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13 Beautiful Stories

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American Gita Society Webpage, Stories by Jay MazoTHE HIGHER TEACHINGS

The disciple approached a master to find out about theeternal light of God. The master meditated within, and thefollowing wisdom was revealed. The eternal light is Godsfirst manifestation by which this universe is created andsustained. Gods highest essence is light. Hence by inwardlyseeing the divine light in meditation, the soul shines asGods awakened son. The eternal light throughout history hasincarnated as God radiant souls to teach mankind the wisdomthat mans soul exists in oneness as part of the UniversalSpirit. Gods light which in an impersonal way created this

universe, can take a personal form such as a spiritualawakening in mans soul by the practice of meditation. Wemust have a clear steady vision to see the light. Ourconsciousness should be one pointed, and our mind must beempty of obstructing thoughts. In purity, silence, andaspiration the light of God will manifest during meditation.

The disciple wanted to know how God could be seen. Themaster entered a state of silence and received a clearanswer. God can be seen by our inner eyes, but not in thischanging outer world of finite matter. When man sees Godshighest spiritual form of light, he becomes a spiritualteacher with the divine work of bringing all truth seekingsouls into the light. He teaches that during meditation

focusing on the third eye, we are to keep our mind empty ofall disturbing worldly thoughts and desires. The ultimateaim of all meditation is to realize within our truespiritual identity as separate from the movements ofnatures activities. Thus if we practice this inner silenceregularly everyday, peace of mind and an awareness in thesoul of Gods blissful presence will radiantly manifest.Then the door to Gods eternal kingdom will open within thetruth seekers soul.

The disciple asked how freedom in God could be found. The


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master remembered what his own teacher had taught long ago.Freedom in God is the theme of the divine drama ofexistence. God is free because there are no limits to Hisexpression in creation. At all times God has absoluteknowledge and will to accomplish His vision. In Gods cosmicplay the seed of freedom has been planted to grow in manssoul. Man must light the flame of freedom by discovering his

divine identity. Freedom comes when the chains of ignorance,

limitation, and ego are broken by the sword of wisdom.Liberation causes man to live in total awareness of hissouls oneness with the Supreme Being. Divine grace flowsinto the spiritual seeker who has lit the heavenly burningflame of constant aspiration. All pursuits of pleasure andhappiness are in reality a reflection of the souls strivingto find the one eternal light which brings fulfillment tolife. Lasting freedom comes as an internal mystic experience

to the aspirant who has dedicated his whole life as anoffering to the Divine. The liberated soul is in directcontact with Gods presence, will, and knowledge. His visionspans the galaxies throughout the eternal cosmic cycles. The

little ego is dead and has been replaced by the activedivine witness who now guides and commands the life of theemancipated sage. The wall of separation between the souland the Supreme Being has disappeared, and only the bliss of

divine oneness and love eternally remain.

The disciple wanted to know how such freedom could be liveddaily. The master waited for divine inspiration to expressitself in these words. Freedom has to be lived in Godeveryday of the year throughout ones life. Each day of theyear must present a new opportunity to discover andexperience Gods reality. By aspiring to live the spiritualadventure, a divine transformation will take place in our

life. Gods freedom is always here. All we have to do torealize this is to remove the obstacles of desire, ego, andignorance in order to let the divine sun shine through thesoul. The true aim of mans existence is to pursue anddiscover oneness with God through meditation and devotion.By centering the consciousness on the divine ideal, theaspirant at last realizes and becomes one with the SupremeBeing. True freedom is found only in the heart filled withGod. Where there is eternal love, infinite wisdom, andcreative power there is freedom in God.

The disciple wanted to find the way to realize truth. Themaster, from his many years of experience, gave thesolution. To realize truth one must inquire Who Am I.

Realization is the goal that is reached when the seekerknows his identity. To realize the highest goal, the seekermust practice such spiritual disciplines as prayer,renunciation, self inquiry, and meditation. Truth is thetarget which all of mans strivings try to reach. Truth iseternal because it is a quality that is the essence of bothGod and mans immortal soul. When the mystic discovers thathis real nature is being a part of Gods oneness that is thefinal truth. When the devotee finds that a divine powerpervades the universe that is the living truth. When the


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saint understands that a Cosmic Mind exercises its will todirect all of creation that is the eternal truth. Truth ismans destination because all souls are growing toward thelight of Gods sun. The search for truth must become theguiding principle in mans whole existence.

The disciple asked how to find the truth since mans mind isunsteady. The master smiled and gave this advice. Eachmoment of the day man must ask where is God to be found.Truth can be realized only in a mind that is at peace. Theseeker must learn by practice how to reduce his thoughts tozero so that he can become the silent witness observer. This

is the way to find the truth by experiencing the divinepresence which manifests in the void of mans expandedsilent consciousness. To realize the truth you must hearwithin the divine call to wake up, search for, and finallydiscover the truth of Gods reality in this very lifetime.There is no time to waste for the soul that understands that

a higher reality waits to be discovered which alone can give

man lasting peace and happiness. Meditation is the spiritual

beacon that guides and inspires aspirants along the journey

leading to self realization. The disciple was puzzled about where is the point when Godand man meet. The master searched deep within hisconsciousness to present these spiritual teachings. The Godpoint is the supreme moment in the life of the mystic whenhe reaches union with the Divine. This spiritual statehappens when the arrow of mans soul flies straight into thedivine target. God is at the center of existence. But thenormal consciousness is obstructed from seeing truth by theveil of natures world of matter. The problem to be solvedby man is how to return to his original state of pureexistence. To be aware of a problem is the first step inapproaching its solution. First man must believe that

reaching God is the true meaning of his brief life on earth.

Hence man must make God the target of his aspiration. Thearrow which man shoots toward the God target is his practice

of spiritual discipline. The most powerful arrow to shoot at

the God target comes from meditations bow. Man mustconcentrate his mind on hitting the divine center ofexistence. The speed and accuracy of mans spiritual arrowdepend upon his souls aspiration and devotion. Aspirationgives the souls arrow power, but devotion is the magnetthat attracts it to hitting the God target. The God point is

when the arrow of mans soul merges with the target ofdivine consciousness. When the God point occurs the mysticexperiences union with Gods light, bliss, power, peace, andwisdom. Then the soul becomes a realized point of divinesunlight.The disciple wanted an explanation about what is the divinetarget. The master saw the answer by intuition and presented

the teachings in this clear form. The divine target is like


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a wheel having spokes radiating from the hubs center. Thespiritual disciplines of meditation, devotion,discrimination, and dedicated action are like spokes thatall lead back into the wheels hub. Life is like a wheelspinning with 365 spokes through space each year. Be itthrough meditation, devotion, discrimination, or dedicatedaction the souls arrow when accurately aimed will piercethe divine target. When the God point is reached, the soularrow and the divine target become of one essence. Theaspirant must lift the bow of meditation, shoot the soularrow, and merge with the God point. When the God point isknown, then the soul experiences infinite peace, power,divine bliss, light, and wisdom. The supreme goal is reached

when the awakened soul flies straight into the God pointsdivine target. The disciple theoretically understood themasters teachings but needed some practical examples inlife to make the abstract more concrete. The master decidedto make his teachings easier by presenting them in the formof God stories in which ordinary people were confronted bythe challenges of life and managed to realize the divinepresence.THE YOGI AND THE TWO QUEENS

Thousands of years ago there lived in Rajasthan a yogi

called Sivapremaraja, who was the chosen disciple ofSankartapasmuni. One day two queens visited the yogi. QueenAyesha of Persia thought only of the yogis materialcomforts and gave him much money. Queen Ratna of Nepalwanted to learn the yogis spiritual knowledge, and so shestayed with him day and night. The yogi asked both queenswho they thought he was. Queen Ayesha said that he was apoor holy man and that with her support, some ashrams couldbe built. The yogi agreed, but asked Queen Ayesha to thinkwhere Gods temple is. On the other hand, Queen Ratna saidthat only through meditation in the yogis presence wouldhis identity be revealed. The yogi looked at each equally.He knew that he was only a humble devotee of

Sankartapasmuni, whose spiritual powers flowed through him.Suddenly, to test the faith of both queens, the yogi took on

all their karma at once and appeared to have died. QueenAyesha lost her faith in her guru at once and had his bodycremated. Queen Ratna loved her guru beyond the body andsent word to Sankartapasmuni about his disciples death. Theold yogi replied that no disciple of his would ever fall todeath prematurely and that the power of tapas would bringSivapremaraja back to life. Queen Ayesha returned to Persiahaving learnt nothing. Queen Ratna sat silently chanting her

guru mantra over his burnt ashes. Two months passed and

nothing happened. Just then, in a dark cave, Sankartapasmuni

started chanting Aum Namah Sivaya. By the power of histapas, the old yogi called on the god to release his beloved

devotee Sivapremaraja. Suddenly, in front of the meditatingQueen Ratna, an explosion thundered, a trisula rose from the

earth, and then a stone linga emerged. The linga split intwo and by the grace of his old guru and the faith of his


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disciple Queen Ratna, there appeared the resurrected body of

Sivapremaraja. Then Sivapremaraja told his disciple QueenRatna that the real yogi lives by Gods power and is freefrom body and money attachments.

