Consecration Is Science, Not Sorcery
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
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Whenever i am asked what my greatest dream is, my reply is, “To consecrate the world.“ It is an unoriginal dream: to create powerful centres of sacred energy that empower human beings to grow beyond the limitations of physicality to their fullest potential.A unique feature of this subcontinent's spiritual history is its understanding of the highly sophisticated technology of consecration. This is not sorcery; this is science. Miracles of transformation are all around us. If you make mud into food, we call this agriculture. If you make food into flesh and bone, we call this digestion. If you make flesh into mud, we call this cremation. If you can make this flesh, or even a stone or empty space, into a divine possibility , we call this consecration.
Large parts of India and Nepal represent a sacred geography of a kind not found anywhere in the world. This is because of hugely successful experiments undertaken by yogis of exceptional calibre. Entire regions were sanctified, with immensely powerful energy centres established at key points. The aim of such a massive energy anatomy was to catalyse the spiritual growth of an entire population.
In southern India, every single street had a temple. The purpose was to ensure that no being that walks this land would live outside a consecrated space.Even while people lived in humble dwellings, they built magnificent temples, because living in a sacred space was seen as more important than living in a comfortable home.
The enduring impact of consecration can be seen in other parts of the land as well. At present, i am in a remote part of the Himalayas, walking the sacred land of the great Indian sage, Padmasambhava.Though initially it was the beauty and challenge of the mountains that drew me, i later realised the fantastic laboratories of human consciousness that they represent.
While some of the spiritual knowledge of this land has been erased by historical circumstances, there is, thankfully ,a great deal that is inerasable. Though powerfully consecrated temples can be demolished, a certain dimension of energy work cannot be wiped out. And for those who are receptive, this live spiritual process is very much available even today .
Above all, the Himalayas are home to Mount Kailash, the greatest mystical library on the planet. This is not a mere repository of information, but a living library . Many centuries ago, Adiyogi, the first yogi, bequeathed his prodigious knowing to seven disciples. He was largely successful in this transmission, but not entirely.When he could not find another human being who could grasp the incredible mystical profundity and versatility that he embodied, he decided to simply merge into the mountain. That magnitude of Mount Kailash multiplied manifold with many sages and yogis merging with it over a period of time. All the dimensions of yoga, the very mechanics of life, as it were, are preserved here, making it the most phenomenal fountainhead of arcane wisdom imaginable.
It would be wonderful if the entire population of the world had a spiritual practice that impelled them inward. It is, however, improbable. Hence the vital need to reclaim the much-marginalised science of consecration an alchemical process that holds out the possibility of inner well-being for all. Living in such a space can accelerate the pace of spiritual growth exponentially , empowering you to address the needs of material well-being with ease and fulfil your ultimate potential as a human being.
Large parts of India and Nepal represent a sacred geography of a kind not found anywhere in the world. This is because of hugely successful experiments undertaken by yogis of exceptional calibre. Entire regions were sanctified, with immensely powerful energy centres established at key points. The aim of such a massive energy anatomy was to catalyse the spiritual growth of an entire population.
In southern India, every single street had a temple. The purpose was to ensure that no being that walks this land would live outside a consecrated space.Even while people lived in humble dwellings, they built magnificent temples, because living in a sacred space was seen as more important than living in a comfortable home.
The enduring impact of consecration can be seen in other parts of the land as well. At present, i am in a remote part of the Himalayas, walking the sacred land of the great Indian sage, Padmasambhava.Though initially it was the beauty and challenge of the mountains that drew me, i later realised the fantastic laboratories of human consciousness that they represent.
While some of the spiritual knowledge of this land has been erased by historical circumstances, there is, thankfully ,a great deal that is inerasable. Though powerfully consecrated temples can be demolished, a certain dimension of energy work cannot be wiped out. And for those who are receptive, this live spiritual process is very much available even today .
Above all, the Himalayas are home to Mount Kailash, the greatest mystical library on the planet. This is not a mere repository of information, but a living library . Many centuries ago, Adiyogi, the first yogi, bequeathed his prodigious knowing to seven disciples. He was largely successful in this transmission, but not entirely.When he could not find another human being who could grasp the incredible mystical profundity and versatility that he embodied, he decided to simply merge into the mountain. That magnitude of Mount Kailash multiplied manifold with many sages and yogis merging with it over a period of time. All the dimensions of yoga, the very mechanics of life, as it were, are preserved here, making it the most phenomenal fountainhead of arcane wisdom imaginable.
It would be wonderful if the entire population of the world had a spiritual practice that impelled them inward. It is, however, improbable. Hence the vital need to reclaim the much-marginalised science of consecration an alchemical process that holds out the possibility of inner well-being for all. Living in such a space can accelerate the pace of spiritual growth exponentially , empowering you to address the needs of material well-being with ease and fulfil your ultimate potential as a human being.
