Narayana's Experience with the mahamantra

Dear Friends,
Today we received a letter from Narayana (Xavier Vidal Bueno), a devotee of Bhagavan from Spain. In 2007 he stayed here at Varanasi for some months. Though a naughty and fun loving boy, he has seriously dedicated himself for strict spiritual practice. After reading his letter its real joy to know that the spiritual flower in him is blossoming well. Please read on.....

Hello everybody,

I would like to share the experience I had last night, it was wonderful for me.
Some days ago I decided to do japa (chanting sacred mantra in the mind) at night before going to bed, and last night I was doing so. Normally I enter into a state of half sleep when I am about to finish and then I wake up again and finish the japa; this is because after work I'm very tired and I do the japa liyng on the bed. But yesterday was different, In some point of the japa ( wich I was doing with the full mahamantra ) I started to feel great pleasure and my energy increasing and some parts of my body moving like when you are nervous and tremble. As I felt that I wasn't tired and my concentration was increasing. I decided to folow with the japa for longer than normally; pleasure was increasing as it seemed that I was sinking deeper and deeper in the mahamantra as well as energy and prayers to God would come to my mind every time realizing the Truth of his presence. I could feel the flowing of energy through my limbs and my mind getting clearer as I got deeper and deeper concentration. I started the Japa at 11:30 pm and I finished at last at 3:00 am without any interrumption. This is the first time that I can do such a long japa and when I finished I felt everything was alive.

Thanks God!

Jai Bhagavan!

Hare Krishna!

Narayana

Friday 13th June 2008
Barcelona,Spain

Divine Consciousness

Marie Saide's Notes,Syria.

To begin with, you must know who you really are. Are you the body? If you are the body then why do you say, "This is my body"? Since you call it, "my body", you must be something different from the body.
When you say, "my heart", then that means that you are something different from your heart. Your heart is an object possessed by you, its owner. You declare, "This is my brother, this is my sister, this is my mind, my body, my intellect". The unchanging element in all of these declarations is my. There is a true I, which stands behind this little my and gives rise to it.


It is really the deepest consciousness in everyone and in everything. It is the universal I, the divine consciousness. This divine consciousness is all-pervading. It is within you, around you, below you, above you, and beside you. Truly, it is you.

This divine consciousness can be found everywhere, in everything in the world. But to realize it, the mind must be turned inwards. You must become inner-directed and search out your own truth. You must realize that you are not this, you are not that... you are not the mind, you are not the body, you are not the intellect. Then who are you? The answer comes, "I am I". This is the right path to follow for self-realization. This can only develop when you follow the path of love, the path of devotion. To search for God there is no other way.


Everywhere you look, the formless has taken on forms. God is present everywhere. But in order that you may comprehend him, he has taken on a particular name and form. He is everywhere as the formless divinity, but before you can get that realization, you have to develop your love and devotion for the Lord with form.



Therefore, in the beginning, you enter the devotional path at the lowest rung, and worship the Lord with a name and form. Then steadily, inch by inch, you rise to a higher state. You withdraw your mind from the external world and worship the formless, until finally you realize your own reality as the formless divine principle. That is self-realization.

~ Sai Gita

Bhagavan's words- Bappadittya Saha,

Dear Everybody,
Bappadittya, a known face in the circle of IVS in Kolkata. An Engineer of a German based company by profession, needs always extensive traveling worldwide but it doesn't distract Him from the devotion and dedication towards Bhagavan. He and His family are always pleased to serve Bhagavan and the devotees of Kolkata. He shared some golden words spoken by Bhagavan with all of us. I hope these words of Bhagavan will provide us deeper insight in the world of spirituality. Love to you all, Swamiji.
Dear Swamiji,
Me and my wife together got 'diksha' (initiation)from Bhagawan on 26th August,2006 at around 9 am. Bhagawan said Diksha means looking inside. All throughout we had been looking outside, he said. From now on you will identify, understand and realize your origin, your source.

Bhagawan said :
Whatever you do, do it best. Atleast try to give your best. Give your 100%. Try to do it the most beautiful way. When you eat, eat nicely. When you go to sleep, try to do it nicely. When you talk , talk nicely....

Belief is the real thing, the most important....

Hatred or absence of love is the greatest threat, the greatest enemy of mankind.....

Good and honest thoughts will protect us....

Whatever you do, do with love


You have done a lot with your wisdom. What did you get ? What happened ? Now try to practice Vedanta. You will see that HE is showing the way. You need not do anything. Everything will happen by itself.

Be simple but don't be a fool.

Whatever you are , its you who's responsible. You cannot escape the fruits or eventuality of your actions.

IVS teaches acceptance, not tolerance.

Be in discipline. Don't waste time. Respect the value of time. Be in a system.

When you are watering a plant , feel for the plant, love the plant, feel as if the plant was feeling ... 'yes, I needed water..'

