiritual truths. It takes time, allow it. Whenever you come across some new knowledge in books or elsewhere contemplate on it, try to understand, experience if possible and make the knowledge yours. When you assimilate knowledge you will never be confused.”

Everything is made by God; everything has sentience. Even inanimate things are ‘alive’ in a sense. Guruji has opened our eyes and shown us that which is unseen. He is like a key unlocking the doors which separate the visible and the invisible.

Guruji has often encouraged us to watch good movies and read literature to understand the play of human emotions and the nuances and grandeur of facets of life. Ms. Vidya Vishwamitra shared her point of view on a movie called Contact starring Jodie Foster. The protagonist, an astronaut and a staunch atheist, loses out on a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have an intergalactic space journey through a wormhole into another earth. While this happens due to reasons beyond her control an interesting turn of events puts her back on the driver’s seat. Vidya appreciated that a strange higher power helps the protagonist in her endeavours simply because she was highly motivated and aspired strongly.

“That is a good observation. If we have a strong intent the Universe will help us achieve anything. I have always said that we must put passion behind whatever we do. It could be something menial like cleaning your room, organizing your bookshelf to a doing something sacred like Meditations. It is also valid when you talk to anyone; be in the conversation a hundred percent without faking. You must mean what you say. When you try to establish contact with the Light Masters or God you must be in the communication entirely.”

Those who work closely with Guruji have seen this firsthand. If anyone enters his study room when he is at his work desk writing something or answering an email, he will not notice until you call out for him. This happens even when he is talking to someone. He is so intensely involved with whatever he is attending to in the moment, he is in it wholeheartedly.

“Passion drives creativity and that is why artists are very intense people. I have seen paintings by some current artists; to me it looks like a design not art. Van Gogh’s paintings are a work of absolute creativity. When he painted even a simple chair it looked alive.”

Guruji’s face lights up when he talks about painting and art, every cell in his body comes alive. There is a restless artist in him which the Guru in him keeps at bay. We can feel the intensity of his passion for painting. He has collectible books of paintings by Monte, Renoir, Picasso, Rembrandt and his all time favorite – Vincent Van Gogh.

“Anyways, coming back to the point, there must be passion behind everything you do; you will enjoy and also succeed.” In the tone of his voice we could feel the Guru contain the artist.

“Guruji, my next point is – I feel that everything is right here, except that it is in different frequencies.” What she said emanated from the core of her personal experience; it was not a dry intellectual point from a book on Spirituality.

“Absolutely. Three days ago I received lot of information on this; someday I will gradually share it with all of you.” Pointing to the space in front of him he said, “Yes, everything is here but in different frequencies,” and encouraged her to explore more, “Go on contemplating in this.”

A meditator from Mumbai wanted to know more about shields. “When I meditate I lose track of the time I spend in Shield strengthening. I am a bit concerned about this. I meet people who are not exactly positive.”

“Do not worry, you are practicing fine. Even when you are surrounded by people who are negative the shield does not get damaged. Problems can happen only when you carry strong negativities in you. Extreme anger, hatred, jealously, etc can damage the energy shield.”

Continuing on the point of shield Ms. Rama wanted to know if the shield is outside or inside the aura; to which Guruji replied that it is outside.

She had a serious concern about a Pranic healing session she had undergone. “Recently, I tried Pranic healing and after the process started I became alert to the fact that I was allowing another person to access my aura. I wanted to know if it was safe and whether my energy shield protected me.”

“It is difficult to say off-hand just like that; a lot depends on the healer. But I can tell you this, I have come across cases wherein the healer enters the patient’s personality and drains out energy.”

“I was feeling quite okay after the session; just that caution bells rang in my head as it started…..”

“…..once having started there is no point in over-thinking. People go to astrologers for consultation, which is fine by me, but later they come and ask me if the predictions and remedies are right. What can I say; if you put your faith in someone have the courage to follow it through.”

A sweet voice laden with innocence cooed into the microphone, a lot of personal courage seemed to have gone into putting the words together.

“…..Guruji….Kavita here….Guruji, you had mentioned once….that we all meet you either once in fifty-one thousand years or in every lifetime….”

“Not all lifetimes necessarily but we do meet again. We need not…”

“….what if we want to…”

“….if you seriously wish then we can meet. I mean it.”

“Can I pray to you that in my next life I should be born as your daughter?”

“You can pray, however let me guarantee you that biological familial relationships are not required to be close to me. I have so many students, I cannot spend time with every one as it is not feasible but who here does not feel close to me. On a lighter note there are many who have requested to be born as my son or daughter, so I will have to raise a large family!”

