Q and A With Dr. Rama--What is Guru?

Dr. Rama--What is  Guru?

Dr. R:  What is not the Guru?  In the highest sense this entire Universe is a universal teacher.  Anything and everything is teaching us at all times....the question is how much are we really learning?


 "GURU" in Sanskrit means the removal of darkness.  Removal of darkness simply means remembering what is already present inside us:---unending wisdom, light, love, expansion of consciousness and all other Higher Self qualities.  Over much time we have forgotten some of these qualities and we are trapped within the confines of this body and mind.

We need the full consciousness of Spirit or Source energy while we are in a body and mind.  This mysterious yet simple awakening and unfolding can be accelerated or heightened if one is studying or practicing with a physical Guru or enlightened teacher, master, Divine Mother or Group of Light beings who knows fully the secrets and mysteries of the inner Universe and the outer Universe.

Such ones are awakened within themselves and so have the ability to awaken others.  These beings are seemingly rare on this planet but in other realms and other dimensions and other highly evolved planets, their ways are part of daily life.

The Guru will help on all levels and works tirelessly for our uplifting and expansion.  Deep within themselves they have merged with the "Guru" principle of Source----an aspect of the Divine that consists of the energy of teaching, support, wisdom, guidance, negativity removal, and many qualities of divine love and energy. And so by virtue of this merging they have expanded capacities and gifts that are rarely known on this planet.  They can help transform our mind and body so that we also remember that we too are the "Guru" or Master Power.  This is the ultimate goal of mankind---to reach the pinnacle of human potential known as the Guru principle....and it can be realized in infinite ways through infinite gurus who have been on this planet and other planets and dimensions from time immemorial.

We simply need to be open to receive some one like this into our lives and when we are ready they do appear.......

Q and A with Dr. Rama--"What is God?"

Dear Dr. Rama, What is "God?"

Dr. Rama:  What is not God?  Everything is "GOD"--seen and unseen, known and unknown.  The word God is a three letter word that means anything and everything as well as nothing and beyond nothing and everything.  This word and concept or idea is the most debated, misunderstood, understood, condemned, revered and praised across eons of time.

There is no definition.  There is no verbal description.  There is nothing that can be said or done so that one person supposedly knows or experiences God or does not experience or know God.

Any and all have tried to capture and describes "God's" essence.  The only thing one can do is experience and remember "GOD" deep inside one's one being, then it becomes clearer and clearer what God is outside of oneself.  The funny thing is that there is "no inside or outside of oneself..."  One ultimately comes to the realization that we are "God..."----the small drop of consciousness merges with the entire ocean of Consciousness.

cont'd in an ongoing dialogue

Q and A With Dr. Rama 11/23/13--on Vegetarian Food

11/23/13

Dear Dr. Rama:  What are the metaphysical and spiritual issues behind the consumption of a vegetarian diet versus a meat diet?

Dr. Rama: This is vast subject....I will try to summarize a few points. Remember these are all my viewpoints based in my thoughts and feelings and what I have learned over time.

We are all ultimately pure consciousness, despite what this world seems to be and what we feel--positive and negative.  And, this consciousness as an individual is forever growing, learning and expanding.  Through free will, we have the ability to grow or to contract.  That is the nature of Consciousness---as this Universe is forever expanding and contracting.

Every second of our life we are learning, growing and changing--knowingly and unknowingly.  Our inner Spirit's nature is to forever grow and expand--out of itself it learns about itself--which is the Nature or the original Source.  With our individual Soul and Spirit there is no beginning and it has no end in its expansive evolution.  The natural tendency of Spirit is to grow and expand because its nature is that of infinite Light and Love.  We can choose through free will darkness for any length of time (ie contraction)-- but sooner or later we realize that consciously or unconsciously we want the positive in life because that is ultimately our very Nature and we cannot rest without this Light and Love.

So with the eating of meat---of any kind it depends on the Soul, the Soul group and their choices.  In native cultures --their attitude and reverence for all beings is and was truly remarkable. They had the full knowledge and experience of the harmony of Nature and utilized natural principles to balance their lives in every way, living on the signals, signs and ways of Nature.  Despite the killing there is and was sacred respect for the sacrifice of that animal's life for the sake of food for the individual and the tribe, and much gratitude was given to that animal as their own sacred brother or sister or family member.

In the evolution of the modern world, we have the opportunity, however, in this day and age to grow and remember unconditional love and light in a very accelerated way and we have choices on how to develop this love.  Eating vegetarian is one practice to allow this compassion to grow inside us.  At this juncture in time, mass consciousness has the' potential to greatly expand and deepen its remembrance of Universal love.  Meat eating can be counterintuitive to this love if our goal is remembering more love.

