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Part 2/5 Master CVV introduced two days of group meditation and initiation, one in the month of Gemini and one in the month of Capricorn, 29th May and 29th December. Since 2003, it became a tradition for December Call to be carried out in Bangalore, and it was now the 113th December Call celebration, starting in the evening of 28th December 2022.
It is always a very inspiring get-together. The structure was very much the same like it had been in the previous years, and the energy was present like before, even without the physical presence of Master KPK.
Preparing sand images before the dais
The morning and evening prayers were conducted by Sri R.P. Joshi, the head of Sadguru Tapovana, and he also gave two talks. Group members from Bangalore conducted the rituals and the poojas – Ganapathi (Ganesha) poojas in the beginning of the celebration and in the early morning, a fire ritual and a Dattatreya ritual. These rituals always create an ambiance enriched with strong spiritual vibrations which are uplifting all the space around. This is partly not so much understood it the West but it is an intense means of manifesting spiritual magnetism.
Evening prayer
Sri Joshi and his wife conducting the fire ritual
Dattatreya ritual
There were also small rituals for giving first food to babies and introduction of children into writing. Sri Joshi as well as Guru Prasad and Navaneetam from Visakhapatnam gave talks, new books of Master KPK were presented (Master CVV – Yoga and Aphorisms to Disciples, and Dwelling and the Indweller, about living in the body and in a house) and at the end gifts were distributed to the participants.
The entire celebration was an uplifting event and very well organised – dining halls with a special service for Westerners, a book stall and help desks – the Tapovana group took much care for the well-being of all who participated. Together with some other members from Germany and Spain, we were accommodated in the nearby house of a family who made their own rooms available to us – an overwhelming hospitality and experience of brotherhood.
Book presentation, Sri Joshi, Sri Guru Prasad and Sri Ravendranath (Ravi)
Book presentation: Dwelling and the Indweller
A talk by Sri Raju (Navaneetam)
Cultural program by youngsters of Tapovana group
The gatherings are also always a good occasion for a number of talks with members about organisational issues, strengthening the collaboration. However, the time flew by quickly, and on 30th December afternoon we were sitting already in the airplane to the next stage of the journey, Visakhapatnam.
Part 1/5 Before the experiences of the trip to India from end of December 22 to mid-January 23 slowly fade into the background, I would like to share with you some impressions of the journey.
Master Mountain
It was an extraordinary journey with a variety of deep experiences. It was also an intense tour where many obstacles had to be overcome. We needed determination and inner direction. We experienced a lot of support, and friendships were deepened. The most important, however, was being together with like-minded fellow members, in prayers and in daily interactions.
At Sadguru Tapovana, ready for departure
Already the preparations for the trip were not easy, but even here the common direction welded the core group together. Other people joined us at different stages of the journey. Especially the transition of Master Kumar and the uncertainties in the immediate period following were very present, but the will to be together, as a group and with inner alignment, was very strong. It was a profound group experience.
Coconut drink on the way
There were four of us travelling together from Zurich – Manfred and Sabine, old friends of mine from the German Lake Constance region with whom I had already travelled to India in 2016/17, as well as Clarissa from the German Allgäu region in Bavaria, whom we did not know yet, just via Zoom. She was travelling to India for the first time and she fit in very well. We met for the first time at the airport on Winter Solstice, Dec. 21.
The core of the travel group
In Bangalore we were very warmly welcomed by the WTT Tapovana group, and we joined the group rhythm for one day. A larger part of the group had travelled to the Master Mountain resort of the WTT in the Nilagiris for the winter solstice celebration. They were returning from the celebration while we were driving towards the Mount.
Arrival at the Master Mountain resort late night
The resort center is located high up in the Nilagiris, the Blue Mountains of South India, beautifully situated at about 2000 meters above sea level, overlooking the Master Mountain. From an occult viewpoint, there is the ashram of Rishi Agastya, the oldest and most exalted of the Masters of the spiritual Hierarchy, in the subtle planes.
Sunrise during morning meditation, 24 December 22
From the outside, you see tea plantations and small forests, a small settlement of tea plantation workers and the Kodanadu viewpoint of the mountain. It has become a local tourist attraction in the last few years and it was heavily visited over Christmas. When went there on Christmas eve afternoon, the place was crowded with visitors, and every 30 minutes, a bus was transporting new ones.
At the viewpoint
Luckily, all the busy traffic did not touch the silence around the Master Mountain resort, the “Retreat into the Presence”. We were deeply impressed how well this place is maintained by the Bangalore group of WTT, and AVR Ramakrishna, the caretaker who had moved there to dedicate his life to keep the place intact and vibrant. And who also took great care of us. A place of purity, meditation and rituals.
