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The following Newsletters
contain Michael Milner's experiences at
the
Nov.
2013 Advanced Trainers Course,
Nov.-Dec. 2013 Special
Deepening,
&
Dec 2013 Training and Initiation
for 3 Chamber Process
#1 Manifestation &
Healing Miracle at
the Advanced
Trainers Course
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#2 Manifestation of
Jesus Christ at the
Special Deepening
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#3 The
3 Chamber Process at Nemam
in India
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#1:
Manifestation &
Healing Miracle
at Advanced Trainers
Course
Dear Friends in Oneness,
Happy New Year!
On December 21, 2013,
Oneness
University celebrated the
first anniversary of the
dawn of the new Golden Age
with an awesome fireworks
display at the Oneness
Temple and a delicious feast
shared by all the
participants of the Special
Deepening!
Many times Sri Bhagavan has
said that the Golden
Age will be a time when each
of us will walk and talk
with our God.
That time has come. All over
the world a new phenomenon
is occurring. People are
experiencing their God
beginning to manifest
physically to them, walking
and talking and being with
them just as physically real
as their best friend or
family members.
The new centers offering the
3 Chamber Process, being opened all
over the world, are places
where this can happen for
anyone! I was among the
first group initiated at the
Oneness University to offer
the 3 Chamber Process. Ours will
be in Clearwater, Florida,
but there will be many
others throughout Florida,
North America and the world.
In the weeks ahead I
will tell you more about the
3 Chamber Process. I
will also share with you
some amazing experiences I
had in India while attending
the November Advanced
Trainer Course, the
Nov.-Dec. Special Deepening
and the Training and
Initiation to offer the 3
Chamber Process.
At the end of our training
we were taken through the 3
Chambers ourselves at Nemam.
It was a totally
mind-blowing, life-changing
experience. But I'm going to
save that story for last.
First, I want
to share an experience of
Sri AmmaBhagavan becoming
physical at the Advanced
Trainer Course. In our next
newsletter, I will share
some experiences of Christ
becoming physical to me at
the Special Deepening. I was
surprised that Christ
manifested physically to
many people at the
Deepening. Sri Bhagavan told
us in darshan that as the
phenomenon moves West we
anticipate many people will
experience their personal
Divine come to them in the
form of Christ. More about
that later...
SRI AMMABHAGAVAN PHYSICAL
MANIFESTATION & HEALING MIRACLE
AT THE ADVANCED ONENESS TRAINER
COURSE NOV 12, 2013
By Michael Milner
On the way to the Advanced
Trainer class, Nov. 11 at 7AM, I
slipped and fell very hard on my
left hip. It came crashing down
on top of a strong double-walled
steel canister crushing the
canister and leaving the visible
impression of my hip joint
pressed into the steel. My back
and arm were also hurt. I was
injured and in great pain, but
went to class anyway, thanking
my Dr. AmmaBhagavan for healing
me.
In class the Oneness Guide led
us in Ganesha Yantra Dhyana.
Yantra Dhyana is meditation or
concentration on a yantra, a
geometrical representation of
some aspect of the Divine. In
this case it was the Ganesha
Yantra, Ganesha being that
aspect of the Divine which
removes obstacles. I took an
intent for removal of all
obstacles to receiving all the
benefits of this course and the
Nov.-Dec. Special Deepening.
After several minutes of
meditation on the center point
of the yantra, the bindu point,
I discovered that my attention
had wandered from the bindu, I
don't know how, and I was now
gazing at a man and woman
sitting next to me on my left.
The shift of attention was very
odd, and I returned my attention
to meditating on the bindu
point. Again, I was suddenly
gazing at the man and woman on
my left, and again I returned my
attention to the bindu. This
happened several times before it
struck me that there were no
chairs next to mine, just an
open space. The couple sitting
next to me was Sri AmmaBhagavan.
Although my hip was still in
great pain, I thanked
AmmaBhagavan for healing me.
