Chapter 6

The Great Enlightened Beings - Paramahamsas

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The Great Enlightened Beings - Paramahamsas

The great enlightened Masters are the Paramahamsas who touch planet Earth taking a human form, with a mission, from time to time. A Paramahamsa is one whose spiritual awakening leads to enlightenment even before adolescence. Such a being never touches ground; his spirit soars high well before it is enmeshed in the web of worldly reality. Paramahamsas are rare beings whose innocent wisdom pierces even the most hardened heart and mind. In such beings, the divine kundalini energy, which is the universal energy that flows through every individual, that is stored in the muladhara chakra (the energy center at the base of the spine) never moves downwards as it does with normal beings at adolescence. In all humans, this energy moves upwards to downwards leading to sexual awakening and the desire to fulfill the need for procreation. In the case of the Paramahamsa, the kundalini energy is awakened before puberty, and it moves upwards instead of downwards at the time of spiritual awakening, without causing any desire for sexual pleasure. The energy within the Paramahamsa stays pure, uncorrupted, and exceptional. Their purpose in life is to communicate to the rest of humanity this truth that has been gifted to them, in the hope that at least some others would glimpse this truth for themselves. Each Paramahamsa communicates this message in his own inimitable style. Ramakrishna, forever, in divine ecstasy, inspired others through devotion or bhakti. Bhagavan Ramana Maharishi, another great Paramahamsa, communicated his message mainly in silence, through a process of discrimination. There are others who by their touch and at times by a mere glance, impart their wisdom to disciples who are ready to receive the truth. In whichever way they may impart the truth, it is not to be forgotten that they happen on planet Earth for only one reason: with the hope that at least a few will look up and see the Truth, and become That.