Sri Yugal Kishore ~*~
"Two Bodies One Pran"
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Friday, November 07, 2014
Be Like Graceful Ganga!!
Be like Graceful Ganga,
Accepting whatever offered,
Still flowing, uncomplaining,
Spirit sparkling clear!
~*~ AUM ~*~
Monday, November 03, 2014
Choose a path! ~*~
Then keep on the path moving forward!
Om! You will reach your goal! ~*~
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Friday, October 10, 2014
Navratri in Himalayas ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Jai Mata Di! ~*~
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Saturday, August 30, 2014
Sri Radha*ღ☆¸.•°*♥ Beloved Embodiment of Perfect Devotion
Thus we live in that constant Divine Joy which unites all hearts.
In this joy of one's heart one discovers the soul which is Bliss Eternal!
Saints tell us that in the heart one beholds the Soul which is but the
Reflection of God - the Spirit Absolute!
Christ says: "The pure in heart shall see God!" which indeed means that
those who take to the Life at Heart in the Love of God shall see the heart
pure as it truly is and thus they behold the Self dwelling there as the Soul!
But when man forgets his Life at Heart ~~~ that keeps man away from
the heart, in the darkness of his physical and mental attachments and
therefore he is 'impure', being blinded by the false light and delights of this
world! Yet in the sweet Remembrance of Lord's sacred Name, man's
attention draws within.
While tasting the most subtle joys of such inward communion in the very
center of one's being - the heart stands revealed. The great mysteries of the
heart unfold themselves to the earnest seeker of spirituality- God is being
experienced and also seen!
~ Grace of Grace ~
~OM~
From : The Letters of Swami Jnanananda Giri
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Sri Radha Krishna's Divine Love
Sri Radha, here with Sri Krishna, is His own Ecstatic Enrapturing Potency,Hladini Shakti, His Bliss aspect. Due to the perfection of Sri Radha's exceedingly glorious Love called Madana Maha Bhav, Lord Krishna Himself, while enjoying as the Object of Her selfless love, then goes beyond this and becomes a repository of Love. Thus the Beloved Sri Krishna seeing the perfect ecstasy of Sri Radha's devotion, Himself becomes the Lover of Sri Radha! In the Divine Leelas they go on changing parts, between Lover and Beloved.
This is the exquisite play of Sri Radha Krishna. That as He was ever the object of Sri Radha's worship, still He always adored Her as His Beloved. Both are Lovers and both are Beloveds. ~Divine~ Sri Radha Krishna.
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Monday, August 18, 2014
Sri Krishna Janamashtami´♥ღ¸.•°* with The Poems of Rasakhan *ღ☆¸.•°*♥*ღ☆¸.•°*♥
That Absolute Krishna ღ☆¸.•°*♥
That Absolute Krishna ~
the Creator worships Him night and day.
The ever-auspicious Shiva
constantly meditates upon Him.
That Absolute Krishna is worshiped
by the proud and the foolish ~
by the destitute as well as by kings.
That Absolute Krishna
is honored by yogis and ascetics
while they withstand the cold and heat
that afflicts their bodies.
That Absolute krishna is the Vrindavan Moon,
and He increases loving desires
a million fold.
He is Rasakhan's life, and He liberates
the world from its false pride.
That same lotus-eyed Krishna
now stands before His Mother Yashoda,
anxiously waiting for a milk-sweet.
*♥ *
vei brahm brahma jahi sevat hain rain-din,
sadasiva sada hi dharat dhyan gadhe hain
vei visnu jake kaj mani mudh raja rank
jogi jati hvai kai seet sahyau ang dadhe hain
vei brajachand rasakhani pran pranan ke,
jake abhilakh lakh-lakh bhanti badhe hain
jasudha ke aage basudha ke man-mochan se,
tamras-lochan kharochan kau thadhe hain
*♥ *
*ღ☆¸.•°*♥ *ღ☆¸.•°*♥
A Worthy Mood
Your vitality is real
when God is pleased with it.
Beauty is true when it delights Him.
A head has value when it bows at His feet
and a heart is a heart if it touches Him.
The best milk is milked by Krishna.
Curds are exalted when served by Him.
What else can Rasakhan say?
The mood is worthy if it pleases Him.
