Editorial August 2011

The August Issue of Sacred Sanctum brings to you enriching ways to Experiencing Freedom for yourself. Our Life is a Flow that is constantly changing. The perceptions that we believe and have for years continued to believe strongly are the oars of the boat. However the course of the river is never the same so is Life!!

Our basic reflex is to experience this Freedom across relationships and we all behave, respond and react towards acquiring the same. This month we bring to you aspects life situations that have people to move beyond their beliefs to get up and even question the same? To have a new look the first step is to look at the Mirror.

When we see our beliefs from a Compassionate space, we can begin to change them to move towards Freedom of who we are and expressing that in all environments that are like the River Of Life. 

In our section on Cover Story we bring to you the true meaning of Freedom. The others parts in the Sacred Sanctum Space are real journeys of how people who have been guided and inspired by Life Master Sri Raj Bhowmik have made that Leap to find that Freedom inside themselves through the same situations of Life.

The different parts in Sacred Sanctum this time gives you a real life glimpse of your own self as you travel on this journey with the experiences shared and our intention is to help you look at Life as a Whole that is similar to all across the Ecosystem of life.

Personal transformations at SPF this time describes to you a Mom's journey to reclaim her Freedom of who she is that was buried under the so called corporate easy life. This is a heart touching personal experience of how Raj has reached out in the most hardest situations that Life could offer - battling in the court, amidst threats & even the police station. It is His hand that reaches out and pulls you out if you want to come out of the situation.

Body Awareness section features a very common household disease of the mind - Bi Polar Mental Disorder that is eaten away household as money & comfort comes easily & to keep it up the measure of Success and the price we pay. It is a caregiver's personal account of how Compassion based Existence guided by Sri Raj Bhowmik has transformed the Look of a home that was in chaos for about more than a decade. Today this is a journey of awareness & quick alignment from moment to moment through Compassion keep the environment balanced.

In Soul Relationships we explore a Golden Flight with the Golden Eagle. In our lives people come in who are the Golden Eagles. The awe and wonder of that relationship can heal unseen wounds & beliefs to Claim the True Self and help the True Self be free.

Soul Parenting discusses a very sensitive part of a Mother's Life where her child was diagnosed with Dyslexia. It is a journey as parents to look at the child more closely that just being physically small. Always children teach us the greatest lessons of Life and when we have the eyes to see it, we recognize the greatest Truths through them. 

Soul Movie Review: The message  of Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has been explored in Light of Sri Raj Bhowmik's Teaching and in the Light of Personal transformations through the Teachings.

We Hope and Pray that you have an Aware Journey discovering your Self through these expressions. Happy Abundant Living with yourself and your environment in Balance!!

Cover Story True Freedom In Soul Relationships

Our Basic human instinct is to experience Freedom in all relationships that we have around us. All relationships around us are teaching us this Valuable Lesson of Being Free. However as we are conditioned in our Life about the idea of Freedom, we make meaning of it in our own conditional ways. Some of it so so subtle that it stays with us for decades till we finally see it from our Soul Space and then let it go. 

What does being free mean? Does it mean allowing oneself to do whatever one likes? Well then one can do it with any of the following vibrations - doing freely as we fear, doing freely because we feel we are not good enough, doing because we want approval from some one or doing freely as we get away or finish something. In all these states our environment plays a very important role. 

Our current environments are reflecting our Greatest Learnings today through the people in it. Our conditioning has taught us a behavioral pattern to feel safe and free in the constant presence of another human being. So in our lives, we keep searching for the replacement of that human being and the feeling that we are used to. When we find it temporarily we feel happy but then go on searching again. How can another human ensure Freedom for the Self which is an inherent quality of the Soul. That is when Life situations shake us up till we find that Freedom within ourself. It is not confidence. It is something deep and settled.  This itself takes sometime searching and discovering it inside. Then comes the learning of expressing this Freedom through our communication with people. 

Our Life situations are like the Wheel, different relationships showing different aspects of Freedom and still mirroring the same learning. We can choose to be on the external by seeing just a part of it or choose to be at the centre of the Wheel where we can see the whole of Life. 

Finding one's Freedom inside oneself is the first step of getting to the centre of the Circle. What next? Then comes the journey of being consistent in expressing that with Oneself & through other relationships - each and every relationship because in Life, every person is as important as the other and every situation is as important as the other.  Expressing this Freedom through other relationships helps the Self discover other aspects of life but the basic vibration is that of Expanse & vastness, so surely the Journey depicts it too.

