Spiritual leeches

There are those who hang onto others in some way or another. They make climbing so difficult for those on which they hang that the climbers almost want to give up.

Such people are referred to as leeches because they draw precious energy from a climber and slow or even stop his progress for a while. These leeches are people who pretend to love the Teaching in order to be around those who provide energy and spiritual comfort and obtain help from them to solve their problems. But leeches do not attempt to further their own spiritual evolution. Instead, they wait on the path and ride on others. Some of them are relatively harmless, but they follow progressing ones to prevent them from climbing toward the Summit.

Some traitors emerge from such leeches. There are traitors who follow others and wait for just the right time to hurt and use them for their selfish benefit. There are also those on the path who try to sidetrack your attention away from the Summit. This task is their “duty” – and some of them are very professional in what they do.

-Torkom Saraydarian

Obsession and Possession

Dark forces use dreams to impress people

Dark forces use dreams to impress people. They especially use in your dream the etheric or astral replica of a person you love and respect to come and give you certain messages. Through that image they mislead you and confuse your decisions.

This is carried out mostly by dark entities who live in the astral plane and are trained in imparting certain dreams. Some of these entities entertain you in the lower planes to prevent your ascent into higher planes. Others keep you busy with sexual or criminal events, to occupy your attention or to make you a regular customer of these planes. They also try to introduce you to those who are engaged in dark  business because they want to hook you through them.

This is why it is necessary to elevate your soul to higher planes before you sleep. You can read spiritual books, meditate, or use the evening review to raise your consciousness and not be trapped on the lower levels of the astral plane after you fall asleep.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Battling Dark Forces

Evil forces use associative techniques to degenerate the consciousness of humanity

Evil forces use associative techniques to degenerate the consciousness of humanity. For example, they create a movie in which a person acts as a hero. This hero saves people’s lives, sets an example of righteousness, protects the poor, and demonstrates superhuman qualities, but he smokes, drinks heavily, and lays with various women and prostitutes. Thus, evil ones impress people's consciousness with these vices through creating a hero who is a slave to his vices. This technique works well by impressing in the minds of young people that it is marvelous to be a hero, but one who drinks, dopes himself, and falls  into the hands of prostitutes, and with all this he is still able to be superhuman.

When you watch movies and theatrical performances, try to find the technique of association being used and find out which poisons are being sold in sugar-covered pills.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Battling Dark Forces

Sometimes because of your karma you are not allow to see the deeper Teaching

Because of your karma sometimes you are not allowed to see the deeper Teaching. Your karma just obscures your eyes. It plugs your ears and you don't have any personal mirror to see it. You are not allowed. For example, a great Teacher comes and talks to you. You hear it and say "huh". And you go because your karma doesn't let you get that beauty or receive that beauty. You are not ready for it because you didn't pay for it. You didn't work for it.

Sometimes a disciple works and works, reads the books and collects things, and goes from school to school. Then he gives up. Why? The karma forbids him. His karma came to the front and said, "That's enough. Your watermark is reached. That's enough. Next time." Of course there are many aspirants who have fallen on the road, like the cars that have accidents on the freeways, and they are stuck. There are many aspirants like that. They run and they get stuck. They have fun going full speed, then something happens. The carburetor goes wrong and they are stuck because in the past they did something and now they do not have the full permission to enter into the greater life.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Teachings of Christ vol.3

The evil forces even use prostitutes to hit certain targets.

There was once a village where the boys were the best athletes and warriors. Another village had the most corrupted youths who could not fight against the first village in sports or in economics. An evil person thought of a way to destroy them, suggesting to the leaders of the corrupt village that they organize some festivities to which they would invite the boys from the good village, as well as certain girls who had incurable sexual diseases.  The plan worked, and in ten years the good village buried many of its young men who had fallen victim to the hands of the corrupt village.

