Shivabalayogi his Tapas

[GCHILE]

What is the music at the beginning?!?!

I must know or else this life is not complete!

Help please!

[tpalotas]

@GCHILE It's music created by Madhu Murthy in Seattle on a guitar that he modified with sympathetic strings like a sitar. It's so beautiful, I've used it a theme music on several Shivabalayogi videos.

[GCHILE]

@tpalotas it is beautiful.

I will use it for sitting meditation also so that I may merge with it. It is divine!

[GCHILE]

@tpalotas

Can you please tell me where I can find specifically that one you used in this video?

[umaanand123]

When you dissolve your ego you become enlighntened. Normal sleep is unconscious but enlightement is conscious sleep.

[umaanand123]

Enlightment in nutshell - we are currently controlled (or) our perception of things are, by our five senses sight, smell, taste, touch, hear [ Basic human tendecies ]. Only if you go beyond those senses, we will be able to see (or) feel things which we cannot talk about now. Now, how do we go beyond senses? Seek a guru - he can guide you.There are lot of fake guru's in the world, so don't use your mind to choose guru, but your intellegence. Read Good books like " autobiography of Yogi" No Space

[umaanand123]

I see people are discussing about things which are not in their experience, even talking about samadhi & so forth does not give you knowledge about that, so it is best that we practice and experience and then discussing would definetly help the forum. Now, how do we know that we are in samadhi? Sages say that we will KNOW!! How? Only through personal experience. This remains my opinion.

[19792403]

@umaanand123 That is quite true..............

[Zagreanel]

what is the significance of facing different directions?

[tpalotas]

@Zagreanel It has to do with completion and perfection, but to be honest, I haven't a clue. Swamiji would say that it would be like playing a vina (a very refined Indian classical instrument) before a water buffalo. I.e., we wouldn't understand.

[Zagreanel]

@tpalotas he he , water buffalo and vina. Any it is remarkable as well, that he faced the directions for different duration.

[pingala10]

Samadhi is different from enlightenment or Nirvana.Samadhi is where Individual conciousness becomes one with Universe, where a person experiencing this realizes that he is the nature himself. It happens when individual Conciousness diminishes to microsophic level, where in, it showns its quantum effects. In Enlightment all his Karma annihilates, the conciousness looses state foreever.

[kwankeng]

i dont know in english too much but i think we can meditate everywhere that i want

drive work until sleep

[rolfeder]

Who equates samadhi with enlightenment? I've never heard of this before. Samadhi is just refined concentration, not enlightenment.

[tpalotas]

@rolfeder Oh, just a person who spent twelve years in samadhi. In other words, a person who knows from direct experience and not from reading stuff.

[rolfeder]

@tpalotas I am a meditator, sir, however from the Buddhist persuasion. Maybe it's different with Hindus (?) but in Buddhism, samadhi is not the goal, but only part of the path and must at some point be abandoned. Is samadhi synonymous with enlightenment in Hinduism?

[tpalotas]

@rolfeder Buddhism and Hinduism are religions, so whether samadhi is equated with enlightenment in Hinduism is not really of concern to Shivabalayogi. Samadhi is an indescribable experience in which there is no mind. Lots of people call such an experience enlightenment, which is probably why Shivabalayogi allowed "samadhi" to be translated as "enlightenment." Buddha experienced samadhi, meditated in samadhi for eight years (tapas), attained Self realization, then served the people.

[svnmilesnake]

@rolfeder In the yogic way of speaking there are many different states of samadhi, and even the state beyond that of which you are speaking may be called samadhi. nirvikalpasamadhi, and nirbijsamadhi are the two highest samadhi's that i am aware of that have names and are equivalent with God-realization or Enlightenment, and may there be states beyond that i do not know what humans may choose to call them. Until I get even close to an experience of this kind I wouldn't worry about it much.

[rajataroraji]

@tpalotas Dear sir, enlightment is achieved only thru meditation which is also known as samadhi

[svnmilesnake]

@rolfeder in yogic terms refined concentration is called meditation, after meditation are states of samadhi, the highest of which the human soul penetrates itself and merges with "that of which nothing can be said" this may be called Enlightenment.

[nyclear]

@rolfeder I think there are different levels of samadhi is the distinction here.

[megamandroid]

@rolfeder what is enlightenment

[JaiMaJames]

Namaste' Tom

Thanks for this wonderful Darshan!!

Jai Ma!!

[jeorjee]

Nithyanandha Paramahamsa is a lesson.

[tpalotas]

The paramahansa is Nityananda of Ganeshpuri.

[rsaifr]

seee this video and converted to islam

[tpalotas]

There are yogis among Sufis, and all who believe in one God are Muslims.

[Mahasiddha1]

@rsaifr

Mohammad himself meditated in caves for some while before receiving revelations. Their goal is the same.

