It sometimes happens that someone who follows a spiritual path, or someone who has not even consciously begun the search yet, has a flash of Realization during which, for a short eternity, he experiences the absolute certainty of his divine, immutable, universal Self. Such an experience happened to Maharshi when he was a 16-year-old. He himself described it: The great change of my life took place about six weeks ago.

This was the title of an article that appeared in the New York Times on May 6, 1933, when the newspaper announced the death of Li Ching Zuen, a Chinese healer, born in 1677. Documents of the time attested that the Chinese government congratulated him on his 150th birthday, and then on his 200th birthday. “At the time of his death he looked like a 50-year-old man,” as evidenced by a photograph taken in 1927. “This healer joined the Chinese army at

Osho: I remember the fateful day of March 21, 1953. For many lifetimes I worked — working on myself, fighting, doing everything that could be done — and nothing was happening. Now I understand why nothing was happening. The very effort was the barrier, the very staircase itself was the hindrance, the very impulse to search was the obstacle. It doesn’t mean you can get to the realization without searching. Searching is necessary, but then comes a time when the search must be left aside

Abhinavagupta (975 – 1035 AD) was one of the most important masters of sivaism in Cashmere, being the one who led this school and his disciples, to the heights of spiritual perfection. His multifaceted personality as well as his special skills were manifested in the fields of music, poetry, dramaturgy, being at the same time a philosopher, mystic and esthetician who exerted a strong influence on the early Indian culture. He studied all the spiritual currents of