Spiritualism

The senses use the gross body to give an outlet to the assortment of vibrations in the Astral body as follows:

Senses                           Through the following organs

Touch                             Skin

Sight                               Eyes

Hearing                          Ears

Taste                              Tongue

Smell                              Nose.

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Spiritualism

As in the case of ordinary humans, the spiritualist’s body is like a huge building which has a small ventilator towards spiritualism, 

Spiritualists are those who are interested in self realization but have a totally spiritual psyche with a small ventilator that allows them to peek into this material world every now and then.

Such people are inward looking. They indulge in astral projection, then slowly gravitate towards the causal world and so on.

Hence even when they are working in the material world, their nature is: ‘ BODY PRESENT MIND ABSENT.’

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Self improvement itself is an addiction which grows into the living entity slowly but surely. 

This may be spiritual, material or physical.

As the addiction grows into the native he/she becomes more and self contained and contemplative.

When the person becomes so, sooner or later he/she begins concentrating on his/her physical, mental & spiritual faculties.

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The society can be broadly divided into 2 parts. 75 % are bothered about what it has done for them. Only 25 % think about what they have done for the society. 

This applies even to organizations where most of the employees are concerned about their increment, salary, bonus etc. 

Only 25 % think about what they have contributed to the welfare of the organization.

Usually these 25 % are those who are dedicated towards their own improvement materialistically and spiritually.

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Spiritualism

The mental disturbances are the beasts within, that create all imbalance in the human psyche. 

If through patience, constant practice & perseverance one succeeds in taming these beasts, his/her intelligence becomes untainted & pure.

Intelligence is the link of the body to the soul. Hence the life of spiritualism begins only then.

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Spiritualism

According to Swami Chinmayananda, the mind is so powerful that it can agitate even a lone monk in a cave. 

Even  Rajarishi Vishwamitra’s powerful mind was agitated when he was attracted towards the celestial nymph Menaka.

The reader will appreciate that senses have the capability to agitate a living entity whenever the senses wish.

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Spiritualism

According to Tiger Swami, whereas the beasts in this world never interfered in one’s businesses knowingly, the beasts within oneself perpetually tormented the living entity unprovoked.

There have been numerous instances when a perfectly nice person had behaved stupidly sometime or the other and he/she did not know why.

This is because of the countless disturbances in the Astral body consisting of the mind & senses.

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Mental vigor is always better than physical strength. Tiger Swami who was physically so strong that he could fight tigers, ultimately acknowledged that hitherto his courage had been grossly misplaced.

According to his spiritual teacher Tibbeti Baba, one must develop mental health, strength & courage to tame the beasts that roamed around in the universe within. This was a prerequisite for self realization.

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Spiritualism

Friendly love is when the devotee considers God as a friend.

The Pandavas, Draupadi, Sudama etc. are considered to be friends of Lord Krishna.

Conjugal love is where a devotee considers god as a lover and wants him/her to enjoy his/her company.

Radha, the gopikas, Meera etc. were in love with lord Krishna.

A prostitute loved lord Krishna so much that she offered to sleep with him.

It is interesting to note that SERVANT of God type of devotion is usually pursued by male devotees.

CONJUGAL love type of devotion is usually a female preserve.

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Parental love for God is where the devotee considers God as his/her child & offers to treat God accordingly.

Devaki & Vasudev gave birth to lord Krishna.

Yashoda & Nanda brought up lord Krishna lovingly.

Raja Dasharath, Kausalya, Kekai, Sumitra not only gave birth to lord Rama, but also brought him up lovingly.

Mary & Joseph enjoyed parental pleasure as Jesus’ mother & father.

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Servant of God is one who offers his/her services for God. In other words he/she offers to work for God and shows his/her willingness to take up any assignment for the sake of God.

Lord Hanuman the monkey God is the best example of this form of devotion.

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Saintly love is preferred by those who like to eulogize god by composing hymns, songs, etc. singing them and spreading love for god the world over.

Chaitnya Mahaprabhu, Tyagaraja, Purandara Dasa, Tulsidas, etc. belong to this category.

Similarly Sufi poets in Islam, & those who composed or continue to compose hymns in Christianity belong to this category.

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However those who are spiritual inclined regardless of their zodiac, think alike. They say birds of the same feather flock together.

The intelligence of spiritually inclined people runs deep. They also understand each other better than what the normal people do. Even among the intelligent spiritualists devotion to the supreme self is different in nature, depending on their individual preferences. 

They are broadly divided into 5 forms namely :

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Saintly love for god.

2.  Servant of god.

3.  Parental love for god.

4.  Friendly love for god.

5.  Conjugal love for god.

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Spiritualism

When a living entity comes into this world as a material incarnation, and gets into a gross body according to his/her past karma, he/she gets a set of material qualities according to his her zodiac. 

Remember that no zodiac is better than the other.

In other words astrology monitors only the material qualities.

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Spiritualism

A person can be in a trance even when he/she is going about his/her normal routine. In fact it is one method of avoiding mundane activities in normal life.

One will appreciate that whether one likes it or not, he/she comes across all sorts of human beings in the society sometimes on a daily basis. The three modes of material nature goodness, passion & ignorance as well as divine & demonic natures give variety as well as color to life.

