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How to Understand God
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Metaphysical God | Spirituality God
Gospel
of Sri Ramakrishna | Swami Vivekananda
Jiddu Krishnamurty Spirituality Enlightenment
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Swami
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Krishnamurthy
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Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
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Biography of Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
India, with her wealth of spiritual tradition, has produced many
spiritual giants. One of the greatest was Ramakrishna (1836-1886). His
life was a testament to truth, universality, love and purity.
Ramakrishna Parmahamsa is perhaps the best known saint of nineteenth
century, India ever had. He was born in a poor Brahmin family in 1836,
in a rural village called Kamarpukur
near Calcutta, West Bengal.
Ramakrishna Paramahansa even as a boy naturally gravitated toward leading a
spiritual life. This tendency only intensified as he grew older. He
immersed himself in intense meditation and other spiritual practices.
Ramakrishna was constantly absorbed in the thought of God. He would
often go into high spiritual states, while meditating, where he would
merge with the Infinite Reality. For him, the Vedantic teaching of
unity of all existence was more than theory; He literally saw and knew
that this to be true.
Whenever people asked "Sir, have you seen God?” Sri Ramakrishna
replied clearly and calmly that “Yes, I see God as clearly as an apple
over the palm—nay
even more intensely.”
At Dakshineswar Kali temple, Sri Ramakrishna used to perform
experiments to obtain trance state of mind. Many of his disciples
experienced trance state, superconscious state in Meditation Samadhi, just by a
simple touch of Sri Ramakrishna. In this state of trace many people
experienced the destruction of I-ness, that is loss of consciousness,
and cried out loudly. Then Sri Ramakrishna would simply say “let it
then cease now” and as a result people used to come back to the normal
state of consciousness. Sri Ramakrishna was found to be highly capable
in obtaining trance state to those who were highly spiritual.
In his thirst for the divinity, Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa followed different
religious paths including various branches of Hinduism and many
non-Hindu paths. He with great interest and open mind also learned and
practiced Islam, Sikhism, enhanced his knowledge through the wonderful
teachings of Buddha and later meditated deeply on Christ, experiencing
however the same divine Reality through all religions. Thus, he came
to the conclusion, based on his own direct experience of the
universality of spiritual truth, that all religions lead to the same
God.
Many famous world’s leaders and philosophers— Mahatma Gandhi, Leo
Tolstoy, Aldous Huxley, Christopher Isherwood, Thomas Merton, Arnold
Toynbee, Joseph Campbell—have been deeply impressed and influenced by
this great saint Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa.
Ramakrishna’s
Philosophy
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The
important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach it by stone stairs
or by wooden stairs or by bamboo steps or by a rope. You can also
climb up by a bamboo pole.
God is both personal or impersonal. It is difficult to conceive an
impersonal God, so, to begin with God has to be thought of as a
person. Can anyone think of the white color without thinking of a
white object? One can look at the morning sun, but not at the midday
sun. Similarly, when God is manifest in a person we know what God is
like, otherwise God is impersonal and beyond thought and speech.
Brahman is the nameless formless Essence, the pure conscious Awareness
permeating all worlds, objects and beings, which in and of Itself is
neither matter, energy or mentation—point to its essence (the Brahman
is not in the worlds but the worlds are in the Brahman).
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Four Key Concepts in Ramakrishna's Teachings:
the oneness of existence
the divinity of human beings
the unity of God
the harmony of religions
Quotations of
Ramakrishna:
Different people call on [God] by different names: some as Allah, some
as God, and others as Krishna, Siva, and Brahman. It is like the water
in a lake. Some drink it at one place and call it 'jal', others at
another place and call it 'pani', and still others at a third place
and call it 'water'. The Hindus call it 'jal', the Christians 'water',
and the Moslems 'pani'. But it is one and the same thing."
When God is realized, the world never appears empty. He who has
attained Him
sees that the Lord
Himself has become all these—the universe and its creatures.
As a lamp does not burn without oil, so a
man cannot live without God.