Queen Ayesha returned to Persia and found her kingdomsuffering from a famine and a plague. She wondered why herpeople were being punished so cruelly. Then a blind beggartold her that for the sin of burning the Hindu holy manwhile in communion with God, her kingdom would have toperish. Queen Ayesha got angry and ordered the blind beggarto be jailed, but he immediately vanished from her sight. At

the same time, the blind beggar came in a dream to themountain bandit chieftain named Pelgaz Kasim. In his dreamthe blind man told Pelgaz Kasim that because of QueenAyeshas sin toward the Hindu holy man, her kingdom wouldcollapse as soon as he attacked it. So at midnight, PelgazKasim led his mountain tribes in the invasion of QueenAyeshas kingdom. Although heavily outnumbered, fate madePelgaz Kasim victorious. With her army annihilated, QueenAyesha was taken prisoner. Pelgaz Kasim told her that hercrime was very great, and that she would have to choosebetween death or total exile from Persia. Queen Ayesha chose

exile. Wherever she wandered the people cursed her and saidshe was the evil murderer of a holy man. After months oflonely wandering in the desert, her clothes were in rags and

her beauty had vanished. Yet fate was blindly leading her to

cross the Indian border into Rajasthan. Queen Ayesha was inmental agony, but she now knew that all her sufferingsstemmed from her premature cremation of Sivapremaraja. Thedesert sun was too much for her. She collapsed totallyunconscious. Then she had a dream that a flame stood burning

in midair and a voice thundered saying: "I am the flame andguide of your soul and can never die." While she was stillunconscious, a lady on a horse rode toward her. It wasSivapremarajas devotee, Queen Ratna. Queen Ayesha was puton the horse and swiftly taken to Sivapremarajas ashram.Her bad karma caused by ignorance was soon to end.Queen Ayesha awoke and looked into the eyes of the blindbeggar that came to her court at Persia. Suddenly the blindbeggar changed his body into that of Sivapremaraja. QueenAyesha started crying. "Oh Guru Maharaj, you have taught mea bitter lesson by taking everything away from me so that at

last you would possess only my soul to direct," she moaned.

The guru replied: "Ayesha, once you realize that only yoursoul is real, then you can know God. The gurus love isundying in spite of the disciples unfaithfulness. I forgiveyou, but in order for your karma to be purified, you mustdie tomorrow." She answered: "now I have complete faith inyou and will prepare to meet death." As expected, QueenAyesha died early next morning of a heart attack.Sivapremaraja ordered that there should be no cremation ofher dead body. The guru was in control of this little gameof maya. He then left his body and went into samadhi. In the


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realm of death, Queen Ayesha passed through many fires where

people had to suffer to wipe out their evil karma. Yet shedid not suffer because she now had faith in her gurusprotection. Suddenly she came face to face with Lord Siva.The god told her that by her newly acquired faith in herguru, she would be transported to experience the soulsliberation on the heavenly plane. Queen Ayesha nowexperienced herself as a body made up of luminous points oflight. She saw a pink lotus descend on top of a mountain.The petals unfolded and there sat her guru, Sivapremaraja.The guru said: "now I will show you the secret of divineexistence." Flames shot out of his eyes and Queen Ayeshafelt an electric explosion within her being. Now she waseverywhere at once. Her eyes saw the world pervaded bylight, her heart felt an unending warm bliss, and her mindexperienced thoughtless peace. She looked at her guruSivapremaraja and saw unending galaxies revolving in hisbody. "This is enough for now," said her guru as he touchedher forehead. Queen Ayesha awoke back to life and remembered

all that had happened. She had lost her worldly kingdom, but

by her faith in her guru, she had attained entrance into thekingdom of God.

REALIZATION IN THE FOREST Long before men had formed countries with their gods, there

lived a strong woodcutter named Kabinda. Each morning hewould leave his village and go into the forest to chop wood.

In those bygone days, the earth had many forests and fewmen. On this particular day, while cutting wood, Kabindaheard the sky explode with thunder and lightning. Torrentsof endless raindrops attacked the tall green trees. Kabindawas afraid of the violent sky and ran deeper into the forest

seeking shelter. After running for half an hour during theblinding rainstorm, Kabinda ran into a long dark cave. Nearthe cave there were skeletons of human corpses. Kabindastopped running and sat down in the dark cave to catch hisbreath. Exhausted from running he fell asleep for the restof the day. When he woke up refreshed, he was about to meeta new challenge that would change his life.Kabinda explored the dark cave. Suddenly he saw two flashing

eyes and a huge mouth roaring screams that meant death.Kabinda did not want to find the answer behind this terror.He instinctively ran out of the dangerous cave. Slowly the

roaring sound died down as Kabinda reached the light of thecaves entrance. A man with golden skin was seen at the footof a huge forest tree. Kabinda asked the forest hermit hisname. The golden man, with a serene smile, told Kabinda that

his name was Mugesin. Kabinda wanted to know how Mugesincame to live in this deep uninhabited forest. Then theforest hermit told his tale.

Many years ago, Mugesin was a rich merchant in anothervillage. He had wealth but not real happiness. Mugesin


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wanted to know what is the power that gives meaning to life.

Mugesin then left his village and asked this question toeveryone he met. A woman at a well told Mugesin that hewould have to find the answer alone in the deep forest. SoMugesin walked with courage deeper and deeper into theforest. At last he reached a tall tree which became hisabode to seek truth. Many wild fruits grew on this tree anda quiet stream flowed nearby. While sitting under this treein his quest for truth, Mugesin heard a loud terrible roarcoming closer and closer to devour him. But Mugesin, unlikeKabinda, decided to face this deadly terror straight on andnot run for his life. In the face of Mugesins determinationto continue his search under the tree, the roaring terrorrealized that it had met its match and slowly went awayleaving Mugesins life. After many seasons of living in theforest Mugesin gained illumination, and his body began toshine with a golden bronze color. Mugesin had realized theinner peace that pervades this universe.

Mugesin told Kabinda to be courageous, return to the cave,and seek for the light instead of merely shelter from therainstorm. Kabinda made the cave his home and only left itonce each evening to eat fruits and drink cool water fromthe nearby stream. Kabinda heard the same loud roar of death

in the cave, but this time he became iron willed andremained seated in his search for truth. Kabinda thoughtthat if Mugesin could defeat the terror of life, he couldalso conquer it. Slowly, after many months, the terribleroar was no more heard in the dark cave. In fact, a strangeglowing light was illuminating his cave day and night. Thelight shone from within Kabinda. The roar of death nowbecame mystic ringing music in Kabindas ear. His eyes shonewith radiant ecstasy. The truth that an infinite Spirit oflight and peace pervaded this universe dawned withinKabindas awakened consciousness.The next morning, after Kabinda left the cave as a liberated

forest sage, several former village friends met him. Theynow saw a different, radiant, and wise Kabinda who no longer

was a simple woodcutter. Kabinda told them the truth hediscovered in the cave and his meeting with Mugesin underthe tree. But none of Kabindas village friends could eversee Mugesin. Mugesin now had attained a level of spiritualexistence beyond this material world and, only in raremoments of grace, would he appear again on earth to help asingle brave truth seeker such as Kabinda. Kabinda spent the

rest of his earthly life in the forest cave instructing now

and then the few seekers that came to receive his guidance.THE DEAD LIVE TWICE

Few in life are given a second chance to achieve the goalthey failed at. This is a story about a mystic named Chadruwho gave up his spiritual practices, got married, and became

a king temporarily. Our tale begins late one afternoon withKing Somanath and his daughter Kamalika riding through theforest in search of wild game to hunt. Suddenly the roar ofan angry tiger echoed through the forest. King Somanath


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instantly shot a poisoned arrow at the great beasts head.The wounded animal felt the death drug speeding through hisblood and ran blindly through the forest with Somanath andKamalika shooting their winged shafts continuously. Thehunted and the hunters raced through the forest in theirstruggle lost in the wheel of life. The tiger acted as hewas born to be, but King Somanath, through his exercise ofroyal power, had let his ego grow to be no better than thatof an animal. His daughter Kamalika was also very selfwilled and had vowed that she would only marry the man shechose. The afternoon slowly glided into night with thehunting drama of the king and his daughter still chasing the

wounded tiger deeper into the dark jungle.

