THE POWER GURUS
(Read these accounts and take note of the manifestations. Then go on to the comparison section of the site.)
SAI BABA:
Sai Baba was followed by millions of people globally. He had the "goods" that is, he had supernatural power flowing in his ministry.
He performed genuine miracles.
He could make vedhuti appear out of thin air (sacred
ash).
He could materialize gold rings and jewels which he gave to his
followers.
He had the ability to know people's thoughts.
He healed the sick at times
He reguarly appeared to his followers at night in their dreams
and reveal their dreams to them the next day
He gave his followers visions
Many followers heard his voice as an inner-guide which lead them
in making decisions in life
He gave his grace (enlightenement and power) to selected
followers by the laying on of hands
He was and is seen by millions as a true Avatar, a human
incarnation of God.
Muktananda
He was the disciple of Nityananda and in 1947 he received his impartation of power from Nityananda. Nityananda was called Gurudev and was seen as a Jivan-Mutki or liberated one, and thus worthy of worship as a god. This too is what Muktananda became to millions. Here is an except from Tal Brooke's excellent book Riders of the Cosmic Circuit. This is Muktananda's experience when his kundalini was awakened:
"I understood
nothing about the various experiences such as the vision of
dissolution and the radiant light that had come to me on the
first day. Only afterwards did I learn that they were all part of
a process pertaining to shaktipat (the divine
power-touch of the guru). Shaktipat is simply another
name for the full grace of the supreme guru. This as the
awakening process of the kundalini - the serpent-like
energy the yogis believe is curled at the base of the spoine. And
its rising upwards can only be handled by a well-initiated adept,
driving most people irretrievably mad should they even get a mild
taste of it. Sometimes I
would jump and hope like a frog, and sometimes my limbs would
shake violently as though shaken by a deity. The goddess of
consciousness, and was shaking me with his inner shatki (power). This power of the gurus grace enters
the disciples body in a subtle form and does many great things.
Sometimes my body would
writhe and twist like a snake's while a hissing sound would come from inside me.
Sometimes my neck moved so violently that it made loud cracking
sounds. I roared so much that the cows nearby broke their ropes.
. .sometimes roar like a tiger.
Muktanada was
given the ability to know past and future events
Muktanada was "slain in the spirit"
Muktanada gave his grace away to his followers through shatkipat
initiation laying
on of hands.
Muktanada was worshipped as a god and had/has 62 centers in the
US
"Muktanada's
impact was overwhelming. He was fierce with energy. People vibrated in his energy field as he threw out waves of power into the audience, thunderbolts of shatkipat through
gesture and powerful gazes." pg. 58
"The voltage surging through Muktananda was no joke. It had
to move on before the body dropped away. It needed-this kundalini-
a very prepared host. pg. 64
"For the next three days my body was pulsating with the energy that surged through it. I laughed ecstatically, wept with
happiness, felt energetic
enough to hold the universe in my hand, and hungry enough to
devour all the earth's food (Karen Alboher) pg. 68
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
Rajneesh also had
a hugh following
His goal was to release godhood on a large scale and have his
disciples infiltrate the world
He form of Shavism was Tantric in nature. A true Tantric
practicioner is not bound by any morality or ethics at
all, they have transcended those concepts into the pure
non-dualism of "all is good" "all is god."
By merely appearing to his disciples they would begin to weep and laugh uncontrollably, they would dance, hop, and pass out just by his presence.
"Rajneesh
slowly moved to his throne, his hands in the namaste
prayer position, as he pivoted slowly to face his entire
audience. The hush was electric. One could just feel the guards
psychically trying to control the surges passing across the
audience. . .Rajneesh's body was a glove covering a naked force.
. .I felt it with an intensity. . .It did have a supernatural
consciousness--but its origins and flavor were well disguised
from this adoring and dersperate throng." pg. 92
"Here is where Advaita and Tantra remain supreme. Not the
popularized Tantra, but the cryptic North Indian Kashmiri
variety. Here is where all the seals of what we call a human
being is blown apart. pg. 138-139
In 1953 Rajneesh's
kundalini was awakened through meditation
Many of his disciples had psychotic breakdowns, some killed
themselves
"A bolt of electricity
passing through his body. Passing from one person to the
next, moving around the circle, coming back to him. The group
began shaking violently. It was as if they were all possessed, taken over by a powerful
impersonal energy."
pg. 148
"Suddenly her body was shaking, she was screaming. Somendra was moving
around her - touching her on the back of her neck, on the chest,
on the belly. As he'd touch her, his hands vibrating with
energy, the part of her body where he touched her would begin
shaking more violently. Shaking, screaming,crying - she became a
dynamo of energy. . .she was on fire, from the opposite corner they could feel
her energy." pg. 149
