Meditation and Psychic powers, Shaktipat, Kundalini Kriyas, Siddhis, Enlightenment and Ramakrishna 2

From time immemorial it has been known that someis borrowed. I'm giving you a sample. It's something like
people, Yogis, Gurus, Shamen, Priests, Saints,if I am chewing some nice candy and you come along
Paramahamsas, Buddhas, Christs, have evolved to aand say, "Hey, what is that? "Candy. "Ah, can I try
state of high energy.some? "Okay, a little piece. "Ah, it's so nice. Where can
These pure and good people, wanting benefit andI get some more? "Go, work, earn money, go to the
happiness for all, without a trace of selfishness andshop and buy it. I just give you a taste; then you have
competition have been known to have psychicto work for it.
powers.Sri Ramakrishna had several thousand disciples but he
Their search for energy and goodness hasdidn't give all of them even that little taste Vivekananda
precipitated within them the next stage of humangot. So the student should have the proper
evolution.qualifications for such an experience.
For thousands of years they have been GoodOtherwise, if it is just that easy Ramakrishna could
Doctors, Good Priests, founders of religion, Philosophichave just touched everybody and said, "Come on,
Geniuses, Advisors of Kings, Musical Geniuses, Poets,everybody is a Ramakrishna now. Finished. He was
Makers of the Law.not really stingy. He could have done that to a
For thousands of years these people, wielding amazingthousand people. Why should he do it to only one,
Siddhis or Psychic powers, have been recorded asVivekananda?
healing of the sick, casting out mental sickness, comingThat is the proof that there are certain qualifications
in dreams, communicating through telepathy, thenecessary in the disciple even to perceive something
radiation of specialised energies, leaving the body,like that.
entering into the body of another, astral travel, tellingThe Scriptures say that there are three aids to realize
the future, acting at a distance, raising Kundalini,the Truth: the Scriptures themselves, the Guru, and
Shaktipat, the ability to pass healing into amulets,your spiritual practice. The Scriptures tell you that sugar
temples, places of peace, pilgrimage sites, creatingis sweet. The Guru will show you that sugar. Your
miracles, birds and beasts come to them in peace.practice will give you the taste. The Guru will not put
Of this disciple Ramakrishna eagerly asked when hethe sugar in his mouth and say, "It is very sweet. You
first saw him, "Tell me, do you see a light above yourhave to taste it yourself. Even if you open your mouth
head when you are going to sleep?" "Doesn'tand he puts the sugar in, if your tongue is totally
everyone?" asked the boy, in wonder. He had indeedcoated, you can't taste it. It will be bitter to you. So you
a consciousness of light so great, high up thehave to clean your tastebuds. That is the reason we
antahkarana, that he took it for granted that someonesay the disciple must be fit to know the taste.
had placed a bright lamp above his head. This manHow many people were able to perceive Jesus Christ
was the well-known student of Ramakrishna, Swamiwhen he ascended? Only the very few who really
Vivekananda.had that faith and devotion. So a good student needs
Vivekananda asked Ramakrishna, "What proofs area lot of sincerity, purity of heart and devotion - even to
there of God's existence?"get a little glimpse. And even then, that just becomes a
And Ramakrishna said, "I am."kind of small incentive to work with.
A strange answer. Vivekananda had not expectedThe shaktipat, the radiation of psychic energies by the
that answer. You also would not have expected it,enlightened can awaken these abilities in all who come
because when somebody is asking for a proof ofto them. This has been known and recorded in the
God, then there are traditional, philosophical proofs. OneSacred literature for thousands of years.
expects those proofs. Vivekananda must have beenIndeed, some sacred literature states that only by
thinking Ramakrishna would say, "Everything needs aaccess to the energies of the Masters, can
creator. The world is, therefore there must be aenlightenment be passed on.
creator. We may be able to see him or not, but theThe search for this next step in evolution comes from
creator must be there because the world is."the enhancement, the increase, of energy.
But no, Ramakrishna didn't say anything like that. HeAs fire is spread from candle to candle. As the sacred
was not a philosopher: he was a Sufi. He said, "I am!word resonates in both he who gives and he who
Look at me. feel me! Go into me! I can take you intoreceives. As Grace dropeth as the gentle dew from
that reality that you are calling God. What name youHeaven, twice blessed.. So a preparation of he who
give to it is irrelevant. I have been to those heights -- Ireceives, the student, the candle, by the removal of
can lead the way for you too. Are you ready to comeNegative Energy, Energy Blockages, a lack of Energy
with me?"Blockages allows more Spiritual Energy to be
Vivekananda was not prepared. He had come toabsorbed and used to crystalise, complete, finalise,
argue. But this is not an argument. This is going to becreate the Spiritual Body of another Master, another
risky, to follow this madman. One can never be certaintransmitter of the Truth!
where he will lead you.They say that Masters represents infinite power
Vivekananda hesitated. And Ramakrishna said,through a complete loss of the selfish ego - When the
"Before you ask a question, you should be ready torobe was touched no credit was claimed by the
receive the answer! Are you a coward or something?wearer, It was your faith which healed you! said the
Why did you ask in the first place?" And RamakrishnaMaster - and so the truism, It takes two to Tango, -
jumped -- he was that kind of madman, -- and he hitthe student must be purified and prepared by evolution
Vivekananda with his feet on his chest, andand spiritual practice to accept the Force, the Energy
Vivekananda fell into Samadhi.transmitted by the Master.
When after one hour he woke up, he was aAll energy blockages stopping the flow of energy
transformed man. He bowed down, touched the feetthrough the system and preventing the buildup of
of Ramakrishna, and said, "Excuse me, I am sorry. Itpsychic power in the system must be removed.
was so childish of me to ask such a question. It is notThus we learn and practice Yoga, Pranayama,
a question -- it is an adventure. And thank you! YouMeditation, Samadhi, Samyama, the Kundalini Kriyas,
have given me a taste of something of which I wasChinese Alchemical Taoism and the Micro and
not aware at all."Macrocosmic Orbits, VITRIOL and The Emerald Tablet
Yes, he did transmit something. But if you read furtherof Hermes Trismegistus, The Grounding of Negative
into the same story, Vivekananda could not retain theEnergies, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Raja Yoga
experience. Ramakrishna just gave him a little nibble.and the Eighteen Classical Yogas of the Bhagavad
Then he said, "Don't depend on my touch every time.Gita.
Now you know there is something beyond; work it outThus the torch is passed on from Master to Student.
yourself." Then it took many years for Vivekananda toAnother candle is lighted up!
get that experience again.And Masters have existed in every time period.
Ramakrishna gave even that little experience to himThey exist Now!!
because Vivekananda was fit for it. Still, he said, "This