Day 201 – Make plans on individual and collective capacities
Today, I wanted to expand a little bit on some messages that I’ve shared before, which are about Mohanji’s approach to work, his fierce willpower, and the way that he lives a “get it done” attitude. He has a clear plan, and he’s moving ahead with that, regardless. This means it can be very challenging and demanding to work closely with him. Because the words “it’s not possible” or “it can’t be done” are not something you can easily say to Mohanji because for him there’s always a possibility. Impossible doesn’t exist. Or, if there’s a lock, then that also must be a key and it’s a job then to find it. This is the approach that we’ve been taking and it’s incredibly rewarding and inspiring to work this way because I’ve seen over the year that my capacities have really increased from what I thought was possible before.
One of the extensions of this type of lesson is to plan based on individual and team capacity, because if we don’t do that, and we plan on somebody else’s support, banking on the belief that they will help, there’s no guarantee. If we’ve started a project saying: “Okay, this is going to happen because this person said that they all support and this person has also decided they’ll contribute,” there’s not really much guarantee that it will happen, and if it doesn’t, it can become a problem. But if we plan based on what we can individually and collectively do as the Mohanji family, then there’s a greater chance of success.
Then in bringing people, and having them also walk with us, he always reminds us that we can only inspire people with our life, what we do, or our actions; words don’t mean so much. If people decide to walk with us and support us, then we’re lucky. But if they don’t, it’s still important to achieve what we want to, even if that means sometimes taking steps backward to go forward again. But leaving or stopping a project is not a good idea because that really would hit self-esteem very badly. In that sense, success is the only real purpose.
Day 202 – Connecting with nature
This morning, we’re doing some film shooting with Mohanji and a cameraman, taking advantage of the early morning hours in the good light. As we were here, just waiting for people to set up, Mohanji asked me to just look at a tree and explained something from that, which I thought would be really great to share with you all today.
As we were waiting, he just said, “Look at the tree and look what you see.” That’s what he said, and after some time, he said, “Okay, now go beyond the form. What do you see? What do you feel?” So, looking at the outward tree, then connecting with it more, and then that sense of stability comes, and peace too. He said, “Like that, with everything in nature, it speaks to you.” Then he also asked, “Where do you feel it? Where does it connect with you?” For me, it was in the chest in the heart area. He said, “That’s the feeling. That’s what we can get from nature.”
He shared this before and has also recently been speaking more and more about why it’s important to connect with nature, especially for children. Because all of nature is talking to us all the time, if we can be with it, listen to it, and we can receive from it, from the tree for example, that communication of stability, strength, and peace. He also spoke of how in the modern day, we live in a world that is very much divided up into squares, boxes, rectangles, and cubes. Rarely are we natural, out in the wildness of nature, and reconnecting with that can bring a lot of stability for people.
So, this was something small I wanted to share with you today, but it is also very, very big, as it is about the power of connecting with nature, and especially how we can bring that more into our lives.
|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||
Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 19th March 2023
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Suddenly I found myself in Adana, Turkey, a two-hour drive from the epicentre of the recent earthquakes, where with a small team and the Serbian ACT Compassion van, we bought necessities in the morning and brought them the same day to families that we picked very selectively in the afflicted areas. They were in dire need of food, toiletries, blankets, stoves, thermal underwear, warm sweaters, socks, etc.
How did I end up here? What happened? Something moved me to sign up for disaster relief during the earthquake in Turkey. Why? I am not brave. I shiver just from the word earthquake, and the slight shaking in Limburg many years ago upset me for a year. During that year, I was disproportionately shocked when I heard a sudden sound, as if the base of my physical safety was gone.
I’m not strong either due to osteoarthritis and a broken shoulder tendon. So, apart from the light stuff, I can’t help lift and hand out the supplies. I told Selma that the only thing I could offer was to be available and willing. Selma suggested that I do the filming. That would be nice for her because she had her hands full herself. And the footage was desperately needed to raise funds.
During the layover in Izmir, I met a friendly blonde woman, Sibel. She lived in Adana and had just taken her infant son by plane to a safer city. When I asked her how safe it was in Adana, she told me that the shocks were intense there, too. The buildings collapsed, and 500 people died. Among them was her friend. I started to console her, and she shrugged timidly. I asked how she felt now in Adana. She told me that she and her family no longer feel safe and want to move. I completely understood. I hid the shock I got at that moment. So far, I was under the assumption that our hotel was situated in a safe area. It wasn’t! I jumpstarted my two-step remedy against all fear: step 1, breath in and breath out. Step 2, Repeat step 1!
The first working day
After yesterday’s exhausting trip and my arrival at the Yellow Mansion Hotel in Adana, our ACT 4 Turkey crisis team of four people was complete: Mircea from Serbia, Selma from the UK, Melanie from Canada and me from the Netherlands.
Micea drove the ACT Foundation van with Melanie as a co-driver, and I drove my rental car of the “no idea” brand. I didn’t even bother to look at what brand it was. It wasn’t long before I started calling Selma ‘boss’. She had already gained a lot of experience in Ukraine and knew the ins and outs of the actions to be taken. Be it buying food boxes, finding heaters, toiletries and thermal clothing or finding families in need, etc. Her telephone was her office.
The first thing she did in a new country was find contacts and make friends. She always succeeded. Mustafa and Juzuf, two cousins from Arsuz, were so helpful to drive with us that day and not only acted as interpreters but directed us to the homes and tents of families who needed our help the most, as well. Mircea was great at efficiently loading and unloading the van, and Melanie supported him. Apart from compassionately listening to the victims, hugging them and connecting, I supported Selma as her driver and cameraman, made sure she ate and took care of filming, photography and writing.
Selma edited the material till the early morning hours, hardly sleeping. She posted her powerful and beautiful videos daily, and I shared them immediately with my friends and followers on Social Media. By sending her compositions and my stories to Dutch Social Media, I could contribute a bit to the fundraising. Wherever I could be useful made me extremely happy.
Shiva’s blessings on Mahashivaratri
During Mahashivaratri, I thought: for me, Mohanji is Shiva. For me, this is another Kailash Yatra. When we went for dinner at Mustafa and Juzuf’s family home after a long day of work – their house still standing but every wall showing cracks – Michea parked the van in front of the house. Unconsciously watching his manoeuvre, I noticed an egg-shaped plaster dome just behind the van. It resembled an enormous Shivalingam. In front of it was Mohanji’s face, pictured on the back of the van. Behind it, a snowy mountain landscape basking in the final evening light.
At this point, I was one hundred per cent sure that this was another Kailash Yatra. On Mahashivaratri eve! A greater blessing didn’t seem possible. Mohanji was with us. That much was clear. We enjoyed the hospitality of this dear family, and I marvelled at how cheerful, open and welcoming people can still be when the world around them has literally collapsed.
The second working day: an enervating day
In the middle of the night, I started doubting. Mohanji, is it smart if I join you today? It will be such a long day. I am not so fit. I am still recovering from my illness in India which was only a little more than two weeks ago. It might not be effective for the team. I want to add value. I certainly don’t want to be a nuisance. Mohanji, what do you want me to do? Fortunately, my inner Mohanji replied quickly. He said, ‘Linda, I am simply protecting you all the time.’