[tpalotas]

Yes, Shivabalayogi himself would say that Mohammed did tapas and was a yogi.

[pingala10]

I think he crossed the stage 3 of meditation(no word can describe this stage), Moksha and nirvana are the closest known words.

[neilus]

Wow...what an extraordinary man!

[33sevananda]

OM NAMAH SHIVAYA! This is BEAUTIFUL

[Mrgyn]

Shiva Shiva Yogi Jai! Shivabalayogi Jai!

[olympussandervexx]

Remember This" what this guy was call to do for thoses years as a boy in that trancestate was done on the astral plan. for new revelations. And most of all to help people on the cosmic realm while in out of body.

[olympussandervexx]

"Well I will say this. We can't say that what did appear to of happen to this men as a boy was fake." But base on my on occult and mystical quest and past reserch and many of the thing I have personly undergone, when you are in a mental supernatral astral state or out of body and have a great calling beyoud you or the people you are apart of as a hold. you can do more on the astral realm then you can on the physical world. So forsure we don't know what this man forefill many who are not aware

[stopjoshing]

this is what im talking about, this is the height I always wanted to attain. I dont know average people feel spiritual practitioners have to do something for others to be in a heighten state, that they worked hard to attain. Its not necessary to help others IMO to be at higher levels.

[Hyrshau]

I'm not very clear about certain things. People like him were rendered as having spiritual powers but in what way was he helpful to the world? How did he use his powers to help others? This is a genuine question. Would appreciate responses.

[tpalotas]

They help in every way imaginable -- and ways we don't even understand or know. If you read his story, and those of other yogis, you will understand.

[krohit99]

Our so called modern civilization has bound us in a lot of conditionings. We are made to believe in this hypothetical quest for serving the world for everyone who is born. Fair enough but we stop just at that. What we fail to realise is the fact that one cannot really help others until one attains self realisation. These people are what are known as avadhutas...their being in physical plane is in itself a great favour on humanity! Truths reveal as one becomes adept in sadhana. So seek that self!

[SisterUnity]

I have heard a great master say it this way, "If you want to change the world, change yourself."

[tpalotas]

Amen.

[yogikanna]

Hi Hyrshau, Their working are internal. THey raise the consciousness level of whole humanity through their meditation. THeir help cannot be gauged in external level and is unseen, but their help in silence is greater than millions of people giving charity and lecture. Its immeasureable. Peace

[yelyarb]

It's believed that people like him are doing the spiritual "work" of the world. Their service to humanity is helping others realize themselves through meditation, or by spreading notions of peace and unity through realization of God. Some don't even speak, and yet spread peace with their presence. It is an experience, not something objective.

Something like that. You can examine the life of someone to see for yourself how they have changed the world, although the ways may not be tangible.

[sporadmom]

I was initiated by him in NYC 1989 or so. Just sitting in a room with him changed my life and gave me spiritual understanding and happiness. He is a beautiful being, radiating like gold. You cannot understand such a saint with just your mind. You must experience the radiance with your soul. I was so sad he passed over, I hope there are more like him. Blessed.

[sothappal]

Brahmins give all sort of troubles to a rising non-brahmin yogis attacking with their Sanskrit scriptures . Once they shine means they again go and surround them and make their whole efforts as if they were outcome of sanskrit vedas . Poor yogis they do not know they are cheated and allow them to dominate again . Sigh............

[tpalotas]

The yogis are not cheated. They know perfectly well what is going on. But they do allow us to cheat ourselves.

[sothappal]

This is another example for God realization has nothing to do with the rubbish and worst caste system of Hinduism. I wonder why a Sanskrit Vedic poses behind him , while they and their vedic mutts give all troubles to a rising non-brahmin yogis in India !

[tpalotas]

Swamiji was troubled by the religious establishment, it's true, including those who disparaged him because of his caste. There was never any caste distinction with Shivabalayogi.

[Jonas801]

thankyou

[baacu13]

May I know can he help finding me job?

[tpalotas]

Yes. Swamiji took a keen and loving interest in the lives of devotees, even to such practical aspects as how they earned a living.

[baacu13]

since I am thinking about him yesterday, if he can find me job for me. Do I need to meditate him asking for job? How does it work?

[tpalotas]

He already knows. Do your work, he will do his.

[nanotechxe]

Sincerely Request him by praying...I have heard that they hear all their devotees...Thats what I am doing now...

[4Uand4USa]

@nanotechxe ...thank you...

[sageunr]

Peace of the World

Let's stop killing world all of you.

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[meriprem]

Thankyou for the posting. To see His beautific, Divine face and gaze is a meditation in itself. Thankyou.

[fattankx]

swamiji is an incarnation of adi sesha. no doubt.

[lorez99]

He dropped his physical body in 1994... according to the info at right found by clicking the "more info" link

[miRajY]

is he alive ?