Chadru was also a strong willed hero, but one who since hisearliest childhood had sought to realize God instead ofexercising power over other men. Chadru liked the peace ofthe jungle where no ordinary man ventured to tread. Hisplace for meditation was a most unusual abode. He had dug apit measuring six feet deep where no being could disturb his

spiritual pursuits. Years of meditation passed by forChadru, and he felt with each moment that he was gettingcloser to his divine goal. But the goal cannot be won

without passing the test given by the Supreme Maker. Godsent the wounded tiger to test the strength of Chadruspenance. The tiger was losing much blood as the poisonedarrow brought death closer. In his last moment of revengeupon mankind the wounded tiger lunged into the pit whereChadru was contemplating God. God came to Chadru in the wild

blazing eyes of a savage ten foot tiger. With one finalblow, the tiger struck out in all his fury at the sittingChadru and died with human blood in his mouth.

With the moon shedding light in the jungle, King Somanathand his daughter Kamalika saw the ghastly sight of a deadtiger and a bleeding ascetic lying in a pit. King Somanath

got off his horse and climbed down into the pit to find outhow the mauled ascetic was. Somanath slowly brought theunconscious ascetic out of the pit. Then when dawn came,Somanath and Kamalika slowly brought the unconscious Chadruback to the royal capital. Kamalika had learnt medicine from

her family priest, and within a week Chadru opened his eyesand saw the kings daughter. Kamalika felt that it was herdestiny to marry the man she had nursed back from the shadow

of death. Her father agreed and ordered Chadru to accept the

hand of his daughter and to become crown prince. Chadru, by

the fierce final blow of the tiger on his head, hadforgotten his own identity. He was very grateful to Kamalika

for saving his life. Before the marriage took place,Somanath spent ten days teaching Chadru on royal duties andpolicy since he would eventually become king. Satisfied that

Chadru had learnt his lessons on kingly statecraft well,Somanath caused the marriage festival to be celebrated byeveryone in the kingdom.


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During the marriage celebration, all the priests and sagesgave their blessings to Kamalika and Chadru. Suddenly a tall

saint with reddish hair startled everyone with hisdeclaration that as soon as Chadru would see his son, hewould remember his identity and renounce the kingdom. Sixmonths after the marriage, King Somanath died during ahunting expedition when his horse stumbled on a rock andthrew him off. So now Chadru, the man with no identity,became the king. After some time Chadru got used toexercising his functions as king and accepted that identityof himself. One night Kamalika told her husband Chadru thatshe was pregnant. Chadru was delighted and hoped a son would

be born to carry on the royal line in the kingdom. Everybody

by then had forgotten the prediction of the red haired saint

at the marriage. The moon gave forth its silver light tothis happy kingdom as Kamalika gave birth to a healthy son.Chadru looked intently into the eyes of his newborn childand was shocked with the vision that unfolded. Through thereflection in his sons eyes he gazed into his own past. Hehad been the greatest yogi in this kingdom who had renounced

power and sex in his quest for God realization. Then hismemory saw the awful test sent to him by God in the form ofthe deadly tiger. He saw himself knocked out by the tigerand losing all his spiritual consciousness. Now Chadru knewhis real identity. He prayed with tears of a child to Godfor a second chance in this lifetime to achieve Godrealization. Then Chadru saw the tall red haired saint withashes on his body command him to go immediately into theforest to find God if he was sincere.

Kamalikas son grew up to be king under his loving mothersguidance. King Sivapriya was happy in all matters of lifeexcept that he wanted to meet his father. Kamalika told her

son Sivapriya that nobody in the kingdom knew where Chadruhad gone after his birth. Word was sent throughout all thekingdoms that the beautiful princess Aditi was holding acontest of strength and skill among all the kings to selecther husband. So King Sivapriya, with the blessings of hismother Kamalika, rode off to seek a wife. His horse grewtired after miles of rapid riding and stopped during theevening to drink some water from a stream. A strange lightglowed from a distance. The forest was all dark except thisradiance. After the horse had satisfied its thirst and wasrested, the king decided to ride toward the origin of thislight. After a while, the king came to a clearing in thejungle and saw an old man sitting under a tree with beams of

light radiating from his body. Sivapriya saw that this manbore some close physical resemblance to himself. Sivapriyalooked into the blissful eyes of the saint who had foundGod. The son knew that he had found his father.SALVATION

He was the most notorious and feared outlaw of the kingdom.Nobody was safe when his bandit gang would begin their raids

of plunder. Once his father had refused to pay taxes to the


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king. So the king killed his father and confiscated hisland. Thereafter Ganataka had sworn savage revenge againstKing Dharmavira. From his vast mountain hideout, Ganatakasoutlaw riders would attack and rob travelers and tradecaravans with no fear of being caught. Ganataka had manyscars on his chest and face to prove his bravery in battle.On his black stallion, with his sword and arrows, he had noequal match in the kingdom. But his heart was always full of

the dark fires of revenge for his fathers unjust murder.Ganataka was invincible as a fighter, but inwardly he had no

peace of mind from all the robberies and murders that he had

committed. He was a hunted man for whose capture or deaththe king had offered a huge reward. There was a price on his

head and bitterness in his heart. In his mountain hideout,with his outlaw gang, he was free from the law, but insidehimself he was a slave to the beast of his violent passions.

King Dharmavira decided that alone he was not strong enoughto defeat Ganatakas bandit gang. So the king wanted an

alliance to make himself more powerful. He gave his daughterin a marriage alliance to a neighboring kingdom after longdays of careful negotiations. After celebrating themarriage, the armies of both kingdoms united to plan apunishing blow to Ganataka. The armies of both kingdomsapproached Ganatakas mountain hideout late in the night.Then they began their cruel plan of extermination. Theypoured oil all around the mountain hideout. At the signal of

a thunderous drum they set fire to everything around themountain hideout. Ganataka and his men awoke to see awesomewalls of fire swiftly approaching them on every side. There

was no hope except to make a suicidal dash for freedom. Buton every side the united armies of the two kingdoms sat ontheir horses waiting to annihilate Ganatakas men.Ganatakas men fought savagely to break out of the deadlytrap, but the arrows of the two united armies began to taketheir fierce toll. All around Ganataka his men were beingmurdered. Ganatakas black stallion made one final charge.Three arrows caught the brave fighter as he slumped down inthe saddle with his arm in a tight grip around his horse'sneck. A cry of victory went up from the two armies, as theywere confident that they had finally wiped out Ganatakasfierce gang. Now there was peace in Dharmaviras kingdomwith the annihilation of Ganatakas outlaw gang.

A black stallion thundered across the plains with a bleeding

rider slumped on its back. Mile after mile the horsegalloped with some unfulfilled mission yet to beaccomplished. At the days end, it entered the forest andits speed grew slower and slower. The weight on the horsesback seemed to grow heavier for the thirsty animal. Itapproached a stream of running water. There was a manbathing in the water. He was the forest rishi namedSivalaya. He led the life of a peaceful hermit who spent all


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his time in the worship of Lord Siva. As the black stallionstopped to drink the fresh water, Ganatakas still body fellto the ground. Sivalaya ran to the fallen body and carriedthe once great outlaw bandit to his thatched hut. The rishiprayed to God to spare his life. The life as an outlaw forGanataka had come to an end. Lord Siva reviewed the karma of

the outlaws past and present lifetimes. The great god whoannuls fate looked into the future. There was a great needfor a saint to enlighten the people instead of choosing toremain hidden in the forest like Sivalaya.

Ganatakas soul hovered over the region of death. He sawawful picture images of all the innocent people he hadrobbed and murdered. He saw the grim fearsome image of thegod of death approaching him with a noose to punish him forhis sins. Suddenly a small light expanded and vibrated amessage of hope. "Turn to Me with all your soul, and I willbe in your heart for eternity. I protect all those whosurrender to Me. The choice is always for you to make. I amwilling to embrace you now." The point of light now became a

huge divine person with three eyes, ashes all over his milky

body, and a golden trident. Ganataka gazed into the eyes ofLord Siva, and his heart surrendered to the divine will. "Oh

Lord I am always yours," cried Ganatakas now radiantawakened soul. The still body of Ganataka now began to showslight signs of breathing. Sivalaya smiled and knew that the

crisis to Ganatakas life had now passed. The proud formeroutlaw chief slowly opened his eyes and whispered: "I willgive my life for Gods service."

