1 00:00:01,135 --> 00:00:03,871 (dramatic music) 2 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Downloaded from YTS.MX 3 00:00:06,940 --> 00:00:09,843 - I have discovered a secret oracle in India 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:13,000 Official YIFY movies site: YTS.MX 5 00:00:09,843 --> 00:00:13,147 that has on it the name of my mother, the name of my father, 6 00:00:13,147 --> 00:00:15,716 my name, my brother's name, my wife's name, 7 00:00:15,716 --> 00:00:19,520 all the details about my life from the moment I was born 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:21,255 and right into the future. 9 00:00:21,255 --> 00:00:24,725 And it even told me the time of my death 10 00:00:24,725 --> 00:00:29,029 and, to access this oracle, all it needed was my thumbprint. 11 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:31,599 (upbeat music) 12 00:01:17,578 --> 00:01:21,115 I'm here in India on my first mystic journey. 13 00:01:21,115 --> 00:01:24,152 In the UK and USA, Jane and I are known 14 00:01:24,152 --> 00:01:27,221 as the most psychic couple on the planet. 15 00:01:27,221 --> 00:01:30,758 We've had some crazy times and had the opportunity 16 00:01:30,758 --> 00:01:33,661 to give readings to A-list celebrities. 17 00:01:33,661 --> 00:01:35,396 - I really enjoyed the reading with Craig 18 00:01:35,396 --> 00:01:38,299 because he hit some real accuracies 19 00:01:41,101 --> 00:01:43,671 about my father and our relationship. 20 00:01:43,671 --> 00:01:45,038 They are the real deal. 21 00:01:45,038 --> 00:01:48,409 And it kinda blew my mind a little bit. 22 00:01:48,409 --> 00:01:51,612 I'm not a mind blower, you know, by nature, 23 00:01:51,612 --> 00:01:53,847 but, you know, it was real. 24 00:01:57,485 --> 00:01:59,720 - We have both had a fruitful life 25 00:01:59,720 --> 00:02:01,789 and seen many mystical things. 26 00:02:01,789 --> 00:02:06,760 But my trip to India has certainly opened even my eyes. 27 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:10,598 As psychics, we have both been invited to do many TV shows 28 00:02:10,598 --> 00:02:13,801 about the paranormal, but what I'm about to experience 29 00:02:13,801 --> 00:02:16,704 in India is absolutely astonishing, 30 00:02:17,905 --> 00:02:21,008 so astonishing that even my wife, Jane, 31 00:02:21,008 --> 00:02:23,611 couldn't get her head round it. 32 00:02:24,778 --> 00:02:27,114 Is it possible to know the future? 33 00:02:27,114 --> 00:02:29,850 Can my destiny really be changed? 34 00:02:31,118 --> 00:02:33,787 Jane and I have been to India before, 35 00:02:33,787 --> 00:02:37,057 but, this time, I face this journey alone. 36 00:02:37,057 --> 00:02:39,993 I'm already exhausted from the plane trip 37 00:02:39,993 --> 00:02:43,197 and I haven't even started yet. 38 00:02:43,197 --> 00:02:44,632 Well, here we are, we're here. 39 00:02:44,632 --> 00:02:45,799 This is India. 40 00:02:47,201 --> 00:02:50,103 India's never as you expect it to be, I think. 41 00:02:50,103 --> 00:02:54,408 A mixture of new roads going in, really old areas. 42 00:02:54,408 --> 00:02:58,546 Old people carrying all sorts of stuff everywhere. 43 00:02:58,546 --> 00:03:00,281 Mad traffic as usual. 44 00:03:03,884 --> 00:03:06,153 Still feeling pretty tired after the journey. 45 00:03:06,153 --> 00:03:07,588 It's a long haul. 46 00:03:08,756 --> 00:03:10,023 It seems even in a big city, 47 00:03:10,023 --> 00:03:12,593 everywhere you go, there's gods. 48 00:03:12,593 --> 00:03:16,764 Saw Ganesha straight away as you come out the airport 49 00:03:18,432 --> 00:03:20,100 and then there's all the gods lined up. 50 00:03:20,100 --> 00:03:23,704 I mean even adverts seem to have the gods on 'em. 51 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:25,205 It's amazing. 52 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:27,074 That's the thing with India, it seems to be everything. 53 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:28,876 Now matter how commercialised it gets, 54 00:03:28,876 --> 00:03:31,579 it seems to always retain its spiritual roots 55 00:03:31,579 --> 00:03:35,015 even in the industrialised parts of India 56 00:03:36,617 --> 00:03:38,352 like Chennai is here. 57 00:03:40,020 --> 00:03:42,523 (horns honking) 58 00:03:42,523 --> 00:03:44,658 I'm here in India because an ancient 59 00:03:44,658 --> 00:03:48,462 Indian astrological oracle says that I can influence 60 00:03:48,462 --> 00:03:52,132 my destiny by performing a series of rituals 61 00:03:52,132 --> 00:03:54,368 and charitable acts. 62 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:56,304 Enjoy it while you can, Craig, 63 00:03:56,304 --> 00:03:59,640 because it's going to be a gruelling journey. 64 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:02,343 Now, this Nadi Oracle, as it's called, 65 00:04:02,343 --> 00:04:06,780 that's driven me here was written down some 5,000 years ago 66 00:04:06,780 --> 00:04:10,651 on a sort of parchment made from palm leaves. 67 00:04:10,651 --> 00:04:14,322 My wife Jane and I are no strangers to the paranormal, 68 00:04:14,322 --> 00:04:18,992 but what it said shook me to the very core of my being. 69 00:04:18,992 --> 00:04:22,596 Here, in this nice hotel, the grime of the real India 70 00:04:22,596 --> 00:04:26,133 feels a long way away, but the oracle predicts 71 00:04:26,133 --> 00:04:29,169 that I'm about to begin a scary adventure 72 00:04:29,169 --> 00:04:33,273 that is going to change my life forever. 73 00:04:33,273 --> 00:04:36,544 About a year ago, an Indian friend of mine called Vivek 74 00:04:36,544 --> 00:04:40,714 wanted to set up a new service to introduce to the west 75 00:04:41,882 --> 00:04:44,518 the idea of these Nadi Oracles. 76 00:04:44,518 --> 00:04:48,622 Now, he did ask me if I could test his reader for him 77 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:51,592 and find out if the guy was, you know, a fake or real 78 00:04:51,592 --> 00:04:54,462 or doing what the sceptics would call cold readings 79 00:04:54,462 --> 00:04:56,029 and things like this. 80 00:04:56,029 --> 00:04:58,732 And I've tested other mediums and psychics in my time 81 00:04:58,732 --> 00:05:00,067 so I seemed to be in a position 82 00:05:00,067 --> 00:05:01,969 where I was very well-qualified to know 83 00:05:01,969 --> 00:05:04,838 if these people were real or not. 84 00:05:04,838 --> 00:05:09,009 Now, we set up a consultation on Skype and he connected me 85 00:05:10,744 --> 00:05:14,147 with an Indian Nadi reader in Tamil Nadu. 86 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:17,951 Well, I connected with the reader 87 00:05:17,951 --> 00:05:20,621 and he started going through the leaves, one at a time. 88 00:05:20,621 --> 00:05:24,024 They're palm leaves that have been written in Tamil, 89 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:26,660 old Tamil, translated from Sanskrit. 90 00:05:26,660 --> 00:05:30,297 And, according to legend, been rewritten every 500 years 91 00:05:30,297 --> 00:05:32,533 and stretch back in time, they claim, 92 00:05:32,533 --> 00:05:35,135 five to 10,000 years ago. 93 00:05:35,135 --> 00:05:37,605 He started by going through and reading the leaves 94 00:05:37,605 --> 00:05:39,339 one at a time and would ask me questions. 95 00:05:39,339 --> 00:05:42,109 And, I thought, here we go, cold reading. 96 00:05:42,109 --> 00:05:43,444 Are you a miner? 97 00:05:44,512 --> 00:05:45,813 No, no, no. 98 00:05:45,813 --> 00:05:48,549 Do you import precious metals for a living? 99 00:05:48,549 --> 00:05:49,817 No. 100 00:05:49,817 --> 00:05:51,284 And he went on like this with all sorts 101 00:05:51,284 --> 00:05:53,587 of strange questions, but it seemed meaningless 102 00:05:53,587 --> 00:05:56,690 and then one leaf comes up and says, 103 00:05:56,690 --> 00:05:59,727 was your ex-wife's name Tina? 104 00:05:59,727 --> 00:06:00,894 Well, yes. 105 00:06:00,894 --> 00:06:02,396 Nobody knew that. 106 00:06:02,396 --> 00:06:04,698 That's something certainly not published about me anywhere. 107 00:06:04,698 --> 00:06:07,034 Was your mother's name Ethel? 108 00:06:07,034 --> 00:06:08,235 Yes. 109 00:06:08,235 --> 00:06:10,604 Was your father's name Donald? 110 00:06:10,604 --> 00:06:11,705 Yes. 111 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:13,607 Is your name Craig? 112 00:06:13,607 --> 00:06:14,808 Yes. 113 00:06:14,808 --> 00:06:16,410 Were you born at 1:30 in the morning 114 00:06:16,410 --> 00:06:19,547 on the 24th of January 1954? 115 00:06:19,547 --> 00:06:21,081 Yes. 116 00:06:21,081 --> 00:06:24,284 And he reeled off facts like this, names of my brothers, 117 00:06:24,284 --> 00:06:27,154 my sisters, things that I'd done in my life. 118 00:06:27,154 --> 00:06:29,122 Had your father worked in this profession 119 00:06:29,122 --> 00:06:30,323 and that profession? 120 00:06:30,323 --> 00:06:32,760 And gave a whole list of not just me, 121 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,296 but my family, things you could never research 122 00:06:36,296 --> 00:06:38,532 even with the Internet at your disposal, 123 00:06:38,532 --> 00:06:41,168 remembering also that I'd given him no information 124 00:06:41,168 --> 00:06:43,370 whatsoever about who I was. 125 00:06:43,370 --> 00:06:46,474 So there was no way he could look this up. 126 00:06:46,474 --> 00:06:50,644 So you could imagine, here was a message being sent to me 127 00:06:52,079 --> 00:06:55,916 in a set of palm leaves that are allegedly 5,000 years old 128 00:06:55,916 --> 00:06:59,820 with my name written on it and all he had was my thumbprint 129 00:06:59,820 --> 00:07:00,621 to go by. 130 00:07:02,155 --> 00:07:06,494 In a few moments, I'm going to meet the Nadi leaf translator 131 00:07:06,494 --> 00:07:10,130 who read the first leaves for me and the remedies 132 00:07:10,130 --> 00:07:11,565 for the first lot have been done 133 00:07:11,565 --> 00:07:14,468 and he's going to be bringing a special amulet. 134 00:07:14,468 --> 00:07:17,204 When you do the reading, do you also have to look 135 00:07:17,204 --> 00:07:20,741 at the astrology as well or is that in the leaf already? 136 00:07:20,741 --> 00:07:23,310 You just read what's in the leaf? 137 00:07:23,310 --> 00:07:25,979 - You only read what is in the leaf 138 00:07:25,979 --> 00:07:29,082 and, if there are some doubts, 139 00:07:29,082 --> 00:07:31,485 we can clarify using astrology. 140 00:07:31,485 --> 00:07:33,353 - I see, I see, so you can use-- 141 00:07:33,353 --> 00:07:37,791 - If we have some doubts, if the astrologer has some doubts 142 00:07:37,791 --> 00:07:41,729 related to planetary position, it may change some. 143 00:07:41,729 --> 00:07:43,430 One or two person, there may be some change, 144 00:07:43,430 --> 00:07:47,735 so, to clarify that, the astrologer may use 145 00:07:47,735 --> 00:07:49,570 the basic astrology, if he knows. 146 00:07:49,570 --> 00:07:50,938 - Okay. 147 00:07:50,938 --> 00:07:54,207 Mr Santosh makes these predictions, but does not claim 148 00:07:54,207 --> 00:07:56,710 to be psychic or have clairvoyance. 149 00:07:56,710 --> 00:08:00,648 He simply translates what is said on the leaves. 150 00:08:03,884 --> 00:08:07,187 In my case, this included things about my life 151 00:08:07,187 --> 00:08:10,858 such as the occupation of my father when I was a child, 152 00:08:10,858 --> 00:08:14,161 how I'd been a painter, how I'd worked in the media, 153 00:08:14,161 --> 00:08:16,263 the illnesses I've had in my life, 154 00:08:16,263 --> 00:08:19,432 how I'd been a single parent, how I had dedicated my life 155 00:08:19,432 --> 00:08:21,434 to working as a psychic medium, 156 00:08:21,434 --> 00:08:24,872 and told of my career as a writer. 157 00:08:24,872 --> 00:08:27,808 Mr Santosh was one of three readers 158 00:08:27,808 --> 00:08:32,045 in different parts of India that I had contacted anonymously 159 00:08:32,045 --> 00:08:35,382 and yet all three readers had given pretty well, 160 00:08:35,382 --> 00:08:38,185 the exact same information and forecast 161 00:08:38,185 --> 00:08:43,023 with a similar destiny, including the age when I will die. 162 00:08:43,023 --> 00:08:45,425 Some people would find it rather worrying 163 00:08:45,425 --> 00:08:48,361 knowing when you're going to die and what illnesses 164 00:08:48,361 --> 00:08:52,365 and troubles you're going to have in the future. 165 00:08:55,903 --> 00:08:59,339 Mr Santosh has done some of these remedies for me 166 00:08:59,339 --> 00:09:02,275 and has brought me a special talisman that was made 167 00:09:02,275 --> 00:09:06,513 during the fire rituals he had performed on my behalf. 168 00:09:06,513 --> 00:09:07,347 Vibhuti? 169 00:09:07,347 --> 00:09:08,882 - Yes, Vibhuti. 