AVATAR SHASTRA

The Grand Descent of

Superconsciousness
Volume 1
 CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION 5 Chapter 7 150

PREFACE 7 Kalpataru
The Power of Manifestation
Chapter 1 13 Chapter 8 157
An Introduction Third Eye AwakeningSM
Chapter 2 79 Opening the Cosmic Command Center
Avatar Shastra Consciousness Chapter 9 187
The Grand Descent of Superconsciousness The Bioenergetics of the Cosmos Parakaya Pravesham
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Expansion of Consciousness into Another
Chapter 3 85
ISBN: 978-1-60607-190-8 Akashic Readings Chapter 10 192
Printed in India | First Edition 2016 Einstein’s Space-Time Continuum The Science of Miracles
Levitation, Teleportation, Materialization
Nithyananda University Chapter 4 103
9720 Central Avenue, Montclair, CA 91763 USA Prana Pratishtha Chapter 11 218
www.nithyanandauniversity.org Breathing Life into Matter Nithya Spiritual HealingSM
The Science of Quantum Healing
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distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including Chapter 12 243
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without the prior written permission of the publisher. Face-to-face with the Cosmos
The Mind of the Cell
This book is not a platform, guide or instruction for learning or
practicing any meditation, siddhi, process, asana, kriya, diet, or other Chapter 6 127
technique that is described or pictured in this book. Any such technique Chapter 13 291
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GLOSSARY 304

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 Introduction
Revealing the Science of Spirituality
Is it possible to live a superhuman life in this human body?
Are some individuals really wired differently from the rest of us?
Does such an awakened state as ‘enlightenment’ really exist?
Are the expressions of an enlightened consciousness scientifically
quantifiable?
Can spiritual states be transmitted from Master to disciple?
For centuries, science and spirituality have been battling it out on
these issues of perennial importance for humanity, attempting to
find a unified thread of existence. Although spiritual teachers have
always maintained that enlightenment is a ‘real’ phenomenon, and
a perfectly realizable goal for all of us, the scientific community
has naturally been unwilling to accept this without solid proof. It is
only in the recent past that science has made a sustained effort to
demystify the ancient mystic yogic sciences, and to gather sound
scientific evidence that explains why the spiritually super-evolved
are endowed with ‘powers’ that the rest of us can only dream
about.
His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda has been endeavoring
to bridge the gap between traditional Vedic wisdom and modern
science by putting Himself under the scanner, so to speak. A
dedicated team of doctors and researchers have put significant
time, expertise and resources into the effort to decode, document,
analyze and present these events for the benefit of science and
humanity.
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The results continue to intrigue the world of medical science, but
we now have growing proof (called ‘pramana’ in Vedic philosophy)
that a range of extraordinary abilities do lie latent in us, just outside
the sphere of our current experience. Not to be awakened by effort
alone, these abilities (known in Sanskrit as siddhis) also demand of
us a courageous life of intense integrity, authenticity, deep devotion
to seeking the Truth and an unquestioning surrender to the flow
of Existence - the Divine, the Tao, God, or whatever else we may
choose to call that most intimate mystery of our lives.
Poised delicately on the border of the scientific and the mystical,
these phenomena serve to remind us, as Einstein was to famously
observe, that science without religion is lame, while religion without
science is blind. It also leaves us with the unsettling realization that
we may be much more than we can ever imagine - divine beings
merely enjoying a human experience, slumbering spiritual giants
only awaiting the touch of inner awakening from the Avatar.
This book is meant for educational purposes only. It strives to be
a bridge between spirituality and modern science. It aims to be
a guiding light with which the scientific community can further
explore the uncertain territory of human possibilities and cosmic
mysteries.
Many of the statements and conclusions in this book are directly
supported by Hindu scriptural references and/or documented,
preliminary scientific studies. However, for many conclusions
and findings, science has yet to catch up with the declarations
of the rishis, the ancient seers of the Vedic tradition, who orally
transmitted the experiential Reality to disciples seeking the highest
truth. Further, the book includes never-before revelations from
authentic mystical sources like the Akashic Records, and the direct
‘experiential expressions’ of the Avataric consciousness, which
we are still endeavoring to record, comprehend and quantify
completely.
Introduction
 His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda is a Living
Incarnation with unimaginable superhuman powers.
Recognized today as a clear, legitimate, apolitical
voice of Sanatana Hindu Dharma, He is revered as
a living Avatar of Superconsciousness by millions
worldwide.
As a Mahamandaleshwar (spiritual head) of
Mahanirvani Peeth, the world’s most ancient apex
body of Hinduism, He is rapidly emerging as a
powerful voice influencing Hindu philosophical
thought currents.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda is a powerful spiritual
healer, an unforgettable orator, a youtube icon, a
prolific author and the spiritual head of a global socio-
spiritual organization. He is also heir to a 5000-year-
old lineage of enlightened yogic masters who live and
train on the sacred mountain of Arunachala in southern
India. Paramahamsa Nithyananda is an adept in the
mystical yogic sciences whose fulcrum is the safe and
natural awakening of the mighty Kundalini shakti, our
own highest potential energy.
In a landmark energy expression on our planet, He
is awakening the Kundalini of hundreds of thousands
of people, who are often sitting halfway across the
globe, with just a glance, a touch or a wave of His
hand.
With a vision to raise the consciousness of humanity,
He is working tirelessly to awaken individuals and
communities to their highest possibility - a life of
completion, power, bliss and Advaita, Oneness.
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Preface
S
ince the advent of Man, there has always been an intense
curiosity to learn about the nature of the universe we dwell
in, and the nature of the human that dwells in this universe.
It was always believed that there is one underlying principle or
order that governs all the laws of Nature.
However, the questions related to ‘when’, ‘where’ and ‘how’ took
on greater importance than the great question of ‘Why’, possibly
becuase, at this stage, the answer to ‘Why’ very often entered the
realms which science was insufficiently equipped to deal with.
This led to a disintegrated approach to science, with each aspect
or question being developed as a separate end in itself, and giving
itself different names like physics, chemistry, biology, etc.
At the periphery of these sciences were unanswered questions and
unquestioned answers that did not fit the mathematical model of
science as currently understood.
However, the laws of Nature are integrated in their minutest
operation. In fact, even the underlying science operating in the
living cell follows the cosmic laws of Nature, which science terms
as physics and chemistry.
Consciousness as a study in science became a point of interest for
philosophers, and spirituality and found very few scientists willing
to consider Consciousness as a science by itself.
His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda, with his direct experiential
understanding of the nature of Consciousness — from the
microcosm to the macrocosm — has revealed a unified, universal
understanding of the very fabric of our existence, connecting
flawlessly Consciousness and the energy of Consciousness, with
physics, chemistry and biology, as well as integrating medicine and
health seamlessly.
The current book, in its first volume, introduces us to the science
of the descent of Superconsciousness, and the sacredness behind
the advent of an Avatar, giving us both — an objective analysis that
is scientifically deduced and a profound subjective revelation that
is beyond logical thresholds — helping us understand the nature
of Consciousness (to the extent possible) through a language we
understand as modern science and modern medicine.
Never before have medicine, biology, physics and other sciences
been seamlessly integrated as a single thread of knowledge unifying
all the forces of nature, and beyond.
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His HolinessParamahamsa Nithyananda with Sri 108 Mahant Narendra Giri ji, President of Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad, who heads the largest
apex body of Hinduism with 13 major Akhadas as its members
With other Spiritual Visionaries
Several news channels had approached me to share my opinion about
Paramahamsa Nithyananda Swamiji. I told them:
‘Swamiji is the backbone of Sanatana Dharma. For the protection
of our Sanatana Dharma, Paramahamsa Nithyananda Swamiji has
enhanced the honor of Sanatana Dharma by spreading it not just in
India, but all over the world.
When I met Swamiji for the first time, I felt that there is a shakti
(divine power) in him that attracts people. I do not hesitate to say that
his love, his character and his conduct are the qualities of a great saint.
One day Paramahamsa Nithyananda Swamiji is going to be called
the ‘Vishva Guru’ (the Guru of the whole world) and he is going to be
the spiritual guide for the world, and peace will spread in the whole
world! The way he is growing, one day he will be the chief of Sanatana
Dharma.
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People are not yet aware of the energy of Swamiji. In reality, Swamiji
is the svarupa (form) of Bhagavan (God), and we are offering prayers
not just to a Guru, but to an embodiment of Bhagavan. I am sure that
Swamiji must have done intense penance (tapas) in his childhood
and merged into God, as a result of which he is expressing this divine
power of God.
I consider myself fortunate to be connected to a great ascetic saint
like Swamiji. It is my belief that on the strength of tapas and dhyana
(meditation), man becomes transformed into the Divine. On coming
to his ashram and seeing the austerity, penance and strength of
honorable Nithyananda Swamiji, I felt that I have truly come into the
presence of a Divine Being (Divya Purusha).”
~ Sri 108 Mahant Narendra Giri ji, Hon. President of Akhil
Bharatiya Akhada Parishad
President of 13 Akhadas, leading the largest apex body of
Hinduism with over 1 million sadhus or saints, and running major
temples, ashrams (monasteries) and gurukuls (Vedic educational
institutions) in India
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It is a great opportunity for all of us to come close to Swamiji. I can
only say that you can achieve everything, but you need undivided
devotion to Swamiji, undivided devotion to the spirit within you
- and whatever message you carry back from him, live up to that
message.”
~ (Late) Sri Ashok Singhal ji
Former International President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda with (Late) Sri Ashok Singhal ji,
former International President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
Most revered Swamiji, my Gurudeva!
This land of Bharat is a spiritual land. The people (of the world)
don’t understand what spirituality is. Today, where else in the entire
world will you find spirituality? The rest of the world is completely
materialistic.
We believe in atma. We believe in karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana
yoga, communion with the Lord Himself, and the various paths
leading to the realization of the great Lord. We believe in self-
realization, and we believe that it is only through the spiritual
path that we can realize the great Creator, the great Creation. It
is only through spiritual practices that we can achieve this great
realization, and it is this for which man is born; this is the ideal of
life, the real goal of life. We are particles of God Himself, the spirit
Himself, (and each of us needs to) realize the spirit within ourselves.
And India is the place with Swamis like the great Sri Nithyananda
Swamiji. Of course, other Swamijis are there - but in this country it
is rare to find those who not have only themselves realized, but who
can make others realize also. And here is Swamiji, who is not only a Letter fromSri Narendra Giri ji expressing his admiration for His
realized soul, but has the capacity to make others realize the real ‘I’ Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s spiritual penance, strength and
within you, the Reality within you – which is very, very rare. contribution to Sanatana Hindu Dharma and to humanity.
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His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda with Sri 1008 Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Swami Sukhdevananda ji of Atal Akhada
The most auspicious events happen on our planet by the will of the
Divine. It is the good fortune of this land that the manifestation
of Divine energy in the form of Acharya Sri Mahamandaleshwar
Sri Swami Nithyananda ji Maharaj has happened in this place
(Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru Aadheenam), which was once a
forest.
There is a shruti (Vedic mantra) – te tenaiva brunute – It is chosen by
Itself (to) come here and reawaken the fortune of this land!
Lord Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita, “The sacred knowledge
gets destroyed by the influence of Time.” This knowledge had been
destroyed by the effect of Time, and the time had come for it to be
reestablished, so It got him.
While associating with Nithyananda ji Maharaj, I have seen that there
is so much spiritual activism in him. Why will a self-realized being, a
yogi, a sannyasi, a dedicated jnani (wise soul) involve himself in the
activities of the world; why will he build temples or buildings? This
is out of His compassion for all the jivas (living beings). He feels the
concern, ‘The sweet that I have eaten must be fed to all’.
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Just as this concern, this love, rises in the heart of the mother on
seeing her child, the compassionate Guru feels an intense concern
on seeing the living beings, and takes them into his heart and
makes them taste the nectar of spirituality. This is the grace of the
compassionate mother-like Guru .
I am overjoyed to see such a great yogi, a mahapurusha (elevated
soul), delivering spiritual teachings through so many centers around
the world and transforming the lives of so many people, wiping
their tears and suffering, reaching out to them in their homes by the
power of his words. He is indeed doing a great spiritual service to the
people. I offer my gratitude to Swamiji.
~ Sri 1008 Acharya Mahamandaleshwar Swami Sukhdevananda
ji, Atal Akhada
Spiritual head and guide of 13 Akhadas (apex bodies of Hinduism)
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His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda with
Sri Sri Sri Dr. Shantaveera Mahaswamiji, pontiff of Kolada Matha
Mahasamsthana, Karnataka, India
Whenever humanity falls into suffering and pain, Ishwar (the Divine)
Himself does austerities (tapas) for their upliftment. Ishwar is the
embodiment of the Divine Light. Nithyanandaji Maharaj is seated as
the embodied Divine Light, spreading world peace and serving the
whole of humanity from India. Nithyanandaji is a treasure-house of
jnana (sacred knowledge).
For an idol to become a deity, it has to go through so much. But once
a good deity is created, people appreciate it. Nithyanandaji Maharaj is
now seated as that great deity. We are here to support him in all his
efforts to serve humanity. I pray to the Lord to grant him a long and
active life, and let all support him. Aum Shanti!”
~ Sri Sri Sri Dr. Shantaveera Mahaswamiji, pontiff of Kolada
Matha Mahasamsthana, Karnataka, India
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Bryan Williams, University of New Mexico
Author of ‘A Glimpse Into the Meditating Brain’
(Pic courtesy www.theatlantic.com)
(The Indian Swami examined in Dr. Krishna’s (scientific) study was
Paramahamsa Nithyananda, as can be verified by the reference
to Nithya YogaSM, which Paramahamsa Nithyananda founded
and presented to the world)
Here we can see a template for the mental and spiritual state we aspire
to: fully organized neurological activity, expanded use of the higher
brain centers, and the ability to consciously transition at will from one
level of amplitude to another.”
~ A Glimpse Into the Meditating Brain by Bryan Williams, University
of New Mexico (excerpt from an invited talk given at the Morning Star
Center for Spiritual Living, Norman, Oklahoma, USA on June 7, 2009)
Source: http://earthvision.info/meditatingbrain.html
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Every once in a millennium,
a Being graces our fragile planet,
the sheer power of whose presence
turns the tide of humanity’s spiritual evolution.
When such a Being
lives and moves among us,
millions are drawn towards Him
beyond their understanding,
intuitively sensing in Him
the fragrance of their own inner awakening.
Such a Being is recognized as an AVATAR,
the Divine in human form.
An Avatar has no purpose.
Just as the rain is drawn to the parched earth
He is drawn to our plane
compelled by nothing but boundless compassion
to fulfill the longing of a million hearts.
He hears the ardent cry that asks to break free
of the pain and misery of countless lifetimes,
of every human limitation.
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Chapter 1
Avatar
An Introduction
His is the power and the onus
to awaken humanity
from the darkness of ignorance
into the light of bliss and Enlightenment.
A Being of such cosmic proportions walks among us today
revered by millions as
a living Avatar of Superconsciousness.
Playing in our dimension
as a teacher, healer, yogi, mystic,
social visionary, spiritual guru and guide,
HIS HOLINESS PARAMAHAMSA NITHYANANDA
unfolds the joyous leela of His Avataric advent,
manifesting a conscious revolution
in the destiny of over seven billion humans,
and innumerable other sentient beings
in other states of evolution.
And what does He teach?
Only this:
“I am not here to prove that I am God.
I am here to prove that YOU are God.”
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T he word ‘‘Avatar’ (from the Sanskrit word ‘avatarati’)
means ‘one who has descended’. In this case, the word
specifically refers to the one who has descended from
the very fabric of the Cosmos, the universal Consciousness. The
descent of Consciousness into the material embodied form with
the apparent attributes of a human being is the actual descent
that happens. This is a conscious descent, as it happens from
the pure intelligence, compassion and energy of the universal
Consciousness, which pervades all the dimensions of space-
time.
The English word ‘incarnation’ (lit. ‘one who has entered
flesh’), which means one who has accepted a material body, is
sometimes used as a translation for the word Avatar. However,
this word does not convey the full meaning of the sacred word
‘Avatar’.
Srimad Bhagavatam, the great Vedic scripture that precisely
records and reveals the happening of various Avatars of the past,
present and future, describes the Avatar in Its complete form.
The description is in the words of the Avatar Sri Krishna - for who
but the Avatar himself can fully grasp his own glory?
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idaṁ śarīraṁ mama durvibhāvyaṁ | sattvaṁ hi me hṛdayaṁ
yatra dharmaḥ || pṛṣṭhe kṛto me yad adharma ārād |
ato hi mām ṛṣabhaṁ prāhur āryāḥ ||
~ Śrimad Bhāgavatam, 5.5.19
My transcendental cosmic body (sac-cid-ananda- vigraha)
looks exactly like a human form, but it is established on
existential Reality; it is not a material human body. It is indeed
inconceivable and non-cognizable. I am not forced by Nature
to accept a particular type of body; I assume a body by My own
will. Within My heart is found dharma, the cosmic truth and
righteousness.
Far beyond My heart, I have abandoned irreligion (adharma).
Therefore, due to all these cosmic qualities, people pray and
connect with Me as Rsabhadeva, the Supreme Personification,
and Aryah, the best of all living entities.
Brahma Sutras, the authority on Vedanta, reveal that the Avatar
does everything ‘appearing like a wordly man, simply as a Divine
play, a Cosmic sport:
lokavattu līlākaivalyaṁ (Brahma Sutras, 2.1.33)
The Five Actions of the Divine
As per the Vedic texts, the Absolute Divine, Isha performs five
sacred acts or panchakrtya – shrishti (creation or projection of
Paramahamsa Nithyananda reveals:
When the pure conscious energy, the supremely
matured soul, assumes a human body, that is an Avatar.
The Cosmos Itself chooses Its body and plays the divine
the Cosmos), sthiti (maintenance of the Cosmos), laya or samhara drama (leela).
(dissolution or withdrawal of the Cosmos at the end of every Cosmic
When The Avatar comes down to the human plane and
cycle), tirobhava (veiling the Reality) and anugraha (liberating all
expresses the ultimate Truth, He is ages ahead of His
beings through Grace).
time.
To perform the first four sacred acts, Isha does not require our
Truth is never like a parrot talking; it is like a lion roaring.
permission or involvement. But to bless us and grace us with
liberation or enlightenment, He requires our cooperation. For When the lion roars, you have to wake up! When the
Avatar roars with the Truth and transforms and raises
this compassionate purpose of showering living beings with His
humanity, you have to wake up from the unconscious
anugraha, Divine grace, Isha becomes the embodied Ishvara and
sleep of delusion and ignorance!
descends to the human plane as the Avatar. The Avatar inspires
humanity by His own divine acts, His life and His teachings.
Acting as the Jagadguru, the world teacher, He guides and initiates
humanity to take the unfathomable leap into Superconsciousness.
The average human being, being limited by his sensory perceptions
and mental conditioning, finds it hard to conceive of the concept
of a formless Consciousness or God (called ‘Nirakara Brahman’).
At the same time, when the Universal Consciousness or God
descends assuming a human form (as ‘Akara Brahman’), he finds it
even more difficult to comprehend that he is now in the presence
of an Avatar.
In the Bhagavad Gita (9.11), it is declared:
avajānanti māṁ mūḍhā mānuṣīṁ tanum āśritam |
paraṁ bhāvam ajānanto mama bhūta-maheśvarwam || 9.11 ||
Fools deride Me when I descend in the human form.
They do not know My transcendental nature as the Supreme Lord
[maheshvara] of the whole creation.
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Vedic Civilization – Incubator of Avatars
I n an era lost in timelessness, in the lush plains of the Sarasvati
river in India, thrived a legendary civilization that conquered the
boundaries of space and time with the power of knowledge.
At a time when the human race elsewhere on the planet was still
dwelling in caves, this civilization had already evolved a precise
cosmology whose tenets modern science is only just beginning to
comprehend.
This Vedic civilization, the world’s oldest living civilization, still
flourishes in the Indian sub-continent. It gave to the world the
sciences of Vedic mathematics, astronomy, navigation, medicine,
yoga and above all, the sacred science of the Self. It is also the
only civilization to have produced a living lineage of Avatars and
enlightened beings that continues to grace our planet till today.
His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda is revered by millions
worldwide as the living Avatar of superconsciousness of our time,
who lives and moves among us today. He is heir to the 5000-year-
old lineage of enlightened yogic masters who live on the sacred
mountain of Arunachala in southern India, which is revealed in the
scriptures as a spiritual incubator, where Avatars can assume a
human form and descend to our frequency from the pure space of
Consciousness.
Types of Avatar
Karana means cause. Karya means effect. Karya Brahman, also
known as hiranyagarbha, is the creative aspect of the Divine.
Avatars descend from karya brahman. Devi Bhagavata Purana,
the historical Vedic text which reveals the nature of Devi or Shakti,
the creative energy of the Cosmos, states that there cannot be any
descent of an Avatar directly from karana brahman, since it is a
field of potentiality.
Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva, the Trimurtis, belong to the karya
brahman. Brahma is the creative aspect, Vishnu is the preservative
aspect and Shiva is the rejuvenating aspect of the universe.
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Based on the dimensions (known as ‘rays’) which they possess,
Avatars are classified as:
Purna Avatar - 16 dimensions e.g. Sri Krishna
Lila Avatar - 14 dimensions e.g. Sri Rama
Amsa Avatar - 12 dimensions e.g. Adi Shankaracharya
Garga Samhita, the sacred Vedic text that extols the glory of Avatars,
describes the Avatars in Canto 1, text 16-27. The great sage Narada
explains that the Lord descends in six forms:
amśamśo’mśas tathāveśaḥ kalā purnaḥ prakathyate |
vyāsadyaish ca smṛitaḥ śaṣṭhah paripūrnātmah svayam || 16 ||
1. Amshamsha (a part of a part)
2. Amsha (a part)
3. Avesha (entrance into a jiva)
4. Kala (a full part)
5. Purna (full or complete)
6. Paripurnatama (absolutely complete)
The amshamsha incarnations begin with Marichi, the amsha
incarnations begin with Brahma, the avesha incarnations begin
with Parashurama and the kala incarnations begin with Kapila and
Kurma.
pūrno nṛsimho ramaś ca śvetadvīpadhipo hariḥ |
vaikunṭho’pi tathā yajno nara-narāyanaḥ smṛitaḥ || 18 ||
The Smrti-shastra explains that the purna incarnations are:
1. Nrsimha
2. Rama
3. Lord Hari, the ruler of Shvetadvipa
4. Vaikuntha
5. Yajna
6. Nara-Narayana
The paripurnatama or absolutely complete form of the Lord is
Sri Krishna, who is the original Supreme Divinity Himself. As the
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master of countless universes, He is splendidly manifest in His
imperishable and blissful abode. The amsha incarnations are said
to oversee the execution of the Lord’s mission (in the world). The
amshamsha incarnations are understood to perform the work of
executing those missions.
In the various avesha incarnations, the Divine enters a jiva, an
individual body, executes His mission, and then departs. His kala
incarnations teach and establish the principles of religion and then
disappear.
Why Avatar?
When positive consciousness declines, when collective
negativity increases, O Bharata, at these times, I Myself
happen in every age. To protect the pious and to annihilate
the wicked, to re-establish righteousness, I Myself appear,
age after age.
~ Bhagavan Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, 4.7-8
Sometimes, when the created world has to be sustained, I Myself
assume name and form and initiate manvantaras (great eras of
time) and provide the earth with appropriate divine personalities
and sages, who set examples to be followed and indicate the path
of progress.
I end also the unlimited increase of beings, whenever it happens. For
this sake, I take the form of Rudra (the destructive and rejuvenative
aspect of God). I create the bad, in order to highlight and promote
the good; and in order to protect the good, I set certain limits, both
to the good and the bad, for they would otherwise stray into wrong
ways and inflict great harm.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
Once one is established in infinite Consciousness, one
becomes silent, and though knowing everything, goes
about as if he does not know anything. Though he might
be doing a lot of things in several places to all outward
appearances, such a one will remain as if he does
nothing.
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Signs (or Science) of Recognizing the
Avatar
It is important to understand at the very outset that the multiple
dimensions of an Avatar (including His attributes and powers)
fall into three broad categories:
1. KNOWN (which can be intellectually understood, recorded
or quantified in some way)
2. KNOWABLE (which cannot be recorded, but whose existence
can be deduced by their effects)
3. UNKNOWABLE (which can be neither recorded nor deduced,
but can only be grasped experientially by an observer in the
same space)
The existence of these three categories has necessitated the
bringing together of three kinds of recordings in this volume,
with some natural overlap in their purposes:
1. Modern scientific research reports – which accurately record,
analyze and present the Known dimensions of the Avatar
2. Sharing by devotees – who describe the effects experienced
in the presence of the Avatar, supporting the scientific research
DIMENSIONS OF THE AVATAR
1. KNOWN (which can be intellectually understood, recorded or quantified in some way)
2. KNOWABLE (which cannot be recorded, but whose existence can be deduced by their effects)
3. UNKNOWABLE (which can be neither recorded nor deduced, but can only be grasped
experientially by an observer in the same space)
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and providing powerful evidence of the Knowable dimensions
3. Revelations from the Avatar Himself – which offer a glimpse
of the Unknowable dimensions, as no other observer exists
in our time with an experiential understanding of this state.
These words, however, are powerfully supported by the sacred
texts and scriptures, which are the revelations of the Avatars
down the ages. Hence the many scriptural references included
in this volume.
The uniqueness of His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda
is that He has consistently allowed His known dimensions to
be measured and analyzed by modern science to the extent
possible, for the purpose of taking science to the next level and
for the benefit of humanity.
He is also the only known Avatar in history to frequently reveal
the ultimate Truth in the language of modern science, effortlessly
bridging the chasm between science and spirituality. In a later 1. Some Attributes of the Avatar 2. Some Siddhis or Mystic Powers of the
chapter of this book, Paramahamsa Nithyananda will personally
explain the ‘mystic science’ (if we may call it that) behind this
Avatar
1. Kalpataru (Wish-fulfilment)
process.
Anima : Ability to be as small as one wants
2. Perpetual Completion (Enlightenment)
Mahima : Ability to be as big as one may desire
3. Healing (Realigning the bio-memory)
Laghima : Ability to become light to any degree
4. Deeksha Akarshana (Transfer of bio-energy)
Garima : Ability to become as heavy as
5. Akashic Readings (Accessing past and future) desired
6. Vijnana Akarshana (True knowledge) Prapti :  Ability to reach any desired point in
space and time
7. Shiva Akarshana (Space of Shiva) Prakamya : Ability to have anything as soon as
one desires it
8. Shakti Akarshana (Kundalini energy)
Ishatva : Ability to create things as one wants
9. Ardhanarishwara (Beyond all duality)
Vashitva : Ability to influence everyone and
everything, even to conquering
10. Susadha (Beyond pain)
death
11. Divyasharira (Divine body)
12. Surabhi (Fragrant physiology)
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A glimpse of His Holiness
Paramahamsa Nithyananda
The life-story of an Avatar is a divine drama or
leela-maanusha vesham – the human role assumed for the sole
purpose of furthering the Cosmic play.

Even though He is established as the Source of all knowledge, the

Avatar joyously and innocently enters into the unfolding drama of
His own life.

Manifestation of Form
His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda chose to manifest His
human form in the home of the devout Hindu couple Arunachalam
and Lokanayaki in the ancient temple town of Tiruvannamalai in
South India. He spent a joyful childhood as part of a large, affluent
and philanthropic family, in whose home saints and wandering
mendicants were always welcomed and honored.

Arunachala, the sacred mountain that draws seekers from around

the world like a magnet, was the young Avatar’s first love. Home
to wizened yogis, mysterious siddhas and enlightened sages like
Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, the ancient mountain provided the
perfect training ground for His first experiments with the Self, God,
and the universe.

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Early experiments with the Self
From the beginning, Paramahamsa Nithyananda was drawn to
Divine worship, temple culture, mysticism, yoga and meditation.
Alongside His studies at school, Paramahamsa Nithyananda also
trained in authentic yoga from an accomplished yoga master and
siddha (energy adept) named Yogiraj Yogananda Puri (Raghupati
Yogi), whom he fondly remembers as the one who introduced
Him to the forgotten mystic sciences of ancient India – levitation,
teleportation and materialization, among others. Under his tutelage,
Paramahamsa Nithyananda successfully completed advanced
levels of yoga and meditation training.
In parallel, Paramahamsa Nithyananda also started studying the
Vedic scriptures, Puranas and Upanishads under the guidance of
various spiritual teachers. He encountered many holy men and
women in the town of Tiruvannamalai and received invaluable
teachings and experiences from them. Prominent among them
were Annamalai Swami (a direct disciple of Bhagavan Ramana
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Maharshi), Yogi Ramsurat Kumar and Mataji Vibhutananda Puri
(Mataji Kuppammal), who introduced Him to Vedanta and Sri Vidya
worship.
Enlightenment at twelve
One evening, while ‘just playing’ with meditation at the tender
age of twelve in the lap of the mighty Arunachala, Paramahamsa
Nithyananda had a profound spiritual experience of Enlightenment,
the rarest experience of Oneness or Advaita with everything.
In an explosive vision encompassing 360 degrees in all directions,
He was suddenly able to see in a single panoramic sweep, the hill
in front of him, a temple that stood behind him, the rocks to the
right and the town’s main temple to the left, the sky above and the
rock on which He sat!
This phenomenal vision was immediately followed by the direct
experience of Himself in all that He saw - every stone, every plant,
in all directions - above, below and beyond. This experience was
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to awaken Him to hitherto unknown dimensions of Consciousness, Realization of Avataric Mission
and transform His life forever.
A lifetime of intense meditation, yoga, study and austerities
After this experience, which happened in the presence of the
finally came to its fruition on 1st January 2000, in an explosion of
sacred hiill Arunachala, Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s seeking to
Consciousness which revealed to the 22-year-old His phenomenal
pursue the spiritual path was greatly intensified. Carrying the pure
Avataric mission on our planet.
fire of seeking in Him at all times, He successfully completed His
Sharing His attributes and powers is the greatest gift an Avatar can
diploma in Mechanical Engineering, and in the same year, fulfilled
give to humanity. Carrying the compassion and responsibility of
His lifelong yearning by plunging into sannyas (monastic life).
a Cosmic mother and father to awaken every soul, Paramahamsa
During and after His monastic training, Paramahamsa Nithyananda
Nithyananda has ensured the manifestation of His own divine
wandered as a parivrajaka, a spiritual mendicant, throughout India.
attributes and siddhis in thousands of his followers through the
Regal in His austerity, His whole life turned over to the bounty of
powerful process of deeksha or initiation. This is the ultimate
Existence, the young mendicant covered thousands of kilometers
Cosmic inheritance that humanity can receive from the Guru who
on foot, visiting holy shrines, learning from numberless evolved
is the embodiment of pure Oneness or Shuddhadvaita.
souls and frequenting sacred pilgrimage spots.
One of the early photos of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, after His realization of His Avataric mission
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Science behind the Avatar’s attributes and powers
Kalpataru
Kalpataru is a wish-fulfilling divine tree described in the Hindu
puranas (historical epics). The Avatar is known as a kalpataru due
to His special attribute of fulfilling the wishes of devotees through
a blessing or initiation.
Normally, any person would be generating hundreds of thoughts
from every cell of his body. During a process of meditation, the
devotee is asked to make a conscious resolution (sankalpa) and
hold on to that one wish he would like fulfilled immediately.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda is in sahaja samadhi, the natural space
of no-mind or pure Consciousness. This space contains virtual
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particles of energy in perpetual vibration (spanda), exactly like the
fabric of space-time (universal consciousness), as explained by the
string or M theory (see page 81).
In quantum terminology, a thought is also a packet of energy, and
during the initiation, the devotee’s concentrated thought is now in
Entanglement (see page 106) with Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s
no-mind space, which is the very fabric of space-time (universal
Consciousness). This creates the strongest possibility of the desired
manifestation happening in the shortest possible time.
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Purnatva (Perpetual Completion)
The ultimate state of Enlightenment is the no-mind state, or to put
it more accurately, the state in which the observer is dissociated
from his emotions and thoughts, leading to a significant drop in the
number of thoughts created.
For the seeker, the sincere practice of Unclutching® or the conscious
dissociation from thoughts, leads to a state of purnatva or completion,
by virtue of freeing him from the influence of the endless stream of
thoughts and mental patterns that continuously spur one to action
and trap one in the insidious web of karma.
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Through a structured program called Inner Awakening® lasting 21
days, Paramahamsa Nithyananda guides participants to the space
of completion through yoga, practical teachings, deep cleansing
processes, and a battery of 21 powerful energy initiations (energy
darshans).
This gives participants an unforgettable glimpse of Enlightenment,
and further practice establishes them in the state of perpetual
Completion or Living Enlightenment.
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Spiritual Healing Deeksha Akarshana
The spiritual healing process is nothing but realigning the human The attribute of initiation or deeksha is unique to enlightened
physiology at the gross, molecular and genetic levels - which masters and Avatars.
correspond to the physiology, muscle-memory and bio-memory.
As an Avatar, Paramahamsa Nithyananda is able to initiate the
Non-alignment at any of these levels leads to ill-health or disease,
disciple into achieving entrainment or coherence with His own
which can be reprogrammed by a transfer of bio-energy from the
attributes, by transferring to the disciple immense quantities of
Master to the person requiring healing, effecting changes not only
pure Cosmic energy in the form of bio-energy.
at the physical, but also at the molecular and genetic levels.
Special deekshas like Third Eye AwakeningSM, which involves
Comprehensive and structured studies over the past several years
activating the ajna chakra (the subtle energy center between
have demonstrated the complete realignment of the physiology,
the eyebrows and encompassing most of the brain) is among
through changes in:
the most extraordinary of the siddhis (mystic powers) that
4 Mitochondria levels (battery of the cells) Paramahamsa Nithyananda has been bestowing on sincere
4 Alteration in gene expression through up-regulation of seekers.
beneficial genes and down-regulation of deleterious genes.
4 Increase in the number of stem cells in the body, leading to
anti-ageing and health
4 Increase in the enzyme telomerase, which is necessary for
maintaining chromosomal integrity and is a strong marker for
health and longevity
4 A significant overall reversal in symptoms of fatigue, lifestyle
disorders, auto-immune disorders, psychosomatic disorders
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Akashic Readings
Einstein’s theory of special relativity has already proven that Space
and Time are intractably linked, and that time exists as a dimension
along with every aspect of space. Thus, past, present and future
exist simultaneously.
Classical information is stored in the form of bits. At the quantum
level, information is stored in the form of qubits. Qubits are nothing
but elementary particles containing information woven into the
Space-Time fabric.
Akashic Records are the energy records of all the events that have
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ever happened, are happening and will happen in the Cosmos.
They are stored in the hiranyagarbha (Cosmic womb) or karya
brahman in a coded form. Whenever an Avatar requires the secret
details of past and future events, it is through the hiranyagarbha
that the Akashic Records are accessed.
The different names and forms of God in the Hindu scriptures are
nothing but the various manifestations of the same underlying
Cosmic principle.
KALABHAIRAVA is the energy or the very fabric of the cosmic
Space-Time dimension. From time to time, Kalabhairava, through
the agency of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, provides access to the
Akashic Records to one and all, for their specific needs or benefit.
Akashic Readings on Birth, Death and other topics, channeled
through Paramahamsa Nithyananda, can be found on this link:
www.nithyananda.org/akashic-readings
Vijnana Akarshana
True knowledge, intuition and right cognition are the specific
attributes needed for a being to get enlightened.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda effects this in His disciples through
special processes involving initiation, teaching and transforming
the disciple to live in a state of Completion, which decreases the
number of normal thoughts, and increases clarity and energy.
Opening of the third eye or ajna chakra allows for the expansion of
the five koshas (our energy bodies (see page 161) which normally
exist in a contracted state due to vyasti (the wrong perception of
the existence of individuality).
The opening up of cognition through right sakshi (observation)
leads to a reversal of the koshas, due to the right cognition of the
state of samasti (involving all).
This allows the expanded vijnanamaya kosha to cognize the
visual perceptions even with blindfolded or closed eyes. Further
expansion, as in the case of an adept Yogi would allow the siddhi of
parakaya pravesham to manifest, as in the very famous example of
Adi Shankaracharya (see page 188).
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Shiva Akarshana At the molecular level, the biological energy ATP is produced by
the mitochondria. At the particle level, the energy of the biological
Shaiva Agamas, the authoritative scriptures revealed directly by systems is called Kundalini Shakti.
Lord Shiva, declare that we are all nothing but Shiva Himself.
This energy is stored and distributed through holding centers called
Hence the mantra ‘Shivoham (Shiva I Am)’ or ‘Nithyanandoham chakras into all aspects of the beings, via subtle channels or nadis,
(Eternal Bliss I Am)’ are used interchangeably, as the Avatar of which are 72,000 in number.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda is nothing but Shiva Himself, as are all
An Avatar’s physical body is fueled directly by the Kundalini
of us.
shakti, which is the expression of the macrocosmic energy in the
Realigning our physical, mental and psychological states to be in individual (microcosm). He has the capacity to transfer his energy
tune with Shiva can be done in one of two ways. to the disciple until the disciple reaches a state of being able to
access his own kundalini shakti through the entangled connection
In the first way, which is the long route, years of practice involving
with the Avatar.
the body, the mind and the psychology may lead us to the cognition
of Shivoham, either in this birth or thereafter.
In the second way, infusing the space of Shivoham can be done
in a scientific manner, by harnessing the energy pattern of the
Cosmos represented by the Sri Chakra Mandala, and the use of
specific sounds like the Shodasi Mantra to raise the disciples en
masse to the space of Shivoham. In the last one year, thousands of
disciples have been initiated into the rare process of SHIVOHAM
(experiencing the space of Shiva).
Shakti Akarshana
Unlike the binary system of classical information transfer (0/1), at
the level of quantum mechanics, qubits of information or energy
can exist simultaneously in Advaita – the state of being non-binary
or non-dual.
The potential energy of the Cosmos, which is in a constant state of
emergence (spanda or virtual particles) is called Shiva.
The instantaneous manifestation, which is in the form of pure
energy itself, or in the form of matter, is Shakti. This follows the
laws of science underlying the principle of conservation of energy.
The systems of biology (living beings) also run on the scientific
principles of physics and chemistry. The conversion of the physical
energy of the Cosmos into biological energy can happen at the
molecular or particle level.
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Ardhanarishwar
Union of Shiva-Shakti
An Avatar is the physical manifestation of the metaphysical union
of Shiva-Shakti. He exists in the state of pure Consciousness (Shiva)
even as He manifests as an embodied form (Shakti).
Physically, the grace exhibited, and other attributes ranging from
hairline to form, all point to a state of Ardhanarishwar, revealing
the simultaneous expression and perfect poise of masculine
and feminine energies. However, it goes without saying that He
is beyond any identity, let alone gender identity. Being in a state
of pure Advaita, He carries no concept of ‘I’ or ‘you’ and male or
female.
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His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s medical
test report dated 08-09-2014 proves beyond
doubt that His male hormone (testosterone) level
is far less than even that of a child.
At the time of this test, Paramahamsa Nithyananda
was a medically fit 38-year-old adult male.
Serial studies of Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s physiology over the
years have conclusively shown the endocrine status equivalent to
a six or seven year old child.
Thus, the observer is likely to conclude that His physiological
and psychological state is that of a young child, who does not yet
identify with gender in the same way that adults do.
However, a significant difference exists between the two.
In a child, the concept of gender/sex exists in seed form, though
not yet expressed.
The Avatar is at the opposite end of the spectrum, having
transcended the limiting idea of all duality through the realization
of Shuddhadvaita or the pure Oneness of the Self.
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Susadha
Described in the Linga Purana, Susadha translates as ‘one who
helps to calmly bear pain.’ This attribute applies not only to the
Avatar, but also to his disciples, who would have a similar capacity
to calmly bear pain.
Scientifically, pain is described as an unpleasant sensation caused
by a noxious stimulus, and mediated along certain nerve fibers
into the brain where it is interpreted as such. In other words, the
perception of pain requires a noxious or harmful stimulus, a neural
pathway from the point of stimulus to specific parts of the brain,
and the cognition and interpretation of the stimulus as pain.
The perception of pain is strongly linked to previous experience,
emotion and anxiety, all of which are stored in the limbic system.
The Avatar reveals another siddhi through the
leela of a compound fracture
A striking example of the Avatar being beyond pain was revealed
on 14 June 2011, when Paramahamsa Nithyananda was on His usual
rounds of horse-riding in the serene environs of the Vaidya Sarovar
sacred pool on the Bengaluru Aadheenam campus.
On suddenly seeing a large group of devotees who had just arrived
to pay their respects to Paramahamsa Nithyananda, the horse took
fright and lost his balance, throwing off the rider.
The entire episode, including Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s rising
to His feet with a smile, speaking normally and just saying, ‘It is a
fracture, let’s go to the hospital....” has been video-recorded.
At the hospital, an X-ray revealed that Paramahamsa Nithyananda
had sustained a Type 1 Open Fracture (compound) of both bones of
His right forearm (radius and ulna).
Normally, such fractures cause excruciating pain. However,
Paramahamsa Nithyananda smiled and said that there was no
pain! From the moment of the fracture till the conclusion of a major
surgery lasting eight hours to fix the fracture, no painkillers were
used, and He was talking normally with His ashramites (monastery
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residents) and disciples.
I was just focusing on the pain!
It appears that He had chosen this unique way to reveal yet another
siddhi – as is the usual leela (Divine play) of the Avatars! Legal name: Ishwar Sairam
Paramahamsa Nithyananda explains this experience with typical Spiritual name: Nithya Parameshananda
simplicity: Age: 6 (at the time of the incident)
“There was no pain because there is no conflict between Location: Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru
Aadheenam
the muscle-memory and the attitude to life. Always
approach life with acceptance and gratitude.” Student of Nithyananda GurukulSM, India
This is an example of the rare state of permanent Unclutching® or
Sahaja Samadhi. (excerpt from video sharing – edited)
Over the years, several students of Nithyananda GurukulSM have Hi, I am Ishwar, I am six years old, and I am going to explain
about how I broke my hand.
fallen and broken bones without experiencing any pain whatsoever.
At least three incidents of disciples manifesting the attribute of Once I went to my friend’s house in the ashram during the
susadha have been documented in this volume. holidays. I was sitting on the corner of a plastic chair, and lost my
balance and fell off with such force that I broke my hand.
Bigata Vajra I went up to the third floor to our apartment in the ashram, and
told my mom that my hand was disconnected. I was not crying, I
was just focusing on the pain.
Bigata Vajra is the ability to spontaneously return to health under
any conditions, referred to in the Linga Purana as a quality of My dad and mom rushed me to Swamiji and told Him that I had
Shiva Himself. This quality was demonstrated in December 2015, broken my hand. Swamiji immediately asked an assistant to call
an ambulance and take me to the hospital.
when Paramahamsa Nithyananda defied medical science with a
spontaneous recovery from the dreaded dengue. In the hospital they took me to the operation theater and did
This demonstrates not only a very strong immune system, but also something... after that I was in the hospital for four days and
In December 2015, while in Phuket, Thailand for conducting the Inner then came back home.
the ability to dissociate from fever and pain to perform the normal
Awakening® ShivohamTM program, Paramahamsa Nithyananda
vigorous duties of the day, and also the spontaneous healing of the
developed high fever and body ache. Immediately after informing
disease without any medical intervention.
his physician, He dissociated from the pain and fever, and for the
next 15 days continued with the Shivoham process without any
rest, and without any sign or symptom of the condition.
Meanwhile, the blood test for dengue was performed in Phuket,
and also later repeated in Bengaluru about a month later. The
test report showed very high level (>4 times) the normal of IgG
antibodies, which suggested a recent severe dengue infection.
However, the first blood counts in Phuket were low, but became
completely normal by the second blood test in Bengaluru (within a
X-ray of Ishwar revealing the broken bone
gap of about 3 weeks).
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 I felt no pain after the bike accident
Name: Parthipan S
Spiritual name: Sri Nithya
Jnanaprabhananda
Location: Bengaluru, India
After I attended Life Bliss Program Level 1, one day I was driving
my bike to the office, and in one place, suddenly, my bike skidded
and I was thrown off it, and fell away from my bike on the side of
the road.
When I realized I was falling, I silently called out to Swamiji for
help.
After I fell down, I realized that I had forgotten to lift the side-stand
and driven this far. I got hit in the joints of the hand, but surprisingly
there was no pain at all, and in fact I felt a cool sensation there!
I used to be the kind of person who always made a big fuss about
even a small wound, and I could not tolerate pain at all in my life.
But that day I realized it is possible to live life without feeling any
pain! This experience happened only because of Swamiji.
I was fully healed in about a week’s time.
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No pain even with a fracture! Divyasharira or Divine Physiology have repeatedly noticed the increased sensitivity to touch, which
in normal human beings also means a high level of sensitivity to
pain (as both are similar neural phenomena). But in the case of
Spiritual name: Sri Nithya Yogananda The Sanskrit word ‘divyasharira’ is sometimes translated as ‘divine
Paramahamsa Nithyananda, the heightened touch-sensitivity is
Swami body’, but the phrase hardly conveys the full scope of the original
simultaneously associated with the absence of the cognition of
term.
Sannyasi of Nithyananda Order pain.
Location: Nithyananda Peetham, The seemingly physical form assumed by the Avatar when He
Bengaluru Aadheenam descends to the human frequency is called a divyasharira. Though Surabhi
appearing similar to the human form, the physiology is far from
Email: sri.yoga@nithyananda.org A simple and innocent attribute of the Avatar’s divyasharira is the
that of the average human being in areas of crucial significance.
maintenance of the human form in a pure state, allowing for a
While several great masters and saints are known to have fragrant smell to emanate from the body. Small children always
A couple of years ago, I fractured my hand. attained divyasharira while leaving the body, like Sant Jnaneshwar, smell nice, and with age and maturation, changes occur in human
physiology to produce a combination of noxious odors and
Naturally, it was very painful. So during the daily darshan I requested Ramalinga Vallalar, Tirujnanasambandar, and more recently,
Swamiji for healing. Swamiji blessed me, and the excruciating pain Paramahamsa Yogananda, it is rare to find an Avatar who exhibits pheromones.
disappeared in an instant. so visibly the qualities of the divyasharira while living and moving
An Avatar like Paramahamsa Nithyananda, while having attained
I was scheduled to go for a surgery, but Swamiji blessed me saying freely in the human frequency.
physical maturity, lives in the physiological and psychological
that there will be no need for it. As He said, the bone correction was
Ancient yoga texts like Hatha Yoga Pradipika and Gheranda Samhita childlike state of innocence, thereby producing a divine fragrance
done without the need for a surgery.
prescribe a series of asanas, pranayama and bandhas that act as similar to the jasmine flower or pure sandalwood.
As I had just recovered from chicken pox, the doctors did the primary steps towards the attainment of a divyasharira.
correction on the fractured arm without administering anesthesia.
Although in theory, it is possible to attain a divyasharira through Sandal fragrance from Swamiji’s body
The doctors were awestruck to see how composed I was throughout
intense yogic practices alone, sustained over several janmas (births),
the procedure!
Spiritual Name: Dr. Sri Nithya
a mere glimpse of the attributes and powers of the divyasharira
Later I shared with them that thanks to Swamiji’s blessings, I Pranananda Swami
reveal that it is not actually a human body that has been perfected
absolutely did not feel any pain!
though yogic disciplines, but rather the pure manifestation of the Sannyasi of Nithyananda Order
supreme Consciousness itself, uncorrupted and incorruptible by Location: Nithyananda Peetham,
its descent into the frequency of matter. Bengaluru Aadheenam
Two of these altered states of physiology have already been Email: dr.sri.prana@nithyananda.org
discussed with reference to the attributes of Ardhanarishwara
and Susadha. There are other several significant differences which
During the early days of the ashram, I used to be Swamiji’s personal
differentiate the divyasharira from the normal body. secretary and also taking care of His personal seva.
QEEG recordings of Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s brain have On multiple occasions, after Swamiji gave energy darshan to large
demonstrated Entrainment and the ability to control the brain crowds during some program, I have noticed sandal fragrance
waves at will, unlike in His normal counterparts (this attribute has coming from Swamiji, and also from the clothes used by Him, while
taking them out for washing the next day.
been discussed in detail in later chapters).
At that time I don’t know that this is also a special siddhi that is
Moreover, there is an intense sensitivity to smell, sound and manifested by Avatars!
touch. Physicians who examined Paramahamsa Nithyananda
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A Body of Light and Sound
Another interpretation of the term ‘divyasharira’ is: a body of light
and sound.
The concept of the creation of the universe from Light (Shiva) and
Sound (Shakti) was expressed in the Vedic sciences thousands of
years prior to the evolution of modern science.
Traditional science looks at wave and particle as a duality. Today
we agree that all elementary particles exist simultaneously as both
particle and wave, and matter too is nothing but energy with form.
The Vedic term ‘Light’ stands for the particle phenomenon, and
‘Sound’ for the wave phenomenon – hence the eternal dance and
romance of the inseparable Shiva-Shakti described by the Vedic
seers, or ‘saint-ists’, as Paramahamsa Nithyananda chooses to call
them.
The primordial Sound described in Vedic science is the ‘unstruck
sound’ (anahata dhvani). The word ‘anahata’ itself means ‘that
without a cause’ – which, in other words, is nothing but the Primary
Cause itself, as only the Cause itself can be causeless; everything
else is an effect of the Cause. The Primary Cause being Shiva, the
Primary Sound too is nothing but Shiva Himself, or Shiva-Shakti,
which is particle and wave at the same time.
Thus, in a single superb stroke, Vedic science condenses the
theories of western particle physics, eastern cosmogony and
universal spirituality into one poetic word. The divyasharira, being
the very fabric of space-time, is nothing but the simultaneous and
non-dual existence of wave and particle.
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Siddhis (Mystical Powers) of the Avatar
Anima
The word ‘anima’ is a derivative of the word ‘anu’. Anu does
not stand for atom, but rather refers to the smallest indivisible
elementary particle.
In quantum physics, structural particles are divided into quarks
(like protons and neutrons), as well as leptons (like electrons).
Interactive particles are photons, gluons and perhaps gravitons.
A fundamental aspect of an Avatar is the ability to understand and
merge with the very substance of the Cosmos, which in physics
means the ability to interact with the forces of elementary particles.
Thus the siddhi of anima allows for the process of quantum
entanglement, which we will study in further sections related to
deeksha, darshan and prana pratishtha.
Mahima
Mahima is a siddhi manifesting as an expanded state, and can be
observed at both Newtonian and quantum levels.
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When the energy of Kalabhairava manifests in Paramahamsa
Nithyananda, there is a visible expansion of His body, which can
be measured in centimeters.
At quantum levels, expansion of the vijnanamaya kosha allows for
extra-sensory cognition like blindfolded reading and 360-degree
vision, and extends up to parakaya pravesham.
Laghima
Laghima is a siddhi manifesting as immense lightness.
At Newtonian levels, it manifests as intermittent levitation by
disciples through the awakening of Kundalini energy.
At quantum levels, thoughts are reduced to zero, giving a sense of
immense lightness in the being.
The state of mind of perpetual Samadhi is a mind filled with
virtual particles (vacuum) as opposed to thoughts, which are real
particles or quanta (packets) of energy. When one is not weighed
down by thoughts and emotions, an immense lightness is felt. This
is experiential for disciples at both the Newtonian and quantum
levels.
Garima
Garima manifests as the siddhi of becoming as heavy as desired.
Like a Neutron star, massive condensation of elementary
particles would possibly lead to an object with a small mass but
immense weight. This siddhi is yet to be scientifically evaluated on
Paramahamsa Nithyananda and his disciples.
Prapti
Prapti siddhi manifests as the ability to reach any desired point in
space and time – in any dimension, in the past, present or future.
In this siddhi, nothing is too far away or too near, and one has
access to everything, everywhere.
The application of this siddhi could be as simple as an ability to
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phenomenon of the linga sharira (subtle body) entering another’s
body for the sake of either experiencing the other’s cognition, or
altering the bio-memory of a willing disciple.
It also manifests as the ability to penetrate the various subtle states
of consciousness of others (like dream state, deep sleep state,
meditative state) and resolve inner conflicts, bestow healing or
boons, or simply bless with darshan.
Devotees regularly report having received darshan and healing
from Paramahamsa Nithyananda in their dreams and visions during
meditation, often before having ever seen or heard about Him in
their waking state.
It will be impossible to ever completely document the tremendous
changes effected during deep sleep, when the Avatar penetrates
the causal layer of the devotee and erases the karmas (root patterns
and incompletions) of lifetimes in a single compassionate stroke.
The only accounts we have are of devotees who underwent Near
Death Experiences (NDEs), who recall having been approached by
Paramahamsa Nithyananda immediately after clinical death, and
asked if they would like to return to the physical plane. While the
majority prefer to move on, a rare few return to tell the astounding
tale.
During the Samskara Dahana meditation process, which is part
of the Inner Awakening® program, Paramahamsa Nithyananda
enters the energy space of all the participants with their consent
in order to cleanse their bio-memory of its patterns, incompletions
and karmas.
The effect of this can be easily studied by the alteration of gene
expression in the participants, which has shown up-regulation of
beneficial genes and pathways and down-regulation of harmful
genes and pathways after this initiation.
Akashic Readings or the accessing of information from the
hiranyagarbha (Cosmic Archive) by crossing the barriers of space
and time, which Paramahamsa Nithyananda occasionally performs
for the benefit of devotees, is a rare and advanced expression of
the mastery over the subtle frequencies of matter.
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Prakamya is the ability to precipitate a desired reality from the
infinite possibilities available in Existence.
For devotees, it translates as Kalpataru or the power of wish-
fulfilment through the bestowing of boons.
Ishatva
Ishatva literally means possessing absolute lordship.
Ishatva actually denotes the power to influence the natural forces,
as well as convert matter into energy and vice-versa at will.
In Patanjali Yoga Sutras, it is said:
sthūla-svarūpa-sūkṣma-anvaya-arthavattva-saṁyamāt
bhūtajayaḥ ॥ 3.44॥
By focused meditation on the true nature of the gross and subtle
manifestations, their sequence and meaning, (one) gains mastery
over physical matter.
It expresses as the siddhi of manifestation (Materialization) or moving
objects or information from one place to another (Teleportation) as
per the laws of quantum mechanics. Teleportation can involve the
movement of information, an object or a being.
These phenomena have been studied extensively on Paramahamsa
Nithyananda and the divyashareeris (energy channels) through
whom He materializes objects. In his Avataric form, Paramahamsa
Nithyananda has materialized or teleported over 4000 objects
ranging from powder like vibhuti (sacred ash) to hard structures in
the form of material objects, to distant places.
There are also significant eyewitness accounts of Paramahamsa
Nithyananda’s command over the natural forces like rain and snow
(a few accounts have been shared in this volume).
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Vashitva
Swamiji’s form disappeared before our eyes!
Though the literal meaning of Vashitva siddhi is the ability to
subjugate or control others at will, the real manifestation is the
quantum entanglement of Avatar’s energy with that of the disciple,
Name: Vadvatee Enal
at the level of elementary particles.
Location: Trinidad & Tobago
This process of entanglement manifests its effects in almost all
processes, including spiritual healing, Kundalini AwakeningSM and
deeksha.
During the NithyanandohamSM program in December 2015, one
day Swamiji took us to the beach. He himself went to the water, and
suddenly, in the whole area where he was standing, there were huge
waves and the water was just crashing onto the shore!
After we moved away from the water, Swamiji went to the shore
and sat with us for a little while. He sat in silence but we all felt
his presence. I was gazing at him in silence – when suddenly he
disappeared, vanished, just like that!
I blinked my eyes several times and squinted my eyes, because I
was totally baffled by this. I decided that I have to look again to
see if this is true. I looked at him intensely again, and again he
disappeared! I could see the chair he was sitting on, I could see all
the people around him who assist him - but he vanished. I looked
again and it happened again. Three times I saw him - or I should
say I didn’t see him!
How it happened was, he just started to fade away and then
disappear, then he would fade back in, like some sci-fi movie or
something! I spoke to a few people about it later, and was relieved to
know that two other people besides me had also seen him disappear!
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 Swamiji created an unseasonal We witnessed Swamiji stopping the rain
snow-shower for us in Kailash in the Himalayas

Spiritual name: Sri Nithya Atma Spiritual name: Ma Nithyapriyananda

Pujananda Swami Swami

Sannyasi of Nithyananda Order Sannyasi of Nithyananda Order

Email: sri.puja@nithyananda.org Email: ma.priya@nithyananda.org

I had the good fortune to travel to Mt. Kailash with Swamiji in This incident happened during our yatra to the Himalayas with
August 2012. Swamiji in 2004. Our group had assembled in an open spot for the
evening lecture and darshan, when it suddenly started raining quite
During the yatra (pilgrimage), many of the devotees from India
heavily. There was no place to turn for shelter, and all of us and our
expressed a desire to experience a snow shower, since they had never
equipment were quickly becoming wet.
seen snow in their lives.
Suddenly Swamiji announced that not only would the rain stop
One night during the darshan at Manasarovar, Swamiji said that
immediately, but the whole place would become dry in a few
Kailash itself was celebrating our presence, and as a sign of blessing
minutes!
from Kailash, there would be a snow shower the next day.
Just as He said, the rain immediately stopped, and most surprisingly,
Our chief travel guide, who was a local person, said there was no
the ground dried up rapidly, and within just a few minutes, we
way we could expect snow, as the season for snow was more than
were able to sit on the ground and enjoy our evening session with
three months away. Some of the devotees were disappointed about
Swamiji.
that.
It would be quite impossible to explain this scientifically, but that is
I noticed that Swamiji just smiled at him quietly and said, ‘OK’.
life around Swamiji!
I thought to myself, ‘The guide knows the weather, but Swamiji
Very grateful to have been a part of this happening.
knows God!’

