Guest guest Posted December 17, 2006 Report Share Posted December 17, 2006 'Folks'....... Dharma (righteousness) in its fullest degree will lead to our becoming our own Guru. Being dharmic is not just about ourselves following the Ten Commandments. It goes much beyond that. It even includes upholding Dharma, no matter what the personal cost might be... like Arjuna had to do. He had to stand up against his own family, when they were not upholding the Dharma. This kind of Dharma does not come through meagre human efforts. It can only come from connection to one's Spirit. The Spirit is the Dharma. If we follow the Spirit Within, we will be dharmic. The Spirit fulfills the Spirit of the Law, and not only the 'letter of the law'. And this is the Kind of Dharma we need today. The kind of Dharma we need today is to uphold the Spirit in all things, to shine the Light of our Spirit on all things, whatever we are connected to or involved in. When we are connected to Spirit (a.k.a. having our self-realisation), it is no point in having it, if we don't use it. It would be like having a toaster, which when you plug it in... it works. However, if you never use it to toast your bread, what is the point of having a toaster anyway? Similarly, what is the point of having your connection to your Spirit, if you do not use that connection to bring enLIGHTenment to others... to bring the Light of Truth to others. This Light of Truth that all Sahaja Yogis are to " now shine " is the Truth of the Last Judgment and Resurrection " that we are now living in. We have to tell it in our own words. Shri Mataji has shown us how to do it. Now, we have to do it ourselves. People have to know what is the hope of their salvation (self-realisation): But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (I Thessalonians 5:8) Therefore... once we have our connection, we have to use that connection to transform ourselves by " putting on the breastplate of faith and love " and by " putting on the hope of salvation/spiritual liberation " , through our helmet (the Area of Sahasrara, which is also the Kingdom of God within). So... if we do not use that connection given to us freely.... then we are poor stewards who are not taking any responsibility for that connection. That connection needs to be maintained and nourished, because unlike a mere mechanical device like a toaster, this connection is actually a " relationship " . The fantastic thing is, that once this connection is in working order, many illusions will also drop off as we see what is wrong with us in the Light of this connection. This connection is an " actual " connection. It is as real as if you plug a toaster into an outlet, and it will work. Your " Sure Sign " of this connection is that you will feel the Cool Breeze or Wind of the Holy Spirit that has arisen in you: Jesus answered: " Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water (physical birth) and the Spirit (spiritual birth)... he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' The Wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is Born of the Spirit. " (John 3: 3-8) You will also feel your hands speak to you in vibrations, and Shri Mataji has given us the key to decipher these. The Koran talks about " your hands will speak and testify against you " (vibratory awareness). It was prophesied that this vibrational awareness would come to human beings as a result of having their Second Birth/Kundalini Awakening/Resurrection. It is an initiation that can be passed on to others from those who already have this connection of " self-realisation " . Even children can have it. It is an actual initiation that can be passed on from Shri Mataji or a Sahaja Yogi to another person. Even through the internet, it can be passed on: http://adishakti.org/self-realization.htm So... it is the real and actual connection to your Spirit. It is called the Second Birth, and it is also called Salvation (Christianity) and Moksha (Hinduism). A very interesting fact that i discovered is that the " actual experience of self-realisation " turns our aura colour into the " white colour " that you see depicted on religious pictures of saints, indicating their " spiritual purity " : We Sahaja Yogis had a stall at the Gosford Mind/Body/Spirit Festival in New South Wales, Australia. That is on the Central Coast about an hour and a half's drive away from Sydney. We were giving people their self-realisation by raising their kundalinis: " a lighted candle can enlighten another candle " . There was also this Aura Photography Stall next door. So i had this idea to ask a few people who told us they had had their Aura Photographs taken... to see if we could get them to take it again... just to see if the color had changed. Three people i believe it was that did so, and in each case their Aura Photograph had turned " WHITE " ! We Sahaja Yogis were very happy to see such evidence. It confirmed the Scriptures... that when we are 'washed in the blood of the Lamb, that we will be given white robes': " Come now, and let us reason together " , says the Lord. Though your sins are 'as scarlet'... they shall be as 'white as snow'. Though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool " . (Isaiah 1:18) " Purify me with hyssop and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Thy presence and do not take Thy