63. Alchemy.🔗

When a journalist asked a modern Zen Master, ‘What is your idea about evolutionary growth?’ he laughed without giving a reply immediately and said to the devotees present there:

‘One who destroys joy is an animal. One who is not joyful is a man. One who is blissful is an enlightened Master. One who gives joy is a Guru (Teacher). That state of bliss is God.

As far as I am concerned, this only is evolutionary growth.’

According to this list, you also can go to the next states. But it is you who should permit the alchemy to happen!

❖ This article is written for those who think, ‘Oh, for me wisdom and spirituality are not needed’ and also for those spiritual persons...

❖ Sleep that comes when desired! ❖ Sorrow that does not come even when desired! ❖ Bliss that bubbles up from the inside! ❖ Tranquility which is not agitated by any thing! ❖ Joy which helps to celebrate life!

Along with these, each and every hair-root of the body will be rejoicing with joy.

All the five senses will function at their peak with zeal.

In short, all things stated above are in fact one hundredth parts of evidence of the state of bliss of enlightened Masters.

To explain more than this, language has not evolved to that extent.

❖ Wisdom, meditation and bliss only refer to that state of remaining rejoiced in bliss in such a manner that each and every cell of the body tastes sweet.

❖ Spirituality is only that path which teaches us and helps us make the alchemy happen within us to attain the state of bliss through meditation techniques and wisdom.

Do you require spirituality?

Or you don't need it?

Continue to read the article after deciding that.

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The methods adopted by a person to discover within him the eternal bliss which is called enlightenment and also the changes that occur within his inner world. - I call both of these put together as 'alchemy'.

Jumalki used to adopt a lot of new methods to see that alchemy reached the people.

He kept a notice board at a junction of four roads:

2 Special Shows! Sunday 6 PM

1. Debut dance performance by a person who has no legs.

2. Painting by a person who doesn't have hands.

As expected, the performance hall was filled with people. Devotees who respected Jumalki as God and practitioners of spirituality had assembled there.

Jumalki, who arrived there punctually at 6 pm, instead of the special show, started his speech.

During his entire half an hour speech, he was emphasizing with much relish, saying, 'You are also God and you too can experience total joy.'

Even though Jumalki spoke with elucidation, those present there were only thinking, 'What all he says is not possible for ordinary people like us.'

Suddenly a gang of ruffians entered. They were shouting as they entered the hall.

Along with them, they brought a man sitting in a basket and another man seated in a palanquin. Silence and peace was disturbed. Confusion prevailed.

One of the ruffians challenged, 'Oh Jumalki! It seems that you are a great enlightened Master. Nothing is impossible for you. We saw your notice board. Only to teach you a lesson, we have brought a man without hands and a man without a leg. Go on! Make this lame man run and this man without hands draw. Let us see.'

Jumalki slowly got up and pointed at his walking stick towards the lame man and said, 'Get up and walk.' Then he looked at the man without hands and said, 'Wave your hands.'

Nothing happened. The hall was silent.

Suddenly Jumalki beat both of them vigorously with his walking stick.

First, being unable to bear the pain, crying aloud, 'Oh! Ah! Oooch! Oh God!' the lame man jumped out from the basket.

Next, the men without hands also crying out, 'No, No, don't do that...' jumped out blocking and warding off the blows.

The aim of the gang was o make the dancers pretend and act as if one had no hands and the other had one leg. But this got exposed. As Jumalki started beating them they were forced to use their hands and legs to defend themselves from his blows. Their true colors were revealed.

Announcing the spiritual truths of the inner world as a puzzle and then, later, explaining the solution was Jumalki's method of teaching.

But, today, as the devotees tried to attack that gang, which had thought of insulting their Master by pre-planned and stage-managed actions, Jumalki said, 'Stop! They have said it beautifully in just half a minute, what I have tried to say in half an hour.'

As the devotees saw, they were not able to understand any thing.

Jumalki continued, 'Having forgotten to move the hands and feet for very many days and believing himself to be lame, if a person tries to dance or draw, in the first instance, it will of course be amusing to him. If he continues his trials, soon, at an unexpected moment, his hands or feet will begin to function. The fact that he is not lame will become an experience to him. In the same way, the entrance door to reach the bliss will also suddenly open within ourselves.

The person who falsely believes that he is lame, only if he thinks, 'Why not I try as these people say' and tries to walk only then he can feel the presence of his feet.

I call the treasure inside us only as the sea of bliss. If we try, we can dive into that sea.

Meditation is only the effort taken to search and find out that the sea is very much present inside us. Begin to strike inside vigorously with the stick called meditation. The curtain will unveil. Sea will be visible.

Do it and see. You will come to understand.

My thanks to the gang of friends who helped me to express well the last portion of my speech’, so saying he finished his discourse.

The methodology to attain bliss is entirely scientific.

As we can emphatically express in chemistry, that when we mix a particular liquid with a given chemical, we will get a specific end product, bliss can also be expressed in the same way.

