Discover the higher knowledge

By on March 4, 2016   /   Life Solutions  

In the 7th Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, we know that there are 3 different levels of knowledge – the direct perception from senses, inference from right cognition and the words of an enlightened Master.

If you only follow the society, you will only have the first level knowledge (pratyaksa), the society will be primitive as it does not know anything except what they perceive through their senses. If you are living at that level of existence, even if you live with all the wealth, name and fame, power, everything, you will only be depressed because it is like having a TV with only one channel and you don’t even know how to switch on the next channel – the next level of knowledge which is available to us. The truth is life is knowledge, expansion of knowledge is life. When we are unable to expand in knowledge after certain level means death by the first 33 years of our life.

People open the second level of knowledge are the artists, scientists, creators, poets and thinkers. For example, a sculptor may perceive a stone through his senses but he is able to remove certain parts of the stone and transform it into a sculpture. He is using the inference through cognition to enter the second level of knowledge. Rarely some civilisations offer opportunities for science, art, creativity or inference dimension (anumana) for the next 33 years till your retirement. That’s why there is a high level of suicide rate among the senior citizens all over the world.

The third level of knowledge is very rare, only the very intelligent civilizations accept, internalise and experience the words of the awakened ones, the words of the enlightened ones (agama). As the civilisations evolves to higher and higher level, it starts accepting and encouraging the higher levels of knowledge. It is only when a civilisation moves to the very subtle, very intelligent level that it starts to accept agama, the words of an enlightened Master. Only such a civilisation can keep on offering you something new for your entire life.

My Guru, Paramahamsa Nithyananda (fondly known as Swamiji) said that if you move naturally from level to level of knowledge in your life, you are a complete human being, you will live as a fulfilled being, this is called ageing gracefully. If the third level of knowledge has not happened in your life – feeling connected to the words of the enlightened ones – the higher level of knowledge has not opened up in your consciousness. Be very clear, you will fall into depression by the next 33 years after you hit 66 years of your life and your life will become a living hell. That’s the worst thing that can happen to a human being. The Vedic civilization has done a great service to humanity by awakening the highest level of knowledge in every human being because it is structured in such a beautiful way that one goes through the first and second levels naturally and the third level of knowledge will be automatically awakened in you. The enlightened beings understand that all the three levels of knowledge are related to the words of the enlightened master, so there is no conflict at all. By the time you are above 66 years old – the third phase of your life, you will be able to sit in meditation, in contemplation because you would have been prepared for it during the first and second phases of your life. You will live gracefully and age gracefully. So if you don’t want to fall into suicidal tendency by old age. The one and only way is to awaken the most subtle dimension of your being, you will have ‘YOU’ to you. That would be the greatest service you will do to yourself and the world, the best retirement plan for anyone.

In essence, start preparing yourself to move away from the wrong knowledge to receive the third level of knowledge – the words from the enlightened beings and you will never ever feel bored in your life. Namaste. 😀

  • Source – 108 truths of the Yoga of Enlightenment by Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
Back to Top

The Nurturing Space of Cosmic Mother

By on February 26, 2016   /   My personal journey  

The last 7 days had been so amazing ever since I started the workshop on divine feminine consciousness!

Some of you may have read my previous article on “Woman & feminine consciousness” dated June 2013. In that article I made a conscious decision to help women to heal and raise themselves, undoing the damages done by the unconscious society. I am so happy that finally this is happening, Cosmos is fulfilling this intention of mine in ways that I am feeling so in awe.

Just to give the context of the divine feminine consciousness to those who are new to this sacred concept. In Vedic tradition, the ancient rishis and masters realised that from the Source, the undisturbed existence of pure consciousness, a primal alteration happened, the process of evolution finally reached the state of a perfect cosmic unrest, a state that allowed unlimited manifestation of form. The first two inseparable yet distinct aspects of existence emerge. They are called the Siva Tattwa and Sakthi Tattwa which are the beginning of cosmic evolution. Both aspects remain ever present, every prevalent and cannot exist without the other. They are also known as Purusha (cosmic spirit) and Prakrithi (the cosmic substance). The entire world is nothing but a manifestation of the cosmic spirit and its substance. Every form, subtle and gross, is nothing but the cosmic principle in an assumed or derived state.

Prakrithi, the cosmic substance is the divine feminine consciousness that is responsible for everything you see and experience. Worshipping this energy is called the mother worship. Mother worship is unique to Vedic tradition, it is a gift to planet earth. All sacred things are looked upon as feminine in Vedic traditions. For example, the energy of Knowledge is Goddess Saraswati, the energy of Power and Courage is Goddess Durga and the energy of wealth and abundance is Goddess Lakshmi. In Hinduism, the river Ganga is considered to be sacred and is personified as a goddess Ganga. The source of divine or creation is mother energy, in each of us there is an energy which constantly gives birth. That energy is divine feminine consciousness.