“Also Guruji, whenever I feel like I just look at your photo or think of you and I pour my heart out. Will you be able to hear that?”

“I have answered this many times before, let me do it again. At the physical level I will not know about it; sometimes very rarely when people try to communicate with me intensely I might think about them. But at the deeper level I will know about everything, every detail and from that level I answer your questions, attend to your problems in my own way. Your communication reaches me at a deeper level.”

Mr. Sanjaya Vishwamitra wanted to know if practising Pranayama once before we practise Shambala Meditations and Stage Meditation is enough. Guruji explained that even when we practise two sets of Meditational techniques back to back, doing Pranayama once is enough.

He also wanted to understand the function of the silver cord and whether it is different for meditators and non-meditators.

Guruji said, “We have explained in the book – Descent of Soul – when we came down to earth for the first time our Astral bodies did not have enough weight so the earth’s gravity could not pull us down. To add some weight the silver cord was attached. Besides this the cord is the real connection between the physical body and the Astral body. There are many other functions which we are yet to explore. Also, it is the same for everyone.”

Sanjaya’s next question was quite interesting. “We begin Meditations with prayers to the Rishis and God. We invoke the Rishis and deities. I was thinking of the goddesses Devi, Mahalakshmi and Saraswati when it struck me that we know of Mahalakshmi as the goddess of wealth, so has she also blessed those who hoard black money?”

Barely containing his laughter Guruji said, “I do not know I have to ask her. Goddess Mahalakshmi carries the energies of abundance not just material wealth. Abundance applies to love, health, etc. We usually associate goddess Saraswati with knowledge but Mahalakshmi also carries abundance of knowledge. She can help us attain Vairagya or detachment. We do not know much about the gods and goddesses. Mythology has twisted many facts.

“Interestingly, if you pray to Saraswati for money she will bless as well. So compartmentalizing deities into benefits is ignorance. We can pray to any deity and ask for anything. Lord Ganesha can bless us with both knowledge and wealth. All the different gods and goddesses are from the same source – God. If you read the ancient Sanskrit obeisance and hymns you will notice that almost the same things are expressed and appreciated about every deity; the adulations are the same, each is likened to Parabrahma. That is because every god and goddess comes from the same Source.

“You may pray to any god for anything and they will bless. Our ancestors have over-simplified this matter. Lord Shiva - the god of destruction – can grant us a life extension. Mahavishnu has lot of knowledge.

“People try to appease the deities with homas, Shanti rituals, diamond studded crowns and golden thrones offerings to temples. One can appease humans and lower entities not gods. Spirituality is about being simple, good and honest; it is about being aligned to God.”

Mr. Karthik N. had a series of well-prepared questions, “You had mentioned that in this physical level we get flashes from past or future. Is it from the Astral level that we get these?”

“Sometimes a Rishi might want to communicate something to you which might appear to you as a flash. Sometimes your past is revealed; a Rishi might pick it up from your own mind or from another source, which again surfaces as a flash. Each time this happens we have to understand it as an individual case. We can also understand the source from which the knowledge was received.”

“My next question is about the Astral world. We live in this physical plane so that we can experience the beauty and diversity here; since we also exist at the Astral level, what is the purpose there?”

“The purpose there is again to experience. There is life in the Astral planes also. We came to the Astral world first then to the physical, so what we experience here would have been experienced there as well.”

“Is there a past and future there as well?”

“Yes, there is.”

“Guruji, you just mentioned how alive the paintings of Van Gogh are, I was wondering, what makes some paintings or sculptures so alive. Sometimes they seem to be waiting to be animated. What is so special about them?”

“The paintings carry the energies of the emotions felt by the artist; his passion also gets captured. That makes all the difference.”

“And does it draw more energies from different sources to make others feel?”

“No. They don’t draw, they only carry the energies.”

“I wanted to understand why impurities exist in us when we have so many energies like the Ra Energies, Shambala Energies, etc. What is the purification process that happens at the levels of body, mind and intellect?”

“We continue to have impurities in us despite such rare Energies because we allow them. We allow negative thoughts and emotions. The Energies purify us during Meditations, later we generate more impurities. Most are struggling to permanently remove this recurrence. It is possible, it takes effort.”

“When we have physical ailments does is happen due to impurities in the mind like anger, jealousy, etc.?”

“You can say that. Impurities, mainly, exist in the mind. These impurities get manifested as some kind of sickness in the body. It is mostly the mind which captures and carries these impurities.”

