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Monday, September 16, 2013

I Am (A Prosetry {a Poem in Prose}) – Seema Almel

Atop a high mountain, I peer down at the distant horizon,
where the earth meets the sky.
I long to be in that sacred place,
where the limited becomes the unlimited.
I chart a way down the mountain to that place
where I could be free-spirited.
I saw the way was long, the wait for freedom felt prolonged.
I ran down the mountain, took the fastest road to the promised land,
where the human meets the heaven.
I reached and turned around, soon realized the mountain I left behind,
where I stood was closest to where I wanted to be.
I rushed back and struggled to climb, life’s gravity held me trapped.
Oh that summit, where I can be in Union, will it only be something I dreamed?
I closed my eyes, sat where I was, and in surrender I realized,
I was already there where I wanted to be,
where the Formless embraced the form.
The horizon was everywhere, and everywhere the doorway existed
where the Eternal meets the ephemeral.
I am already there where I wanted to be,
where the Unlimited unlocks the limited,
I Am.



Friday, September 13, 2013

The Operating Principle behind Light Channelling

When we wish another well, when our elders bless us, behind all genuine acts and words of love and kindness there is only a pure-hearted intent. So too with Divine Energies; our honest wish to help other human beings, to make our world, our immediate surroundings and our own lives better, is enough for the Divine Forces to respond.

‘Energy follows intent’ – this is the operating principle behind Light Channelling. Abiding by the Law of Freewill, Divine Light despite all its unlimited potential will not act. A mere request for Light to spread through us is all that is required.

Visualization technique is just an aid. We need not try to see the Light. It vibrates at a very high frequency due to which it is almost impossible to see It, unless of course we purify ourselves or our higher faculties are active. Even sensing Light is not easy. Very few are sensitive to subtle Energies. We can experience Light as Peace and unconditional Love. Intend for Divine Light to spread through you and It will. 

It is not imperative to see or sense Light, it works irrespective. The evidence of Light Channelling will be in the positive changes. Many have already benefited. At times the results take time to manifest and sometimes the Light may be rejected. Nevertheless, it is our duty to help ourselves and the world. 

Channel Light from wherever you are, whenever you can for at least seven minutes or as long as you can. All it takes is a pure intent to heal yourself and heal the world.

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Jottings of an also-ran

If we can experience our innate internal Stillness, ever-present under the commotion of thoughts & noise of emotions; 
then being aware of the external Stillness, ever-present behind the commotion of street traffic & noise of relationships, becomes easy & effortless.

Once inner Stillness is experienced to a certain depth, It extends out. Everything in our life becomes a subset of our own Stillness & then we will never go out of touch with this Stillness irrespective of the commotion outside.

No wonder Guruji Krishnananda always insisted that we experience deep Stillness in Meditation and Eckhart Tolle says - Every & any form of noise can be a portal into the Stillness.

Monday, September 9, 2013

Eckhart Tolle: Embodying Stillness: A Guided Meditation with Eckhart

How divinely beautiful.....in this short video Eckhart teaches two points and both are exactly what Guruji Krishnananda has been teaching all these years.....this is why Guruji used to say....the Source of all Knowledge is the same - God, so naturally the Teachings are the same.

The points are: Meditation techniques are just means to enter Stillness, we have to drop any and every technique.....

Secondly, there should be no difference between the Spiritual and the Material life....Eckhart says that everything in life becomes meditation.

My vision of Lord Ganesha

Contrary to popular belief, not just Lord Ganesha, but his entire family - his father Lord Shiva, Mother Goddess Gowri and brother Karthikeya - also descend on earth on Ganesh Chaturthi. 

Sometime in 2011, one night as I closed my eyes to sleep, I saw an energy field of yellow light very very clearly. The field was not golden in colour, I have seen that in other visions. This was starkly yellow........ (For the skeptics - all lights were out in every room of my house and the dim street light filtering thro' was white .......& no vehicles were passing by....I was wide awake and alert)....

I did not want to bother my Guruji Krishnananda to check with about the source of this Light......many weeks later I checked anyways because this was still hovering in my mind. To my surprise he said it was Lord Ganesha's energy!

He also said that it was a blessing. Since it was not anywhere around Lord Ganesha Festival and I had not prayed to him particularly, I wanted to understand why the vision now. It was out of the blue. Guruji said that further understanding was not required at that time.

Nevertheless, I was thrilled. I thank my Guruji and Lord Ganesha for this blessing.

This is very important, Guruji Krishnananda once said that the energies of Lord Ganesha specialize in clearing obstacles in any of our ventures. His energies can bless us for many things though.

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi to all of you. May he bless all of us and keep the world from the war....hope humanity listens to his wisdom and avoids killing each other.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Spiritual goals

“What is a Spiritual goal?”, asked a seeker on the Spiritual Path.

A Spiritual goal is one that fulfils the purpose of coming down to this earth. We have taken birth to experience and celebrate life here. So, experiencing the beauty and the diversity on this earth and living life fully is a Spiritual goal.

To learn to overcome our negativity, to experience and manifest peace and love, and to align with the Divine are all Spiritual goals.

To fill our world with vibrations of harmony to manifest the life-force, and to experience and spread the Divine Light to the whole world are Spiritual goals.

After appreciating and experiencing the life in this Material Cosmos, we have to return to our origin in the Divine Planes. So, going back home is also a Spiritual goal.

But instead of going back to our origin, we can choose to stay here and help others achieve their Spiritual goals. The prospect of helping others is a wonderful opportunity. If we choose to help others, we will be taking up the work of the Rishis (Light Masters). This is a very great Spiritual goal because it is the goal of the Rishis.

The Rishis have achieved the highest. They are here to help us realise our Spiritual goals. They are here to help us choose to help others and join the Rishis’ work, which is huge.

Even after choosing to work for the Rishis, we must try to attain perfection because, even that is a Spiritual goal.

When we attain perfection, we are fully aligned with the Divine and we manifest the Divine all the time. This is our ultimate goal.


(Based on the teachings of Guruji Krishnananda)