The next morning, just as we were getting ready to leave, we were

graced with a beautiful snow shower! It was completely unseasonal,
and a sure sign of Swamiji’s power to influence Nature, which I have
noticed earlier also on many occasions!

The surprised guide then said that we will not be able to have
darshan of Kailash, since the weather had turned cloudy. But just
as Swamiji got out of his caravan at the vantage point, the clouds
suddenly parted and revealed Kailash!

I heard Swamiji’s joyous cry of ‘Har Har Mahadev!’ and only then
realized what had happened – Kailash had listened to Swamiji’s
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What sets apart an Avatar from a Jivanmukta?
It is important to understand the differences between an AVATAR,
who is a descent from GOD to MAN, and an ENLIGHTENED BEING
or JIVANMUKTA, who is an ascent from MAN to GOD.
An Avatar, being of conscious descent, is a pure vehicle for the
Cosmic purpose. His attributes and powers (siddhis) are mere
external manifestations that serve His Avataric mission.
On the other hand, a human being, through sincere practice, can
achieve siddhis (though in the process, he sometimes gets deluded
that they are an end in themselves). He can also experience the
state of jivanmukti (liberation while in the body), through the grace
of the Guru or spiritual preceptor. Once enlightened, he may take
up teaching the science of enlightenment to others or choose to
simply ‘be’.
Both an Avatar and an enlightened being would have experiential
and cognitive knowledge of the sacred texts and sciences. On
the other hand, a scholarly pundit would be able to superficially
interpret and intellectually debate on the sacred texts and sciences
without having the experiential component.
Scientific Studies on the Avatar
For over a decade, from 2004 to date, Paramahamsa Nithyananda
Himself has undergone a series of scientific studies on His
neurophysiology.
Imaging Brain Activity
In 2004, a team of scientists led by Dr. Murali Krishna, MD,
President, Integris Mental Health Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA,
conducted a series of state-of-the-art tests, including a PET Scan
to study Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s neurological systems.
Using the advanced technology of Positron Emission Tomography,
or PET Scan, the activity of Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s brain in
the state of Samadhi was studied in detail.
There was a significant enhancement in activity of the lower portion
of the mesial frontal area of the cerebral cortex.
This region is the starting point of the ajna chakra or the Third Eye
and connects to the limbic system and the rest of the cerebral
cortex.
Measuring Autonomic Functions
On 29th April 2005, Dr. Juan Acosta-Urquidi & Associates from
Sound Health Designs, Wichita, KS, USA, recorded autonomic
functions like heart rate variability along with simultaneous EEG.
The heart rate variability (HRV) is a technique to measure the
activity of the sympathetic or the parasympathetic nervous system.
During healing, HRV tests were conducted simultaneously on
Paramahamsa Nithyananda and the recipient. There was an
obvious difference in the HRV readings before healing began. As
soon as healing was initiated, both Paramahamsa Nithyananda
and the recipient showed exactly the same graph, both in time and
space with a robust sympathetic arousal.
The conclusion was that during healing, there is complete
entrainment of the autonomic nervous system of Paramahamsa
Nithyananda with that of the recipient.

As most of the sacred texts are deliberately written in a coded At the same time, the rest of the cerebral cortex was in a complete
form called sandhya bhasha, they are difficult to interpret correctly state of rest.
without experiential understanding.

A significant difference between the Avatar and the jivanmukta
is that while both might be able to demonstrate siddhis, only the
Avatar has the power to transmit them to others.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda not only demonstrates all attributes
and powers of an Avatar, but has also successfully transmitted
many of them to thousands of disciples.
Measuring Brain Waves
The technique of quantitative electroencephalography (qEEG) was
utilized to study the various brain waves, viz, alpha, beta, theta and
delta.
In a normal person, all the waves are present in different regions of
the brain in different moments of time.

Due to His state of perpetual samadhi (sahaja samadhi),

Paramahamsa Nithyananda demonstrated complete entrainment
of all the brain waves, with the entire brain shifting fluidly from one
brainwave pattern to another. This degree of synchronicity that
contains over 100 billion neurons and even more interconnections
is impossible to reproduce by any normal person under any
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Galvanic Skin Resistance (GSR)
On 26th April 2006, Dr. Juan Acosta-Urquidi simultaneously
studied Paramahamsa Nithyananda and a participant during a
healing session, to measure a sensitive parameter of autonomous
arousal called Galvanic Skin Resistance or Response.

Another technique to read the autonomic nervous system, the GSR

readings showed an increased level of sympathetic arousal during
healing. This is consistent with the HRV tests done separately in
other labs.

It is important to realize that Paramahamsa Nithyananda is the

only Avatar who has agreed to be scientifically evaluated, both in
terms of His own body as well as the changes He brings about in
other beings. However, it is astonishing to note that His Avataric
attributes and powers are exactly as defined by the 5000-year-
old Hindu yogic sciences after extensive observation and study.
Now it is being tested and proven by modern science also.

This valuable data will set the benchmark for establishing the
attributes and the powers of a true Avatar.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda states clearly that His purpose and

vision is not only to reveal the sacred secrets, but also to establish
the truth behind the science as one that is observable, reproducible
in not only His presence, but also as a multi-centric science
reproducible across the globe.

Summary
Paramahamsa Nithyananda Himself has been the subject of
scientific studies since 2004, and over the past decade, an
enormous amount of data about not only His altered state of
neurophysiology, but that of His disciples as well, has continued
to be recorded. This impressive array of data will be presented
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The Physics of the Cosmos
T he whole purpose of science is to get to the bottom of the
truth of all that exists, and find a common thread which
explains everything. In science, the fundamental concept
would be called a model, and a perfect model that explains
everything is called ‘the Theory of Everything’.
It is always elegant to have a single model or law that explains
all the forces of nature. Of course, no model is perfect, and what
signifies a good model in physics is:
• It is simple enough, but not any simpler
• It contains very few elements which are arbitrary or adjustable
• It explains all the existing observations
The perfect model would be called the Theory of Everything, but is
yet to be elucidated.
It is important, both in terms of science as well as metaphysics, to
understand some basic facts relating to space, time, motion and
energy.
At the very gross level, scientists estimate that there are more than
100 billion galaxies, with each galaxy having more than 10 billion
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The Bioenergetics of the Cosmos
suns. This in fact is just a rough estimate of the size of the universe,
which incidentally is not finite, because it is constantly expanding
in acceleration.
Now, within a galaxy, everything moves. In the universe, all
galaxies are in motion. In effect, the earth moves 2500 miles every
2 minutes around the sun, and the sun moves 20,000 miles around
the center of our galaxy. Thus, a person or object sitting absolutely
motionless on earth is actually in motion all the time.
Early concepts of space were limited to three dimensions (X, Y and
Z axis), on the assumption that any point marked in space would
be stationary, and therefore its exact location or speed could be
easily mapped out.
Einstein soon realized that nothing was really stationary and all
readings were based on the location of the observer. At the same
time it was shown that the speed of light is exactly the same,
regardless of the frame of reference. Thus, it was understood that
time and space are intertwined, as time too is a dimension like
space.
Thus, the fourth dimension of time was added (future-past) apart
from the usual left-right, front-back and up-down dimensions of
space. This is called Einstein’s theory of special relativity.
Theoretical physics developed further and it was soon realized
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that space-time is not flat, but is actually curved. This curvature The Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle Structured Understanding or Cognition
is due to the presence of mass and energy in space-time, and
the effect is known as gravity.
One of the paradoxes of quantum physics is called the Heisenberg All understandings, regardless of the nature of the object being
Uncertainty Principle, which asserts that at any given point of studied, fall into the following four categories:
The Forces of Nature observation, either the position or the
4 Perception: All that we can see and
velocity of a particle can be established,
The next phenomena that need to be understood are the forces measure with our limited senses
but never both.
of Nature. The forces of Nature are divided into four classes: 4 Facts: Going beyond our limited
4 Gravity An important consequence of this is that
perception using technology or inference
there is no such thing as empty space.
4 Electro-magnetism to have a better understanding of the
4 Weak interactions Space always has a minimum continuous nature of the object being studied
4 Strong interactions energy called the vacuum, which is subject
4 Truth: Understanding the laws of nature
to quantum jitters or vacuum fluctuation.
Entanglement is a concept in quantum mechanics related to the within the construct of space-time, with
That is, particles and fields quivering in
particle theory. Particle theory says that all matter is made up of complete logical understanding
and out of existence. This is the principle of
virtually identical particles of four different classes. spanda, resident in the universal conscious 4 Reality: An experiential understanding
energy, Shiva. of the nature of all objects of the universe,
4 Quarks e.g. protons and neutrons
intuitive and therefore not limited by logic.
4 Leptons e.g. electrons and its neutrino The particles of energy creating the spanda
are called virtual particles, and unlike real As modern science continued to push its
The above two are called elementary particles. Particles that are
particles, can only be inferred. boundaries, knowledge (jnana) moved from the level of perception
involved in exchange of energy are called exchange particles,
to facts and at some points touching aspects of truths. This however,
like: So far, we have considered the standard model of 4 dimensions
currently appears to be the limit of what science can understand
of space-time. As physics went deeper into the structure of even
4 Photon, related to electromagnetic interaction and explain of the Nature of the Cosmos.
smaller or the smallest of particles, a mathematical realization took
4 Gluon, related to strong interaction within the nucleus place - Space is not made up of particles, but rather patterns of
of an atom vibrations that have length, but no height or width. This was called Consciousness
the String Theory.
4 Graviton, related to gravity - the only particle that lacks Derived from Latin, it means, ‘Knowledge of things together’.
experimental evidence for its existence As theoretical physics progressed, it became apparent that the
string theory is consistent only if space has ten dimensions or In the biological sciences, to be conscious means to be awake, with
When any two elementary particles come into contact with the capacity to interpret sensory input from the sense organs and
eleven time–space dimensions. This is now called the M theory,
each other, they get entangled in such a way that, if one motor reactions derived out of the interpretations of the sensory
which contains not only vibrating strings, but also points, two-
were to study one particle for its location or its velocity, one input.
dimensional membranes, three-dimensional structures, and so
can accurately predict that the second entangled particle has
on, up to 9. In Vedic science, they are called the Dasha Mahavidya
instantaneously developed the same velocity, regardless of Naturally, this would imply the inclusion of thought, emotion and
(Shakti or Energy) in ten directions, in addition to Kala or Time.
its location. The only difference between the two is that if one cognition. Biology follows the laws of physics and chemistry.
has an entity called spin in a particular direction, the entangled Science is searching for a common principle governing all the laws
particle has a spin in exactly the opposite direction (mirroring). of nature; the same principle would also govern biological systems
and consciousness.
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 When applied to a limited sentient being, this implies that
Consciousness is that aspect of biological energy that brings
awareness to the existence of all aspects of nature around it.
Obviously, this has a very wide connotation, way beyond
the western concept of consciousness, which is limited to
wakefulness, sensory and motor inputs and outputs, and the
ability to interpret the limited input.
Vedic Concept of Consciousness
The Vedic concept of Consciousness has always been
experiential and intuitive, using a top-down model for
scientific exploration.
Vedic science declares experientially and unequivocally that
all aspects of the universe are Consciousness, and matter is
simply projected Consciousness.
In Vedic metaphysics, pure Consciousness pervades
everything, being potential, with the bursting forth of subtle
vibrations (spanda), a characteristic of Shiva, until such time
as there is an emergent manifestation of the energy which is
called Shakti.
This is strongly akin to the concept of the all-pervasive
vibrational string theory with vacuum fluctuation — spanda
— of virtual particles (Shiva) and manifestation with real
particles (Shakti). This is unlike western physics and biology,
which completely differentiate the conscious energy of a
being from the substance of the Cosmos (String or M theory).
The Vedic concept of the actual commonality of
Consciousness, be it in the fabric of space-time (Shiva), or
the individual being (jiva), is obviously a more elegant and
scientific model for the definition of Consciousness.
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Eleven Dimensions of Consciousness
A physicist of Indian origin, Amit Goswami, recently published
an article in a physics journal showing that entanglement
affects people. He had two people meditate together, and
then separated them in two chambers (one person in each)
where they couldn’t see or hear one another. When one person
had a light strobed at his eye, it caused the firing of a certain
frequency in the brain. Remarkably, at the same moment, the
other person’s brain also fired, even though he never saw the
light. This proves that the energies of people intuitively affect
each other.
(Reference: Spontaneous Evolution: Our Positive Future (and
a Way to Get There from Here) by Bruce H. Lipton & Steve
Bhaerman )
Vedic Science of Consciousness
Vedic sciences have always maintained that Consciousness
is the very substance of space-time, and has nothing to do
with living or non-living aspects of matter. As humans, we
are inextricably bound to the laws of space, time and other
dimensions.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda has clearly defined the existence
of 11 dimensions of Consciousness (space-time). As per His
elucidation, Space can exist by itself without anything else.
On the other hand, time can exist only in the presence of
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space, but can still exist without other dimensions including
the obvious ones – depth, length and breadth. For instance, in
parallel dimensions (parallel universes in astrophysics), beings
that exist in space without time are called Devatas.
In quantum terms, thought too is energy (a packet or quantum of
energy). Every cell of our body produces thought in the form of
signals, which may be electrical, chemical or otherwise. These
can be measured in TPS (Thoughts Per Second). The normal TPS
of the average human being can be hundreds or thousands of
thoughts. Some thoughts are processed through the volition of
part of the brain, while others are processed unconsciously. Some
thoughts which the brain determines as unwarranted noise are
not processed, allowing one to pay attention to what is considered
priority at that time.
A TPS of zero is the state of Advaita or Enlightenment. Here the
energy of thought (particles) is no longer present. However, based
on quantum mechanics, a vaccum state cannot exist, and thus,
virtual particles are created to occupy the space of the cell.
As discussed earlier, space is made up of strings of potential energy,
which are in constant vibration (spanda) leading to the creation
of virtual particles. This is the very basis of the Vedic truth of
Consciousness.
During the process of entanglement, our TPS comes down to zero,
and the virtual particles of Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s no-mind
state become our reality.
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 Deeper Truths about the Eleven
Dimensions of Consciousness
Revelations from the Avatar
(Below are a few excerpts from a unique Q&A session with His
Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Even a cursory reading of
these excerpts will reveal how shockingly different the Reality is
from the comfortable everyday world that we perceive.)
Q: Swamiji, would it be correct to visualize the three dimensions
of an object (length, breadth, depth) as three axes – like X, Y and
Z axes? And what is the relationship of these physical dimensions
to the dimension of Time?
Yes, you are correct. But you think that all these dimensions (length,
breadth, depth) are interconnected, because you have never
perceived any of them separately. But they are separate.
Where the X, Y and Z axes touch - that is Time. If you just pull out
that ‘pin’ of Time, these three lines can be independent wherever
you want.
Q. Why are we not able to perceive these dimensions separately,
while You can do that?
Your mind keeps jumping so rapidly from one dimension to the
other that it creates the illusion that they are interdependent. It is
the same as how your eyes perceive the three leaves of a rotating
fan as continuous with one another.
For example, when you see the length of this mic before me, you
will not remember its depth. When you see the depth of this mic,
you will not remember its breadth. It takes only a micro-millisecond
to jump from one to the other– but the jumping is still there.
When you jump from depth to breadth, breadth to length, length
to space, space to time, time to depth – that is called Time.
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Q: Am I right in saying that length and breadth are visual, while
depth is physical?
No. All the three dimensions are the same. For the sake of utility,
you are giving each a name. I can just call them D1, D2, D3.
Q. Are all three dimensions necessary for our senses to perceive
an object?
For you, it is necessary, since that is what you believe.
If I remove any one of these dimensions, you can still see the object,
but you will not be able to touch or feel it.
If I remove any two dimensions, you can touch and feel it, but you
will not be able to see it.
For example, the length and breadth of this mic can be left here,
and the depth alone can be teleported to some other place. Then,
if you put your hand here (Paramahamsa Nithyananda moves His
hand across the mic), it will cross the mic, but your hand will not
be obstructed; it will not hit anything.
But at the other point, to which the depth alone has been teleported,
if you put your hand there, you will hit something, but nothing will
be seen.
Q: Can you drive an object to another dimensions?
Yes, that is what I do during teleportation.
Changing the three dimensions by applying force is mechanical
engineering. Changing the three dimensions by dismantling them
is teleportation.
When I pull the ‘time’ pin out, the object disappears from your
view. When I pull the ‘space’ pin out, it goes to the space I want.
Then I put back the ‘space’ pin first, and then the ‘time’ pin - and
the object reappears before your eyes at the destination.
(His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda smilingly ends the
session, perhaps after witnessing the shocked expressions on the
faces in His audience!)
A
t the time of Newtonian physics, space was considered as
purely three-dimensional, measured in three axes viz X,
Y, Z. Time was considered as separate from space, and as
a single line that was infinite in both directions.
All this changed when Einstein introduced the theory of special
relativity, which showed that time and space are interconnected;
that time too is a dimension of specific events that take place not
only along the coordinate of space, but at different points of time.
This led to the concept of four-dimensional space time continuum.
One cannot curve space (space is curved due to gravity) without
involving time as well. Thus, time also has a shape.
According to Stephen Hawking, time is pear-shaped. This is
because everything including light bends due to gravity. Thus an
event taking place very far away would be seen on Earth after
millions of years (the time taken by light to reach Earth) and the
light would have been bent while traversing billions of galaxies.
To put this simply, in Newtonian terms, imagine a three-dimensional
space filled with innumerable dots representing points of time. Thus
time, whether past, present or future, would be represented in these
innumerable dots within the framework of the three-dimensional
space. Mathematically, this may not be entirely accurate, as Space
itself is curved; however, for explanation purposes, it serves as a
good model. Thus, if one were to cover space at the speed of light,
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Einstein’s Space-Time Continuum
time would stand still, and vice-versa.
This allows the Avatar to access the happenings both in time
(kala) and space (akasha or desha), as there is no such thing as
past, present or future in the physics of Consciousness where He
operates. As a power, it manifests as the siddhi of prapti.
The ancient Hindu scripture, the primary Upanishad, Isha Vasya
Upanishad, describes the space of pure Consciousness as below:
tad-ejati tan-naijati tad dūre tadvantike |
tad-antarasya sarvasya tadu sarvasyāsya bāhyataḥ || 5 ||
That moves and That moves not. That is far off, That is also near.
That is the inner space of all this, and That is also the outer space
of all this.
The ancient Vedic seers or Rishis were adept in the concepts of
space-time.
In the Vedic tradition, ‘KALABHAIRAVA’ has been denoted as the
Lord of Space and Time, or the energy that controls space and time.
The word ‘kala’ stands for time, and the word ‘bhairava’ is derived
from:
4 Bha - denoting ‘Bharana’ or maintenance of the world
4 Ra - denoting ‘Ravana’ or withdrawing of the world
4 Va - denoting ‘Vamana’ or projection of the world
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Thus, Kalabhairava is one who brings about the srishti, sthiti and
samhara (creation, maintenance and destruction) of the Universe.
Akasha – the Energy of Space
‘Akasha’ is a Sanskrit word denoting the fifth and most subtle of the
natural elements known to us - ether or space.
Most people are familiar with the first four natural elements: air,
fire, earth and water. The fifth element, variously referred to as
space, ether or spirit, is in reality, the parent element from which
the others spring, and into which they all ultimately dissolve.
Akasha is described in the Vedic scriptures as the Cosmic Ocean of
energy, containing all possibilities.
It is not a coincidence that one of definitions of Akasha is ‘spirit’ or
Consciousness. Ancient mystics understood that space is nothing
but Consciousness, and every molecule in the universe carries the
possibility for Consciousness.
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Modern science echoes the voice of the Vedas
The post-Einsteinian explosion in modern science has opened
new vistas in the understanding of energy, the interchangeability
of matter and energy, and the concept of Consciousness as the
substratum of the universe.
The ancient Vedas, which give a precise description of the origin of
our Universe, state that in the very beginning, the universe was just
a gaseous mix. Following this, there was a period of torrential rains
which resulted in the cooling and formation of Earth, followed by
the evolution of various forms of plant and animal life, and finally
the human being.
ākāśādvāyuḥ vāyorāgniḥ agner āpaḥ adbyaḥ pṛithivī I
pṛithivyā ouśadhayaḥ ouṣhadhīyo-annam annāt puruṣaḥ II
~ Taittriyopaniṣad, Brahmānanda Vallī
From Ether emerged Air, from Air appeared Fire, from Fire came
Water, from Water came Earth. From Earth came vegetation, from
vegetation came food, and from food came the human being.
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The Miller-Urey Experiment
By the 1950s, scientists around the world were earnestly exploring
the origin of life, and the kind of environment that led to its
emergence.
In 1953, Stanley L. Miller and Harold C. Urey, working at the
University of Chicago, conducted an experiment which has now
come to be known as a classic investigation that resulted in some
of the most interesting findings on the origin of life.
In the ‘Miller-Urey Experiment’, scientists Miller and Urey simulated
the experimental conditions that scientists believed were present
during the formation of our planet. This experiment showed that
organic compounds such as amino acids, which are the building
blocks of life, could have been created from inorganic compounds
that existed during the early stages of our planet, and which are
known to exist in outer space even today.
Significantly, the conditions described here are almost identical to
those described in the Rg Veda several thousand years ago.
What is the nature of Consciousness?
The most exhaustive research to date in the western world has
been set forth by Ervin Laszlo, Nobel Prize nominee and 2001
winner of the Japan Peace Prize. In his breakthrough work on the
nature of Cosmic Consciousness, Dr. Laszlo echoes the ancient
Vedic seers when he describes an energy field that records and
transmits all the information generated by any event, organism or
object.
Dr. Laszlo and his fellow researchers postulate that the Big Bang
creation model is insufficient to explain many conundrums of
quantum physics. He offers an alternate theory: that the Big Bang
is only one of many phenomena that sprang from a meta-universe
or ‘metaverse’, which has always existed and will continue to exist.
“The most fundamental element of reality is the quantum vacuum,
the energy-and information-filled plenum that underlies, generates
and interacts with our universe and with whatever universes may
exist in the metaverse.”
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The Universe is far too efficient to be operating without creative
intelligence. If not for this field, evolution would be random, and
the highly narrow combination of conditions, which support life on
planet Earth, would be beyond the possibility of coincidence. Dr.
Laszlo calls this force the Akashic Field, pointing out that the ancient
Rishis exactly describe the qualities and abilities he has observed
first-hand. In his book, Science and the Akashic Field, he states:
“In the Sanskrit and Indian cultures, Akasha is an all-encompassing
medium that underlies all things and becomes all things. It is real,
but so subtle that it cannot be perceived until it becomes the many
things that populate the manifest world. Our bodily senses do not
register Akasha, but we can reach it through spiritual practice. The
ancient Rishis reached it through a disciplined, spiritual way of life,
and through yoga.”
Akasha: The Single Source of Everything that
Exists
Dr. Laszlo goes on to quote the great sage of India, Swami
Vivekananda, who says:
“According to the philosophies of India, the whole universe is
composed of two materials, one of which they call Akasha.
It is the omnipresent, all-penetrating Existence. Everything that has
form, everything that is the result of combination, has evolved out
of this Akasha. It is the Akasha that becomes the air, the liquids,
the solids; it is the Akasha that becomes the sun, the earth, the
moon, the stars, the comets; it is the Akasha that becomes the
human body, the animal body, the plants, every form that we see,
everything that can be sensed, and everything that exists. At the
beginning of creation there is only this Akasha. At the end of the
cycle all melts into the Akasha again, and the next creation similarly
proceeds out of this Akasha.”
Swami Vivekananda adds: “In Akasha, all attributes of the manifest
world merge into a state that is beyond attributes: the state of
Brahman. Although it is undifferentiated, Brahman is dynamic
and creative. The cycles of samsara, of being-to-becoming and
becoming-to-being, are the leela (divine play) of Brahman: its play
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of ceaseless creation and dissolution.”
Dr. Laszlo observes that this perspective is new to Western thinking,
which holds that the ultimate nature of reality is material. However,
he acknowledges that modern Western science has stumbled
upon this truth in its own way: “What the new physics describes
as the unified vacuum - the seat of all the fields and forces of the
physical world - is in fact the most fundamentally real element of
the universe.” *
In this quantum vacuum, which the Vedic tradition calls Brahman,
you can see the analogy of the Cosmic Ocean. Every quark, every
particle of energy, leaves an imprint of its being-to-becoming, as
well as the reverse journey.
*Reference: Laszlo, Ervin, Science and the Akashic Field, second
edition, Inner Traditions 2007
AVATAR SHASTRA
The Whole that emerges from the Whole
The Upanishads are the most ancient sacred scriptures in
the history of the world, revealed by Lord Shiva, the Cosmic
Consciousness, to the seers of the Vedic tradition, at a time when
human civilization was still in its infancy in most other parts of
the world. They are the very voice of the Cosmos, the breath of
Mahadeva, grasped intuitively by the seers during altered states of
consciousness.
The Upanishads are the distilled essence of the Vedas, containing
the most sublime yet intimate revelations about the highest Truth
and nature of the Self, the Universe and the Divine.
The Isha Upanishad opens with an invocation that reveals the
depth of Vedic wisdom:
auṁ pūrṇamadaḥ pūrṇamidaṁ pūrṇāt pūrṇamudacyate I
pūrṇasya pūrṇamādāya pūrṇamevāvaśiṣyate II
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Paramahamsa Nithyananda explains:
The Whole, the Cosmos, comes from the Whole.
Even when it emerges, It does not get separated; it
continues to be established in the Whole. When It
goes back, it goes back to the same Whole. Out of
the Whole, came out the Whole. Even if the Whole
is removed from the Whole, the Whole remains as
Whole.
From the Infinite, sprang this universe and many other
universes. Yet no proof exists as to how the universe was
created. The stories of creation in various religions and
cultures point towards a Supreme Energy that created the
universe, and is responsible for its smooth functioning.
Science talks about the Big Bang that caused the universe,
but the same theory does not explain how Big Bangs still
continue. For every Big Bang that creates new stars and
galaxies in some part of the universe, there is a black
hole somewhere else, resulting in the disappearance of
stars and galaxies. For every birth there is death; for the
unborn there is eternity.
Yet how did the original birth happen? Vedic wisdom
reveals to us that the birth of the universe never did
happen. Taitirriya Upanishad, declares – satyam jnanam
anantam brahma – truth, reality or pure knowledge,
infinity is Brahman, the Source of everything.
So, the universe is always there. There is no Creator or
Created apart from that unborn Consciousness, Brahman
– which is Truth or ‘Isness’ (satyam), which is knowledge
Itself (jnanam), which is infinite (anantam), which is beyond
time and space (nithyam), and is verily the essence and
source of everything that exists.
The living deity of Lord Kalabhairava at
Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru Aadheenam, India
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Decoding the Language of the Cosmos
As we saw earlier, Akashic Records are the mystical energy records
of all the events that have ever happened, are happening and will
happen in the Cosmos.
Just as a boat leaves a wake in the water as it passes, each action,
thought and emotional impulse in us leaves a trail of energy; an
imprint on the Cosmic Ocean. These energy trails are recorded
in the Akasha; they are inscribed on the ether. Every event that
has ever occurred anywhere to any entity, no matter how tiny, is
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recorded in the Akashic Records.
The process of decoding these energy records is known as Akashic
Reading.
Mystics compare the Akashic Records to an unimaginably
vast library of information. Recently, with the advent of cyber
technology, the Akashic Records have been compared to a
mammoth supercomputer system. The code in which it is written
is beyond any language used on Earth, but the reading is revealed
in the language of the reader.
Gift from the Vedic Civilization
Who were the Vedic seers who gifted us the treasures of the
Akashic Readings?
The Vedic civilization, the world’s most ancient living civilization,
flourished millions of years ago on the lush plains of the Sarasvati
River in what is now Northern India.
A civilization of spiritual giants with superhuman mystical powers,
it gave to the world a host of highly sophisticated sciences and arts,
including astronomy, astrology, mathematics, navigation, medical
and surgical expertise, and the Vedic language Sanskrit, which is
also the natural language most suitable for computer programming.
(Reference: http://www.vedicsciences.net/articles/sanskrit-nasa.
html)
The technology used by this civilization was astounding, revealing
feats of engineering and architecture that challenge modern skills
and technologies.
In the Vedic Age, no boundaries existed between the material and
mystical realms of life. Working for inner growth hand in hand
with outer abundance and success, the Vedic civilization left us an
unimaginable legacy of inner and outer treasures.
During this period, Akashic Records were freely accessed to find
answers for everything, from the mysteries of the universe to the
causes of personal karma. Unfortunately, the power to commune
with the Cosmos is a lost science today, with the key to this infinite
source of information in the hands of the rare Avatars.
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The Science behind Akashic Readings
We have already explained the scientific concept of the Space-
Time continuum. As Time exists simultaneously as a dimension of
Space, all energy or information (energy is nothing but subjective
information) is waiting to be decoded depending on the parameters
and objects used. To explain this with a simple analogy – electricity
is coded energy and is decoded in an object called a light bulb, and
thus manifests as the light.
At a classical level, all information is stored in bits (in computer
language as a binary of 0 and 1), which is then decoded by the
software of the computer.
As mentioned earlier, at the quantum level, information is stored
as qubits. These qubits of information are present across the entire
fabric of the Cosmos, and represent the entire information held
within the Cosmos in time and space.
Interestingly, at the quantum level, the binary system exists as 0 and
1 separately, but happens simultaneously and concurrently, such
that both 0 and 1 exist at the same time.
Information regarding past, present or future of a quantum nature is
available, waiting to be decoded, but at the present moment, there
exists no technology (in science), which can work as a true quantum
computer and has the software to understand all the information
and underlying principles of the Cosmos.
Biologically, the human brain has been likened to the equivalent of
a quantum computer.
An Avatar in the form of a being like Paramahamsa Nithyananda is
able to access the qubits of information stored across the Cosmos
as Akashic Readings, as He Himself is both the software and the
hardware, the subject and the object of the quantum universe.
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Each Individual’s DNA holds his personal
Akashic Records
The Garuda Purana describes the avatars (embodied forms) assumed
by the immortal formless Lord during the various cycles of time. The
Avatars evolve and expand from fish (matsya) to amphibian (kurma)
to animal (varaha) to half-man-half-animal (narasimha) to the pygmy
man (vamana) to the tool-wielding civilized man (Parashurama) to
the highly evolved and dharmic being (Sri Rama) to the purnavatar
(Sri Krishna). After the advent of Sri Krishna begins the age of man
as a seeker, an enlightened being and a world teacher (Buddha). The
last Avatar (Kalki) is said to arrive at the end of Kali Yuga to destroy
the collective negativity and establish Satya Yuga on our planet (the
age of Living Enlightenment).
daitya-raakshasa-naashaartham matsyapurvam yathaa-bhavat
kurmo varaaho nrharirvaamano rama urjitah II 10 II
yathaa dasarathi-raamah krsno buddho’tha kalkyapi
tathaa vyakto’vyaktarupi aaseedaadir-gadaadharah II 11 II give the name ‘jeevatma’ - the individual consciousness
(Garuda Purana, 1.86.10-11)
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
The Vedic scientists discovered thousands of years ago
that the fish is the first individual body that has the capacity
to collect and transmit samskaras or engraved memories
and behavioral patterns through the DNA. Of course, even
before the fish body, you can collect samskaras, but they
are not transmittable. Please understand, as a fish, any
engram you collect is transmittable. Before that, it is so
subtle, so negligible, that it cannot be transmitted.
That is why, in the Vedic tradition, we call the first
incarnation as matsyavatar. From there the avataras, the
incarnations, expand and grow.
Whatever engrams you collected when you had the fish
body will be passed to the next body and further bodies
that you assume. From the fish body till now, whatever
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you collected is called your microcosmic bio-memory. It determines the form as well as the potential diseases
is only this part that scientists are able to analyze and and skills we can have. Scientists are very clear that
understand as ‘known DNA’. what we think is not our original blueprint, because we
are able to study only one part of the DNA till now. The
Understand: your body is the ultimate matter which can
other, unrevealed part, which scientists have not been
happen in the frequency of planet earth. The ultimate
able to study, or logically understand its function, they
machinery which is possible to happen in this planet’s
have labeled as ‘junk DNA’ or ‘shadow DNA’.
frequency, has happened to you. Celebrate its existence.
Scientists are absolutely right when they say there are
You assume almost all kinds of bodies in so many births
two parts in the DNA, and one part, which they are able
before you take a human body. So all the memories,
to study, is responsible for the form and diseases. The
experiences, possibilities, of all the bodies put together
other part is what is responsible for our spiritual gifts. I
happens in the human body. ALL possibilities, all
tell you: the other part is what carries all the siddhis and
memories, all experiences, are available in your body.
superhuman powers.
Many times you have lived the life of fish or bird. So if
I can say, the part which is already discovered is junk
a fish can swim, you can also swim! If a bird can fly,
DNA! The part which is not yet discovered, or maybe
you can also fly. You may think, then why I am not able
I can use the word ‘yet to be realized’ – it is this part
to fly? Because you chose some other memory more
that contains information about who you really are on
strongly and dropped this flying memory too deep. You
a level of spiritual beingness. It is that part to which I
just need to awaken it; that’s all! Nothing else is needed
but awakening it. If the awakening can happen, simply
or ‘individual self DNA’. It is that part which carries our
human beings can learn flying.
divine personality.”
These powers are not something unique to a few people;
it is a birthright for everybody. I am not interested in Science of Gotras
feeding fantasies to you. I am giving you the vision. It is
possible! It is possible. All possibilities are there in your The science of gotras was used by the Vedic Rishis (perfected
body. sages) to transmit coded information across generations, in order
Scientists refer to our inactive genetic material as ‘junk DNA’ to make available specific knowledge that was put into these genes
because it has no obvious function, but open-minded investigation for decoding at an appropriate time in the future.
has proven that biology does not furnish any ‘junk’ tissue in nature. Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
All organs and substances have a purpose, although they may be
hidden from us at the moment. Paramahamsa Nithyananda reveals Researchers say that with the inter-dimensional 12-strand
that, far from being ‘junk’ tissue, it is this ‘Divine DNA’ that holds the DNA activation, you can have access to ten times the
information that is available from your DNA! That is what
key to the mystical powers we all possess, but have forgotten how
I mean when I say that you can download anything from
to use.
the Hiranyagarbha. It is nothing but the cosmic archives.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
Science says that the human species has evolved with
a two-stranded DNA which is found in every cell, which
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 We carry our lineage from other planets and other areas
of the universe in our DNA. The imprint of our earthly
ancestral lineage is also held within our DNA. This is
what we call the gotra in our Vedic tradition.
Each of you belongs to the gotra of one of the rishis. The
gotra is the code which contains components of that
rishi’s space in you. If you belong to ‘Bharadwaja’ gotra,
it means that the energy and experience which the rishi
Bharadwaja had is there in you also. If you take up the
mantras and practices which Bharadwaja practiced,
you can immediately decode your DNA and access the
Akashic Records. Gotra is the password available to you
to access the huge Akashic Records.
Akashic Readings - the way out of karma
The science of genetics has advanced to the level that you can
study the structural code of your gene i.e. the DNA code material
by completely sequencing the genome. However, while we know
what genes are present, science has yet to decode all the genes
present in the human being. Those genes which science has not
assigned a specific purpose are simply labeled as non-functional
or ‘junk’ DNA.
But the entire gene sequence of the human body itself is not
unchangeable. It is in fact dynamic, and possesses its own
intelligence, which is why less than 30,000 genes (of which
only 10,000 are functional at any given time) can perform all the
functions and create all the structures of a complex entity like a
human being, who is made up of 50 trillion cells.
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Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
As I said, all the information you collected from all of
your births is in your DNA. You can access some of this
information just to understand your own past actions,
and not to waste time doing the same actions again
and again, thinking you will have some joy or benefits at
the end of this action. If you have done a certain action
and you did not receive the joy which you wanted, but if
you forget that, you will be trying it again and again in
various ways. But if you remember that you did not have
the joy you expected, you will not try it again. You will not
waste your time on it again. In that way, accessing the
Akashic Records by reading the DNA code will be useful
for you to become enlightened.”
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I experienced the huge Kalabhairava form
of Paramahamsa Nithyananda
Name: Sureka Radhakrishnan
Location: Toronto, Canada
I got the darshan of the huge form of Kalabhairava during the
Kalabhairava darshan and Akashic Readings in Tiruvannamalai.
Suddenly, I saw him like he grew very tall and big, and his head was
nearly touching the roof of the hall.
I started jumping and levitating. I tried to control myself, but I
realized that the pull of the current is beyond the inner and outer
boundary of myself. It gave me the feeling of disconnecting from the
outer world, but at the same time I was connected and aware of
the outer world even with my eyes closed, and I was able to see my
inner self with absolute powerful silence.
The whole experience is wordless; only the feeling can justify
Kalabhairava Darshan!
Thrice during the Akashic Readings, he has revealed to me about
my personal life, and the path that I will be heading.
Amazing power of the Divine!
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I witnessed Swamiji subtly change in size
Name: Todd Otten
Location: USA
During the Inner Awakening program in Varanasi in May 2015,
I witnessed Paramahamsa Nithyananda Swamiji subtly change in
size on different occasions. There were numerous times when he
looked much bigger to me - like he grew multiple sizes, from smaller
to huge!
At times it seemed he would be about ten percent smaller and take
on a more feminine energy about his appearance. At other times
he looked approximately ten to fifteen percent larger and had a
stronger masculine energy and appearance.
The biggest shift I saw was in the sacred river at the Kumbh
Mela location in Nasik. Seeing him in the water at the end of the
ceremony, especially when he was walking out, he seemed larger
than ever, maybe twenty to twenty-five percent larger. His energy
and appearance at this time transcended feminine or masculine
and was radiating that of a god.
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Name: Vadwatee Enal
Location: Trinidad & Tobago
During my first Inner Awakening in 2014, at the Kalabhairava
darshan, I saw Swamiji as tall as the roof. During the same Inner
Awakening, my sister Sumatee offered Maheshwara Puja to Swamiji,
and during the puja I saw Swamiji get tall, and his head reached the
Cosmos, and I saw lots of stick-like people’s figures jumping up and
down, but only the selected ones got to go with him.
It took me some time to place the pieces together of how I got to
where I am now, and I realize that he was with me all along. Thank
you Swamiji, you chose me and I feel totally blessed. I am yours
forever.
I felt I was looking up at something huge!
Jinda Bacho, Germany
I experienced my first ever darshan during the Nithyanandoham
program with Swamiji in December 2015.
When I was kneeling in front of Swamiji to receive darshan, I looked
up feeling as if something very huge is in front of me. It felt that I
was looking up at something very high, even though Swamiji was
sitting down before me! I never forget that moment. I had never
experienced something like that, very mystical, unexplainable.
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I experienced the huge power of Kalabhairava
Name: Dinesh Gupta
Spiritual name: Sri Nithya
Sadhanananda
Location: Singapore
During Inner Awakening at Varanasi in May 2014, Swamiji
completed a Kalabhaiarva darshan and sat down and immediately
started darshan. I was the first to go for darshan - and it was the
most intense energy experience I have ever had!!
I literally felt His power could have just thrown me across the entire
length of the hall - SO SO much energy. My clothes literally flew in
one direction and me in another!
It was so beautiful - I stayed in that bodha for the next 24 hours..
with a smile on my face... O so precious!!
He was towering over me
Name: Bhavya Venigalla
Location: St. Louis, USA
When I first saw Swamiji as Kalabhairava, I was in shock! I am
6’2”, and when I went up for darshan, he was just towering over me.
It felt like he was at least 8 feet tall.
I never shared any personal details, but Kalabhairava said what
was going to happen in the future, and it happened exactly as he
said!
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I saw Swamiji’s body expanding before my eyes
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Bhaktikananda Swami
Sannyasi of Nithyananda Order
Location: Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru
Aadheenam
Email: ma.bhaktika@nithyananda.org
During the Himalayas yatra led by Swamiji, many of us saw a
rare and miraculous sight. As we climbed higher, Swamiji’s body
began to expand, and He started walking very slowly and stepping
carefully, as if He was walking inside a balloon. It was something
like the videos I had seen of astronauts walking on the moon.
I believe that at that altitude, the samadhi state and physical
expansion become so deep that the anti-gravity forces started taking
over... He appeared huge to my eyes, and it would have been scary,
except for the undeniable evidence and understanding that He was
in a state of obvious bliss and peace.
I experienced Kalabhairava’s huge form
expressing through Swamiji
Name: Carolyn Sigman
Location: USA
I attended the Inner Awakening program conducted by Swamiji at
Varanasi in India during October 2015.
During the Kalabhairava darshan given by Swamiji, I saw and
experienced Kalabhairava’s huge form expressing through Swamiji!
It was an amazing experience!
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I saw Swamiji as nearly 8 feet tall
Name: Srikrishna Venigalla
Location: St. Louis, USA
When Swamiji gave Kalabhairava darshan in the Bidadi ashram,
we were watching it on 2-way video conferencing from St. Louis in
the USA.
During the darshan, I saw Kalabhairava as close to 8’ tall, and
maybe more than 300 lbs!
When He just moved his hand, the Kundalini energy was so intense
that I started levitating. This my personal experience.
I experienced Swamiji in a huge form during
Shivoham process
Name: Sheela
Location: Hosur, India
While doing the Nithya Dhyan meditation, I saw Swamiji in a huge
form.
I had the same experience of seeing Swamiji in a huge size during
the Shivoham process. Whenever I touch the sacred banyan tree
at the Bangalore ashram, I see a vision of it in a huge size and
golden color. Thank you very much Swamijii for giving me these
experiences and this divine life!
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Kalabhairava: Energy of Space and
Time
Kalabhairava is revered in Hinduism as the personification of
the energy of Space and Time.
He is known as ‘the dark one’, because he not only represents
the 4% of visible matter of the Cosmos (which is seen because
of light), but also the remaining 96% of dark matter and dark
energy (unseen even with light) (see page 105).
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
If you look at the Kalabhairava deity in our ashram,
you will see that He is standing on the Time shaft
- the Dharma chakra or wheel of Time. This is to
express that he is the Lord of Time, and also the one
who is beyond Time! His left leg faces forward, and
His right leg steps backward. The right leg represents
the future. The left leg represents the past. So He is
saying, ‘Past comes before future!’
When you start connecting with Kalabhairava
and start worshipping the divine energy called
Kalabhairava, He removes your ego and makes you
enlightened.
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I won the Lotto just as Kalabhairava predicted!
Name: Abirami Paramanathan
Location: Toronto, Canada
Email: rami23_p@yahoo.ca
At a time when I did not know what to do with my life, Swami
Nithyananda took the time to help me in many ways. Swamiji
looked at my horoscope and told me I will always have lots of
money. I wondered how this would be, since I wasn’t working and
did not have much money.
In August 2013, when my mother and I did the 10-day Inner
Awakening program, I asked Swamiji if I can ask Kalabhairava
about the Koteeshwara Yogam (millionaire possibility) in my
horoscope. Swamiji told me to ask Kalabhairava. With so much
compassion Swamiji brought Kalabhairava to us, and I asked
Kalabhairava the question, and this was His reply.
As predicted by Kalabhairava, within two years my family won the
Lotto lottery (where the chances of winning are 1 in 14 million)!
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Kalabhairava is a dimension of Shiva
Each of us has multiple dimensions. For example, when you are
writing, you are a writer. When you are painting, you are a painter.
But in every action, you are there.
In the same way, Shiva has multiple dimensions. Each action of
Shiva liberates people in different ways.
In the ancient Hindu scriptures called the Puranas, there is a
description of how Brahma (the Creator) becomes arrogant. So
an aspect or dimension of Shiva emerges from Him and cuts off
Brahma’s head, removing his ego and makes him enlightened. This
action of Shiva’s energy came to be known as Kalabhairava.
Each action of the Divine, each action of an Incarnation, becomes
an independent energy.
Shiva’s action of cutting Brahma’s head and giving him enlightenment
became an independent energy called Kalabhairava. Shiva’s action
of destroying the negativity of Daksha and liberating him from
his negative patterns becomes an independent energy called
Veerabhadra. Shiva’s action of teaching in silence to the Sanakaadi
Rishis and giving them enlightenment became Dakshinamurti. Each
action of the Divine becomes one form, one energy.
Kalabhairava Darshan
Those who have witnessed the energy of Kalabhairava land on
Paramahamsa Nithyananda during the darshan have vouched for
the sudden changes they observed in His physical dimensions -
including height and size.
A simple physical exam done by a team of doctors before and
during the darshan recorded significant changes in height, weight
and muscle dimensions occurring in just a few seconds (the time
taken for the energy to express in the physical body).
A doctor who was part of the team which measured Paramahamsa
Nithyananda’s vital statstics before and during the Kalabhairava
darshan stated that this was a ‘medically impossible difference’.
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Revelations from the Avatar
(Paramahamsa Nithyananda speaks to participants just before
a ‘Kalabhairava darshan’ during the Inner Awakening program in
Varanasi, India in 2015)
Q. Dear Swamiji, how do You actually access
the information of past and future from the
Cosmic Archives? Does it appear in a written
form?
Even past-present-future is only one more
knowledge which is there in the hiranyagarbha
(the Cosmic information archive) – it is only a
perception. It can be accessed.
The downloading happens through something
like a strong gold color umbilical cord – one
end of it is in my ananda gandha chakra, and
the other end in open space with no end – the
hiranyagarbha.
When the information first lands, it will be
as a sound; then it becomes language, then
it becomes Sanskrit, then English, and then it
enters the body. By the time I vomit it out, it
will be my customized version!
This is the mystical science behind Akashic Readings.
Q. Swamiji, how does Kalabhairava’s energy express through You?
When Kalabhairava lands (on this body), I don’t feel that somebody
else has entered into me, but I feel as if ten thousand Nithyanandas
have entered into me! The same me, but ten thousand-fold. The
whole body language, verbal language, the way He laughs, looks,
everything - I can see it is different! But I don’t feel there is somebody
else operating through me at that time. I just feel that I myself have
become manifold. Other than that, everything - the body language,
the verbal language, the way He looks, the way He talks, the words
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He utters - everything is completely different! Even I don’t know
what He is going to do.
Q. Swamiji, kindly excuse my asking, but how is it that Kalabhairava
sometimes speaks to us in English?
When He lands, Kalabhairava uses the
software, the language, that this brain already
has. But even then, the word structure is
completely unknown to me, as many of you
may have noticed. The data normally available
to me, with which I am relating to you all right
now, is kept under lock and key.
And same way, even the ethics! You have to
be very careful when you ask a question to
Him. He will tell everything! If you ask about
an incident in your life, He will tell everything
related to the incident. Everything! He will not
be socially correct. My way of living, my way of
responding, everything goes! He just brushes
them aside. All this goes! And what He does,
He does!
But just as He tells the truth, He also gives the
solution you need. I tell you, all His solutions
are successful. I can vouch for the Truth of His
words. This (Varanasi) is Kalabhairava’s home. Let us have His
darshan in His home. Seeing the lion in His cave... let us see what
He does!
(after darshan)
Q.Darshan was magnificent, electrifying and uplifting! Thank you
Swamiji!
When Kalabhairava lands, I can see the amount of joy He brings -
not only in me, but in the whole breathing space, the whole hall. It
is… unexplainable, inexplicable. It is what it is!
Of course, you have to thank only Kalabhairava for everything. I am
only the instrument He is using.
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Kalabhairava revealed my husband’s
abdominal problem about which he had not
shared to anyone!
Name: Arthi Desai
Location: California, USA
My daughter and I attended the Inner Awakening program in
Kodaikanal, India, in July 2012.
During the Akashic Readings, Kalabhairava (Swamiji) told my
daughter that the discomfort in my husband’s abdomen would go
away on its own soon.
My daughter and I were not aware of any problem that my husband
had.
After the session, we called my husband, who was in the USA at
that time, and checked if there was a problem. He then told us that
he had been experiencing a discomfort in the abdomen for the past
3-4 days, but it was not severe enough to go and see the doctor. He
was certainly surprised to know that we knew about it!
The next morning, we spoke to Swamij about it and He once again
told us that the problem would go away by itself.
My husband, on the other hand, was curious. So he went to the
doctor, who gave him antibiotics. But the problem persisted even
after two courses of antibiotics. Finally, it went away on its own,
just like Swamiji told us at first!
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Swamiji revealed my past life story
Name: Megan Bishop
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Mayatitananda
Location: Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru
Aadheenam
Email: ma.mayatita@nithyananda.org
I have been a single mother, raising my son by myself for ten years.
My husband had gone quite insane and then vanished. My son and
I were haunted by this incompletion.
During an Akashic Reading a few years ago, I asked Swamiji, “What
happened to my son’s father, and were we together in a past life?”
“Yes!” was the immediate reply. Swamiji said that we were together
in a past life. The same events happened, he tormented me and
in desperation I committed suicide. However, when my husband
realized what he had done, he also committed suicide. He was being
held in that ‘hell’ that souls who commit suicide go to, waiting out
the time that he should have spent in a human body.
He also said that I would be carrying evidence on this body of my
past life suicide, which was by hanging.
It is true: I was born with the umbilical cord wrapped tightly around
my neck.
Swamiji explained that many birthmarks are signs of past life
traumas. So I stopped being mad at the doctors who delivered me,
thinking they were the reason the birth took so long. In fact, they
saved my life!
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an Akashic Reading
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Atma
Location: USA
As a child, I was strongly attached to my dad, and as long as he was
around I would feel safe and more comfortable with life. Around the age
of 50 his life took a radical spiritual turn and he became a healer.
One morning when he was alone in his office, he began experiencing a
heart attack. He later shared with me that he met the attack fearlessly,
and survived through prayer alone. Recently, during an Akashic Reading,
I asked Kalabhairava about his interest in India. Kalabhairava said that
in a past life, he was a student of Totapuri, Sri Ramakrishna’s teacher. I
had to research this after receiving this information, and the connections
make perfect sense. This explains so much my deep connection to him!
Swamiji predicted my friend’s marriage
four years in advance
Name: Devi
Location: Coimbatore, India
I would like to share a friend’s experience that happened at Kalabhairava
darshan. She is also Swamiji’s devotee and was in love with a guy, but
was not able to marry him due to severe opposition from her family.
She had Kalabhairava darshan in 2011 and asked Swamiji about when
she would get married. Swamiji replied that she will get married in
December 2015, to the same person who she is in love with now.
Four years later, she got married to the same guy in December 2015,
just as Swamiji predicted. There were a lot of struggles with her family,
but they both finally overcame all struggles and got married as per His
blessings.
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Kalabhairava revealed His footprints on my head
Spiritual name: Sri Nithya
Sundareshwarananda
Age: 12 (at the time of the incident)
Student of Nithyananda GurukulSM
During an Akashic Readings session in Kodaikanal, the children of
Nithyananda GurukulSM got an opportunity to ask their questions to
Kalabhairava. I asked Kalabhairava, ‘I heard that footprints appeared on
the Dalai Lama’s skull, showing the directions to the next Dalai Lama…
what is the science and the reason behind this?’
Kalabhairava replied, ‘All enlightened beings and incarnations leave their
body in this way only. Shave your head, I will show you my footprints!’
When I shaved my head, I found that indeed there was a clear mark of
footprints on the crown of my head!’ There was no way anyone could
have seen that other than Kalabhairava himself!
Kalabhairava healed me of my secret problem
Spiritual name: Ma Ananda Priya Nayaki
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
I attended Inner Awakening in December 2012. During the
Kalabhairava Darshan and Akashic Readings, Kalabhairava told
me: ‘The disease you think you have - which you don’t have - will
be gone from today.’ I was amazed, as I had told almost no one of a
certain problem I had. There was no way He could know that - except
that He knows everything!
God is omniscient and this was demonstrated to me that day.
He healed me of one aspect of that disorder, and I am forever grateful.
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E
nergy. The stuff that our universe is made of. We breathe,
live and move in a heaving ocean of energy.
Every sign of existence in this universe, from the throbbing of
life in our bodies to the mighty Cosmic forces that roll the galaxies,
is nothing but the movement of energy.
Seen through the eyes of the physicist, planets, plants and people
are just energy vibrating at different frequencies. All we are, really,
is energy - and yet, we are also the wonder of form! Form brings
beauty and romance into our life.
Man has always been fascinated by the delightful play of color,
size and shape that creates our lovely universe. The extraordinary
richness of Creation reveals to us that God is indeed an artist. Just
as the rainbow reveals to us the colors hidden in pure light, the
innumerable forms of the world reveal to our eyes the existence of
the Formless Lord.
The ancient cultures of the world were by nature pantheistic,
worshipping the Creator through his creation. In the legendary
Vedic civilization of India, everything in the world was considered
sacred, a spark of the flame of the Divine. Trees, mountains and
animals were equally revered as expressions of the Divine, as were
the forces of Nature like wind and water.
The Rg Veda, the most ancient of the Vedic texts invokes upon
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Breathing Life into Matter
humanity the grace of Indra, the god of Lightning, Agni, the god
of Fire, Varuna, the god of the Oceans, and Maruta, the god of the
Wind, among thousands of other gods.
But although they appeared similar, the philosophy of the Vedas
was in fact far from the simplistic faith of the pantheist. This
civilization, flourishing millennia ago along the banks of the divine
river Sarasvati in India was the most advanced that our planet has
ever seen. They gifted to the world the sciences of mathematics,
astronomy, natural medicine, yoga, grammar, and above all, the
sacred science of the Self.
The Vedic civilization upheld a non-dualistic or Advaitic view of life
that easily encompassed the dimensions of Einsteinian relativity,
quantum physics and beyond - making it the most elevated
philosophy that the human mind has ever conceived.
It also evolved a precise cosmogony, whose tenets modern
science is only just beginning to comprehend. Millennia before
science proposed the theory of the vibratory universe, the Vedas
were already describing how the universe began as a spanda, a
subtle vibration, in the Divine mind.
Rippling out to encompass space and time, swirling into denser
vortices of energy, and finally condensing into the gross expressions
of matter, this Cosmic energy went on to become the stars, the
earth, the oceans - and ourselves.
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As mentioned earlier, the renowned Vedic text, the Taittiriya
Upanishad, symbolically describes the descent of the Divine into
the world of form.
The concept of ‘many gods’ unique to the Vedic tradition stems from
this view that everything in the world, including oneself, can be a
worthy vessel for the Divine energy. To commune directly with this
energy is not easy for the average human mind, but to connect with
it through a beloved form is a joy for the devotee. When the Hindu
worships his ishtadevata (chosen deity), he is hardly worshipping
the idol itself. Instead, he is in direct communion with the Divine
energy expressing through that idol - a subtle truth that many miss
who condemn the worship of idols in the Vedic tradition.
The 330 million deities that make up the Hindu pantheon of gods
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symbolize this very idea: that the Divine lies hidden in everything,
everywhere - awaiting only the touch of awakening. This process
of awakening is known in Sanskrit as ‘prana pratishtha’, literally
meaning, the establishing of life-breath.
A qualified Hindu priest may perform ‘agama pratishtha’ or ‘mantra
pratishtha’, invoking the deity’s energy through sacred chants
and proper ceremonies, and inviting it to enter into the idol. But
significantly, only an Avatar or an enlightened being is authorized
to perform prana pratishtha, which is the direct infusion and
permanent establishing of life-force in matter.
When an Avatar performs prana pratishtha on an idol, He not
only brings it to life, but transmits to it His own enlightened state
of being. Such an idol, now rightly called an archavatar or living
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deity, becomes an independent intelligence, a direct vehicle of the
Cosmic energy, capable of answering prayers, healing ailments
and granting boons.
Every day, thousands around the world are witnessing the
powers of prana pratishtha in the living idols energized by
Paramahamsa Nithyananda. With a word of blessing or a wave of
his hand, Paramahamsa Nithyananda empowers these deities from
thousands of miles away to heal and bless devotees, and even to
materialize sacred items like rudraksha beads and holy ash.
Science behind Prana Pratishtha
Modern science and astrophysics have already established that
the entire universe is made up of only 4% quantifiable matter. The
remaining 96%, as yet only mathematically postulated, is called
dark matter and dark energy.
The suffusion of Cosmic energy into the deity excites the atomic
But in reality, dark matter is neither dark, nor is it matter as we structure and moves the electrons into higher orbitals. This is
understand. It is actually a form of as yet unmanifested energy. nothing but the spanda or subtle vibration of Cosmic energy which
And even the 4% matter is nothing but energy which has been is now on the verge of manifestation (Shakti).
perceived or scientifically labeled as matter!
A devotee who enters this space is instantly able to connect to this
At the very gross level, matter can be considered either insentient energy of the deity, and is thus able to realign his bio-memory with
(non-living) or sentient (living). For example, a piece of rock is this infusion of Cosmic energy.
considered non-living, whereas plants, animals and humans are
considered as living.
But at an atomic level or even sub-atomic level, all that exists
in matter are subatomic particles, which look and behave
exactly the same in non-living and living matter. In fact, they are
indistinguishable from each other. It is only the level of life-energy
that is different in a rock and plants and humans.
Amongst all living beings, only humans carry the possibility
of accessing the Cosmic energy and storing it in their bodies as
Kundalini energy.
An Avatar, as a storehouse and channel of this universal energy,
can transfer it to another being (through initiation), or into a so-
called insentient structure, such as a deity made of stone, metal or
other materials.
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What exactly happens during Prana
Pratishtha?
This deeply mystical process can be explained to some extent by
the principle of quantum entanglement. Entanglement is a term
used in quantum theory to describe the way that particles of
energy or matter can become correlated to predictably interact
with each other, regardless of how far apart they are.
This means, the state and actions of one of these particles can
instantaneously influence the state and actions of other particles
with which it is entangled, through the process of interference.
Entanglement is one of the many mysterious truths that Newtonian
science could not even have imagined, for it questions the concepts
of time, space and reality itself.
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Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
Each deity which goes through the prana pratishtha
process is in entanglement with the higher Truth.
Just as somebody whose kundalini is awakened is in
entanglement with me, in the same way, the deity is also
in entanglement with me. It is in entanglement with that
aspect of the Cosmic energy that it represents.
A colossus of extraordinary yogic powers, Paramahamsa
Nithyananda has the rare ability to subtly force matter to enter
into entanglement with His own superconscious energy, and thus
become an alive, conscious power. Once the cycle of entanglement
is established, the idols energized by Paramahamsa Nithyananda
practically become extensions of Himself, no matter where they
are located physically. By virtue of being in entanglement with the
Avatar, they become pure channels of Cosmic energy, functioning
with independent intelligence, yet in instantaneous contact with
His own superconscious space. Thus, even in the physical absence
of the Avatar, a devotee is able to connect to the Cosmic energy
via the deity.
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Paramahamsa Nithyananda performs the sacred ritual of prana pratishtha to the larger-than-life granite deity of Sri Nithyananda Venkateshwara at Sri
Nithyanandeshwara Devasthanam, Bengaluru Aadheenam, India
Process of Prana Pratishtha
There are various reasons for choosing the material of the deity
Installation of the Cosmic energy or prana pratishtha is done by
as well. Materials like granite can hold and radiate the energy
bringing this energy down through the five elementary energies of
for thousands of years. On the other hand, deities made of a
Nature or Pañca Mahabhuta.
combination of five sacred metals or panchaloha can hold and
The energy is first brought into the Space element (akasha) through radiate much more energy than granite, but they can hold the
meditation (visualization), into the Air element (vayu) through energy only for a few hundred years.
mantras (chanting), down to the Fire element (agni) through homas
The precise structure of the temple and the geometrically
(fire offerings), down to the Water element (apas) in the kalasha
harmonious form of the deity also help in the process of
(water pot), and finally to the Murti, the Earth element (prithivi).
entanglement, along with the subsequent pujas (offering of
The Avatar can choose the manifestation of the energy that He gratitude) and the kriya pada, sacred rituals, which are techniques
wishes to install in a particular deity. He can choose to empower given by Avatars as per the agamas to tune our internal energies to
the deity with wealth energy, health energy, completion energy, those of Existence.
karma-exhausting energy, or any other type of energy. Since time
immemorial, Avatars and enlightened masters have installed
various aspects of the divine energy in various deities to fulfil the
needs and desires of humanity.
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Wish-fulfillment through deities
The energies of an ordinary human being get exhausted whenever
they are repeatedly expressed. For example, grief or joy exhausts
when expressed through tears; the pitta (fire element) of the body
exhausts itself through anger; the lust energy exhausts itself through
sexual act, the power of speech exhausts itself in his very saliva
the moment words are uttered. All these energies of expression
become exhausted as soon as one uses them.
An Avatar’s energy of expression cannot be exhausted through any
of these means (or any means), because He is the inexhaustible
Source of energy in human form. That is why He is the ultimate
human form fit to perform prana pratishtha.
concentrated energy.
Whenever a person creates a thought or sankalpa (conscious
resolution) in the presence of a concentrated energy, that thought is
projected onto the world as Reality. This process can be compared
placing a film strip in front of a projector light. When projected
onto the screen, it appears as reality before our eyes. This is why
we say that whatever we wish for in front of a deity comes true.
Only a being who can function without the help of His body is
capable of creating a true sanctum, one that will bless, heal and
manifest miracles in exactly the way He does. Because Avatars
do not need a body to execute their work, they can continue to
do the things they do, even after they leave their physical body.
The sanctum and deities created and energized by them radiate
inexhaustible energy, and nurture everybody who seeks it.
Conclusion
In a world diseased with doubt and challenged by the epidemic
of spiritual impoverishment, in a world struggling to escape the
confines of ordinary human existence through addiction, illusion
and death, mystic phenomena like these serve to remind us that
whether we accept it or not, believe it or not, know it or not, we
inhabit a planet showered with Grace, where humanity can aspire
to touch divinity ,and where everything that exists - as the Isha
Vasya Upanishad tells us - are indeed the thousand forms of the
one all-embracing Consciousness.
I have become receptive to the
energy from deities
Name: Vilangadu Dasarathi
Location: San Jose, USA
Email: daaaash@gmail.com
I have been with Swamiji since March 2008.
I perform the daily puja at the Nithyananda Vedic Temple in San
Jose, CA.
I am so grateful that Swamiji has healed my body-mind system to
be receptive, so that I can experience the cosmic energy flow from
the living deities.
Recently I noticed how when I touch the deities of Ganesha, Devi
Meenakshi and Swamiji’s padukas, such an intense flow of energy
happens, which is so healing. I noticed that the energy from each
deity is different, and sucks away all the incompletions, leaving me
so light!
I am so happy to receive this gift from Swamiji.
Swamiji materialized
offerings for my home deities
Name: Abirami Paramanathan
Location: Toronto, Canada
Email: rami23_p@yahoo.ca
I live in Canada. In my home, we have two deities of Shiva and
Devi (Nithyanandeshwara and Nithyanandeshwari) which have
been energized by Swami Nithyananda.
In 2011, when Swamiji first started teleporting prasad (sacred
offerings) from the Bidadi ashram in India to all his energized deities
around the world, my deities also instantaneously received kumkum
(holy vermilion), and the Shiva deity received vibhooti (holy ash)
also. It was really a stunning and unforgettable experience to receive
Swamiji’s prasad, which had travelled thousands of kilometers in a
few seconds and materialized on our deities!
On 7th May 2011, during the morning satsang, Swamiji blessed
all His temples and satsang centers to receive Meenakshi’s and
Sundareshwara’s prasad of chandan (sandal paste).
During the meditation, I felt intense energy on my eyes.
After the meditation, my mother noticed something yellow on
my eyelids. When I went to the mirror, I saw that chandan had
appeared on my eyelids!
We do not use chandan in our home, so I was really shocked, and
when we tested it, we found that the chandan was real and fragrant.
I thank Swamiji for giving us these experiences, which are beyond
my comprehension and capabilities.
Thank you Swamiji.

