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Battle Of Armageddon


Eyes closed, opened by antique imagination,
The habits of those alone will be brought to nothing:
The great monarch will chastise their frenzy,
Attacking the treasures before the temples.

Century 2:11

Eyes that were closed will be opened by an ancient understanding.
The aura and environment of those who have been alone will be proved pointless,
And the religious leaders and those that have an investment in continuing fear will chastise the enthusiasm of the rest,
Putting the newfound treasures as useless.

Manuela Dunn Mascetti and Peter Lorie
Nostradamus: Prophecies for Women
 (Manuela Dunn Mascetti and Peter Lorie, Nostradamus: Prophecies for Women, Simon & Schuster, 1995, p. 187.)

 

Eyes closed, opened by antique imagination,

The devotees of the Great Holy Mother practice a very ancient art of Kundalini awakening that connects them with Universal Mind or Collective Consciousness. With physical eyes closed in deep meditation and their Third Eye opened by the revolutionary Sahaja Yoga, they journey into the Kingdom of God within. The guardians of religious regimes know nothing of the Kundalini that not only all Messengers spoke of, but is also recorded in all scriptures.

“The word Kundalini is derived from a Sanskrit word ‘Kundal’ meaning coiled up. It is the primordial dormant energy present in three-and-a-half, coils at the base of the spine in a triangular bone called the Sacrum. The Latin name ‘Os Sacrum’ suggests that it is a holy or sacred part of the body. The ancient Greeks were aware of this and therefore they called it the ‘Hieron Osteon’, noting that it was the last bone to be destroyed when the body is burnt, and also attributed supernatural powers to it. Egyptians also held this bone to be very valuable and considered it the seat of special power.

In the West, Sacrum is symbolised by the sign of Aquarius and by the Holy Grail, container of the water of life.

The Kundalini, which is to nourish the tree of life within us, is coiled up like a serpent and therefore it has been called, ‘The Serpent Power’. It has been described in great detail in the Upanishads. Kundalini Yoga is supposed to be supreme in all the Yogas. Guru Vashistha asserted that Kundalini is the seat of absolute knowledge. The awareness of the presence of this primordial energy Kundalini within the human body was considered by the sages and saints to be the highest knowledge. The Kundalini and Chakras have been vividly described in Vedic and Tantric texts.

Adi Sankaracharya

He lived in the 7th-8th century AD. and wrote:

"Having filled the pathway of the Nadis with the streaming shower of nectar flowing from the Lotus feet, having resumed thine own position from out of the resplendent Lunar regions and Thyself assuming the form of a serpent of three and a half coils, sleepest thou, in the hollow of Kula Kunda (Kula Kunda means the hollow of Mooladhara Sacrum bone)."

"Saundarya Lahari’: ‘Thou art residing in secrecy with Thy Lord (The spirit) in the thousand petalled Lotus, having pierced through the Earth situated in ‘Mooladhara’, the Water in Manipura, the Fire abiding in the Svadhisthana, the Air in the Heart (‘Anahata’), the Ether above (Visshuddhi) and ‘Manas’ between the eyebrows (‘Agnya’) and thus broken through the entire ‘Kula Path’."

Gyaneshwara

 Gyaneshwara, another famous saint of Maharashtra born around 1275 AD, described Kundalini in the 6th chapter of his famous book ‘Gyaneshwari’. He wrote:

‘Kundalini is one of the greatest energies. The whole body of the seeker starts glowing because of the rising of the Kundalini. Because of that, unwanted impurities in the body disappear. The body of the seeker suddenly looks very proportionate and the eyes look bright and attractive and the eyeballs glow.’ — (Gyaneshwari, Chapter VI).

Guru Nanak Dev

 (born in 1496 AD) has made references to Kundalini awakening as mentioned below:

"A pure heart is the golden vessel to fill the Divine Nectar which is to be sucked from the ‘Dasham Dwar’ through the two channels ‘Ida’ and ‘Pingala’." Dasham Dwar means Brahmarandhra. (Sahasrara Chakra).

"God has made this human body a house with six Chakras and has established the light of spirit in it. Cross the ocean of Maya and meet the eternal God who does not come, who does not go, who neither takes birth nor dies. When your six Chakras meet in line, Surati (Kundalini) takes you beyond distortions.’ (Sri Guru Granth). Note that the seventh Chakra was not open at this time."

In the Holy Koran

 Prophet Mohammed Sahib talked of the day of resurrection when he says that the ‘hands will speak’. ‘That day, we set a seal on their mouths, but their hands will speak to us, and their hands bear witness to all that they did.’ When Kundalini awakening occurs, a flow of energy in the form of cool vibrations from the hands is experienced, and the various Chakras can be felt on parts of the hand and fingers.

In the West

Christians called it a reflection of the Holy Ghost, and worshipped its manifestations as tongues of flames over the heads of apostles during the Pentecost reunion.

Moses

Moses saw it in the form of the burning bush. During the exodus the Israelites lost faith and were smitten by fiery serpents so God told Moses "make thee a serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that everyone that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it on a pole, and it came to pass, that if a fiery serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived" An apt description of the healing qualities of the awakened Kundalini. Some of the Israelites even began to worship this symbol, and the practice of worshipping the brazen serpent on the pole as a god was either passed on, or was revived later. Bronze and stone serpent artifacts have been found in excavations in Canaan, Gezer and other parts of Israel!

Jesus

The Old Testament symbol becomes significant in Christianity when Christ suggests Kundalini awakening, not just for the tribe of Israel but as the true destiny of all Christians: "And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even as the son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life" He says unequivocally in the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas and elsewhere, that ‘The Holy Spirit is My Mother’. ‘The Kingdom of God is within you’ (Luke 17:21).

Tao

In the Tao Te Ching the primordial power is described as that of a mother. Lao Tze described Kundalini as the "spirit of the valley" (in which flows the Nadi of Sushumna). The spirit of the valley never dies. The spiritual instrument within us can be described as a microcosm (miniature form of creation) which links us with the Divine. The ancient esoteric text "Scripture of the Golden Flower" also spoke of the effects of the awakened kundalini energy.

Buddhism

The Lord Buddha spoke of the "middle path" to achieve nirvana. He was actually describing the central channel (sushumna) through which the Kundalini ascends. Later Buddhist masters considered that the existence of the path of liberation within a human being was the greatest secret. They transmitted it to only a few deserving disciples.

