Month: July 2016

Written by Reva Gupta

1^st Experience

Flurry of Energy

In my life I tried many times to look for a True Guru but every time the search was in vain! One day, I said to my husband, Kamal, “Now it’s useless trying, it does not seem to be that we will find our Guru in this lifetime and we may have to leave this current life without finding one.” Well! God had other plans this time. He heard our prayers and showered His Grace on us!

I have two daughters – Richa and Kanika. Those days my elder daughter was living in Pune. One day she called me and asked me, “Mumma do you know that Sumit bhaiya has a Guru?” Sumit is my nephew. To this question I replied in the negative. Then she told me that she had read a post from Sumit on Facebook that had a mention of a Guru.

After our phone conversation, Richa immediately called him up and asked him if he had got a Guru to which Sumit responded he had. Richa asked Sumit why he hadn’t mentioned about his Guru to her parents – meaning to me and my husband, as we had been searching for a Guru for a very long time!!! To this Sumit replied, “Maybe their time hadn’t come and at the right time, they would naturally get to know!” So, time kept passing by!

In the meantime Richa got pregnant and she was advised bed-rest due to some complications. Then she spoke to Sumit. He assured her that all would be well. He comforted her that her problem would be resolved and that she should receive Shaktipath from his friend named Manish who is a shaktipat initiate of Mohanji and was located in Pune, too. Richa coordinated with Manish and he came to her house to give her Shaktipath.

During these days, I wanted to be with Richa and one day I reached her home, all by myself. That night I told Richa that there was a pleasant breeze blowing through the lobby and that I would like to sleep there. The bedding was arranged on the floor and I lied down there. After some time, I received so much of energy there that I felt that all my exhaustion from the travel disappeared and my heart started dancing with joy and I felt like laughing loudly!!! I wasn’t able to sleep the whole night! When Richa came to me in the morning, I was already awake and as fresh as a flower. I asked her what had been there at that specific spot in the house to which Richa replied, “Nothing mom, why what happened?”  I told her, “Something is surely here, the vibration of that spot is fantastic” and I related the night’s experience to her. Then Richa shared with me that sitting at that particular spot was where she had received Shaktipath from Mohanji’s disciple Manish. I was astonished on hearing this! I thought to myself, “If the Shaktipath of a disciple has such a high energy and vibrations then what must it feel like to be in the proximity of his Guru!”

This was my first experience of Mohanji before meeting him.

2^nd Experience

Doubts

One day I called up Sumit from Pune and told him that I also wanted Shaktipath.  Sumit said that Manish would come to give the Shaktipath. One week later Manish came to Richa’s home and gave me the Shaktipath and also shared with us some of his new experiences with Guruji.  After this I did meditation at Richa’s home every night. Time flew and after one month I came back to Jammu. I continued my meditation practice there. One day, I was alone in the afternoon and I thought to meditate. As soon as I sat on the chair and was about to start the Power of Purity CD, a doubt came to my mind as to whether I had taken the right decision to make a Guru and that maybe I should have cross-checked thoroughly before doing so. Immediately, in a loud voice I called out to Mohanji and said that if He was a true Guru then He ought to give me a sign. The moment I uttered this, my chair shook strongly as if somebody held it from behind and shook it. At first I thought this is the sign from Guruji but the next instant, my mind continued to doubt and thought I must have imagined it. I requested again for a sign. After a while, I heard a loud cough and I thought this was the sign yet my doubtful mind wouldn’t believe. So again I loudly said, “Not like this Guruji, give me a solid proof.”  The moment I asked for this, I was stupefied to see that Guruji manifested himself before me and sat cross-legged on the floor, He was wearing orange clothes, I just couldn’t believe my eyes!!! And then he vanished and I was left completely bewildered! After a while I came to my senses and thought Guruji had indeed given me a solid proof. Or was it my mind’s illusion? The next moment I thought that I should message Him and ask. Immediately I messaged Him and asked, “Guruji, were You here?” and He gently replied, “How many times you tested me, even now you can’t believe?”  How my mind played the doubting game!

Mohanji, you showed mercy on me and took me under Your fold,

I didn’t understand Your Grace,

O Sat Guru! You showed me the path of devotion,

But my mind continued wandering in the world,

My restless mind,

Can’t express the depth of your compassion!!!

