Quantum Enlightenment🔗

Someone once asked me, ‘Does the type of food we eat affect the pursuit of enlightenment? What are the types of food that we should avoid?’

Based on my findings, I can say that garlic, onion and green chilly are natural steroids and hence, they are recommended only for medicinal purposes. Daily intake of these as food will bring down your energy. As far as coffee and tea are concerned, I have not experimented with them. All I can say is…these are not good for your system. Meat, alcohol and cigarettes are considered as tamasic (laziness inducing) foods; they disturb your energy flow and make you dull. All these foods create a feeling of depression in the morning.

The first 20 minutes just after we wake up in the morning, play a vital role in our entire day’s activity. The mood that we are in these 20 minutes decides the mood of our entire day.

You can check this out for yourself. Try a diet of Satvic food (foods that promote a sense of calmness) such as vegetarian food and foods devoid of garlic, onion and green chilly for the duration of time that you decide upon. Notice the effect that it has on your moods. You can compare for yourself the state of mind that was before this kind of a diet and during the diet.

Notice how it keeps one light and active throughout the day. Believe me it will break the depression in the morning!

However if we argue from the point of view of ahimsa (non-violence) though, eating vegetables and greens also is not correct since plants also have life. We can support the cause of vegetarianism only from the point of realization. If an enlightened master declares that vegetarianism is the best, it is the ultimate truth. Otherwise, all your arguments can be counter argued. According to my personal experience (of course, there is no proof that I can show you!), vegetarian food allows more sensitivity and ecstasy in the energy flow that happens in our system.

Right from my birth, I have been a vegetarian. I have never tasted non-vegetarian food. I know how the body works with vegetarian food and what happens to the energy flow in the body with vegetarian food. So, from my personal experience, I can tell you that vegetarian food increases the joy and sensitivity in the flow of energy and definitely one feels light and ecstatic.

Definitely, vegetarian food is better for meditative people.

The idea of vegetarian food, according to me, must have developed only after Buddha’s time. He was so compassionate and believed strongly in Ahimsa.

During the time of the rishis (sages), there is no mention of the word ‘vegetarianism’. Even in the Upanishads, there is only mention of sattvic food; there is no mention of vegetarian food. Further, there is enough proof to suggest that cows were offered in the sacrificial rituals. The meat offered during the sacrifice was also eaten by those performing the sacrifice. There is no mention of non-vegetarianism as being detrimental to enlightenment. So, I strongly feel that the concept of vegetarianism came into vogue only after Buddha’s time.

One thing I am certain about is that it is good for the modern generation and hence I tell people to follow vegetarianism. However, if you eat non-vegetarian food once in a while, please do not create a sense of guilt in yourself. Be very clear, this guilt is worse than eating non-vegetarian food itself!

Understand this clearly…there is no ultimate rule as to what is right and what is wrong. All of us follow certain rules to understand and live a happy and peaceful social life. To this end we have an agreement amongst ourselves…do not kill me and I will not kill you…just follow this simple social law.

Even if we know that we are not going to be punished for killing someone, will we start killing others? No! If we do so, we are no better than wild animals; we have not grown!

The idea of punishment or reward should not influence any of our actions or decisions. That is what I call morality that will be from our Being, our consciousness. On the contrary, if we try to follow certain rules and regulations because of our social concept of morality, we will feel constrained and bound by them and attempt escaping them.

Remember that it is our innate nature to resist any rules and regulations. However when one starts to regret over violation of rules and regulations, this in turn inspires deep guilt in us. Do not carry any guilt! Be very clear…there are no rules or regulations which are the ultimate on this planet Earth. Therefore do not internalize any rules just because somebody laid them and said that it should be followed. Only agony and guilt will follow when you regret not following them if it is taken in this spirit. Remember that all rules have been created only for better harmony in society. Only when the understanding happens, you will follow rules!

A small story:

One night, a thief knocked on the door of an ashram which was located in the middle of a forest. The master opened the door and allowed the man to spend the night in the ashram. The next morning, the thief thanked his host and asked for permission to leave. He also confessed to the master that he was a thief and had burgled the King’s palace the previous night. The master was aghast. He started weeping loudly, ‘What a great sin I have committed by allowing a thief to spend the night in my ashram! I not only gave him shelter but also food. What can I do to atone for this sin?’

At that moment, he heard a voice from the sky, weeping even louder than him, ‘You are upset and weeping because you have looked after him for one night. What about me? I have been looking after him everyday for all these years and I have to look after many others like him!’