170 00:09:08,882 --> 00:09:11,118 - And that Vibhuti is put on there afterwards, yeah? 171 00:09:11,118 --> 00:09:13,453 I keep it in the Vibhuti or? 172 00:09:13,453 --> 00:09:15,789 That's from the fire, is it? 173 00:09:17,625 --> 00:09:20,260 - Talisman was taken from the fire 174 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:23,931 and, after that, Vibhuti was put on it. 175 00:09:23,931 --> 00:09:25,098 - Put onto it. 176 00:09:26,667 --> 00:09:28,669 How would I use this now? 177 00:09:28,669 --> 00:09:29,670 What would I do with this? 178 00:09:29,670 --> 00:09:31,304 - [Mr Santosh] You can roll it. 179 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:34,141 You can roll like a small cylinder 180 00:09:35,342 --> 00:09:38,979 and you can buy a cylindrical tavis. 181 00:09:38,979 --> 00:09:40,213 - [Craig] Okay. 182 00:09:40,213 --> 00:09:41,481 - [Mr Santosh] And you can put it in there. 183 00:09:41,481 --> 00:09:42,650 - So you roll it up and put it in there. 184 00:09:42,650 --> 00:09:45,418 And this has writing on it, I see. 185 00:09:45,418 --> 00:09:46,754 - Yes, the mantra. 186 00:09:46,754 --> 00:09:49,522 - [Craig] So this is the mantra? 187 00:09:49,522 --> 00:09:50,958 This is a protected mantra? 188 00:09:50,958 --> 00:09:53,426 - [Mr Santosh] Yes, this is a protected mantra 189 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:55,095 of Lord Shiva. 190 00:09:55,095 --> 00:09:57,330 - Yeah, wonderful. 191 00:09:57,330 --> 00:10:01,234 It's so nice to receive it in person like that. 192 00:10:01,234 --> 00:10:03,536 I so thank you for all the effort you made. 193 00:10:03,536 --> 00:10:05,538 And I'd love to come back again to you 194 00:10:05,538 --> 00:10:08,742 later on to do some more with the beliefs further 195 00:10:08,742 --> 00:10:10,744 because there's other cans now to open, isn't there? 196 00:10:10,744 --> 00:10:11,812 - Yeah. 197 00:10:11,812 --> 00:10:12,813 - Thank you. 198 00:10:14,047 --> 00:10:15,015 - [Mr Santosh] Thank you very much. 199 00:10:15,015 --> 00:10:16,283 Namaste. - Namaste. 200 00:10:16,283 --> 00:10:20,187 (speaking in foreign language) 201 00:10:21,454 --> 00:10:24,224 Before I start my quest and perform the remedies 202 00:10:24,224 --> 00:10:27,560 to clear my past life karma, I visit the holy ruins 203 00:10:27,560 --> 00:10:30,097 of Mahabalipuram and make a prayer 204 00:10:30,097 --> 00:10:33,100 to the Indian elephant god, Ganesha. 205 00:10:35,435 --> 00:10:39,873 Mahabalipuram is an extraordinary, ancient temple complex 206 00:10:39,873 --> 00:10:43,711 that was carved out of solid rock and granite. 207 00:10:47,247 --> 00:10:48,548 So this was a cave? - Yeah. 208 00:10:48,548 --> 00:10:50,483 - Originally, and it has been carved 209 00:10:50,483 --> 00:10:52,019 from a cave into a temple? 210 00:10:52,019 --> 00:10:53,320 - Yes. 211 00:10:53,320 --> 00:10:54,955 - So all these stones would have stood here 212 00:10:54,955 --> 00:10:56,223 centuries and centuries? 213 00:10:56,223 --> 00:10:58,859 - Thousands of centuries. 214 00:10:58,859 --> 00:11:00,427 (speaking in foreign language) 215 00:11:00,427 --> 00:11:02,329 - And this is the one they carved out of solid rock? 216 00:11:02,329 --> 00:11:03,163 - Yes. 217 00:11:03,163 --> 00:11:04,631 - To make the temple. 218 00:11:04,631 --> 00:11:06,900 - This golden tank, first known buttermilk tank. 219 00:11:06,900 --> 00:11:08,135 - Buttermilk? 220 00:11:08,135 --> 00:11:10,103 - Yeah, making butter for the butterball. 221 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:13,140 - Did that on a big scale, didn't they? 222 00:11:13,140 --> 00:11:16,209 So they make masses of butter and that's used for what, 223 00:11:16,209 --> 00:11:17,677 the blessing or? 224 00:11:17,677 --> 00:11:18,578 - Butter, eat. 225 00:11:18,578 --> 00:11:19,512 - Oh, for eating? 226 00:11:19,512 --> 00:11:21,681 So it is actually practical. 227 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:24,351 (calming music) 228 00:11:33,626 --> 00:11:34,728 So this is Vishnu? 229 00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:35,662 - [Guide] Vishnu. 230 00:11:35,662 --> 00:11:37,030 - And the next one would be 231 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,365 Shiva. - Shiva. 232 00:11:38,365 --> 00:11:40,100 So Vishnu and Shiva. 233 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,668 And that would be Brahma? - Yes. 234 00:11:41,668 --> 00:11:43,136 - [Craig] So why is Brahma not in the middle of them? 235 00:11:43,136 --> 00:11:44,872 - [Guide] This always Shiva, the first. 236 00:11:44,872 --> 00:11:46,339 - [Craig] Yeah? 237 00:11:46,339 --> 00:11:48,675 - [Guide] Vishnu (speaking in foreign language) 238 00:11:48,675 --> 00:11:51,611 - Right, they did things on scale, didn't they? 239 00:11:51,611 --> 00:11:53,180 I mean that is like 240 00:11:54,547 --> 00:11:56,784 a lorry full of butter, isn't it, 241 00:11:56,784 --> 00:11:59,052 to put on the lingam. 242 00:11:59,052 --> 00:12:01,054 I presume it would all come 243 00:12:01,054 --> 00:12:02,189 pouring all down here. 244 00:12:02,189 --> 00:12:03,523 - [Guide] Yeah. 245 00:12:05,092 --> 00:12:07,360 - The Nadi leaves have prescribed a list 246 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,631 of ancient temples I'm to visit and perform rituals. 247 00:12:11,631 --> 00:12:15,635 This complex is seeping with the energy of the past 248 00:12:15,635 --> 00:12:19,072 and is a starting point where I can take in the wonders 249 00:12:19,072 --> 00:12:22,242 of India's past and also seek a blessing 250 00:12:22,242 --> 00:12:24,778 for a successful journey. 251 00:12:24,778 --> 00:12:27,881 I believe in Hindiusm that the first creation 252 00:12:27,881 --> 00:12:29,349 had an elephant holding the world up? 253 00:12:29,349 --> 00:12:30,317 - [Guide] Yeah. 254 00:12:30,317 --> 00:12:32,485 - So would that be that? - Yes. 255 00:12:32,485 --> 00:12:34,321 - This part of the temple complex 256 00:12:34,321 --> 00:12:36,790 is where they used to do the ohms. 257 00:12:36,790 --> 00:12:38,591 I can't resist this, I've gotta do an ohm. 258 00:12:38,591 --> 00:12:40,560 I've gotta do an ohm. 259 00:12:40,560 --> 00:12:41,394 Ohm. 260 00:12:51,438 --> 00:12:52,272 Ohm. 261 00:13:01,214 --> 00:13:03,884 Just as a Christian may pray to St Christopher 262 00:13:03,884 --> 00:13:06,619 before starting a journey, the god Ganesha 263 00:13:06,619 --> 00:13:09,522 represents the aspects of the one universal God 264 00:13:09,522 --> 00:13:12,926 that clears the obstacles in the path. 265 00:13:12,926 --> 00:13:15,662 (speaking in foreign language) 266 00:13:15,662 --> 00:13:18,866 I have no problem with praying to an elephant-headed God 267 00:13:18,866 --> 00:13:22,235 as I believe it's the same one God that can be found 268 00:13:22,235 --> 00:13:26,806 in all religions, but he, she, comes in many forms. 269 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:30,743 This is a divine symbolic act to clear my path. 270 00:13:34,514 --> 00:13:37,050 So this is the first stage of the remedies of the Nadi 271 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:38,818 and the first place I have to visit 272 00:13:38,818 --> 00:13:41,121 is Bhagavan Ramana's ashram. 273 00:13:42,322 --> 00:13:43,790 I've got a three and a half hour drive, 274 00:13:43,790 --> 00:13:46,759 so it's a bumpy road, wish me luck. 275 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:50,563 An ashram is a hermitage, a spiritual retreat, 276 00:13:50,563 --> 00:13:54,367 that is usually centred around a holy man or guru. 277 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:57,905 I'm visiting one at the base of a sacred mountain 278 00:13:57,905 --> 00:14:01,441 called Mount Arunachala that I hope to climb 279 00:14:01,441 --> 00:14:06,046 as its powerful energies are said to awaken the spirits. 280 00:14:06,046 --> 00:14:08,681 Ah, there's the mountain now. 281 00:14:08,681 --> 00:14:12,152 This is my first good look at the landscape of India. 282 00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:16,056 I feel excited because I'm soon to meet another Nadi reader 283 00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:18,291 who is going to guide me through the remedies 284 00:14:18,291 --> 00:14:20,961 and help me with the rituals I have to perform 285 00:14:20,961 --> 00:14:22,595 in the days ahead. 286 00:14:22,595 --> 00:14:26,599 (speaking in foreign language) 287 00:14:29,269 --> 00:14:33,373 - His first task is to take care of you. 288 00:14:33,373 --> 00:14:37,544 First, health and then the surroundings, environment. 289 00:14:38,946 --> 00:14:41,614 And then the travel, spiritual events, all those things. 290 00:14:41,614 --> 00:14:42,983 - Yes. 291 00:14:42,983 --> 00:14:44,417 - It might be-- 292 00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:48,021 - Fortunately, Gopienath speaks reasonably good English 293 00:14:48,021 --> 00:14:49,957 and explains that tomorrow morning, 294 00:14:49,957 --> 00:14:52,692 we will be walking round Mount Arunachalaman 295 00:14:52,692 --> 00:14:55,963 and visit Ramana Maharishi's ashram afterwards. 296 00:14:55,963 --> 00:14:57,897 We will set off at dawn. 297 00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:00,500 These first energetic remedies are designed 298 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:04,371 to help my health now and in the future. 299 00:15:04,371 --> 00:15:07,307 Some of my family think I'm completely mad, 300 00:15:07,307 --> 00:15:10,577 but the leaves gave me such amazingly accurate information 301 00:15:10,577 --> 00:15:14,681 about my life that I simply cannot ignore it. 302 00:15:14,681 --> 00:15:16,649 There's a lot of good things ahead for me 303 00:15:16,649 --> 00:15:19,619 until my predicted death at 3:00 a.m. in the morning 304 00:15:19,619 --> 00:15:22,922 in the winter months as I approach about 82, 305 00:15:22,922 --> 00:15:26,493 but there's also a few things that I need to sort out 306 00:15:26,493 --> 00:15:30,030 that are the result of my karma from past lives. 307 00:15:30,030 --> 00:15:32,966 I make the good happen and the bad fall away 308 00:15:32,966 --> 00:15:35,368 and I need to do these remedies. 309 00:15:35,368 --> 00:15:38,638 The first step is to build up lots of good energy 310 00:15:38,638 --> 00:15:41,074 which means visiting some holy places. 311 00:15:41,074 --> 00:15:43,110 (speaking in foreign language) 312 00:15:43,110 --> 00:15:46,679 My first stop is the holy mountain of Arunachala 313 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:50,850 and the Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi Ashram at its foot. 314 00:15:51,818 --> 00:15:54,487 (calming music) 315 00:16:02,595 --> 00:16:06,633 Below me, I can see the Shiva temple at Thiruvannamalai 316 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:09,569 where I am, tonight, to perform some puja ceremonies 317 00:16:09,569 --> 00:16:13,606 with the priests after Mr Prakesh performs a simple remedy 318 00:16:13,606 --> 00:16:15,775 here on the holy mountain. 319 00:16:22,482 --> 00:16:24,651 On this mountain and, particularly, at the dark 320 00:16:24,651 --> 00:16:28,355 meditation room at the top, I seem to be aware of the energy 321 00:16:28,355 --> 00:16:31,424 that plugs right into my mediumship abilities. 322 00:16:31,424 --> 00:16:33,860 Right here and, also, while walking, 323 00:16:33,860 --> 00:16:38,031 I can feel the closeness of the spirit people near me. 324 00:16:41,468 --> 00:16:44,737 I've just been at the top of the mountain 325 00:16:44,737 --> 00:16:46,439 where there's a tremendous energy there. 326 00:16:46,439 --> 00:16:47,974 I'm still a little bit woozy from it. 327 00:16:47,974 --> 00:16:50,443 It's just the most incredible energy 328 00:16:50,443 --> 00:16:52,112 I have ever felt in my life. 329 00:16:52,112 --> 00:16:54,614 Incredible, incredible feeling. 330 00:16:54,614 --> 00:16:58,385 Never known anything like that, never. 331 00:16:58,385 --> 00:17:02,055 As part of the rituals and, you know, the remedies, 332 00:17:02,055 --> 00:17:05,024 I must be given a stone from the mount. 333 00:17:05,024 --> 00:17:08,595 Mr Prakesh has read in my Nadi leaves that a number 334 00:17:08,595 --> 00:17:12,965 of these rituals have to be performed at a specific time. 335 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:17,137 His astrology almanack is consulted and now is the exact 336 00:17:17,137 --> 00:17:19,372 right time to get my stone. 337 00:17:23,810 --> 00:17:27,247 We descend the mountain path and as we enter the ashram, 338 00:17:27,247 --> 00:17:30,049 are greeted by some clever monkeys. 