All World
Gayatri Pariwar

         The history of the world testifies that it is a handful of eminent personalities who shaped the fate of any society or nation in a given period of time.  For example, if you remove the great saints, sages, reformers, patriotic leaders and other great personalities from the history of India, what will remain there?

Our precious heritage and glorious history, which we feel so proud of, is in fact the history of the jewels of personalities. They might not have been learned or talented people, but such was the radiance of their character, the aura of their personalities, that mighty crowns and sparkling treasures and magnificent talents were voluntarily offered at their feet. Their nobility could rule over the hearts of the masses. Our divine culture, our majestic glory, our crowing history, our lovable nation is a creation, a gift, of the angelic personalities like – the Rishis of Vedic Age, Lord Buddha, King Harishchandra, Adi Shankaracharya, Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekanand, etc.

I was telling you that shraddha is the source of inculcation of divine virtues in the personality.  SHraddha means unflinching faith, intrinsic belief in and devotion for divine ideals and virtues. The inner force of shraddha makes one so firm and strong from within that nothing can perturb him from the chosen path of high ideals. It induces new strength and radiance in his personality and makes him worthy of divine grace and virtues. The shakti of Sri Ramkrishna Paramhans was bestowed upon Vivekanand because the latter deserved it; or, in other words, because his personality had that magnetism to attract the divine force.  The saints, the siddhas, bless the devotees and disciples according to their worthiness.

SHraddha – to the extent of total surrender (of self-identity) before the noble Guru is the main criteria for the disciple's spiritual elevation. The lives of the noble gurus – great rishis, sages and saints themselves stand as testimonies of absolute shraddha in divine disciplines and ideals. My divine Guru (angelic rishi from the Himalayas) had beatified my life on the auspicious Vasant Panchami day in 1926. If you find any siddhi in me, it is all because of my shraddha, my unconditional dedication to the noble ideals and duties set before me by him….  Every breath of mine, every moment of my life is devoted to his work.

If you have come here with an aspiration for divine blessings or some siddhis, I must tell you that you first refine your personality, because this is an essential prerequisite for spiritual progress. And shraddha gives perennial support, enlightenment and strength to march along this path.  SHraddha can transform a stone-idol into a guru, into a manifestation of God. You must have heard of the story of Ekalavya in Mahabharat. He had mastered archery under the 'guidance' of the idol of Guru Dronacharya. It was his shraddha in Dronacharya that enabled his rigorous training on his own as perfect as though he had had live guidance from Guru Dronacharya, in spite of the fact that they lived far away from each other…

It was the shraddha of Sri Ramkrishna Paramhans that invoked the divine power of Goddess Mahakali in Her idol enshrined in the Dakshineshwar temple. It was the same Mahakali Idol before whom Vivekanand used to forget that he had come to pray for a job, for the wellbeing of his family and what not; such was the sublime force of Mahakali awakened by the shraddha of his guru that all his worldly worries were wiped out from his memory and he used to pray only for pure knowledge and devotion.  Uncountable number of devotees might have worshiped Lord Krishna, but it was only because of Mirabai’s absolute shraddha that Sri Krishna had turned deadly poison into an ineffective drink; dreaded snake into a flower garland.  You might have seen five idols of Omnipotent Goddess Gayatri enshrined at the major centers of our mission. These are not ordinary idols, which anyone can buy from a good sculpture.

Dedicated sadhanas have been performed here with deep shraddha before the praña pratiÌÚha (spiritual sacrament of enshrinement).
Needless to say that the real test of one's shraddha lies in how readily one sacrifices one's worldly interests, comforts, etc, and faces the challenges, hardships and adversities to uphold the high ideals, altruistic duties and virtuous values. This is how shraddha leads to attainment of supernormal potentials (siddhis).  I have experienced it myself. Let me tell you humbly that it is the miracle of my shraddha for divine disciplines and ideals, that no one has gone back 'empty-handed' from here. It is the power of shraddha that has infused the beatitudeous light of supreme divine force of Mother Gayatri in me.  My Guru had guided me to adopt rigorous tapa with devout disciplines for twenty-four years. Such were the ascetic disciplines of self-restraint that looking at my diet, my mother was driven to tears, she herself did not eat a single morsel of any sweet during that long duration. It was my shraddha that provided all the courage and strength to march ahead along the chosen path of sadhana, despite several adversities, challenges and testing moments on personal, familial and social fronts of my life. This is how my Gayatri Mantra (japa) became so beatifying and miraculously powerful.     
 
