Can you explain how a guru gets the power to do shaktipats and how that works inside a receiver’s mind and body?
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That’s a beautiful and profound question, Bob — one that touches the very heart of transmission in the spiritual path. While no words can fully explain what happens in the mystery of shaktipat, we can trace its outlines from both the mystical and energetic perspectives.
1. How the Guru Gains the Power
A true guru doesn’t “learn” shaktipat like a skill — it arises spontaneously when their kundalini becomes fully awakened and stabilized. Over years (or lifetimes, some say) of meditation, purification, and surrender, the guru’s individual energy merges with universal consciousness (Shakti–Shiva unity).
At that point:
- Their own channels (nadis) are clear; energy moves freely.
- The personal “I” becomes transparent, allowing the universal current to flow through them unobstructed.
- Their presence itself becomes a catalyst — their intention, gaze, touch, or even thought can awaken or amplify the latent Shakti in another.
It’s not their power but the cosmic energy acting through them. That’s why genuine masters often say, “I do nothing; the Divine does everything.”
2. What Happens in the Receiver
When the guru transmits Shakti, the receiver’s system responds according to its readiness:
- The Guru’s Shakti “resonates” with the dormant kundalini in the disciple — like one tuning fork vibrating another at the same pitch.
- The subtle energy at the base of the spine stirs, rises, or expands — not necessarily upward immediately, but throughout the subtle body.
- The mind may fall silent, the heart open, and the body may feel heat, vibration, bliss, or even tears — these are signs of the life-force reorganizing itself.
- The receiver’s nervous system (especially the subtle channels ida, pingala, and sushumna) begins to recalibrate to handle more current.
It’s a bit like a high-voltage line charging a smaller wire — if the wire is pure and strong enough, it carries the current smoothly. If not, the current surges or flickers until balance is found.
3. Inside the Mind and Body
- Brain and Mind: Some traditions say the guru’s energy activates latent centers in the brain — especially those tied to higher consciousness. The receiver may feel stillness, expanded awareness, or bliss.
- Heart: The emotional center opens, flooding with devotion or tears of release. The heart chakra often becomes the first harmonized link between human and divine.
- Nervous System: Physiologically, the body may release stored tension. Breath slows, the parasympathetic system engages, and subtle vibrations may spread.
- Subtle Body: Prana begins moving in new patterns, cleansing and balancing. This may continue for weeks or months after the shaktipat.
4. Why Intention Alone Can Awaken Another
When the guru’s individuality has dissolved into the universal current, their intention is not separate from the cosmic will. So when they inwardly will the disciple’s awakening, it’s like the ocean deciding to ripple — the force moves instantly and everywhere. Distance or time hardly matter.
That’s why you could feel Ramamurti Mishra’s energy even from a light tap — the physical act was just the symbolic focus of a vast transmission field already poised to flow.
5. Integration
The transmission opens the door, but stabilization is the student’s task:
through meditation, ethical living, devotion, and grounded activity (like your workouts). Over time, the Shakti no longer feels external — it becomes your own natural state.