*♥ *
pran vahi ju rahain rijhi va par rup vahi jihi vahi rijhayau
sis vahi jin ve parse pad ank vahi jin va parasayau
dudh vahi ju duhayau ri vahi, dahi su sahi ju vahi dharakayau
aur kahan laun kahaun rasakhani ri bhav vahi ju vahi man bhayau
*♥ *
*ღ☆¸.•°*♥ *ღ☆¸.•°*♥
Looted by Love
Since the day I saw
the son of Nanda,
I have abandoned every rule
and severed all ties
with my home.
His beautiful glance
has clobbered me!
I've lost control of my heart ~
I've been looted by Love.
Like a river rushing to the ocean
cannot be contained,
the barriers of my family
have all been shattered.
Rasakhan is intoxicated:
"My heart whirls with Krishna,
a Treasure House of Divine love,
as I gulp the blissful nectar of His beauty."
*♥ *
ja din te nirakhyau nandanandan kani taji kar bandhan tutyau
charu bilokin kini sumar samhar gai man mor ne lutyau
sagar ke salila jimi dhave na roki rukai kul ko pul tutyau
matta bhayau man sang phire rasakhani sarup sudharas ghutyau
*♥ *
*ღ☆¸.•°*♥ *ღ☆¸.•°*♥
My Beloved
I will adorn Hari's heart with a flower garland
of jasmine and kunda flowers
that I have gathered from the bowers
filled with gunja berries
and beautiful creepers.
O, friend! When will I be able to delight
and please my Beloved.?
My plan is to suddenly call out to Hari.
Then, that abode of Elixir will
turn around, look at me,
and smile.
*♥ *
kunjani kunjani gunja ke punjani manju latani sau mala banaibo
malati mallika kund sau gundi hara hari ke hiyra pahiraibo
ali kabai in bhavne bhaine aapun rijhi kai pyare rijhaibo
mai jhakai Hari hankaribo rasakhani takai phiri kai musikaibo
*♥ *
*ღ☆¸.•°*♥ *ღ☆¸.•°*♥
The Magic Flute
What magic is Hari filled with today
that makes His flute so full of enchantment?
Whoever hears His flute's song
abandons all sense of worldly decorum
in a moment!
My clever friend, what to say?
Now, the youthful ladies
dally around Krishna's door.
In this circle of Vraja, there is not a single lady left
who has not been plundered
by that blissful Treasure!
*♥ *
Kaun thagauri bhari Hari aju bajai hai bansuriya rang-bhini
tan sunin jinhin tinhin tabhin tit saj bida kara dini
ghumain ghari nand ke dvar navini kaha kahun bal pravini
ya braja-mandal main rasakhani su kaun bhatu ju latu nahin kini
*♥ *
*ღ☆¸.•°*♥ *ღ☆¸.•°*♥
Rasakhan says,
“Worship Govinda the way a village woman balances a
water jug upon her head, with effortless concentration.”
*ღ☆¸.•°*♥ *ღ☆¸.•°*♥
From:
The Poems of Rasakhan
~ Treasure House of Love~
Translated by
Shyamdas, Krishna Kinkari and David Haberman
published by :
Pratham Peeth Publications 2007
Wednesday, August 06, 2014
Saw the Himalayan Range! Ah! It silenced my mind & proclaimed Divinity, "I am Love come down to Earth!"
The Magnificent Dauladhar Mountain Range of Himalayas from Kangra Distt.
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Happy Hariyali Teej! ஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜ ♥.•¤**¤•.¸.•¤**¤•♥ *•. .•* * ♥
when we find ...'Sri Krishna Nirikshaya Vanita Utsava!'
That the Lord Krishna Himself is a complete Festival
for all women!! Just like the Hariyali Teej is a Festival
for all women. He is the essence of all that is charming,
attractive, delightful and absorbing by His perfect Lilas.
He steals the hearts of the Gopis and possesses their minds
with His side-long glance, dashing smile and sweet whispers.
Even the peacocks are dazzled by His flute and graceful dance
in this most enchanting time of the bright half of rainy Sravana.
This is the time when the finest cool breezes graze the green
Tulsi gardens of Sri Vrindavan in the heart of all the devotees
and they respond by singing and decorating with lustrous flowers
beautiful swings for the Beloved Couple to enjoy the Hari Ras
of Their Divine Play in this magical season of over-whelming Love.
Now is the moment to feel and see in the heart the Eternal Pass time
in all its fragrant and lush beauty, astonishingly intoxicating beyond words,
the Divine Couple, Sri Radha Krishna, the most dear and the most Beloved.
ஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜ
ஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜஜ۩۞۩ஜ
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Beloved Sant Gulab Singhji ~ ☾☆*.°Sufi Mystic●°*•○°★☾☆¸.•*
of the NIS, Patiala (Palace). Where we were all guest of
Dr. M.S. Melhotra, a great devotee of the beloved Master!!