Many weeks later Ganatakas body had fully healed from itswounds. Now he was ready to leave Sivalayas safe forestretreat and enter Dharmaviras kingdom to give his life for

Gods service. Ganataka was a changed man. He began to singsongs in praise of Lord Siva everywhere he went. Ganatakavividly felt Sivas presence in his heart. MeanwhileGanataka was all but forgotten in Dharmaviras peacefulkingdom. After giving birth to a royal son, Dharmavirasdaughter Suseela had become very sick. Both kings offered areward to anyone who could cure Suseela. All the doctors who

had visited her failed. Only the grace of God could saveSuseela. So as divine fate would have it, Ganataka foundhimself singing songs imploring Siva to grant Suseela a newlease on life as was previously done for himself. The musicof his soul enthralling hymns seemed to soar up to heaven

itself. Lord Siva remembered his devotee Ganataka and willed

it for Suseela to fully recover. Dharmavira was also atSuseelas bedside. He recognized Ganataka by his scars ofbattle. But upon his daughters recovery Dharmavira was sooverjoyed that he tightly embraced his once bitter enemyGanataka. With tears of gratefulness, Dharmavira shoutedwith joy: "great are the ways of God."TRANSMISSION

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monastery gathered his eight chief disciples and told themto prepare for seven tests that would determine hissuccessor. For seventy years the Mohant had led thismonastery built on a mountain. He was loved and worshippedby the people of the surrounding villages. By hissupernatural yogic powers he could heal the sick, bless thefarmers with good crops, and grant babies to childlesscouples. His reputation had spread well beyond the mountainmonastery. But he refused invitations to foreign kingdomssaying that God placed holy men all over the world to suitthe different tastes of the people. The one hundred andtwenty year old Mohant was known for his desireless humility

besides his supernatural yogic powers. In the old days, thelocal people said, he had lived for eighteen years on top of

a huge tree meditating on the sun. After attainingrealization of God as the cosmic infinite light, the Mohanthad the ability to reflect this through his big blazingeyes. But with kindness and patience he tried to teach hiseight chief disciples the secrets of Hatha Yoga, theUpanishads, and meditation.The mountain monastery was built in such a way that onewould have to pass through seven rooms in order to enter the

holy meditation shrine of the Mohant. The eight chiefdisciples that were to participate in the seven testsdetermining the Mohants successor were Kumar, Chandra,Dilip, Ravindra, Jagdish, Mukunda, Shankar, and Gopal. Sothe Mohant sat in front of them in the first room and toldthem to begin practicing the yogic heat breathing exercises.

The eight disciples began to take deep rhythmic inhalationsfollowed by rapid forceful expulsions. After fifteen minutes

seven of the disciples had made their bodies hot with dropsof perspiration running down their forehead. But Ravindra

had failed in this first test, and so he was eliminated forconsideration. Then the seven successful disciples enteredthe second room and were ordered to meditate oblivious toall distractions that they would encounter. After thedisciples had closed their eyes the Mohant projected aphantom roaring tiger to test their firmness. Six of thedisciples succeeded in entering a deep meditation state. But

Chandra became frightened by the tigers roars and openedhis eyes. Hence he was eliminated for consideration. Thefirst two tests determined yogic powers of endurance and the

next three tests were to determine conquest of desire.

The six successful disciples were led into the third roomand told to wait. Suddenly a beautiful young lady withsmiling eyes entered carrying a tray of sweets that shedistributed to each. Five of the disciples did not raisetheir gaze above her feet. Jagdish looked at her beautifulbody and was eliminated from the competition when the Mohant

entered the room. Next the five successful disciples wereled into the fourth room and presented with a piece of goldby the Mohant as a reward for their successful endeavors.


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Four of the disciples immediately showed detachment byreturning the piece of gold to the Mohant. But Gopal wouldnot part with his gold piece and was automaticallyeliminated from the competition. Then the four successfuldisciples entered the fifth room. The Mohant walked in andpretended to collapse dead before their feet. While theprevious two tests were designed to measure sex and moneytemptations, this test was created to reveal the lust forpower. Three of the disciples were extremely shocked andbegan to lament over the Mohants apparently lifeless body.But Shankar argued that he should be the next Mohant sincehe was living in the mountain monastery longer than theother disciples. This was not to be since the Mohant openedhis eyes, and an embarrassed Shankar was eliminated from the

competition. So two final tests remained for the threesurviving candidates.The three successful disciples entered the sixth room andprepared to discuss spiritual philosophy before the realized

Mohant. "What is the most important thing on the spiritualpath?" asked the Mohant. "Charity to help others, rooted ina realization that one is part of a universal Godhead"replied Dilip. "To surrender to the spiritual master and

follow his teachings wholeheartedly" said Kumar. "To bedetached from the world and pursue ones own liberation"replied Mukunda. The Mohant evaluated the three answers. The

first two answers he considered to be rooted in thefoundation of desireless action transcending the individualego. But the third answer was too self centered, and withsuch an attitude one would be unfit to serve others. HenceMukunda was eliminated from the competition. Finally thelast test was to begin. Kumar and Dilip entered the seventhroom and saw a cup of milk in front of them. "The disciplewho first takes this cup of milk will be disqualified," said

the Mohant. So Kumar and Dilip sat without food in theseventh room for three days. Kumar began to feel very weakand dizzy. But he would rather die than touch the cup ofmilk. Dilip felt more compassion for Kumar. Having hisfriend alive was more important than becoming the head of amonastery. So Dilip touched the cup of milk first and poured

it into Kumars dry lips. The Mohant read the thoughts ofeach and decided that Dilip would be the successor becauseof his kindness and self sacrifice.

The Mohant walked with Dilip into his holy meditationshrine. He sat before Dilip and entered into deepmeditation. Dilip saw that the Mohants body became brighter

and brighter until it merged in Gods descending pure whitelight. Only a handful of ashes remained of the Mohantsbody. With tender love Dilip put these ashes in his handsand contemplated the meaning of this experience. Suddenlythe ashes became transformed into a sparkling golden lotus.Dilip became identified inwardly with the lotus. He closedhis eyes and felt his soul climbing up a stalk within hisspinal column until he reached the head summit of a thousand

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Gods infinite light. He was in tune with the Creatorscosmic mind. Throughout his expanded being he becameidentified with the eternal mystic Aum sound. Eternal wisdom

descended into his previous human brain. His body began toundergo a strange transformation until it took a shapenearly identical with the old Mohant when he was a youngdisciple. Hence, by his gurus mysterious grace, the processof transmission had been accomplished. Dilip was now theMohant of the mountain monastery.THE FISHERMANS DISCOVERY

Closer and closer the boat sailed toward the shore of asmall fishing village. Among the party of men that landedthere was a golden Brahmin youth. Shankaracharya was on oneof his many travels throughout India to establish thesupremacy of Vedanta. Before entering this sleepy littlefishing village, Shankaracharya prayed to the goddess ofknowledge, Sarasvati, to make these humble fishermenreceptive to the truth of Vedanta. Besides holding scholarly

debates in vast royal courts throughout India he also, withless fanfare, went to the common people living in villages.The sanyasi saint wanted all mankind to be receptive to thetruth that this life was pervaded by a divine reality of

which each soul was an integral part. All the peoplegathered at the little temple to hear the message of thegolden Brahmin youth. After an hour of quoting the Vedas,chanting hymns to the divine powers of God, and answeringquestions from the people it looked like his short visit tothis fishing village was a success. Suddenly a youngfisherman rushed up through the little gathering and spat in

Shankaracharyas face. "I spit upon your Vedanta" cried Apu."Nature is the only truth, and it is the vast ocean whichsupports our life with food. Where is your God that I cansee it?" Shankaracharya looked Apu in the eyes and declaredthat Apu himself would reveal the truth of Vedanta to the

fishing village. Only the great master Shankaracharya hadthe vision to see the past lives of Apu.

Seven years later Apu was on his small fishing boat, whensuddenly a great cyclone appeared. He knew that he was lost.