He doesn’t want me to do anything! I have to make my own choices. We don’t do anything for him. He is complete in himself. He is simply giving us opportunities to develop ourselves. Wherever I choose to do work from my heart, he will protect me. The emphasis here was on the words’ all the time. It made me really feel protected. He knew we were not safe, but he made sure we escaped all serious trouble. I will tell you about that later. For now, I knew I could simply start off with the team and surrender to the protection of Mohanji.
In the car, on the way to our destination, Mustafa, the Turkish volunteer of our team, tells us that last night after we had dinner with his family, another slight earthquake woke him up in the night. It was only 3 on the Richter scale. And nothing serious compared to the earthquake two days back in his town, where so many houses collapsed. So he literally did not lie awake for long. We were happy, we were not there.
Deep loss, fear and pain
We were on our way to Antakya. The area hardest hit. Before we went into the city, we visited some families just outside the city centre. What brought me to tears was a father with an adorable six-year-old daughter. She was radiantly cuddling with the new doll she had received from us. She looked at me with her big, innocent eyes. From her father’s gestures, I gathered that they were upstairs when their house collapsed.
He told me in a few simple words, with deep sadness in his eyes, that her eight-year-old sister had not made it out alive from under the rubble. I expressed my condolences for his great loss. I couldn’t stop tears from rolling down my eyes. We saw some cows in a barn. The owner told Selma that the first thing he did after the earthquake was run to check if his cows were ok. He had found two cows dead under a collapsed wall. The rest of the cows were safe. That also made quite an impression because animals are such innocent and helpless creatures.
A woman showed me that her hand was wounded by falling rubble. I softly took her hand and felt like kissing her wounds as we do with our children. Another woman took us upstairs to her house to show how much of the house was destroyed. I felt shaky, walking up the stairs. Seeing the broken walls, the enormous mess of glass and tomato paste amidst pieces of furniture and damaged walls was surreal, and seeing the devastation in the woman’s eyes made me feel like hugging her, which I did. There was literally nothing which was undamaged. Windows were not needed to see the blue sky outside. One could simply look through the holes and cracks in the wall.
Dozens of people and children were made happy this day with the stoves, drink bottles and toys, blankets, ground insulation material for tents, gloves, socks, leggings, sweaters and the food that we gave them. My ‘job’ of showing compassion, filming, photographing and driving was very fulfilling. I comforted, hugged, filmed, listened or read sign language.
The dangers along the way didn’t lie either. In the afternoon, in the mountains, our fully loaded car slid backwards down a gravel slope instead of going up. And we almost reversed into a ditch before I managed to change course. The bus got stuck on the same slope and also had to slide back down and find a new route. Moments later, I drove behind the bus and saw it narrowly avoid another deep ditch on the street narrowed by debris.
A horror city
After dark, we drove through the city centre of Antakya, now a ghost town. Not even a ghost town. This was much worse. This was a city of horror, a city of dust and debris. No building was safe, and nearly all of them were not standing upright. Knowing that hundreds of people were still buried under the rubble was like watching a bad movie. Knowing that the official search had ceased was like a nightmare. The focus was only on clearing the debris. Imagine someone is still alive and waiting to be saved, we thought. Horror scenarios passed through our minds. We saw furniture being removed from tall buildings with huge cranes.
Ambulances, police and firefighters with or without sirens were a normal sight on the roads. Tents were everywhere. The military was in action. Semi-trailers with tiny houses (a kind of container with doors and windows) were now being purchased and used by some instead of tents. Our Mustafa, the Turkish young man who was helping us with his cousin to locate the right families to take our goods to, told us in the car after our long day’s work that he had an App-group with his friends and many of his friends, his nieces included, lived in the worst affected area.
Every so often after the earthquakes, they started getting messages from friends on the same App-group who were under the rubble but still alive. So was his niece. She survived for three days but was not rescued. Neither did most of his friends except one, a boy who was freed from his apartment by his own father. His father counted the floors, and on the right floor, he smashed the wall and freed his son.
We heard first-hand stories, and that made an impact. We cannot distance ourselves anymore, like with the news on the television, that we shift off from once the food is on the table. After lots of hugs and expressions of thanks by us for the full efforts of the boys, we drove the two-hour trek back to Adana at midnight. How did I keep that up when I can’t drive to Amsterdam in the dark yet? That must have been fuelled by a secret power. I had an inkling which one….
We arrived late but safely back at the hotel but not without the help of providence, that is for sure. Even after seeing so much of the most severe misery, the sense of belonging, love, cooperation and friendship was what lingered.
Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 16th March 2023
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Yesterday, we drove in the car with Mohanji to an ACT initiative in Serbia. He asked a general question, “What do people actually get from talking bad about another person, judging them, making opinions about them, sharing these and discussing them? What is anybody actually gaining when they do that?”
I answered in a way that I thought was best: “Well, this becomes a barrier for people on the way towards liberation,” I’d shared in recent messages that any time there’s a separation, it’s a moving away from unity. But he quickly replied, “You can forget about liberation. This is just simply a fundamental of being a human being, a full, stable, contented human being. What is anyone gaining through this act of talking about people?”
It’s a good point for contemplation and one which initiated this message this morning. So, why do many people make opinions of others? Why do they talk badly about others, judge and criticize them? What is anyone gaining other than the heaviness and regrets?
We spoke in the car about this too. Mohanji shared that it’s simply playing the drama – when people are involved in this, they act out the play of the mind with its likes and dislikes, swinging from one to another.
Even if people aren’t directly involved in someone’s life, they also tend to form opinions. People become upset or even angry at others because of who they are or other people’s life choices. Why do we involve ourselves as long as it’s not harming others? It’s the other person’s life to experience. We don’t need to judge, restrict or deny the experience. So, when we put a judgement, opinion, criticism, or control on that, it restricts or denies an experience they probably wanted.
Before being spiritual, we can be human. We can leave people to live their lives, whether a father, mother, sister, brother, child or co-worker. We can simply leave them alone to experience their chosen life and free them/ourselves from the heavy burden of judgements, opinions and criticisms because this can create expectations, ownership, and the associated pains that come with that.
I have observed Mohanji with people, and he doesn’t look at what they do personally. He doesn’t make opinions or look at their habits or character. He sees people as human beings. That’s something to learn.
To leave people alone. Let them be. So, it was an interesting thought: What does anybody gain when the judgments and criticisms are put onto another and can we leave people to be free and live their lives?
Day 200 – Power of selfless service
Yesterday (30/05), Mohanji was invited to give a Satsang for the Serbia volunteer team. The core volunteers have selflessly given their time and resources to the platforms.
It was a powerful and inspiring Satsang. The opening was a good reminder of the power of selfless service, doing something without any expectation in return, and giving what we have for the world.
Mohanji shared the two main benefits of selfless service.
1. Purification
2. Lightness
Purification
Through service, we are purifying ourselves. We are purifying the greed, competition and ownership elements – all these get nullified. Less ownership reduces karma, and purity happens as we express something unconditional.
