Subtle Spiritual Teachings from Isakki Swamigal, the Guru of The Avatar
From the global address of The Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism Jagatguru Mahasannidhanam His Divine Holiness Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam on 16th of March 2021.
ISAKKI SWAMI WON’T SPEAK A LOT OF WORDS. HE IS A PERSON WHO LIVED LIKE RAMANA MAHARSHI — WITH VERY LESS WORDS.
ESPECIALLY WHEN HE SITS IN PANCHAMUKHAM IN THE SARVAJNAPEETHAM WHERE HE USED TO SIT AND ATTEND TO PEOPLE AND BLESS THEM AND GIVE DARSHAN TO PEOPLE, HE WILL HAVE A SLATE WHERE HE WILL WRITE WHATEVER INSTRUCTIONS HE WANTS TO GIVE.
*SO EVEN IN THE ASHRAM WHERE HE AND KUPPAMMAL STAYED NEXT TO EACH OTHER NEAR PAVALA KUNDRU WHERE THEY BUILT THE ASHRAM FOR ME, HE WILL USE VERY FEW WORDS TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTIONS.
*ONCE IN A MONTH HE WILL EAT ONE DOSA — USUALLY ON POORNIMA DAY. THAT IS THE ONLY SOLID FOOD. VERY RARELY, LIKE ONCE IN 5–6 YEARS HE MIGHT EAT ON AMAVASYA DAY ALSO.
*I ASKED HIM ONCE, ‘WILL WE NOT DIE IF WE DON’T EAT?’ IT IS VERY RARE THAT HE LAUGHS. HE LAUGHED LOUDLY AND SAID, ‘IF AT ALL WE HAVE TO DIE, WE SHOULD DIE WITHOUT ANYTHING IN THE STOMACH GETTING FERMENTED; MEANS THE PURE EMPTY STOMACH, NOT SO MUCH INSIDE GETTING FERMENTED OR WITH A FAT BELLY.’
*’ANYHOW DEATH HAS TO COME. LET IT HAPPEN WITH THE EMPTY STOMACH WHERE THERE IS NOTHING TO FERMENT, NOT BECAUSE THERE IS TOO MUCH GETTING FERMENTED AND YOU ARE TOO FAT.’ I STARTED LAUGHING.
*HE SAID, ’IF WE HAVE NOTHING IN THE STOMACH FOR FERMENTING — FOOD OR EMOTIONS — AND IF WE LEAVE THE BODY AT THAT MOMENT, WE WILL DIRECTLY REACH KAILASA.’ PEOPLE SHOULD SAY, “HE DIED BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING TO FERMENT IN THE STOMACH, NOT BECAUSE THERE WAS TOO MUCH INSIDE THE STOMACH.”’
*THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT INSTRUCTION AND GOOD FOR YOUR DAY-TO-DAY PRACTICE: HE SAID, ‘IF YOU TAKE A LOT OF TAMARIND IN YOUR DIET, YOU WILL DEVELOP A STOMACH WHERE NO WRONG FERMENTATION HAPPENS.’ YOUR LIVER WILL FUNCTION PERFECTLY. ALL THE DETOX WILL HAPPEN.
*YOUR LIVER IS THE REAL DETOXIFIER. IT DETOXES YOUR SYSTEM. YOUR LIFE STARTS GETTING VERY ACTIVE. THE LIVER’S INDEPENDENT INTELLIGENCE CAN BE AWAKENED BY TAMARIND.
*IF YOU ARE NOT DOING PACCHA PATTINI VRATHAM, TRY TO HAVE TAMARIND JUICE OR TAMARIND RICE. TAMARIND IS THE GREATEST PURIFIER. WHEN THE LIVER’S INDEPENDENT INTELLIGENCE IS AWAKENED, IT CLEANSES ALL THE PARASITES SITTING IN THE STOMACH AND LIVER.
*TAMARIND INTAKE WILL HELP YOU TO DETOX AND DE-ADDICT YOURSELF FROM MANY ADDICTIONS.
*HE SAID, ‘IF YOU TAKE A LOT OF TAMARIND, YOUR STOMACH WILL BECOME VERY PURE WHERE NO FERMENTATION HAPPENS.
*AND IF YOU TAKE A LOT OF WATER, THE BODY WILL BECOME SO PURE, THERE WON’T BE WATER RETENTION AND ITS BAD EFFECTS.
*IF TOO MUCH WATER IS STORED IN YOUR SYSTEM, THAT LEADS TO A LOT OF SIDE EFFECTS — WEIGHT INCREASE, TOO MUCH MUCUS…
*MY GURU HAS TOLD ME, ‘TAKE A LOT OF WATER. THE WATER RETENTION WILL BE SOLVED!’
*THESE TWO INSTRUCTIONS MAY LOOK PARADOXICAL, BUT I FOLLOWED IT A LOT. WHENEVER I FOLLOWED, I BENEFITTED. WHENEVER I DIDN’T FOLLOW, I SUFFERED.
*WATER RETENTION IS AN ACCUMULATION OF EXCESS FLUID IN THE BODY TISSUES. IT IS CALLED EDEMA. IT CAN RESULT FROM MANY DISEASES INCLUDING DISEASE OF HEART AND KIDNEY.
*LET ME COME BACK TO EMOTION RETENTION AND EMOTION FERMENTATION….