Girls who were drug addicts were also used to destroy handsome and promising young men. There were two very handsome brothers who became involved with a dark agent who was so wretched that she destroyed them both with her vices, suicidal tendencies, and criminal plans. Dark forces do not spare their own followers if they think they can achieve their goals by "sacrificing" them.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Battling Dark Forces

New education must teach the science of immortality

New education must teach the science of immortality. From childhood we must teach people that they are immortal, that the body will die and come again but the soul is immortal. We must teach the laws of reincarnation and karma, that whatever you sow you will reap, either here or there. There is no escape; karma is going to catch our tails.

If we teach these laws to our children, they will have a different life. If children learn from the beginning that if they do bad things, bad things will come to them, then they will live their lives a little more carefully. It is so sad that this idea is not yet taught in our school systems. Why? Because we still have so many other “more important” things to teach them.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Education as Transformation vol.2

Very few people yet know how to think

Very few people yet know how to think. Most of our thoughts are

-Responses to our urges and drives
-Wishes and dreams and glamors
-Superstitions, hatred, and prejudices
-Thoughts of other human beings
-Reflections of what we learn or read

They are dropped into our mind by various entities who telepathically control us or possess us.

We think a little on those occasions when we fall into problems, crises, difficulties, failures, and defeats if we make an effort to overcome them.

We think also when we sincerely try to achieve, to expand our consciousness, or to solve some of the problems of life.


-Torkom Saraydarian
The Mysteries of Willpower

What is creativity?

Creativity is nothing else but attunement with the Will of God. That is all. When you are tuned in to the Will of God, you are creative – because you are the Creator. You are one with Him. He works through you. That is the creativity. You don’t need philosophy, psychology to understand that. Creativity is attunement with the Divine Will.

-Torkom Saraydarian
Teachings of Christ vol.2

New education will teach the science of beauty

New education will teach the science of beauty. From childhood to the age of 70-80, people will study the science of beauty. For example, the beauty of walking will be taught. We have not yet begun to teach our children how to walk and move in beautiful ways. We have not yet taught them how to be beautiful in feelings and emotions. Instead we have taught our children how to be jealous and angry so that they protect themselves. We have said things such as, “You know, my son, you are the king. Don’t think about others but only yourself.” With such attitudes, we have taught our children to be careless toward others.

Education must teach the science of beauty in thinking. Whenever you think an ugly thought, even for a second, you poison yourself because ugliness contaminates your consciousness. If you caught yourself thinking an ugly thought, did you change that thought into a beautiful thought? If you didn't, you defeated yourself within yourself.

Education must teach beauty in thinking, beauty in feeling, beauty of expressions, beauty of actions, beauty of forms, and beauty in relationships. To be beautiful means to reject ugliness. Our educational system has not yet taught the science of beauty. For example, the system did not teach that in each human being there is a divine beauty and that we should try to find that divine beauty in others. The system did not teach us that we are each beautiful.

From childhood, we must teach our children that there is a beauty within them and their inner seed must bloom. Either your beauty must bloom or your ugliness will increase. Which one do you want? You may choose it now, but life will eventually come to the point that you will not be able to choose any more and Nature will impose its choice upon you. Nature will say to you, “You wasted your time, you polluted your consciousness, and now there is no choice. Either you are going to survive or perish. If you want to survive, you must learn the science of beauty and pay for anything you did against beauty. You must find a way that makes it impossible for any ugliness to dwell in you.”


-Torkom Saraydarian
Education as Transformation vol.2

Kindle the spirit of heroism

Every day read a fairy tale or legend in which the spirit of heroism, nobility, and sacrifice is demonstrated. Every day think about a great hero who brought more beauty into the world. Every day read such things to your children or friends.

You have lots of literature on the market which takes you down and down toward your toes. The legends that present to you the beauty of service, inclusiveness, purity, simplicity, fearlessness are good means to achieve visions. This kind of literature must be read to your children before "their house is on fire." They will reject any instruction from you at the time of the fire. You must prepare them from their childhood, even from pregnancy.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Leadership Vol.1

Disturbances in Space

There are lots of disturbances in Space: short sound waves, long sound waves, gossip radiating from radios and televisions, and so on. All of this chaos being poured into Space creates contradictory, antagonistic forces that batter against each other and try to annihilate each other. Every ray of energy that is issued from our mind is an entity, whether short-lived or long-lived, which does not have a soul, but is animated by our etheric, astral, and mental bodies.