Lightness
We feel lighter; selfless service is a tangible experience. Life gains much more clarity. There is less fog on the road of our life, more awareness and much less burden due to ego shedding. As we’re giving towards those activities, we can better handle the storms of life.
He said more than any meditation, the service element brings purification. I’ve shared before that all the platforms established are opportunities for people to express and give their time, their talents in various ways, which automatically reduce karma or exhaust desires.
The selfless action, the purification element, is working without ownership. Because you’re just giving yourself – your resources, your hands, your legs, arms, whichever it is- there’s no attachment to the activity, ideally, which also becomes a purifying activity.
One of the hindrances of selfless service is the greed factor. When people ask, “What’s in it for me?” We have been trained and educated in this transactional way of life. When I give you something, I get something in return. This expectation dilutes selflessness.
He said that this could become one of the natural hindrances to selfless service, an inherent expectation that because we’ve given our time, sweat, money, or whatever it is, we should get something in return, so always keep that in check.
|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||
Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 12th March 2023
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On Mohanji’s birthday, I want to dedicate this testimonial in gratitude for whatever he has done for me and all the transformations he has graced my life with. I have gone through these experiences multiple times but never sat down to pen them.
I met Mohanji physically at the end of 2021. However, my journey started in 2020. At the beginning of 2020, I had been through a very turbulent time; much of it was because of my own wrong choices and decisions, putting my faith in people who did not have my best intentions.
I made choices that I never thought I would make. Looking back, I could have handled things better, but it didn’t happen that way. However, my idea of self crumbled – who I thought I was and what I thought I would do. My self-image was destroyed, leading to an absolute lack of self-confidence and trust and no idea what to do. Everything spiralled down even further; I had no idea how to get myself out of the internal state, and the external mess created.
This went on for a while and got way worse. There was guilt, anxiety, self-pity, self-blame, and a lot of pain, the pain I had caused to others and the pain that was caused to me. I had no acceptance of what was happening and would spend all my energy replaying everything in my mind for a better outcome.
I was always connected to Sai Baba; it depended more upon how much I needed him. However, the connection was always there with him – like a friend. Throughout this time, I would pray to him to help me anyway.
This went on for a while, going from darkness to some light and back to darkness. I was aware of some terms related to spirituality, karma, the law of attraction, etc. Around this time, the lockdown happened, and even though it brought loss to many, for me, it was like some fresh air. I could go back home, away from everything and everyone, and make some changes to the state I was in.
I understood that things, situations, and people were being removed from my life to help me, but still, I deeply drowned in all the emotions of the lower frequency. I was dragging myself through days, relying on guided meditations to sleep at night. My family could sense that something was not right with me, but I was too reserved to share anything. The thought of affecting them added more to the pain and guilt.
My acceptance was too low, and soon, I hit rock bottom. Everything piled up and led to self-hatred; I hated everything about myself, and when my parents would take care of me, I felt unhappy with that too. All I knew was that I needed help and couldn’t continue like this. The idea that I might have to experience more pain in life, just like everyone, scared me deeply.
I could not accept things getting added to the weight that I already had, and the idea that I might have lifetimes more to live was too dreadful. I started looking at ways not to accumulate karma, burn karma, and get out of karma, but I realized that it is not as easy as googling it and finding a solution. Throughout this time, I would share everything with Baba. He made his presence stronger and would send help in all ways, but I would still fall back after some time.
I started watching YouTube videos about Baba and stumbled upon one of the channels dedicated to people sharing their experiences about him. On that channel, I saw videos of Mohanji speaking about Baba. At this point, I was not looking for a Guru, nor did I think I needed a Guru. I simply liked Mohanji’s videos; he spoke simple words with clarity. I watched more videos of him, and one of his videos really touched me and brought about a change.
He spoke about how, no matter what, one should never entertain negative emotions like guilt, hate, and anxiety. Until this point, I believed that one is not truly apologetic if one doesn’t feel guilty and take responsibility for everything happening around them. Once I started accepting his teachings and chose to give up on such emotions, it felt like I could finally breathe. Suddenly I had hope, and slowly with time, the weight of everything became lighter.
Sometime later, someone recommended the book, “Autobiography of a Yogi”, although that person had not read it. That book changed my life; the possibility a human can have in one lifetime and the possibility of a technique to get done with everything was too fascinating. There is a part in the book where Kriya is referred to as the rocket technique to liberation that stuck with me. And I understood that this was what I needed.
After that, I read books about many Masters and their relationships with their disciples. All the books emanate much love. The books really helped me and made me stable, but I was not content with them; I wanted someone to come and guide me in their physical presence. I prayed intently to Baba to send a Guru my way. To make myself eligible, I tried chanting, yoga, and a few different things. All I wanted was a Kriya Guru, and I firmly believed I would get one. I was unsure how long it would take, but I was ready to wait.
I was watching Mohanji’s videos all this while, but I was unsure if he was a realized Master, more so because of how humbly he shared his knowledge and was exceptionally down to earth. My mind had many doubts; how did he get Kriya if he didn’t have a Guru? He did not appear like a typical Guru, and he did not speak like a typical Guru.
There came the point where I looked everywhere and was bombarded with forms of Kriya applications from different Traditions, but I was too low on confidence to make such a big decision by myself. Since Mohanji’s Kriya form was the first one that came my way, I filled it out and sent it with a prayer to Baba that if this is my path and my Guru, let this form get accepted.
Within a week, the reply came, and the application was selected. It was my absolute faith in Baba with which I accepted and understood that it was Baba’s guidance. After that, my life was never the same; everything fell into place, grace came from all directions, and things started happening in my favour.
I came out of all the negative emotions; they left me totally, so much so that now I can’t even believe that there was a time I lived like that. It seems like a memory of some past life. My relationship with Mohanji took its sweet little time to develop. Many tests happened, too; some I failed to see, some I passed, but he did not leave me through them.
In the past two years, I have had miraculous experiences, which I will share soon.
I will conclude this one with just one more incident. When I was going home during Covid, I remember feeling uncertain and crying about the life that I thought lay ahead of me. Still, when returning to college, I distinctly remember feeling absolute gratitude for the change that had happened in my life, for the love, grace, and absolute care that I had experienced only because of Baba and Mohanji.
The transformation was so apparent that even my mind could not deny it. Mohanji truly gave me a new life; he brought me out of self-hate to so much love that it just expressed itself to others around me. There is no way I could see it coming, and there is no way my gratitude can do justice to the grace showered upon me. There is no way I deserve all this grace.
I end this testimonial with gratitude to Mohanji for everything and to Baba for giving me the greatest gift of a lifetime, the presence of a living Master. Mohanji, please always keep me at your feet.
|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||
Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 2nd March 2023
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23rd February is the sacred day of Mohanji’s birth and is celebrated around the world, as an opportunity to intensify all our benevolent, selfless activities. Here is a brief glimpse into another packed and eventful year in the life of Mohanji—2022, which again has shown a relentless expansion of Mohanji and Mohanji Foundation’s benevolent and selfless activity worldwide.
This year we celebrated it in the spiritually esteemed and holy town of Puri in the state of Odisha, India.