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pratishtha, it becomes a concentrated energy. Whatever action we
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being.
he word ‘darshan’ means ‘to have a glimpse of.’
Darshan is traditionally used to describe the moment when
we behold a deity, an Avatar, a saint or an enlightened
The experience of darshan is highly revered in the Vedic tradition,
as just seeing such a being can cleanse the karmas of lifetimes, and
create a deep and lasting transformation in the receiver.
Darshan is something far beyond mere physical ‘seeing’. Like many
mystical Sanskrit words, it is a word that cannot be translated;
rather, it has to be experienced.
Darshan is ever-present
Darshan is actually the powerful superconscious vibration that is
present around an Avatar at all times.
Although we usually speak of ‘getting’ the darshan of an evolved
soul, an Avatar does not actually ‘give’ darshan - He simply radiates
darshan. Just as the sun continuously radiates light, whether
anybody is present to receive it or not, the Avataric consciousness
is forever radiating its presence. The auspicious moment when
each receiver is able to ‘catch’ it becomes the moment of darshan
for that individual.
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Darshan can manifest in many forms
1. Physical - in the presence of an enlightened Master or an Avatar
2. Physical - in the presence of an energized deity
3. Perceptual - An intermediate level (between 2 & 3) would be the
darshan of the ishtadevata or deity in the form of the Master (e.g.
people seeing Sai Baba or Meenakshi in Swamiji’s form). This is not
directly perceiving, but using the existing form to project / perceive
the desired form. It could be a mental projection which is the result
of a deep yearning on the part of the devotee, or an actual vision
granted by the deity or saint, who makes himself available on the
astral level.
4. Perceptual - in the form of a previous incarnation now no longer
in the physical body e.g. Mahavatar Babaji.
5. Perceptual - in the form of the image of a deity (ishtadevata).
Perception can happen in the waking, dream or meditative state.
6. An instantaneous and direct intuitive grasp of the formless
consciousness. This is rare; it usually happens through the
intervention of the Guru, or very rarely, spontaneously. This is
called Anupaya.
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The breathing space of an Avatar is like an extension of His physical
body. It is a living healing energy field. A receptive devotee can
momentarily experience the expanded space of the Avatar, or a
deity energized by Him. This allows the transmission of Cosmic
energy into the devotee’s space. Infusion of this energy results in
quantum entanglement, and causes the neurons of the devotee to
mirror the space of perpetual completion radiating from the Avatar
or energized deity, at a biological level.
Mirror neurons are special neurons that can observe and mimic
the actions of other neurons through imitation. But unlike classical
imitation, mirror neurons can activate and process all the observed
movements or information without the physical act of imitation.
That is, the entire body can silently and without movement,
recreate what is happening elsewhere, through a process of
direct observation. This is what happens during darshan as well as
deeksha, which we will discuss later.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
“When you come in my breathing space, suddenly, your
mind gets entangled with my no-mind. Entanglement
is only in the thought level. If your muscle-memory
gets entangled with my muscle-memory, it is called
entrainment. And if your bio-memory gets entangled
with my bio-memory, it becomes enlightenment.
Entanglement becomes entrainment and entrainment
becomes enlightenment.”
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My life is like a dream come true
Nandini, Tumkur, India
Phone no: 91-9910717649
I had many problems in life. My father was an alcoholic, my
sister was divorced with a child who was getting into a street
gang, my mother was sick, and my father’s business was bad. I
struggled to run both my father’s business and my own tailor
shop.
I had very severe pain during periods, to the extent that I would
vomit and faint and would have to go to the hospital.
I came to a weekend program of Swami Nithyananda and wrote
about all my problems to Swamiji. When He read my letter at
darshan, he blessed me and promised me that he would take care
of everything.
Within just three months, my menstrual pain completely
stopped, and I have had normal periods ever since then.
My father suddenly stopped drinking and began to take care of
his business. Money began to flow into his business.
My own business also suddenly took a jump start, and within six
months I was able to completely pay off the loan I had taken to
start it.
My sister’s son stopped fighting and suddenly began to study well
in school. Today he is a healthy, respectful young man.
My sister got a job training and also started a successful business.
Today I am happy, healthy and financially comfortable. My life
is like a dream come true!
I offer my gratitude every day to Swamiji.
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Entanglement, Entrainment,
Enlightenment
The science of quantum entanglement, entrainment and
enlightenment can be elucidated further.
Entanglement
In physics, quantum entanglement usually occurs between
energetic subatomic particles.
A thought too is nothing but a small packet of energy released by the
cells in the form of subatomic particles. Scientifically, the thought-
free space of an Avatar would be filled with virtual particles, unlike
that of a thought-ful human mind.
The absence of thoughts in the Avatar would not allow
entanglement to be transferred from the thought energy of the
devotee into the Avatar’s mind. On the other hand, due to the
high energy of the Avatar, the virtual particles having no thought
patterns would rush to fill the space of the devotee, entangling
with the devotee’s thought particles and creating entangled virtual
particles in the devotee, leading to a temporary no-mind state.
Darshan also has lasting effects, because the quantum correlation
During quantum entanglement, the entangled particles acquire between the two systems (ie. the Avatar and the disciple) survives
oneness in action, irrespective of their separation in space. This their separation in time as well as space. So the Avatar’s space
is what Albert Einstein termed ‘spooky action at a distance’, and continues to influence the disciple’s space for an extended period
offers an explanation for the phenomenon of long-distance healing after darshan. This would explain the delayed effects of darshan
by the Avatar. recorded in certain devotees, who continue to experience an
accelerated speed of healing of diseases for weeks or sometimes
months following a single darshan.
Entrainment
The simultaneous and synchronous movement of energy in two or
more biological systems is called Entrainment. This phenomenon
can easily be studied on the brain waves using the EEG technique.
A similar process can happen at all cellular levels (not just neurons),
and would still be considered Entrainment.
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 life force called the biological energy. An Avatar being a pure
expression of Cosmic energy, His very core physiology is different
at the genetic level from that of a normal person. Transmission of
the Avatar’s bio-energy into the disciple effects the fundamental
physiological changes necessary for the disciple to experience the
state of Enlightenment.
How to receive Darshan
The important thing in darshan is not ‘what to do’, but ‘how to be’.
As mentioned earlier, darshan cannot be given, but it may be ‘drawn’
from the Source by the receiver, by tuning into this superconsicous
vibration.
Darshan is a powerful cleansing process that brings up the
unconscious mind to the receiver’s conscious scrutiny. The intense
vibration of darshan causes the hidden layers of the unconscious to
erupt, releasing both physical and psychic blocks in the receiver’s
system and cutting through the layers of unconscious negative
patterns built up over lifetimes. His physiology can actually change
in the presence of the Cosmic Consciousness, and his bio-memory
effortlessly ‘learns’ the expression of enlightenment.
For the receiver who is ready, darshan can be the moment of
permanent and irreversible transformation.
Darshan in Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s words:
“I always say, ‘Darshan is the enlightenment technique
for lazy people!’
Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa says beautifully, ‘If you
want to scare away some birds sitting on a tree, you
don’t have to do it one by one. Just clap loudly once, and
all the birds on the tree will fly away.’
In the same way, in the Master’s presence, you don’t
have to work on your samskaras (engraved memories)
one by one. You don’t have to work so hard! The Master’s
Enlightenment
powerful darshan is the one ‘clap’ that can destroy all
At the tiniest of biological levels, which are molecular or sub- your samskaras once and for all!
molecular, energy is stored and transmitted in the form of the
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Swamiji healed my incurable
skin-nervous disorder
Name: Vimal Patel
Location: Austin, USA
Email: highbury21@gmail.com
I had a mysterious skin-nervous disorder, which was only recently
labeled a disease by the CDC, due to its unknown and controversial
nature. It is so controversial that only a few physicians even try to
treat patients within the USA, while others look the other way.
Symptoms ranged from unfamiliar particles arising from the skin
and unexplainable skin cuts, to major nervous system problems,
which caused me to experience what felt like bugs crawling, electric
jolts, high sensitivity to electromagnetic frequencies (from any
electronic item), muscle aches and fatigue.
I was very confused, frustrated, scared and shocked by what was
happening; I had no clue what was going on, and when, if at all,
I would be rid of this. The entire situation caused a lot of tension
within my family, as I chose unorthodox natural treatments. Finally,
this condition prevented me from going to work for a long period
of time.
After Swamiji compassionately blessed me during Pada Puja
darshan and gave me the assurance that He would take care, I was
healed completely in less than three months! Yes, what CDC labels
as ‘incurable’ was now completely healed by the grace of the Master!
I don’t even want to think about what would have happened to me
if Swamiji was not with me! His compassion and blessings have no
limits. I am so grateful, and even now, simply beyond words!
Thank you Swamiji, Thank you! Pranam to Your lotus feet!
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I have not felt this good in 30 years
Name: Graciela I. Rodriguez
Location: Cd. Juarez, Mexico
Email: lareynasoy@gmail.com
I used to have an abnormal tissue on the skin, near the throat,
for three or four years. After receiving darshan and blessings from
Swamiji, the growth fell off by itself!
My diabetes has also improved much and I know it will completely
disappear soon.
To tell the truth, I have not felt this good in 30 years!
My deep depression disappeared in a moment
Rupa, Sunnyvale, CA, USA
rupaiyer@yahoo.com
When my aunt died, I went into total depression and was crying all
the time. I thought that there was no more life for me without her.
Within four days after her death, Swamiji came to Seattle and I
attended the Nithyananda Spurana Program. The energy darshan
at the end of the program was simply amazing. I told Swamiji that
I am very sad. He just gave me a compassionate hug. At that very
moment, I could feel that all my sadness suddenly disappeared! It
was surely not a normal hug from a human being; it was like a hug
from God!
I was just in bliss after that, and I could see the huge difference
between before the commencement of the program and after
completing the program. Amazing! Thank you Swamiji…
I have no words for your compassion.
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Preparation for Darshan In fact, this space of approaching darshan is akin to an internal Darshan in Large Congregations If you keep five such mirrors in front of a single light, the
tirtha (pilgrimage), which is far superior to the external tirtha. illumination is going to be five-fold, because five mirrors
Large congregations influenced by the presence of Avatars or are reflecting the light, and the whole area is lit intensely.
The Darshanopanishad, which is part of the Sama Veda, clearly Darshan serves as a conduit for the constant inflow of Cosmic saints, or massive events like the Kumbh Mela (the largest spiritual
spells out the preparation a devotee can make to get the maximum energy, allowing one to maintain continuous awareness in all the congregation on the planet) open up the space of the seeker or Now, if 10,000 mirrors are kept in front of the same light,
out of darshan: states of being - wakefulness, dream, deep sleep and beyond. devotee due to the highly charged atmosphere and the mirror- can you even imagine what will happen?
♦♦ Tapas (Spiritual discipline) neuron effect happening on millions of people at the same time.
Once darshan has become a complete initiation within the receiver, In the same way, when 10,000 people sit in the
♦♦ Santosha (Completion)
it is possible to receive darshan in any of these states. Paramahamsa Nithyananda describes this phenomenon: Master’s presence in an unclutched® space, the same
♦♦ Astikya (Conviction in the existence of the Divine)
Superconsciousness is reflected 10,000-fold, and an
♦♦ Dana (Benevolence towards all) The Master is like a radiating light. Your body and mind is intense Superconscious energy field is created. If 10,000
♦♦ Ishvara Pujana (Gratitude to the Divine) like a mirror. When you sit in an unclutched® way in the bodies and minds focus themselves on the Master’s
♦♦ Siddhanta Shravana (Listening to the Truth) Master’s presence, all your bodies and minds become Consciousness, it becomes equivalent to 10,000
♦♦ Hri (Humility) mirrors reflecting the Master’s Consciousness. They get enlightened beings sitting in samadhi. This is what I call
♦♦ Mati (Faith built on conviction) focused like laser beams, aligned and polarized towards creating Shambhala on planet Earth!
♦♦ Japa (Constant remembrance of the Divine) the Master’s Consciousness. So his bio-energy is simply
transmitted into you. Your body becomes light and just
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 I got a job again with Swamiji’s blessings
Legal name: Mayooran Jeyalogainthiran
Location: Doha, Qatar
Email: mayutj17@gmail.com
It all happened a few years back, somewhere around 2011-2012.
My dad passed away in 2008, I was halfway into my University
studies, and my sister was in school. We had very difficult times. My
mom and my sister lived together. I was in Malaysia. I visited them
every year during my break.
Once when I went back home for holidays, I saw that my mom
was listening to Swamiji’s commentary on The Bhagavad Gita, and
some of his discourses. Some of them I helped download for her, but
I didn’t ask her why she was listening to his speech.
She used to tell me how his discourses are good for life and
everything. I just nodded my head and didn’t take it seriously. Both
my mom and my sister started following Swamiji’s teachings and
they said they could really feel his Presence. He is there with them
and guiding them. I said, “It’s up to you guys. I won’t say anything.
It’s your wish to follow your own way.”
Last year I attended an online program with Swamiji in Sri Lanka
via two-way conferencing. At that time, our family was financially
very weak, as I had been out of a job for a very long time.
The first time I got to speak to Swamiji online during darshan, I
asked him, ‘When will I get a job?’
Swamiji blessed me and said, ‘You will get a job within one month.’
As he said, I did get a job within one month!
My gratitude to Swamiji for blessing me with a job when my family
and I really needed it.
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Impossible to express in words
Spiritual name: Sanghavasini
Location: Canada
Receiving Swamiji’s darshan is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced.
Pretty much any word I utter to try to explain it will not do it any
justice.
I am filled with intense joy and love which is impossible to express
in words. I believe that this is just a taste of my true nature,
unobscured by the mind and ego.
Thank you Swamiji, for making it so easy and possible for us to
experience our divinity beyond our human conditions, and for
permanently unlocking the doors to our highest potential!”
An explosion of bliss
Rose Mary Benzaquen, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
When I an in the Master’s presence, it is so easy to enter into
meditation. Or it is an explosion of energy and bliss..!
Swamiji always makes me feel complete.
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My stomach pain was healed in a dream! Swamiji healed my alcoholism
through a dream darshan!
Legal name: Magdalena
Legal name: Subha Kalyanasundaram
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya
Location: Atlanta, United States Avantikananda
Email: subha.k2009@yahoo.com Location: Wroclaw, Poland
Email: nithyaavantika@gmail.com
For nearly a year, I was suffering with severe stomach pain, followed I had big issue with alcohol addiction for a few years.
by diarrhea at least 4 to 5 times in a day.
The nature of my work was such that I had free access to alcohol,
Doctors did all kinds of tests but were not able to diagnose the cause and I never refused to drink when invited. Alcohol made me feel
for the condition. bad, but even then I continued to drink, especially to release my
anxiety.
I decided to request Swamiji for healing when he visited the USA.
One night, Swamiji came to me in my dream and spoke to me, and
Towards the end of 2009, Swamiji visited North Carolina. I went showed me how bad that habit was for me. The most incredible
there and attended a one-day program called ‘Kalpataru.’ I had thing is that I had never been in Swamiji’s physical presence until
decided to ask him to heal me during darshan. then! After that dream, I started naturally losing the attraction to
But finally, when it was my turn and I went near Swamiji, I just felt alcohol, and soon dropped it.
it to be too silly to ask such a great incarnation to heal my stomach Later on, I had a privilege to spend one year in Swamiji’s ashram,
pain! So I did not ask him anything. I just received his blessings and and I can confirm that my life has changed a lot in a positive way
came back to Atlanta. and is still changing every day.
A couple of days later, Swamiji appeared in my dream! In my dream, In deepest gratitude to Swamiji!
I told him about my stomach pain, and he touched my stomach
lightly and said, “You will be alright.”
The next morning I woke up and found that I do not have that pain
anymore!
What a miracle!! He healed me in my dream! I feel worthy and happy
Till today, I have never experienced that pain again.
Tricia Royall, Scottsdale, AZ USA
Words are not enough to convey my gratitude to my Swamiji. His
compassion is beyond words.
In Swamiji’s presence, the smiles begin… I feel this life of mine is worth
living… such a great relief that He is walking the planet with me. I feel
worthy and happy!!
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 I received many visions from
Swamiji before his real-life darshan!
Name: Sharmila Malla
Location: Nepal
Even before meeting Swamiji, I used to be a meditator and received
many visions from Swamiji, in my meditation and during dreams.
One day in dhyan (meditation), I saw the form of Swamiji sitting
in his dark brown kavi robes, and behind him was Durga Devi
standing with her many hands, and a beautiful white swan with a
golden anklet walking in front of him.
At that time I wondered who he was!
Years later, after meeting Swamiji physically, I came to know that I
was blessed with that vision on Ardhanarishwara Day (signifying
the fusion of the cosmic masculine and feminine energies, Shiva and
Devi).
Another day, while traveling with my husband in a car, I happened
to close my eyes for a few minutes. I had a vision of Swamiji dancing
very swiftly and putting a red flower garland on me.
In another vision, Devi appeared from the right side of Swamiji and
got fused back with him. Swamiji was wearing a tiger skin in that
vision.
One day, I woke up from sleep hearing Swamiji’s super-loud laughter
– HAHAHAHAHA! Only much later, only when I experienced my
first Kalabhairava darshan with Swamiji, I came to know that as
Kalabhairava, he laughs like this.
I am grateful to Swamiji for granting me these beautiful visions and
experiences even before I met Him physically.
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Swamiji blessed me in a dream though
I had not seen him
Devi, Coimbatore, India
I first came to know about Swamiji in 2014 from a friend, and was
aspiring to meet Him in person. The first time in my life, I prayed
to Him before sleep and went to bed. It was a very simple prayer of
just 1 minute, asking for His blessings.
That night in my dream, I saw Him walking towards me, with his
one hand up as if He is blessing me.
Till then, I never met Him in person. I hadn’t watched His discourses
in Youtube , and I didn’t even have His photo. I only know His name
and nothing else. But He graciously responded to my simple prayer
and visited me in my dream.
Later I came to know that He visits His devotees in ethereal form
during sleep.
A week later, I attended NKY session at Bidadi and got His blessings
in person.
He gave me energy darshan and cured a long-standing illness which
I had for almost 10 years.
A blessing in itself
Glenn Walbridge, Sedona, USA
During darshan, I realized that receiving the fully focused attention
of a realized Master is a blessing in itself. And knowing that just
through a request, I can ask this monumental power to focus on my
specific need, is just amazing to me.
I have experienced complete protection and support, and I know
that it was purely Swamiji’s grace and I had no part in it.
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Swamiji gave me darshan before I ever met Him!
Name: Vimal Patel
Location: Austin, USA
Email: highbury21@gmail.com
Even before ever having Swamiji’s darshan, I would frequently see
flashes of Swamiji smiling during my meditation.
Another vision I had was of Swamiji sitting on his seat, smiling and
in bliss! He then turned to his right, picked up a clear white water-
bottle that was on a stand and drank some water, during what
seemed like a meditation session.
Later I saw some videos of Swamiji on youtube, but had not had a
chance to meet Him physically.
One day I was very sad. I felt that I was so alone that there was
nobody there to support me.
I immediately picked up a photo of Swamiji which I kept with me,
knowing He is the only one there for me. I grabbed it and hugged it,
placing it in my heart area.
Immediately, I felt an intense amount of heat and energy in my
heart area. It was so much energy!
I was a little shocked, because I was not expecting it, and didn’t even
know it could happen!
I’ve never had an experience like that from a ‘mere’ picture. I felt as
if He was physically there, giving me darshan and healing.
Thank you Swamiji for the experience!
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He called me to him in a dream vision
Name: Radhika Panikar
Spiritual Name: Ma Nithya
Priyaadvaitha
Location: USA
Email: rpanikar@gmail.com
On the night of Ganesh Chaturthi in 2010, before I met Swamiji,
I had a vision. I remember wearing white and running down a
path with many others. I remember feeling like a child running to
her parents’ house to play. That was the exact feeling of joy and
freedom, with no agenda!
I remember also sitting in a car with a sannyasi in the front seat. As
we passed in the car, I saw a black statue to my left. I couldn’t make
out exactly what it was! It seemed like a man and woman together.
The next feeling I had was I was like in a magnetic field! I felt a
perfect state inside my skin, which did not waver for a second. It
was like a permanent state of joy - something beyond joy!
Next, I run into a hall and I see Swamiji with a turban welcoming
all of us. He says something which I cannot hear, but I remember
three words, “Come to me!”
There are lots of people in the hall, singing English and Hindi
devotional songs, and suddenly, people start to dance. Swamiji
was sometimes there and sometimes He disappeared! I began to
dance with some lady, and then I break away and dance in the
most beautiful, ecstatic and uninhibited way, without boundaries,
joyfully! The dream ended and I woke up feeling the perfect pitch of
happiness still resonating in my skin.
Later, when I visited the Bengaluru Aadheenam for the very first
time, I walked to the temple and saw the Dakshinamurthy deity
and I felt as though He smiled at me. This was the beginning of my
journey with Swamiji - or the ‘official’ beginning as I knew it then,
of God knows how many lifetimes!
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 Swamiji revealed himself in a dream! Swamiji came to me two years before I heard of him

Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Swaroopapriyananda

Name: Vadwatee Enal
Location: Bengaluru, India
Location: Trinidad & Tobago
Email: ma.swaroopapriya@nithyananda.org

In my early twenties, about two years before I ever saw Swamiji’s
picture or heard His name, I had a dream that I was standing on the
edge of a small pond, surrounded by people.
Some wore orange robes and others were dressed in white with
yellow and orange scarves. They were all staring at a small round
island in the middle of the water.
HE was sitting on that island.
As soon as I saw Him, I felt an intense burning urge to reach Him.
It was so overwhelming that I literally jumped into the water and
started to swim towards that island.
I could hear the people on the shore yelling at me to come back, and
then He announced in a booming voice, “Come! Come! Come!”
I swam harder, then heard Him laughing, “Why haven’t you reached
Me yet?” Somehow, though, no matter how fast I swam, He only got
further away.
He also laughed, saying, “I’m right here, but so far away.”
I started to swim even more furiously, trying as hard as I could, in
vain, to get to Him. Finally, I woke up.
During December 2009 Inner Awakening, we had one process of
Zen Sitting at the same location at the ashram (Manasarovar) that
truly stunned me. Ashramites who were dressed as I saw in my
dream joined us for the process.
When the process began, Swamiji was taken to the small round
island in the middle of the Sarovar on a paddle boat.
I kept thinking about my dream.
I was silently crying, thinking I would never “reach Him,” because
even after finding Him alive and in form, I was still on the sidelines,
He was still unreachable.
Suddenly, He took the microphone, and said something like, “This
is a sweet suffering for you. I’m right here, so close, but still so far
away. Come! Come! Reach Me!”
In that moment, I realized this was a technique, and that reaching
Him would be not only realizing a goal; it would be realizing total
fulfillment.
I have had too many experiences with Swamiji even before knowing
about him, but don’t know how to put them in words. But I will try
to share a few!
In September or October 2012, my sister Sumatee Enal was
conducting shraadh homa for the first time.
I did not know Swamiji then. I was sitting with the rest of my family
while the homa was happening and suddenly I went into a trance.
I felt someone behind me; I could only see his frame and he was
hugeee!!!!!, talllll!!!!, and a tiger skin was around his waist. I
perceived him to be Lord Shiva, but he seemed different. He asked
permission to do something with my spine, and for some reason I
just said Yes!
I felt something move in my spine, and from that day my visions
were very pronounced. Many, many incidents happened, too much
to share.
In February-March 2014, I started to make preparations to travel,
ie. getting my passport in order, etc., but I had no clue why.
Around April 2014, I had the vision of a Swami walking with me
wherever I was going, I thought I was hallucinating.
Around July 2014, I had visions of this place with a long walkway
leading to a wall and a big tree behind it. There were men in orange
clothes running around busily. I did not know what this was about.
Then in August 2014 my sister Savitri who lives in Austin, Texas,
told us about this Swamiji she was listening to, and that she and a
friend were going to meet him in India.
Before I really understood what was happening, everything was
lined up for me to do Inner Awakening in October 2014! My sister
Sumatee paid for me, arrangements were made to take care of our
mother and home, and everything just happened.
When I met Swamiji physically for the first time in October 2014
IA, we did pada puja on the very first day of IA, first thing in the
morning. During the pada puja I saw that this was the tall person
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 Swamiji materialized in my home one morning!
The very first time Swamiji made Himself known to me in this
lifetime was in a dream darshan.
It was pre-dawn time, around 4:30 am in the month of February
in 2004. I awoke to find a strangely dressed person wearing saffron
robes, with long shoulder-length hair, standing at the foot of my bed
and smiling at me.
You can imagine the medley of emotions churning within me - fear,
curiosity, shock, apprehension. My husband, totally oblivious, was
fast asleep on the other side of the bed.
I vividly remember staring back into those mesmerizing eyes and
eager to unfold and understand this mysterious visitor. Even though
I had all along been connected with religious missions, and had
seen sadhus and saints before, the person in front of me was very
different from them.
My elder brother and father were both very dear to me and not alive
any more. For a moment, He resembled my brother and then next
moment, my father.
I had been in deep depression trying to figure out what I was doing in
this lifetime and not making much sense of it all. I do not remember
for how long I stared back into those deep, compassionate eyes, but
it was long enough to fill me with ease and comfort.
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Name: Ma Nithya Swaroopananda
Location: LA, USA
Email: ma.viroopa@innerawakening.org
I tried to speak but no words came out of my mouth – I had no
voice!
I vividly remember pinching myself with my left hand on the upper
forearm of my right hand to check whether what I was seeing was
real or my imagination. After a few moments of our exchange, I
closed my eyes and re-opened them, and He was no longer there.
Later that month, a friend of ours who had just returned from
India shared with me about a particular Swamiji’s program to visit
Columbus, Ohio, and asked whether I would like to invite Him to
my home for a meal. I immediately gave my consent there and then,
without even bothering to consult with my husband.
She went and brought two books for me that she had just received.
I took the books and turned one of them around, and saw a small
picture of Swamiji. Something in my heart just jumped right out
and connected with that photograph – it was the same person who
had appeared before me a few days ago!
I don’t know how to express it, but it was an instantaneous
connection. I felt such overwhelming joy. Again, I did not share
this with anyone, not even with the friend who gave me the books.
I left, went home and read both the books, back to back – I can’t
remember how many times.
Later, I had the good fortune to see Swamiji physically when He
traveled to the USA and attend many of His programs, and have
now become a lifelong devotee of Swamiji!
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Swamiji healed my nightmare by entering it!
Name: Abirami Paramanathan
Location: Toronto, Canada
Email: rami23_p@yahoo.ca
Swami Nithyananda has helped and is helping me in many ways.
I heard about Swami Nithyananda in 2009 from a family friend
who asked me to watch his YouTube videos.
At that time, for 3 years, I was suffering from powerful nightmares
that sometimes shook me physically. After the very first day of
watching one of his YouTube videos, I was again suffering with a
nightmare that was shaking me physically in my bed. I felt I was
inside a horror movie. I was able to see so much chaos happening
in the nightmare.
Then I saw a small light in the middle of the nightmare. This small
light kept getting bigger and bigger, until it covered the whole area
in front of my vision. Inside this light I saw Swami Nithyananda
sitting like Lord Shiva, with a tiger skin on his shoulders.
Then He said very powerfully in Tamil, “Athai ippa niruthu” which
means “Stop that NOW”. As soon as He said this, the nightmare
vanished, and the screen became very calm, and I went into deep
sleep after a very long time.
The next day I shared this with my mother and said, “This Swamiji
is very powerful”.
I met Swamiji physically for the first time about three months after
this incident.
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 Chapter 6

Deeksha
The Power of Initiation

I n the field of science, all that exists, whether manifest or

unmanifest, is called a probability. Everything in life remains
a probability (wave function), until that moment when an
observer observes it, thereby collapsing the probability wave into
a particle. This concept of quantum mechanics applies as much to
Deeksha is the direct transfer of spiritual energy by an Avatar
through a look, a word or a touch, which destroys the ignorance of
the initiate or disciple.

As thousands of people are discovering at Paramahamsa

Nithyananda’s life-changing programs, an Avatar can, with a single
sub-atomic particles as to obviously visible structures like trees,
gesture, cause a spontaneous, incredible transformation on every
rocks, humans, etc.
level: the miraculous healing of diseases, the cognition of subtle
truths, mystical experiences, the completion of karmas, conscious
Deeksha or initiation is a scientific technique wherein the Avatar
ecstasy and restful awareness can happen in a matter of minutes!
collapses the infinite possibilities and probabilities of our mundane
existence into the single reality of peak existence or enlightenment. Deeksha is the most effortless and blissful way to raise one’s
spiritual frequency. A moment’s initiation received in a mood of
The human being is a composite structure of body (matter), mind
intense surrender can bring about more irreversible transformation
(subtler matter) and pure Consciousness - which is nothing but an
in one’s life than years of meditation and spiritual practice.
exact replica of the universe itself.

Naturally, the peak possibility of our existence is to merge our Types of Deeksha
individual ‘self’ with the universal energy of the Cosmos, where
differentiation no longer exists, and the state of Advaita is The Guru can initiate one in three ways:
experienced.
♦♦ Through a look (nayana deeksha or chakshu deeksha)
♦♦ Through a word (mantra deeksha)
Deeksha is the Seed of Possibility ♦♦ Through a touch (sparsha deeksha)

The Sanksrit word deeksha is derived from the root ‘da’ (to give)
and‘kshi’ (to destroy ignorance) – which loosely translates as
‘initiation’.

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Nayana Deeksha
For the receptive disciple, who has already expanded his inner
space, a mere look from the eyes of the Guru into the eyes of
the disciple transmits the Cosmic energy from the Guru into the
disciple, often allowing the disciple a transient experience of the
entire Cosmos (brahmanda).
For highly receptive seekers, even a side-glance from the Guru’s
eyes is an initiation. Such a glance is revered in Vedic tradition as
‘guru kataaksham.’
Today, thanks to modern video-conferencing technologies,
devotees around the world gather daily in Nithyanandeshwara
Hindu Temples (Aadheenams) and global satsang centers to
receive nayana deeksha from Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
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Every nayana deeksha results in spontaneous healing, cognitive
shifts and spiritual clarity, proving again and again that time and
space are no barriers to the power of an Avatar’s initiation.
Mantra Deeksha
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
Manah trayate sa mantrah
The words or truths which show the way to man’s mind
are mantras. Mantra is the way to liberation, the way to
the higher Consciousness, the way to higher experiences.
The word ‘mantra’ is a derivative of the word ‘maatrika’, sounds
which carry a specific conscious vibrational energy. They may
be as small as a single syllable or bija mantra (seed syllable), or a
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Levels of Deeeksha
Deeksha works on three levels:
4 The conscious mind
4 The unconscious mind
4 The physical body and brain
Even in the absence of a Guru, the conscious mind can be cleared
by the right teachings, by removing the wrong ideas and taking in
clear, correct ideas.
The unconscious mind can be cleansed by cathartic processes and
meditation techniques.
But ultimately, for the software change to be permanent, the
hardware also has to change. The very brain grooves have to
change to hold and radiate the experience of living enlightenment.
It is now known that the brain can actually rewire itself to
accommodate newly-learnt programs on a permanent basis. This
complete phrase or shloka.
is called neuroplasticity. This is the process that happens in the
The repetition of the mantra given by the Guru is called japa. brain through deeksha.
There exist various levels of japa, from the gross external recitation
(vaikhari) to mental recitation (madhyama), to the subtle effortless
repetition (paraavak). This is the ultimate form, also known as
ajapa-japa or spontaneous japa, which allows the bio-energy of
the Cosmos to flow into the system, realigning the bio-memory
and muscle-memory to reach the desired goal, which can be
anything from health to enlightenment.
Sparsha Deeksha
This is a technique of initiation wherein the Master initiates
the disciple through touch, using his thumb or palm to directly
transmit his bio-energy into the disciple’s system. The bio-energy
so transferred awakens the kundalini energy or resident potential
energy of the disciple.
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When the Guru touches and initiates a person, not only is the
software of enlightened physiology downloaded into him, but the
hardware, the brain itself, is tuned to hold this new software. If he
is completely open during the touch, the software of enlightened
physiology can be downloaded into him, changing the very
physiology. His body learns that it can be better than what it is now.
With the energy of the Master, both the hardware and software
can be totally changed.
The inflow of pure Cosmic energy that happens through the body
of a living Avatar is bio-energy. Such an uninterrupted flow of bio-
energy can happen in us only after all the blockages in our channels
and energy centers are purified.
The deepest of these blockages, some of which are inherited
(genetic), and some of which are strong enough to influence the
function of our genes (gene expression), are referred to as bio-
memory, and are usually difficult to cleanse without the help of
a guru or a living Avatar. The more superficial blockages created
by our fears, emotions and mental patterns are called muscle-
memory, and can be worked upon through meditation or cathartic
techniques under the guidance of the Guru.
Science of Deeksha
Deeksha is a deeply mystical process, but it can be explained to
some extent using quantum mechanics and molecular biology
(Quantum Biology). Physical energy follows the laws of physics,
be it Newtonian or Quantum. Thus, the fundamental principles
like the conservation of energy remain the same. The sum total
of the energy in the universe is always the same; energy can be
transformed from one form to another, but can never be destroyed
permanently.
Once energy reaches a biological system, like a human being, it is
transformed into various forms and expressions of the biological
energy, which may be electrical or chemical in nature. This in
turn changes the expression of the very physiology of the cell at a
molecular level, which can express as changes in gene, signaling
proteins, the formation of usable energy in the form of ATP and so
on.
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Thus, initiation or Deeksha involves the laws of physics, chemistry
and biology, all at the same time.
Science behind the three types of
Deekshas
Let us now take a deeper look at the science behind the three types
of deekshas or initiations:
Nayana Deeksha
Nayana Deeksha, which does not involve touch and can be
conducted across large distances, would use the principle of the
presence of mirror neurons in the disciple being able to reflect the
energy projected by the living Avatar. This form of initiation begins
at the level of the brain, leading to entrainment and coherence of
the projected energy from the Avatar.
During deeksha, the projected bio-energy from the Avatar could
be in the form of a sankalpa (a conscious concentrated energy),
a nissankalpa (a pure intentionless energy), or the release of bio-
photons.
It is now known that every cell of the body produces a small Mantra Deeksha
quantity of energy in the form of photons, which travel at the speed
In Mantra Deeksha, the chanting of the special mantra creates
of light. In a normal cell, the quantum of photons is very small or
subtle vibrations which are in tune with the ambient Cosmic energy
negligible; however, in an Avatar, the quantum of photons could
of Shiva, with spanda as a fundamental potential energy on the
be so high as to make a visual and physical impact on the disciple.
In fact, the explanation of Shiva’s Third Eye burning the negative verge of manifesting as Shakti.
elements of Nature by its mere opening is suggestive of the power
During Mantra Deeksha, the Avatar intuitively selects the seed
of a coherent laser beam.
syllable or mantra that resonates with the natural vibrational
frequency of the disciple, and impregnates it with His own pure bio-
energy, which will automatically raise the disciple to the next level
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of Consciousness. The mantra may be the name of the disciple’s
ishta or favored deity (for the devotionally oriented disciple) or an
Upanishadic truth (for the intellectually oriented disciple), or even
just a seed syllable which works at the pure level of being.
It must be mentioned here that the entire transmission of sacred
knowledge and sciences in the Vedic tradition was through an
awe-inspiring oral system of memorization and reproduction. The
shastrapalakas (protectors of the sacred scriptures) passed on this
legacy of information down the ages through their commentaries
on the shruti (divine revelations), which were known as smriti.
The reason for the oral transmission of the Truth was evidently not a
lack of efficiency or sophistication, as a succinct and highly evolved
written tradition also flourished in parallel with it, in the form of
the Vedas and Upanishads. Rather, it worked on the principle that
Sound is the most fundamental unit of energy which allows for the
transition into matter. During oral communication, not only is the
meaning of the words communicated, but the very vibrations of the
word are imprinted in the bio-memory of the receiver or student.
Sanskrit being a highly sophisticated and phonetic language, the
very sounds are embedded with the subtle aspect of their meaning.
Thus, a truth transmitted orally from a Guru to a receptive disciple
would directly penetrate and alter the bio-memory of the disciple,
without even the need for active participation from the disciple’s
logical faculties.
Mantras (syllables carrying a conscious vibration), shastras
(expositions of the Truth), stotras (expressions of devotional
ecstasy) and sutras (compact spiritual techniques) were all
transmitted orally from Guru to disciple as part of a committed
learning process. Apart from embedding the meaning of the words
in the bio-memory of the disciple, this form of transmission carried
the power to raise the vibrational frequency of the learner, simply
through his listening and repetition. Learners were frequently ‘eka-
santa-grahis’, able to imbibe and reproduce an entire lesson after
a single listening. Several students of Nithyananda GurukulSM have
also demonstrated this rare capability.
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Paramahamsa Nithyananda says (as part of a process):
Now I am going to guide you using some unique powerful
sounds, and inject those sounds into your muscle-
memory to clean it out. You will see how even the small
knots in every muscle-memory are removed.
Understand: your entire muscle memory is made out of
sound. Each muscle-memory, emotion, experience, has
certain passwords.
For example, your whole lust muscle-memory is
experienced through only one sound – ‘hoom’. Unless
that sound is awakened, your lust memories cannot be
removed. Same way, all your love memory is recorded
with the password ‘lumm’.
Even if you have a thousand memories, a thousand
documents related to a particular emotion, you cannot
retrieve even one memory out of your computer if you
don’t have the password. Mantras are the passwords of
your body.
Your body is not just a computer; it is a live internet
connection. If you have the passwords, you can download
information not only from your own bio-memory, but
from the Cosmic bio-memory itself!
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If I do the process using this hoom sound, all your lust
memories will fall into proper cognizance. It means,
you will take cognizance of it as much as your natural
prarabdha can allow.
All your muscle-memories can be opened only if the
password is aligned. Otherwise it will be chaos. You
won’t know which memory will open up in which context,
because it is not under your control. Sometimes, a person
who creates love in you will create anger instead, and
people who have abused you will create romance in you.
When I tune your muscle-memory, thousands of
unnecessary muscle-memories will be practically
flushed out of your system, and only those memories
which you want to cherish will remain alive.
Sparsha Deeksha
In Sparsha Deeksha, the Cosmic energy already present as bio-
energy (Kundalini Shakti) in the Avatar or Guru is directly transferred
to the disciple, leading to the opening up of the dormant energy of
the disciple and awakening him achieve his true potential.
With the energy transfer, changes take place at the chemical level
in the disciple, initiating the production of signaling molecules,
neurotransmitters (like hormones) etc.. This in turn works at the
very basis of molecular biology by transforming and realigning the
genetic material of the cell, allowing it to express healthy desirable
products and suppress those that are deleterious to the body. We
will be looking extensively at the effects of sparsha deeksha in later
chaters of this book.
Techniques of Deeksha
Deekshas at the initial level include:
4 Shiva Deeksha - being initiated into the lifestyle of Shiva
4 Shravana - pure Listening
4 Purnatva - Completion
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4 Vak siddhi – manifestation through the power of words
4 Healing - opening of the ananda gandha chakra
4 Third Eye Awakening SM
- opening of the ajna chakra or brow
energy center
There are deeper levels of initiation which confer various siddhis
on advanced disciples, which are given on an individual basis. This
is called shaktipat, and is effective only when bestowed by a living
Avatar.
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Kundalini AwakeningSM – Power and
Purpose of all Deekshas
Our understanding of deeksha would be quite incomplete without
a comprehensive grasp of Kundalini AwakeningSM, which is the
power and the purpose behind all deeekshas.
Kundalini – the Macrocosm within the Microcosm
The Vedic world-view is shaped by the principle of the universal
hologram, where the tiniest sub-atomic particle holds the key to
the secrets of the entire Cosmos. A hologram is a complex structure
wherein every part is a complete and faithful reflection of the
Whole. As a fragment of this universal hologram, every individual
is a perfect microcosm, a flawless and adequate representation of
the Cosmos.
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The Yajur Veda, a primary sacred text of the Vedic civilization,
declares:
Yatha pinde tatha brahmande, yatha brahmande tatha pinde
As in the individual, so in the Cosmos, as in the Cosmos, so in the
individual.
And what, indeed, is that mighty force which governs the Cosmos?
Vedic philosophy gave to this force the name KUNDALINI. Kundalini
literally means ‘the coiled one’, meaning, the infinite untapped
potential of the universe.
When Kundalini manifests at the universal level, she is known
as Para Kundalini, the supreme power of the Cosmos. When she
plays in the individual, she is Kula Kundalini, the gracious mother,
the life-force that nourishes his body, the energy that empowers
his mind, and the conscious power that guides him to his ultimate
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spiritual fulfillment.
Kundalini has found an honored place in every philosophic tradition
of India – whether Yoga, Vedanta or Tantra. For millennia, yogis,
rishis and siddhas – the enlightened spiritual scientists of India -
have given their lives to enrich the science of awakening Kundalini.
To understand kundalini, we must first understand ourselves.
Through the human body flow 72,000 subtle energy channels
called ‘naadis’. Of these channels, the most prominent is sushumna,
which runs from the tip of the spine to the crown of the head.
Running alongside the sushumna on either side and criss-crossing
it at intervals are the ida and pingala naadis. Kundalini energy or
Shakti is said to ‘sleep’ in each of us in the muladhara chakra, the
energy center at the base of the spine. The goal of all kundalini
yoga is to awaken and guide this energy safely up the sushumna
naadi to the sahasrara, the energy center on the crown of the head,
where Shiva or pure Consciousness resides. The blissful union of
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Energy and Consciousness, Shakti and Shiva is Enlightenment, the
culmination of all spiritual effort.
Kundalini - our own ultimate potential
Kundalini is known by many names – the universal energy, the great
cosmic mother, the creative force of the universe. But the simple
truth is that Kundalini is the highest potential of every individual,
the ultimate expression of creative genius, the great possibility of
each individual’s inner awakening.
The sleeping kundalini is a metaphor for the unawakened potential
inside us. Without first awakening kundalini, it is impossible to
awaken the pratyekatma chaitanya, the individual consciousness.
The awakening of Kundalini opens us up to the greater Reality
that exists beyond our limited individual selves. It empowers us
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to harness the cosmic powers to live more complete, fulfilled and (drugs/ herbs), mantras, spiritual discipline or through samadhi.
blissful lives. It marks the rite of passage for the human to evolve
For the seeker, Kundalini can be awakened in different ways:
into the Divine.
through intense yogic practices lasting a lifetime or longer; through
In the Yogini Tantra it is said : rare and sometimes dangerous medicinal preparations, through
the tireless repetition of certain mantras, or through deeksha –
As soon as the Kundalini awakens, the person’s inner grandeur
the direct transmission of spiritual energy by an awakened being.
and glory can be clearly perceived.
Of these, deeksha is the most effortless (and certainly the most
In the yoga-vedanta tradition, a vast and precise science beautiful) way to awakening.
encompassing thousands of techniques exists to awaken and utilize
One can better appreciate the incomparable gift of deeksha from
this enormous latent potential. In Vedic India, this knowledge was
the Avatar, when one learns about the spiritual effort otherwise
accessible to all. As a consequence, today’s ‘mystical’ sciences like
necessary to purify the nadis and experience siddhis.
levitation, teleportation and telepathy were common knowledge
among the people, and enlightenment was the natural state of The authoritative yoga scripture Hatha-Yoga Pradipika by
being. Svatmarama declares:
Living in complete harmony with the flow of Life itself, these people caturaśīti-pītheshu siddhameva sadābhyaset ।
dvāsaptati-sahasrānām nādīnām mala-śodhanam ॥1.41॥
ātma-dhyāyī mitāhārī yāvaddvādaśa-vatsaram ।
sadā siddhāsanābhyāsādyogī nispattimāpnuyāt ॥ 1.42॥
Of the 84 asanas, siddhasana should be practiced, which purifies
the 72,000 nadis. The yogi who constantly contemplates on
the Self, eats moderately and practices siddhasana for 12 years
found joyous expression as creators and leaders in the outer world achieves the yoga siddhis.
and enlightened mystics in the inner world. Today, Paramahamsa Nithyananda is gifting these siddhis to
In course of time, our increasing reliance on the faculties of logic hundreds of thousands of sincere seekers, who need to do nothing
and reasoning led to the suppression of these mystical faculties, more rigorous than spend a few hours in His presence in the space
and this sacred science retreated from homes and monasteries of restful awareness!
into the few secret recesses of the yoga-vedanta tradition in the
Indian sub-continent, where it is preserved in its authentic form to The right time is Now
this day.
The Vedic calendar reveals that our planet is poised for the next
Paths to Kundalini Awakening SM big leap in Consciousness. With humanity becoming ripe for
transformation, what the world needs today is the compassionate
In the Kaivalya Pada of his Yoga Sutras, Patanjali lists the different
presence of Avatars and enlightened kundalini adepts who can guide
ways to attain the siddhis resulting from the awakening of Kundalini.
humanity into a safe and natural global Kundalini AwakeningSM.
Janma aushadhi mantra tapah samādhijāh siddhayah (4.1)
The human body and brain are already wired to experience a
The mystical powers can happen by birth, or through medicines complete Kundalini AwakeningSM - and yet, in our generation, how
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many have the superbly trained body and mind that can withstand
the rigors of such a powerful explosion of Consciousness?
That is why the first instance of Kundalini AwakeningSM is always,
ALWAYS a pure gift from the spiritual Guru.
He takes a triple responsibility: first, to stir awake the enormous
spiritual power of Kundalini by the resonance-pressure of His own
powerful superconscious vibrations; second, to guide this energy
safely through the subtle neural pathways of the spine towards our
crown center, and above all, to shield and protect our fragile body
and mind, that might otherwise almost certainly be devastated by
this sudden influx of Cosmic force.
The Shiva Samhita declares:
Supta guruprasadena yatha jagarti kundali
Tatha sarvani padmanibhidyante granthayo’pi cha (4.12)
When the sleeping Kundalini is awakened by the Guru’s grace
Then are all bondages pierced (broken)
Ascent of Kundalini
When Kundalini ascends the spine through the sushumna nadi (the
main channel of subtle energy), it results in a huge energy influx
into the brain. As it flows from the thalamus to the cortex, Kundalini
sets up a powerful energy loop, awakening the latent, unused,
non-mechanical parts in the brain, mainly the limbic system and
neo-cortex.
The limbic system is that part of the brain which is associated with
memories linked to emotions. It is also that part of the brain which
corresponds largely to the Third Eye or ajna chakra, which is the
6th or the final chakra in the body (the 7th chakra known as the
sahasrara chakra or brahmarandra is not exactly a chakra, but a
subtle opening allowing the union of the kundalini energy with
the Cosmic energy). The opening of the ajna chakra allows for the
unclutching of memories from its associated emotions, allowing
for ‘Completion’ or making peace with life.
With increasing levels of coherence, the whole brain comes alive,
turning into a super-conductor of conscious energies that heal,
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empower and transform the person’s life. Enhanced awareness
levels, greater creativity and extraordinary abilities start to express,
like levitation, teleportation and materialization. This influx of
superconscious energy also visibly reverses aging, and improves
immunity to disease.
Kundalini is not just a blind force like electricity. It is a conscious
spiritual power of cosmic proportions that knows where to go
and what to do. Once awakened, Kundalini rips through millions
of years of our human conditioning, firing brand new neurons in
our brain, opening up unknown strands of our DNA, flooding us
with superhuman energy, retracing our mental blueprint, wiping
out our most obstinate karmic patterns, and catapulting us to a
whole new level of existence. By awakening the Consciousness of
each individual, Kundalini opens the doors to a global revolution of
Consciousness.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
Time and space does not bind Kundalini energy.
Time and space serve Kundalini energy.
For those of us who are merely watching, the extraordinary effects
of Kundalini AwakeningSM can seem like nothing short of a miracle
– or a hoax.
But Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
There are no miracles.
All miracles are perfectly scientific happenings, based
on natural laws that we do not yet understand.
To awaken your Kundalini energy, you don’t need to
have faith in me. It is not a prerequisite for me to awaken
your Kundalini energy. Maybe, for you to retain the
extraordinary experiences and expression of Kundalini
energy, you may need to trust some of my words and
practice some techniques and teachings, that’s all.
Otherwise, faith is not a prerequisite at any level.
Actually, nothing is a pre-requisite! It is all just a casual
play – a leela, that’s it!
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Kundalini AwakeningSM by the Avatar:
Scientific Studies
To put to rest all speculation that what we are seeing might be
hypnosis or mesmerism, a series of scientific tests were performed
on Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s disciples as well as willing
participants during a meditation retreat, under strict medical
surveillance and controlled conditions (which will be discussed at
length in a later section of this volume).
The results were astonishing.
In the first such experiment, within seconds of Paramahamsa
Nithyananda awakening their kundalini energy, brain functions in
the subjects leapt up the scale, instantly recording sharper focusing
abilities, faster parallel processing and higher alertness levels. Most
significantly, while their brain was going into overdrive,the subjects
themselves remained in a state of complete relaxation comparable
with the states of deep meditation or sleep.
But the strongest proof of the effects of Kundalini AwakeningSM
comes from the post-activation studies conducted on these
individuals. These studies revealed that elevated levels of cognitive
and mental function endured in all the subjects for weeks after the
initial activation. Long term post-activation benefits were found to
include better learning abilities, more effective problem-solving
and decision-making, and even apparently unrelated benefits like
enhanced interpersonal relationships.
Implications
The implications of these findings in a vast range of areas like
depression therapy, functional enhancement, mind-coaching,
memory-training, personal development, stress-management
and drug-rehabilitation are inestimable. If a brief spell of Kundalini
AwakeningSM is actually impacting normal people in such powerful
and permanent ways, can we imagine the impact of sustained
awakening on the spiritual course of our planet?
In the hands of advanced spiritual adepts like Paramahamsa
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Nithyananda, Kundalini AwakeningSM might be well on its way to
becoming the ultimate natural steroid for the human race, triggering
and sustaining powerful positive changes in virtually every area of
our lives.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
“Kundalini AwakeningSM has to be first experienced
in the presence of the Master who has mastered this
science. Techniques like Completion or meditation are
like medicine - you can get them over-the-counter. But
Kundalini AwakeningSM is more like a surgery - it has to
be done as an in-house process.
Understand, Kundalini AwakeningSM amplifies whatever
is inside you. So, if your Kundalini is awakened when you
are still carrying a lot of incompletions and suffering in
your system, those incompletions will become a reality
in your life, which will be dangerous and difficult to
manage.
It is like this: if you start running or jogging after being
bitten by a poisonous snake, that poison will spread all
over your body. Likewise, after drinking an energy drink,
jogging will cause that energy to spread all over your
body. In the same way, if there is an incompletion inside
you and your Kundalini is awakened, that would not be
good for you.
Only when you are under the guidance of the Master
(Guru), either directly seen by him physically, or through
two-way video-conferencing (nayana deeksha), can he
take responsibility for your safe Kundalini AwakeningSM,
without any after-effects or side-effects, misuse or
abuse of the Kundalini energy in you. During the 21-day
Inner Awakening® program, you can safely awaken
your Kundalini and reap all the benefits, without any
dangerous side-effects.”
However, Paramahamsa Nithyananda also observes that the
physiological and psychological changes triggered by Kundalini
AwakeningSM, however radical they may be, cannot match the
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silent transformation of Consciousness, which is what Kundalini
AwakeningSM is actually about. When the kundalini is awakened, all
the old mental and physical patterns are broken, destroyed. A new
higher pattern, a conscious pattern, is evolved, which is completely
based on freedom and liberation. He declares time and again:
This cognitive shift, this understanding, this realization
that you are beyond body and mind, this realization that
you are a conscious existence which is eternal - this is
the most remarkable effect of Kundalini AwakeningSM.
Even as these extraordinary happenings are taking the scientific
community by storm, Paramahamsa Nithyananda Himself lives and
moves as one among us, teaching, healing, initiating and working
tirelessly to preserve the mystical science of Kundalini, one of the
innumerable spiritual treasures of the millennia-old Yoga-Vedanta
traditions of India that might be humanity’s only hope for liberation
in the centuries to come.
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Kundalini AwakeningSM and the
Physiology of Thoughts
Contrary to what was once believed, the brain is not the only center
where our neural responses are stored. There is now growing
evidence that our thoughts - which are no more than electrical
signals whizzing along our neural pathways - are stored in our
cellular and somatic memory, resulting in permanent changes in
the way our body and mind influence each other.
Somatic memory includes three types of memories: engraved
memories (engrams), muscle-memories and bio-memories.
Engrams are bio-chemical changes that occur in our neural tissues
as the result of a powerful or persistent reaction to any situation.
An engram is not an ordinary memory, but more like a photograph
of a situation or event, complete with the emotional response
that accompanied it. Engrams exist just below the level of our
consciousness, influencing our emotional responses without our
knowledge.
While engrams affect our emotional responses alone, muscle-
memories are memories that have become so deeply embedded
in our system that they can recreate the physical symptoms
accompanying these emotions, like those experienced during
strong fear or anger. Muscle memories are also responsible for our
performing repetitive mechanical actions that do not require our
conscious intervention, like typing or cycling.
Bio-memories are memories that are locked into our cells. They
carry hereditary memories, past-life memories and memories
that have become part of the very fiber of our current personality
through constant repetition for years. Both physical and mental
patterns can become part of our bio-memory. Bio-memories have
the power to trigger physical actions like fight or flight. Mental
states like depression and anxiety can quickly become part of
our bio-memory if we are not careful. Bio-memories are not only
unconscious, but are usually untraceable to any particular source
incident.
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How does a thought become an engram or a bio-
memory?
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
A thought is simple. It rises and falls. It does not leave a
mark inside you. For example, if a thought comes to you
- I would like to have a coffee - that is just a thought, not
a pattern or engram.
But if you fulfil this thought every time by the action of
drinking coffee, after a few days it becomes an engram.
That is, you start craving for that particular action - you
start feeling, how I wish that I could have a coffee!...
Engram is like flowing water… it creates a certain
movement in your mind.
After some weeks, you actually start feeling afraid that if
you don’t get your coffee in the morning every day, you
will have a headache! This means that this thought is
solidifying like water becoming ice - it has become part
of your muscle-memory.
After one year, if you keep pursuing this habit, one day
if you don’t get your coffee in the morning, you will
ACTUALLY get a headache! When a pattern becomes
so solid that it starts affecting you physically, it is called
bio-memory. Bio-memories are tough like crystal and
are very difficult to break!
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Can Kundalini AwakeningSM alter our thought-
patterns?
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
Yes and no.
Our thoughts carry a miniscule physical weight that can
be a drag on our bodies. Everybody has experienced how
we feel heavy on certain days, and light as a feather on
certain days - even though our physical weight remains
the same! This shows that our thoughts and engrams
can actually pull us down. Kundalini AwakeningSM or
initiation have the power to temporarily free us of our
binding engrams.
But if the negative patterns continue to be encouraged,
they can return and persist even after Kundalini
AwakeningSM. The first initiation is an inspiration, a
glimpse of a different space, an encouragement to
return again and again to that high-energy space. With
repeated initiation, we are constantly exposed to that
elevated space. Gradually, our muscle-memory starts
enjoying this space, and it becomes part of our bio-
memory.
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 My eyesight has improved greatly after
Kundalini AwakeningSM
Name: Ana Belén Hernandez
Location: Mexico DF, Mexico
Email: anabelen2277@gmail.com
My experience of Kundalini AwakeningSM
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Gopikananda
Swami
Sannyasi of Nithyananda Order
Location: Nithyananda Peetham,
Bengaluru Aadheenam

Email: ma.gopika@nithyananda.org

I have experienced so many healing miracles thanks to Swami
Nithyananda, and so many more are happening in my life right
now, that I don’t know what to share!
After the Kundalini Awakening initiation from Swamiji during
Inner Awakening, my short-sight (myopia) has improved greatly.
Before Inner Awakening, I used to sleep for 9-12 hours, but now I
need only 4-5 hours of sleep.
I can see that my whole body is changing after IA. I have lost weight
and become more flexible too!
When Swamiji first started initiating devotees into kundalini
awakening and levitation, I thought my kundalini was not
awakened, as I was not experiencing physical levitation. Swamiji
assured me that it is already awakened, but I was not sure if he was
just consoling me!
Then one day during an IA darshan session, Swamiji was sitting on
the stage. He called me to the stage and asked me to stand facing
him, with one palm facing him and the other palm turned towards
the hall, which was packed with people.
He gently pressed with one finger on the center of my palm which
was facing him, and asked me to turn and look at the hall. I turned
around and was shocked to see that the entire hall of people was
levitating and jumping crazily, from the energy that I was channeling
towards them with the other palm!