Holy Spirit from me. " (Psalm 51:7, 10-11) " And some eight days after these sayings, it came about that He (Jesus) took along Peter and John and James, and went up to the mountain to pray. And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming. " (Luke 9:28-29) " And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. And his appearance was like lightning, and his garment as white as snow. (Matthew 28:2-3) " He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels. " (Words of Jesus from Revelations 3:5) A Multitude from the Tribulation... " After these things I (John, the Revelator) looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, " Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. " And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, saying: " Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might, be to our God forever and ever, Amen. " And one of the elders answered, saying to me, " These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and from where have they come? " And I said to him, " My Lord, you know. " And he said to me, " These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb " . For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall spread His tabernacle over them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them to springs of the water of life; and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. " (Revelations 7:9-17) So....... when we have our " Self-Realisation " as given by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, whereby the kundalini energy flows through our psychosomatic system and wipes out our sins or karmas... similarly the blood flows in the physical body and cleanses our body of microbes and toxins: Functions of Blood... 3. Protection. The clotting mechanism protects against blood loss, and certain phagocytic white blood cells or specialised plasma proteins such as antibodies, interferon, and compliment protect against foreign microbes and toxins. (Chapter 19 The Cardiovascular System: The Blood - Principles of Anatomy and Physiology by Tortora-Grabowski, p.567) In the days of Christ on Earth, the rank and file or 'mass of the people' did not know about the subtler energy of Kundalini, but they would have understood about the power of the blood, without which people cannot live. If the blood stops circulating; they die. That would be why Christ used the symbolism of the blood to signify the kundalini energy. Therefore, it can be seen that on the physical (gross) level, the blood represents the power of the Kundalini Energy to save us from our karmas (sins). So... when we talk about having our " robes being washed in the blood of the Lamb " ... we are talking about having our psychosomatic systems cleared, cleansed, and revitalised by the kundalini energy, through the power of the 'Innocent Lamb' that is the " Christ Power " that " christens " us... thereby giving us our " Second Birth " (of the Spirit). We become saints (meaning we have been raised to the Kingdom of God within ourselves, as evidenced by our 'robes' that are now 'white' or pure, because they have been 'washed' by the kundalini power. The enlightenment of the white light is there also, which enLIGHTens and illuminates us from within ourselves. Saints are always depicted in religious pictures as having white auras. This is described in the Bible: " Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow " . (Isaiah 1:18b) Once we are 'washed in the blood of the Lamb' (have had our kundalini awakening, which flows through and washes our whole system)... we have the power to become the Sons of God: " But as many as received Him, to them He gave the power to become the sons of God; even to those who believe in His name: who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. " (John 1:12-13) Jesus talked about " The Light " to the multitudes who came to hear Him talk: " For a little while longer the light is among you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of light. " (John 12:35-36) And Jesus cried out and said, " He who believes in Me does not believe in Me, but in Him who sent Me. And he who beholds Me beholds the One who sent Me. I have come as Light (enLIGHTenment) into the world, that everyone who believes in Me may not remain in darkness. And if anyone hears My sayings, and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. He who rejects Me, and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the Last Day. For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me have given Me commandment, what to say, and what to speak. And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me. " (John 12:44-50) Please note the reference to: " He who rejects Me, and does not receive My sayings has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the Last Day. " In the Koran it teaches that " Our hands will speak, and testify against us " ... in refering to the biofeedback knowledge that comes due to connection with the Divine. In fact this Divine... is the Spirit Within that judges us. It is our own Spirit that will judge us at the Last Day. It will testify against us, if we are not dharmic. Only those whose garments are " white as snow " are able to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The non-dharmic will not have the ability to do so, even if they try. This is because the connection