Welcome, dear family, to Agama's Message by Agama Shakti. ✨🙏
Today's newsletter is truly special and profoundly important. It delves into Sadhana 🧘♂️ and Dhyana 🕉️—the very essence of spiritual practice. The wisdom I share today represents the highest order of knowledge, encapsulating the path to moksha (liberation) 🌿 and enlightenment 🔆.
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I don’t make money from these newsletters, and there’s no hidden reason for me to ask this—except that every time you read something again, you notice things you might have missed. Our mindset—our frequency—keeps shifting. Maybe you first read this after a long day at work 🏢, or maybe while relaxing on vacation 🌴. Each time, you’ll pick up something new, something deeper.
Give it a try—you might be surprised at what you discover. And trust me, it will only help you on your spiritual journey. 🙏✨
Sadhana and Dhyana 🧘♂️✨
Let’s break it down—Sadhana is what you do, and Dhyana is what happens to you. You cannot do Dhyana.
The English translation of Dhyana is meditation, but we often say, "I am doing meditation." This is actually incorrect because meditation is an act of non-doing. If you're doing something, it isn’t meditation. Meditation happens—you don’t do it.
Now, you may ask, Vishal, then what is Sadhana?
Sadhana is the practice that makes you meditative. It prepares your mind and body for Dhyana to naturally occur. For example, taking a vow of silence requires immense willpower. The discipline of staying silent trains the mind and body, making space for meditation to happen.
So remember—Sadhana is the effort, Dhyana is the result. 🌿🙏
God-Realization & Enlightenment ✨🕉️
Enlightenment and God-realization aren’t the same thing. There’s a big difference between the two.
Let me explain. Our minds tend to think on a micro subconscious level that we have to attain God—maybe by listening to spiritual discourses 🎤, reading religious texts 📖, or following deep philosophical teachings. But the moment we think of attaining God, we create a gap between us and God.
Here’s the truth: We don’t attain God—we realize God. The divine is already within us and all around us. There’s nowhere to go, nothing to reach—it’s just about seeing what’s always been there.
So, where does enlightenment fit in? Enlightenment is simply the moment you realize there’s nothing to attain—only something to recognize. That’s it.
But here’s the twist—true God-realization happens when you even drop the idea of enlightenment. When you stop chasing after the idea of being enlightened, the path to moksha (liberation) naturally opens. 🌿✨
What is Sadhana All About? 🧘♂️✨
Sadhana is the practice of being—a journey from "I am" to simply "am."
It is the process of becoming one with nature, a state of just being—fully present, without any want, purpose, or goal. When you reach this state, Samadhi naturally happens.
Earlier, I described Sadhana as a practice that prepares the body for meditation. But let’s go deeper—Sadhana is actually the practice of non-practice. If you take a vow of silence to increase your willpower, you are bound to fail. If you practice physical celibacy to attain mental celibacy, you will fail.
The journey unfolds like this:
☸️ Sadhana → prepares you for Dhyana (meditation) → which leads to Samadhi (absolute stillness).
Now, let me take this further—Samadhi is also just a tool. You don’t attain liberation or become God-realized through Samadhi. True liberation (moksha) happens when you rise above Samadhi—into Param Ananda Stithi, the state of ultimate bliss, also called Prem (pure love). This is the state where all differences dissolve completely.
Swami Vivekananda beautifully expressed this in his famous speech:
"As the different streams, having their sources in different places, take different paths—some straight, some crooked—yet all ultimately lead to Thee."
The essence of this is simple: Whether you walk the path of Jnana (knowledge) or Bhakti (devotion), they all lead to the same nondual nature of the cosmos. 🌿✨
Mind: The Obstacle & The Key 🧠⚡
The mind can be your best friend or your worst enemy.
The mind has an innate tendency to corrupt, corrupt everything and anything.
There’s a famous saying among astronauts: "There’s no problem so bad that you can’t make it worse."
🧘♂️ Meditation is a calm mind state
🔮 Samadhi is a no-mind state
🌱 Sadhana is the process to slow down a restless mindAlways remember:
🔥 A fast mind is crazy
🌊 A calm mind is saintly
☀️ No mind is God
The mind also plays tricks with time. Have you noticed how pleasure feels short-lived, but pain seems to last forever? Even though time moves the same for everyone, our perception of it shifts. This is where Sadhana comes in—to slow the mind down, so Dhyana (meditation) can happen effortlessly.
Now, you might ask me—
"Vishal, if Samadhi is a no-mind state and no-mind is God, why do you say Samadhi is just a tool?"
Great question! Here’s the thing—Samadhi is just a state of being in the beginning. But when it becomes permanent (Being Stithaprajna )—when the mind is constantly God-realized—that’s when we attain eternal bliss.
And that ultimate state?
💖 It’s called LOVE.
This is what all enlightened souls have spoken about—the state where nothing remains but pure love. ✨
Sarthak Kriya ✨
My dear friends, today I have shared something so profound that, if truly understood and applied, can open doors to miracles. One such Sadhana I have been working on is Sarthak Kriya—a practice rooted in the principle of acceptance.
Now, acceptance as a concept isn’t new. But what makes Sarthak Kriya unique is its focus on eradicating the defects of the mind—the tendency to judge, to differentiate between good and bad, right and wrong, and to hold onto interpersonal differences. This practice helps us break free from these mental barriers and unite with our true selves.
I will share more about Sarthak Kriya soon, but for now, I hope you found this edition of Agama’s Message insightful.
If you have any thoughts, questions, or reflections, feel free to reach out to me at agamashakti@gmail.com. 💌 Your kind words and insights are always deeply appreciated. 🙏
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With love & light,
Yours,
🕉️❤️ Vishal Rajput
