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DO NOT BLINDLY BELIEVE IN WHAT OTHERS SAY.

SEE FOR YOURSELF WHAT BRINGS

CONTENTMENT, CLARITY, HEALTH & PEACE.

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Ananda Ananda

What is Ananda?Ananda is BlissNithyananda is Eternal Bliss


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A ll Religions have worked on Ananda, leavingbehind diverse paths to attain harmony.

Years have given this theme various dimensions,

totally complicating its basic simplicity.

P aramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal has delvedinto the oceans of ancient sciences. Today this Living

Master is here to give to us these pearls of wisdomin an uncomplicated form.

H is boundless knowledge & vast experiences is ourlink to the past & his healing techniques are our key

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MIRACLES SHOULD NOT BE DONE,THEY HAVE TO HAPPEN.

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Intelligent men with knowledge of the Chakras have for

over the years exploited fellow beings for personal gain.

THERE IS ONLY ONE TIME WHEN IT

IS ESSENTIAL TO AWAKEN.

THAT TIME IS NOW.

Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal has filtered

the essence from, Buddhism, Sufism, Vaishnavism,

Vedanta, Tantra & Christianity. He has now a perfect

method to activate all the seven Chakras, bringing to us

the priceless gift of healing.Teaching us the techniques of

meditation to give us freedom from sickness, both emotional

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HIS VISIONTo heal

To educate people through meditation

To build a meditation center

HEALING YANTHRA


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Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal conducts a two-day

intensive spiritual course Ananda Spurana Program. He

travels far & wide to educate the mind & awaken the soul.

There will soon be a one-year course for graduates who wish

to study the Science of the Chakras.

A t the Chamundeshwari Studio on Millers Tank BundRoad is the Healing center. Swamiji, along with his trained

healers brings relief to ailing patients. A multi specialty

holistic healing hospital will soon be a reality at Bidadi.

O n April 14th 2001 Paramahamsa Sri NithyanandaSwamigal inaugurated DHYANAPEETAM a worldwide

movement for Meditation.

T he Ashram on the outskirts of Bangalore City will housea 21 foot Stone Linga. This meditation center can

accommodate 4000 people. This Linga will radiate healing

energy when meditated upon.

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A nanda S purana P rogram

Come with an open mind & returnrejuvenated enough to proclaim,

my cup runneth over.


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E M P T Y Y O U R C U P

A university professor went tovisit a famous Zen master.While the master quietlyserved tea, the professortalked about Zen. The masterpoured the visitors cup to thebrim, and then kept pouring.The professor watched theoverflowing cup until he couldno longer restrain himself.

Its overfull! No more will goin! the professor blurted.You are like this cup, themaster replied, How can I

show you Zen unless you firstempty your cup.

Peoples reactions to this story:You cannot learn anything if you already feel that you know.Preconceived ideas and prejudices always prevent us from seeing the truth.


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WH O S O E V E R K N O W E T H

T H E P O W E R O F T H E D A N C E ,

D W E L L E T H IN GO D,

CRIES T H E P ERSIAN DERVISH

P O E T RU M I IMPULSIVELY .

W H E N I D A N C E ,I C A N N O T J U D G E ,I C A N N O T H AT E ,I C A N N O T SEPARATE M Y S E L F F R O M LIFE .

The autointoxication ofrapturous movement

brings the devotees,for a while at least into thatself-forgetful unionwith the non-self,which the mystic ever seeks.


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D A N C E , IN ITS E S S E N C E , IS SIMPLY LIFE O N A H I G H E R L E V E L .


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MEDITATION WILL COMPLEMENT MEDICATION

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M E D I TAT I O N

V isualize the potential that lies within you. Thiswealth that lies in you is far superior to all the

treasures in the world. Concentrate on your breath;

it becomes steady & calm. You will enter a whole newworld, filled with health & happiness, which will

enrich & elevate the quality of your life.

M editation will give you mental clarity & it willlet your higher self emerge. It will teach you far more

than basic relaxation, opening a path to permanent

happiness.

Y our Spiritual Guide will show you the way toeternal bliss, steer you to the shores of safety & draw

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Ocean of Nectar,

Full of Grace,Engulfing the universe

In Thy Splendor!

O Arunachala,

The Supreme Itself!Be Thou the Sun

and open the lotus of my heartin Bliss.


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LIFE IN POETRYArunachala O Mount of light,Thou who draw all sages bright.Like a lotus for them to bloom,To drive away darkness & gloom.

