Deeksha

The Power of Initiation

For the receptive disciple, who has already expanded his inner space, a mere look from the eyes of the Guru into the eyes of the disciple transmits the Cosmic energy from the Guru into the disciple, often allowing the disciple a transient experience of the entire Cosmos (brahmanda).

For highly receptive seekers, even a side-glance from the Guru's eyes is an initiation. Such a glance is revered in Vedic tradition as 'guru kataaksham.'

Today, thanks to modern video-conferencing technologies, devotees around the world gather daily in Nithyanandeshwara Hindu Temples (Aadheenams) and global satsang centers to receive nayana deeksha from THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM.

Every nayana deeksha results in spontaneous healing, cognitive shifts and spiritual clarity, proving again and again that time and space are no barriers to the power of an Avatar's initiation.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM says:

• Manah trayate sa mantrah
• The words or truths which show the way to man's mind are mantras. Mantra is the way to liberation, the way to the higher Consciousness, the way to higher experiences.

The word 'mantra' is a derivative of the word 'maatrika', sounds which carry a specific conscious vibrational energy. They may be as small as a single syllable or bija mantra (seed syllable), or a complete phrase or shloka.

The repetition of the mantra given by the Guru is called japa.

There exist various levels of japa, from the gross external recitation (vaikhari) to mental recitation (madhyama), to the subtle effortless repetition (paraavak). This is the ultimate form, also known as ajapa-japa or spontaneous japa, which allows the bio-energy of the Cosmos to flow into the system, realigning the bio-memory and muscle-memory to reach the desired goal, which can be anything from health to enlightenment.

This is a technique of initiation wherein the Master initiates the disciple through touch, using his thumb or palm to directly transmit his bio-energy into the disciple's system. The bio-energy so transferred awakens the kundalini energy or resident potential energy of the disciple.

Deeksha works on three levels:

• 4 The conscious mind
• 4 The unconscious mind
• 4 The physical body and brain

Even in the absence of a Guru, the conscious mind can be cleared by the right teachings, by removing the wrong ideas and taking in clear, correct ideas.

The unconscious mind can be cleansed by cathartic processes and meditation techniques.

But ultimately, for the software change to be permanent, the hardware also has to change. The very brain grooves have to change to hold and radiate the experience of living enlightenment.

It is now known that the brain can actually rewire itself to accommodate newly-learnt programs on a permanent basis. This is called neuroplasticity. This is the process that happens in the brain through deeksha.

When the Guru touches and initiates a person, not only is the software of enlightened physiology downloaded into him, but the hardware, the brain itself, is tuned to hold this new software. If he is completely open during the touch, the software of enlightened physiology can be downloaded into him, changing the very physiology. His body learns that it can be better than what it is now. With the energy of the Master, both the hardware and software can be totally changed.

The inflow of pure Cosmic energy that happens through the body of a living Avatar is bio-energy. Such an uninterrupted flow of bioenergy can happen in us only after all the blockages in our channels and energy centers are purified.

The deepest of these blockages, some of which are inherited (genetic), and some of which are strong enough to influence the function of our genes (gene expression), are referred to as biomemory, and are usually difficult to cleanse without the help of a guru or a living Avatar. The more superficial blockages created by our fears, emotions and mental patterns are called musclememory, and can be worked upon through meditation or cathartic techniques under the guidance of the Guru.

Deeksha is a deeply mystical process, but it can be explained to some extent using quantum mechanics and molecular biology (Quantum Biology). Physical energy follows the laws of physics, be it Newtonian or Quantum. Thus, the fundamental principles like the conservation of energy remain the same. The sum total of the energy in the universe is always the same; energy can be transformed from one form to another, but can never be destroyed permanently.

Once energy reaches a biological system, like a human being, it is transformed into various forms and expressions of the biological energy, which may be electrical or chemical in nature. This in turn changes the expression of the very physiology of the cell at a molecular level, which can express as changes in gene, signaling proteins, the formation of usable energy in the form of ATP and so on.

Thus, initiation or Deeksha involves the laws of physics, chemistry and biology, all at the same time.

