Spiritual Lessons
Spiritual lessons of life,
and the Spiritual Journey, so far…
The message & purpose of sharing the story and the spiritual journey of my life, it is just that – we can earn the freedom of life only by following the fundamental rules & principles of life, otherwise the life itself is an imprisonment, therefore, we must learn about it and I think it is the best thing that I can offer & share with everyone.
A short story About my communication or conversAtion with God or the stArs/sky –
It was the day of my communication or conversation with God or the stars/sky, a unique day with a special & unique planetary-alignment, when all the planets were visible just before Sunrise, also, I was waiting for Mercury, until the twilight of dawn, but it remained hidden to my sight. I just wanted to say – what is going on with my life, please help.
In that moment, nothing happened, as we may think or imagine. Nothing super-happened, in fact, absolutely nothing happened. I was deeply in pain & extremely disturbed but suddenly there was a moment of total silence & stillness outside & inside. That was the moment of change, and I am yet to learn about what else changed, what all happened in that moment but I realized that absolute power of God or the creator is absolute peace, but we may never have the absolute awareness of what it is, the absolute silence & stillness, unless we become one with it.
If you know it, then you know it – for example, what is the difference between spiritual-philosophy and real-life spiritual experience? What is the point of reading-reciting the spiritual scriptures, if it is not put to practice? What is the difference between regular-job without the sense of duty responsibility and the regular practice of yog-sadhana with discipline, dedication & devotion, without uttering a word?
The answer is obvious and the ‘Truth’ is always obvious, that is all about the spirituality, Karma & Sanatan Dharma. I stopped searching for truth when I realized that everything that we may think or imagine as the ‘Truth’ and real, the opposite is also equally true & real. It is like – the Truth of life is relative, and therefore, it changes with the changing of the times or perspectives, just like the relative movement of stars & planets or just like the Law of Physics about the ‘relative speed & relative motion.’ Therefore, we must learn, follow & practice the fundamental laws & the principles of life, because in the world of ever-changing times & realities, the rules of life do not change.
It takes a lot of work just to achieve & maintain a certain pace with time, the most dynamic & ever changing time, the spiritual awareness about the 3 main aspects of life is – time, space & direction. Daily or regular practice of the yog-sadhana & pilgrimages can be very useful & helpful to keep it up with the pace of time because there is no better solution in life than the spiritual-awareness, to recognize & realize the reality of life.
The reality of life and the reality of – People, Society & System
It is very important to know, how to apply the spiritual-knowledge in the practical situations of life, and to follow the spiritual rules in the real-life because finally it is all about our own choices & actions in life that will define & decide the final-result of life.
Although, I have written & shared a lot of details about my life, problems & challenges, very disturbed childhood & home environment, and very disturbed relationship with parents-family, but not everything can be explained or expressed, it has many-many layers at every step & stage of life but that is the nature of life. Let me share 2 stories from the real-life experiences, as follows –
STORY 1 – I was not very happy the day my sentence of imprisonment was completed, April 5, 2019. I did not know where to go, what to do next? Parents had come to receive, but I knew that I cannot go to parents-house, at least not for now. How will I explain, who is responsible for my accident? and then why I had to go to jail?
It was not in my habit to hide things, or to do things secretly, but I never realized it before, that my parents-family had their judgements & opinions about me, based on whatever they see on the surface, and they had their own very-strong conclusions about me, based on their own assumptions. In fact, losing my life & limbs was an opportunity to control & correct me, according to my parents-family members, also, they had easily made me guilty for my own accident based on their attitude & perception towards myself. I could see it now, maybe it was always the same, the 180º shift, and it was an eye-opening shock, better late than never, the replay of my whole life happened in moments.
It was another eye-opening argument by my father, around May 24-25, I went to see parents before the journey to Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in 2023 – when he said, you are responsible for your accident, and you went to jail because of your own mistake.
