MAHASHIVRATRI 2015 – DANDI ASHRAM, 17TH FEBRUARY 2015

We left for Dandi Ashram at 1.10pm from my office. There were three cancellations and one addition, which was a sadhika from Ambuja centre. She had joined Samarpan Meditation in April 2009 and stopped coming for Samarpan events and meditation at the centre since Gurupurnima 2010. She is a pure soul and her connection with Swamiji is very strong. After a gap of five years she told me about a fortnight ago that she is coming. I told her she is welcome though I was not sure whether we could accommodate her as bookings were all full. But then, Swamiji always makes room for those whose desire is powerful and intent pure. And there she was with some last minute cancellations! We picked up Deepali Gokhale and Pawan Kankani and the four of us left from Fountain at Ghodbunder road at 2pm. The roads were mostly clear and we reached the Ashram at exactly 4.55pm. We had the pure wish to have collective meditation on the last day of Anushthan and even though in the morning it was announced that the morning meditation would be the last, they had one more meditation from 6.30-7pm which actually completed my personal sankalp (with HIS GRACE) of at least attending 5 days in the 45 day Anushthan period. The Ashram was full of divine consciousness, peace and a sense of calm permeated all round. There was bhojan Prasad, after which we left for the Hotel at around 8.30pm. Chaaneeji joined us on the return journey as she was in the same hotel.

We checked into the hotel and hit the sack by 9.30pm. I woke up at 2.30am and completed my morning ritual by 3pm, by which time Pawanji also got up and got ready by 3.30am. In that half hour when Pawanji was bathing I meditated. We left for breakfast which is a norm the Hotel Regency has made for all those who leave for the Ashram – we had ‘poha’, bread-butter and a cup of tea before we left. I called Ramnath to check if he was ready to leave, and he told me to leave as he had another 10-15 minutes to get ready. Later he told me that he woke with my call, and if I had not called he did not know when he would have woken up. Khamankarji was also waiting, as his family was yet to get ready. We left behind another car which was leaving for the Ashram. I decided to follow this car as the car GPS had kept us running in circles the previous evening in trying to find the hotel. If it was not for a good Samaritan on a bike who asked us to follow him, we would probably have been driving around in circles!

We reached the Ashram at 4.45am and after parking had to walk almost 500 meters to the venue. The morning traffic to the Ashram was a steady stream of all kinds of vehicles, from buses, trucks. Tempos, private vehicles, taxis, autos and bikes; as we had left early we did not get any serious traffic except on the narrow road to the Ashram, and as we entered the Ashram in the rear view mirror I saw a line of headlights which appeared like the queens necklace at Marine Drive in Mumbai! The atmosphere at Dandi Ashram was out of the world, it was surreal with mist descending on the seashore - the entire Ashram enveloped in mist at 5 in the morning. It was as if the Himalayan atmosphere had descended to enchant the followers of Samarpan Meditation - about 25000 seekers attended - in the presence of Shiva and Shakti personified, namely HH Shree Shivakrupand Swamiji and Pujaniya Guruma. The meditation at 6am was awesome as the temperature kept going down and coldness added to the mist made the whole morning mystical. The waning moon, crescent shaped, shining in the early morning sky, like the moon on Lord Shiva’s hair added to the enchantment of a truly divine morning. The meditation was nice except that it was disturbed by a bit of snoring from about five six sadhaks in and around us, with a couple of them snoring from the wrong end!!

Photos of the Mahashivaratri programme

At 6.25am post meditation Ram-kaka made us offer a prayer for making our condition good and strong to receive the consciousness to be showered by Pujya Swamiji. At 6.30am Pujaniya Guruma entered to the sound of conch shells.

Subsequently Ambareeshji welcomed the 5 Jain monks who were resident during the 45 day Anushthan – first was Shree Tarachand muni, then Prashant muni, then Samarpan muni, then Mahasagar muni and finally Ratnasagar muni. After that the President of the Anushthan programme Shree Tandelji welcomed the various local government officials like the ex-collector of Navsari, the present collector of Navsari amongst others.