The Choice is Ours. True Freedom always is experienced from a Still Soul Space. By being aware of that Essence of Our Being, we can be in all relationships with Ease and comfort thus giving back the same to our environment. When this is achieved, the Universe opens up the deeper lessons of Awareness and our Journey begins towards becoming a Banyan Tree giving shade & cool breeze to every passer by.

  

Affirm in a quiet space: The Power inside me allows me to expand myself. I was born in Freedom and I am Free, guided by the Universe in every step of my Life. I create comfort everywhere I go. My Freedom is inside me and spreads through every Work that I do. I create joyful relationships that are harmonious through this magical Freedom within.

Editorial July 2011

Freedom : Our Being Soars to experience the fullness of Life

Our basic birth right is to experience Growth & Progress through relationships around us. In every relationship that Our Soul has chosen to Manifest, Growth and Progress is a pre-defined outcome. Conscious Growth creates movement inside the body that automatically creates an enormous momentum of hormones & an innovation as an outcome in the environment. However, a wholesome growth, spiraling in Nature can only happen when we allow Freedom into our Lives - freedom from perceptions of possessive & binding love, freedom from who we constantly have trained ourselves to be,  freedom of our obsessions & compulsions from others & freedom to allow the Real You to blossom in a Spiraling Momentum of Life. This section in July closely looks at Freedom in our Lives. Every organism's natural instinct is to Grow freely when Space and the right nurturing conditions are provided. This Issue of the Sacred Sanctum focuses on these aspects of Soaring with Freedom in a Nurturing Environment.

In our section, Sri Raj Bhowmik Speaks, every month we bring out experiences from His Life and people who have been fortunate to be chosen by Him for the Work. These are stories of Transformation, messages that are shared for the very first time to the world. They carry a personal touch to His Life and for all who want to know Him a little more, watch out this section every month.

Cover story features an a revelation based on the theme of the month. This month it is Spirituality and the Concept of Freedom.   Transformations is a section, where we bring real life stories of people whose lives are touched by Sri Raj Bhowmik. These transformations have been path breaking, sometimes beyond decades of patterns & conditioning.

Soul Relationships is a section dedicated to converse and understand the language of your Soul. It also helps one get into an action mode with this understanding through their everyday environment.

Awareness through the body: Every month, we will feature the theme and its impact on the body, the cells and the infinite possibilities in cellular consciousness that one can bring about through awareness & 'Being' conscious in relationships.
Soul Parenting is an exclusive section dedicated to the family and upbringing of children. We will feature many different ways of building a deep bonding through activities of togetherness in the family. Menus, stories & understanding & making meaning of the language of children is the aim.

Welcome to the Sacred Sanctum. Welcome to the most Compassionate Birthing & Nurturing Space for a New 'You'

Freedom to Be Myself and Discover Me Through Myself

(Narration by SPF TEAM Member )

Every person aspires to be led by someone who knows. In my journey of seeking, I moved from station to station spending many years in well known Ashrams, with Gurus & serving them whole heartedly for years. 

However, the journey of the Soul has a different Fragrance & unique paths for every Individual. With someone who does not wear an orange robe & does not talk conventional language of Spirituality, it took me about 2 years of being in constant touch to even admit to myself that this 'Being' that I was living close to is more than God. It took me 2 years to surrender and move beyond traditional spiritual practices that was used to discover a Guide who was Omni Present and Knew at all times. It took my brain 2 years to realize fully that I was not working with a normal human being. Why was the separation so long? Because in my mind, I separated myself from the true Self. Even defining what the Soul looks like, feels like through books, lectures & peer groups; therefore Life unfolds in a predictable manner based on the reference. But in this station with my Guide, He gave me no Rules, No Mantras & just working with Him through Corporate Language & Skills but with a very different Fragrance & Outcome. 

I was amazed to see how the Interactions changed, something Miraculous was happening for which I had no Answer. I even Remember telling Him one day "I cannot put You on a pedestal. Please don't expect this from me. ", to which He smiled and said, "Sure, just do the Work." We are so scared with Freedom to Be ourselves in our Journey. Spirituality is sometimes the biggest barrier when this Freedom of Existence is not true and we are copying or trying to be someone.  