Arunachala the ancient hill,Spirituality it doth instill.Thus a divine soul was born,A sparkling gem amongst the throng.

At the tender age of twelve,He was a seeker one could tell.Wandered through this holy land,Walked the miles on stone & sand.

Narmada she danced in spate,In a joyous frolicking ecstatic state.Across the valley two hundred feet,A honeycomb made the Vindhyas meet.

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The Almora hills where tigers roam,

Ramakrishna Mutt was then his home.Its heaven on earth he often tells,

Not far from where Shiva dwells.

Fear of a tiger drove his mate,

To lift a stone ten times his weight.

When morning came six could not shift,

What in panic one man did lift.

Wandering far on tired feet,He fell into a mindless sleep.

9 long months he lay that way,

Not knowing it was night or day.

One fine morn his eyes could see,

But his mind could only count till 3.

As he lay there in this plight,

His Manipura Chakra glowed with light.

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Ananda Ananda he heard it ring,Enlightenment these words did bring.Years of penance to reach this peak,Now this legacy from him we seek.

Soul & thought & life he heals,With his smile our heart he steals.Energizing one and all,Thats our Gurus clarion call.

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Trust & Faith The only way to solve

the problems & dissolve the disease.Par amahamsa S r i Ni t h yanan da Swamigal

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B E T H A N K F U L

For every day, be thankful, for its a new day, a new beginning.For when the sun kisses you awakeWhen you would rather be in bed

Give thanks that you are alive todayThere are many who have fled.

For when thoughts of things to be doneCome gushing in front of you

Give thanks that you have workThere are many with nothing to do.

For when the morning demands are much

With numerous needs to meetGive thanks that you have a familyThere are many lonely on the street.

For when the jobs demand too muchWith hardly time to rest

Give thanks that you can reach your goalThere are many not so blessed.

For when you lay your head to sleepToo spent even to turn off lights

Give thanks that you are calmThere are many with sleepless nights.

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H E A L I N G W I T H C H A K R A S

O ur Physical body is surrounded by an invisiblebio-energy field or aura. It has been proved that most

diseases can be detected in the energy body before

they become manifest in the physical body.

T he Chakras are high-energy centers in theenergy body. There are seven major Chakras, which

correspond to & energize the vital organs, endocrinesystem, glands & major body parts like the brain,

heart, stomach, spine, eyes etc. The malfunctioning

of the Chakra results in disease of its corresponding

body part or organ. By cleansing & reactivating the

relevant Chakra, we can stimulate the functioning of

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SAHASRARA CHAKRA

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The Seven Major Chakras

Sahasrara Chakra (Crown Chakra)Location: Top of the headColour: VioletGoals: Wisdom, knowledge, consciousnessExcessive Characteristics: Overly intellectual, spiritual addiction,confusion

Deficient Characteristics: Learning difficulties, spiritual skepticism,limited beliefs, materialism, apathyParts of the body: This Chakra is associated with the top of the head,the brain, and the entire nervous systemSense: Sense of empathy, unity, experiencing another persons experienceas if you were inside them, being them.Endocrine Gland: Pineal Gland

Ajna Chakra (Third Eye, Brow Chakra)Location: Center of the foreheadColour: Indigo, Midnight BlueGoals: Accurate interpretation, imagination, clear seeingExcessive Characteristics: Headaches, nightmares, hallucinations,

delusions, difficulty concentratingDeficient Characteristics: Poor memory, poor vision, denialParts of the body: This Chakra is associated with the forehead andtemples, with the carotid plexus.Sense: Sense of Perception of all inner senses.Endocrine Gland: Pituitary Gland

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Visshudha Chakra (Throat Chakra)Location: Base of the throatColour: Sky blue

Goals: Clear communication, creativity, resonanceExcessive Characteristics: Excessive talking, inability to listenDeficient Characteristics: Fear of speaking, poor rhythmParts of the body: The throat, neck, arms, hands and cervical plexus.Sense: Sense of HearingEndocrine Gland: Thyroid Gland

Anahata Chakra (Living Love Center, Heart Chakra)Location: Center of the chestColour: Emerald GreenGoals: Balance, compassion, self-acceptance, good relationshipsExcessive Characteristics: Codependency, possessive, jealousDeficient Characteristics: Shy, lonely, lack of empathy, bitter, criticalParts of the body: The heart, blood circulatory system, cardiac plexus, as well as the

lungs and the entire chest area.Sense: Sense of Touch

Endocrine Gland: Thymus Gland, controlling the immune system.