It was in the late afternoon, after tea and after informally
explaining some of the Divane Shamsi Tabriz of Rumi,
from the original Persian!! See it in his eyes!!
Friday, July 11, 2014
☆.•*°★☾~Divane Hafiz~°☆¸.•*
"I caught the Happy Virus last night
When I was out Singing Beneath the Stars*
It is Remarkably Contagious, so Kiss Me!"
☆*.*.°☆ *●°*•○°★☾ °☆ ¸.•*~Hafiz ~
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This wonderful Sufi painting is by Reza Badrossama
When I was out Singing Beneath the Stars*
It is Remarkably Contagious, so Kiss Me!"
☆*.*.°☆ *●°*•○°★☾ °☆ ¸.•*~Hafiz ~
This wonderful Sufi painting is by Reza Badrossama
Monday, July 07, 2014
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The Divine Kundalini Shakti¸¸.◦ ◦.¸¸.◦✿◦◦¸◦❤◦¸◦✿ॐ✿◦¸◦❤◦¸◦✿◦.¸¸.◦Our Own Mysterious and Amazing Hidden Power!!
This is the Kundalini Shakti seen here in her Goddess form. As the power of the Lord or God's Divine Energy of the cosmos, she is the light of innumerable universes. Her splendour is beyond description. Thus her manifestations are countless! She is worshiped as the Divine Mother and as the other half of Lord Shiva. She is never separate from Him, but is the primal force of life underlying all existence.
Worshiping her includes the total acceptance of all creation for she is the center of everything, vitalizing the body through her energy. She is the beauty in all things beautiful, the power, the fragrance, the color, the taste, the music, the enchantment, the dance, the grace. She is the intelligence of the mind and the devotion in worship, and the magnetism of all lovers.
As Kundalini Shakti she lies dormant in the Muladhara Chakra at the base of the spine in the form of a serpent power, coiled around the Swayambhu Shivalinga. When she bestows her grace on her sincere devotees, she awakens and leads the individual soul up from Chakra to Chakra, plane to plane, and unites him with Lord Shiva in the Sahasrara. The Divine Shakti maintains the play of all forms through the three Gunas, the three fundamental attributes or modes of instinct: Sattva (purity), Rajas (passion), Tamas (darkness).
Thus the Devi holds in one hand the TRISHUL (Shula), also a symbol of the triad of man's three bodies: the gross physical body or Sthula Sharira; the subtle Astral body or Linga Sharira; and the causal body, the individual soul or Karana Sharira.
In the worship of Divine Mother it is necessary to overcome any dislikes, aversions, misuse, perversions, weaknesses, and negativeness. All obstacles must be removed. For this the Devi holds in one hand the BOW (Danusha) as a symbol of concentrated focus, discrimination and alertness. For this purpose external worship, rituals and ceremonies make a valuable contribution.
The SKULL in the Shakti's hand is symbolic of a pure empty mind. This means a mind free from preconceived ideas that block the way for new perceptions. This paves the way for Divine insights such as insights by intuition during meditation, japa or just quiet reflection. In contrast to preconceived ideas stands true knowledge, which is knowing from personal experience. Information is often mistaken for knowledge. If the Divine Nectar received in those blessed indescribable moments falls, caught up in the passion of the illusion of worldly affairs, it falls like water and streams off and is lost because the aspirant might only recognize too late what has happened.
The Skull, emptiness of mind, is shown to remind one that to continue the minds habit of interpreting would be a big mistake. Thus, empty the mind as with the repetition of mantra from the guru. The need for an aspirant is not to learn new things, but to absorb Divine Nectar. This ambrosia obtained from spiritual practice is the precious spiritual food (the intuitive insights) that needs to be absorbed, not analyzed and prejudged.
The NOOSE held by Kundalini Shakti is a warning not to be caught in the old traps of mechanicalness and intellectualization, preoccupation with self and turning a deaf ear. Discover old traps and even recognize traps before they have been laid. Basically the NOOSE warns of being caught in the pride of knowledge.
The GOAD (Ankusha) that Devi holds shows that goading or pushing is necessary, even on to the last efforts. She signals the sadhak to keep going, moving forward, to persevere, discriminate, and pursue development.
The ARROWS shown here to us by Kundalini Devi represents the five senses that need to be brought under control by awareness and refinement and then shot in a fine straight line by direct commitment and a clear sight of the target. A specific goal may be missed by running in too many directions!