All our concepts of sin are social concepts. Instead develop a sense of morality that is born out of a clear understanding of what is right and wrong from the point of view of ones own awareness. Do not internalize rules and codes of morality blindly and create wounds in your Being. Have a morality based on understanding and not out of greed and fear. Be very clear any morality based on greed and fear is only skin-deep!

Let me narrate a small, humorous story:

Three women died and reached the court of Yama (God of Death and Justice), for the final judgment. Yama asked the first woman, ‘Did you lead a pure and faithful life?’ The woman replied, ‘Yes, I led a very chaste life.’ Yama then checked her life record and verified her answer. He gave her a golden key and sent her to a special room in Heaven. Then he questioned the second woman to which she replied, ‘Maybe once, mentally, I have committed a sin. But, physically, I have been pure.’ Yama gave her a silver key and sent her to an ordinary room in heaven. When it was the turn of the third woman, Yama asked her the same question about her chastity. She replied, ‘I have done all sorts of things, some of which may be even beyond your imagination. I am quite prepared for the punishment.’ Yama quietly whispered to her, ‘Alright, have my room key!’

Some people drop drinking here because they feel that they will get soma ras (the nectar of Gods) in heaven. I tell them, don’t be foolish. Who knows whether you will get drinks in heaven or not! Even if you do…it might not be of the same quantity or quality.

Thinking that we are going to get something better there, we try to drop it here. Let us not do that…let us not give up something in the anticipation of getting something better or something more. Be very clear…thinking that we are going to get something better; we will lose whatever we have. In the end, we lose both!

Let our morality be based on understanding and not on our perception of rules.

We started with a discussion on the type of food we should eat…we discussed the merits of vegetarian food and the demerits of non-vegetarian food. Let me give you one more understanding regarding food.

Overeating is not good for our system, even if it is vegetarian food. It creates problems. Eat only what is required and how much is required. Never overeat because of greed.

Feeding me is considered a great prestige by many of my devotees. They fill up my plate with so many varieties of food and expect me to eat them all…they even advice me not to waste it! Be clear…wasting food outside is better than wasting it inside. When you are wasting food outside, you are only wasting food. But, if you stuff yourself with food just because it should not be thrown away or because it is very tasty, you are not only wasting the food but also wasting your body’s resources in processing it. Food in the garbage bin is better than converting your stomach into a garbage bin! However, if one is aware of the quantity one needs, neither of these will happen.

Through awareness when our intellect is heightened, it becomes common sense or intelligence; however, the most uncommon thing on this planet Earth is common sense!

When emotion ripens, it becomes faith. When the Being ripens, it becomes Enlightenment.

We have three levels in which we live. The first level is our head from which we operate using our intellect and logic. The second level is the heart operating from our emotions and feelings. The third level is our Being which is our very identity.

If we work continuously using our intellect, it becomes intelligence. There are many meditation techniques with which we can work on the intellect. Similarly, there are a number of meditation techniques to work on our emotions. These will change our emotions to faith.

Remember this clearly…if we believe in a particular God or guru, do not bother about whether he has power or not. Our faith has the power!

A beautiful incident from the epic Ramayana will help you to understand this idea better.

Rama, the hero of the epic, had to go to Sri Lanka to bring his wife Sita back from the clutches of the demon Ravana, who had kidnapped her. However to do this an ocean that divides the two countries, India and Sri Lanka had to be crossed. There being no bridge to connect India with Sri Lanka, a bridge had to be built across the sea. Rama requests one of his devotees, Jambavan, to take care of the construction of a bridge across the ocean. He asks another devotee, Hanuman, to fly across the sea and locate Sita. At this, Hanuman says, ‘Oh Lord, you are asking Jambavan to construct the bridge and you are asking me to fly over the ocean to Sri Lanka. How can I do it?’ Rama replies, ‘You just chant the name Rama and you will be able to accomplish the mission. Chanting the name of Rama is more powerful than my physical form.’

Interestingly, talking of the Ramayana…there are two versions of the Ramayana: the Tulsi Ramayana by Tulsidas (a great 16ᵗʰ century poet who wrote devotional poetry in a dialect of Hindi) and the original version by Valmiki (a common thief turned poet devotee of the times of Rama). The latter is only a recording of history whereas the former is very interesting and enjoyable. In the northern part of India, especially in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh, even the sweepers recite the verses of the Tulsi Ramayana, while sweeping the roads.

