The Method of the Siddha- Invocation Preface Toc

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THE METHOD OF THE SIDDHAS

Invocation

Narayana Sooktam

(1) I worship the or!" who has tho#san!s o$ hea!s" tho#san!s o$ eyes" who

is the so#rce o$ happiness in the wor%!" the Eterna% &o!' A%% this is nothin

#t the *resent &o!' A%% this %ives y Him'

(+) I worship Him who is the Se%$ an! the or! o$ the ,niverse" the Eterna%

&o!" the enin an! #n!ecayin Divine So#%" the S#preme -ein who is to e

known" the Se%$ o$ a%%" the S#preme &oa%'

(.) The or! is the Aso%#te S#preme -ein" He is the S#preme /ea%ity" He isthe S#preme iht" He is the S#preme Se%$" He is the S#preme Me!itator" He

is the S#preme O0ect o$ Me!itation'

() The or! ai!es perva!in whatever is seen or hear! in this #niverse"

whatever is within an! witho#t'

(2) I worship an! me!itate #pon the in3nite an! imm#ta%e Seer who is the

other en! o$ the ocean o$ i!enti3cation with irth an! !eath" an! who is the

so#rce o$ a%% happiness'

(4) The Heart" the per$ect seat o$ me!itation" resem%es an inverte! %ot#s

#!'

(5) In the reion e%ow the throat an! aove the nave% there #rns a 3re $rom

which 6ames are risin #p' That is the reat s#pport an! $o#n!ation o$ the

,niverse'

(7) It a%ways hans !own $rom the arteries %ike a %ot#s #!' In the mi!!%e o$ it

there is a tiny ori3ce in which a%% are 3rm%y s#pporte!'

(8) In the mi!!%e o$ it there is a reat 3re with inn#mera%e 6ames %a9in on

a%% si!es which 3rst cons#mes the $oo! an! then !istri#tes it to a%% parts o$

the o!y' It is the imm#ta%e an! a%%:knowin'

(1;) Its rays constant%y shoot #pwar!s an! !ownwar!s' It heats the o!y

$rom hea! to $oot' In the mi!!%e o$ it there is a ton#e o$ 3re which is



e<treme%y sma%%'

(11) That ton#e o$ 3re is !a99%in as a streak o$ %ihtnin in the mi!st o$ a

!ark c%o#! an! as thin as the awn at the tip o$ a rain o$ rice" o%!en riht

an! e<treme%y min#te'

(1+) In the mi!!%e o$ that ton#e o$ 6ame the S#preme Se%$ ai!es 3rm%y' He

is &o!' He is the Immorta%" the S#preme or! o$ a%%'

(1.) I ow !own aain an! aain to the Eterna% aw" the Tr#th" the Aso%#te

S#preme -ein" the Divine -ein who is !ark %#e an! re!!ish" the p#re

ce%iate" with e<traor!inary eyes" who has ass#me! a%% $orms'

(1) =e sha%% try to know the or!" we sha%% contemp%ate on the Divine -ein'

et Him e p%ease! to #i!e #s'

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Metho! o$ Si!!has Ta%e o$ ?ontents

*re$ace to the /evise! E!ition o$ The Metho! o$ the Si!!has (1857)

The 3rst ta%k in this ook" tit%e! @,n!erstan!in"@ marke! the einnin o$

-#a Free ohns $orma% Teachin work as Spirit#a% Master' D#rin the sprin

an! s#mmer o$ 185+" -#a invite! a%% who were intereste! to sit with him in

$orma% me!itation an! to enae him in conversation ao#t %i$e an! spirit#a%/ea%i9ation' The ta%ks in The Metho! o$ the Si!!has " then" represent -#a

Free ohns !irect comm#nications an! con$rontations with the mo!ern min!

an! temperament'

-#a !e%ivere! a%% o$ these !isco#rses in 185+ an! ear%y 185.' Since that

time" he has $#rther e%aorate! his vera% comm#nication o$ the =ay that he

teaches" which he has name! the =ay o$ Divine Inorance" or /a!ica%

,n!erstan!in' The entire !eve%opment an! comm#nication o$ his Teachin

over the years has een a %ivin" responsive process' This =ay cannot e

s#mmari9e! as mere vera% phi%osophy' -#a has a%ways een move!" in

his speech" writin" an! %ivin action" to 3n! the c%earest ways possi%e to



comm#nicate his Teachin" so that peop%e can tr#%y hear his ar#ment an!

