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Vol. : 5
September - October 2008
Brahmarshi Patriji
RNI no. APENG / 2004 / 18523
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Issue : 5
RACHANA GUPTA
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Srila Prabhupada’s Life in his own words
ISKCON
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ISKCON .. Vegetarianism and Ahimsa
ISKCON
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
ISKCON
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Ahimsa Shanti Dhyana Maha Yagnam
Invitation
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Global Congress of Spiritual Scientists
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Chakras .. Aspects of Consciousness
Anodea Judith
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God’s Healing Energy
Alex Orbito
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Connecting with the Ascended Ones
Jasmuheen
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Gossip .. Energetic Assasination
Lujan Matus
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Experience of Dying
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HOLISTIC HEALTH THROUGH .. ANAPANASATI
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editorial
To be a Supremo in Meditation is to be in Krishna Consciousness
To be a Supremo in Righteous Action is to be in Krishna Consciousness
To attain a pure Cosmic Witness Consciousness is to be in Krishna Consciousness
To be Playful in each and every moment of life is to be in Krishna Consciousness
To be a constant Teacher of Spiritual Science is to be in Krishna Consciousness
To be able to Constantly Celebrate Life is to be in Krishna Consciousness
To be a Champion of Vegetarianism is to be in Krishna Consciousness
Srila Prabhupada has taken stupendous pains to establish
“ The International Society for Krishna Consciousness ” and to make it
one of the most important Spiritual Movement of the 20th Century.
Krishna Consciousness is the common goal of the whole of the humanity.
P S S M salutes this singularly Great Master !
May everybody live in Krishna Consciousness !
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Brahmarshi Patriji
The word .. ‘ Anapanasati ’ .. in Pali language, means .. to direct one’s total attention and awareness
only on one’s normal, natural breathing process.
“ ana ”
“ apana ”
“ sati ”
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means
means
means
In ‘ Anapanasati Meditation ’, attention of the
mind should constantly be on the breath. It is a
joyful oneness with the breath. No mantra is to be
chanted ! No form of any deity is to be entertained
in the mind ! Practices like kumbhaka .. HOLDING
THE BREATH, should never be attempted.
“ in-breath ”
“ out-breath ”
“ be-one-with ”
Any comfortable sitting posture can be taken.
Hands should be clasped .. and eyes should be
closed. The crux of the matter is to resist the
routine wanderings of the mind. Thoughts should
be cut right away, as and when they keep arising.
A thought-free mind is the goal.
When we are with the breath-energy, the mind becomes rather empty.
Then, there is a tremendous in-flow of cosmic energy into the physical body.
Gradually, the hitherto dormant third-eye becomes activated .. and, by and by,
cosmic consciousness is experienced.
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Be the Breath
inhale softly, easily .. exhale softly, easily
let your breath be a rhythm of calm
your breath is rhythm of calm
follow your breath
be calm
use your mind to follow your breath
in .. out .. in .. out that is all
be still
be with your breath-energy
let your breath-energy baptize you
Anapanasati Meditation is so simple ..
so very easy .. not at all difficult ..
meditation can be done
by
any one
at any age
at any time
at any place
meditation should be done regularly .. everyday
meditation should be done .. as per one’s age in terms
of so many minutes ..
e.g., twenty minutes .. if your age is twenty years ..
forty minutes .. if your age is forty years and so on and so forth ..
Spiritual Health is the root and Physical Health is the fruit.
Anapanasati Meditation alone gives Spiritual Health to a person.
Meditation is the greatest gift to be given to our lives .. by our own efforts.
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Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada appeared in this
world in the year 1896 in Calcutta. He first met his spiritual master,
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, in Calcutta in the year
1922, who convinced him to dedicate his life to teaching Vedic
knowledge. Prabhupada wrote a commentary on the BhagavadGita.He started “ Back to God-head ”, an English fortnightly
magazine in the year 1944. Prabhupada edited the magazine,
typed the manuscripts, checked the galley proofs, and even
distributed the individual copies single-handedly.
Prabhupada retired from married life in the year 1950 and adopted the vanaprastha.
Prabhupada began work on his life’s translation of the eighteen-thousand-verse “ SrimadBhagavatam ”. And he also wrote “ Easy Journey to other Planets ”. After publishing
three volumes of the Bhagavatam, Prabhupada went to USA in the year 1965. Prabhupada
established the International Society for Krishna Consciousness .. ISKCON, in the year
1966. His writings have been translated into over fifty languages. The Bhaktivedanta Book
Trust was established in the year 1972.
Prabhupada’s life details, experiences and teachings were compiled by members
of ISKCON from his lectures, conversations, interviews and letters written by him. A few
excerpts from the book “ Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta .. As It Is ”.
( English is made clearer by making proper corrections without affecting the essential meaning )
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uncle’s house, because I was born on the
“ child-hood of Abhaya ”
Nandotsava,
I was born on September 1st, 1896, on a
they
kept
my
name
as
‘ Nandadulal ’.
Tuesday, at about 4:00 in the evening in Calcutta.
( Conversation-19th July 1977-Vrindavan )
( Letter-6th Dec.-1975-Vrindavan )
I had my horoscope clearly written that :
“ This child, after seventy years, he will be a great
When I was one to one and half years old, I
religious propagator and establish so many
suffered from typhoid, and then Dr. Kartika
temples. ”
Chandra Bose, said : “ Please give him chicken
( Lecture-16th Dec. 1973-Los Angeles )
juice ”. But, my father refused and said : “ No, no,
we cannot ”, “ No, no, I cannot allow ”.
The name selected for me was ‘ Abhaya ’.
( Conversation-2nd Aug. 1976-Paris )
‘ Abhaya ’ means there is no fear. In my maternal
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I asked my mother in my child-hood, “ My
My father taught me Krishna Consciousness
dear mother, how did I come out from your belly
from the very child-hood. My father was a great
? ” I still remember. So, my mother showed me
‘ Vaishnava ’, and I had the opportunity of taking
her navel : “ You came out from this place. ”
birth in that family. So he gave me lessons of
( Lecture-1st Mar. 1967-San Francisco )
Krishna Consciousness from the very beginning
In our child-hood, actually whatever I am
currently doing .. it was all taught in our child-hood
of my life.
( Lecture-12th Nov. 1971-Delhi )
by our parents, my family. We were taught, “
There is a grain of rice on the ground, and if it is
touched by your feet, you
In my child-hood, I was
should pick up the grain and
not willing to go to the
touch on your head ”. This
school. My mother used to
was our training. The idea
force me. My father was
behind is that the grain of rice
lenient and my mother kept
is not man-made. It is sent
by God. “ Oh God ! Give us
a special man, Yamadhara
our daily bread. ” So, here is
and instructed him that,
the bread. It is God’s mercy.
“ Your duty is to take him
Just see how the idea, great
even by force to the
idea. What is given by God,
school ”. My mother used to
that is also God. This is God
complain to my father, that
consciousness.
“ Your boy did not go to
( Conversation-28 th June 1974-
school ”, “ Oh, he did not go
to school ? ” .. “ Why ? ” And,
melbourne )
“ a Krishna Conscious child ”
I was sure he was very affectionate. So, I said :
My father, Gour Mohan De, 1849-1930, a pure
“ No, I shall go tomorrow. ” Then my father used
devotee of Krishna, raised me as a Krishna
to support me saying : “ All right, he will go
Conscious child from the very beginning of my
tomorrow, that’s all right ”. But that tomorrow will
life. In my boy-hood years he instructed me how
never come ! My mother used to force me. So, I
to play the mrudanga. He gave me Radha-
thought, “ It is a pleasure. Why should I go to
Krishna idol to worship and he gave me
school ? Let me play the whole day ! ”
Jagannatha Ratha to observe the festival duly as
my child-hood play. He was kind to me. And I
But it is the duty of the guardian to see that
imbibed from him and the ideas were later on
this is not pleasure, this is spoiling. A child may
solidified by my spiritual master, the eternal father.
consider something as pleasure, but the guardian
( Conversation-21st Aug. 1976-Hyderabad )
should provide proper guidance.
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I was not desiring to take
that foodstuff is distributed
my medicine. When I was a
amongst the poor class
child it was very difficult to
people.
give me medicine. Three men
my legs, and then my mother
At the cost of the rich
men, the prasadam was
being distributed to the
poor class of people at a
will give me medicine by
very nominal price.
force, I was so obstinate !
In my child-hood,
when I was eight or ten
years .. sometimes I used
to accompany my father.
My father was a great
were required. Yes, One will
capture me, another will hold
( Conversation-9th Aug. 1976-Teheran )
When I was a child, my
father gave me one red gun,
devotee. He would take
prasadam from the temple.
then I was not more than eight
years. Then, after getting one,
For five cents, we
were having very nice prasadam. We, two
persons, were fed with that.
I said, “ I must have another
one ”. Then father said, “ Why another one ? You
have got already one ”. I said, “ No I have got two
hands, I must have two guns ”. Then my father,
“ No, you are not .. I am not going ” .. Then, I
( Lecture-8th Aug. 1966-New York )
made so much agitation, he was obliged to give
I lost my mother when I was only fourteen
years old. I didn’t get much of my mother’s
affection in my child-hood.
“ loss of mother ”
me two guns. I was a very pet child of my father.
( Conversation-14th Apr. 1976-Bombay )
In my child-hood, with my father, I used to
( Lecture-20th Feb. 1969-Los Angeles )
walk ten miles to save a ticket of five paise on the
When my mother died, I thought in this
way : “ ‘ Oh, it is a grace of the Lord, my mother
is now dead ’. .. because she is the real cause of
my non-freedom, she is now dead. Now I am
free ”. It is very unbecoming from the materialistic
point of view.
tram car. So we are trained up in that way. Of
course, it was a very pleasant morning walk.
( Letter-1st Sep. 1971-London )
“ holy city of Vrindavana ”
There are many thousands of Krishna
( Conversation-27th Oct. 1968-Montreal )
temples all over India, especially in Vrindavana.
Vrindavana is the city with only fifty thousand
people. But, there are five thousand temples !
Five thousand .. all Krishna temples ! Now, in
My education in Sanskrit began in the
college. Of course, I was the best student in my
class of Sanskrit ! I always stood first. But were
each and every temple you will find some nice
not like the so-called Sanskrit scholars. But for
foodstuff. According to the capacity of the temple
our purpose, we can read and write, that’s all.
owner, costly foodstuffs are always offered. And
( Conversation-17nd June 1976-Toronto )
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My father never wanted me to become a
worldly man earning money. There was some
arrangement for my going to England after my
college education to become a barrister, but my
father refused, “ No, my son is not going to be a
mleccha (meat-eater). ”
However, he dragged me. So, I went to see
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura on that day.
On the first meeting, we offered our
obeisances. Immediately, he began saying : “ You
are all educated young men. Why don’t you take
up Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu’s tradition and
preach all over the English knowing public ? Why
don’t you take up this matter ? ”
( Video-on Srila Prabhupada )
“ marriage ”
I argued with him .. at that time I was a
nationalist. I told him : “ Who will accept our
message ? We are a dependent nation. Nobody
will care ”. So, at that time we had some
discussions, and, of course, I was defeated by
his argument.
I was married in the year 1918.
( Conversation-25th Jan. 1977-Puri )
When I was married, I was twenty two years
and my wife was only eleven years.
( Conversation-15th Aug. 1971-London )
And at the age of
fourteen she gave birth
to the first child. And in
my next generation,
when my eldest
daughter was married,
she was sixteen years.
When I came out
in to the street, my
friend asked me :
“ What is your opinion
of this sadhu ? ” Then,
I said : “ Here is the
right person who has
taken up Sri Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu’s
message, and now it
will be distributed. ”
( Lecture-13th May 1973-Los
Angeles )
I was never
attached to my wife, or
home, which resulted in my complete liberation
from worldly attachment. I immersed myself
completely in Krishna Consciousness.
In the year 1922, I accepted Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura as my spiritual master. Not
( Letter-5 May 1968 )
th
officially, but in my heart.
“ my Spiritual Master ”
I met Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati Thakura… I
was at that time a nationalist and a manager in a
big chemical factory. My age was about twentyfour years. So, one of my friends, informed me :
“ There is a nice sadhu, Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura. He has come to Calcutta. So
let us go and see him ”. I was reluctant. I said,
“ Oh, these kind of sadhus, there are
many. I would not go ”.
