New Book -- Excerpts from Chapters 1-3 of “The One-Minute Guide to Prosperity and Enlightenment” by Baba Sri Siva

Chapter 1: The Age of Miracles

Good things are going to happen.

According to Vedic astrology, the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, Venus and Rahu (in Western astrology Rahu is the north Node of the Moon) moved into Taurus on May 14, 2002. This was potentially the most dangerous combination for the welfare of the planet. Due to the grace of God, this danger was averted. Hereafter, there will not be a major apocalypse. Shiva wants to give an opportunity for people to turn to God.

(Note: In the Hindu religion, God or the Supreme Being is conceived as having several aspects. Lord Shiva represents an aspect of God involved in the cyclic process of creation, preservation, dissolution and recreation of the Universe. He is generally considered the third member of the Hindu Trinity, the other two being Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu.)

Every religious tradition has prophecies that the End of Times is coming. Is there any truth to it? Yes, there is. It is indeed the apocalyptic time. The Bible says in the Revelation that at the End of Times there will be trouble for Israel. And, God and Jesus will come to rescue it. Most importantly, God is going to stay on the earth plane along with human beings, and rule like a king.

The End of Times

The End of Times will be a time for miracles in the sky. People will be able to see Jesus and the angels in the sky. It is not easy for the human mind to think that this is all real. The Apostle Paul says that the corrupt physical body will change into a pure body in order to receive the kingdom. Other religions have their own view of the End of Times. The Buddhists are expecting the Maitreya (a future Buddha), the Hindus are waiting for the Kalki avatar, and the Native Americans are looking for the White Buffalo. One truth of all these prophecies is, “Yes, the wonderful times are coming soon.”

The Age of Miracles Arrived June 14, 2002 I want to add my own prophecy here. The Age of Miracles (also known as the Age of Truth) officially dawned on June 14, 2002. After June 14th the world passed through an unexpected turn of destiny. Destiny had it that there was going to be natural calamities and nuclear war destroying large scales of people. All over the globe. But, God intervened and changed the rules. The developments in the Middle East took an unexpected turn resulting in the humbling of Arafat followed by the mysterious silence of the Arab world over this matter. The almost inevitable war between India and Pakistan came to an end.

Human Consciousness Will Change

The most important change will be taking place within our minds and the way we think. Human consciousness itself will change and be filled with love and joy. Doubt, jealousy, anger, hatred, vengeance, and deceit will be reduced to a minimum. There won't be any walls between countries. Anyone will go anywhere without passports or visas. No one will be left behind without food, clothing, and housing. The Age of Miracles will have two major impacts. It will make the impure people pure, and it will turn the pure people into angels, meaning some people will attain light bodies through God's grace.

God Is Light, God Is Love

I will be teaching many special techniques during the Age of Miracles. And I want you to rest assured that the Age of Miracles has truly arrived. You may ask, “Who is going to come? Jesus, Maitreya, Kalki or the White Buffalo?” I want you to understand God has no name or form. Everyone understands within his or her parameter. In my opinion God is Light, God is Love. He or She or the androgyne (I like the androgyne better!!) will help everyone to open his or her third eye, an energy center located between the eyebrows that is the seat of intuition and awareness.

Most Auspicious Time in the History of the Universe

We are living in the most auspicious time in the history of the Universe. At this time, right now, tremendous spiritual energy is available for you to change your life into the life of your dreams. The great Divine Being Lord Shiva is going to electrify the planet and make it luminous. Lord Shiva has existed prior to consciousness and creation. From time to time he has revealed himself indirectly through his saints, devotees, and in the dream plane of some individuals, and he is revealing much at this time about the unprecedented opportunity for mankind to advance its spiritual evolution faster and farther than ever before in history.

The Time Is Perfect for Accelerated Spiritual Practices

The energy conditions in the world at this time are perfect for the accelerated, fast working spiritual practices that I am teaching. Normally, this advancement in spiritual evolution would require lifetimes of rigorous, devoted practice. However, right now, the Divine is pouring light into our hearts and minds to rebuild a higher, happier consciousness and bring in the promised new Golden Age. I am maximizing this Divine outpouring by providing previously secret practices specifically designed to accelerate spiritual development, with the permission from my tradition to share this knowledge openly for the first time, because the time is right.

Chapter 2: Putting Money into the Hands of the Spiritual People

To run away from the world is to run away from God.

We are living on the threshold of a New Age in which there will be a paradigm shift. I predict that within just a few years, money and power are going to be in the hands of the spiritual community.

Spiritual People Shy Away from Money

In general, spiritual people shy away from money. This is an historic truth. Examine the following statement from the Bible, “It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.” You go to church/temple/mosque and all of a sudden you become very grave. You seem to think that God might love long faces, because your concept of God is that He is a killjoy and a peeping Tom. It is time that spiritual people change their negative attitude towards money and material life.

