1. Spiritual Fusion of East & West

1. Qn. Can you show the way to experience GOD?

Ans. The way to experience God has been given time and again. I have been travelling upon the path as per the know-how given. There is slow and gradual unfoldment of awareness. I have also the glimpses of the experience. The fullness of it is called God. It is the path that needs to be experimented by everyone to experience God. God can be seen by such experiment. It cannot be shown by others. The path can however be given. It is available to all who are willing to take up and work with themselves. Apply the principles of the path upon you, walk upon and become that.

Ans. To arrive at a common understanding relating to Spiritual practice and experience which is Scientific and practical and is not conditioned by the religions, cults and superstitions of East and West is what is understood as spiritual fusion of East and West. It enables man to understand and experience his own potentials fully and completely to overcome the barriers of traditions, cults etc. It is a process of intelligent understanding of the energies that are around and tuning up to them to fully experience living. East is strong in certain aspects of life. West is strong in certain other aspects. The Spiritual Fusion is aimed to bring the best of the both.

3. Qn. is there any constructive Plan for this work?

Ans: The Plan relating to Spiritual Fusion of East and West is being carried out in many ways and at many levels according to a ground Plan conceived by the elder brothers of humanity, whom we call the Masters of Wisdom. They have been functioning to promote greater understanding between various life styles on the Planet. They chiefly advocate Yoga of the body, spiritual living in preference to spiritual power and authority and Universal brotherhood in preference to the dogmas of God promoted by various cults. They have their initiates, advanced disciples and disciples through whom the Yoga of the mind, the spiritual living and the Universal brother-hood are being slowly and gradually established on the Planet. The path and the system relating thereto are given primary importance and those who know and give the, know how to others are called the Teachers. The head of these elder brothers of humanity, who is the Teacher of the Teachers is called 'THE WORLD TEACHER'. So the whole plan relating to Fusion of East and West is worked out under the direction of the World Teacher of the Planet who is also a disciple to a higher system for implementation of the Plan. The Plan relates evolution of the Planet and Planetary beings. All those who teach the system, function as true expression of the system. Their functioning itself is their teaching. Their teaching is only about the functioning of the system namely the human system, the planetary system, the solar system and cosmic system. When a spiritual aspirant practices according to a specified process in life, he falls into the system and thereafter functions in tune with the system. Man turns into a Master not by conquering the Nature but by adopting the Nature Divine. The Divine Will, Love and Light, which are the potentials of the micro and macro cosmos are taught to be realised in life through practice. All good work that promotes Love, understanding, relief from distress is part of this work.

4. Qn. What is the role of Master E.K. in this field?

Ans. Master E.K. is a multicut diamond who carried in him the mantle of love to kindle the hearts of the true aspirants. He strongly advocated that experiencing God or Spirit is possible through man's action which is based on the alignment of mind, senses and body to the Soul. It is the ancient most method followed at all times by the true seekers of the Truth. Master E. K. once again propounded the ancient method clothing it in new words. He is one of those inspired Souls. (Inspired into the systematic functioning by the Masters of Wisdom). Having tuned upto impersonal living, he became a potential channel for spread of such impersonal living to experience. The Divine on the physical plane, he promoted a triangular work relating to spiritual experiencing upon the basis of social and economic responsibilities. Man in fulfilling his economic and social obligations finds the right balance to experience the spirit.

He advocated and also demonstrated that service is a natural instinct of refined human being. Such a being does service as simply and naturally as mother caressing her children. Any sensible mother does not feel that she is doing service to her children. Likewise, any sensible elder brother of humanity does his lot to the younger brothers without claims and feelings. Such natural functioning has to be refound by man. Service according to him, is an attitude of mind but not a particular act. Master E.K. demonstrated such naturality and simplicity in work which others recognised as "Service and Sacrifice." But to Him, it was natural functioning.

5. Qn. What is the World Teacher Trust doing in this regard?

Ans. The World Teacher Trust is an organisation of people, who are inspired by the life and teachings of Master E.K. They are attempting to live life in simplicity, naturality and love, taught and demonstrated by Master E.K, The World Teacher Trust brotherhood accepted a way of life which includes daily Meditations and Service as an attitude of mind while at work. The Trust organisers spread the impersonal teachings of Master E.K. and conduct functions on Important days to inform the public of the Teachings. The Trust works with significant responsibility in the field of education and health. It is organising schools for children to give the natural way of life besides the present education. It organises free Homoeo Dispensaries to heal the sick. It trains those who are interested in healing, Vedic chanting and Vedic rituals.

6. Qn. How far is it possible to achieve spiritual fusion of the East and West in the present human situations?

Ans. Spiritual Fusion of East and West is particularly favourable in the present situation, in these days of developed human mind, the Yoga of mind (Raja Yoga) is much more feasible. The Universality of life and the Universal applicability of its principles are easily understood by a fresh and simple mind not complicated by the dogmas of cults, sects and religion. The man feels fresh to make a direct experiencing of the Natural function system. He is already vexed with many dogmas, superstitions where faith is demanded. Faith can never be demanded. Blind and emotional faith leads no where. Intelligent understanding of the forces at work is the need of the hour. Man is willing to experiment upon a given system than to be directed and ordered with a certain mystical authority. As he finds the truth in the Natural system, faith develops in him and makes him to firmly hold to the system. As he finds that the system brings more and more harmony to him, his grip over the practice relating to the system grows. He therefore, practices and his practice is a demonstration for others and a sweet experience to him. Open minded people allover the Planet are at present more enthused to function with the system than with the personality of a Guru. They however respect the Guru as the inevitable channel.

