Insights we gained from comments to a Youtube video of SSRF

From the year 2007, SSRF has uploaded videos to Youtube on different subjects related to Spirituality with the aim of educating society about the spiritual dimension. Currently there are more than 60 videos uploaded to the SSRF Youtube channel (www.youtube.com/SSRFINC), in various languages.

The most visited video by far is ‘Violent Demonic Possession’, consisting of 2 violent manifestations of negative entities:

1) A lady seeker possessed by a demonic entity rolling on the floor while being choked by the possessing entity
2) A higher level negative energy possessing a lady seeker that is fighting with His Holiness Dr. Jayant Athavale while He meditates.

The video received an astonishing 4.3 million visitors between October 2010 and October 2011.

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Currently there are almost 6 million views of this video. Visitors are leaving approximately 10 comments daily. There are thousands of comments.

In this article we give an overview of the type of comments we receive for this video.

Most of the comments can be grouped in several categories, as follows.

1. Vulgar or disrespectful and ridiculing (over 60% of all comments)

   Most comments contain some vulgar word or curse that is very disrespectful, stating that the video is ‘fake’,  ‘acting’, ‘a lie’, or ‘ROFL (Rolling On the Floor Laughing)’ etc… Needless to say, most of these comments are moderated by us before they see the light of day.

2. Intellectual or rational

   Most of the intellectual comments are grouped around the claim that this is some sort of mental disorder (e.g. spontaneous hallucination, multiple personalities, obsession, schizophrenia, etc.) or a physical one (e.g. epileptic seizure). Other rational comments hover around statement that the spiritual world (including God, demons, ghosts, angels, etc.) does not exist, and that it is strange that in 21^st century during the age of science and technology, people still believe in such things.

3. Emotional

   Some of the comments are emotional in nature: ‘why didn’t anyone help the poor girl’,’ ‘if I were there, I would help her’, ‘why did the cameraman move the chair but did not help her’, ‘the poor girl got hurt’ etc… Repeated explanations are given in order to clarify why we publish such videos and why manifestations are not stopped. Other comments just show some strong emotion of fear or disbelief; ‘this is really scary’, ‘HOLY MARY!!!’, ‘shocking’ ‘that’s just sad’, ‘what on earth is this?????’, etc.

4. Religious

   All comments in this group approve and support the fact that demonic possession, ghosts and the spiritual world do exist. However, their suggestions on how to address this issue are different:
   - Christian: the way to save ourselves from ghosts is to accept Lord Jesus Christ and to repent for our sins. Some suggest that Vatican should be consulted as they are experts.
   - Muslim: they call ghosts jinn and say that the Name of Allah and the Holy Kuran, as well as reciting the Al-Ikhlas, An Nas, Al-Falaq and Ayatul Qursi can be used for spiritual healing.
   - New-Age related: we should have love, patience and desire to help ghosts and demons, because they need our help to be free them. Such comments are usually mocked by others.

5. People who have had such experiences

   There is a group of comments from people who have had some experience with possession. They usually state that they started believing in possession when they had witnessed some possession or exorcism, and they sometimes briefly share their experience. Their comments also support our Knowledge. For example: ‘Mental Disorder IS possession, my wife, was manic depressant, suicidal, schizophrenic, and would often lose herself to another physical voice that would come out of her mouth (a male’s voice). All classified as “mental illnesses” diagnosed again and again ever since she was 15. Then she went under in the spirit of Jesus’ grace when she was 20 years old, collapsing and writhing on the floor screaming, crying, all that good stuff. The doctors can’t explain it. She’s is healed now.’

6. Disappointed as they expected something supernatural

   A certain group would like to believe in the video but they do not, as they expected something supernatural to happen. For example, to see the person flying, going through or climbing the walls, being dragged on the floor without visible force, etc. Others say ‘I can easily do the same’ ‘it is nothing special’, ‘I lost my time’ etc. Through such comments we can observe that current knowledge about demonic possession is very poor and that public opinion is shaped by Hollywood movies. One example of this type of comment: ‘I would believe it if she started to crawl up the wall and twisting her neck and stuff’

7. Gender/religion/nationality biased

   - Gender: comments pointing out that possession happens only to women
   - Religion: this happens only to Hindus or religious people. There are questions such as ‘why atheists do not get possessed?’, etc.
   - Nationality: this can happen only to Indians who come from a poor background, and by acting they seek attention. One comment was: ‘In India it is so normal that girls love demons’.