All of these waves in Space fight against each other as if they were human beings. They fight as two opposing currents in a river fight against each other; as two different energies or forces, or as two chemicals counteract each other.

We have a tremendous amount of disturbance in Space, which reflects back to Earth and creates chaotic conditions in which we live. Doctors have not considered that most sicknesses on this planet are the result of disturbances in the spheres, but they are very close to making this discovery. Many psychiatrists, doctors, and psychologists are coming to the conclusion that spatial influences, such as electrical waves, high frequency waves, sound pollution and different currents coming from the stars and galaxies, are cyclically creating manifestations of physical, emotional and mental diseases.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Spiritual Regeneration

Do not work for results - Work for the future

We sometimes wonder how it is possible not to think about results when our next action depends upon the results. However, when one is looking for certain outcomes, he is imposing his own ideas on the results. If one does not expect results, however, he lets the forces of Nature and karmic influences work things out and bring the right outcome.  When one expects certain effects, he forces his expectations and may cause an abortion of the right results. If we let Nature do it, Nature will bring us a better “baby” than we ever planned. When one looks for results, he works for the results instead of for the future.

If a person planted a garden and did not think about the results, would he really take all the steps to insure the safety of the seeds so that birds would not eat them, and so on? The point is to work hard in the garden without worrying about the results, while observing Nature so that he does not work against Nature. This is the meaning of working for the future. If one is really working for the future, the result is taken care of by higher laws.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Spiritual Regeneration 

That one is God...

The one that fails to make an effort to inspire within Him the fragrance of purity, is the human that will live his life with the uncontrolled passions and the shaky imbalance of a stray, wild animal. The one that has admitted to his faults and makes a sincere effort to wipe the stains of impurity, will bring in his life the role model of a God that will lead him, uplift him and will inspire him to aspire for the goodness, the perfection, and the stability of his chosen ideal. The one whose nature is truth, whose character reflects purity, whose principles will shake to no threat, whose virtues and morals are unblemished, whose reaction is only of selfless compassion, whose defeat to any worldly temptation is inconceivable and impossible, whose service is unrepayable, whose value can never be finite, and who can never be sold nor bought, who gives to find even more of the treasure of love, such a human, exists in the bliss and contentment of Godhood. Yes! That one is God that requires no effort to please for he is pleasing himself. That one is God, who requires no proof, for he is the trust in all. That one is God, who requires no offering, for he has all to offer and all to give. That one is God, that drinks all tears, for he is the one that smiles only to absorb the pain of all. That one is God, that will punish himself to correct the wrong of another. That one is God, My dears, who accepts willingly the worries of another and keeps his, a secret. That one is God that will provide for another, only to sacrifice his very own need. That one is God, who worries for the one that accuses and blames him of falsehood. That one is God, whose nature requires no effort to reflect the purity and simpleness of truth. Yes! That one has ended his life as a human and become Me.

You, My dears, are born to exist in this bliss, you are born to shed each impression made by the mind in this birth and in previous births, you are born to tackle with the hunger of your desires, you are born to reach inward, and derive from within, the strength of nobleness that exists in the true self. Kill, O child, the perceptions of your imaginary God that dwells in another world, far beyond your reach. Threaten, O brave one, each fear with your existing knowledge of the truth and fight the war of your impatience. Melt your desire for gold into the ornament of fulfillment and contentment. Tease the enticements of delusion with your strength of rejection. Accept the blame of ignorance with the maturity of the wise and sincere spiritual aspirant. Suffocate the senses with the ropes of self discipline and control. Subdue the voice of the ego and awaken the voice of the conscience. Exert, My dears, every atom of strength to rebel against the power of your own inner evil. Say "No" now, and today, will be better than yesterday, and tomorrow, My child, will be perfect! Know that the efforts in you are mine - the gain is only yours. Know that the pain of sacrifice that you will endure are My tears - the benefit of sacrifice will be only yours. Know that the faith that faces the trials of love, is Me - the reward of receiving boundless love is only yours!


-Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Living in the Presence of God (Vol I/Pt II - 30)

Is there right and wrong?

The first Light that Christ taught is discrimination, discernment.

What is right and what is wrong? There was a very strong philosophy in the ‘60s especially, and that philosophy was saying to us in the newspapers and on the radio, “There is no right and wrong. Everything is right. No matter what you do, it is right. If you want to do it, it is right.” That was wrong. For me it was wrong.

A boy came to my class. After the class, we used to give ten or fifteen minutes recess. He came to me and said, “Torkom, there is one thing wrong with you.” I said, “What is wrong with me?” He said, “There is no right and wrong. Everything is right.” “Then,” I said, “I am not wrong.” “Gosh,” he said. “But I will tell you one thing to teach you a lesson. Now,” I said, “look at this knife.” Then I put the knife in his hand and said, “Cut your artery now.””No,” he said. “Oh, it is right,” I said. “No, it isn't right.” “Well, you know exactly which is right and which is wrong. Then what are you talking about?”

Why did they manipulate or create such a philosophy? They wanted to use it for their own license. “Because there is no right and wrong, I can do anything I want.” It was self-deception. So the Christ Light, the first Light, is discrimination.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Teachings of Christ vol.1, p.342

Are you a hero?

Are you a hero? What did you do that was heroic? It is an advanced thing. Think about it. Read about heroes, what they are, what they did. Be a hero within yourself, a hero in your family. Your wife will say, “You know, my husband, I just admire him.” Why do you admire him? “He is heroic.” That is what women like. Women do not like potato men, men who bring money and say, “Here, eat it, do it.” Still, the heart of woman is empty. Why? – Because she wants heroes. – Because every man is her child, and she wants her child to become the best. That is the instinct.

So be heroic. Of course, a man wants to see his wife not just sitting around but doing something great. We need heroic woman, heroic man, heroic children. I was in Argentina walking on the street. There were maybe three hundred girls playing rock and roll music in their ears. I said, “The destruction of this nation came.” Rock and roll, do you know what it does? It really loosens the screws of your mind and eventually kills it. How can we make these people understand? “It is fantastic.” Yes, but wait another five years and you will see what is happening. This is what we are talking about. Instead of being an artificial, mechanical somebody, can you, young girl, young man, think about a heroic life so that eventually when you are twenty-one, twenty-five, forty, fifty, seventy, eighty, they will say, “This woman is a masterpiece. She became something,” or she left us some fertilizer, like rotten potatoes, nothing else.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Teachings of Christ, vol.1

Advanced disciples

We went to a temple. I said, "My Teacher, who are the advanced students and disciples in this temple?" "You will see them," he said. I said, "How will we recognize them?" He said, "Whoever is out in the early morning with dirty clothes, working in the gardens until midnight, washing and cleaning, they are the most advanced people."

The next day I saw some people sitting and meditating and reading the whole day. They are cabbages. You talk to them, and they are not worth even one cent. You go to the garden. There an eighty-year-old man is growing potatoes and tomatoes. "What do you want my son?" "Can I talk with you one minute?" "Yes." In ten minutes he gives me wisdom. Wow! The other men were artificial, made up. They are just like engineered chairs or tables; they are continuing their life. The other man is laboring. At five o'clock he is thinking, "If I get up at five o'clock and water the potatoes and the tomatoes, it will bring a nice crop and everybody will be happy"; but the others are snoring and they are thinking that they are advanced disciples.

Advanced disciples, advanced human beings are those beings that demonstrate labor without expectation.


