The beginning of a journey🔗

Sivagami Ramanathan

ASP is an Amazing Spiritual and Peaceful Experience! It is an Absorbing, Sparkling and Pulsating Journey! It is an Astounding, Simple and Practical Demonstration!

It is an Absolute, Spellbinding and Profound Discovery!

It makes us Alert, Spontaneous and Perceptive Beings! It makes you feel alive, whole and makes us look within ourselves - in short it is a discovery of oneself ! It was a thrilling and eye-opening journey where I was guided by the great enlightened master and the final destination was the discovery of joy within myself. We were all transported to a higher plane of bliss, a timeless zone of joy and a throbbing field of energy. There were various points in the ASP program that made a great impression upon me.

The main point is that he teaches us to overcome our anxiety over many things - including our most fearful final destination. He teaches us about loving and dreaming, caring and imagination, compassion, spontaneity and most importantly gratitude. He helps us overcome worry, greed, hatred, egoism, enmity and jealousy.

What has greatly impressed me is that he does not limit himself to any particular religion - he has such an unlimited realm of knowledge that he is able to draw from any religion and elucidate his explanations in such a simple way that we can all understand and grasp his meanings. He uses such apt and descriptive words that they stay fresh in your mind. He gives us such powerful insights into the various religions and draws the best from all of them.

He created a magic web with his words, involved us to the fullest extent, drew our attention to him completely and produced joy, bliss and peace within us. He taught us a simple method to heal ourselves, made us very aware of our body, it's functioning, our thought processes and their direction. We became conscious of how our thoughts traveled and he aided us in channeling it down the right track.

There were many pearls of wisdom dropping from this enlightened master, but there were only some that I was able to gather at the first instant. This is like a thirsty man quenching his thirst. As soon as he takes his first sip of water, he is able to only wet his mouth, but the second sip would wet his throat and he requires many more gulps of water to quench his thirst. This ASP was only able to wet my mouth kindle my interest in life, death and beyond. I think I require a second and subsequent ASP to be able to gather and string all the pearls that Swamiji has spoken. The meditation techniques are an Aid, Skill and Practice that one must use and follow with dedication all our lives.

An experience beyond words

Dr. Swarna K. Reddy

"UNBELIEVABLE" is the word that comes to mind, such was my experience with ASP and Sri Nithyananda Swamiji. When I first met Swamiji at my friend Sudathi's home in Los Angeles, my curiosity and interest was kindled as I have been searching for a long time to leran more about meditation. I decided after the first teaching of the "Maha Mantra" by Swamiji, to come to San Francisco, but I had my doubts - what was this ASP about? I asked Chitra and she said, "Words cannot express the feeling - you have to come and experience it to understand."

Chitra was so right! Words indeed cannot truly express the experience. Swamiji's tireless discourses and the teaching of the meditation techniques, the ease with which he explained such complicated subjects in simple language, the giving of himself, his healing, Swamiji's ever smiling face, the vast wisdom and knowledge, the radiance around him, his simple personality and approachability and the ease with which the interacted with everybody are but a few of what makes him an outstanding person and indeed the enlightened one. I consider myself so very fortunate and am so very grateful and thankful to Swamiji for these wonderful experiences and teachings.

During ASP session where Swamiji was taking us through the meditation on the Ajna Chakra, I initially, saw the vision of an old man. Swamiji again asked us to close our eyes. Before Swamiji started Ajna Chakra meditation he mentioned that we may see our Ishtadevata during this experience. In my heart I was thinking of seeing my Ishtadevata Sri Venkateswara Swami. Instead I saw the figure of Jesus Christ on a cross with his head down and hands stretched between Swamiji's eyebrow. When I later asked Swamiji why I saw Jesus instead, he told me that in my last birth I had been a Christian. When Swamiji said this, I mentioned to Swamiji that all these years from my childhood starting in convent school I do my first prayer to Jesus.

In addition to all of the above, with just one healing touch from Swamiji, I have had total relief of my

back pain which I had been suffering with for the last 15 years. My heartful gratitude to Swamiji for this.

Being in such close proxomity to such a great person was an experience of a lifetime and I will always cherish this.

My sincere thanks to everybody who helped with this ASP program, for all the wonderful arrangements and for getting this program together, which made it possible for people like me to have this experience.

Now it is my turn, to practice all of Swamiji's teachings and to spread the word.

Thank you very much again Swamiji.