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Tips: Attainment of Genius in Consciousness

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The innate genius now awakens as we become savants.

Various studies on savants show the correlation of the left brain with the right brain that attributes this genius.
The “awakened” conceptualize the vastness of spiritual beingness or connectivity to the infinite with the practical facets of thinking from the inspired flow that enables them to excel in what they do.

While Albert Einstein considered one of the foremost geniuses of the 20th century, has transformed scientists’ understanding of physics and astronomy with his theories, the intellect of Einstein himself has remained misunderstood.

Ever since pathologist, Dr. Thomas Harvey harvested the scientist’s brain in 1955, researchers have tried to crack the mystery of Einstein’s genius by observing that brain.

Now scientists think they’ve found a clue. A new study, published in the journal, Brain, on September 24, 2013, suggests that the two hemispheres in Einstein’s brain were unusually well connected.

All scientists of ancient India’s past were yogis—awake and liberated beings who could think outside the box of the mind. Spirituality’s offspring is consciousness that adheres and creates newer frontiers for humanity as in intellect and realities.

In the yogic philosophy is the chakra system wherein, the crown chakra, when awake, is called the sahasrara (thousand petals of the lotus awake). Once awake, the petals, as awareness, forever stand awake. This awakening experience is like stepping out of one level of consciousness to another higher level while understanding the concept of freedom as being liberated from the mind as in its limits and past momentum of thoughts.

When we have a near death experience or a powerful experience of awakening, we have, ourselves, lifted beyond the limits of the mind and forever, the way we think and perceive our realities have changed. In this state, is the purest state of joy ever experienced and there is no reason (or all the reasons) that is behind this state of joy.

This experience has been expressed by sages of all cultures and religions throughout the world. The yogis of the eastern traditions describe this as the lotus having blossomed with the joy states mentioned as bliss. The yogis attribute the state of bliss as in being Lord Siva, the form of bliss. This is, in reality, the depiction of all religions, the Spirit having the human experience.

Almost immediately after this spiritual experience, the pursuit into even deeper thresholds of seeking for more of this joyfulness begins. This seeking can be described as God, Infinity, Source, Supreme-Self and all other characterizations. Some are born with this awareness while others are activated into this awareness at some point in their life. The moment such awareness is activated, most persons plunge deeper into uncovering the states of joy.

While a few of those who have experienced this first awakening take to a lifelong meditative effort, as the monks and yogis, some return back to the normal realities of the society as in marrying, having children and running a household, having a career and holding responsibilities.

In the mystical path of the Siddhars, returning back to the society to serve humanity from the highest consciousness has been indicated to be the fastest way to evolve.

When awake and in the society’s structures of responsibility, there is a different perception to how we spend each of our moments, our definition of time, our way of perceiving what success is and our ability to understand life at its best and worst situations. All this, as in thinking from a higher place of consciousness and then relating to the mundane realities faced, is the linking of the left brain and the right brain.

As in physical exercise, where the muscle gets stronger with each day, this exercise is the mental exercise of relating the left brain and the right brain.

These are important teachings of the Sages to exercise the left brain and the right brain and in the process, be the genius in our doings:

1. Go to a new country or new location, leaving behind the past.

By restarting our life with awareness, we avoid past habits that were limiting and lead every thought from the intent of where we wish to be. Relocation now stimulates the right and left brain as in relating to each and there is much progress from being a seeker to becoming a master.

2. Respect the root chakra and complete ourselves.

Although most religions advocate celibacy, the mystical paths of most religions, with special reference to the path of the Siddhars, advocates wise utilization of the root chakra, as in understanding the need for a healthy sexual attitude, healthy relationships, the primal needs of food and sustenance from a point of moderation and consciousness.
In other words, when we embrace the root chakra, we embrace all the trivialities of life, as in responsibilities. This enables us to exercise the left and right brain in everyday realities, even more.

3. Understanding time as in what we do each moment.

When realizing that we are the Spirit having the human experience, we also understand the Spirit as very ancient and the body as limited in time by a shelf life. In this understanding, is the utilization of each moment exclusively aligned to our highest purpose.
We awaken to time. We realize that time is an experience and each moment of time needs be justified by what we do. The old Zen adage of “Chopping wood before awakening and chopping wood after awakening” does not hold true.

Once awake, we will want to utilize our time more efficiently by how we act, whether it is in meditation and practices that brings us harmony or in day to day work that has our heart’s intent in it. An awake being, normally, would sooner or later drop out of the rat race of survival mode and instead see each moment of work justifying the highest purpose of existence.

4. Consider this quote by Rumi, “Everyone has been made for some particular work and the desire for that work has been put in every heart.”

Understand genius as states of joy that we uniquely feel while doing whatever we love doing from our heart and that no one is smarter than another. Everyone has a unique state genius: Take the case of any insect or animal as an example to see how there is a particular thing that every living being has that cannot be replicated by another species.