*YOU GET ALMOST ALL EMOTIONS EVERYDAY; SOMETIMES LUST, SOMETIMES GREED, SOMETIMES FEAR, MULTIPLE VERSIONS OF FEAR, WORRY, LOVE, ATTENTION-GIVING, ATTENTION-ASKING, JEALOUSY, COMPARISON…
*ONE PERSON CAME TO ISAKKI SWAMIGAL AND STARTED TELLING ALL HIS PROBLEMS. WHEN HE WAS DESCRIBING, ISAKKI SWAMIGAL WAS SITTING AND LISTENING. IT WILL BE BEAUTIFUL, THE WAY HE WOULD ATTEND TO PEOPLE. HIS PRESENCE WAS VERY HEAVY. IN ONE CORNER OF THE ROOM HE WILL SIT ON A WOODEN PLANK WITH ONE PLANK AS BACK SUPPORT, WITH A LOINCLOTH. THE KAMANDALU, CONCH AND A FEW ITEMS HE WAS USING IS STILL WITH US. HE HAS GIVEN IT TO ME. HIS ENERGY AND PRESENCE IS WITH US!
*LET ME TELL MY LOVE STORY WITH MY GURUS LATER! NOW LET ME GIVE THE KNOWLEDGE, THE EXPERIENCE WITH MY GURUS.
*WHEN I START TALKING ABOUT MY GURUS, I BECOME LIKE INDUPRIYAL — CHENNAI. SHE WILL NOT TALK ABOUT THE TEACHINGS, SHE WILL TALK ABOUT ME, ME ME!
*HE WAS SO PEACEFUL AND HEAVY IN HIS PRESENCE THAT THE PERSON WHO WAS TELLING HIS PROBLEMS HIMSELF UNDERSTOOD THE CORE OF HIS PROBLEM AND BLURTED OUT: JEALOUSY IS THE ONLY REASON FOR ALL MY PROBLEMS.
*ISAKKI SWAMIGAL GAVE HIM A CHALK PIECE AND ASKED HIM TO WRITE THE MAIN WORD ‘JEALOUSY’.
*HE WROTE ‘JEALOUSY’. ISAKKI SWAMI TOOK THE SLATE AND PUT AN ARROW THE OTHER WAY AND ASKED HIM TO READ IT IN THE REVERSE.
*JEALOUSY MEANS ‘PORAAMAI’ IN TAMIL. IF YOU READ THE WORD IN THE REVERSE, IT IS LIKE A CURSE WORD! THE MOMENT THE DEVOTEE READ IT, HE THREW HIS HAND IN A GESTURE AND SMILED AND SAID, ‘JEALOUSY WILL TAKE YOU TO THE SPACE WHERE YOU ARE CURSED!’
*FROM THAT DAY, THE DEVOTEE CONSCIOUSLY STOPPED SUPPORTING HIS JEALOUSY.
*SO WITHIN FEW WEEKS, THE FERMENTATION OF JEALOUSY STOPPED INSIDE HIM.
*SO ALL DECISIONS HE MAKES WITH FERMENTATION OF JEALOUSY COLLAPSED!
*HE CAME OUT OF ALL HIS PROBLEMS AND BECAME SUCCESSFUL IN LIFE.
*THE GOOD NEWS IS: EMOTIONS COMING AND GOING MAY NOT BE IN YOUR CONTROL, BUT THEIR FERMENTATION IS IN YOUR CONTROL.
*ONLY WHEN YOU CONSCIOUSLY SUPPORT SOME EMOTION, THE FERMENTATION OF THAT EMOTION HAPPENS INSIDE YOU.
*SO STOP CONSCIOUSLY SUPPORTING THE FERMENTATION OF LIFE NEGATIVITY.
*DON’T ALLOW THE FERMENTATION OF THE LUST, WORRY, FEAR, ATTENTION-NEED, JEALOUSY, ARROGANCE, UNGRATEFULNESS, TAKING LIFE FOR GRANTED, FRUSTRATION.
*WHAT YOU FERMENT INSIDE YOU IS YOUR CONSCIOUS CHOICE.
*DECIDE TO FERMENT THE RIGHT EXPERIENCE AND THOUGHT CURRENTS.
*SO MANY PEOPLE SEND MESSAGE TO ME OR WHEN THEY GET DTA CALLS THEY SAY, ‘WHATEVER QUESTIONS I ASK YOUR ATMA MURT,I ON THAT DAY SATSANG, YOU GIVE THE EXACT ANSWER!’
*IT MEANS YOU ARE CONSCIOUSLY FERMENTING INITIATION!
*HOW MANY HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS? RAISE YOUR HAND!
*ALL OF YOU ARE FERMENTING INITIATION!
*LIBERATION IS GUARANTEED FOR YOU!
*THE ANUPAYA — INITIATION, IS GETTING CONSCIOUSLY FERMENTED IN YOU.
*WHOEVER EXPERIENCES THIS, IS ALLOWING THE CONSCIOUS FERMENTATION OF INITIATION / GURU BHAKTI / ANUPAYA, IN YOU.
*THEN WHATEVER YOU TALK TO MY ATMA MURTI, YOU WILL HAVE MY IMMEDIATE ANSWER DIRECTLY.
*SOMETIMES EVEN ALIVE SATSANG IS ENOUGH! IT WILL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER!
*I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND HOW YOU ALLOW THE FERMENTATION OF VARIOUS THOUGHT CURRENTS CONSCIOUSLY / UNCONSCIOUSLY.
*STOP SUPPORTING LIFE NEGATIVE THOUGHT CURRENTS. STOP ALLOWING FERMENTATION OF LIFE NEGATIVE THOUGHT CURRENTS.