Other Cultures

One also finds symbols of Kundalini in many different cultural legacies, such as Mercury’s serpent which is an alchemical symbol for the process of psychic metamorphosis. The Gnostics understood the serpent to represent the spinal cord. In ancient Greek and later, Roman mythology, we find Asclepius, the god of healing. He is seen holding a staff which is entwined with a serpent (or sometimes two). Why did the Greeks relate this symbol to healing? The staff represents the central support of the human body or spinal cord (physical location of the sushumna. In Rome Aescaluius came to be represent mercury who usually held a healing staff called the Caduceus. The one or two coiled snakes or serpents entwined around the staff, represent the kundalini which rises along the central subtle channel in a spiral double helical movement.

Summary

The Kundalini is there to nourish, to heal and look after and to give an individual a higher and deeper personality. The power of Kundalini is absolute purity, auspiciousness, chastity, self respect, pure love, detachment, concern for others and enlightened attention, to give infinite joy and peace to an individual.”

Knowledge of Reality
Historical Sources and Knowledge of Kundalini (Issue 14)

 

"A KABBALISTIC VIEW ON THE CHAKRAS
 by Rebekah Kenton (PDF format)

This article places the chakras onto the diagram of the Tree of Life.

The chakras are connections between the physical and psychological bodies. They are situated in the spinal column but their reflections can also be perceived as whirling discs in front of the body. As for the exact physical location points in the body, there is much literature available that deals with this in detail. My reference is Kundalini Tantra by Swami Satyananda Saraswati and all quotations are from this book.

The physical aspects of the chakras have many implications for health and healing. However, from the Kabbalistic point of view it is more interesting to concentrate on the psychological aspect and evolving consciousness, and as such the chakras should be seen on the Jacob's Ladder on the psychological or Yeziratic Tree of Life.

There are seven major chakras, but there are also numerous smaller chakras connected to and governed by them. Maybe that is why there are so many different views on the subject. I hope that relating the major chakras to the Kabbalistic scheme will help to clarify the underlying principles.

According to the tradition, there are lower chakras that are responsible for the evolution of instinct in the animal kingdom and no longer active or conscious in humans. In the animal body, these inferior chakras are situated in the legs. On the Tree they can be seen as Malkhut. There are also said to be higher chakras above the Crown, and these can be seen as different levels of the Beriatic Tree. Little can be said about them as they belong to the realm of no form.

Paradoxically, the awakening of the chakras should start as high as Ajna or the Third Eye. One needs a degree of Wisdom and Understanding, a certain philosophical outlook and detachment, to be able to cope with the psychic phenomena that follow the awakening of the lower chakras.

Mooladhara Chakra (Base); Yesod

"The Sanskrit word moola means 'root or foundation' and that is precisely what this chakra is. Mooladhara is at the root of the chakra system and its influences are at the root of our whole existence. In tantra, Mooladhara is the seat of kundalini, the basis from which the possibility of higher Realization arises."

The ordinary ego-mind of Yesod works and runs our lives more or less automatically. It is not until one takes steps towards spiritual development that this chakra awakens and its functions become conscious, which can be a painful experience.

"All the passions are stored in Mooladhara, all the guilt, every complex and every agony has its root in Mooladhara chakra. It is so important for everybody to awaken this chakra and get out of it. Our lower karmas are embedded there, as in lower incarnations, one's whole being is founded on the sexual personality."

The awakening of any chakra is rarely a sudden event. It may take several years or lifetimes. In order to move on from Mooladhara, one has to clear the barrier of ignorance, egocentricity, attachment to physical pleasures and material objects.

Swadhisthana Chakra (Sacral); Hod-Nezah

Reaching Swadhisthana means that one is starting to penetrate the Hod-Nezah threshold of the unconscious. Usually one has to face the lowest manifestations first; there may be excessive fear (Hod) or sexual fantasies (Nezah).

"This stage of evolution is known as Purgatory, and if you read the lives of many of the great saints, you will find that most of them encountered great turmoil and temptations when they were passing through this stage."

It is interesting to note, that in traditional symbolism the animal related to Swadhisthana is a crocodile. It is here that we encounter the dragon as described in mythology and fairy-stories, in other words the unconscious aspects of our psyche that are preventing us from evolving.

The way forward is keeping to the Path of Honesty. "One must have detachment, which is the outcome of a thorough analysis of the situations of life. To get beyond Swadhisthana you must improve the general background of your psycho-emotional life."

Manipura Chakra (Navel or Solar Plexus); Tiferet

"In the same way that the sun continually radiates energy to the planets, Manipura chakra radiates and distributes pranic energy throughout the entire human framework, regulating and energizing the activity of the various organs, systems and processes of life." Poorly functioning Manipura means lack of vitality, depression and ill health.

If this is true regarding the physical body, the more important it is psychologically. Manipura or Tiferet is the Self, the midpoint of the psyche. "It is the centre of dynamism, energy, will and achievement and is often compared to the dazzling heat and power of the sun."

"When the consciousness evolves to Manipura, one acquires a spiritual perspective." This refers to the position of Tiferet as the Kingdom of Heaven. In Mooladhara and Swadhisthana the consciousness is still preoccupied with personal matters and resolving old karmas, but in Manipura one starts to realize the possibilities in becoming truly human.

However at this level one may fall for money, sex and power instead of striving for truth, goodness and beauty. The temptations are becoming more subtle as one starts developing siddhis or psychic powers. Attachment to these powers often makes one believe one has "arrived", thus blocking further development.

Anahata Chakra (Heart); Gevurah-Hesed

Anahata operates at the level of the soul and symbolically relates to the awakening of the heart. It is important to remember the warning about the barrier: "The second psychic knot is located at this heart centre. It represents the bondage of emotional attachment, the tendency to live one's life making decisions on the strength of the emotions rather than in the light of the spiritual quest."

Awakening this chakra is the key to fate and freewill. "Anahata chakra is almost completely beyond empirical dimensions. One depends solely upon the power of one's own consciousness rather than on anything that is external or concerning faith. In Anahata chakra, the freedom to escape from a preordained fate and to determine one's own destiny becomes reality." As such, it is said that there is a wish fulfilling tree in this chakra.

It seems that awakening of a chakra follows the pattern of the Lightning Flash on the Tree. In Anahata the negative tendencies of Gevurah usually surface first, like fear and pessimistic attitudes towards life. One has to remember the power of wish fulfilling at this level in order not to manifest negative wishes. "It is important to have a firm and alert control over the mental tendencies and fantasies of the mind."