3^rd Experience

Fear of Horses and a Sore Knee

We had our first retreat with Guruji at Patnitiop in Jammu. After the retreat, the plan was to go to visit the shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi. We reached Katra at noon.

Initially the plan had been to take the helicopter but due to fog it had to be cancelled. Guruji and other devotees were ready to take the horses but I am too scared of them and was unwilling. I have always been scared of riding horses. Another lady and I decided to take the palanquins instead. There were only a few available as the palanquin guys were on strike and so we couldn’t get any. Meanwhile, the rest of our group including my husband Kamal , went ahead and began the ascend. Both of us ladies tried a lot to get a palanquin but we didn’t succeed. Time passed and it was 6pm and then we too thought of taking the horses. We told the horsemen that we would reward them if they ensured we had a smooth ride uphill. We did reach safely by Guruji’s Grace. That night when we were all sitting around Guruji, I said to him, “Guruji today the helicopter didn’t work, but tomorrow we would surely go back by helicopter.”  Guruji laughed and replied, “We will go back on the four-legged helicopter, now only half of your fear has gone, the remaining half is yet to go.” On hearing this I became sure that the next day we would go back on the horses again.

When we woke up the next morning, there was dense fog, but it cleared the moment, we paid our respects at Divine Mother’s shrine. We all got on our horses and went towards the helipad. The chopper was ready to fly but the moment we sat inside it, a blanket of fog enveloped us and the helicopter couldn’t fly. We all sat and waited for an hour for the weather to clear but when that didn’t happen, Guruji asked us to take the horses. Then I recalled what He had said earlier, “We will go on the four-legged helicopter.” This is the divine play of our beloved Guruji and then we got the horses and started our ride down. By His Grace, Guruji’s horse and my horse trotted side-by-side.  While we were going down, my knee brushed past the knee of another person on a horse and my knee was hurt badly and it pained so much that I was unable to continue sitting on the horse! I felt like getting off the horse but after some time, the pain in my knee totally vanished. This was indeed a miracle! When we reached half-way through, I asked Guruji to have some water and we both got down from our horses. When Guruji tried walking He was unable to. When I enquired of Him as to what had happened to His leg, He answered, “Nothing, the knee is aching.” After having the juice we resumed our ride down. Guruji was walking with great difficulty. That right leg and knee of Guruji was aching on which I had suffered the injury, His play is incredible, He had taken my pain on Himself. When I asked Him why He had done so, he smiled and responded, “It would have taken 8 days before your pain would have been relieved, my pain would be gone in 8 hours.” This is the nature of a True Guru who is with His devotees at every step.

“Guru is my worship, Guru is Govind, Guru is my Para Brahma, Guru is God!”

4^th Experience

Longing for the Divine Hug

One day when I sat in the Puja room of my home, my heart instantly swelled-up with deep love overflowing for God and in that devotional fervor, I said to God, “Why don’t you come to me, I have been longing to meet You for so long, I want to hug You today, You will have to come today.” And I began to cry. While crying, my eyes fell on Guruji’s picture and I started crying more and more loudly. I said to Guruji, “You too have gone so far away, I am missing you a lot too.” Guruji was away on ‘World Tour’ those days. I went on, “Today I feel like hugging you tightly. You will have to meet me today.” I had just uttered these words and my grandson, Vedant, who had been bathing, quickly came out of the bathroom and started hugging me and kissing me which was very unusual. When he touched my eyes, he said, “Grandma, why are you crying?” I was speechless on seeing such outstandingly quick response of my Guruji who used Vedant to comfort me. Vedant wiped off my tears and asked me again as to why I was crying. I told him that I was missing my Guru. He replied, “Grandma, don’t cry, we will go right away to meet your Guruji.”  On hearing this, I hugged him tightly and it felt to me that I was hugging Mohanji and that He in turn was reciprocating. Such is the Divine play of my dearest Guru!

O my Gurudev, O my Gurudev,

Listen to my heartfelt prayer,

It is my plea,

That night and day, I worship Thee!

5^th Experience

A Birthday Gift

On 23^rd Feb 2016, there was a birthday celebration of Mohanji at both the schools in Jammu. First the celebration was in “Mohanji ka Aangan” and then in the second school.