The session ended with a moment of silence and thanksgiving.

There is an almost hypnotic power behind the routine matters of life. It keeps us in a illusion that life will go on. As childhood innocence blossoms into youthful vibrancy filling every moment with the highs and lows and then rushes towards a midlife when we momentarily pause due to some or the other challenge, tumbling towards older age, we do not take the certainty of passing over very seriously. Culturally we are conditioned to be sad about death and do not give the process much thought. The commotion of life and its demands takes us away from the overall picture. In the first informal gathering of the year 2012, a senior citizen asked a series of questions which seemed to come out of concern for his time ahead. It also served as a gentle reminder to all of us.

“Namaste Guruji. My first question is that when the time comes for me to leave my physical body in this incarnation, will my Astral body come out and contract into a small ball of light or will it contract in my physical body itself, exit from a certain point and then expand to regain some shape?”

“The Astral body first separates then the silver cord gets severed following which it shrinks. Amara had once explained that the Astral body begins to roll out like a calendar before it comes out.”

“My next question - what will be the shape and size of the Astral body after death?”

“Usually it will be the size of a fist.”

“And will this fist size remain the same throughout my stay in the Astral plane?”

“I think so, yes.”

“Does the silver cord get disconnected exactly at the time of death or afterwards?”

“Death occurs at the moment when the silver cord is disconnected.”

“So, what happens to the cord after death? Since it is elastic, does it disappear in the Astral body or does some part of it remain visible outside the Astral body?”

“The silver cord remains with the Astral body.”

“The Vital body is likened to glue which keeps the Astral body in the physical. Now, in the case of a natural death does the glue start to loosen itself sometime before the actual death or does it loosen instantly at the time of death?”

“All of these steps happen almost simultaneously. When death occurs and Astral body separates the Vital body returns to the Sun.”

“Does it return as a cloud of Prana?”

“I don’t know.”

“When I am still in the physical body at which points between the physical and Astral bodies are the two ends of the silver cord attached? Also, at the time of death how can I leave my body consciously?”

“I have not experienced this so far so I do not know…..”

All those gathered exploded into laughter. It was meant in good jest so the student laughed along. It took quite some time for everyone to settle back into listening mode.

“….seriously I will try to understand all these and will let you know.”

This assurance from Guruji resonates with his deep sincerity to guide his students with exact knowledge. His passion for guidance stems from his unconditional love; this showed in an anecdote he mentioned from 1990 during the course of the discussion.

“If you love a person a lot then naturally you will be concerned about them, there will be a deep connection. If that person is not well then you might even feel the symptoms. In 1990 I had a few students who were very close to me. One morning, around 10AM, I had a lot of pain in my finger. I could not attribute it to anything. Later in the day my student met me and I saw a bandage on his finger! Even this is a beautiful experience I would say, such incidents are like messages from the Universe that love is at work.”

Ms. Vidya Vishwamitra spoke next, “Guruji, this is regarding my own Meditation, when I started I used to find it difficult to sit for long, I used to feel heaviness in my head. I just loved Meditations and I would see others sit so comfortably then I began pushing myself to sit for longer durations every day. Now I can sit without the heaviness.”

“That is very good indeed. I remember all the phases that you have undergone in the last two years. I usually instruct students to meditate regularly and as much as possible, to you I had instructed to meditate less. You see there are many Spiritual processes that are set in motion during Meditations. Each meditator absorbs energies in different quantities. You tend to absorb more and that explains the heaviness in your head. Your body system needed time to adjust to the intense energies. But now you are established in Meditations and are in the safe region. I am glad about that.”

She narrated another of her inspiring mystical experiences. “After the last eclipse for three days I was in an energy heavy state. I felt a lot of energy was pumped into me. When I tried to call someone I could barely open my mouth. The experience I had due to these energies was so unique I have never had the same during Meditations.”

Guruji’s response gave us a new insight into the workings of the Spiritual Masters. “This happened due to the energies from the eclipse. The Light Masters chose some people from all over the world and experiment with new energies on them. The Rishis receive the energies from the eclipse, add new energies to them, combine with old ones and create new energies. They see how the reactions to these energies are. There are so many such things which go on in the background.”

“What I found particularly touching is that when such things happen” Vidya said, “there is someone in the background who consoles us and says that it is okay. And after three days the heaviness was gone.”

Guruji smiled and said that it was a Rishi who was monitoring her all the while.