Apu thought that not even God, if there was one, could savehim. The waves violently smashed his small boat. Suddenlysome heavy weight started pulling at his fishing net. AllApu wanted to do was to escape with his life from thisfierce storm. Then he collapsed unconscious in his batteredboat. But a miracle happened, and a huge gust of wind blewApus boat and the heavy object caught in his fishing safelyashore. The next afternoon Apu woke up and stared at the

golden figure caught in his fishing net. Was this a dream or

was he actually awake? All Apu could be certain was that hewas thankful for escaping with his life from that terriblestorm at sea. The shining image continued to remain beforehis eyes until at last he accepted its reality. It resembled

the great goddess that Shankaracharya had often worshippedat Kanchipuram. Apu was fascinated with this gift from theocean. So he built a little thatched hut and installed the


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goddess. Apu sat down and thought what mystery does theocean hold.

Now Apu was no longer a fisherman. Each day that he sat down

in contemplation hastened his spiritual growth. At first hemeditated on the vast ocean and its seawave roar. Finally he

merged in the ocean and went beyond his minds ideas into aninfinite state of consciousness. He saw little bubblesfloating in a cosmic ocean. Thousands of these bubblesradiated picture images showing a vast panorama of Apuspast lives. He was a merchant, a soldier, a priest, afarmer, a hunter, a criminal, and played numerous otherroles in life. The outer circumstances were alwaysdifferent, but one luminous spark remained eternally thesame. Apu witnessed his unchanging soul occupying so manydifferent bodies throughout numerous lifetimes. In each life

the central character always played his role and neverlooked beyond the passing show of events for a greaterconstant reality and reason for living. Now Apu saw that all

these life bubbles floated in a luminous conscious oceanwhich was a mind of light without any limits. Apu became

that conscious ocean and expanded beyond the range of mortalvision. He saw all life parading in the great cyclesrepeating themselves throughout eternity. All of creationwas proceeding from the idea of an infinite Cosmic Mind.

Suddenly Apu reviewed the events of his present life. He saw

himself insulting a great saint who had come to enlightenhis village. But in past lifetimes Apu saw that he wasalways a humble disciple learning spiritual wisdom from this

great master. The mystic vision ended. The golden Brahminyouth was now again visiting the village. Apu opened up his

eyes and began to preach his gurus Vedanta truth to thequiet fishing village.THE JEWEL ISLAND

It was a lovely marriage. Sundar, the son of a clothmerchant, had just wed Usha, the daughter of a jewelmerchant. Both families and the whole town were overjoyed at

the marriage celebration. The two most powerful businessfamilies of the town had concluded an alliance. But for thejust married couple the facts of money meant nothing whencompared to the joys of youthful romance. For them it was amarriage of love, not money. When the priest recited theprayers they looked into each others eyes and knew they had

found a treasure that was beyond the value of money. Onemonth after the marriage it was decided by Ushas fatherPrachar that Sundar would be his partner in the jewel trade.

Sundar agreed because there was a great challenge intraveling to far off places to seek the best values in jewel

trading. The profits were great but the risk of life wasgreater. Usha loved to be with Sundar, but she agreed withher father that a good husband must prove himself to be a


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hero that could conquer all the challenges involved in jewel

trading voyages. Sundar also wanted to prove to his wife Usha that he had the

courage to succeed in his own right. Unlike Prachar, he wasnot greedy for business profits. The only thing about theforthcoming jewel trading voyage that made Sundar sad wasthat he would have to be temporarily separated from hisloving wife Usha. One early morning Prachar and Usha wavedgoodbye to Sundar and twenty five other men as they set sail

to seek their profits in a jewel trading voyage. The daysgrew into weeks, and Usha was tearfully missing her younghusband. Prachar told his daughter Usha that he hadconfidence that Sundar would return with a rich treasure ofprecious jewels. All was tranquil at sea until suddenly adark cloud appeared overhead. Then there was wind and rain.The sea went wild with its huge waves attacking the ship.The sail was blown down, and water began going over the deck

of the ship. There was no hope for survival. The ship wentdown. All the crew perished except Sundar. Sundar hung on to

a big chunk of wood and swam until it seemed like he wasliving in a sea of eternity. Time had stopped for him. Hewas swimming for his dear life, not knowing where it wouldall end.

Twelve hours later, in a semiconscious state, he reached atranquil shore. Sundar thanked God that he was still aliveand prayed that he might eventually rejoin his wife Usha.Meanwhile Sundars immediate concern was to explore theisland that he had reached. He was hungry and began tosearch for food. It seemed strange to Sundar that thisisland was so quiet. Although there was no animal life,there was fresh spring water descending from a mountain.After drinking that reviving water, Sundar decided to

explore the mountain. The next day he began climbing themountain. It was too good to be true. Many small caves onthe mountain had gold and diamonds. But precious jewels inthemselves are worthless when one is lost on a far offisland. Sundar would trade all these expensive treasuresjust to be once again with his wife Usha. Sundar againprayed to God that he would live to leave this jewel islandand rejoin Usha. He decided to continue his search on themountain. At last he found one cave that did not have gems,which could be traded on the jewel market. A glowing crystal

image of a goddess with a red cobra coiled around itsuddenly startled Sundars vision.

In Sundars presence the crystal image seemed to vibratewith light. When one calls for Gods help there is always ananswer. Now the red cobra swiftly glided off the crystalgoddess and entered Sundars body. The young treasure hunterfelt a massive explosion racing up his spinal column. Thered cobra was now a dot of energy shooting up Sundarscentral nervous system. Then it reached the summit of hishead. Now there was a new consciousness awake in Sundarsmind. The crystal goddess in the cave became alive in hisbeing. "I am the Chintamani jewel residing on the island of


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delight inside your soul. Most men seek the jewels of thisworld hoping that they will yield all the objects desired.But I know you are different. In past lifetimes, in anotherage, you worshipped me constantly in this cave with yoursincere prayer Mother of the universe reveal thy love.This jewel island is of another purer age, and soon it willdisappear. But before my crystal image vanishes take itsthird eye and wear it as a locket. Whenever you or your wife

gaze at this crystal locket with the prayer Mother of theuniverse reveal thy love, I will appear within yourconsciousness and bless you. I protect my devoteesthroughout eternity." The words and vision of the crystalgoddess had faded in Sundars awakened consciousness. But hetook the third eye of the crystal goddess for a locket andagain prayed to leave the jewel island and soon be with hiswife Usha.

Prachar had a dream. He told Usha that a lady whose body was

made of crystal jewels came to him telling the location ofthe jewel island where Sundar was stranded. Usha askedPrachar what he wanted most, the jewels or Sundar. Pracharwas honest and told his daughter that he wanted both thejewels and Sundar to return. So Prachar built a bigger ship

and sailed toward the jewel island. But all was not sotranquil on the jewel island. Deep rumbling noises wereexploding inside the earth. Finally, Prachar and his crewreached the island. Sundar embraced his father in law andshowed him where all the jewels were. Then Prachar toldSundar about his dream of the crystal goddess, and Sundartold Prachar about his experiences in the cave. Just as they

had boarded the big ship and set sail for home, the jewelisland exploded in one gigantic volcanic eruption anddisappeared into the sea without a trace. Sundar and Prachar

returned safely home. With all the jewels Prachar was rich

beyond his wildest expectations. Suddenly he remembered thecrystal goddess of his dream, and all worldly greed lefthim. Prachar built a magnificent temple to the crystalgoddess, and every year distributed large sums in charity to

all those who were in need. Sundar, with the rediscoveredknowledge that he had been a devotee of the crystal goddessin past lifetimes, began teaching his wife Usha the secretof the crystal locket. By meditation and prayer theydiscovered within Gods spiritual wishfulfilling Chintamanijewel that put them in the divine presence.THE BIGGEST MIRACLE

"Make way, make way for Shandu the magician." A ten foot

tall grey elephant with a dark man wearing a turban slowlyapproached the royal palace of King Bhadrayu. The day wassunny, and the kingdom was at peace. On such days the kingtook great delight in being entertained. The king had seenmany illusions performed by magicians, but there was onetrick that he longed to witness. That feat of magic was theancient Indian rope trick. Many had heard of it being donein the past, but none had ever seen it performed in theirlifetime. King Bhadrayu offered the most precious prize toanyone in his kingdom who could do this trick. He knew that


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he was growing old and had failed to have a son, and so heoffered his daughter Chandrika to the clever man who couldperform this feat of magic. The possessor of such skillwould alone be fit to rule his kingdom. Many had answeredhis invitation, but all had failed. The only reward fortheir effort was a royal execution. So on this bright summer

day the magician Shandu decided to leave the jungle andaccept King Bhadrayus challenge. Once Shandu was a princein another kingdom but by the decree of dark fate, he wasdriven into the jungle after being defeated in war.