8. Related to drugs

   Many viewers jokingly shared that the reason for such behavior is: ’they are on acid (type of drug)’,’ ’they are on crack (type of drug)’, ‘I behave like this when I get high’, etc… This shows how taking drugs is highly tamasik behavior that enhances demonic possession and how much humanity at large is unaware of it. Through these comments we can also see how drug use has become more socially accepted among the younger generation.

9. Related to personality defects

   Some viewers jokingly shared that the reason for such behavior is: ’the girl did not get her favorite food’,’ ’this is the way kids behave when they get angry’, etc… This proves what is mentioned on our website, about how certain types of personality defects leave people more vulnerable for possession by ghosts.

10. Those who have knowledge about the subtle dimension

    Some readers write comments that show a certain level of knowledge regarding the subtle dimension. For example, the question: ‘How would one distinguish between a demonic possession and someone who has a mental disorder?’ answered by another reader as follows: ‘EASY. Signs of demonic possession may include: * Speaking in languages the individual has never learned or even heard * Saying things that do not make sense * Physical strength above and beyond what the individual is capable of medically * Loathing the name of God, Jesus, Mary, or the names of any saints or other religious individuals * Pain or physical discomfort when Scripture or prayers are read or the sacraments performed.’

11. Sexual pleasure gained

    Such comments do not appear as often, but is interesting to mention that a certain percentage of male viewers experience strange sexual pleasure and stimulation by watching such videos.

12. Questions and help needed (less than 1%)

    Such comments are the rarest, and we answer them in a short period of time. Readers are directed to the log-in facility on the SSRF website for more personal guidance.
    Example: ‘Hi there. I think I might have a negative entity inside of me. It’s not in control all the time but it takes over more frequently these days. I talked to the local pastor but he says it’s not a demon and I should go to a shrink. I live in Greenland and no catholic church is anywhere close. How can I find help? When taken over my body started to indulge into raw meat lately. It is usually supposed to be our Sunday dinner.’

Conclusion

This set of comments are a valuable source of information through which we can assess the current state of society.

Unfortunately we can observe that the vast majority of the population (around 80%) is lacking basic knowledge about the spiritual dimension to such an extent that they are completely unaware of its existence. Also, we can see how much society is influenced by negative energies at large by the way tamasik conducts are spread as common and acceptable behaviour through the freedom of expression, choice and democracy (drugs, drinking, showing disrespect, swearing, sarcastic comments, being ungrateful, etc.)

The minority that has some knowledge and percentage of truth about the spiritual dimension are usually restricted to having knowledge as per the religion that they follow, or through their personal experience. They are usually unaware of the limitation of their knowledge, yet present themselves as ‘knowledgeable’.

However, even if only a few realize the importance of the knowledge presented in these videos and they are inspired to help themselves in their spiritual progress, then our aim is fulfilled and we will continue putting selfless efforts in educating humanity about spiritual dimension and its effects on us.

Comment of H. H. Dr. Athavale:

Now 60% of the world population is laughing at demonic possession, in 10 years only 30% will be laughing, and in 100 years nobody will be laughing.

Reported by: Andrey Kislovski

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Test your sixth sense by comparing sounds of the universe in the form of pulsars with the Divine sounds captured in the close proximity of a higher level Saint

We recently published a number of self-generated Divine sounds which have the ability to spiritually heal and impart spiritual experiences.

Some of our readers have promptly pointed out that these Divine sounds markedly resemble sounds that come from outer space, namely, the sound of pulsars.

A pulsar (portmanteau of pulsating star) is a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits a beam of electromagnetic radiation.

How does the sound of pulsars compare to the Divine Sounds that we have published?

