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Rao M. Konduru
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MEDITATION & YOGA

Would Help You

UNDERSTAND GOD'S PRESENCE

Meditation and/or yoga would help you understand your inner self and your spiritual connection with God, often described as experiencing God's presence and realization within oneself. That realization varies from person to person. Through practicing meditation, or yoga or both, you can experience calm, stillness, silence, and inner awareness, which can ultimately lead to divinity.

 

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Transcendental Meditation / TM Meditation

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OSHO'S Meditations & OSHO'S Enlightenment

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Jose Silva's Ultramind System

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Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

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Swami Vivekananda'a Teachings

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Jiddu Krishnamurti's Philosophy
Jiddu Krishnamurti's Enlightenment

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Dr. Deepak Chopra's Publications

 

 

 

         

 

Transcendental Meditation
Also Known As TM Meditation
by His Holiness "Maharishi Mahesh Yogi"
(1918-2008)

Transcendental Meditation (TM) was developed and introduced by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He was recognized by the world as a traditional Indian teacher of this simple meditation technique. He originally learned it from his teacher, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati. Maharishi Mahaesh Yogi later coined the term "Transcendental Meditation," and presented it to the world as a secular technique for achieving inner peace and calm. 

Brief Biography:
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (birth name: Mahesh Prasad Varma) was born tentatively on January 12, 1918 in Pounalulla, in a Central Province of British India and died on February 5, 2008 in Vlodrop, Netherlands. He founded and developed the Transcendental Meditation technique and related programs and initiatives, including schools and a university with campuses in the United States and China. Around 1939, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi became a disciple of Swami Brahmananda Saraswati who, from 1941 to 1953, was the Shankaracharya (spiritual leader) of Jyotir Math, located in the Indian Himalayas.

Transcendental means to go beyond. Meditation means thinking. Transcendental Meditation (TM) simply means to go beyond thinking. To go beyond thinking is the same as non-thinking. Or, its innermost meaning is to go to the source of thoughts generation. Thoughts have energy because they flow. Thoughts have intelligence because they can choose the direction of the flow. The source of thoughts is therefore an infinite field of energy and intelligence. By practicing the TM, one can reach that source of thoughts, and can attain the state of transcendental consciousness, where the peacefulness, blissfulness or ecstasy of expanded awareness can be experienced.

Transcendental Meditation (TM) is a simple meditation technique that was introduced to the United States and Western World in the 1960s by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It involves sitting comfortably and saying a mantra (word or phrase such as RAM) over and over again for twenty minutes twice a day. The goal is to drive out distracting thoughts and reach a heightened level of awareness that produces a profound sense of deep rest.

TM is Practiced Twice a Day: TM is practiced for 15 to 20 minutes once in the morning on an empty stomach before breakfast to start the day with alertness and energy, and once again in the late afternoon just before dinner on an empty stomach to eliminate the accumulated stress of the day and as a basis for an enjoyable evening and a good night’s sleep.

How to Do TM (Transcendental Meditation)
When doing TM, you can sit cross-legged traditionally on a rug, carpet or pillow in yogi-style position.
This does not mean that these are your only options, as you could always sit comfortably on the couch, a recliner or even office guest chairs if you wish. You can meditate in any environment (outdoor or indoor) as long as it is safe. You can meditate outdoors when the light is not too bright and the place is quiet; you can meditate indoors, even in your apartment, as long as the place is quiet or noise level is low. You can practice TM anywhere in your office after work, while riding the subway on a comfortable seat, while traveling in an air plane by sitting on a comfortable seat, or even in your car parked at a highway rest stop. However the best place to practice it is in the comfort of your own home with peace of mind.

Make sure you are not interrupted for 20 minutes while you are on meditation. Take the phone off the hook and send the kids out to play with instruction not to disturb for the next half an hour. TM prescribes that you meditate for 20 minutes each session twice a day. Since meditation takes you away from time keeping frame of mind, you should have a watch or clock arranged nearby in such a way that you can easily see it without having to change your sitting position. Then approximately by the end of 20 minutes, you can open your eyes slightly to check the time. Don’t be surprised if you guess it’s only 4 or 5 minutes and then open your eyes to discover that it’s been 15 minutes. Meditation works that way as your mind shuts down from being alert. With practice you will develop a pretty good sense of when to come out of your meditation session (20 minutes), and the watch or clock won’t be even necessary any longer.

TM Meditation Mantra: Now for the mantra, the word RAM, one of the Hindu names of God, is used. The person who meditates is supposed to say silently within the heart the mantra RAM or RAMA.  It is pronounced to rhyme with “bomb” RAM or RAMA.


The people of Hare Krishna Organization use RAMA for chanting the song:
“HARE KRISHNA, HARE RAMA; RAMA RAMA, HARE HARE.”

RAM was the last word uttered by Mahatma Gandhi when he was assassinated with a gunshot.

                                  

Mahatma Gandhi Used to Chant This Favorite Hymn Everyday:

   Original
Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram
Patit Pavan Sita Ram
Sita Ram Jai Sita Ram
Bhaj Pyare Tu Sitaram
Ishwar Allah Tere Naam
Sabko Sanmati de Bhagavan

 

     Translation
Lord Ram, the Lord of Heavens
Blessed is Thy Name
Victory to You Lord Ram, the Husband of Sita
Oh So Lovable, Joyous it is to Worship Thee...
Some of Us Call You Ishwar (Lord Vishnu)
and Some Others Call You as Allah
but We Beg You Lord that Do Bless Us All...



But since the word “RAM” is essentially unknown to western culture, it will serve as a non-meaningful sound for our simulated TM meditation. TM can be practiced even without having any belief in mantra RAM, and still get successful results.

If you do not like to say "RAM," you can say "Om."
"Om" is often referred to as the prime symbol of Hinduism and is defined by Hindu scripture as being the primordial sound from which the Universe was created. "Om" is the original vibration of the Universe. "Om" also represents the ultimate reality and consciousness. "Om" is one of the most important mantras chanted in temples during various spiritual practices, including yoga.

To begin TM, settle yourself comfortably into the meditating position that suits you. Sit quietly with your eyes open for a few moments without any thoughts and then close your eyes. For perhaps a minute just sit quietly without attempting to say the mantra. Most people normally breathe at a rate of about 16 breaths per minute so use your breathing as a guide for timing yourself. Just sit there and count 16 breaths while just your mind and nervous system cool down.

Then silently say to yourself within your heart “RAM” or "Om" by closing your eyes.  You can say it at whatever speed you want, and you probably will find that you experiment a bit. Try coordinating it with your breathing, and say “RAM” or "Om" as you breathe out. Just keep saying “RAM” or "Om" silently in your mind over and over again.

If your attention wanders away from saying your mantra, which it’s almost certain to do unless you have truly extraordinarily mental control, that’s okay. That’s part of the meditation process, according to TM. But as soon as you become aware that you have stopped saying your mantra, you should gently and effortlessly come back to it. Start repeating, “RAM, RAM, RAM” or "Om, Om, Om."