Likewise, every person has a unique talent waiting to be tapped. This talent or talents are that which each one of us are specially programmed for by destiny. When we find the activity that gives us most joy and understand this as an expression of ourselves that gives us maximum satisfaction, we begin to see sparks of our innate genius awaken. This is the right and left brain now aligning itself through the states of joy in our doing.

 5. Consider ourselves whole beings with many spokes in our wheels as abilities.

Beings like Leonardo Da Vinci are perfect examples, who exemplify the genius in the many levels of accomplishment they were capable of. History notes that Leonardo Da Vinci once wrote a bio of himself to the countess of Turin while seeking to be invited. In his bio, he lists over 25 different facets of himself, each facet shows amazing genius.

Today we know Leonardo Da Vinci as a talented master artist. Leonardo Da Vinci lists his skill as an artist as the 23rd. This example of Leonardo Da Vinci depicts the mind of a person awake to understand the wholeness of being and the potency to be the master in many abilities. The ability to do inspired work or play from the perspective of seeing ourselves as immensely huge beings exercises the bridge between the right and left brain.

6. Understanding the journey into vaster and ever vaster consciousness is never ending, while delving into the joy and bliss factor of this inner journey through the subconsciousness, each day.

After the initial experience of awakening, the journey has just started! The right brain is forever thriving on more and more stimulation for connectivity to God/Source/Infinity or whatever we could call this. The Sages of the east call this, yoga, the sacred union between individual ego and Source.

When we awaken to this heightened state of joy, we then set a daily discipline to have more of this each day. This joy and bliss of love in the yoga tradition is called Bhakti. Adi Sankara, one of India’s most revered masters mentions, “When there is more of Bhakti, there is more of wisdom.” This equation of Bhakti and wisdom translates as superior intellect and genius in doings.

It does not matter for us to feel awake or not awake and compare ourselves with anyone. All that matters for ourselves is to hold on to our own experiences, starting with understanding states of joy and bliss in our daily practice of going inward, be it praying, meditation, contemplation or any practice that gives us joy, like dancing, yoga or even cooking and acknowledging that bliss and joy state to be that of genius.

Slowly, we will set our discipline to have more joy as we are on the journey through consciousness.

Awake, the vastness of consciousness now serves as profound realities that fulfill and inspire us. In the process of our own awakening to higher consciousness, humanity, too, transforms itself to the ingrained nature of peace, harmony, tranquility, love, freedom and abundance.

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Blessings of Resonance: Mantra Power

The most potent blessing we could ever receive from a Sage, Yogi or any Enlightened Master is to receive the uplifting, igniting grace of our own consciousness. In the ancient pre-vedic language Tamil, the word mantra is mentioned as ‘mandiram’ which also means magic- the ability to transform reality in a moment. Called ‘deeksha’, which means, initiation, the giving of a mantra by the Guru to the initiate is the single most important ritual as the mantras serve the lifelong spiritual journey through the thread of the ancient resonance- for the initiate.

Traditionally, in India, the method of conveying awakening consciousness is especially through the mantra. In the mystical yogic tradition of the South Indian Siddhars, there is less emphasis in teachings through writings or even oral teachings and much of the wisdom is conveyed through the mantra energy that awakens the inner knowledge.

Mantra recitation can be said to be the mother of meditation. With the recitation of a mantra, the mind immediately focuses on a single thought leading to transcendence - awareness beyond the mind. By reciting the mantra, effortlessness meditation is enhanced even while doing mundane chores.

When we meet a higher conscious being in the form of a saint, yogi, or even disguised in the ordinary like a taxi driver, we know that we are uplifted by the words, action or simply the mere presence of that person. Higher conscious beings flow with a vibration of peace and harmony. It is said that when Buddha would walk from place to place crisscrossing each village and town, his presence was felt by people over ten miles around him. On feeling his presence as peace, love and calm, thousands would gather near Buddha to experience more of this vibrancy.

There are many scientific studies on meditation that have proven that meditation gives more benefits to society than merely inner peace for the meditator.  The effect of mass meditation has been noted to effect surrounding areas by a significant drop in crime rate. When the founder of Transcendental Meditation, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, would conduct a group meditation with hundreds of persons, the drop in crime rates in the surrounding area where the meditation was being conducted was observed to be consistent. This energy field produced by meditation has, for a long time, been referred to by yogis as consciousness.

Sages, yogis and masters of higher consciousness in India have for thousands of years imparted consciousness through the mantra.  