Then, the Oneness Guide told us
to lie in Shavasana. As I lay on
the floor, Amma came and
physically put her hands on my
hip and instantly healed it.
There was no more pain at all,
no more swelling or bruising. I
don't know why, but I was a
little embarrassed that Amma
touched me. She just smiled and
said, “Some things only a Mother
can do,” and she continued to
move and rearrange things inside
of me.
Since then, I am experiencing Amma
with me in a new, very physical
way. This physical visitation
has caused a dramatic shift in
my energy. I feel much lighter
and full of energy and my third
eye chakra (Ajneya), has
been wide open to a constant
flow of mystical vision.
Thank you, my Beloved
AmmaBhagavan!
In the Service of the Divine,
Helping Humanity Awaken into
Oneness!
Michael
Rev. Dr. Michael Milner, PhD
Oneness Meditator & Advanced
Oneness Trainer
www.onenessflorida.org
www.floweringheart.org
#2:
Christ manifestation at the
Special Deepening
Jan. 5, 2014
Dear Friends in Oneness,
Sri Bhagavan says that in the
new Golden Age each of us will
walk and talk with our God. It
has begun. All over the world an
amazing phenomenon is occurring.
People are experiencing their
God beginning to manifest
physically to them, walking and
talking with them in a form just
as physically real as their best
friend, their spouse or their
family members.
In our last newsletter I shared
an experience I had of the twin
Avatars Sri AmmaBhagavan
becoming physical and performing
a healing miracle at the
November Advanced Trainer
Course. In this newsletter, you
will read about my experience of
Jesus Christ becoming physical
at the Special Deepening in
November and December. Christ
manifested to a number of people
at the Special Deepening,
including a Buddhist monk from
Asia and others who had no
background in the Christian
Tradition at all. Sri Bhagavan told
us during a darshan at the
Deepening that as the phenomenon
of God becoming physical spreads
throughout the world outside of
India many people will
experience their personal Divine
manifest to them in the form of
Christ. Christ is a very
powerful form of the Divine in
the collective consciousness of
Humanity, particularly in the
West. So, even people who have
no conscious connection with
Christ may be surprised to have
their personal Divine physically
manifest to them in the form of
Jesus.
On the other hand, a Buddhist
might experience the Divine
manifest to them as the Lord
Buddha or as Guanyin, the
Bodhisattva of Compassion, or as
some other Buddhist bodhisattva
or deity. For a Hindu, it might
be Krishna, Vishnu, Lakshmi or
another Vedic deity. Others may
experience the Divine manifest
physically to them in the form
of Sri AmmaBhagavan. For a
Muslim it could be the formless
Allah; for a Jew, the Spirit or
Light of God; for a New Age
believer, it might be the
Primordial Light or another
divine form, being or master;
for a Christian, it could be the
Holy Spirit or the Lord Jesus.
The list of possibilities goes
on and on. What will be true in
every case is that the Divine
Presence will become very real
and physical, and the individual
will begin to walk and talk with
their Divine.
According to the Mahavakyas
(literally, “The Great Sayings”)
of Kalki Paramatma, your Divine
will manifest to you outside in
whatever form you desire, or in
the form He/She chooses for you.
The centers offering the 3
Chamber Process
which are opening all over the
world are places where you will
be able to experience this
phenomenon, where you will be
able to meet and speak with your
own God, face to face, and this
will continue thereafter in your
day to day life! I will share
more about that in our next
newsletter, but now let me tell
you how the Lord Jesus Christ
appeared to me at the Special
Deepening.
One morning
during our Bhakti Yoga session
(the yoga of Love and Devotion
to the Divine) the Oneness Guide
invited us to close our eyes and
begin worshipping our God
internally. Immediately Jesus
stood before me. Although the
room was completely dark, I
could see Him. His Presence was
very physical to me and very
powerful. I began to worship Him
in my heart, offering flowers
and precious things at His feet.
