First SSRF billboard staged in the northern city of Subotica in Serbia!

An SSRF seeker from Subotica, Serbia in Europe came to the idea that SSRF can use an opportunity of special discounted rates for billboard notices given by a local marketing company in that city. On 16 January 2012, a bilingual SSRF billboard in Serbian and Hungarian was staged in one of the most prominent streets in Subotica. Its title is “Permanent solutions to our life problems”. This is the first time SSRF is using billboards as a medium to spread awareness about Spirituality.

Upon seeing the photo of the SSRF billboard in Subotica, one seeker from Serbia felt that it is His Holiness Dr. Athavale Who is standing there and shining. The feeling was that this billboard will spread Spirituality at the level of Divine consciousness (Chaitanya) in the whole country.

If you are interested in donating towards a billboard in your city, or  have new ideas on how to spread Spirituality through different media, please email us at ap@ssrf.org or via the Post a Comment facility.

When by the grace and blessings of His Holiness Dr. Athavale, SSRF website began its journey in the year 2006 towards reaching seekers all over the globe, most of us could not even imagine the impact and spiritual benefit that this site would bring daily to so many people.

The uniqueness of SSRF’s website is now slowly being understood by the people surfing the Internet, SSRF readers, Login members and viewers, as well as by YouTube, Google, Stumbleupon, Facebook, Twitter and other Internet gateways of information.

Attendees at SSRF lectures, satsangs and seminars are not hiding their enthusiasm and spiritual emotion of gratitude for being given a chance to associate themselves with, learn from, and practice Spirituality as guided by SSRF.

Through this pioneering act of uncovering to the world the Truth about the subtle world, spiritual science and spiritual practice in accordance with basic spiritual laws, SSRF has set a high quality standard in Spirituality and entered into the spiritual history of humanity.

Around 1 million visitors came to SSRF site in the year 2011 out of which more than 75% were totally new visitors. They have spent over 64,000 hours in reading or studying SSRF website.

Keywords that brought most visitors to the site were:

Another avenue through which many people have learnt about the unique spiritual research of SSRF is SSRF’s YouTube Channel. Over 6,2 million people have so far viewed SSRF educational videos on various spiritual topics.

Seekers of SSRF got a golden opportunity from God to serve humanity by writing SSRF articles, designing webpages, drawing subtle drawings, answering questions of the curious, conducting SSRF lectures, satsangs and seminars and learning from every minute and aspect of this Divine seva.

Due to diligent seva and efforts in spiritual practice, especially in personality defect removal and ego removal, 8 SSRF seekers have reached 60% spiritual level and above, and 2 have reached Sainthood. They are nurturing and inspiring other SSRF seekers through qualities of intense desire for spiritual growth, spiritual emotion towards God, less personality defects and ego, love for others, humility and selfless service.

Presently we have 457 articles in English language and over 1100 articles in other 10 languages translated by SSRF seekers into French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Russian, Farsi.  Most importantly, through the seva of SSRF, seekers are progressing spiritually at a fast rate.

Over the past 5 years, and especially during the course of the year 2011, some very good new seekers have joined SSRF and are availing of the benefits of the eight fold spiritual practice as per the 6 basic principles of Spirituality as guided by SSRF. Due to such adequate spiritual practice which is in accordance with the times we are in now, new seekers are getting very inspiring spiritual experiences.

A Vision of Heaven through a Christian prayer during SSRF Satsang

“I’m writing you to share a spiritual experience after participating in the North American Satsang conducted by SSRF seekers. On the evening of Friday August 5th 2011, shortly after the group session was over, I began preparing for the following day while thinking of God.  I remember feeling very happy to have participated in Satsang, and closed my eyes to offer God a brief thank you prayer for allowing me to begin my journey towards the Truth.  Since I have such a long way yet to evolve, I remember closing my eyes and focusing my entire mind on the idea of God’s grace.