7.Qn. What is the system that you have been frequently quoting in your answer?

Ans. It is nothing but practice of harmlessness in all aspects of life taught by every great teacher such as Lord Krishna, the Buddha and the Christ. It is demonstration of Love in action coupled with intelligent understanding of the functioning of subtler forces at the phenomenal plane. This becomes possible through gradual practice. This way of life is abundantly instructed in the Aphorisms of Patanjali Yoga. It is also skilfully depicted in the Bhagavad Gita. It has been there from times immemorial. It externalises through teachers who are impersonal i.e., not personality oriented. The system enunciates man's responsibility to the human, plant, animal, mineral and Deva Kingdoms. It is basically to understand the functioning of the micro-system (The Man) and the Macro-system (The Universe) and acts in tune with the system.

8. Qn. Please explain how are you introduced into this work and what are your functions in regard to fusion of East and West?

Ans. I am introduced into this work by Master E.K. I am asked to accompany Him in his Euro-tours of 1981, 1982 and 1983. During these tours, I understood the purpose of his visits to Europe. I also understood the technique of his teachings to European groups. I, therefore, gained enough strength to continue the work after his departure. We mainly work with Spiritual Groups who are inspired by the Universal Teachings and writings of Madam .H.P. Blavatsky, Madam Alice A. Bailey, Sri Aurobindo, : Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa and Sri Ramana Maharshi. The members of these groups are open-minded, workers willing to experiment Truth in their lives as propounded by the Teachers. I work with them in all the 7 European countries for two months in a year.

I am also working on the basis of foundation laid by Master E.K. for reconstruction of certain value systems in the European groups. They include education relating to sex, and marital life, family life and also education of teenagers of the human potentials and their proper utilisation. To exchange views and notes as also experiences relating to the teachings and annual group gathering of all European groups on the May Call Day i.e., 29th May every year. We live together 4 to 5 days around 29th May to formulate the Plan of work for the year to come. Doubts are clarified, suggestions are given in relation to the social and spiritual activities. My work also involves organising transcription of the Teachings of Master E.K. held in cassettes and publishing of booklets and books in that connection.

(This interview was published in "DECCAN CHRONICLE" on 12.07.1990.)

2. H.P. BLAVATSKY SPREADS MESSAGE OF VEDAS

Madam Helena Petrova Blavatsky was the first foreigner to discover the Universal wisdom of the Vedas and spread their message to the peoples of the world.

According to the Divine plan of Lord Sri Krishna, the World Teacher, five thousand years ago an invisible government was established in the Himalayas under the leadership of Lord Maitreya, with Master Morya and Master Kuthoomi as his lieutenants and Master Djwalkhul as the chief co-ordinator. The purpose of this government is to work in the subtler planes and pave the way for planetary synthesis and world transformation.

Madam Blavatsky revealed this secret to humanity in the last century with the permission of the Masters. To align herself to their programme, she, though of royal parentage, gave up the pomp and pagentries and dedicated herself to the cause of truth. With leonine courage and sterling faith in the Masters, she unremittingly addressed herself to the task of spiritual awakening of mankind.

Such was her total surrender and so untiring her work that Master Djwalkhul's revelation, A TREATISE ON COSMIC FIRE, which was received by Alice A. Bailey, was dedicated to her. Here is a rare instance of a Master dedicating his work to his disciple.

The great contribution of Madam Blavatsky was in the direction of unveiling the wisdom of the East to the gaze of the West and bringing the East and West together. She declared, in accents of urgency and utmost personal conviction, that to consider any particular religion superior to others and to carry on propaganda that all those who do not embrace that particular religion are sinners in the height of egoistic folly. Such an attitude militates against true spirituality and makes the life divine a distant dream.

With a view to giving a shape to her institutions and inner intimations and for working out her programme, she founded the Theosophical Society. She affirmed that sacred texts like the Vedas, the Gita, the Bible, the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are repositories of the wisdom of the universe and manuals for spiritual sadhana. Her Golden Stairs enable the aspirant to climb the temple of Divine Wisdom. It was thus a life of sacrifice and stupendous spiritual work that madam Blavatsky lived.

Coming now to Master EK, who belongs to our times, one finds that he is yet another glorious link in the chain of Masters. He made a total offering of his life, his time, energy and wisdom to the Masters and strove for realising of their design. He affirmed that the truths of world scriptures are to be lived. He insisted that one should try on oneself any principle that one wished to try on the society. He practised in his own life what he preached. He gave a socio-economic basis for spiritual living.

The task of the fusion of the East and West, begun by Madam Blavatsky was continued by Master E.K. His seven extensive foreign tours were aimed at this.

(This article appeared in Deccan Chronicle, Visakhapatnam on Friday, August 14, 1987.)