Suddenly Jesus
was gone, and in His place
crouching before me was a very
humble, very poor woman who
looked like a beggar, a person
who in India many people might
avoid. She was weeping and
wailing, telling me her story,
her pains, her problems, and
confessing her sins. It felt
absolutely real. I didn’t
realize it was a vision. I knew
that I was supposed to be
worshipping Christ, but at that
moment it felt like this woman
was the most important thing in
the world. I listened to her
story at length, comforted her,
counseled her, prayed for her
and gave her a Blessing. She was
released and set free. Full of
joy and gratitude, she began to
praise and give thanks to God.
In the next
instant, she was gone. It was
Jesus standing before me again.
He said: “As you do it to the
least of these my brothers and
sisters, you do it to me. If you
want to serve me, feed my sheep.
See me in all forms and worship
and serve me there. All forms
are mine. When you do this, I
will come to you through all
forms, for they are all mine,
and you will see me everywhere.”
I left the Bhakti
class in bliss, basking in the
Grace of the experience I had
just had with Christ and the
warmth of the South Indian
sunshine. But, all too soon my
blissful state was interrupted
by someone approaching me from
behind. Glancing out of the
corner of my eye, I saw that it
was a person I felt very
uncomfortable being around,
someone toward whom I had felt
resistance during the whole
Deepening process. The thought
came: “Oh no, not that person
again. Here we go again.” But
this time the person came up and
touched me gently, and it felt
very different than other times
we had met. I stopped walking,
turned and looked into their
eyes. To my surprise it was
Jesus looking back at me,
smiling. His eyes said: “This
is me, too. All forms are mine,
including this one.” I felt all
resistance melt away and
unconditional Love begin to
flow. The experience was so
delightful. My God is coming to
me in every form! No need
to choose between Christ and
AmmaBhagavan or another form.
They are all His.
When asked, “What
is the best form to worship
God?” Neem Karoli Baba answered,
“The best form to worship God is
every form.” (Neem Karoli Baba,
also known as Maharaj-ji, was a
devotee of Hanuman and the guru
of many Westerners in the 1960s
and 70s, including Ram Dass,
Bhagavan Das, Krishna Das and
Jai Uttal, to mention a few).
Thank you,
AmmaBhagavan and all the Oneness
Guides for the amazing Nov.-Dec.
2013 Special Deepening process.
Thank you, Lord Jesus Christ! I
am full of Gratitude and awe!
In the Service of the Divine,
Helping Humanity Awaken into
Oneness!
Michael
Rev. Dr. Michael Milner, PhD
Oneness Meditator & Advanced
Oneness Trainer
www.onenessflorida.org
www.floweringheart.org
#3 - "3 Chamber
Process - Face to Face with God"
Jan. 13, 2014
Dear
Friends in Oneness,
In our Dec. 13, 2013
newsletter I shared with
you my experience of the
twin Avatars Sri
AmmaBhagavan becoming
physical and performing
a healing miracle during
the November 2013
Advanced Trainer Course
at Oneness University in
India. In our Jan. 5,
2014 newsletter, I told
you about an experience
of Jesus Christ becoming
physical at the
Nov.-Dec. 2014 Special
Deepening. If you missed
those, I encourage you
to read them first. You
can find them on our
website at
http://www.onenessmovementflorida.org/OnenessFloridaNewsletter.htm
.
In this newsletter I am
going to tell you about
the new centers offering
the 3 Chamber Process
which are opening all
over the world, and I
will share with you my
own experience of going
through the 3 Chambers
in India. But first,
what is the 3 Chamber
Process?
Sri Bhagavan has told us
that in the new Golden
Age each of us will walk
and talk with our God.
This phenomenon has
already begun. All over
the world people are
beginning to meet their
personal Divine face to
face, experiencing their
own God in a very
powerful way that is
just as physically real
to them as having a
conversation with their
best friend, their
spouse or a family
member. This could
happen to you at any
time, in any place, most
unexpectedly, or you
could come to a Oneness
center offering the 3
Chamber Process which
was created for this
very purpose. These are
places where the Divine
is constantly
manifesting itself to
those who seek it.