In this workshop, I could see how the powerful nurturing space of Cosmic Mother opened up the inner most part of each participant which enabled them to heal their patterns of fear and self-doubt created by the societal conditioning. The process gave women the space to connect with the innate creative force through fun expressions like dance, movements, art, poetry, yoga, pranayama and Vedic chanting, so that they can be as they are. One lady shared that she remembered an incident that caused her to suppress her creativity when she was once told by her art teacher that she drew like an elephant with no finesse. The words created a huge self-doubt in her inner space which made her believe that she could never draw. It was in this workshop that she re-discovered that creative dimension in her again.

Another lady shared that she had suffered all her life a fear of showing herself and her talents to the world because of a big self-doubt pattern developed from a traumatic experience when she landed on this planet. She was left crying, she felt unwanted and rejected by the world because nobody received her with love and warmth. That wrong cognition started the pattern of fear and giving up on herself. In the past, she would run away from new possibilities because of this fear. Through this workshop, she was inspired by one participant who was a self-taught artist. This artist discovered her talent only during her lowest point in life when she was depressed and suicidal. It became a major turning point for her which made her who she is today. It was such a great inspiration for many other women. The sharing helped this fearful lady to become aware of this incompletion of fear, she decided to drop this fear and embrace her possibilities.

Through this work, I realised a few important lessons: 1) each one of us has a life story which can inspire others to get back to the Source of who we are, 2) It is in the nurturing space of the Cosmic mother that healing happens because she is always non-judgmental, forever compassionate and receptive, 3) When we just exist as we are, we are connected to the energy of Cosmic Mother, 4) It is by healing and awakening the suppressed feminine consciousness in women that they can start to become a powerful change agent for the humanity.

In essence, women have a better role to play on raising the collective human consciousness instead of creating infrastructure like men; we are the living models and examples of intense passive life energy. Let’s connect back to the nurturing space of Cosmic Mother. Namaste 😀

Back to Top

The Three Sources of Right Knowledge

By on February 19, 2016   /   Life Solutions  

Do you know there are three sources of right knowledge?

In Yoga Sutra Verse 7th, Patanjali gave us the three sources of right knowledge: Direct Perception, Inference and Competent Evidence constitute right knowledge. If one were to read this sutra without the right context from an enlightened consciousness, he or she will not be able to grasp the underlying truth behind this sutra.

I have the great fortune to hear the Yoga Sutra from a living incarnation, Paramahamsa Nithyananda (fondly known as Swamiji) who not only shared the sacred secrets of this sutra but also gave the techniques to experience this sutra. In Yoga, it is absolutely important that you catch the right Guru. By having the right Guru, I can say 99.9% of the work is done because he will be constantly reminding you of your original divine state. You only have to remember, reclaim and live it. That’s all. Instead of wasting time experimenting from the wrong knowledge and create more and more stupid bondage for yourself.

Swamiji told us that direct perception means the perception, when your five senses are fresh, alive and pure, gives you the ability to grasp the reality as it is without any perversion or tiredness. If your senses are tired, overworked, overwhelmed, they cannot give you the right perception because you will be reacting from your incompletions and patterns. What would happen? You are likely to end up picking a fight or argument with someone or thinking how to get out of there quickly. To keep our senses constantly in its peak capacity, He taught us the power of authentic listening, Yoga and Pancha kriyas for purification of the body and five senses so that we are constantly ready to have direct perception.

The second way to gain right knowledge is by the cognition that happens through the senses. Cognition means when you perceive through the five senses, you analyze and process the information internally and take it to a logical conclusion and finally you make a decision. Swamiji went one more step further by gifting us a powerful Science called Science of completion which purifies the mind by removing all the past hangovers which is nothing but a cloud of ignorance. Next he revealed that 4 tattvas or spiritual principles of Integrity, Authenticity, Responsibility and Enriching.  When we live these four tattvas, we awaken the four powers: Vaak Shakti (power of words), Mano Shakti (power of thinking), Prema Shakti (power of feeling), Atma Shakti (power of living). The entire intellect becomes so sharp for the flowering of right cognition.

The third way to gain right knowledge is the competent evidence which means the words of an enlightened Master. All the words of an enlightened master, whether you perceive it with your senses or not, whether you cognize it through your mind or not, are right knowledge. The words that come out of an enlightened master are straight, complete right knowledge. However, in modern day, humanity can only accept that perception through the five senses and cognition through the five senses is right knowledge, but they don’t believe the words of an enlightened Master can be a source of right knowledge. People constantly demand proof and they don’t have the patience to wait till the Master comes to the conclusion and give them the experience. An enlightened Master is one who has already experienced it and he is trying to teach you in the language in which you will understand which takes time. You just have to be patient for the transfer of knowledge to happen naturally. Patanjali says “The words of an enlightened Master are a way to gain right knowledge. Till you experience it, respect His words and go with them, they will become your experience.” If you are intelligent enough to do a little research, you will notice that all the traditions which accepted the words of an enlightened Master as a source of right knowledge, they lived ecstatically and radiated enlightenment.

To recap, the direct perception without perversion of senses, inference from right cognition and competent evidence from the words of an enlightened Master are the three sources of right knowledge. Catch it! Namaste 😀

  • Source – 108 truths of the Yoga of Enlightenment by Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
Back to Top