3. MEDITATION OF LORD VISHNU, VASUDEVA AND NARAYANA

"VISHNU SAHASRANAMA" the thousand Names of the Lord, is the quintessence of the Ancient Indian Thought.

Vishnu - the light that permeates from the seeming nothingness to apparent something as creation is worshipped as the Lord of the past, the present and the future of the existence. The Vedic seers visualised the phenomenon called the creation sprouting from the subtlest to the grossest in layers and the broadest of such division is the three fold existence of Matter, Force and Consciousness. These planes of existence are symbolically called as Vishnu, Vasudeva and Narayana -meaning, all that appears in shape, colour, number etc., is Vishnu, all that exists as the Centre or as the indweller of a unit consciousness from atom to man is Vasudeva and the universal consciousness, which is the one background of the units of consciousness is Narayana.

The Vedic seers recognised as Vishnu all that exists as matter and apparent to the physical eye. To them Vishnu is the permeation or pervasion of that one light. They worshipped all forms, shapes, colours etc, as the manifestations of the one Lord. Worshipping a form in exclusion of others is ignorance and leads an aspirant nowhere. Experiencing the Lord Vishnu is possible only by invoking him as everything apparent to the eye. "SARVAKARAM VISHNUMAVAHAYAMI" a popular Sloka uttered forth in every Vedic ritual is a pointer to this truth. This is the basic and the fundamental step towards realisation of the Truth whom we call 'God'. It is only the ignorance of this Truth that leads to multifacious religions and cults. They educate man as to how he is different from others in terms of race, creed, caste and colour. The Vedic thought is to allow man to understand as to how he is common with others. The former system is divisive, while the latter is unifying. The former is negative in its approach and leads to separation while the latter is synthetic in its approach and leads to liberation from the mental conditioning.

Similarly the indweller of every unit of existence is recognised, realised and worshipped as Vasudeva. The existence of the Lord as everything is Vishnu while the existence of Lord in every-thing is Vasudeva. An aspirant who mastered experiencing the Lord as everything in creation transforms himself into an initiate to whom the next step is realisation of the Lord in everything. When he attains the first step he is said to have done Vishnupasana (meditation of Vishnu). When he attains the second step he is said to have successfully carried out Vasudevopasana (meditation of Vasudeva). In the second step the man meditates every given situation as the interplay of the force outside with the individual force inside. Through the balancing of the force, he escapes into his own centre, shedding the personality. With the first step he transcends the Illusion of matter and with the second step he transcends the Illusion of force, which are both negative and positive. When he thus attains the third step, he is the man turned Master-meaning the one that mastered the matter and force. Mastery does not mean conquering. Controlling or subduing as is normally understood but means intelligent balancing. In other words it is called alignment of matter and force with consciousness within and outside.

The sacred scripture Bhagavata repeatedly postulates these three steps of initiation. It has no religious propagation but has only the spiritual instruction given out in simple and straight way.

Subtle as it is, the busy intellectual mind that craves for complications is apt to miss the fundamentals.

The author of Srimad Bhagavatham as also Sri Mahabharata, Veda Vyasa (a contemporary to Lord Krishna) gave out as one of the many invaluable gifts the Vishnu Sahasranama which hints at many a secret of the phenomenon of creation, packed in the names of the Lord. Each name has its significance and is used to denote the phenomenon in anyone of the three planes, the matter, force and consciousness.

Kulapathi Ekkirala Krishnamacharya unlocked and gave out the significance of each of the 1000 names, utilising the spiritual keys viz., the Etymological, Astrological and Time keys. The author popularly known as Master E K to his followers in the East and the West has been an excellent example of the one who fulfilled in himself and a few of his followers, the meditation of Vishnu and Vasudeva, as described in the preceding paras.

The importance of recital of the 1000 names is too well known to be elaborated. The intelligent understanding of the names in the light of the Vedic thought helps the reader a long way in reaching the goal in spiritual pursuit.

(This article of Mr. Parvathi Kumar was published in Deccan Chronicle on Thursday, the 22nd February 1990)

4. SCIENCE OF TIME

UGAADI, the Telugu New Years Day, is in fact YUGA-ADI meaning the beginning of a Cycle. The Telugu New years Day is an Astrologically significant event in the Cycle of Time.

The Ancients knew well the dimensions of the Time. They have accordingly tuned up to the aspects of the time and derived full experience of life. Blessed is the one, who can tune up to Time and carry out the work skilfully for fulfilment. Incorrect timing is fraught with many hurdles. Time, Energy and Money are lost when the timing of a task is incorrect. To set the sail according to the wind is a wise act. The Masters of Wisdom mastered this sail resulting in a smooth experience of Life. Only the ignorant are unwilling to respond to the aspects of Time calling it superstition. The learned ones always respect Time, understood its dimensions, the variety of energies it presents, and worked in tune with Time to gain the sweet experience, which is the main purpose of Life.