I knew it, and I had accepted it long ago, that I was 100% responsible for my accident and all the miseries in my life, I accepted my stupidity & ignorance, very sincerely & honestly, within myself. I did not understand that whatever was going-on in the marriage, I was wrong to think that it was very poorly organized & mismanaged ceremony-event, but it was the clever-idea of my intelligent parents, I just did not understand it, and I was stupid and ignorant that I was working without sleep-rest, and I exhausted myself to the point of death, then accident happened. Of course, I am responsible for my stupidity, but then I have learned from my mistakes, that is why first I decided that even if I have to go to jail, so be it, and then to stay away from my parents-family, I do not want to make the same mistakes again and again.
Now, I feel that maybe I would not have truly-realized it any other way, getting fooled or carried away by false impressions, but then I had a choice – to waste time to argue what is right or wrong, to prove myself to parents-family, people & society, or to defend myself in court etc. or to just focus on the spiritual & self-growth & development. I made the choice.
A few days before the release, I had already submitted the letter of appeal addressed to higher judiciary, original handwritten copy, to the jailor to reexamine my case, because I knew I had no chance to do anything further, also, hoping that someday I will get justice, may be not by the legal court but as per the rules of life & Universe. The experiences of the 2 days after releasing from jail –
- The policeman who was completing the formalities for my release, informed that my parents had come to take me, I said that I did not want to see them – and he went by the normal judgement that I am a bad person, also, not respecting his parents who are so good, how will I explain to anyone what happened in my life?
- I could not say much but I said I wish & pray that what I have gone through, what I am suffering, it must happen to you, then you will know, also, I informed him that I have submitted the letter of appeal, he can read it, and I go to know that some other people had already read it, but not this policeman.
- I came out of jail, then crossed the road and went into the other side, barren land, no road or pathways, kept walking for long time, sleep on roadside, walking towards an ancient temple. I did not remember the name, or place but continue walking.
- I reached a small village on the way, and I wanted to take bath, so asked for help from the people. One person asked who are you, where are you coming from? I am coming out of jail, I said, and he said to go away – again he was responding as per the normal judgement that I am a bad person.
- I went away, continue walking, until I reached a river, took bath in the river, then lie down in shade of trees for some time, and continue walking. Spent the 2nd night on roadside, and reached the temple by next afternoon, spent few hours at the temple, but nobody could stay back at the temple for night, and I left before it was dark to go to parents-house.
I learned & realized that I will never be able to explain, also, the people will always have their own doubts, therefore, I just had to make peace with the past. I have written the story, and it is up to the people, including my parents & family, as to how they will understand or think about it. My time changed overnight, my parents-family changed overnight, and as I am writing these words, 10 years after the accident in Jan 2025, the time has changed again.
I have already shared in My Story, the article – The Last Message of 2023, about the 3 main reasons to write about the whole story and then to move ahead in life. I am not hanging in the past, although, sometimes it is still very haunting, but it does not affect my psychological health or performance as much as it did before. Anyways, the past is over & gone. Now, all the energy of my life is focused on RAVIYOG, and to accomplish the vision & objectives of the spiritual-yoga program.
I have learned that just like the stages of life, also, there are stages of yog-sadhana & the stages of spiritual-growth & higher awareness, and I feel that my spiritual-growth & development is connected to the success of RAVIYOG.
Therefore, I live with the single-focus of the development & promotion of the spiritual-yoga program, to reach out connect with many people, and to share the spiritual-knowledge, ideas & experiences, also, working on improving & innovating the content & consultation of the spiritual-yoga program. In the same way, there may be different kinds of work & challenges for different kinds of people, as a part of their own spiritual-sadhana & journey. In simple words, it means that my spiritual-sadhana & spiritual-growth is related to the spiritual-growth of the people & place around me and the same principle applies to everything & everyone.
Pilgrimage is very important part of spiritual-life, and it is a blessing every time there is an opportunity to go to a spiritual-place. Recently, completed 2 pilgrimages in March & May 2024, the first pilgrimage from Vani, Saptashrungi to Shirdi, and further to Kolhar Bhagwati temple, about 140 kms by walk, and the 2nd one from Bharat mandir, Rishikesh to Kedarnath, about 230 kms by walk, with the beginning of the Ketu-Saturn time-period from April 2024, as per my birth-chart.