In order to move on, one needs to cultivate the qualities of Hesed. A positive way of thinking is vital. Also enjoying the arts at their best can be helpful. "Anahata chakra awakens refined emotion in the brain and its awakening is characterized by a feeling of universal, unlimited love for all beings."

Vishuddhi Chakra (Throat); Da'at

Besides Vishuddhi being described as the void in the tantra, there is also the knowledge aspect as in Kabbalah. "The more abstract aspect of Vishuddhi is the faculty of higher discrimination. Hence any communication received telepathically can be tested here for its correctness and accuracy. Similarly, Vishuddhi allows us to differentiate between Realization coming into our consciousness from the higher levels of knowledge, and the mere babblings of our unconscious mind and wishful thinking."

Vishuddhi is also known as the 'nectar and poison centre'. This would mean 'death and transformation' in more familiar terms. The nectar is transcendental fluid, 'the Dew of Heaven'. "As long as Vishuddhi chakra remains inactive, this fluid runs downward unimpeded, to be consumed in the fire of Manipura, resulting in the processes of decay, degeneration and finally death in the body's tissues. When Vishuddhi is awakened the divine fluid is retained and utilized, becoming the nectar of immortality. The secret of youth and regeneration of the body lies in the awakening of Vishuddhi chakra."

Vishuddhi is also the key to psychological regeneration. "At the level of Vishuddhi and above, even the poisonous and negative aspects of existence become integrated into the total scheme of being. They are rendered powerless as concepts of good and bad fall away. At this state of awareness the poisonous aspects and experiences of life are absorbed and transformed into a state of bliss."

Interconnected with Vishuddhi chakra is Bindu Visarga. Very little is known and written about it as it is beyond the realm of all conventional experience. On the Jacob's Ladder it would relate to the Yesod of Beriah, which underlies the Daat of Yezirah. "Bindu is a trap-door opening in both directions." It is said to be the origin of manifest individuality. "From this point or seed an object, an animal, a human being or whatever, can arise and manifest. Each and every object has a Bindu as its base. That which was previously formless assumes shape through the Bindu, and its nature is fixed by the Bindu as well."

Ajna Chakra (The Third Eye); Binah-Hokhmah

Ajna is the chakra of higher intellect. "Ajna is the witnessing centre where one becomes the detached observer of all events, including those within the body and mind. Here the level of awareness is developed whereby one begins to 'see' the hidden essence underlying all visible appearances. When Ajna is awakened, the meaning and significance of symbols flashes into one's conscious perception and intuitive knowledge arises effortlessly."

"Up until Ajna chakra awakens, we are under delusions. It is only after awakening of Ajna chakra that the laws of cause and effect can be known. Thereafter your whole philosophical attitude and approach to life changes." As said, it is very important to develop the qualities of Binah and Hokhmah already at the very beginning of one's spiritual journey. "Only those who have reason and understanding are able to cope."

It would seem that the awakening of the Ajna chakra follows the sequence of the Lightning Flash, activating first the Binah and then the Hokhmah aspect of this level. It is said that from Ajna there is only a short way to Sahasrara or enlightenment; from Hokhmah we would see how to get there.

Sahasrara Chakra (Crown); Keter

Sahasrara is actually not considered to be a chakra; it is the source of the chakras. "It is the crown of expanded awareness. The power of the chakras does not reside in the chakras themselves, but in Sahasrara. The chakras are only switches. All the potential lies in Sahasrara."

Patanjali classifies samadhi or enlightenment in three different stages. This would correspond to the position of the Keter of Yezirah on Jacob's Ladder overlapping the Tiferet of Beriah and the Malkhut of Azilut. "Sahasrara is both formless and with form, yet it is also beyond, and therefore untouched by form."

There are many descriptions about enlightenment, but ultimately it is not possible to define such an experience. "Super-mental awareness is not a point; it is a process, a range of experience. Just as the term 'childhood' refers to a wide span of time, in the same way, samadhi is not a particular point of experience but a sequence of experiences which graduate from one stage to another."

In the course of one's development, the chakras may be only partially or temporarily awakened. They can also awaken independently from each other and do not necessarily follow the traditional sequence. In Kabbalah, an individual whose all chakras have fully and permanently awakened would be called the Messiah."

Rebekah Kenton
(Rebekah Kenton, www.kabbalahsociety/chakras)

 

The habits of those alone will be brought to nothing:

 

Inside the human body are millions and millions of tiny whirling vital life forces concentrated into centres called Chakras. Chakra means wheel in Sanskrit because these energies spin at these points rotating clockwise at a certain frequency. The Chakra is a subtle energy centre that normally cannot be perceived. The activity resembles a galaxy of planets, each spinning on its axis at points along the spinal cord. Each Chakra is designed to supervise and maintain the perfect operation of the bodily systems under its control. This purification is done by spinning in pure or positive vibrations and spinning out impure or negative ones.

An understanding of what each Chakra attracts and what can disturb it is important for our well being. Each thought and action influence the sensitiveness and performance of these centres. Immediately after Self-Realization these Chakras are activated and initially begin the slow process of clearing the gross negativity accumulated by years of neglect or self-destructive activities like drugs, drinking, violence, anger, hatred, fanaticism, sexual deviation and so on. The benefits are almost immediate; small anxieties decrease and some joy and objectivity begins to manifest, and the blocked Chakras begin to rotate properly again.

The human being has seven major Chakras and these correspond to the autonomic nerve plexuses. Thus:


Subtle system with Kundalini rising and opening 1000 petal Lotus

Furthermore, the petals of each Chakra correspond to the subplexuses of the autonomic system. For example the classically described six petals of the Swadhisthan Chakra correspond to the spermatic, left colic, sigmoid, superior haemorrhoidal, inferior mesenteric and hypogastric subplexuses of the aortic plexus. The Chakra directs the particular type of energy controlling the autonomic nerve plexus and also adjacent endocrine and other organs.

By a series of subtle connections called ‘nadis’ in Yogic terminology each Chakra is connected to and brings its influence to bear on the whole body. For example the Nabhi Chakra controls the entire lymphatic system. In classical texts there are said to be three hundred and fifty million of these nadis. Very importantly, each Chakra is connected to a part of the hand as indicated in the subtle system diagram. Once the state of Yoga is achieved, the hands become sensitive to the state of the Chakras, and with practice this is easily interpreted.