Let us now take a deeper look at the science behind the three types of deekshas or initiations:

Nayana Deeksha, which does not involve touch and can be conducted across large distances, would use the principle of the presence of mirror neurons in the disciple being able to reflect the energy projected by the living Avatar. This form of initiation begins at the level of the brain, leading to entrainment and coherence of the projected energy from the Avatar.

During deeksha, the projected bio-energy from the Avatar could be in the form of a sankalpa (a conscious concentrated energy), a nissankalpa (a pure intentionless energy), or the release of biophotons.

It is now known that every cell of the body produces a small quantity of energy in the form of photons, which travel at the speed of light. In a normal cell, the quantum of photons is very small or negligible; however, in an Avatar, the quantum of photons could be so high as to make a visual and physical impact on the disciple. In fact, the explanation of Shiva's Third Eye burning the negative elements of Nature by its mere opening is suggestive of the power of a coherent laser beam.

In Mantra Deeksha, the chanting of the special mantra creates subtle vibrations which are in tune with the ambient Cosmic energy of Shiva, with spanda as a fundamental potential energy on the verge of manifesting as Shakti.

During Mantra Deeksha, the Avatar intuitively selects the seed syllable or mantra that resonates with the natural vibrational frequency of the disciple, and impregnates it with His own pure bioenergy, which will automatically raise the disciple to the next level of Consciousness. The mantra may be the name of the disciple's ishta or favored deity (for the devotionally oriented disciple) or an Upanishadic truth (for the intellectually oriented disciple), or even just a seed syllable which works at the pure level of being.

It must be mentioned here that the entire transmission of sacred knowledge and sciences in the Vedic tradition was through an awe-inspiring oral system of memorization and reproduction. The shastrapalakas (protectors of the sacred scriptures) passed on this legacy of information down the ages through their commentaries on the shruti (divine revelations), which were known as smriti.

The reason for the oral transmission of the Truth was evidently not a lack of efficiency or sophistication, as a succinct and highly evolved written tradition also flourished in parallel with it, in the form of the Vedas and Upanishads. Rather, it worked on the principle that Sound is the most fundamental unit of energy which allows for the transition into matter. During oral communication, not only is the meaning of the words communicated, but the very vibrations of the word are imprinted in the bio-memory of the receiver or student.

Sanskrit being a highly sophisticated and phonetic language, the very sounds are embedded with the subtle aspect of their meaning. Thus, a truth transmitted orally from a Guru to a receptive disciple would directly penetrate and alter the bio-memory of the disciple, without even the need for active participation from the disciple's logical faculties.

Mantras (syllables carrying a conscious vibration), shastras (expositions of the Truth), stotras (expressions of devotional ecstasy) and sutras (compact spiritual techniques) were all transmitted orally from Guru to disciple as part of a committed learning process. Apart from embedding the meaning of the words in the bio-memory of the disciple, this form of transmission carried the power to raise the vibrational frequency of the learner, simply through his listening and repetition. Learners were frequently 'ekasanta-grahis', able to imbibe and reproduce an entire lesson after a single listening. Several students of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM GurukulSM have also demonstrated this rare capability.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM says (as part of a process):

Now I am going to guide you using some unique powerful sounds, and inject those sounds into your musclememory to clean it out. You will see how even the small knots in every muscle-memory are removed.

Understand: your entire muscle memory is made out of sound. Each muscle-memory, emotion, experience, has certain passwords.

For example, your whole lust muscle-memory is experienced through only one sound – 'hoom'. Unless that sound is awakened, your lust memories cannot be removed. Same way, all your love memory is recorded with the password 'lumm'.

Even if you have a thousand memories, a thousand documents related to a particular emotion, you cannot retrieve even one memory out of your computer if you don't have the password. Mantras are the passwords of your body.

Your body is not just a computer; it is a live internet connection. If you have the passwords, you can download information not only from your own bio-memory, but from the Cosmic bio-memory itself!

If I do the process using this hoom sound, all your lust memories will fall into proper cognizance. It means, you will take cognizance of it as much as your natural prarabdha can allow.