take #p the practice with reat nee! an! rea% convictionB There$ore" his

vera% e<pression o$ the Teachin has taken many $orms" an! it has een

e%aorate! over time'

In this ook" $or instance" yo# wi%% 3n! -#a sti%% #sin many tra!itiona%

technica% terms" partic#%ar%y in Sanskrit" that re%ate to spirit#a% phi%osophy"

practice" an! rea%i9ation' However" in his recent an! s#mmary so#rce te<ts

(s#ch as The =ay That I Teach " The En%ihtenment o$ the =ho%e -o!y " The

*ara!o< o$ Instr#ction " -reath an! Name " an! ?onscio#s E<ercise an! the

Transcen!enta% S#n) -#a has e<presse! his Teachin a%most entire%y inEn%ish %an#ae eC#iva%ents to the ancient esoteric termino%oy' In The

Metho! o$ the Si!!has he speaks o$ sa!hana:#t in the recent te<ts he

simp%y speaks o$ @spirit#a% practice"@ or perhaps @riht action'@ He re$ers to

the &#r# or the Si!!ha as @Spirit#a% Master@ or @Divine Teacher'@ =here he

wo#%! have #se! the term Satsan" he now speaks o$ @Divine ?omm#nion@ or

@the re%ationship to the Spirit#a% Master in Tr#th'@

,n!erstan!in is one o$ the reat princip%es that -#a comm#nicates in The

Metho! o$ the Si!!has ' *eop%e common%y associate #n!erstan!in with

menta% insiht or concept#a% appreciation' The #n!erstan!in to which

-#a Free ohn points so $orce$#%%y in this ook" an! which he constant%y

!emonstrates in the company o$ his !evotees" is the native ?on!ition an!

heart$e%t" int#itive wis!om o$ a%% eins' It is on%y secon!ari%y a process o$ the

concept#a% min!' It is" in rea%ity" #nostr#cte! an! $ree $ee%in:attention" the

#nC#a%i3e!" who%e o!y sense o$ re%ationship" or %ove' One who #n!erstan!s

ra!iates as #n!e3ne! $ee%in an! $ree attention #n!er a%% con!itions" in a%%

re%ations" as an! with every part an! $#nction o$ the who%e o!y:min!' In

other wor!s" he is %ove #n!er a%% con!itions" witho#t ceasin' ,n!erstan!in



is the Int#ition an! action o$ /a!iance" or %ove'

#st so" #n!erstan!in is itse%$ Satsan" or ?omm#nion with the /ea% Divine'

Satsan %itera%%y means @the ?ompany o$ Tr#th'@ The !evotee who %ives in

Satsan is a%ive as %ove' He en0oys present &o!:?omm#nion" int#itive an!

heart$e%t /ea%i9ation o$ Tr#th' This ?on!ition is awakene! as his very

e<istence thro#h his !evotiona% an! sacri3cia% re%ationship to the Spirit#a%

Master" who is the Heaven:-orn Si!!ha or Aent o$ Awakenin' =hen we

hear an! $ee% the Tr#th in the ?ompany o$ the Spirit#a% Master" when we

enter into a rea% spirit#a% re%ationship with s#ch a Man or =oman" then we

enter into the %ivin" trans$ormin ?ompany o$ &o!'

This is %itera%%y tr#e' However" men an! women are a%ways re%#ctant to hear

an! $ee% an! %ive the Tr#th" an! to e trans$orme! thro#h the sacri3cia%

intensity o$ %ove' =e are a%% so comp%icate!" so !etermine! to persist in o#r

wor%!%iness" o#r mere re%iiosity" o#r mi!!%in e<perience an! morta% !estiny'