If you want something from me, you will also have to make some efforts, bear some burden. I can't give you anything you don't deserve, because it will hamper your own (soul) elevation. I care for your all-round welfare and therefore advise and guide you to follow certain disciplines, earnestly perform your duties and sincerely adopt the path of sadhana. Samarth Guru Ramdas had tested Shivaji on several occasions and bestowed on him enormous power to make this disciple of his a Maratha King of immortal glory only after he had passed the tests. Once he asked Shivaji to get fresh milk of a Lioness.  He created a Lioness in the nearby forest by his spiritual powers. Shivaji was firm in his devotion to the Guru and unflinching in his obedience; he put his own life at stake and brought the milk of this Lioness, which was the only one he found, feeding her cubs in that forest. Similar was the case of King Dilip. Guru Vashishtha appeared before this disciple in the form a panther and attacked the cows of his Ashram, which he had asked Dilip to take care of.  Dilip offered himself to the panther to save the cows. That very moment Guru Vashishtha appeared in his original form and blessed this worthy disciple with divine knowledge.        

SHraddha cultivates the seeds of devout dedication and devotion in the disciple. It means firm establishment in the inner mind of feeling of sacrifice for great ideals, moral principles and values. It is said that – "Bhavo Hi Vidyate Deva Tasmat Bhavo Hi Karañam"; meaning – God appears in the purity and depth of the sentiments (of shraddha). There is only one 'fee' (essential prerequisite) of finding God or divine grace and siddhis, and that is – shraddha for the Guru, for the Inner Light of the soul. Guru is said to be Brahma; that implies that our Super Consciousness is our Guru. My existence is fully devoted to that.

Guru is referred in our scriptures as the trinity God – Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh; which means that Guru represents the Light, the divine force of the Omniscient God.  Its light in our inner self inspires in us every enlightened sentiment or thought, every noble action, and condemns every wrongdoing, every vice of ours. SHraddha is a sublime medium of awakening this indwelling Guru. To whomsoever your shraddha is devoted that person or object is your Guru. Note that, a human being could also have negative qualities; but shraddha is (or should be, by definition) focussed upon the positive ones, on virtuous tendencies only. If your shraddha is true, your Guru would become a source of inspiration for your elevation.

If you regard me as your Guru, then sincerely practice to engage your mind and consciousness in nurturing thoughts and feelings of virtuous tendencies, good qualities, divine sentiments whenever and wherever you remember me or see my picture. This is an excellent practice, which would gradually awaken your Super-Consciousness. My picture or memory would only be a symbol required for focussing your shraddha. 

The action of a disciple devoting his shraddha to the Guru results in corresponding effects of many-fold grandeur.  A disciple had deep shraddha for his guru. He even used to worship this guru and collect the water after washing the latter's feet. He used to distribute this oblation water as "prashaad" to the patients suffering from different kinds of ailments. Amazingly, people used to get relief from their pains and sufferings from this 'magical' water. Slowly, the news reached the guru himself; so he began to wash his own feet and proudly distribute the water to treat the patients and other aspirants. But the water did no magic. So, you see! It was not the water, rather the 'sublime effect' of the disciple's shraddha that worked in the first case. Whereas in the second case there was only the water; how will it have any effect?             
  
