Advanced Teachers always forgive. It is inevitable that anyone who seek knowledge and power will make many mistakes.
Human beings have illusions. The enlightened don’t have illusions. They see things as they are, and in that seeing, they see ecstasy and joy. They see the play of life.
An enlightened person doesn’t know it all. Enlightenment simply means walking beyond this and all worlds into nirvana, which is beyond knowledge and ignorance.
Even enlightened people think of themselves as beginners. They probably think of themselves as beginners more than others do – perpetual beginners who begin again each moment because their subject is endless.
Some souls attain enlightenment. No one knows why. You could say it is individual inclination. I’m not convinced that’s the case.
Most people who have been enlightened in previous incarnations normally begin to regain their past-life enlightenment around the age of twenty-nine, when their astrological Saturn return takes place.
In this whole world, there are actually very few people who study meditation with an enlightened master. This is because there are not very many enlightened masters on the entire earth.
If you are a student of an enlightened master, you can literally tap into his aura, anywhere and at anytime. All you have to do is meditate on your Buddhist master and the light will come into your mind.
A person who wants to progress more rapidly and wishes to overcome unhappiness sooner, should try to find an enlightened master.
No one on this earth attains enlightenment anymore without an enlightened master as a guide, unless that person was enlightened in many previous incarnations.
Almost anyone can see the golden light in an enlightened master’s aura when the master meditates, unless, of course, the person is blocked up psychically.
At times your entire body tingles with ecstasy as you feel the waves of psychic energy that emanate from the master’s aura touching your own body.
Being a siddha master is indeed a great accomplishment, but it is not the same as being enlightened. People confuse siddha masters, who have the power to perform miracles, with enlightened masters who can enter into samadhi.
It’s nice if you love a liberated person, and you should, because they love you. They’re lovable. They’re children playing in a very, very unusual world filled with vortexes of dancing darkness and light.
If the teacher is truly enlightened, energy and light is always coming forth from them. To be in their physical presence is a great boon, not of the teacher but of that light which passes through them.
If you can develop a connection, what we call an inner connection with the teacher, then it is not even necessary to be in the physical presence of the teacher, although it will always be stronger.
There is always a certain amount of ‘transmission loss.’ You can have a power generator and if the power is going on 100 miles away, even with very efficient cable there could be a certain amount of loss.
While people who are enlightened are worthy of respect, to put them on a pedestal is a mistake. To undervalue them is also a mistake.
The more advanced the teacher, the better for you. The fifth degree black belt is so expert that they will understand that you’re a beginner and throw you perfectly so that no harm will befall you.
If a spiritual teacher says something that doesn’t make sense to you, you should always listen to yourself and not the teacher. A little common sense would end all cults.