Steve wrote: "For a variety of reasons I had decided in July of 2005 to leave the Devi Mandir where I had been with my guru Shree Maa for 6 years."
So, why did Steve leave? What is this part of the story? http://www.shreemaa.org/index.htm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/78765 --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: "aumm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;> Subject: > Beautiful Reports Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 23:39:37 -0600 > > 11/8 > > Hi, > > I went to my first and only deeksha program on 8/15/04. I was on a plane to > India on 8/28. So much happened to me as a result of that deeksha that my > only debate was should I go to India? Why go if it all was happening before > my eyes right here in Austin? Looking back I can both say that I am so glad > that I went (priceless) and there is no need to go....it is unfolding > perfectly here. In the end some of you will be called to go and most to > stay. How will you know? You will know if you are sitting on a plane going > to India. It isn't for everyone and there is no other way for those end up > going. > > Here are two reports I just read today. Each is about India. The first is > from Steve Klayman who just returned and will be giving deeksha with me on > Friday: > > Dear friends, > > As some of you may know I have recently moved back to my house in Austin. I > am glad to be home. I got back sept.16 and promptly left for India on sept. > 30. Now I am here to stay. I will tell you my story briefly because it is an > exciting one for me and the many thousands of others. For a variety of > reasons I had decided in July of 2005 to leave the Devi Mandir where I had > been with my guru Shree Maa for 6 years. I had planned to return to austin > by oct. 1. In late july a TM friend and a member of the Devi Mandir family, > Steven Shimer, said to me at his house in Fairfield, California, "Steve, I > have made more spiritual progress in the last 3 weeks than I have made in > the last 10 years." I asked what he was doing and he and Kathy Unger, his > wife told me they were going to Berkeley each week for deeksha. Of course I > asked what was deeksha. He explained to me that some people had been to > India and been trained by two saints, Bhagavan and Amma, to transmit the > Divine energy into peoples crown chakra and that they would begin a rapid > process of enlightenment or awakening. I trusted Steve and Kathy completely > and i went. Each of the first 3 times I went I found it pleasant but nothing > to get excited about. Some people loved it right from the start. I went a > 4th time and I thought my socks would get blown right off my feet. The bliss > was intense and I could barely walk or drive. WOW!!!! This was what they > were talking about. I decided to stay in the Bay area and really check it > out. Other friends checked it out also. Fantastic was the final decision. I > have had the spiritual experiences I had been reading about for decades. And > I continue to have them daily and they continue to deepen. I had given up on > enlightenment. I knew many spiritual people from many different disciplines. > The one thing they had in common was they talked about enlightenment. If > anybody had it, well...... it certainly was not for the masses. Even those > who did hard sadhana had very little to show for it. Bhagavan and Amma are > avatars whose specialty is enlightenment. They have trained me to pass on > this Divine energy through deeksha. There is no teaching, no techniques to > do, nothing to read. Just come and receive deeksha with an attitude of > gratitude. Bhagavan calls himself a technician. Just as you sit in the chair > and open your mouth for the dentist, so you sit in the chair and let the > person place the Golden energy into your head. Thats it. > > > Namaste, Dr. Steve Klayman > > That says it all! I will point although deeksha is very powerful, many like > Steve went a number of times before they actually felt the depths of what > was happening to them. I think it happens from the start but sometimes the > nervous system, mind, etc. takes awhile to unwind enough for it to be felt. > That's why I believe it is good to come as much as your inner guidance feels > is apropriate for you. Deeksha is the most powerful energy for enlightenment > that I have ever experienced! > > This next report may seem a little far fetched for some but I know that it > isn't. In India, some of the deekshas they gave us were to talk to various > Beings. There is so much that I could say but I think she says it best in > the report: > > > > Dear William, > > I hope you are well and I am looking forward to seeing you in December. > > I have tried to write you a couple of times about this but somehow have had > trouble getting it "on paper". > > I guess what I would say is that Bhagwan has been very directive in my life > lately. He doesn't let me off the hook til I do what he tells me. As you > know I came to Austin for the meeting about India even though I really > didn't think that we could really go yet, if ever. The money wasn't there > and the time didn't seem to work too well either. But we came for the > meeting anyway and it was a great blessing to us. I am overwhelmed now just > remembering. We got to see you and meet other great folks there in Austin, > and we also got the chance to see Steve and visit with him before he took > off for India. > > Well India continued to be on my mind but finally one evening ---- (my > husband) said, I think we'll go, but perhaps not in January. I felt almost > relieved and at that point mentally moved on. But the next day I woke up > very unsettled and restless. We went for a walk and on the walk I turned to > ----(my husband) and said that Bhagwan was telling me that I had to get my > passport up to date. For the next week I went through that process, > complicated