| Sanjaya was an attendant, kind of private secretary, | | | | a bighead. It did not create any sense of ego within |
| to the blind king of Hastinapura, Dhritrashtra. He | | | | him. He did not make any claim of prophet-hood, |
| spent two thirds of his life attending to the king. He | | | | although he made a prophecy. He did not claim to be |
| had no private life of his own. | | | | a clairvoyant, although he was one, and really a good |
| Then, one day, just before the sons of the blind king | | | | one. And, why he did not do so? The answer is: He |
| would go to war with their cousins - came along the | | | | was a man of intelligence. |
| great seer Vyaas, "Sanjaya, you must report the | | | | A man of intelligence knows for sure that like any |
| entire preceding of the war to Dhritrashtra." | | | | other ability, psychic is a passing phenomenon too. |
| "But, how could I possibly do that, Sir? | | | | You have it this moment; you may not have it the |
| Hastina is tens of miles away from the battlefield of | | | | next moment. As you age and your physical ability is |
| Kurukshetra. How could I leave the King?" asked | | | | lessened - so too your psychic ability may diminish |
| Sanjaya. | | | | because of some other factors. |
| "Oh no, you don't have to leave Hastina....., replied the | | | | So, ABC! |
| great seer, "be where you are, serving your king. I | | | | The Master always reminds us: "Always Be Careful!" |
| shall endow you with psychic ability so you can see | | | | Psychic Ability can do much damage to us, if we do |
| what is happening at the battlefield and report it to | | | | not have our Intellectual Domain fully or substantially |
| the king." | | | | developed before we acquire it. Psychic Ability minus |
| And, the seer did that. | | | | Intelligence can be the greatest hindrance in soul's |
| He endowed upon Sanjaya the ability that he | | | | evolution. The ego, the arrogance, the vanity, the |
| promised. Sanjaya did not have to undergo any | | | | pride that comes with it can stop soul's evolution. |
| special training for that. He got it just like that. Yes, | | | | One can be static in one place for eons. |
| just like that! | | | | Alas, this is happening with many of us. |
| That was about 5,000 years ago. | | | | Our souls have stopped evolving any further. |
| But, things haven't changed much. Psychic ability can | | | | Psychic Ability without Intelligence can make us good |
| still be endowed just like that.... One can acquire it | | | | healers, but we can only heal those who are without |
| just like that..... With training, or without training. | | | | intelligence. We can only swim in the same pool with |
| Following any discipline, or without any discipline | | | | them. We cannot dive and reach the depth of the |
| whatsoever..... | | | | ocean. |
| Like any other ability, Psychic is one of the basic | | | | With our limited and vain ability, when we try to heal, |
| human abilities. Unfortunately, so far we have not | | | | even touch a person who has his or her Intelligence |
| paid much attention to this. So far, our time and | | | | fully developed, we may cause him or her burning |
| energy have been focused on developing other | | | | sensation which is very unbearable. Ramakrishna, the |
| abilities like physic, mental and emotional. | | | | master of Vivekananda, always complained of such |
| It is only in the recent years - that is during past one | | | | sensation whenever touched by people like us. |
| century or so - that we have begun to open | | | | In their compassion however, masters like |
| ourselves to this ability. So, this is still a novelty to us. | | | | Ramakrishna may not utter a single word. They may |
| No wonder, many of us are bewildered. Many of us | | | | bear the burning sensation without complaint. We |
| are just stunned. Many of us are so engrossed in it, | | | | may not appreciate their act of compassion, for we |
| with it, that we forget everything else. As if, psychic | | | | have no inkling of their suffering. Indeed, their very |
| ability is all in all. | | | | presence amongst us is but one grand act of |
| Indeed, psychic is an important domain, an important | | | | compassion. |
| layer of our consciousness - but just one of at least | | | | The evolved souls are actually allergic to this world, |
| 5 equally important domains, important layers of our | | | | the worldliness, and the worldly people like us. Such |
| consciousness. Without the help of other domains - | | | | souls decide to live amongst us to help us. They |
| physical, mental/emotional, intellectual and last but not | | | | undergo much suffering because of us. They remain |
| least, the spiritual domain - the human psyche cannot | | | | with us, because they truly love us. |
| fully express itself. | | | | This is Spirituality. |