During the time that your attention is off the mantra, all sorts of interesting thoughts and feelings and images may come into your mind. That’s okay too. Don’t try to stop them forcefully. Carefully but casually observe them without becoming entangled in them or attached to them. You may start watching a lurid sex story or an adventuresome drama starring yourself, but when you become aware that you are not saying the mantra, gently let those thoughts go and begin to repeat the mantra again.

When you have decided to end your meditation, simply stop saying the mantra and sit there quietly for about two minutes with eyes closed. Let your physical senses gradually restore themselves. Then slowly begin to open your eyes. Take the full 2 minutes to do so, counting breathes if necessary to time it. This is still part of the TM procedure, and it serves the vital purpose of avoiding shock to the nervous system, which is now in a very quiet and sensitized condition.

After the 2 minutes of “rising to the surface,” your eyes will be falling open and you will be completely aware of your environment. You may have moved your body, hands, or legs somewhat during your meditation, it is perfectly okay to do so, but you will probably now find yourself in a position that you have been holding in a relaxed way for 5 to 10 minutes, maybe longer.

Stretch your arms, rub your face and eyes, and get yourself into motion. You will feel like you are waking up after a good night’s sleep, and maybe you will yawn or have a deep sign. But within a few minutes you will probably feel super-awake and full of energy.


What Happens During TM Meditation: During TM, the mind settles down to a silent yet fully awake state of awareness¾pure consciousness. At the same time the body gains a unique and profound state of rest and relaxation.

Mind can reach two different states: “state of exited mind and state of settled mind.” For example it is Friday 2 pm; It has been a busy day and a long week. You are late for an appointment. You race to your car only to realize that you have forgotten your keys, and then you have to battle traffic and road construction before finally making it to your appointment, only to discover that you have left behind some important papers; Your mind is speeding and your heart is pounding; This is the state of excited mind. Another example is it is Sunday afternoon and you are heading home from a long weekend vacation, rested and relaxed; You feel contented, relaxed, happy; Your mind is alert, calm, clear; You begin to plan your next coming week with many practical and positive ideas, willing to make them work for you; This is the state of settled mind. Similarly the body and mind could reach a greater excitation, medium excitation or low excitation depending on your daily circumstances.
 

TM is used to attain mental stability no matter how excited your state of mind is. With the aid of TM, mind settles down to a silent state of awareness where the mind is calm, collected, yet fully expanded and fully awake. This state of mind represents the simplest but pure form of human awareness. It is pure consciousness. This original settled state is completely natural. It has always been there. Only it has been lost from the experiences of human activities, lost from its use because of the noise, perturbance, stress and other factors. However TM allows the mind to attain pure consciousness rapidly and easily and effortlessly and more importantly TM practice is pleasurable and enjoyable. Extensive scientific research findings showed that, through TM, the body gains a state of profound rest and relaxation that is far deeper than any other meditation technique. They called it "deep rest."

Pure consciousness is the source of unlimited creativity and intelligence of the mind. Research has shown that attaining pure consciousness back to its natural state twice a day makes the mind more alert, creative and intelligent enough to take wise decisions by being productive in work and enjoy the life. Moreover, the deep rest provided by TM eliminates the build-up of stress and tension.


Deep Rest Thru TM Is Better Than Sleep, Physical Activity and Entertainment:
Pure consciousness can be accomplished by the deep rest thru TM meditation. Rest eliminates the stress. The deeper the rest, the better the elimination of stress is. The rest gained during a good night’s sleep may eliminate some of the stress and fatigue that comes from the daily activity. Sleep alone may not be enough to attain full relaxation as we may not be completely free from fatigue accumulated throughout the day. Some may exercise to help cope with stress, play tennis, work out at gym, take an evening walk, or listen to music, watch TV, go to a cinema, read a book, go fishing or go on a trip to ocean. But all these physical and entertainment activities may not remove the stress completely because stress clings on to the nervous system and builds up day after day, week after week, month after month and year after year. Too much worry and personal problems add up and stress levels could be multiplied to become a disaster. Therefore deep rest such as TM meditation, twice a day, is essential to bring the consciousness to its pure state. Deep rest eliminates deep stress.

Scientific findings showed that Transcendental Meditation (TM) is by far the most effective meditation technique in reducing anxiety, improving psychological health, increasing self-actualization, and reducing drug, cigarette and alcohol-related addictions.

TM is a practical and proven technique for developing more energy, creativity and intelligence
¾for awakening the unlimited potential of mind and body and for enjoying greater health, happiness and success in life.

According to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi,
TM is Not a Religion, Not a Philosophy, Not a Lifestyle


TM is practiced by millions of people of all religions including Clergy. TM supports all religions because it releases stress and purifies the mind, body and emotions of the person who practices it. However please note that some courts in US ruled that TM is a religion.

TM is a simple mechanical technique. Turning on a light switch is a technique, not a philosophy; using a lever to move a large rock is a technique, not a philosophy; Similarly Transcendental Meditation is a simple technique that is universally applicable, repeatable and verifiable by anyone anywhere without any philosophical background.

TM is so easy that it can be easily learned and practiced by anyone without ever changing the lifestyle. The benefits of TM are rewarding and highly enjoyable.


Proof that TM Lowers High Blood Pressure
TM is a simple meditation technique that was introduced to the United States in the 1960s by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi of India. It involves sitting comfortably and saying a mantra (word or phrase such as RAM) over and over again for twenty minutes twice a day. The goal is to drive out distracting thoughts and reach a heightened level of awareness that produces a profound sense of rest, which Dr. Benson calls the "relaxation response."

The cardiovascular benefits of meditation are not limited to TM, according to Dr. Benson, associate professor of medicine and president of the Mind/Body Medical Institute at Deaconess Hospital. Many other techniques that involve sitting quietly, repeating a word or sound, and ignoring distracting thoughts can bring about the relaxation response. Dr. Benson emphasized one note of caution: "It's essential for people with hypertension who want to try TM or any other relaxation technique to work with their doctor and not change or stop taking medication on their own." Refer to American Journal of Managed Care, April 1996, pp. 427-437. See Dr. Benson's books below.


Benefits of TM
  Clearer Thinking, Improved Memory, Better Quality Sleep, Concentration and Creativity
  Reduces Stress and Anxiety While Increasing Energy and Vitality
  Improves Health, Lowers High Blood Pressure, and Promotes Reversal of Aging
  Improves Memory, Creativity and Intelligence
  Enriches and Strengthens Personal Relationships
  Expands the Mind to its Unlimited Cosmic Potential
  Develops Inner Contentment, Happiness, and Fulfillment
¾the Sate of Enlightenment
  Creates Waves of Peace and Harmony in Individual and Collective Consciousness



Adverse Effects of TM
Some people, including a study at Stanford Research Institute, reported harmful effects of TM such as mental disorders, depression, increased negativity and less motivation in life. So it is strongly recommended that you study the effects of TM carefully before adopting it permanently and you should evaluate whether or not TM is beneficial and suits your body and mind.

For more information on TM, read the following books:   
 

The Following TM Books Are Available On  Amazon.com
Trancendental Meditation Books
All prices are subject to change; Whatever price shows up on Amazon's site is final.
 

