7. Integrity With Spiritual Routine

As explained by Sadashiva, Pratyahaāra means withdrawing life and energy from everything else and centering it on something. Then, Pratyahāra, withdrawing, becomes Dhaārana, centering. Dharana means centering, flowing towards something. When that Dhāarana happens, that on which one is flowing, reveals itself to the person. That is Dhyāana. Being in that state continuously is Samāadhi.

Everything designed by Paramahamsa Nithyananda, whether waking up in the Brahma Muhurta morning and doing yoga

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or doing Pancha Kriya or doing Puja or doing Kirtan or sitting in the Satsang, everything is designed for one to build oneself. It is not for controlling or marking attendance. It is for building oneself.

As part of the Shashtanga Yoga, Sadashiva gives an important instruction in Agama tremendous Sattvic bliss, Ananda, comes from non-violent activities. The bliss that comes from non-violent activities - that is what He calls as 'Sattvic-Ananda.' That is the anti-dote for that layer of pitta to be cleansed. This is the right reason and

context why one should always be blissful, with and in 'Nithyananda.'

When the brain is covered by a subtle layer of pitta, a certain amount of sadness, withdrawal, frustration, powerlessness, lower frequency of existence, that becomes the default functioning style. Only then, because of the powerlessness, people think "Let me do anything and manage the situation."

Joy destroys cunningness, joy destroys crooked thinking, joy destroys lack of integrity. It gives a larger vision. Sadashiva Himself when He lands into a person, He creates intense joy in the system. That is the way He lands.

A person's cognition (about his own self) is very important; based on that they adopt strategies for life. There are some people who do everything but do not bother about the larger values of life. This can be done

only by a person whose brain is covered by pitta layer and does not have high frequency to their existence. If Sattvic-Ananda can be added to people's lives, the whole world will live in integrity!

The benefits a Sattvic-Ananda person gets can't even be described. The benefits happen at the physical level, muscle-memory level, physiological and psychological level. When the pitta in the brain reduces, it develops a power called 'eating its own dead cells and cleaning it' – that is the power of Rudra.

"Do not allow your physiology and psychology to enjoy joy [that] which comes from torturing [the] other person. No! Then your brain loses its capacity to hold Sadashiva in you. And always encourage, grow, the Sattvic-Ananda. Don't be shy to grow the Sattvic-Ananda, means, nonviolent joys should be grown so much into the system. I tell you, more and more dosage

of non-violent bliss develops a larger and larger vision of life.

I tell you, Sattvic-Ananda makes you a Shaivite! That makes you live Shuddhadvaitam, Sadashivoham. Sattvic-Ananda is one of the most important alchemy you need to do, as preparation for Sadashivoham 2016."

Spiritual routine helps in building more and more Sattvic Ananda in the system. For example, when people jump and dance during Nithya KirtanSM, that bio-memory gets into their system, and helps make every process so powerful. The bliss is inhaled by every pore of the body! It becomes a part of the muscle-memory and bio-memory. Doing puja is also a way to build Sattvic-Ananda.

"The way your body flows, with that I can tell you, the level of Integrity you have and the efficiency or the vision about life."

Integrity to Guru

"Integrity to Guru means seeing who is using this body. Contemplate on that."

He explains that integrity to the Guru is the best way to exist. It is being aligned with the ultimate Truth, that He is an incarnation of Sadashiva Himself. When every action, every thought and decision is aligned with this truth, that is integrity with Guru. Aligning the whole being, integrating everything with this truth is being integrated with the Guru.

Powers of Sadashiva express as a side effect of integrity with Guru. More integrity with Guru establishes the person more and more in the original state of Sadashivatva, making the powers manifest very casually.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda narrates a story from His early life to illustrate this concept, and how integrity with Guru leads to not just a beautiful life, but also the most graceful exit.

My Guru, when she gave the Danda for parivrajaka, she told me, "You will never be in want of anything you need for survival. Your life will never be under threat. You will be protected." She said, "Always serve elderly sadhus, that will be a great punya.

After she left the body only, I left Thiruvannamalai. I always kept the word of serving the elderly Sadhus.

