INITIATION
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Nurturing energy flow
Brahmacharya initiation: this is the step towards attaining of wisdom; one's only purpose in life. There are 21 different meditation techniques one needs to practice after taking this deeksha. These brahmacharis will practice these techniques for four months from today. Some of the meditation techniques, you can see visibly - like tonsuring their heads, wearing wooden sandals etc.
Our energy normally flows downwards - from head to feet. That is why we always feel heavy in the muladhara chakra, the sex energy center at the base of the spine. This kind of energy flow is called taitreya rejas. But the energy flow should actually be upwards. This chaturmasya vrat, 4-month vow that these brahmacharis are taking will cause the energy flow to move upwards.
Normally, we all keep our heads warm and our feet cold. It has to be the other way around. Our head needs to be kept cold and our feet warm; only then will the energy move upwards. In these 4 months, if these brahmacharis observe the vows properly and cause the energy to move upwards, on Vijayadasami day, the day for initiations, they will be pronounced brahmacharis. Or else they can live as they were before.
Paramahamsa
Guru Purnima
21 July 2005, Bangalore ashram, India
