20. *About Paramahamsa Nithyananda*

Paramahamsa Nithyananda is an enlightened master living amidst us today. With a worldwide movement for meditation and inner bliss, Nithyananda offers solutions for situations as practical as every day stress to the quest for something as profound as enlightenment.

Nithyananda left home at a young age and traveled the length and breadth of India, visiting holy shrines, associating with several yogis and mystics during this period. He realized his intrinsic knowledge through the paths of meditation, yoga, knowledge, devotion, Tantra and other Eastern metaphysical sciences. With an enlightened insight into the core of human nature, Nithyananda has defined his mission for humanity at large.

Rooted in the ancient tradition of enlightened living, and embracing all world religions as sacred and unique. Nithyananda draws people from around the globe, crossing all societal, cultural, language, age and gender barriers.

Since its inception, Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam in Bengaluru, India has been a spiritual center for devotees from all over the world. The organization renders innumerable services and programs. The worldwide ashrams and centers offer programs in Quantum Spirituality, where material and spiritual worlds merge to create blissful living.

The services provided by the organization include ? meditation ? yoga ? corporate leadership programs ? free energy healing through the Nithya Spiritual Healing system ? free education to youth ? promoting art and culture ? satsangs (spiritual gatherings) ? free medical camps and eye surgeries ? free meals at all ashrams worldwide ? a holistic system of education for children through the ashram gurukul ? a two-year free residential spiritual training program in India called Life Bliss Technology ? a three-month

residential program for international youth called Life Bliss Engineering, and more. Life Bliss Foundation is the USA-based entity that spreads the powerful teachings and meditations cognized by Nithyananda to centers in North America, Europe and other parts of the world.

Nithyananda says, 'Enlightenment flowers when individual consciousness disappears into Universal Consciousness. When you start living enlightenment, you automatically raise the human consciousness around you. Living enlightenment holds the key to global peace and inner bliss. Every individual should be a pioneer in the transition of human consciousness to Divine Consciousness.'