THE ENERGIZING PROCESS🔗

Through 5 Elements

There is a beautiful verse in Taitreya Upanishad. It says from akasha - ether came vayu - air. From vayu came agni - fire. From agni came water, from water came earth. From the earth came other things - life. In the same way, energy is also brought to life. First thing: the energy exists beyond ether, beyond the space. Through visualization or meditation, the energy is brought to akasha - space. From there through verbalization or through chanting of mantras, it is brought to the air. From there through fire rituals or homas, it is brought to fire. From there it is brought to water stored in the kumbha - pot. From the kumbha it is brought to the bimba - idol, and installed (in water form as the holy bath). That is the way the energy is brought and installed inside the statue or the idol. When the energy is installed inside the idol, you can't call it a statue or idol anymore. It becomes a deity.

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The 67 feet tall flag staff outside the Anandeshwara temple in Bangalore ashram

Temples are like satellite relay centers where high intense spiritual energy is created and sent all over the world to help human beings heal themselves physically, mentally, emotionally and above all spiritually. Meditation is the master key to relate with the energy which is in the form of murti - deity.

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How it all started

Man, ever since his creation, has wondered and researched on what it is that created this beautiful universe, what it is that created this beautiful earth and rolled it into space, and what is that which makes the rivers flow? He concluded that there is a Force or Shakti or Energy conducting all this. He then started wondering about how to establish a connection with that Energy.

The first people to make this conclusion, who did research on it and established a connection with this Energy, were the rishis or Masters. They then created many ways for future generations also to realize this Energy. These ways are the various meditation techniques. Each of them realized God through a different way and recorded their way independently.

The research reports published by the realized rishis are what you call Upanishad today. Just like how scientists create research reports on their discoveries and inventions, each rishi's report is one Upanishad. Vishwamitra worded his method of attaining enlightenment in the form of a mantra, and that is the Gayatri mantra today. Mohammed Nabi was in that Spiritual Experience for 3 days and was in a heightened spiritual state for 48 days after that. It was in that period that he wrote the Holy Koran. He narrated to his disciples how he attained enlightenment, and that became the Holy Koran. Similarly was written Jesus's Sermon on the Mount and Guru Govind Singh's Guru Granth Sahib. In different periods, different works were realized. That which is cooked according to the period was served as religion. According to the time, the preparation was made and a technique was unleashed. If we are given raw rice, we will not be able to eat it; it has to be cooked for us to eat. That is what the rishis did.

In Sanskrit, the word namaha appears at the end of each mantra - chant. Namaha means, 'I am not'. In effect it signifies surrender. In other words it implies, the 'I' - ahankar and 'Mine' mamakar - are not there. The feeling of I and Mine, that is the Body and Mind are being surrendered to the Lord. When we do this, immediately fear grips us. Understand: real surrender is not giving our bank balance to the Lord; it is giving our life and awareness to the Lord.

Understand, I am not even saying that the idea which you believe in should be right or wrong. There is nobody to judge whether the idea which you believe in is right or wrong. How much you are dedicated to the idea is the main thing. One more thing: if your dedication is so powerful, your dedication itself will purify the idea which you are carrying, if at all there is any corruption in it; if at all there is some missing part in it. Your desire is powerful enough to lead you to the goal. Your dedication is powerful enough to lead you to enlightenment.