| Psychic ability remains dormant in human, remains | | | | Psychic Ability plus Intelligence is equal to Spirituality. |
| hidden, until it finds expression through the Physical | | | | Intelligence is not Intellectuality. One can be intellectual |
| and at least one another domain, Mental/Emotional. | | | | by borrowing knowledge from books, from any |
| And, this is where this ability can be problematic, can | | | | other outer source. One can become intellectual by |
| create problem for us. | | | | undergoing certain training, or program. But, that is |
| Mental/Emotional Domain within us is governed by | | | | not the same as being a man or woman of |
| the Instincts. And, instincts are connected with our | | | | Intelligence. |
| subconscious, which is the storehouse of all our | | | | Intelligence comes from "knowing oneself" - knowing |
| experiences. These experiences are not all human. | | | | oneself in soul's utter nakedness. Soul is not divine as |
| Indeed, most of them are animalistic. We have | | | | the intellectuals would like to put it. Soul is not sinful |
| inherited animalistic instincts from our past evolution. | | | | as the ignorant believe. Soul is neither divine, nor |
| As such, if the Psychic ability within us expresses | | | | ignorant. Neither that, nor this..... It is only a man of |
| itself through our Physical Domain, with the help of | | | | intelligence, a woman of intelligence who can know |
| just Mental/Emotional Domain - it can have a very | | | | what soul is. Knowing it one knows oneself. |
| animalistic flavor and aroma. This is the kind of | | | | And yet, knowing it may just be the beginning of a |
| Psychic Expression that we see all around us today. | | | | long journey unto the Unknown and Unknowable. |
| Sanjaya in the story quoted above, was fortunate | | | | One who knows It, knows All. One who knows All, |
| enough, to have his Intellectual Domain substantially | | | | knows Nothing. The more one knows, the farther |
| developed. His name indicates that. Sanjaya means | | | | one gets from ordinary mundane knowledge and |
| "One Who Has Control over the Lower Senses". | | | | closer to the Unknown. |
| Sanjaya also has another meaning very similar to the | | | | One, who does not know anything of any value, |
| first one: "One Who Has Mastery over Mind". He had | | | | claims to know. One, who knows something of great |
| his Intellectual Domain fully developed. | | | | value, makes no such claims. One, who can truly heal |
| Therefore, the Psychic Development in Sanjaya was | | | | the soul, refuses to be called a healer. One, who can |
| no ordinary development. With it, he took a quantum | | | | only heal the body, makes big and tall claims. |
| leap in consciousness. He did not only see the war | | | | One, who loves, claims not to be a lover. |
| between cousins, but could see both the folly and | | | | One, who loves, expects nothing in return. |
| the necessity of the war. | | | | One, who loves, does so unconditionally. There is no |
| No problem can be solved through Violence. Indeed, | | | | reason to love, no season. It is Love all the time, 24 |
| Love is the Only Solution. So, war is stupid, silly. But | | | | hours a day, 7 days a week.... Love, love, and only |
| then, at times surgery cannot be avoided. A tumor | | | | love..... |
| must be removed to save the body. If war is likened | | | | There comes a time in the lives of each one of us, |
| to a surgery, then it has some purpose too. Sanjaya | | | | when we are very, very close to a Buddha, or a |
| could "see" that. He could clearly see the outcome of | | | | Christ, a Muhammad, a Krishna - but we miss them. |
| the war. He could see the Divine Surgeon performing | | | | They pass us by, and we do not recognize them. |
| surgery. So, he had no doubt whatsoever in the | | | | Why? Because, we lack the intelligence to recognize |
| success of such operation. | | | | them. |
| Sanjaya voiced out his conviction: Where there is | | | | What we need today, is the sharpening of |
| Krishna, the Embodiment of Divine Love, and Arjuna, | | | | intelligence. |
| the Personification of Human Skill and Efficiency - | | | | We all must go within to find the traces of |
| success is certain! To us, it may sound like a | | | | Christhood there, so when a Christ is passing by, our |
| prophecy. To Sanjaya, it was a simple mathematic. | | | | ego does not come in between and stop us from |
| His conviction was natural in the sense that it was in | | | | recognizing Him, Her, It! |
| line with the Law of Nature. Love plus Skill is equal to | | | | Sharpening of Intelligence, Viveka - that is the call of |
| Success. | | | | the hour. |
| Sanjaya was a man of great intelligence. | | | | For, it is only when the Intelligence is Sharpened, that |
| The Psychic Ability which he got through the grace | | | | we can get closer to Spirituality! |
| of the Master, Vyaas, therefore, did not turn him into | | | | |