339 00:17:30,049 --> 00:17:33,786 Bhagavan Ramana Maharshi, the founder of this ashram, 340 00:17:33,786 --> 00:17:36,356 believed in the unity of all things 341 00:17:36,356 --> 00:17:39,092 and that, if we ask ourselves the question, 342 00:17:39,092 --> 00:17:40,227 who am I? 343 00:17:40,227 --> 00:17:42,395 We will come to realise that everything, 344 00:17:42,395 --> 00:17:45,898 including the person asking the question, is God. 345 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:48,668 Ramana believed that animals are as much 346 00:17:48,668 --> 00:17:50,870 a part of God as we are. 347 00:17:50,870 --> 00:17:53,706 (water splashing) 348 00:18:00,980 --> 00:18:04,384 This is the meditation hall of the Rama Krishna Ashram, 349 00:18:04,384 --> 00:18:07,086 and we're gonna spend a little bit of time now meditating 350 00:18:07,086 --> 00:18:11,424 in the place where Rama Krishna used to meditate. 351 00:18:11,424 --> 00:18:14,527 (religious chanting) 352 00:18:30,543 --> 00:18:34,414 Where I sit I can see pictures of Ramana on the wall 353 00:18:34,414 --> 00:18:38,318 and a golden statue of him in the altar area. 354 00:18:38,318 --> 00:18:41,120 At the age of 16, Ramana had something 355 00:18:41,120 --> 00:18:44,257 like a near death experience in which he entered 356 00:18:44,257 --> 00:18:47,059 into a state of divine consciousness 357 00:18:47,059 --> 00:18:50,497 and realised the true nature of the self. 358 00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:55,034 He became aware of a divine current within him 359 00:18:55,034 --> 00:18:56,803 that could never die. 360 00:18:58,571 --> 00:19:01,140 Soon after he came to this spot at the base 361 00:19:01,140 --> 00:19:04,143 of the holy mountain, he decided to remain here 362 00:19:04,143 --> 00:19:05,912 for the rest of his life. 363 00:19:05,912 --> 00:19:09,416 For long periods of time, his mind was in such a state 364 00:19:09,416 --> 00:19:13,019 of transcendence that he completely neglected his body 365 00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:16,489 and he was incessantly bit by ants. 366 00:19:16,489 --> 00:19:19,125 Some people found him and realised 367 00:19:19,125 --> 00:19:21,694 that this was a holy man who was to become 368 00:19:21,694 --> 00:19:25,498 one of India's greatest spiritual teachers. 369 00:19:25,498 --> 00:19:28,167 (calming music) 370 00:19:54,661 --> 00:19:56,329 It was a nice experience. 371 00:19:56,329 --> 00:19:59,266 We did what they call the arathi, where they put the fire 372 00:19:59,266 --> 00:20:01,868 across the face and cleanse through the fire. 373 00:20:01,868 --> 00:20:04,604 So it was a very nice experience. 374 00:20:06,172 --> 00:20:09,909 Here we are now at the Triveni Mali Temple. 375 00:20:09,909 --> 00:20:12,579 (calming music) 376 00:20:27,126 --> 00:20:31,063 (speaking in foreign language) 377 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:39,939 We went in and we've done some Archana, 378 00:20:39,939 --> 00:20:43,209 which is like part of the Nadi clearing. 379 00:20:43,209 --> 00:20:46,446 It's part of the remedies and we've been in front 380 00:20:46,446 --> 00:20:49,982 of a number of Indian gods and done some amazing things. 381 00:20:49,982 --> 00:20:53,820 And, actually, I feel very almost high from it. 382 00:20:53,820 --> 00:20:57,357 It's an amazing place with an amazing sense of atmosphere 383 00:20:57,357 --> 00:20:59,659 and real, deep sincerity for the priests 384 00:20:59,659 --> 00:21:01,494 that are working there. 385 00:21:02,929 --> 00:21:05,332 It's been a hard day climbing the mountain 386 00:21:05,332 --> 00:21:07,967 and a late night on the tiles of the temples, 387 00:21:07,967 --> 00:21:10,370 but now it's 3:00 a.m. rise to walk 388 00:21:10,370 --> 00:21:12,672 around the holy mountain. 389 00:21:12,672 --> 00:21:15,408 And I'm shattered before I start. 390 00:21:17,076 --> 00:21:19,011 There is definitely something special 391 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:21,047 about the subtle energy here. 392 00:21:21,047 --> 00:21:23,750 Even though the scenery is mainly sort of streets, 393 00:21:23,750 --> 00:21:26,118 there's a feeling of the energetic presence 394 00:21:26,118 --> 00:21:29,356 of the mountain with every step I take. 395 00:21:30,557 --> 00:21:33,360 Legend has it that Mount Arunachala is the place 396 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,896 where Lord Shiva manifested as a column of light 397 00:21:36,896 --> 00:21:41,067 to settle the argument between the god Brahma and Vishnu. 398 00:21:42,835 --> 00:21:45,304 It is one of the holiest places in India 399 00:21:45,304 --> 00:21:47,173 and many great saints and sages 400 00:21:47,173 --> 00:21:49,576 have lived here in its caves. 401 00:21:51,077 --> 00:21:55,281 The act of walking around it is called Giri Pradakshina 402 00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:58,084 and it is said to remove the sins and desires 403 00:21:58,084 --> 00:22:00,653 and bring freedom from rebirth. 404 00:22:00,653 --> 00:22:04,023 One step, they say, brings happiness in this world, 405 00:22:04,023 --> 00:22:07,226 a second happiness in heaven and, a third, 406 00:22:07,226 --> 00:22:11,398 gives the bliss of Satyaloka, the ultimate heavenly plane. 407 00:22:14,567 --> 00:22:18,204 It is best to walk around slowly in silent meditation 408 00:22:18,204 --> 00:22:20,373 or chanting a japa mantra. 409 00:22:27,013 --> 00:22:29,549 Now, we've gathered the spiritual energy from temples 410 00:22:29,549 --> 00:22:32,151 and the Holy Mountain, the Nadi Oracle tells me 411 00:22:32,151 --> 00:22:35,622 that I must now seek out a holy man. 412 00:22:35,622 --> 00:22:38,658 Mr Prakesh has checked his almanack and the timing 413 00:22:38,658 --> 00:22:41,661 is now just right for us to do this. 414 00:22:43,062 --> 00:22:46,365 It's a long journey in a hot car with lots of detours 415 00:22:46,365 --> 00:22:50,437 and it seems to me that Mr Prakesh is using his almanack 416 00:22:50,437 --> 00:22:52,038 like a sack now. 417 00:22:52,038 --> 00:22:55,575 We drive across swamps, waste lands and dirt track roads 418 00:22:55,575 --> 00:22:58,678 in search of these elusive holy men. 419 00:22:58,678 --> 00:23:01,180 (horn hooting) 420 00:23:04,183 --> 00:23:06,919 Then he spots the place where the Nadi leaves 421 00:23:06,919 --> 00:23:09,388 say that the guru will appear. 422 00:23:09,388 --> 00:23:13,426 It's a rough dirt road and the engine sounds a bit strange. 423 00:23:13,426 --> 00:23:16,262 (engine rumbling) 424 00:23:18,364 --> 00:23:20,299 We are part way up the hilly, dirty track 425 00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:24,471 of the sacred Mahadeva mountain and the car's broken down. 426 00:23:28,207 --> 00:23:30,677 Got to take our shoes off for in the Ashram and, really, 427 00:23:30,677 --> 00:23:33,012 this ground is like a grill. 428 00:23:35,047 --> 00:23:36,215 It's terrible. 429 00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:38,818 I'm not putting this on. 430 00:23:38,818 --> 00:23:40,252 It really is bad. 431 00:23:43,389 --> 00:23:46,058 I'm just beginning to think that providence has stopped us, 432 00:23:46,058 --> 00:23:49,962 but now I see this ash-covered guru appear from nowhere. 433 00:23:49,962 --> 00:23:52,532 If we hadn't broken down at this exact spot, 434 00:23:52,532 --> 00:23:55,434 we would have missed him completely. 435 00:23:55,434 --> 00:23:57,169 When I arrive at his ashram, 436 00:23:57,169 --> 00:24:01,007 I'm told that he hasn't been seen for nearly a year. 437 00:24:01,007 --> 00:24:03,576 Normally, he does not leave his cave 438 00:24:03,576 --> 00:24:07,046 where he's been living since 2002 where he gave up a life 439 00:24:07,046 --> 00:24:08,848 of luxury and wealth. 440 00:24:08,848 --> 00:24:12,552 But, somehow, we've arrived at exactly the right moment 441 00:24:12,552 --> 00:24:14,554 he's decided to turn up. 442 00:24:15,688 --> 00:24:19,191 The Nadi oracle saw this exact moment coming. 443 00:24:23,329 --> 00:24:26,499 It seems I've now moved from sneaking up on the guru 444 00:24:26,499 --> 00:24:29,669 to a frenzied chase around the temple as he activates 445 00:24:29,669 --> 00:24:31,971 all the shrines to the various gods. 446 00:24:31,971 --> 00:24:34,841 Everything has gone kind of wild. 447 00:24:34,841 --> 00:24:37,944 (energetic drumming) 448 00:25:01,901 --> 00:25:05,004 (religious chanting) 449 00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:10,009 (energetic drumming) 450 00:25:16,282 --> 00:25:20,987 All this racket is to wake the gods in the shrines. 451 00:25:20,987 --> 00:25:24,090 (energetic drumming) 452 00:25:48,147 --> 00:25:51,183 And we line up for more blessings and dash off 453 00:25:51,183 --> 00:25:55,588 to follow the holy man through this maze of shrines. 454 00:25:55,588 --> 00:25:58,658 (energetic drumming) 455 00:26:00,292 --> 00:26:03,029 (bells clanging) 456 00:26:09,769 --> 00:26:12,839 (energetic drumming) 457 00:26:16,208 --> 00:26:18,611 Time for a quick tourist snap and we're ready 458 00:26:18,611 --> 00:26:20,880 for the holy man to emerge. 459 00:26:22,548 --> 00:26:25,217 (gong clanging) 460 00:26:29,388 --> 00:26:32,491 (energetic drumming) 461 00:26:45,104 --> 00:26:48,507 My head is beginning to ring with all this noise, 462 00:26:48,507 --> 00:26:52,178 but, wait, I see him coming towards us. 463 00:26:52,178 --> 00:26:54,847 (gong clanging) 464 00:26:56,883 --> 00:27:01,721 By any standards, Maha Ananda Swami is an odd-looking guru. 465 00:27:01,721 --> 00:27:03,890 He's what's called a Siddha Yoga. 466 00:27:03,890 --> 00:27:06,292 That's someone who has special psychic powers 467 00:27:06,292 --> 00:27:08,260 and miraculous abilities. 468 00:27:08,260 --> 00:27:11,297 One of these is the ability to meditate or sleep 469 00:27:11,297 --> 00:27:12,699 in a pit of fire. 470 00:27:13,666 --> 00:27:16,335 (gong clanging) 471 00:27:18,470 --> 00:27:19,972 I'm beginning to think this is all sounding 472 00:27:19,972 --> 00:27:22,942 a little bit crazy, but another power is his ability 473 00:27:22,942 --> 00:27:27,379 to tell the future of anyone who touches his feet. 474 00:27:27,379 --> 00:27:30,049 (bells ringing) 475 00:27:35,187 --> 00:27:37,556 This yogi is also the custodian 476 00:27:37,556 --> 00:27:40,359 of ancient medicinal remedies and makes use 477 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:43,830 of many rare herbs to cure all sorts of ailments. 478 00:27:43,830 --> 00:27:47,166 He also feeds people sacred ash, called Vibhuti, 479 00:27:47,166 --> 00:27:49,335 often to cure infertility. 480 00:27:54,006 --> 00:27:58,177 Maha Ananda Swami is already very old and it's said 481 00:27:58,177 --> 00:28:02,281 that on midnight of the 25th of December 2002, 482 00:28:02,281 --> 00:28:05,617 Lord Shiva appeared before him and had decreed 483 00:28:05,617 --> 00:28:09,655 that he will live for another thousand years. 484 00:28:09,655 --> 00:28:12,324 (bells ringing) 485 00:28:44,323 --> 00:28:46,692 He certainly has a strange aura. 486 00:28:46,692 --> 00:28:49,428 I feel it's like he's angry with everyone, 487 00:28:49,428 --> 00:28:51,964 but it's a sort of divine anger, 488 00:28:51,964 --> 00:28:54,466 perhaps, somehow trying to shake everyone 489 00:28:54,466 --> 00:28:56,869 out of their spiritual sleep. 490 00:28:58,771 --> 00:29:02,308 I am told that this yogi never eats and it is said 491 00:29:02,308 --> 00:29:07,279 that he has not eaten or taken water for a number of years. 492 00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:10,917 At temples, they usually give out what's called prasad, 493 00:29:10,917 --> 00:29:12,785 which is a holy meal. 494 00:29:12,785 --> 00:29:15,955 This is usually just a taster, but here they serve 495 00:29:15,955 --> 00:29:19,926 vast quantities of free food to worshipers. 496 00:29:19,926 --> 00:29:23,029 (energetic drumming) 497 00:29:46,152 --> 00:29:49,255 They say this man doesn't just walk through fire, 498 00:29:49,255 --> 00:29:53,425 he actually lays down in it and can sleep in the embers. 499 00:29:55,561 --> 00:29:58,664 (energetic drumming) 500 00:30:12,678 --> 00:30:15,747 (religious chanting) 501 00:30:55,021 --> 00:30:57,990 I can see that he's going into a trance 502 00:30:57,990 --> 00:31:02,094 and I hope he may start to make some prophecies. 503 00:31:02,094 --> 00:31:05,164 (energetic drumming) 504 00:31:07,333 --> 00:31:10,402 (religious chanting) 505 00:31:15,207 --> 00:31:17,876 (bells ringing) 506 00:31:58,184 --> 00:32:01,453 I feel he's showering blessings to anyone watching. 507 00:32:01,453 --> 00:32:05,857 This sight of a guru the Hindus call Darshan is amazing. 