Mystic Mantra: The displaced bond...

The concept of guru-shishya, which was the basis of the vedic culture and for the movement of gyan in creation, has now devolved into a business relationship. A misconception which has dawned into beings of this yug is that if I have money, I can buy gyan of my guru or if I have power, I can force gyan of my guru for commercial favours or if I have looks, I can entice gyan of my guru, of course, through sexual favours.

I make the above statements by studying the behavioural patterns of many so-called spiritual organisations generally, where I find the rich and pretty in the innermost circle of the guru, and specifically through my own experiences with the hundreds who have come to me at Dhyan Ashram. The above three cases of money, power and looks are completely redundant in the world of gyan and the science of spirit, as they are all forms of maya. Maya follows a yog guru, a yog guru does not follow maya.

An accomplished yogi can create as much money as he desires with only a thought or he can get any work executed in the world with just a thought and if he feels the need for sexual gratification, then any kind of beauty and looks in his partner is just a thought away.

For nearly 25 years, I have been trying to explain this reality of opening bondages of maya, not untying yourself more through various means. The majority who come to me keep telling what they want, how they can achieve it and how I can bless them and how they already know everything. (Once the situation got so funny that one of my so-called shishya, during her daughter’s wedding, asked me to raise both my hands and give strong blessings to the newly married couple!) Unfortunately, for them and fortunately for me, the blessings of kalyug are such that my yogic force is continuously growing inside me, maybe more for a body to handle in this environment of present yug and no shishya to take it from me.

The path to shaktipat is actually so simple, all you have to do is — “Dhyan moolam guru murti, puja moolam guru padam, mantra moolam guru vakyam, moksha moolam guru kripa” — and you can take all that I have and nobody seems to want it. Today I can realise the plight of Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Satyanand and Swamiji Maharaj of Datiya, why their phenomenal force was lost back in creation...

Yogi Ashwini, the guiding light of Dhyan Foundation, is an authority on yoga, tantra and the Vedic sciences. His recent book is Sanatan Kriya, The Ageless Dimension. Contact him at dhyan@dhyanfoundation.com