Sufi Magnificience ~ The Beloved ☀❀.•*´¨`*☼*´¨`*.❀ ☀

✶*¨`*✶♥Sant Gulab Singhjeo & Sri Sri Anandamayi Maji✶*¨`*✶♥

    Jai Ma!  The purest divine beauty that only spent time in kirtana and then
went straight into samadhi! This was her only sadhana as a child she was only
interested in the Inner Path, which came so easy to her. And only with a short
time spent in spontaneous yogasanas, she would go into samadhi! Ah ho!
She was even most of her time in a speechless state of 'maun'. Many times
we would come for her beautiful 'darshan', just to see her, and she would
be in maun, yet be sitting blissfully within the kirtana, with drums, and all the
chanting going on around her...in ecstasy! All in the ashrama were always
encouraged to spend some time daily in this silence!
      It came to be that she was so engrossed and energized from these
moments in samadhi that she lost all interest in normal food! Her closest ones
soon took it on themselves to daily feed her by hand, and it came to be so
that she thereafter never ate on her own again! Maybe on a rare occasion,
like when she would suddenly start to sing, and a spontaneous kirtana would
begin around her of loving devotees. Or sometimes she would stand up and
dance in a state of divine rapture!
      Truly like the Devi herself, she was unconcerned with the so called rules
of this world and followed another Divine Law, known exclusively to Her.
Sri Anandamoyi Ma!
      The wonderful reunion of Maji and beloved Sant Gulab Singhji came
unscheduled in the Winter of 1978, at her ashrama in Pune.  Santji and I
were visiting the very dear and longtime devotees of Santji, Surgeon
Rear Admiral MS Melhotra and his family. After the morning 'Katha' and
breakfast were finished a devotee informed us that Ma Anandamayi was
staying there at her Pune Ashrama. Santji was vividly overjoyed and as
usual he wasted no time and said, " bring my walking stick and let's go!"
I was thrilled at the thought of seeing Maji again. In no time we were in
the car, Dr. Melhotra driving. We arrived about noon and the ashrama
was totally silent. Finally we were told by someone that Maji was resting
now and would not see anyone! Oh, in a moment Dr. Sahibji spoke up
and said that it was Sant Gulab Singhji of Chandigarh that was here to
see her and that Ma would want to be told immediately. So, we waited
in a lovely huge tent for Sat Sang that was constructed outside of maji's
room. Even I was surprised to see Ma come rushing in and straight over
to Santji, calling out, "Pitaji! Pitaji! Pitaji! Santji rose up and called out,
Ma! Ma! Ma! We all stood wonder struck at the amazing sight! There
was Maji wrapped in her white sari, reaching over and down to touch his
feet. While Santji was glowing in his white kurta pajama with white turban
reaching towards Maji's feet!! Their arms crossed and heads came together!
Their cheeks were flushed and red. "Ma!" "Pitaji!" "Ma!" "Pitaji!" "Ma!"
They both looked like small children, faces full of joy..."Ma!" " Pitaji!" " Ma!"
Tears of ecstasy were running down all our faces to witness the childlike love
of these two great saints! Still when I remember this vision the heart comes up
into the throat...and one is over whelmed with intense ecstatic Love!

                                      ✶*¨`*✶♥ Jai Ma!!  Jai Pitaji!!✶*¨`*✶♥

Swami Jnanananda Giri *ღ☆¸.•°*♥ "Breathless in India!!"

     Today Swamiji said, " Some foreigners were here and talked about the yogis
in Samadhi, and asked me how they become breathless!!? I said, ' Ever since I
came to India, I have remained breathless!...  
 Because now I know who is breathing, God is breathing!!"

                               ¸. *ღ☆¸.•°*♥ Om! Om! Om!¸. *ღ☆¸.•°*♥

"Give thanks for your Breath..." ~*~ Swami Jnanananda Giri

" Give thanks for your breath...and for that of the street dog!
I was just outside on the street, and this street dog comes sometimes
so I was feeding him a rusk, which he was eating happily.
Then a taxi came and stopped there and 6 people came out
to visit me. they were yoga students with a teacher.  They saw
me there and watched. Then the dog looked up and I asked the
students,' What is the dog saying?' They shook their heads and said,
Swamiji, we don't know what the dog is saying!' I said,  'The dog is saying,
'What a lucky Swami is this!!' "

The joyful words of Swami Jnanananda Giri,
Dehra Dun, India
March 2012

ॐ Shri Deviji ki Arti ॐ ~ Culmination of Novratra!

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Jag Janini jai jai, Ma! Jag Janini jai jai!
Bhay Harani, Bhavtarni, Bhavbhamini jai jai!
Jag Janini jai jai!  ...♫.** •.♫. • °

Tu hi sat chit sukhmay, shuddh Brahm rupa,
   Satya Sanathan sunder par Shiv sur-bhupa! 1.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Aadi anadi anamay, avachel avinashi,
   Amala ananta agochr aj Ananda rashi! 2.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Avikashi  aghahari, akala kaladhari,
   Karta vidhi Bhrtha Hari, har sanharkari! 3.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Tu vidhivadhu Rama tu, Uma Mahamaya,
   Mul prakriti vidya tu, tu Janani jaya! 4.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Ram Krsna tu Sita, Vraj Rani Radha,
   Tu vanchhakalp drum, harini sub badha! 5.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Dash vidya Nav Durga, nana shastrakara,
   Ashtamatraka yogini, nav nav rup dhara! 6.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Tu pardham nivasini, Mahavilasini tu,
   Tu hi shamshan viharini, tandvilasini tu! 7.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Sur-muni-Mohini saumya tu, shobha-adhara,
   Vivasin Vikata-sarupa, pralayamayi dhara! 8.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Tu hi sneh-sudhamayi, tu ati garalmana,
   Ratna vibhushit tu hi, tu hi asthi-tana! 9.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Mooladhar-nivasini, eh-par-siddhi prade,
   Kalatita Kali, Kamala tu verde! 10.
      Jag Janini jai jai!....♫.** •.♫. • °

Shakti shaktidhar tu hi, nitya abhedmayi,
   Bhedpradarshini vani, Vimle! Vedtreyi! 11.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Hum ati deen dukhi Ma! Vipat-jal dhere,
   Hai kaput ati kapti! Par balik tere! 12.
      Jag Janini jai jai!  ....♫.** •.♫. • °

Nij swabhav-vash Janini! Deyadrishti kijai,
   Karuna kar Karunamayi! Charan-sharan dejai! 13.
      Jag Janini jai jai!....♫.** •.♫. • ° 
   
  .¸.•*¨♥•.¸.•´*´.¸.•*¨♥•.¸.•´* ॐ ॐ ॐ ॐ ॐ ॐ  जय माँ !जय माँ ! जय जय माँ !