For many years Shandu had lived in the jungle practicingTantric yoga to gain supernatural powers in the hope ofregaining his kingdom. He worshipped the fearsome Nagaserpents and could command them to do his bidding by hisawesome mantra power. He contemplated the clouds and by hismystic rites to Indra had power over the weather. Heconcentrated on the lord of death, Yama and learnt thescience of reviving the deceased. He prayed to the spiritsof the ether and could cause objects to be transported fromtheir world to this world. Shandu had gradually acquired the

power to fly through the air with the grace of the wind godVayu. He cam to King Bhadrayus palace armed with every

Tantric power, except one. Shandu had not conquered desire.He falsely saw reality in the changing illusions that werecreated by the power of his minds concentration. He livedtrapped by the wild desires of his own mind. He was astranger to the realm of the cosmic truth of Godsexistence. For Shandu the only god was his minds lust forpower. This mental god he had cultivated well by exercisingit in the visualization of ideas to such an extent until the

ideas became materialized into the shapes of earthlyreality."Show me what magic you possess," came the stern voice ofKing Bhadrayu. Shandu cast a blazing glance at his elephant

and whispered some secret words into the ethers. Suddenlythe huge beast collapsed dead at his feet. Feeling an air of

confidence, Shandu calmly commanded "arise oh servant of the

master." In an instant the elephant arose perfectly normallike nothing had happened. Shandu cast his glowing eyes atthe sunny sky, and quickly clouds appeared over the royalpalace, and the rains began. Chandrika cried out "fathertell him to restore this sunny day." So Shandu quicklyinvoked Indra, and the sun shone peacefully again. Shandulooked at Chandrika and desired to marry her. He prayed tothe spirits of the ether, and instantaneously a diamond

necklace appeared which he put around the tremblingChandrika. Chandrika admired Shandus magic powers butthought that he was very arrogant. At last King Bhadrayusaid "oh Shandu, you have impressed my kingdom with thepowers of your magic illusions, but still you have not shown

us the Indian rope trick."Shandu sat still for ten minutes concentrating on a cobrathat he kept in a basket. Shandu opened his eyes and took aflute out of his pocket. He tenderly put the flute to his


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lips and played a melody that put everybody in trance. KingBhadrayu and his people all felt that they were leavingtheir body and flying toward heaven. Slowly the cobraunwound itself and slid out of the basket. It beganexpanding and extended its body all the way up to a cloudthat appeared one thousand feet above King Bhadrayuspalace. The giant magic cobra had now become a rope thatShandu was climbing in front of his entranced audience.Higher and higher Shandu went until he finally disappearedinto the cloud. He had courage and ambition, but he was notprepared for the mystery that awaited him in the glowingcloud. "Shandu, we have been awaiting you" came two voicesdeep inside the cloud. Shandu, the master of illusion, could

not believe what his own eyes were now seeing. The divineholy couple and origin of all Tantric yoga, Siva andParvati, met him face to face. "Your feats of magic are mere

childs play compared with the divine creative power thatsustains all the worlds," said Parvati. The Divine Mother,at the command of Lord Siva, raised her hand and streams ofluminous cosmic bubbles flowed out which became endlessuniverses pervaded everywhere by the divine holy couple.Parvati showed Shandu visions of all his lives, always

striving for power but never satisfied. She showed him howhe was trapped by his minds desires since he was blind tosearching for Gods reality. Then the Divine Mother touchedShandus heart. He felt the ecstatic bliss of being a soulthat was expanding into infinity, while yet being in oneplace at the same time. Shandu realized that beyond life and

death the bliss of God was the only reality. Shandu bowedtouching the feet of the divine holy couple and prayed forforgiveness for his minds ignorance.

Slowly Shandu descended from the cloud and reached the royal

palace. By now the cloud had disappeared. King Bhadrayu and

his people were amazed by Shandus magic. King Bhadrayuoffered Shandu his daughter Chandrika and his kingdom. Butthen Shandu did the biggest miracle of his life. Herenounced his craving for power. Shandu told the people hisvision of Siva and Parvati in the cloud. The people lookedup, and all saw the holy couple blessing the kingdom withbeams of light descending from their hands. Shandu had nowexperienced something greater than all the illusions ofmagic. By the grace of the divine holy couple Shandu themagician had become transformed into a saint who saw beyondthis fleeting transient world. Shandus whole being nowexperienced Gods reality everywhere. All the peoplewitnessed the radiant light coming out of his bliss filled

body, and they also felt the reality of the divine presencepervading their soul.THE BATTLE FOR FREEDOM

It was so dark and still that one could feel an invisiblepresence overlooking the coming battle. Two kingdoms werepreparing to destroy themselves for land and glory. Inside a

blue tent housing the king, a conference was going onbetween the king and Lomar, his general. The kings strategywas for Lomar to attack the enemy center with a third of the


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army and then the rest of the kings army would strike fromthe rear. But the distance between hopeful plans and reality

is sometimes as wide as the space between two mountaincliffs.The sun arose waking up thousands of warriors on both sides.

The bright glistening sky overhead and the vast plain of the

sandy earth below became a huge arena waiting to witness the

explosion of the coming war. Both sides were armed and alltense for the grand killing to begin. Suddenly Lomars bandof cavalry rode headlong toward the enemys center witharrows and shouting filling the sky. The enemy kingsresponse was to form his troops into a half moon semicircleto trap the attacking thrust of Lomars cavalry. Somethingwent wrong with the plan of Lomars king to attack from therear. They delayed too long, and Lomar was forced to turnaround and ride in swift retreat. The enemy army sped on inhot pursuit. Suddenly a frightening scene appeared toLomars outnumbered retreating cavalry. The battlefieldended as they rode toward a mountain cliff whose bottom

seemed to have no end. Ten feet separated the mountain clifffrom another large stretch of land that appeared as animpossible hope for freedom. The horses were racing too fast

to be stopped.Suddenly Lomar awoke all alone. The sun had set. The bravewarrior felt ashamed of his retreat. He was a stranger in anew unexplored land. A gentle wave of string music wascoming closer. A luminous misty cloudlike form wasmanifesting before his startled eyes. A golden robed womantouched his hand. Lomar felt her hand and knew that thistouch was not that of an earthly woman. Amela told Lomar

that she was his guide. Lomar asked her where he was to go.Amela told Lomar when he was a boy he always dreamed of what

lay beyond the perilous mountain cliff. Amela taught Lomarthat there is a universal king who made his devoted subjects

live in eternal freedom. Lomar said he was ready to see theking of freedom. Amela made Lomar promise never to let go of

her hand in their journey, no matter what happened.

While holding Amelas golden hand, a giant golden eagle withwings of fire waited to help their journey to the king offreedom. They both sat on the bird of heaven, and the

journey beyond earthly reality began. This Garuda bird was a

celestial eagle that the gods rode upon in heaven. Higherand higher they went as the earth and the stars began torecede into nothingness. There was only an endless wall oflight stretching everywhere. Suddenly a ringing music withbells and a flute came nearer and nearer. An infinite treewas seen growing from a vast garden. A little child waslying asleep on a lotus leaf. Amela told Lomar to preparehimself to meet the king of freedom. The divine child opened


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his blue eyes, and the tree and garden disappeared. Lomarsuddenly felt that his guide Amela had also vanished. Onlythe divine child existed. He played on his flute and becameall the worlds and, at his will, became again just asleeping boy. Lomar knew within his heart that he had metthe king of freedom who no earthly mind could comprehend.

The smiling divine child told Lomar that in many lives hestruggled hard to realize Gods presence. Lomar asked theblue boy how he knew about past lives. The divine child told

Lomar that as the eternal king of freedom he lives beyondtime and body limitations in a playful way that no humanmind could comprehend. The divine child promised to teachLomar more about the realization of God in his nextlifetime. After spending vast ages in the celestial kingdomof the golden lotus, Lomar was again reborn on earth.It was so dark and still that one could feel an invisiblepresence overlooking the coming battle. Two kingdoms werepreparing to destroy themselves for land and glory. The sunarose waking up thousands of warriors on both sides. SoArjuna woke up that day finding Krishna by his side.