The Kundalini Shakti is pure and blissful. She is the Mother of Nature itself. It is therefore that one should first approach the Mother so that she may bring her spiritual child who is worthy to unite with the Father!
Devi is Shakti of Lord Shiva. She is Jada shakti, Chit shakti, Iccha Shakti, Kriya shakti, Jnana shakti. She is Maya shakti, Maya, Mahamaya, Sri Vidya, Lalita, Kundalini, Rajeshwari and Parvati. As Sati she manifested to Lord Shiva in ten separate forms, the Das Mahavidya: Kali, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, Chinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bhagalamukhi, Matangi,and Laxmi.
Glory to all these wonderful manifestations of the Divine Mother!
We adore Her in all Her forms!
~Om Shakti! Om Shakti! Om shakti Om!
Brahma shakti! Vishnu Shakti! Shiva Shakti Om!
Iccha Shakti! Kriya Shakti! Jnana Shakti Om!
~Om Shakti! Om Shakti! Om Shakti Om!~
Saturday, April 05, 2014
"Ye Noor uska, ye zahoor uska,*ღ☆¸ Gar tu na dekhe, to kasoor kiska?!" *ღ☆¸.•°*♥☆Om Babaji ¸★° ☾
*ღ☆¸.*ღ☆¸.*ღ☆¸.°☾°☆*ღ☆¸.
If you can't see this, whose fault it is?!"
*ღ☆¸.•°*♥☆ ¸★° ☾ °☆ *ღ☆¸.•°*♥☆ ¸★
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Friday, March 28, 2014
Sri Durgaji is worshiped during this auspicious occasion of the Madhavam Spring Navaratra which begins from Mar 31 to April 8,2014~ ✿◦.¸¸.◦❤◦.¸¸.◦✿✿◦¸◦❤◦¸◦✿ॐ✿
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
"The subject tonight is Love" °☆ ¸. * ● ¸★°Hafiz ☾ °☆ ¸. * ●★ *
Thursday, March 06, 2014
Swami Sacinandanji and Sri Shyam Dasji ~Govardhana~
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Sunday, February 16, 2014
Thursday, February 06, 2014
Mata Narvada Puriji's Maha Samadhi ~Basant Panchmi~ Feb.4,2014
Monday, February 03, 2014
Sankirtan Samraat Swami Mukund Hariji Maharaj of Bathinda & Hari Nikunj Ashram.
Friday, December 20, 2013
With Baba Ram Dasji in Maui
Monday, November 04, 2013
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
Monday, September 30, 2013
What about Krishna's Flute? ♫*•*¨¨*•♫•♫ ♫*•*¨¨*•♫•♫
" To awaken their divine attachment
Hari entered Vrindavan playing His flute.
The Svanminis sang about the song of His flute
Whoever is attached to His attributes
Ends up attached to Him."
"Separation is Krishna in the heart.
Union is Krishna in the world."
......
"They are His divine powers,
His shaktis,
They abide in the glades of Vrindavan
For His sheer enjoyment."
"Their love is to be emulated."
......
"What is profound does not appear before all.
This lila is not openly revealed
because ras only flourishes in concealment."
"The Svaminis are intimate with Gopal.
And experience Him through every door of perception."
.....
"The call of Shri Krishna's flute
Kindles in those women
Who live around the hills and waters of Braja
The spiritual conjugal mood.
.....
"There are others who are nearby but cannot hear.
Lila is replete with purpose and Krishna
Awakens only those whose time has come.
Others simply will not respond to His calling."
"It is a Lila-Invitation.
Is Overwhelming!!"
..............
These are excerpts from ~
"Venu-Gita"
(The Song of the Flute)
presented by Shyamdas
Published by the International Pushthimargiya Vaishnav Parishad (U.K.)
#12 Old Oak Rd., London W37HL.
★ • . ♡ ★ • . ♡ • . ★
•♥•´¯*!|!*¯`•♥•´¯*!|!*¯`•♥•¯*!
Friday, September 27, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Saturday, September 14, 2013
☆°•. ★¸.•*¨Sri Radha Ashtami ~ Sept.13,2013¸.•°☆°•. ★¸.•*¨
I think of my Sri Radha in my deepest inmost thoughts.
I know she is there, unmoving, forever mine ~
I am conscious of her presence...
Beautiful one, your face is lovely as the moon,
and the nightingales singing in wild abandon
wrench at my heart and are driving me distracted!