A lot of publications and CD’s were launched at the hands of Pujaniya Guruma like Himalaya Ka Samarpan Yog 4 in Gujarati and Marathi, HKSY 5 in Gujarati, MAA in Gujarati, Satguru ke Hriday se in all four languages – Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and English, Chaitanya Mahotsav 2014 MP3 CD and Makarsankranti 2015 MP3 CD. Pujaniya Guruma made a brief speech and thanked Jayeshbhai for the effort taken in getting all these publications in time to be inaugurated on Mahashivratri day.

Shortly after that the chant started playing and all of us were asked to get ready for Swamiji’s arrival. I closed my eyes and went inward connecting with Pujya Swamiji’s energy and feeling the vibrations on the inside of my spine and on the crown chakra. At exactly 7am Pujya Swamiji entered to the sound of conch shells as the day dawned with wafts of mist still floating around. By the time Swamiji entered the temperature had gone down noticeably and people were sitting with shawls, sweaters, blankets et al.

After Pujya Swamiji lit the traditional lamp and took His seat, we chanted the Guru Ahavan mantra and then Ram-kaka requested Pujya Swamiji to shower His consciousness on all of us.

“Salutations to all pious souls present here. Today on this holy occasion of Mahashivaratri we pure souls have all gathered here – Mahashivaratri is the festival of souls. This is one life – in this world the truth is only one – no one has seen that truth because our eyes are not capable of seeing it, nobody has heard it because our ears are not capable of hearing it, nobody has spoken about it because describing it in any language or words is not possible – it is not possible as it is not related to the body – you cannot describe it, see it, or listen to it with the body, nevertheless when one goes within for some moments, when ‘bhaav’ (inner feeling) is awakened, we feel the experience and the path to that experience is Samarpan Meditation (SM). In SM you can experience that TRUTH and after experiencing it you can also see and hear it which is physically not possible, but for this to happen it is necessary for the soul to be awakened for the self-realisation. Self-realisation is not possible in one birth, it happens after efforts made in many births and then in one birth it is attained. After attaining it the path ahead depends on how much we experience it, feel it. Just self-realisation is not everything. The truth is only one – we can accept it as universal consciousness, which is present in every atom and particle in our life – it has no form or colour. That universal consciousness has been given different forms and names –the inner form is only one but it has got different forms. For example, accept that a ball of mud is there, some will make statues of Buddha, some of Mahavira, some of Jesus, Ram, etc. Its inner form is mud and man has given it shape and form. Similarly man gives the form he likes to God, but if all those statues are again turned to mud then they return to their original form (inner form). We give importance to the body, but if we give importance to the inner-form, then we give importance to Paramatma. The truth is only one – when we experience that then everything in life becomes good. Shiva and Shakti is one – to reach that Ganesh is required, Ganesh represents purity, whereas Shiva is the soul and Shakti is the Kundalini energy. Without purity you cannot even reach it, first purity, then Shakti and then finally Shiva. If we understand God, then bring in purity, then the Kundalini is awakened and self realisation follows. In this manner Mahashivaratri is the festival of souls. This Mahashivaratri festival is important because SM has completed 21 years. This is a very important day as the 9^th Deep Meditation Practicum (DMP) was completed. During the GDP many different programmes take place. The messages which you receive every Thursday are completed in the first eight days, that is why they have been translated from London and the book has been released this MS. It is important the kind of vibrations you receive. The sadhaks who do not meditate regularly also come during the Anushthan. The source of vibrations will be known. 15 years ago I used to speak of the aura and there was no proof on how to check the aura, but now you can have proof of it (through Kirlian photography, Bio-Field Evaluation). I have complete confidence that science will progress and knowledge of vibrations will be known. The frequency of any book which is written through vibrations you will be able to directly receive that without even reading it. From this one place I connect with millions of people, because all the sadhaks meditate during these 45 days. During the DMP the sadhaks and the sevadharis (volunteers) help – my heartfelt thanks to all of them. Even if you connect with that collectivity that is also help – and millions of people have helped. In this Anushthan Guruma has helped a lot. (Swamiji became emotional and His voice cracked a bit and He also shed some tears). This cannot be imagined. The world inside that metal enclosure is completely different; to stay awake is difficult – entering that place is as good as going into a trance. She used to come daily for 2-3 hours do her work – cook, clean, wash – and then leave. I would sit in any place, there was no definite place where I could be found, she kept bottles of dry fruits in different places – like a mother takes care of her child - she took care of me. My heartfelt thanks to her! This DMP would not have been possible without all your help.