Mystical experiences from students throw up many questions which take a lot of time to understand. Ms. Nagamani Chandrashekhar spoke about how during Meditations she found herself in the Cosmic Tower, Kundalini Hall, Sapta Rishi cave and RA Temple at the same time. She wanted to know if this was her Chaya Purusha which was multi-locating.

Guruji’s answer – “It is not Chaya Purusha for sure, I will need some time to understand and explain. It is a very complex process. Write to me about this.”

We have learnt from Guruji that our energy shields can guide us and that we can communicate with them as well. Ms. Mala Suresh gave an example of this, “While practicing Shield strengthening technique I heard it say to me that it was now time to practise Shambala Principle number one.”

“It is a wonderful experience,” Guruji said, “Shields have their own intelligence. They guide us sometimes about our emotional state, about our behavior, etc. But most of the times we ignore. Most are still stuck at the horizontal level of life with all the gossips and trivia, a lot of energy, time and emotions are wasted on such matters. Somehow we have to withdraw from all this and keep ourselves at a slightly higher level. Be alert of all that you cannot see, like the energy shields. Become aware of it, talk to it, thank it, treat it like an entity and establish a beautiful relationship with it. Shields can even receive knowledge and pass it on to you. You had a very good experience.”

Many other points were discussed during this Session. The article will continue in the next upload.

Over the years Guruji has emphasized the importance of experiencing Divine Light. He has insisted that we Spiritualize our lives by bringing Light into every aspect of our existence. This is not about seeing Light visually alone and having psychic visions, it is about manifesting the essence of Light which is Love and Peace. As particles of Light, we have to ultimately detangle ourselves from limitations and shine with Light. Many have sought guidance in this regard. This article presents some of his guidance.

Mr. Swaminathan, senior Volunteer, wanted to know if it is imperative to sit in a meditative posture to experience Divine Light. Guruji said that it is not a must, any posture is fine. During Meditations we follow norms like facing the Northern direction and sticking to a time band, but even this need not be followed. There are no stringent rules per se. However, to go deep into the experience and allow other processes to get activated within us during stillness, it is recommended that we sit in a Meditative pose and follow the basic norms of direction, etc. A disciplined approach will also keep us from falling asleep.

Life-force is a subtle energy which brings a certain vitality and aliveness to our lives. It is like an antidote to moroseness; it is that which gives us hope in any situation. It should not be mistaken for Prana or some kind of a bio-energy from Nature. Guruji had often stressed on its importance. Ms. Hemalata, a new Volunteer wanted to understand if experiencing life-force is the same as experiencing Light.

The answer, “Life-force is a very special energy. Light contains life-force and much more. When we experience Light we automatically feel charged with life-force. Like all Divine energies it also contains Love. And Love contains all energies.”

The next few questions were asked by Mr. Sunil Bisarahalli. The first one is a problem which every meditator faces, “Guruji, whenever I hear some good song or an excellent piece of music it gets stuck in my head. When I sit for Meditations the song becomes louder and more active; just to finish the prescribed duration of Meditation becomes exceedingly difficult. It might sound funny but once I tried to imagine that the power supply failed so that song will stop playing! It did not work.”

Despite the amusement everyone knew this was a very important question. Guruji’s answer was clear. “When you practise Meditations mechanically such things happen. Don’t just repeat the mantra mechanically, and don’t try to see the Light during Meditations. Experience Light; Light is God. Relate to Light with Love and your Meditations will be fulfilling and nothing will distract you. The noises, both from within and without, will just fade away.”

“Guruji, while meditating, after initiating a technique when we feel distracted we go back to it. When I started the practice of experiencing Light I found it difficult. But the moment I let go of the technique I could experience. Of late I have been observing that the moment I close my eyes there is Light, I don’t even practise the technique.”

“As I have said many times, we only begin with a practice which we have to eventually leave behind. Meditational techniques have their place, but they are a means to an end. When we enter the zone of experience we may not even notice that we have left the technique behind.”

“These days most of the times when I close my eyes, I see Light. Once I thought it could be from an external source, so I moved my hand in front of my closed eyes, there was no shadow and no difference in the intensity of Light I saw. It was indeed from within me.”

“You are lucky that you can see this Light, many have not.”

“You had once mentioned Guruji that we cannot experience the kind of unconditional Love that Vishwamitra Maharshi radiates. This was on my mind and once during Meditations I wished for it, instantly a link got established, I saw a soft white Light descending into me. I lost my consciousness. When I woke up about an hour and a half had already passed. I realized that our system is not yet ready for his intense Love.”