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“ Kumbhamela in Allahabad ”
In the year 1923, I left Calcutta on my
business tour. And I made Allahabad as my head
quarters. There was a Kumbhamela in Allahabad
in the year 1923. At that time, these Gaudiya
Matha People came to Allahabad to establish a
center there. Somebody informed them that “ You
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go to that ‘ Prayaga Pharmacy ’ (my drug shop). ”
And I was staying in the hotel ‘ Empire Hindu
Somebody else said : “ You go and see Abhaya
Hotel ’.
Babu. He will help you. ”
( Conversation-7th Jan. 1977-Bombay )
Then, Gaudiya Matha people came to see
“ nature has to give something ”
me and said : “ Sir, we have come to you. We
Everything in nature has to give something.
have heard your good name. So we want to start
That is the norm. Everything that we see :
“ River ” .. why God has created the river ? It has
a temple here. Please try to help us ”.
As soon as I saw them, I remembered these
a function. Similarly, “ Ocean ”, “ Hill / Mountain ”
very nice, saintly persons whom I met earlier. I
and “ Vegetables ”. All the vegetables which are
was very much engladdened : “ Oh, here are these
growing, have some specific service ; we,
persons. They have come again ”.
however, may not know.
So, in this way, gradually, I became attached
Because we do not know the use of these
to these Gaudiya Matha activities. I was obliged
vegetables and creepers, we go to a doctor /
to take up this movement very seriously. And I
physician. Otherwise, if somebody is ill, the
was dreaming that “ Bhaktisiddanta Sarasvati
medicine is readily there. We do not know how to
Thakura was calling me, Please come out
utilize them. Still, in remote villages and in forest,
with me ! ” I was beginning to be confused : “ Oh,
people do not go to the physician / doctors. The
what is this ? Have I to give up my family life ?
bhils, the aborigines, they know so many herbal
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura is calling
drugs.
me ? Have I to take sannyasa
Sometime in the years
? ” Oh, I was horrified. But, I
saw
several
1931 or 1932, I had a very
times,
severe tooth pain. I was taken
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati
by my servant in the jungle to
Thakura calling me. It is by his
some, the vaidya. He cured
Grace, I was ready to give up
me, which the dentist could
my family life, and also my so-
not. I attended many times
called business life. And he
the dentist. And, in the
brought me, in some way or
Ayurvedic literature, there is
other into preaching his
mention of some drug (a root)
.. just if you touch the germs
gospel.
collected in the teeth will
in
come out in the corner of the
Allahabad, during the years
teeth. In the nature’s way
1923 to 1936 continually. I
there are so many natural
used to come to Bombay
drugs (roots and creepers) that
from Allahabad for business.
can cure all the diseases.
My
family
was
( Lecture-20th June 1973-Mayapura )
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that I should give up family
“ I hear my Guru ”
life and become a sannyasi
The most important
process is sravanam. My
Guru Maharaja was very kind
to me because I was very
much interested to hear him.
In the beginning, I could not
understand him. He was
speaking in such a high
philosophical way that it was
not easy to understand. Still,
and
preach
CONSCIOUSNESS
KRISHNA
as
a
MOVEMENT .
In several ways, there
were hints from my spiritual
master, but still, I was not
willing. I was thinking : “ If I
go away, then my family, my
sons, my daughters, they will
suffer ”. However, I dissolved
I wanted to hear him. That
was my only qualification.
That is the process. During
lecture time, if we don’t care
to hear or we do other things
or take rest, then that is not a very good sign. We
should be very careful. We should be very, very
serious and do the needful. Then alone our life
will be successful.
ordered me, I thought : “ I shall first of all become
a very rich man .. then, I shall preach ”. I was
( Lecture-29th Sep. 1974-Mayapura )
doing very well in my business. In the business
my family connection, in the
year 1950.
( Lecture-12th Sep. 1969-London )
“ Krishna’s trick ”
In the beginning, when my Guru Maharaja
circles, I earned a very good name, and all the
“ Guru Maharaja’s request ”
people connected to my business, they were very
My Guru Maharaja said to me : “ If you get
some money, you kindly print books .. help me ..
this is my request. Print as many books, in as
many languages as possible and distribute them
throughout the world ! ”
satisfied. But Krishna made a trick that broke
everything, and he saw to it that I take
sannyasa ! So that is Hari !
I left my home, my children and everything. I
started as a pauper, with seven dollars. That is
( Lecture-20th June 1975-Los Angeles )
no money. But I have got now a bit of properties,
My Guru Maharaj while passing away, during
the year 1936 gave me his last instruction : “ You
preach whatever you have learnt from me in
English and that will do good to you and the people
who will hear you. ”
hundreds of children ! And I haven’t got to think
for their provision. They are taking care of me !
When I took sannyasa, when I was living alone, I
was feeling very bitter. Sometimes, I was thinking,
“ Have I done a great mistake by accepting ? ”
( Letter-12th June 1968-Montreal )
In the year 1944, when I was publishing the
“ become a sannyasi ! ”
book “ Back to Godhead ” in Delhi, one day, a bull
When I was a householder, several times
thrashed me, and I fell down on the footpath.
there was indication given by my Guru Maharaja
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I had severe injuries. I was all alone. Then I was
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thinking : “ What is this ? ” So, I had very many
“ printing of books ”
days of tribulations, but it was all meant for my
After my acceptance of sannyasa, I began
own good. Don’t be afraid of tribulations. Go
working on Srimad-Bhagavatam. When the first
forward.
canto was finished with great difficulty, I published
( Lecture-17th Apr. 1969-New York )
the first volume in the year 1962. After leaving my
“ taking sannyasa ”
home and after taking sannyasa and spending
whatever money I had with me during the five
My Guru Maharaja pulled me out from this
years of my staying alone. I published the second
material life. He was so kind to me. I have not lost
anything. I have only gained. I left three children ..
volume in the year 1963 and then the third volume
in the year 1965.
I have got now three hundred children ! So, I am
( Letter-9th Jan. 1969-Los Angeles )
not a loser. We think we become a loser by
accepting Krishna. No, nobody becomes a
When all the three parts of Srimad-
loser ! I was also thinking : “ How can I accept
Bhagavatam had been published in India, I then
this renounced order of life ? I cannot bear so
started for the USA on the thirteenth of August,
much trouble ”.
1965.
Taking sannyasa order is in one sense only
a formality. I was preaching and writing for eight
or nine years as Vanaprastha and then in the year
1959 I took sannyasa. After a few years of
Vanaprastha, your behavior is ideal, then
sannyasa can be considered. In the year 1954, I
left my home, and for five years I lived in
Vanaprastha here and
there, and then in the year
I am continuously trying to publish books, as
suggested by my spiritual master. In the year,
1976, I completed the Seventh Canto of SrimadBhagavatam, and a summary of the Tenth Canto
has already been published as “ Krishna, the
Supreme Personality of God-head ”.
( Srimad-Bhagavatam 8.1-Introduction )
“ distribution of books ”
1959 I took sannyasa.
If you are actually
( Lecture-1st May 1974-Bombay )
serious about taking out a
“ bhaktivedanta prabhu ”
travelling plan, your main
activity
Once, I was sitting
alone in Vrindavana, writing
books. So, my Godbrother, called me as
“ Bhaktivedanta Prabhu ”.
This title was given to me
during my family life. It was
offered to me by the
should
be
to
distribute books. By this
most powerful preaching we
are
becoming
very
influential in your country
and people are seriously
reading the books and
considering the importance
of Krishna Consciousness.
Vaishnava Society.
Lord Chaitanya explained
( Lecture-21st Oct. 1968-Seattle )
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that we do not care much whether one is
sold and appreciated all over the world. So that is
sannyasi, or gruhastha, so long as one is fully
being done. People are appreciating the whole
serving Krishna.
Movement.
( Letter-1st May 1974-Bombay )
(Conversation-2nd July 1977-Vrindavan)
“ sailing for New York ”
“ early years in America ”
My Guru Maharaja commanded me : “ You
I arrived in America during September 1965.
go and preach this tradition amongst the English
For one year I had no shelter, neither any means
speaking public and specially in the western
to maintain myself. I had some books only,
countries ”.
Srimad-Bhagavatam, and some way or the other,
I pulled on. In the year 1966, I started this
So, first of all I thought of London, but I had
movement after incorporation in New York under
no money. So I got the opportunity for going to
the state religious act, and I began to chant “ Hare
USA free, on a trade ship by the Scindia Steam
Krishna ” mantra in a park in New York. And some
Navigation. They gave me their first-class cabin,
young boys and girls, they began to assemble
the proprietor’s cabin.
and chant and dance. That was the beginning.
So, I got the opportunity to go to America
In this way, first of all we started our center
because their ship goes only to New York. So I
in New York, Second Avenue, and then gradually
accepted, “ All right, we can see, either go to
expanded in San Francisco, in Montreal, in
London or New York ”. New York is a better place
Boston, Buffalo, and Los Angeles.
than London. I started for New York.
(Lecture-11th Apr. 1971-Bombay)
(Conversation-7th Nov. 1970-Bombay)
I started the Movement with only forty rupees
(seven dollars)
In New York, when we started this Movement,
during the year 1965.
at seven o’clock in the morning we used to hold
So, they gave me a free ticket, and the
our class, and there was a little sound.
government allowed me
Immediately the tenants
to take with me forty
from upwards, they
rupees. In this condition,
would come down and
I started for New York.
complain. Sometimes
No friend, no hotel, no
they would call for
arrangements. This was
police. And, on the
the beginning. Then, I
street, Second Avenue,
went there. So, I do not
there were always big,
know how it happened.
big trucks and motor
Now we have got forty
cars going on, heavy
crores ! It is all Krishna’s
sound. Then, in the
mercy ! I never expected
country the garbage
that my books will be
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carrier sound, the digging sound, So many sounds
is eternal. Just like we are enjoying or we are
they would tolerate. And, as soon as, “ Hare
relishing the vibration of Krishna’s teachings. So,
Krishna ” , it would be “ Oh, it is intolerable. ” This
by vibration he is present, as soon as we chant
is demonic. The demonic, they’ll not hear.
“ Hare Krishna ” or chant “ Bhagavad-gita ” or
Because that will do good to them by hearing,
“ Bhagavata ”.
they’ll not accept it !
We should associate by the vibration, and
(Lecture-3rd Feb. 1975-Hawaii)
not by the physical presence. That is real
association by sound. Just like we are touching
Krishna immediately by sound .. sound vibration.
“ ISKCON Movement ”
The International Society for Krishna
We should give greater stress on the sound
Consciousness
vibration, either of
was
Krishna or of any
(ISKCON)
established in New
other
York in the year 1966.
master. Then we’ll
spiritual
feel happy and no
When ISKCON
separation.
was incorporated, a
(Lecture-18 th Aug. 1968-
boy named Chuck
Montreal)
Barnett joined me,
along with a few
“ messages from
others, to form the
Master ”
nucleus
for
the
I shall remain as
institution’s future development. At this time I used
your personal guidance, physically present or
to chant the “ Hare Krishna ” underneath a tree in
when not present physically, just as I am getting
Tempkin’s Square Park in New York. Sriman
personal guidance from my Guru Maharaj.
Barnett and another boy, Bruce, were the first to
( Conversation-14th July 1977-Vrindavan )
begin dancing in front of me, and others in the
I’m always with you, never mind even if I am
audience joined them.
physically absent. Never think that I am away from
The New York Times published a report of
you. Physical presence is not essential, presence
by message .. hearing is real touch.
this, with our picture and headline declaring that I
was attracting the younger generation to the “
( Letter-2nd Aug. 1967-Vrindavan )
Hare Krishna Movement ”.
If there is no chance to serve the spiritual
master directly, one should serve him by
remembering his instructions. There is no
difference between the spiritual master ’s
( Lecture-10th Aug. 1976-Teheran )
“ two conceptions ”
There are two conceptions : The physical
instructions and the spiritual master himself.
Therefore, in his absence, his words of direction
conception and the vibration conception. Physical
conception is temporary. The vibration conception
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should be the pride of the disciple.
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“ back to India ”
The Spiritual Master remains in the material
universe until all of his disciples are transferred
Now the health is broken. I was very sick
to the Spiritual Sky.
after the heart stroke. So, I thought : “ Now I shall
( Letter-11th July 1969-Los Angeles )
not exist. So, let me go to Vrindavan and die
there ”. So, then, I purchased ticket for coming
“ spiritual realization ”
back with Kirtanananda. So, in this way, I came
The Spiritual Master is present wherever his
back to India in December, 1967.
sincere disciple is trying to follow his instructions.
(Conversation-8th June 1976-Los Angeles)
In your attempts to follow me, in all your sincere
“ anxious to work ”
efforts, I am always with you, as my Guru Maharaj
is with me.
