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Patrick Fleury

<h4><strong>PATRICK FLEURY has been on an inner journey from a young age. Looking back, after 50 years of Heartfulness practice, he shares the importance of a spiritual Guide, and the Transmission and Grace that flow as a result of the Guide’s presence.</strong></h4><hr><p>I was 13 when I first met God and experienced merging with the Divine. The moment was decisive for the continuation of my spiritual quest. The Lord had shown me the goal to be reached.&nbsp;</p><p>I did a lot of research in both Eastern and Western spiritualities, and at 17 I realized that “knowing” was not enough. I was fed up with reading about spirituality, yogis, mystics, saints, and masters. I wanted to “live” what they were talking about.&nbsp;I had concluded that only meditation, contemplation, and prayer would enable me to do that, so I started meditating on the&nbsp;third eye chakra. After one experience, where I explored several dimensions, all of which went to infinity, I realized that I needed a guide, otherwise I might get lost in these immensities.&nbsp;</p><p>But how could I find such a teacher? So I simply asked God.&nbsp;</p><p>My mother used to say, “When the disciple is ready, the master will come.” I meditated every day for twenty minutes with my parents, until my prayer was answered. After a few months, I came across the Heartfulness way and its guide Ram Chandra, Babuji. I experimented, testing this meditation on the heart. At that time, I only had contact with the Transmission (<i>pranahuti</i>). I would receive it constantly, feeling it was nourishing my soul deeply.&nbsp;</p><p><img src="https://cdn-prod-static.heartfulness.org/babuji2_e6370d20b7.jpg?updated_at=2023-04-11T06:45:16.816Z" alt=""></p><p>In 1976, four years after starting, I met Babuji, the source of this blessed Transmission. The first time I meditated with him was at the Heartfulness Center in Nice. I was literally carried away. I had met my Master and I was not going to leave him. Six months later, I went to his home in Shahjahanpur, India. There we would spend the whole day and often part of the night near him, sitting on his veranda. We were out of time, completely contented.</p><p>I understood much later that in Babuji’s presence we were at the Center, in God. Grace flowed down on us regularly, in waves. It surpassed even the fabulous Transmission. I became aware of the blessing that a living Master represents.&nbsp;</p><p>After that, every year, my wife Alberta and I would spend a month near him. But it was the meeting with Babuji in 1978 that really triggered it all. At the end of each stay at his place, we felt spiritually satisfied. On the day of our departure in 1978, we went to thank him for all he had given us so abundantly. Seeing our gratitude, Babuji asked if we wanted to meditate. I naively replied that it was not necessary, that we only wished to thank him for all he had given us, adding that we had already been blessed with so much. He beckoned to us to sit facing him and the meditation began. Instantly, he gave me the experience of divine infinite love, and I knew this was what I had been longing for all my life without even knowing it.</p><p>Thus, my quest for God had been totally re-oriented by Babuji. It now went through the love and surrender that manifested for my Master. The inner journey took a superluminal speed. My daily practice changed. I purified my heart so that it would become a sacred temple where I could be in the presence of the Beloved. I discovered the immense value of a Master who had realized the Ultimate. The progress was fabulous and Babuji enabled me to reach the states of liberation and realization at a relatively young age. But the quest for the Ultimate was not yet over. It is infinite, eternal.&nbsp;</p><p>In 1976, in France, Babuji permitted me to be a Heartfulness trainer. I saw with enthusiasm the advancement of others who practice meditation. Through all these years, I have been blessed to travel the world teaching Heartfulness. It is an effective, universal method. I have realized that the light in the heart is common to all, whatever the continent, culture, or religion. We just need help to access the source of this light in the heart, and Transmission (<i>Pranahuti</i>) gives that direct experience. It brings about a great transformation of the being, a balanced life, and a remarkable equanimity.&nbsp;</p><p>I was amazed that the instructions Babuji gave us to practice Heartfulness all fitted on one page. But what a page!&nbsp;</p><p>Babuji used to say, “God is simple and the means to realize Him must be simple too.” He also said, “Silence is the language of God.”&nbsp; I invite you to share this Silence in the depth of your heart.</p><hr>