Once the function was over in the second school, then Mohanji sat there for some time. I had got a gift for Guruji but was unable to decide how and when to give it to Him. I desired to give Him the gift at my own home which he had no time to visit because of his busy schedule. Then I thought that I don’t need to think too much and that Guruji would show a way. Then Mamu asked Him to hurry a bit as they all had to reach somewhere else. At that time, Guruji was accompanied by Rajesh and two other people.  Since my home was en route to their destination, I requested Mamu if they could drop me. Mamu told me if there was space in the car he would accommodate me. I had full faith and knew that I would go along in the car with Mohanji. Suddenly then Mamu asked me to sit in the car and while I was thinking about giving the gift to Guruji, we had reached my house. Guruji suddenly asked Rajesh if he had seen Guruji’s picture in the Puja room of my house. When Rajesh mentioned he hadn’t, Mohanji asked him to go and see it. At that instant, I humbly requested Guruji to put a foot inside my home and bless it. Guruji laughed and good-humouredly responded, “I don’t have one foot but two, I will put both” and then he got down from the car and came inside. Everyone else too came in and while they were looking at the picture in the Puja room, I gave the gift to my dear Guruji and thus he fulfilled my unspoken wish. This is an example of faith and surrender and the associated fulfillment. When we surrender fully, then faith develops and when we develop faith, surrender automatically happens.

6^th Experience

Yoga

I would like to share an experience during the days when I was learning Yoga from Sanjay sir. Once we were practising pranayaams, “breathing exercises for expanding prana”. While we were doing the breathing, we heard some loud breathing and it seemed to be in rhythm with our breathing. Once we were done, Sanjay sir commented that I breathed very loudly that day, I denied this saying that instead I thought it was he who was doing so. Since it had not been either of us, then both of us burst out laughing as it dawned on us as to who had been in our midst. Mohanji looks after us always and he proves it time and again to those who have deep faith in him. He loves fun. At times, Guruji performs playful lilas with us. Like Krishna, my Guru’s play is wonderful as well.

Once when we were practising Yoga in the evening, Sanjay sir’s attention was drawn to the flame of the lamp that we had lit. While doing Yoga, first lighting the lamp was a practice that we followed. Sanjay sir took out his mobile and clicked a picture. When I asked what he was doing, he showed me the picture of the flame, I was astonished to see that in the center of the flame, there was a red and black colored-heart. We took more pictures and this was visible in each one. When I went back home and clicked the picture of the flame of the lamp lit in my Puja room, that too had that same red and black-coloured heart in the center. To verify this, I tried clicking pictures of the flame of the lamp of my Puja room, the following day, but then the heart could not be seen. Again, Mohanji displayed his presence and love for us.

Unconditional love, only unconditional love!

7^th Experience

Causeless Laughter

When Swami Bhaktananda Bharatiji visited Jammu for the first time, then he did a “hawan” – fire purification ceremony at our home, post which he asked all of us to meditate. During the meditation, he gently asked everybody what they were feeling. Each one responded but I was sitting still. The moment he asked the girl sitting next to me, she instantly burst into tears; I started to laugh loudly, very loudly. I was unable to control my laughter and continued laughing. After five minutes, somehow I gathered myself and stopped. There had been no reason for my laughter. Due to lack of time I was unable to ask Swamiji how and why my spontaneous laughter had happened. The next day as I logged in to Facebook, the first post I saw was of Guruji and it was on “Causeless Laughter” which he had explained in detail. I had received my answer! He always hears our heart and gives answers. If only we listened!

O SatGuru! Let Thy Love, Peace and Joy blossom in every heart and eliminate all hate-thorns!

Jai Mohanji!

Note: All participants shared their experiences addressing the audience or Mohanji

  Milos Pavlovic

Before all, I want to thank our Father Mohanji, then I want to thank a certain group of people who made this all possible. Many of you do not have any idea what challenges they were going through. It was going on for months and it was not at all easy. I had a chance to experience the retreat when I was not a part of the retreat and now when I am a part of it. I thank Spahovic sisters, Maja and Sanja. I also thank those who assisted me, Brane, Matija, Martin, Bilja, Spomenka, Nina, Monika, thank you all.
Audience: Thank YOU.
Milos: Thank you Sanjay.