The Chakras also influence and reflect our mental and emotional life. For example, the Swadhisthan Chakra controls a person’s creativity and those who work hard — artists and other creative people — it may become weak. The right Anahath Chakra (there are three parts of the Anahath Chakra: right, center and left) reflects the relationship of fatherhood, either with the person’s own father or his own children. Sufferers from anorexia nervosa, for example, invariably have a problem with this centre. There are more complex scenarios for serious problems where two or more Chakras are inter-related and affected, but we need not worry for eventually the Kundalini is able to set the entire subtle system working at optimum levels.

Thus the state of the Chakras at a subtle level reflects and influences a person’s physical, mental and emotional welfare. This is a dynamic relationship and so action at a subtle level on the Chakra can improve and (very importantly) integrate all these aspects. This is why, in a nutshell, people who achieve and consolidate their Yoga invariably find that their physical, emotional and other problems improve.

All nations on Earth will be notified that this antique imagination is the supreme Sahaja Yoga of the Great Primordial Mother! This Sahaja Yoga will be second to none, way advanced than every other path. All seekers of the eternal Afterlife will be told that the final evolution of humankind has begun. All captives-of-religion will be notified that the Resurrection has begun! Some faces will beam in Joy, others will be saddened by this Good News.


"MESSAGE OF METASCIENCE

The religions, if they had been practised from the understanding how important it was to make one wise, balanced and compassionate for the last breakthrough of our evolution by following spirit-oriented religions, even the wrong doers would have become good normal people and deep seekers of absolute truth. But the people at the helm of affairs of religion are themselves money or power-oriented and not spirit-oriented. They can poison the ignorant minds of the simple faithful and mislead them into hell.

The truth is there is a residual power in the triangular bone Sacrum, called as the Kundalini. She has the power to bring forth the complete nourishment and adjustment of the disturbed genes. Whether they are genetic, inherent or acquired. When She is awakened, She changes the series of genes. Not only that She corrects the gene's data base but She breaks through the fontanel bone area and connects the seeker to the all pervading power of Divine Love also called as the cool breeze of the Holy Ghost, Ruh Ritambhara or Parama Chaitanya. Thus one, by this second birth, becomes a realised person as actualisation of Baptism takes place. The light of the spirit which is the reflection of God Almighty in our heart enters into our attention and enlightenment. The seeker is really born again, not just a certificate but he changes as the transformation takes place within. There is a vast difference between an ordinary seeker and a realised soul (Yogi). He becomes his own master full of Divine Love. It is a resurrection process, like an egg becoming the bird. Maybe this is the reason eggs are presented as a symbol, reminding, that one has to get resurrected. The genes change and complete transformation takes place. For some people it takes time if they are sick or egotistical.

Also some of them who feel guilty or cannot forgive others are rather difficult to perfect their state of self-realisation. If they have a problem from false Gurus, cults, or fanaticism it also takes time, but can be established in Sahaja Yoga. People have given up even drugs over night. They never had withdrawal symptoms or any other trouble. Self realisation as a result of Kundalini awakening has exhibited fantastic results. It brings forth new creativity; many people have become poets; musicians and artists have achieved great heights in their talents; financial problems are solved; the problems of psychosomatic diseases get cured, like cancer, myelitis etc. Many incurable diseases also get cured without any medicines. The seeker becomes the witness of the drama of life and establishes an inner peace. He respects all the religions and belongs to Universal religion which encompasses all the religions of the world. Morality becomes innate and spontaneous. After the complete transformation he is averse to do any immoral acts. In the light of the spirit he knows exactly what is wrong or right and he is also empowered to stay clean and holy. He enjoys his virtues which he respects and without any doubt he becomes a moral human being. First thoughtless awareness is achieved and later doubtless awareness is established beyond the mind. At this stage the Sahaja Yogi can give self-realisation to others. The ageing does not take place, on the contrary the Sahaja Yogi becomes and looks at least twenty years younger than his age. They become universal beings. All human enemies of lust, greed, anger, possessiveness, jealousies, attachments just disappear. Thus a new race of saints are created who do not have to give up anything to show off their detachment or asceticism. You cannot pay for Divine Love which is absolute truth, which the Sahaja Yogi feels on his finger tips as vibrations of the cool breeze of the Holy Ghost. The finger tips are related to the energy centres (the chakras). The chakras are responsible for our physical, emotional and mental being. If the Yogis can correct their chakras, they can also correct the chakras of others. Thus all the physical, emotional and mental problems are solved. Those who are pure people have the necessary balance of moral life which ensures a very wide central channel (the Sushumna Nadi) of ascent for the Kundalini.

In this chapter we have to now understand that there is a subtle system in every human being, which is fully developed during this evolutionary process to reach up to human awareness. For example', in the animals, there is no awareness of sin, dirt, filth, art or poetry. But among human beings, these sensitivities are manifesting very clearly as we appreciate and enjoy the birds, fishes and animals as well. Do they also see the beauty in us? This question can be answered this way; human beings are at a higher level of evolution than all the animals for whom we care so much. We love the birds and we enjoy the fishes dancing, but the best thing is really to have respect for ourselves, love ourselves as we should keep our body clean, our mind and our heart should be open and transparent. Because we are the highest evolved beings in this world it is our birthright to get our self-realisation.

Instead, thanks to writers like Freud and Sade, we have reduced the human being into a sex point, even worst than beasts. It is such a contagious, demeaning disease that if a cell of a perverted sex is introduced into any animal, they also become perverted. Now this disease has contaminated societies in the West that by the end of this century we may have statues raised in memory of these new moralists who have shown the way to our adored destruction.

Now, whatever I am going to tell you has not, to be accepted blindfolded but treated like a hypothesis. Again and again, I would request you that you must keep your mind open like a scientist. If whatever I am saying is proved then, as honest people, human beings have to accept this beautiful discovery about yourself because this is for your benevolence, and for the benevolence of your family, benevolence of your society, benevolence of your nations and benevolence of the whole world.

The theories created by current scientific conclusions and also the mental projections are not by any means eternal truths. To know the reality one has to enter into the realm of Metascience which is only possible when we enter into the collective super-consciousness through self realisation."

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi

 


"The prophet warns that Satan will "make war with the rest of her offspring, who keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ" (Revelation 12:17.) These tribulation saints will prove their faith by martyrdom during the severe persecution, first from the Great Whore church and later, from the Antichrist. In Revelation 7:9 John saw "a great multitude which no one could number, of all nations, tribes, peoples, and Lamb." The angel told John that these are the tribulation martyrs who will form the last great harvest of souls. They will pay the supreme price of martyrdom for their faith. "These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and wash their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" (Revelation 7:14.)"    
      

