* BUDDHISM:

from: Longchenpa: "Look nakedly at whatever appears at the moment it appears. Know the state of pure and total presence (awareness) to be a vast expanse without center or border. It is everywhere the same, without acceptance and rejection. Blend the nature of mind and it's habit patterns into nonduality.

  * ADVAITA:
(recommends the same as Swami) There are two Nirvikalpas:
the internal:
the mind completely merges in the inmost Being and is aware of nothing else the external: the mind is absorbed in the Self, the sense of world still prevails without a reaction from within.
When the external and the internal Nirvikalpa are realised as identical, the ultimate goal, Sahaja Nirvikalpa Samadhi is been reached.
The Path of Sri Ramana: Self-inquiry that is more like Self-attention or awareness watching awareness being awareness.
"The only true and full awareness is awareness of awareness. Till awareness is awareness of itself, it knows no peace at all."
"Is it not because you are yourself awareness that you now perceive this universe? If you observe awareness steadily, this awareness itself as Guru. Automatically the "your" (and me and mine) will drop off and it will be obvious that awareness watching awareness is really awareness abiding in or being awareness.

The notion of Godman, or woman as understood in India; a form of bhakti yoga (devotional) is difficult to comprehend by the western mind. After fourty years of practicing yoga and studying the sacred writings as well the studies of higher states of consciousness by psychiatrist and transpersonal psychologist; some argue the legitimacy of experiences during meditation, or any religious altered states saying visions are culturally bound thus indicating, that the content of one's experiences may be unconscious projections and also argue about the notion of godman, or Perfect Living Master.

I didn't find an alternative to meditation and a better technique than Surat Shabd Yoga to stay mindful, fully aware and have elevated sense of ethics and refinement of character. I know from experience that Sant Mat Meditation which is to focus attention on the inner Light at the third-eye and to the inner Sound from above: when we attache our attention to this transcending power we can easily attune ourselves to it; as it is a natural method. The Sant Mat doctrine needs updating to be fully appreciated and practiced by modern societies, but since it is a natural, primal and easy technique of meditation I've full faith in the prevailing of the Surat Shabd Yoga and hope it will be taught widely as a tool to elevate consciousness gain right understanding and inner peace. I value my initiation into the inner Sound and Light the most among all the teachings I received during my lifetme and feel gratitude toward Sant Thakar Singh for initiating me to the inner realms, today my guru is the Sound and Light current itself.
Every organisation, or movement is stamped with the personage of its leader. I value Sant Thakar Singh's efforts of continuing the upkeep of Ashrams (Manav Kendra), where He takes in the poor and gives initiation to the Light without any discrimination. This tradition started by His Master the great thinker Sant Kirpal Singh. Sant Kirpal . Sant Thakar quotes in his book the Gospel of Love: "Love is God and God is love" and the title of His organisation named Know Thyself as Soul Foundation sums up His belief, that first and outmost we should strive to know ourselves as soul, which is One with all and in all.

"A human being is part of the whole, called by us 'Universe'; a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest: a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and affection for a few persons nearest us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.
Nobody is able to achieve this completely but striving for such achievement is, in itself, a part of the liberation and a foundation for inner security."
            Albert Einstein

This thought to know the SELF brought me to Ramana Maharsi and to the GAIA's Non-Dualist thought his method of self-inquiry leading to self-knowledge selfrealisation-godrealisation-enlightenment.
To be enlightened in the Heart and keep connected to others with universal compassion and universal goodwill.

"You are all Buddhas There is nothing you need to achieve. Just open your eyes."              Siddhartha Buddha

- what a big circle I made to come back to that I AM -
- in the everlasting NOW -

"Go deep into the sense of 'I am' and you will find. How do you find a thing you have mislaid or forgotton? You keep it in your mind until you recall it. The sense of being, of 'I am' is the first to emerge. Ask yourself whence it comes, or just watch it quietly. When the mind stays in the 'I am', without moving, you enter a state that cannot be verbalized but can be experienced. All you need to do is to try and try again."