Manipura Chakra (Power Center, Solar Plexus Chakra)Location: Solar plexus

Colour: YellowGoals: Vitality, spontaneity, strength of will, purpose, self-esteemExcessive Characteristics: Dominating, aggressive, constantly activeDeficient Characteristics: Weak will, poor self esteem, sluggish, fearfulParts of the Body: The muscular & skin system, eyes & face, solar plexus, largeintestine, stomach, liver and the other organs & glands in the solar plexus.Sense: Sense of SightEndocrine Gland: The pancreas

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Svadhisthana Chakra (Sensation Center, Spleen Chakra)Location: The center of the abdomenColour: Orange

Goals: Pleasure, healthy sexuality, feelingExcessive Characteristics : Overly emotional, sex addiction, obsessive attachmentsDeficient Characteristics: Frigidity, impotence, emotional numbness,Parts of the body: Reproductive system, sexual organs & lumbar plexusSense: Sense of TasteEndocrine gland: Gonads

Muladhara Chakra (Root Chakra, Security Center)Location: The perineum, the point between the anus and the sex organsColour : RedGoals: Stability, grounding, physical health, prosperity trustExcessive Characteristics: Sluggish, obesity, hoarding, materialism, greedDeficient Characteristics: Fear, lack of discipline, restless, underweightParts of the body: Lymph system, skeleton system, the prostate gland in men, the

sacral plexus, the bladder and elimination system, nose & the lower limbs.Sense: Sense of SmellEndocrine gland: Adrenal glands

Meditation or Medication?

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The Strong calm person is always loved & revered. He is like a shadegiving tree in a thirsty land or a sheltering rock in the storm.

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ENERGY & US

How does our body pass or transfer energy?In our Physical body, under the skin lie 340,000 nadis or pathways ofvital energy, which could mean nerves, arteries, vessels all put together.Our inner Dense body has 74,000 nadis. The core has 14 main nadis &this network is connected to the Seven Chakras.

How should energy flow in the body?Energy should flow in Harmony. The frequency of the energy flowshould be constant. When the energy flow is harmonious the Auradevelops well & indirectly the Higher Self will develop.

What happens when the energy flow is low?When the energy flow is low, the Aura will also be low & negative energyin the form of bacteria will enter the body causing sickness & disease.

If the energy flow has an imbalance in the frequency, what is theconsequence?If energy flow has an imbalance in the frequency, then this type of energywill cause dysfunction of the body causing cancers & tumors.

What are the causes for imbalance in energy?Emotional & physical stress, unhealthy habits & unhealthy diet.

How are all sicknesses treated?The Chakras need to be energized & balanced.

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WHAT IS A MIRACLE ?

It was a damp & cloudy day when Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda

Swamigal decided that a trip to the Bidadi Ashram was a necessity. So

off we drove unaware of what sparred the trip & totally unprepared for

what we were about to witness.

As we got down and walked along, there was such a loud commotion,one could not ignore it. A cow while grazing had accidentally got trapped

in a slushy area, which once must have been a lakebed. The loose wet

soil was making matters worse for the cow & it was unable to move.

A crowd of no less than forty villagers had gathered around the cow.

They tied ropes around & tried in every possible manner to rescue this

pregnant cow. The cow was unable to lift her totally exhausted body

from the mud.

Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal stopped at a distance of twenty

feet from this scene. He instructed the people to stop the pushing &pulling. Just looked at the cow right into her eyes, clapped his hands &

then signaled her to come out. He called for two men to help the cow

as she tries to come out onto firm land. Having said this he simply turned

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stood rooted there unable to follow Swamiji, curious to see what would

happen.The cow got up & out of the slush with the help of those two men. Itwas really no struggle. She moved on to the bank with such ease. Bythis time Swamiji had walked a fair distance so we hurried to him withquestions pouring out of every pore. His unambiguous answer was Idid not perform any miracle, I just connected to the cows intelligencewhich had gone totally haywire by all these people who had brainwashedit into thinking that it would not be able to come out on its own. Themoment the cow realized her capacity to save herself, she came out ofthe slush purely by her own effort.

This is what Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal is here for, Toguide us out of troubled waters.

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There are only two waysto live your life. One isas though nothing is amiracle. The other is asthough everything is amiracle.