Grant R. Jeffry, Apocalypse: The Coming Judgement of the Nations, Bantam Books, 1994, p. 189-90

 

The institutionalized religions and paranoid anti-sect organizations will counter with lies, distortion, deception and propaganda to destroy the integrity of the Great Universal Mother and Vishwa Nirmala Dharma. Their followers will be told that these devotees belong to a sect, that they mistreat children, are abusive towards others, break up families, indulge in strange practices, collect vast sums of money, use brainwashing techniques, power oriented and so on. Popes, deacons, bishops, monks, swamis, acaryas, priests, pandits, ayatollahs, shaikhs, ulema, muftis, and mullahs will froth as they pour out their scorn. Anti-cult bounty hunters will advertise their private consultations or professional interview fees and services to rescue hostages held captive in the mind altering dungeons. Today their sophisticated trade skills include "a much more refined method to help family and friends, called the Strategic Interaction Approach. This non-coercive, completely legal approach is far better than deprogramming, and even exit counseling. Topics covered in depth include: evaluating the situation; interacting with dual identities; communication strategies for phone calls, letter writing and visits; understanding and utilizing cult beliefs and tactics; techniques to reality-test and promote freedom of mind; and planning and implementing effective interventions."


“Today we are going to celebrate the birth of Christ. At a very crucial time we are doing that because there are some Antichrists who have become in charge of the Christian religion and are talking against the birth of Christ. They have no authority. They are not realized souls. They have no idea of the Divine, nothing. And they’re saying that it is all falsehood, that She was not a virgin and that Christ was not born that way. Who told them? Did Gabriel come and told them? What right they have got to talk these things?

So because they are anti-Christ, now they have become in charge of Christianity. Even Pope is like that. So in Satya Yuga they'll be all exposed, have to be exposed."  
      

Sri ViragosthiPriya
 Shri Nirmala Devi
Christmas Puja, Ganapatipule, India — December 25, 1993

 

Her Truth, which is way beyond their comprehension, is stranger than fiction.

But She has prophesied that the "Truth which is Absolute has to express itself in these modern times. And even if it is not accepted it will never die. On the contrary, if it is not accepted, it will expose all falsehood and destroy it."

Hearing this challenge and warning the Armies of Armageddon will battle with all their might to destroy this Truth before it destroys them. The Mighty War will rage in full fury when the Christian crusaders, Muslim mujahiddin and Vedic brahmins  hear Her messengers announcing the Good News of Resurrection, and rise to challenge Her. Thus will the prophecy that "whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come" (Matthew 12:32) come true. That will be the beginning of their end. They will die from within. Not a drop of blood will be shed. Not a single human will be killed. But hundreds of millions of fools and fundamentalists will spiritually die defying the Good News of God Almighty. There is a Sinister Century! Take heed, religious prisoners, take heed!


And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? And whence came they?
And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation,
And have washed their robes, and make them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Therefore are they before the throne of God, and serve him day and night in his temple:
And he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them.
They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them into living fountains of waters:
And God shall wipe all tears from their eyes. 
       

Revelation 7:13-17

 

"Christianity today is nothing but a mental activity which is dead, just nonsense, just like any other nonsensical religion. It has become just another foolish, stupid religion which has no meaning. Unless and until you get your Realization, unless and until you feel the vibrations, unless and until you feel this Divine surrounding Power, how will you understand? Because that's the only thing that is Truth, that's the only thing that's Reality. And unless and until you achieve it how will you know about Christ ?

And fighting about Him! How can you fight? I can't understand. To Me it's stupid, gone to another extreme. By this thing what you do actually is to use all these incarnations to kill each other. Can you imagine? The things that came to elevate you, to make you into higher living are now used, the same things, the names are used to kill, to kill each other, to bring down each other.

At the most, if you reach a point where you don't understand, then they start saying, "It's a mystery." What is the mystery? In Sahaja Yoga there's no mystery. It's all just there. To Me human beings are a mystery. I don't understand them. I can't understand. The Resurrection of Christ has to now be Collective Resurrection."

Shri Tattvamartha-Svarupini Shri Nirmala Devi
The Creation Of Lord Jesus, Pune, India — April 11, 1982

 

The great monarch will chastise their frenzy,
Attacking the treasures before the temples.



 “But whether or not the worst of the events Nostradamus foretold come to pass, he saw that there would be a great spiritual rebirth throughout the world. Individuals would renounce the falsehoods of materialism and look within themselves. After communication is restored, people will come to this realization together, and there will be a great rebirth of philosophy that blends the Eastern and Western religions. It will be a worldwide movement upholding the truth as everyone perceives it, just as it is to be expected in the Age of Aquarius . . .

Also in keeping with what the alignment of planets presages for the New Millennium, Nostradamus predicts the tearing down of past institutions, including the mighty religions of the Age of Pisces. "Temples consecrated in the early Roman fashion," he wrote, "will reject the broken foundations; taking their early human laws, expelling almost all the cults of the saints."

Some also interpret his words to mean that the feminine aspects of God, which have been ignored, neglected, and reviled for the eternity of the Age of Pisces, will again be recognized and revered. This too is a return to the early ages of humanity and ancient societies in which the female aspect of God was worshipped and adored. During the patriarchal era of Pisces, the female aspect was suppressed and repressed. Now society will come to terms with divinity of both masculine and feminine aspects, of Mother Earth and Father Sky, of yin and yang, and of the synthesis of energies for a more balanced world view.” 
       

Walter Mercado, Beyond The Horizon, A Time Warner Company, 1997, p. 55-6

 

Declaration
Introduction
New Age Children
Miracle Photo
Kingdom Of God
Meeting His Messengers
Double Worlds
Inner Intimacy
Third-Eye Views
Prophecies
Age Of Aquarius
Our Conscious Earth
Adi Shakti's Descend
Witnessing Her Miracles
Jesus' Resurrection
His Human Adversary
Book Of Revelation
Book Of Enlightenment
Al-Qiyamah
His Light Within
His Universe Within
His Beings Within
Subtle System
Evolution By Rebirth
Miscellaneous
Lectures To Earth
Shri Mataji
Frequently Asked Questions
Self-Realization


The pope will mock the seekers for believing the Kingdom of God has been found. The pontiff will rebuke those who want to be born of the Spirit. The Vicar will reproach those who believe this is the Age of Resurrection. The Unholy One will excommunicate all Catholics who dare to embrace the Great Holy Spirit. The Antichrist will lead the Armies of Armageddon in this final battle between the forces of good and evil. The henchmen of the monarch will scurry and rally around their 'infallible human' and carry out his orders diligently. Small bands of the Great Supreme Mother will battle the crumbling Evening Empires of Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism. This is indeed a Satanic Century! Be forewarned, Unbelievers, be forewarned!