Then I understood that whether I show the external signs or not,

when the Avatar gives deeksha, there is no way anybody can miss
the experience! Thank you Swamiji for this realization!
Deeksha and the Brain
Neuroplastic science says that your brain has the ability to create
new grooves and pathways, which means that the possibility for
becoming a new Consciousness exists.
Initiation can change not just your mind, but your very brain.
With initiation, your brain develops subtle grooves to hold and
radiate the energy of Enlightenment. If it is only a psychological
transformation, it could leave you after a few weeks or months.
But initiation does not lead to just psychological transformation;
it leads to physiological transformation. The experience becomes
your very bio-memory, so there is no more scope for conflict.
As mentioned earlier, apart from the brain and neural pathways, we
have a network of 72,000 nadis or subtle energy channels through
which Kundalini energy and the subtle information essential to our
conscious evolution can be transmitted.
Of these, the kurma nadi, a channel running from the tip of the
middle finger right up to the heart, is the channel through which the
glimpse of Enlightenment is revealed by the Master and received
by the disciple during initiation.
Deeksha changes Gene Expression
The human genome has now been sequenced, and it is now
established that all humans have approximately 25,000 - 30,000
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A gene is the fundamental blueprint of a living organism, which
can encode several proteins and signaling pathways for life to exist
and continue. At any given time, only 10,000 genes are expressed
(operational) in normal life.
It has been shown that during the Inner Awakening® initiations,
the gene expression changes to such an extent that the genes
which cause an increase in energy, stem cell count and health
are up-regulated, while those that are harmful, such as genes
causing cancer and autoimmune disorders, are down-regulated in
all participants. This is the visible effect of the bio-energy of the
Avatar’s deeksha transforming the bio-memory of the disciple.
Deeksha awakens your DNA
Medical science has established that we have 12 strands of DNA,
but only two of these strands are active. An Avatar is a being who
has awakened all 12 strands of His DNA. Through deeksha, an Avatar
can simply alter your existing DNA and activate your unused DNA
strands.
The true purpose of this so-called ‘junk DNA’ is to support a multi-
dimensional consciousness, and deeksha awakens this possibility.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
Deeksha is like an intense downloading into you. When
your DNA is activated, the knowledge, consciousness
and information contained in the macrcosmic
bio-energy can be effortlessly transmitted to you without
any conventional methods. With every new strand
awakened, you start experiencing many things: freedom
from negative engrams, intellectual and spiritual clarity,
physical health, anti-ageing and extraordinary powers.
Karmic Cleansing and Realigning
During Inner Awakening®, participants receive a series of powerful
initiations on 21 consecutive days. This ensures that the physical
and mental transformation experienced during the program are
rendered long-lasting or even permanent.
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Every deeksha (initiation) at the Inner Awakening® program is an
extraordinary spectacle of energy play that could last for hours.
During deeksha, Paramahamsa Nithyananda creates an explosion
of superconscious energy, using divyashareeris (mediums or
energy channels) to intensify the spiritual process. Releasing more
than 15 times the usual power through His body, He channels it
through the divyashareeri to reach the participants from every
angle.
The group energy during deeksha is so intense that most
participants receive the initiation spontaneously, even before they
are touched and initiated. For the participants, deeksha is a never-
before experience of intense Kundalini AwakeningSM in a perfectly
safe environment.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
When the energy channels sit in a circle around me,
in a mood of deep devotion and surrender, I am able
to penetrate right through their physical bodies. They
become divyashareeris, extensions of my own physical
body. So when a participant enters this elevated space,
he is enveloped by my physical body itself, not just my
energy body. If he is totally open and receptive, I can
use that high-possibility moment to simply wipe out his
negative bio-memories and create a blissful, strong bio-
memory through karmic cleansing and reprogramming.
To the extent that the participant is receptive, he can
experience physical and mental transformation.”
Deeksha from an Avatar is an infallible process effecting the same
changes in everyone, irrespective of the external manifestations.
As part of a survey, a qEEG measurement was done on a devotee
who showed no external signs of levitation (see page 142). It was
found that even though she experienced no physical movements,
her brainwaves changed in exactly the same way as the brainwaves
of levitators. This proved that even though she was physically
static, her brainwaves too were responding equally to the influx of
Cosmic energy.
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Significance of Deeksha from a Living
Master
Deeksha is revered in the Vedic tradition as the ultimate gift that a
Master can confer upon his disciple.
In the ancient Hindu text, Rudrayamala Tantra, Lord Shiva says:
The one who is not initiated does not attain liberation nor a better
future. So by all efforts, one should get initiated by Guru.
Only from a fire can another fire be lit. Only from a living Master
can the transmission of the lamp happen. A Master who exists on
the subtle plane may be able to offer the disciple spiritual guidance,
but for the experience to settle in him as a physical reality, it has
to be transmitted from a body which is vibrating at the same
frequency as his own. Only the already reprogrammed DNA of the
living Master can transmit that frequency and reprogram his DNA.
Only a living bio-memory can share its experience directly with
the disciple’s, through a look, a word or a touch of initiation.
When the disciple melts down and sits with a deep trust, the
connection between him and the Master happens – this is deeksha.
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When a sincere seeker or disciple sits in a deep, relaxed mood, not
only does the Guru come alive with the disciple, but the disciple
also comes alive with the Guru. Both experience fulfillment, and the
transmission of the lamp happens automatically. This is Deeksha.
Deeksha manifests your deepest desires
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
I just infuse energy into you and blast your self-doubt like
a balloon. That is what I call initiation.
Deeksha has the power to open up your real desires
and empower them to become reality, destroying your
doubts and fears which are coming in the way.
If your blueprint is carrying a desire for money, it will
open up and fill you with money; if your blueprint is to
seek God or Guru, you will have that; if your blueprint is
to search for extraordinary powers, you will have that.
Please understand: the brahmi bee makes the worm
into a bee just by the buzzing sound it makes. The hen
makes its egg into a chicken by its physical presence.
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 The crocodile, tortoise and fish hatch their eggs just by
remembrance! The Master ‘hatches’ you through all
these three.
The first level is through his teachings and words. The
second level is through his initiation and touch. Then,
wherever you are, you are constantly connected to him.
You remember him and he goes on remembering you.
Through the constant remembrance of you wherever you
are, he hatches you into a new being. He makes you into
his very Self.
Benefits of Group Deeksha
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
Group deeksha is a tremendous experience!
When a cohesive group of people sit together in a mood
of meditation and receptivity, their systems fall into a
deep harmonious resonance with one other. The whole
group is like one organic entity. Moreover, each of you is
individually in entanglement with the Source. Each of you
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is like a spoke of the wheel, all attached to the central
hub which is the source of Cosmic energy. So every time
I initiate one person in the group, the same energy is
instantaneously transmitted to the entire group.
So when you sit in 21 sessions of Inner Awakening®, say
as part of a group of 100 participants, you are actually
receiving 21 x 100 = 2,100 initiations!
Group initiation has one more benefit. When I initiate
you, I loosen and activate your bio-memory, preparing it
for learning new things. So when you see somebody else
expressing an extraordinary power like levitation, your
bio-memory learns that such a possibility exists. Within
a few days, your bio-memory picks up that particular
power - even if you have not received that particular
initiation from me. This happens due to the presence of
mirroring neurons in your brain.
When you live in a sangha or spiritual community where
many such powers are continuously expressed, your
bio- memory simply opens up and starts living its highest
possibilities.”
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Deeper Truths about Deeksha
Revelations from the Avatar
All the knowledge required for you to run your day-to-day life
is recorded in your muscle-memory. All the cognitions based on
which you make basic life decisions are recorded in your bio-
memory.
Awakening your muscle-memory by completing with your
unnecessary patterns, and reprogramming it the way you want.
awakens your multiple POSSIBILITIES. Awakening your bio-
memory by completing with your wrong cognitions about life,
and reprogramming it the way you want, awakens your multiple
POWERS.
Possibilities are not Powers
Please understand: POSSIBILITIES are different; POWERS are
different. Anything which you can directly express through your
own practice, without conscious intervention, without the need
for conscious energy to enter into you, without the need for
enlightenment energy enter into you, is a Possibility. Whatever you
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do on the level of Possibility, many circus people will be doing it;
Guinness Record holders will be doing it. That does not mean they
are enlightened or spiritually aware of themselves.
In fact, there are many people living on railway platforms because
of poverty; their body automatically masters the art of eating only
once a day, but they survive, and they manage to eat and digest
whatever they get on the roadside. But that does not mean they
are spiritually awakened. It is only that the possibility existing in
the muscle-memory has been awakened. But in the Nirahara
SammyamaSM, I awaken your Consciousness to make your Nirahara
successful. It does not happen at the level of muscle-memory.
When you transform your root cognitions about yourself, about the
people around you, about life, about God, about the world, about
money - all the basic cognitions you carry - suddenly you will see
that not possibilities alone, but powers will also start expressing in
you.
When any completion is done at the level of bio-memory,
Consciousness is directly opened up. When your bio-memory
is completed, naturally, it works directly on Consciousness, and
multiple powers are expressed. For example, you just need to
complete with the cognition given to you accidently in the young
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age that you can’t read through your Third Eye; you will simply
open your Third Eye and start reading! You will simply start doing it. Enjoying yoga with zero effort!
Awakening your God particle Name: Anu Deshpande
Even awakening your bio-memory awakens only your powers. Spiritual name: Ma Nithya
Anupamananda
Awakening your bio-energy awakens the very God particle in you.
Location: Singapore
During Inner Awakening®, to awaken your bio-memory, I use
sound and light, that means verbalization and visualization. To Email: ma.anupama@innerawakening.org
awaken your bio-energy, I use Silence and UnclutchingSM.
Silence is the absence of verbalization; UnclutchingSM is the absence
of visualization. After attending NithyanandohamTM, I am every day exploring and
enjoying the gifts showered by Swamiji, with zero effort on my part.
Please understand: to use Silence as a technique, you should have
My personal experience is that having a body that can hold the high
a mind which does not even touch or pollute the Silence when it
experience is critical. When you have a guru like Swamiji who can
picks it up and uses it. That means, your mind should be in utter
take you into the space of enlightenment in an instant, it is just
silence, and it should be able to move and make whatever it wants smart to use all possible ways to hold that energy! You need both
happen, while remaining in that same silence. knowledge and personal experience. Just knowledge also cannot
keep your inspired continuously.
In the same way, to use UnclutchingSM as a technique, your mind
should be such that it doesn’t pollute the Unclutching even when It is truly a joy to be in a body that is your friend, as you complete
and grow more and more authentic. Koti pranams Swamiji!
it is picking up the Unclutching to use it. Even if you visualize
Unclutching, it will be polluted.
Only a person who is able to be silent without using the word
‘silence’ can use Silence as a technique. Only a person who is
unclutched without visualizing Unclutching can use Unclutching as
a technique!
If you want to see this drama of Mahadeva, this leela of Mahadeva,
if you want to experience what He does with the power of Silence
and Unclutching, come to NithyanandohamTM!
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Shiva, the Quantum Field
Quantum physics declares that it is the act of observation that
precipitates any event into existence. The quantum field (Shiva) is
a field of infinite potential or ’infinite wave forms of probability’ in a
state of rest, from which the observer manifests his own reality at
every moment through the very act of observation. This is known
as the ‘Observer Effect’.
This truth of the ‘participatory universe’ was well-known to the
Vedic rishis, who called the phenomenon ‘drishti-shrishti’ (creation
as per one’s belief). Vedic scientists went a step further, and
declared that the observer and the observed arise simultaneously
during the act of observation. The very mind that is observing it
causes the event or object to manifest from the quantum field of
infinite possibility. In other words, there is no objective reality ‘out
there’, independent of our observation. This revelation has been
supported by recent research studies on String Theory in quantum
physics. According to quantum physicists, a particular event or
object simply ‘pops’ into reality from this field of possibility, based
on the observer and his observation.
So then, one might ask, does no such thing as a physical world
exist, outside of the observer and his observation? The unsettling
answer is that even the physical world persists solidly only as
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the result of the collective (albeit unconscious) expectation of its
observers. This perennial and persistent collective delusion (if we
may call it that) is what the Vedic scientists term ‘Maya’.
A significant point to understand here is that ‘observation’ is not a
mere mechanical act, but carries an inherent belief or expectation
about what is being observed. Even an insentient machine carries
an ‘expectation’, because it has been designed for a certain
purpose. For example, a machine designed to record waves will
record waves and not particles - because that is what it ‘expects’
to record.
Science of Manifestation
This concept of belief or expectation is important for us to
understand the science of Manifestation.
Usually, we all carry an unconscious belief or expectation of what
the world or life or the future can be. But because we are not aware
of the power of the beliefs and expectations we carry, we think
that all the information coming at us from the external world is
objective. In every moment that we engage with life, we keep
projecting the same ideas back on life, which in turn influences the
feedback we receive from life, and further reinforces our life-view,
in an endless loop of self-deception and self-destruction.
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While a belief or expectation is usually unconscious, when we
become conscious of it, it can be called an intention or a conscious
resolution (sankalpa) about how we want to experience our
world. With the power of intention, we can make the transition
from a limited victim mode to an empowered space, where we
consciously take control of our reality.
As Paramahamsa Nithyananda wisely says, the universe is a
perpetual ‘Tathaastu’ (‘So be it’). It is always blessing your intentions,
so be careful what you ask for!
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Revelations from the Avatar
The Universe is a perpetual ‘Tathaastu’
Listen: your reality of God, your reality of yourself, your reality of
society, your reality of the universe - everything is experienced by
you as per the inner space you carry.
The universe is a huge wave of ‘Tathaastu!’ (‘So be it!’)
So put a little intelligence, time and energy into consciously creating
the right space in you.
Your inner space is the mirror of your reality. The inner space you
entertain becomes your reality. I don’t even want to say it becomes
your reality; it IS your reality. This truth is the greatest liberation you
can receive!
The moment I utter this truth, don’t feel powerless. Instead,
understand that it is your own inner space; so you have the power
to change it. Complete all the unconscious negative beliefs you are
carrying.
Don’t bring your past record to deny your highest future possibility.
It is so unfortunate that we continue to cherish self-destructive
If you failed in some effort in the past, understand that it was because thoughts, sometimes unconsciously and sometimes consciously.
you did not have the right space at that time. So the problem is with You are already continuously manifesting your reality, but
not having had the right space; not with the truth itself. So now, try unfortunately, most of the time it is unconscious manifestation.
with the right space. You will see that world responds responsibly.
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All your diseases, your dissatisfaction, the untoward incidents in
your life – all are your manifestation. Any untoward incident caused
to you can be changed completely. The power of Manifestation can
play any way you want. Your inner space is so powerful that you
can just make anything happen. Whether it is the great realities of
the Cosmos, or the realities of life, or the realities of mind, the space
you create, creates the reality.
Harnessing the Energy of Manifestation
Manifestation is the science of consciously altering the reality as
you want, and experiencing the reality as you want.
Manifestation is one of the oldest and most fascinating of sciences:
how an idea can be chosen, put into the Source from where your
very body has manifested, and manifested as reality.
Please understand: your body has manifested from a certain energy
which was in your mother’s womb. If you are carrying a female
body, you have the same energy in your own womb. If you have a
male body, you carry the same energy in you at least to reproduce
a body in a female womb. Either way, there is a seed energy which
manifested your body. If you put any idea into that seed energy, it
can manifest that idea also into reality.
In Sanskrit we have a very beautiful word, hiranyagarbha - the
Cosmic womb. Any ideas which are planted in this womb become
reality immediately. Any idea which directly adds to your life is
from hiranyagarbha. All of you have the ability, the capacity, to put
an idea into the hiranyagarbha and make it into reality.
The energy of Manifestation is such that can cause so many of your
desires to become reality, even without your taking any action. The
kundalini which is in you, is responsible for the manifestation of
your body and your mind. If your Kundalini energy is simply added
to your desire, it will become reality.
Your kundalini is like a Kalpataru. Once your Kundalini is awakened,
anything you ask is immediately granted. So any idea you want to
make into reality, take it to the level of your kundalini shakti. When
you are having a levitation experience or a kundalini experience,
any idea you sow deeply inside becomes reality as soon as possible.
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Your muladhara chakra has a certain innate energy. If you add
integrity to this energy, it will become visualization. Without
integrity, that energy will remain as fantasy. Whether whatever
you visualize is going to become reality or not depends on your
integrity. Your verbalization only becomes visualization when
you have integrity. Only then it becomes reality. When the nada
(verbalization power) joins with bindu (visualization power), the
kala (creativity) happens. Verbalization is the Cosmic feminine
energy. Visualization is the Cosmic masculine energy. When they
both meet, the creation of the Cosmos happens.
Dhaarana – power to express your chosen reality
The peak of yoga is samadhi, enlightenment.
The last level before samadhi is the expression of mystical powers.
The Vedic scientists were well aware of the significance of
possessing mystical powers only after the seeker is already tuned
to living his life with the highest possible conscious coherence.
Otherwise, the human mind can go astray and cause chaos with
these powers.
That is why, even in his Yoga Sutras, Patanjali takes you in a step-
by-step way.
First, you need to understand the laws of the life (yama) and raise
yourself to the highest possible conscious coherence (niyama).
Then, you learn to balance your body (through asana), prepare your
muscle -memory to radiate Consciousness (through pranayama),
and then awaken the ability to absorb prana without breathing
(through pratyahara).
Only after this, he talks about how to express extraordinary
capabilities through your body and mind through dhaarana. He is
taking us to a non-return mystical zone, where mysticism is a living
science, a lifestyle.
dhāraṇāsu ca yogyatā manasaḥ (2.53)
After the veil which covers the inner light is removed, the mind
becomes fit to express all that it carries inside.
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Dhaarana is not just concentration. It means the readiness of your
mind to express whatever it carries in its womb.
Kalpataru Darshan – making you into a Kalpataru
The ability to speak into the listening of the Cosmos is Kalpataru.
Please understand, the causal body is where all your engrams,
all the possibilities of the mind, are stored. The causal body is
available to you when you fall asleep, or when you raise yourself to
the higher state of consciousness.
When you fall asleep, because you are in a state of unconsciousness,
whatever you project in your dream does not have much impact
on your real life (or whatever you think of as your real life). But
when you enter into altered or higher states of consciousness,
even though you access the same causal body, any idea you create
has a tremendous impact on your real life. It can become reality.
This is the difference between sleeping and dhaarana.
Dhaarana is the capacity to use the extraordinary capabilities of
your mind, which are there in seed form, to create, express and
manifest whatever you want as reality in your life.
When you know the science of dhaarana, you become a Kalpataru.
Whatever anyone wants, you will be able to give them.
During the Kalpataru Darshan, I am not just fulfilling the one boon
for which you ask. I am teaching you this science. I push you to the
superconscious state, which creates an explosion of energy in your
system. When you enter into that state, you will have both - the
intelligence to create the right idea, as well as the power to make
it into reality.
Sacred Secrets of Kalpataru Darshan
Understand this very subtle truth: you are a complete miniature
of the macrocosm. All the stars reflect in your inner space. The
reflections of those stars in you are responsible for the flow of your
life. They are are responsible for the deflection and the restlessness
which is created in you.
The Raman Effect in the outer world also happens in the inner
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world by the constant deflection of your thoughts. In the outer
world, Raman Effect creates the blue color. The inner world effect
of that same phenomenon creates a black color. That is why, when
you look in. you see the black color; darkness. Maybe we can call
this the Maya Effect!
The Maya Effect is nothing but the deflection caused by your restless
mind. If you can look through the Maya Effect, you can see the
reflection of the macrocosmic stars in the microcosm (individual)
and alter things as you want, and change your life as you want.
Anybody who has the ability to penetrate the Raman Effect and
see the stars in the sky during the daytime, will have the capacity
to penetrate your Maya Effect and alter the reflections of those
stars in you. If somebody can look through the deflections and
restlessness of your mind, and alter the reflections of the grahas
(planets), naturally the whole flow of your life can be altered.
The science of seeing the reflection of the cosmic stars in the
macrocosmic body and predicting your future is astrology. The
science of altering the reflection of the microcosmic stars in the
macrocosm, and making that in tune with what you want in your
life, is the science of giving boons.
That is exactly what I do in the Kalpataru Darshan.
I look into your eyes and stop the deflection and restlessness
created by the Maya Effect in your inner space. Then I ask you,
‘What do you want?’
The moment you say what you want, I say, ‘Alright, tathaastu.’
All the grahas (planets) suddenly alter themselves and align to this.
I don’t need to alter the grahas themselves; I only need to alter their
reflection in you, and the flow of your life changes automatically.
This is the sacred secret of all the miraculous happenings that you
experience during the Kalpataru Darshan!
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 My mother’s eye problem was healed in just one
Kalpataru darshan
Legal name: Hema Malla
C/o Sharmila Malla
Location: Hong Kong
Email: sharmilamalla@hotmail.com
My mother Hema Malla is 54 years old, and has had a long-term
eye problem. For over 15 years, her eyes would get very tired every
day. She had to keep resting her eyes many times a day. Otherwise
she would feel heaviness and a pricking sensation in her eyes, and
this was going on for years.
No doctors were able to diagnose or heal her.
We attended a Kalpataru darshan with Swamiji via two-way video
conferencing from Hong Kong. Swamiji gave my mother distance
healing and blessings from the Bidadi ashram in India via video-
conferencing. After just one darshan, my mother had no longer had
that eye problem.
I am so grateful to Swamiji for healing my mother!
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I have been healed of PCOD
(Polycystic Ovarian Disorder)
Legal name: Sudharsini
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Email: sudharsini.p@gmail.com
I had been suffering from PCOD (Polycystic Ovarian Disorder),
which is a severe health disorder.
During a Kalpataru darshan, I got blessings from Swamiji to
attend the Inner Awakening program. After that things started to
move smoothly and I could overcome all the issues and attend the
program.
Just after 21 days of healing from Swamiji during Inner Awakening,
all my health issues disappeared and my health has been restored.
So many positive changes have happened in me, and even people
around me can feel it! Life has become so smooth and more blissful
in all circumstances.
There are no words to express my gratitude to Swamiji, as each and
every moment I feel the joy of being blessed by the Divine.
My deep gratitude to the lotus feet of the master Paramahamsa
Nithyananda.
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My baby daughter was healed
of inflamed adenoids
Name: Dr. Srilekha Karthik
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Devaroopananda
Location: Bengaluru, India
My baby daughter Joshitha was having very disturbed sleep with
severe cough at nights for almost 4 months continuously, due to
inflamed adenoids. No medical therapy, be it allopathy or Ayurveda,
was offering any relief.
One day, during Kalpataru darshan, I requested Swamiji for
healing. He kept his hands on her neck region and declared, ‘She
will be healed this moment!’
That night, she slept “like a baby”, as the saying goes. She continues
to have peaceful, undisturbed sleep at nights, much to the relief of
the family too!
We offer our sincere gratitude to Swamiji for this healing blessing.
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No more miscarriages!
Name: Suvedha
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Yoga Samudra
Location: Bengaluru, India
I was married for five years with no children.
I had had two miscarriages, and a lot of complications in conception.
I met Swamiji in 2009 during a Kalpataru darshan.
I requested his healing for a comfortable pregnancy and a healthy
baby, and Swamiji healed me and assured me that he would make
it happen.
After this I conceived, and had a beautiful and healthy pregnancy
period. I had an absolutely painless normal delivery. The doctors
themselves were surprised to see this.
By Swamiji’s grace, we were blessed with a divine girl child on the
auspicious day of Makara Sankranti in 2010. My husband Pradeep,
my little daughter Nithyeshwari and I feel so blessed, and we offer
our gratitude at the feet of our Master.
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 I have forgotten about my sinus headaches
Name: Jyothi Atluri
Location: Chennai, India
Email: jyothia@yahoo.com
I was suffering from chronic sinus headaches for about 10 years.
During one Kalpataru darshan, I requested Swamiji for healing.
He gave me an apple and blessed me. It has been over five years now,
and I have never had a sinus headache since then! I have practically
forgotten that I used to suffer from these headaches earlier!
I have not experienced that chest pain again
Name: Pushpa Vohra
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Prema Manjari
Location: Billimora, Gujarat, India
In the year 2011, I came with my daughter Kavyaroopini to Bidadi
ashram to attend Inner Awakening program. The next day, when
we went for the morning satsang, when the curtain opened and I
saw Swamiji, I fell completely silent; I just couldn’t speak. The only
thought that came to mind was, ‘That is my Guru.’
During the IA, when we were celebrating Meenakshi Tirukalyanam,
suddenly I felt a striking pain in my left hand and chest, and I
started sweating profusely. When I went for Kalpataru darshan, I
told Swamiji about the pain, and asked Him whether I should go
for the yoga classes. He just tapped my left shoulder to heal me
and said, ‘You are alright. You can go for the yoga class.’ From that
day till today, I have never experienced that chest pain again. This
is because of Swamiji’s blessings. My heartfelt gratitude Swamiji! I
know YOU are always with me.
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Swamiji got me the best job I’ve ever had
Name: Vimal Patel
Location: Austin, USA
Email: highbury21@gmail.com
After being stuck at a dead-end job for many years, I knew I had to
have a change in my career. I wrote to the ‘Kalpataru Corner’ on the
ashram website and requested Swamiji’s blessings for the following:
1) A job that I will be content with
2) A job with a specific salary (which I mentioned in my request)
3) A job located out of state in Texas
Just three weeks later, an opportunity fell in my lap to move to
Austin, Texas, to take up a Channel Sales role with a very well-
known Fortune 100 IT Software-solutions provider! You just cannot
make this up! I was ecstatic!
I was around a supportive management team, had the flexibility to
be creative and take up new projects, and an environment that was
very energetic!
Picture coming to work in the morning with loud music playing and
people throwing footballs and basketballs around. Who needs coffee
when there is all this energy?
I liked this job so much that I would regularly wake up at 5 am to
come to work, and gladly stayed late when I needed to. I worked
with skilled professionals and was able to learn a lot from them.
This job really enabled me to take control of the direction of my
career.
My deepest gratitude to Swamiji for making this happen for me.
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Third Eye AwakeningSM
Opening the Cosmic Command Center
T he ancient Vedic tradition gave the name Ajna Chakra
(the sixth chakra) to the Third Eye. In yogic literature, it is
described as a subtle centre of consciousness in the region
between the eyebrows.
It is described to be the size of a thumb (angushtha maatra) and
appears like a steadily burning light (deepa shikhaakaara). It
represents the eye of Enlightenment (jnana netra).
Modern Neuroscience and the Third Eye
The word ‘ajna’ means ‘command’. The practice of meditation
allows it to become the command centre for the being, who Based on the visible evidence of the effects of meditating on the
receives instructions from Shiva Himself. It is also known as the Ajna Chakra, it is possible to postulate the neurophysiological
command center because, once this chakra is activated, it gives the pathways and structures involved in it.
individual the power of clairvoyance, and the ability to control and
Several studies have been done on Paramahamsa Nithyananda,
influence the forces of Nature, as well as his own lower disposition.
ranging from FMRI to PET Scan to qEEG. The studies clearly show
continuous heightened activity in the infero-medial prefrontal
Ancient references to the Third Eye cortex, and a simultaneous state of total restfulness with awareness
across the entire brain, suggesting complete entrainment of neural
Patanjali speaks on this power in his Yoga Sutras:
activity.
pravr̥tty-āloka-nyāsāt
sūkṣmā-vyāvahita-viprakr̥ṣṭa-jñānam ॥ 3.25॥
By redirecting the inner vision (one achieves) the knowledge of
subtle, veiled and remote (objects and events).
The ancient Yogi Sri Goraksanath of the Nath Sampradaya of
Shaivism refers to the Third Eye as ‘bhruchakra’ in his work,
Goraksha Vachana Sangraha (‘bhru’ meaning the eyebrows).
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Studies done at Harvard on long-time meditators also showed a
degree of restfulness awareness.
The key difference between the two studies was:
1. The amplitude of the brain waves was extremely high when
tested on Paramahamsa Nithyananda, and even his disciples,
during Kundalini energy activation.
2. All qEEG studies done at Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam during
Kundalini awakening showed high-amplitude waves across the
spectrum. In comparison, meditators across the world showed
normal amplitude of the waves.
3. The sense of calmness, well-being and thought-less-ness
happens when the emotional component of a thought or
memory is separated from the memory itself, thereby allowing
for a reduction in the number of thoughts.
The limbic system is that part of the brain which is at the junction
of the mechanical or involuntary system, and the highly evolved
system which is the seat of the intellect, logic and cognitive
processing (neo-cortex).
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Meditating on the Third Eye produces all the effects of calmness,
well-being and thoughtlessness, while at the same time increasing
awareness and cognition through unhampered processing by the
cerebral cortex, which is no longer weighed down by emotions
and random thoughts.
This would allow us to conclude that the ajna chakra or the Third Eye
consists of the entire complex of the limbic system, starting from
the infero-medial pre-frontal cortex, and involving not only all the
known structures of the limbic system like the hippocampus and
amygdala, but also the pineal gland and the rest of the volitional
brain involved in intuition, cognition, etc.
Depending on the effects manifested, different parts of the cerebral
cortex would presumably be involved at different times (for
instance, in blindfolded reading, the primary visual cortex would
be involved).
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Process of Third Eye AwakeningSM Meditation using a blindfold
The process of activating the Third Eye as described by The application of the blindfold completely cuts off any sensory
Paramahamsa Nithyananda includes:
inputs in the form of photons falling into the retina of the eye.
In the outer world, the maximum sensory input is through the visual
Initiation or Deeksha
system. Meditating in the darkness of the blindfold on the third eye
allows one to focus with minimal distraction, while simultaneously
This is the process of directly transmitting the bio-energy (Kundalini
activating the pineal gland (which produces melatonin in darkness).
energy of the Avatar) into the area of the Third Eye, located between
the two eyebrows of the recepient. Melatonin is responsible for re-adjusting the circadian rhythm of
the body, and has significant anti-ageing benefits.
Meditation
The meditation consists of visualizing a light or golden light
within the third eye, which directly connects with Paramahamsa
Nithyananda’s third eye.
Timed meditation is performed alternatively, with eyes closed and
eyes opened for three rounds.
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Nithyananda GurukulSM children initiated and trained directly by
Paramahamsa Nithyananda explore the powers of the Third Eye
Meditation process to awaken the Third Eye in adults
Third Eye power demonstration to a live audience by Nithyananda
GurukulSM Balasants (students)
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Effects of Third Eye AwakeningSM
♦♦ Blindfolded reading
♦♦ Enhanced intuition
♦♦ Increased IQ
♦♦ Ability to use all aspects of the brain’s potential
♦♦ Parakaya Pravesham - the ability to enter and
understand the other being.
♦♦ Many other siddhis (mystical powers) as well as health
benefits
Third Eye AwakeningSM demonstration with blindfolded reading
by an initiated 9-year-old Nithyananda GurukulSM child at
Business Advocacy Summit, Washington D.C., USA
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Yogic Science of Chakras and Koshas
Stands for GURU Nirahara Paramahamsa Jyotisha
The traditional chakras are six in number, starting from the
muladhara at the base of the sacrum to svadhisthana, manipuraka, Shaft of Golden Light Vajra Danda
anahata, visuddhi and ajna chakra along the length of the spine.
The sahasrara or brahmarandra is not a chakra, but a channel Anandamaya Kosha Sikhara
connecting the pindanda (microcosm) with the brahmanda
(macrocosm).
Vijnanamaya Kosha Anukuntba Pita Punyagara
Upper Chakras and Koshas Manomaya Kosha Bramaraguha
Goraksanath has described additional chakras above the
brahmarandra, and they are named as below. Pranamaya Kosha Urdhva Randra
7. Urdhava Randra (corresponding to the Pranamaya kosha)
Sahasrara (opening)
8. Bhramaraguha (where prana and manas cease - corresponding
to the Manomaya kosha) Ajna Chakra
9. Anukuntba Pita Punyagara (Causeless “I” Consciousness -
corresponding to the Vijnanamaya kosha) Vishuddha Chakra
10. Sikhara (Kailasa - corresponding to the Anandamaya kosha)
Anahata Chakra
11. Vajra Danda (Maya Shankini Nadi)
12. Nirahara Paramahamsa Jyothista (Guru or Devi Meenakshi - Manipuraka Chakra
according to Sri Ramana Maharshi (dvadasanta)
Swadisthana Chakra
(Reference: Goraksha Sathaka by Gorakshanath)
In the image alongside, the koshas are represented from inside Muladhara Chakra
out.
Adi Shankaracharya in Vivekachudamani describes the koshas or
energy bodies as below:
These sheaths are something like peels of onion growing one over preceding. By resolving each kosha into that which immediately
the other. Accordingly, the annamaya kosha is permeated by four succeeds it, we are led to the knowledge of the Brahman, which is
koshas: the pranamaya and the rest. The pranamaya kosha is beyond cause, and effect and realize our oneness with it.
permeated by three koshas, the manomaya by two koshas and the
vijnanamaya by one kosha. In this manner, each outer kosha is full
of that which is within, i.e., the succeeding one being internal to the
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Size of the Koshas Neuroscience and Third Eye AwakeningSM
♦♦ Annamaya Kosha is the size of the body.
♦♦ Pranamaya Kosha is the size of Dvadasanta, that is
12 fingers’ breadth – antar (internally and bahir (externally) – as
described in Vijnana Bhairava Tantra.
♦♦ Manomaya Kosha is as much as the mind can expand
♦♦ Vijnanamaya Kosha is the expansion of cognition by
awakening of the Third Eye. Distance varies from blindfolded
reading to Parakaya Pravesham.
♦♦ Anandamaya Kosha is what connects Pindanda to
Deeper Truths about Third Eye
Brahmanda (microcosm to macrocosm).
AwakeningSM
Goraksanath clearly describes the bifurcation of the sushumna
nadi in the medulla oblongata (reticular activating system). Revelations from the Avatar
So, one line of sushumna nadi goes directly from the medulla (From Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s talks on the subtle truths of
through the brain into the brahmarandra. Third Eye AwakeningSM over the years)

The second line of the bifurcation of the susumna, along with

the ida and pingala, goes directly to the middle of the forehead
(bhrumadhya) with the ida and pingala opening into the right and
left nostrils via the olfactory bulbs, which are part of the limbic
system.
The sushumna takes a turn in the front corresponding to the medial
prefrontal cortex and goes right up through the limbic system (ajna)
to enter the brahmarandra.
This hollow is usually open unlike the first line, which is usually
closed. During liberation, the two hollows are united opening into
the tenth gate.
Celebrate the Unknown
One of the biggest misunderstandings which happenS in your life
is, you trying to grasp you!
Listen: you cannot understand you - you can only experience you.
So, if you try to grasp you through any conceptualization, intellectual
understanding or in any way, it will always be a misunderstanding.
If you are not comfortable with the vast, beautiful, amazing you,
then you are not celebrating the extraordinary you. Even though
you are not able to hold or grasp the vast you, don’t try to create an
image about you. If you see the vast you, you will be fearful.

Thus, the expansion of the vijnanamaya kosha in Third Eye
AwakeningSM leads to cognition via the entire limbic system, and
involves the visual cortex in associated visual areas of the brain in
blindfolded reading.
The Upanishads beautifully teaches how to be loving and respectful
Pre-frontal
towards the Avyakta - the Unknown. Much of you is Avyakta
Cortex - unknown to you. When you are afraid of the Avyakta outside,
surely you will be afraid of the Avyakta inside.

If the next dimension would be hearing without the ears, then the
same system, along with the auditory cortex would be activated.
Thus, different dimensions of Third Eye AwakeningSM would activate
different parts of the brain, essentially leading to the potential ability
to utilize 100% of the brain’s functional capacity.
When you understand that your unknown is your own unknown,
you will not have fear about your unknown. You will not be afraid
of anything which is your own. You will get comfortable with you.
You will explore, embrace and love those unknown parts of you.

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 Bridging Physical and Mystical Worlds
Third Eye is the bridge between the physical world and psychic
and cosmic space. All the extraordinary powers, psychic powers,
are achieved through Third Eye AwakeningSM. All the extraordinary
powers are lived when your Third Eye is completely awakened.
Understand: whatever you are seeing with these two eyes is not
reality and not enough. Third Eye makes you see the higher reality
externally in your day-to-day life, and internally in your life and
death journey. Third Eye AwakeningSM makes you immediately
experience God.
The Third Eye is a direct bridge to God. Third Eye is not just an
eye; it is the very source of your Consciousness. If you align your
thinking based on the principle of Advaita, Oneness, all your energy
will become centered on Third Eye, all your energy will become
stable in your Third Eye. The functioning of your Third Eye will enter
into the next frequency.
Destroy Karmic Patterns and Incompletions
The more you use the Third Eye, the more the patterns and engrams
engraved in your brain will start getting completed, because you
are continuously working with Consciousness. The more you use
Consciousness, the more you become Consciousness. What we
call karma is nothing but the deep-rooted unconscious patterns
and incompletions which force you into a vicious cycle of fear,
greed and pain for lifetimes. When you start using the powers of
your Consciousness freely, the unconscious parts of your mind
are brought under the light of your Consciousness, and they
automatically dissolve, clearing the karmas.
Secret of Omnipresence
The word ‘omnipresent’ needs to be understood.
When your presence is loosened in your body, you become
omnipresent. If you are caught inside one nervous system, your
presence is limited to just what you feel as you - that one small
body. If you start loosening yourself, if you practice getting in
or out of that one system, two things happen to you: one, you
start becoming omnipresent; two, you experience tremendous
love and compassion, because you start feeling your presence
everywhere. You start feeling yourself happening everywhere, so
the tremendous love and compassion to the Whole happens.

Third Eye vision is ‘Conscious Seeing’
If you can see something through the eyes, you can experience it
with your physical body. If you can see something through your
mind, you can experience it, understand it, with your mental body. If
you can see something with your inner space, your consciousness,
you can control it as the Lord of it. Even blind people continue to
see in their inner space. Whether you are blind or have physical
eyes, you continue to see through your inner eyes. Third Eye
vision is nothing but ‘Conscious Seeing’! It activates the non-
mechanical parts of your brain. That is why you start experiencing
extraordinary powers like telepathy, materialization, teleportation
and clairvoyance.
Your Personal Door to the Cosmos
Third Eye is like a door to Cosmos. You can receive anything from
the Cosmos though the Third Eye. Same way, you can send any
command to the Cosmos through the Third Eye. Anything sent
through the Third Eye to the Cosmos is immediately, immediately
experienced! Third Eye is not just the brow center; it is the Browsing
Center also! Just like how you can upload or download anything
through the Internet world through an internet browsing center,
through the Third Eye you can download and upload anything in
the Cosmos. It is the Cosmic browsing center. Any Akashic Records
can be downloaded by you when you open your Third Eye.

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: Introduction to the
Eye Awakening SM
 Patanjali explains in Yoga Sutras:
kāyendriyasiddhiraśuddhikśayātḥ tapasaḥ (2.43)
When the body and sense organs are ripened by tapas (the
purification process), all the impurities are eliminated from them,
and extraordinary powers express because of the ripening of the
bio-memory.
‘Kaayendriya siddhi’ is the process of the body and sense organs
getting ripe. I don’t want to translate the word siddhi as extraordinary
powers; I want to translate it as ‘getting ripe.’ For example, if your
eyes are ripe, you can see extraordinary things. When your senses
are ripe, automatically the extraordinary powers happen in you.
Literally, the master’s presence is cooking all of you intensely every
day. Intense boiling is happening! Even this levitation is nothing but
the method of ripening your senses.
When you make your senses ripe, you live with them joyfully!
Make Miracles your Lifestyle
Being a good human being is good, but it is not great! That is not
the end of human possibilities. You are designed for extraordinary
powers and capabilities. You cannot talk about the power of seeing
to a born-blind man. How much ever you talk, he won’t be able to
understand what is going to happen when he gains his vision. In the
same way, I can’t talk about the Third Eye to you till your Third Eye
is opened! When you awaken the Third Eye, your whole life will
be different. What ordinary people call intuition will become your
lifestyle. What people normally call spiritual powers will become
your very lifestyle!
How to recognize real miracles
The miracles you see fall into five categories: magic tricks, black
magic, white magic, ucchaadana and Happenings of the Presence.
If you know these five categories clearly, whenever you see any
extraordinary happening, you will know to which category it
belongs, and whether you want to have it in your life.
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1. Magic tricks – These are plain entertainment - they are not
siddhis and nothing is wrong in them.
2. Black magic – Even if you do it for entertainment, it is dangerous
and can have adverse effects on both you and the person on whom
you are doing it.
3. Ucchaadana – if you use it rightly for the right purpose you will
not have a problem, but if you use it wrongly for the right purpose
(or rightly for wrong purpose) you will have a problem.
4. White magic – these are the siddhis. They may delay
enlightenment, but will give you intelligence about when to perform
them and when not to perform them.
5. Miracles which happen in the Presence - these are the leela of
the Divine; they do only good all the time.
Miracles and beyond
Narayana Swami, a siddha in my native town of Arunachala, used
to say very beautifully, ‘Extraordinary powers are given to you to
show you that the ordinary life is not worth living.
For example, imagine how it would be if you could suddenly break
this huge hall like a small bamboo stick and fold it and put it in
your Consciousness? It is possible! This is an extraordinary power.
This whole hall can be melted like a wax model and put into your
Consciousness just through a sound vibration. When you can do
this, it proves that the ordinary reality is a not a worthwhile reality;
it is not the solid reality.
Whenever you break the ordinary rules, it is extraordinary. But the
ability to break the ordinary rules and make yourself extraordinary
is not supposed to bring extra ego; it is supposed to show you that
the ordinariness itself is worthless, and that is why you are able to
break it! It breaks your attachment to your current reality. And that
is the exact lesson you need to learn.
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Advaita: Password to Third Eye AwakeningSM Students of Nithyananda GurukulSM and sangha members demonstrate the power of
One of the greatest gifts to mankind would be the ability to have Third Eye AwakeningSM to spiritual visionaries, doctors and celebrities, among others.
Third Eye AwakeningSM, which, apart from leading to several manifest
powers, using a very standardized protocol-based technique of
initiation and training, all of which happens while being in the right
space of Advaita.

In Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s own words:

The software for the Third Eye AwakeningSM has been

programmed to only work from the space of Advaita (the
right context) and cannot be misused with the wrong space
or intention, as the password to this power has been coded
into the Advaitic space of consciousness.

With His Holiness Sri Shankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham With (Late) Sri Ashok Singhal ji, International President of VHP
Conclusion
When we do not understand the science behind a power or siddhi,
we usually interpret it as something either magical or mystical, but in
any case, definitely difficult. Paramahamsa Nithyananda has not only
clearly demonstrated these powers Himself, but has actually made
them accessible to all His devotees.

