Chapter 13: Nirahara Sammyama℠🔗

Sammyama' means rediscovering, exploring and expressing the possibilities of extraordinary experiences and powers which are available to all of us.

The human being is at the top of the food chain. Through the millions of years of human existence, the bio-memory of deriving energy from minimal naturally occurring food sources has been transmitted through our genes. Over a period of time, social circumstances changed the natural way of living, leading to cultivation and consumption of cooked food materials.

The human body is a masterpiece of millions of years of creative evolution. The human bio-memory contains the cumulative bio-memory of every form of life that we have taken before. Whatever we think of as miraculous powers in the modern day are only skills and abilities that we once had, but have forgotten in our present human birth.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda says,

'If a fish can live underwater, you can live underwater. If a bird can fly, you can fly!'

Extraordinary Living

Nithya Sammyamas℠ are a series of extraordinary techniques revealed by the Avatar Paramahamsa Nithyananda to take humanity to the next level of health, awareness and extraordinary living. Among these, the one that has caught the attention of seekers and medical professionals alike is the Nirahara Sammyama, the science of going beyond the need for food.

The purpose of Nithya Sammyama℠ is not only to empower us with extraordinary capabilities. These sammyamas are powerful catalysts on the path of the spiritual seeker, preparing the body and mind to hold and radiate the phenomenal energies that are released with enlightenment. They also give us the confidence that we are progressing on the path.

Each sammyama is designed to liberate us from the physical and mental patterns that are binding us to lives of disease, fear and mental poverty. The sincere practice of any of these sammyamas can liberate us from the limitations of body-mind and take us to higher and higher states of awareness, helping us grow from human to superhuman states in consciousness, freedom, power and bliss.

living Food-free

The human being is physically designed to consume only vegetarian foods which are not processed. The human being does not have the ability to process and digest raw meat, unlike carnivores.

There is a degree of similarity in the initial development of all complex life forms, and the very early embryo looks very similar in various species, from fish to human. This gives us an idea that there is some common genetic thread in all life forms, with significant differences in their manifestation, as the genetic material itself is both intelligent and dynamic.

The word 'Sammyama' comes from the Sanskrit word 'sam-yama' which means 'that which ties together'. Sammyama is an intense process that gathers and concentrates our scattered energies in a single direction.

Traditional yoga texts recognize Sammyama as the integration of the last four limbs of ashtanga yoga – pratyahara (shutting down the senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana (contemplation) and samadhi. 21 units of pratyahara is considered to be equivalent to one unit of dharana, 21 units of dharana is equivalent to one unit of dhyana and 21 units of dhyana is equivalent to one unit of samadhi. Sammyama is the integration of all these.

Patanjali Yoga Sutra, one of yoga's foundational texts, states:

trayam ekatra sammyamah (3.4)

The integration of these three (dharana, dhyana and samadhi) is Sammyama.

tajjayāt prajñālokah (3.5)

From the mastery of sammyama, comes the light of consciousness.

Sammyama was also offered as a technique for spiritual enlightenment in the Tamil epic 'Tirumandiram' revealed by the saint Tirumoolar, who is believed to have lived in the physical body for over 3000 years without any solid food. The word 'Tirumandiram' translates as the 'Science of Miracles'.

Sammyama on any particular aspect endows the practitioners with a power related to that aspect. For example, sammyama on the nadi chakra creates the siddhi (yogic power) of nirahara.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda reveals:

Sammyama is far more than just a technique or process. Sammyama is diving into your center and staying there by the power of tapas (spiritual discipline).

As a laser beam illuminates whatever it falls upon, a concentrated mind that has mastered Sammyama can simply illumine any field that it chooses to focus on. All deeper and subtler states of knowledge can be mastered only through the process of Sammyama.

Sammyama is also the key to the expression of extraordinary yogic powers, because sammyama breaks the individual and collective bonds that bind us in space and time.

It is the nature of the mind to be restless and scattered. By creating a strong flow of thought in one direction, sammyama shakes the very roots of the mind, uprooting patterns and habits of a lifetime – sometimes lifetimes. For those who can withstand the churning of sammyama, it helps break free from the mental patterns once and for all."