Now coming back to the original discussion, according to me, none of our activities or actions is related to enlightenment. Enlightenment is within the reach of one and all. There are no special categories for this.

An alcoholic or woman is also eligible; they have the same chance of achieving this status. At the same time, a man who claims to have led a pure and chaste life may not get enlightened at all.

Enlightenment is related to the understanding and experience of our inner energy. It is not based on our physical activities as we presume. This concept is not understood by many people. That is why it is not generally spoken about in public. If misunderstood, it can lead to unwanted complications. Many people will take it as a license to do whatever they want. They can turn out to be anti-socials and create bigger problems in the world. However if it is properly understood ones life can change for the better as did Valmiki’s.

Vivekananda, a great enlightened master, used to drink alcohol and smoke cigarettes. Many may wonder how an enlightened master can do such a thing as it is very unbecoming for a person of his stature. Unfortunately, they do not know or understand that the enlightened masters have to create some desire to keep themselves in their body. When they are at the peak of ecstasy, they expand and lose their boundaries. At such times, these desires will help them come back to their bodies.

Vivekananda had to smoke or drink to be within the confines of his body. It would have been very difficult for him as otherwise the ecstasy is too great. Who would like to forego that unimaginable ecstasy and come back to the body? It is their sheer compassion which makes enlightened masters return to their physical form. They have a mission to complete on this planet Earth. Their presence is required for the good of mankind.

Instead of taking Vivekananda as an inspiration for Enlightenment, some people imitate his habits of smoking and drinking. They do not realize the reason why he did that, instead they take it as a license to do the same things. Forgetting that he did these things only after enlightenment they pick up only the smoking and drinking and drop enlightenment!

Ramakrishna, another great enlightened master, had a desire for jalebis (a type of Indian sweet). When he was in an expansive mood, he used to ask for this particular sweet. People around him used to wonder why he was taking so many jalebis at certain times. They found it very amusing as it did not gel with the conventional image of an enlightened master. Never did they realize that he was doing it not out of greed but out of compassion! He had to be in his body to serve humanity…he had to live to accomplish what he had come for.

That is why I say physical activities are in no way related to enlightenment. An enlightened man can never fake his feelings. He can only be natural. However be clear…an ordinary man can fake anything…even his naturalness!

I have traveled all over India: about 2000 miles, at a stretch. I did the Narmada parikrama (going around the Narmada River on foot) and visited many of the jiva samadhis (the resting places of enlightened masters) in India. I ask my devotees to visit particularly 4 samadhis: Ramana Maharishi’s in Tiruvannamalai, Raghavendra’s in Mantralaya, Shirdi Saibaba’s in Shirdi and Sadashiv Brahmendra’s in Nerur. In all these places, you can feel the living energy of these masters. That is why a lot of healing takes place in these jiva samadhi locations.

Saibaba, too, smoked a chula (a pipe). Sadashiv Brahmendra used to take a concoction made of bel (considered a sacred tree in Hinduism) leaf and ganja (opium). He, too, was a great master.

When I was wandering in the Himalayas, I met an elderly sadhu who was very compassionate, blissful and simple. I stayed with him for about 6 months. He used to smoke ganja and I hated the very smell of it. It used to make me feel sick. One day, I summoned up enough courage and asked him why he smoked it and advised him on the bad effects it would have on ones health. He just laughed and asked me, ‘Can you tie a big elephant inside a small hut? Similarly, unless I take ganja, I can’t stay inside this body.’ Then, I understood that enlightened masters had to do this reverse process to try and stay inside the body.

I have to relate to you another very interesting aspect about this Baba. He had a pipe made out of clay. He used to fill it with a copper coin, then put in the ganja and light it. After finishing smoking, when he cleaned the pipe, the copper coin turned into a gold coin. It was unbelievable…alchemy had taken place! He would then take the gold coin, go to the market, sell it and buy some more ganja. This was a regular feature. It may sound too far-fetched to you but I can bear testimony to it. It was from him that I learnt the art of solidifying mercury…of energizing the mercury.

In our ashram, we have an idol of Dakshinamurthy (the human form of God Shiva and the teacher instructing on absolute Truth). Before consecrating the statue, 50 kilograms of solidified mercury were used. Anyone who touches the idol can feel the energy given off from the idol. Both mercury and poison can hold and radiate energy and therefore both were used while consecrating the idol of Dakshinamurthy.