     

1. Science of Being and Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation
Author: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

List Price: $16.00  Price: $10.88

2. Everything You Want to Know About TM -Including How to Do It
Author: John White

List Price: $14.95  Price: $14.95

3. The Transcendental Meditation (TM) Technique (Paperback)
Author: Peter Russell

List Price: $16.95  Price: $11.53

4. TM - Transcendental Meditation : A New Introduction to Maharishi's Easy, Effective and Scientifically Proven Technique for Promoting Better Health, Unfolding Your Creative Potential, and Creating Peace in the World (Paperback), Author: Robert Roth
Price: $8.95

5. The Transcendental Meditation TM Book: How to Enjoy the Rest of Your Life (Paperback)
Author: Denise Denniston
Price: $1.99

 

6. His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's Translation of the Bhagavad-Gita, Chapters 1-6, in the light of Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation: Scientific Research Results (Paperback)
Author: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

List Price: $30.00  Price: $30.00

7. The Miracle Power of Transcendental Meditation (Paperback)
Author: Norvell

Price: $5.61
 

8. The Maharishi Effect: A Personal Journey Through the Movement That Transformed American Spirituality
Author: Geoff Gilpin 
Price: $2.15

9. Transcendental Meditation in Criminal Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention
Authors: Kenneth G Walton, David Orme-Johnson, Rachel S Goodman
List Price: $90.00  Price: $90.00

10. The Relaxation Response (Lower Blood Pressure with TM)   Authors: Herbert Benson, MD and Miriam Z. Klipper
List Price:
$7.99  Price: $7.99
 

11. Timeless Healing (Paperback)
Authors: Herbert Benson, MD and Marg Stark
List Price: $15.00  Price: $11.70
 

12. Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Maintaining Health and Treating Stress-Related Illnes Authors: Herbert Benson, MD and Eileen M., R.N. Stuart
List Price: $17.00  Price: $11.87

 

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Bhagwan Osho (1931-1990)
Bhagavan Shree Rajaneesh
 

Osho Book of Secrets
Best Love Quotes

God is not a person somewhere sitting and waiting for you!
God is a revelation in this world.
When the mind is silent, clear, unburdened, young, fresh and
virgin
with a virgin mindyou will realize that
God is everywhere! God is Omnipresent!
You Need to Meditate and Reach that Stage of Virgin Mind!
 

Find the Light and It Will Show You the Path.
The Path That is Shown by Your Own Light is the Only Path that is Right.
 

Each person comes into this world with a specific destiny!
He/She has something to fulfill, some message has to be delivered,
and some work has to be completed, and so on.
You are not here accidentally, my dear, you are here meaningfully!
There is a purpose behind you, Yes There Is!
The Whole intends to do something through you and your actions.
 

 

Osho (real name: Bhagavan Shree Rajaneesh) was an Indian sage, born in a small village Kuchwada, Narsinghpur District, Madhya Pradesh State, India on December 11, 1931.

Enlightenment Experience of Osho: Osho alleged in his biography that he became spiritually enlightened on 21 March 1953, when he was 21 years old. He claimed to have dropped all effort and hope. After what he describes as an intense seven-day process he went out at night to a garden in Jabalpur, India, where he sat under a tree.

Osho revealed: The moment I entered the garden everything became luminous, it was all over the place
¾ the benediction, the blessedness. I could see the trees for the first time¾their green, their life, their very sap running. The whole garden was asleep, the trees were asleep. But I could see the whole garden alive, even the small grass leaves were so beautiful. I looked around. One tree was tremendously luminous¾the maulshree tree. It attracted me, it pulled me towards itself. I had not chosen it, God himself has chosen it. I went to the tree, I sat under the tree. As I sat there things started settling. The whole universe became a benediction. 
 

It is difficult to say how long I was in that state. When I went back home it was four o'clock in the morning, so I must have been there by clock time at least three hours, but it was infinity. It had nothing to do with clock time. It was timeless. Those three hours became the whole eternity, endless eternity. There was no time, there was no passage of time; it was the virgin reality¾uncorrupted, untouchable, immeasurable. And that day something happened that has continued, not as a continuity, but it has still continued as an undercurrent. Not as a permanency¾each moment it has been happening again and again. It has been a miracle each moment. 
 

And since that night I have never been in the body. I am hovering around it. I became tremendously powerful and at the same time very fragile. I became very strong, but that strength is not the strength of a Muhammad Ali. That strength is not the strength of a rock; that strength is the strength of a rose flower¾so fragile in his strength, so sensitive, and so delicate.

 

                    Osho Dynamic Meditation & Osho Kundalini Meditation
Osho  developed and promoted many meditation techniques, among which "osho dynamic meditation and osho kundalini meditation" became the most popular meditation techniques throughout the western world. 

Osho's revolutionary point of view on meditation is that the sitting meditation simply is not necessarily the most effective means of clearing the mind and attaining the mindfulness. Osho discovered that an active meditation by engaging with an intense physical and emotional activities can help reach a non-thought state but at the same time alert and fully aware and conscious of the moment. Only in this way, by introducing physical and emotional activities into the meditation process, can the
practitioner attain mindfulness and will not become lost or distracted by inner thoughts of wandering mind.

Osho introduced the vigorous shaking, laughing, jumping, crying, speaking loud a mantra, intense breathing, and even smoking and sexual activity as meditative exercises that can lead the meditation practitioner to inner freedom without any perturbance.
Osho stated that this kind of  meditation practice brings our physical and mental energies to a peak level, so that the following silence is smooth and easy¾leaving us alert, refreshed, and newly energized throughout the day.


   There TWO types of OSHO'S Active Meditation:
               a. Osho Dynamic Meditation
               b. Osho Kundalini Meditation

 

Osho Dynamic Meditation
60 Minutes of Daily Activity for 21 Days:
10 Minutes Breathing + 10 Minutes Expression + 10 Minutes Action + 15 Minutes stillness + 15 Minutes Dance

In Osho Dynamic Meditation, you have to be continuously alert in a standing position, conscious, and aware. You should remain a witness of everything happening to you throughout the meditation.

Osho Dynamic Meditation lasts for one hour long and is performed in five stages. It can be done alone, and can be even more powerful when it is done with others. When doing this meditation with others, the meditation remains an individual experience, so you should remain oblivious (unaware) of others around you and keep your eyes closed throughout, preferably using a blindfold. A blindfold will be helpful to keep your attention focused inward. It is best to have an empty stomach and wear loose, comfortable clothing. As with all meditations, make sure you are in a situation where you will not be disturbed or interrupted. To see significant results, you should do it 21 days continuously.

First stage: 10 minutes of Intense Breathing
Breathe rapidly in and out through the nose for 10 minutes, let your breathing be intense and chaotic. Allow the breath to move deeply into the lungs, and don’t follow any set pattern or rhythm, and let it go disorganized. Allow your body movements as disorderly as possible and do not follow any set pattern. Use these natural body movements to help you build up your energy. Feel energized, and keep all the energy within you.

