SPIRITUAL  TEACHER –  GURU.

The Guru is assigned to teach according to tradition and searches out good students. He looks for certain signs and symptoms. He understands who is prepared.  If the Guru finds that the student is not yet ready, he will nurture him through trials and experiences and he will gradually prepare the student for the higher teachings. Then the Guru lights the lamp. That is the Guru’s role and the resulting light is divine.

The disciple’s relation with the Guru is based on the purest form of unconditional love. The disciple has to be completely transparent with the Guru & has to offer everything to the Guru. The Guru then does the work of shaping the student spiritually.

The disciple comes with full faith and entrusts his whole life to the Guru. The Guru takes that life and burns it, chops it and carves out all that is not needed. What remains is only sacred.

To be on the spiritual path with a Guru is not easy. It is not pleasant. The Guru tests the disciples, puts them in difficult situation & create obstacles for them. These problems and tests are meant to train and expand the consciousness of the disciple.

SHORT STORY:-  Swamiji was crossing a torrential river on the narrow rope bridge, which was only wide enough for one person  at a time. He was used to walk, looking down at the ground. Suddenly he came face to face with a tiger on the bridge.

                   Swamiji had been told by  his  Guru that in all that he attempted in life, he should always move forward with conviction and never look back or step backwards.

                   So now he had the choice of either being mauled by the tiger or being pushed into the torrential waters below. He resolutely moved forward. He produced an authorative   grunting sound. This scared the tiger into retreating, allowing swami ji to cross the bridge.

Different Methods of FENG SHUI.

      Different Methods of FENG SHUI.

Feng Shui simply means Wind &Water.

Energy circulation in space is governed by wind. Wind brings healthy energy and takes away bad energy. The life force of the earth is circulated by water. Feng Shui has its roots in ‘TAO’, which means the way of nature. It shows how the energy moves in our surroundings and how we can harness this energy for happy, healthy and prosperous life.

There are practises or methods of Feng Shui.

1) Studying the surrounding landscape and the water bodies in relation to a site or building . This method is called the FORM method .It is not very practical in urban modern times.

2) In the LO P’AN method, the surrounding landscape is relegated to the background. It is mathematical in approach using the 8 trigrams from I Ching , numerology and is very complicated. Long time practise is needed to be good at it.

3) The Yin-Yang system deals with the flow of energy around the house. It checks how the inhabitants of the house are connected with the flow of energy.

4) There are many more systems like :-

a) Water Dragon Feng Shui.

b) Flying Star Feng Shui.

c) Ba Gua Feng Shui. 

Enhancing the Power :-

Enhancing the Power  :-

Any religious place is a link between the human and the heaven. When we feel the need of supernatural help , we visit these places .We also take our complaints , dreams, desires, aims and goals to these religious places. We make these places our last hope .We hope miracles will happen at these places.

All around the world the spiritual places have two common shapes, sometimes both the shapes occurring together or sometimes singly.

These two shapes are :-

1)The Dome

2) The pyramid or conical pointed shape.

You see the combination  of these two shapes on temples, mosques, churches , gurudwaras, or  Buddhists pagodas.

Usually these shapes are in multiples on the religious structure.This  multiplying of these shapes on the religious structure increases the power of the religious structure. This multiplication of the dome and the pyramid is seen to be in two ways.

They are:-

1)  Vertical multiplication.

2) Horizontal multiplication.