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Healing With Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal

Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal is not just a spiritual leader, he iscreating waves as a healer too. To heal is his mission in life. The ailmentsrange from regular tension headaches to more serious disorders. Galaxies ofpeople, of all ages, fromdifferent walks of life cometo him to be healed. Someof the common ailments

are arthritis, hypertension,migraine, osteoporosis,asthma, allergies, skindisorders, kidneymalfunctions, cardiacproblems, obesity etc.Besides these are those withanxiety, depression, mentaldisorders, stress & othermind related problems. Acouple of patients have beenhealed from a coma stagewhere the Medical

fraternity had given uphope. The results areintriguing. Healing is doneat the city center & underthe banyan tree at theAshram in Bidadi.


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From words into wordlessnessFrom time into timeless

From matter to energy.

This is to experience the divine.

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IN SEARCH OF LIGHT

Sacred Mother India has time & again given birth to many saints.Paramahamsa (a spiritual personality of the highest order who has attainedenlightenment) Sri Nithyananda Swamigal was born into an upper middleclass family in the holy town of Thiruvannamalai. The place where Lord Shivaonce appeared in Vishwarupa (cosmic form), to settle the dispute betweenLord Vishnu & Lord Brahma. Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal is a

distinguished living Spiritual Master of this century; a powerful voice forwomen in society who suffer untold miseries of suppression; an uncomplicatedmaster of modern meditation, passionate about his mission to heal. Heabsolutely believes that his image of perfect synchronization of our bodyorgans & our chakras is the only hope for man and that he is a channelthrough whom we will see change. The incidents mentioned here are notexactly in chronological order. Many births condense together making it too

complex to be precise. Often visions of the physical eyes & visualization ofthe inner eye reveal different stories.

Before & at the time when he entered into this body, he was conscious &completely aware of the events. Recounting this mystifying moment he says,The earth was swamped in darkness & silence impregnated the air. Ithappened so swiftly; I saw this blazing star, followed by an explosion of light,as I consciously entered this body & took birth. The very next scene thathe saw was the hill at Thiruvannamalai, maybe not through his physical eyesbut with the awareness that he has entered the body.

He does not pay much attention to his birth or age, as he often calls himselfan Ageless Spirit, The timeless in time. He took this birth a few minutes

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H e Heals

H e Heal EachH e Heals Each & EveryoneH e Heals Each & Everyone of PainH e Heals Each & Everyone of Pain Both Physical & Emotional

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past midnight on Ashtami the 1 st of January 1978 at Thiruvannamalai where

his family still live. He is the second of three sons to his father Arunachalam& mother Lokanayaki. They named him Rajasekaran.

On the tenth day after his birth, as per tradition an astrologer was summonedto cast his horoscope. After a conscientious evaluation of the stars alignment,(Kanya Rasi, Kanya Lagnam) he predicted that this child would one dayrenounce the world in search of enlightenment & become a Raja Sanyasi.

Rajasekarans parents & family were heartbroken at the thought of himleaving home & becoming a sanyasi (one who has renounced life or action).They begged the man for a solution. He said nothing could be done, butperhaps, if they did not show him the horoscope, his departure would bedelayed. The astrologer with a sense of total contentment for having had theprivilege to have caste this horoscope furthermore envisaged that he himself

would die in 21 days & that this would be the last horoscope he would cast.The man died as he had predicted.

His parents he says, in no way prevented him from going in search of hisquest, nor did they ever question his actions. Even when he came home longpast midnight, they never said a word in anger or frustration. Heacknowledges with deep gratitude their enduring tolerance and

understanding.

Dhanakoti Ammal, his grandmother, bought him his first idol at the marketoutside the temple gates. As a young boy he enjoyed making clay idols ofGods, visiting temples & decorating the Gods. Even when his grandmotheropened her jewel box he was attracted to only the rudraksha. Very unusualthat the other sparkling gems did not fascinate one so young.

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Rajasekaran went to a regular school at Thiruvannamalai & was a fairly

average student. One day he was late for school and stood outside hisclassroom waiting for permission to enter. His Math master Govindraj wasbent over the desk writing. Suddenly, as if struck by a vision, the master turnedtowards him & saluted him. After lessons he invited him to his house for ameal. It was not unusual, as it was a custom for people to invite to their homes& feed those who had taken the vow to go to Sabarimalai. As Rajasekaranentered the house, the master prostrated at his feet & hailed him his Guru.The master believed he saw Lord Iyyappa in him & decided he would foreverbe his shishya (disciple). From that day onwards he was lenient towardsRajasekaran, giving him attendance freely. This made it all the more easyfor the young man to go about in his search. In due course he did finish hisschooling scoring 75% without really attending classes.

