Nithyanandam,
Check out this video clip, I did mention on Krishna Jayanthi Swami was playing games with the LEP participants and ashramites. Here's the link: (Total 5:21 minutes, check it out at 0:33 seconds). Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srz_UM1nOmM
Don't miss your chance again to be in the presences of the Enlightened Master or Incarnation and experience moments like this. How many times will we miss it? We are responsible for choosing to miss this opportunities!
'Open the door; Let the breeze in'.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Kurangkan Laju
Sept. 8th, 2010 (Bidadi)
Today again Swami was talking about awareness. 'Hurry-up to Slow down'. I think that's the topic for today.
I was feeling very sleepy while morning talk because last night (or early this morning) after midnight I was busy chatting with a friend of mine in LA sharing my deeper experience in this ashram. That's including the scandal, the program, Swami's personality, the community leaving and so on. I started sharing, we ended up chatting for almost 3 hours. So I didn't get to bed till 3:00am. Then I got up by 5:30am. So I was feeling sleepy in the temple while Swami was giving His morning talk.
Suddenly, I became wide awake. Can you guess why? It's funny, I'll be surprise if anyone could guess it right. Actually suddenly I heard Swami mentioning something about Malaysia and then He utter two Malay words - 'Kurangkan Laju'. He was talking about being aware in our daily activities, for that it's OK to slow down.
So when Swami was in Malaysia, one of the devotee asked Swamiji "tell us in our language what is your message." Swami was thinking it seems, "I've bee in Malaysia only two days (not sure which year was this visit) he want me to tell him in his language my message".
In that visit Swami noticed a sign on the road everywhere He goes, so he asked the driver what it says and what does that mean? The driver said it's written 'Kurangkan laju' which means 'slow down.' That observation helped Swami to answer this devotee's question. Swami said His message is "Kurangkan Laju!" Then He connected that with awareness and slow down. I thought that was very clever and spontaneous! The best part, Swami said it in Malay with no accent, very clear and crisp message. That woke me up! :) Swami speaking Malay?! That's cool. Being born and brought in Malaysia, I was excited to hear something about Malaysia and hear Swami speaking Malay. Interesting to see, how much my being is connected to the language, cluture and country that I was exposed, most in my life.
Oh.. one nice tip from Swami's talk for me today was, when you do something, know what you are doing. It helps us to be aware. Example: when we eat, we know we are eating the whole time, not suddenly realize....hey the food is finished.
Pure Devotion is Living Enlightenment (You Tube video clip, enjoy!)
Today again Swami was talking about awareness. 'Hurry-up to Slow down'. I think that's the topic for today.
I was feeling very sleepy while morning talk because last night (or early this morning) after midnight I was busy chatting with a friend of mine in LA sharing my deeper experience in this ashram. That's including the scandal, the program, Swami's personality, the community leaving and so on. I started sharing, we ended up chatting for almost 3 hours. So I didn't get to bed till 3:00am. Then I got up by 5:30am. So I was feeling sleepy in the temple while Swami was giving His morning talk.
Suddenly, I became wide awake. Can you guess why? It's funny, I'll be surprise if anyone could guess it right. Actually suddenly I heard Swami mentioning something about Malaysia and then He utter two Malay words - 'Kurangkan Laju'. He was talking about being aware in our daily activities, for that it's OK to slow down.
So when Swami was in Malaysia, one of the devotee asked Swamiji "tell us in our language what is your message." Swami was thinking it seems, "I've bee in Malaysia only two days (not sure which year was this visit) he want me to tell him in his language my message".
In that visit Swami noticed a sign on the road everywhere He goes, so he asked the driver what it says and what does that mean? The driver said it's written 'Kurangkan laju' which means 'slow down.' That observation helped Swami to answer this devotee's question. Swami said His message is "Kurangkan Laju!" Then He connected that with awareness and slow down. I thought that was very clever and spontaneous! The best part, Swami said it in Malay with no accent, very clear and crisp message. That woke me up! :) Swami speaking Malay?! That's cool. Being born and brought in Malaysia, I was excited to hear something about Malaysia and hear Swami speaking Malay. Interesting to see, how much my being is connected to the language, cluture and country that I was exposed, most in my life.
Oh.. one nice tip from Swami's talk for me today was, when you do something, know what you are doing. It helps us to be aware. Example: when we eat, we know we are eating the whole time, not suddenly realize....hey the food is finished.
Pure Devotion is Living Enlightenment (You Tube video clip, enjoy!)
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Sitting with the Master
Sept 7th, 2010 (Bidadi)
Today again Swami was giving importance for having healthy body. Yogic body. How we should own the body and the body should listen to us. Body is the closest thing that we relate on daily basis so He was sharing the importance of having healthy body and accepting our body.