At that moment, I saw a brief but clear impression in my mind of a tunnel of clouds in the sky filled with an electric white light emanating from every angle.  The clouds looked soft, white and beautiful, all moving around a large central path of light which seemed to have no limit in its depth and expansiveness. There was a light blue sky in the background, but I knew that what I saw was not the earthly sky that we see in our daily lives. The white light was not sunlight, but a very bright and peaceful light that penetrated and coexisted with every cloud, and seemed to give everything structure and purpose. My vantage point was eye level, but there was no perceivable sense of space. Everything seemed expansive and without limit, and I knew that the impression in my mind was of something much more powerful and infinite than my mind could understand.  There were no Angels or spiritual beings in my impression, but I felt as if I was looking at God’s home. The impression lasted for a fraction of a second, and it felt like I was being given a reward to encourage me to continue growing, learning, and evolving on my new, SSRF path. I remember smiling immediately afterward as I opened my eyes from the prayer, and my entire being was directed toward God’s will at that moment.

I have only been attending Satsangs for about a month, but have already started to repair some of the damage done from my bad habits in life before spiritual practice. Thank you for all the work you do for humanity. “ – Mr. M. Herrera, USA

Positive experience about 1 hr seva daily

“Last week, we had SSRF Satsang. It was guidance for me to increase satseva daily to 1- 2hrs. That satsang, felt God put something in me, so I had more fighting spirit. That week, was able to comply daily 1 hr satseva minimum. I have severe distress from negative energies. But after that week of satseva, I realized, how much inner strength I got from it. Like, no mental or intellectual confusion was putting me out of balance as before. Today, I felt even more peaceful, since increased seva was happening. Felt, all these doubts and skepticism regarding Spirituality and spiritual dimension, which was hunting me for years, just vanished.

Gratitude to God, for having patience for me! I was not doing “enough” satseva for years, in spite being told many times. “ – Mr. A. Nagy, Hungary

Seekers of SSRF reside in 21 countries of the world: USA, Canada, Bolivia, India, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Dubai, Iran, Mauritius, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Australia.

Some new seekers came to SSRF through Login feature on SSRF website. We now have over 7500 Login members from 114 countries. Daily they ask around 20-30 questions which are answered promptly, within 48 hrs, by SSRF seekers. Approximately 30-40 Login members start spiritual practice as per the guidance of SSRF each month. Below is one inspiring comment of a Login member.

“When I found this site, and took in some of its knowledge, I felt almost compelled to chant as per the recommendations immediately. The work SSRF has done is amazing as it spoke to me on a fundamental level, and worked as if to connect every dot within my consciousness. Helping to crystallize faith where there was only the basic element. I appreciate what you and your fellow seekers do, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. For once I feel grounded in my spiritual practice and not lost in it and it is due to you and the SSRF’s research. I Believe the SSRF has contained information in such a way as to be explainable to the layman or expert alike, and being able to satisfy both in this era. Keep up all your great works.”  - Mr. J. Brun, Canada

One can only try to imagine how much spiritual benefit will SSRF bring to humanity in the years to come. May many new seekers start spiritual practice for their own spiritual progress and the progress of society.

On April 13^th 2011, around twenty in-patients at the “San Juan de Dios” Rehabilitation and Mental Health Centre in La Paz, Bolivia listened very attentively to SSRF’s lecture about the spiritual causes and treatment of addictions. Many of them nodded in agreement while hearing about unsatisfied desires of our ancestors being a frequent cause of addictions, and later participated by asking practical questions.

"San Juan de Dios" Rehabilitation and Mental Health Centre

The lecture was made possible by Dr. Ricardo Ramos Pantoja, Director of the Department for Addictions at the “San Juan de Dios” centre in La Paz. A psychiatrist by profession, Dr. Ramos takes an active interest in alternative healing therapies and when he came across SSRF’s spiritual research on addictions, he immediately invited us to deliver a lecture for his patients. “I liked hearing about the benefits that others in Bolivia had gained from practicing Spirituality”, he told us. He then added: “When I learnt that SSRF lectures are being delivered in La Paz too, I felt it was the right opportunity for my patients to hear a different, spiritual perspective about their addiction”.

