This year's new year's message has not been as easy to integrate as have others in previous years. I don't know if this has to do with me spending considerably less time at the Ashram than I used to or not, but I think talking about it and thinking about it with the sangham does increase an awareness of the nuances and meaning of the message. Are people here actively involved in their center, either by way of seva or going to evening programs, or practicing Siddha Yoga, for now anyway, on their own?
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Sun, August 29, 2004 - 9:33 AMI think Gurumayi's messages are akin to someone reminding you to "breath" consciously. They are geared less towards teaching but more towards making us aware. To that extent it does make a difference if there are symbols around me which constantly reminds me of that. But to me, visiting the Ashram has never been a compulsion. I do seva but that is it. I hardly socialize there and do not know many people in the Ashram, although I've been going there on and off for about 12 years now.
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Tue, March 15, 2005 - 9:43 PMFor me the New Year's message is about Experiencing....Experience the Power Within... I have a subscription to In Seach of the Self, I very ocassionally go to the Guru Gita on Sun. mornings, I have trouble meditating at home... I have been thinking a lot about why I can't seem to be more active with Siddha Yoga in my daily life, like why am I spending time on the computer that I should be spending meditating? I realized that I was wasting all this energy feeling guilty about all of my "shoulds" when actually in my daily life I have been working very hard on experiencing the power within. I have spent the last two years really investigating and even more so taking the actions I need to experience the power I have within. So....am I just trying to make excuses for why I'm playing on the computer instead of meditating? Or, do I look at my life and my actions and notice and appreciate how the Shakti is always helping me to experience the power within every day? -
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Tue, March 15, 2005 - 10:37 PMYou are thinking too much :-) Slow down ... hehe -
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Wed, March 16, 2005 - 2:15 PMYes, probably. I tend to do that. -
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Wed, March 16, 2005 - 4:05 PMKrishna Govinda Govinda Gopala
Krishna Murli Manohar Nandlala
I sing the above when I want to get in that simple pleasures mode.
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Thu, July 21, 2005 - 4:20 PMI think the hardest messege I have ever heard from her was the "Everything happens for the Best." At first it felt like a kick in the chest and head. I still think of it as a hard lesson to learn. But I really think it was about trust, something I am not really very good at personally. There have been times when things she says in talks have hit me very strongly, not necessarily in a bad way, but very strongly. Really I haven't ever had anything hit me in a bad way. Somethings I just need to process a bit more than others. Sometimes it is simply the feeling of "Oh yeah, I knew that" and sometimes it is like a huge gong going off inside, "Pay Attention!!!"
Presently I have felt completely cut off from the Sangham, living in an area where I can't get to our meditation center, even though it is rather close to where I work, I just can't get there, no car, and not public transport going that direction or back to where I live. Sad, but I am constantly reminded of my Guru, and have the mantra playing in in my heart, and out loud in my room almost constantly. There are many times when I think "oh I left the stereo playing during the day" and find that it is off, but I am hearing the mantra as if the stereo is on. I love that feeling, and it tends to make me well up with love for her, mySelf, and everyone around me. This was something that started happening rather soon after I received Shaktipat. The mantra just plays within me. The chants often sing themselves.
I love this stage of my sadhna, but am missing the Satsang of others too.
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Mon, August 21, 2006 - 7:49 PMHello Kylie. I was in Ganeshpuri some years ago and I have been meditating on my own since them, having gurumayi deeply in my hearth. I just moved to the US, near Sarasota, just by case do you know where the meditation center is? do you know anyone there?
thanks
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Tue, August 22, 2006 - 9:53 AMHere is a list of Centers.
Scroll to the bottom of the list for centers in the US.
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Tue, August 22, 2006 - 9:54 AMEven better, I came across this center's phone number.
SARASOTA
941-926-2845
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