508 00:32:05,857 --> 00:32:09,028 And then I'm called to touch his feet. 509 00:32:10,829 --> 00:32:13,399 Of all the people here, I couldn't believe 510 00:32:13,399 --> 00:32:15,968 that it was me that he would call. 511 00:32:15,968 --> 00:32:18,470 As I touched his feet, a divine energy 512 00:32:18,470 --> 00:32:20,672 seemed to sweep through me. 513 00:32:20,672 --> 00:32:25,311 He had a message for me that he told to Mr Prakesh in Tamil. 514 00:32:25,311 --> 00:32:28,580 It turned out to be exactly the same predictions 515 00:32:28,580 --> 00:32:32,584 that the other Nadi readers had already told me. 516 00:32:36,888 --> 00:32:41,060 This temple complex or Ashram is based around the idea 517 00:32:42,528 --> 00:32:45,697 that the Yogi, the city Yogi, who's a sort of a power yogi, 518 00:32:45,697 --> 00:32:48,034 stepped into the fire which was built for Shiva 519 00:32:48,034 --> 00:32:50,936 and merged with it and became flame himself. 520 00:32:50,936 --> 00:32:53,739 And this was witnessed by a whole group of people 521 00:32:53,739 --> 00:32:57,576 and he was treated as an incredible saint. 522 00:32:57,576 --> 00:32:59,678 Now, we have the blessings of a guru, 523 00:32:59,678 --> 00:33:02,081 the Nadi remedies now charge me to get 524 00:33:02,081 --> 00:33:04,216 the blessings of the planets. 525 00:33:04,216 --> 00:33:07,586 So it's a paddle in the water and into another temple. 526 00:33:07,586 --> 00:33:09,821 Here, I'm to reduce the negative effects 527 00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:11,657 of the Planet Mercury. 528 00:33:12,891 --> 00:33:15,827 (crowd chattering) 529 00:33:35,081 --> 00:33:37,883 This Nadi oracle is completely different 530 00:33:37,883 --> 00:33:40,086 to the way Western astrology works. 531 00:33:40,086 --> 00:33:44,356 The sun, moon, planets and the stars are represented by gods 532 00:33:44,356 --> 00:33:46,925 and they, in turn, symbolise our good and bad 533 00:33:46,925 --> 00:33:50,362 past life karma that will influence our future. 534 00:33:50,362 --> 00:33:53,865 According to the Nadis, I had past lives in India 535 00:33:53,865 --> 00:33:56,802 and some glorious and some not-so-glorious past lives 536 00:33:56,802 --> 00:34:00,139 and the planets in my horoscope reveal the areas 537 00:34:00,139 --> 00:34:01,773 I need to work with. 538 00:34:03,375 --> 00:34:06,945 Bad aspects, shown in the position of Mercury in my chart, 539 00:34:06,945 --> 00:34:08,880 will weigh down my ambitions. 540 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:13,051 So pujas done here are said to speed up my success. 541 00:34:18,924 --> 00:34:20,892 We've come out of the Temple of Mercury, 542 00:34:20,892 --> 00:34:22,261 done puja there. 543 00:34:22,261 --> 00:34:24,596 And this is for things like quickness of mind. 544 00:34:24,596 --> 00:34:26,698 It's for speed of actions of things, 545 00:34:26,698 --> 00:34:29,401 many medicinal things associated with it, 546 00:34:29,401 --> 00:34:32,738 and a general quickening of our actions. 547 00:34:33,939 --> 00:34:37,409 Behind is a Shiva tree of healing. 548 00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:41,413 And, in particular, it's for healing for children here, 549 00:34:41,413 --> 00:34:43,915 for fertility, hence the cots. 550 00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:48,154 (gentle music) 551 00:35:22,020 --> 00:35:25,491 My mystical journey takes me deeper into sacred India 552 00:35:25,491 --> 00:35:28,627 to discover its secrets and find out more 553 00:35:28,627 --> 00:35:30,829 about the hidden oracle of India. 554 00:35:30,829 --> 00:35:33,232 There's spiritual work ahead. 555 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:37,068 My journey will take me off the beaten track, 556 00:35:37,068 --> 00:35:40,806 but first we find a place to buy the materials and flowers 557 00:35:40,806 --> 00:35:43,375 we'll need to perform the puja. 558 00:35:45,511 --> 00:35:48,347 These I've been doing on the advice of the oracle. 559 00:35:48,347 --> 00:35:51,183 It tells me that I was once a holy man 560 00:35:51,183 --> 00:35:54,253 and will become a holy man again. 561 00:35:54,253 --> 00:35:57,088 When the pujas are performed, you pay the priest 562 00:35:57,088 --> 00:35:59,157 to perform a personal blessing. 563 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:02,328 Money changes hands, but the effect is that the temples 564 00:36:02,328 --> 00:36:05,764 have money to feed the poor and do charitable work. 565 00:36:05,764 --> 00:36:08,234 In this way, money comes and goes, 566 00:36:08,234 --> 00:36:10,236 but virtue comes and grows. 567 00:36:10,236 --> 00:36:11,637 They're gonna do the puja now 568 00:36:11,637 --> 00:36:15,040 and then they will give me the garland. 569 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,610 A lot of poor and destitute people hang around the ashram 570 00:36:18,610 --> 00:36:21,280 as here people are fed twice a day 571 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,715 ever since his death in 1823. 572 00:36:25,651 --> 00:36:28,887 Initially, I get a personal blessing by the temple priest 573 00:36:28,887 --> 00:36:31,189 and then a second blessing by the sadhu 574 00:36:31,189 --> 00:36:35,327 in the nearby shrine, but there is a great mystery here, 575 00:36:35,327 --> 00:36:38,530 for it is claimed that he never actually died, 576 00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:40,999 but went through a sort of resurrection 577 00:36:40,999 --> 00:36:43,935 in which his whole physical body was transformed 578 00:36:43,935 --> 00:36:45,904 into divine light. 579 00:36:45,904 --> 00:36:48,073 He then locked himself into a room 580 00:36:48,073 --> 00:36:51,443 and told his followers never to open it. 581 00:36:51,443 --> 00:36:54,145 When the authorities insisted it be opened, 582 00:36:54,145 --> 00:36:56,114 the room was completely empty. 583 00:36:56,114 --> 00:37:00,252 They say he continues to live with us in a body of light. 584 00:37:02,954 --> 00:37:06,124 I get my blessing that the Nadi oracle asked for 585 00:37:06,124 --> 00:37:09,027 and the priest gives me some books too. 586 00:37:09,027 --> 00:37:12,698 I feel instantly connected with this dead saint. 587 00:37:12,698 --> 00:37:14,666 He is said to have never eaten 588 00:37:14,666 --> 00:37:18,103 and, eventually, became a being of light. 589 00:37:18,103 --> 00:37:21,373 All strange stuff, but what a wonderful god, 590 00:37:21,373 --> 00:37:24,276 not to eat, but to make sure everyone else 591 00:37:24,276 --> 00:37:26,778 is fed long after you're dead. 592 00:37:29,114 --> 00:37:33,452 I've just done the puja now for Ramalingaswami 593 00:37:33,452 --> 00:37:35,287 and they've given me a book as well. 594 00:37:35,287 --> 00:37:38,223 A very rare book in English so I can learn an awful lot more 595 00:37:38,223 --> 00:37:42,394 about this incredible saint that dealt with jyoti, light. 596 00:37:44,296 --> 00:37:46,765 Every step on this spiritual journey, 597 00:37:46,765 --> 00:37:49,368 doors just seem to swing open. 598 00:37:49,368 --> 00:37:51,937 (gentle music) 599 00:37:54,506 --> 00:37:57,976 It looks like the poor are gathering for meal time. 600 00:37:57,976 --> 00:38:02,080 There's facilities here to accommodate hundreds every day. 601 00:38:03,515 --> 00:38:06,918 This is the Samadhi tomb of this incredible saint of light 602 00:38:06,918 --> 00:38:08,854 and we might think of it as a tomb, 603 00:38:08,854 --> 00:38:10,522 but it's a natural fact. 604 00:38:10,522 --> 00:38:13,592 He was locked into a room or locked himself into a room 605 00:38:13,592 --> 00:38:16,495 and his body just disintegrated into light. 606 00:38:16,495 --> 00:38:19,230 And when they did open it up, there was nobody there. 607 00:38:19,230 --> 00:38:22,167 It's an incredible miracle. 608 00:38:22,167 --> 00:38:25,203 As we are leaving, the Nadi oracle has prescribed 609 00:38:25,203 --> 00:38:27,439 yet another puja blessing. 610 00:38:27,439 --> 00:38:29,908 By now, I can really feel the energy 611 00:38:29,908 --> 00:38:32,944 surrounding us start to build and I'm sure 612 00:38:32,944 --> 00:38:36,715 this must be having some tremendous effect upon my spirit. 613 00:38:36,715 --> 00:38:40,318 And, with my karmic debts, I'm definitely buzzing 614 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:44,255 with energy and feel really ready to burst. 615 00:38:44,255 --> 00:38:48,093 I can feel the energy changing in me as we draw closer 616 00:38:48,093 --> 00:38:51,196 to starting the Nadi remedies proper. 617 00:38:52,931 --> 00:38:55,200 So we've been given Vibhuti in a packet 618 00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:56,868 and this is like the symbol of Shiva 619 00:38:56,868 --> 00:38:59,571 and you put it three lines across the forehead here 620 00:38:59,571 --> 00:39:03,675 and also to here and this is used as a symbol of Shiva. 621 00:39:05,043 --> 00:39:06,578 This is actually the Samadhi tomb 622 00:39:06,578 --> 00:39:08,414 and not many Westerners get into it. 623 00:39:08,414 --> 00:39:10,281 So this is it. 624 00:39:10,281 --> 00:39:12,183 On the wall here, we have all the stories 625 00:39:12,183 --> 00:39:14,786 and miracles of Ramalingaswami. 626 00:39:18,056 --> 00:39:20,492 And they are also giving me permission 627 00:39:20,492 --> 00:39:23,629 to see areas restricted to the normal visitor 628 00:39:23,629 --> 00:39:26,632 and some sacred trees and herbs that have special 629 00:39:26,632 --> 00:39:29,935 medical and spiritual properties. 630 00:39:29,935 --> 00:39:32,504 (gentle music) 631 00:39:42,581 --> 00:39:45,316 That is the neem tree, the neem tree that they grow here, 632 00:39:45,316 --> 00:39:47,285 which was there at the time of Swami. 633 00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:51,457 So when you touch it, it contains some of the blessing. 634 00:39:52,891 --> 00:39:56,895 Ramalingaswami dissolved into light after his death 635 00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:59,798 and, at his temple here now, regular miracles happen 636 00:39:59,798 --> 00:40:03,201 in which people see a light here. 637 00:40:03,201 --> 00:40:05,804 (gentle music) 638 00:40:12,010 --> 00:40:15,547 Once a month, the saint creates the lights here 639 00:40:15,547 --> 00:40:19,117 and thousands of people gather to watch the light appear 640 00:40:19,117 --> 00:40:22,621 in front of these doors, regular miracles. 641 00:40:26,958 --> 00:40:28,894 And there's one other thing that I find 642 00:40:28,894 --> 00:40:30,629 personally rather incredible. 643 00:40:30,629 --> 00:40:34,332 This miracle happens every 24th of January. 644 00:40:34,332 --> 00:40:38,504 That's my birthday, another weird Nadi coincidence. 645 00:40:44,075 --> 00:40:47,012 Back in the grounds, the destitute continue to gather 646 00:40:47,012 --> 00:40:48,580 for their evening meal. 647 00:40:48,580 --> 00:40:50,949 It's nice to think that the money you give 648 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:55,120 in these ceremonies helps to put food in hungry bellies. 649 00:40:57,088 --> 00:41:00,258 One thing they have that we don't have is time. 650 00:41:00,258 --> 00:41:03,294 These guys have been waiting all day. 651 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:06,765 (gentle music) 652 00:41:09,968 --> 00:41:12,003 On the way out, we stop again. 653 00:41:12,003 --> 00:41:13,972 What I thought was a public toilet 654 00:41:13,972 --> 00:41:16,642 turns out to be another small temple. 655 00:41:16,642 --> 00:41:19,911 It's getting really late now, but we have a few more 656 00:41:19,911 --> 00:41:23,414 specific pujas to do before moving on. 657 00:41:23,414 --> 00:41:26,051 To be honest, I've lost track of what's next 658 00:41:26,051 --> 00:41:28,286 on the remedy list, but I have heard 659 00:41:28,286 --> 00:41:31,690 we have a big day tomorrow, a very long drive 660 00:41:31,690 --> 00:41:36,227 through the night and a fire ceremony in the morning. 661 00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:40,131 I get my blessing and the gods get my garlands. 662 00:41:45,003 --> 00:41:48,940 (speaking in foreign language) 663 00:42:12,964 --> 00:42:16,034 (religious chanting) 664 00:42:40,291 --> 00:42:44,062 Well, it's early morning and I've gone native. 665 00:42:44,062 --> 00:42:46,632 This stage, we've got to now start the remedies 666 00:42:46,632 --> 00:42:49,901 in of themselves so I have to dress appropriately. 667 00:42:49,901 --> 00:42:52,738 So I'm looking here like Sri Baba. 668 00:42:55,741 --> 00:42:58,276 So now it's another long journey. 669 00:42:58,276 --> 00:43:01,312 We have one more temple stop ahead and then I do 670 00:43:01,312 --> 00:43:05,150 a very specific fire remedy to clear my karma. 