As for my experience, briefly, I felt something like this on Andrevlje in Serbia, in Bosnia and here, too. It is difficult if not impossible to go through this at home with various practices. I am grateful for having given to us this self-realising mantra, Om….etc. It is an unbelievably deep technique for me. I really did my best while I was doing it. At one moment I lost the feeling of my body. I had a feeling I was levitating. After that, some unbelievable emptiness and peace. Also unity – I really felt deep unity. At that moment nothing from the outside could touch it and I still keep feeling it. Of course, I had various reactions along the way, sometimes I was a bit louder, sometimes quieter. Anyway, it is very important that each moment I felt deep peace and deep connection with myself. People would say,“You are irritable now.“ Yes, I expressed this, but it was all on the surface. Each moment of my anger I was deeply connected to myself and stressful situations could not touch me. Also, at the moment of deep peace, deep emptiness, that tremendous space that is within us… I think my heart chakra exploded! It was a huge hole, or how else to call it. I think this is my eighth or ninth retreat and each retreat I am born again. Each retreat this is new Milos, new Milos, new Milos. Unbelievable. It is such a tremendous power when you can flow through life in such a way – that whatever happens on the outside cannot touch you.

Of course, there may be disagreements, but nothing can touch you because you are deeply connected with yourself within. Absolutely nothing. It is an unbelievable power.

Jai Mohanji!

 (Transcribed and translated into English by Biljana Vozarevic)

Written by a Russian Devotee

One night I was sitting in my bedroom and started chanting Mohanji’s Gayatri Mantra. After several seconds I realized something was different… I was feeling younger and younger and younger, as if time went backwards. I began chanting as I was in my thirties, then I transformed into myself when I was in my late twenties, then I became 18, 15, 10 years old. I kept on chanting while this transformation was happening. To be clear, I can’t say that I saw myself as a younger girl, it wasn’t a vision, I actually became this girl, I was step by step turned into myself 10, 15, 20, 25 years ago… My consciousness travelled through my past. This was so vivid, and even feelings, emotions, perception of my life were changing according to my age. I travelled through my whole life, recognizing and recalling myself at every point in the past.

Although there was a difference between me at different ages, I felt that this Gayatri Mantra was something that connected everything. It was like a base in my life. I sensed it as a string that went through all the stages of my life, it was always there. I realized that all these years since I was born I had been emanating the vibrations of this mantra, without even knowing the words. I didn’t chant it as it is, but somehow I was producing the same vibrations that chanting of this mantra creates. These vibrations were like a thread, and my personality at different ages was like some beads on it. And holding on to this thick thread, I travelled into my past, going through these beads or my different ages backwards, until I reached the first day of my life. While I was traveling I figured what exactly were these vibrations about. I realized the meaning, the core of the Mohanji Gayatri Mantra, which I was being produced without even a sound, without even a single word. I realized … I was just calling my Guruji. Since I was born I have been calling him, sending my message to the universe, sending my call to Him. I started crying when I finally understood this truth.

Meanwhile, I kept on chanting… When I reached the moment when I was born, I saw myself as a baby and in the area of my third eye I had a crystal in a form of rhomb, and a huge blue-crystal ray of light was coming out of it. I knew it was the ray that was supposed to give a signal to Mohanji that I was born in a new body. The ray of white and blue light went out to the universe announcing my dear Guruji that I was there. As I was deeply immersed into the feelings of this newborn baby girl, I again experienced all the frustrations and emotions: in the first seconds, minutes, days of my new life. I was crying, looking for Mohanji, and I was so desperate not being able to see him. I was calling Him, looking for Him as a baby, as a child, as a teenager, as an adult… my whole life I felt I was missing something/someone. And finally that night when I was awakened to this knowledge, I remembered everything. I remembered what I had been missing and who I had been calling since the first day of my life.

No separation anymore. Always in your Consciousness…  Forever One with you.

Love.

Jai Mohanji!

Written by Biljana Vozarevic (Serbia)

Day 1

The retreat began with Mohanji reiterating as always, to bring the focus of our attention on the feeling. Feeling is crucial during the retreat, not sight, smell, mind’s games. Feeling has real effect. Sanjay Sir asked Mohanji today, “When will you shift gears?” He laughed and replied, “When people come out of water” and continued, “Most people go away from home to relax. We take a decision before we leave: I’m going to enjoy. Then it becomes a big pressure in the head. It is a pressure for pleasure and it makes you tired. Let us not be pressured for anything.” Once he estimated the energy and spiritual needs of the group, he added the customised schedule to be covered, the intensity which was going to best suit the group and possible physical and mental effects of cleansing.