The ninth idol has been consecrated. But the idols are also live, they are now giving their conditions. The consecration is not easy. The elements, the people, the material has to be purified and then the idol is purified and prayer is offered for it to flow from all directions. And then a vow is taken to give self-realisation to any sadhak who asks the idol for it. The condition that this idol has laid down is that it will not move from here unless it gets a permanent place for being established.

The third important thing – in 21 years in which SM has been in society it has got sadhaks from adivasi tribals to kings and it has also reached the Theosophical society in London. People from different castes, color, country have participated and everyone has got the same experience – millions are connected with SM. The female energy has given it permanence. The ladies are the roots because of which it has got a strong foundation. It is available free of cost and it has spread in so many countries – it can be said that this is the only path by which people can be connected with people.  SM has slowly and steadily spread in countries in which we have no contact too. Every year new countries are getting connected. I will be going to Arab countries in May to connect more sadhaks with SM.

I contemplate on the progress of sadhaks – that is my aim. On doing that I have understood some things and what blockages are there to meditation. I got a thought as a solution to solve this issue. The Anushthan starts today. The story of your life – you have come from different cities, villages. I will describe a situation which can be seen in your daily life. Check for yourself where you have reached. Imagine that you are going by car and in front of you there is a big petrol tanker. You are driving at a safe distance because you are afraid of petrol tankers. The road is narrow and there is no room for you to overtake the tanker, you wait for him to give side, then you honk, you keep flashing your lights and honking but he does not move aside! You always think from your point of view, you are not thinking of the tanker driver who is driving such a huge vehicle. The tanker driver is afraid too, he is driving on a narrow road so he does not move aside, lest he misses the road and gets stuck. So what options do you have? You can express your anger by mentally cursing the person. You can honk the horn repeatedly in an attempt to have the truck give way to you. You can try overtaking the truck by repeatedly moving your car ahead. You can bear it by believing it to be a consequence of your actions. You can pray, “Oh God, grant him good sense so that he gives way for me to move ahead.” Or you can pray to give yourself the strength to get through this situation. Unless you are balanced you cannot have world peace. Don’t pray to balance the driver, the problem will not be solved, you become strong by praying for your balance and strength.

In SM there are three types of sadhaks: 1) Those who meditate regularly, not just during the DMP; 2) Those who meditate when they have problems and they are like the blinking Diwali lamps which blink on and off; and 3) Those who have attained self-realisation but do not meditate because they do not have the time. In Jaipur a shibir for doctors had been conducted. A famous surgeon asked, - I cannot even take half an hour for myself, what should I do? I told him to leave his profession. These people do not even reach the age of 60! If you cannot even give half an hour to yourself – then think about your life! I am inviting all three types to participate in the Samuhik Sanskar Sadhana.

Fourthly I want even those who are not a part of Samarpan family to participate – all those who want to progress from the physical level to the soul level. So through Samuhik Sanskar Sadhana this will be possible. Sadhaks used to ask – what next? This is simple. I have explained this at a very low level. You will understand this in this one year. Imagine that you are in a bus which is going to Rajkot. You booked the ticket, sat in the bus, showed the conductor the ticket, you are awake but you are not sure whether it is going to Rajkot. You ask the passenger next to you, you pester the conductor, the driver and you keep on asking, you do not have confidence even when you are inside the bus. You have to surrender and do SM. In India everyone is left sided (chandra nadi people) – they go left, they do not stay in the center; you give them Guru-karya and then they go right, they do not stay in the centre. Meditation progress should be slow and steady.

Let me explain what the difference is between the past and the future. There is an oarsman who is sitting in his boat. He gets a passenger who has no faith in both the boat and the oarsman and he keeps shifting from one side to the other. The boat does not progress, and it remains in the same place. The ego is very subtle, we do not understand it. I used to propagate SM, but I still had the ego of coming and going with ‘my’ money. This was broken by Shirdi Baba – if you say you have no ego means you definitely have it. I told Baba that I do this because I like it. Sai Baba then gave me the experience, his frequency and my frequency matched – I come with my money and go and I was limiting my work, and then it spread because Baba told me not to ask for money, but if someone offers it then it should be taken. Collectivity is very important. Don’t try to do it alone. When I was given money I used to distribute it and the work stopped because of my ego. Then after I started accepting money the work spread all over the world in the last 15 years. We are meditating for 15 years but we are not progressing, this is because of our ego. In the new method you have to swim and go. Two things could happen – 1) You swim and reach your destination, 2) If not, you will learn the importance of the boat. With this you ego will break. Swim and reach, if you don’t reach then your ego will break that I could not reach.

