Chapter 6: Deeksha🔗

In the field of science, all that exists, whether manifest or unmanifest, is called a probability. Everything in life remains a probability (wave function), until that moment when an observer observes it, thereby collapsing the probability wave into a particle. This concept of quantum mechanics applies as much to sub-atomic particles as to obviously visible structures like trees, rocks, humans, etc.

Deeksha or initiation is a scientific technique wherein the Avatar collapses the infinite possibilities and probabilities of our mundane existence into the single reality of peak existence or enlightenment.

The human being is a composite structure of body (matter), mind (subtler matter) and pure Consciousness - which is nothing but an exact replica of the universe itself.

Naturally, the peak possibility of our existence is to merge our individual 'self' with the universal energy of the Cosmos, where differentiation no longer exists, and the state of Advaita is experienced.

The Sanskrit word deeksha is derived from the root 'da' (to give) and'kshi' (to destroy ignorance) - which loosely translates as 'initiation'.

Deeksha is the direct transfer of spiritual energy by an Avatar through a look, a word or a touch, which destroys the ignorance of the initiate or disciple.

As thousands of people are discovering at Paramahamsa Nithyananda's life-changing programs, an Avatar can, with a single gesture, cause a spontaneous, incredible transformation on every level: the miraculous healing of diseases, the cognition of subtle truths, mystical experiences, the completion of karmas, conscious ecstasy and restful awareness can happen in a matter of minutes!

Deeksha is the most effortless and blissful way to raise one's spiritual frequency. A moment's initiation received in a mood of intense surrender can bring about more irreversible transformation in one's life than years of meditation and spiritual practice.

The Guru can initiate one in three ways: ♦ Through a look (nayana deeksha or chakshu deeksha) ♦ Through a word (mantra deeksha) ♦ Through a touch (sparsha deeksha)

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 Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

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.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda 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

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 bio-energy, which will automatically raise the disciple to the next level

Paramahamsa Nithyananda says (as part of a process):

Now I am going to guide you using some unique powerful sounds, and inject those sounds into your muscle-memory 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 bio-energy (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:

▸ Shiva Deeksha - being initiated into the lifestyle of Shiva

▸ Shravana - pure Listening

▸ Purnatva - Completion

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

Yatha pinde tatha brahmande, yatha brahmande tatha pinde

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 India - whether Yoga, Vedanta or Tantra. For millennia, yogis, rishis and siddhas - the enlightened spiritual scientists of India - 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

(drugs/ herbs), mantras, spiritual discipline or through samadhi.

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:

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.

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 Indian 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

Today, Paramahamsa Nithyananda 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 Awakening℠.

The human body and brain are already wired to experience a complete Kundalini Awakening℠ - 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 Awakening℠ 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.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda 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 Awakening℠ can seem like nothing short of a miracle – or a hoax.

But Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:

There are no miracles. 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!

silent transformation of Consciousness, which is what Kundalini Awakening℠ 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 Awakening℠.

Even as these extraordinary happenings are taking the scientific community by storm, Paramahamsa Nithyananda 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 India that might be humanity's only hope for liberation in the centuries to come.

Physiology of Thoughts

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, muscle-memories 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.

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 multi-dimensional consciousness, and deeksha awakens this possibility.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:

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, Paramahamsa Nithyananda 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 never-before experience of intense Kundalini Awakening℠ in a perfectly safe environment.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:

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 bio- memory 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 (see page 142). 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. The crocodile, tortoise and fish hatch their eggs just by remembrance! The Master 'hatches' you through all these three.

The first level is through his teachings and words. The second level is through his initiation and touch. Then, wherever you are, you are constantly connected to him. You remember him and he goes on remembering you. Through the constant remembrance of you wherever you are, he hatches you into a new being. He makes you into his very Self.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:

Group deeksha is a tremendous experience!

When a cohesive group of people sit together in a mood of meditation and receptivity, their systems fall into a deep harmonious resonance with one other. The whole group is like one organic entity. Moreover, each of you is individually in entanglement with the Source. Each of you is like a spoke of the wheel, all attached to the central hub which is the source of Cosmic energy. So every time I initiate one person in the group, the same energy is instantaneously transmitted to the entire group.