SHraddha is the life-force of spirituality; it is the backbone of spiritual endeavors. Be that simple devotional practice or a rigorous sadhana, every effort is nothing more than any other activity if the devotee lacks in shraddha.  There is no possibility of spiritual attainments without shraddha. The level, depth and focus of your shraddha reflect your intrinsic character and spirituality. If you have respect for your own being, for your inner self, then you are indeed what your shraddha is for yourself.  Contrary would be the case if you don't have any shraddha for your own being; for your own life. So you must set some value system for your self and refine and test yourself for elevation of your shraddha (for yourself and for higher ideals).  As I have repeatedly told you, a noble guru will bless his disciple according to the latter's shraddha in his own devotion and for the values and disciplines prescribed by the guru. 

All that I could do – right from completing the sadhana of Gayatri Mahapurscharans, translating the entire Vedic Literature, writing of several thousand books, to the launching of Yug Nirman Yojna, organization of global Gayatri Pariwar and the establishment of five main centers and twenty-four hundred Shaktipeethas, etc – is because of the grace of my Guru. It happened because I surrendered myself to his directions (kariÌye vachana® tava); to perform the duties and the tasks assigned by my noble Guru. 

I would also like to inform you all that the dawn of God's new incarnation is already on the horizon. As you know, divine incarnations descend on this earth to eliminate the evils and adversities of that time and to initiate the revival of divine order. Their manifestations occur as per the needs of the times. The first phase of incarnation for Kaliyug took place about twenty-five hundred years ago, in the form of Lord Buddha. Buddha's incarnation, as the name indicates, was for enlightenment of intellect. The successive phases of divine transformation of this era (Kaliyug) have resulted in enlightenment of specific realms of the subtle world to make possible the complete manifestation in the last phase. This time the incarnation is not going to be in any human form. The light of God is going to be manifested as the grace of Ritambhara Pragya in the minds and hearts of the people to remove the "crisis of faith". 

Ritambhara Pragya (spiritually enlightened pure intellect endowed with divine shraddha) is the power of Gayatri. That is why I refer Her as Yug Shakti (the divine force of transformation of the era). Gayatri is not only the Goddess worshiped in India. It is a universal force. Its grace is going to spread across the globe. Its revolutionary flow has begun with the Vichar Kranti Abhiyan of our mission. The microfilm of the new world order and the brighter era ahead is encoded in the Gayatri Mantra. This is the mantra for all human beings. The seed of sublime transmutation of mind and heart is hidden in it. If you have faith in this mantra then, together with doing Gayatri Sadhana, you should also march along with me in the Yug Nirman Yojana to usher in the New Era (Sat Yug).  I can visualize the dawn of the New Era. In this respect, I call myself a "cock". The cocks crow in the early hours of the morning before sunrise and inform the world about the advent of dawn.  I am also likewise attempting to awaken you all and the entire world at these moments of grand transformation.             

The Brahmvidya (the eternal, cosmic knowledge) of Gayatri is to be disseminated around the world. I need your cooperation in this gigantic task.  The Rameshwaram Bridge was built and the Gowardhan Mountain was lifted by collective efforts of devoted souls, without any tools or resources. God has bestowed that opportunity upon all of you. Divine Will for transformation of the era will not wait for your cooperation; it will be accomplished as per the Divine Plan. But, if you don't awaken and bear your share of responsibilities, there will remain nothing but repentance for you if you miss the chance. You may begin with self-refinement and offer your altruistic contribution in the form of your efforts, talents, time, labor, or other resources, as per your capability. Your tiny but determined and devoted effort in this direction would be your Guru-Dakshina (an expression of the disciple's shraddha for the Guru) today. 

I want you to present your Guru-Dakshina to me by dissemination of the divine knowledge of Gayatri to every house, every person.  I have the 'medicine' to cure the faith-crisis, the vices and worries; you just become the tools to 'inject' this medicine in people's minds and hearts.  I have the Light, you become the torch-bearers to illuminate the world. I hope your shraddha will inspire and enable you to devote yourselves to this assignment given by the Yug Devata.

I wish you all the best. May the Almighty bless you all with shraddha that will ensure your spiritual well-being and elevation. Let us pray for the welfare and enlightenment of all beings.