Speak to me, my love, speak such words to me
that I shall be anointed by them; as a king is anointed
by sacred holy oil, let me be anointed by the honeyed
sweetness of your words.
My love, my love, you are my all -
my secret wealth, my jewel, my gem
in a vast ocean that contains all loveliness.
My Radha, there is in my heart one idea,
in my mind one thought ~ My love,
it is you held by my encircling love.
~ Gita Govind ~
Jaya Dev
"Shree Radhey"
Blessed One,
In the Grace, ever since merging in the ecstasy of the uttermost Grace of Divinity, the silent communication of the heart is inscrutable as He Himself and His Lila.
On the occasion of Sri Radha Ashtami we visit Sri Barsana, the blissful realm of Sri Radha. All devotees gather at Sri Ji's Mandir at the break of dawn to witness the Mangala Arti then kirtan, and the Samaj continues singing throughout the night, to the Abhishek, the auspicious bathing of Sri Radha with curds and milk. The sacred Samaj of Sri Radha's Advent is sung with great devotion as the sun rises over Sri Ji's Dham.
Each day following Radha Ashtami special Raslilas are performed at the sacred sites where Sri Thakurji and His Beloved perform even to this day, their Lilas. At Sri Prem Srovar, a sacred tank filled with the tears of the Divine Couple Sri Gopal Chandra Dev is taken out on a gorgeously decorated barge and afterward He and Sri Ji watch fireworks from a beautiful throne in front of their temple. At Mur Kuti, site of the Peacock Dance this Lila is performed. Jhulan (swing) Lila is done at Vilas Ghar, where Sri Ji and Shyam Sunder pass their time in Divine Love Dalliance and again repeat their Lila in the forest of Ghaverban. At Priya Kund the deities of Jaipur Raj Mandir also go boating to the delight of all, and a glorious samaj is sung while carrying the Divinities back to the temple, and end at Sri Ji's Temple. At Sankrikor, the narrow ravine where Sri Thakurji demanded a 'tax' of curd and milk from Sri Radha and the Gopis going to market, the Lila and Samaj are re-enacted. The ecstasy of these occasions cannot be easily communicated!
Kadam Kandi is a very beautiful green forest between dry brown hills, where Sri Naga Baba did his sadhana. Once while walking in the forest his long hair was caught in a tree and he refused to allow anyone to disentangle it. He wanted the Jugal Kishore (Sri Radha and Krishna) to free him. When Sri Thakurji Himself appeared, Naga Baba told Him to go away and come back with Sri Radhika - and he did so to free His bhakta! A grand mela (festival) and Lila happens in this holy place in the valley and atop the hill at the Samadhi of Sri Naga Baba. All the Gopis of the very caste who once played with Sri Gopal come in the same colorful dress they have worn for centuries - filling the lovely tree-shaded kund amidst the forest with a flood of orange, red, gold and green, as well as old traditional kirtans. Thence all the devotees go on to Kama for darshan. Kama is a 'second Vrindavan', a city of many, many temples... There is also an ancient ruined temple atop the hill with 84 mystic pillars, one for every 'kos' (2 miles) of the 84 kos of Vraj Dham, (the 84 sacred sites of Vraj).
From Kama the Mela moves to Karehla, where Maha Ras Lila is performed but once a year, on Purnima (full-moon). Here, at the site of the original Ras Lila, a masterly crafted golden mukhet (crown) 500 years old, is worn by Thakurji, a once a year darshan. One then proceeds to Pashia, a supremely holy forest, unchanged from the time of the Mahabharat, when Sri Krishna graced this earth. Ashwatthama, son of Dronacharya, killed the children of the Pandavas by treachery. Arjuna did not kill him because he was the son of his Guru, but shaved his head and beard, a sign of disgrace. Ashwatthama retired to Pashia, where he did great penance to please Lord Shankara. The inhabitants of the surrounding villages believe he still dwells in this woods and it has not been touched by profane hands. Only sadhus living within the forest will take the dead wood to burn, within the forest itself, otherwise each tree, plant and animal lives and dies according to its Karma in its own place. Each Saturday the people of the neighboring villages do parikrama of the forest to obtain the blessings of Ashwatthama, who is very kind, they say, who cures illnesses and grants boons. The forest remains today just as the woods and hermitages, which Sri Ram Chandra passed through when He was exiled, are discribed by Goswami Tulsidasji in his Ram Charitmanasa.
