The ESSENCE OF

SPIRITUAL
AWARENESS

AS RELATED BY
Swami Dattavadhut

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 Prayer

May the whole world be filled

with Peace,
And may it begin with me.
May the whole world 6e filled
with Spirituality,
And may it begin with me.
May the whole world be filled with
Devotion, Wisdom & Love, and
may it all begin with me.

Swami Dattavadħut

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 THE DIVINE LAWS

In the spirit world, it is not important

whether you are a Christian, a Hindu, a Jew
or a Muslim. The Divine Laws are the same
for all human beings on earth.

A person acquiring virtues like charity,

kindness, benevolence, compassion,
peacefulness, devotion, non-violence,
selflessness, love, etc. will definitely
progress on the Path of Light that will take
him towards the Kingdom of God
Almighty- The Ultimate Bliss. This is all
called HEAVEN.

On the other hand, a person who is full of

envy, jealously, selfishness, greed, anger
and other negative traits that force him to
commit grave sins, he hurtles towards the

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realm of darkness. Here, his soul suffers for
thousand of years and, above all, distances
himself from God or Salvation. This is what
is known as HELL.

Human life on earth represents the middle

stage of a soul’s spiritual evolution.

The essence of Swamiji’s teaching is: The

human body is a vehicle that God
Almighty has bestowed upon a soul to
make an accelerated journey towards
God-consciousness (our origin).

A healthy body is a vehicle (akin to an

expensive car) which God has bestowed
upon man for this noble purpose. We
should not misuse this vehicle by doing evil
karma (akin to bad driving that may cause
accidents). We should not develop negative
traits such as hatred, jealousy, anger, envy,

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etc. (akin to over-speeding). Instead, we
must do good karma and develop virtues
like benevolence, charitableness, kindness,
compassion, etc. (similar to driving the car
safely to its fi destination). Hence Swamiji
emphasizes -Every human being must
meditate and do good karma.

1) Here, the question arises how to

meditate?
Swamiji says God resides in our heart in the
form of our breath. We can sense Him but
we cannot see Him. When we concentrate
on our breathing, we get divine energy,
peace and happiness in abundance. We will
definitely reach God if we practice the
following:

In the beginning, one has to sit erect facing

the EAST or NORTH, and do deep
breathing daily for an hour in the morning

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and in the evening. Every passing month,
one should increase the duration by 20
minutes till you are able to practice it for
two hours at a stretch. At this stage, your
mind starts becoming calm and you will
experience divine ecstasy, sublime
happiness and total peace of mind. Your
mind will stop troubling you with thoughts
and imagination, and then Great Heavenly
Souls will materialize before you to give
you spiritual guidance.
After this, you have to concentrate on your
fontanel. Again, this should be practiced
daily for two hours (ideally at dawn and
dusk).

Having practiced this regularly for two

years, MOTHER NATURE will start
revealing her secrets to you.

If this practice is continued further for a

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period of 20 years, then the Soul merges
with the God Almighty.

2) Directional effects on mediation:

• EAST, NORTH or NORTHEAST
There are some currents which flow
within the earth, and there are some
currents that travel in space. So,
when we meditate facing EAST,
NORTH or NORTHEAST, the
divine currents coming from these
directions help the aspirant to
acquire divine knowledge, attain
peace and happiness, and achieve
accelerated spiritual progress on the
Path of Light, to eventually become
one with God.

• WEST
The earth and space currents moving
from the WEST help the aspirant to

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 fulfil his material desires and
become prosperous.

• SOUTH and SOUTHWEST

The currents flowing from the
SOUTH are evil, and the ones that
flow from the SOUTHWEST are
devil currents. These evil (or devil)
currents enter into our body through
our heel and move upwards, and that
is why we must avoid sleeping with
our feet facing the South or the
Southwest direction. Some evil
people who wish to acquire evil (or
devil) powers and black magic, sit
facing SOUTH or SOUTHWEST for
meditation and for chanting their evil
mantras.
An aspirant who performs
meditation facing SOUTH acquires
evil powers while the aspirant who

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 meditates facing SOUTHWEST
acquires devil powers. This is the
Path of Darkness. Once the aspirant
adopts this path, he does not get
salvation and his spirit has to
undergo a lot of suffering for
thousands of years.

• SOUTHEAST & NORTHWEST

The aspirant who practices on the
element of fire faces the
SOUTHEAST direction, while the
aspirant who practices on the
element of air sits facing the
NORTHWEST direction. Since both
these sadhanas are highly secretive
and mystic, they should be practiced
only under the guidance of a Guru
(Master).