On the New Year's Day the Telugus accept with pleasure a recipe which includes all tastes from bitter to sweet and from hot to sour. This is indicative of man's preparation to accept the sweet and the bitter events of life during the year. Ability to accept these events as they occur in life and to intelligently work with them is what is commanded, inability to accept events in life and developing resistance causes internal tension. The pleasure with which the recipe of all tastes is eaten is indicative of this acceptance of the variety of events in life. Total acceptance of life keeps the man in total happiness. "KRISHNA" accepted life totally. Hence he is the only one who had been happy through and through and spread happiness at all times regardless of the internal events. The clue to happiness is internal acceptability and intelligent action according to the situation.

Another truth relating to the Telugu New Year's Day is that it carries the energies of the year to come and hence is capable of hinting at the events to come throughout a year. The Planetary position on the Day is the seed that unfolds itself throughout the year into a big tree. If one understands the quality of the seed, It is easy to understand the quality of the tree and the quality of the fruits it bears. Hence "Panchanga Sravanam" a popular function that is conducted on the "Ugaadi Day" is a scientific explanation of the seed of the year for the benefit of those who wish to tune up to the Science of Time.

The first 15 days from the Telugu New Year's Day are particularly significant in terms of health. Ayurveda speaks of a practice to restore health utilising the first 15 days from the New Year's day. If one remains on a balanced diet for these 15 days of the year (preferably liquids), It assures us good health throughout the year. The clue is well worked out by Ayurveda. The Seers worked out reconstruction of the tissues of the body with new energies of the New Cycle through the nutritious and balanced diet during the first 15 days of the year. It is a Science by itself and needs to be worked out by oneself to find the truth of it.

Many and manifold are the splendours of the Telugu New Year's Day. The good beginning is half done. May the Telugus as also the members of the human society to whom the Planetary combination extends, derive the benefit of the energies of the New Year's Day throughout with proper tune up.

(This article of Mr. Parvathi Kumar was published in Deccan Chronicle on Thursday, the 27th March, 1990)

5. PRINCIPAL TEACHINGS OF LORD KRISHNA

The main teachings of Lord Krishna relate to the eternal existence of the one consciousness. His first teaching is to clear the misunderstanding of death. Krishna speaks that no one really dies. There is no such thing as death. He says that there is eternal existence upon which there is periodical springing up of the Universe and in the Universe we keep existing eternally through out the span of the Universe.

When Universe is absorbed into the One Existence we are also absorbed into it, when it is blown out into universe we all come into existence. So our little spans are not so little as understood. As soul we continue to exist and Krishna wants us to understand the soul and the vehicle of our constitution and the soul carrying the spirit, the soul and the body - these are the three aspects which Krishna speaks of. The body keeps changing because it is of matter, the soul is composed of the spirit and the superfine matter which is as eternal as consciousness, that is what we call as the etheric body. All gross matter springs up from the superfine matter (primordial matter) which is made up of ether. So the permanence of the spirit and the permanence of this matter during the existence of the universe is what Krishna pro- poses. And Krishna says this soul is impermeable of matter, water, fire and air and exist as long as the Universe is in existence and hence there is no such thing as birth and there is no such thing as death, if you understand the concept correctly.

The basic fundamental teaching of the concept of birth and death is attributed as any of the events that are happening in life, our getting into sleep and getting out of sleep is also an aspect of birth and death and we continue to exist through the sleep. Similarly our living through the four stages namely, infancy, youth, adult and old age, is experienced as one living. There is no experiencing of the death of one stage and the birth of the other stage. in the same fashion through birth and death we continue to exist, that is why Krishna argues that one who understands this clue lives through the death. To him, there is no such thing as death.

Krishna speaks of the quality of the soul, the soul as the owner of the form and that the owner is never killed in the body, while the form keeps changing. There is no cause for sorrow when existence is eternal. The first step therefore, is to understand that we exist eternally as source.

Then, what are we to do? That comes as the second step which is to tune up to the Law of the Universe. When we tune up to the law of the Universe then we are in harmony with the Universe. When we do not tune up to the Law of the Universe we do not remain so much in harmony. All our conflicts, enigmas and problems of life arise out of our ill-comprehension of the law and our inability to tune up to the law. So the moment we tune up and work with the law then the whole eternal existence is experienced as a splendour. This is a second step - says Krishna.

The third step, Krishna says - each one of us has a nature peculiar to ourself. According to the nature we hold, we have to choose the kind of work that will keep us in harmony and keep working with that kind of work so that the harmony is established at all time. Never imitate or copy the nature of others, because even if it is a greater one it does not give harmony to us. That which gives us harmony we should be able to follow. It is like a cat trying to imitate a tiger. Cat is a Cat -Tiger is a Tiger. It is good for the tiger to be tiger like and for the cat to be cat like, if the cat imitates a tiger it can not live happily.

One has to make an understanding of the quality of work that keeps him in harmony and perceive the same to be in harmony at all times. One must try to get into that quality more and more. And Krishna explains the quality of a teacher, the quality of a ruler, the quality of a businessman and the quality of those who serve. Among these four qualities that which really suits us we have to work with. One would have no complaints when one has tuned up to the work accordingly to the soul quality. So this is what we have to do, to tune up the quality of the soul so that the soul can function through. As between the teacher, the ruler, the businessman and the social worker there is no such distinction as more sacred and less sacred and all work carried out through the four qualities is sacred. This truth can be under- stood when one harmonises his nature with himself. There are many great adepts who are functioning in all the four qualities of life. As between them there is no feeling as low and high. There is only a feeling of 'one for the other' brotherhood.