As a man thinks, so he becomes.
Knowledge leads
to unity; Ignorance leads to disunity.
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Swami Vivekananda Biography
(1863-1902)
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About Swami Vivekananda
Swami Vivekananda was born in a wealthy family in Culcatta, West
Bengal, India on January 12, 1863. His pre-monastic name was
Narendranath Dutta.
Swami Vivekananda is regarded in India as a patriot and saint. Swami
Vivekananda was a disciple of the great spiritual master Ramakrishna
Paramahamsa, an 18th century saint. Swami Vivekananda came to the USA
and England and taught, during 1893-1896 for 4 years
the doctrine of non-Dualism, "the fact that we are all
God, and that all we see is God, called Brahman."
Swami
Vivekananda was the first known
Hindu
Sage to come to the West in 1893, where he introduced Eastern thought
at the
World's Parliament of Religions
in connection with the World’s Fair in Chicago. Here, his first
lecture, which started with this line "Sisters and Brothers of
America,"
made the audience clap for two minutes just to the address, for prior
to this seminal speech.
He mesmerized everyone with his speech.
It was this speech that catapulted him to fame by his wide audiences
in Chicago and then later everywhere else in America, including
far-flung places such as Memphis, Boston, San Francisco, New York, Los
Angeles, and St. Louis.
After the conference of World’s Parliament of Religions, the Swami
Vivekananda traveled throughout the United States and England, for 4
years, lecturing and giving the Western world his best teachings on
Vedanta, teachings that seemed customized for the particular needs of
the western mind. His first book on the yoga of meditation was
assembled and published as Raja-Yoga. Later came out a
collection of his talks on the intellectually demanding approach Jnana
Yoga, and finally, talks on the yoga approaches that suit most people
Karma and Bhakti Yoga. A series of private talks to his most serious
students at Thousand Islands Park in New York was later published as
“Inspired Talks.”
Swami Vivekananda came back to India in December of 1896 after
spending 4 years in West. The news of the Swami's return had already
reached India, and people everywhere throughout the country were afire
with enthusiasm to receive him. Here he was able to put many of his
ideas in practice such as service to the poor, education, hospitals,
and relief in times of natural disaster.
A major day came in 1899 when the permanent headquarters of his
brother monks, called the Ramakrishna Order and Mission of India, was
consecrated.
This great saint
and philosopher, Swami Vivekananda, passed away for his heavenly abode
on July 4, 1902 at the age of 39 years.
Watch the Video of Swami Vivekananda Speech in Chicago
(Sept
11, 1896)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxUzKoIt5aM
Sisters and Brothers of America,
It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm
and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name
of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the
name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of
millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.
My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who,
referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these
men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to
different lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a
religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal
acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we
accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation
which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions
and all nations of the Earth. I am proud to tell you that we have
gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came
to Southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which
their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud
to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering
the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation. I will quote to you,
brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated
from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of
human beings: "As the different streams having their sources in
different paths which men take through different tendencies, various
though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."
The present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies
ever held, is in itself a vindication, a declaration to the world of
the wonderful doctrine preached in the Gita: "Whosoever comes to Me,
through whatsoever form, I reach him; all men are struggling through
paths which in the end lead to me." Sectarianism, bigotry, and its
horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful
Earth. They have filled the Earth with violence, drenched it often and
often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations
to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society
would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and
I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of
this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all
persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable
feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.
Swami Vivekananda and His Life
How Vedanta Vivekananda
was inspired by His Mentor Sri Ramakrishna?
First Meeting:
Vivekananda first met with Ramakrishna in 1881 when Ramakrishna
traveled to Calcutta to visit one of his disciples who live in the
same neighborhood as the Vivekananda. As the singers of the music band
did not show up on that particular day, Vivekananda was invited to
fill up the gap. Vivekananda with his talent of singing and playing
musical instruments attracted Sri Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna impressed
with Vivekananda and his talents and invited him to see him again in
Dakshineswar Kali temple.