of the Spirit changes the physical body to a spiritual body. Only the spiritual body can enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and they are those who have been " washed in the blood (kundalini energy) of the Lamb (of the Christ-Spirit). So... the important thing is to become connected through self-realisation (Second Birth of the Spirit) and then we can " become the Spirit " . As we " become the Spirit " we drop off our illusions by facing ourselves and seeing the reality. We find that when Spirit becomes priority, that adharmic activity and temptations do not attract us anymore. We just don't need them anymore. They hold no fascination for us anymore. We see them for the illusions they really are. We start to experience the reality, rather than all these illusions, which just drop off, as we face ourselves, and realise they are just illusions: " Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself... not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. " (2 Corinthians 5:17-19) Likewise has Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi... 'the Christian Comforter'... committed to us the Word of Reconciliation through Her 'en-masse' Self-Realisation. She is the Holy Spirit Incarnate who as Our Loving Mother, has come to Save or Liberate Her Children from spiritual darkness and despair during this Last Judgment and Resurrection Time. When we deeply desire 'the spiritual'... or more precisely " our Spirit " , then that takes priority over everything else. This does not mean to give up your job, stop feeding yourself, or give away the 'roof over your head', etc. It is about surrendering it all though, in your Spirit, because " where your treasure is, there your heart will be also " . Jesus talked about that: " But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The lamp of the body is the eye (reference to Agnya Chakra); if therefore your eye is clear, your whole body (refers to psychosomatic system) will be full of light. But if your eye is bad (Blocked Agnya Chakra), your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore, the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! For no one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life's span? For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has trouble of its own. " (Matthew 6:20-27; 32-34) In regards, to being our own Guru, we must understand that our Void is DIRECTLY connected with the Nahbi Chakria. For those who do not understand where our Void is, just recall when you did exams in school. The Void is where you feel 'butterflies in your stomach'. Sometimes, you can hear water gurgling in your stomach, because the Void is realted to your digestion. When you have what we call 'butterflies in your tummy'... we can't eat; we do not want to eat, because we are nervous, because our sense of mastery over something is challenged. This area... also called the Void is also known as the Ocean of Illusion. In other words, we have to have mastery over our knowledge, especially our Inner Knowledge of our Spirit. More than anything, it is this Inner Knowledge that will make us Masters in our Life. That helps us cross over what is called the " Ocean of Illusion " , and there is so much illusion in earthly life. Part of becoming our own Gurus, Masters, and Teachers is facing all the illusions of life, and coming to know what is the reality in life. The Reality in Life is that at the base... at the core of everything and everyone.... is SPIRIT. External things are a reflection only. The Reality is inside a person. That is a start. Once we have that initial understanding... we can learn ourselves from there what else we have to know. We can study the Scriptures, read what Shri Mataji said, read what realised souls have said, and apply it in our lives. All we are expected to do.... is just to apply what we know is Truth in our Lives. If we are diligent and do that, we will always be shown the next step, and the next... and the next. Meditation, contemplation, and introspection are most important. The Nahbi Chakra is basically our sense of wellbeing. Any time you don't feel well in your Nahbi, it is like your stomach constricts, or you have a tummy ache. The Void (your Ocean of Illusion) and the Nahbi (Deep sense of well-being; your stomach) are very closely connected: " Since the Void is directly connected with the Nahbi Chakra (energy centre), it is no coincidence that the principle of Dharma is a fundamental aspect of this area. All of the great Masters and Prophets who have taken their birth on the Earth to guide us, have made Dharma (righteous conduct) a key tenet of their teachings. We can only become better beings by not abusing ourselves or debasing others; in other words, by living properly and in accordance with the laws of nature. The Void is the gap between the Kundalini and the vagus nerve of the parasympathetic system. It represents all space and time from the beginning of creation to the peak of our evolution in human awareness. It is the vacuum which separates our awareness from the Absolute while we are still in the unenlightened state. The Void is actually created by the outermost circular movement of the Swadisthana around the Nabhi Chakra, and it contains the two centres relating to the Sun (Surya) and Moon (Chandra). We can tell when we are disturbing