Your Divine could
manifest to you in any
form you desire or in
the form He or She
chooses for you. If you
are a Christian, it
could be Jesus or the
Holy Spirit. For a
Hindu, it could be
Krishna, Shiva, Lakshmi
or any other Vedic
Deity. For others it
could be Sri
AmmaBhagavan. For a
Buddhist, it could be
Lord Buddha or one of
the great Bodhisattvas.
For a Muslim, it could
be Allah. For a Jew it
could be the Light or
Spirit of God. For a New
Age believer, it could
be the Primordial Light
or another divine form,
being or master. For a
Pagan it could be any of
the Pagan Deities. The
list of possibilities is
endless. What they will
all have in common is
that their personal
Divine will become very
real and very physical
to them, and they will
begin to walk and talk
with their God from that
day forward!
Recently Sri Bhagavan
has spoken of the long
way and the short way to
Awakening,
Transformation and God
Realization. The
teachings we have
received over the years
from the Oneness
University have prepared
us for the longer way.
But, if your God becomes
physical to you, you
could ask Him/Her to
give you a Deeksha for
Awakening,
Transformation or God
Realization, and the
result would be almost
instantaneous. That is
the short way. Sri
Bhagavan says the choice
is yours. You have
absolute freedom in this
decision. No one is
going to try to force
you to have an intimate
physical relationship
with your Divine. You
might not want that.
But, if you do, your
path to Awakening and
God Realization will
take a quantum leap.
If the idea of your
Divine becoming physical
is unappealing or scary
to you, it could be
because you are relating
to a God that is
demanding, judgmental
and punishing or remote,
unreachable or uncaring.
You may need to work on
re-creating your
relationship with your
Divine for a while. This
is a process that is
taught in the Oneness
Awakening Course and in
some special processes
offered by the Oneness
Trainers. It is a
process that you may
need to revisit over and
over again as your
relationship with your
Divine grows and
changes. Eventually,
when you are relating to
a Divine who is loving,
caring and easy to
connect with, like your
best friend, you may
decide you want a more
intimate physical
relationship with that
God.
A number of people have
been asking me, “Since I
already experience God
within, and my Divine is
at the center of my
heart, why would I want
the Divine to manifest
physically outside of
me? Isn’t that dualistic
and actually moving
toward separation rather
than Oneness?” This is a
great question.
First of all, the very
nature of this question
illustrates how we are
still experiencing a
world of duality where
there is separation
between the self and
God, separation between
the inner and the outer
world. When duality
ceases several things
happen: There is no
difference between the
inner and the outer
world, the “experiencer”
and the “experienced”
are one, and you and God
are one. At that point
whether God is “inside”
or “outside” is
irrelevant. Until then,
life is an
ever-deepening dance of
relationship with the
Divine, and many of us
want to dance with a
partner we can see and
touch.
But, here is a more
practical answer. There
are different roads you
can take to Oneness with
the Divine: One is
called “Bhakti”, the
Divine Romance, the path
of Love, Service and
Devotion. This path
involves deepening the
bond with your Divine
Friend until you simply
melt away in ecstasy in
the arms of your
Beloved, and only the
Divine remains. This is
a gentle, yummy path to
the dissolution of
“self”. Another way is
“Self-Inquiry”, looking
within, into the source
of your consciousness,
and asking “Who am I?”
going deeper and deeper
until you clearly see
that you do not exist
and only Divine
Consciousness remains.
It takes a particular
kind of person to go
that way. The path of
Self-Inquiry may seem
less attractive to many
of us in the Oneness
community, because we
are called to the yummy
path of Bhakti. We are
drawn to cultivate close
friendship with a God we
can see and touch and
talk to, with whom we
can share our day to day
lives. This is why our
Divine is becoming
physical to us and the 3
Chamber Process has come
at this time.