The presentation introduced attendees to possession by lower level ghosts and ancestors being the actual root cause of most addictions. It also described the 3-step spiritual healing treatment advised by SSRF consisting of 2 spiritual healing chants and the salt water remedy. The salt water treatment was demonstrated with a bucket and rock salt. The prayers and healing chants were spelt out, and the most beneficial posture for prayer was also shown to everyone. Some of the attendees nodded their heads as they heard about unsatisfied desires of ancestors being a frequent cause of addiction. Spiritual treatment using salt was also familiar to some of them, as one of the participants commented that his grandmother would use a similar remedy.

The attendees were most appreciative when they learnt that the healing treatment advised by SSRF can be done on one’s own without the help of a spiritual healer. They seemed to like the fact that they would not have to depend on anyone and that they would not incur extra costs for treatment.

The participants asked many questions after the lecture and some even spoke of previously experiencing the presence of ghosts or subtle bodies. Listening to these revelations by fellow patients gave everyone additional conviction about the spiritual research findings presented to them. When chanting the Name of God as per the religion of birth was recommended in addition to the 3-step treatment, this otherwise Bible-oriented group felt even more encouraged to start chanting.

The lecture definitely created buzz amongst those staying at the centre. Some enthusiastically helped clear up the space afterwards and hand out copies of the lecture summary and 3-step treatment. Dr. Ramos later told us: “Everyone is still talking about the lecture, and they are keen to have you back again”.

Jaime Vizcarra Dattoli

SSRF team member

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Related articles:

• Spiritual research on addictions
• Why 70% of psychiatrists themselves suffer from mental illness
• What are ghosts?
• What are ancestral problems?
• How ghosts tried to stop society from access to knowledge about ancestral problems

Presenting SSRF's research at the EUROTAS Conference

SSRF’s presentation was attended by about 15 people, and it was interesting that some of them chose to attend despite not being proficient in English, and despite us not being able to provide translation to Italian. One of the younger attendees, who had a day earlier had a good experience while holding one of our Holy texts on Spirituality, commented that he felt the same type of uplifting experience during the lecture and that unlike other presentations this one did not make him feel tired while listening. This was no doubt due to the images and satsang of Saints provided in the presentation slides.

Many attendees showed a curiosity for the Holy texts displayed during the coffee breaks at the conference, and several of them bought some of the Holy texts on Spirituality, hypnotherapy and spiritual practice. This year the conference was visited by over 200 people, and around 50 of them took the opportunity to visit SSRF’s improvised bookstall.

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Read more:

• Who can be considered a Saint?
• SSRF seeker Satyawan Kadam attains Sainthood
• Effect of the author on books on Spirituality

While all of us benefited immensely, the child-seekers were the stars of the retreat. Thirteen children between the ages of 8 and 13 years attended the retreat. They have all been doing spiritual practice under the guidance of SSRF for the past several years. They diligently followed the schedule which was chalked out for their age group. The sessions included spiritual healing sessions, study sessions and narrating experiences pertaining to the subtle dimension.

Following are some observations regarding the children:

• All the children displayed remarkable qualities such as attentive listening, note-taking, sincere desire of putting what they learnt into practice, respect and obedience.
• Many of them had spiritual experiences during the retreat. For example upon forgetting what he wanted to narrate to others, one child seeker prayed to His Holiness Dr. Athavale and immediately remembered what he wanted to narrate.
• In the concluding session all the children readily summarized learnings and action points they would take back home and practice.

Their overall behaviour was a real testimony of how spiritual practice can shape children into wholesome human beings.

Maya Jairam

SSRF team member

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• SSRF Events Calendar