the Guru principle within us by the upset to our digestive system. This can manifest as nausea or any other symptoms emanating from the stomach area. If for instance, we are witness to any Adharmic activity or indulge in abuse or our physical or subtle system, we can easily determine the effect on our system by the " feelings " that we experience in this area. Nervous tension in our stomach or butterflies before an exam or test are simple expressions of our Mastery Principle being challenged. Similarly, we are able to discern false teachings from Truth by responding to the condition of the Void. The combination of vibrational awareness and signals from our Void are can be a powerful pointer to the legitimacy of any practice whether it be spiritual or material. We learn to become atuned to our subtle system in this way and eventually can respond rapidly to avoid that which will do us harm and to open up towards that which will be of benefit to our being. The Guru principle within us is a very powerful force for our benevolence, but we must learn to recognise the signals. (Sahaja Yoga - The Void - Excerpt Discovery Course) violet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 , " Violet " <violet.tubb wrote: " It is an initiation that can be passed on to others from those who already have this connection of " self-realisation " . Dear All, It might be interesting to know also that Shri Jesus personally initiated His Disciples also. Here is the Scripture telling that: Jesus Among His Disciples... Jesus therefore said to them again, " Peace be with you; as the Father has sent Me, I also send you. " And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, " Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive the sins of any, their sins have been forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any; they have been retained " . (John 20:21-23) Shri Mataji also would breathe on an audience at a Public Self-Realisation Program. She would breathe through the microphone, giving the Holy Spirit Breath to those who wanted to receive it. Invariably the Public Programme Venue with hundreds of people in it, would get palpably Cooler with the Cool Breeze of the Holy Spirit. Therefore, it is interesting that Jesus did this too, but He did it only to a few disciples of His: " He breathed on them, and said to them, Receive the Holy Spirit. " violet > 'Folks'....... Dharma (righteousness) in its fullest degree will lead to our becoming our own Guru. Being dharmic is not just about ourselves following the Ten Commandments. It goes much beyond that. It even includes upholding Dharma, no matter what the personal cost might be... like Arjuna had to do. He had to stand up against his own family, when they were not upholding the Dharma. > > This kind of Dharma does not come through meagre human efforts. It can only come from connection to one's Spirit. The Spirit is the Dharma. If we follow the Spirit Within, we will be dharmic. The Spirit fulfills the Spirit of the Law, and not only the 'letter of the law'. And this is the Kind of Dharma we need today. The kind of Dharma we need today is to uphold the Spirit in all things, to shine the Light of our Spirit on all things, whatever we are connected to or involved in. > > When we are connected to Spirit (a.k.a. having our self- realisation), it is no point in having it, if we don't use it. It would be like having a toaster, which when you plug it in... it works. However, if you never use it to toast your bread, what is the point of having a toaster anyway? > > Similarly, what is the point of having your connection to your Spirit, if you do not use that connection to bring enLIGHTenment to others... to bring the Light of Truth to others. This Light of Truth that all Sahaja Yogis are to " now shine " is the Truth of the Last Judgment and Resurrection " that we are now living in. We have to tell it in our own words. Shri Mataji has shown us how to do it. Now, we have to do it ourselves. People have to know what is the hope of their salvation (self-realisation): > > But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation. (I Thessalonians 5:8) > > Therefore... once we have our connection, we have to use that connection to transform ourselves by " putting on the breastplate of faith and love " and by " putting on the hope of salvation/spiritual liberation " , through our helmet (the Area of Sahasrara, which is also the Kingdom of God within). > > So... if we do not use that connection given to us freely.... then we are poor stewards who are not taking any responsibility for that connection. That connection needs to be maintained and nourished, because unlike a mere mechanical device like a toaster, this connection is actually a " relationship " . > > The fantastic thing is, that once this connection is in working order, many illusions will also drop off as we see what is wrong with us in the Light of this connection. This connection is an " actual " connection. It is as real as if you plug a toaster into an outlet, and it will work. Your " Sure Sign " of this connection is that you will feel the Cool Breeze or Wind of the Holy Spirit that has arisen in you: > > Jesus answered: " Truly, truly, I say to you, unless one is born of water (physical birth) and the Spirit (spiritual birth)... he cannot enter