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Rao M. Konduru
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MEDITATION & YOGA |
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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,
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Transcendental Meditation
Also Known As
TM Meditation
by
His Holiness "Maharishi Mahesh
Yogi"
(1918-2008) |
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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
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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
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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...
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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 intelligence¾for
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 Fulfillment¾the
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:
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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.
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Science of Being and Art of Living: Transcendental Meditation
Author: Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
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$16.00
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Everything You
Want to Know About TM -Including How to Do It
Author: John White
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$14.95
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3. The
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Technique (Paperback)
Author: Peter Russell
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$16.95
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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 |
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The Transcendental Meditation TM Book: How to Enjoy the Rest of Your
Life (Paperback)
Author: Denise Denniston
Price: $1.99
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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 |
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The Miracle Power of Transcendental Meditation
(Paperback)
Author: Norvell
Price: $5.61
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The Maharishi Effect: A Personal Journey
Through the Movement That Transformed American Spirituality
Author: Geoff
Gilpin
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Transcendental Meditation in Criminal
Rehabilitation and Crime Prevention
Authors: Kenneth G Walton, David
Orme-Johnson, Rachel S Goodman
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10.
The Relaxation Response (Lower Blood Pressure with TM)
Authors:
Herbert Benson, MD and Miriam Z. Klipper
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$7.99
Price: $7.99
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11. Timeless Healing (Paperback)
Authors: Herbert Benson, MD and Marg Stark
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$15.00
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Wellness Book: The Comprehensive Guide to Maintaining Health and
Treating Stress-Related Illness
Authors: Herbert Benson, MD and Eileen M., R.N. Stuart
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$17.00
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Bhagwan
Osho
(1931-1990)
Bhagavan Shree Rajaneesh |
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Osho Book of Secrets
Best Love Quotes
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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 mind—you will realize that
God is everywhere!
God is Omnipresent!
You Need to Meditate and
Reach that Stage of Virgin Mind!
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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.
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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.
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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 place¾
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
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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:
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Quotations of
Ramakrishna:
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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."
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When God is realized, the world never appears empty. He who has
attained Him
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As a man thinks, so he becomes.
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Knowledge leads
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Swami Vivekananda
(1863-1902)
[ Disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa ]
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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
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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."
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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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Raja-Yoga: (Vivekananda’s First Book);
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Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami
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Teachings of Swami Vivekananda (Paperback)
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Vivekananda: The Yogas and Other Works
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Swami Vivekananda on Himself (Hardcover)
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Jnana Yoga (Paperback)
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Karma Yoga: the Yoga of Action (Paperback)
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Karma-Yoga and Bhakti-Yoga (Paperback)
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Life in Indian Monasteries: Reminiscences About Monks of the
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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
book
“On
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.
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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
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1969.
He has written extensively on
spirituality and diverse topics
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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
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and have sold over twenty million copies worldwide. He is a highly
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Chopra is the recipient of the Einstein Award through Albert Einstein
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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
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puzzle.
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment,
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The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge
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The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is
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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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