Intense spiritual life starts with initiation. Initiation is called Deeksha in Sanskrit. Deeksha primarily is of three kinds: sight, touch and mantra. In sight deeksa, the guru will stare into your eyes and raise your Kundalini (Serpent Power). In touch deeksha, he will touch with his finger tips, different parts of your head, forehead, your spinal column etc. In mantra deeksha, he will whisper the sound in your ear- a mantra.

It is only after the initiation; the spiritual life of a person begins. The way it works is, if you cannot find a guru, the guru will show up when you are ready. It is god himself who facilitates this process. That is why the saying that guru is Brahma, Vishnu and Siva.

Jesus said that a camel can pass through the eye of a needle, but a rich man can’t get into the kingdom. Why is Jesus so hard on the rich people? Material wealth is addictive and it keeps your consciousness on your possessions. God is not the priority for the rich man. It is not even the priority of the priest; it is only his job which he does for money. So, who is closer to god? Only those who are ready to sacrifice everything for god and love him. God loves those who love him. It is this love that makes him descend into the earth plane as a human guru.

The story of Vasista and Viswamitra is enlightening. Vaisista refused to accept Viswamitra as his student. Although Viswamitra was a king, he gave up his kingship and meditated in a hut in front of Vasista’s house to convince the Guru that he was a serious student. If you win the grace of the Guru everything will happen in a second.

Otherwise, you have to read a lot of books and practice meditation for years. Still you may or may not succeed.
I have many true students whom I never even seen or I only talk to them on the phone. They are materially poor, but spiritually rich. But there are others who see me every day, but are distant from me.

It is not physical proximity that matters. I don’t look for devotees to be around me and adore me and buy things for me. I look for the souls who long for god primarily and everything else is secondary. Many people have received initiation just looking at my YouTube videos. With the initiation program, I turn a new leaf in my teaching career.

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