Meditation - Your first and the last freedom!

|| Meditation is the only answer ||

Beloved AD, What is this fire in the heart? How can I get free from this? - TS

Beloved TS,

The fire in your heart is the thirst of yours..

This thirst exists till real knowledge has not happened. I use word 'happened' intentionally because this 'true' knowledge is not attained.. it is not gathered.. it happens. It happens because it is not knowledge at all in the senses we generally refer this word to.

On a cloudy day we may feel sun doesn't exist but the fact is sun is already there and very much available. The dense cover of cloud is prohibiting sun to to become available to us.. happen to us. So someone is thirsty means the knowledge has not happened yet. The person may be knowledgeable.. very well informed.. but not yet wise.. not full of love and light. It is this 'happening' knowledge is what removes all thirsts, all darkness, all desires.. But till the time desires keep happening in the mind (btw desires happen only in mind..) there can be only fire in the heart. And till the time fire is there you keep running around.. trying to douse that through accumulation of ideas, information, people & things etc. in and around you. In your futile efforts you do and learn all sorts of crazy things, pursue different careers and passions you say are close to your heart.. And even after doing all that.. this fire stays ablaze.. albeit with much more intensely.

The fire in heart is.. the 'search' of mind.

If I word it more accurately spell 'search of mind' it will change the perspective itself and I shall be bound to say there is no search of mind.. the mind itself is "search". It is not that it is search of mind. Mind in itself is a directionless, confused, circular activity of a segment of consciousness and this aimless wandering is felt as 'longing' or 'search'. It is this restlessness which makes you feel uneasy and experience this 'fire in the heart'. The fire in the heart is merely an indicator of the fact that the mind still exists.

If you have followed science in your schooling.. you must have read about the Brownian motion. In gaseous and liquid phase of matter the atoms continue to wander here and there aimlessly. If a philosopher looks at this motion he will attach a wonderful theory to it. Fortunately a noble philosopher did not gazed upon this movement so far. Whenever a philosopher looks at this peculiar motion his postulate would something really interesting.. like... 'The endless haphazard movement indicates that atoms are searching for something!

But the fact is atom's aren't searching for anything.. they are restless due to heat energy and until the temperature of these atoms is not brought to absolute zero this motion shall continue. In the same way This continuous wandering, Brownian motion, restless motion  of our mind indicates we have not reached the "Absolute" so far.

All the search of man is to attain the absolute. And this translates to dropping the mind. It should be the contradiction of highest degree that the whole gambit of activities in which mind ceaselessly engages is about attaining the state of complete rest... but that is the Truth!

This state of complete rest can never be attained by allowing the mind to jump from one idea to another, one object to other, one pleasure to other for the ideas are countless, objects are infinite. However it would be unfortunate if you thought it is impossible to put this mind to rest because there is meditation. Whichever way you are able to get to it.. you will have to do it if you wish to get rid of this burning in your heart. You will have to begin your journey.. sooner the better. No one can't guarantee that it will lead to 'attainment' yet only meditation is the way. In whatever way.. but when you attain that restfulness of mind, enlightenment happens. As the true 'self' gets revealed you know the 'bliss; for the first time.

So the ultimate search is about complete death of mind but its complete rest. Interestingly the search if not of the mind... the mind itself is search. Mind exists as a ropeway.. a bridge between you and the bliss. And desire and the fire is not something to be condemned for the desiring is divine aspect of mind. Yet these desires are the only barriers between real you (the atman.. your soul) and the ultimate soul (paramatman) and we need to use the bridge of mind to crossover.

In the force-field which exists between atman and parmatman this poor mind is continuously in a state of turmoil. Mind's freedom can happen only in its virtual death who who doesn't fear death? Mind too fears its death and thus continues to escape by engaging in the outer world. 

When we become aware of this fact - we start moving in the right direction.We do not search for anything. We know that between the happening and current existence only mind is coming. So we just allow this mind to disappear. When zenith of awareness and absolute attentiveness is achieved at that very moment the mind disappears, the union happens! 

The search is mind. The thirst is synonym to search. And thirst is the fire in your heart. So the question is not who is thirsty, the question should be what is thirst and how to quench it. My way is of Tantra - through Tattva Shakti Vigyaan. And frankly Tantra is not about telling you how to make love or how to kiss.. rather it is the path where your thirst itself is used as a prop to propel you towards the 'Absolute'. So don't wait till you are eaten up by this fire.. learn how to fulfill your dreams...plan for union with the param, the absolute so that the fire gets doused forever.