So when you sit in 21 sessions of Inner Awakening®, say as part of a group of 100 participants, you are actually receiving 21 x 100 = 2,100 initiations!

Group initiation has one more benefit. When I initiate you, I loosen and activate your bio-memory, preparing it for learning new things. So when you see somebody else expressing an extraordinary power like levitation, your bio-memory learns that such a possibility exists. Within a few days, your bio-memory picks up that particular power - even if you have not received that particular initiation from me. This happens due to the presence of mirroring neurons in your brain.

When you live in a sangha or spiritual community where many such powers are continuously expressed, your bio- memory simply opens up and starts living its highest possibilities."

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 Unclutching℠.

Silence is the absence of verbalization; Unclutching℠ 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 Unclutching℠ 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 Nithyanandoham™!

After attending Nithyanandoham™, I am every day exploring and enjoying the gifts showered by Swamiji, with zero effort on my part.

My personal experience is that having a body that can hold the high experience is critical. When you have a guru like Swamiji who can take you into the space of enlightenment in an instant, it is just smart to use all possible ways to hold that energy! You need both knowledge and personal experience. Just knowledge also cannot keep your inspired continuously.

It is truly a joy to be in a body that is your friend, as you complete and grow more and more authentic. Koti pranams Swamiji!

While a belief or expectation is usually unconscious, when we become conscious of it, it can be called an intention or a conscious resolution (sankalpa) about how we want to experience our world. With the power of intention, we can make the transition from a limited victim mode to an empowered space, where we consciously take control of our reality.

As Paramahamsa Nithyananda wisely says, the universe is a perpetual ‘Tathaastu’ (‘So be it’). It is always blessing your intentions, so be careful what you ask for!

Listen: your reality of God, your reality of yourself, your reality of society, your reality of the universe – everything is experienced by you as per the inner space you carry.

The universe is a huge wave of ‘Tathaastu!’ (‘So be it!’)

So put a little intelligence, time and energy into consciously creating the right space in you.

Your inner space is the mirror of your reality. The inner space you entertain becomes your reality. I don’t even want to say it becomes your reality; it IS your reality. This truth is the greatest liberation you can receive!

The moment I utter this truth, don’t feel powerless. Instead, understand that it is your own inner space; so you have the power to change it. Complete all the unconscious negative beliefs you are carrying.

Don’t bring your past record to deny your highest future possibility. If you failed in some effort in the past, understand that it was because you did not have the right space at that time. So the problem is with not having had the right space; not with the truth itself. So now, try with the right space. You will see that world responds responsibly.

It is so unfortunate that we continue to cherish self-destructive thoughts, sometimes unconsciously and sometimes consciously. You are already continuously manifesting your reality, but unfortunately, most of the time it is unconscious manifestation. All your diseases, your dissatisfaction, the untoward incidents in your life – all are your manifestation. Any untoward incident caused to you can be changed completely. The power of Manifestation can play any way you want. Your inner space is so powerful that you can just make anything happen. Whether it is the great realities of the Cosmos, or the realities of life, or the realities of mind, the space you create, creates the reality.

Manifestation is the science of consciously altering the reality as you want, and experiencing the reality as you want.

Manifestation is one of the oldest and most fascinating of sciences: how an idea can be chosen, put into the Source from where your very body has manifested, and manifested as reality.

Please understand: your body has manifested from a certain energy which was in your mother’s womb. If you are carrying a female body, you have the same energy in your own womb. If you have a male body, you carry the same energy in you at least to reproduce a body in a female womb. Either way, there is a seed energy which manifested your body. If you put any idea into that seed energy, it can manifest that idea also into reality.

In Sanskrit we have a very beautiful word, hiranyagarbha – the Cosmic womb. Any ideas which are planted in this womb become reality immediately. Any idea which directly adds to your life is from hiranyagarbha. All of you have the ability, the capacity, to put an idea into the hiranyagarbha and make it into reality.

