Maharishi is a Millennium Guru. He gave us concepts of the great Siddhas and teachings of spiritual sages with lucidness filled with simplicity and down to earth-practical methods that reaches the masses with ease and spiritually empowers every individual who comes under His wings. 

Maharishi is our link which will connect us to the Universal Cosmic force.  A bridge between Self and Divinity is created and the bridge is our Guru, Vethathiri Maharishi. Let us continue this journey, with regular Sadhana /practices as taught by our Guru without expectations and interruptions. The only thing that stops us from doing our Sadhana/practices is “I”. Self is the biggest motivator and can be the most frustrating de-motivator. Our Guru’s teachings will propel you to create your own spiritual lifestyle and discover the true meaning and purpose of your life.

Most of the aspirants who come to Swamiji, have this common doubt, “I am meditating regularly. When will I achieve my desires and dreams?”, “ I am meditating since many years now but most of my desires are yet to be fulfilled. So what is the use of continuing meditation”. The article, “Sagehood Of Self”, will help us to deeply understand our Guru’s words and teachings in this regard and also understand the intrinsic meaning of “Meditation without Expectations".

A legend who lived, followed the everlasting values through His personal efforts was our Guru Shri Vethathiri Maharishi. He was an earnest disciple of His three Gurus namely, Shri Balakrishnan, Shri Vaithiya Boopathi Krishna Rao and Shri Paranjothi Mahan. He imbibed many timeless values from them, yet He was always firm to isolate inward from the external world and turn to the indwelling Divine alone. He honoured His masters by understanding the truth of SELF and was regular in spiritual practice without any expectations and interruptions.

A majority of us are blessed to find a Guru in our life, but it rests entirely on the individual’s shrewdness to imbibe the ancient eternal ethics to redefine his or her narrowed life. The path shown by Swamiji to elevate ourselves is clear with the practices of Meditation, Introspection, Sublimation and Perfection. An ardent disciple once came to meet Swamiji, surrendered to him and told, “Swamiji I want to attain the purpose of my life. If I leave everything and stay with you, I am confident of achieving it”.

Swamiji welcomed him with open arms, and with His charismatic Divine smile lovingly looked at the disciple and said, “Being with me, staying with me, holding my hand, or serving me will give you a feeling of comfort, help you to practice the spiritual teachings and give you a blanket of Divine protection, but that alone is not enough to achieve your purpose of life. The more you imbibe the teachings and follow the practices, the more the Nature will create opportunities to see a permanent transformation in your Life”. 

On the first day of initiation by the Master, the day concludes with the Guru/Master blessing the aspirant, “On this auspicious day your Kundalini Energy is awakened, by unswervingly practicing the teachings and applying it in every walk of life, you will achieve health, peace, success and wisdom”. This bliss will not just be limited to you, but will also spread to the people around you. 

The importance of self-disciplined practice was always insisted by Maharishi. He said that we are the creators of our own Destiny. So in order to shape that, efforts should be made by each one of us. In a gathering of the volunteers serving others and spreading Swamiji’s message, Swamiji  said – “I am very happy to see so many people serving the society selflessly. This is the need of the hour, and will make this world a better place. But, my humble request to all of you is, serve your body and soul first. Keep good health, meditate to keep your vibrations pure and spread them across, and regularly introspect so that you are constantly focussed within. If the practices are embedded in you, you don’t have to talk, your practices and your life will be an example in itself. That will be one of the purest and greatest service which you can offer to the world” .

Swami Shri Yukteshwar Giri said, “You are your own sage”, Vethathiri Maharishi said, “Your teachings will make you a Guru”. He elevated every individual to the height of a Guru. He articulated that you don’t have to proclaim yourself to be a Guru, but the people around you will consider you so, and this is possible only when you diligently practice. The practices will elevate your soul and not your skill in talking or to give a great speech. Let us bow to the Great Gurus our centuries have seen and honour them by elevating our soul to the heights of purity.