Bhagawan Nityananda and Gupt Bhakti = Mukti ! ~ Bhagawan #Nityananda often said that for it to lead to liberation devotion should not be demonstrative but practiced Secretly : Gupt (Secret) Bhakti (Worship) = Mukti (Liberation) ! ~ Once a devotee spoke of her spiritual experiences to friends in Bombay and implied that she was developing rapidly. On her next visit to Ganeshpuri, Bhagawan Nityananda asked, What do you do when you season food? Dont you cover it for a time and let it simmer? This, he explained, allows the flavor to permeate the dish rather than escape into the air. Similarly, spiritual experiences should be kept private until one has evolved enough to speak of them without arousing the ego. ~ Nityananda had reprimanded the devotees around HIM to refrain from narrating private experiences or indulging in propaganda about HIM but happenings around HIM aroused awe and curiosity about HIS ‘being’, and the ‘purpose’ of HIS life. No ‘deputy-Gurus’ were appointed and the commonest of person was encouraged to ‘realize and understand’ - each from his/her’s own experience. No separate philosophy or doctrine was mooted or advocated. ~ Tulsi Amma who was initiated into the techniques of Pranayama by Nityananda, had acquired great spiritual power through the practices as taught by Baba. In Bhagawan Nityanandas old Ganeshpuri ashram, Vaikuntha, there was a large pillar in the hall. One day Tulsi Amma declared, It is here that the Samadhi of Swamiji will be built. No sooner had she uttered these words than Baba came out of his room and admonished her for revealing the secret and immediately ordered that the pillar be demolished. ~ Source: “NITYANANDA”- God upon the Iron Horse - by S. Devananda / Nityananda: In Divine Presence by Swami Chetanananda & M.U. Hatengdi and bhagawannityananda.org/tulsiamma1.html
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