Guru, Gratitude and Grace

Book excerpt: *When I focused on the spot, I could see sharp rays of light emanating from her Ajna chakra and entering mine. My eyes started burning, and my whole body went into a spin. I came to know later that this was Shaktipat and what had happened earlier was Jagran of Kundalini Shakti. *My initial meditational experiences were sometimes scary and sometimes amusing. There were times when I would growl like a lion or hiss like a cobra. Sometimes, my body would go into an uncontrollable spin, or I would keep shaking my head vigorously. I would be a lama fighting with another lama, or a Tantrik on a cremation ground making loud noises. Other people at the group meditation were getting disturbed and upset over my behavior. *In no way should this path be considered easy or inferior. In surrender your whole being, your wants and desires, your entire personality gets annihilated till a stage where you don't exist; it's only the Guru who exists. *Why would one ‘fall’ in love? Isn’t love supposed to uplift you? Is it such petty emotion that makes you fall? *The only thing the world needs is love. The only thing anyone needs is love – unconditional love and acceptance of ‘I Am’. No reason, no logic, no mind.