It is very clear that body has it's own intelligence and it will listen to us. "The body has intelligence to change food into blood", He said. Well it make sense. So it has the intelligence to stay healthy too.
Then He was also stressing how important to live in awareness. Of course He has put us is the Radiate Enlightenment Process, one of it is Zen Living, so we have to be aware of every action.
OK now I have to share the fun part. FOOD... wow, food here is great. I enjoy it much. Normally I care less for Indian food but this time, it's different experience. Food here is so tasty and so many varieties too. Today is Sevananda's birthday. He is one of the man who's been helped by Swamiji with His healing. I forgot Sevananda's disease but I remember him sharing that he had a fatal disease and Doctors gave-up on him.
Today we celebrated his 60th birthday. We had a feast. I had parotha, vada, chikku (fruit), vanilla & chocolate ice-cream, rasam (in a cup), sambar, eggplant. There was kheer too but I care less for Indian dessert.
Life in this ashram is so complete. Incarnation, enlightened beings, kids, fun & play time, seva, good food, spiritual and coperate training, great food, great outdoor environment. I can go on and on. Especially the Living Master and the community who are here to learn and help each other. That's the ultimate. Everyone helping each other and continuously looking inward. On top of having a Living Enlighten Master, contniously provide unconditional love and care.
Today again Swami was giving importance for having healthy body. Yogic body. How we should own the body and the body should listen to us. Body is the closest thing that we relate on daily basis so He was sharing the importance of having healthy body and accepting our body.
It is very clear that body has it's own intelligence and it will listen to us. "The body has intelligence to change food into blood", He said. Well it make sense. So it has the intelligence to stay healthy too.
Then He was also stressing how important to live in awareness. Of course He has put us is the Radiate Enlightenment Process, one of it is Zen Living, so we have to be aware of every action.
OK now I have to share the fun part. FOOD... wow, food here is great. I enjoy it much. Normally I care less for Indian food but this time, it's different experience. Food here is so tasty and so many varieties too. Today is Sevananda's birthday. He is one of the man who's been helped by Swamiji with His healing. I forgot Sevananda's disease but I remember him sharing that he had a fatal disease and Doctors gave-up on him.
Today we celebrated his 60th birthday. We had a feast. I had parotha, vada, chikku (fruit), vanilla & chocolate ice-cream, rasam (in a cup), sambar, eggplant. There was kheer too but I care less for Indian dessert.
Life in this ashram is so complete. Incarnation, enlightened beings, kids, fun & play time, seva, good food, spiritual and coperate training, great food, great outdoor environment. I can go on and on. Especially the Living Master and the community who are here to learn and help each other. That's the ultimate. Everyone helping each other and continuously looking inward. On top of having a Living Enlighten Master, contniously provide unconditional love and care.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Radiating Enlightenment Process (REP)
Sept. 5th,2010; 7:00pm (Bidadi)
Just came out of another sitting with the Master (ashramites meeting). More and more I am realizing why living around the Master is emphasized so much. For me living around the Master is like life with 'Zen Stick'. Constantly He burns the ignorance in us. Even better for the people who work closely with Him. Consciously or unconsciously we will imbibe His enlightened and graceful verbal and body language. He will penetrate us. Without His physical presence we may learn the techniques for life solutions and growth. In His presence it's constant breakthrough in our awareness.
Actually, Swamiji just put ashramites in Radiate Enlightenment Process (REP). Yogic body, Vedic mind and Zen Living. Yesterday afternoon, Swami called all the ashramites to be out of Living Enlightenment Process. I was so happy because I was not interested in levitating or floating above the water and so on.
Now, He has put us in REP. It's living quality. It's amazing. I tend to share my passion being around the physical presence of the Master. Many times, many people misinterpret my sharing about this in their own ways. Just now, it was clear to me, when we are in the presence of the Master, there is no room to escape. In the Living Space of the Master, He penetrates into our consciousness all the time. And when we practice His teachings, His community (sangga) will support and help us towards Master's teaching. It's not the same when we are in the society when majority of them are not aware of it.
Another sweet experience today for me was 'the smell of Master's presence'. Yesterday, I happened to be in the LA e-Kalpataru in Bidadi (from the Master's end). Today I had a chance to speak to Ma Mahati in LA. She said she asked Swamiji for help in the kitchen. Swami replied "I will help you in the kitchen. You see, you will smell my presence. The smell around me when I give energy darshan". I had no clue His presence has particular smell. I was wondering what smell is that! But today I experienced it. After the meeting, Swami passed by me, such a sweet smell. My god....now, I know what He meant.
Let's not judge the Master's action with our perception / senses. Even people around us we always make wrong judgement, what more judging the Living Enlightened Master, not to mention the Incarnation. mmm....are we going to use our senses to judge them and make the mistake again and again....? Let's help each other to grow not the other way....