I am a man of seventy-two years. I want to
( Letter-1st Dec. 1973-Los Angeles )
work ! Naturally, I would have retired from all these
activities, but I don’t feel .. As long as I can work,
This is for spiritual realization. If one does
I want to work .. I want to work day and night. At
not spiritually realize one’s identity, one remains
night I work with Dictaphone. I become sorry if I
as an animal. That is the difference between
cannot work. This is Krishna Consciousness.
animal and man. Man is supposed to be spiritually
One must be very anxious to work.
realized.
( Lecture-17th Mar. 1968-San Francisco )
( Interview-14th July 1976-New York )
“ train some American boys ”
By the grace of Krishna, wherever I go all
Due to my unceasing hard work for the last
two years, my health is shattered. On 25th May
1967, I had a heavy stroke. The boys took all
possible care and I was getting well day by day.
my disciples provide me a very nice place for
residing and in Calcutta also Sriman
Achyutananda and Sriman Jayapataka, who are
going to be Sannyasis tomorrow, they gave me a
But, I am thinking of going back to India as
soon as I get sufficient strength. I am now
considerably old.
But the work which I
have begun in the
western world is not
yet finished. I am
required to train
some
of
the
American boys to
preach this all over
the western world.
very nice apartment. So, I am now seventy five
years old. I never thought how I would be able to
travel
long
d i s t a n c e s .
However, as people
say, I am still young
.. maybe sooner or
later I shall go back
to New York again.
( Letter-9th Sep. 1970 )
I
have
had
( Letter-27 th June 1967-
several times slight
New York )
heart attacks since
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1970, but it did not hamper my activities in Krishna
program because the condition of my health is
Consciousness. So long as Krishna will keep
deteriorating. I preferred to remain in Vrindavana,
me fit I will go on working.
If death take place here. So, there is nothing new
( Letter-24th Sep. 1971 )
to be said. Whatever I have to speak, I have
already spoken in my books. Whether I am
“ print books .. don’t keep money ”
present or not present, it doesn’t matter.
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust’s formula is that
Our life is eternal : “ Na Hanyate Hanyamane
.. as soon as you get money, spend fifty percent
Sarire ”. A temporary disappearance of this
for printing and the other fifty percent for temple.
This is the basic principle : “ No saving .. as soon
body, it doesn’t matter. Body is meant for
disappearance : “ Tatha Dehantara-Prapti ”.
as you have some money, print books. Don’t
( Arrival Speach-17th May 1977-Vrindavan )
keep money. ”
“ no death ”
If you print books, some day, somebody will
read. But, if we keep money, it creates
No worldly person is prepared to die, but I
disturbance. I am therefore always insisting :
am prepared to die. That much strength I have
“ Print books or construct temples. There is no
got. I will be very glad to die if Krishna wants. And
need of keeping money. ”
I shall stay with you. But, I am not afraid of death.
( Discussion-26th June 1976-New Vrindavan )
Of what shall I be afraid ? For me, either life or
death, both are same, I don’t mind. Don’t move
“ American money + Indian culture ”
me to the hospital !
In America, they accept Hare Krishna
( Srila Prabhupada Vigil-28th May 1977-Vrindavan )
Movement sincerely. There was a judgment by
the Supreme Court in New York .. that Hare
According to the calculation of my
Krishna Movement is a genuine religious
horoscope, eighty-one years will be completed
Movement. However, there was great opposition
and eighty-second year will begin. It doesn’t
matter .. I leave this body. Even in death I’ll live.
against the Movement. Our students were
kidnapped, and so many such harassments took
One year before or one year after .. As far as
place. But, by the grace of Krishna, after eleven
possible, I have trained all of you. Try to follow the
or twelve years of struggle, “ Hare Krishna
principles. And go ahead. Don’t be upset by
Movement ” was recognized. Now, for the benefit
maya’s tricks. Go ahead, forward, at any cost.
of the whole world, American Money and Indian
( Conversation-17th Aug. 1977-Vrindavan )
Culture should combine ! That will bring benefit
“ Master lives forever ”
to the whole world !
( Lecture-23rd Mar. 1977-Bombay )
The spiritual Master lives forever by His divine
“ life is eternal ”
instruction and the disciple lives with
him : because I have always served my Guru
I am feeling very weak. I want to go to different
Maharaj and followed his teachings I am even now
places like Chandigarh. But, I cancelled the
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never separated from him. Sometimes, Maya
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may come and try to interfere but we must not
falter. We must always follow the chalked out path
layed down by the great Acharyas and in the end
thinking of you also. Although physically we are
you will see.
connection.
not together, we are not separated spiritually. So
we should be concerned only with this spiritual
( Letter-25th Nov. 1973 )
( Letter-13th Nov. 1969-London )
So, I am not going to die : “ Kirtir yasya sa
jivati ” .. “ One who has done something
“ 14th November, 1977 ”
substantial, he lives forever ”. He doesn’t die. One
Before Srila Prabhupada passed
has to accept another body according to his
away on November 14, 1977, he had
karma.
guided the Society and seen it grow to a
worldwide confederation of more than
( Conversation-27th May 1977-Vrindavan )
one hundred ashrams, schools, temples,
Always remember that I am always with you.
institutes, and farm communities.
As you are always thinking of me I am always
( Excerpt from the book-“ Beyond Birth and Death ” )
material excerpted from the book “ Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta .. As It Is ”
published by The New Bhaktivedanta Book Trust .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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Members of the International Society for
Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) believe that the
Earth’s resources, nature, and our own bodies
are all sacred gifts from God and should be
treated responsibly.
and also several ISKCON members are authors
of acclaimed cook-books.
ISKCON followers respect the animals’ right
to live, and practice a diet that seeks to minimize
violence and exploitation. Thus they see
vegetarianism .. with its countless documented
ecological, social, and health benefits .. as most
conducive to a compassionate, environmentally
friendly, and wholesome way of life.
This custom continues today in North
America at several ISKCON rural communities,
which have made cow protection a primary focus.
These communities educate the public, run
cruelty-free dairies, and allow well-wishers to help
save cows from slaughter through an innovative
“ Adopt a Cow ” sponsorship program.
The Hare Krishna Movement actively
promotes the benefits of vegetarianism. ISKCON
temples offer visitors delicious sanctified
vegetarian food.
Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada, founder ISKCON, included in the
movement’s mission statement an aim to “ bring
the members closer together for the purpose of
teaching a simpler, more natural way of life. ”
Hare Krishna Movement has established
more than 100 vegetarian restaurants around the
world, and has distributed more than 300 million
nutritious vegetarian meals to the disadvantaged
through its affiliate, “ Food for Life ”. ISKCON
members regularly teach vegetarian cooking
classes at their temples and local universities,
members are developing agrarian
communities. These communities aim at selfsufficiency, exploring self-contained techniques
such as : natural pest and weed controls, the
production of alternate fuel, waste management,
and crop rotation.
ISKCON
source : material excerpted from the website www.iskcon.com
.. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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All Hare Krishna devotees oppose
exploitative treatment of animals, especially the
cow. Traditional Indian culture favored organic
farming and gave distinctive recognition to the
cow, who provides nourishing milk, and the bull,
who plows fields, calling for these gentle
creatures to be protected.
The Vaishnava philosophy that the Hare
Krishna Movement is rooted in teaches that all
living beings are interrelated through Krishna, the
common father.
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ISKCON
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the pioneer of a great social
and religious movement that began in India about five hundred
years ago and that has directly and indirectly influenced the
subsequent course of religious and philosophical thinking not
only in India but throughout the world.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is thus a figure of great
historical significance. Sri Krsna Chaitanya is a personality
who transcends the limited scope of historical settings.
Chaitanya teaches the science of Krishna consciousness.
That Sri Krisna Chaitanya’s influence has spread
so far is due in large part to the efforts of A. C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami
Prabhupada,
founder
and
acharya
(spiritual guide) of the International Society for Krishna
Consciousness (ISKCON) . A few excerpts from the website
“ www.caitanya.krishna.org ”.
edit-team
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu was born in
Mayapur, West Bengal, India, during an eclipsed
moon on the evening of February 18th, 1486.
Chaitanya’s father was Jagannath Misra, a poor
Brahman and his mother was Sachi Devi.
At the age of eight, he was instructed by
Gangadas Pandit and within two years he was
well versed with Sanskrit grammar. His father
Jagannath Misra was a pandit himself and young
Chaitanya would study his father’s books.
Chaitanya was a beautiful child with a golden
complexion. The ladies of Mayapur called him
“ Gaurahari ” because of the golden color of his
complexion. Like golden sunshine he was radiant.
His mother referred to him as “ Nimai ” because
he was born near a Neem tree.
After Chaitanya had reached his tenth year,
his brother had accepted the order of sannyasa
and had left home. Not long after that incident,
his father left this world and just as young
Chaitanya had consoled his mother when his
brother had left to take sannyasa, so too did he
console her after his father’s departure.
He entered school in his fifth year and easily
learned to speak Bengali in a very brief time.
Whenever the baby Chaitanya would cry
continuously the neighbor women and his mother
would yell “ Haribol ” ! At this sound he would
immediately stop. There were always echos of
“ Haribol ” within his home.
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During his teens, he was considered an
expert scholar and his expertise in Sanskrit and
Nyaya philosophy was intimidating to the other
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seeing his mother, Chaitanya fell at her feet and
exclaimed : “ Mother ! This body is yours and I
must obey your orders. Permit me to go to
Vrindavan for my spiritual attainments ”. After a
consultation with Advaita and others present, she
asked him to reside in Jagannatha Puri, so that
she could obtain information from him, time to
time. This he agreed to.
pandits who would avoid confronting him in
discussions.
At the age of sixteen, Chaitanya travelled to
Gaya with a following of his students and it was
there that he took spiritual initiation from Iswara
Puri. After his initiation he became an even more
dedicated preacher of the Vaishnava tradition and
he was absorbed in the name and service to Lord
Sri Krishna.
After taking sannyasa he became known to
many as “ Krishna Chaitanya ”.
His mission was to spread the glories of the
holy names of Sri Sri
Radha and Krishna
and thus spiritualize
mankind with the
chanting of these holy
names.
The
Vaishnava devotional
creed
of
bhakti
represents love and
devotion to God
Krishna.
In his twenty fourth year, Chaitanya took the
vow of sannyasa and upon renouncing material
ties, he embraced a greater wealth of the world
of Lord Krishna and a life exemplified as a perfect
devotee of God. He radiated love for Sri Sri Radha
and Krishna. After his taking of the vows of
sannyasa, He travelled to Santipur to the house
of “ Advaitacharya ”. Advaita invited many friends
and admirers of Chaitanya and even brought
Sachi Devi to see her son.
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu spent the last
eighteen years of his appearance in this world in
Puri at the home of Kasi Misra.
As a sannyasi, Sri Krishna Chaitanya wore
only an outer covering. His head was shaved and
he carried a danda and a kamandalu. Upon
At the age of forty eight Chaitanya
Mahaprabhu disappeared in the temple Tota
Gopinath.
source : material excerpted from the website www.caitanya.krishna.org
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Throughout his
life Lord Sri Krishna
Chaitanya preached
the principles of pure
love of God to the
masses. He would
many times perform a
miracle to attract
pandits, sannyasis,
and the inquisitive to
him. He would fall at
the lotus feet of the
deity of Sri Sri Radha Krishna in ecstacy and
weep with love and devotion. By his association,
he could touch the hearts of those around him
and make them weep for his mercy to help their
spiritual advancement. Sri Chaitanya is Krishna
and Radharani combined in the form of the “
Golden Avatar ”.
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25th to 31st December, 2008
Venue :
National College Grounds
BENGALURU
25th December, 2008
Evening 5.00 pm
: Inauguration of
“ Ahimsa, Shanti Dhyana Maha Yagnam ”
Evening 6.00 pm
: Patriji’s Message
Evening 7.00 pm
: Chief Guest’s Message
Evening 8.00 pm
: Flute Meditation
Every day from 26 -12-2008
to
31-12-2008
Morning 6 to 8 am
: “ Akhanda Dhyanam ”
Morning 10 to 11 am
: Chief Guest’s speech
Morning 11 to 12.30 pm : Spiritual Discourses from Patriji & Music Meditation
Morning 2 to 4.30 pm
: Senior Master’s Messages from all over India
Evening 5 to 8 pm
: Speeches from Spiritual Scientists,
Devotional Songs & Music Meditation
Evening 8 pm
: Cultural Events
31st December, 2008
Night .. from 11 pm
: New Year Message by Patriji
New Year Celebrations
www . pss . org
www . pss . org
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www . pss . org
The Global Congress of Spiritual Scientists (GCSS) is envisioned by Brahmarshi Patriji,
Founder of Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement, India. This unique event will be held from
December 26th to 31st, 2008, at Bengaluru, India.