He has marked memories of his maternal grandfather, taking him to theArunachaleshwar temple & narrating the stories of Kannapan, Markandeyan& Prahalad, depicted on pillars & paintings outside the shrine of the GoddessAbethakujambal at the Ashtalakshmi mandapam. Even at this tender age often, these stories had such an enormous impact on him. So much so that hewent home & wrote behind his school books his heartfelt desire. When willI become like Markandeyan? When will I become like Kannapan?

Rajasekaran was a strange child who enjoyed the company of sadhus. Herealized pretty early on that he shared something in common with them. Athome, if ever they missed rice, tamarind, chilly & salt they were certain itwas stolen for these sadhus. He gave it to the sadhus, cooked with them &ate with them. Often missing for days as he roamed the place in theircompany.


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At home he spent time in the backyard in his tent. Unmindful of time heperformed pujas (worship) for his Gods. Ringing the bell, burning camphor

& insisting all at home attend these rituals. Every one at home was toleranttowards him.

Between the age of ten & sixteen was the age of boundless energy &stubbornness; the age when, walking around on wooden slippers fascinatedhim & probably disturbed all else at home. The childhood years spent withinthe joint family had their fair share of war & peace. His fiery temper often

had him flinging objects at his cousins. A scar on his eyebrow is a reminderof one such battle. He explains these childish bouts of anger in his own words.Paramahamsa is nothing but a Baalan (young boy), a Pisasu (demon spirit)& a Paithiyam (mad being) all combined together. All three cannot bepredicted & these three negatives congregate to form a positive.

Annamalai Swamigal, a disciple of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa happened

to be preaching to some foreigners, in the vicinity. Attracted to sages,Rajasekaran rushed to hear him speak. He said, he had no body; he was onlyan Atman (Spirit). Rajasekaran reflected on this trying to find a reason ifthis is true & if I cut myself, it should not hurt. To satiate his curiosity herushed home & with a blade slit his right thigh. All he felt was pain & all hesaw was blood gushing out. Not only had he to put up with the pain, he hadalso to put up with reprimanding from his mother. Totally disheartened &fuming he went right back to the Yogi. He revealed to him the wound &told him there was no truth in what he spoke. At that stage the yogisexplanation was not adequate, but he understood that there was more to thismatter than he had the power to understand; he had to look deeper & explorethe subject. This may have been his first glimpse into the world of spiritualism,which soon turned into a life-consuming obsession.

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Spending a major part of his time in & around the temple premises, he becameacquainted with a sadhu from Burma, Ragupathi Yogi. A sage with immense

dexterity in the field of yoga. This yogi asked Rajasekaran to come daily tothe temple & willingly imparted to him the nuances of yoga (acquiringknowledge of ultimate reality). He predicted that Rajasekaran would one daybecome a great sanyasi. This at first frightened the young boy. When he askedfor proof of the power of prediction, the yogi clapped his hand & out ofnowhere created a shell & gifted it to the young boy saying see I created it

for you. Immediately Rajasekaran noticed the date carved on the shell &frankly told the Yogi that it was not created now as it had a previous date onit. He accepted the boys findings & said he had only transferred it from hishome. This was perhaps Rajasekarans first inspiration. He made Rajasekaranunderstand that there was something beyond the five elements. RagupathiYogi once had a photographer come & capture on print the young boy sittingon a deerskin like a yogi. During one of the yoga lessons, Rajasekaran asked

him what the use of all this was. The yogi answered that they could fly. Theyoung boy was shocked & to make him believe it, the yogi actually took offa clear six inches from the ground. The yogi was a sturdy man strong enoughto stretch & snap an iron wire tied around his chest. He would push a tube& occasionally a green snake into his nose & pull it out through his mouth.It was simple & straightforward, not a scrap of magic. All these acts did make

him appear like a mad man to those around. The young boy had hisfundamental tutoring under him.

At the age of 10 during the exams, most school children visited the temple.During these years Bhagwan Sri Yogi Ramsuratkumar could be seen, sittingon the temple steps opposite the Chinna Nandhi (small stone bull) at the

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Arunachaleshwar Temple. Almost like a ritual the boys would go straight tohim, lay their exam boards at his feet, prostrate before him & ask, Will I

do well in my exams? Not really looking for an answer they would pick upthe boards & run away. The yogi would sometimes mutter a few inaudiblewords, sometimes Ram Ram, often you will pass or even go. ToRajasekaran on one such day he said, You will pass the test of life. Unableto understand the real meaning at that time, he asked for an explanation.The familiar reply was Go, for you will not understand this today, but makesure you always remember these words. At this very moment he vividlyremembers taking his blessing.