So, do understand that physical activities are in no way related to enlightenment. We cannot judge a master by his habits. Enlightenment is beyond body and mind. For example, when we learn cycling, we have to sit straight, hold one handle properly and keep our feet straight on the pedals. But once we master the art of cycling, we are able to balance ourselves well and we can perform any stunts on the cycle. Similarly, when we start sadhana (spiritual practices), we have to practice a few things a few times. Once we master them, we will learn to balance our energy and run our life.

A devotee once asked me about free will. I told her…if you have grace, you will have free will. If you have free will, it shows that you already have grace!

Another popular question put to me is, ‘What is destiny?’

I reply…your present is a totality of all your past decisions and your future is the totality of all your present decisions.

The purpose of human life is to learn the techniques to live blissfully, without the help of the body and mind. Learn that. That is what I mean by ‘being with God’.

Now you may ask…who is the creator? The words created, creator and creation are very confusing and lead to arguments. Actually, these are not three separate things! Creation itself is intelligence which is continuously creating. Only creating exists. Our ultimate goal is to live joyfully and learn to live without the help of body and mind. To this end we focus all our pursuits including following the different paths of yoga.

That yoga, which is the path leading to the understanding of divinity within us is Bhakti Yoga (science of devotion) and Jnana Yoga (science of wisdom). Our understanding of both these forms of yoga is wrong. We think that Jnana yoga means the intellectual process and independent of Bhakti Yoga. However, great masters like Ramana Maharishi, a great intellectual, express bhakti at its peak. He says learning to live ecstatically, blissfully without the help of the body and the mind is the only thing we have to learn because this is the ultimate goal.

We have other great masters like Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramanuja who expressed great wisdom through bhakti. Both of them were great intellectuals. According to me, Ramanuja’s Sribhashya is a greater intellectual work than Shankara’s Bhashya. So, there is no difference between Jnana yoga and Bhakti yoga. Understand well…if we do not have faith, nobody can liberate us. We have to liberate ourselves by the power of faith. We have to work on ourselves. Then, the guru’s grace descends on us and we get enlightened. Both these forms of yoga are not different.

It is not important on which path we travel. What is important is how sincerely we travel! Be very clear…if our travel is sincere and during its course we express our intelligence, there will be no conflict at all. There will only be harmony.

A certain someone who had met me only recently told me, ‘Master, I have a problem. I am not yet comfortable. We have just met and I have known you for a very short time….therefore I am not able to accept what you say totally.’

You may also not be able to accept whatever I say; you may question me since you have doubts about the truth of what I say. I have no proof or certificates of the experiences I have had. It is a deep subjective experience. It is more intimate than a love affair. Even a love affair is between two people. Here, it is between one and the same one. Will you talk about your love affair to your acquaintance? You need a certain degree of intimacy before you can open up to others. Some of you may not believe what I am going to say. It is fine with me. You can listen and forget it all. Of course, there are a few people who are interested in knowing the truth. I relate my experience for their sake.

When I was a small boy, about 10 years old, I went with my family to see a sadhu. His name was Annamalai Swami. He was a close disciple of Ramana Maharishi. Just like any other child of my age, I was expecting only a candy at his place. When we reached his place, he was talking to a group of people about how we are not the body but something beyond it. He further explained that pain and suffering are beyond the body and that they do not affect us. I was surprised to hear this theory and I thought to myself …how is it that when my mother slaps me, I feel the pain? Why is he saying otherwise?

When I returned home, his words were still ringing in my ears. I could not forget those words. There was an intense urge inside me to experiment and see whether his words were true and so I cut my thigh with a knife. It started bleeding and I was in terrible pain. My parents were livid with me. As the bleeding did not stop, they took me to a hospital to stitch up the deep cut. I still have a big scar on my thigh as proof of this incident!

After a few days, I went back to meet the swami. I asked him why I had felt extreme intense pain when I had cut my thigh when according to him we are beyond the body and hence pain and suffering do not exist. The swami was flowing with compassion. He consoled me and taught me a simple meditation technique. All I had to do was to see where my thoughts were coming from, to search for the source of my thoughts. Though I had never done meditation before, I decided to try it out. He then blessed me and said, ‘You might have had the pain…however you had the courage and curiosity to experiment. You were ready to take the risk. This attitude of yours will lead you to experience that you are beyond the body.’