671 00:43:06,584 --> 00:43:10,622 Our first remedial step is to pay homage to the leagues 672 00:43:10,622 --> 00:43:13,625 and to the Maharishi who wrote them. 673 00:43:15,994 --> 00:43:18,897 We start by visiting the temple that was built 674 00:43:18,897 --> 00:43:21,900 by the great king who is responsible for safeguarding 675 00:43:21,900 --> 00:43:26,071 the Nadi leaves and preserving them for posterity. 676 00:43:26,071 --> 00:43:30,976 Today, there are Nadi readers absolutely everywhere in India 677 00:43:30,976 --> 00:43:34,579 and only a tiny, tiny fraction of them 678 00:43:34,579 --> 00:43:36,915 are true practitioners. 679 00:43:36,915 --> 00:43:41,086 Most are just ripoff artists who will fleece people like me. 680 00:43:42,754 --> 00:43:46,124 It's interesting, though, how much value the ancients 681 00:43:46,124 --> 00:43:48,626 placed on these leaves that were protected 682 00:43:48,626 --> 00:43:51,730 by the kings of old who worshipped the leaves 683 00:43:51,730 --> 00:43:55,633 and built great temples like this one. 684 00:43:55,633 --> 00:43:58,704 Again, we plunge into the dark heart of the temple 685 00:43:58,704 --> 00:44:02,841 that houses a huge lingam which is a phallus-like stone 686 00:44:02,841 --> 00:44:07,012 that is an abstract representation of the gold Shiva. 687 00:44:08,579 --> 00:44:11,249 I do the puja rituals in front of the lingam 688 00:44:11,249 --> 00:44:13,785 in the inner temple and, next, have a chat 689 00:44:13,785 --> 00:44:18,656 with my interpreter Gopienath who explains where we are. 690 00:44:18,656 --> 00:44:21,292 So one of the biggest temples in India, 691 00:44:21,292 --> 00:44:22,193 called the, 692 00:44:23,695 --> 00:44:25,697 - Gangaikondacholapuram. 693 00:44:27,365 --> 00:44:28,633 - You got that. 694 00:44:28,633 --> 00:44:30,936 And, inside, is a giant Shiva Lingam 695 00:44:30,936 --> 00:44:34,139 which we've done our puja to and this was the temple 696 00:44:34,139 --> 00:44:37,909 built by the king that protected the Nadi leaves. 697 00:44:37,909 --> 00:44:40,478 With some of these impossible to pronounce names, 698 00:44:40,478 --> 00:44:42,714 it's not surprising that I sometimes feel 699 00:44:42,714 --> 00:44:45,316 completely lost in India, but I'm sure 700 00:44:45,316 --> 00:44:47,452 Gopienath can help me. 701 00:44:47,452 --> 00:44:49,587 Viewing the incredible temple, 702 00:44:49,587 --> 00:44:52,958 I'm impressed by its scale and grandeur. 703 00:44:52,958 --> 00:44:56,261 I've unnoticed that no matter what position the sun is, 704 00:44:56,261 --> 00:44:59,097 these temples never cast a shadow. 705 00:45:00,799 --> 00:45:03,301 And, now, is the time to take a bit of a break 706 00:45:03,301 --> 00:45:08,006 and contemplate where we've come from and where we're going. 707 00:45:08,006 --> 00:45:10,608 (gentle music) 708 00:45:21,953 --> 00:45:25,723 But my next stop is to take in some of this spiritual energy 709 00:45:25,723 --> 00:45:28,726 that we've been accumulating and float for a while 710 00:45:28,726 --> 00:45:32,497 through the tranquillity of the mangroves. 711 00:45:32,497 --> 00:45:35,100 (gentle music) 712 00:45:46,211 --> 00:45:49,547 So what's this all been about so far? 713 00:45:49,547 --> 00:45:52,650 There were some pretty far out predictions in the oracle 714 00:45:52,650 --> 00:45:55,686 that was initially read to me by Skype at home 715 00:45:55,686 --> 00:45:58,990 and transcripts sent to me by email. 716 00:45:58,990 --> 00:46:01,492 (gentle music) 717 00:47:29,814 --> 00:47:32,750 The oracle tells me of much spiritual work ahead 718 00:47:32,750 --> 00:47:34,619 for my wife, Jane and me. 719 00:47:34,619 --> 00:47:37,155 We've been working very hard with our mediumship 720 00:47:37,155 --> 00:47:40,191 over the years, but it says that, in the future, 721 00:47:40,191 --> 00:47:43,528 we will be able to do our work for free. 722 00:47:45,396 --> 00:47:48,299 This will be achieved, it says, by setting up 723 00:47:48,299 --> 00:47:51,736 a charitable trust, a foundation, so that we can travel 724 00:47:51,736 --> 00:47:55,907 and do our work and open centres around the world. 725 00:47:58,343 --> 00:48:00,145 - [Man] Yeah, yeah. 726 00:48:00,145 --> 00:48:01,012 Yes, right. 727 00:48:01,980 --> 00:48:02,813 Ah, yeah. 728 00:48:04,282 --> 00:48:05,951 Yeah. 729 00:48:05,951 --> 00:48:06,784 - Ohm. 730 00:48:11,189 --> 00:48:15,093 (speaking in foreign language) 731 00:48:20,231 --> 00:48:23,268 The Gayatri mantra is very beautiful 732 00:48:23,268 --> 00:48:27,338 so long as it's chanted by someone other than me. 733 00:48:31,809 --> 00:48:35,746 (speaking in foreign language) 734 00:49:04,242 --> 00:49:07,078 These rituals at Mr Prakesh's offices 735 00:49:07,078 --> 00:49:09,614 are the start of the remedies proper. 736 00:49:09,614 --> 00:49:13,151 The first step is to pay homage to these incredible leaves 737 00:49:13,151 --> 00:49:15,987 that have been transcribed down through the centuries 738 00:49:15,987 --> 00:49:18,423 and hold the secrets of my past life, 739 00:49:18,423 --> 00:49:20,958 my present life and my destiny. 740 00:49:20,958 --> 00:49:23,794 And, of course, we bow to the great Maharishis 741 00:49:23,794 --> 00:49:27,965 whose incredible clairvoyance made all this possible. 742 00:49:33,038 --> 00:49:36,941 (speaking in foreign language) 743 00:50:18,749 --> 00:50:21,319 (bell ringing) 744 00:50:26,191 --> 00:50:30,095 (speaking in foreign language) 745 00:50:35,500 --> 00:50:38,736 Once this rather smoky procedure is complete, 746 00:50:38,736 --> 00:50:42,673 we can do my first major karmic remedy by doing something 747 00:50:42,673 --> 00:50:46,111 that will completely change a person's life. 748 00:50:46,111 --> 00:50:50,548 In India, the old and the destitute have no big pensions 749 00:50:50,548 --> 00:50:55,286 and welfare, but, if they own a cow, they are set up 750 00:50:55,286 --> 00:51:00,258 as it provides milk, fuel and a guaranteed income. 751 00:51:00,258 --> 00:51:04,429 Buying a cow at a good price from someone in debt 752 00:51:04,429 --> 00:51:07,965 can also free them from problems too. 753 00:51:07,965 --> 00:51:09,700 So let's go do a remedy. 754 00:51:09,700 --> 00:51:11,936 Let's buy a cow and a calf. 755 00:51:13,271 --> 00:51:16,941 For a few moments, we actually own a cow and a calf, 756 00:51:16,941 --> 00:51:18,409 part of the remedies. 757 00:51:18,409 --> 00:51:21,179 And we've also been waiting for the planets to move, 758 00:51:21,179 --> 00:51:22,880 for mercury to get in the right place 759 00:51:22,880 --> 00:51:25,082 for the right time to give this cow and calf away 760 00:51:25,082 --> 00:51:26,517 to a poor person. 761 00:51:28,853 --> 00:51:31,422 (horn honking) 762 00:51:33,591 --> 00:51:35,626 The lady's just arrived, she doesn't speak English, 763 00:51:35,626 --> 00:51:37,695 but she's a poor lady and we're gonna give her 764 00:51:37,695 --> 00:51:39,130 the cow and the calf. 765 00:51:39,130 --> 00:51:43,134 And, hopefully, they'll completely transform her life. 766 00:51:44,835 --> 00:51:47,838 If you directly do someone a good turn, 767 00:51:47,838 --> 00:51:51,942 they will often think good thoughts about you. 768 00:51:51,942 --> 00:51:56,113 We spiritualists believe that thoughts are things 769 00:51:56,113 --> 00:51:59,617 so that these positive thoughts will uplift the giver 770 00:51:59,617 --> 00:52:03,053 and also help to break their karmic bonds. 771 00:52:14,665 --> 00:52:17,368 - [Man] You guys can touch it and look at us 772 00:52:17,368 --> 00:52:19,637 and we'll take some photos. 773 00:52:31,482 --> 00:52:34,051 (gentle music) 774 00:52:40,358 --> 00:52:44,529 - [Craig] I'm feeling a little bit choked up actually. 775 00:52:48,666 --> 00:52:50,335 Very sensitive cow, I think. 776 00:52:50,335 --> 00:52:51,168 - [Man] Yeah. 777 00:52:51,168 --> 00:52:53,137 - Very sensitive. 778 00:52:53,137 --> 00:52:55,706 (gentle music) 779 00:53:22,700 --> 00:53:25,570 I found the whole action of giving the lady 780 00:53:25,570 --> 00:53:27,905 a cow and calf quite moving. 781 00:53:27,905 --> 00:53:30,841 Perhaps, it was energetic changes to my karma 782 00:53:30,841 --> 00:53:32,943 or maybe it was the feeling of honour 783 00:53:32,943 --> 00:53:36,281 that came from being able to do something so humbling. 784 00:53:36,281 --> 00:53:38,449 I changed a person's life. 785 00:53:38,449 --> 00:53:41,352 That's a big deal to take on board. 786 00:53:42,887 --> 00:53:47,658 (speaking in foreign language) 787 00:53:47,658 --> 00:53:50,261 (gentle music) 788 00:54:09,747 --> 00:54:10,748 Quite teary. 789 00:54:18,456 --> 00:54:19,290 Em. 790 00:54:22,360 --> 00:54:25,029 (horns honking) 791 00:54:30,801 --> 00:54:33,170 A few days ago, we got stuck on a dirt road 792 00:54:33,170 --> 00:54:35,239 on a mountainside with a boiling radiator 793 00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:36,841 and, now, we've got all the luggage coming off 794 00:54:36,841 --> 00:54:39,377 and trying to rope it back on from the car 795 00:54:39,377 --> 00:54:41,712 after leaving a ropey hotel. 796 00:54:43,781 --> 00:54:46,617 (energetic music) 797 00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:05,202 Now, for my next remedy. 798 00:55:07,004 --> 00:55:08,639 We strip to the waist. 799 00:55:08,639 --> 00:55:13,277 I reveal my flab to the world and we begin the ceremony. 800 00:55:13,277 --> 00:55:17,247 A great deal of preparation has gone into this ceremony 801 00:55:17,247 --> 00:55:20,418 and we have gathered together many special herbs 802 00:55:20,418 --> 00:55:22,086 from all over India. 803 00:55:23,287 --> 00:55:26,090 Everything here has been specially put together 804 00:55:26,090 --> 00:55:30,728 for the ceremony and will be dismantled afterwards. 805 00:55:30,728 --> 00:55:34,632 (speaking in foreign language) 806 00:55:46,377 --> 00:55:50,014 My finger is tied as a symbol of being connected 807 00:55:50,014 --> 00:55:53,050 to the benevolent powers from the gods. 808 00:55:53,050 --> 00:55:55,319 It's a bit like the tying of the knot 809 00:55:55,319 --> 00:55:58,423 from a pre-Christian wedding ceremony. 810 00:55:58,423 --> 00:56:01,892 I'm not sure why I have to bang my temples. 811 00:56:01,892 --> 00:56:04,562 Maybe an awakening of some kind? 812 00:56:05,996 --> 00:56:09,199 Next, I have to give my name, mother's name, 813 00:56:09,199 --> 00:56:12,537 father's name, wife's name and so on. 814 00:56:12,537 --> 00:56:16,441 (speaking in foreign language) 815 00:56:16,441 --> 00:56:17,442 Craig. 816 00:56:17,442 --> 00:56:18,843 - Craig. - Craig. 817 00:56:18,843 --> 00:56:20,545 - Craig. (speaking in foreign language) 818 00:56:20,545 --> 00:56:22,480 - Father's name. - Donald. 819 00:56:22,480 --> 00:56:24,482 - Huh? - Donald. 820 00:56:24,482 --> 00:56:25,550 Donald. 821 00:56:25,550 --> 00:56:27,718 (speaking in foreign language) 822 00:56:27,718 --> 00:56:28,686 Ethel. 823 00:56:28,686 --> 00:56:30,555 (speaking in foreign language) 824 00:56:30,555 --> 00:56:31,388 My wife? 825 00:56:32,590 --> 00:56:35,926 It strikes me that the names and their order 826 00:56:35,926 --> 00:56:38,463 are exactly the same as the details 827 00:56:38,463 --> 00:56:40,498 that were written in the Nadi leaves 828 00:56:40,498 --> 00:56:42,900 when I first consulted them. 829 00:56:42,900 --> 00:56:46,837 (speaking in foreign language) 830 00:56:50,775 --> 00:56:54,411 I tell the priest the information, but the Nadi oracle 831 00:56:54,411 --> 00:56:58,583 had known this information thousands of years ago. 832 00:57:00,485 --> 00:57:04,655 It gives me that eerie feeling that the ancient seers 833 00:57:04,655 --> 00:57:06,423 had seen this moment. 834 00:57:08,926 --> 00:57:12,863 (speaking in foreign language) 835 00:57:14,865 --> 00:57:18,669 Strange things run through my mind as we invoke the gods 836 00:57:18,669 --> 00:57:22,540 and I open myself to the hypnotic power of the rituals. 837 00:57:22,540 --> 00:57:24,509 (bell ringing) 838 00:57:24,509 --> 00:57:28,412 (speaking in foreign language) 839 00:57:35,319 --> 00:57:39,857 One priest gives fragrant flower offerings to the gods, 840 00:57:39,857 --> 00:57:43,728 while we prepare to cast 108 aromatic 841 00:57:43,728 --> 00:57:46,631 and medicinal herbs into the fires. 842 00:57:49,667 --> 00:57:52,803 First, I have to carry the fruit offerings clockwise 843 00:57:52,803 --> 00:57:54,572 round the temple. 844 00:57:54,572 --> 00:57:58,475 (speaking in foreign language) 845 00:58:09,186 --> 00:58:11,756 (bell ringing) 846 00:58:16,627 --> 00:58:20,197 These are now put to the consecrated fires. 847 00:58:21,866 --> 00:58:24,869 All this is to help me clear my past 848 00:58:24,869 --> 00:58:28,673 and ward off evil influences in the future. 849 00:58:28,673 --> 00:58:31,909 Like the phoenix, the spirit is reborn. 