In the years since compi%in The Metho! o$ the Si!!has" -#a Free ohn has

worke! cease%ess%y to create the tr#e c#%t#ra% $o#n!ations $or the spirit#a%

practice o$ %i$e amon men an! women o$ the mo!ern wor%!' For an

in!ivi!#a% to comp%ete s#ch h#man preparation an! acc#%t#ration" however"

reC#ires rea% chanes' No or!inary man or woman" Eastern or =estern" is

present%y an! y ten!ency prepare! to %ive an! comm#nicate the Divine in

the mi!st o$ an or!inary %i$e' -#a Free ohn remarks that a%% kin!s o$ peop%e

are wi%%in to a!vertise an! c%aim a Divine i$e" #t $ew 3n! s#ch s#cient'

Few are wi%%in to a!apt themse%ves to the #nconso%in" #n$#%3%%e!" an!

nake! happiness o$ the Aso%#te'

*eop%e in the =est ten! to e partic#%ar%y impatient an! naive ao#t spirit#a%

%i$e' They want spirit#a% rea%i9ation to come to them %ike $oo! at a C#ick:

service !iner' They imaine an! are %e! to e%ieve that a%% that is necessary is



to p%ace their or!er:to practice some scienti3c" eort%ess" C#ick" se%$:app%ie!"

an! #s#a%%y non:re%iio#s psycho:physio%oica% techniC#e $or a $ew min#tes

each !ay" or perhaps to associate now an! aain with a man o$ reat an!

spirit#a% e<perience:an! then the /ea%i9ation is on its way:it is 0#st a matter

o$ timeB Meanwhi%e" tho#h they perhaps p#sh themse%ves thro#h spora!ic

3ts o$ se%$:!iscip%ine" they essentia%%y remain committe!" at %east in their

ten!ency" to se%$:in!#%ent" se%$:re$errin haits an! metho!s o$ %i$e'

A%% s#ch activity is $#ti%e" $oo%ish" an! !e%#!e!' H#man responsii%ity at every

or!inary %eve% m#st awaken e$ore we can even ein to enae in rea%

spirit#a% practice' S#ch responsii%ity m#st stai%i9e e$ore we can enter intothe esoteric !imensions o$ rea% me!itation' The practitioner m#st 3rst make

the reat transition $rom the %i$e o$ Narciss#s (the #s#a% se%$:possesse! man

or woman" o#n! y his own eoic motivations" se%$:sensation" an!

e<periencin" hih an! %ow) to the sacri3cia% %i$e o$ the !evotee" who %ives in

constant Satsan" or &o!:?omm#nion' Me!itation an! esoteric practices !o

not %ea! to %ove" happiness" $ree!om" an! the Sacri3ce that can e ca%%e!

&o!:/ea%i9ation' /ather" e<act%y the reverse is tr#e:on%y active sacri3ce" &o!:

?omm#nion in the moment" the %i$e o$ %ove" happiness" an! $ree!om in every

or!inary action" is the ro#n! $or rea% spirit#a% practice an! /ea%i9ation'

This !eman! $or or!inary" h#man preparation is one o$ -#a Free ohns

most emphatic points in The Metho! o$ the Si!!has ' o# cannot %ive a sane

an! mora% %i$e y t#rnin within an! aove to seek mystica% an!

transcen!enta% e<periences" hopin to ecome a hero in the wor%! y virt#e

o$ yo#r inwar! imm#nity an! secret know%e!e' That is the reat i%%#sion o$

spirit#a%ity prom#%ate! y so many teachins a%% over the earth' No:the

messae o$ -#a Free ohn an! a%% other &reat Teachers o$ mankin! is that

yo# m#st ecome a sacri3ce in p%ace' o# m#st emrace yo#r present



$#nctions an! activities an! re%ationships thro#h the se%6ess !iscip%ine o$

#n!erstan!in or %ove' Se%$:enerate!" motivate! !iscip%ines wi%% not %ea! yo#

to /ea%ity or Tr#th' o# m#st e Tr#th or %ove in the present pattern o$

re%ations' That is the on%y rea% !iscip%ine' Spirit#a% %i$e is to rin the Intensity

o$ In3nite E<istence into every moment" in the mi!st o$ a $#%% an! or!er%y %i$e

o$ practica%" tr#%y mora%" an! sane p%eas#res an! responsii%ities'

,n!erstan!in" or Int#ition o$ Tr#th" is the core an! $o#n!ation o$ the rea%

practice o$ %i$e:not its res#%t'