When the juice of joy (Ananda rasa) merges with the awareness, the resultant end product so obtained is called bliss. It is only the things that are to be done and actions taken concerning spirituality that are called as alchemy.

Whether we believe it or not, we are living in the blissful energy flow only. Still we are not aware of it. The reason is that the awareness has not expanded and spread itself!

'Nava pashanam' is the one made by mixing a collection of nine poisons which contain medicinal properties and are powerful. If all the nine poisons are mixed in correct proportions and in correct quantities then the next minute itself Nava pashanam will be ready.

Like this, in our body, there are seven energy centers. There are fluctuations in regard to the fitness of the feelings connected with them. Only these fluctuations sow the seed for the diseases of the mind and the body to occur.

If the feelings connected with the seven chakras of the body are rectified and corrected and if we can enter into the place where the energy of the seven chakras gets concentrated and shrunk, we can happily enter into the ocean of bliss.

Since science has advanced well today, we can learn the alchemy of transforming the base feelings such as fear, greed and lust concerned with the seven chakras into higher and purer states of energy (love), by way of individual practical meditation techniques. Make the alchemy happen in you and see.

If you approach the Dhyana healing centers of Dhyanapeetam, you can learn these meditations and obtain the benefits.

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A meaningful incident.

A doctor asked me in Oklahoma University: How to find out whether I am enlightened or not? How to confirm it?

I replied: If you are enlightened, there will be no doubt at all whether you have got enlightenment. It is such an experience you will not have even a ray of doubt! As long as you have this doubt, be sure that you are not enlightened.

❖ For being enlightened, the alchemy that happens within you is deep-rooted. And it is very clear.

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Meditation chisels. Chisel No.18.

An embryo makes a girl, a mother. A Master makes a man a mystic.

Is a Master essential for you to be enlightened and to be blissful?

After reading these words, make a decision...

❖ Until and unless an individual makes a decision by himself to be blissful, even if he stays with a teacher life-long, the teacher cannot help.

❖ If an individual takes a decision by himself to be blissful, he will not need the help of a Master. He will attain bliss by himself.

If that is so, what is the necessity for a Master's help? A Master is needed because for the one who has not taken a decision to live blissfully, it is not easy to make him take this decision. For that alchemy should happen.

If it does not happen, for the only reason of not having taken this decision to live blissfully, many births may have to be wasted.

'Mother' is merely a societal status. It is another pen-name only.

But 'motherhood' is blossoming; maturity of quality.

Anybody can get motherly qualities. Even a man can get this. It is because it is a quality-oriented change. Not a bodily change.

For a girl to get motherly qualities, giving birth to a child is an easy way. The society grants the status of 'mother' to the girl. Because of the living evidence of the child together with this status granted by society, alchemy happens within the girl which will push her towards motherhood.

It will become an honorable and prestigious target to get motherhood. Very easily a girl will change as a mother... If this opportunity is utilized!

For a person to be enlightened, 'a Guru, a Master' is an easy way.

As the ecstatic experiences given by meditation and the maturity obtained by wisdom truths add up, the alchemy that happens within him will push him towards bliss.

Due to the guidance and actions of the Master, enlightenment will become an honourable and prestigious target.

Man will be enlightened very easily...

If the Master is utilized! If a conscious decision is taken by himself to be blissful!

64. Enlightened Master

A person asked Vivekananda, in a sarcastic tone, 'You are speaking about every thing with proof. What evidence do you have to prove the existence of God?'

Reply came from Vivekananda in a ringing voice, 'The fact that until today nobody is able to prove that there is God is by itself a proof that there is God.' The man who questioned him was shaken.

He hesitated for some time and then asked.

'How is that? Can you please explain?'

Vivekananda said, 'In case science proves that there is God then science would become a matter greater than God. God is not such a play thing to be proved by science.

God is great. Gigantic. Being unable to prove that there is God is by itself the proof that there is God.'

❖ Only an enlightened Master can give replies for such complicated questions in an easy and simple but at the same time curt manner. Enlightened Masters have not taken birth only to give varied, new answers for puzzling questions.

Enlightened Masters have only taken birth to change even a troubled man as a man with the quality of love and joy. Those who approach the enlightened Masters in the appropriate manner are those persons who have come to this world to become great men. What about you???

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❖ A disciple can accept the Master's words as it is. He will not waste the Master's time, or his own time in doubts.

❖ A devotee can listen to the Master's words. But, he will take time to believe and accept it.

❖ A spectator will waste all his time in testing as to 'Whether this man is really a Master!'

❖ Disciple, devotee or a spectator – this depends upon the method of your approach towards the Master.

A logician came to Bharatha Rishi with the intention of testing him.

The logician asked him in a voice full of pride, 'What is it that you can teach me?'

Bharatha Rishi said in a firm voice, 'I cannot teach you more than the lessons that the society teaches. But if you wish to learn, I have got so many lessons with me, which society cannot teach even in your dreams.'

The logician who came thinking he could play with words, stood there speechless!

