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.

The Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) is dedicated to providing spiritual knowledge to the world. Apart from the www.ssrf.org website, a wide variety of Holy texts is available in the SSRF Shop.

Some of the salient features of these Holy texts on Spirituality are:

• Due to God’s grace, these books on Spirituality contain Divine consciousness (Chaitanya)
• Knowledge in these Holy texts is absolute, due to in-depth study of Spirituality
• Spiritual science in these Holy texts is novel and not found elsewhere

SSRF is planning to publish a brochure that outlines the features of these Holy books on Spirituality with the aim of disseminating the treasure of spiritual knowledge to the world.

The brochure will be printed on 24 pages of high-quality, full colour A5 size paper. It will be made available across US, Canada, Australia, Europe and a number of other countries.

To support the publication of the brochure, we are inviting 3 advertisements of 350 USD each on the inner front, inner back and back pages. If you would like to place an advertisement for your business, company or as an individual, please contact donations@ssrf.org by 20th December 2011 with the following details:

1. Name of business
2. Address
3. Email ID
4. Basic artwork for the advertisement

After this date you can also support the publication of the brochure by donating. For donations, please use the below Paypal donation option:

Select Currency:

USD AUD

For more donation options, you can also use the Donate facility on our website.

Update on 21st January 2012 | Brochure is published!

Browse the brochure online and recommend it to others

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Read more:

• A treasure of books on Spirituality
• The effect of the author on books on Spirituality
• How to contribute to SSRF

Some thoughts on what should really scare us about Halloween

Trick or treat

I have noticed an interesting phenomenon surrounding Halloween. 364.25 days a year, cobwebs are no good and eyesores. For some of us, they are downright scary (because where there’s a web, there’s a spider). Yet on October 31st, cobwebs are considered decoration and ‘cool’, as opposed to a sign that we’ve gotten lax in our domestic duties.

In fact, Halloween is sort of a get-out-of-jail-free card for many people. The one day a year where women (and men) can get away with cavorting around in their undergarments without getting arrested, when toilet papering houses, throwing eggs, vandalism and violence is almost acceptable. Police are out in force to deter any criminal mischief-making, and often shrug off otherwise reprehensible behavior as ‘Halloween always brings out the crazies’.

Add to this, haunted houses, conducting seances or use of ouija boards in fun and jest, to (pun intended) “get into the spirit of things”. At a spiritual level we can agree, this can’t be good. Aside from the obvious increase in Raja-Tama that such behavior creates, it also is a gateway for many other spiritual problems, such as possession . So many people suffer from haunted houses, trouble from ancestors, and so on. And yet on Halloween, the suffering these issues cause people, are forgotten in large part if not outright admired.

Rarely do we take into consideration the impact it has on us, at any level. And in fact, if we look a little closer, it should be apparent to anyone and give us pause. It was a day historically given to remembering dead souls (Ref: Wikipedia). However it has turned into a festivity of the underworld, which we humans actively promote and instigate. It has in essence become a source of negativity which we could have control over. This is compared to similar phenomena such as full and new moons, the impact of which is natural and out of our control. By contrast, Halloween and its resultant negative energy is within man’s control, and yet we continue to engage in a way that is severely detrimental to society and mankind as a whole.

As such, the more we actively engage in celebrating and participating in Halloween, the more the detrimental effect it has. It’s no longer about pretending to be someone or something else for a day or night. In fact, at a spiritual level, we do transform; we become an antenna and beacon for negative energy.

Talk about scary.

SSRF’s press release on Halloween

Halloween celebration invites possession by ghosts and demons, especially if celebrated repeatedly, finds a study conducted by SSRF

MELBOURNE / NEW JERSEY (26 October 2011) – A basic law of spiritual science states that ‘The word, touch, form, taste, smell and its related energy coexist’. This means – where the name and form of ghosts, demons or negative energies exist, such as on Halloween, their distressing energy is present too. As the form and colour of the decorations and costumes used in Halloween celebration are similar to that of ghosts, they act as antennae to attract a lot of negative distressing energy.

Read the full press release on Halloween celebration…

Read more:

• God’s forms denigrated during Halloween
• Halloween increases the probability of attack by ghosts

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Turkey earthquake survivors rescued alive from rubble – miracle or destiny?

Turkey earthquakey survivor baby (Image by: Reuters)

Just a few days ago, a massive earthquake of 7.2 magnitude shook Turkey, in which hundreds of people lost their lives or suffered injuries. Like in many rescue efforts after an earthquake, in the Turkey earthquake too, the rescue workers found survivors – a baby and adults, alive in the rubble after being buried for as many as 4 or 5 days.

It is very heartening that they survived, and while reading such news one cannot but ponder – what makes or breaks the odds of people’s survival beyond the life expectancy of humans when left without food or water? Generally, when something is beyond the limits of being easily explainable by modern science, it has its root cause in the spiritual realm.

Death is one of the pre-destined events in our life. This means that when one’s death is to come, it will come, and if the person’s death has not arrived, that person will remain alive. This is the case of survivors of any accident, natural disaster, plane crash, etc. For the survivors of the earthquake in Turkey too, their destiny played a major role in keeping them alive.

When one undergoes pain such as that inflicted by a major disaster like the Turkey earthquake, it also means one has that much severe destiny to undergo. However, it is possible to face our destiny by doing spiritual practice based on the basic principles of Spirituality. SSRF recommends chanting the Name of God according to one’s religion at birth. One should also chant for overcoming ancestral problems.

Read more:

• What is destiny?
• Why do natural disasters happen?
• Near Death Experiences

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