DARSHAN: the ultimate technique for sudden enlightenment
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Darshan or initiation is the direct transmission of the experience of enlightenment from Master to disciple. Darshan may happen through a look, a word, a touch or even a thought! It all depends on the readiness of the disciple. A moment of true darshan can do more than a lifetime of learning and spiritual practice. In one moment of darshan, the accumulated conditioning of lifetimes can simply fall away. Such is the power of darshan.
How does darshan work?
The biggest struggle on the spiritual path is not having a glimpse of Truth, it is holding and sustaining that experience. Not only does the software or mind have to be prepared, but the hardware or the brain structure itself has to be totally rewired to hold the tremendous experience of enlightenment. Though you may clean the conscious mind with intellectual understanding, and the unconscious mind with meditation, your brain's hardware may not be able to hold and sustain that effect from day one. When the Master's darshan happens, not only is the new software downloaded into you, the hardware is also instantly rewired to hold that effect!