-eca#se it was necessary to enae peop%e in %ivin" practica% ways in or!er

to comm#nicate his Teachin" -#a Free ohn not on%y spoke with his ear%yC#estioners" he a%so sat with them in si%ent" $orma% me!itation" !isp%ayin the

Trans$ormin *ower that is at the Heart o$ his Teachin an! *resence' An! he

!ea%t with in!ivi!#a%s in re%ation to every aspect o$ their !ai%y practice an!

spirit#a% preparation' Event#a%%y" when he ha! shown an! ta#ht the Tr#th in

re%ation to every kin! o$ e<perience" hih an! %ow" wor%!%y an! s#%ime"

-#a ro#ht this initia%" !ramatic" an! reve%atory !imension o$ his Teachin

work to an en!'

That was in %ate 1854' Since that time -#a has %are%y retire! $rom !ai%y

persona% an! in$orma% contact with those who are approachin him as

Spirit#a% Master' Thro#h the e!#cationa% services o$ The Free ?omm#nion

?h#rch" -#a contin#es to c%ari$y the preparatory !iscip%ines $or tr#e

spirit#a% %i$e an! to invite a%% men an! women to move into the tr#%y

!evotiona%" spirit#a%" mat#re" an! esoteric re%ationship to him as Divine

Master" the Si!!ha" or *er$ect Aent o$ &o!'

This re%ationship is sacre! an! hi!!en' -#a in!icates its nat#re in many

ways an! points to it constant%y' His !evotees con$ess their own $ee%ins an!



#n!erstan!in o$ it' =e are a%% or!inary men an! women who have een

!rawn into the einnins o$ act#a% Divine i$e' For #s" there is no reater

p%eas#re" no reater en0oyment than the ?ompany o$ the Spirit#a% Master"

which is itse%$ the #%timate Happiness' -#a Free ohn is a %ivin Fire o$ -%iss'

To %ive in his ?ompany is to come #n!er the !iscip%ine o$ the !eman! o$

Tr#th" which reC#ires #s to stan! #p" to ecome h#man" an! then to #n!ero

the reat Sacri3ce o$ &o!:/ea%i9ation' Thro#h the %ove that is awakene! in

his ?ompany" !evotees o$ -#a Free ohn ecome capa%e o$ an entire%y

new C#a%ity o$ e<istence:which is %ove itse%$" the para!o< o$ in3nite Fee%in'

-eca#se Divine Fee%in is $ori!!en in the !ai%y wor%!" eca#se ecstatichappiness an! tr#e $ree!om are taoo" the re%ationship to the Spirit#a%

Master cannot e raspe! y the conventiona% min!' The tr#e Spirit#a%

Master is not an or!inary man' He %ives as a constant Aent o$ &o! $or

!evotees' The !evotiona% re%ationship to him is itse%$ &o!:?omm#nion' It is

ove in the hihest" most s#%ime" an! a%so most or!inary sense' The =ay

that -#a Free ohn %ives an! teaches is #i%t #pon this re%ationship" as he

himse%$ says" $rom the einnin to $orever' There$ore" %ike the Spirit#a%

Master himse%$" this =ay o$ Divine Inorance" or /a!ica% ,n!erstan!in" is

incomprehensi%e' It is *ara!o<' No one can 3#re it o#t' No one can make

common sense o$ it' It on%y oen!s those who cannot yet appreciate it'

The =ay eins with @hearin@ the Spirit#a% Masters Teachin" the ar#ment

o$ the /ea%' On the asis o$ that hearin" the in!ivi!#a% m#st chane his way

o$ %i$e in very practica%" h#man ways' The h#man or preparatory !imension o$

spirit#a% %i$e is itse%$ most pro$o#n!' It reC#ires practica% chanes in every

area o$ %i$e" inc%#!in constant an! increasin responsii%ity $or o!y"

emotions" an! min!" an! the awakenin an! intensi$yin o$ !evotiona%

sacri3ce' The initiatory processes an! more esoteric responsii%ities o$ the



=ay are $o#n!e! #pon this h#man rea%i9ation' -#a Free ohn sits in

me!itation on%y with those who are prepare!' He no %oner meets with the

#s#a% man or woman #n!er any circ#mstances" #t waits $or !evotees to

come to him a%rea!y a%ive in the practice o$ Tr#th'