- Acharya Agyaatdarshan Anand Nath

How to Meditate?

Meditation or Dhyan is the buzz word of this century. Everyone is doing it or at least 'trying' to do it however most of people (estimated 99.0 % of meditators) don't get to that 'wished depth' of dhyan.

If you are still not experiencing that divinely, awesomely great feeling in your meditations despite regularity in your practices YOU must know 'WHY?'

Acharya Agyaatdarshan Anand Nath, a proponent of Tantra and Tattva Shakti Vigyaan answers what all you ought to do to deepen your meditation experience and take maximum benefit from this ancient spiritual practice. Some basic preparations are like Ahara Shuddhi, Vichar Shuddhi, Nadi-Shuddi, Tattva Shuddhi, Chakra Shuddi etc..

If you feel you need further guidance from Acharyaji you can attend to any of upcoming TSV workshops and get initiated in the path - The Road to Bliss!

Shivoham!

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Should I use magnetic wrist band?

 

|| Random Overdose of Magnetic field - Not advisable||

AD, what are your views on Magnetic Wrist Bands. Felt like wearing one and thought to seek your inputs. - SR

Beloved SR,

But for what I ask?

Human body has been designed for low to moderate exposures to EM radiations and functions well when certain physical fields like Electric, Magnetic or Gravitational are within its tolerable range. If we believe evolution theorists this human body is the outcome of state of the art technology which is still sole propriety of the 'Creator' or 'God'. And we have no reason to doubt that He would have designed this body keeping in view all the factors.. like our habitat, surrounding fields and the characteristics of planet we live in. Perfectly so or else the human race would have perished by now owing to the activities beyond its habitat, earth.

Although space beyond the earth's stratosphere is a happening place. Every moment thousands of new stars are being born, old stars are dying, galaxies are expanding, deadly space storms are moving with highest of speeds. All sorts of gigantic activities keep happening out there but we stay protected here. It has been discovered that Earth's magnetic field is His way of protecting us. It works as a protective shield from all the deadly radiations coming in. Even the so called  the  'source of life' called Sun would annihilate us if this protective cover of magnetic field did not exist.

Magnetism is a wonderful phenomenon and quite understandably we should be enthusiastic to understand it better and then use this field to our advantage. But over-enthusiastic experimenters without studying its effects on human body have made people guinea-pigs. All I am saying that they are just experimenting with this field (of course making huge money too) without having to offer any logical (leave scientific) explanation of its healing mechanism.

Earth's magnetic field is in the range of just few tens of micro Tesla and even that was studied by our ancient seers. It is the same reason they came up with rules for aligning our bodies with earth's magnetic field. For example in the current manvantara based on the north-south pole orientation of earth we have been advised to sleep in particular direction (head or feet facing certain direction N-E-W-S). There are certain spiritual practices which are to be performed facing certain directions. To your surprise a whole system of kundalini awakening exists in which a sadhaka has to orient his body in specific way for few years to get the desired results. And all these systems are there to offer logical explanations to what these intend to deliver. Now think, if such a low strength of field can work wonders for you what impact it would be to use few hundred or thousand times strong field close to your body. For better understanding a fridge magnet is about 0.001 tesla. If we compare the Earth's magnetic field is about 0.00005 tesla and an average MRI magnet measures 1.5 tesla.

To some extent the use of tiny button magnets at certain points on chi meridians on body can be called a valid experimentation however saying the wrist band would help..  leave apart the other factors like strength or orientation even the point of exposure is not fixed hence the benefits are extremely doubtful.

Shivoham!

- Ach. Agyaatdarshan Anand Nath

FAQs on TSV Initiation [Tattva Shakti Vigyaan Deeksha]

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How can I do the TSV session?

Spirituality is all about taking responsibility of your life and using the universal energy principles for your spiritual growth. The whole journey, which takes you to the zenith of spiritual path has been divided in 5 levels. In the first level, you are initiated in TSV essential and given an energized personal mantra, through which the doorways to the realm of spiritual experiences opens immediately. The initiation in to Tattva Shakti Vigyaan gives you insight into the unseen, un-experienced, fascinating but powerful real of elements. Through regular Sadhana your being starts purging the negatives, your conditioned responses start getting re-programmed for better under the influence of balanced Elemental Energies. This ensures you becomes capable of protection against negative energy forces and obtain the grace of elemental forces for creating abundance and positive changes in life.

The initiation camps are regularly organized by Sacred Association in different cities in India.

