WHAT IS 'SAPTHA BHUMIKA' ? (SEVEN STEPS)

THESE ARE THE 'SEVEN STEPS' TO CLIMB TO THE 
THRONE CALLED 'AVADHOOTHA'
(PLEASE READ OUR EARLIER POSTING 'WHO IS AN 
AVADHOOTHA ?')

THE 'SEVEN STEPS' (SAPTHA BHUMIKA) ARE --
1) SUKHECHA(WISH FOR SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS)
2) ATHMA VICHARA(ENQUIRY ABOUT SOUL)
3) NISANGA(NON-ATTACHMENT TO MAYA, REMAINING AS 
     ATHMA)
4) VASANAKSHAYA(REMOVAL OF IMPEDIMENTS)
5) MUKTHI-ANANDA(LIBERATION-HAPPINESS)
6) THURIYA(FOURTH STATE OF BLISS)
7) THURIYATHITA(HIGHEST STATE-NO THOUGHTS)

BORN AVADHOOTHA SWAMI NITHYANANDA

AVADHOOTHA AKKALKOT MAHARAJ
AVATHAR OF DATTATHREYA

GREATER THAN AVADHOOTHA 
GOD SHIRIDI SAI BABA

ISHWARA TEACHING SHANMUGA 

THE 'SEVEN STEPS' (SAPTHA BHUMIKA) ARE --

1)SUKHECHA(WISH FOR SPIRITUAL HAPPINESS) --

-- Approaching Gurus to know the spiritual jnana & tatva, 

        thinking about GOD, eager to know 'Who am I ?'

-- After observing futility of worldly materialistic life, fed up with 

        that & thinking 'I have to get LIBERATION(MOKSHA)'

-- Knowing unreality of this world,parents,wife,children, 

        thinking about GOD,controlling sexual urge & mind with 

        dispassion.

-- This worldly life is full of sorrow,tragedy, being ego-less,

        doing good deeds,free of any attachment,leaving anger &

        lust,as a result mind being full of bliss.

-- Searching & finding a GURU,showing reverence to the 

        GURU, requesting him to show the spiritual path.

-- Wishing to know Athma,Yoga,means to achieve Athma 

        sakshathkara,with the help of Guru confidence to achieve

        it & wishing to get Athma Jnana.  

2) ATHMA VICHARA(ENQUIRY ABOUT SOUL) --
-- Doing  service to GURU,trying to find answer to the 
        question 'Who am I ?', 'Why I am born here ?' How 
        ATHMA which is bliss, is enveloped by mind which is
        full of ignorance ?Thinking this way to find answer is 
        ATMA VICHARA.
-- Due what reason I am born here? Why am I ignorant?,
        Why am I entraped in Samsara?,Why I am unhappy, 
        Why I don't KNOW answer for all these questions ?
--  What is EGO ?Due to ignorance,why I have got false 
        prestige? Due to what bad deed,I am unable to find 
        answer to questions regarding ATHMA ?
-- After knowing from GURU, meaning of veda vakya,
        'Tatvam Asi', deeply analysing & thinking about 
         TATVAS(Truths),coming to know there is no difference 
         between Jeeva & Ishwara is ATHMA VICHARA.
-- Understanding MAYA created by mind which in turn 
        depends on ATHMA ie,BRAHMAN only,which is inside 
        body,yet beyond body.
-- Knowledge of body made of PANCHIKARANA -
        combination of five elements,having pancha koshas,
        various body parts-karmendriyas, all these are 
        KSHETHRA & knowing ATHMA is KSHETHRAJNA.
-- Gaining knowledge of tatva(truth) through GURU,trying
        to find ways & means of attaining ATHMA 
        SAKSHATHKARA.
-- Observing Shishya to be of good conduct & character 
        with a kind heart  when Guru blesses,Shishya gets Jnana
        is ATHMA VICHARA.
-- Due to previous birth good deeds ,doing YOGA under 
        GURU & understanding 'who am I' is ATMA VICHARA