All through the summer holidays he spent his time in sadhana ( the practiceby which perfection (siddhi) is attained). There were times when he wouldmeditate at the cremation grounds. Many have come to his parents & reportedto them that they had seen Rajasekaran at the cremation ground, late into

the night. When he did return, his parents never demanded any in depthexplanations. A simple answer as I was there meditating would suffice.Never once did they raise the issue of why he was doing this or for what washe doing this. This was their uniqueness. Maybe in their heart they knew thatthey were merely his guardians, but thats just an assumption. Had theyprevented his search, thousands would be at loss today.

It was sometime in 1994, as he was bathing, Rajasekaran heard a knock onthe door. He heard the person say, Are you aware that today is your 16 th

birthday? He froze at first in realization that he had not fulfilled his dreamof becoming enlightened by the age of 16. Then behind closed doors a riverof tears ran in spate for more than two hours. Depression engulfed him &


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knowledge that what the rishis said was true, that their lives were not a wasteor a lie. That the backbone of India is Aanmeegam (spirituality) & all of

our blood flows towards that direction only.

During this time he often meditated on the hill. He evolved to be with nature,living with weather and seasons and wild animals and the rest. Sitting on arock here he had his first experience. As he was meditating on the questionof Who Am I? getting into an altered state of consciousness trying to lookinto this feeling, he felt this sudden explosion of light. He felt its immensity,this I. Like youre walking miles under the hot sun & you get a chance totake a dip in the lake. At first the coldness of the water takes your breathaway as youre not ready for that, and then, the scale of everything aroundyou, the silence, and the color of the water, the taste of it - it makes you feelas if you are floating on another planet. This was his first outer bodyexperience & it happened on Poornima (a full moon night), in the month of

Vaikasi, during the period of the star of Visakam. He says I could see myselfin everything around me, in the plants, on the rocks, on the earth, on theanimals & also on my whole body. There were images of me everywhere. Iwas able to see images behind me too, in fact all around, 360 above & below,left to right. At this point he realized he could go no deeper into this feelingof I, nor could he hold on to it for long, it began to dissolve. Once thisemotion vanished he sat motionless while a fever of happiness raged over himfor three days. Then, when this ecstasy also wore off, fear slowly set in, afear that he may have been possessed. He was really not prepared for thisexperience. He hurried down from the hill to tell Kuppama that he waspossessed for a while, and that they should never go back to that rock forthe spirit there may posses them again. She held his hands & soothed away

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his fears. Explained to him that he was not possessed by any spirit, but byGod himself. Empathetic & over protective towards him she feared that his

equilibrium may be lost, so she cooked his meals & personally attended tohim for three days, till this experience settled down within him. No matterhow much she tried to convince him, he still remained terrified of that rock.She later took a photograph of him sitting on that rock, and then built anashram for him there. Both the picture & the Ashram she gave to him tellinghim he would one day understand & realize the value of why she had donethis. Today this Ashram, serves as a branch of Dhyanapeetam.

So crystal clear is his memory of this exhilarating incident. On one of hisusual wandering expeditions, Rajasekaran sat perched upon a rock. It mayhave been one rock many million years ago, but it had a kind of a split rightthrough with a gap in between, a comfortable place to rest. He sat thereswinging his legs, enjoying the beauty of nature & taking in breaths of fresh

air. The light was low & far away in the horizon, he spotted an old manwalking towards him. What was this man doing all alone? He thought tohimself. When the man came within ten feet of the rock, he jumped downin front of the man. He wanted to ask him what he was doing here. As hisfeet touched the ground & he regained his balance, he lifted his eyes. Lo &behold! What he saw took the air out of his lungs, sweat bathed his body. Itwas not an old man; it was a bear on two feet. He moved backwards, onestep & he was up against the cold hard rock. The bear came down on itsfours. Rajasekaran thought to himself, Thats it, Im about to become hismeal for the day. The bear looked him straight in the eye, turned left, andthen right, then chose to slowly walk away. Did the bear know this youngman was here on a mission or was he just not hungry?

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Habitually he walked around the sacred hill at Thiruvannamalai. On oneparticular evening, engrossed in some verses from a book, he walked on.