All your muscle-memories can be opened only if the password is aligned. Otherwise it will be chaos. You won't know which memory will open up in which context, because it is not under your control. Sometimes, a person who creates love in you will create anger instead, and people who have abused you will create romance in you.

When I tune your muscle-memory, thousands of unnecessary muscle-memories will be practically flushed out of your system, and only those memories which you want to cherish will remain alive.

In Sparsha Deeksha, the Cosmic energy already present as bioenergy (Kundalini Shakti) in the Avatar or Guru is directly transferred to the disciple, leading to the opening up of the dormant energy of the disciple and awakening him achieve his true potential.

With the energy transfer, changes take place at the chemical level in the disciple, initiating the production of signaling molecules, neurotransmitters (like hormones) etc.. This in turn works at the very basis of molecular biology by transforming and realigning the genetic material of the cell, allowing it to express healthy desirable products and suppress those that are deleterious to the body. We will be looking extensively at the effects of sparsha deeksha in later chaters of this book.

Deekshas at the initial level include:

• 4 Shiva Deeksha being initiated into the lifestyle of Shiva

• 4 Shravana pure Listening

• 4 Purnatva Completion

• 4 Vak siddhi manifestation through the power of words

• 4 Healing opening of the ananda gandha chakra

• 4 Third Eye AwakeningSM opening of the ajna chakra or brow energy center

There are deeper levels of initiation which confer various siddhis on advanced disciples, which are given on an individual basis. This is called shaktipat, and is effective only when bestowed by a living Avatar.

Our understanding of deeksha would be quite incomplete without a comprehensive grasp of Kundalini AwakeningSM, which is the power and the purpose behind all deeekshas.

The Vedic world-view is shaped by the principle of the universal hologram, where the tiniest sub-atomic particle holds the key to the secrets of the entire Cosmos. A hologram is a complex structure wherein every part is a complete and faithful reflection of the Whole. As a fragment of this universal hologram, every individual is a perfect microcosm, a flawless and adequate representation of the Cosmos.

The Yajur Veda, a primary sacred text of the Vedic civilization, declares:

As in the individual, so in the Cosmos, as in the Cosmos, so in the individual.

And what, indeed, is that mighty force which governs the Cosmos?

Vedic philosophy gave to this force the name KUNDALINI. Kundalini literally means 'the coiled one', meaning, the infinite untapped potential of the universe.

When Kundalini manifests at the universal level, she is known as Para Kundalini, the supreme power of the Cosmos. When she plays in the individual, she is Kula Kundalini, the gracious mother, the life-force that nourishes his body, the energy that empowers his mind, and the conscious power that guides him to his ultimate spiritual fulfillment.

Kundalini has found an honored place in every philosophic tradition of Bharat – whether Yoga, Vedanta or Tantra. For millennia, yogis, rishis and siddhas – the enlightened spiritual scientists of Bharat have given their lives to enrich the science of awakening Kundalini.

To understand kundalini, we must first understand ourselves. Through the human body flow 72,000 subtle energy channels called 'naadis'. Of these channels, the most prominent is sushumna, which runs from the tip of the spine to the crown of the head. Running alongside the sushumna on either side and criss-crossing it at intervals are the ida and pingala naadis. Kundalini energy or Shakti is said to 'sleep' in each of us in the muladhara chakra, the energy center at the base of the spine. The goal of all kundalini yoga is to awaken and guide this energy safely up the sushumna naadi to the sahasrara, the energy center on the crown of the head, where Shiva or pure Consciousness resides. The blissful union of Energy and Consciousness, Shakti and Shiva is Enlightenment, the culmination of all spiritual effort.

Kundalini is known by many names – the universal energy, the great cosmic mother, the creative force of the universe. But the simple truth is that Kundalini is the highest potential of every individual, the ultimate expression of creative genius, the great possibility of each individual's inner awakening.

The sleeping kundalini is a metaphor for the unawakened potential inside us. Without first awakening kundalini, it is impossible to awaken the pratyekatma chaitanya, the individual consciousness.

The awakening of Kundalini opens us up to the greater Reality that exists beyond our limited individual selves. It empowers us to harness the cosmic powers to live more complete, fulfilled and blissful lives. It marks the rite of passage for the human to evolve into the Divine.