The energy of Manifestation is such that can cause so many of your desires to become reality, even without your taking any action. The kundalini which is in you, is responsible for the manifestation of your body and your mind. If your Kundalini energy is simply added to your desire, it will become reality.

Your kundalini is like a Kalpataru. Once your Kundalini is awakened, anything you ask is immediately granted. So any idea you want to make into reality, take it to the level of your kundalini shakti. When you are having a levitation experience or a kundalini experience, any idea you sow deeply inside becomes reality as soon as possible.

Your muladhara chakra has a certain innate energy. If you add integrity to this energy, it will become visualization. Without integrity, that energy will remain as fantasy. Whether whatever you visualize is going to become reality or not depends on your integrity. Your verbalization only becomes visualization when you have integrity. Only then it becomes reality. When the nada (verbalization power) joins with bindu (visualization power), the kala (creativity) happens. Verbalization is the Cosmic feminine energy. Visualization is the Cosmic masculine energy. When they both meet, the creation of the Cosmos happens.

The peak of yoga is samadhi, enlightenment.

The last level before samadhi is the expression of mystical powers.

The Vedic scientists were well aware of the significance of possessing mystical powers only after the seeker is already tuned to living his life with the highest possible conscious coherence. Otherwise, the human mind can go astray and cause chaos with these powers.

That is why, even in his Yoga Sutras, Patanjali takes you in a step-by-step way.

First, you need to understand the laws of the life (yama) and raise yourself to the highest possible conscious coherence (niyama). Then, you learn to balance your body (through asana), prepare your muscle -memory to radiate Consciousness (through pranayama), and then awaken the ability to absorb prana without breathing (through pratyahara).

Only after this, he talks about how to express extraordinary capabilities through your body and mind through dhaarana. He is taking us to a non-return mystical zone, where mysticism is a living science, a lifestyle.

After the veil which covers the inner light is removed, the mind becomes fit to express all that it carries inside.

Legal name: Hema Malla

C/o Sharmila Malla

Location: Hong Kong

Email: [email protected]

My mother Hema Malla is 54 years old, and has had a long-term eye problem. For over 15 years, her eyes would get very tired every day. She had to keep resting her eyes many times a day. Otherwise she would feel heaviness and a pricking sensation in her eyes, and this was going on for years.

No doctors were able to diagnose or heal her.

We attended a Kalpataru darshan with Swamiji via two-way video conferencing from Hong Kong. Swamiji gave my mother distance healing and blessings from the Bidadi ashram in India via video- conferencing. After just one darshan, my mother had no longer had that eye problem.

I am so grateful to Swamiji for healing my mother!

Legal name: Sudharsini

Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Email: [email protected]

I had been suffering from PCOD (Polycystic Ovarian Disorder), which is a severe health disorder.

During a Kalpataru darshan, I got blessings from Swamiji to attend the Inner Awakening program. After that things started to move smoothly and I could overcome all the issues and attend the program.

Just after 21 days of healing from Swamiji during Inner Awakening, all my health issues disappeared and my health has been restored. So many positive changes have happened in me, and even people around me can feel it! Life has become so smooth and more blissful in all circumstances.

There are no words to express my gratitude to Swamiji, as each and every moment I feel the joy of being blessed by the Divine.

My deep gratitude to the lotus feet of the master Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

Opening the Cosmic Command Center

The ancient Vedic tradition gave the name Ajna Chakra (the sixth chakra) to the Third Eye. In yogic literature, it is described as a subtle centre of consciousness in the region between the eyebrows.

The word 'ajna' means 'command'. The practice of meditation allows it to become the command centre for the being, who receives instructions from Shiva Himself. It is also known as the command center because, once this chakra is activated, it gives the individual the power of clairvoyance, and the ability to control and influence the forces of Nature, as well as his own lower disposition.

Patanjali speaks on this power in his Yoga Sutras:

By redirecting the inner vision (one achieves) the knowledge of subtle, veiled and remote (objects and events).

The ancient Yogi Sri Goraksanath of the Nath Sampradaya of Shaivism refers to the Third Eye as 'bhruchakra' in his work, Goraksha Vachana Sangraha ('bhru' meaning the eyebrows).