Instinct declared that something was amiss. He stopped in his tracks & slowlylifted his eyes to see what it was. There were a pack of five hyenas aroundhim, devouring with their eyes the now motionless shell-shocked prey. Hyenasin packs were dreaded killers, leaving no chance for survival. He was mute& frozen. If he did choose to cry for help the chances of being heard wereremote. Unable to think, he stood as if rooted firmly into the soil. From deepwithin him the word Arunachala, rose strong & clear. Out of nowhere heheard a loud voice. Turning in that direction he saw an old man rushingtowards him club in hand, scaring away the hyenas. The hyenas vanished fromthe scene. Was this another instance to show that there was more in store forthis young man?

Rajasekaran often headed to the hill to meditate, to be surrounded by silence

and nature and sky, and to be able to travel without physically moving. Hekept on at this for several days but he saw no path to enlightenment. In angerhe decided to do a more severe form of tapas (penance), with Agni (fire) onfive sides. He placed on his head a pot of fire & sat surrounded by a circle offire. He had some boys help him do this, by keeping the fire going fromsunrise to sunset. When asked was it necessary to go this far? He says theheat from live fire was very intense, but the burning desire to attainenlightenment was much more. This time he realized the power to controlhis mind as he was getting to be more spiritually aware. He was able toimagine his body as a sword. It was a technique to reach a higher self. Hecould now cut his vision. He says, Drishti (direct vision of the Truth) is mySrsti. (Creation.) Whatever is my Srsti, is my dream. Dream becomes my

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reality. The gap between Iccha (wish) & Kriya (every practice which helps thegaining of higher knowledge) gets cut.

At Gudiyatham, in the state of Tamil Nadu, Rajasekaran completed hisPolytechnic course with a distinction. Life in the hostel was different for him.He never could relate to other fellow students, & certainly their wavelengthsdiffered. He may have even seemed anti-social. Spending hours in meditationoften attracted teasing remarks. The boys riddled him with questions. Oncea fellow student teased, Why can you not come out with us? What do you

gain from all this meditation? In anger he replied, Something will comeout of all this. One day you are going to stand in line to seek my blessings.At this point Rajasekaran had no idea who he was to become, it was only aretort in anger. Well these words did turn out to be true. A couple of monthsback this very boy (name: Ditto) now a young man, did come & receiveSwamijis blessings.

At the age of seventeen when he made this enormous decision to leave home& go out into the world, his mother wept inconsolably. His parents griefnever resulted in refusal. According to the rules of the Ramakrishna Mutt atChennai, both parent & child had to give in writing, that this boy would nomore go back home, & that he had renounced all ties with the family. Hestudied the scriptures here at this Mutt. So interested was he in the subject,that he once read 600 pages in 10 hours nonstop. Within 3 days on theoccasion of Sri Ramakrishnas birthday celebrations, Swami witnessed themanifestation Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa & Sharadha Devi togetherplacing their hands over his head, blessing him.

He remembers never adhering to the rules of the mutt. The free spirit in himwas already spreading its wings. To be in the company of enlightened beings

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was worth any punishment. On hearing that Thich Nhat Hanh, an enlightenedBuddhist monk a practitioner of Zen Buddhism, was in the vicinity, he slipped

out to see him. This monk was a guest at the Theosophical Society campusat Adyar in Chennai. When Swamiji fell at his feet to take his blessings, themonk rose from his seat, lifted Swamiji & embraced him. He then invitedhim to sit along with the other monks. They were seated according to theiryears as a monk at the monastery. He asked Swamiji how long he had beena monk & seated him in accordance with the order.

Besides Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Rajasekaran had strong magnetismtowards the teachings of saints like Swami Vivekananda & Sri RamanaMaharshi.

He has traveled the length & breadth of India, covering a distance of nearly30,000 kilometers of which 2000 kilometers was covered on foot. FromGangotri (The place where Lord Shiva received Ganga in his locks) toRameshwaram (the auspicious meeting point of the Bay of Bengal, the IndianOcean and the Arabian Sea) he has visited numerous places. Those strong inhis memory are Gaumukh (The Cows mouth the source of river Ganga),Tapovan (a peaceful place known for its hot springs which are believed to possessmiraculous healing powers),Yamunotri (3293 meters above sea level, the sacredsource of the river Yamuna), Manasarovar (Hindus believe that Goddess

Parvati has taken the form of the Manasarovar Lake and that deliverance isassured for people taking a bath here, a place to see before you die, Its breathtaking Swami says), Badrinath (Known as Tapobhoomi land of meditationand penance), Kedarnath (Very close to the Indo-Chinese border, couched inthe scenic locales of the Garhwal Himalayas , here the idol of Lord Shiva is inthe form of a pyramidal lingam), Benaras (Benaras or Varanasi is sandwiched