Since then, Shanji has been going on in Vraj. Shanjis are mystical diagrams of sacred places in Vraj. Just as they were made by Sri Radhika and Her Sakhis, the girls of Vraj make them today at their homes, on the walls, with cow dung and flowers. At Sri Ji Mandir the Samaj of how Sri Radhika and Her friends made Shanjis is sung daily, and a beautiful Shanji, made with colored sand is prepared. Uchogam, the village of Lalita Sakhi, was made showing the temples, sacred kund, Gopis and Gopas, animals; then Prem Sarover, Sanket (where Radha and Krishna met for the first time), Nandagaon, Kokilban, and Sheshshai - the bed of the snake Shesha, on which Sri Narayan lies on the ocean of milk (khir, according to Vrajavasis...), served by Sri Lakshmi, with the Lotus of the 14 worlds, the seat of Brahma, sprouting from His Naval.
How to describe the eternal bliss of Sri Vraj Dham? ☆°•. ★¸.•*¨
☆°•. ★¸.•*¨An unsigned letter written in the handwriting of Baba Asim Krishna Das in 1972, and addressed to me in the handwriting of Baba Sripadji.
☆°•. ★¸.•*¨ Jai Jai Sri Radhey! ☆°•. ★¸.•*¨
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Bhai Sahib Lakshvir Singhji ~ Muztar Nabhawi ~ *ღ☆¸.•°*♥
Dec.25,1918 ~ Feb.14,2008
Here is a note I made during study of the Persian language
with the mystic poet-saint 'Muztar' of Nabha.
He is Bhai Sahib Lakshvir Singhji and lived at his home,
'Vir Nivas', in the beautiful Chail forest of Himanchal Pradesh.
I had first met him in the early 70's when he came to Saproon,
Solan to meet Sant Gulab Singhji, his dear friend, who joyfully rose up
from the lunch table to embrace him. Bhai Sahibji was a very
beautiful and impressive man of around 50 years at that time, he wore a
khakhi color salvar-kameez with a small warm cap and draped himself
with a woolen shawl. He was astonishing with his own Urdu and Persian
Poetry (and English), all present there were totally swept away in the
timeless ecstasy of the graceful company of the meeting of these
two beloved masters!
Later I was to accompany Santjeo in a friends jeep as we
rode up the mountains to the gorgeous Christmas tree forest
of Chail to visit Bhai Sahibji. The spiritual mood of the Love of
God, the Bhava, pervading his wonderful home is beyond words
to describe! Only I can still feel it today, along with his constant
presence. At that time, there with Santji, I remember how we sat
in the rose garden that Summer day, refreshed by cool sharbat
served by his sons as Bhai Sahibji's own Persian self written books
were brought out and shared with us. This was a kind of engrossing
hospitality I have never known before! The love, beauty, charm and
joy spread in all directions from these two saints!
In the years to come I was often to visit this wonderful inspiring
saint and his loving family. He had 10 sons, and said that he actually
had to pray that the next child be a girl! No wonder that people
used to hear about him and come asking his advice on how to have
a son! And though it sounds odd, he actually did tell them several
things on the subject and they attained their purpose.
Outside in the front garden he had built a single room mandir (temple),
up a few steps and one can walk completely around it on the small
veranda that has an absolutely magnificent view of the sunrise over the
distant mountain ranges appearing like waves in the ocean! Here he
entered daily, after bath, at the crack of dawn. this was done
on a very regular basis with the most extreme love for God. And he
would come out from the mandir after the Arti, having offered the
morning food and everything to God. At this time any guest or family
member was also welcome to join. We still smell the fragrance of the
unique morning meal, it was a special roti cooked over a wood fire!
The food was always happily brought upstairs and served smilingly by one of the boys, always with music and wonderful conversation. Meals ever ended in our laughter from the charm and whit of Bhai Sahib's stories.
By around 4:00 pm we would be called from our rest for tea in the garden and from this beautiful tradition we all would have a unique walk in the fairyland forest where Bhai Sahibji would reveal many secrets of the great Himalayas and the saints of this area.
When one visited for longer stays it was usually in the evenings after a light dinner that we would sit in the grand room upstairs and he would share with me tales of Sufi Mystics and the secrets of the lovers of God.
It was here that tears of grace would flow in an ecstasy beyond words and the heart would leap up with the soul to be merged with him into a space beyond time itself!!
The years have passed in such a grand friendship and reverence, I can only hope that there is the time and opportunity to be able to share the tales and this magnificent grace as it should be in time to come.
*ღ☆¸.•°*♥
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