The secrets of power within the mantras are:

1. Mantras serve as a bridge of consciousness: 

When receiving the mantra from a Guru, understand the significance of this to be an initiation in which we are forever connected in consciousness with the Guru. By reciting the mantra, the seeker is able to climb above states of consciousness and become the master. Every time we chant our mantra, we are invoking the presence of our Guru. An enlightened master’s presence in our lives is protecting, nurturing and guiding and gradually, our own consciousness becomes the presence of the master.

2. Mantra chants create the specific realities we desire:

Each mantra holds a specific dimension of reality- for instance- when we chant a mantra for the Goddess of abundance, we will see that reflect abundance in our realities. Understand the power of recitation of mantras to be tapping into the realities we desire. For instance, when there is a deep fear and we recite a specific mantra, we are creating an energy field to protect ourselves. The more we trust the abilities of the mantra and recite the mantra from our heart in its intent, the better the mantra works to create the specific reality that we seek.

3. Mantras shift and transform our thoughts and thinking pattern: 

Through chanting the mantra, we begin to tune into the inherent vibrations within the mantra and in alignment with those higher vibrations, our mind also perceives thoughts from a higher place.  

4. Mantras are a manifestation tool: 

When we chant the mantras, our mind is slowly brought to a singular focus like a magnifying glass that converge sun light into fire. Any intent held through the mantra is magnified due to the intensity of focus and an intent that has been held long and thus brought to reality.

5. Mantras are supreme prayers: 

Nearly all mantras carry the intent of invoking a specific facet of God/Source. Through chanting the mantra we develop a singular focus on the invoked Deity. Extended over years of chanting, we realize our connection to the invoked Source/God more and more, and with greater ease.

6. Mantras fine tune our breath and optimal thinking process: 

By chanting the mantras, our inner journey to Source/God has begun. Slowly we begin to realize our breath becoming deeper and slower thereby utilizing more of our lungs. This is a natural process that reciting a mantra accomplishes. With enhanced breathing, our mind also thinks optimally from the center of harmony.

7. Reciting the mantra awakens the state of bliss: 

As we chant the mantra, we transcend the limits of the mind. Reciting mantras induces bliss due to the mind slipping away from its past momentum and acquiring the stress free “Now” moment.  We awaken to the “Now” moment that is devoid of worrying of the past or future when the mind is subdued to the ever present harmony in the core of our being. We are able to experience a state of joy within the mantra that the Sages of antiquity held on to. Holding on the state of joys embedded within the mantra, we begin to expand this state of joy in our being - as in a body of bliss, as in realities of bliss and in perceiving all realities from the state of bliss.

8. The power and potency within the mantra can constantly be increased: 

We realize the mantra chanting as a way of connecting our consciousness with our Guru, who imparted the mantra. When we perform acts of goodness and kindness (dharma) we are increasing the power within the mantra.  The mantra serves by being the facilitator to higher consciousness and when we utilize the wisdom of higher consciousness to do good, we are allowing the flow of grace that is awakened through our expanding consciousness.

9. Mantras are empowered with the ‘cooking’ process:

The more we chant the mantra, the more potent and powerful the mantra becomes. As we chant the mantra over longer periods of time and over the years, we realize the mantra’s effect on reality in daily miracles and its potency in realities caused. With time, the mantras we constantly recite mature and gets ‘cooked’. When the mantra is ‘cooked’ over a period of time, the mantra can now be given to another as a field of consciousness that easily alights anyone ready for more consciousness. Even to simply listen to the mantra chant of an enlightened master can shift our consciousness partly because the mantras have been ‘cooked’ by the master and the mantra is embedded with blessings of all masters who chanted the mantra before as the lineage behind the mantra.

10. Chant the mantra and awaken to all the goodness of higher consciousness: 

Chanting the mantra transforms the mind to an effortless meditative state. When the mind is at a meditative state, our consciousness expands to imbibe all the positive attributes such as less stress, increased empathy, more focus, more optimism, more unconditional love, and so on.

11. Mantras carry the vibratory presence of our Guru and all the preceding Gurus as the lineage Presence: 

It is wise to receive our mantra from an enlightened master as most mantras are passed from Guru to disciple, with the mantras having been chanted by each Guru over a whole life time. When we chant the mantra, we are tapping into the primal vibrations of all masters of the past in our own expanding consciousness. When we recite mantras that have a history of lineage, we are able to align to the ancient lineage of the Gurus as guidance, protection and grace in our inner journey.

12. Chanting mantras is an optimal solution for those with Attention Deficit (ADD). Recent scientific studies attest that meditation does help those with ADD. In this age when from childhood our mind seeks inputs of music, television or information and with mass intake of information and working online, it is only natural that our mind is trained to be have an attention deficit. The methodology of meditation with the principle of awareness of breath and eradication of thoughts simply does not work- especially for those of us in urban areas. Reciting the mantra is perhaps the surest way to not only quiet the mind but also to train the mind to focus on a single point for a longer period of time.

