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.

In 2004, when I was living in Melbourne, I heard that His Holiness Dadaji Vaishampayan (a Saint from India) fondly known as Dadaji had come to Sydney in Australia. While I was really keen on travelling to Sydney to get His darshan (holy view), due to unavoidable circumstances, I couldn’t make the trip.

The next time I heard of this trip of Dadaji’s was a month ago, when he had come to the SSRF research centre at Goa. It was announced that the predictions that He made while He was in Australia would be made public.

When in Sydney, Dadaji who was close to 90 years old had performed severe austerities. At that time Dadaji wrote down 22 predictions…

Upto now SSRF has been conducting free lectures at physical premises worldwide. Now thanks to the free conference technology through Skype, we are trying to reach all our readers via the Internet regardless of where they may be.
We will be holding 2 satsangs via Skype every week for our readers worldwide. These satsangs will be as per the European and Australasian time zones but can be attended from any other region. Everyone can choose to attend the satsang that has the most convenient time for them. Both satsangs will have …

This Halloween, we report on one other malpractice observed during the festival – that of denigrating religious figures, God or deities. In New York City, supermodel Heidi Klum dressed up in a costume resembling the Hindu Goddess Kali. This type of stunt displays disrespect towards the aspect of the God principle represented through that form, especially when it is done to attract public attention. A basic law of spiritual science states that ‘The word, touch, form, taste, smell and its related energy coexist’. This means where the form of God is present such as in the form of deity Kali, God’s attendant divine energy is also present. Hence that form is something to be revered, rather than used for fun, entertainment or publicity.

According to the lunar calendar, this year the ancestors’ fortnight (pitrupaksha) falls in the fortnight between 15 Sep 2008 to 29 Sep 2008. If we chant ‘Sree Gurudev Datta’ during this period, our ancestor’s derive even more benefit from it and attain momentum faster in the afterlife. This chant helps to protect us from problems due to departed ancestors and also helps our ancestors attain momentum from the Region of the Dead (Martyaloka) to Nether region (Bhuvaloka).

It is highly recommended that all chant ‘Sree Gurudev Datta’ for 6 hours daily …