Just came out of another sitting with the Master (ashramites meeting). More and more I am realizing why living around the Master is emphasized so much. For me living around the Master is like life with 'Zen Stick'. Constantly He burns the ignorance in us. Even better for the people who work closely with Him. Consciously or unconsciously we will imbibe His enlightened and graceful verbal and body language. He will penetrate us. Without His physical presence we may learn the techniques for life solutions and growth. In His presence it's constant breakthrough in our awareness.
Actually, Swamiji just put ashramites in Radiate Enlightenment Process (REP). Yogic body, Vedic mind and Zen Living. Yesterday afternoon, Swami called all the ashramites to be out of Living Enlightenment Process. I was so happy because I was not interested in levitating or floating above the water and so on.
Now, He has put us in REP. It's living quality. It's amazing. I tend to share my passion being around the physical presence of the Master. Many times, many people misinterpret my sharing about this in their own ways. Just now, it was clear to me, when we are in the presence of the Master, there is no room to escape. In the Living Space of the Master, He penetrates into our consciousness all the time. And when we practice His teachings, His community (sangga) will support and help us towards Master's teaching. It's not the same when we are in the society when majority of them are not aware of it.
Another sweet experience today for me was 'the smell of Master's presence'. Yesterday, I happened to be in the LA e-Kalpataru in Bidadi (from the Master's end). Today I had a chance to speak to Ma Mahati in LA. She said she asked Swamiji for help in the kitchen. Swami replied "I will help you in the kitchen. You see, you will smell my presence. The smell around me when I give energy darshan". I had no clue His presence has particular smell. I was wondering what smell is that! But today I experienced it. After the meeting, Swami passed by me, such a sweet smell. My god....now, I know what He meant.
Let's not judge the Master's action with our perception / senses. Even people around us we always make wrong judgement, what more judging the Living Enlightened Master, not to mention the Incarnation. mmm....are we going to use our senses to judge them and make the mistake again and again....? Let's help each other to grow not the other way....
Ashramites Meeting with Swamiji
Monday, Sept. 6,2010 (Bidadi)
Today is my first time attending ashramites meeting in Bidadi with Swamiji. He was very casual and funny. We all know how spontaneous He can be. He was emphasizing on healthy body and spiritual sadhanas for the ashramites. It appears to me as though He was playing the role of a Father. Checking with all His children how are we doing? Anything that He needs to know. Anything that we need His help. Solving and addressing our issues. Then He was giving us specific guidance for better quality of life in a very casual way.
Other than that Swami was stressing the importance of healthy yogic body. He was teasing Indian women by the time we are fourty we become like patti (grandmother). It was hilarious the way He said it. God...we had so much fun in the meeting.
I really feel so grateful to be trained by a Paramahamsa in the name called ashramites. It's amazing to see how much He is putting His time and energy to give us clarity and awareness. It's really great!
Yoga is efficiency in action!
Today is my first time attending ashramites meeting in Bidadi with Swamiji. He was very casual and funny. We all know how spontaneous He can be. He was emphasizing on healthy body and spiritual sadhanas for the ashramites. It appears to me as though He was playing the role of a Father. Checking with all His children how are we doing? Anything that He needs to know. Anything that we need His help. Solving and addressing our issues. Then He was giving us specific guidance for better quality of life in a very casual way.
Other than that Swami was stressing the importance of healthy yogic body. He was teasing Indian women by the time we are fourty we become like patti (grandmother). It was hilarious the way He said it. God...we had so much fun in the meeting.
I really feel so grateful to be trained by a Paramahamsa in the name called ashramites. It's amazing to see how much He is putting His time and energy to give us clarity and awareness. It's really great!
Yoga is efficiency in action!
Saturday, September 4, 2010
E-Kalpataru in Los Angeles
Sunday, Sept. 5th, 2010 (Bidadi)
Today, LA had their second E-Kalpataru. One should be here to see the compassion of the Master. Giving blessings to everyone with deep compassion and confidence. How much He is willing to do to for the humanity.
Sept. 4th, 2010 (Bidadi)
Again today's time with the Master was fun, fun, fun.....
I got a very nice attention from the Master. :) As usual we had meditation session. I was dragging my feet. God...this session in not easy. I was thinking, 'you said we are enlightened, then why do we have to do all these?' Ooops...Master the Master mind reader. In the session, one of the first thing He said was 'All of you listen, these session are now for you to taste your own enlightenment. Such as, you say something and see it happening in 10 minutes, experience of levitating and so on.'.
Swami have not been giving me much attention these days. Only on the first day, He hugged me and blessed. Then today while I was meditating, He said "Ma Praba, you are catching it. You are a Yogi." Actually just a few seconds before that I was thinking, He was mentioning most of the participants name and correcting or complementing them. I was thinking "what about me, am I doing it right." In matter of seconds, He called my name and said I am catching it.