By nature the Guru(Master) is quiet, calm, and at peace with himself, however it is for the disciple that he talks, he has to talk. Hot oil is calm but when a luchi (paste of flour) is released in the hot oil, the oil makes frying sounds. As soon as the luchi gets completely fried and gets a spherical shape, the hot oil becomes quiet.


Shall send more shortly.
Regards,
Bappaditya

Jennifer Helminsky, New jersey, USA.

We must not seek union with the Divine for reasons of the self, but in the service of mankind. There is nothing to be gained from merging with the Supreme Reality if it does not lead others to the same end. We are here to open the way for others. We clear the way, we make ready the path, and we mark the trail. We must be the presence of God for all to see, so that they too may find the face of the Beloved within.

Those who have gone before us - Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Jesus, Buddha, all saints and lovers of God - are remembered and revered the world over. Their message and their example do not fade with the passing of time. They live forever, and they continue to serve mankind, lifting them up from ignorance and suffering, even so long after their passing. This is what we must strive to attain. We must seek to realize the Ultimate Truth not for ourselves, but for all of humanity now and yet to come. God is mankind. We are God. We must empty ourselves and be purified so that we may be filled with the fire of His Love. We must pour out the Divine nectar over the Earth. Let no soul go untouched.

Self-Realization-An ultimate bliss

Make your soul lovely and beautiful,
Let it be master and your body dutiful,
External beauty is not ever-lasting,
The lust for worldly pleasures is never exhausting.

Why there is no time to stand and stare?
Why do we want to become millionaire?
Why do not we introspect our Inner-self?
Why don't we realize the importance of ourselves?

All the bliss and divinity reside inside,
Following Worldly distractions is like committing suicide,
All human beings are creation of Almighty,
The principle of oneself would strengthen our society.

Every soul is omniscient & omnipresent,
Self-Realization is the spiritual trend,
Loving our souls is loving the God,
An ocean of bliss becoming our abode.

SureshSharma
Copyright ©2008 Suresh Chander Sharma

march on....the light is just next step.

To everybody,
One thing, before doing something, you should know what you have to do. You have to realize God. God can be realized and its very true. You have to desire God to realize Him. Its only our desires that shapes our destiny. Theres nothing called destiny or luck, its the urge to get manifested in the way it does. Everything is in your hands and within your reach, so walk firm in the path of Self. Its not the ego, the Self is beyond Ego. Forget the past, start from now.Theres nothing called darkness, theres nothing called despair, theres nothing called ignorance as well, theres only truth, divinity and bliss. Oneday you will find the world in your feet, the people you long in your feet, but that day, you will see how superficial and cheap this worldly love is.Its only a lust decorated in a beautiful casket of words and emotions. After a time, the beauty of the casket shades bringing end to this love. See the love within you, feel it, realize that, its universal , beyond time, space and casualty. Its impersonal.The day you stop seeking the pleasures of this world, the world comes with all its pleasures in your feet. So, dare not, fear not, just march on. The Lord is always with you. With a lot of love, Swami Probuddhananda

Enlightenment.

Jennifer Helminski,Central Jersey,

NJ, America.

I once was lost
Stumbling along
and falling, weary,
I could not find my way.
Like a single star
in a black sky,
you shined your light
on me from a place
beyond the endless dark.
You reached out to me
from heaven
and I took your hand.
I was weak
and broken
but you gathered me up
and held me,
whispering softly in my ear,
soothing my aching heart,
healing my wounds.
My wings were broken,
so you gave me
one of your own
and taught me to fly
by holding me.
Now I can't get enough
of heaven.
We walk together
in the sunlight
and hold each other
in the night.
When you reach out to me
from the dark now,
it is only between dreams.
Our eyes say,
"You are forever safe here."
Our love says,
"I will fly with you always."

Bhagavan's letter.

Dear,
I received your letter dated 01-02-1990. Today is Shivaratri. It will be celebrated in M's house.
I am watching your development closely.
Does there exist any time when I do not realize myself? But the irony is, I always think of realizing others. This is the illusion or ignorance. Therefore the day you realize that without you nobody ever existed anywhere, that is the day when all your madness or illusion will vanish forever.
Every moment man has a fear- what will happen to me?
Watching others does he develop this fear – so the solution is to teach him to see himself .Watch yourself. Who you are? Search, while searching through your thoughts you will be able to discover this. And you have discover your Self because this is the only truth. It is a great pleasure to see the magic of a magician- but magician is truer than the magic. All the magic is within the magician-and that I’m that magician, if you know this then all your problems are finished, because you don’t have to struggle for getting the ticket standing in a queue. Then I can show magic whenever I want to. To become a magician, you have to develop relation with another magician. You have to love Him. Then only He will teach you all the secret s of magic. Anyway, let everything happen slowly.
My infinite love for you. Everybody is fine here.
Bhagavan
Guwahati,1992.