Law of Miracles – a borrowed title from Paramhansa Yogananda

Ever since the mental aspect of the subconscious has cleared, the shakti is now working on the vital physical of the subconscient.  Unless you are very familiar with the terminology of Sri Aurobindo, it will sound like mumbo jumbo. 

What is becoming clear is the law or control over Prana.  How it can be achieved.  It does NOT mean that I am any way closer to having that control.  Previously, when I would do Sankalpa, things would happen but I had no understanding how or when or by what process it is accomplished.  Just like there is a science of how the gross universe operates, there is a precise science by which miracles occur, how the subtle or astral universe operates and how the changes occur.  It reminds me now Paramhansa Yogananda described superficially how Jesus resurrected himself.  There are definite steps or process to it.

When one does Sankalpa things and changes occur.  First in order to do Sankalpa one must clear the mind completely and also establish ones eye and full concentration at the Agna chakra.  When one is established at the Agna chakra and has contact with the holy ghost (or OM or Universal Prana or Shakti), then one has to merge as best as possible and wish or do a Sankalpa.  At that time, with the power and grace of the Holy Ghost or Om or Shakti, the mechanism is activated.  This starts acting on the prana of the body and in order to have results without restraints, one has to seperate ones consciousness from the prana and watch the prana act under the guidance of the Universal prana and the results are achieved.

This is how, one has to slowly learn to do a Sankalpa and stop ones heart from beating and how to stop breathing completely and remain in Samadhi for a longer time.  Paramhansa Yogananda told me how to do this about 3  years ago.  It took me this long to understand what he said and God only knows how many more years it will take to master the technique!

Swami Rama was able to stop his heart for a few minutes (and this was observed by Physicians).  Sri Yukteshwar did it also and Yogananda panicked thinking he had passed away.  My gurudev, Sombargiri Maharaja was observed to do that for 3 years at a stretch.

Anyway enough for now.  This may seem all theoritical and not necessary to be be with God, but I humbly beg to difer.  It is very essential to become a Master of all before one is given the privilege of mergin in the infinite.

One last example of the power of this Sankalpa and over the prana is by Kankuben.  She was a very advanced and enlightened disciple of Gurudev.  Once Gurudev had visited her and after a short stay decided to leave.  Kankuben did not want her Guru to leave.  So she went to the bus stop where Gurudev had just climbed up.  Kankuben did “tratak” and no matter how hard the bus driver tried the bus would not start.  Finally Gurudev got off the bus and told Kankuben to release the bus and she broke her trataka and the bus started.

Another example which Gurudev gave me was an example of one of his disciples. He never told me the name of his disciple.  Gurudev in his very typical style said, “I only give this initiation to those who are educated. Let me tell you a story. I once initiated a cowheard (one who rears cows).  He was not educated.  (I believe Gurudev was pointing out that those who are not educated can make tremendously more progress than the so called educated person).  The cowheard came to me (Gurudev), crying.  Gurudev asked him, why are you so upset.  The man replied, Ganapati dada is very upset with me.  Gurudev asked him, why do you say that?  The man replied the, whole idol or murti of Ganapati dada shattered today.  Gurudev explained, to me, this man had a tremendous “trataka”. He did trataka on the idol of Ganesh and when he lifted his eyes and looked around the idol would go up in the air following his gaze!. Finally when the gaze was broken or trataka was broken the idol fell down and was shattered!

Anyway, what happens is that the trataka when perfected, acts through the prana to achieve these results, just like the way Sankalpa does the same thing. 

In order to perfect the technique, one has to understand the mechanism!.  In short the steps are as follows.  Get the mind bereft of desires, tratka on Om or the holy Ghost, watch shakti act on the physical prana and see the results.  However, for this to be achieved, one has to be able to seperate the consciousness completely from the Prana.

Once again, the soul is encased in 5 shells.  Anandamayi kosha, Gyanmayi kosha, manomayi kosha, prana mayi kosha and then the physical body.  Anandamayi kosha is the karana or causal body.  The combination of gyan, manomaya and prana is the subtle body and the gross or anna kosha needs no explanation.

Spiritual progress are in 2 directions.  Horizontal where one has to split the consciousness from all of these 5 koshas or cells and vertical, meaning when the consciousness seperated from these, then the prana has to ascend from the muladhar to the Sahastrar to meet God.

One last final word of caution.  Different saints have described the same phenomenon based on what was more predominant in them.  Traditional Yoga sees and describes things based on the prana and where it travels and how it ascends.

The philosophy of Aurobindo is based on consciousness.  So when he describes things outside the body, he refers to the consciousness. However, the prana could still be in the lower chakras!  Please do not believe that one has reached a high state because of experiences of the consciousness outside the body.  Perfection is reached when prana travels from the lower chakras to the Sahastrar. 

Others describe the same experience based on Shakti.  However, shakti and consciousness are the 2 sides of the coin.  (my experience and that is how Sri Aurobindo describes it).