In the Yogini Tantra it is said :

As soon as the Kundalini awakens, the person's inner grandeur and glory can be clearly perceived.

In the yoga-vedanta tradition, a vast and precise science encompassing thousands of techniques exists to awaken and utilize this enormous latent potential. In Vedic Bharat, this knowledge was accessible to all. As a consequence, today's 'mystical' sciences like levitation, teleportation and telepathy were common knowledge among the people, and enlightenment was the natural state of being.

Living in complete harmony with the flow of Life itself, these people

found joyous expression as creators and leaders in the outer world and enlightened mystics in the inner world.

In course of time, our increasing reliance on the faculties of logic and reasoning led to the suppression of these mystical faculties, and this sacred science retreated from homes and monasteries into the few secret recesses of the yoga-vedanta tradition in the Hindu sub-continent, where it is preserved in its authentic form to this day.

In the Kaivalya Pada of his Yoga Sutras, Patanjali lists the different ways to attain the siddhis resulting from the awakening of Kundalini.

Janma aushadhi mantra tapah samādhijāh siddhayah (4.1) The mystical powers can happen by birth, or through medicines

For the seeker, Kundalini can be awakened in different ways: through intense yogic practices lasting a lifetime or longer; through rare and sometimes dangerous medicinal preparations, through the tireless repetition of certain mantras, or through deeksha – the direct transmission of spiritual energy by an awakened being. Of these, deeksha is the most effortless (and certainly the most beautiful) way to awakening.

One can better appreciate the incomparable gift of deeksha from the Avatar, when one learns about the spiritual effort otherwise necessary to purify the nadis and experience siddhis.

The authoritative yoga scripture Hatha-Yoga Pradipika by Svatmarama declares:

caturaśīti-pītheshu siddhameva sadābhyaset । dvāsaptati-sahasrānām nādīnām mala-śodhanam ॥1.41॥ ātma-dhyāyī mitāhārī yāvaddvādaśa-vatsaram । sadā siddhāsanābhyāsādyogī nispattimāpnuyāt ॥ 1.42॥

Of the 84 asanas, siddhasana should be practiced, which purifies the 72,000 nadis. The yogi who constantly contemplates on the Self, eats moderately and practices siddhasana for 12 years achieves the yoga siddhis.

Today, THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM is gifting these siddhis to hundreds of thousands of sincere seekers, who need to do nothing more rigorous than spend a few hours in His presence in the space of restful awareness!

The Vedic calendar reveals that our planet is poised for the next big leap in Consciousness. With humanity becoming ripe for transformation, what the world needs today is the compassionate presence of Avatars and enlightened kundalini adepts who can guide humanity into a safe and natural global Kundalini AwakeningSM.

The human body and brain are already wired to experience a complete Kundalini AwakeningSM - and yet, in our generation, how

many have the superbly trained body and mind that can withstand the rigors of such a powerful explosion of Consciousness?

That is why the first instance of Kundalini AwakeningSM is always, ALWAYS a pure gift from the spiritual Guru.

He takes a triple responsibility: first, to stir awake the enormous spiritual power of Kundalini by the resonance-pressure of His own powerful superconscious vibrations; second, to guide this energy safely through the subtle neural pathways of the spine towards our crown center, and above all, to shield and protect our fragile body and mind, that might otherwise almost certainly be devastated by this sudden influx of Cosmic force.

The Shiva Samhita declares:

Supta guruprasadena yatha jagarti kundali

Tatha sarvani padmanibhidyante granthayo'pi cha (4.12)

When the sleeping Kundalini is awakened by the Guru's grace Then are all bondages pierced (broken)

When Kundalini ascends the spine through the sushumna nadi (the main channel of subtle energy), it results in a huge energy influx into the brain. As it flows from the thalamus to the cortex, Kundalini sets up a powerful energy loop, awakening the latent, unused, non-mechanical parts in the brain, mainly the limbic system and neo-cortex.