I realised that all the while, these opportunities were created so that I understand the difference between True and a Mask. Today I feel like Clay that is Wet and ready to be molded by the Master. Only with True Freedom in our Beings, can we give Our Unique Fragrance to the World and our environment. True Freedom is experienced in Stillness and through Action that the environment demands. True Freedom is dynamic.  My Master enabled this so subtly that it is so easy sometimes to miss it because we are so trained to what it needs to appear.  My Journey towards Freedom has just begun and I choose to allow His Work to guide me to experience this Highest Freedom in my environment. I know not what it looks like and what it should do but I am Just Me and I know that I am safely Free to be 'Me' in the hands of my Master.

Cover story: Freedom & Spirituality

In the olden days, Freedom or renunciation or liberation were aspects of Spirituality. In today's times, just as every element in the Cosmos is redefining itself, it is the turn of Spirituality Now to create a new meaning.

So can we run away in today's times? The answer is NO!! Across centuries, Masters have always indicated that the Soul or Spirit is like the Water. If we limit the Water in a bottle or a swimming pool that is flashy or a pond, the nature and quality of the same substance is different v/s free flowing, as stagnation causes a change to the water. These are the different versions of Spirituality today. Some are yet to take a leap  as they are yet in a bottle, some have jumped into a artificial domain of boundaries & limitations of what it should look & feel like. The true Nature of human Spirit or Soul is when Consciousness just flows. This can happen anywhere, in any circumstance, through any one...Unlimited, abundant, diverse & Vast.

In simple words, kindness, goodness, are values of the Spirit. They don't have to be learnt in a school but in different languages the outcome is the same. Are we aware of this Language Of Compassion? Compassion is only an aspect of Service done from the Soul for no other benefits or calculations or branding. Freedom from our Masks to recognizing the true human in a person is so powerful that it just consumes. Imagine if everybody in the world could just Flow like this.

Try for a Day just repeating this affirmation: "I am One with the Creator, Creating Hope around Me in myself & All around. I am Blessed and I truly Bless my environment.  I love & appreciate myself and all in my environment. People are comfortable to be themselves around me and Work grows as I give my 100% contribution to it. I Love my Work & am One with it." 

Notice, the compassion element around yourself and your environment - be it Family, Office, on the Road, with Children or in the Super market. Become Aware, how did the human spirit in you and others respond with this affirmation. Our Relationship with the Creator is initially that of Awe till we Love & Identify completely, that the relationship then transforms into a One Zone with No Difference. We become the Creator and Its Consciousness. This is the Freedom Of the Spirit. I am and So it Is...

Awareness Through The Body : The Power Of Freedom

In the health domain, this month we focus on the aspect of Freedom and its impact on the body. Experiencing Freedom with emotions leads to the feeling of being Light and Vast. If you have ever fallen in Love with someone, you would know what I mean?

However, in relationships whether office, home or intimate,  when our perception of who we are is because others define it & make it, how will we ever experience Freedom? It is definitely not possible for any relationship to cater 100% attention to the Other because we think and are from who we are. Very often partners, parents feel neglected because either their Freedom is given away to someone else, or they are holding too tightly in a relationship. In either case, physical body will show up Pain.

Pain initially is like a pull or a stretch, when unnoticed becomes throbbing as the tension spreads to surrounding areas. This causes Inflammation. The physical appearance is softer that is caused due to retention of fluid. When we are more unaware, this hardens over years, then becoming harder parts hiding in some parts of our body that are accumulation of toxic elements. When we are unable to release the Freedom, the hardening increases.
Bottom line being, pain is an indicator of Uneasiness in the environment around us that is getting translated to the Body. 

Ask Yourself: Are you holding any person or relationship too tightly or are being held tightly?. How is the power of your Freedom restricted?
Are you willing to let go this perception in the Relationship & change your point of viewing the Relationship? Are you willing to claim your Power of who you are just for Your Self?

Reflection for a Week: Quietening yourself at a specific time of the day for about 20 min.

"Take a Deep breath & focus your attention on any object that is Natural - plant, flower, tree, sky. observe how it is Flexible & Changing in Structure. Affirm to yourself - I belong to the Earth and I am Safe here. I claim my Power back in past relationships as I deserve  Harmony & Love in my body & Environment. With every breath I am more myself, comfortable & new. I am grateful to my Body being with me. I love myself just as I am because I love me."

Notice the different thoughts, sensations & feeling around in your body. Are there any changes in your environment in Life? Keep a Journal. Its Worth it.

(Following Steps, Next Month)