Vivekananda’a father suggested him to get married but Vivekananda
refused to marry for he wanted to pursue the path of spiritual
enlightenment.
Second Meeting: Vivekananda went to Dakshineswar Kali temple
along with his friends with a plan in mind to visit Sri Ramakrishna.
Sri Ramakrishna very curiously asked Vivekananda to sing a song.
Vivekananda began to sing one of the most touching songs in Bengali.
The song goes like this: “O my mind, come; let us go home; Why do you
travel in the foreign land of the world in a foreigner’s garb?” Sri
Ramakrishna was visibly moved by the sincerity and melody in the voice
of Vivekananda. Tears welled up in the eyes of Sri Ramakrishna, and he
thus lovingly got acquainted with Narendra. The affection of Sri
Ramakrishna towards Vivekananda intensified. Sri Ramakrishna treated
Vivekananda with utmost love and familiarity and escorted him to inner
room and fed him sweets and other eatables with his own hands; Soon
after this encounter, they became close friends. Vivekanada was
greatly astonished to find Sri Ramakrishna with his very peculiar
behavior and pure and devoted love towards God. Vivekananda, who has
been struggling with his skepticism and logical mind
about recognizing the powers of spiritual master Sri Ramakrishna,
started becoming a believer in divinity.
Sri Ramakrishna invited Vivekananda to visit Dakshineswar once again
at his earliest convenience. Moreover Vivekananda's English teacher in
his lecture had told the students to visit Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
at Dakshineswar if they wanted to know the exact meaning of the word 'TRANCE,'
for Sri Ramakrishna often experienced that superconscious state of
samadhi.
Vivekananda once again was attacked by his own skepticism and logical
mind, and doubted that this poor Brahmin, Sri Ramakrishna, might be
playing tricks with innocent people in the form of hypnotism or
mesmerism and probably the trance and samadhi were thought to be the
whims and play of mind rather than divine superconscious states.
Vivekananda hesitated first for a month time but later made up his
mind to visit Sri Ramakrishna again.
Third Meeting:
Next month, Vivekananda tempted to go to
Dakshineswar again to visit his mentor and would-be guru Sri
Ramakrishna. As soon as he approached Sri Ramakrishna, Vivekananda
asked with a great curiosity "Sir, have you seen God?” Sri Ramakrishna
replied clearly and calmly that “Yes, I see God as clearly as an apple
over the palmľnay
even more intensely.” This answer turned Vivekananda to more
perplexity and surprise because he asked the same question to many
great religious scolars and gurus but never got a firm reply like this
one. All those so-called Pundits of Brahmo Movement were reluctant and
frightened to answer such a question with any authority or
resoluteness. But that day he got the most emphatic and positive
answer only from Sri Ramakrishna. Sri Ramakrishna was sitting all
alone. He was very pleased to receive Vivekananda and called him near
his tiny bedstead. Sri Ramakrishna went into a divine mood and touched
Vivekananda with his right foot. Immediately Vivekananda had a
wonderful experience, which is given in his own words as follows:
"I saw with my eyes open that all the things of the room together with
the walls were rapidly whirling and receding into an unknown region,
and my I-ness together with the whole universe was, as it were, going
to vanish in an all devouring great void. I was then overwhelmed with
terrible fear. I knew that the destruction of I-ness was death, so I
thought that death was before me, very near at hand. Unable to control
myself, I cried out loudly, saying, 'ah. What is it you have done to
me? I have my parents waiting for me at home, you know."
Laughing loudly at his words, Sri Ramakrishna touched Vivekananda's
chest with his hand and said, "Let it then cease now.” It need not be
done all at once. It will come to pass in course of time. Vivekananda
was amazed to notice how that extraordinary experience vanished as
quickly as it had come. He came to normal state and saw things inside
and outside the room standing still as before. Vivekanada thus
personally witnessed the truth and understood the true meaning of
trance state with the help of the loving and caring Sri Ramakrishna.
Vivekananda was sure that it was no hypnotism, for he thought himself
endowed with solid will- power and self-confidence, and that his mind
could not be affected by skepticism anymore.