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Meditation especially on the super soul is extremely potent. It provides a type of focus which sharpens the living entity’s faculties to an endless extent. This results in the generation of such a heat within that sometimes even the living entity himself/herself cannot bear it.

Further it is addictive. Swami Pranabananda the saint with two bodies found it (to meditate all night & work all morning), so strenuous that he chose to quit his job, and concentrate on meditation.

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Same is the case with heretics, monks, sages and Renunciant.

It is said that the society is ruled by such people. Yet they remain aloof & alone & the true among them do not mix with humanity.

But here the reason is different. These people acquire such clairvoyant powers thanks to their meditation and focus that they are perpetually scared that they may inadvertently drop their guard in front of humanity and as a result the weak humans may get hurt from the heat that these monks generate.

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Spiritualism

Demigods have either super ego that is they feel that they are a part & parcel of the super soul/supreme whole, or they have ego that is they are the soul an eternal spark of the supreme whole.

Because the demigods & God are so powerful, they remain aloof and do not mix with common mankind which may begin taking them for granted if they mix with the multitude. This is despite the fact that the demigods & God have the best interests for humanity, at heart.

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Spiritualism

However even here God takes the demonic into his/her fold so that they may not commit further atrocities.

Lord Siva drank the deadly poison HALAHALA lest it may torment other living entities.

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Both the positive & negative energies are creations of God. It is another matter that the former is more conducive to self realization but yet God cannot ignore the negative side.

Demons are also created as per God’s laws but because they torment the saintly, God has to be dispassionate enough to subdue them for common good. 

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When one meditates within himself/herself he/she slowly and steadily realizes how difficult it is to be a demigod/demigoddess, God/Goddess.

It requires a lot of inner spiritual maturity & spiritual  strength to qualify as a wise man/woman, monk, saint, sage, even an angel let alone be a demigod/goddess.

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Synopsis

The cunning demons exploit the demigods & God to the full by taking up rigorous bodily penances, alarming God with these & extracting unimaginable and unjustified boons from them.

However nemesis is always ready to strike them when it feels that they have crossed their limits. And that is precisely the reason why they are never ultimately victorious and demigods continue to serve mankind.

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Spiritualism

Demigods are epitomes of positive energy gone spiritual. They become demigods only after they have proved their worth as servants of God & he/she has acknowledged this.

Demigods are representatives of God like- sun god, moon god, rain god, etc. who provide various services to his/her off springs like, plants, trees, animals, reptiles, aquatics, humans etc. They are not supposed to discriminate against anyone in providing their services regardless of their personal opinion about that entity.

Similarly God has to satisfy even the demons knowing full well that they represent the negative energy and hence pose a perpetual threat to all including demigods & humans.      

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Spiritualism

Trying to be a servant of god is one exquisite spiritual exercise which can keep the living entity perpetually busy if he/she goes into Nirvikalpa Samadhi.

Here the devotee takes up the arduous task of trying to think & feel like demigods & gods. For the first time he/she finds out how difficult their responsibility is.

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Nirvikalpa Samadhi is where a living entity spends all his waking hours thinking about god. This is the highest form of meditation. One should always try to go within and meditate on the super soul.

It is such a trance and total surrender to god that it has time & again been proven that one can move mountains by doing so.

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Spiritualism

Ram Gopal Mazumdar was an ordinary mendicant who spent decades in caves, meditating. However Swami Yogananda Paramahansa made him world famous.

None could have known about Sohom Swami aka Tiger Swami, if Swami Yogananda Paramahansa had not mentioned about him in his autobiography ‘’ Autobiography of a yogi.”                             

Swami Bhakti Vinoda Thakur, Swami Gauri Kishora Dasa & Swami Bhakti Siddhanta Saraswati were long gone before Swami Bhaktivedantha the founder of ISCKON immortalized them.

Thus the examples are many.

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Spiritualism

There is a popular adage: ‘’ GOD IS TOO EXTRAORDINARY AN ENTITY TO BE REDUCED TO A RULE.’’

This is indeed true:

Shirdi Saibaba never left Shirdi in Maharashtra in India.

Ramana Maharshi never left Thiru Annamalai in Tamilnadu, India.

Nagendra Nath Bhaduri the levitating saint had seldom stepped out his house’s doorstep in 20 years.

However all three had millions of followers and were world famous.

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Spiritualism

Puttaparti Saibaba had some ardent devotee who had for some unfortunate reason become a victim of negative energy. This innocent man was very spiritual but alas he was ill equipped to take any onslaught from the negative side.

Taking pity on him, Puttaparthi Saibaba applied his own spiritual strength to take all jibes from the negative energy, actually meant for that devotee.

As a result Saibaba suffered a stroke which left his right side completely paralyzed. Besides this he also suffered 4 heart attacks.

However Saibaba the god man that he was, recovered from all this in a few months, saving the devotee in the process.

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Synopsis

Many a time the negative energy does possess the living entity but gets frustrated when it finds that the living entity is decidedly tilting towards the positive. At this time it attacks the living entity in the form of shocks from the ether which may result in various things like addictions, mental imbalance, and diseases.

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That is the reason why the living entity feels that the negative side is more domineering. 

The positive side is passive energy whereas the negative energy is more active. 

The positive side encourages him/her that is the average entity  to get strong enough to fight with the negative forces & come out victorious. 

All the time the positive energy lends passive support to the living entity.

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