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Nora Initiated by the power of the guru's thought. What does this actually means? As we are aware that with the cyber revolution, there are greater opportunity for us to communicate with Guru's not only from India but from all over the world. I have friends who said that they met their guru via the internet. Communicate with them for sometime thereafter went to India to meet up with the Guru. Well that is fine. But what about those who will never have the chance of going to India or too poor to make the trip. Can we be initiated by the net, with the view camp and the teleconferencing facilites, it is possible right? or wrong? Childofdevi I dont see why a cyber-guru-diksha is not possible, after all the real mechanics of diksha happens in the astral plane, so physical separation should not be an issue- of course no doubt, there certainly is something to getting diksha directly from him. I can clearly forsee the day when one could download a diksha from somewhere in cyberspace, could happen. In fact gurudeva(satguru sivaya subramuniya swami) used to conduct mantra diksha over the cellphone. this may sound like diksha is very easy to get from him, but really it is one of the hardest things to get. Omprem OM Nora You asked, "Initiated by the power of the guru's thought. What does this actually mean?" You are referring to saktipat, whereby the Guru raises the Kundalini of the aspirant up through the chakras all the while calming and protecting the aspirant's mind and body from the force of Kundalini. When the Guru releases the Kundalini, it falls down the sushumna back to the Muladhara where it returns to its constituent parts, Ha and Tha. But the aspirant retains a memory of Kundalini rising and the illumination that it brings, and this memory is an incentive to develop a substantial meditation practice and to conduct other forms of sadhana in order to raise Kundalini unaided. His/her body chemistry and mental apparatus and functioning are forever changed by the experience. With very no fear of exaggeration, I would say that anyone who claims to be a Guru whether on the net or not, is a fraud. The authentic Guru will know the aspirant well and will only put himself/herself forward as Guru to those who are ready. Many claim to want a Guru, but few are ready for one. There is no need to go to India to find a Guru. There are Self-realized souls everywhere. But they wait for the aspirant who shows a burning desire for spiritual liberation and who has already done much work on himself/herself. Seeing a Guru or listening to a Guru is not the same as having a Guru. There is a personal relationship between the Guru and the disciple. There is also an implied contract - the disciple agrees to whatever the Guru asks and the Guru agrees to be responsible for guiding the aspirant to moksha no matter how many lifetimes it takes. Jaya Guru OM Namah Sivaya |