March 2022 – Experiences With Mohanji

Intense spiritual practices

Posted on March 31, 2022March 30, 2022 by Mohanji Editorial Team

By Swati Jarugumilli, Australia

During the EMPOWERED program’s questionnaire session, Mohanji told me to “Intensify sadhana” and said, “Our spiritual progress should always reflect with more compassion towards family, friends, animals, etc.” When I was trying to find out ‘how to intensify my sadhana’, I stumbled upon Rekha Murali’s testimonial about how intense the Conscious Gapless Breathing technique (CGB) was when practiced for 21 days as a challenge. On reading the testimonial, I reached out to her and expressed my interest (with gratitude) in learning this CGB technique. Rekha and Aditya Nagpal conducted a workshop for the same for five days just before Diwali in November 2021.

It was a cute little group of people who shared similar thought processes. During the first two days, there was a significant change in my behaviour to be more aware and calm than usual. This itself made me energetic enough throughout the day. But on the third day, I experienced a little sadness in a certain posture, which was not mine but from someone else.

When I observed the feeling the following day, it dawned on me that the sadness was my mother’s when I was in her womb. I quickly cross-checked with her if she had undergone any pain while I was in her womb. She confirmed that she had and said, “During the 8th month, I tried to sit down on the floor, and that caused me pain, which made me cry a lot.” This explanation helped me understand what I had noticed during the CGB session.

Truly, CGB does stir all the heavy, un-noticed, settled emotions from the bottom of our container. By the 5th day of CGB (the day before Diwali), there was a stirring of total restlessness and extra energy that I couldn’t handle myself. Due to this, I fell back into my usual patterns of overeating and needless anxiety. Usually, managing such emotions might take days to months, depending on our constitution.

Fortunately, Aditya Nagpal announced a group Mai-Tri session on Diwali, conducted by Preeti Duggal, and how attending this Mai-Tri might effortlessly cleanse us from all that had been churned with CGB. Some of us quickly grabbed this opportunity and attended the group Mai-Tri session.

Significantly, a huge cleansing happened for all of us. From the day I had opened my eyes in this life until the day of the Mai-Tri session, the whole reel of incidents played like a quick short film. It showed glimpses of my emotions when I was hurt, or felt low, discriminated against, helpless and all of those emotions that were low in frequency. Later, the same short film played once again, but this time, it showed me how the supreme consciousness had taken care by giving me luck factors, people who love me, and how God’s hand was carrying me like a baby, protecting me from negative thoughts all the time.

There was only gratitude that was left behind and a divine motherly love that was bestowed upon me, keeping me calm and stable.

A day after Diwali, I understood that if this combination of CGB and Mai-Tri could be conducted as a package, and if we could utilise the opportunity, we could certainly experience a shift in our level of consciousness.

Beautiful was the experience of Group Mai-Tri as well, which is described below.

Mohanji himself is the supreme consciousness to me. Else, how could my ignorant self have the ability to understand how he is operating through various souls around me. My humble pranaams at his lotus feet.

Group Mai-Tri and Empowered Program

Attending the group Mai-Tri conducted by Preeti Duggal on the day of Diwali in November 2021 was a sheer blessing that came directly from Mohanji.

Simultaneously, I was overcoming certain fears and insecurities (in career and family) through the cleansing as part of the EMPOWERED program conducted by Mohanji in September 2021.

In the group Mai-Tri session, intentions were placed to release the unwanted fears and insecurities that I felt were unnecessary. This helped me shed a certain weight from my karmic baggage. Before this, I attended CGB, and there was unprocessed restlessness and anxiety within me, which caused distractions during the Mai-Tri session.

But though the distractions kept coming back, I tried to concentrate as much as possible and listened to Preeti’s voice invoking Dattatreya’s presence. Midway during the session, suddenly, a film started playing within me, showing a short glimpse of all events and situations that had caused me sadness, or exposed me to my vulnerable nature, the small mistakes that I had made, which made me feel guilty throughout my life. I could understand that it was all me and how my soul felt when I was doing certain things just for fun. I understood my soul, and I was different in frequencies, and most importantly, my soul silently watched the show. I felt sorry for myself.