Second stage: 10 minutes of Expression
After 10 minutes of intense breathing, explode to a much higher level of energy! Let go of everything that needs to be thrown out. Go totally mad, scream, shout, cry, jump, shake, dance, sing, laugh, throw yourself around. Through this frenzy activity, through out all madness and frustration that has been within you. Hold nothing back, keep your whole body moving without any premeditated course of action. Don't allow your mind notice what is happening. Keep going like that for 10 minutes.

Third stage: 10 minutes of Mantra Action
Raise your arms, jump up and down shouting the mantra HOO! HOO! HOO! as deeply as possible and as loudly as you can. Each time you land, on the flats of your feet, let the sound hammer deep into the sex center. Give all you have, exhaust yourself totally.

Fourth stage: 15 minutes of Stillness
STOP jumping! Freeze where you are in whatever position you find yourself. Don't arrange the body in any pre-determined posture. A cough, a movement, anything will dissipate the energy flow and the effort will be lost. Be a witness to everything that is happening to you.

Fifth stage: 15 minutes of Celebration
Celebrate it with happiness! You have just thrown away all your madness and frustrations into the vacuum that is vastly available in the space. Sing and dance for what you have just accomplished, be appreciative of yourself, and be proud of yourself. Carry these positive feelings throughout the day wherever you go and whatever you do. Be mindful of your true self as your consciousness will reach its pure natural state in 21 consecutive days.
 

Osho Kundalini Meditation
60 Minutes of Daily Activity for 21 Days:
15 Minutes Relaxing & Shaking + 15 Minutes Dance + 15 Minutes Sitting & Standing + 15 Minutes Stillness

Osho Kundalini meditation is a more relaxed form of Active meditation compared to dynamic meditation. Osho Dynamic Meditation lasts for one hour long and is performed in four stages. This meditation is ideal for rejuvinating and energizing one’s self.

First Stage: 15 minutes of Relaxing and Shaking the Body
In a standing position, shake the body for 15 minutes as vigorously as you can allowing your whole body remain loose without any direct muscle control.

Second Stage: 15 minutes of Dance
Dance spontaneously for another 15 minutes in a relaxed manner, expressing yourself wherever your mood takes you.

Third Stage: 15 minutes of Sitting and Standing
Exercise yourself for 15 minutes by sitting and standing yet allowing your whole body be entirely still, and observing and becoming a witness of both inner and outer sensations as they occur.

Fourth Stage: 15 minutes of Stillness
Lay down as if you were suddenly collapsed for another 15 minutes, with your arms balanced at either side of your body and relax entirely, just forgetting all your problems, and making no effort to do anything.

For additional information read the books of Osho listed below.

 

Osho Talks & Osho Discourse

Osho emphasizes that you must clean up and purify your mind everyday through dynamic meditation or kundalini meditation exactly as you clean up your physical body everyday by taking a bath.  Meditation is a bath for the mind to clean up the madnesses/frustrations such as envy, jealousy, hate, greed, anger, sadness, stress, anxiety and many other negative human characteristics. Humans have learned how to clean up the body on a daily basis but lacked the natural meditative skills of cleaning the mind. Osho says that one must simply throw away all madnesses/frustrations into the vacuum that is vastly available in the space on a daily basis doing some kind of meditation. Osho also warns not to throw away those madnesses/frustrations upon your neighbor or enemy, and if you do so it would constitute the violence and backfire. If you understand and develop this art, and practice the dynamic meditation with proper discipline and responsibility, all madnesses/frustrations of your mind will be dissolved as the space absorbs them once and for all. Once your mind is cleaned up like that on a daily basis through dynamic meditation technique, your mind gets purified, and if you are consistent and persistent in your efforts, one day you will attain mindfulness and recover your pure consciousness in its natural state. As a result, your karma will then be abolished, and you will be liberated from all sorts of suffering. Human suffering occurs due to the buildup of karma when the energy dissipates away from the consciousness due to negative habits and when consciousness gets contaminated. Dynamic meditation will help you achieve this goal of recovering pure consciousness in its natural state.
 


Testimonials
"Osho is an enlightened master who is working with all possibilities to help humanity overcome a difficult phase in developing consciousness." -- Dalai Lama

"Osho's brilliant insights will benefit all those who yearn for experiential knowledge of the field of pure potentiality inherent in every human being." -- Dr Deepak Chopra
 

The Following OSHO Books Are Available On Amazon.com
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1. Osho Meditations: The First and Last Freedom (Paperback)
Author: Osho
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2. Osho Book of Secrets: Keys to Love and Meditation (Hardcover)
Author: Osho

List Price: $35.00  Price: $23.10

3. Osho Awareness: The Key to Living in Balance  (Insights for a New Way of Living)  Author: Osho
List Price: $12.95  Price: $10.36

4. Intuition: Knowing Beyond Logic (Paperback), Author: Osho
List Price: $12.95  Price: $10.36

5. Creativity: Unleashing the Forces Within (Insights for a New Way of Living.) (Paperback)   Author: Osho
List Price: $12.95  Price: $12.95

6. Joy: The Happiness That Comes from Within (Osho, Insights for a New Way of Living.) (Paperback)   Author: Osho
List Price: $12.95  Price: $10.36

     
     
 

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Silva UltraMind
Silva Mind Control Method, Extrasensory Perception ESP, Holistic Healer

Jose Silva (1914 - 1999)

Jose Silva's Biography
Great American "Jose Silva"
was born on August 11, 1914 in Laredo, Texas, USA. He and his older sister and younger brother were raised by their grandmother. Silva supported the family from a very young age by selling newspapers, shining shoes, and doing odd jobs. He never attended school, but learned to read and write by watching his sister and brother do their homework. Jose Silva first learned hypnosis and later abandoned.

At the age of fifteen, Silva began to repair radios and built a successful business. This experience helped him recognize different brain wave frequencies. As a teenager, one day he accidentally reached the alpha-state of mind. Silva’s first reported experience with ESP (Extrasensory Perception) occurred one evening in 1953 while his daughter was in her “alpha level.” Silva was questioning his daughter about her school work, and as she answered each question, he framed the next in his mind, before verbally asking the question. Silva reported that his daughter began to give the answers to the questions he was forming in his mind before he verbalized them.

Since then, Jose Silva began experimenting with mental training exercises to quiet the brain yet keep it more independently alert than in hypnosis. This, he reasoned, would lead to improved memory combined with understanding and hence to higher I.Q. scores. The exercises from which Mind Control evolved called for relaxed concentration and vivid mental visualization and ways of reaching lower levels. Once reached, these levels proved more effective than in Beta level in learning. The proof was in his children's sharply improved grades over a three-year period while he continued to improve his techniques. Jose Silva was known to be the first person to prove that we can learn to function with awareness at the Alpha and Theta frequencies of the brain.

Jose Silva died peacefully due to natural causes on February 7, 1999 at the age of 84. The Silva UltraMind ESP System was his final creation, completed shortly before he died, intended to help people increase their I.Q. and develop psychic abilities.

Jose Silva’s Discovery: The life on higher or spiritual dimension where we came from, and where we go after we die, can be understood. When we communicate with the higher intelligence in the spiritual dimension, we can obtain all the guidance and help that we need to carry out our mission in life here on earth, and can be healed and heal others. According to Jose Silva, it is possible to communicate with the Higher Intelligence on the Other Side if we are capable to use delta brain wave frequencies associated with deep sleep.
 

