How To See God - A Book About God Visions and Secrets of Life

I have already posted on my other two blogs and so why not post on this blog too, I thought. My Kindle eBook "How To See God: God Visions in Real Life" and "How To See God: The Book of Secrets, Miracles and Visions" are both available on Amazon Kindle.

I started this blog when I became fully spiritual. So, it is appropriate I post both these books here. The second book is a shorter and crisper weekend reading version and the first version is a detailed philosophical version. The second one is priced at $0.99 and the former at $2.99. The second one is only about the miracles, secrets and visions alone. The first one is detailed, philosophical and full of wisdom.

You may read the first one for free through your Kindle Unlimited and I can view the KENP of the book on my reports. KENP is Kindle Edition Normalized Pages wherein the number of pages you read will reflect on my daily reports. For you, the book will be free, as you enroll in Amazon Kindle Unlimited. If you find this book interesting, make a purchase! I will also continue to post about health, spirituality and the conventional wisdom of India.

My three babies (blogs) all deserve attention! I have left them without giving them proper attention for so long! Now, it is time to nurture them and help them grow! http://rationalfilms.blogspot.in/
http://spiritscienceindia.blogspot.in/ and http://howtoseegodform.blogspot.in/ are my three babies. All three of them are doing really well. The elder one Rational Films is doing just that great!

Siddha Ayurveda Allopathy: Robert Svoboda and Healer Baskar

Anything that goes against the modern materialistic Allopathic methods creates an outrage, even when merely the merits of a natural way of living are discussed. On Facebook I posted thus: "Excessive reliance on hygiene is the cause of all diseases".

I was just repeating what Robert Svoboda had once said (click "said" for the video) that the body needed some exposure to the environment to remain healthy.

The ones who are squeamish and dogmatic about environmental pollution, dust and germs are going to grow allergic and unhealthy, said Robert Svoboda. I, of course, stated the same as my opinion too. The argument is quite logical.

I just saw through that Facebook discussion how people would cling to their beliefs and alternatives. It also seemed to baffle or threaten their sense of well being. They just wanted to be assured they were right. Robert Svoboda is known to sleep anywhere he gets to.

So, getting close to nature and environment, although surrounded by contamination, pollution and adulteration could at least help us live longer. Remember, that Allopathic treatment failed big time to help people with longevity. And I bet you would not be happy living a long life with surgeries, support systems and drugs.

Healer Baskar (Click on name to visit the website)

Another man who takes a different, pragmatic and phenomenal approach to good health and preaches the same in all languages in all countries is Healer Baskar. His 10 Part free videos are gifts from heaven. He talks even for free or for whatever is given to him or for donations to his Anatomic Therapy (Product/Book/Download links are affiliate links) Foundation.

It's a noble effort by a young man who lives his heart and soul every moment, after a series of turmoils and turbulence in his own life. One would wish that at any turn of life he not lose his sense of nobility. I would just want this to continue in the same fashion. Any bit of tiny self interest here could prove to be detrimental to the whole doctrine.

You can view the videos from the tabs on the right hand side of the website. He suggests hundreds of measures to live a natural way of life with ease. The videos go on for 30 long hours and are divided into ten parts. Here are just a few of his tips that can help you witness a remarkable change in your own body:

1) Eat with Closed Mouth (Indians do not have the habit of closing their lips while eating. We also talk and chat while eating. He advises that we (must) swallow food completely and then talk. Do not open your mouth until you chew and swallow your food.)

2) Do not drink water while eating (He states that drinking and eating are two different activities. They must not be done at the same time. You must not drink water half an hour before eating and half an hour after eating. More importantly, you must not drink water, rasam, soup, buttermilk, juice or anything while eating or even as a starter.)

3) Eat when hungry, drink when thirsty (There was an Agriculturist called Nammazhwar who recently died. He had the same notions when it came to longevity and health. In fact, he was a sort of contemporary pioneer in this regard. So, Healer Baskar too says that one has to eat only when one is hungry. Not otherwise. You must drink water only when you are thirsty. Not any other time.)

The whole of Healer Baskar's monologue leads to these three points as the gist of it. I have had terrible health most of my life after teenage. I have followed only these three steps and I saw remarkable improvement in my health. I shed several kilograms of unnecessary weight. He also suggests ways to increase weight, once you lose them within a couple of months.

Taste therapy is another interesting style of treatment. He suggests that anger, worry, sorrow, anxiety, etc. can be overcome by eating sweet, sour, bitter, astringent, pungent and salty tastes. They can also treat Liver, Eyes, Kidney, Bladder, Heart, Intestines and many other body parts. All these are treated through the tastes.