Fourth Meeting:
The next visit followed much earlier than the previous one’s as
Vivekananda was very anxious about spiritual enlightenment. This time
Sri Ramakrishna asked Vivekananda to accompany him to the nearby
garden of Jadu Mallick. Here these two persons, Sri Ramakrishna and
his would be disciple Vivekananda, were left all alone. Sri
Ramakrishna went into ecstatic mood and elevated Vivekananda to such a
state of consciousness where Vivekananda lost his body consciousness
but could answer the questions put by Sri Ramakrishna. Vivekananda did
not remember anything about this episode, but Sri Ramakrishna later
told his devotees that on that day he put many intimate questions to
Vivekananda and got answers to them all. He asked Vivekananda about
the purpose of his descent on the Earth, the nature of his work in the
future, his plans and mission in life and so on. On the basis of these
questions Sri Ramakrishna came to know that Vivekananda would lead
life of a monk and would leave his body when he comes to know his true
nature. Sri Ramakrishna knew that Vivekananda was ever-perfected soul
(nitya
siddha)
in
meditation. With this experience, after realizing the Highest Truth,
Vivekananda became the principal disciple of Sri Ramakrishna and
devoted his full time in worshiping the God. Thus, between 1881 and
1886, for five years, Vivekananda was groomed to become a great yogi
with unparalleled sharpness of intellect, reason, and spiritual
knowledge. He visited many places in India and many visitors from all
regions came to see him seeking the truth. No one could stand his
incisive power of critical analysis based on scientific reason and
rationality in the matters of Vedanta. Vevekananda thus became a
famous saint and earned the title “Swami Vivekananda.”
This great saint and philosopher, Swami Vivekananda, passed away for
his heavenly abode on July 4, 1902 at the age of 39 years.
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Swami Vivekananda
Was Emphatic on
the Role of
Free Will and a Confident Believer in Reincarnation
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QUOTE: "We have the power to be
what we are, and whatever we wish to be, we have the power to make our
lives ourselves. If what we are has been the result of our past
actions, it certainly follows that whatever we wish to be in future
can be produced by our present actions; so we have to know how to act
carefully in the current lives."
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Belief in Reincarnation Would
Inspire You Believe in God!
Without God, Reincarnation Would Not Have Been Possible! |
Before the
Sun, the Moon, the Earth,
Before the Stars or Comets Free,
Before Even Time Had Had Its Birth,
I was, I am and I will be.
— Swami
Vivekananda
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Raja-Yoga: (Vivekananda’s First Book);
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Meditation and Its Methods According to Swami
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Jnana Yoga (Paperback)
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Life in Indian Monasteries: Reminiscences About Monks of the
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Biography of Jiddu Krishnamurty
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About Jiddu Krishnamurty (1895-1986)
On May 12th 1895 in a place called Madanapalle, Chitoor
District, Andhra Pradesh, India, during the British reign of Empress
Victoria, a son was born to a Telugu-speaking Brahmin couple Jiddu
Narayanaiah and Sanjivanamma. The child was named Krishnamurthy.
Jiddu Krishnamurti was a renowned spiritual teacher whose lectures
and writings have inspired thousands. The core concept of the
Krishnamurti’s teachings underline the fact that one has to find
the truth through the understanding of the contents of his own mind
through observation and not through intellectual analysis or
introspective dissection.
His subject matter included, but was not limited to, the purpose of
meditation, human relationships, and how to enact positive change in
global society.
Although born of East-Indian parentage, he stated repeatedly that he
had no nationality and belonged to no particular culture of group of
any ethnic background.
Krishnamurti evolved his unique teaching from his own being and
living, for he had read no religious or philosophical literature.
What he taught stemmed from his personal realization.
His aim was to set people psychologically free so that they might be
in harmony with themselves, with nature and with others. He taught
that mankind has created the environment in which he lives and that
nothing can ever put a stop to the violence and suffering that has
been going on for thousands of years except a transformation in the
human psyche. If only a dozen people are transformed, it would
change the world.