13. Awaken the genius within: Through chanting we enhance the mind’s ability to meditate to climb above the normal patterns of the mind. In ‘climbing above the mind’ we are able to think outside the box of limitations. Most of the amazing minds of history, from Albert Einstein to Isaac Newton were able to touch base with the spiritual essence beyond the mind and ‘see’ the higher perspective that we refer to as ‘genius’ and great intelligence. When we go behind to understand the awareness that exists beyond our thought pattern and thinking process, we are tapping into a state of super-consciousness- that the yogi sages call, the state of turiya. Chanting leads us to this super consciousness state that all beings of higher consciousness experience.

14. Empower the mantra by constantly doing Dharma (heart’s work): With the essence of the mantra being the energy field of connect between our own consciousness and the consciousness of the guru behind the mantra, each act of goodness that we do empowers the mantra in its potency. Since mantras enhance realities as our energy within manifesting the reality we desire, the realities we manifest is directly related to the mantra energies we awaken. When we do charitable good deeds, the mantra within us feeds on the good energies  created to become even more potent.

15. Mantras enable the transformative journey within:

Through mantras we change patterns of our past thinking. The spiritual history of India is filled with ignorant persons who were earlier, robbers and murderers wanting to change their lives; surrendering to a mantra and then emerging as enlightened masters. All it takes to awaken the highest wisdom within ourselves is the initiation through mantra and then our journey to become a master unfolds. When we are ready, the right mantra is received.

The Turiya State of Super Consciousness - as reflected by Ramana Maharshi and Mahatma Gandhi

When our meditation practice becomes true to ourselves as states of joy alight, we are in the state of turiya. Turiya is higher consciousness. Turiya is what the Sages call the sleepless sleep. Turiya is the experience of the liberated. The liberated are the Self-realized.

Sri Ramana Maharshi, one of Mother India’s enlightened masters, would awaken the turiya state of higher consciousness of any seeker who sought his blessings simply through silent presence. His simple gaze would awaken a seeker to realization.

Sri Ramana Maharshi's awakening of the turiya state is conveyed in the following story that Nandhi adapted to convey the yogic insights into the essence of meditation and the conscious mind.

“Three thieves ruled over the jungle. If anyone entered this jungle they never could escape - for the third thief was merciless, cruel and lazy. The second thief always wanted things done. He was constantly in action - running around the forest, checking out the neighboring towns and never at one place for very long. The third thief however had goodness in him. He was peaceful, happy, but sworn into company of the other two thieves since they were living together in the forest as a family.

One day, Manidan had to go through the forest. As always happened to anyone who entered the forest, Manidan was held captive by the three thieves. The thieves tied up Manidan as prisoner within the forest.

Imprisoned by the three thieves, Manidan prayed to Source for freedom from this harassment and cruelty, not knowing any other relief. Hearing the prayers the third thief, the good thief came to the rescue of Manidan.

One day, while the first thief, the bad thief, was sleeping, the good thief released Manidan of the bonds. The good thief took Manidan to the outer boundaries of the forest and said, “Walk out to your freedom beyond the entrapment of this forest and the robbers who dwell in it. From now on, remember that you are not Manidan anymore. You are a Deva, an Angel.” Manidan walked out to his true reality, with the name and identity of Deva.

“The Thieves” are the three states of mind. The first state of mind is Tamas - the lower state of the mind that is ignorant. The tamas state is characterized as the nature of sloth, anger, violence and all the lower tendencies of the human. The second state of mind is Rajas which depicts a person who is active and action oriented, as in the fast paced society of the West and as city dwellers - in a survival mode. The third state of mind is called Satva which is characterized as the peaceful tranquil nature that knows basic goodness in each pure thought.

Any time we pray, meditate, or contemplate Source, our satvic mind steps in to untie us from the unique bond of ego and the mental patterns we experience in human limitations. The “Forest” is the human mind that we enter into through this birth. “Manidan”, the man captured and confined in the mind “forest” is the humanness of ourselves. Manidan in Tamil means the human. “Deva” is the Being whom we are when we are shown freedom by the third state of the mind, the Satvic nature within ourselves. "Deva" in both Tamil and Sanskrit means the Angel.

This “Deva” state is turiya - the spirit having the human experience as a higher conscious being. In the state of turiya - experienced as expanded realities - we are able to tap into our potential of genius wherever we choose to focus our attention.

The turiya state is a common denominator of inspiration for all people. For instance, an artist while painting, a mother suckling her baby, or anyone who is aligned to the genius of perfection, steps into turiya states where the doer forgets time, hunger, and tiredness in the intensity of inspiration. Every higher conscious master imparts wisdom through the alignment of being in states of turiya through prayer, contemplation, meditation and inspiration.

The majority of humanity experience turiya unconsciously in states of joy.  In this fleeting flash of a moment, joy reveals itself and sets the human in pursuit to have more of this joy.