He also suggests breathing techniques for good health. Robert Svoboda and Healer Baskar are of different leagues. But they are both similar and different. The earnestness of Vimalananda would go with Robert Svoboda in honing one's spiritual self through Yoga whereas for Healer Baskar, they are "also" meant for the common people in terms of giving them good health. This doesn't mean to say that Robert Svoboda thinks otherwise.

I was also surprised that when I saw Healer Baskar mention Vipassana (a 10 day meditation program), I casually read through Robert Svoboda's website to find out that he had been to the 10 day program of Vipassana, after SN Goenka's death. I came across all these at the same time.

You can also read Robert Svoboda's Ayurveda: Life, Health and Longevity or Prakriti: Your Ayurvedic Constitution for clear understanding of Ayurveda. Hardly anyone explains complex facts as Robert Svoboda does. He can also reach out to the contemporary young generation. Such is his language. He is a lot mystical and a lot practical at the same time.

Healer Baskar suggests other fun and easy methods to maintain good health, including Mudra Therapy, Air Therapy, Food Therapy and many other methods. All these are worth your time. Money is secondary when it comes to Ayurveda, Siddha and other traditional methods. You don't need to spend more as you do in Allopathic treatment.

Healer Baskar seems to have learned from all cultures including Islamic traditions of medicine. Treatment is always free from nature. You can take foods that act as medicines and you don't need any particular medicine. And this method also offers the liberty that you can eat anything and everything. You can also eat any amount of food you want. Yet, you can stay in good health.

It's high time we put aside our fears and our natural propensity to succumb to commercial codswallop. It is, of course, possible to lead a long life without falling prey to surgical knives. It's not We vs Them. It's simply meant for our own lives that we have every right to live with complete satisfaction and a feeling of well being!

Robert Svoboda Meets Carlos Castaneda - Criticisms and Faking

Both have been phenomenal. They implanted spiritual beliefs in both the East and the West to the modern society - a breakaway from the regular spiritual garbage heaps. You could argue that Carlos Castaneda wasn't as spiritual. Well, that depends on your definition of spirituality.

His life or the controversies that later arose gave us different pictures. But he was honest. He was at least honest that he didn't portray himself as a man with a squeaky-clean heart. He portrayed himself with the limitations of a 1960's American who was more material than the Yaqui Indian he met.

I began with Robert Svoboda though with Aghora (Product/Book links are Affiliate links) I, II and III. He literally made me run for my life with me losing even my basic subsistence. Part of the Karma goes to him while I retain the other part to myself. I also believe that all he has incurred through me are good karmas. There is a reason for this that I will come back to later.

Is Carlos Castaneda's Don Juan real? Is Robert Svoboda's Vimalananda in Aghora real?

If Carlos Castaneda's Don Juan is real depends on what you are looking at. As Robert Svoboda had said, in one of his books, subjective reality is more real than objective reality, as objective reality is transient. We don't live longer than 120 years in most cases. We are just a mere speck in the macrocosm.

I do not also know if Carlos and Robert Svoboda had been friends or if Carlos inspired Robert Svoboda. I can strongly believe that they met with similar fates. In Aghora II, as well, the one who has written the foreword has expressed doubts on Vimalananda's existence or reality. And once, Robert Svoboda expressed shock over such disbelief in one of his articles.

Don Juan could be a pseudonym or a changed name whether or not Carlos Castaneda mentioned it. I also believe that such amount of wisdom is not possible for an individual as Carlos. He also rightly expresses his moods and reactions to Don Juan's teachings. He would have strained himself a huge deal, if he had written it all by himself or through research alone. I think such neat works of his could not have been possible without a man as Don Juan.

Well, if that sounds a bit amateurish on my part, I would say that it is relatively easy to come across such people. I have easily seen people who have nature at their behest or to whom it is very close to and who live in harmony with nature. Perhaps, it is so alien to the West that has changed perception to believe (only) in proof. Simply put, things exist without proof.

I do not also find the arguments against Don Juan's existence convincing. Their reliance on dates, CC's whereabouts, alibi, etc. make little sense. What if he was deliberate with the dates? What if he deliberately concealed the identity of Don Juan? Such people don't like to be seen, I know. Not everyone walks the red carpet, smiles and waves in front of the camera in Cannes or give you Presidential address. Those are not the only realities because we see them.

Although not culture-specific, Don Juan's teachings can come from a man so woven into some culture. Not by someone who flips through at the library. Even if Carlos Castaneda did so, I would only think that, of course, I want to learn more about Robert Svoboda's and Carlos Castaneda's works after reading them both in full.