I went back home and started trying the meditation technique. I did it in the most relaxed way and did it more for fun for nearly for two years, though not regularly. I was about twelve years old when I had my first experience. It was Buddha Purnima (the day Buddha got enlightened)…I was sitting on a rock below the Arunachala hills (in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India), meditating. It was sandhyakal (dusk, between 4:30 P.M.and 6:30 P.M.)…and I was searching for the source of my thoughts.

Suddenly, something happened to me. I realized I could see 360 degrees around me. Normally, all of us have a 120 degree vision…but here I was with something very much more than that…I had lost my very identity…there was no ‘me’… Everything was ‘me’. The stones, the hills, the trees, the sky… had all become ‘me’. Everything in me started vibrating with the feeling that ‘I am that’. I felt the whole existence with the same sensitivity with which we feel the body. For nearly 3 or 4 days, I remained in this state. Of course, within 3 or 4 hours after the experience, I started moving and walking. I became physically normal but mentally the ecstatic feeling continued for another 3 days.

The moment I came out of this, my first thought was that I had been possessed by a ghost…I never connected it to a spiritual experience. Out of fear, I never went near the rock for the next 3 or 4 months. But, soon, I was longing for that experience again. When I came out of the experience, I ran to an elderly sanyasini (female ascetic), who had a small ashram near the rock. She took care of me for a few days. She was the one who convinced me that I was not possessed by a ghost but that I had had a spiritual experience.

The moment I came out of the fear fully, I started meditating in earnest. The search had begun. The longing to know the 'truth' took me over completely....I started chasing it. I was around 13 years old when I ran away from home to North India in search of truth. I had to come back after a while though because I was too young to cope with the hardships of such a life. Getting food became a big problem. However, the pull to know the truth was so strong in me that I ran away from home again within a short time...gradually I started taking these trips, especially to North India, at regular intervals.

By the time I was 18, my parents, who were tired of my escapades, decided to get me married. Fortunately for me, a suitable bride could not be found for my elder brother and it was a custom, especially in South India that the younger son should not get married before the elder one. I also made it clear to my family that they should allow me to follow my path. They soon realized the futility of their hopes and allowed me to follow my quest.

The next time I left home, I traveled the length and breadth of the country. I did all sorts of meditation techniques. In Gaurikund near Kedarnath (a temple town in the Himalayas), I had a vision of the great enlightened master, Mahavatar Baba.

That was a turning point in my spiritual journey. It gave me tremendous inspiration. It gave me a great boost because at that time, I had almost given up my spiritual pursuit. I was angry and disappointed. All the rigorous spiritual practices which I had religiously practiced were in vain. The ultimate realization had not happened to me. Mind you, the search had not ended...however; Baba's vision was like a new lease of life to my spiritual pursuit. I felt a tremendous surge of energy and courage in me...this gave me new vigor to continue with my search.

From Kedarnath I went to Varanasi (a holy city on the banks of the river Ganga). Here, at the Manikarnika Ghat (a place earmarked for bathing), I had another experience. While I was traveling from Tapovan in the Himalayas, in an army truck, I broke my back when the vehicle went over a pothole. In North India, swamis are greatly respected by the army and they immediately offered to take me to a hospital for treatment. I refused. I just kept my hand on my back and felt the tremendous energy emitting from me. Within a few days, the fracture healed....for the first time; I realized I had the power of healing!

I came down to Madhya Pradesh (a state in North India), from the Himalayas. I was traversing the Omkara hills when one night, on New Year's Eve, I had my ultimate experience. It was a full moon night and I was sitting on the banks of the river Narmada...totally relaxed. I had given up all my meditation techniques, mantras and tapas, just a week earlier...I had decided to relax totally and let go of everything...I was just sitting and enjoying nature's beauty. Maybe around midnight, the level of relaxation became deeper and deeper and the amount of verbalization grew lesser and lesser...the inner chattering totally stopped and an unimaginable ecstasy took over me. There was no body, no boundary...I had become one with the cosmic energy...the Divine...I had reached the ultimate goal...Enlightenment!

Now, I am like a tape recorder. When the tape recorder is switched on, it plays and you hear sounds. When it is switched off, there is only silence. Similarly, when I stop talking, a space is created...there are no words here...there is only blissful silence!

With enlightenment, the very basic idea of sex disappeared. The idea of male and female simply died. Though I have a male body, my being never identifies with a male or female body. Just as I am holding a handkerchief with the tips of my fingers, similarly, I hold on to my body.