It is only the ignorant who see the high and low as between the qualities and each one competes for that which they ignorantly consider high. The scriptures reveal that from the butcher to the ruler and from the businessman to the teacher all are equally important to the society and all can tune up to the eternal existence by the dedication to their respective works. The clue is to harmonise the quality of nature that one holds so that he becomes stable of Consciousness. It is necessary to be stable of Consciousness, be it through teaching, healing, administering or through any other means of service to society. Any of the four qualities when pursued according to one's own nature leads to stability. Krishna says that stability of Consciousness is attained only by tuning up one's own nature but not by imitating others nature unless such other is also of the same quality. Initiates exist in all walks of life. They are not restricted to preachers or teachers. It is for this reason the Veda describes that "The Teachers are My head, The Rulers are My shoulders, The Businessmen are My thighs and the others are My feet". In the whole body all organs are equally important and no organ can imitate the other. But can do its job for the benefit of itself and for the benefit of the whole.

The fourth step is about how to tune up the individual nature with nature divine and there comes the importance of functioning. Krishna speaks that happiness or unhappiness, profit or loss, comfort or discomfort do not exist the moment you are tuned up to the Law through function as per your nature. When individual nature is harmonised through a right functioning through selection of a work which is harmonious to your nature, then it is so absorbing, so interesting, so lovable to you that you do not care about the comfort or discomfort of it, the happiness or unhappiness of it or the profit or loss, they do not exist. And then, Krishna says that you will slowly realise that this way to function is to live.

The functioning has its own details of steps and it has to be worked out with discriminative will and how to work without motive and without aspiring for result and how in work there is experiencing regardless of comfort, discomfort, happiness, unhappiness, profit or loss.

Krishna then speaks about the philosophers who think that all work is for result and how foolish they are in their understanding of the work. Then he speaks of those who foolishly try to possess and how possession will create complications in life. And then he speaks about the natural distortion that takes place in understanding the system according to one's own impurity of the vehicle. The best wisdom given is refracted according to one's own quality. So that is what Krishna cautions and then says, the need to work more and more with discriminative will and only do, that, much which is required. Never overdo or underdo a thing and only do as much as you have to do without concerning yourself with the result and without yourself being the motive of any deed and without making any beginning from your side of any act.

This is the ultimate of all action, which one has to understand practising step after step. No one can think of doing anything relating to the last step namely let no deed start from you, Let no deed start from you is the state of Christ It can be the state of ordinary spiritual practitioners. He should first start functioning with what exactly he is required to do. He must know what to speak how to speak, when to speak and how much to speak. He must know in the same fashion how to act, how much to act, where to act and where not to act, So, speech -action these are to be learned first and then the ability to remain impersonal in action is to be learned and then the step will come relating to action being happening and nothing starts from him because It has already started in the beginning of the creation and he is not anyone to begin anything as it is already existing. So these steps have to be carefully worked out and at the same time do no seek comfort in not doing. The teaching of Krishna calls for action and not for seeking comfort in inaction. This is the core of all doctrines of action and it requires an excellent understanding and it has to be worked out for lifetime. We have to check up whether we are speaking and acting according to requirement or under doing or overdoing, that is where the whole thing is filtered and only a handful will remain over and above that and those are the Masters.

So we have to be unconcerned about the results. Any thing we do we need results. But, the doctrine says, to experience action you should be unconcerned about results and then do not carry any motive.

The Doctrine of Action calls for action and that action is of two types. Action for one's own benefit and action for the benefit of others. If one observes Nature keenly the clue is found that one works for the other. The whole wheel of creation is based on this clue and hence it is time that Man should shut himself in pursuit and start working for the benefit of others. This is the way to mastery and this is the only way to experience the often used (or abused) words like - God, Love, Light, Christ, Krishna etc. when one works with discriminative will for the benefit of others, there is no such thing as attachment and he explains the doctrine of attachment.

According to Krishna attachment or detachment is more mental than physical. He laughs at those who are physically detached without being mentally detached. He admires those who seem to be entangled in the worldly affairs but are mentally detached. The mentally detached and physically active souls are the real instruments of God while the physically detached are lesser instruments. The one who is stable in consciousness exists only to consciousness whether or not he is surrounded by persons, places, things, articles etc.

Then Krishna explains how one functions if he is very stable in conscious state, as an example Krishna narrates the quality of stable one.

"No agitation by sorrow, no desire for happiness, no craving, no shirking, no outbursts -His consciousness is stable. He is figuratively called Silent",

"No particular attachment anywhere, no particular enjoyment for the pleasant, no particular hatred for the so called undesirable",

"He recedes into himself, His senses calmly recede from the object. The process is like that of a tortoise withdrawing its limbs into its shell. Then his consciousness is stable".

"But beware I Do not make your senses starve of its objects" Starvation is no withdrawal. The objects are away from the senses but they leave their seeds of craving in the senses only to be germinated again with redoubled vigour. This is the result of starving, Withdrawal is quite different. It is the fine process of leaving the lower taste by tasting the higher."