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After I had the darshan of Shankara Baba in Haridwar who came and gave me food and medicine and cured me, I was completely hale and healthy, blissful, running, enjoying. Suddenly one day evening I heard the news, Swami Vairagyananda, Sarada Devi's disciple – I have heard about him, I have even had his darshan earlier – I heard he was in hospital, really ill and needs to be attended to. There is a hospital in Kankhal, for which land was given by Maha Nirvani Akhada to Ramakrishna Mission. They built the hospital and are maintaining it. So I ran to the hospital. I had the opportunity of serving him. The best punya this body has ever earned is serving the elder Sadhus, especially when they are sick.

He was so happy the way I took care of him. He is a Mahatma. I can see clearly the internal organs are failing; the beaming joy in the face. His internal organs are failing, he may be alive maximum next 28-48 hours.

He said, "Aye, Koka,"

Bengali word to address a kid is Koka Maharaj. "Koka Maharaj make me sit." I have to drag him little up, so that he in at least in the slanting position."

"Why do you want to sit, just lie." "Nahi, only Bhogis lie down. Yogi can never lie down."

He used to tell that the royal brand horses can never sit or lie down and sit. King has the habit of royal horses. Middle class sits or lies down throughout their life. I was shocked. I didn't know how much to believe. Till the end, the flat lying down was never his lifestyle and he will sit and stretch the leg. I can touch and feel Bhagavan in the air he is breathing, in the space he is radiating. So I was serving him, taking care of him.

'What I can learn?' The moment I had this thought flow, current, he just opened his eyes. "Koka, listen, if you enjoyed five senses related pleasures, when that five senses cannot function anymore you will fall into depression. Because life will feel empty. If you enjoyed only kind of a thinking, the intellectual pleasures, like scientists, mathematicians, logicians, when that logic is failing, the powerful logic will give way, you will fall into depression. Even if you have developed only the power of repeating the name of Bhagavan, when logic slowly fails, you will fall into depression. Throughout my life I developed to rest in that pure unclutching space and my integrity to my Guru, so even though one by one my senses have failed, intellect is failing, visualization, emotions are failing, it is my integrity to the Guru which is holding me. This is what you can learn from my life as a lesson."

When he was describing, I could see: the most powerful old age insurance. Even if you just practice just repetition of name, your ability to connect and remember will fail. Pleasure of remembering Bhagavan, even that circuit will fail in you. Visualize my own form and meditate, there will one moment where the visualization ability will collapse in you.

Only one thing can hold you – your integrity to your Guru. The joy beaming in his face. Only with Arunagiri Yogeshwara, I had tears of gratitude in my eyes. The next person I have tears of gratitude in my eyes for is Vairagyananda. The power of his integrity! I got entangled with that experience. I was literally vibrating with that space he was residing. That entanglement was the initiation, whatever he wants to give me as a blessing, fulfilment."

Power to Read Blindfolded

One of the most visible expressions of Third Eye AwakeningSM is the ability to read using the Third Eye or Ajna Chakra instead of using the two physical eyes. As thousands are successfully demonstrating worldwide, it is possible to perform a range of tasks, including reading, painting, recognizing colors, shapes and objects - all the while blindfolded. How is this possible?

The science of Third Eye AwakeningSM and blindfold reading has been demonstrating and revolutionizing the understanding of the actual role of the two eyes as the

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sole visual sensory organ of our body. It is bringing back the best of India's Vedic heritage alongside modern education. It brings one to the question of differences in the cognitive processes involved in reading with the physical eyes versus reading with the Third Eye.

"Just like the two eyes you have, you have a third possibility to perceive the whole world… Science of Third Eye AwakeningSM is not a miracle. If only one person does it, it is miracle. If everyone starts doing, it is a science. Third Eye is not just used for seeing alone. It can

be used even to hear, touch, feel, work. Third Eye is a powerful new possibility. It is called the Third Eye because the moment it is activated the first thing that happens is you will be able to see with your two eyes closed."

What Happens During Blindfold Reading?

Normal reading (reading with eyes) is a three-step process:

1. The physical eye perceives the written words.

2. Information about the words is sent to the brain via the optic nerve.

3. The brain cognizes and understands the words.

During reading with Third Eye (with physical eyes blindfolded) only two steps happen: 1. The Third Eye cognizes the written words. 2. This cognition is transmitted directly to the brain.

