“Today’s subject: astral travel and experiencing stars.”

I welcome you all with my love and respects. Before entering into the satsang, I wanted to remind all of you to sit in padmasama. Today I am seeing all satsang centers are filled with devotees, because yesterday I insisted 25 numbers, whole Seattle center is full suddenly. Today all satsang centers are full.

Today’s subject: astral travel and experiencing stars. In Patanjali’s yoga sutras 3rd chapter, 28th verse, 134th sutra, subject is astral travel and experiencing stars. Very powerful samyama today’s samyama is - let me read the sutra: chandra tara vyuha jnanam. Chandra tara vyuha jnanam

Swami Vivekananda translates this sutra as “On the Moon, knowledge of the cluster of stars.”

Swami Prabhavananda translates this sutra as “By making samyama on the Moon, one gains knowledge of the stars, arrangement of stars.”

Swami Sachidananda translates as “By samyama on the Moon comes knowledge of the stars arrangement.”

Bhagwan Osho translates as “By performing samyama on the moon, knowledge comes learning of the arrangement of stars is gained.”

Before entering into today’s samyama, I wanted all of you to understand some of the important facts. Bharatn astronomers are the oldest scientists who developed the whole astronomy. Vedic rishis are the oldest astronomers, oldest astrologers. I wanted to make it clear what I mean by the word astronomy and what I mean by the word astrology. English has no words. So I will have to give meaning to it. So this is the meaning when I am using these two words. When I use the word astronomy, the positions of stars and the knowledge about the movements of those stars is what I call astronomy; when I say astrology - the effect of that energies on your inner space and on the flow of your life and flow of the nature on the globe, sorry, on the planet earth. Understand? When I say astronomy I mean the positions of the different stars and energy centers. When I say astrology, I mean effect of those positions on your inner space, body, and the nature of this planet earth.

Bharatn rishis are the most powerful astronomers and astrologers. Even the time which you experience, the concept of time you experience, is based on Bharatn astrology. No scientist, no human beings, other than the rishis were able to penetrate this whole system and science so deeply. And you need to know the important fact – our rishis did not have modern day equipments, 1001 varieties of telescopes, no! Instruments, tools, equipments, no! Nothing was available. Then, how could they describe so clearly all the eclipse, the arrangements of the stars, solar system, precisely? I can say at least 25,000 years before…. We have a record, a solid record in Rigveda; some of the constellations and the arrangements of stars which cannot be predicted, which can be only seen and recorded. It means at least 25,000 years before, the Vedic rishis had so much of intelligence on the science of astronomy they were able to see, observe and record a calculation of the time.

The most – I don’t have right word, I’m searching for the right word – precise calculation of the time and the greatest revelation still modern science is yet to reach. Sun is going around the earth. Please understand I insist again. Sun is going around the earth. This is revealed by Vedic rishis. You need to know how to we measure reality. For example, dream state, waking state; why do you say dream state is lower reality, waking state is higher reality? Because in your concept of time, the waking state is supposed to be long than the dream state - so anything stays for a longer period, we call it as reality. We take that as a base scale.

If you see from this scale, for the earth to go around the sun it takes only one year. But for the sun to go around the earth it may take at least a billion year. So, naturally you’re supposed to calculate based on the longer time. Vedic rishis have calculated the time, constellations, all their astrological, astronomical decisions based on the great fact sun goes round the earth. Please understand. You need to know this fact very clearly. I will better draw it and show you. Here is the sun and here is the Earth. And here is the Moon going around the sun sorry going around the Earth and earth itself supposed to be going around the sun.

Now, sun is not stable as we think. By the time this guy is going around the Earth, we can call it the Earth, moon, and sun – the Earth is going around the sun, this guy is also going around the whole, he is also moving. You see, this whole galaxy is moving. The whole galaxy is moving which we call in Sanskrit hiranya garbha which scientists have their own words black hole, big bang, or the energy shaft, whatever they call it. So when this is also going around something larger, so naturally what happens? By the time this guy goes round, he would’ve went round the earth at least once. Understand? Earth will be going around and the whole thing is going around, so naturally what will happen? The earth the sun will have went round the earth at least once.