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COMMUNICATION WITH GOD

The Bible says, “KNOCK. . . AND THE

DOOR WILL OPEN”.

Swamiji has explained thus–God’s

Kingdom is exactly beyond the darkness of
your closed eyes. Practice deep breathing,
and simultaneously concentrate on the
fontanel. Consistent knocking on the
fontanel will open the gates, leading us into
the Kingdom of God.

3) Where does the soul reside? Is it the

heart or the fontanel?
To being with our soul is encased in a
number of bodies:
• PHYSICAL BODY
• ASTRAL BODY
• CAUSAL BODY
• SUPREME CAUSAL BODY
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We shall begin with The Physical Body.

• PHYSICAL BODY
God Almighty has obliged man by
bestowing this vehicle to do good karma
and attain Salvation.

• ASTRAL BODY
The size of the astral body is the same as
our physical body. Intrinsically, it is
very luminous and light as a balloon.
But when a human being starts
pampering his mind with negative
thoughts like jealousy, envy, anger,
hatred, etc. all of which eventually lead
him to commit grave sins like murder,
acts of terrorism etc., then his astral
body starts becoming black and heavy,
turning the human being into a ghost,
evil spirits, poltergeist etc. As a result,
he suffers spiritual downfall and is

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 dragged deep down into the nether
realms from where his spirit cannot gain
peace and salvation for thousands of
years.

Attaining a human body again for Such

a Soul is virtually impossible.

On the other hand, if a human being

entertains noble thoughts, indulges in
good deeds like charity and benevolence
and cultivates virtues like forgiveness,
compassion, peacefulness, love, etc.,
such noble deeds purify the bad karma
and cleanse the astral body making it
more bright and lighter. As a result, one
achieves spiritual progress towards the
HEAVEN.

• CAUSAL BODY
Innately, its size is like that of a firefly.

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Its outer casing is about an inch in size,
half the size of one’s thumb. It resides in
the fontanel. Here, in the causal body,
the complete record of one’s good and
bad karma indulged during all our past
lives and the present life is stored. It is
commonly said - God punishes, or God
blesses. In fact, it is the subconscious
mind which dwells in our Causal Body
that makes all the arrangements to
punish us for our bad karma, or bless us
for our good karma. It gives us the fruit
for both kinds of deeds. Therefore, it is
totally incorrect to say God punishes or
God blesses, because the fact is :

GOD HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH

ANY BODY’S GOOD AND BAD
KARMA. Hence the saying goes – “AS
YOU SOW SO SHALL YOU REAP”.

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 However, if one wishes to make our
Causal Body more luminous and pure,
then one must firmly inculcate and
hold on to virtues like love,
peacefulness, benevolence, selflessness,
meditation, etc.

• SUPREME CAUSAL BODY

It is as small as a LED light, or the size
of a mustard seed. Its outer casing is
filled with the WHOLE UNIVERSE. It
is very luminous extremely pure. It is
always in contact with God Almighty.
Swamiji beautifully explains through
the following example- Just as in a
rosary all beads stringed together by a
thread, similarly, all human beings are
connected to God Almighty through
their Supreme Causal Bodies. That is
why it is said - I AM THE UNIVERSE
AND THE UNIVERSE IS IN ME.

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This Supreme Causal Body is itself the
soul and it resides in the Causal Body.
Though smaller in size, it has the power
to travel anywhere in the Universe in a
fraction of a second. It is more luminous
than the Sun but very calm and cool.
Again, Swamiji reiterates - If this
vehicle (human body) which God has
bestowed upon the soul, is misused by
doing bad karma or evil deeds, this goes
against the Path of Salvation. On the
other hand, by doing good karma one
can reach God. This is what great Indian
yogis teach. This is all about our Soul.

Thus, begins one’s spiritual journey

from God Almighty to earth where we
have to undergo various stages of life.
Our life on earth is filled with happiness,
sorrow and various other emotions. We

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 get ourselves entangled in the cycle of
birth and death. And, by doing good
karma, we once again commence our
journey to become one with the
Almighty i.e. THE ULTIMATE BLISS.

On the other hand, if we entertain bad

thoughts and do bad deeds, we not only
move away from God Almighty but also
slide downwards towards the REALM
OF DARKNESS.

4) Does the soul reside in our heart?

It is believed so, because we hear the
palpitation of the heart. Once this stops,
the body is declared dead. BUT,
TRULY, WE NEVER DIE.

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 Prayer
The Lord has given us the
Body of Benevolence,
The Mind of Meditation
The Intellect for Discrimination,
(between good and bad ) and
The Human Life for attaining Self-
Realisation.

Swami Dattavadhut

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