The treasures are the Pure Knowledge, the Divine Truths, the Revelations of the Kingdom of God, and Scriptural Prophecies of the Great Holy Spirit. The fact that Nostradamus foretold that these treasures would be laid before the temples has far reaching consequences for all humanity. The temples are all the Idols of Worship on Earth — churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, gurdwaras, and shrines. The priceless spiritual treasures of the Kingdom of God will be displayed before them for the benefit of those who believe in the One God and His Divine Unity. The fabulous wealth of Self-Realization will be displayed to heal the nations and resurrect humankind into higher beings. The Grace of God to enter His Kingdom will be announced to all.


 “So there’s nothing to have any fear from any human being. Same about organisations or anything. Naturally you have to know one thing that as you are realised souls you have seen the Truth; you are in the Light. So they are going to oppose you. They are going to oppose you."
     

Shri Mohaniya Shri Nirmala Devi
Pure Love; The Loss Of Morality, Cabella, Italy — June 21, 1992

 

Yet the pope will arrogantly dismiss the Revelations as useless trinkets despite all irrefutable proofs and fulfilled prophecies. (And so will the rabbis, ayatollahs, clerics, imams, ulema, mullahs, muftis, shaikhs, swamis, acaryas, pandits, brahmins, monks, lamas, granthis and other false men of Idols.) He will attack the inestimable spiritual treasures set before the temples. Spit and slander will splutter and the papal monarch fume in fury. Every Truth of the Comforter will be attacked and denounced with the ferocity and tenacity of a rabies-ridden pitbull. No quarters will be given in this last struggle between Good and Evil, between God and Satan, between His Kingdom and the external Idols.

The Muslim fanatics will be horrified that Allah’s Ruh was born as a Christian and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Christian zealots will be dismayed that the Mater Sanctissima was a Hindu and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Buddhist fools will be appalled that there is a Holy Spirit and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Christian diehards will be confounded that the Mother is the Holy Spirit and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim bigots will be infuriated that the Holy Spirit is part of Allah and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Hindu religious prisoners will be aghast that Shri Jesus is Shri Mahavishnu and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Christian extremists will be alarmed that Shri Krishna is a Supreme Personality in the Kingdom of God and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Jew radicals will be dumbfounded that Shri Buddha is a Divine Personality in the Heaven of Yahweh and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim agitators will be shocked that Shri Nitya Shri Nirmala Devi is the Eternal Personality of Allah and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Sikh idiots will be irked that Prophet Muhammad is a Primordial Personality and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Buddhist hypocrites will be baffled that Guru Nanak is a Primordial Guru and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim fundamentalists will be indignant that kafirs (non-Muslims) are eligible for Allah’s Paradise and, thus, won’t accept HER Revealed Truths.

The Hindu conservatives will be protesting that Qiyamah is not in the Vedas and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim zealots will be enraged that non-Muslim messengers revealed Qiyamah to them and, thus, won’t accept HER Revealed Truths.

We only send the Messengers to give Glad Tidings, and to give Warnings: [2400]
But the Unbelievers dispute with vain argument, in order therewith to weaken the truth,
And they treat My Signs as a jest, as also the fact that they are warned!
And who doth more wrong than one who is reminded of the Signs of the Lord, but turns away from them,
Forgetting the (deeds) which his hands have sent forth?
Verily We have set veils over their hearts, lest they should understand this, and over their ears, deafness,
If thou callest them to guidance, even then will they never accept guidance.

surah 18:56-57 Al Kahf (The Cave)
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’an, 1989, p. 724.)

"2400. The Prophets of Allah are not sent to humour us with dialectics . . . They come to preach the Truth — not in an abstract way, but with special reference to our conduct. They give us the Good News of salvation lest we despair in the presence of Sin, and to warn us clearly of the dangers of Evil. Vain controversies about words only weaken their mission, or turn it into ridicule. The ungodly have a trick also of treating the earnest preaching to them itself as a jest and ridicule it."

Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur'an
(Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’an, 1989, p. 724.)


The Jew orthodox will be troubled that Qiyamah is not revealed in the Torah and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Christian diehards will be bewildered that Qiyamah is also Resurrection and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Hindu bigots will be disturbed that the Vedas said moksa not Resurrection, and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Buddhist radicals will be unsettled that Shri Buddha said Nirvana not Qiyamah and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Jew extremists will be annoyed that they don’t own God and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Buddhist agitators will be disgusted that God actually exists and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Hindu hypocrites will be distressed that they have to believe in the Qur’an and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Christian fundamentalists will be upset that non-Christians are not pagans and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

"In Britain, Fundamentalist Christians have firebombed Esoteric bookshops. In several Western countries, including Britain, women who are exercising their legal right to have an abortion have been harassed as they enter the clinic; in America several doctors who performed abortions have been shot dead by anti-abortionists who have open support of the Fundamentalists leaders. . . .

For those who are worried about the rise of religious Fundamentalism, it can seem as if it is the spiritual equivalent of the National Front: bully boys with Bibles."

David V. Barret, Sects, ‘Cults’ and Alternative Religions
 (Sects, ‘Cults’ and Alternative Religions, David V. Barret, Cassell PLC, 1996, p. 285.)


The Muslim transgressors will be infuriated that all non-Muslims are not infidels and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

"In another verse, the Holy Quran declares in the same context:

Surely, those who have believed in Muhammad and the Jews, and the Sabians, and the Christians — whoso believes in Allah and the Last Day and does good deeds, on them shall come no fear nor shall they grieve. (Ch. 5; Al-Ma'idah: 70)

Let me remind you that although the People of the Book is applicable to the Jews and Christians, potentially, it has a much wider application. In the context of the Quranic assertion 'that there is no people in the world but We have sent a Warner to them', and similar verses (cited earlier), we are left with no room for doubt that these were not only the people of the Old Testaments and the Gospel (or the Torah and the Injeel) who were given the Book, but most certainly other books were revealed for the benefit of mankind. So all religions which have a claim to be founded on divine revelation would also be included among the People of the Book.