By the time he finishes the whole round if you keep the hiranya garbha as center, feel this as hiranya garbha; this is Hiranya garbha H. Hiranya garbha is the center and the sun is moving around. With the hiranya garbha is the center and sun is moving around, understand by the time the sun finishes one round of hiranya garbha he would have completed at least one circle of earth. So I want you to know, sun goes around earth not earth around sun. Earth may be going around but we cannot consider that as a reality. It’s a lower reality because the time consumption is smaller. The time taken is smaller. So, the basic fact, the basic truth, basic foundation to calculate time - the concept of Earth going around the sun will not be that precise. The sun going around the earth only can be precise concept. That only can calculate time much more precisely than the concept of the Earth going around the sun.

How did….without any telescope, without any instruments, tools able to experience such a strong truths and create such strong understandings, revelations? This is the one the revelation I revealed, I can go on expanding the knowledge of Vedic rishis in the field of astronomy and astrology. How the energy flow of the different planets and stars and their arrangements directly affect the mental setup and energy flow of your body and mind, and the nature’s flow.

It’s very strange but true. The knowledge of Bharatn astronomers on the science of stars, about the arrangement of the stars and the whole astronomy, the whole Bharatn astronomy and astrology both systems came out of this one sutra. This Patanjali’s one sutra is responsible for the whole science. Or I can say that the whole science is secret Patanjali reveals in this one sutra.

The sacred secret imbedded in this sutra is “Meditate, do samyama on the Moon energy”. Understand? Let me describe exactly the Moon energy. Here there’s a beautiful word chandra tara vyuha jnana m- moon energy. Yesterday I was telling you, when the sun energy will be in peak in your being. When you are in the peak physical pleasure, the sun energy will be peak in your body. Same way when you fast for one paksha, paksha means from new moon to full moon or full Moon to new Moon - that 16 days is called as one paksha. Krishna paksha or sukla paksha. From new Moon to full Moon is called sukla paksha. From full Moon to new Moon amavashya is called amarapaksha or Krishna paksha. Whether it is sukla paksha or Krishna paksha, if you fast without solid food, just on liquid food for the 16 days, your hara center, swadistana just below the navel, in swadistana, you will experience an extraordinary coolness – that is Moon energy. Understand?

When you are in the peak of the physical pleasure, you will experience sun energy. So if you visualize the extreme moment, peak moment of the physical pleasure and connect that with the sun energy you will have samyama on sun. Now I am teaching you samyama on the Moon. At least once in your life you should try this practice. 16 days of living without solid food, you can take liquid, juices or liquid 16 days. Then on the hara center below the navel, swadistana chakra….one important thing throughout the 16 days you should continuously do samyama on the navel, swadistana, hara center – below the navel. In the night, lie down in the open sky bring your own awareness to your swadistana, below the navel chakra. If needed have a spatika, pure crystal stone on swadistana and meditate, do samyama in swadistana the Moon is alive. Or you have become so big the Moon is in your swadistana, understand?

I’m giving you step by step instructions. The sacred secrets imbedded in these samyamas are getting revealed to the world first time! And I am challenging, I will prove all these things. I will prove all these things. Anybody….. and it’s not that difficult. I can make many of our ashramites yogis to do all these practices and study and prove it. Directly it can be proven. The 16 days living on liquid diet, no solid food because whenever you take more solid food and the necessity for digestion is required all your energy gets locked in manipuraka. It never travels to swadistana. So for 16 days we need to give a little rest. Give only liquid diet, liquid food for the body. So you don’t need to spend too much attention, awareness on digestion.

Bring your awareness always to swadistana chakra. In the nighttime keep the spatika pure crystal on the swadistana and lie down facing the Moon. Do samyama on Moon energy with open eyes or closed eyes, no problem. Feel you have become so big the Moon is in your swadistana. Suddenly the Moon energy will be awakened in you. Two thing will happen. You will have a complete knowledge of the arrangements of stars and effect of that arrangement on your system. Understand? Effect of that on your system; effect of the stars arrangements on your system is very important to know many things about your life. If you can know the effect of the star arrangements on your system, suddenly you’ll be able to solve thousands of problem in your life, even enlightenment will become very easy. You just know where you are stuck on your own.

Please understand, when master tells you where you are stuck you will not be able to trust him, because you may think, “Ehhh, he may be telling this to exploit me.” You will have your own doubts. Like one sadhu told a blind man, who was trying to walk with a frozen snake as a stick. In the Himalayas in the cold one snake was frozen and one blind man thought it was a nice stick and he started walking with that stick. Sadhu said “Hey, drop that it’s a snake! When sun comes up, that snake will come back to life! It will bite you.” But the blind man thought, “No, no, no, this sadhu wants this stick. That is why he is asking me to drop it.” So sometime you’ll have your own doubt. But these techniques will teach you. You will have the clarity and awareness where you are stuck. If you know where you are stuck, liberating yourself will be very easy.