When we eat the product of killed animals, we create and accumulate negative karma--this is part of the Law of Karma or the Law of Attraction.  The product of violence, slaughter, misery and pain of animals --we absorb those subtle energies over time and over many lifetimes.

So at times we will experience suffering ourselves in any way shape or form--not just from the eating of animals but from many negative actions and thoughts we consciously or unconsciously are creating.  We then wonder why all these "things"--happen to us--it is part of cause and effect. 

In this day and age animals are being slaughtered at astonishing volume and rates and often with inhumane conditions and treatments.  This only makes negative karma worse.  This assembly line of death worsens the karma because these animals go through intense mass suffering and human beings are eating these beings at alarmingly high amounts and rates without even thinking or remembering that the meat was originally an animal with sentience, intelligence or feelings. And, this is different from hunting and fishing for sustenance--living off the land and climate.

Knowingly and unknowingly the goal of life is to consciously remember and attain "enlightenment'....a conscious experience of unlimited wisdom, light, love and all other Higher Self qualities while still in a body.  This enlightenment is blocked by our negative karma, one source of which is eating meat.

Compassion, mercy, love and  healing and all Higher Self qualities have to be brought down into physical consciousness though the body and mind--although they already in us --they are sometimes clouded by our thinking, issues, distractions, and lifestyle.  Three are infinite ways to remember and awaken Higher Self qualities.  One way is to practice compassion and mercy through the eating of vegetarian food (even sometimes)-- but it is not the only way and it may not be for everyone at any given time.

We have a an opportunity to ask ourselves, how we can develop these qualities in a deep and lasting way if we are living off the extraordinary pain and suffering of dying animals?  It is our own choice on these matters.

The energy of suffering, fear, rage at being killed and so on --lingers on in the meat that is consumed and when we absorb this through eating--our aura becomes filled with  this negativity.  Our consciousness has a harder time growing and expanding.  Eating meat keep us within the lower reptilian brain ---craving animal foods---the lower Self negative qualities so that we do not remember the love and respect of all beings.

Conditioning from the media and various companies have chloroformed our thinking to the point that people and especially children sometimes forget that the cooked meat originally came from a conscious living  creature. 

Yet many do not think this way and treat animals as a vegetable or fruit.

Is there karma for eating vegetables or fruits?  Of course but is a different kind of karma because many fruits and vegetables ripen off a plant, and even in the killing of a plant the consciousness is not as highly evolved----IE with an advanced nervous system and so on.

So at any point in life we make the choice to evolve and grow or contract with any and all aspects of life and living.  Eating vegetarian food is
way of expanding our opportunity to grow in the love, mercy and compassion area of our lives--but we must feel this calling in our own heart and make a conscious choices that best serves our greater good.

10/19/2013 Q and A With Dr. Rama: Should We or Should We Not be Vegetarian?

Questions and Answers with Dr. Rama---issues and perspectives in Health, Healing, Spirituality and Medicine.

Dr Rama:  Is it necessary to be 100 percent vegetarian for optimal health, healing, Spirituality and Medicine?

Dr. Rama:  Well, in my view that is up to the individual within their journey, their needs and relationship to themselves and a higher Power of any kind.  We can never say this or that is "a must", is it not so?

People have to decide for themselves one way or another.  In my view food is medicine and vegetarian food is one type of medicine.  In Medicine we present the risks and benefits but patients and clients have to decide whether to take the medicine or not.  I do not feel it is any different with vegetarian foods; it is a medication prescription in my view, and in another sense a Spiritual prescription as well.

Of course many are hearing of the physical health benefits of vegetarian food.  There is ever-increasing evidence,insight and knowledge that plant based foods of any kind protect one's health in all areas of the body:  heart, lungs, arteries, the digestive system and so on to prevent diseases such as  cancer.

That goes without saying.  Yet, how many knowing this are 100 percent vegetarian in this world, knowing the health benefits?  Countless millions are living on a diet of fast food, canned food and so on for many reasons and still diet related health problems are staggering.

We are 6 billion people and growing more and more.  I feel while awareness and numbers are growing to eat vegetarian or at least partially-- my personal experience is that most people are too challenged by a 100 percent vegan or vegetarian diet at this present time in Earth history, but I feel this will change as this New Golden Age continues to evolve and grow from 2013 onward.....

Right now, many countries which eat less meat or at least in smaller proportions are adopting Western eating habits of heavy meat eating.  And in the United States, marked obesity is on the rise or still at high levels.  Even if recent studies are showing the levels of obesity are plateauing somewhat, there is still a large percent of the population dealing with difficult health issues that arise from meat and animal fat based diets.

I can discuss the Spiritual and Metaphysical reasons behind vegetarian food at some point.  Many may not be as aware of the issues surrounding the subtle, unseen aspects of meat eating.  Perhaps by knowing these aspects, some people may reconsider their eating habits to some degree.

continued next time