13. Contents of my English Book : Know Your Real Self – A journey towards inner peace and freedom
CONTENTS
Preface ……………………………………………………………………………4
Acknowledgement ………………………………………………………… 5
Introduction…………………………………………………………………… 6
Part A. More clarity on various spiritual topics based on my personal experiences of last twenty years…….15
1. How to manifest your desires or turn your desires into reality? ………………………………………………………………………….15
2. How to make a choice or decision in your life?………..17
3. The importance of prayer before sadhna or meditation…18
4. More clarity on unconditional love and acceptance …..20
5. Release sadhna/meditation ……………………………………….22
6. Man hi karta, man hi bhogta (mind is the doer, mind is the experiencer). Negative & positive belief systems……26
7. The root cause of everything is your ego ………………….30
8. Who is a true yogi or yogini? ……………………………………32
9. Karma = Mind = Maya……………………………………………..34
10. Enlightenment to liberation ……………………………………37
11. Raise your level of consciousness ……………………………40
12. How do you know if you are ready for self realization or moksha? …………………………………………………………………..41
13. More clarity on freedom or liberation…………………….43
14. How does ego or individual identity operate in the life of a liberated soul?………………………………………………………..44
15. Awaken the Buddha/Christ/Kalki within ……………….45
16. Art of detachment or dying and de addiction ………..46
17. Art of becoming fearless …………………………………………48
18. What is true humility or humbleness?……………………49
19. Dual nature of mind. How to go beyond it?…………..51
20. God is beyond both divine and devil ……………………..53
21. Can one experience divine love on physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level ?………………………………………56
22. A self realized and enlightened master will not know everything …………………………………………………………………….58
23. More clarity on three most important spiritual states and the knowledge acquired………………………………………..59
24. What you want for yourself, first learn to give it to others. …………………………………………………………………………..61
25. Use your wisdom & intuition to know what to read & what to avoid on the spiritual path…………………………..62
26. True love is beyond ego, attachment and expectations ..65
27. Don’t identify yourself with anything…………………….67
28. Complete surrender and complete faith is required to receive full grace of the guru………………………………………..69
29. True compassion …………………………………………………….71
30. Go with your own pace and create your own destiny………………………………………………………………………….72
31. Can you receive divine grace through a false guru?…………………………………………………………………74
32. Can one eat non vegetarian food on the spiritual path?…………………………………………………………………………….76
33. Theory of karma……………………………………………………..77
34. Are you truly growing and evolving spiritually?…….81
35. Qualities of a true spiritual leader or spiritual guide……………………………………………………………….83
36. Is there only physical rape or is there mental, emotional and spiritual rape also?……………………………………….86
37. Everything and everyone around you is nothing but a reflection of yourself? …………………………………………………..88
38. Astrology and Spirituality……………………………………….90
39. What are the spiritual lessons that all these 12 planets want you to learn through their placement in your astrological chart/lagna chart?………………………………………………94
40. Can you surrender totally without first being conscious totally? ……………………………………………………………….98
41. Are you completely free to live your life the way you want to all the time? If not, then why? Here is the simple explanation for it…………………………………………………………100
42. Do you stop enjoying life once you reach a state of total vairagya or desirelessness? ………………………………….102
43. Happiness that comes from within is permanent. So first learn to be happy in your own being. …………………104
44. How to remain positive all the time and how does this positive attitude helps in our spiritual path?………………106
45. Forgiveness, Gratitude and Unconditional Love sadhna/meditation………………………………………………………108
46. When you are in the present moment or in a state of no mind you come closer to experiencing god or supreme consciousness/supreme energy…………………………………..111
47. Don’t run after spiritual experiences. They will come and go. ………………………………………………………………………..113
48. Low, negative and difficult phase of your life is more important for real spiritual growth and learning as compared to high and positive phase of your life……………..115
49. Who is your soulmate ? ………………………………………..116
50. You are the master and your mind and ego is your servant. ……………………………………………………………………….118
Part B: My spiritual experiences, realizations and learning’s …………………………………………………………………..119
Chapter One: Spiritual experiences in my childhood ..119
1. Shirdi Sai Baba, my first guru who touched & transformed the deepest core of my heart………………………….119
2. The influence of Jesus Christ in my school days …….120
3. Chanting of gayatri mantra during my school years ………………………………………………………..121
4. How my dog made me realize the importance of unconditional love and detachment …………………………..121
Chapter Two: Spiritual experiences in my teens and adulthood…………………………………………………………………..123
1. The turning point in my life’s journey after reading the book “Autobiography Of A Yogi” ……………………………….123
2. Arahatic Kundilini meditation course …………………….124
3. My deep realizations after reading books of Osho ……………………………………………………………………….125
4. The experience of other healing and meditative practices on my spiritual path……………………………………………125
5. Other clairvoyant experiences ………………………………..126
6. Meeting with a shakti sadhak/upasak…………………….128
7. Dealing with my family and society ……………………….129
8. Doing havan for family land/building…………………….129
9. Proving the astrologers wrong and creating my own destiny ………………………………………………………………………..130
10. How did I get my spiritual name Shashwati?……….131
11. Meditation on darkness ………………………………………..131
Chapter Three: My guru Avdhoot Baba Shivananda and the experiences I had because of his shakti/energy, grace and blessings………………………………………….133
1. First meeting with my guru Avdhoot Baba Shivananda ..134
2. Two months of silence & search of my guru ………….135
3. Experience of emptiness and detachment………………137
4. Experience of consciousness expanding to infinity ..138
5. Experience of unconditional pure love- the source of all creation/creativity……………………………………………………….139
6. Experience of shoonya/nothingness and pure consciousness……………………………………………………………………139
7. Art of dying …………………………………………………………….140
8. Negative attachments and entities ………………………….140
9. Experience of contentment and bliss ……………………..141
10. Experience of deep samadhi after doing Mahamrityunjaya beej mantra sadhna……………………….142
11. Experience of stillness and silence ………………………..142
12. My experience in Somnath temple ………………………143
13. My experience in Dattatreya temple in Girnar……..144
14. Last meeting with my guru in the physical dimension……………………………………………………..147
Chapter Four: Important lessons and realizations I had on my spiritual path………………………………………….148
1. Learn to say no………………………………………………………..148
2. Purpose of my existence …………………………………………148
3. Achievements and ego…………………………………………….149
4. Testing the masters………………………………………………….150
5. Test by the siddhas………………………………………………….150
6. To have absolute and complete surrender and faith……………………………………………………..152
7. Subtle and different forms of ego and egoic mind …………………………………………………………..152
8. The importance of medical treatment and medications along with spiritual healings……………………………………….153
9. Going beyond small siddhies/powers to attain the ultimate……………………………………………………………………….154
10. Detachment from the physical body of the guru …154
Part C: Most important spiritual teachings of all my four gurus which I have practiced and applied in my life. This is one of the main reasons for my spiritual growth and progress. ……………………………………………….156
1. Most important teachings of my first guru Shirdi Sai Baba which I have practiced and applied in my life …..156
2. Most important teachings of my second guru Paramhansa Yogananda which I have practiced and applied in my life………………………………………………………..158
3. Most important teachings of my third guru Osho which I have practiced and applied in my life……………175
4. Most important teachings of my fourth guru Avdhoot Baba Shivananda which I have practiced and applied in my life…………………………………………………………………………190
EPILOGUE…………………………………………………………………196
CONCLUSION………………………………………………………….198
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