I Am Committed to Putting Money and Power into the Hands of Spiritual People

Currently, most of the money is in the hands of people who are totally unconscious. Most rich people are self-centered, egocentric and want to grow richer and richer at any cost. They don't even realize that they have more money than they could possibly spend in this lifetime. They have no sympathy for the three billion human beings who go to bed hungry. There is no willingness to share their wealth. Conversely, the poor and the spiritual people want to share whatever they have with those who are in need. Unfortunately, because these people don't have money, their sympathy has very little impact.

Spiritual People Need to Become More Active, Not Otherworldly

Fundamentally, spiritual people should come out of the closet and become more active. It is important for them to understand that if you meditate for longer hours and spend a lot of time reflecting on God, over a period of time you will become otherworldly. In some cases, it may even create depression and a lack of interest in being active.

Spiritual People Must Remain Grounded

It is important that all spiritual people do something to remain grounded. You can practice a martial art or some other form of physical exercise that will keep you alert.

Some Tips to Radically Change Your Mind

Perhaps you have been a monk or ascetic for many lifetimes. In those lifetimes, your priority had only been God. You rejected relationships, worldly pleasures, politics, and other activities in favor of a reclusive and ascetic life. These strong memories from past lives should be erased. I have dedicated a meditation for this problem that you will find in this book. It is called “The Karma-Busting Mantra.”

The World Is the Creation of God

It is important to get rid of the concepts that this world is an illusion and that it is important to only focus attention on God rather than the world. You must realize that the world with all its complexity and silliness is still the creation of God. When you are having a good meal, enjoying beautiful music, communing with Nature, know that you are connecting with God. To run away from the world is to run away from God.

Power and Money Must Change Hands

I am currently putting out a lot of my energy to give spiritual people the tools they need to become prosperous. The world will not see any substantial progress unless money and power change hands. From time immemorial, money has always remained in the hands of the wrong people. No more can we allow this to happen. Already the world has suffered. Let us bring all the spiritual people together and work towards this goal. During the last few years, Wayne Dyer and Deepak Chopra have done important work in this area. I congratulate both of them for their extraordinary work. I gave a secret meditation for manifestation particularly to Wayne Dyer called the Ah meditation, which he presents in his book Manifest Your Destiny, and which I discuss in this book. The Ah mantra is being practiced all over the world and I have heard many people speak about their success with it.

Global Meditation Group

Let us bring all the spiritual people together and work towards the goal of putting the money and power in the hands of the spiritual people. It is my desire to start a global meditation group that will meet at specific times of the day to bring in the Golden Age. The group will use the Internet to facilitate this change of power. Visit my web site at www.srisiva.com to check on the status of this program.

Chapter 3: Karma and Destiny

Karma is one's destiny. There is a way out of your karma.

You have created misery through the power of your past actions and thoughts, which is your karma. Karma is the spiritual law of cause and effect. Through good acts you create good karma, and through bad acts you create bad karma. For instance, if you have done good actions in your past lives, this lifetime will bring a life of luxury, good health and happiness. Conversely, bad actions from past lives will create problems, suffering and poverty in this lifetime.

The Nature of Karma

The literal meaning of karma is action. Action in this case needs to be defined not only as an impulse at the physical level, but also an impulse at a subtle or psychological level. Hence, thinking is action.

Thoughts Create Karma

Everything that you think creates vibrations and leaves impressions. The Buddha said that one's whole life consists of one's thoughts. This is the best definition of karma I have ever found. You caused the life that you are now living. You may not like the reality that you have created, but at the moment you created it you thought that this was the best that could be accomplished. That's why you created it. When did you create it? You created it in a number of previous births. The desire to create this reality was so intense that you ended up creating it. Nobody was responsible but you. Why did you do this? You did not know any better at the time you created it.

Your Soul Remembers Karma

How is karma carried from one life to another? How can the thoughts from one lifetime be remembered in the next? Your soul remembers these thoughts and seeks to be born in an environment where these thoughts can be realized. Your soul is just a collection of electrical energy. Through breath awareness, you can access your soul; you can see and understand your future possibilities. Once you recognize the things that are waiting to happen, you can diffuse a lot of desires that are not life supporting, which you have created out of ignorance.

There Is a Way Out of Karma

You may ask, “Is there a way out of my misery or do I have to suffer to my death? If that is what karma means, do I have any hope?” Yes, you do. But it is difficult to make changes in this area. Why is it difficult? Because you are fighting against material reality.

Two Kinds of Reality: Spiritual and Material

Reality is of two kinds. One is a spiritual reality, and another is a material reality. Let me give you an example. There is ice, snow, water, steam—all of which are H2O. They are different stages of H2O at different temperatures. When H2O becomes ice, it acquires maximum physicality.

Material Reality Is Difficult to Change

It is very difficult to change the structure of the ice because it has become like a stone, very hard. But when it is snow, it is easy to change. When it is steam, it is easier to change. But now, at this phase, we are living a material life that is comparable to the ice. That's why it is difficult to change.

