The Secret of Tapas by Prof Seshadiri

 

Introduction

THE SECRET OF TAPAS

by Prof. Seshadiri

Amarakavi's revelation overreaches the logic of all the systems of Philosophy and all the disciplines of yoga.  The summits touched by it transcend the lofty peaks of Vedanta and disclose regions beyond Samadhi of yoga.  It is not just a Sadhana but also a consummation of all Sadhanas and as such, it would admit no limitation in its operation in any dimension in the temporal as in the eternal.  In the light of such a revelation the magnificent task of man, this in essence is the consummation of himself with the divine and as the divine, does not stop with any personal aim of self-realisation but in participation of a divinely ordered cosmic plan though ascent and descent into the infinite forms of the transcendental and the temporal.  When man "Becomes God" - to choose a simple mode of expression - he must share with God himself all the delights of the divine expression and manifestation, all the sublimities of reincarnation. This would provide the keynote of a comprehensive grasp of Amarakavi's message whose stress is not merely theoretical or practical but fuses both. An Introduction to this opening section:  The opening pages serve to create an active interest with the reader as to where India stood in the past ages compared to the present.  Nature is the same at all times and so too our living order on earth.

 There is no book today to suggest the phenomenal existence in its entirety and to present it in self-experience.  Therein is the lack of the times compared to our great tradition. The modern thinkers is no where nearer its goal and equally so the torch bearers of Hindu Wisdom today resting purely on academicals back ground of it all and not in them the relative experience in the most sublime existence.  It is unfortunate that it is not in our tradition to disclose verbatim the phenomena of our being and to suggest of what we are truly and fully in our being on earth.  The days passed by and no one could reach its heights today in Tapas as to rediscover it all in oneself. 

 This book came to be in its vacuum. The gamut of these writings presents to view the inter'relation of the phenomenal and its eternal source with nature in ceaseless march all through day life.  All its course lay off in mid dream, where the universe ends in mental spirits.  From then on is Prakrti Layam of every thing that there is in the phenomenal.  This book traces all that course even and these frontal pages connote the experience of the eternal in and through that summit of human experience.  It is life opening to the "Dream State" even amidst day spirits or Jagrat.  That this is realized is "Thuriya Atheetham", the end value of Tapas. 

THE SECRET OF TAPAS Book Review

 

THE SECRET OF TAPAS
Book Review By Sri A.L PANDYA, Indian Express

The book reveals the secret of self-fulfillment as experienced by the author in the "periods of deepest illumination".  These moments of pervasive intuition are the state of "Nishta" or that of the "Vacant Look", where common human perception is surpassed and cosmic consciousness achieved.  The author in this book explores the inner recesses of the self to show its ultimate oneness with the plenitude of cosmic being.  His is not an exhortation for renunciation or rejection of the phenomenal world.  He aims at bringing back the perfected soul to the world of everyday existence. Amarakavi's "Sadhana" (process of penance) is to silence thought and awaken and help the physical to an awareness of its dimensions.  The individual "Sadhak" sets out on the high seas of "Tapas" (penance) by three stages.  The aspirant begins his journey by awareness of what he is in himself truly and fully.  Thereafter he proceeds on the path of perfection through consolidation of himself.  When the consolidation is complete, he attains the state of that essential identity of his being with the cosmic source and all that there is anywhere in any sense.

 Keats said "this world is the valley of soul-making". 

Amarakavi says "this world is the theater for soul discovery" through the whisper of intuition, the Voice of Mental Silence. 

 The divine principle in one's nature unfailingly indicates the way of "Nature's cruises with the eternal".  The practical philosophy of Amarakavi shows the way of achieving "that peace which passeth understanding".  The troubled world is in dire need of Amarakavi's magnificent message, and men everywhere eager for eternal bliss, should listen to his clarion call as set out so clearly and convincingly in "The Secret of Tapas".

 

                                                                                                           A.L. Pandya, INDIAN EXPRESS

THE SECRET OF TAPAS - (The mystic experiences of a Siddha)

 

THE SECRET OF TAPAS

(The mystic experiences of a Siddha)

THE YOGA OF SELF-CONSUMMATION IS THE ETERNITY OF BEING AS REALIZED IN THE PHENOMENAL OR THE FORCE OF NATURE IN MENTAL.  AN EXCEPTIONAL WORK PRESENTING THE LIFE OF A SIDDHA WHO HAS EXPLORED THE PEAKS OF HUMAN EXISTENCE WHERE THE WORLD BEGAN AND IS TO SET.WORLDS HAVE HAD THEIR BEGINNING AND SET, TIMES OUT OF NUMBER.  IT IS ETERNITY THAT HOLDS THE SECRET OF IT ALL.