Then immediately, when we invoked the Mother Goddess’s presence, I could experience and feel Mother Kali’s fierce form. I even saw myself under the trident, ready to be hit. But there was no fear. Instead, I was happy to see how well protected I was under her trident. Then I understood that Mother’s Kali form had come to keep our ego in check (under the trident). There was only gratitude in me.

When Baba’s presence was invoked, the whole short film of various glimpses of my life started playing, just for me to look at the optimistic side of the same incidents that had previously made me sad. A constant vision showed me that Shirdi Sai Baba was carrying me as a baby in his arms like a mother. He has been looking after me since I was born, and he is there always beside me. Tears flowed, and my heart was filled with emotions. Motherly love is always pure, but Baba’s motherly love is the purest of the purest.

During the rest of the Mai-Tri session, I was blessed to have a vision of all the three (Datta, Mother Kali & Baba) in one form: mother Mohanji. He is truly a manifestation of all our prayers, in these times especially. As the session concluded, everybody shared their experiences. But the Mai-Tri energy could be felt continuously later. The more we are receptive to change, the more energy will flow into our system.

Later, while I was doing Consciousness Kriya, I felt a tremendous constant vibration that was unusually strong. So, to be on the safe side, I listened to Mohanji’s Shiva Kavacham for protection. Suddenly, I saw visions of different divine snakes. And I was in a dark room with a huge Shiva linga in front of me. The upper part of this linga was pure bright golden and white moving energy. By the end of the Shiva Kavacham, a snake had left my side and coiled two and a half times around this linga of energy and kept its hood (single) on top of the Shiva linga. I couldn’t open my eyes to leave this beautiful experience.

I attended an interview the following day, which was a scary experience for me (coding and developing). By the end of the technical round, I was offered the job. At that very moment, I felt that Mohanji had held my hands and made me cross the most fearful asteroid belt/barrier – my limiting beliefs.

All of this happened because of: –

• Empowered 1.0 program – made me contemplate on myself and become aware of my internal system

• CGB – helped stir up those heavy, settled, un-noticed things to come up in my system

• Group Mai-Tri – with the divine intervention, cleansed off all that had come up

As Brahma the creator, Mohanji conducted the EMPOWERED program and instilled the knowledge to contemplate on the self. As Vishnu the preserver, Mohanji has provided us with Conscious Gapless Breathing to move up those heavy particles of emotions from the bottom to the surface. As Maheshwara the destroyer, Mohanji, through the Mai-Tri method, is cleansing away our karmic burden.

Isn’t this what the Guru Principle means? Isn’t this what Dattathreya means? Isn’t this what Maa Mohanji has given us in the form of Kalpa Vriksham (the wish-fulfilling tree)?

How can I even thank Mohanji with mere words, who has taken a form and is living this life just for our sake? Datta is Mohanji. Mohanji is Datta.

Mohanji is the mother of all mothers. He is Prema Sai!

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 31^stMarch 2022

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Lessons living with Mohanji – Days 113 & 114

Posted on March 27, 2022March 26, 2022 by Mohanji Editorial Team

by Christopher Greenwood

Day 113 Lesson – Life is happening every moment

Good morning, everybody. I hope that you’re doing well.

Yesterday I spoke on the subject of contentment and the goal of trying to find it in the moment to moment experience. For me personally, it’s an ongoing practice because I find my mind keeps shifting the goalposts, keeps dreaming up new ideas, new goals of what contentment would be. I’m sure there’s something inside me, some desires coming out. Although I can’t stop this, there is some awareness where I can at least observe and see what’s happening.

I remember a story from a satsang with Mohanji, which illustrates well the destabilizing effect that the mind can have on our contentment and the shifting goals that it creates. Rarely we are happy with what we have; there’s always something more to be gained somewhere else: ‘If I have this, I’ll be happy. If I’m there, I’ll be happier.’ I thought this was a good story, and I’ll read it as it was told.

There was a master who was addressing a group of people. There were many people in the group who were married, and there were also a lot of people who would like to get married. So, he segregated them; he put a line in the middle. On one side, he put all the married people, and on the other side, all the unmarried people. Then he said, if you’re happy with your marriage, if you’re really contented, stay where you are; otherwise, crossover. All the unmarried people crossed over to the other side, and all the people who wanted to get out of marriage crossed over to the other side. So basically, all the unmarried people wanted to get married, and all the married people wished otherwise.