850 00:58:33,377 --> 00:58:37,281 As the fire burns so does my karmic debt. 851 00:58:37,281 --> 00:58:41,185 (speaking in foreign language) 852 00:58:43,888 --> 00:58:47,057 The residues from herbs and ambers of the fires 853 00:58:47,057 --> 00:58:50,961 are considered especially sacred and will be used to make 854 00:58:50,961 --> 00:58:55,132 a special paste that I can use later in times of need. 855 00:58:57,334 --> 00:59:01,839 I now bless the offerings that have been assembled. 856 00:59:01,839 --> 00:59:05,509 My soul has been baptised in the fire. 857 00:59:05,509 --> 00:59:08,545 As the sun is considered to be the source of life 858 00:59:08,545 --> 00:59:11,415 so fire is its agent on earth. 859 00:59:11,415 --> 00:59:14,151 I find this whole concept very inspiring 860 00:59:14,151 --> 00:59:17,688 as I feel it triggers deep down in my own conscious mind, 861 00:59:17,688 --> 00:59:21,759 feelings that put me directly in touch with archaic memories 862 00:59:21,759 --> 00:59:24,662 from mankind's ancient past. 863 00:59:24,662 --> 00:59:27,164 (tabla music) 864 00:59:37,074 --> 00:59:39,476 Some of the things I am placing in the fire 865 00:59:39,476 --> 00:59:41,846 are said to transmit medicinal smoke 866 00:59:41,846 --> 00:59:43,681 that cures lots of diseases. 867 00:59:43,681 --> 00:59:46,383 Some of these herbs are very rare indeed 868 00:59:46,383 --> 00:59:51,221 and found only in obscure areas of the Himalayas. 869 00:59:51,221 --> 00:59:55,125 (speaking in foreign language) 870 01:00:00,530 --> 01:00:03,100 (bell ringing) 871 01:01:00,925 --> 01:01:04,829 (speaking in foreign language) 872 01:01:22,612 --> 01:01:24,681 Geez, that's cold. 873 01:01:24,681 --> 01:01:27,651 I really am gasping for breath. 874 01:01:27,651 --> 01:01:30,554 Talk about an ice bucket challenge. 875 01:01:32,156 --> 01:01:34,759 (gentle music) 876 01:01:51,842 --> 01:01:53,477 - [Man] Stand up. 877 01:01:53,477 --> 01:01:55,012 - Well, that's it, done. 878 01:01:55,012 --> 01:01:58,382 Some of it took me by surprise, but I did feel 879 01:01:58,382 --> 01:02:02,452 that something was also happening on an energetic level, 880 01:02:02,452 --> 01:02:04,922 call it psychological, if you like, 881 01:02:04,922 --> 01:02:06,957 but I felt something going on 882 01:02:06,957 --> 01:02:09,359 in the very depths of my being, 883 01:02:09,359 --> 01:02:12,296 something that is really impossible to describe 884 01:02:12,296 --> 01:02:15,199 unless you've opened yourself to these things. 885 01:02:15,199 --> 01:02:17,467 Okay, well, I'm feeling quite extraordinary. 886 01:02:17,467 --> 01:02:19,736 I mean you don't do that very often, 887 01:02:19,736 --> 01:02:22,973 but, if I think about it, it's a bit really like a ritual 888 01:02:22,973 --> 01:02:26,844 of rebirth because the fire gets rid of the old. 889 01:02:26,844 --> 01:02:29,279 And then you're reborn by water upon you 890 01:02:29,279 --> 01:02:31,348 which is like rebirth in the womb. 891 01:02:31,348 --> 01:02:33,317 So, in a spiritual sense, it's something 892 01:02:33,317 --> 01:02:35,285 that's very, very ancient that would take you back 893 01:02:35,285 --> 01:02:36,653 to the most ancient time. 894 01:02:36,653 --> 01:02:39,289 So it's a very deep-rooted, unconscious ritual 895 01:02:39,289 --> 01:02:43,160 which I certainly feel this happened and worked somehow. 896 01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:45,529 My next remedy is to be conducted 897 01:02:45,529 --> 01:02:48,665 hundreds of miles away at Velankann. 898 01:02:48,665 --> 01:02:51,401 Before visiting more holy places and being thrown 899 01:02:51,401 --> 01:02:55,505 into more rituals, we take a stroll on the beach. 900 01:03:00,410 --> 01:03:02,913 (speaking in foreign language) 901 01:03:02,913 --> 01:03:05,082 Maybe I can buy an ice cream here? 902 01:03:05,082 --> 01:03:07,584 I just love the pageant of India. 903 01:03:07,584 --> 01:03:10,888 You can buy everything here except ice creams, 904 01:03:10,888 --> 01:03:11,956 maybe a goat. 905 01:03:13,390 --> 01:03:17,561 I love the way people get into the sea fully dressed. 906 01:03:17,561 --> 01:03:19,930 But, first, a walk along a delightful clean beach 907 01:03:19,930 --> 01:03:24,101 and broadwalk before visiting a few more temples for puja. 908 01:03:27,404 --> 01:03:30,774 Mr Prakesh tells me about this place and explains 909 01:03:30,774 --> 01:03:33,110 that it was badly hit by the tsunami 910 01:03:33,110 --> 01:03:36,046 on December the 26th 2004. 911 01:03:36,046 --> 01:03:39,083 People were bathing happily just like today, 912 01:03:39,083 --> 01:03:42,619 when the sea sunk back and then stampeded onto the shore, 913 01:03:42,619 --> 01:03:45,022 drowning thousands. 914 01:03:45,022 --> 01:03:48,758 The sea came right up these streets too and didn't stop 915 01:03:48,758 --> 01:03:52,930 until it got to the church I can see there in the distance. 916 01:03:55,399 --> 01:03:58,468 It is interesting how the Nadi remedies have asked me 917 01:03:58,468 --> 01:04:02,739 to also take in a Christian site as well as Hindu temples. 918 01:04:02,739 --> 01:04:06,043 This is in preparation for my next charitable work 919 01:04:06,043 --> 01:04:09,313 that will be part of the remedies. 920 01:04:09,313 --> 01:04:11,882 (gentle music) 921 01:04:21,992 --> 01:04:24,861 When you think about it, all religions 922 01:04:24,861 --> 01:04:27,064 are much the same at heart. 923 01:04:27,064 --> 01:04:30,434 Their messages are about love and service to others 924 01:04:30,434 --> 01:04:32,802 and they all believe in the one god 925 01:04:32,802 --> 01:04:35,705 - a god that is omnipresent, that is everywhere 926 01:04:35,705 --> 01:04:37,107 at the same time. 927 01:04:38,242 --> 01:04:40,044 And, just like the gods of India, 928 01:04:40,044 --> 01:04:44,514 the one God can take many forms and the universal truths 929 01:04:44,514 --> 01:04:47,217 are expressed through divinely charged saints, 930 01:04:47,217 --> 01:04:50,921 teachers, avatars, prophets and messiahs. 931 01:04:50,921 --> 01:04:53,457 It strikes me that they are all saying 932 01:04:53,457 --> 01:04:55,359 exactly the same thing. 933 01:04:59,729 --> 01:05:03,333 I've seen a lot of charitable acts while I've been in India. 934 01:05:03,333 --> 01:05:05,902 I've noticed that some of the poorest people I've met 935 01:05:05,902 --> 01:05:09,773 are the most generous of all and are only too keen to share 936 01:05:09,773 --> 01:05:11,775 the little they have with me. 937 01:05:11,775 --> 01:05:15,946 Now, it's my turn to do another of the prescribed remedies. 938 01:05:15,946 --> 01:05:19,849 When you feed a stranger, it is a powerful medicine, 939 01:05:19,849 --> 01:05:23,653 for not only do you help them, but their positive thoughts 940 01:05:23,653 --> 01:05:26,890 towards you help your own spirit to flower. 941 01:05:26,890 --> 01:05:29,393 It's an antidote to bad karma. 942 01:05:35,499 --> 01:05:38,002 (baby crying) 943 01:05:45,409 --> 01:05:47,911 It's five o'clock in the morning and I just finished 944 01:05:47,911 --> 01:05:50,514 my Hatha yoga and, now, we're going to do 945 01:05:50,514 --> 01:05:52,416 some meditation on the beach. 946 01:05:52,416 --> 01:05:54,318 This will be like a final rebirth. 947 01:05:54,318 --> 01:05:57,921 The sun coming up, showing the change of the personality 948 01:05:57,921 --> 01:06:00,790 and one's life due to the remedies. 949 01:06:02,892 --> 01:06:05,662 (dramatic music) 950 01:06:11,601 --> 01:06:14,371 After all these rituals, I hope my life, 951 01:06:14,371 --> 01:06:16,973 from now on, will run smoothly. 952 01:06:20,044 --> 01:06:22,746 It's getting to the point now that I'm really beginning 953 01:06:22,746 --> 01:06:25,515 to feel India seeping into my soul 954 01:06:25,515 --> 01:06:28,352 and causing huge inner changes. 955 01:06:28,352 --> 01:06:31,388 There's certainly a light dawning within me. 956 01:06:31,388 --> 01:06:34,058 I feel more and more focused within 957 01:06:34,058 --> 01:06:37,794 so that whatever happens sort of out there in the world 958 01:06:37,794 --> 01:06:41,398 is caused by what's happening in here in me. 959 01:06:41,398 --> 01:06:43,967 The nature of the self is like light, 960 01:06:43,967 --> 01:06:46,070 is joyful and happy. 961 01:06:46,070 --> 01:06:48,305 Once we are focused on the inner light, 962 01:06:48,305 --> 01:06:50,907 we need travel no further for we have found 963 01:06:50,907 --> 01:06:55,045 an unshakable happiness that nothing can harm 964 01:06:55,045 --> 01:06:58,448 need we ever move from this present moment. 965 01:06:58,448 --> 01:07:02,286 The past is gone, the future it seems is already set 966 01:07:02,286 --> 01:07:05,755 and may have already happened, but the present moment 967 01:07:05,755 --> 01:07:08,692 is God's gift and is there forever. 968 01:07:10,960 --> 01:07:13,963 There is something deeply spiritual about India. 969 01:07:13,963 --> 01:07:16,533 The official name of India is Bharat, 970 01:07:16,533 --> 01:07:20,204 which itself comes from the name of a god of fire and light, 971 01:07:20,204 --> 01:07:21,938 like the sun itself. 972 01:07:21,938 --> 01:07:25,242 Where else in the world would so many people gather 973 01:07:25,242 --> 01:07:28,011 every morning at a viewpoint like this one 974 01:07:28,011 --> 01:07:30,347 to simply watch the sunrise? 975 01:07:34,284 --> 01:07:37,187 As I wait, ready to set off to do my next series 976 01:07:37,187 --> 01:07:40,090 of rituals and remedies, dawn brings to mind 977 01:07:40,090 --> 01:07:43,460 notions of illumination and hope with a chance 978 01:07:43,460 --> 01:07:45,962 for happiness and improvement. 979 01:07:47,731 --> 01:07:50,367 The next remedy I have to do is to wash away 980 01:07:50,367 --> 01:07:53,203 the negative karma from my past lives. 981 01:07:53,203 --> 01:07:55,405 I've been travelling India to do a series 982 01:07:55,405 --> 01:07:58,908 of spiritual remedies that the Nadi astrologers have said 983 01:07:58,908 --> 01:08:03,247 is the result of my former life as an Indian Rishi. 984 01:08:03,247 --> 01:08:06,550 The rituals dictate that my first step today 985 01:08:06,550 --> 01:08:08,285 must be into the sea. 986 01:08:09,419 --> 01:08:11,988 (gentle music) 987 01:08:14,924 --> 01:08:19,363 My astrology guides are now taking me to new holy places 988 01:08:19,363 --> 01:08:22,766 to learn more of the philosophy of India. 989 01:08:25,802 --> 01:08:28,405 (gentle music) 990 01:09:18,522 --> 01:09:21,258 As I return to the mainland, my thoughts 991 01:09:21,258 --> 01:09:23,960 and feelings are elsewhere. 992 01:09:23,960 --> 01:09:27,163 The Nadi prophecies that have brought me on this journey 993 01:09:27,163 --> 01:09:30,767 are from another time, a time when people could see 994 01:09:30,767 --> 01:09:33,237 the future of all of us. 995 01:09:33,237 --> 01:09:35,972 I wonder what is in store for all of us 996 01:09:35,972 --> 01:09:38,575 travelling together in this life. 997 01:09:38,575 --> 01:09:41,845 We are told by many prophets that there will be cataclysmic 998 01:09:41,845 --> 01:09:44,848 things ahead, but our journey would take us 999 01:09:44,848 --> 01:09:49,018 from the spiritually dark ages into a brighter time. 1000 01:09:50,153 --> 01:09:52,656 The Vedic text say that many people will, 1001 01:09:52,656 --> 01:09:56,159 like I'm doing here, seek out their own salvation 1002 01:09:56,159 --> 01:09:59,529 and personal transformation and this will be free 1003 01:09:59,529 --> 01:10:02,632 of the dictates of sect, creed and cause 1004 01:10:02,632 --> 01:10:06,570 and will unite us all as one family of mankind. 1005 01:10:07,904 --> 01:10:10,474 (gentle music) 1006 01:10:26,155 --> 01:10:30,860 On my return from Rameswaram, I cross the Pamban Bridge 1007 01:10:30,860 --> 01:10:35,231 and I'm reminded that this area of shallow waters and reefs 1008 01:10:35,231 --> 01:10:39,303 connects in a thin line all the way to Sri Lanka. 1009 01:10:48,812 --> 01:10:51,648 Ahead of me, there's now a long journey. 1010 01:10:51,648 --> 01:10:54,284 I'm heading towards a temple on the way to do 1011 01:10:54,284 --> 01:10:56,753 the last of my karmic remedies. 1012 01:10:56,753 --> 01:11:00,156 It's been a punishing schedule, travelling day and night, 1013 01:11:00,156 --> 01:11:02,359 with journeys back and forth to fit in 1014 01:11:02,359 --> 01:11:04,894 with the best astrological conditions. 1015 01:11:04,894 --> 01:11:07,897 Driving in India is far from relaxing. 1016 01:11:07,897 --> 01:11:10,634 Sometimes it's a white knuckle ride on roads 1017 01:11:10,634 --> 01:11:14,804 that have huge potholes and sometimes come to abrupt stops. 1018 01:11:16,773 --> 01:11:19,509 Well, it looks like we've broken down again. 