Jose Silva Claimed that by Using the Silva UltraMind System, You Can:
Enhance your thinking, memory, creativity, and foresee the future.
Find and fulfill your purpose in life.
Strengthen your connection with your source (higher intelligence).
Pray more effectively and obtain guidance and help from higher intelligence.
Project your mind to any place in the world to detect information. 

Read the people like a book.
Know if someone is telling you the truth.
Gain knowledge about others intentions just by looking at them.
Know anyone's real motives by simply being in the same vicinity
You can even see through walls (Yes it is possible!).

 

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Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa (1836-1886)

 

 

Biography of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
In India, "Sri" is a polite form of addressing a respectable person. In English, "Sri" is the same as Mister or Mr." Ramakrishna is his name and Paramahamsa is the the title given to him by spiritualists.

In Hinduism, "Paramahamsa" or "Supreme Swan" is a Sanskrit title of honor for a Sanyasi (Sanyasi means  an ascetic monk) who has achieved the highest level of spiritual development and union with ultimate reality. The term literally translates to "Supreme Swan," symbolizing the ability to be at home in both the spiritual and physical realms. Paramahamsa, in Hinduism, is considered awakened in all realms and embodies the Divine. 

India, with her wealth of spiritual tradition, has produced many spiritual giants. One of the greatest was Ramakrishna (1836-1886). His life was a testament to truth, universality, love and purity. Ramakrishna Parmahamsa is perhaps the best known saint of nineteenth century, India ever had. He was born in a poor Brahmin family in 1836, in a rural village called Kamarpukur
near Calcutta, West Bengal.

Ramakrishna Paramahansa even as a boy naturally gravitated toward leading a spiritual life. This tendency only intensified as he grew older. He immersed himself in intense meditation and other spiritual practices. Ramakrishna was constantly absorbed in the thought of God. He would often go into high spiritual states, while meditating, where he would merge with the Infinite Reality. For him, the Vedantic teaching of unity of all existence was more than theory; He literally saw and knew that this to be true.
 
Whenever people asked "Sir, have you seen God?” Sri Ramakrishna replied clearly and calmly that “Yes, I see God as clearly as an apple over the palm
nay even more intensely.” 

At Dakshineswar Kali temple, Sri Ramakrishna used to perform experiments to obtain trance state of mind. Many of his disciples experienced trance state, superconscious state in Meditation Samadhi, just by a simple touch of Sri Ramakrishna.  In this state of trace many people experienced the destruction of I-ness, that is loss of consciousness, and cried out loudly. Then Sri Ramakrishna would simply say “let it then cease now” and as a result people used to come back to the normal state of consciousness. Sri Ramakrishna was found to be highly capable in obtaining trance state to those who were highly spiritual.

In his thirst for the divinity, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa followed different religious paths including various branches of Hinduism and many non-Hindu paths. He with great interest and open mind also learned and practiced Islam, Sikhism, enhanced his knowledge through the wonderful teachings of Buddha and later meditated deeply on Christ, experiencing however the same divine Reality through all religions. Thus, he came to the conclusion, based on his own direct experience of the universality of spiritual truth, that all religions lead to the same God.

Many famous world’s leaders and philosophers— Mahatma Gandhi, Leo Tolstoy, Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Thomas Merton, Arnold Toynbee, Joseph Campbell—have been deeply impressed and influenced by this great saint Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
 

Ramakrishna’s Philosophy
     God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also climb up by a bamboo pole.

    God is both personal or impersonal. It is difficult to conceive an impersonal God, so, to begin with God has to be thought of as a person. Can anyone think of the white color without thinking of a white object? One can look at the morning sun, but not at the midday sun. Similarly, when God is manifest in a person we know what God is like, otherwise God is impersonal and beyond thought and speech.

     Brahman is the nameless formless Essence, the pure conscious Awareness permeating all worlds, objects and beings, which in and of Itself is neither matter, energy or mentation—point to its essence (the Brahman is not in the worlds but the worlds are in the Brahman).

The Four Key Concepts in Ramakrishna's Teachings:

  the oneness of existence
  the divinity of human beings
  the unity of God
  the harmony of religions



Quotations of Ramakrishna:

  Different people call on "God" by different names: some as Allah, some as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water in a lake. Some drink it at one place and call it 'jal', others at another place and call it 'pani', and still others at a third place and call it 'water'. The Hindus call it 'jal', the Christians 'water', and the Moslems 'pani'. But it is one and the same thing."
 
  When God is realized, the world never appears empty. He who has attained Him sees that the Lord Himself has become all these—the universe and its creatures.
  As a lamp does not burn without oil, so a man cannot live without God.
  As a man thinks, so he becomes.
  Knowledge leads to unity; Ignorance leads to disunity.



 

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Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902)
[ Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa ]

 

 

Biography of Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda was born in a wealthy family in Culcatta, West Bengal, India on January 12, 1863. His pre-monastic name was Narendranath Dutta. Swami Vivekananda is regarded in India as a patriot and saint. Swami Vivekananda was a disciple of the great spiritual master Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, an 18th century saint. Swami Vivekananda came to the USA and England and taught, during 1893-1896 for 4 years the doctrine of non-Dualism, "the fact that we are all God, and that all we see is God, called Brahman."

Swami Vivekananda was the first known Hindu Sage to come to the West in 1893, where he introduced Eastern thought at the World's Parliament of Religions in connection with the World’s Fair in Chicago. Here, his first lecture, which started with this line "Sisters and Brothers of America," made the audience clap for two minutes just to the address, for prior to this seminal speech. He mesmerized everyone with his speech. It was this speech that catapulted him to fame by his wide audiences in Chicago and then later everywhere else in America, including far-flung places such as Memphis, Boston, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, and St. Louis.

After the conference of World’s Parliament of Religions, the Swami Vivekananda traveled throughout the United States and England, for 4 years,  lecturing and giving the Western world his best teachings on Vedanta, teachings that seemed customized for the particular needs of the western mind. His first book on the yoga of meditation was assembled and published as Raja-Yoga. Later came out a collection of his talks on the intellectually demanding approach Jnana Yoga, and finally, talks on the yoga approaches that suit most people Karma and Bhakti Yoga. A series of private talks to his most serious students at Thousand Islands Park in New York was later published as “Inspired Talks.”

Swami Vivekananda came back to India in December of 1896 after spending 4 years in West. The news of the Swami's return had already reached India, and people everywhere throughout the country were afire with enthusiasm to receive him. Here he was able to put many of his ideas in practice such as service to the poor, education, hospitals, and relief in times of natural disaster.

A major day came in 1899 when the permanent headquarters of his brother monks, called the Ramakrishna Order and Mission of India, was consecrated.

This great saint and philosopher, Swami Vivekananda, passed away for his heavenly abode on July 4, 1902 at the age of 39 years.


Watch the Video of Swami Vivekananda's Speech in Chicago (Sept 11, 1896)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxUzKoIt5aM
The speech is described below:

                                                          
Sisters and Brothers of America,

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.