There was a young woman of 28 or 29 years who stayed in our Bidadi ashram. The door to my cottage is always open. One day as no other assistants were present, I requested her to bring my dinner. She brought my dinner and left it on my table. Just as she was leaving, I asked her, ‘Are you not scared to come to my room? After all, I am a young man!’ She just started laughing. She said, ‘Master, I have been with you for the last three years and not even once have I had the idea that you were a male. Now, for the first time, I am made to understand that you are a male.’

If you don’t have the idea that you are male or female, others will also have the same feeling.

The enlightenment keeps me in tremendous ecstasy 24 hours…365 days a year. The word ‘ecstasy’ is not enough to describe the bliss that I am in. Whenever pleasure is stimulated in your system, a chemical called dopamine is released. Doctors call the point where it is released as the D-spot. When it is released, your body is flooded with enormous energy. The doctors at Oklahoma University realized that this phenomenon was happening in my system while I was in a meditative state.

(Recently, an experiment was carried out on Nithyananda, in Oklahoma University. A team of doctors, psychiatrists and neurophysicians and surgeons, conducted some tests on Him, while he was in a meditative state. They thought it would take Nithyananda a few minutes to get into that state. To their astonishment, the moment He closed his eyes, He was in the deepest meditative state. The graph in the machine just dropped. It became a straight line. Seeing this, the doctors got alarmed and made sure that Nithyananda was alive!)

When one is in that state of enlightenment, any idea of a boundary is lost. The sensitivity with which I feel with my body is the same sensitivity with which I feel with this entire cosmos…any feeling that my body ends here and the rest of the world starts here is totally lost.

When I had the first experience, the heightened ecstasy lasted only for a few days. It was the first glimpse. But, after enlightenment, I am in this heightened ecstasy continuously!

There are thousands of enlightened masters living on our planet Earth. Their energies are all one and the same. Only the expressions of it are different.

Understand clearly…when one is enlightened, one will stop being judgmental….there will only be compassion for everyone. One’s very presence and energy will touch everyone!

As far as my educational background is concerned, I studied in a Tamil medium school. After finishing the tenth grade, I did a diploma in Mechanical Engineering….here again; the medium of instruction was Tamil. I never studied Sanskrit or English. I spent all my time in meditation.

Before enlightenment, I read just a few books to give me some knowledge about the Upanishads. After enlightenment, the whole scenario changed. I could access Sanskrit, English and information about various things in the past and present whenever I needed them. The moment I needed some information, it simply got downloaded. It appeared to me as if there was a CD package in my memory and all I had to do was to download it whenever necessary!

When I came to the US for the first time, I could hardly manage a sentence in English. This was the only apprehension I had when I was invited by an NRI devotee to visit the US. She promised to travel with me and be a translator. I readily agreed. Then, within a few days, I decided to talk in English. I felt there was no need for any translations. I conducted my first Ananda Spurana Program (ASP), in the US in English.

If you have an enlightened mind, there is no need for a formal education at all. Things will just flow. With my limited educational background and limited knowledge of English, I manage around the world…giving many discourses…taking so many classes.

Understand clearly…our memory is like a library. If we are attached to only one subject or one memory, we will never have the freedom to access other memories or subjects. But, if we have the emotional freedom from memories, we will have total access to any memory we want. We can download any CD and start playing it. No memory when it is downloaded should create any emotional bondage. Remember if we are emotionally free from any memory, we will be able to access any information we want…we will have a tremendous memory!

Ask our ashramites(inmates of an ashram) or close devotees and they will tell you about my busy schedule. I hardly find any time to read. So, where do I get all this knowledge from? I speak to thousands of people all over the world…hundreds of questions are asked and I am able to answer each one of them. Be very clear…it is my enlightened state that helps me download all those mountains of information.

A devotee once asked me, ‘Master, how do we overcome karma?’

My reply was…I will give you a simple technique. Right from this moment, try and remember all the incidents in your life. Start going backwards from this moment till your childhood days. Remember what you can. Don’t bother about what you cannot remember. You must realize that what you can’t remember is only a hangover. It has not touched you deeply and that is why it is not retained in your memory. Try this technique for a year…re-living is a wonderful way of relieving! Put this into action and see the difference it makes.

I pray and bless you all. May all of you have this eternal bliss…Nithya Ananda.