the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born again.' The Wind blows where it wishes and you hear the sound of it, but do not know where it comes from and where it is going; so is everyone who is Born of the Spirit. " (John 3: 3-8) > > You will also feel your hands speak to you in vibrations, and Shri Mataji has given us the key to decipher these. The Koran talks about " your hands will speak and testify against you " (vibratory awareness). It was prophesied that this vibrational awareness would come to human beings as a result of having their Second Birth/ Kundalini Awakening/Resurrection. It is an initiation that can be passed on to others from those who already have this connection of " self-realisation " . Even children can have it. It is an actual initiation that can be passed on from Shri Mataji or a Sahaja Yogi to another person. Even through the internet, it can be passed on: > > http://adishakti.org/self-realization.htm > > So... it is the real and actual connection to your Spirit. It is called the Second Birth, and it is also called Salvation (Christianity) and Moksha (Hinduism). A very interesting fact that i discovered is that the " actual experience of self-realisation " turns our aura colour into the " white colour " that you see depicted on religious pictures of saints, indicating their " spiritual purity " : > > We Sahaja Yogis had a stall at the Gosford Mind/Body/Spirit Festival in New South Wales, Australia. That is on the Central Coast about an hour and a half's drive away from Sydney. We were giving people their self-realisation by raising their kundalinis: " a lighted candle can enlighten another candle " . There was also this Aura Photography Stall next door. So i had this idea to ask a few people who told us they had had their Aura Photographs taken... to see if we could get them to take it again... just to see if the color had changed. Three people i believe it was that did so, and in each case their Aura Photograph had turned " WHITE " ! We Sahaja Yogis were very happy to see such evidence. It confirmed the Scriptures... that when we are 'washed in the blood of the Lamb, that we will be given white robes': > > " Come now, and let us reason together " , says the Lord. Though your sins are 'as scarlet'... they shall be as 'white as snow'. Though they are red like crimson, they will be like wool " . (Isaiah 1:18) > > " Purify me with hyssop and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Thy presence and do not take Thy Holy Spirit from me. " (Psalm 51:7, 10-11) > > " And some eight days after these sayings, it came about that He (Jesus) took along Peter and John and James, and went up to the mountain to pray. And while He was praying, the appearance of His face became different, and His clothing became white and gleaming. " > (Luke 9:28-29) > > " And behold, a severe earthquake had occurred, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled away the stone and sat upon it. And his appearance was like lightning, and his garment as white as snow. (Matthew 28:2-3) > > " He who overcomes shall thus be clothed in white garments; and I will not erase his name from the book of life, and I will confess his name before My Father, and before His angels. " (Words of Jesus from Revelations 3:5) > > A Multitude from the Tribulation... > > " After these things I (John, the Revelator) looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands; and they cry out with a loud voice, saying, " Salvation to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. " > > And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshipped God, saying: > > " Amen, blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might, be to our God forever and ever, Amen. " > > And one of the elders answered, saying to me, " These who are clothed in the white robes, who are they, and from where have they come? " > > And I said to him, " My Lord, you know. " And he said to me, " These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb " . For this reason, they are before the throne of God; and they serve Him day and night in His temple; and He who sits on the throne shall spread His tabernacle over them. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore; neither shall the sun beat down on them, nor any heat; for the Lamb in the center of the throne shall be their shepherd, and shall guide them to springs of the water of life; and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. " (Revelations 7:9-17) > > So....... when we have our " Self-Realisation " as given by Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, whereby the kundalini energy flows through our psychosomatic system and wipes out our sins or karmas... similarly the blood flows in the physical body and cleanses our body of microbes and toxins: > > Functions of Blood... > > 3. Protection. The clotting mechanism protects against blood loss, and certain phagocytic white blood cells or specialised plasma proteins such as antibodies, interferon, and compliment protect against foreign microbes and toxins. > > (Chapter 19 The Cardiovascular System: The Blood - Principles of Anatomy and Physiology by Tortora-Grabowski, p.567) > > In the days of Christ on Earth, the rank and file or 'mass of the people' did not know about the subtler energy of Kundalini, but they would have understood about the power of the blood, without