Songs of Eternity🔗

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Arunachala - the sacred hillock, manifestation of Shiva. Spiritual magnet that draws seekers from all over the world.

The Arunachala Hill is a spiritual incubator that has time and again given birth to enlightened Masters who have touched and transformed millions of seekers in the world. Just like how a clinical incubator preserves a baby, a spiritual incubator is needed to provide these enlightened beings with the right ambience when they take birth. Great Masters like Seshadri Swamigal, Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharishi and Yogi Ramsuratkumar, to name a few, hail from Arunachala. Paramahamsa's mother discovered that she was pregnant with her second child when she was on a pilgrimage to the holy temple town of Tirupati in South India. On 1st January 1978 in the spiritual nerve center of Tiruvannamalai in South India, Paramahamsa was born. He was named Rajasekaran.

Paramahamsa as a baby

Kumaraswamy Thatha - paternal great grandfather to Paramahamsa

Paramahamsa's family belonged to the Chettiar division of the Saiva Velalar community. This picture is of his paternal great grandfather, Kumaraswamy Thatha, who lived like a great saint and whose spiritual aspiration, Paramahamsa is believed to have inherited. His very body language in this picture with the turban, the rudraksh necklace and the meditative posture, reveals the likeness in spirit between Paramahamasa and him. Kumaraswamy Thatha renounced all his belongings in Bhoomandakolam in Tiruvannamalai and left for holy city Varanasi where he later passed away. The rudraksh necklace in this picture shows that the family had the tradition of wearing it. Over generations, the tradition was lost, until Paramahamsa arrived.

* - holy bead necklace worn by wandering mendicants

Look up!

Ramakrishna speaks about these great Swans - Paramahamsas. These great Swans are like enlightened Masters who take a bird body just to go around and see their territory. They are supposed to be a metaphysical bird, seen only through enlightened eyes or the people who are living in the higher consciousness. Of course only if you are enlightened, you will be able to stay in the higher consciousness; that is different!

This bird will lay an egg. In forty percent distance from touching the ground, it will hatch. In sixty percent distance, it will grow wings. Before touching the ground, in ninety percent distance, it will just take off and fly. It will never touch the ground! It will never touch planet Earth.

There is a small story about these great Swans:

When the reflection of the Swan falls on lakes or the ocean or a river, when the reflection falls on the water, all the fish in the lake start jumping, 'Oh, some new fish has come, some big fish has come!' They all start jumping on the reflection and play with it. Some fish will jump this way, some fish will jump that way.

When the reflection falls on the water, all the fish in the lake start jumping

Some fish will think, 'What a beautiful fish, what a wonderful fish', and they will be jumping this way and that. Some fish will start calling the other fish, 'Hey come quickly, come and see this beautiful fish, this pretty fish!'

Some fish will even put a fence around, 'Only we can go near this fish!' Some fish who jump in such a way that they jump on the reflection will feel that the fish is hugging them. They will go and write reminiscences, 'Oh, this fish is so great, so loving, radiating compassion; amazing love and compassion.'

Some fish who jump a little away from the reflection will feel as if the Swan is kicking them out; as if the reflection is kicking them out. They will go out and say, 'No, no. This fish is arrogant. He is not as loving as these fellows have told me. In books I read that it was very

'Hey come quickly, come and see this beautiful fish, this pretty fish!'

If the reflection falls on Malaysia, all the Malaysian fish will gather and naturally, the temple will be built!

Loving and compassionate; I went there and the reflection was shouting. It is not as compassionate as these fellows say.' Some fish will write, 'No, no. It is very arrogant, condescending', and whatever they feel like telling.

There are some intelligent fish who will think, 'No! This does not seem to be a fish. It seems to be something else.' These fish are called devotees! There are some very few intelligent fish. They will see, 'No, it is not even something else, it is just a reflection of something.' And they will look up…and see the Swan flying! These are disciples!

Understand? There are fish that will jump this way and will feel that the reflection is hugging them. They will

'They will look up…and see the Swan flying!' feel that he is very loving, caring and compassionate. They will go out and write reminiscences. This is one level.

There are some fish that will jump that way and will say, 'No, no, that fish kicked me out. It is not loving or compassionate.' This is one batch.