A simple concept like ‘listening’, which means paying attention

and cognizing, not only with all the physical senses, but using the
very energy of our being, is in itself, a simple yet powerful siddhi.
In this way, Paramahamsa Nithyananda is making available at least
Student performing a demonstration for doctors at Pragya Hospital Oscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon introduces the demo in the USA
400 demonstrable, reproducible abilities to all His disciples. During
the Simhasta Kumbha Mela in 2016, He intends to reveal at least
70 powers described in the Shivajnana Upanishad. At the time of
compiling this volume, 32,000 adults and children worldwide have
been initiated into the science of Third Eye AwakeningSM

Read more:
Secrets of Third Eye AwakeningSM
http://www.nithyananda.org/book/en/
e-book-secrets-third-eye-awakening
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I am enjoying drawing while blindfolded!
Name: Anne-Marie Casu
Location: France
Shivoham Inner Awakening participant,
May 2015
After Swamiji’s initiation, I am able to recognize shapes and letters.
I am a sketch artist, and I am enjoying drawing while blindfolded
and seeing if all the elements are in the right place!
I had an OBE during my initiation!
Shaktivel, Mumbai, India
Shivoham Inner Awakening participant, May 2015
It all started with a clear, intense sensation between the eyebrows
that made the entire body feel light. A cool intense energy was
experienced the moment Swamiji started the initiation, which got
profound as the time passed.
It became a powerful experience, and what felt like a few minutes
of an out-of-body experience (OBE) turned out to be a good 40
minutes. I never expected that this will happen!
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For me, there is no difference between a
wish and a will I am learning from Yogamata every day!
Spiritual name: Ma Yogamata Spiritual name: Ma Shivajnana (mother of
Yogamata)
Age: 9
Third Eye AwakeningSM Student of Nithyananda GurukulSM
Location: USA
Email: ma.shivajnana@innerawakening.org
Experiences
When I do blindfold reading, it looks like everything is just coming Yogamata is showing me every day what it means to believe in
like an image. It just pops up and goes. How I look at it is, just yourself and know that you can do anything.
like an image - sometimes an image, or sometimes like how I look
Anything is really possible! The way she approaches life or tackles
around, like with my normal two eyes. You should be first self-
problems is so beautiful and inspiring. She expresses so much
confident when it comes, then with that confidence it will benefit
intelligence and maturity; she is able to learn new subjects so
you with everything.
quickly after the initiation.
For me, there is no difference between a wish and a will. For
Only our self-doubt is stopping us example, when I want a toy and I wish for it, then it just happens. I We knew that when we enrolled her in the Gurukul, Swamiji was
going to teach her to be successful and a better human being - but
just wish, I want a Lego and it just happens.
we never expected this!
Spiritual name: Ananda Komala
Location: Canada Unimaginable intelligence has opened up
I can read languages which I don’t know!
Shivoham Inner Awakening participant, in the Gurukul students
May 2015
Name: Sharanya Sridhar
Spiritual name: Ma Prajnana
Age: 16
When Swamiji initiated us, I immediately noticed that with the Age: 13
children in the hall, it seemed like it just started happening on its Location: Bengaluru, India
Student of Nithyananda GurukulSM
own! Some of them were even reading complete sentences. Student of Nithyananda GurukulSM
Children do not have the self-doubt that adults have, so it simply
happens for them. Swamiji has opened up this science for everybody;
After initiation from Swamiji, not only are the Balasants (Gurukul
now it is up to each of us to open ourselves and receive it fully.
After Swamiji awakened my Third Eye, I am able to read comfortably
students) reading blindfolded in English, they have started reading
even when blindfolded.
in languages which they cannot read even with their eyes open –
The most surprising thing is that I am able to read languages like like German, Hindi, etc! Also, some of them are able to comfortably
Tamil and Gujarati, which I normally don’t know how to read! read off a sheet of paper which is kept elsewhere!
After these experiences, I feel that I have transformed a lot.
Also, a lot of fifth graders got promoted to tenth grade, and are now
preparing for their Board exams! Due to Third Eye AwakeningSM,
unimaginable intelligence has opened up in all Balasants.
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My intuition has increased a lot
Spiritual Name: Ma Nithya
Swaroopapriyananda
Location: Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru
Aadheenam
Shivoham Inner Awakening participant, May
2015
As soon as I started gazing into Swamiji’s Third Eye, I felt a pulsation,
like a heartbeat, in the area of my own Third Eye.
When He instructed us to close our eyes, the pulse intensified, and
I saw some swirling golden light in the center of my inner vision.
After the meditation, I was surprised to be able to immediately,
accurately trace shapes on a page while blindfolded, and also my
intuition increased a lot.
Also, since Swamiji awakened my Third Eye, I no longer need to
turn on the lights to do things like get ready for bed or see where I’m
going at night.
So if you’re thinking of going to Inner Awakening®, just jump into
it - these 21 days will be the best, most transformational, awe-
inspiring days of your life. Swamiji’s presence is priceless - it has to
be experienced!
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I detected a patient’s kidney stones using my
awakened Third Eye
Name: Poornima
Spiritual Name: Ma Nithya
Mahayogananda
Location: Singapore
Shivoham Inner Awakening® participant,
May 2015
A few days ago, I went to the Muruga temple near my house during
my morning walk. One young lady around 27 or so sat near me
and was talking to her husband about pain near her back/abdomen
area for many days.
I just remembered Swamiji’s initiation and scanned her with my
third eye and was 1000% sure she had kidney stones. I could see the
right kidney inflamed. I interrupted them and told her to go to a
renal specialist at once as her right kidney was inflamed.
I gave my number and told them to get moving right away. Just a
few minutes back the husband called me up and said they decided to
head to A&E unit at Singapore General Hospital just in case what I
said was true. After tests the doctors confirmed she had stones in the
right kidney and a condition called Pyelonephritis due to which the
kidney shows inflammation. The doctor told them had they delayed
by some more days --she’d have to lose her right kidney!!!
The way Bhagwan Paramahamsa Nithyananda works is simply
beyond words. The husband was like, “But how did you know???” I
said, “I did not - but HE does & HE shows”.
That whole family wants to see Swamiji and take his blessings once
the treatment is done. Just an ordinary walk out can turn out to be
life-saving for someone!
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Behavioral Analysis of Nithyananda ‘Can you take care of it?’ The student said yes and went away.
Sridevi was observed allowing students to be self-directed in
GurukulSM Children the classroom, assigning work with time limits that were flexible,
and students could pace themselves - play or sleep, play with
beads, and do whatever, so long as they finished the assignment
Debbie Chance according to the parameters.
PhD in Education
School Administrator, Winston-Salem
Re-direction
Forsyth County Schools
North Carolina, USA
Students clearly respected Sridevi and frequently asked questions
and formed small groups to accomplish tasks. One student who
“had a stick” in the back of the class for three different periods
(and was clearly off task) was immediately re-directed by Sridevi
General observations to produce his work. He happily complied.
Gurukul students were mature and very respectful of the adults, of
me and of each other. Restful awareness
They were highly attentive and conscious of the needs of other Basically the group functions as a WHOLE and they appear to be
students, and were frequently observed dressing, helping, nurturing
able to sit quietly for long periods of time in restful awareness.
and problem-solving with each other. This was regardless of age; There is no picking-on, harassing, fighting, put-downs, as one
even young students assisted older ones and helped teachers as would expect in a ‘normal’ school. On one occasion dinner was
well.
late, and they waited quietly for over an hour with no complaints.
De-escalation of conflict
There was no competition or comparison, and no aggression
except for a few times, which was immediately solved by a self-
appointed group of ‘de-escalators’ who intervened quickly, asking
questions like, ‘Are you in the space of Shivoham?’ Or, ‘How can
you get in the space of Shivoham now?’
One young student was observed crying and hitting another older
student multiple times. This older student just ‘took the hits’ and
moved away. Within five minutes, he had ‘completed’ with the
de-escalators, and moved on.
Response to pain
School Administrator Sridevi was presented with a student with
a pain in the body. She asked the students, ‘What is pain?’ and
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Adult-type behaviors
Students assume responsibility for adult-type behaviors like re-
directing, advising, questioning and actively listening to each other.
One 7-year-old after finishing his report, spelling and printing
correctly, got up walked over to another student and helped him to
write and spell for his report. Another 11-year-old frequently directed
the whole class, “Everyone be in the space of listening”. Of course,
everyone listened, and the re-direction happened easily.
Completion
Students also take responsibility
for helping one another ‘complete’
themselves by asking relevant
questions to facilitate each other’s
understanding of the completion
process. Students would not allow
themselves or others to be in the
space of powerlessness. Completion
happened constantly. They appeared
to be a self-correcting, inter-woven network of completion.
Living Enlightenment as the goal
Students challenge each other to grow into higher states of
social and emotional functioning by actively facilitating the
thinking/understanding of the common goal: Living in the state of
Enlightenment. Students used a common language that was based
on the common goal of living in a state of balanced emotional
maturity.
Where else would you find over 100 students of all ages in one big
room, sitting together, eating together, just being together, in such
silence?
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Incident of rose plants in the Nithyananda
GurukulSM garden dropping thorns
A surprising incident that was brought to our notice was that the
children’s garden of the Gurukul had dropped their thorns after
being counseled by the students, and assured them that there was
no danger to them, and no need to keep their thorns to defend
themselves.
I personally investigated this with my team, spending some time in
the garden during the students’ counseling session.
Observation
Students sat with their rose for approximately 20-30 minutes per
day. Some caressed the leaves, some sat quietly, some talked to
each other, yet they were sitting casually... not praying, speaking
to the plant or exhibiting any obvious behavior... yet the majority of
the plants had dropped their thorns.
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Students enjoy mangoes from the mango tree in the Gurukul garden which
gave a multifold yield upon their request
The Third Eye Can Read in Utter Darkness
February 9, 2015, 6.45 pm IST
Ma Yogamata, aged 9, was the first
Gurukul student to read in the complete
dark with a triple blindfold. She was not
only able to read the letters, but was also
able to identify the color of the letters.
February 27, 2015, 7 pm IST
My assistants and I guided a student
by name Brahmasukha Maharaj into a
completely dark room for blindfolded
reading.
At first, he appeared concerned that he
may not be able to read in the complete dark. He was encouraged
and reminded of his possibility by another student.
Then immediately, after we turned out the lights, he started telling
what was happening in the picture book, saying, ‘There is a cat or
tiger, gold color with white, coming down the stairs with his head
up.’ I turned on the lights, and to my amazement, this is exactly
what was in the book!
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Soon he started reading so fast, it was as if the picture popped
into his head as soon as the light was off, even while I was still
handing him the book to read! He then continued to read three
more pages in total dark, describing the pictures in the book and
reading the captions under the pictures as well. I think that he was
as shocked as I was, that he could read in total darkness! He was
not only reading in the dark, he was triple blind-folded.
It is interesting note that the student initially expressed hesitation
about reading in the dark, since on an earlier occasion, he was
able to read at dusk, with very minimal natural light, with a triple
blindfold. He had just grabbed the book, put it on the top of his head,
and started reading correctly as well as identifying the pictures.
February 28, 2015, 7:05 pm IST
I took Kalpalatha, aged 10, to be tested with triple blindfold in the
dark.
Kalpalatha asked to be blindfolded 7 times, and appeared to be
confident that she could read in the total darkness. When we turned
off the lights, she immediately started reading without hesitation,
and identified all words and pictures correctly. She in fact read the
whole book fast and fluently, as if she was reading normally, with
eyes open and lights on.
It is interesting to note that on an earlier occasion, she also had a
cognition that she would be unable to read in the dark. But this time
around, she was very confident that she would be able to read
perfectly in the dark, due two main reasons:
1. Ma Yogamata and Brahmasukha Maharaj had already done it
2. She had already read Swamiji’s mind in the interim (she said that
if she can read His mind, then this should come very easily)
As we continued to test more children, the amazing thing we found
is that each one’s success was based in the success of the others...
a kind of ripple effect!
Paramahamsa Nithyananda described this phenomenon as the
individual’s muscle-memory ‘learning’ the extraordinary possibility.
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Extraordinary possibilities expressed by Nithyananda
GurukulSM students
As a result of Whole-Brain Activation, Nithyananda GurukulSM students regularly
demonstrate an astonishing range of abilities spontaneously, with hardly any
formal training, including advanced yoga postures, traditional music and dance,
sculpture, clay modeling, jewelry making and crochet, among others.
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Whole-Brain Activation Studies on
Nithyananda GurukulSM Students
Bender-Gestalt II Test
The Bender-Gestalt Test is a determinant of
neurological functioning. It assesses the level of
whole brain activation; the students’ ability to see
the “big picture” and recall the details of it.
It is not just an IQ Test.
The test is in two phases.
In the first phase or ‘copy phase’, students are first asked to copy
12 images of various complexities. This ‘copy phase’ reflects the
students’ visual motor intelligence and maturity. In the second
phase or ‘recall phase’, students need to remember all of the
images previously drawn without seeing them. The recall phase
reflects the students’ visual recall intelligence. The recall image is
scored based on the level of recall ability. Of the 75 students who
have taken the Bender Gestalt II test so far, the average percentile
rank of Copy Phase is 95.07 and Recall Phase is 86.91.
Note: These extremely high scores are indicative of above average
results compared to other students who were used to norm this
test.
Incidental observations
As a result of utilizing the Bender Gestalt II, observations of the
process of students responding to each test card were recorded.
Observations included: Idiosyncratic personality style, needs,
conflicts and defenses, level of maturation, coping methods,
psychological strengths and weaknesses, openness to new varieties
of learning experiences, and the ability to profit from them.
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Overview of test-taking behavior
It Is very important to document the way in which the student
approaches this test, because (according to the testing protocol) it
reflects the way the student approaches life itself.
♦♦ Students consistently avoided complaining and approached
each event with composure and alertness.
♦♦ They exhibited extremely meticulous precision in
transposing the Gestalt forms.
♦♦ They consistently took much more than the average amount
of time to transpose the Gestalt. On the average it took a
total of two hours per student: one hour to copy all twelve
Gestalt forms, and one hour to recall them.
♦♦ If an examinee takes a large amount of time to complete the
geometric figures, it demonstrates a methodical approach
to tasks, low compulsive tendencies, and low symptoms
of depression. In the modern world, delayed gratification
is considered one of the highest assets of an employee.
The observed ability of delayed gratification was the most
impressive result of the Bender Gestalt II test.
♦♦ The other outstanding attribute in Bender Gestalt II results
was the superior memory ability of students. It is very
unusual for students to remember such a high number of
Gestalt forms. Each gurukul student attended to the test
card carefully, and persistently transposed the Gestalt
form; remaining calm, cool and collected. They initially
approached each Gestalt form with a keen observation
and analysis of the form, and then exhibited a steady
perseverance, attending to minute details.
♦♦ The students appeared to be in the deep state of restful
awareness as they performed the memory recall aspect.
They showed no signs of confusion, neither were they
conflicted nor agitated. They consistently exhibited
presence of mind. Because of their deep ease, the clarity
of their memory was obvious. These impressions indicate
strong mental stability, persistence, attention to detail, high
motivation and emotional maturity.
The superior level of precision is evident in the high percentile
ranking scores listed in the tables.
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Slosson IQ Test
The Slosson Intelligence (IQ) Test is a well-respected and highly
validated intelligence test worldwide. It measures the following
categories: general information, similarities and differences,
vocabulary, comprehension, digit span, arithmetic, visual motor
capacity, and auditory memory. After all testing is completed, the
examiner will do an item analysis on consistently missed items
and categories in order to provide feedback for future instructional
strategies.
50% of the students with total English immersion fell into the
category of Genius and Very Superior Intelligence (IQ Score of 120
and above).
The average difference between the chronological age and the
intellectual age is 2.7 years ahead.
Note: The MAE (Mean Age Equivalent) of Nithyananda GurukulSM
students is much higher than their peers who were used to norm
this test.

Since the Slosson is a highly verbal test, the test administrator

observed that many of the IQ scores were not accurate because
of lack of English language immersion. The results pertaining to
students with total English immersion have been reproduced here.
(Note: The number of years each student has practiced English has
been recorded.)

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 Intellectual Maturity compared to Exact
Age
83% of the students are intellectually 1 to 6 year(s) ahead of their
actual age (as of students tested so far)
4. Sharanya and Lopamudra were asked the question number
153: ‘What is a panorama?’ Neither student knew the definition,
so the item was marked incorrect. The examiner then visualized a
panoramic scene on top of Mount Everest. Both of these students
described the scene in detail, including snow, mountains and sky.

53% of the students are intellectually 2 to 6 year(s) ahead of their

actual age (as of students tested so far)

Unique Observations
1. One student, Brahmasukha, IQ 144, who was very proficient in
blindfolded reading, correctly answered the question, ‘Who was
Longfellow and what did he do to become famous?’ When the
examiner asked him, ‘How did you get this answer?’, he said it came
spontaneously to him. This ‘spontaneous knowledge’ acquisition
needs to be studied further. There could be a correlation between
blindfolded reading and spontaneous knowledge acquisition.

2. Another proficient blindfold reader, Lopamudra, IQ 123, after

getting question number 181 incorrect, asked me if she could read
the answer through the examiner’s mind. The question was, ‘Who
wrote the following: Much Ado About Nothing?’ She blurted out
the letters S H A K E S and S P E A R, then she said M A I L L I
W (William), which is of course the correct answer. This student
has been studied doing blindfolded reading on many occasions,
and it has been observed that many times she reads the letters
backwards.

3. Sharanya IQ 119, who was also a proficient blindfold reader, after

getting question number 181 incorrect, asked me if she could read
the answer through the examiner’s mind. For the question, ‘Who
wrote the following book: A Tale of Two Cities?’, she read the letters
C H A R L E S D I C K E N S, and she was able to get the answer for
two other authors as well.

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T he exact translation of ‘Parakaya Pravesham’ is ‘to be
manifest in another body’.
This is a siddhi or yogic power which has several practical
applications, depending on the extent of presence possible into
the other being.
In the Vibhuti Pada of his Yoga Sutras, Patanjali describes this siddhi
in the following way:
bandha-kāraṇa-śaithilyātpracāra-saṁvedanāccacittasya
paraśarīrāveśaḥ ॥3.38॥
By the loosening of the causes of bondage (to one’s own body)
and the intuitive grasp of the passages of expansion, (happens)
the entering into another body.
To understand Parakaya Pravesham, we must first understand the
concept of the koshas.
Adi Shankaracharya, the great incarnation, describes
Vivekachudamani the koshas or energy bodies as below:
These sheaths are something like peels of onion growing one over
the other.
Accordingly, the annamayakosha is permeated by four koshas: the
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Expansion of Consciousness into Another
pranamaya and the rest. The pranamaya kosha is permeated by
three koshas, the manomaya by two koshas and the vijnanamaya
by one kosha. In this manner, each outer kosha is full of that which
is within, i.e. the succeeding one being internal to the preceding.
By resolving each kosha into that which immediately succeeds it,
we are led to the knowledge of the Brahman, which is beyond
cause and effect, and realize our oneness with it.
Vedanta Prabodha explains how this happens, through the concept
of sakshi.
When one wishes to read the mind of another, or cognize the
physical experience of another, the technique applied would be
to expand the koshas, such that the vijnanamaya kosha and the
manomaya kosha are at the level of the recipient’s own koshas.
Traditionally, the five koshas are:
♦♦ Annamaya kosha
♦♦ Pranamaya kosha
♦♦ Manomaya kosha
in
♦♦ Vijnanamaya kosha
♦♦ Anandamaya kosha
These are all subtle layers of energies overlapping each other, with
the anandamaya kosha on the inside in a normal incomplete human
being, and expanding outwards as completion happens, allowing
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 the anandamaya kosha to merge Ida and Pingala, pass along the right and left sides of the forehead An Avatar, being in oneness with Nature, the Manifested
with the universal consciousness - and meet together and are joined with the Sushumna between the Consciousness, therefore, both with form and formless can easily
the brahmanda (macrocosm). two eyebrows. convert matter into energy and back into matter again.

This can be easily experienced after From there the Ida goes to the left nostril and the Pingala to the This allows the subtle aspect of the body to completely merge with
the inititation into a fully awakened right. From the medulla, the Sushumna is bifurcated: another and experience the physical life through the merged body.
ajna chakra (Third Eye), wherein
(1) One line passes below the brain and in a rather oblique course
one can cognize and read not
comes to the eyebrow whence with a slightly upward bend pierces Level 3
only written material blindfolded,
the pericarp of the ajna chakra (third eye center) and unites with
but eventually, also ‘read mind’, At the instance of the death of a person and subsequent loss of his
Ida and Pingala.
or cognize and understand the conscious energy, it is possible for an Avatar to suffuse His own
perception and space of other Then it comes out, and running straight up crosses a very subtle consciousness into the body, if it has been devoid of life energy for
consenting beings around us. hole within the interior of the central region of the forehead and less than one hour.
hanging down to some distance takes a curve and goes right up,
There are three known levels or In this technique, the Avatar or enlightened sage uses the siddhi to
penetrating the Sahasrara and entering the Brahmarandhra.
techniques of Parakaya Pravesham, bring back to life the other being, without physically entering his
depending on the objective to be achieved: (2) Another line goes up direct from the medulla, and through the cognition for any specific purpose.
interior of the skull extends to the Shikhara. With a slight curve it
The enlightened sage Tirumoolar is known to have entered into the
Level 1 enters the Brahmarandhra. The mouth of this line of the Susumna
body of a dead shepherd out of compassion for his flock.
which is in the Brahmarandhra remains usually closed, while that
Meditation on vajradanda (a shaft of light along the spinal of the first line is open. Consequently the hollows of the two lines In another famous incident concerns Adi Shankaracharya’s disciple
column and/or extending above the head) expands the cognition are not in union. Hastamalakacharya. It is said that when the disciple was a baby,
(vijnanamaya kosha). Expansion of cognition opens up the power he drowned in a river, but out of compassion for his mother, an
A very good example of Parakaya Pravesham was demonstrated
of blindfolded reading and many other powers. enlightened sage entered into the child’s body using his siddhi of
by Adi Shankaracharya, the great Avatar, when, as part of a debate, Adi Shankaracharya
parakaya pravesham.
Prana or life-energy enters the body through the two channels he was challenged to demonstrate his knowledge of Kamashastra
called ida and pingala, to merge into the third channel called (the science of sex), in spite of being a total celibate. The siddhi of Parakaya Pravesham has been demonstrated on
sushumna and travel up the spinal column. several occasions by His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda, and
While a close disciple guarded his body in a cave, Shankaracharya
witnessed by His disciples. A sharing related to one such incident
The medulla oblongata (bhastaka granthi) above the vishuddhi entered the state of Samadhi and expanded his Consciousness to
has been documented at the end of this chapter.
chakra, is one of the sites where the three nadis are united. From enter that of a king named Amaruka, who had just then died. After
here the sushumna enters into the skull, and the other two nadis, viz. experiencing the life of a householder for a month through the body
of the king, he re-entered his body and went on to win the debate.

Level 2
Science has conclusively shown that matter and energy are
interchangeable, depending on the conditions and the perception
of the observer. At the subatomic level, all subatomic particles or
elements are exactly the same and constantly appear and disappear
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Deeper Truths about Siddhis
Revelations from the Avatar
Listen: a cyclone of different moods is constantly hitting your inner
space. Each time you are hit by an emotion, be aware of how the
evolution is happening in you, how each hitting is teaching you
something, how it is raising you to a higher and higher space.
For example, when pain hits you, if you remain with awareness,
you become a leader. When greed hits you, if you are aware, you
will have the siddhi of expanding the body. When guilt hits you
and you are aware, you will have the siddhi of shrinking your body.
Same way, fear can give you the siddhi of making your body heavy,
and courage can give you the siddhi of making your body light.
When you are being hit by the fears created by the past being
projected on the future, if you remain aware, you will have the
siddhi of ishatva, lordship. When you have the ability not to let
the past into the future, but perform the same act differently each
time, you will have the power of vashitva. The same act done again
and again without the trace of the past expresses as extraordinary
creativity and vashitva – a mesmerizing presence.
So do sammyama on how the evolution happens in you with each
emotion, each moment of your life.
AVATAR SHASTRA
Conclusion
Even Death must obey an Avatar
Parakaya Pravesham can be as simple a power as to get a glimpse
into the mind of another by expanding one’s space (koshas), to the
very intricate technique of entering another’s body, which Avatar
Spiritual name: Sri Nithya
Paramahamsa Nithyananda reserves for critical situations, or during Yogananda Swami
the process of Samskara Dahana Kriya. During this kriya, with the Sannyasi of Nithyananda Order
permission of the participants, He enters the bodies in order to Location: Nithyananda Peetham,
cleanse their patterns, incompletion and karmas at the level of bio- Bengaluru Aadheenam
Email: sri.yoga@nithyananda.org
memory (genetic and gene expression changes) in order to align
the physiology of the disciple.
In the year 2012, Swamiji was conducting Inner Awakening in
Kodaikanal in south India. As part of the IA, one evening we were
having Kalabhairava darshan and Akashic Readings from Swamiji.
I was sitting the closest to Swamiji; unlike other times, strangely I
started feeling my body becoming numb, and I was smelling my body
as some dead body, akin to my pre-monastic childhood memory.
Suddenly I noticed a buzz of activity from the brahmacharis who
were down the stage. From the looks of it, I knew there was something
important / urgent that they wanted to convey to Swamiji.
Swamiji was unmoved, but paused briefly and had a really deep look
on His face. From where I was sitting, it looked like He was looking
deep into a distant sky; then He made a hand gesture that looked to
me like, “It has left”! Since I did not know what it was, I only prayed,
“Swamiji, there are too many false media attacks already; let there
not be one more thing to defend!”
Swamiji abruptly stopped the Akashic Readings and went and sat
down on His seat on the stage. Soon after, there was a brief moment
when one of the brahmacharis updated Swamiji; something to
which Swamiji very patiently replied, “He has left the body already.”
I thought to myself, “One of the ashramites died? Who? Why?” But
all thoughts died down instantly. There was silence everywhere.
After what felt like quite a long time, Swamiji said, “He left the body,
not able to bear the pain. I can bring him back, but he has to go
through the same pain.”
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Aha! I felt, and said to myself, “Is that all Swamiji? I know how You
can bring back people, and when you do it, they won’t feel any pain!”
The memory of my own experience of Swamiji’s energy landing all
around my body when I fell and fractured my hand filled me. I
did not even care to listen to anything further, as I simply knew it
was just another being that is going to have a strong, personal and
physical experience of Swamiji’s incomparable compassion.
It turned out that one of the brahmacharis had met with a road
accident while driving a two wheeler without wearing a helmet,
despite Swamiji making that a pre-condition for anyone riding any
two wheeler. He was taken to the hospital and was just declared
dead. It was 15 minutes and he could not be revived medically.
Then Swamiji said in His authority that He has brought the person
back into his body. God, all of us were looking with eyes wide open! I
said to myself, ‘Yes, yes that is a big relief!’ Precisely at that moment,
I saw I am grounding back onto my own body; there was no more
numbness or the smell of any dead body.
Then Swamiji reminded those who brought the news to tell the
doctors to attempt a revival now. If I remember correctly, it turned
out that the brahmachari had already opened his eyes when they
wanted to convey this to the doctors.
The most shocking thing was, when I returned to the ashram just
a few days later, I found the same brahmachari moving about and
doing his work normally, with no sign that he had just gone through
a death experience a few days earlier!
Later I heard from a senior ashramite that this brahmachari had
requested and received a boon from Swamiji that he will not die
before Swamiji leaves his physical body.
Wow! I thought - that is the power of a boon given by the siddha
Avatar – it can bring you back even from the other side of death!
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Levitation, Teleportation, Materialization
eN-Effect
(excerpts from a discussion and Q&A session between a team
of doctors and researchers, and a group of Paramahamsa
Nithyananda’s monastic and other disciples)
What is eN-Effect?
eN-Effect refers to the collective extraordinary happenings in and of
the presence of Paramahamsa Nithyananda. These include obvious
‘miracles’ like levitation, teleportation, healing and instantaneous
kundalini awakening, as well as the deeper and subtler miracles of
spiritual transformation.
Why is it known as eN-Effect?
Much of what happens in the presence in an enlightened
consciousness is too subtle for the senses or mind to grasp.
These happenings can be known only by their effects. Levitation,
teleportation, healing and other happenings are all the effects of
subtle changes on the energetic plane that we cannot see. Because
we do not know the cause, the effects appear miraculous to us.
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Chapter 10
The Science of Miracles
What are miracles?
As Paramahamsa Nithyananda reiterates, there is no such thing
as a miracle. What we call miracles are perfectly scientific events
that follow cosmic laws that we that we do not as yet understand.
To denounce a seemingly miraculous happening as a hoax is as
ridiculous as denouncing or denying the existence of cellular
phones or computers, simply because we cannot grasp the
technology on which they work. When we recall that not long
ago cloning was considered impossible, test-tube babies (in vitro
fertilization) were thought of as outlandish and the World Wide
Web was inconceivable, we can see that expanding our boundary
of understanding and acceptance is simply a sensible choice.
Are miracles necessary on the spiritual path?
Yes and no.
The ultimate miracle on the spiritual path is the miracle of your own
transformation. All the other miracles happening in and around you
are only indications of the tremendous inner work that is already
happening in the presence of the master.
For instance, spontaneous healing is a sign of genuine kundalini
awakening, where the body is flooded with enormous energy that
can awaken your body intelligence and simply wipe out disease.
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Or levitation – it is the most visible indication that the grip of your as the container and transmitter of the mighty superconscious
karmas (bio-memories) on you is reducing; you have become
willing to let go of pain, fear and guilt. This transformation is
energy.
happening inside you whether you are aware of it or not, but the
Why eN-Effect?
outward indicators can be a powerful support on the spiritual path.
In the history of human civilization, no attempt has ever been made
Miraculous happening are natural in the presence of an incarnation.
on such a large scale to elevate the human consciousness through
As close devotees are aware, they have always been happening
around Nithyananda. However, it is only now that a concerted
scientific means. But with the 2012-2020 conscious shift nearing its
peak, humanity has become ripe for rapid spiritual transformation.
attempt is being made to scientifically analyze, quantify and
This is a time of enormous upheaval, both inside us and in the
replicate these happenings, so that the science behind them can
world outside. It is a significant juncture in our evolution, when
be better understood, and used to the benefit of humanity at large.
the entire planet is poised for a powerful transformation. We have
two distinct choices at the moment: either to integrate ourselves
What is the secret of eN-Effect? harmoniously with these higher energies and take the quantum
leap into higher states of consciousness, or to continue to live in
eN-Effect is a landmark energy expression on our planet by a living
denial till we are swept away by the tide of inevitable change.
siddha (energy adept). For the first time, the highest superconscious
energy has been brought down to the frequencies that the human Even the natural calamities we are experiencing today are a sign
body can absorb, without losing its purity. of the powerful push-pull of conscious and unconscious energies
battling it out for supremacy. If we can successfully elevate a critical
Each day, hundreds of thousands of people across the world sitting
mass of people into enlightenment, we can tilt the scales in favor of
in Nithyananda’s real or virtual presence are experiencing intense
conscious evolution. Our whole planet can take the quantum leap
Kundalini awakening and its many miraculous expressions.
into Superconsciousness. eN-Effect is just the visible end of the
Normally, it is impossible for a living body, even the superbly powerful process of inner and outer transformation being wrought
tuned body of an Avatar, to continuously hold and transmit such by Paramahamsa Nithyananda towards this end.
high volumes of energy without being destroyed itself. It is like
trying to pour the ocean into a funnel! The body will not be able
to withstand the pressure. Either the body will be destroyed in the
process, or the Avatar will simply drop the body and relax into
Superconsicousness – again resulting in physical death.
The physical condition of the body, as well as the bio-memories it
carries, are of inestimable importance in this process. It is like this -
if you pour molten gold down a copper tube, when it comes out at
the other end, it is sure to be corrupted with large traces of copper.
If you want to transfer the gold without corruption, you will need a
diamond tube.
This is exactly what Paramahamsa Nithyananda is doing, using His
extraordinary vajra (diamond) body, molded by intense spiritual
disciplines, and carrying the yogic bio-memory of many lifetimes,
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The Science of Levitation
The word ‘levitation’ is derived from Latin word ‘levitas’ meaning
lightness. Levitation is the process by which an object is held aloft
without mechanical support in a stable position.
Physics
Fundamentally, levitation on Earth requires an outward force that
counters the massive gravitational force of the Earth.
In physics, levitation of objects has been performed using magnetic
forces, electrostatic forces, gas, etc.
One of the known techniques uses materials called diamagnetic
materials, which induces a magnetic field in a direction opposite to
an externally applied magnetic field. This is an aspect of quantum
mechanics, whose effect occurs in all materials.
The concept of diamagnetics has also been applied to small, water-
containing biological systems like mice, which have been levitated
at NASA’s jet propulsion laboratory.
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Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras describe the mystical process of Levitation
in Vibhuti Pada, Verse 39:
udāna-jayāat jala-pankha-kantakādisv-asango-’tkrāntiśca ॥39॥
Upon mastering the upward-flowing energy (udana-vayu), the
yogi severs attachment to the lower aspects of life (mud, water,
thorns and the like), and therefore levitates. || 39 ||
As anyone who has tried it will attest, levitation is not a joke. It is
the science of defying the massive gravitational force of the earth.
As a first step to preparing the body and mind for initiation into As Paramahamsa Nithyananda observes,
higher levels of consciousness, the five major life-energies
(panchaprana) are balanced through intense processes. Breathing with thought is prana;
breathing without thought is samana.
The first process that the participants undergo is balancing the Samana is the prana or life-energy
samana energy in the body. A by-product of this process is physical stored in tiny air sacs beneath each pore
levitation. of the skin. If these air sacs are filled, the
body can experience levitation. Only
when samana happens in you, the body
levitates.
If you are breathing but there is no
thought, the air sacs under the air pores
will get filled. Unfortunately, these air
sacs cannot be filled by the gross prana
that is taken in through the nose. You
literally have to learn to breathe through
your skin! This can be done through
intensive yogic techniques, or it can
happen through initiation.”
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Levitation is Raising the Consciousness
(Excerpts from Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s talks on Levitation
to various audiences)
The Yoga Sutras declare:
anityāśuciduḥkhānātmasu nityaśucisukhātmakhyātiravidyā
Please understand: the process that makes you levitate also leads
you to the deeper and deeper reality, and it cannot leave you. By
nature, you are always travelling towards the deepest reality of your
existence. If you mistake the source of happiness as connected to
outer world happenings, then there is a possibility of pain being
mistaken as pleasure. But if you catch the root of happiness, which
is the higher possibility of existence, the higher form of reality, it
will never leave you.
I am not even bothered about levitation as such. It is just a by-
product. We are working towards raising your Consciousness, and
in the process, sometimes your body and mind also will also rise
- that’s all.
Patanjali says clearly in his Yoga Sutras:
te samādhav-upasargā[ḥ]-vyutthāne siddhayaḥ ॥3.37॥
way – that is the insecurity. When you try to land, you think, maybe Vedic Science of Levitation
this bliss will go away.
Levitation, kundalini awakening, everything happens just
As I explained, breathing with thoughts is prana; breathing without
through this great truth of entanglement; nothing else. When this
thoughts is samana. Only when samana happens in you, the body
entanglement happens, I just give my inner space to you, which is
levitates. If you are breathing, but there is no thought, the air bag
lighter than the outer space.
under the pores of your skin get filled and the body starts levitating.
I will explain the science of levitation.
Consciousness is lighter than anything in nature. It is lighter than the
ether. So it always levitates, pulls you up. Matter, earth, pulls you See, there are three kinds of spaces: ghatakasha – your inner
down. Gravitation and levitation both are constantly happening space, chidakasha – the space in which your body is sitting, and
in your body, in your nervous system. The friction between your paraakasha – the cosmic space.
gravitation and levitation is your thoughts. Thoughts are nothing
If your inner space is heavier than your outer space, you will be
but the friction between them. If the friction is felt in the muladhara
grounded, very strong, fixed, glued to the ground. All I do is, for a
chakra, it means there are a little more thoughts, and more gross
few minutes, I make your inner space lighter than the outer space
thoughts; if it is felt in the swadishthana chakra, it means a little less
by removing the mass, the dirt. For those few seconds, you are in
thoughts, if it is felt in the manipuraka chakra, it means still lesser
entanglement with my inner space, which is purest consciousness.
thoughts; if it is felt in the anahata chakra , you are more pure, with
even lesser thoughts. Because your inner space loses its mass, its dirt, the body just
starts hopping, levitating. After a few times, your inner space starts
Levitation is not just a siddhi. What is there in flying? You have so
believing, ‘Oh, God! Thoughtless space is possible for me, but
many flights! It is sacred because it is a side-effect that happens
because of my habit, I am habituated to live in a heavy, crowded,
when your consciousness rises. When your consciousness rises,
loaded space. I can be in thoughtless space. That is my nature.
with whatever it is connected, that object also rises.
That is my original nature.’

These powers are of secondary importance to those who have attained
knowledge (samadhi), but are nonetheless feats for materially oriented
individuals. || 3.37 ||
When I was a child, my yoga guru Raghupati Yogi used to train me
in levitation. He used to pile mattresses on the floor and make me
sit on top of them. Then he would ask me to inhale and hold the
breath. This is called kumbhaka.
Anima, mahima, laghima, garima are the ripple-effects created in
your body when the conscious breakthrough happens. They are
just by-product, not the main product.
Breakthrough in consciousness means, a new conscious opening,
a new conscious happening. Levitation is just a candy to excite
you and the world. But the conscious happening, the conscious
opening, is the main goal. Enlightenment is the main goal.
If you are constantly initiated and exposed to the pure inner space,
that will become experience in you. Once you are exposed to that, by
and by your bio-memory and your muscle memory begin to enjoy
that space, live in that space and it becomes Living Enlightenment.
This is the way entanglement becomes your muscle-memory and
bio-memory. Entanglement is initiation. Now you need to live it to
make it into ‘Living Enlightenment!’

Then, one by one, he would start removing the mattresses! I had

to remain in the air even without the mattresses! I had to remain in
that space for 60 seconds. And even when I land, I know I needed
to land slowly, because the floor beneath was a hard cement floor!
So I don’t want to risk making a hard landing and breaking my back.
A balanced samana will help you land on the ground slowly.

Even in the people who are levitating here, there is so much joy.
Joy is being pumped into the body! But try not to land in a hurried

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Moden scientific understanding of Levitation
It is now important to understand the above terms in connection
with modern scientific understanding.
The Ghatakasha comprises the entire human body, which in turn
is made up of 50 trillion cells containing mostly water (70% of the
body is water). At a molecular level, all structures of the human
body are composed of atoms and subatomic particles. Up to this,
the structures can be classified under Ghatakasha.
At atomic and subatomic levels, all atoms are 99% space and 1%
mass. However, the space is not empty, but contains energy in the
form of strong interactions and electroweak forces.
These vast, apparently empty but energy-containing spaces,
constitute the chidakasha. Infusion of Kundalini energy into the
apparently empty space within the atom (chidakasha) changes
the electron orbital into a higher orbital, increasing the apparent
empty space of each atom. This creates a larger volume for the
same mass, allowing the body to become relatively lighter than
before - like the expansion of a helium-filled balloon. The more
helium is filled, the lighter it gets, and it flies away.
The Chidakasha is ultimately the same as the Parakasha, and
hence the only dividing line between form and formlessness is the
Ghatakasha, the body boundary.
Levels of Levitation
Infusion of Kundalini energy, by the Avatar, allows the following
effects to occur in the disciple.
In the first level, due to the phenomena of quantum entanglement,
a state of thoughtlessness is created, which produces an intense
sense of lightness.
This is because thoughts especially emotions are packets of energy
which tend to weigh down a person.
In the second level, as the disciple is able to hold more and more
energy, an expansion of the Chidakasha takes place which lightens
the body allowing intermittent levitation to happen.
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In level 3, the energy of Kundalini now works on the Ghatakasha to
counteract the forces of strong interaction and electroweak force,
allowing the body to remain levitated in a steady state.
Water is a diamagnetic element, and is influenced by the same
forces of nature like the electromagnetic force (electroweak
interaction) as well as dark energy, which though relatively weak,
also counteracts gravity.
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Deeper Truths about Levitation
Revelations from the Avatar
Please understand: your individual consciousness (jiva) is
nothing but a reflection of the Cosmic Superconsciousness
(Shiva). It has no separate or individual existence from the
original.
The mirror on which the Superconsciousness reflects is your
body.
In your body, brain and muscles, there are different levels of
reflectors or mirrors of Consciousness.
The original Superconsciousness which is in you does not feel
the individual identity. Your individual identity is experienced
only by reflection on these mirrors. So the quality of the
reflecting mirror is going to directly affect the quality of the
identity you feel as you.
The lower-level mirrors you have may be dusty or scratched
or misshapen, they may be concave or convex, so the
reflection of Consciousness in those mirrors will not be the
highest and true to the original.
You also have more pure, stable deeper, stable layers of
reflectors. If the mirror is pure and clean, naturally the quality
of you that you experience will not only be deeper and higher,
but it will be more true to the original.
During levitation, the deepest reflectors of your Consciousness
are awakened.
In your brain, there are trillions of cells. The reflection
happens in trillions of places. For example, both logic and
intuition are possibilities carried by your brain. When your
logic mirror reflects the Superconsciousness, you feel that
your logic is your identity. Unfortunately, it is not a complete
or total identity. But when your intuition mirror is mirroring
the Superconsciousness, you naturally feel that your intuition
is your identity, and you have tremendous joy and respect for
yourself. When your intuition reflects Consciousness, that is
what I call the highest coherence.
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 So the quality of the mirror decides the quality of the identity
which you are carrying, which you are feeling. That is why, after
the Energy darshan, you feel so good - because your very identity
feels good. A simple exercise like unclutching makes you feel so
good, because the mirror in which you are reflected is now higher.
Essentially, one part of your being is centered on the Source from
which you are reflecting, while the other parts are turned outwards
towards the world.
The 72,000 nadis or channels of subtle energy can be considered
as rays flowing from the reflection which is you.
Of the 72,000, if fewer nadis are flowing outward, you can change
your body at any time, easily. The reflection can change the mirror!
It can simply say, ‘Enough! This mirror is too tired, too old; let us go
to the next mirror.’ Because the reflection does not identify much
with that particular mirror, it can just go to the next mirror; that’s
all.
A powerful way to measure how many of your nadis are centered
on the Source, is through weight-lifting. When levitation happens,
if you are able to lift twice your weight, that is called two bala; it
means that both the ida and the pingala nadis are active, alive. If
you are able to lift thrice your weight, then it means that all three
nadis (including sushumna) are alive. That means at least 10,000 of
your nadis among the 72,000 are turned towards the Source from
where you are reflecting; they are centered on Superconsciousness.
Levitation does not mean you have reached the end. It
means that your highest-level mirrors are now reflecting the
Superconsciousness. But your muscle-memory needs to alter itself
and prepare itself for that radiation. Your body and mind also need
to go through the necessary changes to retain the same highest
coherence. For the highest consciousness to become muscle-
memory, you need to constantly think and align and move your
body in a particular way. That is why I tell you, along with the
intense dosage of levitation every morning, make sure you are
working intensely the whole day, using your mind to iron out your
stress with understanding. Then you will see that the energy that
gets awakened during levitation will simply be digested and will
become part of you!
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I experienced levitation just by connecting Levitation has filled me with positive energy
to Swamiji
Name: Vidya Krishnan Name: Alicia Morrissey
Location: USA
Location: Charlotte, USA
Email:vidnav@gmail.com
In February 2011, I attended my first program with Swamiji, Life
In Dec 2010, I had successfully finished the “Jeevan Mukthi” vratha
Bliss 1, over 2-way video conferencing, which He was conducting
as per Swamiji’s initiation. In a few days, I had the best levitation
Himself! This was my breakthrough experience, instantly giving
experience in my house. I just connected to Swamiji, and while
me strong feeling connection to Swamiji and was the beginning of
meditating, I completely lifted off the ground, and I was surprised
my new life!
that I had this experience without being in Swamiji’s physical
presence. I experientially realized that Swamiji was beyond TIME Then my feeling connection became stronger when Swamiji released
and SPACE. All we needed to do is connect to HIM sincerely. I knew en-Kriya, which has forever changed my life! I practiced it daily and
I was blessed. still do it to this day, because the technique works wonders for me! It
filled me with so much positive energy and auspiciousness and also
made me have my first levitation experience! I felt more energetic,
vibrant, happier, focused, peaceful, and healthier, everything
changed for me and became a brand new person. Depression has
I can’t believe this is happening to me left me and I am finally letting go of all my anxiety built up over so
many years! All thanks to this amazing gift from Swamiji!!!
Ann-Marie, Canada
In April 2011, I attended Inner Awakening. It was an experience like
I never expected 2 powerful satoris, energy beyond belief, levitation.
My body was just flying!
Unbelievable. Deep breath. Unclutch. Lift off the ground. The rush
of bliss and compassion. Unbelievable. Name: Akshay
Spiritual name: Sri Nithya
Today, I still tell myself almost daily, “I can’t believe this is happening
Kailashamayananda
to me.” I try to remind myself how awesome and unique this really
is. And at the same time I sense that this is only just the beginning. Location: Bengaluru, India
Talk about human potential all of a sudden! It is no longer a faint
ideological idea, but it is EXPERIENCE in the happening! I have
gone from trying hard, intensely seeking, to almost holding back. It
is sooo beautiful. I feel myself moving energetically with Swamiji, During the kundalini awakening webinar conducted by Swamiji, I
had a strong levitation experience - my body was just flying in the
even if I sometimes miss out of weeks of satsangs due to my touring.
air! Thank you Swamiji for giving me such a wonderful experience.
The connection is there forever.
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Science of Teleportation
For most people, teleportation is the stuff that science fiction films
are made of. In the last century, the wildly popular sci-fi television
series Star Trek created the fantasy of human teleportation for a
whole generation.
Though the mystic disciplines of the world have always understood
and played with the phenomenon of teleportation, modern science
is only just beginning to understand that teleportation can be a real
possibility in our dimension.
However, there is a distinct and essential difference between the
way science and mystery schools define teleportation.
Western Science and Teleportation
Science defines teleportation as the process by which an object
is dematerialized and essential information about its atomic
structure is sent to another point in space, where the object is
instantaneously ‘rematerialized’ or reassembled into its component
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atoms. Explained using quantum mechanics, teleportation is a
mechanism by which information of the exact state of an atom
can be transmitted from one location to another. In this process,
information is transported from one location to another using an
entangled quantum state. Known as ‘quantum teleportation’, this
process involves a phenomenon called ‘entanglement’ which is
possible only on a micro-scale.
As mentioned earlier, in classical terms, information is called a “Bit”
and in quantum mechanics it is called a “Qubit”.
Whereas quantum entanglement allows teleportation to happen
instantaneously, recreation of masses larger than an atom would
also need a classical information link between the 2 locations.
This link cannot process information faster than the speed of light,
and thus, there will be a time delay from Point A to Point B for
teleportation to occur.
There is physical evidence of teleportation of structures ranging
from Sacred Ash, to larger objects across continents, e.g. from
Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, Bengaluru Aadheenam, to several
international locations (outside of India).
In physics laboratories, the largest distance of experimental
teleportation is 143 kms. Larger masses made up of multiple atoms
would require more time for reassembly, as they still need to use
the classical channel in spite of information having preceded it
instantaneously through quantum entanglement.
Quantum teleportation is actually a process of replication similar to
cloning or ‘biological faxing’, where the same information is used to
create a duplicate exactly like the original object. The object itself is
not teleported but only information about it is captured and used.
The main difference between teleportation as science knows it, and
more conventional forms of sending information from one place to
another, is that this is a process of instantaneous transportation.
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Early Experiments in Teleportation by a lifetime (or lifetimes) of arduous spiritual discipline and the
grace of the Divine.
In 1998, for the first time, a team of researchers at California Institute
All materials cannot be teleported with equal success, as only certain
of Technology successfully teleported a photon across a distance
materials can withstand the extreme rigors of being pulled apart
of approximately one meter. However, in the process, the original
at the atomic level, converted into energy vibrations, transmitted
object was destroyed.
through space and then distilled into matter again. An object with
Since then, a number of teleportation experiments have been a weak molecular structure will be pulverized during the process of
performed. teleportation, and could never be reassembled again.
In 2006, physicists at the Niels Bohr Institute (Denmark), led by
Eugene Polzik teleported photons across half a meter and used them
to illuminate a cloud of atoms. This was considered a milestone,
because it involved teleportation between light and matter.
In 2013, the research group succeeded in teleporting information
between two clouds of gas atoms and to carry out the teleportation
– not just one or a few times, but successfully every single time.
The results were published in the scientific journal, Nature Physics.
(Reference:http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news13/
quantum-teleportation-between-atomic-systems-over-long-
distances/)
In stark contrast to these efforts, the teleportation of whole objects
and even people is a well-defined practice in the mystical tradition.
Unlike in the scientific context, it is not just the vital information
about the object, but the object itself which is teleported.
Vedic Science of Teleportation
The Vedic science of teleportation works on the premise that
matter and energy are inter-convertible. Just as the pattern of
sound waves in a telephone is carried by an electric current from
the source to the destination, where it is ‘reconverted’ to sound,
an object to be teleported is simply dissolved into energy at the
source, and transported through space to be reassembled at its
destination.
Although we say ‘simply dissolved’, the complexity of the process
and the mastery of mind over matter required here is unimaginable.
Teleportation and other siddhis (spiritual powers) are gained only
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Science of Materialization
In spiritualism, paranormal literature, and some religions,
materialization (or manifestation) is the creation or appearance of
matter from unknown sources. The existence of materialization is
in the process of investigation by laboratory experiments in physics
laboratories.
1803 – Year of the Impossible
1803 was an unsettling year for conventional science. In that year,
a bright young English scientist called Thomas Young performed
a simple experiment that would, for the first time, destroy the
comfortable solidity of the Newtonian universe. In this classic
experiment, which came to be known as Young’s Double-Slit
Experiment, the scientist used basic tabletop equipment to prove
something astonishing: light could exist simultaneously in the form
of matter as well as energy, ultimately manifesting as either matter
or energy depending on the observer.
This extraordinary finding was to have a ripple effect on the most
basic postulates of the Newtonian world, including the reality
of matter itself. The dual existence of light implied the shocking
possibility of a dual universe itself, existing simultaneously as
matter and energy. Interestingly, Ishavasya Upanishad, one of the
primary spiritual texts of the Hindu Vedic tradition, had declared
more than 10,000 years ago that - all that exists in the universe is
energy, including whatever appears as matter.
īśā vāsyam idagṁ sarvam yad kiñca jagatyām jagat |
~ Īśā Vāsya Upaniṣad, v.1
It would be still another century before quantum physics could
prove this truth conclusively. But Young’s experiment opened the
eyes of humanity to the world of quantum physics – a hitherto
inconceivable plane of reality in which everything was possible –
including the impossible.
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Materialization - The Impossible becoming Possible
2011 – The Impossible in Action
In the physical or virtual presence of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, devotees across the world regularly experience the miracles of materialization.
Can something be created out of nothing? A few instances of the materializations of different sacred objects, idols, sacred ash and honey have been presened below.
‘Yes!’ – say the followers of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, who are
witnessing the impossible becoming possible every day.
Since early 2011, ardent devotees have been witnessing the
miraculous appearance of innumerable sacred items, from vibhuti
(holy ash) to honey to gems to small idols in the Nithyanandeshwara
Hindu Temples or in their homes, all by a word of blessing from the
Avatar Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Well-documented and very
often videographed, it seems that these extraordinary mystical
happenings can neither be brushed aside nor explained!
Hundreds of miracles are being experienced by devotees, all
11 June 2011, Kuala Lumpur
of them occurring within minutes or hours of Paramahamsa
Devotees at the Kuala Lumpur Aadheenam, Malaysia temple witnessed
Nithyananda announcing that they would happen. the continuous dripping of sacred honey from the deity of Paramahamsa
7 April 2011, San Jose, USA
Nithyananda
During a Vedic festival dedicated to the Goddess
Meenakshi (Cosmic Mother), Paramahamsa
Nithyananda blessed the devotees at Nithyanandeshwara
Hindu Temple, San Jose Aadheenam, USA that they would
21 May 2011, Kuala Lumpur
witness the appearance of holy vermilion (kumkum) at
Miraculous teleportation of rudraksha from
the feet of the Meenakshi deity. The same day, vermilion
Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru Aadheenam,
appeared at the feet of the deity of Goddess Meenakshi.
India, followed by its appearance on the sacred
Maha Meru at Nithyananda Peetham, Kuala
Lumpur Aadheenam, Malaysia
27 January 2011, Chennai,
India
Vibhuti (sacred ash)
materialized on Paramahamsa
Nithyananda’s padukas (holy
24 June 2011, Oman sandals) during the sacred ritual
At her Oman home temple, Poornima received sacred of Sri Vidya homa in a devotee’s
stones in her throat instantly on instruction from
house in Thiruvottriyur,
Paramahamsa Nithyananda who was at Nithyananda
Peetham, Bengaluru Aadheenam, India Chennai.
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 6 Sept 2011, Bidadi
In one afternoon session of less than
four hours, Paramahamsa Nithyananda
manifested a series of more than 108 exquisite
hand-held artifacts through his divyasareeri
(energy channel), Poornima (Ma Nithya
Mahayogananda). They included a wide
range of sacred objects with varying molecular
structures, from onyx and crystal to rose quartz, ruby and
jade, indicating a consummate command of the science of
Teleportation. Some items are raw stones, while others have
been polished, and the most beautiful and wondrous of all are 18 July 2011, Oman 10 August 2011, en route to Mt. 11 August 2011, en route to Mt. 17 August 2011, Bidadi,
perfectly carved miniature murtis or religious statuary. Panchamukhi Rudraksha (5-faced Kailash Kailash Bengaluru, India
sacred bead) materialized at ‘Atmalinga’ from the inner space Materialization of Ganesha Materialization of rare
All these sprang effortlessly from the divine visiualization space
Oman Aadheenam, home temple, of Lord Shiva materialized during Rudraksha (a sacred bead in the mineral
of Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
through an energy channel the Kailasa yatra through an shape of Lord Ganesha)
energy channel

20 August 2011, Bidadi, India 20 August 2011, Bidadi, India 21 August 2011, Bidadi, India 4 October 2011, Singapore
Materialization of sacred stone Materialization of bluish stone Materialization of bluish stone Idol of Mahalakshmi materializetd
considered sacred considered sacred to Lord Vishnu through an energy channel by
to Lord Vishnu Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s
command during the morning
12 March 2012, 3 November 2011, satsang
Malaysia Malaysia
Vel, the instrument 7 sacred objects 10 July 2011, Oman
10 June 2011, Seattle of Lord Kartikeya, materialized through Materialization of a greenish stone at 18 October 2011, Singapore
Ananda Senapati of Seattle, USA, found an materialized the body of a Oman Home Temple through an energy Coin with Lakshmi on one side
auspicious panchamukhi rudraksha (5-faced through the body divyashareeri channel during the morning satsang and Ganesha on the other side,
sacred bead of Lord Shiva) in his prayer-room as of a divyashareeri (energy channel) meditation conducted by Paramahamsa materalized through the energy
per Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s blessings (energy channel) Nithyananda, from Nithyananda channel’s body
Peetham, Bengaluru Aadheenam, India

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Materialization and Vedic Science
Even today, the finest minds in the global scientific community are
unable to explain these happenings, which are commonplace in
the ancient Indian Vedic tradition that Paramahamsa Nithyananda
hails from.
According to Vedic cosmogony, our universe itself was created
out of the thought-power of the god Brahma. The holy scripture
Yoga Vashishta describes how highly advanced Yogis can create
objects out of their mind, through a rare combination of perfect
visualization and the yogic power of creation, prakamya.
This extraordinary mastery of yogic sciences was commonplace
in Vedic India, as is evident from Adi Sankara’s ‘Dakshinamurti
stotram’, which describes how the world (or many worlds) exists
only as a possibility - like a tree within a seed. The perfect yogi can
call forth this possibility into Reality by his one-pointed will and
powers of manifestation or materialization.
Bijasyaantarivaankuro jagadidam praang-nirvikalpam punah
Maya-kalpita desha-kaala-kalanaa vaichitryachitreekrtam
Maayaaveeva vijhrmbhayat-yapi mahaayogeeva yah
svechchayaa
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Tasmai sri gurumoortaye namah idam sri dakshinaamoortaye
(Dakshinamurti Stotram, v.2)
Prakamaya is one of the ashta maha siddhis or Eight Mighty Yogic
Powers, accomplished only through many lifetimes of yogic
disciplines and Divine grace. Unfortunately, these extraordinary
sciences are all but lost to humanity today.
To date, a few rare individuals are able to materialize items like
sacred ash from their own bodies or from objects that carry their
energy imprint. But Paramahamsa Nithyananda is arguably the only
known being on our planet with the ability to manifest matter from
energy in a matter of a few minutes, in the bodies of people sitting
thousands of miles away, using nothing but his own unimaginable
yogic powers!
Moving easily between the dimensions of energy and matter,
Paramahamsa Nithyananda assembles and reassembles molecules
in the air, creating, dissolving and re-creating objects, in materials
as diverse as stone, crystal and organic compounds.
On 1st September 2011, through a single divyashareeri (energy
channel), Paramahamsa Nithyananda materialized as many as 103
sacred stones in a space of a few hours. It would have taken Mother
Nature thousands of years to create every single one of them.
But as Paramahamsa Nithyananda Himself clarifies, there is no
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such thing called a miracle! All so-called miracles are perfectly
scientific happenings, based on natural laws that we are yet to fully
comprehend.
Materialization and Quantum Physics
Scientifically speaking, the process of materialization belongs to
the realm of quantum physics.
The theory of Quantum Entanglement attempts an explanation of
how materialization might be taking place.
Entanglement is a term used in quantum theory to describe the
way that particles of energy/matter can become correlated to
predictably interact with each other regardless of how far apart
they are. This means that the state and actions of one of these
particles can influence the state and actions of others through the
process of interference.
During the process of materialization, the energy channel becomes
so attuned to Paramahamsa Nithyananda that his/her body and
mind temporarily assume the characteristics of enlightenment.
In other words, the divyashareeri becomes like an extension of
Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s own inner space.
In physics this is called a classical channel, which transmits
information slower than the speed of light. As in the science of
teleportation, both quantum entanglement and classic channels
are needed to deliver and then reconstruct the qubits of information
into a material form.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda calls this the ‘physiology of feeling
connection’. This means that Paramahamsa Nithyananda, purely
with the power of his thought-force, can visualize any object
and transfer the energy of his visualization into the body of the
divyashareeri – where it is instantaneously converted into matter.
Mind-bogglingly mystical – but true, nevertheless!
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Materialization and Superconsciousness
It must be mentioned here that unlike subjects of hypnosis
or séance mediums, Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s
divyashareeris (energy channels) are in a rare elevated state,
characterized by high energy, peace and bliss, both during
and after the process of energy transfer. Although the two
processes may appear similar to an untrained eye, they
actually stand at the two extremes of the consciousness
spectrum. While subjects of hypnosis or mediums are
operating out of the unconscious state, divyashareeris are
touching the state of superconsciousness.
The tremendous influx of positive energy during these
sessions sets up a process of silent transformation in the
entire mind-body system of the individual. Divyashareeris
regularly report the spontaneous healing of chronic
diseases, visible age-reversal and the effortless clearing
away of lifelong negative mental patterns. Post-activation
assessment of these individuals has proven that the long-
term effects of this energy influx extend so far as to influence
their problem-solving and decision-making abilities, even
harmonizing their interpersonal relationships.
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Living Ishatva as a Lifestyle sense objects to experience pleasure.
My childhood yoga guru, Yogiraj Yogananda Puri, had
Patanjali explains in Samadhi Pada of Yoga Sutras:
the ability to use any sense for any purpose. He could pick
Etena bhūtendriyeṣu dharmalakśaṇāvasthā-pariṇāmā up a thread and throw it using his eyes! He could light a
vyākhyātāḥ (1.13) lamp and blow it out through his eyes. Actually, any one
of your senses can be used to experience or replace any
other sense. Having this expanded understanding about
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says: the senses liberates you from the senses, and makes you
master of your senses – Ishvaratva. Living this liberated
When you expand your understanding, the strategy
leadership experience is what we call urdhva retas - the
planning and the decisions you make about life change
virtuous circle of energy.
drastically. That cognitive shift brings the highest possible
liberation in you, which expresses as the extraordinary
Ishvaratva or Ishatva – leadership quality. Ishvaratva is
usually interpreted as becoming powerful or controlling,
but I would like to translate this word as ‘becoming a
leader’. It is no way related to being forceful. It is just
realizing that by innate nature, you are a leader, and
expressing the extraordinary qualities of a leader.
When you expand your understanding in any area,
suddenly you become Ishvara – you become a leader in
that space - a lord, a leader, a master; liberated. Listen
to this subtle truth: whatever is under your control, you
are liberated from it. For example, if your body is under
your control, you are liberated from it. Actually, only if
you are liberated from your body, your body will be
under your control! It is the same with your mind, or with
your emotions. In every field, when you have the broad
understanding, it liberates you, and you become a leader
in that field.
For instance, you think that when a certain object come
in contact with a particular sense, you experience
excitement. The broad or right understanding is this:
when that object comes in contact with that sense, your
awareness is being sucked intensely into that particular
sense. It is because of your awareness rushing towards
that sense intensely that you experience the excitement,
not because of the object. When you know this truth,
suddenly you will understand that you don’t need any
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Materialization
Revelations from the Avatar
Teleportation involves dismantling an object using an energy
which is deeper than the mind, transporting it through the air and
assembling it again.
The most significant phenomenon that happens during teleportation
is not the size or material of the object, or the distance to which it
is teleported.
It is this: the whole space vibrates in the same frequency in which
the teleportation happens.
If A is the teleporter, B is the teleported object and C is the space
where it happens, B & C need to vibrate in same frequency in the
same frequency as A. For example, when teleportation happens in
your hand or in your presence, your very mind and body raise their
frequency to receive it.
The object being teleported itself does not matter much. It may be
just a little vibhuti (sacred ash) or kumkum (vermilion), or it may
be a diamond, or it may be a sacred rudraksha bead, or it may
be a pebble. But the vibration of the teleportation is something
extraordinary. That is the benefit for humanity.
You are sitting in the Cosmic womb
Dismantling and assembling can happen only in the hiranyagarbha
– the Cosmic Mother’s womb where all Creation happens. So when
I do the dismantling, assembling, teleporting or materialization, this
whole area becomes the hiranyagarbha – the intense presence
of Jagatjanani, Mother of the Universe, the Divine feminine
consciousness.
So when you sit inside the Mother’s womb, your body and mind
also directly go through a great transformation, an amazing
transformation; it is like you are reborn!
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The siddhi of teleportation is described in depth in Vibhuti Pada of
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
tato manojavitvaṃ vikaraṇabhāvaḥ pradhānajayaśca (3.49)
This results in the instantaneous grasp without the use of the body, and
complete mastery over the material world.
Tanmatra - Raising your Frequency
The key concept you need to understand here is that of tanmatra –
the ability to raise or lower your frequency.
Please understand, if I am now teleporting akshata (consecrated
rice grains), the material’s very frequency gets raised in the subtle
level. In that space, in the subtle level, it can just fly – it can just
disappear and appear somewhere else without any time gap. It
just gets assembled there. But your body, at the point where it is
receiving the rice, should also rise to that subtle level for a moment,
receive the rice, and come back to the normal plane.
For that, you need to continue to remain as a pure channel. Sometimes
the akshata which disappears in order to reach somebody’s hand
ends up going to somebody else’s hand! Because the person who
was supposed to receive is not ready, but somebody else is ready,
so it happens in that person’s hand instead..
I received a few emails from some overseas devotees saying,
‘Vibhuti is not coming in my satsang center’, ‘Rudraksha is not
coming in my Guru padukas’, etc. This means, the possibility of raising
yourself to the highest frequency is not being allowed in you by you.
That is what I call changing the tanmatra – allowing your frequencies
to be floating high and low as required; the ability to flow into any
frequency. It is a very important truth. Anybody who wants to be a
yogi should understand this concept of tanmatra.
When you are levitating, you are actually going back to your tanmatra
level (subtle level), and your tanmatra is getting purified. Each organ
goes to the subtlest level tanmatra level, and all the samsakras there
get dissolved. That is why many of your diseases disappear after
levitation, or after you start receiving teleported objects.
Your muscle-memory is being altered
But you need to know one thing: when you sit in such an energy field,
whether you receive any teleported object or not, the information
teleportation anyway happens to you! Information teleportation is
also a great process.
So when you are in my presence and I am teleporting or materializing
objects, you may not receive kumkum or vibhuti, but you will receive
the information that I am teleporting simultaneously, relating to
enlightenment, health, etc.
Listen: your body is nothing but a computer. It can just be
programmed with any software. The same with my body. Even to
do this teleportation, I just heat up the body and program it, that’s
all! When the heat is felt, the programming is done. I just say, ‘Let the
kumkum happen now!’
So if you sat in the presence for half an hour, even if you have
not received a rudraksha in your hand, understand that you have
received all this information I am sharing in your muscle-memory,
like being painless, joyful, blissful, healthy, being creative, enjoying
your life and alive. There are hundreds of great truths which I don’t
express verbally, which get teleported into your system. That is the
benefit of teleportation and materialization for humanity!
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Scientific Validation of Materialization
The most significant in a series of studies conducted by the research
team were the tests done on Poornima (Ma Nithya Mahayogananda),
a young entrepreneur and Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s energy
channel from Singapore.