The Guru mantra is so powerful that your frequency is not matching that of the mantra. Keep it secret. Don’t tell anyone, keep it secret – people’s bad attention comes on it. Do it (meditate) without expectation, as when there is expectation there is no progress – when you play carom, badminton – you feel good. Make meditation your hobby, do it because you like it – secretly and without expectation. Focus on your senses – the state of your house is good – you clean your house daily, but the windows are open and dust comes in. Close those windows. - 1) Don’t speak ill of others; 2) Don’t listen to ill; 3) Don’t see bad things – the eyes spoil your chitta and this has been proven by science. – you absorb those bad vibes. 4) Don’t even think bad – as you progress in your sadhana (spiritual practice) your chitta becomes pure and as it becomes pure it becomes strong and whatever you think happens, because your chitta shakti (will’s inner power) will start working at it – so if you think then it will happen. If you think ill of others it will happen and that sin will be your karma. Between 4-6am meditate with pure feeling. “Mai ek pavitra atma hoon, mai ek shudha atma hoon” (I am a pure soul, I am a holy soul). Chant it three times and say it with deep feeling – I have taken birth in different religions, caste, colour, languages, gender, countries and my purity has been maintained as it is – when you feel this you will experience that there is no effect of the religion, caste, language, country, colour or gender. All these will end automatically once you accept that you are a pure soul, holy soul. I am a holy soul – I am nothing but a soul. I don’t have a post, etc to a point where you don’t differentiate between whether you are a male or female, you are just a soul. Meditate regularly – don’t miss a single day – I will not let you go – meditate even at midnight, it will do. The best time is between 4-6 am – the purity will not happen at your centre – the centre is a lake, you have to go to the drop, drop should be pure.

There was a king who told his citizens that they will fill the lake with milk and for that each family should give one litre of milk. Then that milk could be used for the entire kingdom. Everybody thought that the next person will give the milk, so I will just pour some water. The next day when the king went to the lake he saw that it was filled with water as no one had given milk. Start with yourself, improve yourself. I will be personally there with all those who commence. Earlier I used to tell you not to meditate between 10pm-4am. This is an inward journey. Don’t do it because I am saying so. Say I will start and do it till the next Mahashivaratri. That time taken will be filled with milk and not with water. Remember to close the windows – the eyes, ears, mouth, tongue and brain. There will be no progress unless you close the windows. Starting today is the Samuhik Sanskar Sadhana – values of I am a pure soul, I am a holy soul – remember this meditation is yours an yours alone. There should be no one within five feet of you while meditating. Everyone’s aura will develop. Now that aura is not developed. It is like a rose garden – the plants are placed at a distance of five feet from each other so that they have room to develop. Give space and meditate. If you cannot give half an hour then contemplate on your life – I am doing so much for my family, office, etc. but not for myself. This time what you give yourself will be permanent and will be with you for eternity. Your aura, your soul will be of use to you. In this half hour you will become your own Guru. Some people say let us try and see – in this everyone has given space for their aura to develop. You can do it anywhere – but nobody should be with you. We start from today. Anyone can participate from any point in time. There is no condition, no rule – it is open for all. SM – Samuhik Sanskar Sadhana (collective meditative practice for establishment of spiritual values) – all these are examples of increase in work.