The day began at 5:30am with a special homa (fire ceremony) conducted for the benefit of the ancestral lineages of the participants and volunteers present on the retreat and many more who joined online from their homes all across the world.
These homas, specially inspired and blessed by Mohanji, are examples, albeit on a smaller scale, of Mohanji’s key work of cleansing the entire living and ceased ancestral lineage of all living beings. Mohanji and the present group of dignitaries joined the homa towards the end, and after all offerings had been made, Mohanji gave his blessing for the ceremony to be officially closed.
As the homa was going on, Mohanji was also invited as a special guest to attend a local The Fruit Tree Plantation Drive in Puri. The project, initiated and carried out by the Happiness Foundation, involves planting fruit trees all along the roadside pilgrimage route to the Shri Jagannath Temple.
Mohanji’s official birthday celebrations began in the afternoon with representatives from all major countries joining together to light oil lamps. After the lamps had been lit, we were treated to a wonderful vocal performance by vocalist, Manaswini, and a traditional Odishi dance performance by Premananda Sahoo.
2. PUBLICATIONS LAUNCHES
Then we came to launch of official publications, which began with the launch of Mohanji Platforms Global Impact Report and the official Mohanji Foundation Calendar for 2023-2024.
3. BOOK LAUNCHES
The launch of these more formal publications were followed by the launch of the book, Home for a Refugee, by Mohanji’s wife, Devi Mohan.
Devi describes the word ‘Home’ in the title as representing the Supreme Consciousness, to which Mohanji has been gradually guiding all of his followers to, and the word ‘Refugee’ as representing the condition of being lost in the world of suffering and spiritual ignorance.
This was followed by the book, The Ultimate Gamble, by Mohanji’s Executive Assistant, Christopher Greenwood. The book captures Chris’ learning over his three-year-plus journey of living and working with Mohanji and the tremendous transformation that he experienced during the course of it.
Next, the brand new book, JagaMohana: The Oneness of Divinity, was released by author Subhasree Thottungal. The book gives expression to the experiences of many who experienced the deep spiritual unity of Lord Jagannath and Mohanji that was clearly perceived during the time of Mohanji’s first visit to Puri. The book gives expression to the fact that divinity is that which lies beyond all form and all names within the perfect unity of consciousness.
There were also three children’s books that have been brought out by the Mohanji Platform, Early Bird’s Club. For this launch, Mohanji got up to speak and affirmed to the whole audience that we are never really adults, but only grown-up children. As a result of this, he tells us, we should create an environment for our children to develop as naturally as possible without simply trying to force them to become other ‘bricks in the wall’.
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The next release was a special printed edition of the Awakening Times, which marks the ninth anniversary of bringing forth this conscious magazine to help liberate all beings and to add value to the world. Mohanji again came to stage, congratulated the team and said: ‘A magazine should talk truth. Something that communicates with the public should only talk truth. Maybe people don’t want to hear it. Society likes to talk of untruth and not truth. It usually takes a couple of generation to know that somebody was telling the truth. So these things will becoming the testimonial of those who told the truth at their time. My suggestion to the people making this is to stay with truth, even if it’s bitter.’
Also released were new translations of the classic book, Power of Purity, into Danish
4. DIGNITARIES AND OTHERS HONOURED BY MOHANJI
After the book launches, the following present dignitaries (and many more) were personally honoured by Mohanji: Shri Sulakhe Maharaj – former Chief Priest of Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Swami Goswami Sushilji Maharaj – National Convenor of the Indian Parliament of Religions, and Peetadheeswar (Maharishi Brighu Foundation), Haji Syed Salman Chisty – Gaddi Nashin (Ajmer Sharif Shrine of Kwaja Moinudeen Hana Chisty) and Chairman of Chisty Foundation, Ajmer, Swami Shivanand, Shri Unni Bhaskara – leading entrepreneur in the aviation industry and a long-time friend of Mohanji’s, Shri Padam Singhania – prominent industrialist and entrepreneur, Dr Shankar Gopal – Padmashri awardee and leading architect who specialises in harmony of structures with nature and her elements, Dr Murthy Devarbhotla – entrepreneur from Hyderabad and co-founder of Amicability Diplomatic Club, Shri Yogesh Mathuria – peace activist and strong campaigner for unity across all manmade barriers and boundaries, Shri Narayan Suryakumar – CEO of Ramaiah Institute (Ayurveda), T. M. Sankaran – uncle of Mohanji who played a loving host to Mohanji during his college years, Dolf Zantige – water scientist and creator of full spectrum coherent water (Analemma/Somarka) in India, Dr Umesh Dayanandan – homeopathic doctor and childhood friend of Mohanji.
Sulakhe Maharaj then came to the stage to present Mohanji with a special Mahavastram, or ‘Great clothe’, which has actually been worn by the Shri Shirdi Sai Baba Murti in Shirdi. The garment was provided as an ‘armour’ to protect Mohanji and all of his global family. This gifting came along with many tender words from Maharaj, including his wish that Mohanji will continue to allow us to externally call him Mohanji whilst we forever hold him in our hearts as ‘Gurudeva Mohanji’.
In the middle of the releases, we finally had the grace to welcome the man who orchestrated this year’s Mohanji birthday being celebrated in Puri: Pattajoshi Janardan Mahapatra, Chhattisha Nijog Nayak and Chief Servitor of Lord Jagannath Temple, Puri. As Pattajoshi made a very humble entrance and greeted Mohanji and the rest of the dignitaries, we also welcomed Mahaprasad Kar, son of late Padmashree Shree Prafulla Kar, to the stage. We were then all blessed to hear a number of bhajans performed by this wonderful vocalist.
The launches then continued with the release of a number of guided meditations, including the Shirdi Sai Baba Miracle Meditation in multiple languages and also a brand new guided meditation, Love Beyond Dimensions, composed by Mohanji Acharya Subhasree. Also released was the brand new official Mohanji App, created by Mohanji follower and entrepreneur, Graham Caldwell, who miraculously learnt a number of new programming languages in a very short time just to create the app.
As we proceeded into the evening, we invited Pattajoshi and the other dignitaries to relight the lamps and we were then treated to another session of traditional Bharatnatyam dancing from the HSTD team.
Nearing the conclusion of this spectacular event, which has also come to act as the main yearly gathering for the global Mohanji Foundation, Madhusudan Rajagopalan, CEO of Mohanji Foundation, came to the stage and paid a special recognition to many of the core team members across the world whose work has been especially important, inspiring and influential in the past year of activities.
The evening concluded with a speech by Mohanji, who gave his overwhelming approval for the organisation of the event and the dedicated work of all the volunteers. Finally, to cater for the large audience, two birthday cakes were cut and Pattajoshi and Mohanji gave their blessings and took photos with all who wished for them. The entire evening was truly a spectacle to behold and one that set the tone for further celebrations in the years to come, which Mohanji has confidently stated will henceforth take place in our new burgeoning MCB spaces worldwide! Find more photos of Mohanji’s birthday celebrations on Mohanji India
included various performances, dances, speeches, book releases and more.
