Love, Meditate and Celebrate – This is the Mantra of Beautiful living that has been suggested by the Contemporary Enlightened Master – Anandmurti Gurumaa. Her teachings can be summarised in the three words – Love, Meditation and Celebration. These are the three essential ingredients for the complete man of the 21st Century.

Anandmurti Gurumaa is a Contemporary Woman Master. The word Anandmurti literally means ‘an embodiment of divine bliss’ and Gurumaa means ‘Master Mother’. Shri Anandmurti Gurumaa, true to her name, is a master, a mother and an embodiment of Bliss. She is an exquisite confluence of divine love and sharp intelligence. She is a mystic, a poet at heart with a scientific aptitude by intellect and possesses a strong personality.

Its unbelievable that all these amazing attributes exist together is one person. But its absolutely true. Gurumaa is very pragmatic in her approach towards life and is a wonderful personality who is giving hope and spiritual path to seekers worldwide to achieve Buddha hood in this very lifetime. Its hard to find such great persons in today’s time, which can truly guide the spiritual aspirants and enhance their spiritual growth by their rich experience.

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There is a lot of talk these days about the groundbreaking book, The Secret, and about the process of the manifestation of our desires. It’s a fascinating subject. But it is not new information. The Law of Attraction, namely, like attracts like, is a very old knowledge. The bible attests to this when it states, “As ye sow, so shall ye reap”. What you do comes back to you. In India, there is the Law of Karma. It says that “Action comes back to you in equal measure. In Egypt, you have the Code of Hammarabi. It states the familiar, “An eye for an eye”. If you do sometime, it comes back to you equally. Even in Newtonian Physics, action equals reaction. Basically, what we think is what we become. Another way of saying this is that we manifest what our attention is on. This has been the message of such great modern thinkers as Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Wayne Dyer, and motivational guru Toni Robbins.
Another point is that understanding the Law of Attraction is one thing, but being able to apply it in practical life is another. Here’s what I mean. If my mind is cluttered with a bunch of thoughts, how can I maintain my attention on what I desire long enough to manifest it. Let me give you a specific example. Let’s say that you and I and an Indian yogi, are hungry and we each put our attention manifesting a Kit Kat bar. What will happen? While you and I will remain struggling and hungry, the yogi will be enjoying his Kit Kat bar. For him, the bar manifested almost as soon as he thought the words Kit Kat. Why? The yogis’ attention is powerful and unbroken. He has cultured his brain and nervous system to manifest his desires with great efficiency.
Finally, the manifestation of objects such as houses, wealth and relationships are fine in themselves, but they do not guarantee happiness. This is a point that the Buddha made thousands of years ago. He concludes that desire and manifestation were actually the source of unhappiness. The Buddha devoted the rest of his life to finding a way to get beyond the problem of craving and desire.
To me, manifestation is just the mechanism through which Grace enters our world. Manifestation is the relationship of the subject to the object over time. The reality, and I use the term loosely, is that all of the objects of our everyday experience, are thoughts that have turned into matter. So, I thought that I would begin with a couple of manifestation stories to highlight this point.
Miracle Manifestation
Many times people would come to see me with very specific requests. They needed something right away. Here is an example. One day, a couple visited me at my office in Chennai. It seems that they were both school teachers who had been offered teaching positions in Atlanta, Georgia in the U.S. Unfortunately, this was post 9/11 and it was very difficult for Indian nationals to obtain the proper visas to travel to the U.S. This poor couple had been waiting for more than a year. They had given up their lucrative teaching jobs in Chennai and sold their house assuming that they would be leaving shortly. When I saw them, they were desperate and almost out of money. They asked me for a technique to help them manifest their desire to go to the U.S. I had them sit and close their eyes. Then I asked them put attention at the third eye (between the eyebrows). I asked them to picture a bright light there. Then I asked them each to imagine going to their mailbox where they lived and opening a letter. The letter contained their new travel visas. I had them place this image in their third eye and fill the image with a bright white light. This was at 11 o’clock in the morning. That night I was giving a lecture when my interpreter pulled me aside. He told me that the couple had just called. He said that they had come home and checked their mailbox only to find the letter with their travel visas just as they had pictured in my office. The question is, did the visas create the need for the mental image in my office or did the mental image in my office create the visas? The answer is that Grace created a synchronicity. Who cares whether the chicken or the egg came first.
How did this manifestation take place? What was the mechanism? Today, I want share with you some of the secrets of yogic manifestation. To accomplish this, it is first necessary to acquaint you with the mechanics of the human mind. Let’s begin with the term Samadhi. Yogis often use the term Samadhi. It is said to be the highest experience of yogic meditation. But Samadhi is not a useful state if we want to manifest our desires. Here’s why. Samadhi is a state of perfect silence. In Samadhi, this world vanishes and only pure conscious (consciousness without an object) remains. Nothing is left. The state of pure consciousness is a state of no movement. There are no qualities; no subject; no object; no relationship. Unfortunately, no desire can be entertained in Samadhi and manifestation requires desire. MANIFESTATION REQUIRES A RELATIONSHIP OF SUBJECT TO OBJECT OVER TIME. Yogis manifest from within the sphere of matter and change. They manifest from a spot where pure consciousness turns into matter. I will teach you how to take your awareness to this point. I will be teach you step by step how to manifest.
I am often asked the question, “Why can’t I manifest”? The answer is that you are desiring your manifestation from a false sense of I. You see your personal “I” and the world that your “I” exists in as separate. So you believe that it takes a lot of effort to put your desires into this foreign land that you live in. In reality, there is no difference between you and what you experience. Both take place inside the real you. You could not exist without the not-you so the not you is you too. Feel it. Look closely. Be perfectly still. To do this, completely stop your eyes and tongue from moving. (Try this for one minute)You are the other as much as you are yourself. Neither can exist independently of the other. Desiring and manifesting are just two sides of the same coin. Become the coin. The object of your desire is just you in reverse. A yogi has no trouble manifesting because he sees that he is actually the object of his desire. If a yogi desires a Lexus, he becomes it. The yogi moves effortlessly between subject and object. The yogi is both because the yogi is One with all things. He is living reality. The yogi lives the truth. To continue with this article, please click on americanbuddha.net.