The primary objective of Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement is to achieve “ Dhyana Jagath
or Spiritual World by the year 2012 ” and make every individual on this planet an “ anapanasati
meditator ”. Across the planet, many New Age spiritual masters are individually working towards a
similar goal. However, the time has now arrived for Global Inter-Spiritual Interaction, for educating
ourselves and enriching our awareness of our spiritual transformation and progression. This proposed
Global Congress is one such effort which will aid us in bringing needed reformation of the world’s
humanity, which would be nearer to cosmic reality.
The Theme of the Congress : “ SPIRITUALITY FOR THE WHOLE OF HUMANITY ”
The Global Congress brings together several New Age spiritual masters onto a COMMON
to share their spiritual perspectives, research findings and life transforming experiences.
More than one thousand delegates from all over the world are expected to participate in this event.
The speakers will deliberate on many esoteric and exoteric topics. All sessions would be intensive,
interactive and sharing. As part of the plenary, round table discussions will be held on the “ Role of
Spiritual Leaders and Spiritual Organizations in spiritualizing the Humanity of the World ”.
PLATFORM
The Global Congress promises to be an exciting fair for all spiritual masters, meditators, healers
and spiritually determined individuals including medical doctors, academic scientists, students and
businessmen across the world. We hope everyone will make full use of this great opportunity.
Additionally, the Global Congress coincides with the Annual Event of Pyramid Spiritual Societies
Movement. This year, this Event, called “ Ahimsa Shanti Dhyana Maha Yagnam ”, will be held, as
usual, from December 25th to 31st 2008 at National College Grounds, Bengaluru, India. Around
10,000 people are expected to attend this mass event. The participants of Global Congress can
also avail the programs of this Annual Meditation Event.
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Workshops by International Masters
26 th December : Shaman Master Lujan Matus, will present his workshop “ Dragon’s Tears - the Shaman’s Breath ”. In over 35 years of extensive explorations in
parallel realms, he has witnessed extraordinary phenomena and received direct lessons.
He is the author of “ The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception ”, which is a classic book on
shamanic wisdom and practice.
27th December : Anodea Judith will present a workshop on “ Waking the Global
Heart ”. Anodea Judith is a worldwide speaker on spirituality, psychology, and social
change. She is an authority on Chakras. Her classic book - “ Chakras - Wheels of Life ”,
and the award winning video - “ The Illuminated Chakras ”, are considered the definitive
works on the subject. She is the Founder and Director of the teaching organization,
Sacred Centers.
28 th December : world renowned Psychic Surgeon and Spiritual Healer,
Rev. Alex Orbito will present a workshop on “ How to Heal Yourself ”. He has travelled
to more than sixty countries around the world and is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate
from the UN World Brotherhood Congress as an “ outstanding and dedicated Envoy for
Universal Peace, Goodwill and Understanding ”.
29th December : Dr. Raymond Moody will present a workshop - “ On Matters of
Life and Death ”. He is the best-selling author of eleven books including “ Life After Life ”.
Since 1965, he has interviewed thousands of people from all over the world who were
revived from close calls with death. In this workshop, Dr. Moody will present his work
with near-death experiences, as well as other spiritual experiences thereby unraveling life’s deepest
mystery - what happens when we die ?
30th December : Jasmuheen will present a workshop on “ The Prana Program and
the Food of Gods ” - Increasing our chi flow to eliminate all world health and hunger issues
and to increase personal happiness and global harmony levels. Jasmuheen is a leading
researcher on pranic nourishment and an author of twenty six books. In 1993, she underwent
Prana initiation and began to live on Light. In November 2005, she presented THE PRANA PROGRAM to the
Society for Conscious Living at the United Nations in Vienna.
31st December : Michaela Adam-Horst will present a workshop on “ Holistic
Leadership and Healing ”. She has studied natural healing methods and spiritualism for
the last twenty years. She offers private readings and gives courses for mediumship,
spiritual healing and Ayurveda. In 1997 she opened the centre for natural healing methods
(ZFNH) with the aim of helping people understand the connections between body, spirit and soul.
www.spiritualcongress.org
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Anodea Judith
Anodea Judith, Ph.D. is the Founder and Director of Sacred Centers, a
writer, and a spiritual teacher. She holds Masters and Doctoral degrees in
Psychology and Human Health, with lifelong studies of alternative medicine,
yoga, and mystic spirituality. Anodea Judith spends much of her time on the
road teaching, with workshops and trainings offered across the U.S., Europe
and Central America. A few excerpts from the book “ Chakras .. Wheels of
Life ”
edit-team
“ We are a circle within a circle ..
with no beginning and never ending ”
toward the still untapped frontiers of
consciousness and its infinite potential.
From the great spiral galaxies, thousands of
light years across, to the trillions of atoms swirling
in a grain of sand, the universe is composed of
spinning wheels of energy.
‘ Chakras ’ are the psychic generators of
the auric field. The aura itself is the meeting point
between the core patterns generated by the
‘ Chakras ’ and the influence of the external world.
The lower ‘ Chakras ’ provide a foundation
for our spiritual growth, much as the roots of a
tree, which push downward, allow the tree to grow
taller.
While ‘ Chakras ’ are interdependent with
the nervous and endocrine systems, they are not
synonymous with any portion of the physical body,
but exist within the subtle body.
As seven vibratory modalities, the
‘ Chakras ’ form a mythical Rainbow Bridge, a
connecting channel linking Heaven and Earth ..
mind and body, spirit and matter .. past and future.
As we spin through the tumultuous times of our
present era, the ‘ Chakras ’ act as gears turning
the spiral of evolution, drawing us ever onward
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‘ Chakras ’ exist within the subtle body,
interpenetrating the physical body. The subtle
body is the non-physical psychic body that is
superimposed on our physical bodies.
At the inner core of each one of us, spin
seven wheel-like energy centers called
‘ Chakras ’. Swirling intersections of vital life
forces, each Chakra reflects an aspect of
consciousness essential to our lives. Together,
the seven ‘ Chakras ’ form a profound formula for
wholeness that integrates mind, body and spirit.
The physical body is a vehicle of
consciousness. ‘ Chakras ’ are the wheels of life
that carry this vehicle about .. through its trials,
tribulations, and transformations.
Flowers, tree trunks, planets, and people ..
each is made of tiny wheels turning inside, riding
upon the great wheel of the Earth, spinning in its
orbit through space. A fundamental building block
of nature, the wheel is the circle of life flowing
through all aspects of existence.
Chakra is a vortex. ‘ Chakras ’ spin in a
wheel-like manner, attracting or repelling activity
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parents and culture, our
physical body shape,
situations we are born into,
and information from
previous lives are also
important factors. These
patterns can often be seen
by clairvoyants when
viewing the ‘ Chakras ’ .
on their particular plane by
patterns analogous to a
whirlpool. Anything the ‘
Chakra ’ encounters on its
particular vibrational level
gets drawn into the Chakra,
processed, and passed out
again.
‘ Chakras ’ are made
of symbolic patterns of our
own mental and physical
programming.
This
programming governs the
way we behave. Each
chakra .. can be thought of
as programming on a floppy
disk that runs certain elements of our lives from
our survival programs, to our sexual programs,
to the way we think and feel.
The object of our work is to clean the
‘ Chakras ’ of old, non-beneficial patterns so that
their self-perpetuating actions have a positive
influence, and our life energy can continue to
expand to higher planes.
The content of the ‘ Chakras ’ is formed
largely by repeated patterns from our actions.
Repeated movements and habits create fields in
the world around us. Programming from our
BOOKs .. AUDIOs .. DVDs
ANODEA JUDITH
O
O
O
O
“ Waking the Global Heart ” : Humanity’s Rite of Passage from the
Love of Power to the Power of Love.
“ Eastern Body-Western Mind ” : Psychology and the Chakra
System as a Path to the Self.
“ Wheels of Life ” : A User’s Guide to the Chakra System Anodea
Judith, Llewellyn, 1987, 519 pp. ill.
“ The Illuminated Chakras ” : A Visionary Voyage into Your Inner
World (DVD)
www.sacredcenters.com
material excerpted from the book “ Chakras .. Wheels of Life ” by Anodea Judith
.. published by Jaico Publishing House .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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Through involvement
with the outside world,
patterns within the ‘
Chakras ’
tend to
perpetuate themselves ..
hence the idea of karmapatterns formed through action, or the laws of
cause and effect. Thus, it is common to become
trapped in any one of these patterns. This is
called
being
‘ stuck ’ in a ‘ Chakras ’ . We are caught in a cycle
that keeps us at a particular level. This could be
a relationship, a job, a habit, but most often,
simply a way of thinking.
‘ Chakras ’ send energy out from the core of
the body, and they assimilate energy from outside
that enters the core.
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Alex Orbito
Alex Orbito was born in the year 1940,
into a poor rural setting in the Northern part
of the Philippines. He grew up in a family
devoted to spiritual healing and medium ship.
He started his healing mission at the age of
fourteen through the premonitory dream of
a paralysed elder, who could walk again after he treated her.
Alex Orbito has worked nearly five decades, patiently
and persistently for the awareness of spiritual healing in the
Philippines and elsewhere in the world. Having touched millions
of ailing bodies, a large majority of whom proclaim the efficacy
of his cures, he is always quick to disclaim personal praise,
saying that he is only an instrument of divine powers. A few
excerpts from the website www.pyramidofasia.org
edit-team
The entire healing process occurs in a
I just happen to be the medium through which
I first feel a strange coldness all over my body
as the spirit descends upon me .. then a feeling
of great warmth .. I am completely overpowered
God channels His Divine Energy.
by the Holy Spirit .. as I place my hands on the
different dimension. It is no miracle or magic and
patient’s body, I feel the healing energy surge
through my fingers causing vibrations and
As I see the crowd of sick people waiting for
me to relieve them of the suffering, my heart is
stimulating the cells of the patient’s afflicted part
.. my hand at that moment is like a magnet that
filled with love, mercy and compassion. I deeply
automatically attracts the diseased part .. I can
concentrate and fervently pray God to make me
see and feel the patients being relieved instantly.
a channel of His will power. I, then, utter a secret
power word given to me by my spirit guide and all
of a sudden I am transformed into another being,
This healing energy or power within me,
a holy man whose only remaining thought and
however, is not limitless. When it is consumed
feeling is one of love, mercy and compassion
towards the sick .. I no longer think of myself as
after a lot of healing, I return to my usual ordinary,
‘ Alex Orbito ’ but as a mere channel of God’s
of what I did in the healing session.
humble self. I do not usually have a recollection
Healing Energy.
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When I open the
This is true for all
body, there is no pain
forms of healing
for it is not my hand
whether orthodox or
that does it but the
unorthodox.
power that emanates
from God .. the human
healing is self-healing
body is composed of
analysis. Scientists
cells which have tiny
assert
minds of their own and
psychosomatic
these cells receive
illnesses can be
in
the
All
ultimate
that
only
instruction from either the instinctive or intellectual
cured through this method. However, I have
minds, which are still material, or from the spiritual
effectively cured ailments caused by infectious
mind.
bacteria.
When my spiritual mind is attuned to the
When the body is opened, there is a snapping
higher intelligence which is the Holy Spirit of God,
sound, followed by a whizzing and splashing one.
my hands emit an energy which is more powerful
Only those who are spiritually attuned hear this
than the physical constitution of the human cells
strange sound, which is caused by the separation
so that they merely give way to the more powerful
of cells as the body opens. Since the body is
force.
composed of almost 80 per cent water, a
In order for the healing to be truly effective,
splashing sound is heard as the fingers penetrate
the patient must sincerely respond to the process.
the body.