At the
Deepening, the Oneness
Beings (monks in very
high states of divine
consciousness) selected
a group of more than 100
people from all over the
world to serve as
caretakers for the first
centers offering the 3
Chamber Process. We went
through 3 days of
training and numerous
initiations to prepare
us for this role. On the
final day, Dec. 24th,
we were taken to the
campus in Nemam where
the Oneness Guides had
set up the 3 Chambers so
we could experience this
amazing phenomenon
first-hand. Nemam is
where Sri Bhagavan grew
up as a child. It is
also known as Sri Amma’s
Ashram because she lived
there for years and gave
public darshans there
almost every day. It was
a great place to
experience the 3
Chambers.
In the 1st
Chamber people receive
instructions for
entering the 2nd
and 3rd
Chambers and are taken
through some
contemplative processes
to prepare them for the
experience. The 1st
Chamber may be a group
process. The 2nd
and 3rd
Chambers are a solo
journey,
one person at a
time.
In the 2nd
Chamber the physical
body is prepared for
what is about to happen
in the 3rd
Chamber. This may
include physical
healing, and in some
cases, emotional and
mental healing as well.
In the 3rd
Chamber a person has the
opportunity to meet and
talk-face-to-face with
their God, to ask
questions and make
requests, to offer
Praise and Gratitude. In
the 3rd
Chamber one’s personal
Divine may become quite
physically manifest. The
encounter is very direct
and intense and
absolutely wonderful!
What follows here is
simply my experience in
the 3 Chambers. In no
way am I suggesting that
your experience will or
even should resemble
mine at all. Each of us
is unique and has a
unique relationship with
our own Divine. Whatever
your experience is in
the 3 Chambers will be
your own, and it will be
perfect, orchestrated by
your Divine to give you
just what you need. Here
is my story.
Even
after preparation going
through the 1st
Chamber, I had no idea
what was about to
happen. Nothing could
have fully prepared me
for the 2nd
Chamber. In it was a
large Srimurthi (a
sacred picture of Sri
Bhagavan in a golden
robe) and a pair of
Padukas (sacred sandals
representing the feet of
the Divine). I entered
bowing very deeply, and
in the next instant, I
was flat on my face on
the floor. My heart
chakra exploded wide
open. Floods of tears
gushed from my eyes. I
heard myself
spontaneously confessing
everything that was in
my heart, my doubts, my
concerns, my faults and
shortcomings, my need
for grace and direction
in life, everything! It
all just came pouring
out of my mouth
automatically, without
any thought, completely
out of my control. I was
just a witness to what
was happening. Sri
Bhagavan’s image became
3 dimensional and moved
part way out of the
Srimurthi. His face
changed into many faces
of the Divine, one after
another, as he spoke to
me about my problems. He
comforted me and gave me
clear guidance about
every concern I had
expressed. All this
happened in three
minutes, which is all
the time the Guides gave
us in each Chamber since
there were so many
people going through the
process. When they led
me out of the 2nd
Chamber, I was drenched
in tears, my heart was
wide open, I could
hardly walk, and I knew
I would never be the
same.
We were
given a few minutes to
integrate before being
taken to the 3rd
Chamber. As I waited, I
wondered what further
surprises the 3rd
Chamber could possibly
hold for me. I didn’t
have to wait long to
find out.
In the 3rd
Chamber there was a
large Srimurthi of Sri
AmmaBhagavan, the one
where they are both
seated together. The
chamber was filled with
the indescribable
Presence of God and Sri
Amma and Sri Bhagavan
were quite alive and 3
dimensional in the
Srimurthi. Again, my
mouth came open, and I
heard myself
spontaneously praising
and thanking Sri
AmmaBhagavan for all the
wonderful things they
have done for me since I
became involved with
Oneness. I heard myself
thanking them for many
things that I had
somehow forgotten. My
life was a mess when I
came to Oneness. I was
broken. Now, I have a
whole new life, full of
hope, meaning, and
passion and a vision for
the future. I have a
wonderful wife and new
family and friends all
over the world. Best of
all, I get to serve God.