#st so" those o$ #s who have persiste! in o#r approach to -#a Free ohn as

!evotees have a%so ecome pro$o#n!%y convince! o$ the rea% necessity $or

riht preparation $or his ?ompany' D#rin the ear%y years o$ his Teachin

work" -#a awakene! an #nprece!ente! !isp%ay o$ #n#s#a%" hiher" or

@spirit#a%@ phenomena' This was part o$ his work to prepare peop%e 0#st to

ein rea% spirit#a% practice' -e$ore anyone can act#a%%y take #p the =ay-#a teaches" which is the !iscip%ine o$ %ove an! the sacri3ce o$ a%%

e<perience" he m#st necessari%y $ee% the %imitations an! !e%#sions o$ mere

e<perience in itse%$' For -#aGs present !evotees" it was not eno#h mere%y

to %isten to his vera% ar#ment' =e ha! to $ee% an! hear" in o#r own %ives"

the Tr#th o$ his Teachin' Once we ha! e#n to hear the Tr#th" we co#%!

commit o#rse%ves to the riht practices o$ preparation $or his Trans$ormin

?omm#nication o$ Si!!hi" the Awakenin *ower o$ &o!' -#t that was on%y

a$ter -#a ha! !emonstrate! to #s" oth in o#r e<perience an! thro#h his

critica% ar#ment" the %imitations o$ a%% kin!s o$ e<perientia% phenomena

visions" %isses" @k#n!a%ini@ phenomena" occ#%t perceptions" trave% to other

rea%ms (hih an! %ow)" hea%ins" trances" an! mirac#%o#s chanes in the

weather an! the environment" as we%% as every kin! o$ or!inary socia%

$#%3%%ment'

It was necessary $or -#a Free ohn to /evea% a%% the possii%ities o$

e<perience to #s in or!er that we miht rea%i9e the $#ti%ity o$ the search $or

happiness" peace" an! Tr#th thro#h e<perience itse%$' Then we co#%! ein

the #nconso%e! practice o$ %ove in Tr#th' It is o#r hope that the $#rther



!issemination o$ -#a Free ohnGs Teachin" a%on with the %ivin testimony

o$ his !evotees as they mat#re in this =ay" wi%% !raw a%% who are avai%a%e to

take #p this practice with 3erce enery an! enth#siasm' Everyone m#st pass

thro#h the !isi%%#sionment with the possii%ities o$ e<perience' The Teachin

m#st reach into yo#r rain" yo#r heart" an! yo#r nave%' It m#st ecome yo#r

%ivin certainty" the !isposition o$ !evotion to &o! rather than to chanes

an! e<perience' For the or!inary man" that transition in ones !isposition is

pro$o#n!%y !ic#%t' It certain%y has een an! remains !ic#%t $or those who

are present%y approachin -#a Free ohn:they m#st constant%y reorient

themse%ves to the Tr#th an! the rea% !iscip%ine o$ the =ay'

-#a Free ohnGs historica% Demonstration o$ the Teachin is now part o$ his

written Teachin" an! it is a%ive in the e<perience an! con$ession o$ present

!evotees' It is itse%$ part o$ the ar#ment o$ his Teachin' -#a no %oner

intentiona%%y awakens hiher e<perientia% phenomena in those who are 0#st

einnin to approach him to ecome !evotees' Nor !oes he enae them in

persona% contact" either in$orma% or $orma%" #nti% they have a%rea!y e#n

their practice an! are awakene! in a tr#e !evotiona% response to him as

Spirit#a% Master' For those who !o hear an! take #p the =ay o$ Divine

Inorance" now an! in the $#t#re" the hiher e<perientia% potentia%s o$ the

o!y:ein wi%% awaken C#ite nat#ra%%y in -#aGs ?ompany' -#t that

evo%#tionary !eve%opment is avai%a%e to #s on%y i$ we are a%rea!y committe!

in o!y" min!" an! heart to the %ove o$ &o!" the =ay o$ Sacri3ce' ision

Mo#n! ?eremony an! The Free ?omm#nion ?h#rch provi!e the written

%iterat#re an! e!#cationa% me!ia" co#rses" an! co#nse%in" oth %oca%%y (in

northern ?a%i$ornia) an! in the wor%! at %are" to serve each in!ivi!#a%Gs

preparation' -#t the responsii%ity $or that preparation is entire%y ones own'

