When a traveller has firmly decided to take a particular path, howsoever troubled he may be… – H.H. Bhaktaraj Maharaj

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 …

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.