His
core teachings
centered on freedom, self-knowledge, and choiceless awareness.
Krishnamurti met several world leaders, and his influence has been
acknowledged by many, including David Bohm, David Schainberg, George
Bernard Shaw, Aldous Huxley, Henry Miller, and Deepak Chopra.
He published many books, the most important among them are “The Book
of Life: Daily Meditations,
This Light in Oneself: True Meditation,
On Mind and
Thought, On Nature and the Environment, On Relationship, On Living
and Dying, On Love and Loneliness, Life Ahead, On Fear, On Freedom,
The First and Last Freedom, The Only Revolution, Krishnamurti's
Notebook, and many other books, and tapes on his speeches."
Krishnamurthy was Adopted by
a Prominent Theosophist
Annie Besant
In 1909, Krishnamurthy’s father Narayaniah was recently retired from
Government service, and then wrote a letter to Annie Besant, the
President of the Theosophical Society located in the town Adyar,
near Madras city (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India, seeking
employment at the 260 acres
(1.1 km˛)
headquarters’ estate. Even though an observant orthodox Brahmin,
Narianiah had been a member of the Theosophical Society since 1882,
and based on this information he has been hired by the Society to
work as an office clerk in exchange for free food and accommodation.
He then moved his family there to Adyar in January, 1909. When that
was accomplished, Narayaniah enrolled his two sons (Krishnamurth and
his younger brother Nitya) in Mylapore some distance away.
One day at Adyar, in April 1909, the prominent occultist,
high-ranking theosophist and clairvoyant Charles Webster Leadbeater
(C.W. Leadbeater), an Elder of the Theosophical Society at that
time, discovered, while playing on a private beach, something
unusual about the teenager Krishnamuthyľan
exceptional and the most wonderful aura he has ever seen, without a
trace of selfishness in it.
Krishnamurti was believed to be the vessel for
the indwelling of the coming "World Teacher" that many Theosophists
were expecting. This new teacher would, in the pattern of Moses,
Buddha, Zarathustra (Zoroaster), Christ, and Muhammad, divulge a new
dispensation, a new religious teaching. Theosophists believed that
the teacher was a spiritual being called Maitreya (the Buddha) who
would dwell in the body vessel. C. W. Leadbeater believed at that
time that he could read past lives, and did so on Krishnamurti who
he said was really named Alcyone. Alcyone had 30 past lives ranged
between 20,000 BC and 624 AD. Alcyone was a female 11 times among
those 30 past lives.
Annie Besant, the president of the Theosophical Society at the time,
endorsed C. W. Leadbeater’s observation, proclaimed Krishnamurthy as
the next “World Teacher.” Adopted by Annie Besant, Krishnamurthy
was sent to England where he was subsequently raised and educated
and prepared for his future role. Krishnamurti always had problems
with formal schooling and was not academically inclined.
Krishnamurti
tried to enter Oxford, but failed its entrance examination. He never
got a college degree.
He eventually gave up university education after several attempts at
admission. He did take courses on foreign languages, eventually
speaking several (French and Italian among them) with some fluency.
In this period, he apparently enjoyed reading parts of the Old
Testament, and was impressed by some of the Western classics. He had
also, since childhood, considerable observational and mechanical
skills, being able to correctly disassemble and reassemble
complicated machinery without any training.
In 1911, an organization called “The Order of the Star in the East”
was formed with young Krishnamurthy as its Head.
While under the
auspices of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeter of
the Theosophical Society,
Krishnamurti, as Alcyone, published a book in which he channelled
the teaching of a master.
Krishnamurthy Rejected and Left the Theosophical Society
However, in 1929, Krishnamurthy disbanded the huge organization the
Theosophical Society that had been built around him, and declared
that his intention was not to found new religions, but to set man
absolutely free. This
dramatic act of renunciation bewildered thousands of disciples of
Krishnamurthy.