The limbic system is that part of the brain which is associated with memories linked to emotions. It is also that part of the brain which corresponds largely to the Third Eye or ajna chakra, which is the 6th or the final chakra in the body (the 7th chakra known as the sahasrara chakra or brahmarandra is not exactly a chakra, but a subtle opening allowing the union of the kundalini energy with the Cosmic energy). The opening of the ajna chakra allows for the unclutching of memories from its associated emotions, allowing for 'Completion' or making peace with life.

With increasing levels of coherence, the whole brain comes alive, turning into a super-conductor of conscious energies that heal, empower and transform the person's life. Enhanced awareness levels, greater creativity and extraordinary abilities start to express, like levitation, teleportation and materialization. This influx of superconscious energy also visibly reverses aging, and improves immunity to disease.

Kundalini is not just a blind force like electricity. It is a conscious spiritual power of cosmic proportions that knows where to go and what to do. Once awakened, Kundalini rips through millions of years of our human conditioning, firing brand new neurons in our brain, opening up unknown strands of our DNA, flooding us with superhuman energy, retracing our mental blueprint, wiping out our most obstinate karmic patterns, and catapulting us to a whole new level of existence. By awakening the Consciousness of each individual, Kundalini opens the doors to a global revolution of Consciousness.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM says:

Time and space does not bind Kundalini energy. Time and space serve Kundalini energy.

For those of us who are merely watching, the extraordinary effects of Kundalini AwakeningSM can seem like nothing short of a miracle – or a hoax.

But THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM says:

All miracles are perfectly scientific happenings, based on natural laws that we do not yet understand.

To awaken your Kundalini energy, you don't need to have faith in me. It is not a prerequisite for me to awaken your Kundalini energy. Maybe, for you to retain the extraordinary experiences and expression of Kundalini energy, you may need to trust some of my words and practice some techniques and teachings, that's all. Otherwise, faith is not a prerequisite at any level. Actually, nothing is a pre-requisite! It is all just a casual play – a leela, that's it!

To put to rest all speculation that what we are seeing might be hypnosis or mesmerism, a series of scientific tests were performed on THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM's disciples as well as willing participants during a meditation retreat, under strict medical surveillance and controlled conditions (which will be discussed at length in a later section of this volume).

The results were astonishing.

In the first such experiment, within seconds of THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM awakening their kundalini energy, brain functions in the subjects leapt up the scale, instantly recording sharper focusing abilities, faster parallel processing and higher alertness levels. Most significantly, while their brain was going into overdrive,the subjects themselves remained in a state of complete relaxation comparable with the states of deep meditation or sleep.

But the strongest proof of the effects of Kundalini AwakeningSM comes from the post-activation studies conducted on these individuals. These studies revealed that elevated levels of cognitive and mental function endured in all the subjects for weeks after the initial activation. Long term post-activation benefits were found to include better learning abilities, more effective problem-solving and decision-making, and even apparently unrelated benefits like enhanced interpersonal relationships.

The implications of these findings in a vast range of areas like depression therapy, functional enhancement, mind-coaching, memory-training, personal development, stress-management and drug-rehabilitation are inestimable. If a brief spell of Kundalini AwakeningSM is actually impacting normal people in such powerful and permanent ways, can we imagine the impact of sustained awakening on the spiritual course of our planet?

In the hands of advanced spiritual adepts like THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM, Kundalini AwakeningSM might be well on its way to becoming the ultimate natural steroid for the human race, triggering and sustaining powerful positive changes in virtually every area of our lives.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM says:

"Kundalini AwakeningSM has to be first experienced in the presence of the Master who has mastered this science. Techniques like Completion or meditation are like medicine - you can get them over-the-counter. But Kundalini AwakeningSM is more like a surgery - it has to be done as an in-house process.

Understand, Kundalini AwakeningSM amplifies whatever is inside you. So, if your Kundalini is awakened when you are still carrying a lot of incompletions and suffering in your system, those incompletions will become a reality in your life, which will be dangerous and difficult to manage.

It is like this: if you start running or jogging after being bitten by a poisonous snake, that poison will spread all over your body. Likewise, after drinking an energy drink, jogging will cause that energy to spread all over your body. In the same way, if there is an incompletion inside you and your Kundalini is awakened, that would not be good for you.

