Sadhguru/Isha Yoga experience: A Deception?

As I move along the spiritual path with Master, I sometimes stray to smell the roses along the way. Yesterday, on the urging of another friend, I decided to go for the inauguration of an Isha Yoga centre in Mehrauli, and also to check out this new spiritual master I hear a lot about.

It was like being in Hell for 2 hours! Now, I am all for free choice, meditations of many different paths, and all that. But this yogi, and that is what he was, was just a tantric awakening the basic and sex chakra of the 400 odd people who had come...

There was no love there. Just money. There was no feeling of welcoming. Just hostility. No heart chakra or crown chakra. Just lower basic chakras.

As I sat there, right in front, as I had gone to check out and understand the magic behind Isha, I came to a sad realisation. People think of spirituality like this. People come to religous discourses just to have their kundalini energies awakened, and all they can think about bliss is when the energy reaches the sex chakra... I felt so sad, and my heart was filled with healing and love for all these people...

So, I am not condemning Isha Yoga, Sadhguru, or his message. I just believe that if you become a true tantric yogi, and you can play with energy, like he was obviously doing, why not use it for love, or healing?

And then the answer came to me. Crystal Clear. All Masters are not Equal. Just like Master Choa is love itself, some Masters are not.

Thank you, Master! And today in my GMKS calendar, he is saying:
"The Spiritual Path is more complicated than the Amazon. The Guru has already been through the "forest". Follow the guidance of the Teacher to avoid getting hurt."

Like he is talking just to me this morning as I struggle to bless Sadhguru and Isha Yoga.

Like he is sitting right by my shoulder.

Pure Guru. Pure Love. Pure Bliss!

After the Storm, The Stillness...

"After the storm, comes the stillness. After the heavy rain, there is growth. After the unpleasant changes, there will be Greater Activity, Greater Success."—Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, Founder of Pranic Healing

I have been in Vipassana meditation for the last 4 days. For a description on Vipassana, check out its definition from the Great Wikipedia at the end of this post. Now it is not really possible to do real Vipassana in a family life setting. I should retreat to an ashram, lick my wounds in private, and take the vow of Noble Silence for 10 days! Try doing that in my home with my energy healing constancy, 4 children, a dog... a wounded and fragile husband.... and you'll know my kind of vipassana is modified for JSpirit. Basically I am talking only to those people who heal me, and not talking to those who drain me. This allows me the energy to look within and see how I want to heal. Because I am extremely fragile after the events of last week (sexual abuse etc., against my son, my husband trying to take away all the things that keep me happy, my 11 year old's 2 days of swimming competitions at an inter school level, etc.....).

So, right now, I am back to 80% of my functioning. I can finally smile through the tears. Or see the sun through the rain. Or be extremely dangerous to my enemies.... As they see me wounded and fragile, they are trying to strike me down. I smile as I plot my next move. Like a wrestler completely "in the zone", I enjoy playing with their minds....

Or maybe I am a "heart" person, a "love" person, a "Ray 2" type person.... the kind of person they do not expect to see in a wrestling match. The kind of person who uses love to win battles...

Bring it on, Principal! Here's to our next meeting on Thursday...

Love,
Jhilmil



PS: Why don't you all place bets or wagers on what is going to happen? Who is going to win? The school Principal or me? Silence or Debate? The betting is open!!





PPS: Vipassana
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vipassanā (Pāli) or vipaśyanā (Sanskrit) means "insight" and is often referred to by Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike as simply "insight meditation". While it is a type of Buddhist meditation as taught by the Buddha, it is essentially non-sectarian in character and has universal application. One need not convert to Buddhism to practice vipassanā meditation. While the meditation practices themselves vary from school to school, the underlying principle is the investigation of phenomena as they manifest in the four Foundations of Mindfulness highlighted in the Satipatthana sutta; namely: Kaya - Body (or breath), Vedana feeling, Citta - Mind, and dhamma - Mind objects. It should here be noted as those factors differ from the Khandas - aggregates - in the sense that the Citta factor is not connected to any aggregate being in fact the basic mood of the Mind-Body aggregate, and the dhamma factor encompasses all mind objects thus including the Vinnana, Sanna and Sankhara aggregate but also all mind objects that are not a fruit of kamma like, for example, the Four Noble Truths themselves.
In a broader sense, vipassanā has been used as one of two poles for the categorization of types of Buddhist meditation, the other being samatha (Pāli) or śamatha (Sanskrit). Samatha is a focusing, pacifying and calming meditation, common to many traditions in the world, notably yoga. It is used as a preparation for vipassanā, pacifying the mind and strengthening the concentration in order to allow the work of insight. This dichotomy is also sometimes discussed as "stopping and seeing." In Buddhist practice, it is said that while samatha can calm the mind, only insight can reveal how the mind was disturbed to start with, which leads to prajñā (Pāli: paññā, knowledge) and jñāna (Pāli: ñāṇa, wisdom) and thus understanding, preventing it from being disturbed again.
The term is also used to refer to the Buddhist Vipassana movement modeled after Theravāda Buddhism which employs Vipassanā and ānāpāna meditation as its primary techniques and places emphasis on the teachings of the Satipaṭṭhāna Sutta. Vedanā (sensation/feeling) is the primary initial subject of investigation.