1019 01:11:19,509 --> 01:11:24,514 We've come a few hundred miles and we're in another garage. 1020 01:11:24,514 --> 01:11:28,418 (speaking in foreign language) 1021 01:11:43,433 --> 01:11:46,803 This our luxury Indian vehicle for the next few weeks. 1022 01:11:46,803 --> 01:11:48,304 The only optional extras you need 1023 01:11:48,304 --> 01:11:50,173 are air conditioning and a horn. 1024 01:11:50,173 --> 01:11:53,276 (horn honking) 1025 01:11:53,276 --> 01:11:55,612 Eventually, we're on our way again 1026 01:11:55,612 --> 01:11:58,014 and it's a long drive into the night. 1027 01:11:58,014 --> 01:12:00,216 I'm barely conscious as we speed 1028 01:12:00,216 --> 01:12:02,952 towards our next spiritual destination. 1029 01:12:02,952 --> 01:12:05,422 For me, this journey that's been dictated 1030 01:12:05,422 --> 01:12:09,826 by the Nadi oracles has brought me many spiritual changes, 1031 01:12:09,826 --> 01:12:12,762 but there's still many things on my mind. 1032 01:12:12,762 --> 01:12:15,765 There's a lot I need to understand and, in particular, 1033 01:12:15,765 --> 01:12:19,235 I need to ask Mr Prakesh, my astrological guide, 1034 01:12:19,235 --> 01:12:22,572 about the things that the ash covered Siddha yogi 1035 01:12:22,572 --> 01:12:25,442 said and what he predicted for me. 1036 01:12:25,442 --> 01:12:30,013 Maybe I will get a chance to ask when we get to the temple? 1037 01:12:30,013 --> 01:12:32,582 (gentle music) 1038 01:12:41,458 --> 01:12:45,395 Finally, we arrive at our destination and I feel as tired 1039 01:12:45,395 --> 01:12:48,031 and as exposed as these many stray dogs 1040 01:12:48,031 --> 01:12:50,434 that hang around this place. 1041 01:12:50,434 --> 01:12:53,136 I had no idea where I was being taken, 1042 01:12:53,136 --> 01:12:56,172 but I eventually find out that we are at another 1043 01:12:56,172 --> 01:12:58,207 tongue-twisting Shiva temple 1044 01:12:58,207 --> 01:13:00,977 called Brihadishvara in Thanjavur. 1045 01:13:02,412 --> 01:13:07,016 The locals call it the big temple which suits me fine. 1046 01:13:07,016 --> 01:13:10,954 The Nadi astrologer, Mr Prakesh, is now going to tell me 1047 01:13:10,954 --> 01:13:14,824 about what the Siddha Yogi, Maha Ananda Swami, 1048 01:13:14,824 --> 01:13:19,228 predicted for me when I touched his feet at the ashram. 1049 01:13:19,228 --> 01:13:23,032 Because we've now finished all the remedies 1050 01:13:23,032 --> 01:13:27,203 and we finished all the pujas and everything like that, 1051 01:13:29,205 --> 01:13:31,240 and we've been very lucky, haven't we? 1052 01:13:31,240 --> 01:13:32,275 - Yes. - Yeah. 1053 01:13:32,275 --> 01:13:36,212 (speaking in foreign language) 1054 01:13:52,261 --> 01:13:54,764 - He told you, for all the peoples, 1055 01:13:54,764 --> 01:13:57,000 he's just blessed you with one or two words. 1056 01:13:57,000 --> 01:13:58,702 But he told you a lot. 1057 01:13:58,702 --> 01:14:00,670 That is, your family will be good. 1058 01:14:00,670 --> 01:14:03,339 You won't have any separation in your family 1059 01:14:03,339 --> 01:14:05,909 and your business will be developed into high level, 1060 01:14:05,909 --> 01:14:09,178 but your destiny is to, you have to spend 1061 01:14:09,178 --> 01:14:13,883 your life in spirituality and to do service in spirituality. 1062 01:14:13,883 --> 01:14:15,485 You will be a famous person 1063 01:14:15,485 --> 01:14:18,387 and you will do service worldwide. 1064 01:14:18,387 --> 01:14:19,689 (speaking in foreign language) 1065 01:14:19,689 --> 01:14:22,592 You will have a long life, eternal life, 1066 01:14:22,592 --> 01:14:24,093 as blessed by him. 1067 01:14:25,461 --> 01:14:30,099 (speaking in foreign language) 1068 01:14:30,099 --> 01:14:34,270 In Tamil, he told us (speaking in foreign language) 1069 01:14:40,209 --> 01:14:42,879 Means he will live for a long period. 1070 01:14:42,879 --> 01:14:44,347 - Live for long period? - Yes. 1071 01:14:44,347 --> 01:14:45,849 - [Mr Prakesh] This is the blessing given to you. 1072 01:14:45,849 --> 01:14:49,018 - Didn't he say something also about building centres 1073 01:14:49,018 --> 01:14:50,253 and things like this? 1074 01:14:50,253 --> 01:14:51,454 - [Mr Prakesh] Yeah, that we told, no? 1075 01:14:51,454 --> 01:14:53,289 You will be a famous man, around the temples 1076 01:14:53,289 --> 01:14:55,559 you will do service, around the world. 1077 01:14:55,559 --> 01:14:59,195 That is, by spreading the centres, maybe. 1078 01:14:59,195 --> 01:15:01,064 Spiritual centres, maybe. 1079 01:15:01,064 --> 01:15:02,666 Nadi centres, maybe. 1080 01:15:02,666 --> 01:15:04,133 Like these things. 1081 01:15:04,133 --> 01:15:07,604 - This is so interesting because my very first Nadi reading, 1082 01:15:07,604 --> 01:15:11,474 that you know nothing about, said exactly that. 1083 01:15:11,474 --> 01:15:14,210 So it's come kind of full circle, you know. 1084 01:15:14,210 --> 01:15:16,012 The first things that I was told 1085 01:15:16,012 --> 01:15:19,182 and the last things I were told are the same. 1086 01:15:19,182 --> 01:15:23,386 So it sounds like destiny has played its part here, I think. 1087 01:15:25,421 --> 01:15:27,991 (gentle music) 1088 01:15:34,864 --> 01:15:37,667 I thought I was at the end of my journey, 1089 01:15:37,667 --> 01:15:41,571 but it seems the real journey is just beginning. 1090 01:15:41,571 --> 01:15:44,073 - What our temples (mumbles) 1091 01:15:44,073 --> 01:15:46,209 after getting some good things in our life, 1092 01:15:46,209 --> 01:15:51,180 after getting some blessings from them in your life, 1093 01:15:51,180 --> 01:15:53,349 is have a good development. 1094 01:15:53,349 --> 01:15:56,820 Once again, if you worship and thank the gods, 1095 01:15:56,820 --> 01:15:58,154 it will be good to your life. 1096 01:15:58,154 --> 01:15:59,623 (speaking in foreign language) 1097 01:15:59,623 --> 01:16:03,226 It will be highly (mumbles) 1098 01:16:05,662 --> 01:16:09,432 Giving, he says, good potential, performance, 1099 01:16:10,734 --> 01:16:12,568 to the other gods. 1100 01:16:12,568 --> 01:16:14,838 (speaking in foreign language) 1101 01:16:14,838 --> 01:16:17,306 - [Craig] Maybe they are just flatteringly me, 1102 01:16:17,306 --> 01:16:21,811 but all this was already told to me by other Nadi readers 1103 01:16:21,811 --> 01:16:25,014 that are unknown to my new friends here. 1104 01:16:25,014 --> 01:16:27,516 - And then after fetching all those things, 1105 01:16:27,516 --> 01:16:29,185 it will be good to you. 1106 01:16:29,185 --> 01:16:31,320 (speaking in foreign language) 1107 01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:32,722 God will watch you at all times. 1108 01:16:32,722 --> 01:16:33,556 - Yes. 1109 01:16:34,758 --> 01:16:37,694 - God will watch me at all times. 1110 01:16:37,694 --> 01:16:39,528 What a lovely thought. 1111 01:16:41,798 --> 01:16:44,400 (gentle music) 1112 01:16:57,847 --> 01:17:02,351 What an amazing place to get such spiritual messages. 1113 01:17:02,351 --> 01:17:06,656 In fact, the temple walls are covered in Tamil messages 1114 01:17:06,656 --> 01:17:08,424 to and from the gods. 1115 01:17:10,894 --> 01:17:13,763 This lovely place has the feeling of being 1116 01:17:13,763 --> 01:17:15,832 in some heavenly world. 1117 01:17:15,832 --> 01:17:18,768 The beautiful carvings and the way the soft light 1118 01:17:18,768 --> 01:17:21,404 plays on the stone feels like I'm walking 1119 01:17:21,404 --> 01:17:23,572 through an ethereal place. 1120 01:17:31,981 --> 01:17:35,651 Inside, there's a god to get blessings from. 1121 01:17:44,160 --> 01:17:46,362 And when it comes to Shiva lingams, 1122 01:17:46,362 --> 01:17:49,032 this place goes for it big time. 1123 01:17:50,233 --> 01:17:53,402 My mum would call it a wholesale outlet. 1124 01:17:56,172 --> 01:17:59,575 What I find most interesting is the Tamil writing 1125 01:17:59,575 --> 01:18:01,210 carved on the walls. 1126 01:18:01,210 --> 01:18:04,347 This temple is over one thousand years old 1127 01:18:04,347 --> 01:18:07,683 and the inscriptions are in old Tamil, 1128 01:18:07,683 --> 01:18:12,355 which is a simpler form of writing with no flourishes. 1129 01:18:12,355 --> 01:18:14,924 (gentle music) 1130 01:18:18,461 --> 01:18:22,365 Gopi tells me all about this and how many of these walls 1131 01:18:22,365 --> 01:18:24,968 have similar remedies to the ones 1132 01:18:24,968 --> 01:18:28,271 that are shown in the Nadi leaves. 1133 01:18:28,271 --> 01:18:30,874 (gentle music) 1134 01:18:43,486 --> 01:18:46,455 It makes me think that the Rishis who wrote these leaves 1135 01:18:46,455 --> 01:18:50,827 may have also known about places like this. 1136 01:18:50,827 --> 01:18:53,396 (gentle music) 1137 01:18:57,433 --> 01:19:01,137 They say that this place was impossible to build 1138 01:19:01,137 --> 01:19:03,639 with the technology of the time. 1139 01:19:03,639 --> 01:19:07,210 It is all made of granite and the capstone at the top 1140 01:19:07,210 --> 01:19:10,079 of the temple weighs over 80 tonnes 1141 01:19:10,079 --> 01:19:14,183 and legends say that the ancients used magic mantras 1142 01:19:14,183 --> 01:19:16,352 to levitate it into place. 1143 01:19:18,321 --> 01:19:20,924 (upbeat music) 1144 01:20:13,676 --> 01:20:14,878 One more tea. 1145 01:20:14,878 --> 01:20:17,480 Maybe I can get a loyalty card? 1146 01:20:18,915 --> 01:20:23,052 And I'll have some of your best cuisine to go, please. 1147 01:20:24,320 --> 01:20:26,890 (upbeat music) 1148 01:20:30,293 --> 01:20:32,962 Another journey, another garage. 1149 01:20:34,363 --> 01:20:36,933 (upbeat music) 1150 01:20:44,673 --> 01:20:47,476 There is actually one more last remedy to perform 1151 01:20:47,476 --> 01:20:49,478 and I have a feeling that this is going to be one 1152 01:20:49,478 --> 01:20:53,149 of the most emotionally testing experiences. 1153 01:20:55,651 --> 01:20:58,287 This is a hospice that's mainly for mentally 1154 01:20:58,287 --> 01:21:01,524 and physically challenged children and I know that they keep 1155 01:21:01,524 --> 01:21:03,459 things on a shoestring. 1156 01:21:03,459 --> 01:21:08,231 My last astrological prescribed remedy is to feed them. 1157 01:21:08,231 --> 01:21:11,234 (people chattering) 1158 01:21:24,813 --> 01:21:26,916 - [Man] Yes, that's good. 1159 01:21:39,628 --> 01:21:42,631 - [Craig] Doing this makes me think of Jane back home. 1160 01:21:42,631 --> 01:21:46,402 For seven years, she was a psychiatric nurse for children 1161 01:21:46,402 --> 01:21:48,704 and did lots of work like this. 1162 01:21:48,704 --> 01:21:51,640 It's kind of a strange coincidence. 1163 01:22:01,250 --> 01:22:05,421 I'm thinking of my own children and grandchildren. 1164 01:22:08,857 --> 01:22:11,460 (gentle music) 1165 01:22:18,401 --> 01:22:21,570 What lessons we can learn from these shining eyes. 1166 01:22:21,570 --> 01:22:24,040 How I'd love it if there were more people in my profession, 1167 01:22:24,040 --> 01:22:26,342 that is astrologers, psychics and mediums, 1168 01:22:26,342 --> 01:22:29,112 which would be less concerned about money and kudos 1169 01:22:29,112 --> 01:22:31,114 to actually use some of the proceeds 1170 01:22:31,114 --> 01:22:34,817 from their spiritual work to help people. 1171 01:22:34,817 --> 01:22:37,386 (gentle music) 1172 01:23:03,179 --> 01:23:04,847 - [Child] Thank you. 1173 01:23:16,259 --> 01:23:20,163 (speaking in foreign language) 1174 01:24:07,376 --> 01:24:12,115 - I've now been asked to open the new Nadi centre. 1175 01:24:12,115 --> 01:24:14,683 (gentle music) 1176 01:24:15,551 --> 01:24:17,019 Put this here? 1177 01:24:17,019 --> 01:24:19,522 - [Man] And you can take this. 1178 01:24:19,522 --> 01:24:20,923 They are blessing you. 1179 01:24:20,923 --> 01:24:25,094 And you can take some (speaking in foreign language) 1180 01:24:33,636 --> 01:24:36,205 (gentle music) 1181 01:24:39,975 --> 01:24:42,010 - They treat me like family. 1182 01:24:42,010 --> 01:24:46,081 They have good hearts that shows in their smiles. 1183 01:24:47,082 --> 01:24:49,685 (gentle music) 1184 01:25:06,835 --> 01:25:09,372 Poor people from the village have been invited 1185 01:25:09,372 --> 01:25:13,276 to an al fresco dining on the rooftop. 1186 01:25:13,276 --> 01:25:15,144 If you want to clear your own path 1187 01:25:15,144 --> 01:25:18,781 then there is nothing better than to physically put food 1188 01:25:18,781 --> 01:25:20,883 on a poor person's plate. 1189 01:25:22,318 --> 01:25:26,054 It's all so very, very easy, just get out there and do it. 1190 01:25:27,690 --> 01:25:30,793 And, even if you think that all this astrology 1191 01:25:30,793 --> 01:25:35,231 is just a load of hocus-pocus, you can't deny that this path 1192 01:25:35,231 --> 01:25:38,801 we are following here is helping the world. 