Many time the point where you are stuck…. one more thing, if Master asks you something, you’re not able to give up that, the existence will snatch that from you forcibly! But by the time existence snatches that from you forcibly, you would have wasted too much time. But this knowledge, this kind of samyamas, will teach you so clearly you don’t need to waste your time holding onto those things for the Existence to come and snatch it away from you; waste of time. So that is the reason Patanjali’s goes on giving many of these samyamas.

This samyama is such wonderful samyama it can bring two dimension of knowledge; One the positions and arrangements of stars, second, the effect of that on your system. Effect of Moon and planets have a direct impact on your system because you can see in your life many people, one screw loose, two screw loose and all, during purnima and amavashya - full moon day new moon day, they’ll go crazy. No, everybody is looking at their spouse, I am seeing! Or remembering the spouse! If the spouse is not around they remember him. I don’t know why every man invariably thinks the spouse is one or two screw loose! It’s almost like an eternal rule! What to do?! Life sometime…..!

chandra tara vyuha jnanam By doing samyama on the Moon energy, the knowledge about the arrangement of the stars and effect of those arrangement of stars on your body will be revealed to you. I tell you especially if you are initiated into kundalini awakening means already you started experiencing the levitation. If your body has started lifting up off the ground when you unclutch by initiation, that’s what I call already initiated. If you are already initiated, try one or two of this samyamas. I tell you it’s all foolproof, risk free. You will not go any more crazy. What is there for you to lose? Nothing! Nothing to lose! And try this samyamas, it’ll be good, it’ll be really good.

These samyamas will give you tremendous courage and confidence to follow the master, to follow this Vedic tradition. I tell you never ever I have seen vedantis retaining their confidence on the philosophy and guru till the end. It is always yogis who experience the affects of samyama reach till the goal. Because to reach the goal, to reach the end, to see the end, to see the final goal you need tremendous inspiration, enthusiasm, joy, ecstasy, spirit of high achiever. I tell you, spirit of high achiever, I can say the spirit of high achiever is the direct quality of spiritual enlightenment.

Spirit of high achiever, the spirit of high achiever is always achieved only by yogis who experience this kind of samyamas, who work with this kind of samyamas, who get the glimpses of extraordinary powers. Otherwise vedantis make big belly, mouth dirtied by betel leaf, betel nut and dirty arguments; that’s all. Vedantis do not make anything except dirtied dirty mouth. It is yogis who practice this kind of samyamas. Even in our own organization I have seen unless people practice, they become more or less politicians. If you practice this kind of samyamas, you will have the tremendous clarity. I tell you, when you have this kind of experiences through samyama, even the secrets, the sacred secrets, behind every shastra pramana will be revealed to you. Understand, sacred secrets behind every aptapramana will be revealed to you. Many word I utter to you, even if I am shouting at you, there’s a sacred secret behind. Unless you know the sacred secret behind you will not follow it up, you will miss and mess. Even to understand master the sacred secret imbedded behind his words you need a little bit of this kind of practices, samyama practices.

Try this samyama; 16 days no solid food, just liquid food. Every night lie down in the open sky. Keep a spatika on your swadistana and gaze at the Moon. Feel you have become so big that Moon is on your swadistana. All the other stars are in your inner space. I tell you, you will have the unique powerful knowledge of the arrangements of stars and its effect on your system.

Now we will enter into the samyama. Bring your awareness to the Swadistana, you can keep your eyes closed or open; that is ok no problem. Learn to do samyama with open eyes. That will always be powerful. Any samyama which is done with open eyes will become unbroken. See some concentration gets broken by the scenes seen by the eyes. But if it cannot be even broken by this scene seen by the eyes, it becomes strong. Samyama becomes powerful. So visualize you have become so huge, the Moon is in your swadistana. Feel the cooling effect of the Moon on your swadistana. With deep restful awareness, bring your attention and energy to your swadistana two inches below the navel. Visualize the Moon and its cooling effect in your swadistana.

I bless you all to achieve, experience, live, express, radiate, and share the eternal bliss, Nithyananda.

Thank you.