A yogi consciously seeks the state of joy perpetually within and until the state of turiya begins to be the perpetual meditation mode - of being in love, as love, in every moment. Disciplines form around the desire to have more joy - leading us to do our daily yoga, lighting a lamp to Source. All of this leads to a mind that is in the joy of awareness, mindfulness and bliss, which is the nature of the turiya state.

Those liberated and blessed by Turiya are Mahatmas - the immense awake souls - like Mahatma Gandhi. If you are traveling through Mother India, visit Sabarmati Ashram. Here Mahatma Gandhi’s divine presence is enshrined in the form of the many books he wrote and the innumerable articles, notes and books written about him. Here was a man who also did household chores, ashram duties and was involved in the relentless struggle for freedom. The time he spent in prison, of course, gave Mahatma Gandhi ample time to utilize in writing. What you will ‘see’ in Sabarmati Ashram is the immense stature of Mahatma Gandhi, as he made more than a mere mark in history.  He was a giant in this moment in time, swaying global leaders while being the epicenter of a mass movement committed to non-violence.

Mahatma Gandhi was in the blessed state of turiya. He was a yogi. He began his day waking up no later than 3:00 to 4:00 am. Every morning without fail, at 4.30 am, he and all the ashram inmates would hold prayer meetings with songs and prayers chosen from all the major religions.

Mahatma Gandhi would go to bed at 11:00 pm. He loved reading and would fall asleep by midnight, providing him with about 4 hours of sleep each day. He did not sleep during most days; and if he did take a nap during daytime, it was a short nap for less than 30 minutes. Mahatma Gandhi said, “If you are really tired during the day, meditate twice as much, to wipe tiredness away.”

In Mahatma Gandhi's most personal book called "Prayer," he is revealing the turiya state. In this autobiographical book, Mahatma Gandhi writes a rare portrait of himself - more open and frank in discussing his intimate spiritual life. In understanding and celebrating each breath in tune with Source, Mahatma Gandhi describes being in a meditative state throughout his daily work, and how intensely inspired each moment was, even during difficult times. He mentions in this book, how he went to sleep with his final plunge into the depth of sleep through prayer and then would wake up each morning with prayer; thus attaining the higher conscious mind that could manifest magnificent realities as a Mahatma.

A historically significant incident was recorded by the disciples of Sri Ramana Maharshi, when the Saint was asked what he thought about M.K Gandhi.  This was at a time when the title of “Mahatma” was not yet conferred to Mahatma Gandhi, about twenty years before India won independence and when the freedom struggle of India against the British imperialism had waned. At that time, Mahatma Gandhi was in a political wilderness, with no seeming breakthrough with the British, in the struggle for freedom. Sri Ramana Maharshi responded with total confidence, “Gandhi operates from the Aadi Atma Shakti, and no matter what, he will accomplish the objective of the freedom struggle.”  

Sri Ramana Maharshi meant that Mahatma Gandhi had tapped into the powerful “Soul Force”, the primal energy of the soul, and this awake turiya state would lead Mahatma Gandhi to victory. Thus, the turiya state of the awake presence and actions of Mahatma Gandhi was recognized by Sri Ramana Maharshi, years before Mahatma Gandhi was truly acknowledged by all of India for this accomplishment of winning independence.

Attain the turiya state through our daily practice to celebrate our union with Source. By cultivating our daily practice we expand our consciousness making each thought potent to manifest the most harmonious, abundant and inspired realities!  Imagine the power of a million Mahatmas shaping our global realities as blessings of turiya for all of humanity! Through turiya be a “Mahatma.”

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Lingam Puja: Multiply Consciousness

*Lord Kutramporunthaeaswarar Vashishta Linga,

The worship of Lord Siva, represented in the form of a Lingam is the Siva Linga Puja.

The Siva Lingam puja is the most personal and intimate time for a yogi as moments of absorption into the Divine, fully aware and intensely in union with Source through breath and as breathless joys. The yogic discipline of doing the Siva Lingam puja is considered the most potent of all yogic practices in being able to push a yogi through states of consciousness and as grace, evolve to be the object of worship, to be Lord Siva- as in the journey into One to be Oneness.

In the yogi traditions of mystical India, each precious moment as human is for the purpose of enhancing more of consciousness and closer to Source. This journey beyond consciousness is enhanced each day with deeper and even more empowerment in the awakened inner wisdom. After having woken up to be the Spirit, the yogi then starts enhancing this experience through intensifying the bliss state for the mind to be at all times. In this journey through consciousness guided by bliss, the yogi understands effort and progress as a yogi through the push factor of own effort and divine grace as the pull factor- through the Siva Lingam puja.

 

What is a Puja?

