Author: Udayan Bakshi
Organization: OneMind International (www.oneMind.in)
The ‘four’ strong signs of a spiritually
enlightened being.
Today as if there is a flood, a flood of spiritual Gurus,
spiritual coaches, spiritual experts, apart from the ever growing industry of
the spiritual Baba(s) & Maa(s).
And this is an indication that the society or the masses are
desperate in seeking something. Something good of course! The main ingredient
of any movement in this universe – whether good or bad, is ‘Faith’. If I have
faith in something, what so ever it may be, I will certainly succeed in that
endeavor. And that is the only reason, I really appreciate the mushrooming of
the spiritual industry – ‘something’ which is doing ‘some’ good to someone.
As if the humanity is rising from a deep slumber of
restlessness to a wakeful state. This is the first step. The second step is to
raise the consciousness to a level, where these ‘mediatory concept’ of
Spiritual-Coaches etc are no more needed. A child cannot be a child always. A
child must grow up. A sapling cannot be sapling always and if it is not growing
into a tree, then something is wrong, either with the gardener or the
environment or in the DNA of the sapling. We all have to follow the same
natural process of evolution – whether of the body, of the mind or of the soul.
Once Swami Vivekananda said, “ It is vain to preach against
the use of symbols, and why should we preach against them? There is no reason
why man should not use symbols. They have them in order to represent the ideas
signified behind them. This universe is a symbol, in and through which we are
trying to grasp the thing signified, which is beyond and behind. The spirit is
the goal, and not matter. Forms, images, bells, candles, books, churches,
temples, and all holy symbols are very good, very helpful to the growing plant
of spirituality, but thus far and no farther. In the test majority of cases, we find that the plant does not grow. It
is very good to be born in a church, but it is very bad to die in a church. It
is very good to be born within the limits of certain forms that help the little
plant of spirituality, but if a man dies within the bounds of these forms, it
shows that he has not grown, that there has been no development of the soul.
There could be thousands of signs of a person who has grown
spiritually. And basically there is nothing to judge, we everyone is the tiny
wave in the ocean of super-consciousness.
Yet, if someone comes to you at midnight 12 o’clock and say
“it is a bright and sunny day now!”, we should be able to distinguish with our
wisdom, logic and consciousness.
From the eyes of the ordinary man, I see 4 simple signs, yet
very profound and powerful, to distinguish the so called (self designated)
spiritual gurus, coaches, teachers in the market from the “REAL ONE”.
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2. Voice : This
is a universal thumb rule. The voice of a spiritual person has to be deep and
soothing. And that is the very quality, which mesmerize the masses, apart from
other attributes. It is not possible that I have a husky, coarse and a rough
tone of voice and I am spiritually expanded. This is a universal sign, which we
can check with the people around us, who are spiritually matured. There is no
exception, and in case you see an exception, beware!
3. Physically
balanced: Just tell me one thing,
what is meant by Chakra Healing, Energy Healing, Pranic Healing etc?
Those terms simply means that the energy centers in our body
are totally balanced, healthy and tuned – physically, psychologically and in
the terms of Aura and our bio-electromagnetism. It is never possible that I am
a “Chakra Healing Expert” and overweight? I am a Pranic Healer and do not have control
on my temperament. It is just IMPOSSIBLE that your body is un-balanced and you
say that you are a spiritual coach or guru. Because just like, I cannot carry a
pot-belly and claim myself to be an aerobic trainer, similarly, I should be
totally balanced both physically and mentally, then only I can enter the
spiritual dimension, else not!
4. Aura: This is
a subconscious clue. The moment you enter into the aura field of a spiritually
enlightened person, no words are required, no lectures, no techniques,
practically nothing is required. A strange unknown force will attract you
towards that person. The presence itself will be divine and you tend to go to a
theta state of mind, a meditative state of mind. You need not try, you are
drawn.
I am a layman, I do not know the technicalities of mantras,
asanas and spirituality. But I am a
rational and an intelligent life created by the divine. Any clown in the name
of faith, religion and spiritual jargons cannot make me blind, cannot cheat me
anymore. Cannot play with my divinity, which is deep inside me. I am in the
path of spiritual evolution. If I get a ‘real guru’, I will be grateful, even
if I do not get one, I will still move ahead in the path of spiritual
enlightenment because that is what we all are destined, irrespective of whoever
or whatever we are right now!
Traders and manipulators, please excuse. Now I know the 4
simple, yet universally proven signs to decide that you are Divine or just an
ordinary person like me, taking me for granted!