somewhat by needing to get a certified copy of my marriage > license. But he was relentless until I got that application in the mail. > And I have to tell you, it seems that Bhagwan can be a bit of a > slave-driver. How do I know it was Bhagwan? Well (right now that feeling > overcomes me again) here's what else he told me to do. > > When I went to the site for the Oneness University I saw a picture of > Bhagwan and Amma sitting in state with their eyes closed. When I looked at > that picture it was like a deeksha came over me again and I went into that > feeling of peace and almost numbness, but it's an alive numbness that I feel > from my cheekbones up to the crown of my head. I knew I had to have that > picture in my home. So I got ---(my husband) to print it out for me and > then I knew I had to find a frame. I went to the store and looked for a > frame. But as I looked at the frames I liked they didn't quite seem right. > Then as I looked at one that I might not have normally chosen, I felt that > feeling again and I knew Bhagwan had chosen it. At first I was skeptical > and looked around some more just to be sure, but again he was persistent. > So I bought it. > > The picture looked great in it but I found that I couldn't hang it on the > wall as I had planned because it didn't have a hanger on the right side for > it to hang correctly. Darn. So back to the store and even to Michael's to > try to fix the frame. No fixing the frame, and yes, that was still the frame > that Bhagwan wanted. So the picture now sits on a nice chest in my living > room, not on the wall at all. > > I told Alison about all this, and she told me that she thought that pictures > like that were not supposed to be hung anyway and should be set on a > surface. Oh. Well, we are guided even in our ignorance. > > As for the money, a large and unexpected check came in the mail. Of course > I said, well, maybe. Let's see if it happens again, then we'll go to India. > This month it happened again. As my excuses are eliminated my feelings of > anxiety mount. Now if we can just figure out the timing of this thing and > how to handle my aging dogs... Wow, I am totally blissed out right now. > > Sorry this is so long, but I wanted to update you. > > Love, > > Beautiful....thanks for sharing taking the time to "get it on paper". We > are all enriched. The pictures of Amma and Bhagavan are called Sri Murtis. > The are considered portals to them and quite a bit of energy comes through > them. Often they speak and perform through the Sri Murtis (I know it seems > a bit out there but that is her experience and has been my experience as > well and very common to those who have been through the 21 day program). It > was the Sri Murti that was generating the ash that was in the photos I sent > out months ago. Honey also has been documented in India coming out of their > Sri Murtis. > > > Ron Roth, the famous ex-priest healer, just got back from India. Many from > our group have gone to see him this weekend for a program. This how > Bhagavan would not let him go...much like the preceding account: > > The founder of Celebrating Life Ministries and the Spirit of Peace Monastic > Community, Ron Roth is a best-selling author who performs healing prayer > services and speaks to capacity audiences throughout the U.S. A Catholic > priest for 25 years before he left the church in 1992 to embrace a more > universal spirituality, Ron teaches through joy and laughter that "the only > religion is the religion of love." Acknowledged internationally for many > years as a spiritual healer, he continually reminds all listeners that "God > heals - I do not." > > On the night of February 14 -- Valentine's Day this year (2005) - Ron was > awakened from a sound sleep in his Illinois home by a voice chanting, "Sri > Bhagavan, Sri Bhagavan, Sri Bhagavan." He was startled by the clarity of > the words, and even more startled when the chant was repeated throughout the > night about 50 times. Though an admirer of Indian saints and teachings for > years, Ron - like most Americans - had not heard of Sri Bhagavan, so he did > not understand the meaning of the chant. But he did recognize the > importance of it. Having studied and taught for decades about the Spiritual > dimensions, he had no doubt of the significance of this unique > communication. > > The following day, Ron consulted his staff and learned of Sri Bhagavan and > Sri Amma, their Golden Age Foundation and the Oneness Movement - the > universal plan to implement a transformation of world consciousness through > enlightenment and meditation. The plan is based on principles Ron has been > emphasizing for years, and he further recognized many other teachings of > Bhagavan as virtually verbatim with his own teachings. Within two days, > Celebrating Life made contact with Sri Rani, the international coordinator > of the Oneness Movement. Sri Rani, then in California, greeted the > connection as an answer to her own prayers for a miraculous happening to > awaken America to Sri Bhagavan and to propel the Oneness Movement forward in > the U.S. While the movement has taken hold in numerous countries throughout > the world, this country - so vital to the success of any peace movement - > has been extremely slow to respond. > > The above was taken from the U.S. deeksha website www.trueawakening.org . > By the way, we are very lucky to have so much deeksha in Austin and will be > growing. We are one of the main spots in the U.S.....at least until > everyone else catches up....quickly I hope. I don't think anything is as > powerful to bring you to realize your Self. I hope to see you on > Friday...please share our blessings with others...let them know about it. > > Love, > > William xxx ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> 1.2 million kids a year are victims of human trafficking. 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