THE LOST CALF One afternoon a group of cowherd boys were relaxing in the

bright green meadow. The cows were slowly wandering throughthe pasture nibbling bits of grass. Next to some of the cows

their frisky calves were jumping with the joy of youthfulspring. Just as the cowherd boys knew who their parentswere, each calf knew with the instinct of love who was their

mother. This link of affection was happily shared by thecows moving through the pasture. Suddenly one tan cow letout with an awful cry. The cow ran this way and that way.The cowherd boys woke up from their afternoon sleep. All the

other cows were tranquil except this one agitated cow. This

cow knew with the instinct of a mother that her lovelylittle calf was missing from the meadow. The cowherd boyscounted the cows in the fields and found that one calf wasindeed missing from the herd. So they decided to bring thecows back to the village and let one cowherd boy remain tosearch for the missing calf. When something is lost in thisworld, one must carefully search for it until it is found.Surya was young and alert and had much courage for this

task. Surya knew that his mission would be made more difficult

with the darkness of evening approaching. Still he movedquickly through the grass searching for clues that wouldreveal the trail of the innocent calf. He searched for areas

growing food and near water. His ears listened carefully for

the sound that a frightened calf would make. The sun set and

the moon arose, but still Surya would not give up in hisquest. By now Surya had long since left the green meadow and

was passing through a forest. He heard many strange soundsbut was not afraid. The one who had set out in search of a


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lost calf found that he himself was lost in the night. Heapproached a riverbank and found the hollow of a huge treeto sleep in. An old spider web on the entrance showed thatthe tree hollow was empty inside. Surya, with youthfulimagination, began to marvel at the beauty of the spidersweb. From out of the center he gazed at soft strandsprojecting an expanding circular masterpiece of beauty.Suryas eyes grew heavy with weariness, and soon he wasasleep within the empty tree hollow. That night he had adream that changed his whole life. He dreamed he existed asa mind floating in infinite space. A point of light appeared

in the cosmic void. Suddenly many forms started projectingthemselves out of this central sun. But at the center therewas a divine being that Surya felt was simultaneouslyradiating from his heart center. Surya saw that allexistence was a living part of the mysterious cosmic whole.God was the cosmic spider of light and from his mindsmanifested web of thought there flowed outward all ofcreation. The divine being of light was always hidden in the

center of existence. But since all of creation was projected

outward, God remained unknown. Surya realized his soul as a

living part of that hidden divine creator. The imagery ofthe spiders web had worked to awaken his spiritualconsciousness during the dream. Suddenly the sound of avibrating flute woke him up from his dream. The music of the

flute was coming from the riverbank. Surya got up and leftthe tree hollow to see where this entrancing music wascoming from. The silver beams of the moon above aided him in

reaching the scene of the musics origin.

What Surya saw was even more fantastic than the dream he had

in the empty tree hollow. There was dancing and music that

was out of this world. He saw a circle of dancers holdinghands, and in the center was a huge being dancing aloneplaying a flute. All the dancers were each holding the handof that same mysterious person whose huge form in the center

was directing this dance of joy. The entrancing music of the

flute liberated the souls of the dancers from their bodyconsciousness. They all felt united with the blue boy in the

center of the dance. Their souls had answered the divinecall, and now they all merged in the flute player. Suddenlythere was no dance, only the flute player remained. Because

all the individual dancers were only a projection ofKrishnas cosmic play. Surya stood entranced with ecstasygazing into the eyes of Sri Krishna. "You came searching for

a lost calf, but it was your soul that was lost from itscreator. Now by your good karma in many lifetimes you havefound the divine person. I am always with you in your heart,

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light became smaller and smaller and melted into Suryasopened heart.INNOCENCE

"One, two, three...one hundred. Where are the rest of thegold coins in the royal treasury?" demanded KingVishnupriya. After the king had finished his annual treasury

audit, it was found that nearly all the royal wealth hadmysteriously disappeared from the treasury. The kingquestioned his prime minister Rajan but got no answer. Theking next talked with his army commander general Ugrapatiabout the theft. Now that the kingdom was financially brokethere was a real danger that it would be an easy prey forany invading army. Both the prime minister Rajan and thearmy commander Ugrapati were considered to be the two mostpowerful men in the kingdom. King Vishnupriya suspected that

one of these two ministers were behind the treasury theft in

a plot to seize control of the kingdom. The prime ministerRajan had proven himself to be the most clever astutepolitician of his time, and the defense minister Ugrapatihad proven himself to be the most successful militarycommander with a string of many battle conquests to his

credit. The pressing question facing King Vishnupriya washow to determine which one of his two powerful ministers had

secretly looted the royal treasury.The king decided to search the houses of the two ministers.Ugrapatis mansion was found to be full of detailed maps ofall the neighboring kingdoms. But no unusual amount of royal

coins were discovered there. After three hours of searchingRajans house, there was found a freshly covered hole in theback wall. The kings servants broke through the wall andfound over five hundred gold coins. Still the bulk of themissing royal treasury was not found. But all the evidence

pointed to Rajan as the treasury thief. Rajan protested hisinnocence to the king. Nobody would believe his innocence.There were now two choices left open to Rajan. First hecould meekly let himself be wrongly punished for a crimethat he did not commit, or his second choice could be toescape with his life immediately from the kingdom. Rajanlooked at the hostile faces of King Vishnupriya and defenseminister Ugrapati. Rajan saw that just in front of the royal

palace was his trusted white horse. So Rajan surprised thekings guards by bursting out of the palace window with oneterrific jump. Now Rajan was on his white stallion ridingfor his dear life with hundreds of royal troops chasing him

in hot pursuit.While Rajans white horse gained speed, he kept thinking tohimself about where was there justice in this world whenmight apparently seemed to make right. By nightfall themighty white stallion had raced through plain and forest inits quest to escape the royal cavalry that was pursuingRajan. Under the cover of darkness Rajan reached the shoreof a vast river. He was afraid that now with the deep riverin front of him and the royal cavalry somewhere behind himin the darkness, his liberty would soon end. "Are you coming


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my way?" called a boy steering a small wooden boat. Rajanhad no choice but to put his life in the hands of this young

unknown boatman. "Where do you come from?" asked Rajan. "Icome from the other side of the shore. Please step onto myboat. I have taken many others before to the safe side ofthe far off shore" answered the mysterious boatman. So Rajan

abandoned his loyal white stallion and got onto the littleboat to seek a life of freedom safe from the clutches of ahostile world. "I know the way to safety. Please put allyour trust in me, and you shall be free of all worldly fear"

said the confident master of the boat carrying Rajan tofreedom.

Rajan reached the other shore and in terror saw himselfbetween two huge armies composed of endless hordes ofroaring warriors. "Have no fear. I protect all those whosurrender their lives to me," said the child who hadpreviously assumed the disguise of the boatman. Rajan saw ahuge hand lifting him above the two battling armies. Agigantic cosmic being whose body was composed of all theuniverses was tenderly holding Rajan. Rajan saw himself as a

little speck existing within the enormous endless body ofthe unbelievable deity that he was now witnessing. ThenRajan saw his soul as a point of light that now beganexpanding beyond the stars and galaxies. He saw the past,present, and future. Rajan discovered that he too was inreality this Universal Godhead. It did not make sense to his

mind that he could be a tiny soul and yet existsimultaneously as the Divine. The Divine Being that Rajanwas now experiencing inwardly and outwardly slowly began tospeak. "I too was accused of theft long ago. They said Istole the Shyamantaka jewel from King Satrajit. You Rajan

have lived a pure life inwardly, and I will prove yourinnocence when you return to the kingdom.

Suddenly the sun arose and Rajan found himself returned back

to the shore where his trusty white stallion was waiting for

him. Rajan returned to the kingdom with faith that God wasalways protecting him since he realized his soul as part ofthe Cosmic Godhead. King Vishnupriya looked into Rajanseyes and saw the courage of an innocent man. Still theevidence pointed to Rajan as the treasury thief, and it wasthe duty of the king to have him executed. If Rajan woulddie, Ugrapati would also become the prime minister. King

Vishnupriya decided to secretly search the powerfulUgrapatis house again. There were dozens of military mapsof neighboring kingdoms and also one map of a desertedVishnu temple on the outskirts of the royal capital. Rajanstood the next morning before the royal executioner withserenity in his heart. Since Rajans experience of cosmicconsciousness on the other shore, he felt Krishna protecting

his life. As the executioner raised his sword over Rajansneck, a sudden burst of wind blew the sword to the ground.