It is described to be the size of a thumb (angushtha maatra) and appears like a steadily burning light (deepa shikhaakaara). It represents the eye of Enlightenment (jnana netra).

Based on the visible evidence of the effects of meditating on the Ajna Chakra, it is possible to postulate the neurophysiological pathways and structures involved in it.

Several studies have been done on Paramahamsa Nithyananda, ranging from FMRI to PET Scan to qEEG. The studies clearly show continuous heightened activity in the infero-medial prefrontal cortex, and a simultaneous state of total restfulness with awareness across the entire brain, suggesting complete entrainment of neural activity.

The process of activating the Third Eye as described by Paramahamsa Nithyananda includes:

This is the process of directly transmitting the bio-energy (Kundalini energy of the Avatar) into the area of the Third Eye, located between the two eyebrows of the recepient.

The meditation consists of visualizing a light or golden light within the third eye, which directly connects with Paramahamsa Nithyananda's third eye.

Timed meditation is performed alternatively, with eyes closed and eyes opened for three rounds.

The application of the blindfold completely cuts off any sensory inputs in the form of photons falling into the retina of the eye.

In the outer world, the maximum sensory input is through the visual system. Meditating in the darkness of the blindfold on the third eye allows one to focus with minimal distraction, while simultaneously activating the pineal gland (which produces melatonin in darkness).

Melatonin is responsible for re-adjusting the circadian rhythm of the body, and has significant anti-ageing benefits.

♦ Blindfolded reading ♦ Enhanced intuition ♦ Increased IQ ♦ Ability to use all aspects of the brain’s potential ♦ Parakaya Pravesham – the ability to enter and understand the other being. ♦ Many other siddhis (mystical powers) as well as health benefits

Nithyananda Gurukul℠ children initiated and trained directly by Paramahamsa Nithyananda explore the powers of the Third Eye

Meditation process to awaken the Third Eye in adults

Third Eye Awakening℠ demonstration with blindfolded reading by an initiated 9-year-old Nithyananda Gurukul℠ child at Business Advocacy Summit, Washington D.C., USA

Third Eye power demonstration to a live audience by Nithyananda Gurukul℠ Balasants (students)

Awakening℠

(From Paramahamsa Nithyananda's talks on the subtle truths of Third Eye Awakening℠ over the years)

One of the biggest misunderstandings which happenS in your life is, you trying to grasp you!

Listen: you cannot understand you - you can only experience you. So, if you try to grasp you through any conceptualization, intellectual understanding or in any way, it will always be a misunderstanding. If you are not comfortable with the vast, beautiful, amazing you, then you are not celebrating the extraordinary you. Even though you are not able to hold or grasp the vast you, don't try to create an image about you. If you see the vast you, you will be fearful.

The Upanishads beautifully teaches how to be loving and respectful towards the Avyakta - the Unknown. Much of you is Avyakta

When you understand that your unknown is your own unknown, you will not have fear about your unknown. You will not be afraid of anything which is your own. You will get comfortable with you. You will explore, embrace and love those unknown parts of you.

Third Eye is the bridge between the physical world and psychic and cosmic space. All the extraordinary powers, psychic powers, are achieved through Third Eye Awakening℠. All the extraordinary powers are lived when your Third Eye is completely awakened. Understand: whatever you are seeing with these two eyes is not reality and not enough. Third Eye makes you see the higher reality externally in your day-to-day life, and internally in your life and death journey. Third Eye Awakening℠ makes you immediately experience God.

The Third Eye is a direct bridge to God. Third Eye is not just an eye; it is the very source of your Consciousness. If you align your thinking based on the principle of Advaita, Oneness, all your energy will become centered on Third Eye, all your energy will become stable in your Third Eye. The functioning of your Third Eye will enter into the next frequency.