 A puja is not meditation in the sense, a puja requires a highly alert and involving state of mind. A puja is when Source/object of worship is celebrated in the physical form with offerings of flowers; milk; water etc along with mantra. A puja is a concentrated enhanced form of worship and can be called the mother of all meditations- a puja leads to a mind that is meditative, the natural state of the mind  that is be defined as meditation. By doing a Siva Linga Puja, the yogi aligns in the receiving end of grace by invoking the power of the infinite Source in human realities for themselves and for the entire world.

Utilizing the Lingam as representation of the infinite with the mind in super aware state of connecting as a bridge between the Divine invoked and the object of focus with through offerings of the heart, a Siva Linga Puja is done.

So, what is the meaning of the Lingam?

To yogis, the Lingam is the most apt form representing the Infinite. The Lingam is the infinite as in Form referred in Sanskrit as stambha- beginning-less and endless pillar. The traditional description of the Lingam representing the phallus is not the entire meaning behind the Lingam. Yes, the Lingam is the representation of the ‘Wand of Light” as the experience of our own inner Light rushing above through the spine.

When a yogi does the Lingam Puja, the yogi is invoking the infinite Spirit from within and the Infinite God Almighty of formlessness to be the dweller in the Lingam, the form. The Lingam serves to house, represent and radiant the energies of Infinity.

Later through history by way of Western historians and through ways of convenience in hypothesis, a Lingam began pegged with the meaning of phallus as in being shape.

How is a Siva Linga Puja done?
- Attain or purchase a small Siva Lingam. You will need a few utensils that will help contain the water, milk and other offerings you may pour over the Lingam.
- Attain, receive or learn simple mantras, preferable for Ganesh, Lord Siva and Goddess Sakti. Your Siva Linga Puja is an inner journey through mantras, journey of uniting your external realities and infinite inner realities through the puja using the mind in focus and surrender of all thoughts through the fire of bhakti, devotional love.
- Once a day or once a week or whenever convenient- commit to doing a Siva Linga Puja.

The Inner Journey of the Siva Lingam Puja:

- Prepare Yourself: Prepare yourself for the Siva Linga Puja as a very personal journey between you and Source. Having a shower or washing your face helps to refresh your mind and body. Set aside atleast 45 minutes of uninterrupted time. Create a sacred space for yourself, preferably an altar space that can hold and carry forward positive energies of a Siva Linga Puja. Pick up offerings of flowers, water, milk or anything else you may feel like offering to the Lingam.


- Abishekam:  There is no right or wrong way in a pure heart’s ritual. Begin at first reciting the mantra invoking Lord Siva. Connect your breath to the mantra resonance and feel the invoked Presence through your chanting. Now begin pouring water over the Lingam slowly invoking the Divine Infinite in the Lingam. You may pour milk over the Lingam collecting the milk for later use as Prasad, Divine sanctified offerings. After the final slow pouring the water finally to bathe and cleanse the Lingam, the Lingam is ready for the Puja.

- Siva Lingam Puja: Have many flowers, if not, many petals of flowers as that you will offer the Lingam with every mantra recited invoking Lord Siva. Ideally, when Lord Siva is invoked, it is perfect wisdom to invoke the Divine Goddess to complete the wholeness within the Divine. We end this puja invoking the awake mind state, the God of sustenance and abundance, Lord Vishnu.

- Invoke Blessings of Source:- A Siva Lingam Puja is powerful as we have invoked the power of Infinity in our realities. As we bring the Siva Lingam Puja to closure, from the depth of depth, invoke peace through reciting “Shanthi” by expanding to the infinite vastness we are and bringing forth this energy blessings of peace into our own human form and realities. Create an intent in “Peace” ie, may this Peace for all the living or; may this Peace be for my own health and the health of all of humanity. Blessed are the messengers and custodians of Peace.

-  Sacred Shrine/Altar at your Heart Shrine:- After a Siva Lingam Puja, store the Lingam at an altar space as to keep the divine energies and blessings vibrant in our physical and spiritual realities.

Benefits of a Siva Linga Puja:

1.    Grace to be a Yogi: When we surrender our total focus of the mind to Source, through the puja, the mind develops the ability to rejoice in the dance of stillness. This dance of stillness is the Mother of all meditative practices.

2.    Evolve and Be God: As we invoke the presence of Source through our mantras holding the focus, we are drawing more and more proximity to the object of worship and gradually, we attain all the attributes we are invoking, ie, we slowly evolve to be angelic, invoking the presence of God/Source.

3.     Awaken our innate genius: We awaken to the deeper dimensions of consciousness within ourselves that triggers the innate special powers within ourselves, the “Siddhis”. The Siddhis are the unique special abilities awakened in each of us such as musical genius, the ability to see the future, the awakening of various extra sensory perceptions, ESP etc. Yogis tend to disregard this awakening of various facets of the mind as it distracts us from the power of worship that grows in potency through humility.