Only when you are under the guidance of the Master (Guru), either directly seen by him physically, or through two-way video-conferencing (nayana deeksha), can he take responsibility for your safe Kundalini AwakeningSM, without any after-effects or side-effects, misuse or abuse of the Kundalini energy in you. During the 21-day Inner Awakening® program, you can safely awaken your Kundalini and reap all the benefits, without any dangerous side-effects."

However, THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM also observes that the physiological and psychological changes triggered by Kundalini AwakeningSM, however radical they may be, cannot match the

silent transformation of Consciousness, which is what Kundalini AwakeningSM is actually about. When the kundalini is awakened, all the old mental and physical patterns are broken, destroyed. A new higher pattern, a conscious pattern, is evolved, which is completely based on freedom and liberation. He declares time and again:

This cognitive shift, this understanding, this realization that you are beyond body and mind, this realization that you are a conscious existence which is eternal - this is the most remarkable effect of Kundalini AwakeningSM.

Even as these extraordinary happenings are taking the scientific community by storm, THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM Himself lives and moves as one among us, teaching, healing, initiating and working tirelessly to preserve the mystical science of Kundalini, one of the innumerable spiritual treasures of the millennia-old Yoga-Vedanta traditions of Bharat that might be humanity's only hope for liberation in the centuries to come.

Contrary to what was once believed, the brain is not the only center where our neural responses are stored. There is now growing evidence that our thoughts - which are no more than electrical signals whizzing along our neural pathways - are stored in our cellular and somatic memory, resulting in permanent changes in the way our body and mind influence each other.

Somatic memory includes three types of memories: engraved memories (engrams), muscle-memories and bio-memories.

Engrams are bio-chemical changes that occur in our neural tissues as the result of a powerful or persistent reaction to any situation. An engram is not an ordinary memory, but more like a photograph of a situation or event, complete with the emotional response that accompanied it. Engrams exist just below the level of our consciousness, influencing our emotional responses without our knowledge.

While engrams affect our emotional responses alone, musclememories are memories that have become so deeply embedded in our system that they can recreate the physical symptoms accompanying these emotions, like those experienced during strong fear or anger. Muscle memories are also responsible for our performing repetitive mechanical actions that do not require our conscious intervention, like typing or cycling.

Bio-memories are memories that are locked into our cells. They carry hereditary memories, past-life memories and memories that have become part of the very fiber of our current personality through constant repetition for years. Both physical and mental patterns can become part of our bio-memory. Bio-memories have the power to trigger physical actions like fight or flight. Mental states like depression and anxiety can quickly become part of our bio-memory if we are not careful. Bio-memories are not only unconscious, but are usually untraceable to any particular source incident.

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM says:

A thought is simple. It rises and falls. It does not leave a mark inside you. For example, if a thought comes to you - I would like to have a coffee - that is just a thought, not a pattern or engram.

But if you fulfil this thought every time by the action of drinking coffee, after a few days it becomes an engram. That is, you start craving for that particular action - you start feeling, how I wish that I could have a coffee!... Engram is like flowing water… it creates a certain movement in your mind.

After some weeks, you actually start feeling afraid that if you don't get your coffee in the morning every day, you will have a headache! This means that this thought is solidifying like water becoming ice - it has become part of your muscle-memory.

After one year, if you keep pursuing this habit, one day if you don't get your coffee in the morning, you will ACTUALLY get a headache! When a pattern becomes so solid that it starts affecting you physically, it is called bio-memory. Bio-memories are tough like crystal and are very difficult to break!

THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM says:

Our thoughts carry a miniscule physical weight that can be a drag on our bodies. Everybody has experienced how we feel heavy on certain days, and light as a feather on certain days - even though our physical weight remains the same! This shows that our thoughts and engrams can actually pull us down. Kundalini AwakeningSM or initiation have the power to temporarily free us of our binding engrams.

But if the negative patterns continue to be encouraged, they can return and persist even after Kundalini AwakeningSM. The first initiation is an inspiration, a glimpse of a different space, an encouragement to return again and again to that high-energy space. With repeated initiation, we are constantly exposed to that elevated space. Gradually, our muscle-memory starts enjoying this space, and it becomes part of our biomemory.