INTRODUCTION

The upsurge of spiritual energies encircling our planet at this present time, has resulted in an awakening in humanity of the existence of higher realities. Whatever the cause of this spiritual conflagration in the hearts and minds of humanity may be, the effects of its pulsation are readily apparent in the interest taken by the general public in the many metaphysical arts and sciences that were once considered occult and mystical, studied and applied by only an elite few. This higher awareness is gaining momentum with the aid of scientific research and study that is being carried-out in various universities and colleges–researches based on the theories of hyperspace and quantum physics, and also in the field of parapsychic science. Various paradigms of the constitution of man and his occult anatomy as found in Eastern philosophy and Yoga are being discovered to contain elements of truth. Even the nature of the occult processes of death are now being studied through various methods already established by science, such as hypnotic-regression. The problem now facing the metaphysical teacher and practitioner is:

1) The integrating of present findings of science to traditional metaphysical knowledge so as to be able to convey spiritual truths and Cosmic Laws in a rational, logical and intelligent manner to the educated masses who are wary of traditional cultural values and knowledge that are out-worn or unscientifically presented, such as precepts of value that are sometimes wrongfully considered to be superstitions.

2) To present new ways of teaching and healing in an efficacious and holistic manner.

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The Various Traditions

In these series of articles we shope to describe the mudra practices to be found in various religious practices, such as in Buddhism, and Hinduism; and in various countries rich in cultural traditions as for instance, Japan, India, China, Tibet, and Indonesia. Mudra teachings are also to be found in Christianity and in the Egyptian tradition. Contemporary development of Runic lore has also its own version of hand-gestures designed to offer psychic benefits. We will describe some of these and teach how our readers may put these mudras into practice to assist their spiritual unfoldment and the improvement of their mundane lives.

Regrettably, there are many powerful mudras to be found in mystical schools and traditions that we have not been able to get access to and thus present in these articles. For instance, Chen Yen or Shingon Buddhism, which is considered as an esoteric tradition, has a rich heritage on mudra practices. These mudras are performed in conjunction with mantras and the visualization of mandalas. According to their doctrines, mudras, mantras, and mandalas represent body, speech, and mind. Chen Yen Buddhism teaches that the culture of these three aspects of the microcosm leads the practitioner to a higher spiritual state of being. Another Buddhist school that teaches mudras is the True Buddha School led by the Living Buddha Lu Sheng-yen. One would have to be a follower of the Living Buddha in order to acquire the mudra teachings.

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