4.    Soul Empowerment: We wake up to the joys and bliss of experiencing Source/God- “Ananda”. This joy ebbing from the bottom of the heart through our Lingam Puja is a higher conscious vibratory state. To be in this bliss form state is to be God- with Lord Siva described as Satchidananda, the bliss form. Slowly but surely, our realities too begin to vibrate the higher frequencies of this divine bliss.

5.    Deepen our yoga practice: When we do our daily yoga practice through the various sequences, we understand the deeper journey within after having done the Siva Lingam puja. In fact, it is advisable to do the Siva Lingam Puja after doing our hatha yoga practice so to seat the enormous vast immense energies of Source within us through the awake ‘nerve centers’, the nadis. Hatha yoga and the Siva Lingam Puja is naturally compatible and enhancing to each other.

6.    Live the Magic of Now: To experience being God/Source; worship the Infinite Almighty through the mind and breath; attain grace of inner wisdom as a journey through consciousness- makes us Angelic and God like. Slowly but surely, we not only awaken to the vastness we each truly are but are also guided, protected and gifted with the most valuable gift of this human birth- to be able to celebrate the Now moment completely.

7.    Multiply Potency of Consciousness: Worshipping the Lingam is multiplying consciousness. As we invoke ourselves to be Spirit, the Holy Ghost, we celebrate Lord Almighty Source of Infinite as in Form, empowering this Form to be Formlessness ever more.

8.    Be Blessed: Lord Siva, the nameless Infinite Being invoked represents blessings of wellbeing, wisdom and highest purpose as the Yogi.

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Victory & Declaration of Consciousness. Historical significance of Dec 21st 2012

Dec 21st 2012 London: 3 Magic Words Premier: The gala featured a special London premiere screening of the ground-breaking metaphysical documentary from Starseed Film, "3 MAGIC WORDS," at the Odeon West End Cinema in Leicester Square followed by a panel discussion with the writer/producer/ director of the movie, Michael Perlin, co-producer Maura Hoffman,Theresa Ibis, founder of Indigo Bridge In Service (IBIS), Dolores Cannon and Nandhi. "3 Magic Words" evolved from Perlin's personal and lengthy study of metaphysics as he became determined to find a common theme in all of the ancient mystical teachings. The occasion included a "blue carpet" with celebrity appearances and a live performance by Lucinda Drayton ("A Hundred Thousand Angels"). http://3magicwordsmovie.com/

The evening held a Global Meditation led by Sonya Sophia (Sophia School Of Living Arts), a World Peace Prayer conducted by Gudni Gudnason (Modern Mystery School), the announcement of the Declaration of Consciousness by Tapasyogi Nandhi, the reading of this Declaration of Consciousness by 10 year old Simran Serene Chevaliar and the signing of "The Declaration of Consciousness." 

Announcing our Declaration of Consciousness in London Dec 21 2012

At the time of birth of Buddha, the court astrologers (as done even today in most parts of India) looked into the baby boy’s horoscope. They saw in his astrological chart the immense being he was. So he was named Siddhartha, the one who is a Siddha. Siddha in Sanskrit and ancient Tamil means the one who has mastered the mind, the conscious beings. 
This consciousness has never been the exclusivity of any one culture around the globe. 
Consciousness has been the attainment of connect to the infinite realm described by some as Source/God and by some as infinite. Every human does Source/Infinity connect- some aware and others unaware. All masters who attained higher consciousness had a singular wish- to alight consciousness to all of humanity.

This leads us to the historic moment of Consciousness within recent times as moments of nations. 

On Dec 21^st 2012, London, at the movie 3 Magic Words premier, Declaration of Consciousness was announced- to usher humanity to the new dawn. On this day, Consciousness has won a long war after so many battles through the history of humanity. 

Dec 21^st 2012 will also be noted as the day when the critical mass of consciousness of humanity has been reached- and hence, the declaration.

This announcement is an historical epic moment due to the relevant facts. This is a proud day for England and Europe. This is Triumph of the United States as in declaration of Freedom, now with the resolve as the Rights of Freedom for every individual. This Day is the Triumph for Humanity. This realization awakens us to be conscious and declare for ourselves our individual basic freedom.

Dec 21^st 2012 is of historic significance for each one of us here, for all of humanity and especially for the truth of a full circle of history being completed today.

Consciousness became more visible in England, in 1689 through the Bill of Rights; evolved in USA with the Declaration of Independence and has now come back, in maturity, announced in London on this day Dec 21st 2012- back in England- now for the entire world as Declaration of Consciousness.