The live stream of the 7 hours long festivities is available on the following link:
5. MOHANJI APP LAUNCH
The brand new official Mohanji App, created by Mohanji follower and entrepreneur, Graham Caldwell, who miraculously learnt a number of new programming languages in a very short time just to create the app.
Mohanji’s talk at 5.55.00
6. MOHANJI FOUNDATION:
EUROPE
SERBIA
On Thursday, February 23, we celebrated the birthday of our beloved Mohanji. Birthday parties were held at Mohanji centers in Novi Sad, Belgrade and Čačak. Music was played, delicious vegans snacks were served, hugs were exchanged and smiles were shared.
The magnificent Lotus band played live at the Mohanji Centre in Belgrade and touched the hearts of people around the globe.
We celebrated the birthday within our family’s inner circle, but we were also blessed with the company of some new people.
It just so happened that a guest visited the Belgrade Centre on Mohanji’s birthday for the very first time. Her experience was really amazing.
“Good afternoon, dear people, good afternoon, indeed!” This is how I greeted today the hostess of the Mohanji Centre in Belgrade after our close encounter of the third kind in the centre last night. Namely, I visited this place for the very first time last night, on the very day of Mohanji’s birthday. I was somewhat sceptical and a bit excited, and I immediately plunged into a warm and welcoming atmosphere filled with music, wonderful voices of singers and some loving people who sat on the floor of the room. Such a welcome slowly but surely dispelled all of my doubts and prejudices. After a wonderful meal, a divine group meditation, after Mohanji Energy Transfer (MET) through Jelena’s gentle touch, the most delicious vegan birthday cake I have ever tasted – a deep inner feeling whispered to me – “Welcome to your spiritual family after an endless, lonely journey!” I have been a spiritual seeker ever since I knew about my earthly Self. I have been through different situations, got tired of them all, and I assured myself and my Ego that I do not need a spiritual teacher or a group, and that I can and must reach Liberation on my own. Until I heard my soul cry, “I want to find my Spiritual Master!” And the rest is history. I run upon Mohan Devi on YouTube and was overjoyed, once again listened to several of Mohanji’s speeches, contacted the Belgrade Centre and visited it. This morning, the alarm woke me up from a beautiful dream in which I was singing with my sister at the top of my voice, and found me in deep Peace and Joy, which has not happened for a decade or two. Good afternoon, good afternoon, indeed.”
Good afternoon!-Tamara
Our dear Ivona Pleskonja has also shared her amazing experience:
The birthday celebration of our beloved Mohanji at the Belgrade Centre was magical and special for me. Joy, love and unity spread from all of our hearts. The Kirtan was powerful, everything vibrated in prayers🙏🙏🙏. The meditation was particularly powerful. I felt the entire Universe, especially when I received the MET, I saw with my inner eye that I was in the Universe and that I was shining like a huge star with the hand of the Mohanji Channel on the top of my head. I literally felt like a Star that treats all celestial objects as its children. I do not know which star it is, but the feeling is so LOVE and so strong that I cannot find the right words to describe it.
Happy birthday, Mohanji
Jai Mohanji Namaste
This has been a special day, charged with joy, love and unity.
We are grateful for every minute together that Mohanji gave us, we keep on moving with peace and love. 🙏
Yours truly,
Mohanji centres in Novi Sad, Belgrade and Čačak
Mohanji Centre of Benevolence in Obrenovac
We are extremely happy because of the realisation of Mohanji’s vision to conduct programs in Mohanji Centres of Benevolence throughout the world. This day, 25th February 2023, will remain for remembrance and history.
With great joy and excitement we inform you that the first program has been conducted in our centre of benevolence in Obrenovac. The reason for organising it was a birthday celebration of our founder – Mohanji. And how to celebrate it other than with Conscious Dancing, a beautiful technique that was given to us by exactly Mohanji.
Our gracious Mohanji Acharya, Biljana Vozarevic, masterly led us through the dance and deeper connecting with ourselves through movement, so that everything was vibrating with love and togetherness.
Mohanji centre of benevolence is a realisation of Mohanji’s vision to live united regardless of nationality, skin colour, ethnicity, religion, caste, gender, or age. All are welcome to together unite the world with love, kindness, compassion, companionship and righteousness. In this way we use our time well on this planet and pave the way to our personal transformation through our own experience. The transformation from sound and noise to inner silence, from gross to subtle, from binding to liberated existence where a man can have everything, while needing nothing.
It is very important to stay united and together walk united, support each other, without criticising, judging, comparing or competing with each other. Our motto is respect, appreciation, acceptance, recognition and love. In this way, we contribute to reduce anger, hatred, jealousy and moral bankruptcy in the world. Mohanji Centre of Benevolence will establish and nurture true values through generations. It will practise authentic and transforming Mohanji’s techniques so that as many people as possible radiate the highest in themselves.
Sigurni smo da je prvi program održan u Mohanđi centru mira na Balkanu, prelepim povodom, dao ton za sve buduće proslave i programe koji će se održavati u ovom i drugim centrima na ovim prostorima. Presrećni zbog realizacije Mohanđijeve vizije održavanja programa u centrima mira širom sveta, ovaj dan će ostati za pamćenje i istoriju.
We continue to build other projects on the land, so that we have enough capacity for all future programs. More photos
CROATIA
Croatia celebrated Mohanji’s birthday with various programs as given below:
Varaždin – Acharya program with Helena Bjelaković
Rijeka – Recording of Shirdi Sai Baba meditation in the Croatian language
Čakovec – First meditation Power of purity with ET
On 23.02.2023, Mohanji Macedonia celebrated Mohanji’s birthday with short satsang, Mohanji Gayatri Mantra chanting, Blossoms of Love meditation and beautiful bhajans sung by Natalija and Elena. The evening finished with a delicious vegan cake.
SLOVENIA
On Mohanji’s birthday, we visited a remote kindergarten and donated food and clothes for kids. Teachers told the kids: “Mohanji is a gentleman who doesn’t ask for gifts for his birthday. He gives gifts to children all over the world instead.”
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
On February 23, 2023, Mohanji’s birthday was celebrated in Bijeljina at the yoga studio “Light”. In His honor that day, we organized a satsang and meditation “The Power of Purity”, led by Dejan Ćosić, Mohanji Acharya. A dozen participants enjoyed Mohanji’s blessings during this meditation, which helps us to get rid of deep emotional blockages and give peace and understanding to every experience from the past.
On the occasion of Mohanji’s birthday, volunteers from Bijeljina also organized a book collection campaign for the pediatric department of the JZU Hospital “Sveti Vračevi” in Bijeljina and replenished their library with around 600 titles of children’s literature. A truly wonderful day with a wonderful occasion.
UK
Celebrating Mohanji’s birthday for the first time in the UK Mohanji Centre of Benevolence in Aberdeen, Scotland, was wonderful. The day started with the online morning group Kriya followed by a breathtaking sunrise. Surrounded by nature, the bright golden light filtering through the trees was a beautiful blessing from Mohanji. During the day, the home and the surrounding area were cleaned and then purified with vibhuti water and chanting.
The celebrations in the evening included a hybrid session of chanting, bhajans and birthday cake cutting with almost 30 people. An update on the soon-to-begin Shirdi Sai Temple building work was shared with the participants. We are really excited to have this Mohanji space in the UK and look forward to hosting and celebrating many more events in the future.