Master Kumar and Krishna Kumari, laying of the foundation stone
At Master Mountain, in the loving ambiance of the group, we all felt very well. Sabine brought a presentation she had recently given in WTT Germany about the lost years of Jesus Christ with many beautiful illustrations and information about modern findings. I spoke about Rishi Agastya, the spiritual importance of the Mount and of the encounter between Albert Sassi and Master EK in the mid-60s of last century. In theosophical circles, the presence of Rishi Agastya in this area of the Nilagiris was known and Sassi settled there for some time to be in this presence.
On the first day, a beautiful sunrise greeted us at the mountain during morning meditation. We enjoyed the sublime atmosphere and walked a bit in the surrounding area.
On Christmas morning we had a little fire ritual on a balcony. Wind and clouds were already beginning to gather. Soon everything was shrouded in mist and it began to drizzle. The dense clouds veiled all the surroundings, hiding the Master Mountain, the sacred place of the ashram of Rishi Agastya from our view. While doing a walk in the mist, we enjoyed the subtle smell of herbs the wind carried along. And we met a groups of youngster who did Bollywood dances on the street surrounded by fog and music from their cars.
Watching the storm clouds
Short exchange with a tea plantation worker lady coming along the way
Later, a storm set in, raging for the rest of our stay. Clouds and rain hit against the vibrating windows who were like a thin coating keeping us on the safe side while water partly pressed in. But Ramakrishna quickly cleaned up everything.
On the afternoon of the second day, the veil of clouds was lifted for about an hour and there opened a gorgeous view over the mountain and the surrounding hills and valleys. The lake behind the Mount had grown a lot due to the strong showers, and the air had an intense clarity. The fast moving clouds and the sunrays painted quickly changing colour patterns on the ground while the shades of the blue sky were radiating in profound brilliance. The Mount resented great details of its sublime structure, while in the valley below us two bisons were grazing in the tea plantations.
The resort built there in the presence of the Mount is a silent but awe-inspiring place manifested through the impulse and with the guidance of Master Kumar and with the great dedication and commitment of the brotherhood.
The group in the entry hall, with the poster of the winter solstice meeting
On 27 December, the return journey started. The storm had weakened a bit but the clouds were still dense. Our taxi driver heading the group of 3 cars was driving at high speed, he overtook in blind curves and dangerous situations. Luckily, we had good guardian angels.
Elephant in the natural reserve
A short shopping stop in Ooty, then a serpentine road downhill full of intense traffic, through beautiful eucalyptus forests and a tiger reserve – no tigers to be seen but elephants and deer in the bushes of the waysides – and then the countryside was flying along the highway via Mysore. It was night when we arrived back in Bangalore’s dense traffic, being filled with rich impressions.
Group of deer in the reserve
When we were later in Visakhapatnam and several group members did a spontaneous quick trip to the Mount via airplane and taxi from Coimbatore for several days, I asked myself why we had done such a long and fatiguing journey with intense planning preparations. I mentioned it to the fellow-travellers of our group. We all felt that this travelling together was an important part of the pilgrimage which had deepened our relations. Above all, we were thankful for all the support received from the Bangalore brotherhood.
The Master Mountain resort is not an open place but only for WTT members who would like to come for a retreat. In case, please contact the group of Sadguru Tapovana, Bangalore.
A group member from California registered a star in the name of “Master KPK” on 7 November 2022. You can find the star in the sky with the “Star Finder” of Star-Registration:
The principle of the cosmic mind is called Manu in the wisdom teachings. He is the archetype of man, “The Man in the Heavens”. The Manu decides the nature of our development, our bodies and where we are born. He gives the law of human evolution and its spiral movement through the cycles of time. This law is called the Law of Manu. The stages of evolution are called Manvantaras.
According to the Eastern teachings, there are 14 Manvantaras. These are great cycles of time, over each of which a Manu rules. The ruler of the present Manvantara cycle is the Manu Vaivasvata.
On the planet, the Manu acts as the planetary mind; but he also lives as a person on Earth. The Manu shapes the new models of the bodies that suit the Aquarian Age. The new energies emanate from the stars of the constellation Aquarius. The symbol of Aquarius as a man with a vessel has its origin in the Vaivasvata Manu of the Indian scriptures.
For depicting the Manu I used a photo of a statue from the 7th century of a pensive Bodhisattva Maitreya from the National Museum of Korea. I designed the background on the basis of a NASA photo of a galaxy. I fused it with elements of a photo of a plant with spiral leaf patterns I had taken in a botanical garden in Berne in 2010.
The suitcase is packed, the travel preparations largely finished. Tomorrow morning, I will set out for another trip to India. It is a very special journey this time. It was planned before the passing of Master KPK, Sri Kumar. For quite some time, it was not sure if the journey could take place. But finally the doors are about to open. The first stop is Sadguru Tapovana, the centre of WTT in Bengaluru. Here are some impressions from the trip 2019/20. On Friday, we will go for some days to Kotagiri, the retreat center of WTT “Master Mountain” – a very sublime place related to Rishi Agastya, also called Master Jupiter, who has one of his ashrams in the subtle planes of this point.
