Need For Spirituality
Saints' Blessings
to the Sanatan
Clarification of Doubts
Food for Thought
Messages to Seekers
Practical Guidance
Spiritual Practice for Awakening Spiritual Emotion
Children's Corner
Religious Festivals
Spiritual Practice for Destroying
Ego
Spiritual Experiences
Experiment of the
Subtle Dimension
Memorable Quotes
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| Messages to Seekers |
For the week ending July 10, 2004 |
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Do not chant* in events like satsangs,
guidance satsangs, meetings, etc. |
| Some seekers focus
on chanting using a rosary (mala)
or even try to meditate during satsangs, guidance and meetings. An average
seeker is not capable of focusing on several things at once; he can have
his attention on only one thing at a time. Hence, if one focuses on chanting
during satsangs, guidance or meetings, it is not possible for him to pay
attention to the topics there in. As a result, the amount of mistakes in
satseva increases. Therefore, seekers should pay attention to the discussed
matter and try to understand it properly. |
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According to the times, pronounce ‘Shri’ as ‘Sri’ |
| While chanting, if there is
a ‘Shri’ in the name of a deity, pronounce it as ‘Sri’. ‘Shri’ is
a Sanskrit word and if it is pronounced scientifically, its full energy
comes alive in a proper manner.
Given this, one may ask why we should pronounce
Shri as Sri. The reason is as follows: it is essential to do anything
according to the times. It is beneficial to pronounce ‘Shri’ during
times of peace and prosperity. However, presently times are difficult
and full of conflicts and hostilities, it is sort of an emergency situation.
There is an alarming increase in the distressing
energies and the number of evildoers who are a threat to us. Pronouncing ‘Sri’ provides
immense strength and power to fight against such bad people and energies.
Seekers may first pronounce ‘Shri’ repeatedly
ten times and then ‘Sri’ ten times. Surely, they, too, will
perceive the increased energy while chanting ‘Sri’, than ‘Shri’. |
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The importance of saying prayers |
Prayer |
The
benefit obtained (%) |
1. Doing prayer
as told by someone |
5 |
2. Getting reminded
to pray through external media |
10 |
3. Feeling like
praying on one's own |
40 |
4. Prayers happening
automatically |
70 |
5. Unexpressed
prayer |
100 |
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- Ms. Aparna Gude, Subtle Department |
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| On April 15, 2004, after I
prayed to H. H. Baba, He told me, “One should pay attention to what
one prays. The Law of Karma applies to prayers so if one prays incorrectly,
then one has to endure its outcome; as the Lord’s energy is used
for an incorrect purpose.” |
- Ms. Aparna Gude, Subtle Department |
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Writing and forwarding Spiritual
experiences is
akin to expressing gratitude towards the Guru |
| Seekers get various kinds of
spiritual experiences (anubhutis)
as an acknowledgement of their efforts to pursue spiritual practice. Distressing
energies are also continuously trying their best to bring about obstacles
in spiritual practice.
A seeker gets both these experiences in his journey of Spirituality.
Gurupurnima is
the day of expression of one’s gratitude towards the Guru and also
a divine opportunity to maximize upon the benefits of one’s spiritual
practice. Since the Guru
principle is 1,000 times more active on Gurupurnima, the benefit of
satseva and sacrifice done during this period is a thousand-fold. If one
attempts to achieve something, one is bound to encounter obstacles and
difficulties. However, to overcome the obstacles and march ahead on the
chosen path is itself one’s spiritual practice. It is therefore
necessary that one does not allow satseva to
suffer. One has to get the Spiritual experience that the Guru is always
behind us to give us strength in this battle.
Writing and forwarding one’s spiritual
experiences and troubles is akin to expressing gratitude towards the Guru.
The spiritual experiences we get in our satseva, in addition to our vigorous
efforts to overcome distress, can be a source of inspiration for other
seekers in their spiritual practice. In a way, by sharing spiritual experiences,
one is doing collective (samashti) satseva. |
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Points to be noted while forwarding
seekers’ spiritual experiences or troubles |
| The date and time must be written
at the beginning of spiritual experiences, as follows:
a. Mention of Date:
Wrong: Date 27/7/2003; Correct:
27.7.2003
b. Mention of time:
Wrong: At 8.30 on 27.7.2003; Correct:
At 8.30 a.m. on 27.7.2004
c. At the end of the spiritual experience, the full name of the concerned
seekers, along with proper prefix such as Mr., Mrs., Miss, etc., should
be written. Mention of center and district should also be made.