I could see the Hand of
God in it all, and I was
overflowing with Praise
and Gratitude. The only
thing I could find in my
heart to ask for was to
please let me be a
faithful instrument for
the Divine and to help
me never fail my God as
I have in the past. I
was acutely aware of my
helplessness and my need
for Grace.
In
response, AmmaBhagavan
gave me the most amazing
Deeksha, immersing me in
beautiful golden light.
I was just floating,
soaking in it when I
remembered that Kumarji,
the senior monk, told us
that we could ask the
Divine in the 3rd
Chamber what specialized
work it was going to do
in our 3 Chambers back
home. The Divine often
emphasizes a particular
focus at each center. It
could be awakening or
God realization or
healing or prosperity or
relationships, etc. So I
asked, and the Divine
told me that our center
would be a place of
Healing for the body,
the mind and emotions,
and especially for the
Heart to Flower in
Oneness with God. I
could not have asked for
more. That is my heart’s
desire!
Suddenly, Sri Bhagavan
said very bluntly, “OK.
We’re done. You can go.”
“But, Bhagavan, “I
pleaded, “My time isn’t
up yet. Please, let me
stay.”
“Alright, then there is
time for one more
prostration. Do it.”
This all seemed rather
blunt, direct and out of
character for Bhagavan.
I have been in his
presence many times, and
he is always sweet and
gentle. But I certainly
wasn’t going to question
him. I prostrated on my
face, and as I did, a
wonderful feeling went
through me. Bhagavan
began to laugh and asked
me, “How does it feel to
prostrate now, Michael?”
“It feels wonderful,
Bhagavan. This time I
feel so much joy,
because it is truly from
my heart.”
Bhagavan said that he
had seen me struggle
during the Deepening
when I was told “now
prostrate, now dance,
now express Gratitude,
now do this, now do
that” if I didn’t feel
it was authentic and
coming from my heart.
Bhagavan said that
before I left, he and
Amma wanted me to feel a
prostration from my
heart that felt right.
Then he said, “OK. We’re
really done, now. Time
is up. You can go.” We
all began to laugh, and
Amma was beaming. The
jewels that had been
mounted on their
foreheads began to glow,
and in that moment the
Oneness Guide outside
the chamber clapped his
hands to let me know my
three minutes were over.
Bhagavan didn’t waste a
fraction of a second.
After I came out of the
chamber, as I lay in
shavasan, I asked
Christ, “Jesus, where
were you?” Suddenly I
could feel his physical
presence right next to
me in the dark, and he
said “I was with you the
whole time. All forms
are mine.” Again I
laughed.
Later, as I was leaving
Nemam, I shared my
experience in the 2 nd
Chamber with Kumarji. I
told him that if people
back home experience
even a fraction of the
Divine power that I did
in the 2nd
Chamber, it will change
the world. He said they
are going to experience
much more than I did. I
can’t wait to see it.
This was my experience.
You will have your own.
Find a center offering
the 3 Chamber Process
near you, and make an
appointment. It’s time
to take the limitations
off your experience of
God, meet your Divine
face-to-face, and begin
to walk and talk with
your God!
Michael Milner – USA
Oneness Meditator &
Advanced Oneness Trainer
From: Rev Dr Michael
Milner & Rev Suzanne
Champlin
Subject: Shift Into Awakening with us! Chicago June 28-29, Tampa Bay July & August
Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013
From: Rev Dr
Michael Milner & Rev
Suzanne Champlin
Sent: Thursday, July
14, 2011
Subject: Message from
my heart
Dear Friends in
Oneness,
I rarely write to
you at such length,
but I feel deeply
moved to share with
you some things that
have been in my
heart.