Alex Orbito
O
O
O
O
“ Born to Heal ” and “ The Magicians of God ”
by Jaime T. Licauco (ISBN 971-27-0884-5)
“ Man of Light, the extraordinary gifts of a great healer ”
Alex Orbito by Rinaldo Lampis (ISBN 88-87241-00-7)
Alex Orbito “ Healer in the Light ”
by Brigittte Schumann
“ The Secret Teachings of the Espiritistas ”
by Harvey Martin (ISBN 0-9660843-8-1)
source : material excerpted from the website www.pyramidofasia.org
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Jasmuheen
Jasmuheen is an Australia-based proponent of “ pranic nourishment ” or
“ breatharianism ”, defined as “ the practice of living without food or fluid of
any sort ”. Jasmuheen teaches pragmatic positive tools that are designed to create a
healthy physical, emotional, mental and spiritual life. Since the 1970’s,
Jasmuheen has been researching and experimenting with ancient,
alternative nourishment sources that can feed us all .. including “
breatharianism ”. Jasmuheen teaches that there is a free, limitless
inner resource that can release us from many perceived human limitations. A few excerpts from www.selfempowermentacademy.com.au
edit-team
“ the awakening ”
people who had intuitively realized that they were
more than just their body, emotions and mind.
In the year 1992, I became conscious of the
presence of the Ascended Ones in my life.
After a taped channelled message from the
‘ Ascended Ones ’ magically found its way into
my possession, a few ‘ missing pieces ’ clicked
into place for me and a conscious relationship
with them began. Over the next year or two, I
surrendered to the fact that my years of meditation
had subtly been tuning me and I was now learning
the full utilization of my own latent telepathic
abilities. And so I began to ‘ channel ’.
How long they had been guiding me, I do not
know. I had spent the previous two decades
involved in service, satsang and meditation .. the
daily practices of which had brought me the gifts
of discipline, dedication and devotion.
“ meditation .. service ”
Meditation gave me detachment, peace of
mind, a connection with the ‘ Inner One ’ .. that
eternal voice of wisdom that many call their ‘ gut
instinct ’ or ‘ intuition ’ .. the voice that others
may call ‘ Infinite Intelligence ’ or ‘ the God
Within ’.
“ awareness of other realms ”
The ‘ accidental ’ death of my brother when I
was fourteen had given me the gift of awareness
of ‘ other realms ’ as our family continually felt his
presence with us.
Service provided a sense of humility, to do
for others without seeking reward. Satsang was
about being in the company of the truth of timeless
wisdom. It was inspirational, supportive and
motivational.
Meditation from the age of 17 to the age of
35 had changed my frequency and my electromagnetic signals, as had the realizations gained
from some painful and powerful lessons through
what I had often earlier thought to be the ‘ school
of hard knocks ’ called life.
“ telepathic abilities ”
A young Western woman choosing to
explore an Eastern philosophy and ancient
esoteric practices was not exactly the ‘ norm ’ so
it was both nurturing and empowering to be with
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“ the masters ”
Connecting with and building a conscious
relationship over the last five years with the
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‘ Ascended Ones ’ has brought
another reality, an alternate game
into my life. There is magic and
synchronicity still tinged with awe
as I discover the power of the
energy of the ascended realms
of consciousness, the realms of
light and power we carry within.
Siddhas have ascended their
vibration to a finer frequency that
places them outside our ‘ normal
’ physical range of vision. In order
to ‘ see ’ them we have to activate
our spiritual eye, our third-eye and
also our hypothalamus .. the
inner-television set connected to
and fed energetically by the
ascension chakra.
Reading some text from “
The Life and Teachings of the
Masters of the Far East ”, I
recognized the same messages,
the same understandings. These
writings share how they teleport, manifest food
and money for their guests or when required, are
telepathic and immortalist gentlemen, tuned to
their environment magically and tuned to the
creative force perfectly.
“ expansion of
consciousness ”
Full activation of the crown chakra allows us
a clear connection to the divine intelligence of
Universal Mind and the akashic records. As we
continue to tune ourselves .. our consciousness
expands, our communication ‘ antennas ’ open
up to include a wider ‘ radio band ’ allowing us
access into other frequency bands / dimensions
of reality .. currently out of earshot to the mass
consciousness upon this planet .. being too subtle,
yet existing nonetheless.
“ the inner-television set ”
Mastery implies power over our molecular
structure so that we may have freedom from the
perceived need to eat, sleep, carry money or even
require transport. The ‘ Ascended Ones ’ or the
JASMUHEEN
O
“ The Food of Gods ”
O
“ The Law of Love & Its Fabulous Frequency of Freedom ”
O
“ The Prana Program ” Effective & Enjoyable Evolution
O
“ Pranic Nourishment - Nutrition for the New Millennium ”
O
“ Ambassadors of Light ”
O
“ The Bliss of Brazil & The Second Coming ”
O
“ In Resonance ”
O
“ Divine Radiance ” On the Road with the Masters of Magic
O
“ Harmonious Healing & The Immortal’s Way with Jasmuheen ”
O
“ Streams of Consciousness ”
O
“ Biofields & Bliss Trilogy ”
O
“ Four Body Fitness ” Biofields & Bliss
O
“ Co-creating Paradise ”
source : “ www.selfempowermentacademy.com.au
grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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Lujan Matus
Lujan Matus is a bearer of ancient shamanic teachings, learnt in the
parallel realms of dreaming and waking under the direct tutelage of his
benefactor, the old Nagual Lujan.
Lujan
Matus
is
available
for
private
shamanic
healing
sessions in Bali, India, and Thailand. A few excerpts from “ The Art of
Stalking Parallel Perception” .. www.parallelperception.com
edit-team
“ a death sentence ”
and as a result of that falling we have sacrificed
our personal power for a trivial exchange that
In ancient texts it is said that ‘ gossip ’ is like
means nothing in the end.
a death sentence, for your character is
assassinated before you have a chance to
represent yourself.
There is a parallel subject that interlaces and
interlocks with energetic assassination. What we
mostly invoke when we defame another person
“ Energetic assassination ” is one of the most
is the idea of their past events, shown through
severe and degrading activities that we encounter
that malicious gossip as a foregone conclusion
as human beings.
that their character bears.
“ bearer of misfortune ”
As a humanity, we have become familiarized
so extensively with GOSSIP .. that this
When you have a thought or an impression
of someone that is untrue, what you’re accessing
familiarization brings the practice into so-called
is an image coupled with an emotion that
normality. This state of affairs is so far removed
becomes a stabilized attitude and this is an
from power that by mere association, in terms of
imprint. Now when this stabilized information is
acceptance of this phenomenon, we are being
accessed by you, who have become the bearer
programmed to be desensitized to the greater part
of misfortune, it is usually reinforced by the one
of ourselves.
who has given you the information.
“ non-essential information ”
“ distorted facts ”
In this instance, we substitute our power for
This is a type of theft, unknown to you. By
the need to know non-essential information, which
mere association with the one who wishes to
is a type of energetic illness that has afflicted
assassinate, the giver of that gossip, you have
many of us. Because of this, we have fallen so
substituted your knowledge of the real truths that
low that we cannot see how far we have fallen
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can be accessed from your inner being. So, not
consequently will achieve a more sustainable
only has the assassin destroyed the character of
base of energy and a greater degree of buoyancy.
their target, they have also assassinated your inner
“ no inquiries ”
spirit through the implantation and stabilization of
distorted facts.
For us, as a humanity, to have the ability to
see the truth of what is
presented by those
By virtue of this,
who approach, we
one loses the ability to
need more energy. We
access one’s own true
should not wonder and
insights
inquire
and
we
about
become enslaved to
someone’s past ; we
the
of
should see them as
e n e r g e t i c
they arrive in front of us
assassination
by
and no inquiries will be
association, so in
necessary because
essence our inner
we will know who is
seer
been
p r e s e n t i n g
subdued and will be
themselves, and this
principle
has
knowing
held in a prison of
our
heritage.
alignment by those
assassins.
“ noble training ”
It is better that we train ourselves to become
“ avoid gossip ”
This insidious loop that is reinforced,
seemingly in every corner we turn, must be
eliminated consciously. If we align ourselves with
the better part of ourselves and avoid gossip we
will be protected from outside influences and
aware of subtle inflections which come from our
environment to warn us of what is there. This
training is nobler and will yield each individual
variance within their ability to see. Variance is
where insight lies and true cognitive inversion on
another level occurs.
BOOKS .. AUDIOS .. DVDS
LUJAN MATUS
O
is
“ The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception ”
The Living Tapestry of Lujan Matus.
source : material excerpted from “ The Art of Stalking Parallel Perception ”
.. website www.parallelperception.com .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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Raymond A. Moody, M.D.
Dr. Raymond Moody is the author of eleven books including the best-selling “ Life
After Life ” which has sold over thirteen million copies worldwide.
Dr. Moody’s research into the phenomenon of near-death experience had its start
in the 1960’s. Dr. Moody has enlightened and entertained audiences
all over the world for over three decades. He offers many different
lecture / workshop presentations on the topics of : Near Death
Experiences ; Death with Dignity ; Surviving Grief and Finding Hope ;
Reunions .. Visionary Encounters With Departed Loved Ones ; The
Healing Power of Humor etc., etc. A few excerpts from his book “ Life
After Life ”.
edit-team
“ inexpressible ”
The persons involved uniformly characterize
their experiences as ineffable that is,
Despite the wide variation in the
‘ inexpressible ’. Many people have made remarks
circumstances surrounding close calls with death
to the effect that, “ There are just no words to
and in the types of persons undergoing them, it
express what I am trying to say ”, or “ They just
remains true that there is a striking similarity
don’t make adjectives and superlatives to
among the accounts of the experiences
describe this ”.
themselves.
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“ sees his own body ”
next life. Yet, he finds that he must go back to the
earth, that the time for his death has not yet come.
A man is dying and, as he reaches the point
At this point he resists, for by now he is taken
up with his experiences in the afterlife and does
not want to return. He is overwhelmed by intense
feelings of joy, love, and peace. Despite his
attitude, though, he somehow reunites with his
of greatest physical distress, he hears himself
pronounced dead by his doctor. He begins to hear
an uncomfortable noise, a loud ringing or buzzing,
and at the same time feels himself moving very
rapidly through a long dark tunnel. After this, he
physical body and lives.
suddenly finds himself outside of his own physical
body, but still in the immediate physical
In the first place, he can find no human
environment, and he sees his own body from a
words adequate to describe these unearthly
episodes. He also finds that others scoff, so he
stops telling other people. Still, the experience
affects his life profoundly, especially his views
about death and its relationship to life.
distance, as though he is a spectator. He watches
the resuscitation attempt from this unusual
vantage point and is in a state of emotional
upheaval.
“ a being of light ”
“ different powers ”
What is perhaps the most incredible
common element is the encounter with a very
bright light. Typically, at its first appearance this
light is dim, but it rapidly gets brighter until it
reaches an unearthly brilliance. Yet, even though
this light is of an indescribable brilliance, many
make the specific point that it does not in any
way hurt their eyes, or dazzle them, or keep them
from seeing other things around them.
After a while, he collects himself and
becomes more accustomed to his odd condition.
He notices that he still has a ‘ body ’, but one of a
very different nature and with very different powers
from the physical body he has left behind. Soon,
other things begin to happen. Others come to
meet and to help him.
He glimpses the spirits of relatives and
friends who have already died, and a loving, warm
“ magnetic attraction ”
spirit of a kind he has never encountered before
.. a being of light .. appears before him. This being
Despite the light’s unusual manifestation,
however, not one person has expressed any doubt
whatsoever that it was a being, a being of light.
Not only that, it is a personal being. It has a very
asks him a question, non-verbally, to make him
evaluate his life and helps him along by showing
him a panoramic, instantaneous playback of the
At some point, he finds himself approaching
definite personality. The love and the warmth which
emanate from this being to the dying person are
utterly beyond words, and he feels completely
surrounded by it and taken up in it, completely at
ease and accepted in the presence of this being.
some sort of barrier or border, apparently
He senses an irresistible magnetic attraction to
representing the limit between earthly life and the
this light. He is ineluctably drawn to it.
major events of his life.
“ he must go back ”
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Interestingly, while the above description of
description of how a person in the spiritual body
the being of light is utterly invariable, the
may ‘ pick up the thoughts ’ of those around him.
identification of the being varies from individual to
For, here again, people claim that they did not
individual and seems to be largely a function of
hear any physical voice or sounds coming from
the religious background, training, or beliefs of the
the being, nor did they respond to the being through
person involved.
audible sounds. Rather, it is reported that direct,
A man who had no religious beliefs or training
at all prior to his experience simply identified what
he saw as a ‘ being of light ’. The same label was
used by one lady of the Christian faith, who
apparently did not feel any compulsion at all to
call the light ‘ Christ ’.
unimpeded transfer of thoughts takes place, and
in such a clear way that there is no possibility
whatsoever either of misunderstanding or of lying
to the light.