Thank you, dearest Mohanji, for your grace, love, blessings and protection ever present for all of us. We wish you a very happy birthday. Jai Mohanji!
1- Online Meditation of Shirdi Sai Baba miracle meditation on Zoom and Clubhouse at the same time and 29 people attended.
2- Fruit tree plantation in Iran, 8 fruit trees is planted in the city of Bandar Abbas.
3- Delivering aids to people affected by earthquake in Iran happened on the occasion of Mohanji’s birthday.
4- Food seva for two needy families in Tehran with a total weight of 50 kg. Two cans of infant formula is donated to a family with small kid. 11 heaters are distributed between underprivileged families living in an outskirt area.
5- Mohanji’s blog “A Chapter in life. A birthday message”, translated and uploaded on Farsi website.
6- One video from a Mohanji devotee for his birthday
SINGAPORE
Singapore celebrated Mohanji’s birthday at the St. John’s Old Age Home. There are 5 elderly whose birthday also falls in Feb and celebrated with cake cutting. Approximately 65 kgs of ration was donated to the old age home.
8kgs of food is donated to stray dogs at “Cause for Animals Singapore”.
MALAYSIA
On the auspicious occasion of Mohanji’s 58th birthday, Mohanji Malaysia family gathered to celebrate with an outpouring of Joy, Love, Devotion and much Laughter! It was a lovely Sunday (19th February, 2023) morning where the sun shone so brightly and the birds sang so beautifully. These, and the warm, bright smiles of all attendees definitely set the tone for the day and celebration.
The celebration began with the Guru Paduka Puja (holy feet worship) to offer our gratitude to Mohanji, our beloved Father, for his unconditional Love and Guidance throughout time. Each family member took turns to one by one pour milk and rose water over the paduka and Shirdi Sai Baba with the 108 names of Mohanji playing in the background. It was then followed by the Mohanji Aarti where everyone took turns individually or as a family to perform the Aarti while singing to the lyricss with full of devotion and utmost respect. There was a shift in the energy at that moment which was felt by all alike.
The highlight of the celebration had our dear family members Ash and Hannah dedicating Shiva and Krishna devotional songs to Mohanji. Their voices mesmerised us and brought all of us to a different level of existence. One family member even described it as a magical and enchanting feeling with heart expanded and being gently lifted into a different dimension. The participants were afterwards transported into Mohanji’s gentle and protective embrace as all meditated to our beloved Father chanting the Shiva Kavacham..
Taken from a letter written on his birthday in 2019, our beloved Mohanji had expressed that neither him nor his birthday are special. Instead, to view and celebrate it as a “Consciousness Day” where we remember him as a consciousness and that “You & I are One”. Always dear Father, always. And for this we are always grateful for all that you do and are, and will celebrate you in any way.
We had a beautiful birthday surprise in the form of a decadent vegan cake prepared specially for the occasion. Everyone sang Happy Birthday to Mohanji full of Love and Joy. This was then followed by a lovely vegetarian lunch filled with talk and laughter as most were catching up after a long time since the lockdown and restrictions. All in all, it was a lovely day filled with lots of positivity, blessings and lightness. We are ever so grateful to Dr. Thiages and family for their grace and kindness in hosting the celebration of our dear Mohanji.
And once again, Happy Birthday dearest Father from the Mohanji Malaysia family. We love you!
Mohanji Australia Team celebrated Mohanji’s birthday on 26th Feb 2023 by organising a full day program – A day in Mohanji’s consciousness in Melbourne.
We had about 20 people joining in person as well as another 10 online on Zoom. The day started with Group Kriya in the morning. Mohanji Acharya Rakshitha, helped us delve into deeper aspects of practising Kriya and the importance of Kriya Vows. She also explained to us how the Kriya Vows can be applied practically in our day to day life.
Then we had our Country Head Ananth joining us on call explaining about the progress of Mohanji Center of Benevolence and Mohanji’s visit in March. He also answered a few questions from the participants and what can we expect during the Prana Prathista of Baba during Mohanji’s visit.
Post this, we had Power of Purity Meditation with Energy transfer for participants who joined us in person. It felt like a family meet and also gave us an opportunity to meet and greet new people from the Mohanji Family.
Following the value system that Mohanji educates us – about non-violence, we had our amazing volunteers cooking a full fledged Sattvic Vegan 3-course yummy meal for all of us. With Power of purity filling our hearts in gratitude, the meal filled our hungry bellies with sumptuous foods.
Post lunch, Mohanji Acharya Rakshitha explained to us about self-healing, chakras and pancha koshas and also explained the process of Mai-Tri. Shiva kavacham was played before beginning the Mai-Tri session. 3 Maitri practitioners patiently facilitated one to one Maitri for all the participants present, including children. The entire space was brimming with Mohanji’s energy and everyone felt calm and peaceful.
We ended the day with vegan tea and a vegan Mango cake (cut by kids) for Mohanji. From the contribution collected from the participants, Shruti from our ACT team also organised groceries for distribution to charities.
It was a day well spent and a beautiful treat to the soul and belly. We sincerely thank Mohanji for guiding us & giving us this amazing opportunity/ platform to walk the journey of Liberation.
We also had conscious walking organised by another volunteer at another location as a part of Mohanji’s birthday celebrations.
AMERICAS
CANADA
A beautiful day of beloved Mohanji’s birthday on 23rd February started with Shri Shirdi Sai Baba’s abhishek (holy bath) at Mohanji Datta Tapovan Ashram followed by Mohanji’s Paduka Puja (holy feet worship).
A Vegan Cake was cut to wish Mohanji a very happy birthday.
After the Aarti, Guru Raksha Homa was conducted at the Ashram for four families. They were grateful to have Mohanji’s blessings on this great occasion.
Our M Family member Ketan Patel sang and dedicated a beautiful song for Mohanji on this occasion.
Thank you, Mohanji for the opportunity to celebrate this day by adding value to the world. We all love you.
Plasma and Blood donation was done later during the day at Canadian Blood Services center. Mohanji Foundation Inc, Canada has a Life partnership with Canadian Blood Services. Total 12 people volunteered to donate Plasma and Blood inspite of adverse weather conditions.
Excitement, love and joy loomed in the air, as 23 February marking the earthly birthday of our beloved Mohanji approached. South Africa was covered in a bright array of love and colour as Mohanji Meditation Centres in Randburg, Ladysmith and Centurion engaged in beautiful birthday celebrations, padam pooja, meditation, bhajans and seva; Dattatapovan Ashram in Durban also hosted beautiful celebrations, puja and seva. Numerous individuals hosted amazing sevas and celebrations expressing their love and gratitude to Mohanji.
The Shirdi Sai Baba temple at the Mohanji Center of Benevolence, Nonoti hosted beautiful celebrations and three sevas in honour of Mohanji. 23 February marked the birth of a “Mohanji United” soccer team in Nonoti, blessed by Mohanji, as the first of its kind in the world. The Youth club was launched and the children were kitted with soccer shirts, shorts, soccer balls and sports bags all branded “Mohanji United”, a beautiful start to the Mohanji Youth Club powered by Our Master’s Grace! This initiative helps the children in the area to engage in empowering activities and be kept away from violence, crime and drugs.