The more you use the Third Eye, the more the patterns and engrams engraved in your brain will start getting completed, because you are continuously working with Consciousness. The more you use Consciousness, the more you become Consciousness. What we call karma is nothing but the deep-rooted unconscious patterns and incompletions which force you into a vicious cycle of fear,

greed and pain for lifetimes. When you start using the powers of your Consciousness freely, the unconscious parts of your mind are brought under the light of your Consciousness, and they automatically dissolve, clearing the karmas.

The word ‘omnipresent’ needs to be understood.

When your presence is loosened in your body, you become omnipresent. If you are caught inside one nervous system, your presence is limited to just what you feel as you - that one small body. If you start loosening yourself, if you practice getting in or out of that one system, two things happen to you: one, you start becoming omnipresent; two, you experience tremendous love and compassion, because you start feeling your presence everywhere. You start feeling yourself happening everywhere, so the tremendous love and compassion to the Whole happens.

If you can see something through the eyes, you can experience it with your physical body. If you can see something through your mind, you can experience it, understand it, with your mental body. If you can see something with your inner space, your consciousness, you can control it as the Lord of it. Even blind people continue to see in their inner space. Whether you are blind or have physical eyes, you continue to see through your inner eyes. Third Eye vision is nothing but ‘Conscious Seeing’! It activates the non-mechanical parts of your brain. That is why you start experiencing extraordinary powers like telepathy, materialization, teleportation and clairvoyance.

Third Eye is like a door to Cosmos. You can receive anything from the Cosmos though the Third Eye. Same way, you can send any command to the Cosmos through the Third Eye. Anything sent through the Third Eye to the Cosmos is immediately, immediately experienced! Third Eye is not just the brow center; it is the Browsing Center also! Just like how you can upload or download anything through the Internet world through an internet browsing center, through the Third Eye you can download and upload anything in the Cosmos. It is the Cosmic browsing center. Any Akashic Records can be downloaded by you when you open your Third Eye.

1. Magic tricks - These are plain entertainment - they are not siddhis and nothing is wrong in them.

2. Black magic - Even if you do it for entertainment, it is dangerous and can have adverse effects on both you and the person on whom you are doing it.

3. Ucchaadana - if you use it rightly for the right purpose you will not have a problem, but if you use it wrongly for the right purpose (or rightly for wrong purpose) you will have a problem.

4. White magic - these are the siddhis. They may delay enlightenment, but will give you intelligence about when to perform them and when not to perform them.

5. Miracles which happen in the Presence - these are the leela of the Divine; they do only good all the time.

Narayana Swami, a siddha in my native town of Arunachala, used to say very beautifully, 'Extraordinary powers are given to you to show you that the ordinary life is not worth living.

For example, imagine how it would be if you could suddenly break this huge hall like a small bamboo stick and fold it and put it in your Consciousness? It is possible! This is an extraordinary power. This whole hall can be melted like a wax model and put into your Consciousness just through a sound vibration. When you can do this, it proves that the ordinary reality is a not a worthwhile reality; it is not the solid reality.

Whenever you break the ordinary rules, it is extraordinary. But the ability to break the ordinary rules and make yourself extraordinary is not supposed to bring extra ego; it is supposed to show you that the ordinariness itself is worthless, and that is why you are able to break it! It breaks your attachment to your current reality. And that is the exact lesson you need to learn.

With His Holiness Sri Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham

With (Late) Sri Ashok Singhal ji, International President of VHP

Student performing a demonstration for doctors at Pragya Hospital

Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon introduces the demo in the USA

Demo by Nithyananda Gurukul℠ student during Inner Awakening®

Demo by adult sangha member during Inner Awakening®

Spiritual name: Ma Yogamata

Age: 9

Student of Nithyananda Gurukul℠

When I do blindfold reading, it looks like everything is just coming like an image. It just pops up and goes. How I look at it is, just like an image - sometimes an image, or sometimes like how I look around, like with my normal two eyes. You should be first self- confident when it comes, then with that confidence it will benefit you with everything.

For me, there is no difference between a wish and a will. For example, when I want a toy and I wish for it, then it just happens. I just wish, I want a Lego and it just happens.

Spiritual name: Ma Shivajnana (mother of Yogamata)

Location: USA

Email: [email protected]

Yogamata is showing me every day what it means to believe in yourself and know that you can do anything.

