[ Atul | 14 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 257 views]
Gratitude and spiritual closeness among seekers experienced in the āshram

Having gratitude for what has been given to us by God is an important aspect in the development of spiritual emotion. A few days ago, I witnessed one such example of gratitude.

Living in an āshram (hermitage) where SSRF has its research centre in Goa is not like living at home. It is a very spartan lifestyle and the frills and luxuries that are available to us at home are not available in the āshram. However seekers of God transcend their need for these luxuries as for them, the benefits of living in an āshram, far outweigh worldly luxuries with respect to the āshram providing a conducive environment for spiritual development.

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Spiritual Milestones »

[ admin | 2 Dec 2009 | 2 Comments | 277 views]
Special features of His Holiness Pande Maharaj

We know that God is Omniscient. Saints are the manifest form of God. They have qualities related to spiritual practice, but most Saints do not have knowledge about worldly matters that is useful in spiritual practice. To my knowledge, H. H. Pande Maharaj is the only Saint who is an exception to this rule. Without thinking, He can instantaneously provide new perspectives on any subject like art, sculpting, spreading Spirituality, classes on raising children in a sattvik (spiritually pure) way, satseva related to collecting offerings through advertisements.

Saints are the true identity of the ashram. Only by the presence of Saints, Divine Consciousness (Chaitanya) is created in an ashram (hermitage) and seekers feel inspired to do spiritual practice. It is God’s grace on us that we are blessed with a gem of a Saint like H. H. Pande Maharaj.

Spiritual Video and Media »

[ admin | 5 Nov 2009 | One Comment | 631 views]
Hollywood actress studies SSRF video of demonic possession

Earlier this year, an actress from Hollywood made use of the Spiritual Science Research Foundation’s research on ghosts in order to prepare for the role of a person who is haunted by an evil spirit.

The Hollywood movie ‘The Unborn’ features a character troubled by a ghost, and this haunted character is played by actress Odette Yustman. Odette Yustman had studied an SSRF documentary on ‘YouTube’ in order to prepare for the role. She spoke in a programme called ‘PopTub’, a daily telecast of best Youtube videos. In this interview she mentioned …

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[ admin | 27 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 432 views]
Are my tears due to spiritual emotion?

How to recognize whether tears are due to spiritual emotion or emotion? In cases when a person is possessed, is it the person who is crying or the possessing entity who is acting?

1. Crying due to spiritual emotion (bhāv)
A. Tears are due to spiritual emotion (bhāv) if they occur while chanting and while thinking sāttvik thoughts.

B. Sometimes one cries even when no thoughts are there, but the mind is happy. This is due to unmanifest bhāv.
C. If the tears are due to bhāv, then the body feels light, the eyes …

Events and Reports »

[ admin | 21 Oct 2009 | No Comment | 249 views]
SSRF presents latest spiritual research about Saints at the 11th EUROTAS International Conference in Milan

On 15th October 2009 some of the latest and unique spiritual research about Saints by the Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) was presented for the first time. The presentation of the research on Saints was part of SSRF’s participation at the 11th EUROTAS International Conference in Milan, Italy. The Conference, held annually, gathers professionals and enthusiasts in the fields of transpersonal psychotherapy, behavioural and humanistic psychology, other academic fields and a variety of healing practices including yoga, shamanic traditions, healing through art, music and other media.

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[ Sean | 14 Jun 2009 | 4 Comments | 1,124 views]
Predicting the Future

In 2004, when I was living in Melbourne, I heard that His Holiness Dadaji Vaishampayan (a Saint from India) fondly known as Dadaji had come to Sydney in Australia. While I was really keen on travelling to Sydney to get His darshan (holy view), due to unavoidable circumstances, I couldn’t make the trip.

The next time I heard of this trip of Dadaji’s was a month ago, when he had come to the SSRF research centre at Goa. It was announced that the predictions that He made while He was in Australia would be made public.

When in Sydney, Dadaji who was close to 90 years old had performed severe austerities. At that time Dadaji wrote down 22 predictions…

Messages To Seekers »

[ admin | 22 Nov 2008 | No Comment | 215 views]

Upto now SSRF has been conducting free lectures at physical premises worldwide. Now thanks to the free conference technology through Skype, we are trying to reach all our readers via the Internet regardless of where they may be.
We will be holding 2 satsangs via Skype every week for our readers worldwide. These satsangs will be as per the European and Australasian time zones but can be attended from any other region. Everyone can choose to attend the satsang that has the most convenient time for them. Both satsangs will have …