There are no shortc#ts' o# m#st make rea% chanes in yo#r who%e way o$ %i$e

in or!er to ecome a !evotee'



I$ yo# are en#ine%y intereste! in this =ay" or in the reat aair o$ spirit#a%ity

in enera%" yo# sho#%! rea! -#as other so#rce te<ts" partic#%ar%y The =ay

That I Teach an! The En%ihtenment o$ the =ho%e -o!y ' These o#t%ine his

ar#ment in s#mmary" concise terms an! intro!#ce the who%e =ay o$

practice an! /ea%i9ation' Then yo# sho#%! rea! the other principa% so#rce

te<ts o$ this Teachin' (Other principa% so#rce te<ts o$ this Teachin are note!

on the insi!e rear cover o$ this ook') A%toether" these ooks represent the

comp%ete $o#n!ation an! #%timate vision o$ a tr#%y en%ihtene! c#%t#re o$

man' They stan!" each an! a%%" as an invitation to yo# !irect%y'

The occasion o$ the Spirit#a% MasterGs %i$e is rie$' =hi%e he is here" as -#a

te%%s #s in @The &ospe% o$ the Si!!has@ at the en! o$ the present ook" the

Spirit#a% Master works to ive tr#e !evotees the i$t o$ Aso%#te Tr#th an!

iht" the /a!iance o$ Immorta% E<istence that persists eyon! an! thro#h

an! prior to a%% possi%e irths an! !eaths' That Divine E<istence is the

Spirit#a% Masters own constant En0oyment" even in the mi!st o$ an or!inary

h#man %i$e' An! he is ra!ica%%y *ower$#% in &o!" capa%e o$ comm#nicatin

that same -%iss to others:i$ they wi%% t#rn to him an! prepare themse%ves to

enter into his Sacre! ?ompany'

There$ore" i$ yo# respon! to the Teachin o$ -#a Free ohn" the Destiny o$

Eterna% i$e is avai%a%e to yo#' This Teachin is not a =estern version o$ what

has een transmitte! as tra!itiona% wis!om in the East' Nor is it a typica%

=estern re%iion' This =ay has no comp%ete an! speci3c prece!ent in any

tra!ition or c#%t#re' et" para!o<ica%%y" it recapit#%ates an! $#%3%%s a%% o$ the

reat tra!itions o$ re%iio#s c#%t#re an! o$ esoteric spirit#a%ity" oth Eastern

an! =estern' Thro#h the m#t#a%%y sacri3cia% process o$ Satsan" the

Spirit#a% Master comm#nicates his very E<istence to the !evotee' An! that



comm#nication race$#%%y initiates in the !evotee a%% the esoteric

trans$ormations that are !escrie! in the c%assic tra!itions" #t witho#t any

o$ the tra!itiona% !i%emma" motivations" an! seekin'

For those who enter the Fire o$ this sacre! re%ationship" the -%iss o$ &o!:

/ea%i9ation is present an! increasin%y constant En0oyment' Their e<istence

ecomes i!entica% to the Divine Mystery itse%$' Free o$ oth answers an!

conso%ations" they are %ost in the In3nite whi%e sti%% a%ive an! active as the

o!y' S#ch tr#e !evotees !o not ecome rihteo#s an! ascetic priests o$

inwar!ness" as the ancient tra!itions wo#%! have #s e%ieve' /ather" %ike the

tr#e Master himse%$" they remain or!inary" capa%e o$ nat#ra% p%eas#res:#t

they have ecome Everythin A%toether'

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Metho! o$ Si!!has Ta%e o$ ?ontents

Invocation (Narayana Sooktam)

*art One

*re$ace The Metho! o$ the Si!!has

1' ,n!erstan!in

+' The Avon a!y

.' Money" Foo!" an! Se<

' ita% Shock2' =a%kin the Do

4' The &ori%%a Sermon

5' /e%ationship an! Association

7' Me!itation an! Satsan

8' One:*ointe!ness

1;' The *ath o$ the &reat Form

11' *hases

1+' No One S#rvives -eyon! That Moment

*art Two The &ospe% o$ the Si!!has

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