My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the Earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to Southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation. I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of human beings: "As the different streams having their sources in different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."

The present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies ever held, is in itself a vindication, a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in the Gita: "Whosoever comes to Me, through whatsoever form, I reach him; all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to me." Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful Earth. They have filled the Earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.



Swami Vivekananda and His Life
How Vedanta Vivekananda was inspired by His Mentor Sri Ramakrishna?
 

First Meeting: Vivekananda first met with Ramakrishna in 1881 when Ramakrishna traveled to Calcutta to visit one of his disciples who live in the same neighborhood as the Vivekananda. As the singers of the music band did not show up on that particular day, Vivekananda was invited to fill up the gap. Vivekananda with his talent of singing and playing musical instruments attracted Sri Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna impressed with Vivekananda and his talents and invited him to see him again in Dakshineswar Kali temple.

Vivekananda’a father suggested him to get married but Vivekananda refused to marry for he wanted to pursue the path of spiritual enlightenment.


Second Meeting: Vivekananda went to Dakshineswar Kali temple along with his friends with a plan in mind to visit Sri Ramakrishna. Sri Ramakrishna very curiously asked Vivekananda to sing a song. Vivekananda began to sing one of the most touching songs in Bengali. The song goes like this: “O my mind, come; let us go home; Why do you travel in the foreign land of the world in a foreigner’s garb?” Sri Ramakrishna was visibly moved by the sincerity and melody in the voice of Vivekananda. Tears welled up in the eyes of Sri Ramakrishna, and he thus lovingly got acquainted with Narendra. The affection of Sri Ramakrishna towards Vivekananda intensified. Sri Ramakrishna treated Vivekananda with utmost love and familiarity and escorted him to inner room and fed him sweets and other eatables with his own hands; Soon after this encounter, they became close friends. Vivekanada was greatly astonished to find Sri Ramakrishna with his very peculiar behavior and pure and devoted love towards God.  Vivekananda, who has been struggling with his skepticism and logical mind about recognizing the powers of spiritual master Sri Ramakrishna, started becoming a believer in divinity.

Sri Ramakrishna invited Vivekananda to visit Dakshineswar once again at his earliest convenience. Moreover Vivekananda's English teacher in his lecture had told the students to visit Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa at Dakshineswar if they wanted to know the exact meaning of the word 'TRANCE,' for Sri Ramakrishna often experienced that superconscious state of samadhi.

Vivekananda once again was attacked by his own skepticism and logical mind, and doubted that this poor Brahmin, Sri Ramakrishna, might be playing tricks with innocent people in the form of hypnotism or mesmerism and probably the trance and samadhi were thought to be the whims and play of mind rather than divine superconscious states. Vivekananda hesitated first for a month time but later made up his mind to visit Sri Ramakrishna again.


Third Meeting: Next month, Vivekananda tempted to go to Dakshineswar again to visit his mentor and would-be guru Sri Ramakrishna. As soon as he approached Sri Ramakrishna, Vivekananda asked with a great curiosity "Sir, have you seen God?” Sri Ramakrishna replied clearly and calmly that “Yes, I see God as clearly as an apple over the palm, nay even more intensely.”  This answer turned Vivekananda to more perplexity and surprise because he asked the same question to many great religious scolars and gurus but never got a firm reply like this one. All those so-called Pundits of Brahmo Movement were reluctant and frightened to answer such a question with any authority or resoluteness. But that day he got the most emphatic and positive answer only from Sri Ramakrishna. Sri Ramakrishna was sitting all alone. He was very pleased to receive Vivekananda and called him near his tiny bedstead. Sri Ramakrishna went into a divine mood and touched Vivekananda with his right foot. Immediately Vivekananda had a wonderful experience, which is given in his own words as follows:

"I saw with my eyes open that all the things of the room together with the walls were rapidly whirling and receding into an unknown region, and my I-ness together with the whole universe was, as it were, going to vanish in an all devouring great void. I was then overwhelmed with terrible fear. I knew that the destruction of I-ness was death, so I thought that death was before me, very near at hand. Unable to control myself, I cried out loudly, saying, 'ah. What is it you have done to me? I have my parents waiting for me at home, you know."

Laughing loudly at his words, Sri Ramakrishna touched Vivekananda's chest with his hand and said, "Let it then cease now.” It need not be done all at once. It will come to pass in course of time. Vivekananda was amazed to notice how that extraordinary experience vanished as quickly as it had come. He came to normal state and saw things inside and outside the room standing still as before. Vivekanada thus personally witnessed the truth and understood the true meaning of trance state with the help of the loving and caring Sri Ramakrishna. Vivekananda was sure that it was no hypnotism, for he thought himself endowed with solid will- power and self-confidence, and that his mind could not be affected by skepticism anymore.


Fourth Meeting: The next visit followed much earlier than the previous one’s as Vivekananda was very anxious about spiritual enlightenment. This time Sri Ramakrishna asked Vivekananda to accompany him to the nearby garden of Jadu Mallick. Here these two persons, Sri Ramakrishna and his would be disciple Vivekananda, were left all alone. Sri Ramakrishna went into ecstatic mood and elevated Vivekananda to such a state of consciousness where Vivekananda lost his body consciousness but could answer the questions put by Sri Ramakrishna. Vivekananda did not remember anything about this episode, but Sri Ramakrishna later told his devotees that on that day he put many intimate questions to Vivekananda and got answers to them all. He asked Vivekananda about the purpose of his descent on the Earth, the nature of his work in the future, his plans and mission in life and so on. On the basis of these questions Sri Ramakrishna came to know that Vivekananda would lead life of a monk and would leave his body when he comes to know his true nature. Sri Ramakrishna knew that Vivekananda was ever-perfected soul (nitya siddha) in meditation. With this experience, after realizing the Highest Truth, Vivekananda became the principal disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and devoted his full time in worshiping the God. Thus, between 1881 and 1886, for five years, Vivekananda was groomed to become a great yogi with unparalleled sharpness of intellect, reason, and spiritual knowledge. He visited many places in India and many visitors from all regions came to see him seeking the truth. No one could stand his incisive power of critical analysis based on scientific reason and rationality in the matters of Vedanta. Vevekananda thus became a famous saint and earned the title “Swami Vivekananda.”

This great saint and philosopher, Swami Vivekananda, passed away for his heavenly abode on July 4, 1902 at the age of 39 years.

 

Swami Vivekananda Was Emphatic on
the Role of Free Will and a Confident Believer in Reincarnation
 

QUOTE: "We have the power to be what we are, and whatever we wish to be, we have the power to make our lives ourselves. If what we are has been the result of our past actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act carefully in the current lives."


 

Belief in Reincarnation Would Inspire You Believe in God!
Without God, Reincarnation Would Not Have Been Possible!

Before the Sun, the Moon, the Earth,
Before the Stars or Comets Free,
Before Even Time Had Had Its Birth,
I was, I am and I will be.