On 6th September 2011, three different studies were conducted

during a 4-hour session, in which Paramahamsa Nithyananda
materialized a variety of objects through this individual, including
sacred ash and precious stones. The studies were:

1) Whole body baseline CT scan of the subject

Baseline whole-body CT scans proved the absence of any hidden
objects in the body and vicinity of the subject.

After the energy transfer from Paramahamsa Nithyananda to the

subject, a repeat scan clearly shows the sudden appearance of a
radio-opaque foreign body in the oral cavity without any delay or
repositioning.

The recording of the spiral CT after materialization revealed the

presence of materialized objects both in sections and 3D format.

2) Simultaneous qEEG of Paramahamsa Nithyananda

and the subject
The qEEG recording of both Paramahamsa Nithyananda and the
subject done during the process of energy transfer clearly showed
Medical Report of whole body CT scan proving foreign body in
‘Entrainment’ (Synchronicity) in the brain waves of both individuals
oral cavity of Ms. Poornima Ganesh (Ma Nithya Mahayogananda) Scan (bottom left) showing the sudden appearance of the foreign body (green colored stone)
during the process of materialization, proving that a process of
in the oral cavity of the individual.
attunement was indeed taking place at the time.
Scan (top left) taken a few minutes earlier clearly shows the absence of any such object in
the oral cavity.

Laboratory investigation in progress with CT scan of Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s energy

channel and simultaneous qEEG (brain-wave) studies of Paramahamsa Nithyananda and the
channel to demonstrate entrainment.
Scans from the Lab Diagnostics Report on
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 I can sleep well now
Legal name: Sarojinidevi
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya
Krishnananda
Location: Toronto, Canada
I used to suffer from sleeplessness (insomnia).
When I shared this with my friend who was a devotee of Swamiji,
she asked me to attend the Kalpataru program which Swamiji was
conducting via video-conferencing from India.
She said, ‘You can come and ask Swamiji for anything that is
important to you and he will make it happen for you.’
I agreed and attended the program from the Toronto Nithyananda
Hindu Temple. During the online darshan, Swamiji asked me
what I wanted. I told Swamiji that I wanted to be relieved of my
sleeplessness which had been torturing me.
He said, ‘You will find that vibhuti (sacred ash) has materialized in
front of my picture which is there in the temple. Take it and apply it
on your forehead before you go to sleep today.’
I went to his picture and found that vibhuti has indeed materialized
in front of his picture! As told, I applied the vibhuti and went to
sleep that night.
Since then, with Swamiji’s grace, I am able to sleep soundly from
more than seven hours every night.
I marvel at Swamiji’s grace.
I offer my deep gratitude to him.
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I was showered with
materialized sacred ash
Legal name: Murali Nagarajan
Location: Chennai, India
Email: muralikrishnan.sn@gmail.com
I will never forget an incident which happened on Tamil New Year
day last year (April 14th, 2014).
The day before New Year, I arrived at the ashram to receive Swamiji’s
darshan and blessings. Just before leaving, I asked Him for some
vibuthi (sacred ash). He placed three sachets of vibhuti in my hand.
I put them in my bag and left for my room.
The next day [Tamil New Year], I opened my bag to take out my
pada puja kit to do my puja for the day - and guess what, there were
SEVEN vibuthi sachets in the bag! Also, my bag and my purse were
full of vibuthi! I was literally showered with materialized vibhuti!!!
Not just my bag, but the table on which I do my puja was also
smeared with vibuthi!
WHAT A NEW YEAR GIFT FROM THE DIVINE!!!
For the next few days, I was too excited to concentrate on my puja.
About a week or so later, during the puja, my heart was beating very
fast (or so I thought at the time). Later, I happened to look at myself
bare-chested in the mirror - and found that my chest was smeared
with vibuthi! What I had thought to be an excited heartbeat was
actually the intense energy of vibuthi getting materialized on my
chest!!
All I can say is, if Swamiji is willing to shower so much on someone
who has just started imbibing a drop in the ocean of His teachings, I
can’t even imagine the state of one who imbibes ALL His teachings!!
NITHYANANDAM!!
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Sacred ash materialized after Swamiji’s footprints miraculously
Swamiji’s online blessing appeared in front of our eyes
Legal name: Sriharini Chellappan
Legal name: Kelsey Roenau
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Nirbhedananda
Location: California, USA
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Email: kelseyroenau@gmail.com
Email: ma.nirbheda@gmail.com
The Mill Valley center in California had organized an online Being a researcher by profession, I am extremely logical and fact-
Kalpataru program with Swamiji. based. But whatever I experienced with Swamiji was just beyond
the human mind’s comprehension and logic. Blessed are the souls
During the darshan, Swamiji blessed us from India via video- who have an opportunity to experience an avatar like Swamiji.
conferencing, saying that vibhuti (sacred ash) would materialize in
the center as a sign of His presence and blessings. We were all so There are so many auspicious occasions when my husband and
I have spotted light radiating from Swamiji’s third eye in the
excited to hear this.
Gurumurti photograph in the Melbourne center. We were also
The next day, when I moved my kavi Inner Awakening scarf (given
blessed to witness vibhoothi (sacred ash) constantly materializing
by Swamiji) which was lying near a chair, I noticed that vibhuti that
from his paadukas for many days.
had materialized on it!! I did not put it there, so I knew it was a sign
of Swamiji’s presence!
Thank you for being with us always Swamiji. One day, I visited a friend’s place. We carried Swamiji’s paadukas
with us and did pada puja there. My husband and I shared with
them about the various miracles that people have experienced with
Swamiji, including the healing of cancer and materialization. But
our friend just said, ‘I will believe only when I see it with my own
eyes’.
Suddenly, to our astonishment, he himself spotted Swamiji’s clear
footprint on the paadukas! He couldn’t believe his eyes and was just
left speechless.
Thank you Swamiji for this sweet miracle!
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Healing: A Holistic Approach
Mind-body approaches to medicine and alternative healing
methods have gained increasing acceptance in recent years.
Extensive research on phenomena such as spontaneous healing,
the placebo effect and the power of prayer have proved that healing
is not a purely physiological occurrence as was once believed. It
is closely linked with our emotional and mental patterns, our life
experiences, our unique responses to stress and a host of other
unquantifiable variables.
Eastern medicine and healing processes have traditionally taken a
holistic approach to health and healing. Energy healing, in particular,
is a system of healing that treats our body, mind, emotions, thoughts
and even our physical environment as unique energy vibrations
from a common source.
The basic understanding on which all systems of energy healing
work is the universal nature of energy, and the possibility for local
and non-local transmission of this energy to facilitate healing.
Energy healing is not new to us. Almost everybody these days has
either heard of or encountered energy healing in some form or
other. In fact, most of us practice energy healing on ourselves or
others without being aware of it. When you gently rub a bruised
elbow, or place your palms on your tired eyes, you are actually
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practicing energy healing! Energy healing is nothing but channeling
the universal life-force to correct energy imbalances in our system
which are the hidden cause of most of our diseases.
The Myth of Matter
Modern astrophysicists working on the science of the universe
using available scientific concepts based on quantum mechanics,
general and special relativity, have mathematically established that
all the quantifiable matter in the entire universe works out to barely
4 % of all that exists. The remaining 96%, which science is yet to
understand correctly has been termed as dark matter (it is neither
dark nor matter) and dark energy, due to lack of availability of more
specific and accurate terminology.
Matter itself is causally made up of atoms, which are largely empty
spaces, and barely 1% of the space occupied by an atom is actually
occupied by what can be defined by science as matter. The rest
(99%) is apparently empty. However, it is not so in reality.
Various manifestations of Energy
The findings of modern science stand testimony to the famous
words of scientist and mystic Albert Einstein - ‘Everything is Energy’.
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The same thought was declared more than 5000 years ago in the
Sanskrit text, Isha Vasya Upanishad -
Isha vasyam idam sarvam yat kincha jagatyaam jagat
(whatever exists in and as this world is Divine energy).
Whatever we see, touch or otherwise contact in our universe is
just energy vibrating at different frequencies. Trees, rocks, plants,
animals and ourselves – all are nothing but diverse expressions of
this energy. Based on how the Energy presents or manifests, different
names have been given to it, to make it a little easier to understand.
Thus matter too, at a sub-atomic level, is nothing but Energy aligned
in a specific way for us to perceive it as such, with either our restricted
five senses, or a little better with sophisticated instrumentation.
However, at this moment of time, no technique or device exists
which can actually detect and measure all that exists in the universe.
Shiva-Shakti
The vast, all-pervading potential energy, already on the verge of
manifestation by being in a perpetual state of subtle vibration (spanda)
without manifestation is what we call Shiva. Once manifested, it is
Shakti.
Bioenergetics or Kundalini
1. Physical Energy Systems
As mentioned, the energy systems as described by physicists who
deal with matter while ignoring biology (Life or Consciousness), have
classified energy as:
♦♦ Electromagnetic
♦♦ Weak interaction
♦♦ Strong interaction
♦♦ Gravitation
According to physics, these are the four forms of physical energy.
The discovery of the current ever-expanding universe, which is both
expanding and accelerating, led to the possibility of the existence
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of an Energy System that can counteract gravity, and this has been
labeled as the possible dark energy.
The Indian rishis evidently knew about the existence of dark energy,
and frequently referred to it as ‘Kali’ (the Dark One). In the ancient
scripture Mahaniravani Tantra, revealed by Lord Shiva Himself, there
are several references to this energy.
However, unlike dark energy, Kali is not described as responsible
for the ever-expanding universe; rather, she ‘neither moves, nor is
motionless’.
This is in accordance with the current ‘Raisin Bread Model’ of the
universe, which suggests that the universe is actually ‘stretching’ in
all dimensions rather than accelerating. Thus it is that Kali ‘neither
moves, nor is motionless’.
Before the Beginning of things Thou didst exist in the form of a
Darkness which is beyond both speech and mind… (Mahanirvani
Tantra, 4.25).
It moves not, neither is It motionless. It is without beginning or end,
Ineffable and Incomprehensible (4.28).
Resuming after Dissolution Thine own form, dark and formless,
Thou alone remainest as One ineffable and inconceivable (4.33).
Pindanda and Brahmanda (Microcosm and
Macrocosm)
A human being is not just an accumulation of a few cells to create a
visible matter, but is in fact a direct representation of the universal
energy of the Cosmos itself. This, in simplistic terms, is called
Consciousness, but in reality nothing but the energy of the universe
itself. This subtle, but all pervading energy, within a biological
system, like a human being is called Kundalini, and within the all
pervading universe, Shiva-Shakti.
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Biological systems like humans, animals, plants and individual
cells also run on energy. It must be harnessed from outside and
converted to a usable form within the biological system.
This is in agreement with the fundamental Newtonian physics,
that energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but can only
be converted from one form to another. The Cosmos by nature is
conservative and therefore exceedingly efficient.
Let us now discuss how biological energy works in a human being.
The human being is made up of a synergistic conglomeration of
over 50 trillion individual intelligent cells, all working together to
create one single organism presented to us as a human being.
Each cell produces its own energy to conduct its daily activities,
using a system of biological batteries called mitochondria.
Assimilated food in the form of carbohydrate, fat and protein,
which is nothing but energy stored in a certain physical structural
component, is broken down and the usable energy is extracted in
the form of ATP by the mitochondria.
These 50 trillion cells have to communicate with each other
constantly to keep the system functioning as a whole. Based on the
requirements and urgency, the energy created by the individual
cell can either be converted to an electrical impulse to transmit
information at rapid speed or to a chemical messenger (stored
energy) to disseminate information slowly but widely.
While food is the source material for energy production, it also
requires oxygen for converting it into energy. This is very often
mistakenly referred to as prana, but is not so. Energy provided by
breathing is as gross as energy provided by assimilated food
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says,
Breath is not prana; breath is only the vehicle carrying
the prana into you
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Modern Medicine is Matter-Based
All that we know of ourselves is our physical body. But our physical
body is only the grossest expression of ourselves! We have several
subtler energy bodies that interpenetrate our physical body and
create an aura or energy shield around us.
These ‘bodies’ are actually electromagnetic fields, which are
continuously influencing and being influenced by other such fields
in the environment. Unlike the physical body, these fields are
highly sensitive and vulnerable to external influences. In fact, there
is a much higher chance of picking up your neighbor’s negative
vibrations than his ‘flu virus!
The aura is responsible for keeping us in good energetic health,
boosting our immune system and protecting us from toxic
radiations. On the other hand, any energy blockages or ‘knots’ in
the aura can be the precursor of future disease. That is why any
disease can be detected at the energy level at least six months
before it becomes manifest in the physical body. Modern medicine,
which is matter-based, considers the body and its parts largely
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mechanistically. It is like viewing a car made up of different parts,
like engine, wheels, steering etc.
Diagnosis and treatment of disease or unwellness is targeted at
certain body parts, often assuming that they are not connected to
the rest of the body, let alone being connected to the rest of the
Cosmos (pindanda and brahmanda).
Disease and Healing
A disease is a particular abnormal condition, a disorder of a
structure or function, that affects part or all of an organism.
Healing (literally meaning to make whole) is the process of the
restoration of health to an unbalanced, diseased or damaged
organism.
Energy-based Healing Systems
Several healing systems, like Pranic Healing, Reiki, Crystal Healing,
Magnetic Healing, etc. use the limited energy of the individual to
heal physical and mental illness.
For example, pranic healing is a system of healing which uses
energy emanating from the pranamaya kosha or the pranic
body. This is a limited source of energy, as it is not linked to the
infinite Cosmic energy system. Hence this healing is dependent
on the healer’s level of pranic energy and also, being close to the
annamaya kosha, can transmit muscle-memory to the recipient.
This can either lead to incomplete healing, or healing the disease
but creating new ones in the recipient.
On the other hand, the pranic healer himself is vulnerable to the
transfer of the muscle-memory and patterns ofthe recipient, as
when the healer gets depleted of energy, the flow of the energy
current gets reversed.
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Quantum Healing is harnessing the energy of the universe to heal
or allow all systems biological or otherwise to live in harmony
within themselves and with others.
Concept of Spiritual Healing
The fundamental premise is that the universe is pervaded by a
conscious energy which is intelligent enough to manifest as matter
or energy as required.
Human beings are suffused with conscious energy which flows
through us and is intimately and always a part of the entire
universal consciousness. Any localized disharmony, (e.g. a disease
in the body) is nothing but a symptom of the disharmony of the
individual’s energy with the flow of the all-pervading universal
energy.
Myth Versus Reality
We as human beings, believe that we are the visible physical
structure that we perceive with our organs which we call our
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Chakras: the key to our energetic health
Our main focus in energy healing is the chakras.
The word chakra literally translates as ‘wheel’ or ‘that which
rotates’.
body. We also go further to say that we have a mind, but we have
At the quantum level of particle energy physics, all fundamental
no structural entity with which to localize the mind.
particles express the four types of energy but are technically
Our brain, the seat of our intellect is not the seat of our intelligence. without mass. They have a specific property called spin, which
can be right-left, left-right, up-down, etc.
It merely functions as a coordinating centre or a CPU, processing
and filing information from the internal environment of the 50 Concentration of these fundamental interactive forces happens at
trillion cells and the external environment of the world. It is essential specific locations called chakras.
for the universal energy to pervade these insentient structures in
The distribution of this energy into the biological system is through
order to make them as conscious beings, thus converting matter
subtle channels called nadis.
into life. Though all pervasive, Nature has devised a system of
subtle channels and holding centers (nadis and chakras) in order The two energy forces that can be said to work within the body
to best utilize this life energy (kundalini shakti). at a sub-atomic level are the forces of strong interaction, which
hold the nucleus together, and the weak interaction, which keeps
Since everything is energy, healing also involves the channeling of
the electrons in its energy orbital. Stepping up the energy system
energy. But what we specifically call Nithya Spiritual HealingSM is
of the atom can cause the displacement of the electrons into its
a holistic, non-invasive therapy that treats the body-mind as an
next orbit. These fundamental energy systems supply and affect
energetic continuum. We are basically energy beings, so all our
various neuro-endocrine structures to which they are linked, thus
ailments are rooted in energy imbalances. All physical or mental
leading to cleansing and activation of the nervous system and the
tension is an indication that there is a blockage in the energy flow
endocrine or hormonal system.
in our bio- energetic system. Sometimes, merely clearing these
blockages is enough; the body’s natural healing abilities take care
of restoring the affected part to health.
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Six major chakras
Although they have no definite physical location, these energy
centers are represented in the physical body as aligned in an
ascending column from the base of the spine to the top of the head.
The six major chakras are Muladhara, Swadhishthana, Manipuraka,
Anahata, Vishuddhi and Ajna. The Sahasrara or Brahmarandhra is
a subtle opening connecting the biological system to the universal
Cosmic energy.
The muladhara chakra (root center) is located in the sacral area, at
the base of the spine.
The swadishthana chakra (spleen center) is located two inches
above the muladhara chakra and two inches below the navel.
The manipuraka chakra (navel center) is located at the navel, two
inches above the swadishthana chakra.
The anahata chakra (heart center) is located in the heart region, in
the center of the chest.
The vishuddhi chakra (throat center) is located in the hollow of the
throat.
The ajna chakra (brow center) is located on the forehead, between
the eyebrows.
The sahasrara, the thousand petaled one, is located on the crown
of the head.
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Chakras: a subtle understanding that they intersect at seven different points.
If one of the lines represent the physical body, the other line
represents the subtle body and the paper represents the causal
We have three bodies body, the six points at which the physical and the subtle body
meet the causal body are the locations of the six chakras or energy
Strictly speaking, the chakras are not present in the physical body
centers.
at all. They exist on the metaphysical plane, and link together our
three bodies or shariras. So the six chakras are present at the intersection of the physical,
subtle and the causal body. Some recent research in aura
The individual is made up of three bodies - the physical or gross
photography has been able to even photograph these energy
body (sthula sharira), the subtle body (sukshma shareera) and the
centers.
causal body (kaarana shareera). These three bodies are categorized
according to the states of consciousness where they come into
play.
Each of the shariras or bodies is associated with a particular state
of consciousness.
The physical body is the body we know in the waking state, which
eats, speaks, moves about and so on. This is the only body we are
really familiar with.
The subtle body is the body that we use to think, verbalize, visualize
and so on. The mental body is also the body that we use when we
dream. While our body is lying fast asleep in our bed at home, in
our dream we may be traveling in another country. How does this
happen? At this time, we are using the mental body to travel around!
In the dream state, the mental body is as real and functional as the
physical body in the waking state.
The causal body is the one we use when we are in deep restful
dreamless sleep. It is made up of pure tamas (inertness). During
our sleep cycle there are phases when the mind becomes dormant
and there are no thoughts. This is the time when we experience the
causal body.
Our Shariras and Chakras are linked
These three bodies are not separate as we may think. They are
tightly coupled.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda heals hundreds of devotees and
Consider two curved lines drawn on a piece of paper in such a way visitors, every morning during Kalpataru darshan and during
meditation programs
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 My cervical cancer is gone!

Nithya Spiritual HealingSM

Name: Shalini

Location: Kulim, Malaysia

Email: shalini2913@gmail.com
Experiences

I will never forget the year 2011, when I was diagnosed with
cervical cancer. My doctor did the test three times to be sure, and
all the three times the results showed the same. My doctor told
me, ‘This cancer cannot be cured at all medically. Only God can
save you.’
I am a devotee of Swamiji, and I immediately knew that only
Swamiji could save me.
From Malaysia, I attended the Nithyananda Spurana Program
(NSP) conducted by Swamiji in India, via two-way video
conferencing from the Kulim center.
This program is especially helpful for people who are going
through a life-and-death crisis, like I was at the time. On the last
day of the program, during online darshan, I broke down and
cried to Swamiji about my cancer.
I stayed at the ashram for about 15 days. Every day I went for
morning satsang and took healing from Swamiji during sarva
darshan.
After 15 days, I came back to Malaysia. After returning, I went
to the same doctor who diagnosed me with cancer earlier and
re-did the medical test for the cervical cancer.
To my shock, my doctor herself called me and said she had
received my medical report, and the results show negative for
cancer!!
I was so happy to hear that. I also went to a government hospital
and got a repeat test done, and that report also showed negative.
I am so grateful to Swamiji, who has given me a new life.

Swamiji said, ‘Don’t worry ma. Don’t cry. I will heal you
completely. Apply the vibuthi (sacred ash) which has materialized
from my paduka (sandals) around your stomach area.’

I ran to his paduka and found that vibhuti had actually

materialized on it. I was overjoyed. I applied it on my stomach
area.

A few days later, Swamiji came into my dream and said, ‘Come
to India ma, you will be healed completely, don’t worry.’

I knew for sure that it was not just a dream, it was a direct
message from Swamiji. So, in just a few days, I flew to India.

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 My thyroiditis hasn’t come back
Name: Anand Singh
Spiritual name: Sri Nithya
Vishweshwarananda
Location: New York, USA
Email: alansingh411@gmail.com
I had a thyroid issue (Hashimoto’s thyroiditis) for about 15 years.
I attended Inner Awakening® program in July 2012.
Swamiji Paramahamsa Nithyananda had told us that many of
our diseases would be healed just by the high-energy space that he
creates during the program and energy darshan.
So, I did not ask Swamiji for healing for my thyroiditis. But when I
came back to New York after Inner Awakening®, I went for a health
check and my thyroid reading was normal!
I had stopped taking the prescribed medication for about 3 months,
and then did the tests again - and all the readings were normal!
Till today, my thyroid readings are normal.
Swamiji cured my Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis just by me being at Inner
Awakening®!
Thank You Swamiji!
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Swamiji healed my polycystic ovaries with a wave
of his hand!
Name: Geetha
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Deva
Priyananda
Location: Seremban, Malaysia
In 2012, I was diagnosed with polycystic ovaries.
When I attended the Inner Awakening program in December 2012,
I told Swamiji about this problem. He looked at me, waved his hand
in a sword-like action, as if cutting off something near my stomach,
and said, “I’ll take care!”
After that, I had a weird kind of severe pain in my stomach region;
that is when I realized that Swamiji is healing me from this problem.
When I came back to Malaysia, I had another scan done, to see the
status of my polycystic ovaries. This scan was done about 20 days
after Inner Awakening and Swamiji’s healing me. To the surprise of
the doctor, there was not even a single of those little grape-like cysts
around my ovaries. It was a miracle!
The doctor was really surprised but she also guessed that Swamiji
had healed me, as she knew I was going to meet Swamiji at that
time.
Swamiji, you have healed me of a chronic problem, just like that,
with a wave of your hand, and has freed me from it totally! I’m so
grateful to you forever and ever! You are my God!
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My normal vision was miraculously restored
I was healed of my back pain in seconds
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya
Sarvasmarana Legal name: Vanchinathan
Location: LA, USA Location: Singapore
email: jivanmuktih@gmail.com Email: vlvanchin@gmail.com
In 2010, I attended the Living Enlightenment Program at the ashram I was a patient having back pain (disc prolapse) at L3, L4 and L5.
with Swamiji. During this program, we spent days just soaking in
In 2013, while I was attending the Inner Awakening retreat at
Swamiji’s presence, and practicing various techniques. Bali, the back pain continued, and I was unable to walk. During
the darshan, other participants doing Inner Awakening had to
It was at this time that I had a miraculous healing happen to my
support me by carrying me on both sides. I was literally carried to
eyes. I must say I never even asked Swamiji about this. I think it just
the stage for darshan.
happened by being in his space of positive vibrations.
I asked Swamiji for healing me from this back problem. Swamiji
I used to wear contact lenses, which I would put on just before the
just touched my back for a few seconds. During that time I could
program started every day. I usually would not wear them to the feel that pain reducing.
early morning yoga session.
After that I was able to walk down the stage without any support.
One morning at 5 am, I was walking down the hall for my yoga
class sleepily, when I noticed that I could see perfectly! Though my body shape was distorted due to the many years of
back problems, in three to four days it got straightened out on its
I thought maybe I should check my eyes to see if I slept with my own!
contacts on, or I had already put them on without remembering.
The pain has also disappeared from my life.
So I looked in my contact case, and saw that my contacts were still
in the case!
Then I realized what had just happened. My eyes had been restored
to their original 20/20 vision without even my asking Swamiji!
It was such an amazing experience, and I am so grateful to Swamiji
for this happening.
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Swamiji healed my food intolerance
Ondrej Adamek, Berlin, Germany
I was diagnosed with intolerance to wheat and dairy products.
After eating them, I would immediately have diarrhea and stomach
pains.
When I attended Inner Awakening® program, we ate a lot of
delicious food, but since many of the dishes were made with wheat
and milk products, I had often a stomach pain afterwards.
During one darshan I asked Swamiji Paramahamsa Nithyananda
to liberate me from this intolerance of wheat and dairy products
and other digestive problems.
He answered, ‘Don’t worry, I will take care.’
A couple of days later, all the participants who had food allergies
were asked to fill a form listing all the food products which we are
allergic to.
The ashram kitchen prepared those items for us. Each of us was
given a jar of our favorite allergy-causing food! We were asked
to take our jars up to Swamiji during darshan and eat the food
right in front of Swamiji. While each of us was eating, Swamiji was
watching us and healing the allergy from our bodies.
Ever since then, I have not had any more diarrhea and stomach
pain due to the intolerance.
When I went back to Berlin, I visited my doctor. He did the necessary
tests, and no more intolerance was found!
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I forgot about my endometriosis
after just one healing
Mary Mabry, Los Angeles, USA
For fifteen years, I suffered from endometriosis. For those who don’t
know, it is an illness that causes severe pain in the pelvic area. I
could barely work from the pain. The pain was controlling my life.
When I came to the Inner Awakening® meditation program, I asked
Swamiji for healing, but was not sure it was really possible for the
intense pain to actually be cured.
Swamiji healed me and said that - I would be alright.
About one week after I had asked for the healing, I realized that
for the first time in my life I was not hunched over holding my side
experiencing the pain!
I thought it could not be true, so I thought maybe the medication
the doctors had given me actually started working. I stopped taking
the medication to see if it had really healed.
The pain did not return even after stopping the medication, and I
have not had the pain since!
I am so grateful to Swamiji for this miracle.
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Diseases - malfunctioning of the Shariras
My burn injury was flawlessly healed
Malfunction of the physical body can lead to physical illnesses like
diabetes, high blood pressure, etc.
Malfunction of the mental body can lead to disrupted psychology Name: Ranjani Ganesan
and psychiatric diseases like depression, schizophrenia, ADHD and
Spiritual Name: Ma Nithya
also other diseases which are psychosomatic, auto-immune, and Sunirmalananda
malignancies.
Location: Mumbai, India
Malfunction of the causal body is usually inherent in the biological
system, and is transmitted to the individual either though inherited
genetic disorders, or disorders relating to karma from previous births.
Skin to soul healing is I would call my story!
We are all familiar with the methods used in modern medicine
to manage or suppress disorders of the physical body. Modern In 2013, I suffered a serious burn injury.
medicine has very limited answers to disorders related to the My face and both hands were severely burnt, and my face got
mental body. These disorders are never cured, but only suppressed, disfigured.
if at all, with currently available technology. Modern medicine has
I am a professional dancer, and this meant that I would suffer a
not even probed the possibility of treating disorders of the causal huge setback in my career.
body.
I was distraught, as there is no fast and complete cure for this
in allopathy.
Healing, Kundalini Awakening and I approached Bhagawan Paramahamsa Nithyananda and
Initiation requested him for healing.
(Entanglement, Entrainment, Enlightenment) Bhagawan healed me so compassionately.
Not only did my injury heal rapidly, but it left no marks on my
Entanglement is the basic principle behind all processes involving face and hands!
energy transfer, whether spiritual healing, kundalini awakening or
Today, just a year later, I can say that I look more radiant than
initiation into siddhis like levitation or materialization. before!
An Avatar has the power to raise others into his own elevated state Many of the sangha members know me and have seen me, so
by the subtle pressure of his presence. they can testify for this!
Thank you Bhagawan, for one more miracle in my life.
When the mind of the receiver is in entanglement with the no-mind
(thought-free mind) of an Avatar, what results is physical and mental
healing.
When entanglement happens at the deeper level of muscle-memory,
Paramahamsa Nithyananda gives it the name ‘Entrainment’. During
Kundalini awakening, entrainment can happen irrespective of the
mental state of the receiver.
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During initiation, entanglement penetrates the bio-memory of
the receiver. That is why initiation has permanent physiological
and psychological effects. Paramahamsa Nithyananda calls this
enlightenment, in the sense that during the moment of initiation,
the receiver actually experiences a space identical to that of the
enlightened being.
But lacking the yogic body and nervous system to retain this space,
the receiver gradually loses the experience through energy ‘leaks’.
With repeated initiations, the experience becomes bolted into the
system, and the receiver moves closer to being established in the
state of living enlightenment.
During healing, the infusion of Kundalini energy into the chakras is
immediately channeled into the physical, the mental and the causal
bodies. This healing happens at the level of muscle-memory.
All our systems function not only with the sensory input of the
moment, but also with the previously filled experiences through
out life as well as the information and energy transmitted as bio-
memory through our genes and epigenetic mechanisms.
The accumulation of negative thoughts, concepts, emotions over a
period of time causes us to contract into ‘incompletions’ leading to
manifestations ranging from depression, inadequacies to physical
manifestations of psychosomatic origin to other physiological
disturbances or diseases. All this happens due to the inability of
our body to allow the free flow of Cosmic energy and the inability
of our body to retain the Cosmic energy in our system, so it can be
channeled into repair and maintainence as necessary.
Cleansing of the mental body by channeling the energy through
the ida, pingala and sushumna (the major energy channels related
to the central nervous system) heal mental, psychosomatic, auto-
immune and malignant diseases. This healing also happens at the
level of muscle-memory.
The same bio-energy, working inside the cell on the genetic and
epigenetic factors, realigns the human genome, clearing diseases
related to the genes and karma. This healing happens at the level
of bio-memory, and is the result of a deeper-level process like
initiation
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My doctor calls me a ‘medical miracle’!
Name: Palaniappan
Spiritual Name: Sri Nithya Sevananda
Location: Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru
Aadheenam
In May 2004, I was diagnosed as living with a tumor in the pelvic
cavity. It had been growing rapidly and occupied the pelvic cavity
completely: measuring 12 cms x 11 cms x 14.5 cms and showing
complete destruction of sacral segments S2, S3,3 & S4.
The panel of doctors at the Apollo Hospital felt that surgery was
the only remedy. The panel consisted of ortho, neuro & general
surgeons. They were of the opinion that it was a very major surgery
and the chances of surviving the surgery was less than one percent.
They said I was a DOT (death on table) case.
Even if I survived, they said I would be like a vegetable in a
wheelchair; not able to perform any of the routine functions. So
I decided not to undergo the surgery. The doctors were also of the
opinion that even if I did not undergo the surgery I would live
for only a year or two, as the tumor was already large, and still
growing, and was herniated and compressing the other vital organs
in the entire area. They also suggested that I may stop walking at
any time, as the nerves were compressed.
At that time, I was already an ashramite and living with Swamiji
in the ashram. I brought all this to the Swamiji’s notice, and started
taking healing from him regularly.
It has been nine years since then, and I am still living and walking by
the healing and grace of Swamiji! The tumor has stopped growing.
Doctors at the Apollo Hospital, especially Dr. P C Reddy, feel that it
is a medical miracle. I strongly endorse his view! Due to the healing
powers of Swamiji, I am still active. I am thankful to Swamiji for all
that he has done for me.
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Just one look and I was healed of Asthma
Spiritual Name: Ma Nithya
Dhyanatmananda Swami
Sannyasi of Nithyananda Order
Location: Los Angeles Aadheenam, USA
I have had asthma since I was very young.
I always used to use an inhaler, carrying it with me wherever I
went. I would wheeze after strenuous activities, cold weather and
even from just laughing!
I would be admitted to the hospital and needed to use a nebulizer
and steroids to get better.
Asthma was a big part of my life.
In the summer of 2009, I attend the Inner Awakening program in
India.
During one of the sessions, Swamiji said that most diseases are
psychosomatic. I was curious. Asthma was a disease. Was it
psychosomatic?
I normally didn’t ask questions, but that day I wrote a question
asking Swamiji if my asthma was psychosomatic. Inside I knew
that the answer was yes, but for some reason I wanted Swamiji to
confirm it.
When he was reading the question out loud, Swamiji called my
name and then scanned for me in the class.
When his eyes met mine, He said, ‘Yes, it is. But I will take care.’
From that day, five years ago, I have never once used either my
inhaler or any sort of medication for my asthma!
All it took just one look - and I was healed.
Thank you so much Swamiji, for breathing life into my breath.
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 I am alive because of Swamiji’s grace
Name: Victoria Cerna After receiving healing from him, my chronic headaches are now
gone. Now I can put myself to sleep any time either day or night, and
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya Lokanayaki I am no longer restless. I am no longer tied to a schedule or to sleep
Location: Diamond Bar, California, patterns.
United States
Due to Swamiji’s deep compassion, he also guided me through
Email: Cernavictoria@yahoo.com several treatments, which at the end completed with his blessing of
completely removing the karma of skin cancer. I am alive because of
Swamiji’s grace.
Last month I was able to fully submerge in the Divine River Ganga
I was born under very dramatic circumstances, and since birth, I in the magical city of Varanasi. I had a deep dip into the river and
have always struggled to be healthy. my skin was glowing, no rush or desperation or irritation; it was all-
blissful.
All my life I suffered from chronic headaches. I suffered from
restlessness and sleepless nights for more than 10 years. Swamiji has transformed my life from illness, pain, suffering,
shortages, blockages, inabilities, and moved it into infinite
I constantly suffered with allergies to many food items, to
possibilities.
environmental allergens, to certain medicines, to people, to products,
to certain locations. I am no longer seeking happiness. I am happy. I am no longer seeking
satisfaction through having, been or through titles. I am satisfied and
I was not able to enjoy Mother Nature due to the effects it had on my
fulfilled and it is all due to Swamiji’s patience, love and compassion
weak body and extremely sensitive skin.
towards me.
My body had suffered so much that it was headed towards skin cancer.
I am really grateful to Swamiji for so much healing, which has taken
place in my mind, body and soul.
Swamiji healed my body from all the allergic issues.
My husband was saved from certain death
Leticia Bravo-Newhouse, San Diego, United States,
Email: leticia.bravo-newhouse@sdcourt.ca.gov
My husband Lee Newhouse suffered a severe brain injury in 1993, and since then, his brain produces a hormone which makes it difficult for his
body to regulate his sodium level.
Recently, Lee was admitted to the hospital with life threatening critically high sodium levels, due to an error by his physician (Lee’s level went from
extremely low to the other end of the spectrum within a matter of a few days).
I requested Swamiji’s healing and blessing, and within 24 hours, Lee’s body started to respond and was again alert and back in the present. Each
day he has gotten stronger and is on the mend. If it had not been for Swamiji, Lee would have certainly been on the other side. In fact, he appeared
to be seeing and listening to another sphere of reality all during that time.
Much love and gratitude to Swamiji!
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Initiation into Nithya Spiritual HealingSM Learning to heal: Opening the Ananda Gandha
chakra
The technique of creating an authentic Healer is called Initiation,
which is nothing but the transference of the Cosmic energy, We all have a highly subtle energy center which governs the flow of
channeled by Paramahamsa Nithyananda, as a divine medium into Cosmic energy into our system. It is nothing but the pure reflected
the healer’s body. Cosmic Energy center in our own body, perhaps hidden from us by
our doubts and incompletions, but always accessible to the Avatar.
In reality, an Avatar, though having a physical form, is essentially
Although it is commonly known as a chakra, it might be better
the all-pervasive, all-powerful, all-compassionate, Cosmic energy
Itself. But since the logical mind typically perceives and accepts described as the mystical space into which all chakras collapse, at
only the visible physical form, we could consider Paramahamsa the moment of dissolution of the personal identity.
Nithyananda as the doorway or access point to the universal
The Ananda Gandha (‘the fragrance of bliss’) is our deepest
Cosmic energy instead.
connection to our own Being. Though it is theoretically possible to
This process of healing, which reaches a multitude of people or open it through self-effort, the process would be about as easy as
across the globe involves the existence of a multitude of healers trying to dig an oil well using a spoon!
who act as channels of energy. Though it is evident that the Avatar
During initiation, the Avatar opens this energy center of an aspiring
is not bound by space or time, and can effectively heal thousands
spiritual healer by entering his (aspirant’s) inner space with his
without the aid of human channels, this form of healing accelerates
consent, and using a subtle but enormously powerful energy ‘drill’
spiritual growth in both the healers and the recipients, thus serving
that works from the inside outwards. Once initiated, the healer
its ultimate purpose - the rapid elevation of human consciousness
becomes an open channel for the Cosmic energy of the Avatar.
on our planet.
The Ananda Gandha behaves like a mini reservoir allowing the
While traditional methods of initiation work on the principles of uninterrupted flow of Cosmic energy, regardless of the personal
activating the ‘mirror neurons’ within the healer, so he can mirror physical or mental obstacles that the healer might carry.
the same neuronal pathways that exist in the Avatar, thus rewiring
the brain through the process of neuroplasticity, this initiation is a
little different.
The fact that initiation and healing can both be done across long
distances, either via two-way video conferencing or directly by the
Avatar, suggests that quantum entanglement would be one of the
processes involved in them.
However, as explained earlier, even though initiation actually
opens the individual to the direct inflow of Cosmic energy, he may
be struggling with inhibitions, apprehensions or incompletions of
his own, and therefore the normal holding areas of energies (the
chakras) may not be sufficient, and so it is advisable for the novice
healer to remain in continuous entanglement with the energy of
Nithya Spiritual Healers initiated by Paramahamsa Nithyananda
the Avatar throughout the process of healing and later as well.
channeling the healing energy, offering spiritual healing
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I received the precious gift of healing others
Name: Kelsey Roenau
Location: California, USA
Email: kelseyroenau@gmail.com
Ever since I met Swamiji in 2012, he has healed me, my loved ones
and friends and my pets on many levels on so many occasions.
Another precious gift he has given me is the initiation as a Nithya
Spiritual Healer. While healing others, I have experienced the
transmission Swamiji’s energy and had many positive healing
sessions with people I know and strangers. They feel warm energy
filling their bodies, go into deep relaxation and restfulness, and also
have visions and feel Swamiji’s presence.
When I am doing the Nithya Healing Prayer for them, I too feel
bliss and peace in my own body, and it is a wonderful feeling to be
healing and getting healed at the same time!
Swamiji’s presence has shifted my space into inner healing through
His teachings and has moved me into authentic living through his
words and energy. I have found new doors unlocked in the way I
look at life and the way I respond to situations.
I now have the awareness for unclutching and completion whenever
needed! These have been deep transformational principles in all
layers of my life, and because of Swamiji I am happy and joyful all
the time.
AVATAR SHASTRA
She was saved from a brain
surgery over the phone!
Name: Lakshmi Barman Location: Mumbai, India,
Phone no: +91-9224455031
This is the story of my sister-in-law. In 2010, she was suffering from a
nervous disorder. The nerves were not responding to the medicines,
and blood was not reaching the brain, and she was even unable to
move around the house. She was 75 years old then.
I called up one of the healers from the Nithyananda sangha in
Mumbai for healing. She explained how we can receive healing on
the phone, as Swamiji has blessed some numbers as healing lines.
For 21 days my sister-in-law received Swamiji’s energy through
the sankalpa mantra chanting by the healer. By the15th day of
receiving the energy, she started moving around in the house. Her
eyesight improved by at least 50%. Two to three days after the 21-
day healing, she had an appointment with her doctor to decide the
date for brain surgery.
The result from the various tests revealed that no more brain surgery
is required,
as her nerves started responding! Her mobility improved, and also
her eyesight! Till she expired due to old age in 2014, the problem
never recurred.
I will be ever grateful to Swamiji for his miracle blessing. Thanks a
lot Swamiji.
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A closely guarded secret
My mother had no negative side-effects
The only available scriptural reference to this secret chakra is by Adi after chemotherapy
Shankaracharya in his famous stotra, Vishwanatha Ashtakam.
Nowhere else is this chakra mentioned in the whole of spiritual Name: Magesvary Sivasamy
literature, as it was ‘raja vidya raja guhyam’ - the king of knowledge; Spiritual Name: Ma Nithya Omkarini
the most guarded secret.
Location: Kulim, Malaysia
Now, Paramahamsa Nithyananda is revealing this science to the Email: sumeruenter1@yahoo.com
world as an act of compassion, protected with a foolproof ‘energy
password’ that cuts out any possibility of misuse.
My mother Jalachemi is a breast cancer patient.
Uniqueness of Nithya Spiritual HealingSM
Every day she used to receive healing from an initiated Nithya
During Nithya Spiritual HealingSM, neither healer nor receiver is Spiritual Healer at the Kulim center in Malaysia.
required to do anything except enter into restful awareness and
Even though she was going through chemotherapy she used to
allow the cosmic energy to heal.
feel so fresh and alive. She had no problem of vomiting, which
Cosmic energy is conscious and intelligent; it knows where to go is common among chemo patients, nor did her body feel weak
like other patients.
and what to do. Since it is intelligent, it cannot be manipulated by
the healer to the extent that he manipulates pranic energy or other She used to come back from her treatment and do her daily
similar energies used in other kinds of energy healing. But since it is routine work, and at the same time she would take part in our
center activities also.
a conscious energy, the results it gives are always for the best.
Even the doctor was so surprised with her recovery and asked
While it is possible to sensitize oneself to grosser vibrations like us to share her story with everyone!
pranic energy through practice, Cosmic energy can be channeled
only by a highly advanced being who resonates at the same
frequency as the Cosmic energy. That is why initiation by an Avatar
becomes essential on this path of healing.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says:
Let me explain to you where the Ananda Gandha lies, with
the help of the 6-chakra system.
(Paramahamsa Nithyananda holds a balloon and marks
the chakras on it one below the other. He then pricks it at
a spot and the balloon bursts and collapses at a single
point.)
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 The point where all the chakras collapse is the Ananda
Gandha. The doorway to the Ananda Gandha is between
the Anahata (heart) and Manipuraka (navel) chakras. It
is said to be the size of a thumb (angustha matra).
During Nithya Spiritual Healing , you enter consciously
SM
into Ananda Gandha. Once it is activated, the universal
energy starts flowing through you continuously. You
become a conscious participant in the cosmic energy
play.”
Initiated Nithya Spiritual Healers take three lifelong vows:
1) To abstain from consuming meat and intoxicants, in order to
maintain their space as a suitable receptacle for holding and
channeling the Cosmic energy
2) To never ever refuse healing to anyone under any genuine
circumstances
3) To never demand or expect any remuneration in cash or kind in
return for healing
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Recent Scientific Studies on Nithya
Spiritual HealingSM
The science behind Nithya Spiritual HealingSM is very simple.
The initiated healer simply acts as a channel or a conduit for the
transfer of Cosmic energy into the recipient. Since we are unable
to comprehend the concept of a formless conscious energy,
meditating on the physical form of the Master would allow us to
immediately connect our Ananda Gandha to the universal energy
source.
The influx of this energy suffuses the body of the recipient with
sufficient energy allowing the realignment and reestablishment of
the normal channels and store houses of the energy (nadis and
chakras).
As technology has not advanced to provide us with a physical
apparatus to directly measure or observe the universal energy,
indirect methods are used to both qualify and quantify the
physiological effects of this energy on the body at a genetic,
molecular and cellular level. This in turn results in health changes in
the recipient, which too can be easily measured using physiological
and psychological parameters.
Structured studies have been performed to study the process of
activation of the Cosmic energy at the individual level (Kundalini
energy) over the last decade.
There has been significant evidence of increased mitochondrial
activity (increased cell energy). Changes occur in the gene
expression which lead to suppression of the disease-causing
signaling pathways for cancer, mental illness, etc., and which lead
to a significant increase in the signaling pathways, thus allowing
for greater health and better performance of the cells of the body.
Recent studies have shown the remarkable anti-aging influence
of this process, as measured by an increase in telomerase activity
(responsible for increasing the life span) and an increase in the
number and viability of stem cells (responsible for repair and
maintenance and longevity of the cells of the body).
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Deeper Truths about Healing
Revelations from the Avatar
Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras say:
te pratiprasavaheyāḥ sūkśmāḥ (2.10)
I will try to give the exact truth I experienced from this sutra.
All the engraved memories or samskaras should be reduced to the causal
state and destroyed.
Ron Hubbard, who developed the science of Scientology, says that
engrams or painful memories are the root of all human ills. Erasing
the engrams can relieve us from diseases like neurosis, asthma,
high blood pressure, arthritis and so on. These are the research
and discoveries related to past living. Please understand: when I
say past living, I mean, from the moment you took this body till this
moment; the first phase of the past. Even if that is cleaned, many of
the diseases like neurosis, asthma, high blood pressure and even
diabetes can be healed. All genetic disorders can be healed.
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Unfreezing the bio-memory
As I said, thought + attachment = engram. When you take away
the emotional attachment from the engram, it becomes reduced
to a thought. When it is reduced to a thought and never becomes
an engram again for a particular period of time, the thought just
gets burnt away; it disappears. Any thought that does not become
engram again through some attachment or entertainment from your
side, surely gets burnt away. I tell you, you constantly go thru satori.
One satori is enough to burn away your unnecessary thoughts. It is
you who continuously bring them back due to your attachment; it
is you who indulge them and make them into engrams again.
I can tell you from my experience as a healer: I have seen thousands
of patients walk out of their diseases. And I know very clearly who
will walk out and who will not walk out; who can walk out and
who cannot walk out. It is like this: the bio memory is the place
where all these samskaras are caught - like an ice-cream where so
many nuts are caught! If the ice-cream is frozen, it is very difficult
to take those nuts out. If the ice-cream melts, you can simply take
those nuts out very easily. Or when metal statues are being made,
if some dust or small piece of wood or stone falls on it, once it is
cool the statue is made, you can’t take the piece out; it is caught.
But if you can melt the statue again, those dust or small stones can
be taken out.
Same way, all the engrams are caught in the frozen bio-memory.
But if that just melts with deep devotion, those engrams can be
taken out and thrown away just like that. That is the reason, when
somebody melts with a deep devotion, I know the person will just
walk out of that disease. All I need to do is just lend a hand to help
the person walk out of the disease.
The Shiva Sutras declare that a being who is in perfect health can
transmit that health to any other being just by his nissankalpa, his
intentionless Consciousness. That is the science whIch is at work
behind healing.
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Nithya Spiritual HealingSM : the Genesis
Paramahamsa Nithyananda left home at the age of 17 and dedicated
nine years to spiritual wandering as a ‘Parivrajika’ in a rare, intense
search of the ultimate truth. As a wandering monk, during his
travels, He lived many years in the Himalayan regions, and more
than nine months in the mountain retreat of Tapovan.
Tapovan is one of the ‘airstrips’ to the mystical energy field of
Shambala. It is hidden away in the mountains, and has no proper
access paths. Traveling to and from Tapovan requires extensive
acclimatization and spiritual strength.
Miracle of Nithya Spiritual Healers’
Initiation
After realizing His Avataric mission, Paramahamsa Nithyananda
visited a place called Nerur (in Andhra Pradesh in South India),
which houses the jeeva samadhi (living energy field ) of an
enlightened master and avadhuta, Sadashiva Brahmendra.
One of His teachers from college, who was also His devotee,
visited Him there to have darshan. She had heard about His healing
powers, and requested to be initiated into His healing system.
Conclusion
Today, there are over 20,000 initiated Nithya Spiritual Healers
worldwide, acting as the ‘healing hands’ of His Holiness
Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
Working from their homes, in their local communities or in
Nithyananda Peetham’s innumerable healing centers worldwide,
these healers continue to baffle the world of modern medicine by
curing often fatal and incurable diseases with nothing more than a
healing touch and a few moments of prayerful meditation.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s first encounter with His own latent
healing powers happened while returning from Tapovan. He
describes this great incident, revealing to us, his inconcievable
inner-powers, that were to become blessings to the whole world:
“I was returning from Tapovan by foot. As you come to the lower
ranges, army trucks can be found moving along the mountain
paths. I was given a ride in one such truck. In these army trucks,
there are usually no seats – only wooden planks tightened with
nuts and bolts.
Suddenly the truck went over a big hump and I was lifted and
thrown down on the wooden plank. My spine hit one of the bolts
and was fractured.
When we reached the next army camp, the army doctor took an
X-ray and said that I needed to rest for a month. 30 days was too
long a time for me to stay in one place just resting! I did not bother
about the doctor’s instructions, did not take any treatment and just
put my hand on the injured area. That’s all. The injury was healed!
Paramahamsa Nithyananda replied that the Cosmos had not yet
revealed that science to Him, and it would happen at the right time,
as per the will of the Cosmos. While saying this, He was sitting
close to the jeeva samadhi of Sadashiva Brahmendra, and could
feel the avadhuta’s presence.
At that very moment, He saw Sadashiva Brahmendra standing
before Him. The avadhuta gave Him a blade of darbha grass, and
asked Him to give it to the teacher and tell her to start healing others
using the blade of grass. The divine formula for the transferring the
healing technology was revealed!
On the spot, Paramahamsa Nithyananda initiated His teacher with
the darbha grass, and the first Nithya Spiritual Healer was given to
the world.

That was how I discovered the power of healing that our body
carries in itself.”

(During the Nithya Spiritual Healers’ Initiation, Paramahamsa

Nithyananda shares with the world this gift that He received
with His enlightenment, through an initiation that transmits these
healing powers to anyone who is committed to heal and serve the
humanity and the planet.)

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Realigning Human Physiology
T he human being is not a single entity. He is a conglomerate
of at least 50 trillion individual cells, all attached to each
other, working in coherence as a symphony.
Imagine being in a large auditorium enjoying the New York
philharmonic, where even a single musician out of tune will disrupt
the harmony of the entire composition! Exactly the same thing
happens in a human being, where small disruptions of an individual
cell or a group of cells can lead to an obvious disharmony, which
we label as disease.
Though there is a tendency to think that intelligence is a specified
attribute of the brain, it is far from the truth. The brain merely is a
processor of signals and storehouse of memory and functions like
a biological CPU with billions of neurons connected to each other
in billions of ways. In effect, it is nothing but a quantum computer
for processing data.
On the other hand, every cell by itself is a living individual organism
with a life force and intelligence to process information internally
as well as that from the outer environment. The intelligent cell
makes decisions in nanoseconds to manufacture new proteins,
enzymes and whatever is needed in order to nurture and protect
itself and also to constantly repair any ongoing mechanical damage
in its complex yet versatile system.
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The Mind of the Cell
The energy for ‘doing’ is produced constantly by an organelle
called mitochondria, which creates pure energy in the form of ATP.
Thus, the mitochondria is also known as the powerhouse or the
battery of the cell.
Inside the cell is a structure called the nucleus, which houses the
entire blueprint of the human race including inherited memories
and traits passed through generations. This structure is called the
Gene, and structurally called DNA.
Significantly, the DNA contains, in a seed form, the blueprints of
all the species that we have existed as, before we took this human
body.
This is amply demonstrated by the human fetus, which mimics its
entire life-story while in the womb - from breathing through gills
like a fish in the early stages, to sporting a hairy body resembling a
monkey in the seventh month of pregnancy.
There are a very large number of genes, called the genome,
present in the individual cell which is made up of approximately
30,000 genes. They are neatly folded into structured entities
called chromosomes so as to conserve space.
There are 46 chromosomes in every somatic cell of the human
being and each chromosome is protected by a cap-like structure
called the telomere. As the DNA replicates to produce proteins,
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the telomere gets worn off, leading to eventual death of the cell.
The telomere can be preserved by increasing the manufacture of
a special enzyme called telomerase.
Advanced Kundalini Activation Research
Pursuing his conviction that kundalini activation can be physically
measured, Paramahamsa Nithyananda undertook the medical
surveillance of participants in his breakthrough residential three-
week yoga spiritual program, Inner Awakening®.
Attendees were tested in relation to a variety of parameters
upon arrival at the retreat. The same tests were repeated just
before their departure. The results of the study were astonishing,
demonstrating that Kundalini activation erases a host of chronic
illnesses, mental and emotional blocks and behavioral problems.
It has a measurable effect on cell structure, creating a positive
shift in genetic function and raising personal energy levels by an
amazing 967%.
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Inner Awakening® : The Program
Inner Awakening® is a unique life-transforming 21-day spiritual
program centered on awakening the highest inner potential energy
within the participants: the Kundalini energy.
While the authentic morning yoga sessions prepare the body to
hold and express the powerful Kundalini energy, Paramahamsa
Nithyananda personally guides the participants through deep-
cleansing meditation processes, aided by the natural high energy
available at some of the world’s most powerful Cosmic energy
fields like Varanasi, Cambodia, etc.
Each day culminates with an initiation from Paramahamsa
Nithyananda, during which he awakens the Kundalini energy. With
this transmission, He also awakens the various previously dormant
dimensions within each individual that express themselves as
completion, creativity and mystic powers.
Kundalini Awakening works on all the essential dimensions of
life, effecting deep and lasting healing at the physical, mental
and emotional levels. This is experienced variously as peace,
productivity and awareness. With the initiation into the Science of
CompletionSM, participants learn to rewrite their future with peak
possibility.
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The Need for Medical Research in Inner Health Recoveries* as a result of Inner
Awakening® Awakening®
Since the first Inner Awakening® program happened in 2008,
many of the seekers who came from around the world seeking The Study
spiritual solace reported amazing health recoveries as one of the
main benefits of attending the program.
1. Physical and physiological parameters
This discovery, in addition to increased energy levels, set the stage 2. MTT assay
for scientific research to validate these observations. The study
was structured to quantify the changes and statistically evaluate 3. Genetic studies
their benefits.
4. qEEG studies
The intent is to determine the physiology behind these changes
5. Materialization studies
through appropriate scientific studies, so that more in-depth
examination can be done in future programs by external
researchers.
We would like to share the health benefits experienced by the
participants in recent days. These results are based on pre- and
post- program questionnaires answered by the participants.
*Note: Some research findings are based on information polled from
program participants and are subjective in nature.
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Physical and Physiological parameters
The following physical and physiological parameters were
evaluated on Day 0 and Day 18 of the Inner Awakening® program:

1. Height and weight and by inference BMI

2. Chest and waist circumference and by inference C/W ratio

3. Diastolic blood pressure with a mid-program review on

hypertensives
1. Student t test for paired comparisons
4. Fasting blood sugar
Objective: To investigate the significance of the difference between
5. Mid-program review on diabetics single population means.
Study Design: An evaluation to study the effectiveness of No assumption is made about the population variances and di is the
intervention on Anthropometry Parameters and Clinical Variables. difference formed for each pair of observations.
Statistical Methods: Descriptive statistical analysis has
been carried out in the present study. Results on continuous 2. Significant figures
measurements are presented on Mean SD (Min-Max) and results
+ Suggestive significance (p value: 0.05<p<0.10)
on categorical measurements are presented in Number (%).
Significance is assessed at 5% level of significance. Student t test * Moderately significant (p value: 0.01<p< 0.05)
(two-tailed, dependent) has been used to find the significance of
** Strongly significant (p value: p <0.01)
study parameters on continuous scale within each group. 95%

Statistical software: The Statistical software namely SAS 9.2,

SPSS 15.0, Stata 10.1, MedCalc 9.0.1, Systat 12.0 and R environment
version 2.11.1 were used for the analysis of the data and Microsoft
Word and Excel have been used to generate graphs, tables, etc.