To keep yourself updated about the upcoming camps you can Like FB page of Sacred Association .

 

What are the preparatory things I should do? Please advise..

If someone says you don't have to engage in preparation for taking up a spiritual initiation that would be dishonest. When you decide to enter your inner world, the realm of your spiritual being you should definitely prepare yourself for the journey. When even in normal air-journey you are told to wear a safety-belt and instructed about 'how to handle emergency situations' how can you expect that a spiritual-flight will not want you prepared. You can't carry all the luggage with you - the size and weight of your hand-baggage is predefined. Similarly when you come for Deeksha or initiation, you should know the rules.

Following small preparatory steps before you arrive at Deeskha camp would ensure you are open to spiritual energies -

• Those who are non-vegetarians or eggetarians should switch to vegan diet one week prior to day of initiation. Vegetarians can continue with their normal diet. It is advisable to keep fast a day prior to Deeksha however if that's not possible you should have only fruits, juices and milk products. (Don't worry that during the day of Deeksha you would be starved - in all initiation camps participants are provided with nutritious, tasty food as lunch. Since mostly the programmes start around 9:00/9:30 AM it is assumed that you would have come after a light, sattvik breakfast at home.)


• Do not take alcohol products (beer and wine included) for a week before Deeksha.


• Abstinence from Sexual engagement (masturbation included) for a week would preserve your energies and enhance the potency of your Deeksha. If that sounds too much to handle, keep it for minimum of 3 days prior to initiation.


• Drink one gallon of water (approximately 3.8 Liters) everyday and if you suffer from constipation please increase the intake of raw-food and fibers in your diet. Fruits, juices and green vegetables would help you. Take 5 grams of Psyllium Husk (Sold in the name of Isabgol), dissolved in one glass of water (Around 150-200 ml) empty stomach and before sleep a day prior  to Deeksha. That will ensure your stomach is not loaded with toxins and body is light enough to support the circulation of subtle energy currents.


• Take proper sleep of 7-8 hours as per your body-type and requirement and also exercise well. Ten (10) rounds of 'Surya Namaskar'


• Keeping yourself off from obscene movies, pornography, abusive language, large gatherings and criticism/sarcasm.


• With these preparations when you approach for Initiation, it ensures you will receive the grace of Masters (Gurumandala) and your increased receptivity will help you in absorbing the most transformational energies of Elements during Tattva Urja Prayog.

What changes will I see in me/my situations after Deeksha?

Merely getting initiated does not mean your situations will change. There are no short-cuts to transformation and spiritual growth. Sadhana is must, discipline and faith is indispensable. You will definitely see a turnaround if you follow what is told.

When you get admission in a course of your liking in your dream-college do you ask your principal what changes will I see in my level of skills/knowledge of the subject? No! you don't because you know that getting into school does not mean you will get knowledge without studying. The only assurance of being in a college/school of repute and standard is that your educational career is in safe-hands and all the necessary guidance, opportunities will be available here. the same is true of Deeksha or Initation. This is like your admission in the school of spirituality where you will be provided with guidance, protection and opportunities for your spiritual growth however how much sincere efforts you are ready to put in will decide your growth.

So be ready to put up hard labour after initiation and then you will definitely grow and see changes. The energized personal mantra is your axe for clearing the pathway to the destination. The sharper is your axe, easier is the journey for you are able to cut the shrubs and obstacles to pieces more easily. Your progress is dependent on your discipline. Gurumandala's energies will always be there to encourage you and protect you in your territory but accomplishments are always personal. You can have variety of experiences during Sadhana.

Click here to read more about Tattva Shakti Vigyaan Sadhana Experiences

When will I become eligible for TSV Level - II (Sanjivani Vidya)?

Spiritual quest is a serious business. Casual approach, irregularity & indiscipline can not take you anywhere. After initiation into Tattva Shakti Vigyaan, TSV practitioners are advised to energize their personal mantra and complete the prescribed prayog for definite duration. Serious Practitioners who take out time for Sadhana twice a day can achieve desired strength and capacity to receive 2nd level initiation in 6-9 months. Level - II is essentially a residential programme. Remember that before imparting the knowledge of 'Sanjeevani Vidya' your energies are scanned through and based on your preparation only level - II is given.

 

What is Sanjivani Vidya?