Anything is really possible! The way she approaches life or tackles problems is so beautiful and inspiring. She expresses so much intelligence and maturity; she is able to learn new subjects so quickly after the initiation.

We knew that when we enrolled her in the Gurukul, Swamiji was going to teach her to be successful and a better human being - but we never expected this!

Spiritual name: Ma Prajnana

Age: 13

Student of Nithyananda Gurukul℠

After Swamiji awakened my Third Eye, I am able to read comfortably even when blindfolded.

The most surprising thing is that I am able to read languages like Tamil and Gujarati, which I normally don't know how to read! After these experiences, I feel that I have transformed a lot.

Name: Sharanya Sridhar

Age: 16

Location: Bengaluru, India

Student of Nithyananda Gurukul℠

After initiation from Swamiji, not only are the Balasants (Gurukul students) reading blindfolded in English, they have started reading in languages which they cannot read even with their eyes open – like German, Hindi, etc! Also, some of them are able to comfortably read off a sheet of paper which is kept elsewhere!

Also, a lot of fifth graders got promoted to tenth grade, and are now preparing for their Board exams! Due to Third Eye Awakening℠, unimaginable intelligence has opened up in all Balasants.

Gurukul students were mature and very respectful of the adults, of me and of each other.

They were highly attentive and conscious of the needs of other students, and were frequently observed dressing, helping, nurturing and problem-solving with each other. This was regardless of age; even young students assisted older ones and helped teachers as well.

There was no competition or comparison, and no aggression except for a few times, which was immediately solved by a self-appointed group of 'de-escalators' who intervened quickly, asking questions like, 'Are you in the space of Shivoham?' Or, 'How can you get in the space of Shivoham now?'

One young student was observed crying and hitting another older student multiple times. This older student just 'took the hits' and moved away. Within five minutes, he had 'completed' with the de-escalators, and moved on.

School Administrator Sridevi was presented with a student with a pain in the body. She asked the students, 'What is pain?' and 'Can you take care of it?' The student said yes and went away. Sridevi was observed allowing students to be self-directed in the classroom, assigning work with time limits that were flexible, and students could pace themselves - play or sleep, play with beads, and do whatever, so long as they finished the assignment according to the parameters.

Students clearly respected Sridevi and frequently asked questions and formed small groups to accomplish tasks. One student who "had a stick" in the back of the class for three different periods (and was clearly off task) was immediately re-directed by Sridevi to produce his work. He happily complied.

Basically the group functions as a WHOLE and they appear to be able to sit quietly for long periods of time in restful awareness. There is no picking-on, harassing, fighting, put-downs, as one would expect in a 'normal' school. On one occasion dinner was late, and they waited quietly for over an hour with no complaints.

Students assume responsibility for adult-type behaviors like re-directing, advising, questioning and actively listening to each other. One 7-year-old after finishing his report, spelling and printing correctly, got up walked over to another student and helped him to write and spell for his report. Another 11-year-old frequently directed the whole class, “Everyone be in the space of listening”. Of course, everyone listened, and the re-direction happened easily.

Gurukul℠ garden dropping thorns

A surprising incident that was brought to our notice was that the children’s garden of the Gurukul had dropped their thorns after being counseled by the students, and assured them that there was no danger to them, and no need to keep their thorns to defend themselves.

I personally investigated this with my team, spending some time in the garden during the students’ counseling session.

Students also take responsibility for helping one another ‘complete’ themselves by asking relevant questions to facilitate each other’s understanding of the completion process. Students would not allow themselves or others to be in the space of powerlessness. Completion happened constantly. They appeared to be a self-correcting, inter-woven network of completion.

Students sat with their rose for approximately 20-30 minutes per day. Some caressed the leaves, some sat quietly, some talked to each other, yet they were sitting casually… not praying, speaking to the plant or exhibiting any obvious behavior… yet the majority of the plants had dropped their thorns.