"Arrange everything in you to obey the I AM in you. Then you live clear in your own I AM even though objects apply themselves to the senses."

"This clarity is the pure state in which sorrows have no place. Will stands only on this pure background."

'Will makes its appearance out of your own synthesis. No synthesis, no will and no creative ability. No peace without creative ability. Create peace, What of happiness when there is no peace?"

"Then the senses blow like winds in all directions - they drive the mind as the feeble ship. Then the consciousness is at the mercy of the stormy tide of life".

"Have your senses withdrawn from their objectives to live above them. Then only consciousness is stable".

"Visualise the rotation of the earth globe. Some sleep into the night while others work awake in the day. Similarly some are aware in the activity of the senses with the mind. Will and stability of consciousness do not exist to them. To them it is sleep. But those who are controlled are awakened to Will and Stability. To them it is day. To them the mind, the senses and their objective exist in sleep."

"They do not want anything. Requirements come and approach them, flow into them as and when required and finally merging them. See how rivers approach the ocean, flow into it loosing and finally merge into it loosing their nature. Even being filled the ocean stands stable and has no change in its level. Such a one experiences what is peace. One who desires can never experience peace".

"Thus man should leave of all his desire and act without desiring. He should be I AM. No local localisation of I AM, no mine I Such a one can achieve peace.

Localisation of I AM results in limiting the consciousness which causes separation of the oneself. This in turn triggers all illusion and ignorance.

"This is the creative state required. Once achieved this, no one is confused. If one can stand the stage even while one dies (while the mind disappears) one attains the experience of creative merging.

So if we keep looking into this checklist how stable we are, we know for ourselves, we do not need others to tell us, so this is how the whole scheme is.

(This article appeared in Deccan Chronicle on Thursday, 19th April 1990.)

6. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE VAISAKHA FESTIVAL

FOURFOLD EXISTENCE:

Sanat Kumara, the Planetary Logos, gives the annual impulse to the beings on this Earth on the fullmoon day of Vaisakha. Sanaka, Sanandana, Sanatana and Sanat Kumara are the names conceived for the Lord in the Supracosmic, Cosmic, Solar and Planetary Planes. Existence is fourfold. Time is fourfold. Wisdom is fourfold. The Veda is four-fold, the qualities are fourfold, and the utterance is fourfold. Indeed the very Universe exists upon the principle of number 4- so says the Veda.

SCIENTIFIC APPROACH:

Existence, awareness of existence, thoughtful existence and objective existence are symbolised by the four names, popularly known as the 4 Kumaras stated above. In another system, the same fourfold existence is represented as the 4. Vyuhas, i.e. Vasudeva, Sankarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha Vyuhas. In the astrological system these four are explained as the fixed cross of Taurus, Leo, Scorpio and Aquarius. In the Christian Theology the same fourfold existence is explained in the Book of Revelations by John as the four horsemen. In the Shalva system the same is explained by names such as Parama Siva, Siva, Sambasiva and Sankara. Vaisakha, Muruga, Sarvanabhava and Lord Subrahmanya are also the names relating this four fold aspect. Thus from ancient most times the four fold existence has been conceived by the enlightened men. The scientific terms used today are Atomic consciousness, Self-consciousness, Group consciousness and Universal consciousness.

Supracosmic, Cosmic, Solar and Planetary Consciousness are recognised not only as to their existence but also as to their purpose in creation. The Vaisakha-Festival is carried out at the planetary plane by the Planetary logos and the enlightened beings of the Earth during the fullmoon hours of Vaisakha.

THE PLANETARY PLAN:

On this day the Planetary Consciousness gives an impulse to the planetary beings who are within its gravitational system. The Impulse is given as per the planetary plan and is conceived by the enlightened ones on the planet, whom we popularly call the Masters of Wisdom. Intuitionally conceiving the plan of the year the Wise ones gradually radiate the same into their disciples who in turn transmit the same to the foremost thinkers / leaders of Humanity. The leaders guide the plan into the daily activity within the constraints.

Thus once again the working out of the planetary annual plan is done through a four-tier system namely:

1) The Planetary Logos, Sanat Kumara;

2) The Masters of Wisdom, the head of whom is recognised as Lord Maitreya by the Hindus, Lord Maitre Buddha by the Buddhists and as Lord Christ by the Christians;

3) The disciples of these Masters of Wisdom, and

4) their disciples who are objectively known as the leaders of human society.

BUDDHA POORNIMA:

Gautama the Buddha acts as the link between the Planetary Logos Sanat Kumara and the Masters of Wisdom. Hence the Vaisakha Fullmoon gradually came to be recognised as Buddha Poornima. It is very much similar to the corporate organisation with its four-tier function of

1) The Directors; 2) The Executives; 3) The supervisors and 4) The Workers

SHAM BALLA:

The impulse comes from the centre called Shamballa, located on the northern side of the sacred Himalayan range, which is said to be the abode of Planetary Logos. It is very interesting to note that the Bhagavatha Purana speaks of the village Shamballa as the place from which the 10th Avatar Kalki will descend. The impulse is conceived in the Central Himalayan Range which is the Headquarters of the Masters, known by the name Kalapa (which is also referred to in Bhagavatha Purana) There are six other centres of the Masters upon the planet namely Geneva, London, New York, Tokyo, Darjeeling and a place in Africa. It is believed that these centres are the present day Ashrams of the Masters of Wisdom. The destiny of the planetary beings is guided with responsibility from these centres.

