The flow of consciousness between guru and disciple
Definition
Spiritual transmission is the transfer of spiritual information from one point (a guru) to another point (a shishya), or to many points (many shishyas) simultaneously.
Meaning
In telecommunications data and information is sent digitally from a point to another point. For example, from one phone to another phone. A message can also be sent from one phone to many phones.
Transmission occurs in normal life, although not always in a form that we can easily recognize. Every time we meet someone we exchange energy, information and feelings in one form or another. For example, when we are sad we transmit this information to other beings around us.
There are many stories of people who are closely linked to each other, such as dear friends and family, who live at a distance from each other and yet know when a loved one is facing a great difficulty, is ill or dying. This is a form of transmission.
It is said that in spiritual life, when we meet a guru or a great master, they hold spiritual knowledge and their consciousness and energy is vibrating at an extremely powerful level. If we are open to this relationship and energy we can allow ourselves to resonate with the spiritual master.
When this occurs that master can transfer their knowledge and intention to us via the third eye, the ajna chakra. This is why it is said that the link between a guru and disciple is extremely close and unique.
The disciple meditates on the relationship with the guru and aims to awaken the inner guru, the higher awareness lying dormant in us all. At the same time the outer guru is transmitting energy and knowledge that is guiding and unfolding the disciple.
At this point, the outer guru and the inner guru become one. Over time this meditation can bring the disciple to the state of self-realization if the disciple continues to engage in self-effort and spiritual practice according to the instructions of the guru.
Application
Develop meditation so that you can become more aware of the subtle forces, the transmissions and interchange of energy, feelings and information that occur between all beings.
As your witness consciousness unfolds you will be able to discriminate which energy is coming from you and which is coming from the other.
Meditations that ground and stabilize you empower you to feel other beings with great clarity. They enable you to tune into the happiness and sorrow of other beings with empathy and compassion while maintaining your own center.
Using your own yogic skill develop the intention to be of benefit to all beings and see if there is anything that you can give to that situation that benefits all.
In this way you prepare yourself for the time when you meet a great spiritual master. You will be open and receptive to their energy, knowledge and transmission.
Many people block themselves from having connection to spiritual teachers and higher beings because they have a fixed image in their mind of what such a being would look like. It is said that transmissions from spiritual adepts occur constantly and is available to all if we can tune into it.
Personal Experience
When I was in India I had the privilege of writing books and magazine articles for Swami Satyananda, my guru. At that time, while I was writing the books, I had profound experiences in which I was writing about yoga and meditation at a level far beyond my experience. This was an amazing and strong experience. It was as though my pen was guiding my hand. I realized that it was an experience of direct mind-to-mind (and heart-to-heart) communication. That experience lives with me to this day.
Image
This image of God Creating Man by Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel can be seen as a representation of the awakening of our human quality through conscious connection to the divine. In fact, if you look closely, god is sitting in a structure that is actually a symbolic representation of the brain. From a yogic and psycho-spiritual point of view, god represents the higher usually unconscious forces dormant in us, in our brain. We only really become human and rise above our animal nature when these forces are awakened. It is the duty of the guru to awaken these forces by initiation and transmission. Transmission occurs from the ajna chakra within the brain and is transmitted to every cell in the body, every corner of the mind via the psychic centers (chakras) and channels. Once awakened and developed through self-effort and ongoing relationship with the spiritual master spiritual transmission can be received anytime.