The Mohanji Center of Benevolence in Nonoti presents future soccer legends. Make way Liverpool and Manchester United, Here comes Mohanji United! During Mohanji Birthday Celebrations, 2150 meals, food products, goodie bags, animal food was served, of which 990 beings benefitted and numerous programs were held where about 300 people participated. Local and international Mohanji devotees participated in 1008 chants of Mohanji Gayatri mantra in honour of Mohanji on His birthday, these devotees are continuing to reach 5000 chants.
The evening culminated with an online musical tribute to Mohanji by Vero Govender, Kerolin Govender and Lotos band followed by a Garland of Gratitude online birthday celebrations from the various Mohanji centres, Dattatapovan ashram and individual messages of love. A professional music video, Dattatreya Mohanji dedicated to Mohanji was launched, this heartfelt composition was by music artist Kerolin Govender sharing his encounter of connecting to Lord Dattatreya through Mohanji. Mohanji’s love and grace was felt by all, thank you Mohanji for loving us and walking with each of us always.
ACT Canada conducted three activities for Annadaan such as Food bank donation, Women Shelter donation and Bird feeding.
CROATIA
This year, on the occasion of Mohanji’s birthday volunteers from Croatia organized programs, donated food for people and animals, fed animals in nature and donated food and clothes for the homeless. Here are the highlights of all the activities that Mohanji inspired us to do:
41-Day Challenge of feeding living beings in Pelješac, Čakovec, Pula, Crikvenica, Varaždin, Split, Zagreb
Varaždin – Food and clothes donation to homeless people
Zagreb – Donation of 18 kg food and 12 kg of a pet food to a person with special needs
Pula – 80 kg food donation for the dog shelter
Pula – 70 kg food donation for the two families in need
Labin – First meditation ever in this town
Split – donation of vegan cake for the homeless people
MACEDONIA
Volunteers of ACT Macedonia visited “Happy Shelter”, a shelter with over 200 dogs. We donated 80 kg of dry food, blankets and towels necessary for the needs of the shelter.
Besides this, Individual feeding of birds and animals were also done by our volunteers.
ACT Macedonia also visited a single mother family with 4 children. We donated 2 packages of food, 1 package of toys, 1 package of clothes and 1 package of hygiene items.
ACT MACEDONIA volunteers were at the Red Cross center in Momin Potok, where they delivered donations of hygiene item packages, and canned food for the survivors of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria.
QATAR
As part of the Mohanji’s 58th birthday celebrations, ACT Qatar conducted food seva event for the under privileged members of society. 150 vegan meals were distributed to individuals and families with low income. People felt happy not just from the warm and tasty freshly cooked vegan food, but also from the smiles and warm words by members of the ACT team. A little 3 year old girl was the youngest volunteer.
IRAN
HIMALAYAN SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL DANCE
Watch the shloka dedicated to Mohanji and see more in the blog below:
Himalayan School of Traditional Music (HSTM) is proud to announce the launch of the Kannada translation of Njanappana, a poem written by the 16th century Malayalam poet Poonthanam in praise of Lord Guruvayurappan. This is our second music album under the Purana Parampara Series, and in the future, HSTM will be releasing Njanappana in various Indian languages.
Kannada *Njanappana*, considered one of the most important works in Malayalam literature, is revered for its sincere expression of devotion, the philosophical heft and its simplicity, thereby making it accessible to all devotees.
With Mohanji’s guidance and blessings, HSTM has taken up the yeoman project of making this masterpiece available in various languages.
*Njanappana in Kannada is officially launched today, the most auspicious being Mohanji’s Birthday.*
At Mohanji’s birthday celebration in Puri, the translation of the Malayalam hymn to Krishna, Jnanappana, into English and Kannada, was launched, as part of the Himalayan School of Traditional Music.
Jelena Fassbender says, “With a blessing and support of our dear Mohanji, Hearts Liberated had a divine opportunity to record Jnanappana, the script of ultimate Truth, in English language. Mohanji’s father, our dear Acchan, beautifully translated Malayalam poem in English language and Natalija and I made a music, with the help of couple of more other amazing musicians.
A lot of thanks to our Shaju and Anand, Madhu and Chris, for guidance and support.
We both feel blessed for the process and the opportunity. Our hearts are maybe not yet liberated but they are definitely expanded and filed with love.
This is the first song of Herts Liberated that is uploaded on Hearts Liberated YouTube channel.”
HIMALAYAN SCHOOL OF TRADITIONAL LANGUAGES
8. INDIVIDUAL WISHES
Mohanji is my Father, my teacher, all of the universe, and the beauty in the smallest things at the same time. Mohanji means unconditional love and eternity. I feel so grateful & blissful that he is walking with me in every step that I take. I can feel his presence and love always. That makes me flow like a river through life, accepting all the challenges and blissful moments with awareness and humility. Being Mohanji for me means being in the moment always, being in the smallest unit and the entire universe at the same time. It makes me see the world through my heart, not through my eyes. It’s the feeling of expansion and true love. Being Mohanji is living the highest truth. Dear Father, thank you for always being by my side, for giving me a true purpose in my life, and for making me feel your unconditional love always. I wish you great happiness, love, and good health. I wish the Mohanji family to grow bigger every day and to influence many lives around the world. Love you always.
Marta Minarkova, Macedonia
Mohanji is my beginning. He is my end and everything in between. Being egoless, being natural and being unconditional love. Mohanji is perfection. Being Mohanji is reflecting his thoughts, words and actions. Being and expressing love, kindness and compassion in every situation, whether pleasant or unpleasant. Happy birthday, Baba. Thank you for taking birth. Thank you for walking with us. Thank you is a small word for everything you are doing for us. We love you, Mohanji. Have a fantastic birthday. At your lotus feet always.
Pooja Sheth, Canada
Mohanji is pure love and Consciousness. Mohanji is everything to me. Every moment in my life is for Mohanji and his teachings. Dear Father, your physical being in this time is huge luck and an Infinite blessing for all of us and any been in the universe. Happy birthday, Mohanji. We love you.
Hamid Vahabzadeh, Iran
In one word TRANSFORMATION. Liberation starts with One’s own personal inner transformation from unconscious to conscious living. Being Yourself, being 100% YOU. That is the biggest gift we can give to the world. We are love incarnated with the lifestyle of non-violence inside and outside of oneself. Being…. just BEing. Hey sweetie, happy birthday. Your birthday is a celebration of life itself. Your passing will be a celebration of life itself. I am so happy and honoured to have you in my life and beyond. I am so happy to have this opportunity to celebrate your birthday in your physical proximity. Love you, baby.
Dragan Vucenovic, Serbia
Love humanity. The highest spiritual Master. The kindest Father. The best and purest human being. Mohanji is my guide, teacher and Master who will always be with me on the spiritual path. I clearly feel Mohanji’s presence in my life. My dear Master Mohanji, you were a miracle for teaching me how to live a life worth living. Happy birthday to you. With much love and respect.