Sanjeevani Vidya is an extremely powerful process. Its first level boosts the capacity of your energy carrying channels of your physical body & astral body. The one who practices Sanjivani Vidya becomes rooted in his being & attains 'saakshi bhaava' or 'witnessing consciousness'. Frees himself from all sorts of negative emotional blocks & addictions. Its higher level which is given in Level - III, to chosen ones gets them to the cliff i.e. closer to Kundalini awakening.

May divine facilitate your participation in upcoming Deeksha camps. Keep working on your energies till then..

Shivoham!

- Ach. Agyaatdarshan Anand Nath

H. H. Acharya Prabhakar Mishra merges in Krishna on Janmashtami 2012

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Beloved disciples and friends,

Today is Krishna Janmashtami and I wish each one of you love and light of divine in your heart.

Krishna Janmaashtami is very special day for Vaishnavaites and equally so for everyone who is chanting mahamantra ""ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय" or the Gaudiya chaitanya mahamantra "हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे | हरे राम हरे राम, राम राम हरे हरे ||" popularized by AC Bhakti Vedanta Srila prabhupada ji, founder of ISKCON (International Society for Krishna Consciousness). And why not it be so? After all this day is the reminder of the master words "यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर्भवतिभारत, अभ्युथानम अधर्मस्य तदात्मानं सृजाम्यहम". For sure He comes.. He appears to create a balance between good and evil on this plane of life.

Not many know that Srila Prabhupada ji who was earlier known as Abhay Charan Dey (this is from where his AC of his name comes) spent good six years with Acharya Prabhakar Mishra in Jhansi (during 1951-56) learning about Srimad Bhagawatam. In that sense Acharya Prabhakar Mishra was vidya-guru of Prabhupada ji. On the other hand it was Sri Bhakti Vedant ji (AC Dey) who pestered Dr. Prabhakar Mishra to assume the name Acharya Prabhakar Mishra as indeed he was Acharya - Sanskritacharya, Ayurvedacharya and also jyotishacharya. At the end of it all before Bhakti Vedanta ji left Jhansi, he declared that Acharya Prabhakar Mishra is his first disciple and Dr. Prabhakar Mishra in all humility accepted the honour.

There was a great long association between these two great souls. They at many occasions worked together and spent good times watching ISKCON grow. Even the Vrindavan ISKCON temple was inaugurated in benign presence of Achrya Prabhakar Mishra (who was invited by Bhakti-vedanta ji)... There is so much to tell about their association and I will definitely do that later.

Today, 10th August 2012 is also important because today Yugpurush Acharya Prabhakar Mishra has chosen to merged his consciousness the divine. Today he reaches - Krishna's loka, and what could be a better day than this - Krishna Janmashtami. I am sure he knew that his Guru is there to welcome him there. Bhakti Vedanta ji once danced like mad and Acharya Prabhakar Mishra was witness to it. I know today also he is  witness to the similar divinely ecstatic dance of his Guru in that realm!

After my father, Pt. Murli Dhar Mishra ji whom I called babuji throughout my life, it was Acharya Prabhakar Mishra in whom I found a fatherly figure for myself. I requested Acharyaji to allow me to call him babuji and he, out of his compassion agreed to my whim. I learned a lot through Acharya ji's words. Goswami Tulsidas ji has rightly said that "बिनु सत्संग बिबेक न होई, राम कृपा बिनु सुलभ न सोई|". I count myself really lucky and favourite of divine to have gotten so much love and care from many saints and Acharya ji is one of them. I remember, me and my disciple friend Swami Mohan Siddhant would spend hours in his company and Babuji will would not tire showering his love and affection. He will go on sharing his past experiences, comments on religious scriptures and how Sanatan Dharma is THE religion and many more. I can not stop but cherish all those love and light filled moments throughout my life. It was Babuji's insistence that I accepted the post of president for Delhi state in World Religious Parliament. I attended to many functions. He would always invite me personally. The last event was his honor at ISKCON auditorium, Delhi on assuming the Jagadguru Shankaracharya seat of Indraprastha peetha.

When my father Pt. Murli Dhar Mishra ji chose to leave this worldly plane I still remember sending out that weird sounding sms to all my friends which read "With mixed feelings I wish to inform you that today at 4:00 PM my beloved father taught me his last lesson of life to me that "life is not permanent" it was really moment of mixed feeling and today once again I am finding me in the same situation. The memories give me reasons to feel joy and pride in being Acharya ji's favourite and to have received so much of his love and guidance but the NOW moments teases me and says "You are no more going to listen to Babuji's authoritative voice again. You are here in Mumbai and will not get to bid him final farewell.."