Master Mountain, view from retreat centre. Photo: AVR Ramakrishna
Long before I came there the first time in January 2013, I felt already the call. There is a long story behind, about Master EK and Albert Sassi meeting in the Nilagiris in the mid-60s of the last century. I did some research about this meeting and Albert Sassi. And for the present journey, I went again through the traces of this story.
Another story came in form of a book. When preparing the present journey, a friend from the US of Indian origin, who will join the travel group sent some information about a book said to be of Helena P. Blavatsky and recently discovered: “The Land of the Gods. The Long Hidden Story of Visiting the Masters in Shambala”.
I was surprised that such book did not come to our notice up to now – but having read the publisher’s note which my friend sent, I suppose that it might be a gem revealed only now. Other friends who read the book were enthusiastic. See the book on Amazon. And here an extract from the Publisher’s note of the book (c: Radiant Books).
I haven’t yet read much myself but the first 2 chapters and kept it as a travel reading. I just saw that there were some interesting hints at the end of the book. But maybe later more about it….
The winter solstice marks the beginning of the apparent northward movement of the sun from the Tropic of Capricorn. This movement in the subjective realms, leads us from dense matter to the subtler planes and to worlds of spiritual light. The time of Capricorn, beginning with winter solstice, marks the dawn of the year and it is particularly suitable for spiritual work. The earth is also slowly raised up by the influx of sublime energies.
A Sanskrit name for Capricorn is Makara, represented as a hand with five fingers. It symbolises the number of Capricorn, five, and also the five senses that have to be mastered. The raised hand is a symbol of blessing and protection, and this is called Abhaya Mudra in Sanskrit. Through this hand posture, wisdom is transmitted from teacher to student in silence. We can contemplate on this, receive the wisdom and thus ascend.
In the centre of the picture you see a white hand raised above the globe. Behind it there is the shining sun. Energy comes in through the palm of the hand and flows down to the earth as a blessing and protection. The upper part of the earth is permeated with light, the lower part is still dense.
The painting was created with the help of image extracts from the virtual globe “NASA World Wind“, from the hand of a Buddha statue and from a waterfall.
At the moment, the attention of media and of millions of people is focused on Qatar and the FIFA World Cup. Without a particular interest in football, I therefore have also followed this global phenomenon a little. In meditation this morning I remembered that I had read an article a week ago:
In “Das Magazin“, a weekend supplement of our regional Swiss newspaper, a writer made fun of an installation by the Berlin-based world-class Icelandic-Danish artist Olafur Elisasson, who had realised circular mirrors in the Qatar desert. The writer found it “completely ballaballa”, meaning crazy. It somehow caught my attention: In a video presentation about my paintings (Creativity and Originality), I mentioned Elíasson and his work.
I found it interesting: In the past, art and religion have been closely associated. Religion and art have much changed their roles and both have become much more mundane in most of their expressions. For millions of people sport has taken over the role of religion:
Quasi-religious fervour of ascetic aspiration in a hatha-yogic style drives athletes’ and sportsmen’s /sportswomen’s devotion to extreme efforts in their training to strive for their very highest. And huge crowds of people gather in the cathedrals and temples of sport for their quasi-religious devotional celebrations – at the moment, in Qatar’s soccer arenas. There are also very many sects and beliefs among the followers. A gigantic effort was made to hold the big celebrations in a desert state. Many discuss the sense and nonsense of such events. Some avoid them, others travel there to participate.
When Eliásson now says in his artistic and context statements that “There is no artistic connection between my sculpture and the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022”, this might be his intention and understanding but the exhibition is financed and organized by the state of Qatar and the opening of the exhibition coincides with the FIFA World Cup – “honni soit qui mal y pense“.
Here are the photos of the circular mirror installations in the desert, reminiscent of the ball religion celebrated nearby in football stadiums. The ball, the sphere, the circle are deeply occult symbols of the world, of creation. May the world’s attention go beyond the mundane levels to understand and practise the deeper spiritual aspiration to the highest and thus gain the experience of bliss, mundanely aspired by sport.
Sagittarius is a fire sign and it is called the house of initiation. In Sagittarius, we can receive a great push on our path to the light. But every initiation is preceded by a crisis. Therefore, Sagittarius is also the house of crises. Crises are a fiery means to find the path to the light. Therefore, we should not flee from the crises, but face them. In Sanskrit, Sagittarius is also called the month of progress (Margasirsha), the way to the head, the upward path. You find more information about Sagittarius in the book “The Mysteries of Sagittarius” by Dr. K. Parvathi Kumar.