1193 01:25:50,446 --> 01:25:54,049 (speaking in foreign language) 1194 01:25:54,049 --> 01:25:55,851 I've come here now to do the opening 1195 01:25:55,851 --> 01:25:58,254 of the new Shiva Nadi Centre. 1196 01:25:59,688 --> 01:26:01,557 These are the people that did my leaves originally 1197 01:26:01,557 --> 01:26:03,426 and it's a great honour to be doing this really 1198 01:26:03,426 --> 01:26:07,095 because when I first consulted the Nadi, 1199 01:26:07,095 --> 01:26:10,098 I wanted to find a way that I could do my mediumistic 1200 01:26:10,098 --> 01:26:12,601 and my spiritual work free of charge. 1201 01:26:12,601 --> 01:26:14,603 And it's kind of worked out really 1202 01:26:14,603 --> 01:26:17,005 because this is what the Nadi people are doing. 1203 01:26:17,005 --> 01:26:18,641 We're doing it for free. 1204 01:26:18,641 --> 01:26:20,843 There's no hidden... 1205 01:26:20,843 --> 01:26:22,411 There's no upsell or anything like that. 1206 01:26:22,411 --> 01:26:24,447 This is done for free to help people. 1207 01:26:24,447 --> 01:26:27,550 And, even here, people are being fed as I speak 1208 01:26:27,550 --> 01:26:30,085 and we're going to do a wonderful opening 1209 01:26:30,085 --> 01:26:33,322 and I'm really looking forward to this. 1210 01:26:37,059 --> 01:26:40,263 I pass through the auspicious banana tree gate 1211 01:26:40,263 --> 01:26:42,498 that they've made specially for this occasion 1212 01:26:42,498 --> 01:26:44,333 and take the scissors. 1213 01:26:45,734 --> 01:26:50,473 I now open the puja area where the prayers are given. 1214 01:26:50,473 --> 01:26:52,308 (crowd applauding) 1215 01:26:52,308 --> 01:26:54,943 I declare this Nadi Centre open 1216 01:26:54,943 --> 01:26:57,246 for the benefit of all. 1217 01:26:57,246 --> 01:27:00,082 My hope is that, just as some of the Nadi readers 1218 01:27:00,082 --> 01:27:02,418 are trying to counteract the ripoff merchants 1219 01:27:02,418 --> 01:27:06,589 in their industry, so too I may be able to set an example 1220 01:27:06,589 --> 01:27:09,658 to Western astrologers, psychics and mediums 1221 01:27:09,658 --> 01:27:11,827 to clean up our act. 1222 01:27:11,827 --> 01:27:16,632 It's okay to earn a living, but also try to put a bit back 1223 01:27:16,632 --> 01:27:18,834 and encourage your clients to join 1224 01:27:18,834 --> 01:27:21,069 in the charitable work too. 1225 01:27:21,069 --> 01:27:23,472 In this way, we all clear the karma 1226 01:27:23,472 --> 01:27:25,974 and have more fortunate lives. 1227 01:27:27,776 --> 01:27:28,911 - [Man] Yes, ready? 1228 01:27:28,911 --> 01:27:29,978 - Shall I say something? 1229 01:27:29,978 --> 01:27:31,246 - Yes. - Yes. 1230 01:27:31,246 --> 01:27:33,749 - May this thrive and may it help everybody 1231 01:27:33,749 --> 01:27:37,019 and may it prosper and may people find themselves, 1232 01:27:37,019 --> 01:27:41,189 their fortunes, their destiny and find their divine self. 1233 01:27:45,861 --> 01:27:46,929 - [Man] Yeah. 1234 01:27:52,267 --> 01:27:56,171 (speaking in foreign language) 1235 01:28:17,693 --> 01:28:20,295 (bell ringing) 1236 01:28:27,670 --> 01:28:31,273 - [Craig] As a final honour, Mr Prakesh is going to give me 1237 01:28:31,273 --> 01:28:34,443 some lessons in reading the Nadi leaves. 1238 01:28:34,443 --> 01:28:36,979 You don't have to be clairvoyant to do this 1239 01:28:36,979 --> 01:28:39,782 as it's simply a matter of reading the predictions 1240 01:28:39,782 --> 01:28:41,550 and remedies that were written 1241 01:28:41,550 --> 01:28:44,620 in these leaves thousands of years ago. 1242 01:28:44,620 --> 01:28:49,291 Carbon dating shows the leaves to be about 500 years old, 1243 01:28:49,291 --> 01:28:52,761 but the claim is that they have been copied and recopied 1244 01:28:52,761 --> 01:28:56,665 hundreds of times over many thousands of years. 1245 01:29:00,168 --> 01:29:02,471 He charts the Tamil text to the leaves 1246 01:29:02,471 --> 01:29:04,172 and they're translated. 1247 01:29:04,172 --> 01:29:07,510 Listen carefully, this randomly selected leaf 1248 01:29:07,510 --> 01:29:08,977 could be yours. 1249 01:29:08,977 --> 01:29:12,881 (speaking in foreign language) 1250 01:29:19,955 --> 01:29:21,490 - [Man] Your parents are alive? 1251 01:29:21,490 --> 01:29:22,658 - [Craig] Yes. 1252 01:29:23,559 --> 01:29:25,994 (speaking in foreign language) 1253 01:29:25,994 --> 01:29:28,697 - [Man] It is common, we are telling in common. 1254 01:29:28,697 --> 01:29:31,867 Whatever we are telling to the clients 1255 01:29:33,235 --> 01:29:35,571 when really that is to be done here. 1256 01:29:35,571 --> 01:29:36,505 - [Craig] Okay. 1257 01:29:36,505 --> 01:29:40,342 (speaking in foreign language) 1258 01:29:51,787 --> 01:29:53,388 - [Man] Your second name is Elona. 1259 01:29:53,388 --> 01:29:56,492 - [Man] Second name is Elona. 1260 01:29:56,492 --> 01:29:59,161 First husband is separated. 1261 01:29:59,161 --> 01:30:03,098 (speaking in foreign language) 1262 01:30:05,033 --> 01:30:06,635 - The Nadi palm leaves are all based 1263 01:30:06,635 --> 01:30:09,505 around astrology and they tell you information 1264 01:30:09,505 --> 01:30:13,241 about yourself and, based upon what you've done 1265 01:30:13,241 --> 01:30:15,944 in past lives, determines what will happen 1266 01:30:15,944 --> 01:30:18,013 to you now and in the future. 1267 01:30:18,013 --> 01:30:19,582 And, of course, we're not going to be stuck 1268 01:30:19,582 --> 01:30:21,049 with a bad karma. 1269 01:30:21,049 --> 01:30:23,586 The idea of the leaves is that through a remedy, 1270 01:30:23,586 --> 01:30:26,421 we can change the bad karma and make it less 1271 01:30:26,421 --> 01:30:28,691 and up and increase the good karma 1272 01:30:28,691 --> 01:30:33,629 by doing various good actions and spiritual rituals. 1273 01:30:33,629 --> 01:30:35,864 When a person consults the Nadi leaves, 1274 01:30:35,864 --> 01:30:37,966 if they're unable to come and do the rituals, 1275 01:30:37,966 --> 01:30:40,368 they can have someone else do them by proxy. 1276 01:30:40,368 --> 01:30:42,137 So a feeding can be done 1277 01:30:42,137 --> 01:30:46,208 or the temple rituals can be done by somebody else, 1278 01:30:46,208 --> 01:30:49,945 but it's far more powerful and far more meaningful 1279 01:30:49,945 --> 01:30:54,049 to a person if they actually come here and do it themselves. 1280 01:30:54,049 --> 01:30:57,352 And, even though for me it's been a hard and long journey 1281 01:30:57,352 --> 01:31:01,557 and a hard trip across some very rural areas of India, 1282 01:31:01,557 --> 01:31:04,927 I think it's really worth it to actually get out there 1283 01:31:04,927 --> 01:31:06,895 and do it yourself. 1284 01:31:06,895 --> 01:31:09,898 The physical journeys over and, now, I'm reflecting 1285 01:31:09,898 --> 01:31:12,334 on the inner journey that's happened to me, 1286 01:31:12,334 --> 01:31:16,104 the changes that have taken place in my soul. 1287 01:31:17,239 --> 01:31:19,642 As a typical Westerner visiting India, 1288 01:31:19,642 --> 01:31:22,645 I feel conscious that I have come from a country 1289 01:31:22,645 --> 01:31:26,715 of great materialism and comforts where spirituality 1290 01:31:26,715 --> 01:31:30,886 has been lost and is now replaced by rampant rationality. 1291 01:31:32,054 --> 01:31:34,523 If India's temples crumble to dust 1292 01:31:34,523 --> 01:31:36,625 and its teachings where ever lost, 1293 01:31:36,625 --> 01:31:40,262 how poorer still would the world become. 1294 01:31:40,262 --> 01:31:42,831 (gentle music) 1295 01:31:45,868 --> 01:31:47,803 The writing is on the wall. 1296 01:31:47,803 --> 01:31:51,840 We all know that the world is heading towards catastrophe 1297 01:31:51,840 --> 01:31:54,442 if we do not change our ways. 1298 01:31:54,442 --> 01:31:58,246 And, perhaps, these Nadi teachings are there to help us 1299 01:31:58,246 --> 01:32:01,850 to put a brake on materialism and to rediscover 1300 01:32:01,850 --> 01:32:05,220 a spiritual heritage that's there for everyone, 1301 01:32:05,220 --> 01:32:08,891 no matter what your religion or nationality. 1302 01:32:10,192 --> 01:32:12,761 (gentle music) 1303 01:32:17,265 --> 01:32:21,003 The Promethean fires still burn and the lost knowledge 1304 01:32:21,003 --> 01:32:24,973 of the ancients is still there for us to discover. 1305 01:32:24,973 --> 01:32:27,209 Treading where holy men have walked 1306 01:32:27,209 --> 01:32:31,413 reminds me that this has been an inner journey. 1307 01:32:31,413 --> 01:32:35,083 My destiny has been predicted and I have been helped 1308 01:32:35,083 --> 01:32:38,921 by the astrologers and their teachings to understand better 1309 01:32:38,921 --> 01:32:42,758 the reason I have been placed upon this earth. 1310 01:32:45,694 --> 01:32:48,964 The teachings are as old as the hills. 1311 01:32:48,964 --> 01:32:53,035 The oracle that inspired me is thousands of years old 1312 01:32:53,035 --> 01:32:56,038 and yet there is nothing really new. 1313 01:32:57,305 --> 01:32:59,708 It's the same journey we take now 1314 01:32:59,708 --> 01:33:02,010 as the ancients had to take, 1315 01:33:02,010 --> 01:33:04,079 We just need to have the courage 1316 01:33:04,079 --> 01:33:07,082 to open into the divinity within us. 1317 01:33:08,483 --> 01:33:12,520 In every face I see is a little of that Divine Light 1318 01:33:12,520 --> 01:33:15,824 that India's teachings take us towards. 1319 01:33:15,824 --> 01:33:18,861 Spiritual teachings are not just something remote, 1320 01:33:18,861 --> 01:33:23,598 but are anchored in every day life in the things we do. 1321 01:33:23,598 --> 01:33:27,770 There can be worship even in the simplest of work. 1322 01:33:28,971 --> 01:33:32,574 We are all evolving not just as physical beings, 1323 01:33:32,574 --> 01:33:34,542 but spiritually too. 1324 01:33:34,542 --> 01:33:37,813 The teachings tell us that our soul has evolved 1325 01:33:37,813 --> 01:33:41,483 from animal into human and our time on earth now, 1326 01:33:41,483 --> 01:33:45,654 in human form, is an opportunity to become fully awakened 1327 01:33:47,022 --> 01:33:49,958 and that's why so many take to the spiritual path, 1328 01:33:49,958 --> 01:33:54,129 touch the feet of gurus and seek the solace of meditation. 1329 01:33:59,501 --> 01:34:02,270 I have thrown myself into mystic India 1330 01:34:02,270 --> 01:34:06,441 and undertaken rituals that many would find perplexing. 1331 01:34:07,910 --> 01:34:11,513 I have had the blessings of the gods and of holy people 1332 01:34:11,513 --> 01:34:15,617 and holy places and have done many rituals to open 1333 01:34:15,617 --> 01:34:19,454 the path that the oracle predicts will happen. 1334 01:34:22,691 --> 01:34:25,060 Some of this has been a cultural shock, 1335 01:34:25,060 --> 01:34:28,230 but I feel that it is leading me to the light. 1336 01:34:28,230 --> 01:34:31,767 My adventure has taken me thousands of miles across India 1337 01:34:31,767 --> 01:34:35,938 and I have enjoyed places that few westerners visit. 1338 01:34:37,405 --> 01:34:41,009 But it has taught me also the importance of charity. 1339 01:34:41,009 --> 01:34:43,678 As we give to others, their good thoughts 1340 01:34:43,678 --> 01:34:47,515 projected towards us help us to evolve too. 1341 01:34:47,515 --> 01:34:52,054 It's a win-win situation and, of course, helping others 1342 01:34:52,054 --> 01:34:56,691 is part of the Christian message too and the Muslim message 1343 01:34:56,691 --> 01:34:59,694 and the Buddhist and Jewish message. 1344 01:35:02,064 --> 01:35:05,667 I think I have learned that there is not much difference 1345 01:35:05,667 --> 01:35:07,469 between it all. 1346 01:35:07,469 --> 01:35:10,272 It's an adventure doing spiritual things 1347 01:35:10,272 --> 01:35:12,841 and, when people get really helped 1348 01:35:12,841 --> 01:35:15,610 and you see their lives quickly change, 1349 01:35:15,610 --> 01:35:17,679 it opens your heart wide. 1350 01:35:19,214 --> 01:35:23,752 Will all these strange astrological remedies change things? 1351 01:35:23,752 --> 01:35:27,322 I have done the rituals and I've burned the karma. 1352 01:35:27,322 --> 01:35:30,592 I have thrown the past into the flames. 1353 01:35:34,763 --> 01:35:38,533 I have taken my journey and explored my soul. 1354 01:35:38,533 --> 01:35:41,136 I have cut the ties with my karma 1355 01:35:41,136 --> 01:35:43,571 and now a new destiny awaits. 1356 01:35:47,542 --> 01:35:49,411 India's just the start. 1357 01:35:49,411 --> 01:35:52,915 Indian culture believes that it goes back 10,000 years 1358 01:35:52,915 --> 01:35:56,384 to an ancient lost knowledge and that same lost knowledge 1359 01:35:56,384 --> 01:35:59,855 is in other cultures, other religions, other beliefs 1360 01:35:59,855 --> 01:36:02,858 so come with me on my next adventure. 1361 01:36:07,495 --> 01:36:10,165 (upbeat music)