Furthermore, this unimpeded exchange
does not even take place in the native language
of the person. Yet, he understands perfectly and
“ not physical voice ”
is instantaneously aware. He cannot even
Shortly after its appearance, the being begins
translate the thoughts and exchanges which took
to communicate with the person who is passing
place while he was near death into the human
over. Notably, this communication is of the same
language which he must speak now, after his
direct kind which we encountered earlier in the
resuscitation.
DR. RAYMOND MOODY
O
“ Life After Life ”
O
“ Life After Loss ”
O
O
O
O
O
“ Reunions ”
Visionary Encounters With Departed Loved Ones
“ Reflections On Life After Life ”
“ When Loved Ones Die ” (DVD)
A Guide for the Grief Stricken
“ Life After Life ” (DVD)
“ Through The Tunnel And
Beyond ” (DVD)
www.lifeafterlife.com
material excerpted from the book “ Life After Life ” by Raymond A. Moody, M.D.
.. published by Guideposts .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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Wynn Free
with
David Wilcock
Wynn Free is the principal author of the book “ The Reincarnation
of Edgar Cayce ? ” who has a background as a physics major in Berkeley.
The book is written from the perspective and the experience of
Wynn Free, the “I” in the majority of the book and, with David Wilcock,
as support partner.
David is a professional lecturer, filmmaker and
researcher of ancient civilizations, consciousness science, and new
paradigms of matter and energy. His upcoming Hollywood film
“ Convergence ” unveils the proof that all life on Earth is united in a
Field of Consciousness, which affects our minds in fascinating ways.
A few excerpts from the book “ The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce ? ”
edit-team
The science of torsion fields goes well
V. Krasnoholovets and associates, the complete
beyond an explanation of extra-sensory
picture of how much progress had been made in
perception.
these areas was not available on-line. This
research comes from the “ Institute of
For example, the Earth is always sending
Physics ” in Kiev, Ukraine, a basic institution of
and receiving ‘ torsion fields ’, as does any
the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
physical object by virtue of its ‘ breathing ’.
However, the fields from the Earth, the Sun, or
a summary of
the center of the galaxy are a lot stronger than
the most dramatic findings
from any smaller object, due to the sizes involved.
Prof. S.M. Kilmenko and D.N. Nosik, M.D.,
The easiest low-tech way to harness these
from the Ivanovskii R & D Institute of Virology
energy fields is to build a pyramid or other
within the Russian Academy of Medical
cone-shaped structure. Since all physical matter
Science, conducted a study involving the
is absorbing and releasing ‘ torsion fields ’ in
drug venoglobulin, which is a naturally
this new model, one can capture and direct these
occurring virus-fighting compound in human
waves by building the right type of structure.
beings. When the drug was diluted into a
concentration of 50 micrograms per milliliter
and stored in the pyramid for a time, it
Until Dr. John De Salvo of the “ Giza Pyramid
became approximately three times more
Research Association ” published the Russian
effective at fighting viruses.
and Ukranian pyramid research of A. Golod,
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Prof. A.G. Antonov et al., from the Russian
A series of pyramids was built over one of a
R&D Institute of Pediatrics, Obstetrics and
number of oil wells. It was discovered that
Gynecology, tested the effects of a solution
the viscosity of the oil under the pyramids
of 40% glucose in distilled water after it had
decreased by 30%, while the production rate
been stored in the pyramid. By administering
accordingly increased by 30% compared to
only one milliliter of the glucose to twenty
the surrounding wells. There was a decrease
different prematurely born infant patients with
in the amount of unwanted materials in the
compromised immune systems, their levels
oil, such as gums, pyrobitumen, and paraffin.
of health were seen to rapidly increase up to
These results were confirmed by the Gubkin
practically normal values. The researchers,
Moscow Academy of Oil and Gas.
furthermore, discovered that the same effect
could be produced by simply using one
Agricultural seeds were kept in a pyramid for
one to five days before
milliliter of ordinary
being planted. More
water that had been
than twenty different
stored in the pyramid.
seed varieties were
planned across tens
Dr. A.A. Golod directed
of
thousands
of
a team from the Scientific
hectares. In all cases,
Manufacturing
the seeds from the
Union
Gidrometpribor in Russia
that came up with a variety
of results.
SIX DAYS AFTER
Outside the Pyramid Inside the Pyramid
pyramid had a 20 to
100% increase in their
yield ; the plants did
Plastic bottles of distilled water were kept in
not get sick and were not affected by
the pyramid during three winter months
droughts.
where the air temperature sank as low as -
38o C, or -6o F. Thermometers inside the
Standard solutions such as glucose and isoosmotic solution become effective for
bottles revealed that the temperature of the
treating alcoholism and drug addiction after
water was equal to the air temperature, but
being placed in the pyramid. They can be
the water remained in a liquid form and would
administered either intravenously or
not turn into ice ! However, If the water in any
outwardly.
of the bottles was shaken or bumped in any
way, it would immediately start crystallizing
The atmosphere surrounding the pyramid
and quickly turn into a block of ice. Golod
seems to be shielded from severe weather
and his associates have videotaped these
as well, causing an overall decrease in the
results.
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amount of violent weather patterns, which
This study regarding the prisoners is one of
are deflected around the area where the
the most important points, as it validates the idea
pyramid is located.
that aetheric energy is ‘ spiritual energy ’, and that
as a person is exposed to higher intensities of it,
Pyramid-charged foods can make people
there is a propensity for greater feelings of love
more loving. A quantity of salt and pepper was
and compassion for others. Hence, if we can make
stored inside the pyramid by these teams.
a strong case that we are moving into a more
This salt and pepper was later removed and
highly charged area of torsion-wave energy, then
fed to about five thousand people in different
we can also assume that our civilization will exhibit
selected jails in Russia. Amazingly, within a
some very positive changes.
few months there was a dramatic
More importantly, these studies give
improvement in their behavior, and most
extremely convincing evidence that the DNA
criminal behavior almost completely
molecule is directly affected by outside energy
disappeared, whereas the ‘ control ’ jails
sources. If DNA is actually assembled by an
showed no signs of behavioral change.
unseen source of energy, then when we increase
Nothing in the jails under study had changed
the flow of that energy into the DNA, we can also
except that this salt and pepper was secretly
expect that the health and vitality of the organism
added to their food.
will increase.
material excerpted from the book “ The Reincarnation of Edgar Cayce ? ” by Wynn Free with
David Wilcock .. published by Frog Ltd. .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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M. Sai Krupa Sagar - Hima Bindu
“ one million page views ”
www.pss.org .. is the official web-site of the
shows the continuous, untiring efforts of
Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement (PSSM).
Brahmarshi Patriji and thousands of Pyramid
Masters in spreading Anapanasati Meditation and
Since its launch in the year 2004, the web-
Vegetarianism to several parts of the world.
site has been drawing increasing number of
visitors who find it a comprehensive source of
Besides deep, insightful articles on
information on Anapanasati Meditation and the
meditation, enlightenment and vegetarianism, the
Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement.
web-site lists a compendium of books and
resources from Patriji and other New Age spiritual
masters. The web-site also lists latest events and
This year, the web-site has received a record
news on PSSM activities from different parts of
number of over one million page views ! This also
the world.
Page views : This graph shows the number of times our website has been viewed.
Page View From 01-01-2008 to 10-23-2008
Page View From 01-01-2004 to 10-23-2008
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A MIGHTY CALL BY BRAHMARSHI PATRIJI TO ONE AND ALL FOR “ ONENESS MEDITATION ”
A CLARION CALL TO UNITE THE WHOLE WORLD TO COME TOGETHER FOR “ ONENESS ”
“ ONENESS CONNECTIVITY ”
is a group-meditation session that brings all the PYRAMID MASTERS together to sit to meditate
at the same time at our respective locations.
The time chosen for this Great Oneness Connectivity is
EVERY SUNDAY
from 6:00 AM .. to .. 7:00 AM
starting from 1st JUNE 2008 and lasting till the 21st of DECEMBER 2012
We have to calm our restless rational minds in order to receive the finer energies …
that enable us to unitedly merge with every being around.
“Oneness Meditation Project ” should be spread throughout the world.
Let’s work for the noble cause of ushering Universal Oneness and World Harmony
at the shortest possible time.
If you feel that you are one with this whole existence, you are a candidate in this
“ Oneness Meditation Project ”
United we sit in Meditation
United we do Meditation
United we Evolve and Progress
United we create a N
ew Earth
New
Let’s experience our own Cosmic Energy and our own Cosmic Oneness !
Let’s evoke boundless flow of Inter-Being-Love and Inter-Galactic-Light
“Dhyana Jagat .. Spiritualizing the Whole World by 2012…”
BE WITH YOUR BREATH .. BE WITH YOUR BREATH .. BE WITH YOUR BREATH
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Shonali Misra
Maitreya Buddha Pyramid
Maitreya Buddha Pyramid
is
the
the end of this road, lined with quaint rural houses,
international Centre of the Pyramid Spiritual
is to be seen to be believed ! Amidst a vast span
Societies Movement in Pyramid Valley, located
of greenery and hillocks, stands the Pyramid in
30 km from Banashankari Temple, Bengaluru,
all its sublime glory !
four km before Harohalli and 1.2 km just after
Kebbedoddi bus stop, on the Bengaluru-
Designed by Bharti Prem, architects from
Kanakapura Road.
Bengaluru, and Neelesh Chopra of Onus from
As the largest pyramid in Asia, it stands
Pune, the whole and sole aim of the Pyramid is
something the whole world craves for .. peace
proud at above 101 feet, its base measuring 160
of mind through meditation .. open to any person
ft. by 160 ft. with the main meditation area spanning
belonging to any religion or sect. The pyramid
25,600 sq. ft.
shaped structure symbolizes unity in diversity.
A truly unique experience for a first-time
The Pyramid became meditationally
visitor, the small village road off the main road, is
functional since May 2005. Construction of the
deceptively obscure. The view that greets one at
Pyramid started in November 2004, and will be
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fully completed by December, 2008. Already, at
“ the pyramid valley ”
any given time, upto 5,000 people can meditate
The forty acre area, that has involved an
comfortably inside.
investment of six and a half crores, has many
amenities in the pipeline, with a few already
“ intricate design ”
functional. Constructed are sixteen rooms with
Explaining the design, Mr. Prasad, Project
double beds, with attached bathroom and
Engineer, said the slant for the structure was 51
balcony. There are four dormitories that can
degrees and 51 minutes, with the base a perfect
accommodate fifteen people, each, and three hall-
square. The super structure, with RCC foundation,
like dormitories that can accommodate one
is made of steel with cladding on mural artwork,
hundred people at a time, each, as well. There is
with cement tiles.
a functional amphitheatre to seat around thousand
people. “ Tapasthali ”, small pyramid structures
Aerocon material has been used for the
for meditation on the surrounding hillocks, are also
artwork, including the pillars, ceiling and walls,
in the offing.
according to sculptor B.N. Mishra, who has
ensured that the artwork, particularly in the
Emphasizing the importance of the shape,
basement, is a beauteous legacy to leave behind.
Mr. Prasad says meditation inside a pyramid is
thrice more powerful than in any other ordinary
place. In fact, the preservation power of anything
There are totally 786 round crystal balls, one
kept inside such a structure increases
in every joint of the G1 cross work steel structure,
tremendously, he adds :
that symbolize energy. The floor that feels cool to
“ Pyramids for meditation can be built
the touch, is made of quintessentially stylish
anywhere in any size, of any material ; it must be
mosaic tiles.
aligned to the four cardinal points, i.e. North,
South, East and West with the 51 degree. 51
minutes precision with the base, a perfect
The right ventilation .. a crucial part of the
square.”
mammoth design .. ensures cool air coming in
from the gaps at the lower level, with the hot air
Given the peace of mind and state of blissful
being expelled out from levers in the skylights at
the top. At 1/3rd the height from the base, is “ The
oblivion that ten minutes in meditation sitting in
the King’s Chamber gave me .. the Pyramid, apart
King’s Chamber ”, said to be a higher energy
from being an architectural wonder, is well worth
meditation zone, spanning 650 sq ft.
a visit !
For more information, contact
P.S.R.K. Prasad at 09448177563
or log on to www.pss.org
source : “ Deccan Herald ” daily news paper, Friday 3rd October, 2008 .. grateful acknowledgments .. edit-team
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Sri Chandana
I am Sri-Chandana,
I tasted it, all the limiting blocks, boundaries and
software engineer from
spiritual misconceptions in me gradually
Infosys technologies.
vanished.