The specific kriya or process of Nirahara Sammyama expresses the latent genes in us, which contain the code for survival on minimal or no obvious food material.

Nirahara Sammyama is the science of energizing the body by the utilization of the subtle form of bio-energy (life energy or prana), to contribute to the largest extent in maintaining the cellular activities of the body.

The gross supplier of energy is food in the form of carbohydrate, protein, fat and micronutrients, which are significantly restricted, with the practitioner consuming only a liquid diet consisting of pure fruit or vegetable juice without the addition of any nutritional supplements.

The Nirahara Sammyama process was perfected and made applicable by His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda as a combination of three techniques and processes:

· Initiation

· Shitkari Kumbhaka Pranayama

· Liquid diet - largely to allow adequate hydration

Sammyama happens when your ability to feel, think & be - all three are centered on one subject.

To be completely effective, sammyama needs three components

As explained in earlier chapters, Initiation or Deeksha is a technique of transferring bio-energy directly from the Master to the practitioner.

This involves both the quantum concept of entanglement as well as a direct or classical transmission of energy, which results in changes at the levels of bio-memory (gene and gene Expression), cellular energy (mitochondria), and several other changes at the molecular level.

Shitkari Kumbhaka described in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Yogi Svatmarama

One should always inhale through the mouth, retain and exhale through the nose. With this practice, one becomes a cupid. He is regarded adorable by all the yoginis and does not suffer from hunger, thirst, sleep and drowsiness.

As per the Trisikhibrahmanopanisad, the height of the human body is 96 digits length with the vital breadth or Prana longer than the body by 12 digit lengths.

In the middle of the body is the Sikhi or the fire situated just at the level of the nabhi (navel) and is called the Nadi Chakra.

The regulation of the vital life-energy, Prana and Apana happens at the level of the Nabhikanda, i.e. region originating from the navel.

Unlike traditional pranayamas, which are used to raise the Kundalini (the potential energy) up from Muladhara Chakra to Sahasrara (from base of spine to top of head) and therefore, the in-breath and out-breath flow from the nose or occasionally the mouth, in Nirahara sammyama, the in-breath is through the mouth. This allows part of the prana (the life-energy) to enter the traditional route and the other part to directly enter the belly to activate the nadi chakra. This increases the redistribution of prana into the samana system, thus providing energy in lieu of gross food. The Kumbhaka or breath retention after filling the lungs with breath, allows time for the energy to be distributed from the Nadi chakra into the various abdominal organs, thus energizing and purifying them.

The exhalation through the nose allows for Prana to move through the Ida and Pingala, and enter the Susumna activating or resetting the hypothalamus to control hunger, thirst, sleep and drowsiness. stimulation of the bone marrow through increased production of the erythropoietin by the kidneys.

Improved functioning of the kidney has already been reflected on Sammyama participants by a consistant decrease in the blood urea levels.

Also, the process of Kumbhaka in the Nírahara Sammyama Kriya, would induce the formation of hypoxia inducing factor (HIF), which in turn will stimulate the formation of erythropoietin (production of HIF) related to gene expression. This has already been shown in earlier studies of 21 days Inner Awakening®.

Thyroid functions improved drastically, altering the levels of TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) and T3 levels increased 33%.

This resulted in normalization of the thyroid hormone levels, thereby normalizing the effects of thyroid hormone on body metabolism.

Blood glucose levels returned to normal levels in diabetics, even without their medication. The post Sammyama fasting levels were much higher in most of the participants.

Here the liver produced glucose through a process of neo glucogenesis utilizing stored body fat.

Caution: Nirahara Sammyama should not be attempted by anyone on their own. It is a specific process, requiring guidance by a trained Acharya (initiated teacher).