Again the Holy Quran uses the term Sabi which further clarifies the issue and dispels the doubt. Sabi is a term used by the Arabs to apply to the followers of all non-Arab and non-Semetic religions which have their own revealed Books. As such, followers of all religions based on divine revelation have been granted the assurance that provided they do not genuinely fail to recognize the light of a new religion and stick honestly and truly to the values of their ancestral religion, they have nothing to fear from God and will not be denied salvation.

The Holy Quran, speaking of whichever party from among the Believers: Jews, Christians and Sabians, promises: ..... Shall have their reward with their lord, and no fear shall come upon them, nor shall they grieve. (Ch. 2: Al-Baqarah: 63)"

www.ahmadiyya.org/


The Jew fanatics will be mortified that their Jewish Jesus was His Messenger and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

"Proposed Israeli law would ban Christian missionaries - July 8, 1997

JERUSALEM (CNN) — The dwindling number of Christians in the Holy Land are facing yet another threat. Militant Jews and Israelis are trying to force members of the religion from seeking converts in the country.

Most alarming to Christians is a newly proposed law that would let authorities jail anyone who shares Christian literature. . .

What is being waged is a cultural clash that opens centuries of old wounds between Jews and Christians. It is a struggle for souls, and the Christians do not have the upper hand."

CNN, July 8, 1997


The Hindu radicals will be agitated that brahmins are destined for spiritual death and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim zealots will be flabbergasted that Shri Jesus was actually crucified and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Buddhist conservatives will be protesting that Shri Jesus has to be glorified and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Christian morons will be bitter that heathens are eligible for His Kingdom and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Hindus will be shocked that idol worship is never sanctioned by God and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Jain bigots will be perturbed that vegetarianism does not confer moksa and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim idiots will be furious that Puranas have superior spiritual Knowledge and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Hindu fools will be resentful that Qur'an has superior prophetic Knowledge and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Christian prisoners-of-religion will be disturbed that the Bible was corrupted and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim fundamentalists will be incensed that the Qur’an was misinterpreted and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Hindu brahmins will be irked that they are not hereditary inheritors of moksa and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Buddhist monks will be troubled that all their prajna is a mental maze and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim mullahs will be crazed that all of Allah’s Messengers are together, and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

"ALL PROPHETS ARE EQUAL

The question arises that if there are so many Prophets of God sent to all peoples of the world, in different parts of the world and in different ages, do they have the same divine authority? According to the Holy Quran, all Prophets belong to God, and as such, insofar as their divine authority is concerned, they exercise such authority with equal force and strength. No one has a right to discriminate between one Prophet and another. As far as the authenticity of their message is concerned, all Prophets must be equal. This attitude of Islam towards other religions and their Founders as well as minor Prophets, can work as a very important uniting and cementing factor between various religions. The principle that the authenticity of each Prophet's revelation enjoys the same status can be used as a very powerful unifying force bringing various religions together. This transforms the attitude of hostility towards the revelation of Prophets of other religions to that of respect and reverence. This again, is the clear and logical position taken by the Holy Quran:

This Messenger the Holy Founder of Islam believes in that which was revealed to him from his Lord, and so do the believers; all of them believe in Allah; and in His angels, and in His Books, and in His Messengers saying, 'We make no distinction between any of His Messengers. And they say, 'We have heard and we are obedient....' (Ch. 2: Al-Baqarah: 286)

This subject is repeated in other verses of the Holy Quran. For instance:

 Surely, those who disbelieve in Allah and his Messengers and seek to make a distinction between Allah and His Messengers, and say, 'We believe in some and disbelieve in others', and seek to take a way in between, these really are the disbelievers, and We have prepared for the disbelievers a humiliating punishment. And those who believe in Allah and in all of His Messengers and make no distinction between any of them, to such He will soon give their rewards. And Allah is Most Forgiving, Merciful.(Ch. 4: Al-Nisa: 151-153)"

http://www.ahmadiyya.org/

The Catholic clergy will be wild that their Church is despised in His Kingdom and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Buddhist lamas will be nervous that Buddhists will know the Creator, and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim imams will be mad that the Kitab al Munir is Sri Lalita Sahasranama and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Christian pope will be irate that Lalita Sahasranama glorifies the Holy Ghost and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Hindu priests will be suspicious that the Bible glorifies the Adi Shakti and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Buddhist dalai lama will be fidgety that there is a Holy Ghost and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Christian archbishops will be petrified that God is Sadashiva and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim ayatollahs will be thunderstruck that Allah is also Sadashiva and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Hindu bhagwans will be restless that Sadashiva is also Yahweh and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Jewish rabbis will be dismayed that Yahweh is also Allah and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Buddhist monks will be irritated that Buddha is also Waheguru and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Sikh granthis will be upset that Waheguru is also the Mother and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Muslim sheiks will be horrified that Shri Jesus sent the Comforter and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Jain digambars will be appalled that vegetarianism is not ahimsa and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

Those who praise their own doctrines and disparage the doctrines of others do not solve any problems.

Sutrakritanga 1.1.50 (Jainism)


 The Vaishnavas will be agitated that She is Shri Vishnu’s Supreme Shakti and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Hare Krishnas will be uneasy that She is Shri Krishna’s Supreme Shakti and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Shaivites will be unsettled that She is the Supreme Shakti of Shri Shiva and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Rama devotees will be uneasy that She is Shri Rama’s Supreme Shakti and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Kali worshippers will be upset that Shri Mahakali is not the Ultimate Reality and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Durga worshippers will be aghast that Shri Durga is not the Ultimate Reality and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

"What Are Hinduism's Principal Sects?

The Sanatana Dharma, or "eternal faith," known today as Hinduism, is a family of religions that accept the authority of the Vedas. Its four principal denominations are Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism and Smartism. Aum.

The world's billion Hindus, one-sixth of the human family, are organized in four main denominations, each distinguished by its Supreme Deity. For Vaishnavites, Lord Vishnu is God. For Shaivites, God is Siva. For Shaktas, Goddess Shakti is supreme. For Smartas, liberal Hindus, the choice of Deity is left to the devotee. Each has a multitude of guru lineages, religious leaders, priesthoods, sacred literature, monastic communities, schools, pilgrimage centers and tens of thousands of temples. They possess a wealth of art and architecture, philosophy and scholarship. These four sects hold such divergent beliefs that each is a complete and independent religion. Yet, they share a vast heritage of culture and belief-karma, dharma, reincarnation, all-pervasive Divinity, temple worship, sacraments, manifold deities, the guru-shishya tradition and the Vedas as scriptural authority. While India is home to most Hindus, large communities flourish worldwide. The Vedas elaborate, "He is Brahma. He is Siva. He is Indra. He is the immutable, the supreme, the self-luminous. He is Vishnu. He is life. He is time. He is the fire, and He is the moon." Aum Namah Sivaya.