After the session, got a lot of teasing attention from ashramites, "Ma Praba, hey...Yogi"
In the session He was very playful. Cracking a lot of jokes and making some funny comments, the way we were meditating.
Oh...did I mention, that Swami spent more than an hour last night cleaning the Hall that we were using. Just with 6 other participants. I haven't come across a genius as simple and humble like Him.
The beginning of this session, Swami shared a bit of His experience in the prison. Almost everyday He shares something about this scandal or His time in the prison. Most of the time He makes fun of it. Today, He opened up one dimension of it, very brief but it made me to cry. What they put Him through.
Do you know, 3 of the Bramacharis in the ashram were locked in a small building and people tried to burn them. This small building is preserved now. The reality is so different than what media is projecting. Honestly, even now there's no justice. Couple days after being in the Bidadi ashram, I heard the news, Lenin announced in one of the famous Indian TV channel that Swami is running a prostitution center in Bidadi and every women here are sleeping with Him. It was aired in one of the major Indian tv channel. When the ashramites went to the police station to file a complain, the officers did not want to take / file the report. I was shocked. I have never seen such thing other than in Indian movie. Justice under the control of power and money! I was honestly very shocked to witness this. Can't even file a report?! That one fellow receive so much support and publicity for a news that's not even true and the victims here, their voices are not heard. Oh...lord.
Anyway, this is not really a topic I wanted to share but somehow I happen to share. Swami has been so transparent with us, with the scandal questions in this LEP session. He completely opened-up.
While the scandal was happening, I was working and renting a place to Monrovia / Duarte. I know how it appear in the societal eyes. I know clearly every single person that I had connection then, who abused the Master not knowing the truth. Then I joined the ashram, after Swami came out of the prison. I saw another side of the story. Now, I am with the Master (the victim), God..... I tell you, the truth is deeper than what our senses perceive and the media projects. It is really sad....those who were caught in the cyclone of this scandal. It's REALLY sad. I mean it! But Master is too compassionate even if we imprisoned Him, He is only liberating us.
Again today's time with the Master was fun, fun, fun.....
I got a very nice attention from the Master. :) As usual we had meditation session. I was dragging my feet. God...this session in not easy. I was thinking, 'you said we are enlightened, then why do we have to do all these?' Ooops...Master the Master mind reader. In the session, one of the first thing He said was 'All of you listen, these session are now for you to taste your own enlightenment. Such as, you say something and see it happening in 10 minutes, experience of levitating and so on.'.
Swami have not been giving me much attention these days. Only on the first day, He hugged me and blessed. Then today while I was meditating, He said "Ma Praba, you are catching it. You are a Yogi." Actually just a few seconds before that I was thinking, He was mentioning most of the participants name and correcting or complementing them. I was thinking "what about me, am I doing it right." In matter of seconds, He called my name and said I am catching it.
After the session, got a lot of teasing attention from ashramites, "Ma Praba, hey...Yogi"
In the session He was very playful. Cracking a lot of jokes and making some funny comments, the way we were meditating.
Oh...did I mention, that Swami spent more than an hour last night cleaning the Hall that we were using. Just with 6 other participants. I haven't come across a genius as simple and humble like Him.
The beginning of this session, Swami shared a bit of His experience in the prison. Almost everyday He shares something about this scandal or His time in the prison. Most of the time He makes fun of it. Today, He opened up one dimension of it, very brief but it made me to cry. What they put Him through.
Do you know, 3 of the Bramacharis in the ashram were locked in a small building and people tried to burn them. This small building is preserved now. The reality is so different than what media is projecting. Honestly, even now there's no justice. Couple days after being in the Bidadi ashram, I heard the news, Lenin announced in one of the famous Indian TV channel that Swami is running a prostitution center in Bidadi and every women here are sleeping with Him. It was aired in one of the major Indian tv channel. When the ashramites went to the police station to file a complain, the officers did not want to take / file the report. I was shocked. I have never seen such thing other than in Indian movie. Justice under the control of power and money! I was honestly very shocked to witness this. Can't even file a report?! That one fellow receive so much support and publicity for a news that's not even true and the victims here, their voices are not heard. Oh...lord.
Anyway, this is not really a topic I wanted to share but somehow I happen to share. Swami has been so transparent with us, with the scandal questions in this LEP session. He completely opened-up.
While the scandal was happening, I was working and renting a place to Monrovia / Duarte. I know how it appear in the societal eyes. I know clearly every single person that I had connection then, who abused the Master not knowing the truth. Then I joined the ashram, after Swami came out of the prison. I saw another side of the story. Now, I am with the Master (the victim), God..... I tell you, the truth is deeper than what our senses perceive and the media projects. It is really sad....those who were caught in the cyclone of this scandal. It's REALLY sad. I mean it! But Master is too compassionate even if we imprisoned Him, He is only liberating us.
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