It was at this time, in 1929, Krishnamurthy discovered from his own
realization and publicly issued a statement that “Truth is pathless
land.”
He renounced his role as the Head and dissolved “The Order of the
Star in the East.” He then gave up all the money and property
collected for his work through this Order.
From then on, this world teacher traveled ceaselessly all over the
world, mostly in South Asia, Europe and the United States, for more
than 60 years giving lectures and conducting seminars as a private
person, not as a guru but as a lover of truth. What he taught
stemmed from his personal realization. In all his lectures and
seminars his message always was as follows: “I
maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it
by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. Truth being
limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever,
cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead
or coerce people along any particular path. My only concern is to
set man absolutely, unconditionally free.” He urged his listeners
to examine the workings of their own minds and asked them to find
out answers through capturing the source of their enduring questions
in their own actions caused by their own minds.
At age 90, Krishnamurthy addressed the United Nations on the subject
of peace and awareness, and was awarded the 1984 UN Peace Medal. His
last public talk was held in Madras (now Chennai), India in January
1986.
Krishnamurthy Passed Away in 1986
Krishnamurthy passed away at home in Ojai, California, USA on
February 17, 1986 at the age of 90 from pancreatic cancer. His
remains were cremated and scattered by friends and former associates
in the three countries, India, England and United States of America,
where he had spent most of his life.
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In August 1922, Krishnamurti went through a mysterious, rather an
intense, "life-changing" experience. It has been simultaneously and
invariably characterized as a spiritual awakening, the so-called
Enlightenment process, a psychological transformation and a physical
"conditioning." Krishnamurti and those around him, who personally
witnessed his experience, referred to it as "the process of
spiritual awakening or enlightenment" and it continued at very
frequent intervals and varying forms of intensity until his death.
Witnesses recounted that it actually started on the 17th of the
month with extraordinary pain at the nape of Krishnamurti's neck,
and a hard ball-like swelling. In the next couple of days, the
symptoms worsened with increasing pain, extreme physical discomfort
and sensitivity, total loss of appetite and occasional delirious
ramblings.
During this process of enlightenment, Krishnamurty suffered
excruciating headaches, visions and convulsions, shuddering and
moaning, and semi-consciousness, much as a person possessed. These
seizures and spiritual manifestations lasted for several years and
formed the basis for Krishnamurti's later orientation. He called the
ordeal "an inward cleansing." Then, he seemed to lapse into
unconsciousness state; Actually, he recounted that he was very much
aware of his surroundings and, while in that unconscious state, he
had an experience of "mystical union." In the following day, the
symptoms and the experience intensified, climaxing with a sense of
"immense and joyous peace and reunion with God-force."
Krishnamurty stated: "I was supremely happy for what I had seen
and experienced."
Nothing could ever be the same. I have drunk the clear and pure
waters at the fountain of the true Joy and Eternal Beauty. And my
thirst was appeased as I was fully satisfied. I have seen the
Eternal Light of great intensity. I have touched and felt the
compassion which heals all sorrow and suffering I accumulated;
It is not for myself, but for the world. In all its glory, Love has
fully occupied my heart with a big hug and I was invariably blessed;
My heart sensed blessings and can never be closed from this
wonderful and unbelievable experience. The enlightened Krishnamurty
summed up his experience and said:
“I am God-intoxicated.”
Similar incidents continued with short intermissions until October,
and later eventually resumed regularly, always involving varying
degrees of physical pain to mark the start of the "process"
accompanied by what is variably described as "presence",
"benediction", "immensity", and "sacredness", which was often
reportedly "felt" by others present.
Several explanations have been proposed for the events of spiritual
awakening process of 1922. Leadbeater and other theosophists,
although they expected the "vehicle" to have certain paranormal
experiences, were thrilled and mystified by the developments, and
were at a loss to explain the whole thing. The inability of
Leadbeater to explain this spiritual awakening process
satisfactorily, if at all, had other consequences according to
biographer R. Vernon.
