Year 2001
I was introduced to Spiritually, after SSC (my 10th grade/class), when I had good free time. also my maasi, mama and cousins, all enrolled to an event arranged by Samarpan Meditation.
That was the first time I learnt about 7 chakras in our body, and I was amazed about it. At that age, not knowing much about how these things work, but the way Guruji (H.H.Shri Shivkrupanand Swamiji) explained, was just amazing. At that time I decided, that meditation will be part of my life, soon after I get settled after my studies. Today though not daily but I do meditate. Before coming to US, in India I used to meditate regularly.
Well, after the Shivir (a Meditation Camp) of 7 days, according to Guruji he invoked all the chakras per day. But at that age I didn't believed much, as I was low on knowledge and experience both. But yeah I believed that this old man is saying something which is just out of world and had this thing in my mind, that someday I will surely explore this different world.
Year 2006 - 5 years later
After this event in my life, I had few occult experiences. And kept me realizing and reminding, that I need to experience more such experiences. And it was exactly near to end of my graduation, I guess around 2006, I saw this video, of "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne. This again brought me back to think, I had to explore this side. Being aware of all these experiences in my life, I kept ignoring these signs.
Year 2009 - 3 years later
I finished my graduation, and joined IDBI Intech. Some random day in 2009, me and my friend Sandeep were just exploring Fashion street, he wanted to buy some clothes and books from nearby stalls outside CST, and that day all of a sudden my eyes went on this book "The Secret". The same book out of which the video was composed from, again I had got this sign. The pact that I made with my own soul, "meditation will be part of my life, soon after I get settled after my studies". The time had come now, to explore this different world, and again get drown into the knowledge of Spirituality.
Fun Experiments
I started reading this book, which says, to have something in your life make the way you want, start believing it. While I was reading this book, I started small experiments, if those came true. A random experiment I would want to share was believing that I would be going in the bus having "some figure" on number plate. There were some 7 - 8 [route 138] buses running in between CST station to WTC, of which I had noted down the numbers on number plate of. While getting down the train, I used to believe that I am going through the bus having "some x" number, and believe it or not, 90% of the times, it had to be true. Well this was the time when I was experimenting with these kind of small experiments. And during that season, I also started to look for a job change. All these experiments were small, now I had to do a big experiment, the small ones were with bus numbers etc, this big one was with my own life event.
It was quite a lot time, since Jan 2010, I started searching for a good opportunity with another software firm, and by the time I had been going through interview process of various companies. And around May June I thought to apply this thing I learnt from The Secret, with my life. Started believing for the few companies, that I am already with them. I had missed chances with some good companies, for which I wasn't able to apply again within some period, or rather I didn't believe for those, as in being into the company. And finally had a few offer letters in hand, and after joining DbCom Systems in July 2010, I realized, I was believing to leave IDBI Intech, not believing of being in a good company, hence the belief manifested, but still wasn't satisfied with the company I was in.
Real Experiments
Again started a job search, with a belief, having it nearby from home, and getting a good pay package. Within few time of making this thought, just in a few days got a call from GlobeOp, which was a financial firm. Well, for instance, I had got what I had thought, as described in The Secret. I decide to give a perfect requirement to universe this time, though according to my previous requirements, GlobeOp was in Airoli, just within 15 mins from Mulund (my home) and also gave a good pay package. Before joining them, I changed the requirement to universe, that the next company i'd be joining would be a Software firm and not a Financial firm, and again it didn't took much time to manifest the thought, I got a call from AurionPro Solutions in Andheri. Again I changed the requirement, for it to be giving an onsite opportunity. As usually, didn't took much time to manifest the thought, and got an interview call from Syntel. And a common thing happened with all of the interviews was, that I used to make a very good rapport with all the interviewers, very easily and within no time(this has a complete different story).
Well here on, I joined Syntel in October of 2010. Again, initially wasn't satisfied with the work I got there, I wanted to work in Java Development, which I never got to work on. A few moments came, where I decided to quit Syntel, but then I had a belief, that universe has something for me in here, and so I am here. Stopped thinking in a negative direction, and started believing, feeling happy about what I had in my plate. Soon, my Project Manager, Yashwant (really grateful to him) raised my nomination for H1B Visa and very soon in few days I was working in a pure Java Development project. All just happened the way I thought, and today I am in US with a decent Development project, and some unstated (not stated in requirement to universe) entities around :). This is how The Secret worked, and mentioned above were all the experiments (90% successful ones) following the Secret.
Well I guess I diverted from the main topic, Spirituality, more in next part of the series :)