So the brain directly 'reads' or 'sees' the words through intuitive powers without any help from the physical eyes.

Transition from Seeing with Physical Eyes to the Third Eye

Sri Nithya Ajarananda, a Nithyananda GurukulSM student, shares his experience of making the transition into manifesting this power of reading blindfolded:

"I did not immediately start seeing like the other kids. For me it started out mostly as an intuition. When I started reading with my eyes closed, if there is a word 'cat', I would start seeing a house and a cat licking a bowl of milk. So I could say it's 'milk', or I could say it's 'cat'. So I started getting many pictures like this and slowly the words started appearing in my mind. Slowly I can just visually see the words starting to appear. Now if you show a sentence, it just slowly starts forming up, I just see it in my mind. So this is how it started.

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And slowly I saw that even in my daily life I'm able to grasp things more easily. I'm able to see things with a whole new perspective itself".

Spreading the Science: Ma Nithya Yogamaatananda's Blindfold Demonstration at Capitol Hill

As a 9-year-old Nithyananda GurukulSM student, Ma Nithya Yogamaatananda demonstrated the ability to read blindfolded at Business Advocacy summit - Global Achievers Conclave.

Before a stunned audience of over 50 high profile people from all over the USA, including doctors, surgeons, medical researchers, bankers, investors and government officials who had gathered for the business summit, Ma Nithya Yogamaatananda successfully demonstrated the power of Third Eye AwakeningSM by reading a book completely blindfolded! At a speed that can be considered good for a 9-year-old reading even with open eyes, Ma Nithya Yogamaatananda read out whole sections from news articles, business cards and other content supplied by her awestruck audience, some of whom called her a prodigy. All the readings were

done using double blindfolds and eye pads to ensure that the readings were foolproof and credible.

Dr. Srilekha Attests as a Witness to Blindfold Reading

"It is a fool-proof demonstration where it's ensured that they don't see through any gaps by using eye patches and a double blind. The kids read better than any one of us with perfect vision would do with open eyes! To substantiate the statement, they are reading languages which they have never been exposed to earlier, reading perfectly with books kept behind the head and much more."

Dr. Srilekha is an obstetrician and gynecologist based in Bengaluru who is an established practitioner in her field.

Implications of Blind Fold Reading

The medical, academic and business fraternity is highly excited and enthusiastic about the implications of this emerging science for various fields e.g. education, adult training, assisting the blind, just to name a few. Representatives from various fields have come forward with support to facilitate research and development for taking this science to the world.

Ma Nithya Yogamaatananada is one of hundreds of children at Nithyananda GurukulSM who have successfully demonstrated extrasensory powers – like blindfold reading – and using it to experience life in a richer way than we ever thought possible. This exceptional school has won acclaim for the flowering of a generation of super-achievers who have successfully demonstrated a range of extraordinary powers, amazing creativity, and the ability to absorb new concepts much faster than normal.

In addition to revolutionizing education, Third Eye AwakeningSM has huge implications – it is possible that visually disabled may be able to read books without Braille. It is also possible that doctors may be able to diagnose patients through Third Eye scanning. While "superhuman" powers were well known and employed in the ancient Vedic tradition of India, modern science is still struggling to get deeper insights into this field.

Demonstrations of Blindfold Reading by the Disciples of Paramahamsa Nithyananda around the World

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Ma Yogamaata demonstrates blindfold reading at Capital Hill, Washington DC and takes the gathering by storm. She can read entire books with her blindfold on.

Top: Ma Maheshwara from Nithyananda Gurukul demonstrates Blindfold reading to an eager crowd in Ohio, USA. Right: Students of Nithyananda Gurukul read books blindfolded and demonstrate blindfold reading to sadhus and sannyasis.

Natarajan Krishnan demonstrates Blindfold reading to a crowd at Bengaluru Aadheenam. He was initiated into Third Eye AwakeningSM by Paramahamsa Nithyananda in the 21 day program called NithyanandohamSM, December 2015

Nithyananda GurukulSM students demonstrate blindfold reading to curious visitors

Gurukul students demonstrate blindfold reading at Don Bosco school, Bangalore