Master Stephen in Delhi...

What can I say? Dynamic, Inspirational, Wise! It was a lovely evening last week on August 14 when Charlotte and Stephen shared some of their thoughts with us on the eve of Master's Birthday celebrations... wish I was going to Tirupati!

Master Stephen talked about how as we progress as a teacher, our karmas get accelerated and magnified, and how we can deal with all that, in keeping with the fact that we live in a family... and not an ashram! Very enlightening and relevant, in view of the fact that I had just completed the TTC and am preparing to embark on a teaching career as soon as I can finish 6 courses!

Charlotte Anderson was full of love and respect for Master Choa. She embodied the grace and love a companion should have and talked about remembering Master or God constantly. The constant connection. Not just when we need something, but constant. And she talked of how we need to be aware of this and ask Master constantly to bless us, our work, etc.—nothing is too trivial!

A huge turnout, mostly of senior people, and all in all, a lovely evening!

Master Choa, please keep sending more such evenings our way in Delhi!

Love, respect and gratitude,
Jhilmil

Be Joyful & Manifest Happiness!

Imagine a time where you were filled with joy. So happy, so pink, so in touch with the beauty and divinity within. Maybe a friend came, or a beloved called.

A situation is the cause, and you feel happy; i.e., happiness is the effect. The coming of the beloved is the cause.

Religion (from Osho) says: Be happy and the beloved comes. Create the effect and the cause follows.

And this is my experience as well. Just be happy, gracious and receptive, and everything follows!

Imagine Lord Krishna playing with the gopis, as he was pure love, and had boundless amounts of it... imagine a petulant Radha feeling jealous and upset... She was human, we say... but did she get Krishna in the end? No, she did not! Maybe it was her jealousy, her insecurity that destroyed their perfect, innocent, childlike wonder filled love?

Energy. Tantra. More powerful than any drug! Master Choa Kok Sui also says that if we make changes in the energy body, the changes are bound to come in the physical body as well. This is the simple and universal Law of Attraction.

So, for all you lonely souls out there, my message for you this morning is this: be happy and the beloved comes!

Phew!

Okay, so Rahul Kohli's sms message to me gave me a ray of hope in my otherwise bleak teaching apprentice world yesterday... He's asked me to come and watch and learn when he teaches... and as he teaches in Shanti Niketan, next door to me, the Universe is conspiring to help me!

Watch this space...

Is It Right To Run A Spiritual Center Like A Business?

I am in a dilemna... I am part of a spiritual community of pranic healers. See the official site http://www.pranichealing.org.in/ for more information if you are saying pranic healing, huh?

Pranic healers are "supposed" to be full of loving kindness and compassion. They are supposed to focus on the giving, with no thought on the outcome or the receiving... I try, every day, in little ways to do that and spread love and healing and giving of myself in a positive, life affirming way.

But what about the healers who lead chapters? Is it so difficult for them to stop running spirituality like a business? What of all the politics and back biting? Where's the collaboration? Where's the loving kindness?!

I have been a business woman. I understand there are costs to running a centre. I understand it takes years, money and commitment. But to alienate new pranic healers and prospective teachers is a dangerous game. There've got be better ways of managing the flow of students, the flow of income, etc.

I want to help, to heal, to teach, to do free service, but they will not let me! They say all kinds of limiting things, like I have to contribute 2 students if I want to even come and attend one of their classes, I am an teacher apprentice right now... Or they hem and haw, but do not actually allow me to come and observe a workshop. And I need to observe 6 workshops before I can start conducting workshops, so I really do not undertand this, but I am praying for Divine Guidance!

If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please help!

A Conundrum!

I am faced with a conundrum. How to complete 6 basic workshops attendance before I can start teaching? It's like if they had mentioned this, maybe half of us would not have done the TTC, because there are so many conditions each chapter puts up before they are willing to let us come and observe...

One person asks me to contribute 2 people. Another says that no more than 2 apprentices can watch any given course... How are the 21 of us to complete our certification, then? HELP!!!