I decided to be feeling oriented without pressure for upliftment or any other experience. I just intended to stay connected as deeply as possible and be in my heart.

Day 2 was the first full day program. Initiates into Consciousness Kriya including me began our morning practice in the auspicious Brahma Muhurta hours. Then the whole group had a 2 hour Yoga session with Sanjay Sir.

The first Yoga day started with easy exercises and postures so that the whole group could slowly get used to it. Simple to understand and do, as per Traditional School of Yoga – including even jogging simulation to boost circulation, the session ended happily with loud, unrestrained, boisterous laughter. I could feel the depth and level of silence inside. The echo of this laughter helped me to laugh and cry more freely and loudly, penetrating deep into my system.

After Yoga we had a refreshing, fulfilling, confusion dispelling, soul addressing Q&A session by Mohanji. He answered participants’ questions with utmost clarity. The cleansing process began the moment participants met Mohanji and later during the Power of Purity meditation. The whole experience left people speechless from the overwhelming feeling of expansion in their hearts.

I also enjoyed memorable afternoon advanced Yoga classes with Sanjay Sir. It took right about 4h after lunch before this session without food so that we could stretch properly.

During the sunset, we went for a Conscious Walk along the beach, which was a very auspicious time for meditative walk.

Day 3 and 4 were real cleansing days with energy building up steadily. Some people felt sleepy from the high energy during lungs meditation that followed an exhaustive breathing routine.  Some felt emptiness or levitation. Some felt synchronicity of lungs and the heart. Some felt very sad or jealous because these negativities were sitting in them and were pouring out. The release had begun accompanied with an inner mental conflict e.g. “Everybody else feels better than me“.

On Day 5 Sunrise Yoga pushed our limits with 24 sun salutations as per Himalayan School of Traditional Yoga (HSTY) along with new asanas for stretches, strength and stamina. We did them at a moderate speed of 45 seconds/cycle, which was challenging for a few, but with the guidance of Sanjay Sir everyone completed the routine. He demonstrated how it looked to do it even in 24 seconds! In general, the experience of Sunrise Yoga was surreal, pure joy and bliss. I am grateful to Mohanji to have brought such a great Yogi, Sanjay Sir to Croatia and grateful to destiny to have brought me here, too.

After Sunrise Yoga filled us with energy and freshness, we continued with 360° meditation. Hearts opened and tears starting rolling down.

The Mantra chanting which followed had a further cleansing effect too intimate to show in public.

We also listened to sacred music with vibrations directly touching the soul and opening up the heart.

People felt like they were on a roller-coaster, and some claimed they were born again. Later, to top it all, Mohanji gave Satsang during which he related a wonderful story about a doctor who was a sincere seeker and was looking for a true guru. He went through many miraculous events with his conviction being severely tested. Ultimately, destiny brought him to Mohanji and he was finally initiated into Consciousness Kriya in the way his soul had asked for a long time.

Day 6

Releasing continues… During the satsang Mohanji reminded that every moment is completion of what we planned before birth.

Even what situation seems to be the same, is never the same as it is a different day, moment, personality experiencing because you are dying every night and getting born every morning. What makes us negative are negative patterns – this is what we addressed during the retreat. When past gets released, life is new, there is a change in the path of destiny, you are fresh. It takes an environment like this, a master whom you trust, to create energy and vibration like this.

Subtle and Omniscient

All the time, He knew what was happening with each one of us on an unimaginably subtle level. On Day 6, he started addressing us in a determined and straightforward manner, without being asked questions. He explained about the foolishness of suicidal ideas and agonising consequences which this destructive inclination has on the soul’s journey. Why was he talking about this very topic? He pointed out that among the things people were releasing he had seen a few suicidal tendencies, guilt from abortions, over-protection and possessiveness or over-dependency. All these burdens were coming out of people and he had taken care of it. On the surface there was chanting, dancing, shouting, crying, laughing, groaning, moaning, etc. How could he know all these so precisely and even more, how did he handle it all?

As he climbed up the terrace for the satsang, he addressed a lady at the entrance whom he had not met since morning “Was the cigarette good?” She was not even holding a cigarette in her hand. Smoking was not allowed, as we were supposed to go through detoxification and not intoxication! The fact that He wasn’t physically present did not prevent Him from knowing about the hidden smoker.