Fabulous Transmission

<h4><strong>THÉOPHILE L’ANCIEN shares some practical wisdom about prayer with his young associate.</strong></h4><hr><h4><span style="color:#cf237c;">Théophile the Younger</span></h4><p>Greetings! Can we continue with understanding the practices I need to do for my own evolution? I think now I realize the importance of meditation and transmission. Is there anything else that will help me on my inner journey?</p><h4><span style="color:#d1952c;">Théophile the Elder</span></h4><p>Many times we remain at the surface of the heart in meditation, although the suggestion is for us to dive deep to the Source of Light that emanates from the Center. So I invite you to try a “heart-of-the-heart” intensive practice, on the sublime love emanating from the Center of your being.</p><h4><span style="color:#cf237c;">Théophile the Younger</span></h4><p>Am I capable of this?</p><h4><span style="color:#d1952c;">Théophile the Elder</span></h4><p>Yes of course. During the introductory meditation sessions, you directly connect with that Source of Light, as the Guide’s heart is used as an energy transformer so that the power of Transmission is modulated and adapted to your capacity.</p><h4><span style="color:#cf237c;">Théophile the Younger</span></h4><p>Do you mean that we receive 220 volts instead of 10,000?</p><h4><span style="color:#d1952c;">Théophile the Elder</span></h4><p>That is actually quite a fair analogy. Our capacity then gradually increases with practice. Help is also there in the form of prayer, which is at once both powerful and subtle. It is a very important tool on your journey of self-discovery. It is a tool of high efficacy.</p><h4><span style="color:#cf237c;">Théophile the Younger</span></h4><p>I am not very attracted by prayer, as I have the feeling that it is like begging. You have often told me that the soul chooses its destiny before coming to Earth, and we just have to follow it. So what use do we have for prayer?</p><h4><span style="color:#d1952c;">Théophile the Elder</span></h4><p>That is right, but do we really let ourselves be guided? Genuine prayer connects us to the Source or the Center. The words that come are inspired. They emanate from higher planes and carry those vibrations. They can directly connect us to the Center.</p><hr><h4 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#cf237c;">The prayer picked me up.</span><br><span style="color:#cf237c;">Multiple dimensions opened up in me.</span><br><span style="color:#cf237c;">I had the feeling of switching to superluminal speed.</span><br><span style="color:#cf237c;">The rest is indescribable.</span></h4><hr><h4 style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#cf237c;">Théophile the Younger</span></h4><p style="text-align:justify;">The prayer would then be like a switch, in a way, on/off. Interesting!</p><p style="text-align:justify;">Would you mind helping me experience prayer?</p><h4 style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#d1952c;">Théophile the Elder</span></h4><p style="text-align:justify;">If you like. Please begin by closing your eyes, relaxing, and getting into a meditative state. Try to listen to the prayer resonate within your heart.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><i>Théophile the Younger, full of confidence, dives into his heart and is immediately overwhelmed by the Light. Theophile the Elder whispers a very beautiful prayer to him.</i></p><p style="text-align:justify;">What do you feel?</p><h4 style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#cf237c;">Théophile the Younger</span></h4><p style="text-align:justify;">The prayer picked me up. Multiple dimensions opened up in me. I had the feeling of switching to superluminal speed. The rest is indescribable.</p><h4 style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#d1952c;">Théophile the Elder</span></h4><p style="text-align:justify;">We are going to explore a number of levels of this prayer.</p><p><i>Théophile the Elder gives the instructions one by one, leaving a long time between each. His peaceful and assured voice alternates with deep silences.</i></p><p>First say the words of this prayer out loud so that it can fill the whole room.</p><p><i>The young man speaks. Then they sit in silence.</i></p><p>Pray again, this time fervently, so that the words make their way to the heavens.</p><p><i>Again the young man speaks, followed by silence.</i></p><p>Now, say it within yourself. Let it fill your whole inner space.</p><p><i>Silence.</i></p><p>Say the prayer inside your heart, and let it resonate into its depths.</p><p><i>Silence.</i></p><p>Now, let your heart recite it.</p><p><i>Silence.</i></p><p>And now, let it be there without any words. Feel only the vibration of the prayer remaining.</p><p><i>Silence.</i></p><p>Now, erase even this vibration. You are connected to the essence of the prayer.</p><p>Erase this essence. You are now in the silence of your Center.</p><hr><h4 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#d1952c;">For a very long time</span><br><span style="color:#d1952c;">the two friends remained in this prayerful state,</span><br><span style="color:#d1952c;">created by the prayer of the heart.</span></h4>