You can find out for yourself by hearing the pulsar sounds below and then listening to the Divine sounds.

After you have done this subtle experiment, if you wish, please share your findings with us. Please leave a comment below or via our SSRF Login facility.

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Kishore, who helps the publishing team at SSRF, recounts an unusual series of computer failures that obstructed us while publishing matter on the SSRF website

I am a freelance photo-journalist by profession, but in my spare time I have the good fortune of using my skills to serve the spiritual research publishing team at SSRF. Working with a spiritual research team is a unique experience and cannot be compared to working in everyday life. One of the main distinguishing factors is the incredible amount of resistance from negative energies that seekers (of SSRF) face when collating, editing and publishing information on the SSRF website and other associated spiritual journals. Some of the adverse spiritual experiences of seekers have been published on the SSRF website under the section ‘Horrifying Supernatural Encounters’.

I would like to share one such example of a subtle attack on the editorial team of SSRF that I was privy to. The picture below is of a high-end Hewlett Packard notebook on which most of the content and architecture for the SSRF website has been prepared over the last few years.

Notebook used for preparing SSRF content

The notebook was bought in 2006 and over the next three years it faced incessant problems; the timing of which quite often coincided with critical junctures in the preparation of important content for the website. The laundry list of problems and replacements that this notebook encountered is quite extraordinary, especially considering the fact that it was a top-of-the-line notebook from HP.

• 3 screen changes as bubbles would appear in the screen along with distorted images
• 1 hard disk failure
• 1 motherboard failure due to rust
• 1 graphics card failure
• 1 set of RAM failing
• 3 battery packs replaced
• 1 battery charger replaced
• 1 power pack cable that started to burn up
• And an extraordinary number of viruses (despite up-to-date anti-virus software) that reduced the performance of the notebook

The only thing left to replace was the outer casing. When we asked the servicing agent, he too was very surprised by the number of problems that this notebook had faced as it was quite unlike anything that he had experienced. The subtle department at SSRF, through advanced sixth sense, confirmed that all these breakdowns were due to negative energy attacks. These are just some of the problems faced by the SSRF research team at a physical level in getting this valuable information out to the world.

In my years of association with SSRF, I have learned that negative energies operate throughout society by stealth and that many of the problems both at an individual level and at the level of society are due to them. Most people in society are ignorant of the involvement of negative energies in their lives. SSRF lays out the facts quite plainly about their involvement and the spiritual remedies to overcome them. As a result SSRF also incurs the wrath of negative energies as they like to fiercely guard the extent to which they are active in the physical realm. This is because their very strategy, so as to effect maximum damage, is to work covertly.

The way I see it, these subtle attacks on SSRF are nothing but a back-handed compliment to SSRF by demonic subtle forces. The subtle attacks only endorse the importance of the content on the SSRF website as negative energies do their best to derail it from becoming public knowledge. Having been witness to a variety of such types of obstacles faced by seekers, I have only gained a greater sense of appreciation for value of the knowledge displayed on the SSRF website.

by Kishore Amati

SSRF volunteer

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Have you ever experienced excessive computer failure while working on a subject related to Spirituality? Send us your experiences in the comment box below.

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Whenever we have attended the funeral of an average person, our experience has been that the surrounding environment is charged with tāmasic spiritual vibrations. You may have read our article on Burial versus Cremation which explains the reason why death is tama predominant. For those of you who have not, here is a snippet:

“At the time of death, excretory gases are expelled from the dead body. These excretory gases are regular physical gases expelled by the body such as putrefying gases, etc. Since they are gases exiting a decaying body, their frequencies and vibrations are negative in nature and as a result the tama component increases in the immediate surrounding environment. Ghosts (demons, devils, negative energies, etc.) get attracted to these negative frequencies and enter the environment around the dead body.” SSRF.org article Burial Versus Cremation

Honap Kaku’s passing on the other hand emanated spiritual positivity. Just as she was an example to all of us while being bedridden, even in death she continued to show us the benefits of spiritual practice and spiritual evolvement. I would like to take this opportunity to share with you some observations that helped to instill a deeper faith in the seekers (who witnessed her passing) about the benefits of spiritual practice.