THE VAISAKHA VALLEY:

During the Fullmoon hours of Vaisakha all the Masters of Wisdom and their accepted disciples gather in the Central Himalayan Range in a Valley called "The Vaisakha Valley". It is akin to the annual general body meeting, wherein the plan for the year is conceived (but not discussed as there is no such scope or necessity) by the responsible elder brothers of Humanity. And through Gemini fullmoon they in turn transmit it (1) to the thinkers and leaders of the human society (2) to the animal kingdom, (3) to the plant kingdom and (4) to the mineral kingdom. The 4 kingdoms represent the fourfold existence of the planetary beings. Such a system or organised functioning is in existence from times immemorial which gradually came to be known as Maha Vaisakhi and later as Buddha Poornima. It is very interesting coincidence that Visakhapatnam also carries the same sound syllables and that there is a Visakha -Eswara Temple in the Seawaters on the coast of the town. Those who are intuitional can work out the correspondence according to the purity of thought they hold.

FULLMOON MEDITATION:

Meditation during the fullmoon hours of the day would do much good to the mind, senses and body -in the sense that alignment can be easily worked out in between these three implements by the Soul through the co-operative and magnetic energies of the Time. Those who are inclined to such meditation are strongly recommended to remind with light food and to abstain from too much objective activity from the day before the full moon. The ones whose body, mind and senses are aligned through purity in thought, speech and action. Gain and scope to experience the Grand annual meeting held at Vaisakha Valley through the etheric permeation (travel).

(This article appeared in Deccan Chronicle on 18th May 1990)

7. CYCLE OF TIME BEGINS AFRESH

"Kartika Poornima" marks a reversal of the trend of events and hence is considered a fresh beginning in the cycle of Time, according to Mr. K. Parvathi Kumar. International Chairman of the World Teacher Trust.

The spirallic evolution of spirit from matter is marked by the constellation "Anuradha" (the spiral ritual). This return of spirit or spiritual evolution is described as a process of resurrection from death meaning triumph of spirit over matter. Every spiritualist demonstrates this resurrection from death. In recent times we find this being done by Jesus, Saibaba of Shirdi, Master CVV of Kumbhakonam among others. This is marked as a higher initiation when man turns Master - i.e. gains mastery over matter.

In every solar year this opportunity for the resurrection is offered to man by Scorpio full moon -Kartika Poornima, when the Sun is in Scorpio and the Moon is in the constellation "Krittika" Pleiades.

Bogged down by matter, passion, sex attraction the physical world is considered to be an imperfect reflection of the perfect higher subtle world. The puranic symbolism reveals that before the physical manifestation of the present world, the solar year consisted of only 10 zodiacal signs with Virgo-Scorpio as one of the ten, while Libra did not form. Later when Libra was formed it was through division of Virgo- Scorpio into three signs that is Virgo, Libra and Scorpio, thereby manifesting the 12 signs. This is also true with the human body, which is a perfect image of the Universe. Till 7 years of age there is no sex division in the body mechanism of a boy or a girl. Slowly, changes take place during the period of 7 years to 14 years manifesting the sexual difference and relates passion - activity of Libra.

Overcoming the sexual attraction and passion, man has to gain his original form "due and ancient form", when the perfect man is born once again.

Kartika Poornima offers such opportunity to those who seek perfection.

(This article appeared in Deccan Chronicle on Friday, the 2nd November 1990)

8. SIGNIFICANCE OF DASARA

As time passed by, the average Indian forgot the meaning and purpose of the festivals and reduced the festivals for indulgence in food, clothing and other luxurious and meaningless spending. Consequently, there is ridicule of the festivals by rationalists, said Mr. Kambhampati Parvathi Kumar at the head- quarters of the World Teacher Trust Visakhapatnam.

The ancient seers conceived the energy patterns that affect the Earth and earthy beings as our planet moves around the Sun in 12 solar months. Each month offers different energies and the angles of Moon further stimulate these energies. The ancients knew these energy patterns and accordingly invoked them on time, tuned up to them and lived in harmony with the nature. These keys are lost due to over emphasis laid on the physical world in preference to the metaphysical aspects of the physical world. Man once again has to find them to bring forth harmony within and without. The present human crisis is a typical example of loss of wisdom.

Mr. Parvathi Kumar, who was explaining the significance of the festival said, the month of Libra stands for beauty in form to those who carry average understanding. It stands for beauty without (beyond) form to those who are knowledgeable. Man is so engrossed in the physical that he cannot imagine that beauty exists beyond form. His identity with form is lop-sided.

The beauty in form is temporary and is affected by time. The beauty beyond form is eternal and is not affected by time. The man who is gripped-by beauty in form travels towards passion. Normal astrology speaks much of the passion of Libra. The attraction towards the opposite sex is also marked by the 7th Solar month.

