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Paramhansaji's Siddhis (super-natural powers)
There was no end to Shri Baba's super-natural powers. But he did not consider those to be of much intrinsic value. The sole purpose behind his exhibiting them to his disciples and devotees was to increase their faith in God and worship, in religion and in the unbounded and unlimited power of the Mahashakti.
During his life-time his disciples and devotees had witnessed many of his miracles at different times, in different places and under varying circumstances and environments. Even after his demise on 14th July 1937, his disciples and devotees till today continue to witness them. It has thus been correctly stated in our scriptures that a Guru never dies. He lives for ever in astral form and keeps guiding his disciples.
With regards to these miracles Baba one day told his disciples , ''In my childhood I used to think that all this talk about miracles and super-natural powers in our scriptures is nothing but a fabrication of imagination. But after going to Gyanganj, I was stunned to see what all was possible. That place appeared to me like a magic-land full of wonders. Every thing and event seemed to come within the scope of possibility.''
Baba keeps a watch over his disciples at all times
One Sunday during his stay at Vishuddhashram, Burdwan, Baba was stressing the need for regular practice of Kriya and the surety of good outcome therefrom. One of the disciples, an advocate of the High Court in Calcutta, who had come to visit Baba, complained that he did not seem to be making any progress in the spiritual realm.
Baba enquired, ''Are you regular and sincere in the performance of your Kriya? He replied, ''Yes, Baba". Then Baba said, 'Look, only the day before, as you were going to sit for your Kriya in your Puja-room in Calcutta, a client called for you. Did you not instantly wrap up your Puja asan and come out to meet him? And then you kept on discussing the client's legal suit with him for full two hours and thereafter never did your Kriya that night? Now, if this is the way you do your Kriya how do you expect any progress?''
The advocate admitted the fact and felt very ashamed. Another disciple asked, ''Baba, do you keep vigil over our actions all the while?'' Baba said, ''Yes, I have to, being your Guru.''
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Some of Baba's Teachings and Instructions
1.Perform the Kriya (religious commandment) given by the Guru regularly and implicitly according to his instructions and all shall be well. The grace of God is bound to descend on you in due time.
2.Give up self-praise and talking ill of others completely. These traits are very harmful. Never waste time in these.
3.When tragedies and ill-times overtake you, increase your mantra-japa, both in terms of time and number.
4.Never trust anybody in a hurry. Test him thoroughly first, else you will be duped.
5.Every bit and particle of this world is against your interest. You are your only friend and well-wisher. So depend on your own efforts and do not look up to others for help as they are likely to fail you in your times of need and distress.
6.During your Sadhana (spiritual endeavour) constancy and regularity in practice are of prime importance. Reading of scriptures is only dry intellectual gymnastics. Dramatised Bhakti is also not Bhakti in the real sense. True Jnan and real Bhakti are very prestigious and difficult-to-attain stages in spiritual advancement. These develop automatically one after the other, only after constant and regular austere spiritual practice over a long period.
7.To depend solely on the grace of God is not an act of wisdom. Grace is no doubt very sublime and is also being showered upon us by Mahashakti all the time. Without it there is no hope of our advancement towards salvation either. But this grace can only be attained through constant practice of Yogic Kriya which can lead to the attainment of even the unattainable.
8.Do not let anything ever worry you. ''I (your Guru) am always there with you.'' After performing your Kriya properly for some time, you will yourself realize the truth of my statement. I shall see that all your legitimate wishes are fulfilled and you are never in want.
9.To bring a mood of calm repose in the mind before you start your meditation first invite the following thought: ''The world was there before I was born and it will be there even after I am gone. So, nothing really depends on me, hence why should I be in a state of tension? It is only with calm consciousness that I can help myself and help others. The Divine remains calm despite all the turmoils in the world. It is the Divine spark in me, present as my soul, that sustains me. Let me concentrate on that. Let me get a few moments of leave from the demands of my body, from the desires of my life and from the restlessness of mind and enter into my soul - my true Self. Let peace and calm sustain me.''
10.I am aware of each and every thing that you do, so never try to deceive me by telling lies.
11.Electrical energy gets accumulated particularly in the fore-finger of the right hand, which should not therefore be used for rubbing teeth or pointing out the direction, else it leads to unneccessary waste of the accumulated electrical energy.
12.Spiritual progress depends upon the loftiness of character. Never hurt anybody's feelings. Keep your senses under control and follow the truth in body, mind and speech. Keep unswerving faith in the Guru and be patient, compassionate and forgiving.
13.Dear Son, all your happiness or suffering is a result of your earlier deeds. Do not add further to these. Give up doing bad and unholy deeds now at least, so that you do not create new sins, the consequences of which you will have to suffer in future.
14.You develop interest in the Kriya through constant practice, so much so that in due course of time you will not be able to give it up even if you will want to. In the beginning, you will have to force yourself to sit for your Kriya, but later you will start feeling greatly perturbed whenever you are not able to do so. The Guru can only advise you, explain to you and demonstrate the technique to you but the actual performance will have to be done by you and you alone. So, for your own benefit, get down to the practice of Kriya wholeheartedly and arduously; only talking will not help. Once you get firmly established in the practice of Kriya, you will not be able to leave it thereafter.
