SVyas in SVYASA

Dear all Atmiyas,

Am in 'Prashanti Kuteeram' and thought won't be able to meet you but got an opportunity to have a samvad. On the verge of completing the New Discoveries i turn back to see my journey of trials & triumphs....what i see is my strong foundation built at Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari. When i joined Kendra, i knew nothing. Not that i know today, but till stepped in Kanyakumari i had never ever heard of Upanishads, Bhagwad Gita, Karmayoga, Bhakti yoga etc. 

But now whatever achievements i get while facing the life after Kendra i owe to the sanskaras my mother gave and the fabulous training we got in Vivekananda Kendra.

Today i want to thank each and every one at Kanyakumari for giving me such a good training which made me fit to not only survive but strongly face the life.

Let me tell you a funny incidence in Pune. It was 1994 and i had to attend a Gurupurnima function conducted by one of our Kendra branch. At the end they asked everyone to contribute some dakshina in a box. I was taken aback - What do i do now?  What to put in the box? Where did i have any personal money that i could contribute and then in that state of a mental fix i did an unusual thing. On one chit of paper i wrote - " I offer myself to you on this Vyas Purnima" and put the chit in the donation box - these words became so true...!!

I was later married in Vyas family and had to literally offer 12 years of my life, nay, i actually offered Myself to this family - body, mind, soul totally. We have to be very careful when we commit or say something even in dream isn't it? But folks, calculations don't bring such commitments.

Now coming back to 'Guru Purnima'. In 2007 July, on a Sunday after Gurupurnima, i spoke on the 1st volume of New Discoveries at Sri Sarada Math's Spiritual Retreat. 

This year on a Sunday after Guru Purnima which falls on 17th, i shall complete the 6th volume. After i finished with the 5th volume, Yogaprana Mataji gifted me a book 'Heart Poured Out' by Marie Louis Burke. It is about her guru Swami Ashokananda....What an amazing life he had...!! 

In that book he says - You must fall in love with Swamiji - Yes, my dear Atmiyas, please fall in love with Him and see what happens!