Swami Vivekananda


 

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Philisopher Jiddu Krishnamurty (1895-1986)



 



 


  Biography of Jiddu Krishnamurti  (1895-1986)

On May 12th 1895 in a place called Madanapalle, Chitoor District, Andhra Pradesh, India, during the British reign of Empress Victoria, a son was born to a Telugu-speaking Brahmin couple Jiddu Narayanaiah and Sanjivanamma. The child was named Krishnamurti.

Jiddu Krishnamurti was a renowned spiritual teacher whose lectures and writings have inspired thousands. The core concept of the Krishnamurti’s teachings underline the fact that one has to find the truth through the understanding of the contents of his own mind through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection. His subject matter included, but was not limited to, the purpose of meditation, human relationships, and how to enact positive change in global society.

Although born of East-Indian parentage, he stated repeatedly that he had no nationality and belonged to no particular culture of group of any ethnic background.

Krishnamurti evolved his unique teaching from his own being and living, for he had read no religious or philosophical literature. What he taught stemmed from his personal realization. His aim was to set people psychologically free so that they might be in harmony with themselves, with nature and with others. He taught that mankind has created the environment in which he lives and that nothing can ever put a stop to the violence and suffering that has been going on for thousands of years except a transformation in the human psyche. If only a dozen people are transformed, it would change the world.

His core teachings centered on freedom, self-knowledge, and choiceless awareness. Krishnamurti met several world leaders, and his influence has been acknowledged by many, including David Bohm, David Schainberg, George Bernard Shaw, Aldous Huxley, Henry Miller, and Deepak Chopra.

He published many books, the most important among them are “The Book of Life: Daily Meditations,
This Light in Oneself: True Meditation,
On Mind and Thought, On Nature and the Environment, On Relationship, On Living and Dying, On Love and Loneliness, Life Ahead, On Fear, On Freedom, The First and Last Freedom, The Only Revolution, Krishnamurti's Notebook, and many other books, and tapes on his speeches."


Jiddu Krishnamurti was Adopted by
a Prominent Theosophist
Annie Besant
In 1909, Krishnamurti’s father Narayaniah was recently retired from Government service, and then wrote a letter to Annie Besant, the President of the Theosophical Society located in the town Adyar, near Madras city (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India, seeking employment at the 260 acres (1.1 km²) headquarters’ estate. Even though an observant orthodox Brahmin, Narianiah had been a member of the Theosophical Society since 1882, and based on this information he has been hired by the Society to work as an office clerk in exchange for free food and accommodation. He then moved his family there to Adyar in January, 1909.  When that was accomplished, Narayaniah enrolled his two sons (Krishnamurth and his younger brother Nitya) in Mylapore some distance away.

One day at Adyar, in April 1909, the prominent occultist, high-ranking theosophist and clairvoyant Charles Webster Leadbeater (C.W. Leadbeater), an Elder of the Theosophical Society at that time, discovered, while playing on a private beach, something unusual about the teenager Krishnamuthy¾an exceptional and the most wonderful aura he has ever seen, without a trace of selfishness in it.
Krishnamurti was believed to be the vessel for the indwelling of the coming "World Teacher" that many Theosophists were expecting. This new teacher would, in the pattern of Moses, Buddha, Zarathustra (Zoroaster), Christ, and Muhammad, divulge a new dispensation, a new religious teaching. Theosophists believed that the teacher was a spiritual being called Maitreya (the Buddha) who would dwell in the body vessel. C. W. Leadbeater believed at that time that he could read past lives, and did so on Krishnamurti who he said was really named Alcyone. Alcyone had 30 past lives ranged between 20,000 BC and 624 AD. Alcyone was a female 11 times among those 30 past lives.

Annie Besant, the president of the Theosophical Society at the time, endorsed C. W. Leadbeater’s observation, proclaimed Krishnamurti as the next “World Teacher.”  Adopted by Annie Besant, Krishnamurti was sent to England where he was subsequently raised and educated and prepared for his future role.  Krishnamurti always had problems with formal schooling and was not academically inclined. Krishnamurti tried to enter Oxford, but failed its entrance examination. He never got a college degree. He eventually gave up university education after several attempts at admission. He did take courses on foreign languages, eventually speaking several (French and Italian among them) with some fluency. In this period, he apparently enjoyed reading parts of the Old Testament, and was impressed by some of the Western classics. He had also, since childhood, considerable observational and mechanical skills, being able to correctly disassemble and reassemble complicated machinery without any training.

In 1911, an organization called “The Order of the Star in the East” was formed with young Krishnamurti as its Head.
While under the auspices of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeter of the Theosophical Society, Krishnamurti, as Alcyone, published a book in which he channelled the teaching of a master.

 


Jiddu Krishnamurti Rejected and Left the Theosophical Society
However, in 1929, Krishnamurti disbanded the huge organization the Theosophical Society that had been built around him, and declared that his intention was not to found new religions, but to set man absolutely free. This dramatic act of renunciation bewildered thousands of disciples of Krishnamurti. It was at this time, in 1929, Krishnamurti discovered from his own realization and publicly issued a statement that “Truth is pathless land.” He renounced his role as the Head and dissolved “The Order of the Star in the East.”   He then gave up all the money and property collected for his work through this Order.

From then on, this world teacher traveled ceaselessly all over the world, mostly in South Asia, Europe and the United States, for more than 60 years giving lectures and conducting seminars as a private person, not as a guru but as a lover of truth. What he taught stemmed from his personal realization. In all his lectures and seminars his message always was as follows: “
I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or coerce people along any particular path. My only concern is to set man absolutely, unconditionally free.”  He urged his listeners to examine the workings of their own minds and asked them to find out answers through capturing the source of their enduring questions in their own actions caused by their own minds.

At age 90, Krishnamurti addressed the United Nations on the subject of peace and awareness, and was awarded the 1984 UN Peace Medal. His last public talk was held in Madras (now Chennai), India in January 1986.


Jiddu Krishnamurti Passed Away in 1986
Krishnamurti passed away at home in Ojai, California, USA on February 17, 1986 at the age of 90 from pancreatic cancer. His remains were cremated and scattered by friends and former associates in the three countries, India, England and United States of America, where he had spent most of his life.


Jiddu Krishnamurti's Spiritual Enlightenment Process
In August 1922, Krishnamurti went through a mysterious, rather an intense, "life-changing" experience. It has been simultaneously and invariably characterized as a spiritual awakening, the so-called Enlightenment process, a psychological transformation and a physical "conditioning." Krishnamurti and those around him, who personally witnessed his experience, referred to it as "the process of spiritual awakening or enlightenment" and it continued at very frequent intervals and varying forms of intensity until his death. Witnesses recounted that it actually started on the 17th of the month with extraordinary pain at the nape of Krishnamurti's neck, and a hard ball-like swelling. In the next couple of days, the symptoms worsened with increasing pain, extreme physical discomfort and sensitivity, total loss of appetite and occasional delirious ramblings.

During this process of enlightenment, Krishnamurty suffered excruciating headaches, visions and convulsions, shuddering and moaning, and semi-consciousness, much as a person possessed. These seizures and spiritual manifestations lasted for several years and formed the basis for Krishnamurti's later orientation. He called the ordeal "an inward cleansing." Then, he seemed to lapse into unconsciousness state; Actually, he recounted that he was very much aware of his surroundings and, while in that unconscious state, he had an experience of "mystical union." In the following day, the symptoms and the experience intensified, climaxing with a sense of "immense and joyous peace and reunion with God-force."
 
