AHAM BRAHMASMI🔗

I AM THAT

Tune in

Existence or Cosmos or Prapanja is made up of the 5 elements: earth, water, fire, air and ether. All the 5 elements are different forms of the same Energy called God or Self or Atman. Muslims call it Allah, Hindus call it Brahman, Christians call it God and so on…

As Taitreya Upanishad says, '…from Existence came ether, from ether came air, from air came fire, from fire came water, from water came earth and from earth came Life….'

When man is at ease, or is in tune with these 5 elements, he is alright. When he is not at ease with them, he is dis-eased. All the meditation techniques that Masters have designed over the years are aimed at tuning man to these 5 elements.

The origin of all religions dwells in tuning Man to these 5 elements. The thirst to get in tune with the source of the all-pervading Energy has given rise to many religions. Take the different forms of worship: idols are made up of clay (earth). Idol worship is done to realize the cosmic energy through the earth element. Similarly, bathing in holy rivers is done to realize the energy through the water element; 80% of our body constitutes water. Performing homa - fire ritual - is done to realize this Energy through the fire element. The fire outside represents the fire inside us. Chanting or repeating mantras is done to connect to this energy through the air element and finally meditation or dhyana is done to connect to this energy through the ether element.

The earth element - idol worship - is the first plane of tuning. Ether or akasha is the subtlest form of energy and the final plane of tuning. Man should attempt to graduate from idol worship to meditation.

The sacred banyan tree at the Bangalore ashram which appeared in Paramahama's vision soon after his enlightenment, as the place to set up his divine mission.

Meditation is the only path or the Master key to tune yourself with the subtlest energy of Existence called akasha energy - ether. Here you directly merge with the Brahman - Self, and you become God. You will then understand the great sayings of ancient Indian Seers that say 'Aham Brahmasmi' I am That, or of Sufi Saints that say 'Anal Haq,' or of the Bible that says 'Be still, and know that I am the Truth.'

Anything done with the knowledge, with the wisdom, with the awareness of the science of the whole action, becomes meditation.

Paramahamsa