As I was translating during one-to-one consultations, having finished one, he asked me, ”You didn’t go for a swim today?” “No, I didn’t” I said. “I took a nap.” He knew even that.

The Essence of Love

As I returned home from the retreat, I thought about the significance of maintaining love in the heart, not directed at anyone in particular but remaining the invisible thread binding us all beyond perceivable existence.

The taxi driver who was taking me back home, told me about a terrible and cruel murder that had happened in a nearby town. Five people had been killed and twenty injured. Twelve days of mourning had been declared because of that incident. He started to accuse, complain, get angry, be desperate and judge. Instead of getting depressed and angry with him, I told him we should forgive that man and pray he finds real happiness and peace within as he didn’t know how to love and overcome his frustration. We can pray to keep our heart clean and hope that the man will be jailed soon before hurting any more people. There is one sun and it shines on everyone, even on the murderers, and we should not poison our hearts with resentment and judgment nor should we hate even the worst criminal.

Guru Bhakti

The power of radiating love within is important for our own well-being. When directed only towards the Guru, it could be a double edged sword, as one can become attached to His form and crave for physical proximity. However, this never lasts as nothing from the earth can survive for long, including the relationship that arises out of attachment to a physical form of a Guru.

Although it is directed towards the Guru, He has nothing from it nor does He need it instead He patiently nurtures that feeling in a disciple so that the disciple can grow. When a person gets stronger and more stable in love then everything else becomes less important. The most important thing becomes love within. We are the first ones who feel that love along with our surroundings. And of course, Guru feels it, too, yet His aim is that you shine and radiate first, so that you are the light to your surroundings. His aim is that you love yourself and hug yourself completely and to overflow this love on your fellow citizens. To kiss each event as a gift from God and to spread spiritual culture around. How? Not by preaching but by your own example. Not by renouncing the world, hating and alienating from it, but setting oneself free from the world within – to become free from attachment to worldly things, to become free from binding, limiting beliefs, self-imposed clamps, shackles that we were carrying unconsciously. His aim is that you recognise the difference between worldly and spiritual, transitory and permanent, mortal and immortal, dual and single, sensory and extrasensory, gross and subtle. Also, to accept the rules of terrestrial behaviour, e.g. “Born to pay“, as was written on one T-shirt.

Post Retreat – Living His Teachings 

When the retreat concluded, I was seeing people around me as if they were my old, faithful friends. As if we have known each other for at least a hundred years. I approached everyone with childlike trust and innocence. Although introvert by nature, I felt more open and free. People said, “You look like a girl” and I felt that way too. I felt a childlike, leaping playfulness, full of enthusiasm for new experiences, not craving for any but full of joy welcoming each divine new day.

Mohanji loves us a million times more that we love ourselves or others as His capacity to love is a million times bigger. The key is not to expect from Him to give love while we are passive with an attitude of asking, demanding, needing, as if we miss something and would like to fill it with something from outside. Instead, we need to work on ourselves so that we can go deep within and see how much love we can radiate filled with Mohanji’s energy and blessings. This is a continuous effort and we can try to increase our capacity to love so much that we reach His capacity to love wherever we are. Reach that purity of the heart, purity of one Guru, one Brahmarishi, one Raja Yogi, a sage, a spiritual master. Forget ourselves for some time and be that love. Be Him.

I love to see when people understand that Mohanji’s teaching is universal, beyond all concepts, embracing all religions and raising awareness to a level beyond all religions. Instead of a compartmentalized love, one should love everyone. The purpose should always be inner liberation from everything. And in order that happens, we should identify and become that immeasurable LOVE beyond all limits and boundaries and express it towards everyone who come to us.  Also, instead of being passive, if we are proactive and take responsibility for our actions, the energy level also increases.

When we connect with Mohanji every moment, we receive tremendous blessings and we must not take them for granted. We should recognise and validate these divine, precious gifts which our destiny or Guru principle sent to us. The ultimate consciousness has manifested into a living master who serves to bring dharma back to the Earth, and establish harmony with natural laws leading souls from darkness to light. Mohanji is here for the well-being of the Earth and elevates anyone who is honest, yearning to strive for a higher cause of love and immortality.

Whenever a problem comes – I surrender it to Mohanji. I think, “You are with me, do you see what is happening? You take care of it; I trust everything will be fine. I love you – Love for You is the most important of all.”

When we radiate love, what is best comes to us without even asking.