Krishnamurty stated: "I was supremely happy for what I had seen and experienced." Nothing could ever be the same. I have drunk the clear and pure waters at the fountain of the true Joy and Eternal Beauty. And my thirst was appeased as I was fully satisfied. I have seen the Eternal Light of great intensity. I have touched and felt the compassion which heals all sorrow and suffering I accumulated; It is not for myself, but for the world. In all its glory, Love has fully occupied my heart with a big hug and I was invariably blessed; My heart sensed blessings and can never be closed from this wonderful and unbelievable experience. The enlightened Krishnamurty summed up his experience and said:
“I am God-intoxicated.”
 
Similar incidents continued with short intermissions until October, and later eventually resumed regularly, always involving varying degrees of physical pain to mark the start of the "process" accompanied by what is variably described as "presence", "benediction", "immensity", and "sacredness", which was often reportedly "felt" by others present.
 
Several explanations have been proposed for the events of spiritual awakening process of 1922. Leadbeater and other theosophists, although they expected the "vehicle" to have certain paranormal experiences, were thrilled and mystified by the developments, and were at a loss to explain the whole thing. The inability of Leadbeater to explain this spiritual awakening process satisfactorily, if at all, had other consequences according to biographer R. Vernon.
 
The process at Ojai, California, USA, whatever its cause or validity, was a cataclysmic milestone for Krishnamurty. Up until this time his spiritual progress, chequered though it might have been, had been planned with solemn deliberation by Theosophy's grandees. Something new had now occurred for which Krishnamurty's training had not entirely prepared him. A burden was lifted from his conscience and he took his first step towards becoming an individual. In terms of his future role as a teacher, the process was his bedrock. It had come to him alone and had not been planted in him by his mentors. It provided Krishnamurty with the soil in which his newfound spirit of confidence and independence could take root.
 
The messianic status of Krishnamurti reached fever pitch as a visit to Sydney, Australia was planned. Leadbeater had been based there since 1914, and the movement was strong enough to own a local radio station 2GB. The Star Amphitheatre was built in 1923–24 at Balmoral Beach on Sydney Harbour, as a platform for the coming "world teacher". According to sensational media reportage, Krishnamurti was to make a triumphant arrival, walking on water through Sydney Heads.
 


Jiddu Krishnamurti’s Philosophy:
Truth is a Pathless Land


Jiddu Krishnamurti was a guru who never wanted to be one.
What he taught stemmed from his personal realization: 


You are on this Earth to live fully, happily with your whole being, free of ambition, greed and fear. If you are greedy or ambitious, you cannot live fully, because greed and ambition dissipate your energy.
 

To live fully is to live without fear, without sorrow, without asking a thing of the Gods, because you would be a light onto yourself. When you live fully¾a light onto yourself¾you will not follow anybody, you will have no nationality, or belong to any religious or political group.  You are the world, the neighbor, the friend, the so-called enemy. If you would understand, you must first understand yourself, for in you is the root of all understanding. In you is the beginning and the end.  

The core of Krishnamurti's teaching is contained in the statement he made in 1929:
TRUTH IS A PATHLESS LAND, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect, and I adhere to that statement absolutely and unconditionally. One has to find the Truth through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of his own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organize a belief. A belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not organize it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallized; it becomes a creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others.

There is no path to truth, it must come to you. Truth can come to you only when your mind and heart are simple, clear, and there is love in your heart; not if your heart is filled with the things of the mind. When there is love in your heart, you do not talk about organizing for brotherhood; you do not talk about belief, you do not talk about division or the powers that create division, you need not seek reconciliation. Then you are a simply human being without a label, without a country. This means that you must strip yourself of all those things and allow truth to come into being; and it can come only when the mind is empty, when the mind ceases to create. Then it will come without your invitation. Then it will come as swiftly as the wind and unbeknown. It comes obscurely, not when you are watching, wanting. It is there as sudden as sunlight, as pure as the night; but in order to receive it, the heart must be full and the mind must be empty. Now in this world you have the mind full of problems, hate and greed and your heart is empty so you don't see the truth; Your mind must be empty and your heart must be filled with pure love in order to see and feel the blissful truth.
 

   Man has built in himself images as a fence of security, religious, political, personal. These manifest as symbols, ideas and beliefs. The burden of these images dominates man's thinking, his relationships and his daily life. These images are the causes of our problems for they divide man from man. His perception of life is shaped by the concepts already established in his mind. The content of his consciousness is his entire existence. This content is common to all humanity. The individuality is the name, the form and superficial culture he acquires from tradition and environment. The uniqueness of man does not lie in the superficial but in complete freedom from the content of his consciousness, which is common to all mankind. So he is not an individual.

   Krishnamurti’s bookOn God” contemplates our search for the sacred. "Sometimes you think life is mechanical, and at other times when there is sorrow and confusion, you revert to faith, looking to a supreme being for guidance and help." Krishnamurti explores the futility (uselessness) of seeking knowledge of the "unknowable" and shows that it is only when we have ceased seeking with our intellects that we may be "radically free" to experience reality, truth, and bliss. He presents "the religious mind" as one that directly perceives the sacred rather than adhering top religious dogma.

 

Jiddu Krishnamurti's Books On Amazon.com
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Dr. Deepak Chopra's Publications

 

Biography of Dr. Deepak Chopra, MD
Dr Deepak
Chopra, MD
was born on October 22, 1946 in New Delhi, India. He is a medical doctor, MD and writer. Chopra completed his primary education at St. Columba's School in New Delhi and graduated from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi in 1969. He has written extensively on spirituality and diverse topics in mind-body medicine. He states that he has been influenced by the teachings of Vedanta and the Bhagavad Geeta from his native India, and quantum physics.
Dr. Deepak Chopra revealed that he has been profoundly influenced by the teachings of Jiddu Krishnamurti. His teachings have had a profound influence on the “The New Thought Movement” which has embraced him in the United States of America.

He has authored over forty-two books and one hundred audio, video, and CD-ROM titles, which have been translated into thirty-five languages and have sold over twenty million copies worldwide. He is a highly sought-after workshop presenter and inspirational speaker, and has achieved nearly guru status with many of his admirers. In 1995, he established The Chopra Center for Well Being in California, and is among the founding directors of the Alliance for the New Humanity. Chopra is the recipient of the Einstein Award through Albert Einstein College of Medicine in collaboration with the American Journal of Psychotherapy. Time magazine hailed Dr. Chopra one of the top one hundred heroes and icons of the twentieth century, and credits him as “the poet-prophet of alternative medicine.”



Dr. Deepak Chopra’s Quotes:
 
Every person is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.
 
There are no extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw puzzle.
 
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution.
 
The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love. They think about love, and express their love in every action. They know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at the heart of the universe.
 
The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is meant to heal. Love is meant to renew. Love is meant to bring us closer to God.
 
If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important to be aware of them every time they come up.
 
If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the wounding of the world.
 
The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.

 

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