Seekers at the research centre have an above average ability to perceive the difference between positive and negative spiritual vibrations. Without exception all the seekers who had come to pay their respects perceived that her lifeless body was emanating Chaitanya (Divine Consciousness). They also felt spiritual healing taking place on them which is an extremely uncommon outcome given that death brings with it spiritually distressing vibrations.

Later that afternoon we noticed that a number of seekers who are possessed by negative energies, when exposed to the positive healing effect of her body, scrambled to defend themselves from the Chaitanya (Divine Consciousness) emanating from her body.

Along with this, we were witness to another unique phenomenon. Due to the Chaitanya emanating from her there was an absence of decay, foul odour or rigor mortis in her body right until the time of the funeral some 26 hours later. This was so, despite the weather being hot and humid and Honap Kaku’s body being exposed to hot lights in the studio for over three hours after her passing to shoot the above mentioned experiment. Rigor mortis (body stiffness after death) is a condition which typically sets in after 3-12 hours of the death. Yet in Honap Kaku’s case her joints and limbs remained flexible until her cremation the following day. Her skin and muscle tone was supple and as we looked at her face, it seemed very fresh as if she had just passed away. Looking at her I had the feeling that she seemed so life like.

Funerals are generally morose occasions where there are many tears shed, depressive thoughts and grieving is the order of the day. However on this occasion as we prepared the final funeral rites for Honap Kaku, a spiritually advanced seeker, we felt sereneness in her presence due to the Chaitanya and the knowledge that she would be going to a higher realm in the subtle regions of the Universe where she would continue her spiritual journey to be liberated from the cycle of births and deaths.

I reflected on what I had gained from witnessing this whole event and seeing its effect on other seekers. As I gathered my thoughts, I bowed my head in prayer, that I be used as an instrument to help others live a spiritually fulfilling life like Honap Kaku. Where everyday should count towards achieving the true purpose of life and where physical death is not steeped in grief and negativity but just a waypoint in our journey to merge back with our Creator.

Sharon Clarke Sequeira

SSRF team member

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What does spiritual science tell us about the phenomenon of capturing ghosts in a bottle? Is it possible?

Recently the news of two ghosts captured in glass vials with stoppers and soaked in holy water captured the curiosity of world media. The ghosts were reported to have been not only captured, but also sold at an auction in New Zealand for almost $2000. There has been subsequent debate on whether the captured ghosts were for real.

This is not the first time that sale of ghosts in a bottle has caused a bit of a stir. A few years ago a mill-worker from North Ireland set up a similar sale on eBay, and one man in Florida has even set up a business of selling ghosts in bottles which are captured by professional ‘ghost catchers’ around the US.

What does spiritual science tell us about this phenomenon of capturing ghosts in a bottle? Is it possible to capture a ghost?

(Photo: courtesy of luzdesigns)

Spiritual science tells us that the world we live in, our bodies, the things we use, including glass vials are all gross things. On the other hand, our thoughts, ego, etc. are all subtle things. We all have a subtle body comprising of the subconscious mind, intellect, ego and soul. When someone passes away the gross body is left behind but the subtle body moves on to the other regions of the universe. A subtle body becomes a ghost if they have many unfulfilled desires, personality defects, such as anger, fear, greed, negative impressions in the mind, etc. and haven’t done spiritual practice with the intention of God realisation.

So ghosts are subtle bodies, who are steeped in the basic subtle tama component. Being subtle, they cannot be ‘captured’ and ‘stored’ in things that are gross as the laws that apply to the gross world, do not apply to them.

We can take the example of air, which is also subtle. If there was air in a glass vial, it could also simultaneously exist outside the vial. A ghost, who is more subtle than air, can certainly be inside a vial but at the same time be outside and going through the vial and then be somewhere else. So while the ghosts could have been in the vials at some point, it is due to not understanding spiritual science that people both claim and believe that ghosts could be stored or captured in there.

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Rajal Joshi

SSRF team member

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