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GAIN ENERGY
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THE
ENERGY BLOCKAGE REMOVAL
PROCESS
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THE
KARMA CLEARING
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APPRENTICE
LEVEL3
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MASTERY
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TANTRA
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2005 AND 2006
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Chapter 3 | Guru and Spiritual Experience |
Chapter 5 |
Swamiji, what about Gurus like Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa? We read that he touched his disciple Swami Vivekananda and Vivekananda had a spiritual experience. Was Vivekananda just opening up something from within himself, or did Sri Ramakrishna really transmit something?
Yes, he did transmit something. But if you read further in the same story, Vivekanandaji could not retain the experience. Ramakrishna just gave him a little nibble - like one dose of LSD. Then he said, "Don't depend on my touch every time. Now you know there is something beyond; work it out yourself." Then it took many years for Vivekananda to get that experience again.
Ramakrishna gave even that little experience to him because Vivekananda was fit for it. Still, he said, "This is borrowed. I'm giving you a sample. It's something like if I am chewing some nice candy and you come along and say, "Hey, what is that? "Candy. "Ah, can I try some? "Okay, a little piece. "Ah, it's so nice. Where can I get some more? "Go, work, earn money, go to the shop and buy it. I just give you a taste; then you have to work for it.
Sri Raxnakrishna had several thousand disciples but he didn't give all of them even that little taste Vivekananda got. So the student should have the proper qualifications for such an experience. Otherwise, if it is just that easy Ramakrishna could have just touched everybody and said, "Come on, everybody is a Ramakrishna now. Finished. He was not really stingy. He could have done that to a thousand people. Why should he do it to only one, Vivekananda? That is the proof that there are certain qualifications necessary even to perceive something like that.
The Scriptures say that there are three aids to realize the Truth: the Scriptures themselves, the Guru, and your spiritual practice. The Scriptures tell you that sugar is sweet. The Guru will show you that sugar. Your practice will give you the taste. The Guru will not put the sugar in his mouth and say, "It is very sweet. You have to taste it yourself. Even if you open your mouth and he puts the sugar in, if your tongue is totally coated, you can't taste it. It will be bitter to you. So you have to clean your tastebuds. That is the reason we say the disciple must be fit to know the taste.
How many people were able to perceive Jesus Christ when he ascended? Only the very few who really had that faith and devotion. So it needs a lot of sincerity, purity of heart and devotion - even to get a little glimpse. And even then, that just becomes a kind of small incentive to work with.
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