Kinds of Initiation
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August 25, 2010
Whenever a Master transmits the experience which has become part of his bio-memory, into another body, to become its bio-memory, the process is called Initiation. Initiation may involve physiological mutation, psychological mutation, conscious ecstasy, a simple awareness experience or the deep restful awareness.
One process of initiation is making a disciple sit, and creating certain vibrations and mantras to create the same chakra vibrations in that person as the vibrations happening in me. Another is by telling the disciple to be in restful awareness, and transmitting that formula just by the touch of initiation on the forehead. If the formula is transmitted by touch, that is called initiation.
Master works with disciples at different levels. When a disciple sits in an unclutched way or in a receptive mood, any experience transmitted from my bio-memory to his bio-memory, without any effort from his side, is called initiation. If the same thing is transmitted with a little effort from the disciple and a little more effort from the Master, it is called a process. When it requires more effort from the disciple and less effort from the Master, it is called a meditation technique. If the whole thing is transmitted only by the disciple's efficiency and work, and the Master only gives the instruction, it is called a teaching.
There are also various levels of initiation. Transmitting knowledge and ideas, and awakening the non-mechanical parts of your brain is the initiation into shravana, the great spiritual truths. Transmitting the joy and ecstasy from the eyes into the onlooker’s eyes, into the eyes of an ordinary devotee, is the initiation into Bhakti, devotion. Transmitting the strong formulas through vibrations or through the very presence into the disciple, and making him experience the deep restful awareness, is Dhyaana, meditation. Initiating a disciple just by transmitting the bio-memory and putting the disciple into that experience is Jeevan Mukti Deeksha, space of enlightenment.