Q1. Bhagavan, it is evident that violence is manifesting in our families and in our communities. It seems that boredom, drugs and alcohol are playing a major role in this. Bhagavan can you please share with us what is creating this problem and what we can do to help alleviate it?

All problems emerge from the state of our consciousness. We are all at a level of

consciousness and manifesting it in the external world. We must know that people

create the times and the times create the people. The times will move behind the

energies. The energies affect human consciousness which in turn affects human

behaviour.

Now we are entering a very difficult period where we are affected by a

particular consciousness but then the good news is that from March or June of 2011 the energies will be changing and we could expect very clearly a change in human behaviour. It is not very far off.

As the energies change, it affects consciousness and then it transforms people and the blessing of the deeksha can bring it about in a big way. It can speed up the process, and also can bring about dramatic changes. That's why we are trying to get the blessing to as many people as possible. So I think we might have to put up with the problems and difficulty probably for the next 15 or 18 months and we are going to see very big changes after that and around 2012 it's going to be very dramatic.

Q2. Bhagavan, the oneness blessing leads to the flowering of the heart. A friend who became enlightened through being focused intently on silent sitting meditation says that in enlightenment you have to go beyond the heart to disappear into the nothingness. Bhagavan, can you please share with us your view on this?

In our experience we have found no difference between the flowering of the heart and

vanishing into nothingness. This seems to be identical. There seems to be no great

difference at all. In fact, once you vanish from the scene, in that you discover that

there is no person there, the heart seems to flower in a very big way. There is only

love. So we would not say that there is any difference between the two.

Q3. The reason I came into the oneness movement was to awaken. I have been involved for 5 years now and I am wondering as the energy increases closer to 2012, how will it affect my own awakening? Will it be in stages, Bhagavan, or will it have to wait until 2012?

Enlightenment happens in two ways, in fact, this kind of subject has been discussed

for the past 3,000 years. There is what we call gradual enlightenment and there is

what we call sudden enlightenment. Anything could happen to a person depending

upon how his kundalini is functioning. So, I would say that it's already beginning to

happen to people not just in India but also in other countries people are currently

getting awakened and it looks like it is getting speeded up now.

It looks like every week of every passing month it is becoming quicker and quicker. However, we could see dramatic results, as we said earlier, from March or June of 2011 and 2012 of course is the best opportunity for mankind to make it in a big way. There will be large numbers of people who will make it. So, it could happen even before 2011, or it could happen sometime in 2012, but things are going to happen now. For some it could be a step by step process for some it could be all of a sudden, completely enlightened all of a sudden, that also could happen. So we would not be able to predict how it is going to take its course. But for someone who is so passionate I am sure it is going to happen sooner rather than later.