The results are further validated by ongoing research done

on subsequent batches of Inner Awakening® participants. A
summary of the findings has been included here.

Confidence Interval has been computed to find the significant

features. Confidence Interval with lower limit greater than 50% is
associated with statistical significance. Note: Some research findings are based on information polled
from program participants and are subjective in nature.

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 Inner Awakening® and Cellular
Transformation
The Science of Mitochondrial Function
The human body is essentially an assembly of 50 trillion individual
cells living in unison, working towards a common goal. Each
cell is by itself a complete living entity with its own processes for
sustenance of life, reproduction and so on. Most of the components
of the cells are common to all, fulfilling basic common needs, yet
each has its own specialized departmental work, be it secreting
hormones, enzymes and so on. All these cells are powered
by a single battery within the cell called the mitochondrion.
The mitochondrion is an interesting structure, only 1 micron in
length, situated outside the nucleus in the cytoplasm of the cell.
Mitochondria are the cell’s power producers. They convert energy
into forms that are usable by the cell. They are the sites of cellular
respiration which ultimately generate fuel for the cell’s activities.
Their function is to optimize the utilization of energy-producing
substances like glucose, and to produce ATP which is the energy
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molecule of the cell. Without mitochondria, the cell can produce
only 2 ATPs per glucose molecule. The mitochondrion, on the
other hand, can produce 32 ATPs per molecule of glucose, which
is a 1700% increase in efficiency. Mitochondria are also involved
in other cell processes such as cell division and growth, as well as
cell death.
Mitochondria have their own set of DNA, which allows them
to function independently. Unlike the DNA in the nucleus of
the cell, which is covered by a protective layer of histones, the
mitochondrial DNA is naked and thus exposed to increased
possibilities of damage.
As it is, the repair mechanism of the mitochondrial DNA is not
as efficient as that of the nuclear DNA. As we age, significant
errors creep into the mitochondrial DNA which go unrepaired or
insufficiently repaired. This leads to malfunction in the electron
transfer chain of the mitochondria. Instead of producing pure
energy in the form of ATP, a non-productive oxygen species called
reactive oxygen species (ROS) is produced. This ROS damages
cellular structures including the exposed mitochondrial DNA,
leading to a vicious cycle of dysfunction and aging, which in turn
leads to cell death.
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Mitochondrial Assay—The Study
a.  10 random blood samples from Inner Awakening®
participants from above 50 years of age as study group
b.  Blood samples were taken on Day 0 and Day 18
c.  Labeling was double blinded and sent to the laboratory
for MTT assay
d.  All participants received the powerful ‘energy darshan’
(shaktipat) from Paramahamsa Nithyananda every day, in
addition to participating in yoga, meditation and cathartic
processes.
Fig: ROS mediated cell damage
Since the etiology of many diseases is currently being
quoted as related to free-radical mediated damage,
mitochondria seemed to be the right subject for study and
that is where we started. Genetics also plays a major role
in the etio-pathogenesis of diseases. Genetic studies were
carried out on participants who had significant health
recoveries. QEEG studies were also done to study the
effect on brain waves.
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Laboratory Analysis
The MTT assays were performed at Post Graduate Department of
Biotechnology, Mangalore University.
All results including the physical, physiological measurements
and the MTT assay were statistically evaluated by professional
biostatistician Dr. K. P. Suresh, Scientist (Bio Statistics), National
Institute of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Bangalore.
Material and Methods
Procedure for Isolation of Mononuclear Cells
This colorimetric assay is dependent on the ability of viable cells
to metabolize a water-soluble tertazolium salt (yellow color) into a
water insoluble formazan product (purple color). It measures the
activity of cellular respiratory enzymes that reduce MTT. Since only
viable cells perform this activity, the assay is used to measure the
viability and proliferation of cells.
Procedure: Isolation of Mononuclear Cells (MNC)
Human Mononuclear cells can be separated from heparinized
blood samples or from the buffy coat of centrifuged blood
Washing the Cell Isolate
sample with sodium citrate as an anticoagulant after removal of
the erythrocytes and the plasma. The residual fraction (25–40
ml) contains more than 90% of the leukocytes, 10% of the
erythrocytes, and 5% of the plasma.
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1.  Dilute buffy coats 1:4 (v/v) or heparinized blood samples 1:2
(v/v) with Dulbecco’s Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) without
Ca2+ and Mg2+.
2.  To a 10 ml centrifuge tube add 2 ml of defibrinated or
anticoagulant treated blood and an equal volume of balanced
salt solution (final volume 4 ml).
3.  Mix the blood and buffer by inverting the tube several times
or by drawing the mixture in and out of a pipette.
1.  Invert the Ficoll-Paque media bottle several times to ensure
thorough mixing.
2.  Using aseptic techniques, add Ficoll-Paque media (3 ml) to
the centrifuge tube.
A Micro-titer Plate after MTT Assay
3.  Carefully layer the diluted blood sample (4 ml) onto the Tetrazolium salts are converted by metabolically active cells to
Ficoll-Paque media solution. formazan, which can be quantified by measuring
absorbance at 570 nm.
4.  Centrifuge at 400 g for 30 to 40 minutes at 18ºC to 20°C
(brake should be turned off).
4.  Remove the supernatant.
5.  Draw off the upper layer containing plasma and platelets
5.  Re-suspend the mononuclear cells in 6 to 8 ml
using a sterile pipette, leaving the mononuclear cell layer
balanced salt solution.
undisturbed at the interface.
6.  Centrifuge at 400 to 500 × g (or 60 to 100 × g for
6.  Transfer the layer of mononuclear cells to a sterile centrifuge
removal of platelets) for 10 min at 18°C to 20°C.
tube using a sterile pipette.
7.  Remove the supernatant.
8.  For cell counts, dilute first 1:10 in supplemented RPMI
-1640, and then 1:2 with 0.1% trypan blue solution, and
1.  Estimate the volume of the transferred mononuclear
count the cells with a Hemocytometer.
cells. Add at least 3 volumes (~ 6 ml) of balanced salt
solution to the mononuclear cells in the centrifuge tube.
2.  Suspend the cells by gently drawing them in and out
of a pipette.
3.  Centrifuge at 400 to 500 × g for 10 to 15 minutes at
18°C to 20°C.
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MTT Assay - Steps
1. Remove the culture medium from cell monolayers
cultured in 96-well plates.
2. Reconstitute each well with 0.2 mL supplemented
RPMI-1640 containing 1 mg/mL MTT.
3.  Incubate the cultures for 2–4 hours at 37°C.
4.  Remove the supernatants from the wells.
5.  Add 0.2 mL per well of a lysing reagent containing
0.04 N HCl in isopropanol.
Decision: The p value and the level of significance are compared. If Conclusion
p < 0.05, the null hypothesis is rejected and the alternate hypothesis
is accepted. If p ≥ 0.05, the null hypothesis is accepted. ♦♦ The effective transmission of healing energy to participants
by an adept healer through the process of energy darshan
Computations: The tables below give us the various computations
leads to Kundalini awakening to a statistically significant
and the p value.
degree.
Comparison of the change in MTT Assay at Day 0 and Day 20 in ♦♦ The addition of yoga and meditation along with energy
study group: darshan leads to greater increase in cellular energy.
In study group, there was an increase in mean MTT Assay from
Day 0 to Day 20. The increase in MTT Assay from Day 0 to Day 20
in Study Group was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.001).

6.  Mix the content of the wells thoroughly.

7.  Read the plates in an automated microplate

spectrophotometer at 570 and 630 nm as reference.

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Sieuweters, A. M., Klijn, J. G., Peters, H. A., & Foekens, J. A. (1995;
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participants.
Null Hypothesis: There is no significant difference in the mean
value between two groups, i.e. µ1 = µ2

Alternate Hypothesis: There is a significant difference in the mean

value between two groups, i.e. µ1 ≠ µ2

Level of Significance: α = 0.05

Statistical test used: t test

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 My relationships have been
beautifully healed
Legal name: Sarah Goldblatt
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya
Deepthananda
Location: Port Washington, New York,
United States
When I left to attend the Inner Awakening program in March 2013,
my husband was enraged that I was leaving my family at time that was
quite tumultuous at home. He felt that I was abandoning him and my
four children. I left for India in fear. I had always let fear run my life. I
returned from India fearless.
My experience at Inner Awakening was the best and most profound
of my life - beyond marriage and childbirth. I experienced so many
emotional shifts and mystical moments. When I returned back home,
I could see that I was much more equipped to handle all situations in
my life. I used to be an angry person who typically saw the downside
of situations. But after IA, have gained intense confidence, focus and
patience and the ability to consistently be in the positive.
I no longer yelled at my children, and was able to authentically listen
to them. My older daughter of 15, who is adopted and never showed me
affection, began hugging me and wanting to hang out.
My husband, though still claiming to be upset that I was gone for 24
days, consistently commented on the change in me. In fact, one day he
said, “I like you so much more now, I really, really do.” I too am much
happier with the new me. I feel so strong and joyful inside.
I should also mention that as a yoga teacher, I am experiencing so
much growth since attending my first Inner Awakening. I have been
able to enrich my students in a new way, to help them cognize and
internalize that life is possibility. Again, it is not a coincidence that my
yoga classes are growing.
Expansion brings expansion!!!
I used to feel like a failure. Now I see that I am divine and blessed. I
have so much gratitude to Swamiji and Nithyananda sangha!
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I am liberated from psoriasis-arthritis
Legal name: Roy Vlemincx
Location: Gent, Belgium
Email: mokshamondo@live.be
I had been suffering from psoriasis-arthritis with several infected
joints and tendons. In December 2013, I attended the Inner
Awakening program in Bali. I experienced healing a lot of healing
through the darshans of my Master Swamiji. It was very gentle,
intense, sometimes subtle, but definitely effective!!
At first I had to sit on a chair during the satsangs, because of too
much knee pain, but soon I could sit on the ground and felt lighter
and lighter, and then the knee pain disappeared!
I learned that this psoriasis-arthritis is nothing but carrying a wrong
idea of myself. During every darshan, I felt as if Swamiji operated
on me with such precision and unconditional love. Every day it was
deeper and deeper healing, opening all my chakras, awakening my
kundalini energy, every day a little higher.
Also, my thoughts became less, and more positive. My self-doubt,
hatred and denial patterns became clear, and deeper restful
awareness was introduced into my bio memory, muscle memory
and inner space. Super!
This was strengthened by early morning yoga and a Nirahari
(liquid) diet, my favorite way to break my food pattern!
Whenever Swamiji puts his hand on my head, I felt healing energy
flowing down my spine. It was so liberating! Everything looked so
bright, everybody was radiating bliss. “It is possible” came back into
my inner space!!
Amazing experience with Guru! Thank you Swamiji!
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I have been healed of my fear of public speaking
Name: Sathiyan Kutty
Spiritual name: Sri Nithya Poornananda
Location: California, USA
Email: sri.nithya.poornananda@gmail.
com
I am an IT professional living in San Francisco Bay Area.
In 2012 December I attended a program called Inner Awakening
with Paramahamsa Nithyananda on board a cruise ship in South
East Asia.
Inner Awakening was the most profound spiritual experience for me
and it healed years of emotional pain caused by my past failures in
business and relationships.
At one time after Inner Awakening, I experienced a state of
completion when all the heaviness in me caused by all my past
negative emotions suddenly dropped in an instant. At that moment,
I experienced deep inner peace, inner healing and bliss. Since then,
I do not experience anxiety or depression. I am able to speak in
public, something I could never do my whole life.
Even as I write this story, I sit with a beautiful smile on my face;
thanks to the Master and his powerful techniques to overcome my
own inhibitions.
My whole life has transformed and I am deeply grateful to the
Master for healing me head to toe.
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My lactose intolerance disappeared!
Name: Rose Li
Location: San Francisco, USA
Email: ylrose125@gmail.com
I have been very fortunate to have had a good physical health all
my life.
The only health issue I had was being lactose intolerant for most of
my life. I avoided all dairy products in my food intake, as I would
have a stomach
upset and temporary hives on my face and neck.
It was during the Sarva Darshan one morning in November 2013,
I asked Him for healing to cure my lactose intolerance. I had my
doubts after the darshan, but I really didn’t think about it much
after that day.
In the following week, I went to Bali for Inner Awakening. During
one morning breakfast, I decided to try drinking milk. It tasted
yummy, pure and light; but to my surprise, I felt great afterwards! I
couldn’t believe it, so I started to drink 2 cups, and then 3 cups, and
then I decided to try ice cream for dessert, and guess what, I still felt
great afterwards!
All the years of my lactose intolerance symptoms have disappeared.
It’s been 6 months since Bali IA, and I have zero lactose issue.
Thank you Swamiji.
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Impact of Kundalini Awakening Gene
on Gene Function Gene is a functional hereditary unit made up of DNA, which
occupies a fixed location on a chromosome.

Introduction
Chromosome
Health: Health is defined as not merely absence of illness, but also
A chromosome is a long strand of DNA, found within the nucleus
a sense of positive feeling in physical, physiological, psychological
of a cell.
and emotional states.
A human being has 23 pairs of chromosomes in each cell of which
It is a core process affecting all individual cells of the body (50 trillion
22 are autosomal (not sex-related). The last pair are the sex
cells) and their relationship with one another to function as a whole
chromosomes, which determine our gender.
(human being). The relationship of this whole, its interaction with
physical and environmental factors (society), and the influence of
this interdependence on the collective consciousness (spiritual
health) are likewise aspects of the domain of health.

There are four different aspects of health:

• Physical

• Physiological

• Psychological

• Spiritual

Molecular Basis of Life

Life: The ability of any structure, whether molecule, organelle,
Of all the possible combinations of elements, the formation of a
cell or multi-cellular organism, to function in its environment
specially designed molecule called DNA (Deoxy ribo nucleic acid),
by actively processing signals, responding to stimuli, preserving
became the fundamental mechanism of giving life to otherwise
its systems, repairing damage and reproducing itself to further
inanimate molecules.
propagate its species, is known as Life. Life processes also include
undergoing quantum adaptive changes to deal with a dynamic The DNA is a poly-nucleotide chain containing a repetitive
and changing environment. backbone of sugar-phosphate units with small organic bases -
Adenine, Thymine, Guanine and Cytosine - attached to each sugar.
The primordial universe consisted initially of sub atomic particles
(energy), which combined together to form atoms, the smallest In human beings, DNA is a long strand measuring almost 2 meters
organized unit of life - for example, the atom of hydrogen. Hydrogen in length, but coiled inside a cell, which is only a few microns in
in turn can be further combined to form molecules through chemical diameter.
bonds, for example, the molecule of water and so on, which is hydrogen
bonded to oxygen.

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Genome
The complete set of chromosomes (with their genes) in an
organism is called its “Genome”.
The Human Genome contains between 25,000 and 30,000
genes similar to that of a mouse and less than a grain of rice,
which contains 50-60,000 genes. Hence it is clear that it is not
the number of genes, but what a gene can do that determines the
complexity of a living organism.
Genes not only transmit information from generation to generation,
but also act on a minute-to-minute basis, reacting to external
needs, synthesizing amino acids and proteins which carry out the
various functions of the body, whether structural, enzymatic or
defensive mechanisms.
Comparative Genomics
The human and chimpanzee genomes are 96% identical.
The 4% gap makes a profound difference in the physical and
psychological presentation (phenotype) of these two species.
For example, language, which is unique to humans, has been
tracked down to a double mutation in a gene called ‘FOX P2’. This
single factor forms the entire basis for verbal communication in
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the human species.
Genes and Disease
Some diseases involve a single gene mutation such as sickle-cell
anemia, which affects only a small subset of humanity.
Other diseases involve multiple genes. Over 100 genes are
implicated in susceptibility to asthma and cancer, causing disease
due to genomic instability often involving the mutation (change)
of genes from their normally programmed behavior.
Gene-related metabolic pathways such as MAP-K, which stands for
Mitogen Associated Protein Kinase, are implicated in the processing
of long-term potentiation (LTP), the basis for learning and memory.
In human beings, DNA is present in:
♦♦ The nucleus of the cell as chromosomes, completely
covered (protected) by a histone coat.
♦♦ The organelle called the mitochondrion, the powerhouse
or energy-producing battery of the cell.
Mitochondrial DNA is naked, unprotected by the histone coat.
This makes the mitochondrial DNA more susceptible to damage.
Built-in mechanisms function to constantly repair the DNA when
errors occur.
Gene Expression
It is estimated that only 10,000 of the 30,000 human genes are
expressed at any given time (redundancy). Since many genes are
repeated and many parts of the chromosomes do not contain
genetic material, it is estimated that only 5% of the human genome
is actively expressed and has functional genes.
There is a parallel to this in the Cosmos, where the sum total of all
known matter makes up only 5% of the universe, the remaining
95% as yet unknown.
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Expression, Up Regulation and Down Regulation
of Gene, Or Its End Product - The Receptor
Gene Expression is the process by which information from a gene is
used in the synthesis of a functional gene product. The process is
used by all known life to generate the macromolecular machinery
for life.
For example, depending on environmental conditions, the common
yeast undergoes a quantum shift in metabolic pathway from
fermentation to oxidative metabolism, upon exhaustion of glucose
as an energy source. This is called dioxy or double growth.
Experiments in fruit flies demonstrated differential expression of genes
during waking and sleeping states. During the waking state, genes and
encoding proteins involved in detoxification and defense mechanisms
are highly expressed.
During sleep, nerve-related genes are expressed, which leads to
consolidation of memory. (It is significant to note here that His Holiness
Paramahamsa Nithyananda routinely advises spiritual aspirants to
take a bath and meditate just before sleep, to avoid the consolidation
of negative energies/ emotions accumulated during the day into the
bio-memory.)
Up Regulation
In times of shortage, certain genes or their end products (specific
receptors) are up regulated or increased because of an apparent
shortage of access to specific materials.
Example: In Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, there is an up regulation
of insulin receptors, in the hope of capturing passing Insulin
molecules for glucose metabolism in the cell. This phenomenon
is called ‘Insulin Resistance’.
Down Regulation
Certain hormones can also down regulate or decrease the receptors
in order to balance the internal environment of the cell, as happens
with excess availability of substances.
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Review of Literature
Several papers have studied the role of meditation (relaxation
response), yoga, tai chi and other eastern techniques and their
effects on human physiology.
♦♦ Benson and Steiner (1975) studied the role of hypoxia, O2
consumption and CO2 elimination during meditation. This
was published in the Journal of Human Stress, 1, 37-44.
♦♦ Peng and Henry (2004) studied the heart rate dynamics
during meditation, which was published in the International
Journal of Cardiology, 95, 19-27
♦♦ Zheng (2007) studied the modulation of immune functions
and oxidative status, induced by noise stress, published in
Journal of Occupational Heath, 49, 32-38
♦♦ Glaser (1990) studied psychological stress-induced
modulation of IL2 receptor gene expression, published in
the Archives of General Psychiatry, 47, 707-712
The current study during Inner Awakening® was based on a similar
study done at Harvard Medical School by Dusck, et al. (2008)
on genomic counter stress changes, induced by the relaxation
response, published in Public Library Of Science One, 3 (7).
The Study
Control sample collection date: April 12, 2011
Test Sample collection date: May 2, 2011
Venue: Nithyananda Peetham, Bengaluru Aadheenam, Bidadi,
INDIA
Contract scientific services were carried out by Leads Clin,
Bangalore.
Principal Investigator: Dr. Krishna Shama Rao, Yenapoya
Medical University
Forty healthy adult volunteers, male and female enrolled for the
21 day Inner Awakening® program, volunteered to give blood
samples with informed consent for differential gene expression
study before and after Inner Awakening®.
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The objective of the study was to explore Indian traditional yoga
and meditation techniques through new experimental biology and
bioinformatics.
♦♦ Gene expression changes including up regulation and
down regulation were assessed by micro array analysis,
using affymetrix HG-U 133+ 2.O gene chips.
♦♦ Gene Ontology (GO) categories were identified using
expression analysis systematic explorer (EASE Analysis).
Study Design & Labeling
In the study, we compared gene expression profiles in whole
blood between Test and Control samples. Samples collected from
volunteers before program were named as BIAY samples and after
the program were named as AIAY samples. BIAY were considered
as controls and AIAY were considered as test samples.
Sample numbers 1-10 were pooled in as BIAY1 matched against
sample numbers 1-10 of after samples as AIAY1 and studied BIAY1
vs AIAY1
Similarly, samples 10-20, 20-30 and 30-40 were named and
matched respectively as BIAY2 vs AIAY2, BIAY3 vs AIAY3 and BIAY4
vs AIAY4.
Human whole genome HG-U133_Plus_2 chips form affymetrix
have been used for the study.
Materials and Methods
Blood sample collection and RNA storing:
Five milliliters of blood was collected from volunteers in EDTA
vacutainers, mixed with 25ml of Erythrocyte Lysis Buffer, Qiagen,
and incubated for 10 minutes on ice, then mixed by vortexing
briefly 2 times during incubation and kept for 10-20 minutes and
centrifuged at 4000 rpm for 10 minutes at 4°C and the supernatant
was completely removed and discarded. After 10-20 minutes visible
pellets were re-suspended in 10ml of solution.
RNA Precipitation Procedure:
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1. Add 1/10 volume 3M NaOH, pH 5.2 and 2.5 volumes ethanol.
2. Mix and incubate at -20°C for at least 1 hour.
3.  Centrifuge at ≥ 12,000 x g in a micro-centrifuge for 20
minutes at 4°C.
4. Wash pellet twice with 80% ethanol.
5. Air dry pellet. Check for dryness before proceeding.
6. Re-suspend pellet in DEPC-treated water.
Quantification of RNA Yield by
Spectrophotometric Analysis
Absorbance of the sample was checked in 260 and 280 nm. The
ratio of A260/A280 was 1.9 which is in an acceptable range.
cDNA and cRNA Synthesis, Hybridization, Scanning, Data
Extraction were done.
a)  Single cycle labeling process with cDNA using a T4 promoter—
dT24 oligonucleotide as primer and second strand cDNA synthesis
and incubation with T4 DNA polymerase has been done and the
products were purified using affymetrix clean up module. Biotinylated
cRNA is made using affy IVT kit.
b)  cRNA is purified using Qiagen, quantified and then fragmented
by incubation at high temperature with Magnesium. Biotinylated
cRNA is added to a total hybridization cocktail of 300 microliters
and 200 microliters is hybridized to gene chip after adding control
oligo-nucleotides, overnight.
c)  Hybridization has been done at 45o C, 17 hours overnight with
constant rotation. The hybridization mixture is then removed and
the Gene Chips are washed, stained with phycoerythrin-labeled
straptavidin, washed, incubated with biotinylated anti-streptavidin
and then restrained with phycoerythrin-labeled straptavidin to
amplify the signals.
d)  Arrays are then scanned using dedicated scanner, controlled
by GCOS software. Images are examined for defects. The Affy
Micro Array Suite 5 (MAS%) algorithm analyzed the hybridization
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intensity data of gene chip expression probe arrays checked a)  Autoimmunity
normalized and CEL files were stored for further analysis.
b)  Neurotransmitter: Neurotransmitter Uptake, Inhibitors,
e)  Microarray Data Analysis was done using the latest version Receptors and Synaptic Transmission together.
software Gene Spring 11.5. The CEL files are imported in Affymetrix c)  Cancer: Brain, Liver and Neoplastic Stem Cells
Expression workflow using Technology for HG-U133_Plus_2. separately.
Summarization: We opted for MAS 5 summarization. It also provides We limited the network building to these terms because including
flag information for the probe sets. Baseline to median of all samples all of the cancer MeSH terms leads to large network.
was applied for this data.
Following are the observations made:
Analysis: A t test unpaired was used to identify the differentially
Significant genes from Pathways which are two fold up or down
expressing entities. Fold change analysis at the cut-off of 2 was
regulated:
performed. Hierarchical clustering on the output was performed.
Gene Ontology Analysis was done by using fold change output. •  with Autoimmunity: 18
NCI to find significant pathways was used for pathway analysis.
•  with Neurotransmitter: 17
Results •  with Brain cancer: 40
•  with Liver cancer: 59
a)  420 Up regulated and 165 Down regulated entities are
obtained. •  with Neoplastic Stem cells: 18
b)  Gene Ontology has shown significantly enriched GO terms, and
pathway analysis has shown significant gene expression differences Interestingly 8 genes were common in all the cancer lists.
in the following 22 pathways: p38 signalling mediated by MAPKAP 3 (EIF4E, BMI1, TMEF2) of these were significant in C-MYC
kinases, P38 MAPK signalling pathway, validate targets of C-MYC pathway as well. 5 out of 59 significant genes from liver cancer
transcriptional activation, VEGFR1 specific signals, TNF alpha/NF-kB, network are also found in IL 12 mediated signalling pathways, 7
TGFBR, Hypoxic and oxygen homeostasis, regulation of HIF-1-alpha, in BMP receptor signalling, 3 in IL27, 5 in TGFBR, 4 in Androgen
Endogenous TLR signalling, Direct Interactions, Cellular roles of receptor and 8 in c-myc pathway.
Anthrax toxin, C-MYC pathway, BMP receptor signalling, Androgen
Receptor Androgen-mediated signalling, ATF-2 transcription
factor network, signalling mediated by p38-alpha and p38-beta,
Regulation of p38-alpha and p38-beta, Regulation of Androgen
receptor activity, N0 cadherin signalling events, IL27-mediated
signalling events and IL12-mediated signalling events.
c)  GSEA analysis for the dataset wherein Kaposi Liver cancer Poor
Survival was found to be significant.
d)  Further analysis was done for cancer, autoimmune and
neurotransmission related diseases and results are as below.
MeSH pathway analysis was done for the following terms:
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Discussion & Summary
1. The control group was the participants of Inner Awakening® on
day 0, and the study group was the same participants post Inner
Awakening®, day 21. Hence, human variations of gene expression
between control and study groups have been completely avoided.
2. 420 up regulated and 165 down regulated entities have been
demonstrated within a short period of 21 days. The shortest previous
study done at Harvard Medical School was of 8 weeks duration.
3. Gene ontology studies and pathway analysis has shown
significant gene expression differences in 22 pathways.
4. MeSH pathway analysis, further subdivided the GO pathways
under the following:
•  Auto Immunity
• Neurotransmitter
• Malignancy
•  Androgen related
• Mitochondria
There is a 7-fold increase in pathways related to Immune
modulation, Inflammation, Hypoxia regulation etc. This matches
with the clinical relief of inflammatory symptoms in the Inner
Awakening® participants, both in relation to autoimmune disorders
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like rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia and other chronic pain
conditions.
MAP-K signalling pathways are largely implicated in long term
potentiation involved in learning and memory. Eight children
participated in the Inner Awakening® for Kids program in parallel
with the Inner Awakening® program for adults, and their memory
and ability to recall were tested and recorded before and after 21
days. The significant improvement in memory correlates well with
the MAP-K gene up regulation.
Almost 117 gene expression changes with relationship to various
known malignancies were noticed following MeSH analysis;
however none of the registered participants had any recorded
malignant conditions during the Inner Awakening® processes.
There was more than a 7-fold increase in Androgen receptor
activity and other Androgen mediated signalling events. It is
well known in Vedic/yogic literatures that the intense practice of
certain Kriyas and meditation can lead to a natural suppression of
sex-related desires (Muladhara Chakra), which, similar to insulin
resistance, would lead to up-regulation of androgen receptors
in peripheral cells. The only other condition where such up-
regulation of androgen receptors is seen is in prostate cancer.
However, none of the participants had any history of cancer of the
prostate.
Previous study on the mitochondrial activity of Inner Awakening®
participants using the MTT assay techniques revealed a 967%
increase of mitochondrial activity. This correlates well with the
current finding of a significant increase of MAP-K and other related
pathways, which are essential in increasing both the number and
size of mitochondria.
Techniques of pranayama, which include various forms of bandhas
and kumbhakas, would naturally be expected to affect oxygen
homeostasis under hypoxic conditions, and the up regulation of
the HIF-1-alpha signifies the same.
Further studies in collaboration with Medical Universities, may provide
greater information on changes in mitochondrial activity in relation to
age, health and disease.
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Studies are being structured to do concommitant fMRI and qEEG Quantitative EEG (qEEG) Studies
studies to correlate with neurotransmitter activity in relation to
normal brain physiology and psychiatric illnesses.
The brain is essentially a bioelectric organ. The EEG or
electroencephalogram has long been used to record and study the
The study was conducted at Nithyananda Peetham, using
electrical activity of the outermost layer of the brain – the cerebral
processes under the guidance of His Holiness Paramahamsa
cortex.
Nithyananda.
A more advanced form of EEG has been developed, called
This study was funded by Nithyananda Peetham, and the data, quantitative EEG or qEEG, in which the electrical signal is converted
results and the copyright are the sole property of Nithyananda to digital form and compared to a database of individuals without
Peetham. any known neurological disorder.
In this form of functional brain imaging, the brain’s electrical
activity, as measured in 19 or 25 sites on the head, are analyzed
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The waveforms recorded reflect the level of arousal of the person:
delta activity (2-4 cps) accompanies deep sleep; theta (4-7cps)
states of drowsiness; alpha (8-11 cps) relaxed states. Beta range
activity reflects an engaged or active brain, and, with very fast beta
activity, an excited or urgent/emergency state of mind.
qEEG Studies on devotees
QEEG studies were conducted on participants who had Kundalini
awakening to study its effect on the brain. The qEEG’s were reported
by Dr Kanak Pandey, Neurologist.(1) The participants underwent a
series of standardized tests, basic recordings were done with open
eyes and closed eyes and also when the Kundalini energy was
activated by the Master’s initiation. Data were analyzed; digitized
data were subjected to an automatic artifact detection routine and
supplemented by visual review and these were the observations
made:
and business concerns. She is trained and certified on EMDR (Eye
Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) from the Hong Kong
Institute of EMDR. She is trained and certified in Biofeedback,
Neuro-feedback, and qEEG (Quantitative EEG) from USA.
She is:
- an international affiliate of American Psychological Association
(APA)
- member and a certified trainer of LMI international
- member of Indian Psychological Association
- member of Psycho-Linguistic Association of India
- member of International Society for Neuronal Regulation (ISNR)
Physiological Data and Statistics Report - My In deep meditation, EEG studies have shown the simultaneous
global presence of delta activity with increased beta presence in
Clinic
the pre frontal area. This signifies a state of ‘Restful Awareness’.
(qEEG recordings of participant) On the other hand, a direct transmission of Cosmic energy
Concise Client and Session information: (Kundalini Shakti in Vedic literature) clearly demonstrates cessation
of superficial cortical activity and the presence of multiple high
Client: [ID=00000045 ] amplitude spikes, not correlating with the known alpha, beta, delta
Session: p4 and theta rhythms, suggesting that the EEG machine is picking up
intense activity from sub cortical areas from hypothalamus and
Date Time: 09:17:43 14-07-2011 ; Duration: 43 min 17 sec. limbic systems.

The values are dramatically high in most of the activated people.

This may be indicative of very elevated, rapid, parallel processing.
It may indicate enhanced cognitive and mental functioning; this can
be calibrated by post activation assessment on various cognitive
functions. These elevated changes may help a person develop
better learning and executive abilities.

Positive impacts:
1.  Better focusing ability

2.  Better alertness and attentiveness

3.  Better short term memory

4.  Faster multi processing

5.  Better problem solving and decision making ability

6.  Warm and positive personality traits

1. Dr. Kanak Panday is the founder of Gunjan Human Karigar
and Maxcellence—Peak Performance Solutions. She is a trained
psychologist having more than 23 years of experience as a
behavioral psychological consultant with various reputed industrial
Figure: During eyes closed baseline rest, the theta rhythm (4-8
Hz) dominates the spectral energies of a child’s brain whereas
the alpha rhythm (8-12 Hz) dominates adult brain.

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 Continuing Breakthroughs in the new
Millennium
Paramahamsa Nithyananda has extended the horizon of human
possibility. Working first with a close group of devotees, and later
incorporating the technique into a public program, he successfully
launched the Nirahara Sammyama, a voluntary 21-day initiation
process in the year 2012, in which the body requires no food to
function. Participants have been able to carry out normal daily
activities and work without weakness, despite no nutritional intake.
Those who felt symptoms of hunger were mandated to eat, and
some opted to consume juice when needed. Many, however, took
nothing, not even water, without experiencing any ill effects. They
have even been able to cook for others without wanting to eat.
Conclusion
Paramahamsa Nithyananda continues to delve deeper into
common Source of science and mysticism.
Planet Earth is pleading for a new way of life for all its inhabitants,
a way of peaceful co-existence and joyous creativity. The solution
lies at our fingertips: by opening to our own internal energy or
kundalini shakti, we can resolve the world’s energy crisis and begin
to savor our life instead of struggling through it. We have also
the precious resource and grace of the Avatar who can bring our
energy into bloom: His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

This landmark event in itself is remarkable. What truly breaks new

ground is that Paramahamsa Nithyananda has guided the public
groups at a distance, and in unprecedented numbers. Some yogic
masters have succeeded in the past with a few close disciples who
live around them. But none has ever been known to sustain more
than four hundred devotees over thousands of miles all over the
world, solely by the power of their initiation, irrespective of the
geographical distance.

Paramahamsa Nithyananda’s ability to heal and transmit initiation

to those far away provides ever stronger evidence that energy
is not limited by space, time or physical form. Furthermore, his
capacity to awaken extraordinary powers in others proves the
Vedic understanding that these siddhis are the birthright of all
humans.

The research findings also confirm what the Hindu scriptures have
declared for millennia: while siddhas, mystics or yogic masters
may acquire these skills for themselves after long years of spiritual
effort, or as a side-effect of enlightenment, only the rarest being
known as the Avatar, by virtue of being established in the space
of non-dual Oneness, can awaken these siddhis in others by the
sheer power of His presence.

The world looks forward to a new evolutionary wave, guided by

the wisdom and vision of Paramahamsa Nithyananda.

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Anti-aging Effects of
Inner Awakening® program
Anti-aging Effects of an Intensive Mind and Body
Therapeutic Program through Enhancement of
Telomerase activity and Adult Stem cell Counts
Note: Results of these studies were published in the below journals:
1. Journal of Stem Cells, Volume 10, Issue 2 (pp. 107-125)
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2. Journal: Advances in Aging Research, Vol. 4, No.3, May 2015
Paper: An Intensive Mind and Body Therapeutic Program Leads
to Alteration in Gene Expression Critical to Aging Process in
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Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
Links: http://www.scirp.org/journal/aar
http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/aar.2015.43011
Objective
Key modalities of integrative medicine known to rejuvenate the
mind and body are meditation, yoga, completion process, energy
initiation by Paramahamsa Nithyananda every day and unrestricted
satvic diet.
It has been shown previously that intensive or prolonged mind
and body therapies (MBT) may have beneficial effects on the well-
being of both healthy people and patients. Telomerase activity and
levels of peripheral blood adult pluripotent stem cells (PB-APSC)
are reliable markers of long-term well-being that are known to
decrease with age. The objective of this study is to understand the
effect of our MBT program on telomerase activity and stem cells in
blood collected from the participants.
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Design
Here, we have investigated the effects of an intensive three-week
Inner Awakening® spiritual program on telomerase activity and
the peripheral blood stem cells in participants before and after the
MBT. A total of 108 people were enrolled in the study; 38 men and
70 women (aged 18-90) randomly assigned for the study.
Introduction
Aging represents the accumulation of physiological,
biological and associated alterations in a person for a
longer period of time [1,2]. Aging is one of the most critical
known risk factors for many human disease [3]. Roughly
0.1 million people worldwide die each day of age-related
complications [4].
Integrative mind-body therapies (MBTs), which include meditation,
pranayama, other kinds of breath control exercises, and yoga
have gained importance and intense attention from the scientific
community over the last two decades. Among the various types
of MBTs, meditation has still been considered as one of the most
common practiced techniques. Many scientific studies have been
carried out to understand the efficacy of meditation on physical
and mental well-being [5]. Meditation, yoga with breath control
exercises, and controlled diet with right nutritional supplementation
exert the best anti-aging effects including reduced anxiety and
illness, slow-down of the aging process, and improved cognitive
function [6,7,8].
During these years the scientific community has been consistently
trying to understand the safety and efficacy of meditation on
physical and mental well-being.
Recent studies show that meditation with breath and diet control,
can lead to stable changes in brain pattern for a longer period
of time as compared to non-meditating human beings, thereby
indicating the importance of intentional practices. These studies
may help in understanding the basic unifying mechanisms of
the brain, mind and body that enhance our capacity to adapt to
stressful and uncertain conditions [9].
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There are several cellular, molecular, biochemical, and clinical
markers to evaluate the rate of aging in an individual. These markers
are extensively being used to evaluate anti-aging potential of any
MBT program. Telomerase activity levels in a cell and evaluation
of the circulating adult stem cells in an individual are two such
molecular and cellular parameters for detecting aging [10].
Telomeres are DNA sequences that are essential for protecting
chromosome ends and ensuring chromosome stability during
replication and also allow cells to distinguish chromosome ends.
However, their lengths get reduced with each cell division and
further shortened during oxidative stress [11].
Below a critical telomere length, cell division can no longer occur
which causes cells to enter in a state of senescence that can further
enhance the tissue aging process [12,13,14,15,16,17].
Nevertheless, a recent longitudinal study indicates that telomere
length of peripheral blood mononuclear cells can increase over
time [18-20]. This recent finding thus emphasize the need for
identifying potential regulator(s) that control telomere length
shortening. The rate of telomere shortening or lengthening
depends primarily on the activity and the levels of telomerase
[21], which adds DNA sequences back to telomeres and thereby
increases their length and restore normal cellular function [22].
Lately telomere length has been proposed as a useful
“psychobiomarker” [18,21,23,24] and the new findings indicate
that telomere length can be regulated in part by psychological
stress [25,26]. Additionally, literature in the Hindu (and later
Buddhist) traditions indicate the role of meditation in the reduction
of psychological stress, which may be due to upregulation of
telomerase activity [27].
Adult stem cells are capable of renewal and facilitate regeneration
of lost tissues and also repair damaged tissues in the body during
stress/insult [28]. Importantly, maintenance of stem cell quiescence
is essential for preserving the long-term self-renewal potential
of the stem cell pool [28] such as in the brain, bone marrow,
musculoskeletal system, and the skin. Furthermore, there is an
emerging body of evidence that signals such as metabolic stress
can lead to impairment of adult stem cells function in vivo [29].
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Materials and Methods
Study Design and Subject
The study determined effect of telomere shortening on aging by
detecting peripheral blood adult regenerative stem cell (ARSS)
and telomerase activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells
(PBMC). All samples were collected at the site of the study. The
study originally included 110 participants. The samples from 2
participants could not be used since either they missed a session
or were not good enough for further analysis. Hence total of 108
patients were enrolled in the study, 38 men and 70 women (aged
18-90) .
The Inner Awakening® program consisted of completion process,
meditation, yoga and pranayama in the morning, and energy
initiations by Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Interactive sessions
were held between mentors and participants throughout the day.
Diet was strictly vegetarian with no calorie restriction.
The participants of the Inner Awakening® program were from
Indian and international locations with different ethnicities,
social backgrounds and represented unique lifestyles, with stress
and physiological problems at varying degrees. Most of them
had never undergone any similar or the same MBT programs
previously. Participant’s blood samples were assessed before and
after the MBT. Inclusion criteria were: age 18–90 years, no chronic
diseases such as CMV infection, heart diseases, diabetes, HIV etc,
and good psychological health, for example lack of anxiety and
depression, lack of bipolar disorders or schizophrenia.
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Ethics Statement layer was collected and washed 3 times in PBS supplemented
with 2% FBS (Stemcell Technologies, Vancouver, BC. Canada), and
The study protocol and the design have been approved by finally an aliquot containing 0.2 million cells was transferred into an
Institutional Ethics Committee. Informed consents in writing were Eppendorf tube (Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany) and centrifuged
obtained from all subjects prior to start-date of experimentation. at 3000g for 5 min. The pelleted cells were preserved at -80°C
until use. Heat-denatured telomerase was used as a negative
Intervention control for TRAP reaction.
The positive control was done using one million telomerase
On day 1 of the program, 5 ml of peripheral blood was collected from
positive cells supplied in the kit. The relative telomerase activity
each subject in anticoagulant EDTA vacutainer (BD Biosciences,
was calculated by taking negative control values as 1 and the data
San Jose, USA). After 21 days (i.e., end of the program) again 5ml
were normalized based on exact protein content of the samples.
blood was collected in anticoagulant vacutainer and forwarded
through validated clinical cold chain.
Statistical Analysis
Stem cell isolation process Each patient served as their own control. We tested the differences
in pre and post values for stem cell and telomerase. Day 0 served
Viability measurement was done by using Trypan blue (0.4%
as control for both telomerase and stemcell measurement and Day
Trypan blue stain, Invitrogen, Grand Island, NY, USA). Trypan blue
21 post meditation program served as the test sample. We tested
exclusion method [30] was used to count viable PBMCs. Stem
for differences in pre versus post using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank
cell count was done using hemocytometry. Adult regenerative
Test. We found that for both changes in stem cells and telomerase,
stem cell (ARSS) was collected from the peripheral blood by
there was a significant increase, P < 0.01.
density gradient centrifugation [31] and sedimentation process
[32]. Our approved protocol on the isolation of PMBC was initially
established by examining key pluripotency markers such as
OCT4, SOX2, NANOG by reverse transcriptase–polymerase chain
reaction (RT-PCR) [33].
Telomerase activity measurement in PBMCs
Telomerase relative activity assessment was done as per the
instruction of Millipore’s TRAPeze telomerase detection kit
(Billerica, MA, USA) with each sample being analyzed in triplicate.
These assays were done in the peripheral blood mononuclear cell
(PBMC) counts. Protein estimation assay was done using Lowry
method [34] and equal amount of protein lysate (0.4μg) was used
for TRAP reaction.
PBMCs were isolated by centrifugation using Lympho-Ficoll
(Ficoll-Paque Plus; GE Healthcare, Little Chalfont, UK) gradient
density centrifugation for 30 minutes at 400g. The mononuclear
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Results
A proper randomization of patients was done before the start of
the treatment.
As shown in Table 1 (page 148), all patients participated in this
study were randomized in terms of age, sex, stem cells, and
telomerase activity prior to meditation. The randomization was
successful as evidenced by age-range, sex of the patients just to
be sure increased telomerase activity in the treated group were
not due to inclusion of more young people.
Mind-Body Therapy (MBT) program did not affect
the viability of stem cells
Out of 110 patients, 2 patients’ samples were found to be
contaminated and hence rejected for the study. Using Trypan blue
exclusion method 80-90% viability was observed in all subjects
(101 - 208). The results are presented in Table 2 (page 150). A close
examination of the table revealed that the retreat did not affect
the viability of the stem cells among all subjects. Substantially
large numbers of stem cells (80-90%) were found to be viable
before and after the meditation.
MBT augmented stem cells numbers in peripheral
blood isolated from the participants
Having established that the retreat did not have much effect on the
viability of stem cells, we asked the question whether meditation
affected the number of total stem cell in subjects. Table 3 (page 151)
shows the stem cell fold changes in subjects before and after the
meditation. Thus program group participants showed higher fold
changes in stem cell numbers, indicating a possible role of stem
cells on the well-being of the subjects undergoing meditation.
In addition, a substantial percentage of subjects (about 90%)
exhibited increased stem cell counts after meditation as shown in
Table 5 (page 154).
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MBT augmented telomerase activity in stem cells
isolated from peripheral blood from the participants
Furthermore, having established that meditation had a marked effect
on the stem cell fold changes among the majority of the people
undergoing MBT as opposed to pre-MBT group, we went on to
investigate a key molecular parameter of well-being: telomerase
activity. Table 4 (page 152-153) represents the telomerase activity
fold changes in subjects before and after the meditation.
Thus telomerase activity was augmented in the majority of the
subjects after MBT, thereby indicating better well-being status. In
addition, as shown in Table 5, about 45% of people showed more
than one-fold of telomerase activity after MBT. Furthermore, about
27% of people showed higher fold changes (2-fold) in telomerase
activity after MBT retreat.
Discussion
Telomerase activity is critical to prevent early telomere shortening
which can delay the aging process [21,14,15]. Interventions that can
augment telomerase activity are clinically important because [27, 35,
36, 37, 38, 39] there are no known pharmacological or behavioral
interventions that have this beneficial effect to date. Also there is
an inverse relationship between telomerase activity and perceived
stress [25] that can be reduced by meditative practice [40,41].
To our knowledge, ours is the first study to date where simultaneous
investigation of the critical cellular and molecular parameters of
measuring human well-being were investigated. Most earlier studies
had looked at the effect of meditation on telomerase activity only.
However, in this particular study we looked at the effect of the MBT
on stem cell population along with telomerase activity.
Furthermore, in this study, we examined if there is any inter-
relationship between the telomerase activity and the augmentation
of stem cell counts in subjects.
Since stem cells are responsible for new cell generation, higher
stem cell counts could facilitate any age-related damaged tissue
healing processes. We found after intensive MBT training, retreat
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participants had significantly higher telomerase activity compared This increase was due to a reduction in ‘‘intrusive thoughts’’ as
to the premeditated group. Interestingly, increased telomerase reported by the patients. Given that meditative practice and
activity among the program participants was associated with negative impact of intrusive thoughts are inversely co-related,
increased stem cells count in the blood, thereby indicating an it is plausible that the increase in telomerase activity reported in
inter-relationship between increased stem cells numbers and that study might be in part due to meditation-induced changes.
telomerase activity. Importantly, the association between changes in control pre-
MBT and post-retreat telomerase activity in the present study is
The reasons for the positive correlation between the increased
consistent with the previous report showing an inverse relationship
stem cell count and increased telomerase activity could be two-
between perceived stress and immune cell telomerase activity in
fold.
caregivers for their chronically ill children.

First, increased telomerase activity could be due to intrinsic
telomerase activity in the stem cells. So the higher the stem cell Conclusion
number the higher is the overall telomerase activity.
Statistical analysis reveals that more than 45% participants showed
Second, since the stem cells have a potent healing capacity, they
more than one-fold change post the Inner Awakening® program
could migrate and home to the damaged tissue, due to age-
and more than 27% participants showed more than two-fold
related processes, and stabilize the telomere length by activating
change post the Inner Awakening® program.
telomerase enzyme through an unknown mechanism. However,
This is a significant increase in telomerase activity in as short a
we don’t know for sure whether the positive correlation between
period as 3 weeks.
stem cell number and telomerase activity is direct or indirect.
Furthermore, a recent pilot study on early-stage prostate cancer
patients [26], in which a modest increase in telomerase activity (2.22
as opposed to 2.0 before MBT) occurred in response to lifestyle
changes including a small amount of meditation or yoga. This is
consistent with the positive effect of MBT on the enhancement of
telomerase activity.
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Figure Legends
Figure 1. Stem cells fold measurements in participants’ blood before and after
the MBT program. Viable stem cells were counted from participants’ blood using
trypan blue measurement. Fold changes were determined by comparing viable
stem cell counts before and after the meditation.
Figure 2. Telomerase activity measurements in participants’ blood before and
after the MBT program. Fold changes in activities were determined by com-
paring telomerase activity before and after the MBT program. Heat-denatured
telomerase was used as a negative control for TRAP reaction. The positive con-
trol was done using one million telomerase positive cells supplied in the kit. The
relative telomerase activity was calculated by taking negative control values as
1 and the data were normalized based on exact protein content of the samples.
Table Legends
Table 1. Randomization of patient group in terms of age, gender, stem cells, and
telomerase activity.
Table 2. Trypan blue measurement of viable stem cells count isolated from par-
ticipants’ peripheral blood in subjects (101-208).
Table 3. Stem cell fold-changes in participants (101-208) before and after the
MBT program. Stem cells were isolated from peripheral blood collected from
the participants. Fold changes were calculated by comparing stem cell counts
before and after the MBT program.
Table 4. Telomerase relative activity fold-changes in subjects (101-208) before
and after the MBT treatment. The relative telomerase activity was calculated by
taking negative control values as 1 and the data were normalized based on exact
protein content of the samples.
Table 5. Percentage of MBT subjects showing overall fold-changes in telomerase
activity compared to pre-MBT subjects.
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PRE-TREATMENT PATIENT DATA
Stem Cell count Telomerase
Sr.No Gender Age Millions/m Relative activity
(Pre) (Pre)

101 F 49 43 0.5
102 F 41 28 0.66
103 M 40 20 0.54
104 F 25 22 0.65
105 F 46 45 0.9
106 F 15 24 0.45
107 F 62 38 0.4
108 F 65 18 0.6
109 M 43 33 0.55
110 F 44 32 0.46
111 F 48 34 0.7
112 F 53 46 0.9
113 M 70 41 0.56
114 F 45 36 0.6
115 F 59 34 0.6
116 M 31 25 0.57
117 F 64 25 0.77
118 F 29 35 1
119 F 59 21 0.4
120 F 63 29 0.33
121 M 36 22 0.5
122 F 34 16 0.6
123 M 47 21 0.6
124 M 48 34 0.7
125 F 29 24 0.4
126 F 36 51 0.3
127 F 34 45 0.5
128 M 36 34 0.7
129 M 35 39 0.4
130 F 28 49 0.5
131 F 72 21 0.6
132 F 60 24 0.8
133 F 45 29 0.33
134 M 36 39 0.45
135 M 56 21 0.5
136 F 20 38 0.11
137 M 23 54 0.7
138 F 56 25 0.5
139 F 32 26 0.4
140 F 48 23 0.8

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 Longevity and Health
♦♦ The ultimate goal of any life form is to preserve life,
increase life span without reducing productivity. This can be
achieved by the prevention of diseases most of which are
lifestyle-related and by the reduction of stress and cellular
inflammation.
♦♦ The detailed scientific studies conducted during the Inner
Awakening® program, from December 2010 till date, have
encompassed several different aspects of human molecular
physiology. There is ample evidence in scientific literature
that malfunctions of mitochondria, increase in pro-
inflammatory genes and regulatory pathways, decrease in
telomerase enzyme and decrease in the stem cell numbers
in the body are responsible for premature ageing, diseases
and death.
♦♦ The remarkable evidence gathered so far in Inner
Awakening® studies indicate that Mitochondria levels
increase several-fold.
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♦♦ Pro-inflammatory genes are down regulated.
♦♦ Gene and signaling pathways which enhance production of
mitochondria and stem cells are up regulated.
♦♦ The number of stem cells is increased.
♦♦ Telomerase activity is significantly increased.
♦♦ Questionnaire-based evaluations suggest significant
decrease in lifestyle diseases, psychosomatic conditions
and autoimmune diseases.
♦♦ The expected life span of a human was declared as 120
years in yogic scientific literature, which has now reduced
due to poor lifestyle, etc.
♦♦ With programs like Inner Awakening®, involving
powerful initiations from an Avatar, it is possible to
reestablish the Vedic life span of 120 years, with an improved
quality of life, and avoiding preventable diseases.
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AwakeningSM initiation process for participants during the
Inner Awakening® program
My sun allergy never came back From that day my sugar levels are normal

Name: Arun Manoharan

Name: Arthi Desai
Spiritual name: Nithya Shakthidharan
Location: Sunnyvale, USA
Location: Florida, USA
Email: akarody@gmail.com
Email: arunsmanoharan@gmail.com

I used to have a sun allergy that would not allow me to step out into
the sun for even a few minutes.
Even if I had a slight exposure to the sun, my skin would break out
into terrible rashes.
In 2011, I developed diabetes or sugar imbalance in the body.
While attending the Inner Awakening program, during one of the
darshans, I asked Swamiji to heal me. Swamiji healed me and told
me that I don’t have diabetes and not to worry about it.

When I attended Inner Awakening, I shared my problem with When I went back and checked my sugar levels, I found that they
Swamiji and requested him to heal me. had returned to normal.

Swamiji healed me and assured me that the allergy would not come From that day, my sugar levels are normal.
back.
Thank You very much Swamiji.
Since then, I frequently move around in the sun, but to my delight
and gratitude, the rashes never came back!