An important quality
for spiritual growth
is BALANCE. In our
Passionate pursuit
of Awakening & God
Realization it is
all too easy to lose
BALANCE. What is
called for is
passionate steady
perseverance on the
Path. There is often
a fine line between
genuine healthy
passion for growth,
balanced with a calm
ACCEPTANCE of
ourselves exactly as
we are are in the
present moment,
versus a
not-so-healthy
ego-driven fanatical
desperation to get
where we want to go,
to become something
other than we are.
Growth begins where
we are, not where we
want to be. All
growth blossoms
naturally and
spontaneously from
simple AWARENESS of
"what is" in the
present moment,
without resistance,
and the acceptance
of ourselves exactly
as we are.
Recently, I have
seen many of my
sisters and brothers
struggling to BECOME
Awakened and God
Realized at the
expense of simply
BEING in peaceful,
trusting awareness
and acceptance of
themselves and of
reality as it is in
the here and now.
The struggle to
"become" is
suffering. Simply
Being in Awareness
is Bliss. Awakening
is a gift of Grace,
not an attainment
achieved through
Herculean efforts,
ego-driven by
desperation. Relax,
breathe, let go. All
is well. The Divine
is in full control
of this process and
all is unfolding
just as it should.
Trust the Divine,
and calmly persevere
in a gentle balanced
way.
Many of us have been
so focused on
"making it" to Full
Awakening, a sort of
"enlightenment-or-bust"
attitude, that we
may have become
disappointed if it
hasn't happened in
an expected
time-frame or we
haven't had the
means to attend a
special process in
India where we are
sure enlightenment
awaits us. Because
of our
tunnel-vision, we
may be unable to see
and appreciate with
Gratitude and
Humility the
profound Growth that
has already taken
place in us and
continues day by
day. As a result,
our faith for
Awakening could
begin to suffer and
we could lose our
enthusiasm for this
whole endeavor.
The Divine is fully
present here and
now. All the Grace,
everything you need
for awakening and
transformation, is
available to you
here and now.
When I come to the
Divine to receive
Deeksha for
Awakening & God
Realization, a
journey without end
or destination, I
drop my expectations
in trust and
surrender springing
from the awareness
that I am in fact
totally helpless. I
say to the Divine,
"You already know
what I want, my
passionate intent.
Give me what I need,
what I am actually
ready for, what is
best for me, what
will serve your Will
and Purpose and make
me a more effective
instrument for your
Grace in the world.
I trust you. I
surrender." Whatever
happens then, I am
humbly grateful and
full of awe, an awe
and gratitude I
would have missed if
my desires were set
on an imagined
outcome that did not
occur as I had hoped
or expected.
Remember that
Awakening is not
anything we may have
imagined it to be.
It is our natural
state. Our
expectations and
concepts get in the
way. Many of us have
had our sights set
on a full blown
cosmic fireworks
display, the
experience of some
paranormal
super-state, so much
so that we have
missed the simple
gentle
oh-so-ordinary and
nothing flashy
awareness of the
present moment free
from the resistance
and interference of
the mind. Too many
of us, obsessed with
the goal of our
dreams, have not
fully appreciated
how much we have
already grown in
Awareness, how
different our
experience of life
is now than when we
first began
receiving Deeksha.
Awakening is a
process, not an
imagined
destination. Enjoy
the journey. Be
patient. Take your
time, and remember
to smell the roses
along the way.
Many of us have been
going though
overwhelming
challenges and life
circumstances this
year, all while
passionately
pursuing spiritual
growth. If we dwell
on the melodrama,
rehearsing it in our
minds over and over
again, telling our
friends the story to
gain their sympathy
and support, we just
perpetuate the
problem, because the
outer world will
faithfully reflect
our inner state
which we are
perpetuating by
continuing to dwell
on the story. As
long as this
continues, we are
increasingly caught
in illusion thinking
"something is
terribly wrong", and
our consciousness
contracts in fear,
which is the core
charge of the mind.
