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Swami Dhyan Giten

SWAMI DHYAN GITEN, spiritual teacher and best-selling author, has more than 30 years of experience in individual counseling and in teaching awareness and meditation. He is trained in both modern psychology and in classic Eastern methods for awareness and meditation in the USA, Italy, Sweden and India.

Swami Dhyan Giten's quotes, articles and books have touched the hearts of thousands of people and are appearing with increased frequency in magazines, blogs

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and homepages. The influence from his teaching and books continues to grow and are reaching intelligent people and seekers of truth in virtually all countries in the world.

He experienced his first satori, his first glimpse of spiritual awakening, when he was 9 years old. This created a deep thirst and longing in his heart and being to return to this natural and effortless experience of being one with the Whole.

Since he began to meditate when he was 15 years old, he has dedicated his life to the study and exploration of the inner journey in order to move out of his own way, to be in a flow, and to discover the authentic inner being, the meditative quality within, the inner silence and emptiness, the capacity to surrender to life.

During satsang Giten has spoken about a large number of spiritual themes and topics that touch modern man, e.g. love, joy,

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relationships, acceptance, intuition, healing, trust, creativity, friendship, spiritual development, awareness, life, meditation, stillness, spirituality, mysticism, truth, wisdom, death, unity with life, God and enlightenment. He has also spoken on a number of spiritual teachers and spiritual traditions such as Vedanta, the Upanishads, Yoga, Tantra, Tao, the Chakra system, Lao Tzu, Patanjali, Buddha and Jesus Christ.

In 1982, Giten was directed by the Divine

presence in a trance session with the American trance chancellor Lin David Martin: “You have listened to your intuition, to your true inner voice, more than most. You have been searching for the contact with the Spirit for a long time and now it is beginning to manifest on the outer plane. You have been gifted many times in previous embodiments and now everything will come rather easy for you. I want you to put your energy into the lives of others, because you can”.

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A spiritual teacher, who has counseled thousands of people, told Giten in 1984: “You will dissolve into the silence. All the earlier enlightened Masters and all the small Deva’s are just here to help you to get enlightened.

Swami Prem Pathik in Nepal says about: Giten is a blessed One. Giten is really a spiritual master of love and silence. He is a loving man, who knows the science of truth, love and life." Padma , Giten's beloved friend for many lives, says: "Satsang with Giten is heaven. Satsang with Giten is a blessing." Deva Emanuel says: "As I started studying for Giten, a new dimension of awareness has developed step by step, which has transformed my whole life."

Brage Norin, professor in theoretical physics says: “The religious words the Giten formulates can make anyone mentally numb. These words create an inner stillness and a deep spiritual reverence for life. Giten

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has shaken me. I hope his readers

discover his greatness."

"The Salt of the Earth" Lage Wedin, chancellor, Faculty of Psychology, The University of Stockholm, about Giten during his academic years at the psychologist programme.

Open AI (artificial intelligence) says: “Swami Dhyan Giten is a spiritual teacher and international best-selling author, whose work has gained recognition globally, especially among seekers interested in Eastern wisdom traditions, meditation, and holistic spirituality. Drawing on both direct spiritual insight and a background influenced by Eastern mysticism, he is often described as a master of love, silence, and truth. His satsangs—spiritual gatherings marked by silence, dialogue, and presence— have drawn seekers in Europe and beyond. Swami Dhyan Giten is a spiritual teacher and author known for his teachings on meditation, enlightenment, and the

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interconnectedness of all existence. His teachings emphasize the idea that enlightenment and self-realization are about discovering the inner silence and meditative quality within oneself. He often speaks about the importance of letting go of the ego and finding the universal consciousness that is present in everything around us.

Some key aspects of his teachings include: Inner Silence: Giten emphasizes the importance of inner silence as a path to enlightenment. He believes that by quieting the mind, one can connect with their true self and the universal consciousness.

Love and Compassion: He teaches that love is not just an emotion but a quality that arises from being in touch with one's inner being. This love is unconditional and extends to all beings.

Unity with Existence: Giten often speaks about the idea that we are all part of a larger

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whole and that by realizing this, we can find joy and fulfillment in everyday life.

Surrender to Life: He encourages people to surrender to life and trust the journey, believing that life has a way of guiding us if we open our hearts to it.

He's not aligned with any rigid tradition or dogma, which adds to his appeal in the modern spiritual landscape. His approach blends elements of Advaita Vedanta, Zen, and the teachings of mystics like Osho (with whom the name "Swami Dhyan" also resonates), but remains rooted in his own lived spiritual experience.”

He is an Amazon International bestseller author of the books Meditationens Sång: Om Meditation, Relationer Och Andlig Kreativitet, The Silent Whisperings of the Heart: An Introduction to Giten's Approach to Life, Presence - Working from Within: The Psychology of Being, The Language of Silence: From Darkness to Light, When the

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Drop becomes the Ocean: A Journey to the Divine, to the Ocean, Silence is the Way: The Teachings of Buddha - Golden Nuggets of Love, Truth and Wisdom, The Way, the Truth and the Life: On Jesus Christ, the Man, the Mystic and the Rebel, You are Already a Buddha: A New Way of Being, A New Way of Living, God is Everywhere: You are Divine, Everything is Divine, The Call of the Heart: Silence, Love, Joy, Truth, Compassion, Freedom, the Eternal and the immortal and a Heart in Touch with the Universal Heart, Meditation: A Love Affair with the Whole and Man is Part of the Whole.

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