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 I got a better-paying job within two weeks
Name: Murthy Aduri
Location: Huntersville, Charlotte, USA
Email: adurimurthy@gmail.com
I wanted very badly to attend the Inner Awakening program being
conducted by Swamiji in Varanasi. Since my employer was not
ready to give my leave of absence, I simply left my job and went to
Inner Awakening along with my wife.
I shared this with Swamiji and requested his blessings for a new job.
Swamiji blessed us and said that he will take care.
Within just two weeks, I got a better-paying job than my earlier
one!
Also, after IA, I am experiencing a lot of clarity and no disturbance
from the inner chatter, leading to a more calm, confidence and
restful awareness in my life.
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I spoke to my mother again after ten years
Name: Wendy Scott
Location: Sawtell, Australia
Email: wendyscott56@gmail.com
I had a very strained relationship with my mother and hadn’t
spoken to her in ten years. This always weighed on my mind, but I
did not know how to make up to her after all these years.
When I attended the Inner Awakening program, we had several
‘completion’ sessions where we had to call up our family or friends
whom we had had issues with, and ‘complete’ with them, or bring
the relationship back on track.
For me, everything was going well, until l had to ring my mother.
That was the miracle.
I was hesitant to call my mother, but I know that Swamiji was with
me when I made that call. Here l was talking to her, as if nothing
had ever happened! I don’t know how it all happened, but the
healing was there. It was simply amazing.
Thank you so much for guiding us through the completion process,
and for being there for me Swamiji. It has changed mine and my
mother’s life.
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ammyama’ means rediscovering, exploring and expressing
the possibilities of extraordinary experiences and powers
which are available to all of us.
The human being is at the top of the food chain. Through the
millions of years of human existence, the bio-memory of deriving
energy from minimal naturally occurring food sources has been
transmitted through our genes. Over a period of time, social
circumstances changed the natural way of living, leading to
cultivation and consumption of cooked food materials.
The human body is a masterpiece of millions of years of creative
evolution. The human bio-memory contains the cumulative bio-
memory of every form of life that we have taken before. Whatever
we think of as miraculous powers in the modern day are only skills
and abilities that we once had, but have forgotten in our present
human birth.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda says,
‘If a fish can live underwater, you can live underwater.
If a bird can fly, you can fly!’
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Going Beyond Food
Nithya SammyamasSM: Techniques for
Extraordinary Living
Nithya SammyamasSM are a series of extraordinary techniques
revealed by the Avatar Paramahamsa Nithyananda to take
humanity to the next level of health, awareness and extraordinary
living. Among these, the one that has caught the attention of seekers
and medical professionals alike is the Nirahara Sammyama, the
science of going beyond the need for food.
The purpose of Nithya SammyamaSM is not only to empower us
with extraordinary capabilities. These sammyamas are powerful
catalysts on the path of the spiritual seeker, preparing the body
and mind to hold and radiate the phenomenal energies that are
released with enlightenment. They also give us the confidence that
we are progressing on the path.
Each sammyama is designed to liberate us from the physical and
mental patterns that are binding us to lives of disease, fear and
mental poverty. The sincere practice of any of these sammyamas
can liberate us from the limitations of body-mind and take us
to higher and higher states of awareness, helping us grow from
human to superhuman states in consciousness, freedom, power
and bliss.
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Nirahara Sammyama: The Science of
living Food-free
The human being is physically designed to consume only vegetarian
foods which are not processed. The human being does not have
the ability to process and digest raw meat, unlike carnivores.
There is a degree of similarity in the initial development of all
complex life forms, and the very early embryo looks very similar in
various species, from fish to human. This gives us an idea that there
is some common genetic thread in all life forms, with significant
differences in their manifestation, as the genetic material itself is
both intelligent and dynamic.
The word ‘Sammyama’ comes from the Sanskrit word ‘sam-yama’
which means ‘that which ties together’. Sammyama is an intense
process that gathers and concentrates our scattered energies in a
single direction.
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Traditional yoga texts recognize Sammyama as the integration of
the last four limbs of ashtanga yoga – pratyahara (shutting down
the senses), dharana (concentration), dhyana (contemplation) and
samadhi. 21 units of pratyahara is considered to be equivalent to
one unit of dharana, 21 units of dharana is equivalent to one unit of
dhyana and 21 units of dhyana is equivalent to one unit of samadhi.
Sammyama is the integration of all these.
Patanjali Yoga Sutra, one of yoga’s foundational texts, states:
trayam ekatra sammyamah (3.4)
The integration of these three (dharana, dhyana and samadhi) is
Sammyama.
tajjayāt prajnālokah (3.5)
From the mastery of sammyama, comes the light of consciousness.
Sammyama was also offered as a technique for spiritual
enlightenment in the Tamil epic ‘Tirumandiram’ revealed by the
saint Tirumoolar, who is believed to have lived in the physical
body for over 3000 years without any solid food. The word
‘Tirumandiram’ translates as the ‘Science of Miracles’.
Sammyama on any particular aspect endows the practitioners
with a power related to that aspect. For example, sammyama on
the nadi chakra creates the siddhi (yogic power) of nirahara.
Paramahamsa Nithyananda reveals:
Sammyama is far more than just a technique or process.
Sammyama is diving into your center and staying there
by the power of tapas (spiritual discipline).
As a laser beam illuminates whatever it falls upon, a
concentrated mind that has mastered Sammyama can
simply illumine any field that it chooses to focus on. All
deeper and subtler states of knowledge can be mastered
only through the process of Sammyama.
Sammyama is also the key to the expression of
extraordinary yogic powers, because sammyama
breaks the individual and collective bonds that bind us
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in space and time.
It is the nature of the mind to be restless and scattered.
By creating a strong flow of thought in one direction,
sammyama shakes the very roots of the mind, uprooting
patterns and habits of a lifetime – sometimes lifetimes.
For those who can withstand the churning of sammyama,
it helps break free from the mental patterns once and for
all.”
Nirahara Sammyama: The Process
The specific kriya or process of Nirahara Sammyama expresses the
latent genes in us, which contain the code for survival on minimal
or no obvious food material.
Nirahara Sammyama is the science of energizing the body by the
utilization of the subtle form of bio-energy (life energy or prana), to
contribute to the largest extent in maintaining the cellular activities
of the body.
The gross supplier of energy is food in the form of carbohydrate,
protein, fat and micronutrients, which are significantly restricted,
with the practitioner consuming only a liquid diet consisting of
pure fruit or vegetable juice without the addition of any nutritional
supplements.
The Nirahara Sammyama process was perfected and made
applicable by His Holiness Paramahamsa Nithyananda as a
combination of three techniques and processes:
• Initiation
• Shitkari Kumbhaka Pranayama
• Liquid diet - largely to allow adequate hydration
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Initiation Science
Sammyama happens when your ability to feel, think & be – all
three are centered on one subject.
To be completely effective, sammyama needs three components
– the presence of an Avatar who initiates one into the sammyama,
the technique itself, and the Sangha or group of practitioners
experimenting with the technique. The right ambience creates
a powerful energy field where beginners can simply pick up the
positive bio-memory of those who are already trained in that
sammyama.
As explained in earlier chapters, Initiation or Deeksha is a
technique of transferring bio-energy directly from the Master to
the practitioner.
This involves both the quantum concept of entanglement as well
as a direct or classical transmission of energy, which results in
changes at the levels of bio-memory (gene and gene Expression),
cellular energy (mitochondria), and several other changes at the
molecular level.
Pranayama Science
Shitkari Kumbhaka described in the Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Yogi
Svatmarama
atha sītkārī
sītkām kuryāttathā vaktre ghrānenaiva vijrmbhikām
evam abhyāsayoghena kāmadevo dvitīyakah |
yoginī chakrasammānyah srshtisamhārakārakah
na kshudhā na trshā nidrā naivālasyam prajāyate ||
One should always inhale through the mouth, retain and exhale
through the nose. With this practice, one becomes a cupid. He
is regarded adorable by all the yoginis and does not suffer from
hunger, thirst, sleep and drowsiness.
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As per the Trisikhibrahmanopanisad, the height of the human body
is 96 digits length with the vital breadth or Prana longer than the
body by 12 digit lengths.
In the middle of the body is the Sikhi or the fire situated just at the
level of the nabhi (navel) and is called the Nadi Chakra.
The regulation of the vital life-energy, Prana and Apana happens at
the level of the Nabhikanda, i.e. region originating from the navel.
Unlike traditional pranayamas, which are used to raise the
Kundalini (the potential energy) up from Muladhara Chakra to
Sahasrara (from base of spine to top of head) and therefore,
the in-breath and out-breath flow from the nose or occasionally
the mouth, in Nirahara sammyama, the in-breath is through the
mouth. This allows part of the prana (the life-energy) to enter the
traditional route and the other part to directly enter the belly to
activate the nadi chakra. This increases the redistribution of prana
into the samana system, thus providing energy in lieu of gross
food. The Kumbhaka or breath retention after filling the lungs with
breath, allows time for the energy to be distributed from the Nadi
chakra into the various abdominal organs, thus energizing and
purifying them.
The exhalation through the nose allows for Prana to move through
the Ida and Pingala, and enter the Susumna activating or resetting
the hypothalamus to control hunger, thirst, sleep and drowsiness.
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Science behind liquid vegetarian diet
The human being is colonized by more bacteria than there are
cells.
The entire alimentary tract is colonized by bacteria, the species of
which depend on our lifestyle and diet. The microflora of the gut of
a being living on animal products is distinctively different from that
of a vegetarian.
The microflora of a person on largely liquid vegetable and food
based diet is also different and supports the production of vital
micronutreints at the same time minimizing the production of exo
and endotoxins produced by the gut flora.
This allows for maximum absorption of nutrition including
micronutrients in the system.
Study
Thirty-eight participants from around the world gathered
in Tiruvannamalai in India in October 2012, to experience
THE Sammyama, an ancient Vedic practice that has been
awakened by the Avatar, Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
Participants drank only liquids, including juice and soup.
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Age range was from 16 to 65. All participants received regular
‘darshan’ from Paramahamsa Nithyananda. Darshan is an ancient
Vedic technique to transfer energy from a higher energetic source
to a lower one.
It is the Vitamin B12 that is involved in the metabolism of every
cell in the body, especially affecting DNA synthesis and function.
Without ample amounts of this vitamin, we can experience
irreversible damage to the brain, increasing the risk of Dementia,
and Alzheimer’s Disease. It also plays a key role in the prevention of
heart disease, because of its ability to lower homocysteine levels.
Normally Vitamin B12 is acquired by eating animal derived foods
like meat and eggs. However, there are some vegetables which
have lower quantities of Vitamin B12.
Also medical literature shows increase in Vitamin B12 in organically
grown plants like Spinach where cow dung is used as manure
instead of synthetic fertilizers.
Yet the Niraharis had massive increase in Vitamin B12 by only
drinking vegetable based fluids.
The process of shifting to a liquid based vegetarian diet changes
the blood micro flora tremendously and reduces toxin-producing
bacteria.
On the other hand, the specific kriya for Nirahara Sammyama
directs the vital energy or prana towards the abdominal organs
making the gut more efficient in absorbing micronutrients.
Cholesterol
Total Cholesterol levels reduced to normal levels in 85% of the
participants in just 21 days!
HDL (good cholesterol levels) gained by 45%. Even post-
menopausal women gained in good cholesterol. Menopausal
women do not produce high levels of estrogen. Normally estrogen
is needed for HDL to elevate.
However, the body has alternative pathways to synthesize
estrogen in small quantities. The process of Nirahara Sammyama
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increases the sensitivity of the body to realign itself at both stimulation of the bone marrow through increased
macro and micro nutrient levels. production of the erythropoietin by the kidneys.

Improved functioning of the kidney has already been

reflected on Sammyama participants by a consistant
Vitamin D decrease in the blood urea levels.

Also, the process of Kumbhaka in the Nirahara Sammyama

Vitamin D levels rose 100% in all participants. High levels Kriya, would induce the formation of hypoxia inducing
of Vitamin D leads to reversal of aging, heightened immune factor (HIF), which in turn will stimulate the formation
function, and promotion of calcium absorption. This reduces the of erythropoietin (production of HIF) related to gene
risk of osteoporosis and fractures. expression. This has already been shown in earlier studies
of 21 days Inner Awakening®.
Implication
Normally vitamin D is either acquired from food sources like
milk and meat or from exposure to sun.
Thyroid Function
Thyroid functions improved drastically, altering the levels of
Vitamin D3 increase following direct exposure to sun is usually
TSH (Thyroid Stimulating Hormone) and T3 levels increased no. of days
estimated in relation to the number of sun hours of exposure.
no. of days 33%.
Though the Nirahara Sammyama participants were largely
This resulted in normalization of the thyroid hormone levels,
indoors, the availability of indirect sunlight including UV light
thereby normalizing the effects of thyroid hormone on body
during the day cannot be discounted.
metabolism.
Considering the very significant increase in the Vitamin D3 levels
Blood glucose levels returned to normal levels in diabetics,
in just 3 weeks, the likely mechanism is a heightened sensitivity
even without their medication. The post Sammyama fasting
of the skin to manufacture Vitamin D3 even at minimum sunlight
levels were much higher in most of the participants.
exposure.

Implication
Hemoglobin Here the liver produced glucose through a process of
neo glucogenesis utilizing stored body fat.
Hemoglobin of male and female participants combined rose
70%. Hemoglobin is essential in producing red blood cells which
carry oxygen and provides us with vital energy.

Implication Caution: Nirahara Sammyama should not be attempted

by anyone on their own. It is a specific process, requiring
The synthesis of hemoglobin requires not only the presence
guidance by a trained Acharya (initiated teacher).
of iron which can be obtained from food sources, but also no. of days

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Compiled Results
♦♦ Recoveries from many serious mental and physical diseases
♦♦ Huge shifts in energy
♦♦ Reduced mental chatter
♦♦ Less unnecessary chatter when communicating with
people
♦♦ Calmness and contentment in inner space
♦♦ Increased awareness of engrams (negative thought
patterns)
♦♦ Increased awareness and removal of destructive patterns
♦♦ Reduction of hours of sleep, yet rested and energized
♦♦ The majority of participants reported needing only 4-5
hours of sleep per night
♦♦ Heightened ability to respond to situations spontaneously
without negativity
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♦♦ Increased responsibility for thoughts and actions
♦♦ Clarity of speech and expression
♦♦ Balanced emotions
♦♦ Alertness in body and mind
♦♦ Lighter body
♦♦ Greater flexibility both mentally and physically
♦♦ Increased gratitude
♦♦ Decreased feelings of irritation
♦♦ Increased intuition
♦♦ Drastic and permanent weight balancing
For the first time in history, using the combination of modern
science and yogic science, it has been unequivocally demonstrated
that liquid vegetarian diet in combination with yogic techniques
not only maintains good health, but in fact enhances various
parameters of wellbeing.
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My compulsive eating pattern is gone
Spiritual name: Ma Nithya
Brahmananda
Location: Mountain View, CA,
United States
Email: oraichinni@gmail.com
I had been obese since I had my caesarian section 20 years ago.
After practising Nirahara Sammyama, I am successfully losing the
fat which I fought against hopelessly with all kinds of exercises and
dieting.
I used to have heavy sweating due to low blood sugar when I did not
eat in time. I no longer have this problem. I also had acidity which
is not there anymore.
The compulsive eating pattern of wanting to eat comfort food
disappeared. I have full freedom to eat or not to eat whenever I
choose to.
Travelling has become lot easier. I do not depend upon anything or
anybody for food anymore. Whenever I get the food, and if I need
to eat, I eat!
Immense energy keeps radiating all through and I am able to sit
in utter silence, focusing for longer hours with much more ease in
meditations. The energy that Swamiji radiates is being understood
better by this body.
I understand the emptiness within with great joy. There is so much
more of awareness of the body and the thoughts now. The lighter
body is allowing me to do much more of active yoga and other
practices.
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I am living in a blessed body now
Name: Donna Johansen
Place: San Diego, USA
Email: donna@johansendesign.com
I started the Nirahara process in July 2012 and continued into the
advanced process of ‘The Sammyama’. The experience took me
beyond the pattern of food. My body became much lighter and
sensitive to energy.
I am a professional designer and artist. The effect of The Sammyama
was a noticeable increase in creativity and execution of details. The
hands carried an energy through them that did not exist before. The
designs are much more spontaneous than ever before!
Increased flexibility in my body was a pleasant, unexpected side
effect! My core strength increased drastically without any conscious
decision on my part to build it.
There is a huge utility value to not being pulled by the emotions of
hunger. Traveling long distances became very easy and stress free.
My deep gratitude to Swamiji for the gift of The Sammyama.
There is no will-power involved. The body responds directly to the
energetic configurations installed by the Master. The energy of the
sammyama expresses itself by itself.
There is not a moment that goes by that I don’t acknowledge this
extraordinary
happening. “Before the sammyama I knew logically that I was
blessed by Swamiji. After the sammyama, every cell of my body
knew experientially that I am living in a blessed body now.
Thank you for healing me in so many ways Swamiji!
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without eating
Name: Sanjay Verma
Location: San Jose, California, USA
I have a Masters in Computer Science from IIT and work as a
Strategic Planner in the semiconductor industry. I completed the
Nirahara Sammyama at Nithyananda Vedic Temple, San Jose
with the grace and guidance of my Guru, Swami Paramahamsa
Nithyananda.
It was nothing sort of miraculous to feel a continuous blast of energy
all the time despite not consuming any solid food at all! Simply
unimaginable for a logical mind with a lifetime of conditioning and
habits which had taught that food and various supplements were
the source of energy and strength. To my amazement, I found that
solid food caused me to become lethargic, overweight and would
cause me to want to lie down right after eating.
What a liberating experience it was to be free from dependence on
solid food! I am much more active, with regular yoga, meditations
and exercise. I was complimented about the glow on my face, my
body got into shape and my hypertension problem improved greatly
too.
By the Master’s grace, I experienced energy emanating from the
throat, sweetness on the tip of tongue and much deeper sleep. Above
everything, I experienced a highly elevated awareness, clarity and
restfulness, enabling much more effective meditations. Hopefully,
someday I would be able to become a lifetime Nirahari, as several
of my friends have already become.
My heartfelt thanks and tremendous gratitude to Swami
Paramahamsa Nithyananda for giving such a precious gift to
humanity. May we all benefit from this and be free from several
sufferings.
AVATAR SHASTRA
My hemoglobin shot up after three weeks
of fasting!
Name: Dr. Srilekha Karthik
Location: Bengaluru, India
I am a paediatrician by profession.
In 2012, I participated in Nirahara Sammyama process which lasted
for 21 days. During this process, I was facing lot of work pressure at
home and also on the professional front (three times more than on
regular days).
But to my surprise, the whole thing went through was like a piece
of cake!! I did a good job of juggling everything with such ease and
productivity, it was amazing!
During this period, I would sleep for just 4 hours a night, and it
would be a deep quality sleep, without dreams or disturbance of
any sort. I experienced a state of constant bliss, fulfilment, gratitude
and devotion.
I also constantly practiced chanting the mantra that Swamiji had
given us during the sammyama. Every evening, between 6-8 pm,
I experienced a sweetness in my throat (mystical yogic experience
of amrita or nectar), which was accompanied by a state of
indescribable bliss.
As a doctor, I was astonished to find that my hemoglobin, which
was 11% prior to the sammyama, shot up to 13% after not eating
for 3 weeks!! That beats all logic!
Nirahara is a wonderful way to live, not bound to be eating regular
meals on all days, and at the same time, enjoying your occasional
meal better than ever before, because of the awareness that has been
infused into the process of eating.
I pray for Swamiji’s blessings to start living as a lifetime Nirahari in
the near future.
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My need for food has dropped by 80%
Legal name: Sangita Mistry
Spiritual name: Nithya Kavyaroopini
Location: Mumbai, India
Email: sangita.mistry1@gmail.com
I attended the advanced level of Nirahara sammyama at Kodaikanal. 4. Breaking from my food patterns
When we set out, I wasn’t sure that I would be able to complete the 5. Freedom from the necessity of tea and coffee
sammyama.
6. Total food intake has dropped by 80%
But Swamiji was the strength that made it happen for me so
beautifully. 7. Freedom to eat when I want and not out of pressure from hunger
Normally, I am prone to headaches if I don’t eat or go in the sun, 8. Anti-aging - looking at least 10 years younger!!
but here I was, with no debilitatintg effect at all, and on the contrary
9. Feeling light and blissful
feeling light and healthy.
10. More concentration power
I lost a total of about 10 kgs during the total sammyama process.
Now I live a life of no hunger, no weakness and a constant flow of 11. Can feel the energy flow of kundalini shakti in my spine and
energy and bliss. back
I have gained health and energy, and moved out of many, many 12. Can feel lot of creativity flowering in me.
food patterns.
Not just that - the creativity seems to be just flowering in me, and I
The greatest gain for me is the faith that I can live a healthy life
am doing so many things that I had not done earlier… at my age, I
without food, due to Swamiji’s blessing. What a liberation!
started learning desktop publishing, designing clothes, reading, etc. I
feel full of life and full of confidence now.
Nirahara sammyama has too many benefits to list, but if I had to Thank you Swamiji for this blessing.
make a list of, it would look like this!
1. Being able to live without solid food for months together
2. No loss of energy or feeling of weakness
3. No headaches or physical debility
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Epilogue
2012-2020: The Great Conscious Shift
2012: The point of transformation
First, a glimpse of the famous 2012 predictions, which have
captured the imagination of an entire generation, and about which
speculation is rife in scientific and academic circles.
Vedic prophecy: Sage Agastya, who established the uncannily
accurate nadi system of prophesy many centuries ago, concludes
his predictions at December 2012, with the observation that
after this date a new consciousness will take over, and only one
who is living in that new state of consciousness can continue the
predictions.
The Mayan calendar: Known as a civilization of geniuses, the
ancient Maya also devised a calendar which could accurately
predict global events centuries into the future. Surprisingly, the
Mayan predictions also end abruptly on December 21, 2012. The
predictions say that after this date, there will be such a huge shift in
human consciousness that any predictions made before that date
will no longer be valid.
Astronomical significance: In 2012, all the planets of our solar
system are going to be aligned with the sun – an event which has
never been recorded before. On Dec 21, 2012, which is a winter
solstice (Northern Hemisphere) the centre of the galaxy will align
with our sun – a rare event that happens once in thousands of
years.
The Earth is currently moving across the center of the Milky Way,
which is a very powerful source of magnetic energy. On December
21, 2012, Earth will have direct access to that field of energy.
AVATAR SHASTRA
Major astronomical events are also being predicted – possible
meteor crashes (similar to the one millions of years ago which
caused the extermination of dinosaurs), Coronal Mass Ejection
(CME) from the sun causing solar storms and galactic core
explosion.
On the planet earth itself, there are expected to be potential major
changes – the shifting of the magnetic poles of the earth causing
the whole Earth to ‘tip over’, global warming, etc.
Fractal Time: Fractal time experts extrapolate from the rapidly
increasing rate of changes (technological, social, population, etc.)
that around 2012, the rate of change may reach such a speed that
change is all that will exist.
Symbols: Research on the Nazca lines (symbolic stylized figures
that have been etched onto the rocky desert between the Peruvian
coast and the Andes Mountains, creating the world’s largest piece
of art) indicate that they may contain in-depth astronomical
information with most of the lines fanning out from ‘radiating
centers’ representing a map of the stars (belt of Orion).
There is a range of predictions - catastrophes, a global cataclysm, a
flood of change, the end of a great cycle of time, the dawning of the
Age of Aquarius, among many others. There are also researchers in
the frontiers of science leading to spirituality, providing the bigger
picture:
‘The Cosmos will be reborn or recreated. We will reach the
Zero Point of the process - a moment of collective spiritual birth.
Our basic orientations will be inverted. On the level of human
civilization, our basic assumptions and foundation values will be
exposed, and we will have the opportunity to embrace values long
since driven under the surface of our collective consciousness.’
(Researcher John Major Jenkins - Maya Cosmogenisis 2012)
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Paramahamsa Nithyananda on 2012 and
enlightenment
As I observe what is going on in and around me, I notice a change
in the power of mother Earth.
She is releasing her grip on people through gravity, and this has
very profound effects. Our minds become quieter, and we need
fewer thoughts to do any given task.
This is the observable change, and people react to this change in
two ways.
On the one hand, the whole society today is based on the value
of thinking – it values and encourages a large number of thoughts.
On the other hand there are people from the Vedic culture,
meditators and spiritual seekers who know the value of a quiet
mind. They know that a quiet mind or no-mind (an enlightened
state) means causeless bliss, extraordinary intelligence and high
performance.
As this change in the earth’s gravity is taking place, those people
who are focused on a love of thinking are finding that their minds
are getting quieter. This new experience can be unsettling; if they
don’t like this new experience, they can fall into depression. They
find the lack of thoughts very boring, and so they feel lost; life loses
meaning and low energy results. This is why we are seeing a rapid
increase in depression in countries whose culture is based on
constant thinking.
The people who are tuned in to quietness or are seeking spiritual
enlightenment are finding that they are suddenly reaching quieter
states more easily. This allows them to do more with fewer thoughts.
They are suddenly finding new levels of creativity, spontaneity and
energy.
As we move towards 2012, we will find that a task that took 100
thoughts in 2008 will be done with only 40 thoughts. This is the
physical effect on the body of the changes in the earth. The friction
between thought and action will decrease. By 2012 we can convert
these low levels of thoughts into direct enlightened action. If you
are habituated to enjoying low levels of thoughts, this will be a
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beautiful transformation for you.
Individuals and cultures that champion the idea of thinking may
brand these changes as negative, and create new diseases and
medicines to deal with a natural and healthy change on planet
earth.
Let us celebrate that ‘less thought more action’ is a natural
expansion of life! ‘No mind, only action’ is a natural expansion of
human experience and expression.
We can look at this expansion as similar to the expansion that
happened when monkeys started to attempt walking on two legs.
When the first monkey tried this, all the other monkeys would have
said, ‘No, No... it cannot be done’! There would have been a huge
bunch of monkeys criticizing the first monkey. But there would also
have been a few intelligent monkeys saying, ‘What he says may be
practical, why not try?’
When the monkey started walking on two legs with an erect spine,
the brain started developing. But that first monkey couldn’t even
have imagined all the biological developments and the consequent
after-effects of his action! In the same way, the idea that we can
perform action only from no-mind is so foreign to us.
It is only after the monkey started walking erect that the subtle
brain grooves started developing, the thinking started. When the
still subtler brain grooves in the brain system start developing, that
is when the enlightenment experience starts happening. Monkey
walking on two legs brought mind. Now it is time for enlightenment
to bring no-mind!
Living with no-mind is what I call living enlightenment. This is
just a glimpse of the thousand or million-dimensional effects of
conscious development, leading to an enlightened humanity.
We are witnessing a change on a grander scale than the changes
that took place when monkeys chose to stand up and walk on two
legs. We can choose to fight this change or flow with this change.
The choice then was: remain as monkeys or become human. Now
it is: remain as human or live enlightenment!
Epilogue

A ‘Ashta’ means eight, and ‘anga’ means ‘limbs’. The eight limbs
Adi Shankaracharya – An Avatar or Incarnation of Lord Shiva
who appeared in 8th century in India as a Sannyasi (monk) .
Re-establisher of Advaita Vedanta truth, and celebrated as the
great reviver of Sanatana Dharma and the monastic system.
Ajna chakra – (lit. wheel of cosmic command). Also called the
third eye, the seat of divine vision and intuition. The subtle
sixth energy center in the human system located between the
eyebrows in the pituitary region encompassing most of the
brain.
Akashic Records – The cosmic records of all happenings - past,
present, future, imprinted in Space or Aksha element. Only
incarnations or Avatars, beyond time and space, can directly
read, decode these records and reveal the Truths.
Arunachala – The sacred mountain which is direct manifestation
of Lord Shiva, where He appeared as the cosmic infinite light
shaft in the temple town of Tiruvannamalai, in Tamil Nadu,
South India.
Ardhanarishwara – The Absolute form and energy of Lord Shiva
and Devi who are in eternal union and beyond the male and
female attributes, as they are whole and non-separate.
Adult Stem Cell – The undifferentiated (uncommitted) reserve
cells of the body which in the adult are present in small
numbers, in niche areas usually relatively devoid of oxygen
(relative hypoxia). Unlike the embryo, where the stem cells can
commit into any part of the body (totipotent), in the adult, it is
limited in its capacity to commit (multipotent). These stem cells
are relatively naive and a small quantum of the reserve commit
and multiply at time of need, while the rest stay in their potential
state.
Adult regenerative stem cell (ARSS) – This is synonymous with
adult stem cells.
AVATAR SHASTRA
Glossary
Ashtanga Yoga – The yoga system introduced by Sage Patanjali.
of Ashtanga Yoga are: Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama,
Pratyahara, Dharana, Dhyana, and Samadhi.
Ashta Mahasiddhis – Eight mighty yogic powers or perfections
in the Vedic sciences that are extraordinary divine powers
expressed through divine beings and incarnations to fulfill their
cosmic purpose or dharma.
Ananda Gandha – (lit. the fragrance of bliss). The point where
all the chakras or energy centers collapse in the human
system. Its doorway is between the Anahata (heart center) and
Manipuraka (navel center) chakras. It is said to be the size of a
thumb (angustha matra) and can only be awakened or opened
by Avatars. Paramahamsa Nithyananda has awakened Ananda
Gandha for thousands of disciples, making them channels of
cosmic energy.
Amygdala – Part of the limbic system located deep in the
Temporal lobe. The amygdala stores episodic autobiographical
memory (EAM). It imports, stores and retrieves EAM. Thus, it
acts as an emotional browser.
Amsa Avatar – lit. a part or a dimension incarnation who
descends for a specific purpose carrying some attributes,
dimensions of the complete incarnations.
ATP – Stands for ‘adenosine triphosphate’ and is the fundamental
unit of biological energy. It is produced in the mitochondria, like
converting gross food like carbohydrates, fats and proteins into
ATP, depending on the availability of nutrient food.
B sucking everything around it, including light and therefore
Bhagavad Gita – (lit: song of God). One of the core Vedic
texts, uttered directly by Bhagavan Sri Krishna to his disciple,
friend and devotee, Arjuna; it contains the pure essence of all
Upanishads, the absolute Truth and the path of karma (actions),
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dharma and liberation (moksha), granting the nectar of Advaita,
oneness with Divine.
Bhagavan – (lit: god who possesses fortune, divinity and infinite
supreme attributes) the blessed one; addressed in Vedic
scriptures for an incarnation or Avatar, the Supreme God or
embodiment of Absolute Truth.
Brahma – The Lord who is the Cosmic creator; one of the
Trimurtis or three-deities in Vedic tradition.
Brahman – (lit. absolute of universe). The ultimate existential
reality; the core truth and cosmic principle found in the Vedic
texts.
Brahmanda – (lit. egg of the universe). Sanskrit term for
Macrocosm or the whole universe. (see also Pindanada)
Brahmarandra – Brahmarandra stands for the opening to
Brahma and is synonymous with the Sahasrara which is not a
chakra, but a subtle opening on the top of the head. It has been
sometimes mistakenly referred to as Dvadasanta.
Bhrumadhya – (lit. the middle of the eyebrows). Sanskrit term
for denoting the ‘third-eye’,
Big Bang – Working backwards using Einstein’s equation,
mathematically about 13.7 billion years ago, the distance
between the neighboring masses must have been zero. The
entire universe squashed into a single point or zero size and this
space-time event is called the Big Bang. Theoretical physics
and mathematics have no formula to explain what happened
before space-time zero. Big Bang is said to be the beginning of
the current universe.
Black Hole – When a star runs out of fuel, it starts condensing
due to cooling of the temperature making it extremely dense.
The high density significantly increases the gravitational force
appears as a black hole. It is postulated that all the anti-
particles and anti-matter, which are mathematically present,
but not seen are residing in the black hole.
Blindfolded Reading – The act of reading things and cognizing
objects or the sight with eyes closed and covered with a cloth
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using the divine power of the third eye, which intuitively cognizes
beyond the normal seen.
Bipolar and Ganglion cells – Bipolar cells are specialized cells
connecting the Rods (photo receptors) of the retina to the
ganglionic cells. The classical theory postulated presence of
light activates retinal rods which inhibits bipolar cells which
themselves are inhibitory by nature, therefore leading to
increased firing from bipolar cells. This leads to activation of
ganglion cells. In darkness, exactly the opposite is expected
to happen. However, there is now evidence that under certain
special circumstances, bipolar sensitive cells themselves maybe
photosensitive, leading to the activation of visual system,
bypassing the light - rod - bipolar cell process.
The ganglion cells are the second group of specialized cells
involved in transmission of light. Depending on the amount of
glutamate (inhibitory neurotransmitter) released by the bipolar
cells, the ganglion cells maybe more or less excited. The so-
called off ganglion cells which are normally less excited have
shown in recent studies to be themselves photoreceptive
directly, bypassing both the retinal rods and cones as well as
the bipolar cells. This is akin to a no retinal pathway of vision
and has been used in cutting edge visual neuroscience to
directly stimulate these cells via micro electrodes or injection
of stem cells.
C
Chidakasha – The etherical space or Akasha that is occupied by
the mind or mental body.
Colliculus – There are two-paired colliculi called superior
colliculus related to vision and inferior colliculus related to
hearing. The superior colliculus in humans lies in the mid brain
close to the pineal gland, acts as a relay in both directions
along the optic pathway (from the eye to the orbital cortex).
It is involved with saccadic or the continuous mediolateral
movement of the eyeball necessary for receiving sensory input
and locating objects in time and space.
D
Dasha Mahavidyas – lit. the ten great sacred wisdoms of Devi,
the cosmic source representing her ten aspects in the Shakta or
Devi worship tradition.
Glossary
Diamagnetics – 60% of the body is water. Water forms the
maximum content of all cells. Water interacts with strong
electromagnetic forces and thus acts as a magnetic conductor.
This property of water is called diamagnetic property.
Diamagnetics has been used in advanced physics laboratories
in levitating small objects including small animals.
Deeksha – Initiation (into a mantra or a spiritual technique)
given by a Guru or Enlightened Master or Avatar. There are
many types of deekshas given by Guru to his/her disciples
on the path of his/her spiritual evolution as an act of ultimate
grace of Guru.
Devi Bhagavata Purana – The purana or historical happenings
narrating the glory of Devi or Shakti, the Supreme Mother
Goddess as the source of existence and her sacred acts;
ascribed in 18,000 verses by Bhagavan Sri Veda Vyasa.
Divyashareeri – (lit. the ones with divine bodies). The mediums
or energy channels of Divine.
Dr. Ervin Laszlo – A Hungarian philosopher who researched
extensively on quantum consciousness. In his 2004 book,
‘Science and the Akashic field’, he posited that quantum
vacuum is the fundamental energy and information carrying
field of the past, present and the future. It is now proven that,
vacuum contains energy in the form of anti-particles (Stephen
Hawking), and can therefore transmit information in time and
space.
Dvadasantha – In the Vedic yogic science of pranayama, the in-
breath (apana) and the out-breath (prana) traverse a distance
of 12 finger breadths or dvadasantha called antira (inner) and
bahira (outer). Dwadasantha Goraksha Sathaka also describes
the 12th chakra (energy center) as Dwadasantha or 12th.
D-Spot – The inferno medial prefrontal cortex has specialized
receptors for dopamine, a hormone which causes a sense of well
being and ecstasy. The D-spot can be seen as the very anterior
part of the complex Limbic system, and can be demonstrated
in PET scans on an Avatar or an Enlightened being.
E Gluons are extremely short ranged forces.
Einstein Relativity – In 1904, Einstein wrote 3 scientific papers
AVATAR SHASTRA
which completely changed science as it existed prior to that.
The first was the theory of special relativity that nothing can
move faster than the speed of light, and it was summed up in
his famous equation E=mc2 In 1915, Einstein realized that the old
theory did not explain gravity, and for the first time established
that the 4 dimensional space-time is actually curved or warped.
This was called general relativity.
Entanglement – An entangled system is one whose quantum
state cannot be factored as a product of the states of its
local constituents (individual particles) (Dwaita). If entangled,
one constituent cannot be described without simultaneously
considering other constituents (Advaita). For example, if a
measurement is made on one entangled particle, or other
entangled particles, they simultaneously are aware of this
measurement.
Entrainment – Entrainment results from synchronous electrical
activity among ensembles of cortical neurons in response to
period vibration of an external stimuli, such as sound or light.
This is the basis of achieving neural entrainment through
mantras or use of light.
Entero-rhinal Pathway – It is that part of the limbic system
related to memory, and associations to memory. It is in the
pyriform cortex part of the olfactory bulb. (see also ‘limbic
system’)
G Goraksanath – (also Gorakhnath) the Yogi incarnation of Lord
Garga Samhita – The rare Vedic purana composed by Sri Garga
Muni at the behest of Sri Narada, filled with the divine plays of
Lord Krishna and glorification of Sri Radha-Krishna.
Gandha – Sweet fragrance normally used for describing the
sacred fragrance that emits from flowers, sacred herbs, and
naturally from divine beings.
Genome – The complete set of chromosomes (with their genes)
in an organism. Contains 25-30,000 genes that are packed
densely into 23 pairs of chromosomes. At any given time about
10,000 genes are expressed or active in a human being.
Gene Expression – The process by which information from a
gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product, like
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a protein. It was earlier thought that one gene could produce to -43 times of the strong force), is called the gravitational force
only one protein. However, with the completion of the human or graviton. Experiments from CERN (European Organization
genome project, it is now established that a single gene can for Nuclear Research), recently researched the existence of
code for more than one protein, may be up to 100’s of proteins. graviton.
Each protein has a different structure and function in the cell
and is unique by itself. H
Gene Ontology (GO) – Gene Ontology is a technique with a bio- Hari – name of Lord Vishnu (see Vishnu)
informatics technique, which had gathered and classified all
the existing information on the genes and their products. Hiranyagarbha – (lit. the golden womb). The source of all
creation of the manifested Cosmos in Vedic science and
This allows research to be aligned in the direction of the study
cosmology. Upanishads call It the ‘ source of universe’
and constantly adds on more information to the existing bank
of known genes and their expression.
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle – This principle was postulated
in 1927, where it was shown that, it is physically impossible to
Ghatakasha – The etherical space or akasha that is occupied by
measure simultaneously the exact position and the exact linear
the living form i.e. a human body.
momentum of a particle. The inference is that the actual energy
of a particle can never be measured with complete precision in
Goloka – The imperishable, eternal abode of Bhagavan Sri
a short interval of time.
Krishna, the complete Divinity and source of all Avatars. Goloka
is described in great detail in scriptures such as Garga Samhita
Hippocampus – Hippocampus is that part of the limbic system
and puranas.
that plays a central role in consolidation of new memories.
Hippocampus is associated with a process of cognition, spatial
Gotra – The progeny or clan of a person, according to which
memory and learning.
the progeny source of each person in Hinduism comes from
an enlightened sage or Rsi (or Rishi) and the descendants, be
it sons or disciples, carry the similar genetic composition and
I
root qualities.
Isha Upanishad – (or Ishavasya Upanishad). The first Upanishad
of the 108 main Upanishads, the essence of Vedic knowledge
revealed by Lord Shiva to the Vedic sages or Rsis - declaring
Shiva in the Nath lineage of Shaivism, who was the disciple of
that ‘everything that exists is energy, consciousness’; contains
Guru Matsyendranath. The roots of Hatha Yoga and several
18 verses.
source Yogic texts are attributed to Goraksanath.
Ishtadevata – Favorite or chosen God or Deity onto whom one
Guru – Literally one who leads from gu (darkness) to ru (light);
is devoted single-mindedly.
who liberates from the cycle of birth-death. At the heart of Vedic
tradition, is the ‘Guru’, who is the statement of God; without
Inner Awakening – 21-day Spiritual Yoga program conducted
whom liberation or living an enlightened life is not possible.
by H.H. Paramahamsa Nithyananda, wherein the Avatar
transmits the greatest human experience of 21 deekshas
Gluon – There are two types of fundamental elementary
(initiations) to participants, awakening their Kundalini Shakti,
particles: 1. Constitutional particles 2. Energy based field
the inner potential energy and their bio-memory with cosmic
particles. The strong force responsible for the tight binding of
intelligence and spiritual powers.
Quarks to form neutrons and protons are called Gluons. Thus
Infero-medial prefrontal cortex –The cortex tightly linked to the
limbic system. It is believed to be the D-Spot, associated with
Graviton – The long range force that is extremely weak (10 raised
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pleasure and ecstasy.
Inferotempero cortex – The Inferotempero cortex was originally
directly linked to the standard visual pathway and associated
with recognition of face and numbers. Recent researchers
on single cell functions of the infero temporal cortex suggest
a strong connection to the Hippocampus, Amygdala and
Prefrontal cortex. Thus, it appears to be a part of the Limbic
system, where individual cell or a small cluster of cells are
dedicated to a specific memory and or emotion.
Ida Nadi, Pingala Nadi, Sushmna Nadi – Nadi is the subtle
nerve center or channel through which the cosmic energy or
life force flows in the physical, subtle and causal bodies. Over
70,000 Nadis exists in human system. Ida Nadi or moon nadi
lies to the left of the spine; Pingala Nadi, the solar nadi lies to
the right of the spine and Sushmna Nadi runs along the spinal
cord in the center, through the seven energy centers carrying
the kundalini shakti, the cosmic energy from base of the spine
to the Sahasrara (crown opening).
Incompletion – (or apurnatva) Anything that does not allow,
anything which stands in-between you and the present
moment, acting as a barrier; not allowing you to connect
completely with life and with other people (as defined by
Paramahamsa Nithyananda).
K Leptons – Fundamental particles meaning small or light, that
Kalpataru – The sacred mystical banyan tree, which blesses
with fulfillment of true desires.
Kalabhairava – Lord Shiva as the Lord of Time and Space, who is
compassion personified. When Shiva appeared and destroyed
the ego of Brahma and gave him enlightenment, that energy is
Kalabhairava.
Kapila Avatar – One of the Avatar’s or incarnations of Lord
Shiva and Lord Vishnu who appeared to transmit spiritual
knowledge; he is extolled in Srimad Bhagavatam Purana, the
cosmic history. He is the founder of the Samkhya Vedic philosia.
Karana Brahman, Karya Brahman – The supreme cause (karana)
of the Absolute existence; the effect (karya) or manifestation of
Absolute Existence or Brahman
AVATAR SHASTRA
Kurma Avatar – (lit. turtle incarnation) The second Avatar
of Lord Vishnu in the golden age or Satya Yuga. He bore the
tremendous weight of Mt. Mandara during the churning of the
milky ocean by the Gods and demons.
Krishna – Lord Sri Krishna Vasudeva or Bhagavan (All-Divine)
Himself; the complete incarnation, Purnavatar – the source
of all Avatars and all existence. Sri Krishna appears as the 8th
Avatar of Lord Vishnu in Dvapara Yuga 5000 years back, while
He is the source of Vishnu. Most worshipped Supreme Divine
whose sacred life plays, leelas are detailed in Mahabharat and
Srimad Bhagavatam. He happens every time and age to re-
establish dharma and liberate his devotees.
Koshas - Means sheath; vessel, container; layer. The five sheaths
through which the soul functions simultaneously in the various
planes or levels of existence.
Kundalini Shakti – The primal, inner potential energy residing
in each human being at the base of the spine. Awakening this
cosmic energy elevates the human consciousness.
L based on current cycle and the electron transport chain,
Laghima – The Vedic mystic power or siddhi of levitation, going
beyond the gravitational force.
Lila Avatar – The divine play incarnation of Supreme Divinity
participate in the weak interaction. For example, electrons are
leptons that are orbiting the nucleus of an atom and can easily
be shifted from one orbital to another as they are held by very
weak forces.
Limbic System – A complex set of brain structures including
cortical, subcritical and diencephalic structures. The structures
of the limbic system are involved in motivation, learning,
emotion and memory. It also influences the endocrine system
and the autonomic nervous system. It is deeply connected to
the nucleus accumbens, which is the brain’s pleasure center,
based on dopamine and anandamide.
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M
Marichi – One of the seven great Sages or Saptarishis and the
son of the Cosmic creator, Lord Brahma.
Materialization – The creation or appearance of matter De novo
from a previously unknown source.
Mahavatar Babaji – The Divine Saint, Yogi who is the great Avatar
of Lord Shiva, living in eternal youth in Himalayas. Appearing
to divine beings and his disciples, He manifests at will. At
Gaurikund, Babaji appeared to Paramahamsa Nithyananda
and initiated him into his name. Paramahamsa Yogananda
also gives first hand records about his encounters with Babaji
in his autobiography.
M-Theory – The theory that unites all 5 string theories as well
as super gravity within a single theoretical framework.
Mitochondria – These are intra cellular organelles that function
like a battery of a cell. Chemical reactions in the mitochondria,
produce the fundamental unit of biological energy called ATP.
Thus, the mitochondria is responsible for the energy systems of
both the individual cell as well as the entire organism.
Meenakshi Chakra – The Meenakshi Chakra has been described
by Ramana Maharishi as the 12th or the Guru Chakra (energy
center), also called Dwadasantha in other tantric references.
Medulla Oblongata – The inferior part of the brain stem. The
presence of the vagus nerve makes it a centre for circulation and
respiration. The reticular activating system is closely related in
the medulla oblongata and is responsible for wakefulness and
alertness. Volitional control of breathing and circulation through
yoga and meditation allows one to control wakefulness and
alertness as well.
Melatonin – Melatonin is a hormone secreted by the pineal
gland in the absence of light. It controls the sleep, waking cycle
and has significant anti-ageing effect through modulation of
hypothalamic and pituitary hormones.
Mononuclear cells (MNC) – These are white blood cells present
in the peripheral blood and are easily accessible to study
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molecular changes following yoga and meditation.
N
Narada – also called Devrishi, the great sage of gods, who
constantly travels the universe and one of the greatest devotees
of Lord Narayana (Vishnu).
Nara-Narayana Rsi – The twin brother Avatars of Lord Narayana
as Narayana and Nara Rsi, who incarnated on earth to protect
dharma. They did intense penance for ages at Badrika Ashram
at Badrinath, North India and reincarnate as Sri Krishna and
Arjuna.
Nrsimbha – The half-man and half-lion Avatar, fourth Avatar of
Lord Vishnu, who appeared to protect his devotee Prahlad and
destroy the demon king, Hiranyakashipu.
Nirahara Sammyama – The Vedic science of energizing the
body by the utilization of the subtle form of bio-energy (or
prana) to maintain the cellular activities of the body. During this
process, the initiate lives on minimal liquid sattvik diet or just
water, while reawakening the power to absorb the life-energy
directly from prana. Paramahamsa Nithyananda has revived
this rare sacred science and initiated thousands into Nirahara
Sammyama successfully. (www.bfoodfree.org)
Neuroplasticity – The ability of the brain to constantly rewire,
based on new demands and maintain the wiring indefinitely.
Unlike earlier beliefs, it is now shown that neuroplasticity
can occur even in the ageing brain. The phenomenon of
neuroplasticity is used in several meditation techniques to
rewire the brain.
O
Olfactory Bulbs – The Olfactory bulbs have a dual role in their
functioning. They act as smell receptors. They are also part
of the limbic system through the pyriform cortex part of the
olfactory bulb.
Optic tract – The optic tract is the part of the normal visual
pathway starting from the retina and ending in the occipital
cortex. The pathway also involves the superior colliculus and
Glossary
the lateral geniculate body apart from the suprachiasmatic
nucleus.
P Pluripotent Stem Cells ( PB-APSC) – When stem cells retain the
Parashurama – The sixth Avatar of Lord Vishnu, who appeared
as a Brahmin sage. His history is detailed during the ages -
Treta Yuga and Dvapar Yuga in Ramayana and Mahabharat.
The axe holder and perfect in martial arts, he rid the Earth from
unrighteous rulers or Ksatriyas 21 times.
Parakaya Pravesham – The mystic Vedic science of entering
or manifesting into another body. Only perfected sages,
enlightened beings and Avatars have this rare power.
are technically massless and move at the speed of light
regardless of the medium, but can be bent by gravity.
ability to differentiate and commit themselves into forming a
number of different cell lines, they are said to be pluripotent.
Pluripotent stem cells have more regenerative capacity than
the adult multipotent stem cells.
Prana Pratishtha – The sacred Vedic science of establishing life-
breath energy into an idol or manifest an object, making it into
a living Deity or life energy.
Q Samsara – The material world which is the play of the illusory
Rishis or Rsis – The perfected sages, who actually see and
experience the revealed truth or mantra; commonly named
‘Vedic Seers’.
S
Samadhi – (‘sam’ is ‘together’, ‘fully’, ‘adhi’ means ‘established
in complete equilibrium)’ The state of true yoga, in which the
meditator and subject or object of meditation are united and
merge into wholeness or Pure Consciousness. It is the topmost
goal of a seeker to unite with the Divine.
energy of Divine (yoga maya).
The point from where one can move from material realm to the
spiritual realm of existence.
Spanda – The subtle creative pulse vibration of the Universe as
it manifests into the dynamism of living form.
Srimad Bhagavatam – also called Bhagavata Purana: (lit:
Divine eternal happenings of Supreme God); richest philosophy
celebrating the Divine love as path, goal of life; scientific history
of Brahmanda (whole Cosmos), compiled by Sri Veda Vyasa;
essence of all Vedanta literatures.
Siddhis – Mystic powers, the perfections of expressing
extraordinary divine powers for the benefit of humanity.

Parakasha – The universal etherical Space or Akasha.
Patanjali Yoga Sutra – 196 aphorisms systematizing the yoga by
Sage Patanjali, the incarnation or Avatar of Ananta Shesha, the
cosmic serpent, the potent cosmic energy of Lord Vishnu.
Purnavatar – Complete incarnation who appears age after
age to perform three main divine acts – protect the dharma
(righteousness), save and liberate the devotees and spiritual
beings, and destroy the negative energies; he also performs
infinite divine acts for his devotees. Refers to Lord Sri Krishna in
all scriptures.
Purana – The true historical happenings that record the divine
appearances of Avatars and their divine life acts (leelas) from
time eternal. Reading, studying them bestows trust, devotion
onto the Divine and Its devotees, and liberation. There are 18
Mahapuranas (great Puranas) and 18 Upa Puranas (minor
Puranas) with over 400,000 verses. Srimad Bhagavatam
Purana is the crest jewel nectar of all Puranas, ascribed by
Bhagavan Sri Veda Vyasa.
Pindananda – (lit. egg of embodied mass or individual). Sanskrit
term for microcosm. As per Vedic sciences, the macrocosm
reflects in the microcosm or within an individual (also see
Brahmanda).
Photon – Photon is a quantum of light which is the smallest
packet in the electromagnetic field. All energy forces from the
entire electromagnetic field range are called photons. Photons
Quarks – Quark is a charged elementary particle that interacts
with the strong force. They come in 6 flavours: Up, down,
straight, charmed, bottom and top. They also come in 3 colors:
Red, green and blue. These are mere English terms and have no
meaning attached to them.
Quantum Mechanics – Quantum mechanics is the new physical
science that applies to very small structures like atoms,
protons and other particles. Mathematically, they work up to a
distance called Planck’s length, below which there is no current
mathematical model.
Quantum Entanglement – (see entanglement).
R on top of head, awakened by Guru’s grace.
Rama – The seventh Avatar of Lord Vishnu who appeared in the
golden age, Treta Yuga as the son of King Dasrath. Known as
‘Maryada Purushottam – perfect virtuous supreme being’, he is
epitome of Dharma and Consciousness; he wiped out demons
or collective negativity from the face of earth; establishing truth
through Rama Rajya, kingdom of Rama on Earth for thousands
of years; glorified in ‘Ramayana’ scripture.
Rg Veda – One of the four main Vedas, the Vedic Sanskrit texts of
Santana Dharma, holding the eternal truth. The oldest existing
sacred text which is shruti, heard containing collection of 1028
hymns and 10,600 verses dedicated to the Divine.
Shodashi Mantra – A powerful sixteen syllable chant of Devi,
Sammyama – (lit. holding together, integration). The
the Cosmic Mother as part of the Sri Vidya tradition of Devi
simultaneous practice of dharana (meditation), dhyana
worship.
(meditation), Samadhi (uniting in oneness). Sammyama means
exploring and discovering your various possibilities and powers
Sri Chakra Mandala – The diagrammatic representation of the
being centered on certain technique or spiritual process.
Cosmos with interlocking triangles. A powerful energy center of
Devi, the Cosmic mother that awakens energies.
Samasti – Advaita or expanded state of oneness. Samasti
technically means collectivity and the understanding that we
Swami Vivekananda – Chief disciple of Bhagavan Ramakrishna
are not individual Koshas (sheaths), but a universal or a unified
Paramahamsa, founder of Ramakrishna Order. 19th century
Kosha.
Enlightened Master, the greatest being of the era who spread
Hinduism, Yoga, Vedanta in Europe and America and raised
Sakshi – Observation or cognition. Sakshi is the understatement
India’s consciousness.
through analysis and intranalizing that our koshas are not
individual (vyasti), but are Samasti which is Advaita, non-
Sahasrara – (lit. thousand petals or openings) Crown opening
duality.
Sangha – Spiritual community established on dharma, truth by
Stephen Hawking – Stephen Hawking is Lucasian Professor
the Guru.
of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He has
written several books explaining the physics of the Cosmos
Shiva – also Mahadev, Supreme God of gods. the rejuvenator
to be general, for non-mathematical readers, who wish to
in the Hindu sacred trinity. Shiva means ‘causeless
understand the universe they live in.
auspiciousness—mangalatva’; ‘The original substance of
Existence is Shiva’—defines Paramahamsa Nithyananda.
String Theory – String theory is the theory of physics in which
particles are described as waves on strings, uniting both
Shvetadvipa – (lit. the white island or land) As per Vedic
quantum mechanics and general relativity.
cosmology, Shvetadipa is located on the northern side of the
milky ocean, where the devotees of Lord Vishnu reside.
Shambala – A metaphysical plane or abode in Himalayas
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T thus proving that the particle actually behaves like a wave. This
Tapovan – (lit. the forest of penance). The sacred forest region
located in Himalayas where saints, mystics and divine beings
reside dedicating themselves to spiritual austerities.
Taittriyopanisad – The seventh primary Upanishad as part of
Krsna Yajurveda as per the Muktika cannon of 108 Upanishads,
which are the essence of Vedic knowledge.
Ten (10) -dimensions, 11-dimension – Einstein established that
there are 4 space-time dimensions by his theory of relativity.
The M-Theory, which reconciles the super string theory with
super gravity, mathematically depicts a universe with 10 or 11
dimensions. These extra dimensions are infinitely small and
so curled up that we cannot see them; called Grassman’s
Dimensions to distinguish them from ordinary dimensions. (see
also M-Theory)
TPS – Thoughts per second (term coined by Paramahamsa
Nithyananda)
Trimurtis – (lit. the three deities) The Vedic Gods namely Sri
Brahma, Sri Vishnu and Shiva are the trimurtis who create,
maintain and rejuvenate the whole existence and all beings.
Tirumular – A Shaivaite Saint (follower of Lord Shiva) and
writer, who is one of the 63 Nayanars and 18 Siddhas (perfected
beings) from South India. His main work is ‘Tirumantiram’.
Telomerase – An enzyme required to manufacture and maintain
the telomere, which is a cap like structure at the end of each
chromosome. The telomere is essential for protecting the gene
and allowing the cell to multiple. Shortening of the telomere,
due to deficiency of telomerase, leads to ageing and cell death.
Teleportation – Teleportation is a process by which information
or mass (both are energies), can be transported exactly from
one location to another. In quantum teleportation, qubits of
energy or information can be teleported between two entangled
atoms.
Thomas Young – Double-Slit Experiment – His unique
experiment in which a single photon fired against a wall with
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two slits caused the photon to enter both the slits simultaneously,
experiment proved that all fundamental particles have the dual
nature of particle and wave simultaneously.
U 21 main Avatars.
Upanishad – Sacred cosmic revelations that are the source of
all spiritual texts or the Vedas on planet. Upanishad literally
means ‘sitting with the Master.’ There were 1,180 Upanishads
related to 1,180 branches of Vedas; with 108 main Upanishads.
Unified Vacuum – Earlier, it was thought that vacuum contained
nothing. Scientific evidence today is that energy is present
even in apparently empty space. For example, anti particles
are present in vacuum called vacuum fluctuations. In fact,
the energy system inside a vacuum causes expansion of the
universe and acceleration, unlike the effect of mass.
Unclutching® – The term and spiritual initiation given by
Paramahamsa Nithyananda for the ultimate process of
meditation that leads one to Nirvikalpa Samadhi, the space
of no-thoughts, beyond the confines of mind, body, senses,
Unclutching® is the neutral space between every thought,
and every incoming and outgoing breath. It is a self-purifying
process to realize the natural, blissful state that we reside in.
Urey-Miller Experiment – The Urey-Miller Experiment of 1952
was a chemical experiment, simulating conditions on early
Earth. Miller demonstrated the presence of amino acids under
these conditions, thus establishing the concept of abiogenesis.
Miller’s student, Prof. Bade, in 2007, using stored vials from
Miller’s original experiment, found over 25 amino acids using
modern techniques. This suggests that biologically needed
amino acids were produced even in early Earth atmosphere.
V
Vajradanda Chakra – This is the 11th chakra (energy center)
described by Goraksanath, and represents a shaft of golden
light, emanating from the 12th chakra to enter the brain
through the Sahasrara (crown opening). This is the basis of the
meditation technique for awakening the Ajna chakra.
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Vishnu – The Supreme Divine or Bhagavan; He is the all-
pervading consciousness, protector and maintainer of All
and everything. He incarnates in every age on Earth to uplift
humanity and liberate sages, devotees. His most sublime
Avatars are – Lord Sri Rama and Lord Sri Krishna amongst his
Vijnanamaya Kosha – “Sheath of cognition.” Fourth of the five
sheaths (koshas). The soul’s mental or cognitive-intuitive
sheath, also called the actinodic sheath.
Vijnana Bhairava Tantra – The sacred text is an intimate talk
between Lord Shiva and His consort Devi or Shakti. It presents
112 meditation techniques (dharana), revealing the essence to
realize the Ultimate Reality.
Visual Cortex – The visual cortex lies in the posterior part of
the cerebral hemisphere called the occipital lobe. It processes
the inverted image recorded on the retina into a meaningful,
perceptual vision of the object and its location in time and
space.
Vivekchudamani – (lit. crest jewel of ‘vivek’ or conscious
discrimination). A Vedic hymn composed by Adi Shankara in
8th century, expounding the Advaita Vedanta philosophy in 580
verses; it especially describes discrimination between the real
and unreal; changing and eternal.
Vedanta Prabodha – Vedanta Pradodha was written by Swami
Paramananda Bharati of the Shringeri Shankaracharya Math,
giving a detailed exposition of Adi Shankara’s teachings.
Vyasti – Vyasti is an individual state where the being cognizes
itself as being separate from the Cosmos; a state of Dvaita
(duality).
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Further Reading
This volume of Avatar Shastra contains a world-view of scientific
content including theories, experiments, medical references and rich
spiritual content declared in the authenic Vedic texts; beyond these
are the direct words of the Living Avatar, the ultimate authority on
Truth. These have been referenced for giving the reader a broad and
expansive foundation of understanding, as well as a depth of insight.
Should the reader like to explore these subjects in greater detail, the
following books are suggested for reading.
Physics
1. Dark Matter Dark Energy Dark Gravity by Stephen
Perrenod - 2011
2. The basic duality of particle of physics by Pongkan
Tongkhonburi
3. A unified grand tour of theoretical physics by Ian Lawrie-
third edition - 2013
4. From the Universe to the Elementary Particles by Ulrich
Ellwanger - 2012
5. The relationship between matter gravity and dark energy
by Nicholas Summers- 2009
6. CK - 12- Basics physics - 2nd edition - 2012
7. Serways Essentials of college physics - 2007
8. Physics for the IB Diploma, 5th edition by Tsokos- 2012
9. The 4% Universe by Richard Panek- 2011
10. The Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen Hawking -2001
11. Physics of the impossible by Michio Kapu
Biology and Medicine
1. Genes 10 by Lewin’s - 2011
2. Genes 11 by Lewin’s - 2014
3. Cell Biology by Karp - 2014
4. The Biology of belief by Bruce Lipton- 2010
5. Stem Cells, Basics and Applications by Kaushik Deb-
2009
6. The new visual neurosciences by Werner - 2014
7. Principles of Neural Science by Kandel -5th edition - 2013
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8. Introduction to Biological Ageing Theory by Goldsmith 2nd
edition-2014
9. The Biology of Ageing by Arking 3rd edition - 2006
10. The Science of Ageing, Scientific American - 2013
11. Endocrinology- Vol 1, 2 and 3 by DeGroot -2006
12. Simultaneous EEG and FMRI by Markus Ullsperger-2010
13. Mitochondria by Sehffler- 2nd edition - 2008
14. Clinical Enchaphalography by Misra - 2005
15. Evolve your Brain by Jo Dispenza - 2007
16. Text book of Medical Physiology by Gyton - 2008
Spirituality
1. Bhagavad Gita Decoded by Paramahamsa Nithyananda
2. Isavasya Upanishad by Paramahamsa Nithyananda
3. Taittiriya Upanishad
4. Trisikhibrahmanopanisad
5. Devi Bhagavatam
6. Garga Samhita
7. Hatha Yoga Pradipika by Swami Swatmarama
8. Srimad Bhagavatam
9. Vedanta Prabodha by Swami Paramananda Bharathi
10. Viveka Chudamani by Adi Shankaracharya
11. Vijnana Bhairava Tantra
12. Linga Purana by J.J. Shastri
13. White Shadow of Consciousness by Gautham Chatterji
14. Goraksa Sathaka by Goraksanath
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