which people cannot live. If the blood stops circulating; they die. That would be why Christ used the symbolism of the blood to signify the kundalini energy. > > Therefore, it can be seen that on the physical (gross) level, the blood represents the power of the Kundalini Energy to save us from our karmas (sins). So... when we talk about having our " robes being washed in the blood of the Lamb " ... we are talking about having our psychosomatic systems cleared, cleansed, and revitalised by the kundalini energy, through the power of the 'Innocent Lamb' that is the " Christ Power " that " christens " us... thereby giving us our " Second Birth " (of the Spirit). We become saints (meaning we have been raised to the Kingdom of God within ourselves, as evidenced by our 'robes' that are now 'white' or pure, because they have been 'washed' by the kundalini power. > > The enlightenment of the white light is there also, which enLIGHTens and illuminates us from within ourselves. Saints are always depicted in religious pictures as having white auras. This is described in the Bible: > > " Though your sins are as scarlet, they will be as white as snow " . (Isaiah 1:18b) > > Once we are 'washed in the blood of the Lamb' (have had our kundalini awakening, which flows through and washes our whole system)... we have the power to become the Sons of God: > > " But as many as received Him, to them He gave the power to become the sons of God; even to those who believe in His name: who were born not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. " (John 1:12-13) > > Jesus talked about " The Light " to the multitudes who came to hear Him talk: > > " For a little while longer the light is among you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he goes. While you have the light, believe in the light, in order that you may become sons of light. " (John 12:35-36) > > And Jesus cried out and said, " He who believes in Me does not believe in Me, but in Him who sent Me. And he who beholds Me beholds the One who sent Me. I have come as Light (enLIGHTenment) into the world, that everyone who believes in Me may not remain in darkness. And if anyone hears My sayings, and does not keep them, I do not judge him; for I did not come to judge the world, but to save the world. He who rejects Me, and does not receive My sayings, has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the Last Day. For I did not speak on My own initiative, but the Father Himself who sent Me have given Me commandment, what to say, and what to speak. And I know that His commandment is eternal life; therefore the things I speak, I speak just as the Father has told Me. " (John 12:44- 50) > > Please note the reference to: " He who rejects Me, and does not receive My sayings has one who judges him; the word I spoke is what will judge him at the Last Day. " In the Koran it teaches that " Our hands will speak, and testify against us " ... in refering to the biofeedback knowledge that comes due to connection with the Divine. In fact this Divine... is the Spirit Within that judges us. It is our own Spirit that will judge us at the Last Day. It will testify against us, if we are not dharmic. > > Only those whose garments are " white as snow " are able to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. The non-dharmic will not have the ability to do so, even if they try. This is because the connection of the Spirit changes the physical body to a spiritual body. Only the spiritual body can enter the Kingdom of Heaven, and they are those who have been " washed in the blood (kundalini energy) of the Lamb (of the Christ-Spirit). > > So... the important thing is to become connected through self- realisation (Second Birth of the Spirit) and then we can " become the Spirit " . As we " become the Spirit " we drop off our illusions by facing ourselves and seeing the reality. We find that when Spirit becomes priority, that adharmic activity and temptations do not attract us anymore. We just don't need them anymore. They hold no fascination for us anymore. We see them for the illusions they really are. We start to experience the reality, rather than all these illusions, which just drop off, as we face ourselves, and realise they are just illusions: > > " Therefore if any man is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself... not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. " > (2 Corinthians 5:17-19) > > Likewise has Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi... 'the Christian Comforter'... committed to us the Word of Reconciliation through Her 'en-masse' Self-Realisation. She is the Holy Spirit Incarnate who as Our Loving Mother, has come to Save or Liberate Her Children from spiritual darkness and despair during this Last Judgment and Resurrection Time. > > When we deeply desire 'the spiritual'... or more precisely " our Spirit " , then that takes priority over everything else. This does not mean to give up your job, stop feeding yourself, or give away the 'roof over your head', etc. It is about surrendering it all though, in your Spirit, because " where your treasure is, there your heart will be also " . Jesus talked about that: > > " But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal; for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. The lamp of the body is the eye (reference