But to a man on spiritual path it makes possible wedding with the divine i.e., the Super Soul, which is represented as the mother Divine, the Beauty and Love beyond form. Meditation upon the Mother as we enter into the month of Libra helps overcoming individual passions and experiencing the eternal beauty of the Mother.

Venus, the ruler of Libra, works equally with the slave of passion and the aspirant of truth according to their inclinations.

The slave of passion is conditioned by the Solar Plexus centre (Manipuraka Chakra). His passions drive him mad. Ravana. Kamsa. Duryodhana and the like are conditioned by this ten-spoked Chakra. They worked out their own destruction. The spiritual student (the Seeker of Truth) carefully overcomes the passions through the worship of the mother. The Mahisha in him is killed and the aspirant emerges as a son of God. The Manipuraka 'Chakra' gives way to the Manipuraka 'Padma'. Chakra represents the cyclic, conditioned movement while the 'Padma' represents unfoldment into greater life. When the unfoldment takes place, the Man rises into the Heart Centre where Love (Beauty) is experienced eternally. A man thus becomes Master.

The nine-day ritual helps the seeker of the Truth to over- come the conditioning of the eight-fold Nature and establish himself in the 9th which is the numerical potency of the Super Soul (Universal Consciousness).

Such is the purpose of the Dasara Ritual. May the Mother Divine bless the humanity into such wisdom in due course.

(This article was published in Deccan Chronicle, October 1990)

9. CHRIST, SYMBOL OF UNIVERSAL LOVE

  UNIVERSAL CHRIST:

The creation is governed by the triangular forces of creativity, continuity and culmination. The triangular forces act upon a Background Existence. It is from this Eternal Existence that there is the periodical emergence and merger of creation. During the existence of creation, the Background Existence functions as the cementing principle that binds the solar systems, the beings and the planets together. It is called the Universal Soul, the Super-Soul, the Viswatman, the Universal Love, Vishnu, 2nd Logos, Crestos or Christ.

HIS BIRTH:

Likewise in man when the forces of dynamism and inertia are perfectly balanced there is the birth of undisturbed equilibrium, poise, or peace. Any disturbance to one of the two forces results in disturbance of equilibrium. An undisturbed mind is

Presentative of that state of undisturbed nature of forces. Mind is normally disturbed or polluted by forces of Jealousy, anger, agitation, hatred, desire, pride and prejudice. But through a scientific approach when a man's mind is trained to transcend these negative forces, it attains the undisturbed and unpolluted state of poise. Such mind is called Virgin. Lady Mary carried such pure mind to give birth to Christ and hence is called the virgin.

LOVE PRINCIPLE:

Universal Love when embodied it is called the birth of Christ. In the East it is understood as incarnation of the Lord of Love namely Vishnu. Such embodiment happens periodically at a chosen place and time according to the need. The need is establishment of poise through adjustment of forces that pose threat to disturbance. Each time mankind is disturbed out of its balance through Ignorance, the Lord of Love descends once again to give 'the way of life' those who follow the way find life as an inimitable source of splendour and fulfilment. Those who propagate without following it, more often con- fuse themselves and others.

The birth of Christ as Jesus is one of such events when Love got embodied. He once again propagated (through demonstration in his life) the Divine Love that cemented together a thief, a prostitute, a tax collector, a fisherman and others. He demonstrated through his acts that there is no power higher than Love. In Love all culminate and life is at Harmony. Love breeds no contempt, no competition, no hatred. Where there is acceptance, there is Love. Where there is resistance there is no Love. In Love, Service and Sacrifice as acts are carried effortlessly. When Love is absent, Service and Sacrifice breed pride self-aggrandisement, competition and separativeness. Love is inclusive and it does not exclude anything from it. Love does not demand. A Love that demands is emotional and selfish and hence is not true Love. It is easily spoken than realise. Love of something is also not Love-pure. Love for the sake of Love is what a Master demonstrates. Christ demonstrated such Love to those who crucified him. He therefore stands out as an example to human beings who propose to practise love in life.

RE-APPEARANCE:

Christ lives eternally and is embodied periodically as per the need. Unfortunately people do not see him when he is in body. More often they see the body but not Him. Hence only the frame and name of the frame is left as a corpse to those who follow the envelope in preference to the Love that is enveloped.

Every demonstration of Love and Tolerance through any body is nothing but manifestation of Christ himself. Those who have eyes can see him in this way in daily life. Hear him in this way. Those who are attached to the frames, the envelopes, fail to see him even when he is amidst of them. These are the ignorant lot who wait thousands of years expecting the re-appearance of light through a fused bulb, while light is manifest through variety of new bulbs.

Christ manifests through many forms just as every fit instrument can receive and transmit light. He is like the ocean that reaches the sands through the waves. The ocean is in continuous touch with the sands through the waves. Each wave is nothing but ocean embodied to reach the sands.

To expect a wave of yester year is to expect the ocean but not to expect the self same wave. The latter is ignorance. The former is wisdom.

May the appearance and reappearance of Christ thus be eternal as in truth he is eternal while his forms are temporary.