by Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar Book Presentation Overview Masters

Dr. Janakiram and MN reached Kumbakonam. As they reached Master CVV’s yoga school, they found the Master at the threshold of the Yoga School Friends Society, as if waiting for someone. As the Master already knew Dr. Janakiram, he wished him with a smile. He looked at MN and smilingly asked, “What for have you come?” MN instinctively replied, “I have come for peace.” Master said smilingly, “Granted! Walk in.” The Master went in and disappeared into the house and MN stood astonished. As the Master enquired, the answer came out of him not so very consciously. It looked as though the answer came by itself in an unconscious rather super conscious state and lo! Master cryptically affirmed peace on him. The voice of the Master triggered a trill in MN. The imposing noble countenance of the Master impressed MN. The looks of the Master pierced through and touched something deep in him and left a feeling of inexplicably deep longing for the look and the energy of the Master. The very first sight of Master CVV totally captured MN’s imagination. It was a captivating experience to MN. Never did he experience such an encounter. The being of the Master was so very mysterious and the touch was inexplicable. It made an ever lasting impression of belonging. So far in his life, MN never felt such a longing for any thing or place or being. To him only the thought of Master prevailed and nothing else. There was no other thought. The Master was his preoccupation eventually and it remained so forever.

It happened at 4:00 pm on 29th December 1919. It was the moment that changed the life course of the man MN to be Master MN. It was the moment that inaugurated the birth of a Master whose mastery resulted in transforming a 1000 other human lives…. MN was prepared for initiation for that evening of 29th December. Two senior disciples of the Master whose initiation numbers were 26 and 176 put MN to a test to bring out a report relating to his antecedents. This practice was a unique one promoted by Master CVV, which did not continue after him. It is like a diagnostic test report where the two disciples of the Master with the help of the Master scan through the preceding lives of the soul of the one who is being put to initiation. For this purpose the disciples were granted the related vision by the Master. A report was prepared and placed before Master CVV, after going through the same the Master graciously initiated MN and allotted him the number 666. That was the last initiation for the year 1919. When MN was initiated, he was 36 plus.

The initiation triggered a feeble electric movement in the spine of MN. The spine became vertical and the energy was passing through the entire cerebrospinal system. The eyes were closed. The body and the mind became still. The state of the third step of asana was effortlessly accomplished. The passage of the feeble electric current expressed itself as resonance in the entire cerebro-spinal system. An inexplicable comfort and ease took place in the body in the entire system. MN was a helpless observer, witnessing the happenings within. Modifications were taking place all by themselves. MN remained only a witness. He could not interfere. He had no inclination to even interfere since the related adjustments were giving him a blissful comfort. The body gained heat and gradually tended to be very light. MN was wondering at the experience of weightlessness of body. It was ‘a never before’ experience. The comfort level was high. The mind was stable. MN experienced the meaning of peace. His memory recollected the gracious Master’s voice uttering forth “Granted!” The memory also represented the soothing electro-magnetic look of the Master. The look of the Master took him into the depths of consciousness. It was already the third look. The first look was at the threshold, the second look was at the beginning of initiation. Those were experienced through physical eyes. But the third look was different. The look experienced was not physical! Certainly not physical for, MN was witnessing within, with closed eyes; but the look of the Master was vivid, it was much more magnetic. It was electrical, yet highly comforting to be blissful. MN found himself deep down within him. He was deep into his own being. And at the depth of his being, he was surrounded by the light of consciousness. It was light all around, no form was visualised, no sound was heard except the humming sound of electrical functioning, which continued to be in operation incessantly. At those depths MN remained a stable witness. Suddenly, a thought occurred to him as to how does he come out of all this. He felt he was in the abyss of light, surrounded by light, comforted by light, and how to come out was the thought. Before the fear started setting in, the feeble flowing electric current ceased to be. MN came back into the realms of mind. The forms were regained in the mind. The body was felt once again and the eyes opened gently. The eyes were found heavy as if he came out of a deep slumber. The body was warmer than before, a little hunger and thirst were felt. In a little while, MN became normal; but the mind pondered over and over on the experience, which was a maiden one, a unique one. It was an experience that the mind sought again and again. The love for Master’s prayer happened. That love was an eternal bondage, which eventually led MN to become one with the Master energetically. It was inauguration of the process of at-one-ment – a process of two becoming one. It was the practice of the yoga.

That night MN was in deep silence recapitulating all that happened in him. He was a conscious witness to the happening. It happened to him and yet he witnessed it. The witnessing was beautiful, since he was not lost in the process. The witness remained. The experience also remained in the memory. Recapitulation of the experience was as sweet as the experience itself.

The return journey to Madras was one of silence. Dr. Janakiram was observing the deep impact and the distinct change that MN went through with the meeting of the Master and the consequent initiation. Dr. Janakiram could feel that MN brought back with him the presence of the Master. He allowed his nephew to himself so that he would make his own assimilation of the energy and progress on the path. MN spent the New Year with the family at his uncle’s house in Madras and returned home quietly. The man who left Ongole to Madras has come back differently.