“Receiving Light from him is indeed a very great experience. Once we feel such expansion we have to make sure that we maintain it for as long as we can, especially when we interact with people. Many have told me that when they spend time with me talking about the Spiritual Masters and their teachings they feel elevated. But the moment we disperse and they go back to their routine lives they find limitations in their expandedness. I understand that we have to be tough in our dealings with the world sometimes. Even I face such challenges. I once had to be extremely tough with a person but the moment my interaction with him ended I was as normal as ever. It did not shrink my goodness and generosity. Nothing should keep us from manifesting love no matter what our excuses. After having a deep Spiritual experience we should be able to manifest it.”

“Last night, my wife Keerthi and I were discussing that our system can be prepared to receive more Light by intensifying our practise of Stage Meditation. We can build this vessel to draw more Light and knowledge. Is this understanding correct Guruji?”

“I don’t think so. To manifest more Love and Light we need to make it our general attitude. Being good and loving does not need any strict regimented practice. Meditations help no doubt, but to manifest Love you don’t need techniques, it should be a part of your being. I personally believe that the practise of Shambala Principle one and two is enough. Even this, the constant calmness, radiating Love and Bliss should evolve into a natural tendency and should not need Meditational technique. By your purity itself you can receive more Light; then Astral travel, etc. also happen naturally.”

“When we try to experience Light sometimes we feel it with more intensity, we feel fulfilled; at other times we don’t feel that satiated. Is this because our state of mind is not that pure at such times or that our preparation is not sufficient?”

“There are several factors. Your mental condition is one; when you are happy, peaceful, not stressed then you feel more. When you try to experience Light and suddenly think of a person who has hurt you, your attention gets diverted and you feel anger towards them. Your open-hearted state disappears. Try to be Universal in your emotions and thoughts. See things from a higher perspective. See, think and act like the Universe; all-encompassing, accommodating and benevolent. This, of course, does not mean that we allow others to exploit us, but you get the point that I am trying to convey. Be cautious. Have an opinion but don’t judge. Give others space to be wrong, help but don’t interfere.

“Christ prayed to God to forgive those who tortured him. He was that expanded, like God. I have noticed that we can be more loving in our lives but we fear that our goodness will be taken advantage of and then we stifle our expandedness.”

“There is a question from Keerthi – she wants to know how to graduate from psychic visions to mystical ones where we can experience Light?”

“By Love towards Light. Also, do not look down on psychic visions, they have their impact too. The only word of caution would be do not take them very seriously.”

Ms. Usha Satishchandra, a dedicated Light Channels Volunteer, shared an experience someone had during a Light Channeling session. “Guruji, after a session a person said that he had a strange burning sensation all over his body. What was it all about?”

“This happens even during Meditations. He had a lot of Karmas and due to the purity of Light it was getting cleared very fast. He felt this process as a burning sensation; his Karmas literally burnt. If you meet him again ask him to be happy about it. Also let him continue to channel Light and the sensation won’t happen again.

“I can never over-state the grandeur and purity of the Light Channeling activity we are running. I was so overwhelmed when I received a letter from a school Head-mistress. She said that just after three or four Light Channeling sessions a batch of unruly, aggressive and badly behaved boys improved.

“Silent miracles are happening. There was another case – a small child was being followed by a street dog and she was scared; she instinctively sent Light to the dog and it stopped following her! Nobody had taught her that she can send Light to creatures, how did it occur to her?

“What the kid did spontaneously, many adults find it difficult even when they know Light can help. Make Light your constant companion; make It a part of your system, interact with It and let It guide you.”

There was another case of a very young boy whose father was an alcohol addict. Though nobody had told the boy he just sent Light to his father and it helped.

“So many great changes are taking place due to Light Channeling. I think the Light Channels World Movement is the best feather in our cap. It is the most glorious of all our projects.”

There was one very important point which Guruji had reiterated several times with regards to experiencing Light. No matter which Stage of Meditation we are in, Level One through all the way to Level seven, it has to show in our behaviour. Even at Level One if a meditator has truly experienced Light then he will be a transformed person. He also cautioned us against feeling superior with the higher Stages of Meditation. “We are all students, starting from me, we are all trying to attain the highest. Do not feel dissatisfied if after a lot of regular practise you remain in the same Stage during quarterly Spiritual check-ups. Your progress should show in your behaviour. Also, Meditation is an act of surrender; when you meditate in humility the kind Spiritual Masters may take you to mystical levels of Light far beyond your actual Stage of Meditation!”

As we progress in Time as well as in our Spiritual journey, there will be more light on Light.