From ascertaining consciousness for a colonial empire, and then for a nation as freedom, consciousness now relates to the absolute rights of every individual on Planet Earth as – the core essence of every human as in adhering to the ahimsa principle of non-violence, non-killing; tolerance of every path to the Divine; Honoring the Feminine; protecting and nurturing our children; and upholding Planet Earth- as basic consciousness. (For specifics http://declarationofconsciousness.org)

Historical Thread of Consciousness-

United States of America has been built on the tenets enshrined in the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Written by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration of Consciousness is articulate, poetic and enlightened in its core principle that all humans are equal and everyone has the inherent right to be free.

Yet, the ground reality beneath Thomas Jefferson, the author and visionary behind the one of most celebrated historic document, the Declaration of Consciousness is bound by contradiction. Thomas Jefferson was the second largest slave owner in his state and during his entire lifetime, he freed only two of his hundreds of slaves. So how can the ‘consciousness’ within the vision of Declaration of Consciousness be reconciled?

We need to look deeper into history to find the answer.

The teachings of Jesus Christ were from immense consciousness that was way beyond his times- so he was crucified by a society that could not handle that extent of ‘truth’ in those times. Should Jesus be with us today and he said the same words, each of us would have appreciated him as we are now so much more aligned to the higher wisdom he spoke about as our own inner knowing. However, Jesus, had he been with us today, would speak differently, as consciousness grows and is ever growing.

When Thomas Jefferson inherited slaves as property from his father and had over hundred slaves in his Moticello estate- slavery was taken for granted. The first English settlers of 1660 came to the new land, America, with slaves. The backdrop of social norm where slavery was considered not only the wheel of economy but also an acceptable norm was the prevailing extent of consciousness in those times.

Historians have noted that Thomas Jefferson took the effort to be a ‘good’ master to his slaves, calling his slaves his ‘family’.  At the time Jefferson wrote the historical document until years after America gained its independence – the ingrained assumption of ‘freedom’ as applicability exclusive to  the white population. Should Jefferson (who was the President of America in 1801-1809) had taken any step towards emancipation of his slaves or in public, decried the institution of slavery- his political career would have been wiped out. Jefferson would have risked being assassinated almost immediately.

This truth is evident when in 1865 Abraham Lincoln, aged 56, was assassinated due to the cornerstone policy of his presidency – emancipation of slavery. 

It had taken another hundred years and more for America to then gain a higher layer of consciousness through the Black Civil Rights movement headed by Martin Luther King that gained more equality for the entire population of America. He too was assassinated.

The life message of Mahatma Gandhi was in ‘ahimsa’- the realization of the Oneness of all humans and the living beings.  India won its freedom without bloodshed and yet, after attaining the freedom for the nation- Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated.

Consciousness however triumphed through the intent of these higher conscious masters and leaders through history- to ascend humanity to the next levels of civilization.

Through history, the seed of consciousness planted by the wise has grown and is growing further to become the realities we are experiencing today. It is unfortunate that communist countries and dictators have subdued the entire population through fear and dependency to bottle individual freedom and consciousness with the primary tactic of using force. Consciousness and the urge for individual freedom however cannot be kept locked up for indefinite time as we have seen the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the regimes of Eastern Europe.

The time has come to state the innermost aspiration of every human on planet earth. This aspiration is the basic urge and need of every human to want to be free, to want peace, to create a society of harmony and conscience and to uphold and sustain planet earth as in environment. By Declaration of Consciousness, we frame this common aspiration that is within the heart of all humans- the right of consciousness that guarantees freedom for an individual.

This freedom in the external aspect is one that is not subdued by past beliefs and rules of conduct. In Declaration of Consciousness as an inner directive- is humanity ready to evolve to be the Angelic Being- free of the mind and its prejudice, free to understand that we are one with Source/God/Infinity and free to follow our heart’s aspiration that entails basic goodness as one human to another?

Declaration of Consciousness is an innermost truth and realization that all humans can evolve to be the higher consciousness the Sages of the past and present speak about attaining so peace, abundance, non-violence and a just society prevails.

This is the new age of consciousness. We are the Peace Messengers ushering each to be Prophet.

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The Declaration of Consciousness is a non-profit organization, with the mission to embark on a powerful intent to convey a message of unity consciousness to all of humanity. Our goal is to reach our Declaration to all national leaders through the United Nations. Simultaneously we will actively awaken the grass roots of humanity through music. movies and media. We deeply value our coming together in commitment for volunteering your time, funds and sharing the Declaration of Consciousness with the world.

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Nandhi announcing Declaration of Consciousness for humanity

10 year old Simran, representative of the future of Consciousness, reading our Declaration of Consciousness

Simran signs this Declaration

Melissa Athens, President of Declaration of Consciousness signing 

Panel of 3 Magic Words taking questions from the audience

The Declaration of Consciousness signed

Photo of Stone Hedge on the Dec 21st morning.

This photo was taken by the 3 MagicWords Cast after a heart ritual.