[Mrgyn]

miRajY:

I just bathed and gave him some food, he is right behind me in eternal samadhi (I have an "idol" of him that I bow and bathe before every morning. I love only God more then I do Shivabalayogi, for he awakened me.

[venushole2001]

shiv sarup bhagwan shivabalaji ki jai ho

[tpalotas]

Self realization requires both tapas and the blessings of one who is Self realized.

Swamiji often assured people that we need not do such an extreme tapas as he did. What he underwent was for us, so he will help us attain what we want, including Self realization, much more easily.

[joshrain1]

do you have to do the tapas he did to attain self realization? will having a guru speed up the process?

[meriprem]

Your inquiry is sincere and valuable. It is only the extremely rare case that can attain Liberation without the Divine guidance and energy, without the Master working on what separates the devotee from God - ego. So, yes, having a Guru does speed up the process by many lifetimes. And yes, you have to do the work to attain self realization. Enlightenment requires two wings of the bird to fly: self effort and Grace (this is where the Guru comes in).

[BiscayneNationalPark]

Did Shivabalayogi have a Guru(Physical)?

Thanks.

[tpalotas]

No, Shivabalayogi had no incarnated guru. His guru was God who materialized an astral body in the form of Lord Shiva.

[StevieSwigginburger]

He has the characteristics of an Avatar. I think I'll look into this "guy".

[tpalotas]

Swamiji would insist that he is a yogi, not an avatar. A yogi is one who attains Self (God) realization through his or her own efforts, i.e., meditation in samadhi. An avatar, according to Swamiji, is a divine incarnation who is given Self realization through the blessings of a yogi.

Given Shivabalayogi's prior lives, I suppose we could describe him as a divine incarnation (avatar) who became a yogi.

Still, the distinctions between avatar & yogi get slippery.

[ys934]

Shivabalayogi is a true yogi and attained God realization through meditation. He just followed the orders of his Guru (Lord Shiva himself ) without questioning or doubt and finally emerged as an enlightened soul. Not exactly sure about the significance of 12 years, but Sai Baba of Shirdi (who left his mortal coil in 1918) also performed a rigorous tapas for 12 years and then emerged out as a true yogi to rejuvenate the lost spirituality among the people. Really pure and unordinary souls!!!

[burkananda]

yes and what is the sense??? Sitting there nobody plant any rice ..... and so on which purpose....

[tpalotas]

It was Shivabalayogi's duty to sit for twelve years of tapas. As for the sense, ask anyone who has had his darshan (experienced his presence).

[kakarala7]

you are my great master thanks for uploading this

[shivabala9]

OM Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaji Ki Jai !!!

[UmpaLoempa]

interesting story. did he ever speak?

[tpalotas]

There were several long periods during his tapas when he practiced silence (mouna), communicating by gestures or a chalk board during the short time he was in ordinary consciousness. Even after his twelve-year tapas, he seldom spoke. It was several years before he would talk somewhat conversationally, mostly to respond to devotees' questions.

[fattankx]

u can see the stillness in his eyes, limitless soul awareness in samadhi

[07punjab]

nice

[jwbeek]

Meditating for 12 years in that position! And then there are people in the West who think they will go to eternal heaven by going to church one day a week...

Ignorance is bliss

[saswata98]

yes i am indian and i stay in mexico. i know and agree with the ignorance of the west

[meriprem]

Agreed. Even though I was born and raised in the West. It is a much more difficult struggle to rise above it here, but with tapas and sadhana, it can be done.

[anandadhyan]

Jai Sri Sri Sri Shivabalayogi Maharaj!

[AHIMSAAHIMSA]

Thanks for posting this. The inner life replaces material attachment. What is it? Nothing? No. It's immaterial yet just as real, if not much more so. And yes, it is transformation...

[dracoliosanches]

wanna know something really spooky.. I know a guy who looks so much like this guy.. that I freaked out when I saw this. Im thinking of posting a vid

[venushole2001]

jai maha dev, supreme soul

[mikeg108]

Om Shivayah.

[nandhi108]

aum namah sivaya

sacred darshan!

[gnikhilg]

a beautiful man-yogi, beautiful clear eyes and lips and skin & hair

[namrengav]

Here, in the West, we are deeply attached to the illusion of the material.

With little practice, of detachment to the external, through meditation on the inner self, we may attain great spiritual gains, quickly.

Try it.

[ShivaniSannyasini]

~::~ OM Namah: Shivaya! ~::~ Auspicious! ~::~

[VriakII]

@ShivaniSannyasini OM Namah: Shivaya! ~::~ Auspicious! ~::~

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[ShivaniSannyasini]

~::~ OM Namah: Shivaya! ~::~ Auspicious! ~::~

[kelperhelper09]

Thankyou for this wonderfull video on the maharihsi. good shatki. shanti ohm