to Agnya Chakra); if therefore your eye is clear, your whole body (refers to psychosomatic system) will be full of light. > > But if your eye is bad (Blocked Agnya Chakra), your whole body will be full of darkness. If therefore, the light that is in you is darkness, how great is that darkness! > > For no one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. > > For this reason I say to you, do not be anxious for your life, as to what you shall eat, or what you shall drink; nor for your body, as to what you shall put on. Is not life more than food, and the body than clothing? Look at the birds of the air, for they do not sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single cubit to his life's span? For all these things the Gentiles eagerly seek; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. > > But seek first His Kingdom and His Righteousness; and all these things shall be added to you. Therefore do not be anxious for tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has trouble of its own. " (Matthew 6:20-27; 32-34) > > In regards, to being our own Guru, we must understand that our Void is DIRECTLY connected with the Nahbi Chakria. For those who do not understand where our Void is, just recall when you did exams in school. The Void is where you feel 'butterflies in your stomach'. Sometimes, you can hear water gurgling in your stomach, because the Void is realted to your digestion. When you have what we call 'butterflies in your tummy'... we can't eat; we do not want to eat, because we are nervous, because our sense of mastery over something is challenged. This area... also called the Void is also known as the Ocean of Illusion. In other words, we have to have mastery over our knowledge, especially our Inner Knowledge of our Spirit. More than anything, it is this Inner Knowledge that will make us Masters in our Life. That helps us cross over what is called the " Ocean of Illusion " , and there is so much illusion in earthly life. Part of becoming our own Gurus, Masters, and Teachers is facing all the illusions of life, and coming to know what is the reality in life. > > The Reality in Life is that at the base... at the core of everything and everyone.... is SPIRIT. External things are a reflection only. The Reality is inside a person. That is a start. Once we have that initial understanding... we can learn ourselves from there what else we have to know. We can study the Scriptures, read what Shri Mataji said, read what realised souls have said, and apply it in our lives. All we are expected to do.... is just to apply what we know is Truth in our Lives. If we are diligent and do that, we will always be shown the next step, and the next... and the next. Meditation, contemplation, and introspection are most important. > > The Nahbi Chakra is basically our sense of wellbeing. Any time you don't feel well in your Nahbi, it is like your stomach constricts, or you have a tummy ache. The Void (your Ocean of Illusion) and the Nahbi (Deep sense of well-being; your stomach) are very closely connected: > > > " Since the Void is directly connected with the Nahbi Chakra (energy centre), it is no coincidence that the principle of Dharma is a fundamental aspect of this area. All of the great Masters and Prophets who have taken their birth on the Earth to guide us, have made Dharma (righteous conduct) a key tenet of their teachings. We can only become better beings by not abusing ourselves or debasing others; in other words, by living properly and in accordance with the laws of nature. > > The Void is the gap between the Kundalini and the vagus nerve of the parasympathetic system. It represents all space and time from the beginning of creation to the peak of our evolution in human awareness. It is the vacuum which separates our awareness from the Absolute while we are still in the unenlightened state. The Void is actually created by the outermost circular movement of the Swadisthana around the Nabhi Chakra, and it contains the two centres relating to the Sun (Surya) and Moon (Chandra). > > We can tell when we are disturbing the Guru principle within us by the upset to our digestive system. This can manifest as nausea or any other symptoms emanating from the stomach area. If for instance, we are witness to any Adharmic activity or indulge in abuse or our physical or subtle system, we can easily determine the effect on our system by the " feelings " that we experience in this area. Nervous tension in our stomach or butterflies before an exam or test are simple expressions of our Mastery Principle being challenged. > > Similarly, we are able to discern false teachings from Truth by responding to the condition of the Void. The combination of vibrational awareness and signals from our Void are can be a powerful pointer to the legitimacy of any practice whether it be spiritual or material. We learn to become atuned to our subtle system in this way and eventually can respond rapidly to avoid that which will do us harm and to open up towards that which will be of benefit to our being. The Guru principle within us is a very powerful force for our benevolence, but we must learn to recognise the signals. > > (Sahaja Yoga - The Void - Excerpt Discovery Course) > > violet > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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