The process at Ojai, California, USA, whatever its cause or
validity, was a cataclysmic milestone for Krishnamurty. Up until
this time his spiritual progress, chequered though it might have
been, had been planned with solemn deliberation by Theosophy's
grandees. Something new had now occurred for which Krishnamurty's
training had not entirely prepared him. A burden was lifted from his
conscience and he took his first step towards becoming an
individual. In terms of his future role as a teacher, the process
was his bedrock. It had come to him alone and had not been planted
in him by his mentors. It provided Krishnamurty with the soil in
which his newfound spirit of confidence and independence could take
root.
The messianic status of Krishnamurti reached fever pitch as a visit
to Sydney, Australia was planned. Leadbeater had been based there
since 1914, and the movement was strong enough to own a local radio
station 2GB. The Star Amphitheatre was built in 1923–24 at Balmoral
Beach on Sydney Harbour, as a platform for the coming "world
teacher". According to sensational media reportage, Krishnamurti was
to make a triumphant arrival, walking on water through Sydney Heads.
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Krishnamurty’s Philosophy:
Truth is a Pathless Land
Jiddu
Krishnamurti was a guru who never wanted to be one.
What he taught stemmed from his personal realization:
You are on this Earth to live fully, happily with your whole being,
free of ambition, greed and fear. If you are greedy or ambitious,
you cannot live fully, because greed and ambition dissipate your
energy.
To live fully is to live without fear, without sorrow, without
asking a thing of the Gods, because you would be a light onto
yourself.
When you live fullyľa
light onto yourselfľyou
will not follow anybody, you will have no nationality, or belong to
any religious or political group. You are the world, the neighbor, the friend, the so-called enemy. If
you would understand, you must first understand yourself, for in you
is the root of all understanding. In you is the beginning and the
end.
The core of Krishnamurti's teaching is contained in the statement he
made in 1929:
TRUTH IS A PATHLESS LAND, and you cannot approach it by any path
whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect, and I adhere to that
statement absolutely and unconditionally. One has to find the Truth
through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the
contents of his own mind, through observation and not through
intellectual analysis or introspective dissection. Truth, being
limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever,
cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or
to coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand
that, then you will see how impossible it is to organize a belief. A
belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not
organize it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallized; it becomes a
creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others.
There is no path to truth, it must come to you. Truth can come to
you only when your mind and heart are simple, clear, and there is
love in your heart; not if your heart is filled with the things of
the mind. When there is love in your heart, you do not talk about
organizing for brotherhood; you do not talk about belief, you do not
talk about division or the powers that create division, you need not
seek reconciliation. Then you are a simply human being without a
label, without a country. This means that you must strip yourself of
all those things and allow truth to come into being; and it can come
only when the mind is empty, when the mind ceases to create. Then it
will come without your invitation. Then it will come as swiftly as
the wind and unbeknown. It comes obscurely, not when you are
watching, wanting. It is there as sudden as sunlight, as pure as the
night; but in order to receive it, the heart must be full and the mind
must be empty.
Now in this world you have the mind full of problems, hate and greed
and your heart is empty so you don't see the truth; Your mind must be
empty and your heart must be filled with pure love in order to see and feel the
blissful truth.
Man
has built in himself images as a fence of securityľreligious,
political, personal. These manifest as symbols, ideas and beliefs. The
burden of these images dominates man's thinking, his relationships and
his daily life. These images are the causes of our problems for they
divide man from man. His perception of life is shaped by the concepts
already established in his mind. The content of his
consciousness is his entire existence. This content is common
to all humanity. The individuality is the name, the form and
superficial culture he acquires from tradition and environment. The
uniqueness of man does not lie in the superficial but in complete
freedom from the content of his consciousness, which is common to all
mankind. So he is not an individual.
Krishnamurthy’s
book
“On
God”
contemplates our search for the sacred. "Sometimes you think life is
mechanical, and at other times when there is sorrow and confusion, you
revert to faith, looking to a supreme being for guidance and help."