Sri Amma Bhagavan
teaches that all
other emotional
charges are
by-products of fear,
and that all
so-called human
suffering is the
result of running
away from suffering.
If we find ourselves
caught in this web,
we need to return to
the core teachings
of Oneness and
practice the "Art of
Suffering". That is
to drop the story
and ask for Grace to
become aware of the
underlying emotional
charge, the feeling
of contraction
rooted in fear.
Embrace it in
awareness without
resistance and it
will begin to expand
and release its
grip. Causeless
peace, joy and love
will result, and we
will begin to see
that this situation
has been the perfect
occasion for our
learning and growth.
Insights and answers
will come, and we
will again remember
that the Divine is
in control and all
is well.
We need each other
to make it through
the journey ahead.
Community is
essential. This is a
collective awakening
and shift, not an
individual obsession
with our own
personal awakening.
It helps our process
dramatically, maybe
more than we
realize, to receive
(and give) Deeksha
regularly, to share
our struggles and
breakthroughs with
our local community
and to pray for one
anothers needs.
I encourage you to
commit yourself to
support the work of
an active Oneness
Trainer and to
participate in as
many of the the
meetings and
processes offered by
that Trainer as you
can. This could be
the Trainer who
initiated you as a
Deeksha Giver or the
one who first
introduced you to
Deeksha, or it could
just be a Oneness
Trainer who lives
close to you that
you feel drawn to
work with. We
Trainers have been
given special tools
and grace to assist
you with your
process, and we have
each been asked to
gather a core group
of at least 35
people to work
directly with us and
to to be part of the
70,000 beings who
will help Sri Amma
Bhagavan bring about
a shift in the
collective
consciousness of
Humanity. If you are
called to be part of
this aspect of our
work, let us (or
another trainer you
feel drawn to) know
as soon as possible.
One more thing:
Deeksha is a gift to
all of Humanity. It
does not belong to
any single spiritual
tradition, religion
or belief system.
You may be Jewish,
Buddhist, Christian,
Muslim, Taoist,
Hindu, Pagan, New
Age, Indigenous,
Agnostic or Atheist.
Oneness is for
everyone. Some
people approach
higher consciousness
from a purely
secular and
scientific viewpoint
with no interest in
religion at all.
Deeksha supports all
paths. Not everyone
has an enthusiasm
for rituals and
devotion to the
Divine in a personal
form as embodied in
Bhakti Yoga. There
are many different
paths to Oneness
suited to people
with different
interests and
temperaments, like
the path of "Self
Inquiry" which asks
"Who am I?" as a way
to Awakening that
has nothing to do
with ritual or
devotion to God. If
Oneness Bhakti Yoga
hasn't been your cup
of tea, don't worry,
you are not alone.
Although I
personally love the
path of Bhakti, I
have been hearing
this lament from a
number of people,
including Christians
who would like
something more
focused on Christ,
others who have no
devotion to a
personal God and
still others who
just need a
different approach.
Oneness has
something for
everyone. There are
many teachings and
processes, like the
Oneness Experience,
the Oneness
Awakening, 64
Deekshas, weekly
webcast meditations,
secular and
inter-faith Oneness
Blessing meetings
and teleconferences
being offered
throughout the
world. There is no
need to insist that
everyone share a
common passion for
Indian spirituality.
As Oneness Trainers
it is our job to
offer Deeksha in an
way that is open and
sensitive to all
paths and responsive
to the needs and
traditions of the
people we are
serving. For
example, in response
to many requests
from Christians in
the Oneness
community, I am
developing something
for the exploration
of Mystical
Christianity for
those with a
connection to Christ
and the Christ
Consciousness (more
on that in the
future). How about
Oneness and Kabbalah
for our Jewish
friends, Oneness and
Sufism for our
Muslim friends,
Oneness and Brain
Science for the
scientists among us?
There are so many
possibilities. Let's
keep the door open.
We love you, and we
are here to support
you in your process.
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