What Is the Deeply Mystical Saiva Sect?

Saivism is the world's oldest religion. Worshiping God Siva, the compassionate One, it stresses potent disciplines, high philosophy, the guru's centrality and bhakti-raja- siddha yoga leading to oneness with Siva within. Aum.

Saivism is ancient, truly ageless, for it has no beginning. It is the precursor of the many-faceted religion now termed Hinduism. Scholars trace the roots of Siva worship back more than 8,000 years to the advanced Indus Valley civilization. But sacred writings tell us there never was a time when Saivism did not exist. Modern history records six main schools: Saiva Siddhanta, Pashupatism, Kashmir Saivism, Vira Saivism, Siddha Siddhanta and Siva Advaita. Saivism's grandeur and beauty are found in a practical culture, an enlightened view of man's place in the universe and a profound system of temple mysticism and siddha yoga. It provides knowledge of man's evolution from God and back to God, of the soul's unfoldment and awakening guided by enlightened sages. Like all the sects, its majority are devout families, headed by hundreds of orders of swamis and sadhus who follow the fiery, world-renouncing path to moksha. The Vedas state, "By knowing Siva, the Auspicious One who is hidden in all things, exceedingly fine, like film arising from clarified butter, the One embracer of the universe-by realizing God, one is released from all fetters." Aum Namah Sivaya.

What Is the Magic and Power of Shaktism?

Shaktism reveres the Supreme as the Divine Mother, Shakti or Devi, in Her many forms, both gentle and fierce. Shaktas use mantra, tantra, yantra, yoga and puja to invoke cosmic forces and awaken the kundalini power. Aum.

While worship of the Divine Mother extends beyond the pale of history, Shakta Hinduism arose as an organized sect in India around the fifth century. Today it has four expressions-devotional, folk-shamanic, yogic and universalist-all invoking the fierce power of Kali or Durga, or the benign grace of Parvati or Ambika. Shakta devotionalists use puja rites, especially to the Shri Chakra yantra, to establish intimacy with the Goddess. Shamanic Shaktism employs magic, trance mediumship, firewalking and animal sacrifice for healing, fertility, prophecy and power. Shakta yogis seek to awaken the sleeping Goddess Kundalini and unite her with Siva in the sahasrara chakra. Shakta universalists follow the reformed Vedantic tradition exemplified by Shri Ramakrishna. "Left-hand" tantric rites transcend traditional ethical codes. Shaktism is chiefly advaitic, defining the soul's destiny as complete identity with the Unmanifest, Siva. Central scriptures are the Vedas, Shakta agamas and Puranas. The Devi Gita extols, "We bow down to the universal soul of all. Above and below and in all four directions, Mother of the universe, we bow." Aum Chandikayai Namah.

What Is the Devotional Vaishnava Sect?

Vaishnavism is an ancient Hindu sect centering on the worship of Lord Vishnu and His incarnations, especially Krishna and Rama. Largely dualistic, profoundly devotional, it is rich in saints, temples and scriptures. Aum.

The worship of Vishnu, meaning "pervader," dates back to Vedic times. The Pancharatra and Bhagavata sects were popular prior to 300 bce. Today's five Vaishnava schools emerged in the middle ages, founded by Ramanuja, Madhva, Nimbarka, Vallabha and Chaitanya. Vaishnavism stresses prapatti, single-pointed surrender to Vishnu, or His ten or more incarnations, called avataras. Japa is a key devotional sadhana, as is ecstatic chanting and dancing, called kirtana. Temple worship and festivals are elaborately observed. Philosophically, Vaishnavism ranges from Madhva's pure dualism to Ramanuja's qualified nondualism to Vallabha's nearly monistic vision. God and soul are everlastingly distinct. The soul's destiny, through God's grace, is to eternally worship and enjoy Him. While generally nonascetic, advocating bhakti as the highest path, Vaishnavism has a strong monastic community. Central scriptures are the Vedas, Vaishnava agamas, Itihasas and Puranas. The Bhagavad Gita states, "On those who meditate on Me and worship with undivided heart, I confer attainment of what they have not, and pre- serve what they have." Aum Namo Narayanaya.

What Is the Universalistic Smarta Sect?

Smartism is an ancient brahminical tradition reformed by Shankara in the ninth century. Worshiping six forms of God, this liberal Hindu path is monistic, nonsectarian, meditative and philosophical. Aum Namah Sivaya.

Smarta means a follower of classical smriti, particularly the Dharma Shastras, Puranas and Itihasas. Smartas revere the Vedas and honor the agamas. Today this faith is synonymous with the teachings of Adi Shankara, the monk-philosopher, known as shanmata sthapanacharya, "founder of the six-sect system." He campaigned India-wide to consolidate the Hindu faiths of his time under the banner of Advaita Vedanta. To unify the worship, he popularized the ancient Smarta five-Deity altar-Ganapati, Surya, Vishnu, Siva and Shakti-and added Kumara. From these, devotees may choose their "preferred Deity," or Ishta Devata. Each God is but a reflection of the one Saguna Brahman. Shankara organized hundreds of monasteries into a ten-order, dashanami system, which now has five pontifical centers. He wrote profuse commentaries on the Upanishads, Brahma Sutras and Bhagavad Gita. Shankara proclaimed, "It is the one Reality which appears to our ignorance as a manifold universe of names and forms and changes. Like the gold of which many ornaments are made, it remains in itself unchanged. Such is Brahman, and That art Thou." Aum Namah Sivaya."

Hinduism Today, November 1994
Himalayan Academy, 1998, 


 The Theravada Buddhists will be astonished that Matreya is Maitreya and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Mahayana Buddhists will be bewildered that Matreya is the AdiBuddha and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.


 "Kapathika: "How should a wise man ascertain truth?"

The Buddha: "A man has faith. If he says ‘This is my faith,’ so far he maintains truth. But by that he cannot proceed to the absolute conclusion; This alone is Truth, and everything else is false." "

Majjhima Nikaya ii. 176, Canki Sutta


 The Varrayana Buddhists will be troubled that Shri Matreya chastised them and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Shi’ites will be petrified that a ‘non-Muslim’ can be a Imam Mahdi and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Sunnis will be indignant that there is an Imam Mahdi and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.

The Baha’is will be distressed that their leader is not the Imam Mahdi and, thus, won’t accept Her Revealed Truths.