Students challenge each other to grow into higher states of social and emotional functioning by actively facilitating the thinking/understanding of the common goal: Living in the state of Enlightenment. Students used a common language that was based on the common goal of living in a state of balanced emotional maturity.

Where else would you find over 100 students of all ages in one big room, sitting together, eating together, just being together, in such silence?

Students enjoy mangoes from the mango tree in the Gurukul garden which gave a multifold yield upon their request

Soon he started reading so fast, it was as if the picture popped into his head as soon as the light was off, even while I was still handing him the book to read! He then continued to read three more pages in total dark, describing the pictures in the book and reading the captions under the pictures as well. I think that he was as shocked as I was, that he could read in total darkness! He was not only reading in the dark, he was triple blind-folded.

It is interesting note that the student initially expressed hesitation about reading in the dark, since on an earlier occasion, he was able to read at dusk, with very minimal natural light, with a triple blindfold. He had just grabbed the book, put it on the top of his head, and started reading correctly as well as identifying the pictures.

February 9, 2015, 6.45 pm IST

Ma Yogamata, aged 9, was the first Gurukul student to read in the complete dark with a triple blindfold. She was not only able to read the letters, but was also able to identify the color of the letters.

February 28, 2015, 7:05 pm IST

I took Kalpalatha, aged 10, to be tested with triple blindfold in the dark.

Kalpalatha asked to be blindfolded 7 times, and appeared to be confident that she could read in the total darkness. When we turned off the lights, she immediately started reading without hesitation, and identified all words and pictures correctly. She in fact read the whole book fast and fluently, as if she was reading normally, with eyes open and lights on.

It is interesting to note that on an earlier occasion, she also had a cognition that she would be unable to read in the dark. But this time around, she was very confident that she would be able to read perfectly in the dark, due two main reasons:

1. Ma Yogamata and Brahmasukha Maharaj had already done it

2. She had already read Swamiji’s mind in the interim (she said that if she can read His mind, then this should come very easily)

As we continued to test more children, the amazing thing we found is that each one’s success was based in the success of the others… a kind of ripple effect!

Paramahamsa Nithyananda described this phenomenon as the individual’s muscle-memory ‘learning’ the extraordinary possibility.

February 27, 2015, 7 pm IST

My assistants and I guided a student by name Brahmasukha Maharaj into a completely dark room for blindfolded reading.

At first, he appeared concerned that he may not be able to read in the complete dark. He was encouraged and reminded of his possibility by another student.

Then immediately, after we turned out the lights, he started telling what was happening in the picture book, saying, ‘There is a cat or tiger, gold color with white, coming down the stairs with his head up.’ I turned on the lights, and to my amazement, this is exactly what was in the book!

Gurukul℠ students

As a result of Whole-Brain Activation, Nithyananda Gurukul℠ students regularly demonstrate an astonishing range of abilities spontaneously, with hardly any formal training, including advanced yoga postures, traditional music and dance, sculpture, clay modeling, jewelry making and crochet, among others.

Nithyananda Gurukul℠ Students

The Bender-Gestalt Test is a determinant of neurological functioning. It assesses the level of whole brain activation; the students' ability to see the "big picture" and recall the details of it. It is not just an IQ Test.

The test is in two phases.

In the first phase or 'copy phase', students are first asked to copy 12 images of various complexities. This 'copy phase' reflects the students' visual motor intelligence and maturity. In the second phase or 'recall phase', students need to remember all of the images previously drawn without seeing them. The recall phase reflects the students' visual recall intelligence. The recall image is scored based on the level of recall ability. Of the 75 students who have taken the Bender Gestalt II test so far, the average percentile rank of Copy Phase is 95.07 and Recall Phase is 86.91.

Note: These extremely high scores are indicative of above average results compared to other students who were used to norm this test.

As a result of utilizing the Bender Gestalt II, observations of the process of students responding to each test card were recorded. Observations included: Idiosyncratic personality style, needs, conflicts and defenses, level of maturation, coping methods, psychological strengths and weaknesses, openness to new varieties of learning experiences, and the ability to profit from them.

It Is very important to document the way in which the student approaches this test, because (according to the testing protocol) it reflects the way the student approaches life itself.

