Saturday, September 12, 2009

HYPNOSIS



HYPNOSIS
In the days of Bade Maharaj Ji, it was remarked that He hypnotizes the sangat and that is why people listen to him with rapt attention and request for Nam for His discipleship. This was meant to give a negative publicity to Sant Mat as it was deemed to be a threat to traditional religions. But it generated a lot of curiosity amongst many at that time and they were naturally pulled for hearing satsangs. Some special souls may have had extraordinary experience but the majority may have had His Darshan only-- without realizing that Darshan of a perfect Saint are the net effect of blessed Karmas and a destined plan of the Supreme Being.

Adi Granth says--
TARAS PAYA MEIN REHMAT HOI SATGUR SAJAN MILYA
Taras—means mercy; Rehmat ---means grace; Sajan—the best benefactor, friend.
When the Supreme Being bestows mercy –nay not the mercy alone—but when the mercy is accompanied by grace of the Lord only then one meets the True Guru. Most of us remain unaware and unconscious of this great happening in our lives and consider that as if we have met the Satguru casually.
The next line reads

NANAK NAM MILYE TA JEEVANA TAN MANN THEEVE HARYA
Jeevana—means to live (everlasting life—devoid of death); Theeve Harya--- means the blossoming in to greenery or blissfulness. Says Guru Nanak Sahib that only if one is blessed by Nam by the Satguru, only then one can attain the life-ad infinitum of peace and real happiness.

Mercy + grace of the Lord for meeting the Satguru, and then gift of Nam ( by the Satguru) are the pre requisite in that order for the redemption of the self.

Act of mercy + grace will always be an unconscious experience. The rest can be physically, mentally and emotionally felt and experienced. The former may be a congenital hypnotic trance due to Divine intervention but the latter may be wakeful state of focused attention and persuasive suggestibility.

In Adi Granth, two words-- Nam and Satguru-- are very complex but traditional devotees simplify them into the “alphabetical name of the Lord” and believe that the “sacred scripture is the Satguru or past Gurus are the only Satgurus”. If these two words are interpreted as per Sant mat, then Nam is the creative power and Satguru is the one who carries the Divine mandate to reveal its technique for accessing the website of Nam. Satguru is not the person per se, but the living personification of that Supreme Teacher and Teachings—which once imbibed can raise the human being to His level.

When Adi Granth is understood as explained in the forgoing lines, the whole concept and meaning of Adi Granth stands transformed. Then we question ourselves, within, why we never rightly understood these two words. But we also know that the precise moment of mercy+grace cannot be timed.

Read any scripture with these thoughts and we will realize that we missed the core and crux of grand spiritual heritage of sacred texts that is our natural inheritance.

Coming back to Hypnosis, who would not like to go through the state where one is fully occupied (hypnotized) by the thoughts, teaching, meditation, service, devotion to the Satguru and of Nam in wakeful state or sleep or dreams. Infact through Sant Mat we come out of our self hypnosis of family, society, relationships, religions etc and get elevated to the spell of our Satguru. The latter is the key to the Real Understanding.

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