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between the rivers Varuna and Ashi as they join the Ganges, Varanasi takesits name from its location. It is the cosmic center of the Universe. Mark Twain

once wrote, Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older even thanlegend and looks twice as old as all of them put together), Puri (The abode ofLord Jagannath), Allahabad (at the confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna, andthe mythical Saraswati River, the point of their mingling known as Sangam),Hardwar (where the mighty Ganga comes down to the plains of India from theHimalayas) & Almora in Uttaranchal (here is a cave where SwamiVivekananda meditated)

Shiva had manifested himself before Swamiji in Kedarnath. On his journeyfrom Tapovan he decided to take a ride in the Army truck. The truck hadno cushioned seats, only wooden planks to sit on. One sudden jerk caused afracture to Swamijis backbone. The doctor at the camp insisted he be putin a plaster cast. Refusing treatment, Swamiji placed his palm on the area

closest to the fracture, healed himself & walked back. At the RamakrishnaMutt Hospital in Hardwar, he decided to see a doctor, who insisted he takean x-ray. The doctor was obviously surprised to see the results.

The Ramakrishna Mutt in Almora was home for a while to Swamiji. Therooms of the inmates were spaced out. One late evening as they sat outsidestudying, they heard a fellow student shouting out a warning. A tiger was on

the prowl; so they rushed into their respective rooms & bolted the doors. Itwas nothing unusual; tigers were known to roam freely in this part of theland. Not a soul dared to come out till dawn arrived. When morning came,one of the inmates was missing. Unnerved & terrified at the thought of whatcould have happened they rushed to his room. The door was locked. Onknocking they were relieved to know he was very much alive, just unable to

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come out. Apparently his door had no bolt & in that state of panic he hadlifted a large object & placed it against the door to hold it in place. Now he

was powerless to move the same object out of the way. Six of the others gotin through the window & were astonished to see the object; it was a solidgrinding stone. It took the efforts of all six collectively to shift, what thisone man had lifted in the state of panic. Swamiji uses this as an example toexplain that we are capable of much more than we think.

North Indian Railways charged nothing to transport Sadhus. They could boardat any station & disembark anyplace without being asked to show the ticket.Swamiji would get on to any train anywhere, look out the window & getoff wherever his heart told him to. Then he would walk in any direction thathe chose to. When he grew tired he would walk to the closest station & geton to any train. It never mattered to him to ask what was its destination, ashe would once again get off wherever the birds beckoned him. On one of

these directionless journeys he came to the banks of the River Narmada. Heclings to the memory of the Narmada as she danced in a frolicking state.Further on in the valley of the Vindhya Range, he saw somethingunimaginable. At a visible height, a honeycomb stretched from one mountainto another, a distance of almost 200 feet, forming a sort of bridge like link.The honeycomb belonged to a swarm of huge bees, the size of a mans palm.

The experience at the Kasi cremation ground was poles apart from any otherthat he had. As he stood watching the bodies burning, he thought to himselfwhat is it like to die? He got on to watchtower on the right & decided thathe would get up from his meditation only after experiencing death. He satin Padmasana for two & a half days, oblivious to his surroundings, withoutsleep or food. He sat meditating on death. After two & a half days he felt


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at Bidadi (on the outskirts of Bangalore, 27km from the city) & the CityHealing Center. There is a constant line of people entering everyday to be

healed. His concentration is now focused totally towards the meditationprograms & to the healing work at both places. Everyday he strives to showus the path to spirituality & to teach us how meditation can transform ourlives; how to be able to heal ourselves both mentally & physically. He hassomething extraordinary in his ordinariness.

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BELIEVE IN YOUR HEART THAT

Believe in your heart thatSomething wonderful is about to happen.Love your life.Believe in your own power,and in your own potential,and your own innate goodness.

Wake every morning with the awe of just being alive.Discover each day the magnificent, awesome beauty in the world.Explore and embrace life in yourself and in everyone you see each day.Reach within to find your own specialness.Amaze yourself and rouse those around youto the potential of each new day.

Dont be afraid to admit youre less than perfect;this is the essence of our humanity.Let those who love you help you.Trust enough to be able to take.Look with hope to the horizon of today for today is all we truly have.Live this day well. Let a little sun out as well as in.Create your own rainbows.Be open to all your possibilities,all possibilities and miracles.Always believe in miracles.


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You can transcend all negativity when you realize that the onlypower it has over you is your belief in it. As you experience this truthabout yourself you are set free.

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The Miracle is not to fly in air,Or walk on the water,

But to walk on the earth.

yet to be discovered

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