The Grace of Shaktipat

An introduction

There is a verse in the Shve­tas­vatara Upan­ishad that describes this very clear­ly: ‘The Rishis, the sages, went into deep med­i­ta­tion
and found the Devat­ma Shak­ti, the Kun­dali­ni Pow­er inher­ent in Divine Con­scious­ness, hid­den behind Her attrib­ut­es.’
The pow­er of Pure Con­scious­ness, which this Upan­ishad gives the name of Devat­ma Shak­ti, is not dif­fer­ent from Brah­man, the
Infi­nite Exis­tence, like warmth can­not be sep­a­rat­ed from fire. Wher­ev­er there is warmth, the fire ele­ment must also be present. In the same way, wher­ev­er con­scious­ness is present, the pow­er of con­scious­ness must also be present.

Since Pure Con­scious­ness is bliss­ful in nature, when­ev­er it is express­ing
itself some­where, bliss can­not be far away.

Shak­ti’ is Divine Pow­er and ‘pat’ means to descend.
Shak­ti­pat is a method by which an individual’s Kun­dali­ni is awak­ened by the direct inter­ven­tion of a Guru who serves as an instru­ment of
his lin­eage of mas­ters. This awak­en­ing of Kun­dali­ni may hap­pen imme­di­ate­ly or grad­u­al­ly when the ener­gy sys­tem and mind of
the aspi­rant has been suf­fi­cient­ly pre­pared and puri­fied. In all our count­less lives, Shak­ti­pat has only to hap­pen once: it sets the
aspi­rant irrev­o­ca­bly on the path that cul­mi­nates in total immer­sion in the Divine Real­i­ty.
There exists a vari­ety of mech­a­nisms for con­vey­ing shak­ti­pat. These include: by glance, by word or mantra, by touch or sim­ply by inten­tion, sankalpa. An enlight­ened teacher with the capac­i­ty of grant­i­ng shak­ti­pat and guid­ing the devel­op­ment of the stu­dent is called a ‘Sid­dha’.

With the grace of a Sid­dha-mas­ter, the evo­lu­tion­ary pow­er in our­selves, the Devat­ma Shak­ti or Kun­dali­ni, which is hid­den by the accu­mu­lat­ed dirt of ages, wakes up. Only from the moment that we have received grace from such a Mas­ter, can we tru­ly start the process of free­ing our­selves from all the impu­ri­ties that impose lim­i­ta­tions upon us. Awak­en­ing the pow­er that lies dor­mant in the inner­most core of our being is called shaktipat.

Through shak­ti­pat, a dis­ci­ple receives the high­est grace of the Mas­ter.
Shak­ti­pat bestows bless­ings that thin out our con­di­tion­ings and attach­ments.
Shak­ti­pat ignites the fire that ini­ti­ates transformation.

A process is set into motion that grad­u­al­ly makes our entire sys­tem trans­par­ent so that the Light of our True Nature is able to shine through with­out obstruc­tions. Lim­it­ed self-images dis­solve. Egoic con­trac­tions melt away. May Devat­ma Shak­ti lead you to a true
Mas­ter who is able to awak­en the Divine Ener­gy with­in you and
who can guide you along this path.

SHAKTIPAT INITIATION

A WEEKEND RETREAT

Through shak­ti­pat, a dis­ci­ple receives the highest
grace of the Mas­ter. Shak­ti­pat bestows bless­ings that thin out
our con­di­tion­ings and attach­ments. Shak­ti­pat ignites the fire
that ini­ti­ates transformation.

OM BHUR, OM BHUVAH, OM SUVAHA, OM MAHAHA, OM JANAHA,
OM TAPAHA, OM SATYAM OM TAT SAVITUR VARENYAM,
BHARGO DEVASYA DHIMAHI,
DHIYO YONAH PRACHODAYAT,
OM APO JYOTIH RASAMRITAN BRAHMA BHUR BHUVAS SUVAR OM