Mohanji shared this in the satsang and said that this is the human mind. It’s exactly how our mind works. Thinking about what he spoke about, I understood that we rarely appreciate what we have. Therefore, before we can really bring what we want in life, we must appreciate what’s already there. Usually, we don’t have any value for what we have; we don’t cherish it. And somehow, we want to get out of it.

Our goals are always changing. What happens when they change? That becomes very destabilizing. Certain issues can come into life, like confusions: ‘I don’t know what to do, is this the right thing I’m doing? Is there something better I can be doing?’ All these questions can come because goals are changing.

There’ve been some cases where I’ve experienced that during my time here. Not too extreme situations but being able to observe that you can become very settled with what you have, and then you begin to lose value for it.

Mohanji also shared another story. There was one man, and his friend had told him, “My father would like to see you” because they’d been classmates for some time. His father wasn’t well, and he wanted to see him. So, he invited him to his home; he brought the friend back to his house. And he went and saw the father. The father was paralyzed; he was bedridden, had a stroke, and couldn’t move anymore. Probably bedridden for six months or so. They both sat next to each other; he held his hand and spoke about the past. The friend asked, “Is this something that I could do for you? Do you have any desire? Do you have any wish?” The father just said, “Before I die, I would just like to walk from this bed to the gate of the house, to the front of the house and come back.” That was his goal. That was all he wanted to do. His aim was just to get out of bed, walk, and come back.

This story resonated with me because it reinforced a lesson that I’d seen with my grandfather. He contracted cancer, and in the last days of his life, he was in a hospice where they took care of him and all his needs. He’d become very weak, so the nurse had to bathe him; he needed to be lifted out of bed and put in a special room where they could wash him. And that was his call, too; he said that all he wanted to do was just be able to get from the bed by himself, get into the bathroom by himself and wash. That was his complete focus, which he never achieved. But that’s what his aim had come to.

This story Mohanji shared is a good reminder that only when we reach a certain position in life, do we realize that our aims are not that complicated. But for that man to walk from the bed to the front of the house was impossible. Someone had to carry him.

Mohanji said in that talk that we must understand that this is life. It’s happening every moment. And when it’s happening, we don’t value it. We’re talking, we’re listening, all our senses are working, and we don’t value most of it. Sometimes we don’t even value relationships; we don’t value what we have in them, what’s being given to us, what we have in abundance. If we believe that we can have something else, and it will be better, it is probably not the case. Life won’t work that way. We can cherish every bit of what we have, and that’s where to start.

These are the notes I found yesterday after looking more at contentment. Although I’d read this and understood it before, it was a good reminder to look at this again especially when putting that in relation to experiencing moment to moment contentment, cherishing every bit of what we have.

I hope you have a good day and I will speak to you soon.

Day 114 Lesson – Sharing what we do & the new family members

Good morning, everybody. I hope that you’re doing well.

I hadn’t spoken for some time about what’s happening around the house, so I’ll share with you some additions we’ve had to the family of beings who regularly come to the house for food and just to be here. We have crows, other birds, squirrels, and small beings like ants, but about a month back, a mother cat arrived with three kittens.

She was coming before for some time; she was very scared, fearful, and clearly pregnant. But she was very nervous. She would be meowing for food, and we would put some food out. But then she’d stay at a big distance, even across the other side of the road, until we’d move. Then she’d come and eat the food. You couldn’t even touch her. And then she disappeared for some time.

But now she has come back, and she’s lounging on the grass in the sun with the kids. They’ve become so comfortable the other day that they even decided to walk into the house. I had to chase them out the back door of the kitchen. Now each morning they’re there, they play fighting, playing in the bushes, making noise for food, much to the annoyance of the birds. Especially the squirrels, they get really angry with all the cats there now.

There used to just be just one, which came from time to time. But now there are four, jumping around the garden. I think they must feel the energy of the house and like settling here. There’s big healing energy. Also, the tulsi brushes have grown a lot, giving a nice freshness to the place.