Once, I got the rare opportunity to be with
I am the proud
of
Patri Sir, while he was touring in Kurnool and
Masters
Anantapur districts, Andhra Pradesh. That was a
T. Srinivas Rao garu and
great time in my life, which gave me a divine
eldest
daughter
Pyramid
chance to observe a great energy form moving
Madam Vani of Hyderabad.
with us in human form ! Patri Sir’s commitment,
punctuality, pure love, determination and
From child-hood, my grandmother used to
awareness in every moment were excellent
encourage me to recite many shlokas from
lessons for me, which changed my life style
Bhagavad
completely.
Gita,
Vishnusahasranamam,
Hanuman Chalisa etc., without knowing their inner
While we were travelling by car, Patri Sir
meaning. This kind of learning developed a blind
used to talk with us like a friend. I asked Patri
belief in me that life is a pure luck, and nothing is
Sir : “ How did you plan to start such a Great
in our hands. Whenever I was in trouble, I used to
Mission all alone ? And why did you choose
chant these shlokas and mantras and pray God
‘ Anapanasati ’ as the tool for this Mission ? ”
and blame him in my adversities.
Patri Sir said : “ Meditation is the only way to
achieve success in life. When I crossed the line
When I was in my final year B.Tech., we were
of ignorance with the help of meditation, I found
introduced to this wonderful concept of
myself on this side of everlasting happiness. And,
“Anapanasati Meditation” which brought
I saw many people on the suffering side and I
tremendous changes in our life style .We became
started teaching them also meditation, the only
vegetarians and started practicing meditation.
truth and the only way to cross their line of
in the wrong conception that meditation is for the
ignorance. Very soon many people crossed the
line and now I am not a single person .. but a
people of fifty years or sixty years of age and not
great force with millions of masters working all
for us ! I was totally reluctant to spend my single
over the world ; now I am the happiest man in the
moment in doing meditation. However, my
world. ”
Earlier, like many other youngsters, I was also
“ very enlightened mother ” used to play many
Oh ! What a great clarification ! I felt so very
tricks to bring me into this wonderful concept. As
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proud to be with this Great Guru !!
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I started looking at my life in new
I want to share my experiences with Pyramid
dimensions ; I changed my attitudes and started
Young Masters Association (PYMA). When I was
doing experiments on thought power and new
introduced to PYMA by Pranitha, in the year 2004,
energy by realizing my true potentialities. I got
it was a very good turning point in my life. I was
wonderful and miraculous results and my life has
surprised to see all educated youth who are
taken a new shape. I realized that my work is for
having academic and professional excellence
“ Dhyana Jagat ”.
with their personal goals are working for PYMA with
complete dedication. These think tanks used to
Very soon, I got my job in Infosys and
spend their weekends in spreading meditation in
immediately I was posted to Singapore and
schools, colleges and all
subsequently deputed to
educational institutions.
Swiss Bank.
PYMA’s
When Patri Sir visited
Singapore,
we
main goal is to
eradicate stress, strain,
had
anxiety, phobias, and fears
meditation sessions in
from the young world and to
Singapore and Malaysia
cultivate a “ purposeful life ”
and the people were
concept
waiting for “ The Savior ”
by
spreading
meditation where there is
who would satisfy their
complete happiness.
quest for knowledge. We
There
distributed books, CDs and
are
many
pamphlets of Pyramid
youngsters in the world who
Spiritual
are dragging their lives with
Societies
Movement (PSSM). They had great experiences
frustration and unhappiness and it is the
in meditation from the day one and they also
responsibility of every young master to teach
started constructing a Pyramid in Malaysia !
meditation and endeavour to fill joy and bliss in
all the youngsters’ bubbling lives.
Dr. Lechuman and Sree Ramulu (Secretary of
Malaysian Telugu Sangam)
helped us a lot in
My sincere request to all senior pyramid
conducting classes.
masters is to encourage their children to join
PYMA,
Many Senior Pyramid Masters from India
which is a magnificent force.
namely, Madam Jagadeeswari, Appaji and Padma
I wholeheartedly thank my Master Patriji, who
Madam of Vizag also visited Singapore. We
is the driving force behind me as well as my
conducted many classes in a few of the Software
beloved parents who showed me the right path
Companies, Market Places, Community Halls
towards Truth and Light.
and Residential Complexes.
Sri-Chandana
# 102, Sai Nilayam, Vijayapuri Colony,
Street No. 21, Kothapet, Dilsukhnagar, Hyderabad. Mob : 9849928150
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Pradeep Aniruddh
My
name
is
Aniruddh
Pradeep
Musipatla.
“ my yearning for truth ”
I never worked for money and I worked only
for the inner passion. Still, my salary reached two
lakh INR equivalent per month from a starting
salary of 700 INR per month. However, I was in
search for something that was eluding me. After
having settled my younger siblings into proper
jobs, I resigned my job with Cognizant US and
came back to India. In all my travails, after coming
back to India, I touched upon several facets of life
and relations which I have not explored earlier
while in the job. I toured all the relatives and all
my child-hood places.
I was born in
Hyderabad and grew up
in Warangal as an elder
son to Sudhakar and
Jayalakshmi couple. My
father was an Executive Engineer in Irrigation
Department by profession, Homeopathic Doctor
and a small time Writer by interest.
I am a Computer Science Engineer, a
graduate from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
University, Hyderabad.
I went to several Spiritual Societies and finally
found what I was searching for in the PSSM
Ecosystem. I may be the one who best utilized
the PSSM Ecosystem by listening to the
perceptions and experiences of almost all the
PSSM Masters. There was this time when I never
used to miss Patri Sir’s class that may happen
anywhere in the City of Hyderabad.
I have nine years of Work Experience
spanning academia and companies like Seranova
India, Silver line Technologies, Cognizant India and
Cognizant US.
I am now independently pursuing a Computer
Science Research Project in Enterprise
Architecture.
“ my father’s influence ”
My father Musipatla Sudhakar, besides being
educated from OU Engineering College and
University of Roorkee is a language expert in
Telugu, English and Urdu. While being a
Government Officer, he used to write poems in
Magazines and News Papers mostly about social
issues and especially his review about the Poet
Gurram Jashua has won many accolades. He
had inspired me to go for a part-time job when I
was sixteen years old and win many school,
college and district level competitions.
I was a topper in the school days and District
First in the Polytechnic. I won the hearts of many
students, while working for the PGCSS, Osmania
University. I won several Performance / Quality
Awards and friends across locations in the IT
career. I had several intricate learnings in the
academia and Corporate sector. I fulfilled my
dream of working in US and driving the best of
cars. Learned many things while working with
some of the best managers of world’s top
Financial Services Clientele. I got an opportunity
to closely watch the lives of many families of
different countries origin.
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“ my grandfather’s influence ”
My grandfather Kamineni Venkata Rama Rao
Garu was an erstwhile Freedom Fighter and a
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close associate of Gandhiji who later won laurels
from Indian Prime Minister. He donated all his
possessions to Gandhiji at Kasinatha Nageswar
Rao’s house and went ahead with Gandhiji for
the Freedom Struggle. He was my first friend after
parents and used to take me to his village for
every school holiday. He has sown the seeds of
courage, service and love towards mother land
in my child-hood.
Meditation, Om Meditation, Gibberish Meditation
Osho’s Dynamic Meditation Technique etc., etc.
My younger brother happened to conduct a
program at my apartment by Brahmarshi Patriji
in whose discourse I came to know about the three
laws in the Science of Meditation. I then got clarity
over the third eye experiences.
It so happened that while I was coordinating
the New Age Doctor ’s Association’s first
Conference in Hyderabad, I came in touch with
some of the great Indian Alternative Medicine
Therapists and I had personal discussions with
all of them regarding the Meditation Techniques.
Especially discussions with Dr. Kochu Pillai and
Dr. Sandeep Bhasin had given me good insight
on the physiological and mental effects of the
Meditation Techniques.
“ ardent book buyer ”
While I was studying 3rd standard, when for
the first time I had done a Siddi Samadhi Yoga
(SSY) course, that was the first time ever I thought
about the purpose of life. Subsequently, I was
introduced to Transcendental Meditation (TM) while
I was studying 7th class.
I was an ardent book buyer right from my
child-hood. Whenever I had money, I used to buy
books ! I feel good when my mom says : “ The
only property that you had earned all through your
working years are these books ”. Even now, when
one enters my home anyone can mistake my
home for a library as one finds hundreds of books
in the shelves and of course many in the boxes.
Patriji in his wonderful inaugural lecture in
this Conference, segregated the sciences into
Physical Sciences, Intent Science, Energy
Science and Soul Science which added more
clarity to my quest. I then started rigorously
practicing and evaluating the Meditation
techniques based on this segregation. I read
several research papers and after several
personal experiences I finally closed in on the
Anapanasathi Meditation .
“ my younger brother is my Guru ”
When I was seventeen years old, Jose
Silva’s ‘ The Silva Mind Control Method ’ book had
influenced me to practice that technique along
with a Vajrasana. Then I was introduced to
Anapanasathi Meditation in the year 2003 by
Achyutha Prabodh, my younger brother, who is
now in USA. I consider my younger brother as
my Guru.
“ hours of deep meditation ”
Patri Sir, in one of his discourses told that
we are all “ Sat-Chit-Ananda swaroopas ”. I
explored and experienced several aspects of
being Eternity, Wisdom and Bliss, with several
hours of deep meditation. I further understood the
God-hood and inner beauty and ways to it.
Initially, I did not practice it seriously as I was
trying to find the scientific basis and I also was
experimenting with the other Meditation
techniques. In this search, I had practiced
Goenka’s Vipassana, Viswas Meditation, Yoga,
Brahma Kumari’s Meditation, Kriya Yoga, Nada
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Everything around started seeming very
beautiful, even the grains of the sand and stains
on the walls. I wanted to know further, at which
time the Seth Books by Jane Roberts helped me
to realize my multi-dimensional nature. This
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process took over a period of three years while
exploring and living several aspects of real nature.
“ my interaction with PYMA ”
My feel good factor about PYMA occurred
during the first programme which I attended. My
brother, whom I have known to be such a shy
and hesitant person started speaking well on the
stage ! Another PYMA Master, Soumya, gave a
party for attaining his Buddha-hood ! I got a very
good circle of positive thinkers as my friends !
“ meditational experiences ”
I would classify my Meditation experiences
at four levels .. Body, Mind, Intellect and Soul. At
my physical body level, I was able to become slim
with an intent to become so. Meditation increased
my mind power to a level that I have done some
tough certifications in a very record time. I am a
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect, IBM Certified
Business Process Analyst and got 20 such
Software Certifications from IBM, Sun
Microsystems, Brain Bench and Red Hat.
In the year 2004, during Dhyana Yagnam, in
Hyderabad, an youngster whom I hardly
remembered came and asked me if it was the
same belt that I was wearing in the earlier trekking
program. Another youngster whom I did not even
remember that we ever met in a trekking program,
she remembered me and even my friend’s name
in the conversation we had. I was so very
impressed at the kind of observation and memory
power, the PYMA masters have got. Similarly,
selfless service towards spirituality by Jeevan and
his family members had inspired me primarily to
become part of PYMA.
Meditation expanded my intellect to take
some courageous decisions, after several
metaphysical experiences of the Soul especially
in the Mega Pyramid at Pyramid Valley, Bengaluru.
I had many glimpses of time travel, watching full
length third-eye visions etc.
“ trekking experience ”
With my brother’s inspiration, I took time to
attend a trekking in Annavaram and Narsipatnam.
Although I was an ardent nature lover from my
child-hood, this trekking opened new avenues into
my nature discovery. I was stunned by the kind of
places and ashrams.
My brother Prabodh always used to ask me
“ Why don’t you take a Meditation
Class ? ” I used to tell him that I need at least
2000 people in the audience if I have to take a
class. Synchronously, I coordinated the first PYMA
program on stage at
Annavaram with 2000
plus audience and thirty
PYMA Masters followed
by
Tiruvannamalai
(Tamilnadu) , Hyderabad
and Bengaluru Events !
Now, I have evolved
myself to the stage
where I can speak with
same
fervor,
independent of the
number of audience.
In the deep forests,
the camp fire dances and
songs by the stream side
with hundreds of people
and so many youth had
left a most memorable
feeling. I was also
astonished to see some
old aged people and
physically challenged
people trekking happily
in the company of
Patri Sir !
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“ learning experiences in PYMA ”
Each PYMA Master is expected to live up to
these aims and objectives.
I feel that I already learnt things equivalent to
four life times by being a part of PYMA. I always
was in a position to donate money for right causes
and did so. But, for conducting Oneness
Meditation launch program, when I sought money
from people to do the Event, it helped me to test
my self and come out of my ego.