I cannot finish this without giving a lot of thanks to Marko Milovic, who tirelessly shot the right clicks of precious moments. Furthermore, he drew sketches of Mohanji along the way one of which is this:

Jai Mohanji!

Written by Arpana Nazre (India)

The day is Thursday (30th June 2016) – Guruvaar.

My beloved Guruji’s day, though every day of mine is dedicated to him. I got up in the morning as usual with the same vigour and enthusiasm to finish my daily chores and reach office. I was looking forward to the Power of Purity meditation in the evening in our dear Preethiji’s house in Bangalore.

We had not conducted the meditation for a couple of weeks now. I was somehow missing these meditations, as these sessions always purify me and bring me back to a blissful, peaceful state. I observed that my state had gone from bliss, to being irritable, emotional, depressed, cry at the drop of a hat. I had no idea why this was happening to me. I used to be usually in an otherwise happy-go-lucky phase and this current phase was bringing back all my older emotions, unpleasant memories, feeling a victim of my past and those circumstances. I did not understand what was happening at all. It was like a ruffled ocean, where all the mud was settled at the bed of the ocean, and now suddenly for unknown reasons, the water was getting ruffled. All mixed emotions, mainly negative.

So coming back to the day, I finished my chores, sent my kid to school, sat there on the sofa to eat my breakfast near the pooja room. My mother had done the pooja for the day. In her usual customary manner, she lit a candle to Infant Jesus (whose small picture we have in the altar). To the left of the Infant Jesus picture my beloved Guruji’s Photo Frame was placed. We worship and light diyas to it every day. This frame is made of wood, and Mohanji’s picture was covered with the usual glass and the wooden frame rim. While I was sitting nearby, I heard something fall in the pooja room with a very low sound. So I just neglected it, thinking that something small must have fallen and continued my breakfast. After around a minute or so, I could smell something burning, and I peeped into the pooja room, to see Mohanji’s photo in flames.

My heart broke at the devastating scene. I couldn’t believe my eyes. I immediately called out to my mother, and doused the flames. It was heart wrenching to see my beloved Guru’s photo burning and the black soot on the photo. Apparently the candle that was lit, had fallen onto the side where Mohanji’s photo was there, and the wooden frame had caught fire. Technically that’s the explanation. And all this had to happen on a Thursday???

A range of emotions and thoughts flooded my mind. I was in tears. What’s happening? Is it a bad omen? Is my Guruji safe? Or does it signify something is going to happen to us? What’s the significance of this whole incidence? Whatever the questions in my mind, my heart and soul cried at this incidence. I somehow gathered myself and drove to the office, with tears just rolling down my cheeks. I cannot put the right words for the emotions I felt. Only father knows what they were.

I came to the office and messaged Mohanji on Facebook, asking him if he was fine and explaining the whole incident. Within an hour I got a reply from Mohanji saying, “Does not matter. Keep another picture. A big fire has been averted“. The whole thing took some time to seep into my brain and understand what he said. I thanked him for everything still very emotional, and now almost choking for what he said. And my next sentence was, “So you took it all on yourself“, to which he replied, “Don’t worry. I always do that. I take care of my people always.” Good Lord. I was worrying if it was a bad omen, if something would happen to me or my family. And here was Mohanji, who is burning all our karmas taking it on him, working for us day and night. The whole day I was left speechless, not knowing what to say or do.

Our words can never express how we feel, or how much gratitude we feel towards our Guru. For no one else in this world, apart from your parents and GURU, think of your well-being as much as they do. And when it comes to taking your Karmas, only GURU bears the pain for you. They make all your pain, theirs. They forgive you time and again, in spite of all our misdoings. They love us unconditionally. Guru allows you to act according to your free will, roam around and experience the world, good and bad. Yet when we go back, they are always there with welcoming arms and unconditional love. I don’t understand what my merits are in this or previous life (for I know none) that I am blessed to have the grace of such a Rajayogi, Brahmarishi as my Guru. All I can say is Koti Koti Pranam and hope to live up to my Guru’s words and teachings and get him a good name in this world.

Manasa bhajare Guru charanam

Dusthara bhava saagara taranam

“Meditate in thy mind on the Feet of the Guru. This can take you across the difficult sea of existence in birth after birth.“

Koti Koti Pranams to my Beloved Guru now and always!

Jai Mohanji!