Here is a Sufi's story to understand easily the reply of Bharatha Rishi...

That Sufi enlightened Master used to spend a lot of time with the public. He would talk with a lot of laughter. He would take great pain to explain everything. But he would not bother about the disciples.

The same disciple would have been a devotee some time back. Then the Master would have talked with him for a long time.

When the same devotee became a disciple, he would speak only a few words that too once in a way only.

For a disciple, who was new, he could not understand as to why the Master was behaving like that. So he engaged himself in direct argument.

The disciple asked the Master, 'Why do you talk with the disciples only for a short time. I see that you are not bothered about us at all. Why is that?"

The Master said in a firm voice, 'All for your improvement only.'

The disciple asked, 'Then, why do you talk to the public for a long time?'

The Master says, 'It is for their welfare. Understand one thing. Whether you live here or live in the family, you can lead a spiritual life. Only he becomes a disciple who comes away after having decided that only spirituality is life, only bliss is the limit. For a disciple, it is easy to believe my words and to implement them in practical life.' For the reason that he has realized that what I say is for his good only, it is enough if I talk a few words to him. He will sincerely strive continuously for many days to implement it practically. But it is a different story altogether with the public. They are thinking that spirituality is only a part of their life. It is difficult to make them understand that they can live their life in a spiritual manner. Their minds will suffer without believing the truth. That is why I have to spend a lot of time with the devotees. I have to teach the devotee. The disciple will learn from me. Understand this difference.'

The disciple asked, 'All those things are all right. Why won't you spend time to teach us also?'

The Master looked at the disciple and said, 'Eh! Boys! This boy still remains a devotee only. He has not become a disciple. Let him remain in the ashram as he likes, till he becomes a disciple. Relax a little, the rules of the ashram for him.'

Then he gracefully looked at the disciple, who was struggling being unable to believe the truth and reality and said, 'Yes, tell me further about your problem.' so saying he was walking with him leisurely and was listening to him. He spent a lot of time with him.

Spirituality is easy to learn, difficult to teach.

The reason: One who learns will be mentally prepared to learn from the enlightened Master. But when an enlightened Master tries to teach a devotee - the Master's time will be wasted in preparing the mind of the devotee for learning.

Just like the person searching for the ghee when he has butter in his own hands, man goes in search of petty pleasures when there is the ocean of bliss within him.

However long one tries to make this man understand by saying, 'Oh man! What you search for is very much within you', the human mind, instead of trying to understand that, will spend all the time in acting as though it is not at all understandable to him.

Man would also easily try to escape saying, 'Oh God! Even to understand what the Master says we should have performed great penance in the last birth. For persons like us, it is difficult to understand such wisdom.'

Many do not know till the end that they are dancing to the rather bad tunes of the mind.

If we understand that it is the mind only which prevents us from understanding the path for attaining bliss, the work of the Master will become easy. Changing as a disciple is just mental orientation.

By merely staying in an ashram, one cannot become a disciple.

Many disciples under great enlightened Masters, Chaithanya, Ramakrishna and Ramana have been family people. Their open minds will accept the teachings of the Masters as it is, totally. Such people's progress in spirituality will also be fast.

If we want to get full benefit from the Master, we have to be a disciple mentally. All other things, the Master will look after.

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A meaningful incident.

A king went to see a Zen Master. This Master was the head of a monastery with ten thousand monks and had lakhs of devotees. The king asked him, 'How many disciples have you?'

The Zen Master replied, 'Oh! Disciples? May be four or five at the most.'

❖ Becoming a disciple, will save more of your time rather than that of the Master.

Becoming a disciple is not for the good of the Master. It is for you. So open up your mind.

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Meditation chisels. Chisel No. 19.

'I am an enlightened person'. Say this to the world boldly.

Just because it got lost, will the lion cub which grew up along with the lambs, become a lamb? Even if it believes so... Is it all right?

Some day or the other, the lion cub, which is thinking it is only a lamb, will approach a lake. It will see its reflection in the water. On that day, it will realize, 'I am a lion'. Then it will announce it with a loud roar. It will start living as a lion.

If I say this, you may not believe.

Each and every one of you is an enlightened being, having got enlightened already.

Even if you refuse to believe, this is the truth.

Because the truths have been forgotten, if you believe, 'I am just an average man' like so many others, will that become true...?

While in meditation, some day, your true status will be reflected in the meditative state.

You will come to know, 'I am an enlightened person'.

This is a long-term plan.

An easy way to realize the truth instantly...

Do not wait till you get enlightenment.

Today itself, begin to express wisdom and bliss. You will realize that it is true only.

This is not a complicated formula. Just like that, pat your chin and say, 'From today I am an enlightened man'.

I am going to celebrate this. Do this boldly. You will live an enlightened life.

If you feel what all you read is like a puzzle, know that you still remain as a lamb only.

Still, it is an indisputable fact that you are actually a lion cub.

Take the revolutionary ideas well within you inside to the extent that you are thoroughly shaken and rolled.