“ Embodiment of Awareness - Patri Sir ”
Trekking was the first opportunity to see Patri
Sir. He seemed a little different, but did not make
any lasting impression in the first meet. Even if
there was Patriji’s talk in between, I did not attend
it. Rather I was enjoying the nature and the
company of a few other youngsters.
Co-ordinating the Balabhavan event,
Oneness Meditation, Karma Yoga &
Enlightenment Workshop and National Level
Vegetarian Rally at Vijaywada gave me immense
learning experiences in different aspects. Each
and every PYMA member is giving me an
opportunity to learn from them. Every moment, I
am learning and
evolving to be a
different person
which is more and
more facilitated by
being in PYMA.
Gradually, when I began to understand the
Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement (PSSM) ..
its principles and the environment built by Patri
Sir for human evolution and also number of New
Age spiritual books read by him .. I was just
awestruck ! Thereafter, I started listening to him
without missing a
single opportunity to
relish the simplicity
and strikingness in
his discourses.
I
got
an
opportunity
to
closely observe
Patri Sir when I was
travelling with him
from Hyderabad to
Bengaluru. Patri Sir
is an hundred
percent embodiment of Awareness. His style of
taking control and letting go is awesome. Each
of his lambastings and child like admirations had
been a beautiful learning opportunity.
“ aims and
objectives of
PYMA ”
Pyramid Young
Masters Association
(PYMA) is the Youth
wing of PSSM with
the following aims and objectives :
O
O
O
O
To teach Science of Meditation to each and
every youngster by 2012.
To spread the concept of “ Joy in
Everything ”.
To develop Scientific Temper towards
Spirituality in all the Youth.
Every moment I spend time with him, it gives
me a great learning. His vision of “ Dhyana Jagat
by the year 2012 ” is the one I admire the most !
I am his General for the PYMA Wing !
To create a New Generation of Youth with
Positive and Miraculous thinking.
Kudos to Patriji, his vision, and spiritual
evolution on the Earth !
M. Pradeep Aniruddh
pradeepnani_m@rediffmail.com - mob : 9866353909
All India PYMA President
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Sampath
I realized that observation happens in the
present moment, and so being with breath always
keeps any one in the present moment. And in the
present moment one can be free from the mind
activity. I understood the relevance and
significance of the terms .. ‘ Energy ’,
‘ Consciousness ’, ‘ Wisdom ’ .. how they are
interlinked. I started understanding about life,
living the life and being with each moment. And
all this could happen only because of meditation.
I am Sampath, from
Hyderabad.
I am the General
Secretary of Pyramid
Young Masters Association
(PYMA) Hyderabad wing.
I was introduced to
meditation in the year 2000
by my uncle Late Sri Badari Narayana. I am
indeed grateful to him for this marvelous gift.
I could experience a pure relaxed state for
the first time only in meditation. I experienced true
silence. I watched my thoughts, my beliefs, my
actions and my reactions to situations, observed
my feelings, and how my mind responds to my
feelings. I understood the difference between
‘ thinking ’ and ‘ observing ’.
Our understanding about our own self
improves. We realize that we are creating
everything for ourselves .. consciously or
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Only meditation can give us the true silence,
true peace, true joy and true acceptance. And
‘ BREATH ’ is the only key. Just by being with breath
one can awaken the observer in one’s self. And
we realize that we are not just a thinker. We start
seeing things as they are. We understand things
with greater clarity. Just by being with breath,
which always happens in the ‘ NOW ’, we master
the art of being in the ‘ PRESENT ’ and thus we
experience the true ‘ BEING ’. All these never
happened to me before meditation. I started
enjoying these benefits which are undoubtedly are
true fruits of Meditation.
When I was taught meditation, I never
thought it was so powerful. Just because it was
simple, I thought it was not all that great. But I
realized soon that though it is simple, yet it is the
most effective and essential thing.
I enjoyed practicing meditation, reading good
spiritual books, sharing experiences with friends
and other meditators, participating in group
meditation sessions etc., till the year 2003. There
after, I have started introducing meditation to as
many as I could.
Meditation brought lot of changes in me. I was
altogether a different person before knowing
meditation .. very restless and a hyperactive
individual. I could never concentrate on anything
consistently. My mind was very fickle. I faced lot
of problems because of my uncontrolled mind.
This affected my studies, my career, my
relationships and also my idea about own self.
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unconsciously. And once we understand this, we
start mastering ‘ conscious creating ’. There is a
great deal of learning involved here and we enjoy
every bit of this learning.
Today, with the help of PYMA advisors like
A.Srilakshmi and A.V.Sai Kumar Reddy, PYMA is
becoming global ! All the Pyramid Masters have
always given their best to energize PYMA in every
way ! With all this immense support, PYMA is
growing stronger and stronger by the day and is
conducting Meditation programmes everywhere,
not leaving any educational institution or corporate
office untouched.
Only meditation can make us live like Gods.
And only Gods can create heaven. There is
nothing more important than Meditation at this
point of time on the earth. And all those who are
meditating and who are spreading meditation are
doing the most apt work.
We, PYMA members, learn a lot from each
other, inspire and encourage each other. We are
happy that PYMA is no more a small group ! Such
energetic and dynamic happy masters
(HAP’PYMA’STERS) are spread all over the world.
And each such member is committed to
spiritualize the whole world. I can confidently say
that PYMA will be the best Youth Association in
the near future.
Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement with
its amazing guiding principles has everything that
an individual needs for his personal and spiritual
progress. One should be proud of being a Pyramid
Master.
is the youth wing of Pyramid Spiritual
Societies Movement was formed in the year 2003.
Initially, in the budding stages of PYMA, I enjoyed
working with young masters like Jeevan, Hari,
Prabodh, Soumya, Chandana and Pranitha who
gave a great start to PYMA.
PYMA
So, I request all youngsters to practice only
Anapanasati Meditation which is not only the
simplest but also the most effective meditation
method. Every one can enjoy its benefits.
Therefore, join hands with PYMA in taking
meditation to all over the Globe.
Senior pyramid masters like madam Nirmala
Devi, Swarnamala Patri, Tirunagari Vani and many
others have helped us greatly in conducting PYMA
programmes initial. And now, with a dynamic
young leader Pradeep and other team members
like Anand, Bhagavadgita, Konda Reddy .. I am
thoroughly enjoying my role as General Secretary
of PYMA. Together with other executive members,
we all are set to accomplish the task of
spiritualizing the youth world by 2012.
I thank one and all who is taking part in the
great spiritual revolution .. PSSM .. for their individual
contributions, teamwork and group efforts.
I am grateful to Patriji for his immense
guidance and encouragement being given to
PYMA.
K.C. Sampath Kumar
Plot - 33/A, Flat No. 203, Virinchi Arcade, Green Hills Colony, Road No. 2, R.K. Puram, Hyderabad - 35
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Shiv Jain
I am Shiv Jain.
I hail from Ludhiana
City of Punjab, Northern
India. With over sixteen
years into business and
working as a Marketing
Head in an organization, my
job involves constant
travelling within India and
and learnt that if only we could achieve a thoughtfree stage of mind, we can stay away from all
worries and anxieties. Regular practice of
meditation not only helps us to gain more energy
but also help us to control our mind, so that, we
focus only on the things that really matter.
My interest towards Yoga, Pranayam and
Meditation started since last two years. My interest
in reading books on spirituality also started
increasing. Yoga and Pranayam, did benefit my
health to some extent.
However, I always felt something missing. I
always feel exhausted by the end of the day. I
observed that I was always busy, thinking about
past or worrying of future, about business
expansion, about more money, about new home,
about children’s future, about principles of life,
about new cars, about movies, about people,
about circumstances etc., etc. These thoughts,
most of which are worthless, were consuming
all my energy.
I always used to say that my ultimate aim is
to achieve happiness in life. Then, one day, like a
ray of light, it appeared to me that happiness is
nothing but a state of mind. If I wanted to achieve
happiness, I could be happy today itself. If I wanted
to be calm, I could have been calm this very
minute. Who other than me can help me get it !!!.
Learning about Patriji and his principles
made me quite curious to meet him. But, I could
not meet Patriji for the next six months inspite of
Patirji’s two visits to Ludhiana, because, I was
away on overseas tour. During this time, however,
I read quite a lot about Patriji and his teachings. I
also read books of Tuesday Lobsang Rampa
“ You Forever ” and “ Third-Eye ”, the
“ Conversations with God ” and “ Home with
God ” by Neale Donald Walsch besides several
other books. My curiosity to meet Patriji kept
growing but somehow I was not getting closer to
it. Then one day, I had to organize a trip to Chennai
and Bangalore. As I had already learnt about
Maitreya – Buddha Pyramid, I decided to go over
there and try to experience meditation there.
This shifted my focus towards learning the
techniques for how to stay calm, happy and
worriless. It is during this time, I came in contact
with Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement (PSSM)
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On one Sunday, we, myself along with my
wife and my sister, decided to visit Pyramid
Meditation Centre in Ludhiana .. about which I
learnt from my sister only a week ago. Having
arrived there, I met Madam Rachna Gupta for the
first time, who also happens to be my sister’s
sister in law. She explained us about the benefits
of meditation and advised us to sit in meditation
for at least thirty minutes.
I didn’t feel anything worth mentioning in that
first sitting but Rachna Madam observed my aura
and told me about the same. She gave me two
books to read and learn more about it. She told
me that if I regularly practice meditation I could
have amazing experiences.
also abroad.
I enjoy an upper middle class life with all
material comforts. Yet, I had a lot of stress, worries
and anxieties resulting at times in health related
problems.
Then came, the day when I reached
Bangalore. I had contact details of Satya Madam
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didn’t realize that I had spent more than one hour
with him face to face !
and it was quite great on her part that she and
her husband Mr. Raj Shekhar drove me down to
Pyramid Valley which took almost one and half
hour to reach there. By the time we reached there,
it was close to 8:00 pm and due to power cut it
was dark all around. My idea of trying to practice
meditation in the pyramid seemed fading away.
Suddenly, Satya Madam suggested me to stay
overnight in the Valley and do the meditation in
the morning along with Paradesi Naidu and reach
back to my hotel by 8:30 am.
He first listened to my experiences of the
Mega Pyramid and how I came into meditation,
then he proposed me to practice meditation for
fifteen minutes while he played flute for me !
After that he made me sit close to him and
chatted with me for about half an hour before
accompanying me for the dinner just to sit by my
side. I was sincerely impressed by the simplicity
and greatness of this master who had influenced
me so much even
before I had met him.
Mr. Naidu was a
great company indeed
and that’s how I got an
opportunity
to
experience meditation
in the King’s Chamber
of the Mega Pyramid
from 3:00 am to 6:00
am. This was an
unforgettable
experience for me ! I
experienced severe
jerks in my body as if
there was an earthquake ! Later, I understood that
those were the movements of astral body ! I was
electrified with such an experience that I could
never have imagined otherwise !
Before going to
bed, Patriji asked me
to join him for the
meditation session in
the morning from 6:00
to 7:00 am. That
session was another
thrilling experience for
me following which
Patriji told me that I
was supposed to help
him spread the seeds of meditation around the
world to benefit the mankind. I was already
speechless and this made me surrender my
thoughts too !
Following this, I had another opportunity to
stay with Patriji for four to five days on Amarnath
Yatra along with a group of 190 pyramid masters.
This was yet another experience for me and I was
privileged to meet and stay in company of many
great masters from Southern India.
I spoke to my sister about it over phone and
wished if I could meet Patriji also over there. To
my surprise, she told me that Patriji was in Delhi
and since I was also flying to Delhi the same day
I could meet him during the same night. At that
point of time, I could not have expected anything
better ! By the time I reached Patriji, it was already
10:30 pm. Usually it was his time to rest so I
expected him to spend four to five minutes with
me, if possible, and guide me something to help
me advance ahead.
On our flight back to Delhi from Srinagar, I
discussed with Patriji on various aspects of life,
meditation, spirituality etc. His conceptual clarity
and ease of expression is so remarkable that all
those clouds of doubts were scattered away and
I could see things more clearly. This is how I have
initiated my journey of self-awareness.
Patriji’s electrifying personality, his
eloquence of speech and aura was such that I
Shiv Jain
mob : +91 977 988 5555 mob : +91 985 519 7555 - e-mail : shivrn2000@yahoo.com
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Sep-Oct - 2008 - Spiritual India - Pyramid Spiritual Societies Movement

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