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Bharat – Discovering the Magic

The following three images have valuable information on Bharat.

Beyond the narratives of geography, history, modern economy, structures, events and rituals, and habits, lies the magic of Bharat, which also means India for many.

Bharat is a flowing stream of Consciousness, Nature, Culture, Civilization and Knowledge, intertwined in a manner that one cannot be understood without the other.

Countless small habits, rituals, beliefs have come into practice out of their deep meanings.

The practices like bathing in rivers on Kumbh, Bhikshavritti, revering rivers, cows, etc., have come from awakening that understood shiva-shakti.

In Bharat Camps, we elaborately discuss the Bharat and its meaning, with many facets in the figure here. To an uninitiated seeker, this is a view that has come from lifetime of journey of discovery, and which has wisdom passed on from the continuous stream of gurus and custodians through ages.

In Manthan Camps, we see Bharat through inner quest, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and consciousness at work.

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The Quest with Manthans

” I felt a gap that needs understanding and coverage, else a lot of folks you have interviewed in India would spend many years or even a lifetime in search for India within. And probably we need it faster for a better world.

The view how consciousness, philosophy, nature, culture are interwoven by a web of expressions, and why humans go beyond logic or intuitions while guiding themselves, is easy to understand but the existing prejudices, especially the ingrained dualism and material bias hinders that view. To add to it, we have lost a lot of material shaktipeeths to illusions and destruction, but the non material ones stand.

Often over years, as one searches, intuitively that view is being built in parts, but that one step to a different plane, to understand it holistically is still the quest. I found that it is so near and simple, yet gets obfuscated by the complexity of thoughts, and different institutions being the custodian of the complexity.  That is the gap.” 

Please see the following posts to understand our Quest with Manthan Camps, in different parts of India, with people from wide range of backgrounds.

Following are a few photos from our recent Manthan Camps.

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The Present World and Its Guiding Forces

As a lot of humans are realizing, we have gone too far in destroying nature, this planet , and societies. Even families have not been spared. And all this has been the direction of human mind.

Armed with industrial power, and ability to create more and more of illusionary world and artificial constructs, we at some point lost looking at consciousness and a connected universe as guide.

The mind–body duality, though neither possible nor natural, became a tool to direct human minds into getting occupied by illusions.

How various systems and structures have evolved to reach this point is often a subject in Manthan discussions. Understanding this is important for many folks as they are part of the existing systems and jobs, and are able to perceive that time for invoking deeper insights have come.

Late nights, sitting around wood fire, we have looked deeper into Socrates to modern day thinkers, and how a cumulative picture has evolved.

 

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Rewilding the Conscious Forest

Just like the beauty and diversity of nature, the conscious forest has expressions that amaze in their limitlessness. When a person starts awakening to it, one realizes that beyond constraints of time, physicality, these expressions are there within us and everywhere.

Over decades, in our paths, we have felt and some have practiced so many expressions from mind telepathy, to unhindered communication with animals, trees, to senses on galactic events like Maha Shiv ratri, healings, to experiences of many gurus.

It became obvious that when we lose Bharat (India) in our mind, we just don’t close the senses to the culture and physical aspects, but we also close the connect to consciousness. Many skills, connect to lands, rivers, mountains, had hidden expressions of this connect.

It is important now for humanity to wake up to this connect.

Just like a forest growing up brings a lot of other birds and plants, when we start connecting to consciousness, the entire forest of different colors and energies keeps showing up.

The world needs this re-wilding of consciousness forest. Manthan camps, the Yatras and Living in centers is a medium to this re-wilding.

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Power within Self

A person awakened to consciousness, feels an inner power that keep one unaffected by illusionary or material influences. The source of this is often passed as some saintly motivation by observing folks. But the two are very different.

The knowledge that we are connected to consciousness, and have a universe full of shaktipeeths, beings and energies, as a family and guide and destination, is a sobering power. One that keeps us pursuing the true purpose of this life, without any attachment to results, as we already know the purpose may be very different from the result – even hidden from all our thoughts. Just like say one gets a call to attend to a needy stranger, and goes for it. Irrespective of the outcome of this act, it happens that some other chance meeting is there and the call was just a medium.

The Manthan program has focused on all aspects of awakening the power within self: Understanding the current world and its motivations; understanding Bharat where consciousness, culture, knowledge have come together harmoniously; understanding the footprints of consciousness and discovering one’s call; and understanding the shaktipeeths, beings and energies around us on this journey.

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Harnessing Shaktipeeths (Energy Points)

A question that comes very often in all our Manthan Camps is how to quickly bring back the human society to a conscious state?

The current world system, with its illusions, materialism, tools like unhinged money printing, seem all too powerful.

Yet, when we look at humanity, we find that a lot of good remains – from belief in nature and healing to ability to prioritize greater causes over oneself. This is hidden consciousness at work.

Just like the chapter ‘Scouring for the Shire’ in JRR Tolkein’s Lord of the Rings, our culture has left lots of seeds and thriving trees of Shakti (conscious energy), which can be called upon to reenergize the humanity.

When we look at Bharat (India), we find them everywhere. In modern times, there importance has been lost, and even eyes only see them through illusions. But whenever a person is ready to see, they appear. And learning how to invoke them so that humans respond to their call , have been many of our experiences.

Manthan masters have this duty also – to awaken folks to these Shaktipeeths, so that the thread of knowledge thickens and is ready when required.

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Manthan Camps for Children

Children are most exposed to false narratives; illusions created by structured school information, and are lead into beliefs, choices that will affect them for very long.  At the same time, this also requires reducing their learning from other systems, nature, observations, and intuitive insights.

Hence, it is very important that they develop an eye that sees beyond the illusions, and are able to see where a point of view is coming from. And making them self aware of all the other learning systems.

Since, children learn most easily from nature and situations, the Manthan Camps for Children are planned accordingly,  and a easy mix of play, discussions and activities, with the objectives of first opening them up to Bharat, the nature and their own abilities, and then learning paths.

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Manthan Camps for Youth

The Manthan camps are most important for youth as the quest opens up in this age. Apart from the Manthan Camps, where there is usual predominance of youth, we also have the Karma (Action) Path groups, and the Self Discovery Program for living in our Manthan Center in Aranyaani forest for sometime, which aids self discovery, where self is gradually strengthens and becomes aware.

The objective is that youth understands and feels the power of Bharat, the magic of consciousness and the guiding the kutumb or oneness behind them.

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Manthan Camps for Healing

Nature and Consciousness are the best and rapid healers. We lose a lot of time, energy and confidence, just because we are not aware of how to tap into them. That is why, Manthan Camps, and living in Manthan Centers, are also a step to an awakened living.

Apart from that, Manthan has a large number of people who practice natural healing, traditional therapies, and have deep knowledge of different facets of Indian Wellness system.

In Chandigarh Manthan sessions, Dr. Riddhi also covers Natural birthing, Conscious pregnancy, humanizing the healthcare system, and helping those who want to understand.

In Pauri Manthan center, traditional healing method of Himalayan Vaidyas, is being delivered for those suffering from asthma due to pollution, and stress.

More such efforts are being promoted through Manthan programs.