Wrong: Poonam Jadhav, Chinchvad.
Correct: Miss Poonam Jadhav, Chinchvad, Dist. Pune.
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Avoid speaking to Deities through subtle medium |
| The mantriks (practitioners
of mantra) from the sixth
and seventh levels of Hell are inflicting distress on seekers. They give
seekers ‘visions’ by taking illusory forms. Of late, the mantriks
have started taking the form of deities and are trying to strike up a conversation
with seekers. Seekers are likely to think these illusory forms of mantriks
are the true forms of deities and are therefore deceived easily. Taking
full advantage of the situation, the mantriks are trying to cast a spell
of black energy on seekers to cause distress. The illusory mantriks are
also deceiving seekers by creating good vibrations. Seekers are therefore
advised to focus vigorously on their chanting and satseva and thus increase
spiritual practice. They should not get entangled in such spiritual experiences. |
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| While in exile in the forest, Goddess
Sita said to Lord Rama, “You carry the bow and arrow constantly
with You. Will it not develop the attitude of a thoughtless killer in
You?” Lord Rama replied, “If I do not do it, then my kshatravrutti
(fighting spirit) will be destroyed.” |
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Give importance to following guidance,
rather than questioning who gave it |
| According to the time, from
June 10, 2004 guidance has been given to chant the Name of Lord
Krishna instead of Sri
Durgadevi's Name. Many seekers inquired whether Sri Durgadevi had advised
the change of the chant. His Holiness (H.H.) Dr. Jayant Athavale, according
to the need of the hour and due to the increase in the distress caused
by the distressing energies, has in fact advised this change. Ever since
the trouble of distressing energies has begun, H.H. Dr. Athavale has been
advising chants from time to time. H. H. Dr. Athavale had also advised
the collective chanting of Lord Ganesh and Lord Krishna. |
Send only certain types of spiritual
experiences |
| Seekers in charge should send
spiritual experiences of seekers only after proper selection. Spiritual
experiences of various types have been published and studied so far. Therefore,
avoid sending similar types of experiences. For example, experiences like
perceiving yellow light emanating from God, feeling peaceful, perceiving
subtle fragrance, etc., should be avoided. Instead, if one experiences
something special during chanting, then those should be sent to the Sanatan
organization’s Dainik Office in India. |
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If one’s worldly obstacles
increase after doing spiritual practice, then realize that these obstacles
are due to a spiritual problem, and continue spiritual practice, since
it is the only solution |
| One of the active seekers in
a district stopped doing satseva for three months. On contacting him, he
said, “ When I start chanting my legs start aching, so I stopped
chanting. After commencing satseva, many worldly obstacles arose which
reduced after stopping the satseva. Hence, I have not done the seven-deity
experiment for chanting and have stopped doing any satseva. I also cannot
perceive the chant I have to do after doing the experiment.”
If after starting to chant, the obstacles increase
and if they reduce when chanting is stopped, one should assume it is a
spiritual problem.
It is expected that seekers take appropriate
steps, depending on the severity of their distress. Seekers should increase
their prayers, chanting, satseva and try to overcome the obstacles. Stopping
spiritual practice because of obstacles is akin to refusing surgery due
to fear of it.
Those seekers who experience marked increase in their
obstacles by doing prayers and chanting, and cannot obtain any chant after
doing the experiment, should chant the Name of their Family deity and
of Lord Datta to increase their spiritual practice. |
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Do not ignore children if distressing
energies are creating
obstacles through them, instead take spiritual measures! |
| Currently, distressing energies
are creating obstacles through little children. For example, little children
not letting their parents do spiritual practice, creating obstacles in
the parents’ satseva, falling sick frequently, etc. If the children
are able to do the seven-deity experiment for the chant, then they should
do it. Otherwise, parents should chant for their children. If the trouble
through children is mild or medium, then six to nine rounds (malas) of
the Name of the Family deity and of Lord Datta should be done. If the trouble
is severe, six rounds of Lord Krishna’s Name, that is, ‘Om
namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya’, should be done. |
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If one is not currently doing any spiritual practice,
one can begin with the simple, but powerful spiritual practice of chanting
or constantly remembering God's Name according to one's religion.
- Seekers in the initial stages of spiritual practice (less than one
year) can repeat The Name of the Lord as per their religion (refer to
Issue 3 Clarification
of Doubts section for details).
- Those seekers who have been doing regular spiritual practice for
over a year or so can determine the appropriate chant for them from the
experiment given in Issue 124,
Message to Seekers section.
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