The Attainment of Yogic Powers by Shri Vishuddhanand
Many of the blessed disciples of Yogiraj Shri Vishuddhanand have variously described many wonderful miracles brought about by him. But it would be interesting and instructive to know also the pains-taking and sustained practice undergone by him before he was able to attain these marvellous powers. Bholanath spent twelve long years as a Brahmachari in the Gyanganj Yogashram in Tibet under training and strenuous practice of the various branches of Science and Yoga. After his initiation into the Yoga-technology and appropriate instruction and practice, as was customary, he had to undertake a pilgrimage to all the pilgrim centres throughout the length and breadth of India and stay for long periods all alone in the mountain caves, depending solely on the Divine Mother – the force which motivates the whole universe. He stayed in dense forests, in caves braving the severe chilly winds and scorching sun and amongst ferrocious beasts.
The purpose of these stringent rules was to educate the aspirants to learn to depend on and have faith in the Divine. Bholanath was subjected to many physical obstructions and impediments but was always saved from them by the grace of his Guru. He transcended all the good and evil circumstances, obeyed all the stringent rules and not for once even swerved from his cherished path. Being bitten by a dog during his childhood or by a cobra after his marriage were both physical impediments.
As a result of his adherence to the strict rules of the Brahmacharya-period, Bholanath had freed himselef from the influence of ego and had also developed the spirit of surrender to the will of the Supreme Power. He did not now suffer from any kind of fear or any form of agitation like anger, hatred, jealousy. God alone used to be his silent guide in all matters.
An Illustration of Vayu-Vijnan (Wind-Science)
Once Shri Gopinath's Rudraksha rosary broke up. He took the beads and silk thread to Shri Baba for getting it wreathed in the way prescribed in the Shastras (scriptures) Baba kept the beads and the silk thread in the Gomukhi (silk bag for keeping the rosary) and clasped the silk bag in his hand. He turned round the Gomukhi in his hand a couple of times and handed it back to Gopinath. The whole process took hardly a couple of minutes. On examining the rosary it was found to have been beautifully wreathed with the silk thread, with the Sumeru bead affixed in the proper place and style. The knots were also tied in proper scriptural fashion. On enquiry, Baba replied that the job had been done by the technology of Vayu-Vijnan (Wind-Science). Regarding the short time taken, Baba explained that once you enter into the state of super-concentration, even long-time consuming acts can be accomplished in minutes.
In this particular case, Baba used the technique of Vayu-Vijnan but by and large Baba would display and talk about Surya-Vijnan and produce things by that science.
Production of Lord Krishna's Fragrance through Surya-Vijnan
On another occasion in 1920, Shri Gopinath Kaviraj was sitting with Baba at the Ashram at Puri. A few other disciples were also present. He casually mentioned the description of Lord Krishna's Gandha (fragrance) given in Chaitanya Charitamrit and other books and enquired if that was so in reality or it was only an allegory in the Scriptures.
Baba told Gopinath Kaviraj to start naming ingredients, one by one, which formed the Krishna-Gandha, as per description given in Govind-Lilamrit. Gopinath started naming them: blue lotus, musk, etc. As each name was being pronounced, so also Shri Baba moved his hand each time in space. By the time Gopi Dada named the last ingredient, Baba brought his hand close to Gopinath and other disciples and asked them to smell the Krishna-Gandha (Lord Krishna's fragrance). Baba told Gopinath that as he kept naming each ingredient Baba kept attracting the same out of the Sun's rays by the process of Surya-Vijnan and by the time the last ingredient was added the fragrance was created. Gopinath and other disciples present smelled the fragrance which was marvellously sweet and enchanting.
Immense Capabilities of Surya-Vijnan
Shri Gopinath Kaviraj and scores of other disciples were direct witnesses to the creation of valuable diamonds, gems and pearls of different types and shades; ornaments of gold; sweets of various descriptions like Chamshams, Rasogullas, Sandes etc.; fruits like grapes, pomegranates, apples and pine-apples etc; flowers like lotus, rose, jasmine, pandanus (Kevra), Parijat (a flower of paradise) etc.; cow's ghee; coconut oil and numerous other articles, through Surya-Vijnan.
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Baba presented all these articles, prepared through Surya-Vijnan, to his disciples some of whom have preserved many of these intact in their possession even till today, proving beyond doubt thereby that it was not a case of magic, hypnotism or hallucination but one of pure scientific knowledge and its application. Baba converted cotton wool, flowers and leaves into stones, wood, etc. by incidence of appropriate rays of the Sun. He demonstrated practically how minute particles of ingredients of various objects could be dispersed or assembled and destroyed or created through the process of Surya-Vijnan.
Transformation of one object into another
Once some disciples requested Baba to elucidate by actual demonstration how one object is converted or transformed into another.
Baba picked up a rose out of the flowers offered by devotees, lying before him on the bed on which he was seated, and enquired, ''What do you want this rose to be converted into?'' Seeing no jawa flower round about, a disciple requested Baba to convert the rose into a jawa flower. Baba held the rose in his left hand and by means of magnifying glass in his right hand, he focussed the rays of the Sun on to the rose. A gradual change started taking place. First a reddish glow appeared and slowly the rose started disappearing till finally a fully blossomed jawa flower appeared in its place. To satisfy his lingering doubt, Gopinathji took this jawa flower to his home and it remained for quite a few days till it gradually faded away in the normal way. On being asked about the process employed, Baba replied that he had used Surya-Vijnan for this transformation although the same transformation could have been achieved, though more slowly, through the agency of any other natural science such as Chandra-Vijnan or Vayu-Vijnan. Also, this very transformation from a rose flower into a jawa flower could have been brought about by the exercise of pure Ichcha Shakti (will power) by a Siddha Yogi.
Thus any and everything in this world is possible as regards creation, maintenance and destruction, either by Yoga or by Natural Science, both.