The Guru & Grace – Sadhguru says – no need to go in search of the Guru, just do your own sadhana and prepare yourself, and the Guru will appear when you are ready…continue in the article – My Experiences.
I started following & learning from Sadhguru, since May-June 2019, after imprisonment when I was trying to understand what to do next? I did not know anything much about Sadhguru earlier, but it is not possible to do whatever I am doing without the blessings of ‘The Guru.’
It is not the person but the wisdom, intelligence or the divine energy of the Guru working within everyone – I experience it within myself and refer-relate to it as “Sadhguru.” Although, the very first step in the direction & preparation of spiritual-yoga program started with an open letter which I had written to Sadhguru in June 2020, link in the article – My Story, Spiritual Lessons. He describes the spiritual awareness & the profoundness of life-experience in simple words as follows –
The tragedy of your life is not that – this or that happened to you.
The tragedy of your life is that – everything is happening but you are missing it.
The Guru is always accessible & available to everyone everywhere. Parents, elders, and the teachers at school or at other stages of life are also important but the energy of ‘The Guru’ is very distinct and special. The Guru was needed so much and the ‘Sadhguru’ within – the real Guru is nothing but the dedication, discipline & devotion to the very source of life, it is my yog-sadhana. It is the most efficient & effective, also, simple & easy way to connect with the true life-energy, the energy of Sadhguru, and to connect with the Grace of life by connecting with the energy of the Sun.
STORY 2 – Once a person said- right now if I beat you down, what you can do? I said, nothing, because it is beyond my control & physical capacity but you must know what is beyond your capacity & control, but eventually we became good friends.
There were a lot of other kind of people who said they understand my situation, and the difficult experiences, but these were just empty words, and tried to show the sympathetic-response without any spiritual-awareness, they were easily disconnected in a short time, some of them were interested to discuss or invest to use the spiritual knowledge for benefit or business etc.
Let us move ahead, now I know it very well that nobody is really-interested in my story because everyone is busy with their own life, and their own struggle & challenges. I have reached a stage in life when I am not driven by the sentiments or superficial emotions, also, I can see that it is ignorance or child-like foolishness. It feels good to be emotionally charged as a teenage-youth, but I think it was very short-time in my life, and I am getting old a little early, but it is okay. It is also okay and quite suitable to go slow & steady to accomplish the kind of work and the vision, that I want to achieve.
So, it was never the intention to mark any kind of presence on social media or to have fans and followers. I am not driven by the thoughts or idea of passion, zeal, enthusiasm, or any kind of excitement because for the kind of work that I am trying to put together or the goal which I am trying to achieve, in that process everything is put to test at every step and every stage of life. I am driven by yog-sadhana and spiritual-awareness, it requires a certain level of clarity and good level of patience, perseverance & resilience, to have the feeling of being settled & stable within myself. In a way, I have ‘stopped-within’ long back, I am not chasing anything or anyone, but I have a long way to go and I wish to do a lot of important things in life. I am driven, motivated and inspired by a certain sense of responsibility and commitment for the work, it is the feeling of devotion to the Spiritual cause and to serve humanity.
It gives me a sense of life-satisfaction & fulfilment, and some level of self-worth. Therefore, it is important to offer & share the useful spiritual-experiences of life, to spread & share whatever I have earned very basic level of knowledge & awareness, and learned about some fundamental principles of life that may help other people, families & future generations because when the spiritual life started I was absolutely beaten and broken in my life I had no idea, no thoughts about my future, it was just blank and dark and to make a start from there seemed impossible; sometimes even today, it seems almost impossible to see how far I have been able to reach; so it was all about the sense of feeling grounded within and then to take every step consciously.
- Another important point which is related to creating the videos, posts, & articles, and whatever content I have shared on social media and on my website, the idea and intentions were always to share the spiritual-journey and the spiritual-experiences of life, at every step and every stage of life.