Neuroplastic science says that your brain has the ability to create new grooves and pathways, which means that the possibility for becoming a new Consciousness exists.

Initiation can change not just your mind, but your very brain. With initiation, your brain develops subtle grooves to hold and radiate the energy of Enlightenment. If it is only a psychological transformation, it could leave you after a few weeks or months. But initiation does not lead to just psychological transformation; it leads to physiological transformation. The experience becomes your very bio-memory, so there is no more scope for conflict.

As mentioned earlier, apart from the brain and neural pathways, we have a network of 72,000 nadis or subtle energy channels through which Kundalini energy and the subtle information essential to our conscious evolution can be transmitted.

Of these, the kurma nadi, a channel running from the tip of the middle finger right up to the heart, is the channel through which the glimpse of Enlightenment is revealed by the Master and received by the disciple during initiation.

The human genome has now been sequenced, and it is now established that all humans have approximately 25,000 - 30,000 genes.

A gene is the fundamental blueprint of a living organism, which can encode several proteins and signaling pathways for life to exist and continue. At any given time, only 10,000 genes are expressed (operational) in normal life.

It has been shown that during the Inner Awakening® initiations, the gene expression changes to such an extent that the genes which cause an increase in energy, stem cell count and health are up-regulated, while those that are harmful, such as genes causing cancer and autoimmune disorders, are down-regulated in all participants. This is the visible effect of the bio-energy of the Avatar's deeksha transforming the bio-memory of the disciple.

Medical science has established that we have 12 strands of DNA, but only two of these strands are active. An Avatar is a being who has awakened all 12 strands of His DNA. Through deeksha, an Avatar can simply alter your existing DNA and activate your unused DNA strands.

The true purpose of this so-called 'junk DNA' is to support a multidimensional consciousness, and deeksha awakens this possibility.

Deeksha is like an intense downloading into you. When your DNA is activated, the knowledge, consciousness and information contained in the macrcosmic bio-energy can be effortlessly transmitted to you without any conventional methods. With every new strand awakened, you start experiencing many things: freedom from negative engrams, intellectual and spiritual clarity, physical health, anti-ageing and extraordinary powers.

During Inner Awakening®, participants receive a series of powerful initiations on 21 consecutive days. This ensures that the physical and mental transformation experienced during the program are rendered long-lasting or even permanent.

Every deeksha (initiation) at the Inner Awakening® program is an extraordinary spectacle of energy play that could last for hours. During deeksha, THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM creates an explosion of superconscious energy, using divyashareeris (mediums or energy channels) to intensify the spiritual process. Releasing more than 15 times the usual power through His body, He channels it through the divyashareeri to reach the participants from every angle.

The group energy during deeksha is so intense that most participants receive the initiation spontaneously, even before they are touched and initiated. For the participants, deeksha is a neverbefore experience of intense Kundalini AwakeningSM in a perfectly safe environment.

When the energy channels sit in a circle around me, in a mood of deep devotion and surrender, I am able to penetrate right through their physical bodies. They become divyashareeris, extensions of my own physical body. So when a participant enters this elevated space, he is enveloped by my physical body itself, not just my energy body. If he is totally open and receptive, I can use that high-possibility moment to simply wipe out his negative bio-memories and create a blissful, strong biomemory through karmic cleansing and reprogramming. To the extent that the participant is receptive, he can experience physical and mental transformation."

Deeksha from an Avatar is an infallible process effecting the same changes in everyone, irrespective of the external manifestations.

As part of a survey, a qEEG measurement was done on a devotee who showed no external signs of levitation. It was found that even though she experienced no physical movements, her brainwaves changed in exactly the same way as the brainwaves of levitators. This proved that even though she was physically static, her brainwaves too were responding equally to the influx of Cosmic energy.

Deeksha is revered in the Vedic tradition as the ultimate gift that a Master can confer upon his disciple.

In the ancient Hindu text, Rudrayamala Tantra, Lord Shiva says:

The one who is not initiated does not attain liberation nor a better future. So by all efforts, one should get initiated by Guru.