-Torkom Saraydarian
Teachings of Christ vol.1

Dark forces create the urge for tobacco and drugs

Dark forces create the urge for tobacco and drugs. Smoking tobacco or marijuana dulls the pineal gland and the sensitive cells around it that transmit communications from the Solar Angel. It is a very slow process, but eventually the damage reaches large proportions. Chewing tobacco kills the hemoglobin of the blood and opens the person to the invitation of awful devices.

 

People do not really realize the damage that has been done to our nation through the spread of hallucinogenic drugs. Between 1960 and 1980 close to an entire generation was destroyed. Drugs remain in the brain for years. It sometimes takes as long as twelve years for a person to finally come to his senses after he has used drugs.

 

The future lives of drug users will be very horrible if they do not take drastic actions in this life to rid themselves of drugs and their effects as much as possible.

 

If you have used drugs in the past and you want to purify your body of them, drink lots of cranberry juice, run two or three miles daily, and sit in hot water up to six hours, with intervals of rest. If you analyze the tub of water afterward, you will find particles of the drugs are floating in it. This treatment becomes even more effective if baking soda and salt are added to the water.

 

If you have used drugs in the past and have been clean for seven or eight years, take a bath once a week in valerian root tea. Add two or three cups of very strong valerian root tea to your hot bath and try and stay in the tub up to twenty minutes. This is especially helpful for those who have suffered nerve damage because of their past drug use.

 

-Torkom Saraydarian

Battling Dark Forces

Abortion

The human soul from the moment of conception is attached to the embryo through the life-thread and slowly penetrates into the body as the embryo grows. At the fourth month, the human soul finally anchors and focuses itself in the pineal body of the embryo. This is why abortion is a crime against the human soul.

We are told that when the embryo is destroyed and its life-thread cut by abortion, the incarnating human soul either tries to obsess the mother and create psychological disturbances in her or wanders in the etheric plane for many years unable to proceed on the path of his evolution. Such souls when incarnated again, have a deep-seated phobia of death which runs, like a thread, throughout their life.

In this modern world a married or single woman can find many excuses for having an abortion, such as the financial situation, or they have too many children already, or a child will interfere with their careers, and so on. But why must the child be the victim? Why are all these points and excuses not considered and taken care of before conception? A child must not suffer death because of the carelessness of his or her mother. And there will always be some couple or some individual who will welcome the child into their home.

Can you imagine if a child has the possibility to take the mother to court for killing him!

-Torkom Saraydarian

Woman, Torch of the Future

The esoteric definition of the term "future"

Those who really think about the future and about their future achievements literally bring into their sphere of their consciousness the fire of their Spirit. They create a fire in their own soul.

 

The common meaning of the term “future” is thought of as “tomorrow” or “a few million years later.” In esotericism, however, “future” means “the presence of the Spark in our soul, the One Who is everlasting, the One Who is infinite.” When one contacts this Spark through his effort, striving, vision, thinking, speaking, concentration, labor, or service, he brings that light into formation and plants it in his own sphere of mind and brain. He becomes the future because he has now identified himself with a part of himself that is everlasting.

 

 

-Torkom Saraydarian 

Spiritual Regeneration

Jungle psychology

Ten million years ago maybe we lived as animals, maybe half human, half animal. Our "inner mechanism" video taped all that happened to us, especially all what we caused to happen. Imagine what a life we lived in the jungles and in jungle psychology. These video tapes are still in the process of evolution.

Suppose we were a starving wolf in the past and we made all possible efforts to stay alive at the expense of others. This exact image is still within us in a metamorphic form. It is possible that the metamorphic form of the wolf can be our tendency to exploit, to desire, to manipulate people and nations in intense hatred, greed, etc.

We fail to see how our animal images manifest and act sometimes in our childhood, sometimes in our adulthood in various occasions when we imitate animals in our actions, feelings, thoughts, and goals. Until we get rid of such images, we will not act on a purely human level. Humanliness is not yet a realized and factual event. It is still a vision.


- Torkom Saraydarian
The Mystery of Self-Image