In Spiritual Astrology, Sagittarius is considered the messenger of the dawn, and it rules the two hours before sunrise. This time corresponds to the dawn of the day, the first phase after the new moon, the month before the solstice of Capricorn and the preparation of the World Mother for the awakening of a new creation from out of the background of space.
At dawn, a surge of energy rushes through the atmosphere, reviving the bodies of living beings, and the Lords of the Seven Rays prepare the souls on the subconscious levels for the awakening of the Light. Thus, this time before dawn contains highest spiritual potency and is therefore most suitable for spiritual activities.
In the background of the picture there is the photo of a beginning dawn during a flight over India. Overlaying this, there is the photo of large stone statues taken in the car park of the Vietnamese Buddhist monastery Tu Vien Kim Son in Watsonville, California. In the foreground you see Quan Yin as a symbol of the Mother of the World. She holds a staff and an egg-shaped sphere in her hands. She is seated on a lion, suggesting the sign of Leo, ruled by the sun. The Buddha resting in the background evokes representations of Vishnu, resting on the serpent of time in the ocean of space.
The star at the top alludes to the cosmic source of light. Below are the seven stars of the Great Bear, symbol of the seven cosmic rays. The seven different coloured spheres of light in the lower part of the picture indicate the terrestrial reflection of the rays that bring a fresh impulse to life. And the Moon, like the Mother, is a reflector of light.
Last Tuesday afternoon, 1 November 2022, I surprisingly got a call from a friend living in California. He told me that there is a message in the WhatsApp group of WTT India called Radhamadhavam (this being also the name of the assembly hall for teaching and spiritual activities in Master Kumar’s house). Guru Prasad, the son of Master K. Parvathi Kumar, had just posted, “Our beloved Master KPK has sailed to higher realms. Master KPK Namaskaram.”
It was a shock. Although I knew that Sri Kumar was seriously sick, he had speeded up giving inspiration and guidance in many directions over the last months. His weekly “Merry Life” talks every second Saturday were brimming with inspiration and wisdom. Although his body was handicapped increasingly by the progressing stages of blood cancer and he was having pain, he kept on a high pace of interacting with members via writing, speaking, teaching.
I found it breath-taking, also what I came to witness from people who visited him or were in contact with him directly. He kept on reacting quickly when I asked questions concerning activities of WTT-Global in a chat group with him. In the last 2 months, he initiated several far-reaching new projects, which he first submitted to us in the “Triangle”, the internal organisational steering team of WTT-Global. We discussed details in a Zoom meeting, and then he presented them to larger circles of members. He contacted members to take over the responsibility for these new projects and gave guidance. As late as September/October, he even conducted the several days’ long Durga Festival and the Festival of Light, Divali, in Radhamadhavam with many participants.
When hearing of his passing, I started functioning in a kind of “auto-mode” for the following days – preparing and sharing communications, speaking with close persons and trying to keep up with other ongoing work and situations. Slowly, more information came in about the situation of Master Kumar in the last time, especially the last day. Guru Prasad, his son, gave a detailed report last Friday night about the disease and the moments of passing. And there were short videos and photos of the final rites, the cremation of the physical sheath of the Master last Thursday, and now about the 10 days of traditional rituals done after a passing. At the moment, Guru Prasad is on a journey bringing the ashes of Master KPK to sacred rivers in India.
Cremation, 3 November 2022 Cropped photo of a member
Guru Prasad pouring flowers and a part of the ashes of cremation into the Ganges, 5 November, cropped photo of a member
After the first shock, there were intense experiences of the sublime presence of the Master and joy. And the feeling of a new cycle starting. Gratitude filled my heart. Last Wednesday and Saturday evening in my German and English online study groups, we exchanged about the situation, and the members expressed their experiences. It was a very profound moment of sharing and meditation. Some had been in e-mail contact with the Master until the last days before his passing. The members of the group had similar experiences and we all felt a profound bond of connectedness. Yesterday, a friend who participated in the group exchange wrote: “It feels so good to go on all together this way. A big hug for all, Namaskaram.”
Today is Sri Kumar’s anniversary. He was born on 7th of November 1945 in Vijayawada, a Wednesday at 07:20 AM in the month of Scorpio. Through him manifested a great amount of global goodwill work; therefore, we celebrate the 7th of November in his honour as “Day of Goodwill”. He now concluded his journey on earth after 77 years. Our acts of goodwill, together with the regular prayer/meditation and self-study, are the best ways to pay homage to him and to keep him present among us.
A small group of WTT members from ANIMA Channel visited Visakhahaptnam in August and recorded a face-to-face personal interview with Master KPK which was just published in the ANIMA channel under the title “Man behind Master”. They shared it today, on Master KPK’s birthday, to honour His life and forever radiant presence, and as a token to the groups.