I still remember Acharya ji saying to me one day "अरे  भाई  अज्ञातदर्शन जी  (he would always suffix "ji" in my name) मैंने  आप  को  विश्व गुरु  बनाने  का  निर्णय  ले  लिया  है . पर  भाई  ये  उचित  समय  आने  पर  होगा " and I said "बाबूजी , आप  का  आशीर्वाद  पर्याप्त  है मेरे लिए|" Today, I know his blessings are with me..

May his soul rest in peace and his wise words keep guiding those who earnestly desire so..

- Acharya Agyaatdarshan Anand Nath

N.B. - H.H. Acharya Prabhakar Mishra's last rites will be performed at 11:00 AM, 11th August 2012 at Nigam Bodh Ghaat, New Delhi. I personally request each one of you (who are in Delhi and nearby) to attend to this on behalf of Sacred Association.

Guru Saakshaat Parabrahm

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Hi AD,
My guru is sadhguru Jaggi vasudev. My Guru said that the Year 2012 is going to be very condusive for spiritual growth.
Not Only sadhguru many others also told. And some of them said that many people will be enlightened whose consciousness is high and may people will perish whose consciousness is low. I want to know ur perspective on this perishing and mass awakening Business. Is it true that many people will get enlightened and what can i do to get my share for sure(:P).
Thank you sir.                    - Mahendhar

 

Beloved Mahendhar,

If your Guru (JV) says - it is so (for you), I don't see any reason to doubt it. If he is saying so, he must be saying so with a motive even if that happening is not sure. Not sure what prompts you to seek approval or reconfirmation from anyone else on His statement.

Without getting in to the debate of whether 2012 will be an year of reward (although half of that is already almost getting over and not much change has been around!) and punishment, let me try answering your second part of question. To get one's share of divine love and light (this year or in years to come) a spiritual seeker,

- Must get aligned to a Guru or Master and
- Should sincerely practice as suggested by Master
- Have complete faith in his Master's words

It is alright to have discussions in real and virtual world on topics which concern/bother you but never to cross-check or obtain second opinion on your Guru's words. If you call someone Guru then treat him like a Guru or else you can always drop your Guru and move on. There is nothing wrong in moving on but before you do so, ensure by virtue of introspection and self-evaluation that you did everything what your Master suggested, gave your 100% to his methods for sufficiently long periods of time. Patience is important. All great sages have praised patience and faith above all. Sai of Shirdi gave so much importance to these two qualities that every temple dedicated to His holiness flashes these two words right at the entrance.

People feel Gurus and Masters want this blind faith for themselves - that is not true. Unless a disciple is able to rest his complete faith in his guru, he remains doubtful and thus slackness creeps in in his attitude. And halfhearted efforts or doubtful attitude is never congenial for spiritual transformation.

If water boils at 100 degree Celsius it requires 100 degree only. Keep the water at 99 degrees forever but it will not never boil. Similarly your attitude should have 100% faith and devotion towards the words of your Guru.. Methods given to you may not be working. The same would have worked for others but it is not working for you.. don't give up. Just state your problems with your Guru - He shall fine-tune the practices if needed. It happens sometime - Guru's become over-enthusiastic about one particular (now a days it is mostly patented one for commercial reasons) technique. They hope (rightly so because if method worked for maximum number of people who came to him he becomes mass-communicator) that their patented method will work in all cases. Gurus may also sometimes get wrong. - but if he is really concerned he will make you reach a stage where he can give following farewell instruction as below -

सत्यम्  वद् धर्मम्  चर् स्वाध्यायान्मा  प्रमदः।
आचार्याया  प्रियम्  धनमाःरुत्य  प्रजातन्तुं  मा  व्यवच्चहेत्सिहि ॥
सत्यान्न  प्रमदितव्यं, भूतये  न  प्रमदितव्यं, स्वाध्याय्  प्रवचनाभ्यां  न  प्रमदितव्यं,
मातृदेवो  भव , पितृदेवो  भव , आचार्यदेवो  भव , अतिथिदेवो  भव  ॥
यानि  अन्वद्यानि कर्माणि  तानि  सेवितव्यानि  नो  इतराणि,
यानि  अस्माकम्  सुचरितानि  तानि  त्वया  उपास्यानि  नो  इतराणि॥
अएष  आदेशः  ॥ अएष  उपदेशः ॥
अएषा  वेदोपनिषत l अतदनुशासनं अवमुपोऽसितव्यं  ॥

Shivoham

- Ach. Agyaatdarshan Anand Nath