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1. Touch (Sparśa Dīkṣā)
The classic form — a hand, a tap with a peacock feather, or a stick like Dr. Mishra used with you.
- Mechanism: the guru’s body is a conductor. The touch gives the disciple’s nervous system a physical cue; energy jumps the gap much as electricity seeks a ground.
- Inner effect: there’s usually a strong body sensation — heat, vibration, lightness, even temporary disorientation — followed by deep calm or bliss.
2. Glance (Dṛṣṭi Dīkṣā)
Transmission through the eyes or the aura around them.
- Mechanism: the gaze focuses intention and directs prana through the subtle channels behind the eyes (ajna-related).
- Inner effect: the disciple’s mind may stop for an instant; heart or crown centers open. The stillness can feel electric or luminous.
3. Word or Mantra (Vāk Dīkṣā)
A mantra, a blessing phrase, or even a silent whisper.
- Mechanism: the guru vibrates sound at a frequency already awakened within; the disciple’s subtle hearing catches the same resonance.
- Inner effect: the mantra continues to echo inside, creating a rhythmic activation that keeps the current flowing long after the meeting.
4. Thought or Will (Saṅkalpa Dīkṣā)
No physical contact, sometimes no awareness by the recipient.
- Mechanism: when a realized master wills someone’s awakening, the thought and the universal Shakti are one act.
- Inner effect: a sudden peace, a burst of devotion, or spontaneous meditation may arise in the person, sometimes miles away.
5. Dream or Vision (Svapna Dīkṣā)
Contact during sleep or meditation visions.
- Mechanism: in subtle planes, the gross body’s resistance is absent, so transmission can be gentler but penetrate deeper.
- Inner effect: the person wakes with lingering bliss, clarity, or a permanent inner stirring.
6. Presence or Field (Ānanda Dīkṣā)
The rarest and quietest: simply sitting near the guru.
- Mechanism: the master’s field vibrates at a certain coherence; anyone whose system is resonant will entrain to that level naturally.
- Inner effect: spontaneous meditation, tears, laughter, or profound silence; nothing dramatic may show outwardly, yet something irreversible shifts within.
A traditional saying sums it up:
“The Guru’s Shakti moves through body, sight, sound, thought, dream, and presence; the disciple receives according to purity and grace.”
Each form is really the same current seen through different gates. The more open and steady the receiver, the less the outer form matters — a look or a thought is enough.