Krishnamurti explores the futility (uselessness) of seeking knowledge
of the "unknowable" and shows that it is only when we have ceased
seeking with our intellects that we may be "radically free" to
experience reality, truth, and bliss. He presents "the religious mind"
as one that directly perceives the sacred rather than adhering top
religious dogma.
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October 22,
1946 in New Delhi, India. He is a
medical doctor, MD and writer. He has written extensively on
spirituality and diverse topics
in mind-body medicine. He states that he has been influenced by the
teachings of
Vedanta and the
Bhagavad Geeta from his native
India, and quantum physics. He also said that he has been profoundly
influenced by the teachings of J. Krishnamurty. His teachings have
had a profound influence on the “The New Thought Movement” which has
embraced him in the United States of America.
He has authored over forty-two books and one hundred audio, video, and
CD-ROM titles, which have been translated into thirty-five languages
and have sold over twenty million copies worldwide. He is a highly
sought-after workshop presenter and inspirational speaker, and has
achieved nearly guru status with many of his admirers. In 1995, he
established The Chopra Center for Well Being in California, and is
among the founding directors of the Alliance for the New Humanity.
Chopra is the recipient of the Einstein Award through Albert Einstein
College of Medicine in collaboration with the American Journal of
Psychotherapy. Time magazine hailed Dr. Chopra one of the top one
hundred heroes and icons of the twentieth century, and credits him as
“the poet-prophet of alternative medicine.”
Dr.
Deepak Chopra’s Quotes:
Every person
is a God in embryo. Its only desire is to be born.
There are no
extra pieces in the universe. Everyone is here because he or she has
a place to fill, and every piece must fit itself into the big jigsaw
puzzle.
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment,
are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There
is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is
serving your own evolution.
The secret of attraction is to love yourself. Attractive people judge
neither themselves nor others. They are open to gestures of love.
They think about love, and express their love in every action. They
know that love is not a mere sentiment, but the ultimate truth at
the heart of the universe.
The spiritual meaning of love is measured by what it can do. Love is
meant to heal. Love is meant to renew. Love is meant to bring us
closer to God.
If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the
internal dialogue. Make a decision to relinquish the need to
control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge. Those are
the three things the ego is doing all the time. It's very important
to be aware of them every time they come up.
If you and I are having a single thought of violence or hatred against
anyone in the world at this moment, we are contributing to the
wounding of the world.
The less you open
your heart to others, the more your heart suffers.
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Dr. Wayne W. Dyer was
born in
Michigan State, USA on May 10, 1940 and lives in Maui, Hawaii.
Although his childhood years were difficult, spending time in
orphanages and foster homes, his personal struggle to overcome these
obstacles and make his own dreams come true has inspired thousands of
fans who refer to him as the "father of motivation." When he's not
traveling the globe delivering his uplifting message, Wayne Dyer is
writing from his home in Maui.
Dr.
Wayne W. Dyer is an internationally renowned author and speaker in the
field of self-development. He has written numerous bestselling books
and has created a number of audios and videos. He has appeared on
thousands of television and radio programs, including The Today Show
and Oprah.
A psychotherapist, Wayne Dyer received his doctorate in counseling
psychology from Wayne State University and was an associate professor
at St. John's University in New York.
Dr. Dyer has written 30 books, recorded numerous audio programs, has
appeared on over 5,200 television and radio programs including Oprah,
The Today Show, and The Tonight Show, and has been interviewed in
dozens of popular magazines. In 1985 he was selected as one of six
prominent Americans, and his "A Letter to the Next Generation"
appeared in Time magazine.
Dr Wayne Dyer
Quotes:
You're the creator of your thought, which means that in some
metaphysical way, you're the creator of your life.
What we think determines what happens to us, so if we want to change
our lives, we need to stretch our minds.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your
life.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the
floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
Procrastination is one of the most common and deadliest of diseases
and its toll on success and happiness is heavy.
It makes no sense
to worry about things you have no control over because there's
nothing you can do about them, and so why worry about things you
cannot control? The activity of worrying keeps you immobilized.
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