♦ Recoveries from many serious mental and physical diseases

♦ Huge shifts in energy

♦ Reduced mental chatter

♦ Less unnecessary chatter when communicating with people

♦ Calmness and contentment in inner space

♦ Increased awareness of engrams (negative thought patterns)

♦ Increased awareness and removal of destructive patterns

♦ Reduction of hours of sleep, yet rested and energized

♦ The majority of participants reported needing only 4-5 hours of sleep per night

♦ Heightened ability to respond to situations spontaneously without negativity

♦ Increased responsibility for thoughts and actions

♦ Clarity of speech and expression

♦ Balanced emotions

♦ Alertness in body and mind

♦ Lighter body

♦ Greater flexibility both mentally and physically

♦ Increased gratitude

♦ Decreased feelings of irritation

♦ Increased intuition

♦ Drastic and permanent weight balancing

For the first time in history, using the combination of modern science and yogic science, it has been unequivocally demonstrated that liquid vegetarian diet in combination with yogic techniques not only maintains good health, but in fact enhances various parameters of wellbeing.

I attended the advanced level of Nirahara sammyama at Kodaikanal.

When we set out, I wasn’t sure that I would be able to complete the sammyama.

But Swamiji was the strength that made it happen for me so beautifully.

Normally, I am prone to headaches if I don’t eat or go in the sun, but here I was, with no debilitatintg effect at all, and on the contrary feeling light and healthy.

I lost a total of about 10 kgs during the total sammyama process. Now I live a life of no hunger, no weakness and a constant flow of energy and bliss.

I have gained health and energy, and moved out of many, many food patterns.

Not just that - the creativity seems to be just flowering in me, and I am doing so many things that I had not done earlier... at my age, I started learning desktop publishing, designing clothes, reading, etc. I feel full of life and full of confidence now.

Nirahara sammyama has too many benefits to list, but if I had to make a list of, it would look like this!

The greatest gain for me is the faith that I can live a healthy life without food, due to Swamiji's blessing. What a liberation!

Thank you Swamiji for this blessing.

First, a glimpse of the famous 2012 predictions, which have captured the imagination of an entire generation, and about which speculation is rife in scientific and academic circles.

Vedic prophecy: Sage Agastya, who established the uncannily accurate nadi system of prophesy many centuries ago, concludes his predictions at December 2012, with the observation that after this date a new consciousness will take over, and only one who is living in that new state of consciousness can continue the predictions.

The Mayan calendar: Known as a civilization of geniuses, the ancient Maya also devised a calendar which could accurately predict global events centuries into the future. Surprisingly, the Mayan predictions also end abruptly on December 21, 2012. The predictions say that after this date, there will be such a huge shift in human consciousness that any predictions made before that date will no longer be valid.

Astronomical significance: In 2012, all the planets of our solar system are going to be aligned with the sun – an event which has never been recorded before. On Dec 21, 2012, which is a winter solstice (Northern Hemisphere) the centre of the galaxy will align with our sun – a rare event that happens once in thousands of years.

The Earth is currently moving across the center of the Milky Way, which is a very powerful source of magnetic energy. On December 21, 2012, Earth will have direct access to that field of energy.

Major astronomical events are also being predicted – possible meteor crashes (similar to the one millions of years ago which caused the extermination of dinosaurs), Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) from the sun causing solar storms and galactic core explosion.

On the planet earth itself, there are expected to be potential major changes – the shifting of the magnetic poles of the earth causing the whole Earth to 'tip over', global warming, etc.

Fractal Time: Fractal time experts extrapolate from the rapidly increasing rate of changes (technological, social, population, etc.) that around 2012, the rate of change may reach such a speed that change is all that will exist.

Symbols: Research on the Nazca lines (symbolic stylized figures that have been etched onto the rocky desert between the Peruvian coast and the Andes Mountains, creating the world's largest piece of art) indicate that they may contain in-depth astronomical information with most of the lines fanning out from 'radiating centers' representing a map of the stars (belt of Orion).

There is a range of predictions – catastrophes, a global cataclysm, a flood of change, the end of a great cycle of time, the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, among many others. There are also researchers in the frontiers of science leading to spirituality, providing the bigger picture:

'The Cosmos will be reborn or recreated. We will reach the Zero Point of the process – a moment of collective spiritual birth. Our basic orientations will be inverted. On the level of human civilization, our basic assumptions and foundation values will be exposed, and we will have the opportunity to embrace values long since driven under the surface of our collective consciousness.' (Researcher John Major Jenkins – Maya Cosmogenisis 2012)