After doing this samuhik sanskar sadhana for one year – you are offering Guru Dakshina (offering to the Guru in return for His teachings) to those Himalayan Gurus. Guru Dakshina has great importance in Indian culture. For a Guru, his Guru-karya is of paramount importance. Even I have tried to give Guru Dakshina by doing Guru-karya. This is also true in other fields like music, painting, dancing, singing – and not only in spirituality. The dream is who will take it forward, similarly the Gurus feel that others should get what I got. The Guru Dakshina which they want you to give is this one years samuhik sanskar sadhana as it is also the inspiration which has come from my Gurus, hence it is being started from this Mahashivaratri. Many times I meet many Gurus. I keep telling them about this Anushthan I tell them that they should give themselves some time. This is not the Himalayas or a desolate, uninhabited place – this is society with thought pollution, dirty, so each year every Guru should do it – I stay alone for 45 days and receive (consciousness) and then distribute in the remaining 320 days. This is like a bank deposit which you receive and then keep distributing the accumulated interest, keeping the principal intact. Like a vessel which is polished and kept, the next day it has become dull because dust of the day has settled on it. Gurus should polish themselves daily, if not possible daily then some days should be given to themselves – as otherwise the bad effects of society will come on them also. Whoever you are – give yourself time. It is very difficult unless your chitta is inward. The chitta keeps coming out. It is a practice you have to do daily and go inward; if this not possible then chant for half an hour – the number of times you chant is not important, the inner feeling of the soul is important. On saying it three times so much energy should be generated that meditation should be instantaneous. Liberation (moksha) is the ultimate goal.

Question is what is this moksha? If you have this objective and live then what change can come in your life – you can be free of problems in life. Meditate regularly and by this the feelings of your body reduce and the feelings of your soul increase, after which there are many benefits – your mind will begin to focus, your capacity to receive will increase, you will be healthy, your life will be free of accidents, your aura develops and protects you, you won’t even think about suicide. Nature actually balances – the male-female ratio is adverse – there are less females who are born but more males die, so a kind of balance is maintained. You will become so pure, so holy that you will become a medium to give birth to the Guru of the Gurus. You become a medium for giving birth to the Guru of the Gurus, mother, father – what can be greater than that. With peace, satisfaction – you will live and then you will die a spiritual death after which there is no birth. There are three types of deaths – Bouthik mrityu (material death) which can be avoided through medical intervention by a doctor, Daivik mrityu – you can be saved with God’s Grace through the medium of a Guru and finally Adhyatmik mrityu – where there is no desire to live, there is nothing left to be achieved – that is spiritual death. Once the objective of moksha is achieved then life’s management takes place. Hence I tell the youth that the Guru’s Guru wishes to take birth on earth, and that is my Guru’s wish. The objective of SM is to create such souls who can become good bodies to do this work. Samuhik Sanskar Sadhana – we start this today – you can join anytime. When you focus on your senses – the dirt which comes from the eyes, mouth, ears will stop coming. By meditating regularly, you will purify it. On this festival of Mahashivaratri we start the Samuhik Sanskar Sadhana and on the next Mahashivaratri when we meet, this lake will be filled with souls and not physical bodies – Salutations!”

With this the discourse ended, we did Shanti path at 8.40am. After that as per the last three year’s tradition, Pujya Swamiji went around the ground on his sadhak-pulled chariot. Swamiji was vibrating at a very high frequency and showering consciousness as he went around the ground. I was in a meditative state during his rounds internally chanting the mantra and listening to the bhajans. After Swamiji’s departure, the paduka naman programme took place to the accompaniment of bhajans. I met Ramnath, Khamankarji our Madhuchaitanya team members like Parabji, Diptiji and her son, Hemanginiji and family and a whole lot of people from the Samarpan family. We then stood in line for the bhojan Prasad, with a 25000 people, by the time we finished our Prasad it was 11am. We then left for the Sahitya stall where we were supposed to meet, got together and left. Mr. Virkar had given me a packet to be delivered to Khamankarji which was in my car. I told Khamankarji to proceed to his car and told him that I will bring Ramnath with me. On the way we met Dr. Ishnathji and his Vasai gang, then walked all the way in the heat to the parking lot. Met Khamankarji as he drove down, I picked up the packet and handed it over to Khamankarji, they then left for the hotel. I took the car and brought it near the departure point so that the ladies did not have to walk too much. I went back and requested the ladies and Pawan to move out, and by the time we left the Ashram premises it was almost 11.30am. We dropped Chaaneeji at Navsari station and then left for Mumbai. We had our usual halt at Parsi Dairy Dhaba at Talaseri – it was full of Samarpan sadhaks. After snacks we left Talaseri and had a peaceful drive to Mumbai with very little traffic. After dropping off everybody I reached home by 5pm.

All the best for your Samuhik Sanskar Sadhana…… maintain secrecy……shhhhhhhhh… J

Please excuse the accuracy of the discourse I have tried to transcribe it and note down everything that was humanly possible. The 100% accurate CD of the discourse will come in due course.

JAI BABA SWAMI