Change Requires Spiritual Energy

But, remember, I am not saying that it is impossible to change. It is possible to change, but it requires energy to wake up and diffuse your karma. You can diffuse materiality, the material elements that are going to come that you created in your past births.

How to Change Your Destiny

How can you change or diffuse this karma you have created and thus change your destiny? In order to understand how to diffuse karma, you must understand what life is and how karma is related to life. You can challenge karma this very moment by making a very strong decision. The Buddha had a very strong karma to become a king, but he had no interest in playing this part. To be a ruler and wield great power might be of interest to others, but the Buddha wanted no part in this kind of drama. How did the Buddha challenge this karma? He made a decision to quit that life, and he took nothing from that life with him. Kingdom, wife, child, even food or clothing, nothing mattered to him but the search for consciousness. In this way, the Buddha challenged his karma. You change your destiny by making a decision to change your life and by becoming alert. All you need to do to diffuse your karma is to dispel the spell. You are under a spell. You are like a robot. You are asleep although you say you are in a waking state. You have to become alert to the core. You have to create more energy to diffuse the karma.

With Alertness, You Challenge Your Karma

When you become alert, you begin to challenge reality, challenge karma. When you challenge karma, you are not going to accept things as they are. Every minute you are going to be conscious. At no time are you going to be unconscious. If you are unconscious, you are allowing things to happen. You are causing the karma to manifest. The moment you become alert, you challenge karma. So the way to diffuse karma is to become alert and not allow the robot to continue in the way it is continuing.

Live Life with Consciousness

It requires a tremendous amount of spiritual energy to do things better. You are not going to live life the way you have lived so far. The way you have lived so far is to just live life without consciousness. We love to forget ourselves. We have no consciousness to realize that we are breathing. That's why the Buddha said that, at least for an hour, you should become conscious of your breathing. And he said that while you are doing this exercise, you have to be so conscious that you should not even miss one breath. Because the breath and the mind are related processes. Yet even for five minutes, you cannot put your mind on the breath. If you have successfully become aware of your breath for an hour, that will change your life entirely because by that time you will have created enough energy, enough alertness, to diffuse karma.

Attention Diffuses Karma

Attention will diffuse karma. If you are attentive, things cannot get overlooked. You can stop things by virtue of your own attention. You don't have much attention now. You just allow things to happen. So with attention, you can stop things. This is the law of Nature. Attention means care. Attention and care are synonymous. If you bring more attention, you bring more care. You don't care now. Mike Tyson has great muscles that you and I don't have. Why? Did he care for his muscles? He did. Did you care for your muscles? No. And how did he care for them? His whole life was his muscles. So what you need is care, more attention. When you bring more attention, then you become more alert. Then karma will stop. Karma stops because you are waking up to a different dimension of existence where you are able to see the karma coming forth, and then the attention burns the karma. This is how you avoid the dangers that are yet to come.

The Need to Meditate

Patanjali, the enlightened Indian yogi who collected the Yoga Sutras, stated why people need to meditate. You have to meditate because you have to avoid the danger that has not yet come. You have created enough dangers for several lifetimes. They are unfolding. This lifetime is not enough to live those events, so you are going to create other lives to enjoy it or suffer it. So what you have to do is just meditate more.

What Is Meditation

To meditate means to think, to think deeply. In Sanskrit, the word for meditation means thinking deeply. So meditation doesn't really mean keeping your eyes closed. Anything that you deeply, deeply think is meditation. Even people who are constantly thinking about something they want to manifest are in meditation.

By Meditating You Create More Awareness

The Buddha sat under the bodhi tree before his enlightenment, and he began to re-live all the karma that he had to pass through, and he emptied it. Then, there was no more karma to emerge. That is why he said that total reality is emptiness. There is nothing out there and, in that emptiness, you are full. Emptiness is not a negative quality. Emptiness is unlimited life in which you are not defined. You are infinite. And that, Buddha said, is the true nature of every human being, to live without karma. That state is produced by awareness.

The Tamil Siddha Tradition

The Tamil Siddha tradition believes in changing life both materially and spiritually. You have to challenge your material reality and change it not for the next life, but right now for this life itself.

To Change Your Destiny, Change the Sounds in Your Consciousness

The mind is a bunch of sounds. This is the model of the Siddhas. And what did they mean by the statement that your mind is a bunch of sounds? Your mind is made up of language. Ninety percent of your mind is language. If you pull out language from the mind, the mind would not exist. Then, what is language? Language is sound—sound and meaning put together. Now, what is sound? Sound is just a bunch of vowels and consonants. If you understand vowels and consonants, you have understood most of your mind. So, if you want to change your mind, change the sounds in your consciousness. Your mind has a sound pattern. Your unconscious has a sound pattern. Change these patterns and you will find yourself manifesting the life of your dreams. By using the mantras presented in this book, you can change your destiny by changing the sounds of your consciousness. Mantra, combined with intention and attention, will create miracles in your life. I could probably write a PhD dissertation on this topic, but it is not necessary now. Ten years ago I would have done it. I am now precise and into Timelessness.

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