♦ Students consistently avoided complaining and approached each event with composure and alertness. ♦ They exhibited extremely meticulous precision in transposing the Gestalt forms. ♦ They consistently took much more than the average amount of time to transpose the Gestalt. On the average it took a total of two hours per student: one hour to copy all twelve Gestalt forms, and one hour to recall them. ♦ If an examinee takes a large amount of time to complete the geometric figures, it demonstrates a methodical approach to tasks, low compulsive tendencies, and low symptoms of depression. In the modern world, delayed gratification is considered one of the highest assets of an employee. The observed ability of delayed gratification was the most impressive result of the Bender Gestalt II test. ♦ The other outstanding attribute in Bender Gestalt II results was the superior memory ability of students. It is very unusual for students to remember such a high number of Gestalt forms. Each gurukul student attended to the test card carefully, and persistently transposed the Gestalt form; remaining calm, cool and collected. They initially approached each Gestalt form with a keen observation and analysis of the form, and then exhibited a steady perseverance, attending to minute details. ♦ The students appeared to be in the deep state of restful awareness as they performed the memory recall aspect. They showed no signs of confusion, neither were they conflicted nor agitated. They consistently exhibited presence of mind. Because of their deep ease, the clarity of their memory was obvious. These impressions indicate strong mental stability, persistence, attention to detail, high motivation and emotional maturity.

The superior level of precision is evident in the high percentile ranking scores listed in the tables.

Partial TEST Data and Observations April 27, 2015

The Slosson Intelligence (IQ) Test is a well-respected and highly validated intelligence test worldwide. It measures the following categories: general information, similarities and differences, vocabulary, comprehension, digit span, arithmetic, visual motor capacity, and auditory memory. After all testing is completed, the examiner will do an item analysis on consistently missed items and categories in order to provide feedback for future instructional strategies.

Since the Slosson is a highly verbal test, the test administrator observed that many of the IQ scores were not accurate because of lack of English language immersion. The results pertaining to students with total English immersion have been reproduced here. (Note: The number of years each student has practiced English has been recorded.)

50% of the students with total English immersion fell into the category of Genius and Very Superior Intelligence (IQ Score of 120 and above).

The average difference between the chronological age and the intellectual age is 2.7 years ahead.

Note: The MAE (Mean Age Equivalent) of Nithyananda Gurukul℠ students is much higher than their peers who were used to norm this test.

of Slosson IQ Test

Age

83% of the students are intellectually 1 to 6 year(s) ahead of their actual age (as of students tested so far)

53% of the students are intellectually 2 to 6 year(s) ahead of their actual age (as of students tested so far)

1. One student, Brahmasukha, IQ 144, who was very proficient in blindfolded reading, correctly answered the question, ‘Who was Longfellow and what did he do to become famous?’ When the examiner asked him, ‘How did you get this answer?’, he said it came spontaneously to him. This ‘spontaneous knowledge’ acquisition needs to be studied further. There could be a correlation between blindfolded reading and spontaneous knowledge acquisition.

2. Another proficient blindfold reader, Lopamudra, IQ 123, after getting question number 181 incorrect, asked me if she could read the answer through the examiner’s mind. The question was, ‘Who wrote the following: Much Ado About Nothing?’ She blurted out the letters S H A K E S and S P E A R, then she said M A I L L I W (William), which is of course the correct answer. This student has been studied doing blindfolded reading on many occasions, and it has been observed that many times she reads the letters backwards.

3. Sharanya IQ 119, who was also a proficient blindfold reader, after getting question number 181 incorrect, asked me if she could read the answer through the examiner’s mind. For the question, ‘Who wrote the following book: A Tale of Two Cities?’, she read the letters C H A R L E S D I C K E N S, and she was able to get the answer for two other authors as well.

4. Sharanya and Lopamudra were asked the question number 153: ‘What is a panorama?’ Neither student knew the definition, so the item was marked incorrect. The examiner then visualized a panoramic scene on top of Mount Everest. Both of these students described the scene in detail, including snow, mountains and sky.