Ayda Makaryan, Iran
Hello, my generous, kind-hearted dad. I had a hardworking and enthusiastic father who passed away 8 years ago and left me alone. You are the best one for me. My wish and dream are to meet you. Happy birthday a million times. I wish you happiness from the bottom of my heart. Thank God for your meaningful presence, which colored my life. I appreciate and adore your support. Your little girl Leila.
Leila Nasrollahi, Iran
Unconditional love, awareness, kindness, and I can’t explain these meanings as words; everyone must experience them by themselves. Being Mohanji, for me, is being in the moment with the kindest love for all creatures and also being a perfect human being. Mohanji is like the sun shining all over the world. Happy birthday dear Mohanji. I’m always thinking about you, and you are in my heart. Thanks for your presence in my life. I feel you. Love you, Father.
Mansoure, Iran
Mohanji, to me, is the ever-shining light, brighter than a million suns. The light and Consciousness that is available 24/7. He is a protection, guide, friend, teacher and ever-lasting love. He is simply love! Dear Mohanji, I am forever grateful that you are part of my heart and my life. Wishing you many happy returns of the day. Thank you for finding me in this life time. Love you always!
Diana Ialamova, Qatar/Bulgaria
I love Shirdi Sai, so I started loving Mohanji. I haven’t experienced anything as yet, but I sang at Datta Tappovan Mandir in Reservoir Hills, Durban and I feel a sense of inspiration when I am there. Happy birthday Guruji. I wish you well. Have a splendid evening. My granddaughter has been diagnosed with bone cancer. she is 4 years old. Please heal Averi Singh. Jai Gurudev.
Dharam Dawchund, South Africa
Thank you for being in my life. You are always there for me. The tender wind that carries me. A light in the dark shining your love into my life. You’ve been my inspiration. Through the lies, you are the truth. My world is a better place because of you. You were my strength when I was weak. You are my voice when I cannot speak. You were my eyes when I could not see. You see the best there is in me. You lifted me up when I could not reach. You gave me faith ’cause you believed. I’m everything I am because of you. Unconditional love. Happy birthday Dear Brahmarishi Mohanji. Have a wonderful day of celebrations. Keep shining like a million suns. Love you eternally. Happy birthday Mohanji!
Veni Pather, South Africa
On this day 58 years ago, the world was blessed with smiling baby who did not come crying into this world but smiled, with full knowledge that this will be a difficult life but one filled with so much purpose. 58 years later, so much great work is being celebrated. Meals have been fed to all beings of the earth, water and air. Lives have been transformed and people are leading lives filled with purpose and stability. So many have hope in such desperate circumstances.What an immense pleasure to be able to serve on the platforms created by You. Happy Birthday Guruji. Love you endlessly. Thank you for all that you do for us, all the seen and unseen, known and unknown.
Deloshni Govender
What Mohanji means to me:
The Truth of Me my True Reality which I have yet to experience fully, I see in You Mohanji – magnificently magnified. Freedom’s Friend You are, my wondrous Wayshower, My Pillar of Strength, and Cosmic Compass. You mean to me my safe Harbour in Consciousness, and safety and support in Your Dynamic Stillness. Covered in Your Kavach of Devi and Shiva, the Light of God Golden You are. Love is Your Nature, Pure and Priceless. You hold me close and raise me up to be Me as You, and You as Me in the Wholeness of the Unity – the Oneness in God.
Ami Hughes, South Africa
My whole world. My life-giving force. My Dear Mohanji. On this occasion of your 58th birthday, I would like to give gratitude to you for being you and for giving me spiritual guidance. A blessed birthday to you, Mohanji. We are so blessed to have you as our living Spiritual Master. I love you, Mohanji.
Megan Thulukanam, South Africa
My Guru, guide and friend. Aspiring to reach my highest potential by overcoming the pull of tamas and the limitations of my mind. Dear Mohanji, I would like to wish you a very happy birthday!! I know that you will be inundated with messages today and tomorrow. But I wanted to give you my good wishes on this special day. For your birthday, we are launching a new initiative called ACT4Africa, to expand our ACT4Hunger and ACT Foundation activities to more areas of the world. We are also launching the Shirdi Baba temple project at the MCB to be able to get the funds for a proper temple space at the MCB. Thank you for adding value to our lives, for your example, your grace and constant guidance. We are so happy that the greatest gift of all, the Scotland MCB is in place now. Wishing you a fabulous birthday! Lots of love from Vijay, Ranjana, Nilam and Vivek
Vijay Ramanaidoo, UK
My Beloved Guru, my guiding Master on this journey through life. My Master of the Tradition through the path of liberation. On this anniversary of your birth, my beloved Mohanji, I give gratitude for your birth into this world as a blessing for the purpose of guiding & protecting me & all who have chosen to be a part of your family & Tradition. I give gratitude to you, my beloved Guru, for regarding me as eligible & leading me to your loving embrace. I’m eternally grateful for your abundant grace & for walking with me, guiding & protecting me on this journey. Happy Birthday My Beloved Mohanji. I love you eternally.
Kamla (Kamy Pillay), South Africa
Happiest birthday to you, Lord. We should congratulate ourselves for having you on earth. Your birthday is more beneficial for us than you since you don’t have any agenda here on earth, and you just stay completely selfless in helping us and anyone who prays for help. How many times you took people’s burdens and baggage to yourself and your body, we don’t know. To how many people you have reached out to, we don’t know. In how many dimensions you are working, we don’t know. How you’re operating, we don’t know. We just know you’re the strength and light of hope for many! We know you’re the most compassionate being in the world. We know you don’t rest even if it seems you’re resting. We know you are so humble that you never talk about what you have done and doing for us. We know you see all our flaws, and still, you love us to the fullest, unconditionally. So grateful for your existence. So grateful to Amma and Achan for gifting you to us. May you live long and healthy. Always at your lotus feet. Love You, Mohanji Baba
Elham & Farshad, Iran
n celebration of Mohanji’s birthday may we walk the path of Liberation with dedication, commitment and consistency. Living our lives as the highest expression of all the positive values Mohanji embodies. May your light shine bright and illuminate the world for ever! Happy birthday Mohanji.
Sjarn, South Africa
Unconditional love and hope. Love. Happy birthday Guruji. On this special day, I would like to thank the blessed parents and the whole universe for gifting Mohanj to us. Always grateful & blessed to live in the era of Mohanji. Thankyou Parabrahma.
Kavitha Sajjith, India
Happy birthday, Mohanji. Being your student is the most beautiful thing in my whole life. I hope to reach liberation in the blessing of your existence. I love you, Mohanji.
Mitra, Iran
Happy Birthday, wish you a long, healthy life. With your guidance may we all go through a better furture.
Hello, dear Mohanji. Happy birthday to you. I love you, and I wish you the best. I hope to see you.
AK Chanda, India
He is my everything. Love, I wish you all the best. You are my Sunshine. My love. I love you!
Svjetlana Vulin, Croatia
Zahra, Iran
He is my wayshower to Liberation. Merging in Mohanji’s Consciousness. Deep gratitude for Father’s blessings.
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