 THE PATH OF SIDDHAS OF YORE 

Nature cradles us into phenomenal being or mental force in Look.  Look capsizes life into breathing and what ensues in the life force of humans has remained a profound mystery down to date. Amarakavi has discovered all its course with nature in Vacant look.  He faced the challenge over the very force of Look but to its positive effect with nature.  This book presents all its theory in self-mastery.

 

Nija Ananda Bhodam and its yoga

 This Book and its Yoga

The human consciousness is well addressed on this book, in its dual tasks of life with mundane and astral.  It is hardly speech, the gaining-ground between both.  All yoga was in its spirits over ancient India.  The prime of life is there where man is concerned  most in his living on earth.  So much is life in its open and not understood by many.  

The aim of this book is to endorse its spirits with all humanity at large.  The rational thinking today forgives Yoga not so much felt on its spiritual values of life but unable to bear its verdict on themselves.  Here is the spirits of the times, now however fast changing, in its interpretation with material uproar of life on its disgust with all.

Raja Yoga of This Book

The Yoga of this book is over a spiritual dignity almost faded away today.  All the claim there is to reorient life on earth over its divine grace.  It is a hard bargaining with nature and in its constant sadhana, over the metamorphosis of his being into divine order.  The force here is to establish himself with Vishudhi chakra at the throat larnyx centre.  It is there all forces of nature converge between tongue and nose acting mid-way between both.  Speech propels its cause there and to strike its base is the cardinal attempt of this book.  I had the unique privilege to witness on myself the soul force behind Siddhas.  It is that momentum brought to bear on this book in its spiritual mission today.

Central Theme of the book The Nija Ananda Bhodam (The Mystery of Human Life)

The Central theme of this book 

Amarakavi siddeshwara

The widening gap in human emphasis betwixt ancient culture and modern thought is well addressed on this book, in its wider scope for universal application of all humanity in general.  The main topic of this book is speech errand of life.  Speech is the manifesto of life in its open.  It is that the serious concern of man, for his nobility or fall.  Speech in its depth is astral voice heard.  Its acumen is all behind the history of this wonder book.  Speech is creative intelligence over its hind-run of life and in its open display all literature of the world.  This book is wedded to the spirits of “Universal Brotherhood”.  It is a challenge to man to observe seriously speech on himself.  In its wake-up life one will visualise God on himself.  The central theme of this book is there.

True Philosophy and Yoga

The human thought in its despair today seeks Yoga over its cry felt all over its globe, particularly the West.  The East pretends there over its rituals in its apparent sight.   It has no claim in its ancestry today.  Yoga is for a pleasant walk there, in human dimension still but in its forsaken spirits with Ego-consciousness.  All the battle of wits today is there in its ruins.  The human craze, with so much advent on materialism, has provoked its despondency for its forlorn spirits everywhere.  Yoga is not at its request.  Yoga is in our birth right and legacy.  Life evolves with nature on its progress even outside human effort there.  Yoga only quickness it.  The world today is not in its spirits.  The philosophy in its background with all today has ceased to be of common interest, with its slogans not reassuring on their spirits.  To a vast many on its scenes it is presumed as to mean its divorce with active life.  It is never in its admittance.

Trace Speech

It is life fully blossomed over your domestic base even amidst its service all day.  This book takes you on its inroads there.  The human needs this gesture for a prompt delivery of it at his door.  The human zeal today is more in its material comfort, lost almost to his spiritual base.  A thought in that direction is indeed formidable with any, unless he is dismayed over his fortunes in its behest.  His reason now claimed over its gates should awaken him to its truths.  It is in its prompt dismissal of all notions of life with him erelong.  Sooner it is done so much the better for him.  Trace speech in its doctrine with life and to prevail there steadfast.  He is all out during day on speech.  He is fully conscious on himself over this command of life.  Abide his interests there for prompt reception on himself.  Convince him on the grand secrets of life there.  This book adorns fully its spirits.  In its wake up spirits all humanity will listen to its care and goodwill.

 

Hayagreeva publication siddha yoga books displayed in Chennai Book Fair