place i visited is none other than the "Isha Foundation" @ velliangiri hills. I infact attended their basic yoga course back in chennai (many years ago) and i do have a fair
amount of knowledge on what they do..
I wanted to make use of the visit to Coimbatore and took a trip to see the much popular "Dhyanalingam". As expected, the entrance was amazing with huge pillars and many snakes
(not real!) on top of it. We also saw a huge "Nandhi", the one similar to the Tanjore temple. We were told to deposit all our bags, cell phones, camera etc.. they did not even
allow the milk powder, water, bottle which we had taken for our little kid. We were then showed a video of what we are going to see inside the premises. They stressed on one point
all the times... "Keep Silence". To me, any temple with keep silence restriction is not a temple at all.. The devotees should ensure silence on their own based on the situation
and should not be compelled to do so.
First we went to a place where they said it is goddess Lingha bhairavi.. they had done some changes in the normal shiva lingam we have seen. Again there was an instruction given
on how to offer prayer.. meaning lie down.. and fold one leg & hand.. i smiled at that person who told us this instruction in a tone which could be heard only by him.. silence on
the Top. I was shocked to see a fair and handsome foreigner (guy!) near the so called Lingha bhairavi with a huge dot of "Kumkum" on his forehead.. With wide open eyes he was infact
looking like a bad mandhiravadhi we often see in tamil movies and serials. he was murmuring something the whole time standing there. God only knows!!
On the way to the next place where we were told to take bath (not compulsory!!) i found so many foreigners (this time females also) in uniform with same kind of big dot of kumkum
on the forehead and wide open eyes as if they are threatening the entire crowd there.. it was actually funny to see them in such a costume and look.. India is a country where
foreigners can live even without a passport.. wonder on what visa they are staying here and for HOW LONG??!!! God only knows!!
apart from the foreign nationals, we could also see indians (belonging to all ages... right from small children to adults) roaming around in Red & white costume. I was wondering
how James cameroon got such a different face while designing "Avatar".. i got the answer there at Isha.. i saw one boy who was exactly looking like the Avatar character (infact
his walking style was also ditto) all the boys were having long hairs and again the traditional wide open eyes look. Wonder what the hell their parents are doing on earth.. God only knows!!
The real comedy starts here.. we came out and entered the main place of the location.. where the much spoken about Dhyanalingam is located. As i told you in the beginning,the entrance is exactly opposite to the big Nandhi.. what made me to laugh was a pillar in front of the main entrance - which had a symbol of "Om, Cross & mark used by muslims"
Understood the logic?? to attract people from all religions.. A Nandhi and Lingam.. and they still depict they are far from religion.. very Funny!!!
We were asked to sit for some time since the prayer was goin on inside.. we could hear a Bass Guitar and a very excellent voice from inside.. the guy really sang well..
Ofcourse there was no song apart from sounds of "AAAAHHHH,OOOOHHHHH,EEEHHHH" etc.. but it was superb to hear his voice with the bass guitar.. As expected when the group
keeps her mouth shut was asking something (the place we sat was too far from the prayer hall or the main hall of Dhyanalinga).. and one girl..should be in her 20's repeatedly
came and asked my kid to be silent..when she signalled for the fourth and fifth time, i called and blasted her telling that kids cannot be asked to be silent.. and they cannot be
hypnotised like you. After the prayer we went inside.. the Dhyanalingam was too good.. the space, the ambience, the structure above everything was amazing that even someone
who does not know what is Dhyanam can try and do a little bit of it.when we came out we saw the girl who got severe blasting from me sitting beside a pillar..with eyes closed and mouth
open.. we could see more people on the same age group with closed eyes and a posture as if they are dead.. Not to miss out foreigners again on the same posture.. they call it as
Dhyanam!! my goodness.. if you somehow manage to enter with a mobile camera and take a picture of how these young people are hypnotised in the name of Yoga & Dhyana... we can
bring more cases like the great swami Nithyanandha and other so called sacred Nandhas..
The problem with our set up is that these kind of so called Ashrams are situated well outside the main cities with the total area spreading to so many acres.. Even if u kill
someone and bury... chances of news coming out is very remote. Why to hypnotise people in the name of God & Yoga?? Again, on auspicious days the celebrities (even from the
much respected professions) go there and make the place all the more popular. All those young people who are inside.. might be volunteers.. but their eyes cleanly tell us that
"They are being mesmorised & Hypnotised"and in some cases it can also be above that!!! I came out with lots of sadness inside my mind thinking about these young people..
who should have been in good positions in their lives.. but just spending with white clothes.. so called silence... with lots of artificial calmness in their face...
Why dont people just understand... God is a super power.. and God never expects you to lose your life for him.. God never expects such a foolish act from anyone.. Yoga is definitely
good.. but not good in this way..its just an execrcise.. never requires you to lose your present to get the so called "INNER FEELING"..
Above all.. the head... is always on world tour.. enjoying his life.. with five star amenities... and continues to Hypnotise people in the name of YOGA!!!