3) NISANGA(NON-ATTACHMENT TO MAYA , 
     REMAINING AS ATHMA) --
--  In hridayakasha seeing JYOTHI-DIVINE LIGHT, all 
       karmas come to a stop & under standing I am that 
      JYOTHI is NISANGA.
-- Athma has no shape,no characteristics,all you see is 
        that only, full of bliss,no directions,& of the nature 
        SAT-CHIT- ANANDA is NISANGA.
-- Just as rays of sun's light merges in itself, Athma being 
        BRAHMAN many tatvas are born & merges in it,
        understanding how I am connected with it is NISANGA.
--  Just as mirage is seen & then merges in itself,in my 
       DIVINE LIGHT world is seen & then merges in itself is 
       NISANGA.
-- Just like lightening is seen in clouds & then merges in 
        them,so also many universes being born & merging,
        MAYA is seen then merging in itself,many other things
        projected by mind then merging in mind & knowing how 
        they are connected is NISANGA.
-- Body,mind,money,fate,sleep,blame,show-off,hope,
        prestige,defect,prohibition-I have no connection with all
        these,such an understanding is NISANGA.
--  Forgetting argument about body ,soul,understanding 
       dream like MAYA,blaming birth/death, knowledge born 
       in hridayakasha is NISANGA.

4)VASANAKSHAYA(REMOVAL OF IMPEDIMENTS)-- 
-- When all vasanas get eliminated by the knowledge what
        is real & unreal,only one ATHMA seen in different names 
       & forms in this world,knowledge 'I am BRAHMAN' is 
       VASANAKSHAYA.
--  Character,intellect.right,wrong, childish play,behavior 
        boldness,etc,which wavering mind believes its making 
        should be killed & merging in YOGA is VASANAKSHAYA.
-- VASANAS got attached to mind from previous many births 
        get destroyed as told above(first point) & remaining as 
        ATHMA is VASANAKSHAYA.
-- When all Vasanas are removed through Yoga & in 
        hridayakasha seeing Athma as LIGHT is 
       VASANAKSHAYA.
-- This world what you see is unreal like dream,seeing GOD 
        in anything & everything,knowledge that ATHMA is 
        BRAHMAN is VASANAKSHAYA.

5) MUKTHI-ANANDA(LIBERATION-HAPPINESS)--
-- Merging mind in ATHMA,free of any thought,full of bliss and 
        moving about as if in sleep is ANANDA & when not 
        moving about is called YOGA NIDRA is also ANANDA.
-- Food, sleep,fear,sexual urge having vanished due to 
        mindless state,being as if without body,immersed in the
        bliss of ATHMA is ANANDA.
-- Everything you see in MAYA is BRAHMAN only so thinking 
        being happy is ANANDA.

6)THURIYA(FOURTH STATE OF BLISS) --

-- When the mind merges in ATHMA,sees BRAHMAN in all
        that yogi is JEEVANMUKTHA not having the three states 
        of jagrath,swapna,sushupti,getting rid of ignorance,
        eliminating vasanas,mind is free of sex,lust is THURIYA.
-- State without any comparison,having achieved liberation, 
        the Sadaka joining that status by spiritual advancement is 
       THURIYA.
-- Without knowing anything other than ATHMA,being only a 
        witness to happenings around him,thinking I am ATHMA,
         which is BRAHMAN is THURIYA.

7)  THURIYATHITA(HIGHEST STATE-NO THOUGHTS) --
-- This state is also called as 'VIDEHA MUKTHA'
        (Please refer our posting  'VIDEHA MUKTHA')
-- SADAKA having achieved MANO NASHA,the thought
        'I AM ATHMA' also being not there,the thought 'I am in a
         BODY' also is not there,
-- He is living GOD only.This state cannot be understood 
        by others nor it can be explained to others.You have to 
        achieve it to understand it.He is verily living as 'AHAM
        BRAHMASMI' & 'TATVAM ASI'. There is no higher state
        than this.

THESE ARE THE SEVEN STEPPING STONES TO SIT IN
THE THRONE CALLED 'AVADHOOTHA'.   


PLEASE READ ---

AVADHOOTHA'S STATE & WAY OF LIFE - - -(MY GURU)

AVADHOOTHA'S STATE & WAY OF LIFE--- (GENERAL)