Some rare, intelligent fish only will look and say: 'No, this is not even a fish like us. It is something else...' You see, there is a beautiful sloka verse - in the Gita: whoever thinks that the Guru is a better human being has abused the divine presence. The Guru is not a better human being; he is completely disconnected from this very idea of human being!

So only a few intelligent guys get an idea: 'No, he is not a better fish or a big fish or anything. He is not even the same species which we think we are. The very quality, the very idea is totally different. Those people who feel this, who are fortunate enough to have that click; only they start becoming devotees! Only they start living around or start practicing very sincerely whatever has been expressed.

See, the people who come and go...both fish; the fish that claim he is loving and compassion and as well as the fish that jump out and say, 'No, not like that, everything is business...' both fish are called consumers.

The fish that starts looking, that start feeling, 'No, this is not a fish, it cannot be a fish just like us'- that fish is an investor. He starts investing.

Only when you have this doubt, 'No, this is not just a fish, it is something else', you are ready to look up and see the source. When

'I am a Swan!'

understand the truth! Suddenly you see...you were also never a fish, you were thinking that you were a fish! Suddenly you see...'Arrey! I am a Swan!' You will just fly and play with that Swan!

Until you see the Swan flying, you do not realize that you too are a Swan. You are a Swan, who for some reason, fell into the water, and forgot you can fly. You are just tumbling this way and that, struggling to survive, thinking that you are a fish. This is the truth.

Different types of fish come. There are some fish who are very busy - just jumping this way and that. And when these fish jump this way and that, the reflection starts moving just because of the ripples created by the fish. And these fish will think that the Swan is moving.

Understand one important thing: whether the fish are jumping and moving the reflection or they are feeling that it is loving and compassionate and hugging them or they are feeling that everything is business and hating or if they look a little deep and find out the reality of the Swan, you must understand - throughout all of these stages, the Swan does not even bother.... He is not even touched. He is neither touched nor bothered about all these four steps.

Intelligent are those who can look up and fly. His reflection falls on the lake for only one purpose. He is just expecting, just seeing if maybe a few fish will look up; that's all! Maybe a few fish will look up...

Understand: the first level, when you jump and say that he is compassionate, you are a fish, and the reflection is also a fish. If you jump out and say, 'No, no, it is not as we think; it is all just foolishness, marketing...' again, you are a fish and he is also just one more fish. The third level, when you look and see, 'No, no, this is not a fish.' Then, you are not a fish and he is also not a fish. He is a reflection and you are also a reflection of the reflection. That is why you are able to feel that it is something else. Then, the fourth level, when you look up, he is a Swan and you are also a Swan.

Along with your transformation, you will see the higher experiences of him. And by seeing the higher experiences of him, your transformation will happen; both are internally connected.

When you see the divinity in an idol, it is the first level. When you see the divinity in a living human being, it is called Guru Bhakti devotion to the Guru. Guru Bhakti suddenly leads to Atma Bhakti devotion to the Soul. The Guru just turns that same devotion and says, 'What is inside this system, is inside that system. Tat tvamasi You are That!' The reflection of the Swan happens everywhere for the one reason that maybe a few fish will look up. And wherever the reflection falls, automatically, ashrams and communities and temples just stand up! You don't even have to do anything, they will just stand up!

If the reflection falls on Malaysia, all the Malaysian fish will gather ity, all the fish will gather and naturally, the temple will be built! If it falls on Los Angeles, all the Los Angeles fish will gather and the temple will be built! If the reflection falls on Bangalore, all the Bangalore fish will gather and the temple will be built! If the reflection falls on some other country or city, all the fish will gather and naturally, the temple will be built!

Understand: I always tell people, especially the people who are our organizers, I always tell them: these rituals, rites, the temple, everything is for service, for the public. You fellows understand: do not forget to see the Swan. Because some fish are so busy collecting pebbles to add to the height of the temple, they forget to look up and see the Swan. Early morning, the Swan is no longer there and only empty water will remain. They will be stuck with the memorial they built. The Swan has disappeared.

Understand: before the Swan disappears, do not forget to look up and see the Swan. Sometimes, people just play around and miss. They forget to look up and see the Swan, thinking that it is going to be there forever.

So, do not miss...

Paramahamsa 2007, Himalayas