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Then a thunderous explosion came from the deserted Vishnutemple. The doors opened and a bright light glowed insidefrom the ancient image of the Lord. The discus in one of his

four arms began revolving and throwing out sparks of fire. A

whirling circle shot out of the temple doors into the royalpalace and severed the head of Ugrapatis thick neck. Divinejustice had triumphed. Shortly afterwards King Vishnupriya,using Ugrapatis temple map, found the stolen treasure moneyhidden beneath the old temples floor. Rajan never becameprime minister again. Instead he became the priest of thenewly rebuilt Vishnu temple which attracted devotees to come

for worship even beyond the kingdom. And so the people haddiscovered a treasure beyond the value of worldly gold.THE FIRST CUSTOMER

It was market day, and the doctor strode down the hot dustyroad. To everyone in the city he was known as the angel ofmercy. Five years before there was a war whose aftermathspread a plague that killed hundreds. Among those lost inthe plague was the doctors wife. Ever since that tragicloss, he dedicated himself to healing and comforting thesick. The doctors perception of life had grown beyond that

of the average man. He regarded all men as part of hisfamily. Whenever he visited the ruler of the kingdom, hewould talk about the futility of war. War was a disease ofthe nations consciousness whose deadly poison eventuallymanifested as an unknown plague killing more people than all

the battles combined. But unfortunately the majority of thepeople were not receptive to the doctors ideas of universalbrotherhood. Still the doctor was a dedicated crusader whowould not stop in spreading his message of peace and hope to

all those suffering people in need. His ideas of mentalhygiene were well ahead of his time. But the people greeted

the good doctor with respect everywhere he went since theywere grateful for all the many loved ones that were restored

to good health.The doctor continued walking through the market place. Eachroad presented the different products offered by themerchants. Some sold food, others sold clothing, many gamesof chance took place, every form of entertainment wasoffered, and yet the variety of goods and services seemedendless on market day. The roads were full of continuouslymoving customers. Everyone looked, bargained, and thenselected. The slow jingle of exchanged coins was continuousthroughout that day. It seemed that everything had a price

and that all ones desires could be satisfied by money. Thiswas the day that drew all the people together for a greatinterchange of mutual needs and services. Yes, everyone inthe kingdom was bound together by the great wheel ofcommerce. They all were part of this living ocean.Everywhere the doctor went he saw that one sold and anotherbought. He too had basic needs to be supplied on market day.

The sun began to set and at last the good doctor had madeall his basic purchases and chatted with his many friends.


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Now it was time to return home. He thought that he hadvisited every shop in the market place until he discovered a

little shop at the end of the road.From behind a half opened door came a voice saying: "what do

you want?" This was a most fascinating voice because thedoctor felt like the question had come from within his ownheart. "I do not know" replied the doctor. "Then open thedoor fully" came the voice from inside. So the doctorentered the strange shop not knowing what to expect. Insidethe shop he saw beautiful carpets on the floor, smelledperfume pervading the air and felt vibrantly refreshed. Inthe corner sat a mysterious proprietor. "You are the firstcustomer in a long time because most of the people do nothave the time or patience to look for my shop" said theorange robed proprietor. "But what do you sell?" asked thepuzzled doctor. "I do not sell anything. I can only givewhat you are willing to receive" replied the peacefullysitting merchant. "I wish I could find a way to end allsuffering. Please show me some magic formula if you can"said the doctor. "I am not a miracle man my good doctor. All

I can show you is that the lasting answer to all of lifes

problems comes from within" replied the patient merchant.Then the merchant took the doctor by the hand, and they both

left the shop. "Look throughout this whole market place and tell me what

you see" asked the mysterious merchant. The doctor carefully

surveyed the entire market place and found it to be empty.All the shops had closed. All the customers had returnedhome. Only the mysterious merchant and his own self remained

in the market place. "You know life is like this marketplace. It flows constantly with activity and rest, but

behind all the transactions there is a higher reason ofbeing. Today you opened the door to your soul. But beyondthe house of the body there is an immortal king. If onlypeople could rise above the daily routine of lifes marketplace and search for this eternal treasure, then there would

be no more sickness of broken lives in this world." Afterhearing these teachings of the mysterious merchant, thedoctor tried to penetrate beyond the twin diamond fires ofthe wise merchants eyes. Suddenly there was no merchant, nomarket place, and no doctor. All dissolved in one hugeblazing light pervading the universe. Everything revealeditself as part of one gigantic heart of love. In the

consciousness of the Divine Healer there was no sickness, no

health, no patient, no doctor, because all flowed in harmony

with Gods light.The next day the doctors mind returned to the market place.But he felt like a new man. He glowed with inner light andwisdom. All the people knew that their beloved doctor hadbecome a saint by tasting the nectar of divine love. Themysterious merchant had always existed, but until yesterday


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he was hidden deep in the heart of the doctor. Every man has

this soul of divine nectar waiting for the first customer to

taste the ecstasy of union with God.IMMORTAL LOVE

In the early days of creation there lived a divine couple in

love. The woman was radiantly beautiful and brought joywherever she moved. The man was serious and brought peacewherever he resided. It was a strange union of oppositesbetween lifes creativity and Spirits withdrawal. Eachneeded and lived for the other. The whole universe was their

palace of love. Everywhere they went life reflected theirbliss and serenity. But on the dark side of the universethere were the masters of materialism. These wizards of thelower powers planned to turn creation in a path entirelyopposite that seen by the divine couple. The masters ofmaterialism wanted a world to develop that was governed only

by ego, strife, and short lived sensual pleasures. So allthe lords of the lower powers decided to perform a sacrifice

whose success would determine the future course of lifesevolution in this world. Everyone was invited to attend this

pompous grand sacrifice except the divine couple. With theingredients of wealth, desire, and violence being magicallypoured into the sacrificial flame the ceremony of themasters of materialism moved ever closer to completion. Only

one force could stop this sacrifice of the wizards of thelower powers.

The divine woman of bliss and beauty decided to end thisdark sacrifice by throwing her life into the flames. Sowhile her divine husband was lost in the Spirits

contemplation, she separated from him and went toward theplace where the sacrifice was being held. She was anuninvited guest, and her appearance startled all the masters

of materialism. It was an absolute contrast ofcharacteristics. On one side was all the darkness and limits

of egos growth in matter, while on the divine womans sidewas all the hope and possibilities of the Spirits growth increation. To make the worlds evolution into Spirit safe,she jumped into the flames of the evil sacrifice. Her bodywas burnt to ashes, but she vowed never to separate from her

ascetic husband. She would return and join with the divineascetic in a love that would never die for the welfare ofall of creation.The divine ascetic awoke from his meditation with a shock of

anger. He saw in his yogic vision his wifes supremesacrifice to end the scheme of the lords of the lower powers

to conquer and control the future evolution of life in theuniverse. From out of the divine ascetics third eye


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materialized a fiery ghost of vengeance armed with a trident

and a sinister grin. The ancient yogi commanded the ghost of

vengeance to march toward where the sacrifice was being held

and to annihilate it from the face of the earth. So bowinglow to the lord of yoga, the ghost of vengeance set off todestroy the evil sacrifice being armed with his thunderbolttrident. Soon the ghost of vengeance reached the spot wherethe pompous sacrifice of the masters of materialism wasbeing held. Without showing any trace of mercy the ghost ofvengeance began to immediately destroy, with his punishingtrident, every article and utensil used in the sacrifice.The area of the sacrifice swiftly became one chaoticshambles. Next the ghost of vengeance, with supernaturalspeed, appeared to be everywhere at once engaged in thecruel task of slaughtering all the evil wizards of the lower

powers. There was no escape for anyone responsible for thedeath of the ascetics wife. Finally with his mission ofdestruction completed, the ghost of vengeance returned tohis lord of yoga and became absorbed into his third eye.Now all existence seemed full of loneliness and sorrow for

the once great ascetic. Every place he wandered, he washaunted by the lovely face of his departed wife. There wasno peace of mind for the divine ascetic. He tried to losehimself in meditation, but instead only tears of lonelinessran down his eyes. His love for his wife remained althoughthe ages slowly passed on. The divine ascetics onlymeditation was a hope beyond hope to be again reunited withhis departed wife. Then a new age arose. In this cosmiccycle divine love would triumph over death and materialism.The goddess reentered this world by being born on the sameicy high Himalayan Mountain that Siva was meditating on.Siva suddenly felt loves warm embrace expanding in hisheart. The great yogi opened his eyes and saw Parvati

worshipping her husband.OM TAT SAT

SWAMIJIS MESSAGE Aum. My best wishes for publishing this book. The author Jay

Mazo came to my Bangalore Ashram in 1970 and was initiatedinto meditation. After following my instructions he isrevealing through this book his experiences received inmeditation to the world. Those who read this book shouldalso learn meditation and then spread the practice among the

people. By doing this they will attain peace of mind. Thisis my advice.

With Blessings, SivaBalaYogi, Bangalore, India 1973

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