Defying laws of nature even after death
We had recently written about our dear evolved seeker Mrs. Nirmala Honap (Honap Kaku) and her selfless service to others even while being bedridden. Honap Kaku left her body (passed away) on the morning of 12 Aug 2010 and was cremated the following morning approximately 26 hours later.
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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Atma Namaste,
That is news! Astonishing that rigor mortis didn’t set in. So this is just like in samadhi. Great inspiration to go on and on. May this determine the destiny of many who have not yet realised the God factor in them.
Is it not why, as per Sanatan Dharma, we leave the bodies of innocent, pure souls? (like Honap Kaku, Swamis, children and other pure souls and whose bodies might be giving out ‘good’ vibrations to the physical world)
Dear Chocka, did you mean to say that – the body remains of such souls are looked after and revered even after death? If so, that would be the case with spiritually evolved souls, however in the case of children it may be different.
I’ve experienced the same sereneness twice, one when I attended my late grandmother funeral rites, her face also looked so serene and smiling, there was no grief in of me but a joyous feeling seeing my late grandmother’s face. The second one was when I was attending to my late medical lecturer, I was there from his last moment, his last breath, and till his funeral rites. There was also no sorrow and grief, only a serene feeling, and his face also seemed to smile, just like my late grandmother. As for Mrs. Nirmala Honap, I also saw that serene smile, it’s very subtle but it’s there. Her face emanates subtle but vibrant good radiations. God blessed her.
My brother in law Rajendra Prasad Keshary who lived in Bhilai, India passed away suddenly on 17th of August, 2011 at about 8.30 p.m, while he was getting ready for dinner with his family. As I was told by my sister Meena, he leant down to lift a spoon that had fallen, when his chair slipped and he too fell down. He got up and sat down on the chair but all of a sudden he collapsed and could not get up again. My sister called her neighbours who immediately came for help.He was rushed to hospital where the doctor attending to him declared him dead.
Earlier in day he was quite fit and sound. He had gone to the market and also went to his bank for a cash transaction. He was around 72 years of age with sound physique and mind. He had talked to me on the eve of the Hindu Raksha Bandhan festival .When I invited him to visit us on the occasion of my my golden jubilee celebration at Dhanbad, he had replied that may not be able to attend it. Now I feel that he had had indication from his sixth sense that he may not be there to attend the occasion. Similarly I also believe that the science of telepathy also works to convey some message of importance to your near and dear ones.
I am going through the contents and contemplating… Wonderful work… for many others to walk the trail. Thanks..
I just went through this site.
There is a place in India where this absence of rigor mortis is evident in a group of people under the path of Meivazhi Andavar.
Along with the absence of rigor mortis, other features such like:
1) absence of livor mortis
2) the appearance of the person who is said to be dead becoming younger
3) absence of smell but rather good aroma
4) the dead person is still able to drink/swallow the holy water when the water is being fed (normally in a dead body, we can see that if we try to give water in a cup, it overflows or comes out back through the mouth itself, this is due to constriction of the pharyngeal muscle)
5) the body becomes lighter (in a normal dead body the body becomes heavier due to stasis of body fluid and etc.)
This is due to spiritual reasons.
What happens after death? How is karma judged?
Dear Nanda, please have a look at our article ‘Life after death’ – it may give you an answer to your questions.
Most inspiring reading !
Serenity in death was witnessed by me when I paid the last respects to a person I knew. He was a writer of santa sahitya and a devotee of Shri samarth Ramdas. There was a radiant glow in the room where he was laid dow and there was a very joyous vibration in the surrounding, which surprised me. As I waited there, I had a feeling that this person was very happy and was soaring in the air without any bindings and worries and for a funny moment, I could feel how it would be to soar without bindings or worries. As he was taken away for last rites, there was a sudden dimming of the radiance which was there in the room initially. It was almost as if the voltage and current in the electric tubes was down by half.This was an amazing experience for me and ever since, I felt renewed need for increasing spiritual practice to be able to leave this world in a positive way and reach higher regions.
Yes Dr. Manjusha, that is something we all should strive for. Spiritual practice gifts us a different state of mind not only in the afterlife, but in this very life too.
There is a very informative book on Life after Death. It was written by Swami Avedananda Ji, a direct disciple of Shri Ramakrishna Paramhansha. He said that His Guru took him by holding his hand to different lokas and showed everything about journey of soul. In this book he took some photographs of ectoplasm (as per his terminology) or soul during planchat.
This book was published by Ramakrishna Vedanta Math, Kolkata, India.
Another book was Law of Spirit World written by Khorshed Bhavnagri. Famous choreographer of Mumbai Bollywood Mr.Shyamak Dava written forward of this book and he himself witnessed many such events from Mrs. Bhavnagri.
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