I can also ask a lot of natives about it and learn further but I would also be aware that such knowledge or wisdom is not possible for all in a culture. Vimalananda is not possible at every turn of Mumbai. You would see more of Mercs and Audis in Mumbai than Vimalanandas. It's a place of money and pleasures than about Vimalanandas, (as mentioned in Aghora itself).

A Look into Aghora and Vimalananda

I feel a bit of a blasphemy analyzing Vimalananda's existence for he (or Robert Svoboda) has literally shown me a different world where I now live. To me, Vimalananda is a person who will exist throughout my life in me. He made his wisdom so profound that I immediately latched onto it.

It was actually no different because I was used to mythology through my mother and grandparents who so rightly interpreted them for me. Robert Svoboda, Vimalananda or Aghora didn't feel any strange for me to have me feel that they were lying anywhere. Some of Kinaram's myths, other popular myths have been swept into Aghora goes one of the observations.

When I read the book, I did know that. I was taken aback by the profound meanings and wisdom with which the stories were told. It was the interpretation by Vimalananda that made me fall in love with them than the myths or stories themselves. As I completed the first book, I was so renewed. I disentangled myself from the Maya which had woven around me so much.

The second and the third were profound sources of wisdom too. The second deals with Vimalananda's teachings, the teacher and the taught. Here, we do get to learn more from an actual source of wisdom. You can find the wisdom through their discussions as well as the events that take place. The third goes much further in bringing you wisdom from the daily life of Aghori Vimalananda with Robert Svoboda.

It started slowly and I was tired of reading about horses until it hit me bang like Kundalini itself. Of course, it is not that easy to even mention the experience. I know how such kind of modern/contemporary seers help people with things. I have known a few in my childhood but now I don't know where they are.

They looked just like ordinary men than holy men. I would be lucky if I found one, when I actually understand their doings. The third part of Aghora, the Law of Karma, is the most realistic, as it also talks in depth about the karma involved between people and relationships.

More than if Vimalananda is real, the book, the events, experiences, the message, wisdom, the change it causes to your life, etc. are real. And Vimalananda is real too, as some people have accounted for his existence. There are real living people who knew Vimalananda. I have a mentor too. I do not unnecessarily talk about him or let people know that I know him. Nor would he like it. So, as I keep it a secret, it does not become any less real because time does erase everyone's existence.

The Conclusion

I am just thankful to both Carlos Castaneda and Robert Svoboda or should I say Robert Svoboda (as he still lives his good stead) and Carlos Castaneda because of the profound wisdom that they have filled me with. I now understand the purpose of my soul (if it in fact has one). I now understand what I need to do. I would have been blind to the "real" world without these two great Americans.

Many Americans quite gullible enough tend to fall into cults which is more of their mistake than those who founded the cults. And Don Juan didn't give Carlos Castaneda the wisdom and nobility that Vimalananda gave Robert Svoboda. The former could have given but Carlos could have been selective. I don't attach the teachings of these four great men to their personality or their individual selves. I leave it to my capacity to interpret them as best as I can and take the best out of them.

Those who criticized both the authors and their mentors were actually insecure of their own lives, which I can see even in their posts and comments on many forums. They did not even adequately understand themselves nor their lives to actually criticize both Robert Svoboda and Carlos Castaneda. Both of them are keys to forgotten wisdom.

I cannot even interpret a deity's form in my 26 years of life in India, since my birth. Robert Svoboda does it for me. He is a great source of wisdom and I understand his language. He explains every little detail about Gods and Goddesses of India. It's a great tradition for us humans that of the likes of Carl Jung, Robert Svoboda and Carlos Castaneda. I know there are many other.

Just take a shift in your perception to see how different the world is from the mistaken interpretation of the world by our senses. We have put all our irrational emotions into interpreting the world. That shift in the perception can keep you eternally happy and will help you understand life as it is, even if you are stripped to the bone.

To transcend fear is the path of Aghora and so does Don Juan teach the same to Carlos Castaneda. Fear is an illusion and we believe illusion is real. To have your worst of illusions removed is the best thing that can happen in your life. Time and again, all religions and cultures have been echoing this one truth to all of us. These four men brought it out very clearly, in a language that we understand.

It is time for us to understand this and move on with our lives to further unraveling of truth than to use our limited intellects to guide us into questioning truths. A particle observed can change its path when observed. So, reality is multidimensional than the three dimensional reality we live in. We are a sort of flatlanders. We need to pop out and understand our existence and live every moment of our life with sheer and real joy!

Both the Aghora series (of Vimalananda) and Carlos Castaneda's books (of Don Juan) help you transcend and gain huge wisdom! I salute these men!