Only from a fire can another fire be lit. Only from a living Master can the transmission of the lamp happen. A Master who exists on the subtle plane may be able to offer the disciple spiritual guidance, but for the experience to settle in him as a physical reality, it has to be transmitted from a body which is vibrating at the same frequency as his own. Only the already reprogrammed DNA of the living Master can transmit that frequency and reprogram his DNA. Only a living bio-memory can share its experience directly with the disciple's, through a look, a word or a touch of initiation.

When the disciple melts down and sits with a deep trust, the connection between him and the Master happens – this is deeksha. When a sincere seeker or disciple sits in a deep, relaxed mood, not only does the Guru come alive with the disciple, but the disciple also comes alive with the Guru. Both experience fulfillment, and the transmission of the lamp happens automatically. This is Deeksha.

I just infuse energy into you and blast your self-doubt like a balloon. That is what I call initiation.

Deeksha has the power to open up your real desires and empower them to become reality, destroying your doubts and fears which are coming in the way.

If your blueprint is carrying a desire for money, it will open up and fill you with money; if your blueprint is to seek God or Guru, you will have that; if your blueprint is to search for extraordinary powers, you will have that.

Please understand: the brahmi bee makes the worm into a bee just by the buzzing sound it makes. The hen makes its egg into a chicken by its physical presence.

All the knowledge required for you to run your day-to-day life is recorded in your muscle-memory. All the cognitions based on which you make basic life decisions are recorded in your biomemory.

Awakening your muscle-memory by completing with your unnecessary patterns, and reprogramming it the way you want. awakens your multiple POSSIBILITIES. Awakening your biomemory by completing with your wrong cognitions about life, and reprogramming it the way you want, awakens your multiple POWERS.

Please understand: POSSIBILITIES are different; POWERS are different. Anything which you can directly express through your own practice, without conscious intervention, without the need for conscious energy to enter into you, without the need for enlightenment energy enter into you, is a Possibility. Whatever you do on the level of Possibility, many circus people will be doing it; Guinness Record holders will be doing it. That does not mean they are enlightened or spiritually aware of themselves.

In fact, there are many people living on railway platforms because of poverty; their body automatically masters the art of eating only once a day, but they survive, and they manage to eat and digest whatever they get on the roadside. But that does not mean they are spiritually awakened. It is only that the possibility existing in the muscle-memory has been awakened. But in the Nirahara SammyamaSM, I awaken your Consciousness to make your Nirahara successful. It does not happen at the level of muscle-memory.

When you transform your root cognitions about yourself, about the people around you, about life, about God, about the world, about money - all the basic cognitions you carry - suddenly you will see that not possibilities alone, but powers will also start expressing in you.

When any completion is done at the level of bio-memory, Consciousness is directly opened up. When your bio-memory is completed, naturally, it works directly on Consciousness, and multiple powers are expressed. For example, you just need to complete with the cognition given to you accidently in the young age that you can't read through your Third Eye; you will simply open your Third Eye and start reading! You will simply start doing it.

Even awakening your bio-memory awakens only your powers. Awakening your bio-energy awakens the very God particle in you.

During Inner Awakening®, to awaken your bio-memory, I use sound and light, that means verbalization and visualization. To awaken your bio-energy, I use Silence and UnclutchingSM.

Silence is the absence of verbalization; UnclutchingSM is the absence of visualization.

Please understand: to use Silence as a technique, you should have a mind which does not even touch or pollute the Silence when it picks it up and uses it. That means, your mind should be in utter silence, and it should be able to move and make whatever it wants happen, while remaining in that same silence.

In the same way, to use UnclutchingSM as a technique, your mind should be such that it doesn't pollute the Unclutching even when it is picking up the Unclutching to use it. Even if you visualize Unclutching, it will be polluted.

Only a person who is able to be silent without using the word 'silence' can use Silence as a technique. Only a person who is unclutched without visualizing Unclutching can use Unclutching as a technique!

If you want to see this drama of Mahadeva, this leela of Mahadeva, if you want to experience what He does with the power of Silence and Unclutching, come to NithyanandohamTM!