Besides the new additions to the family at the house, I wanted to share a lesson that I’d picked up from Mohanji about how to speak about the Mohanji platforms and all the activities. This is related to sharing what we’re doing with people; this is a place where people can come, share their gifts, give back, and feel a sense of fulfillment from serving. And there are many opportunities for people in many ways to do that.

What I liked about Mohanji, observing him, is that he is very matter-of-fact when he speaks about the platforms. He said before that the way of the tradition is never to promote or canvass; we simply have to announce, and then those who will come will come. From his calls and his meetings, I’ve observed that he’ll share at the right time, in the right conversation, what we’re doing with organizations like Ammucare, Act4Hunger, and World Consciousness Alliance, depending on who he’s communicating with.

He simply explains the vision of what we’re looking to achieve, what we’ve done, and what we’re trying to do next. Maybe he’ll mention some of the challenges that we have. More often than not, I see that people’s interest is sparked. Even if they don’t want to volunteer, they are interested to know that something good and positive is happening in the world. Then, another person knows the great things that we’re doing. And who knows, they may pass that on to somebody else, too.

This was a learning because I wouldn’t say I was hesitant, but it was never really at the forefront of my mind to just share what I was doing. I’m so involved in the activity and understand people are as involved in theirs. There was never understanding on my part that people would be interested to hear these types of things. Thus, following Mohanji’s lead, I took a cue to start speaking more about the platforms, especially with my friends, family, and my old business networks. Many are busy with their own activities, but I’m finding that people are becoming really inspired by what we’re doing in the world. And many are saying that, when they have some free time, they’d love to contribute something.

It’s been a learning for me that people are looking for a place to do something for the world. Many people are. And personally, in the teams that I’m part of, we have a lot to do. Thus, I’m always looking for how we can either bring people in or outsource. By speaking to people about it, I find that connections are opening quickly and easily. I’m sure this is the grace of Mohanji coming through.

For example, recently, I was looking for someone to help with slides and graphics. I just shared this with somebody in a conversation. Then they said, “I know somebody who does this, and they’re really good. I’ll put you in touch.” So, this person arranged the contact with the other person, and yesterday, they sent back a proposal. All this happened quickly. Growing connections could potentially, in the future, turn into more volunteers, too.

This lesson is significant for me now because I need to build strong teams, especially for the Mohanji office. As activities increase, we will need more people here who can help represent that. If anyone is interested in knowing more about speaking about the platforms, maybe they’re interested in doing so too; I’m happy to share. So do message me.

Have a great day ahead.

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 27^thMarch 2022

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On a rocky road to Nepal

Posted on March 24, 2022March 18, 2022 by Mohanji Editorial Team

by Ulla Bernholdt, Denmark

It seems like a wonder that I embarked on a trip to India to meet Mohanji in Shirdi at the end of December 2021. What a huge blessing of a lifetime it was to celebrate Datta Jayanti with him at the feet of Sai Baba and the Dattatreya tradition! Not only that, but I was also graced soon to go to Nepal to introduce Mohanji and his teachings.

Let me first tell you about the rather miraculous background for the travel.

In June 2021, I received an e-mail from a person named Rabi who inquired if any Mohanji activities were going on in Denmark. He told me that he had experienced a vision while meditating in which two unknown persons appeared. The first man was an elderly, poor-looking man who pointed his finger at a younger man with long hair and a beard. The younger man spoke, but the words were not audible.

When I read this, pictures of Sai Baba and Mohanji immediately came to my mind.

Rabi continued that when he opened Instagram the following day, the first photo he saw was that of Shirdi Sai Baba. He now recognised the man from his vision and came to know his name. Curious, he searched YouTube for material upon Baba and found Mohanji’s videos about him. He recognised Mohanji as the other person, and now he had found both.

We arranged to meet the next day, and I was excited, especially because when I’d read his LinkedIn profile, I’d realised that his real name was Gurudatta! Rabi was just a name he had chosen for the sake of convenience. This must be some guidance from the Tradition, I thought. What will happen next?

Gurudatta told me he was from Nepal, and he wanted to visit his home country the following autumn to do seva. I asked if I could join him. We teamed up and started doing ACT4Hunger annadan from Denmark remotely through our volunteers in Nepal.

Our plan to go to Nepal was postponed a couple of times, but when we suddenly got the news that Mohanji’s Dattatreya Jayanti retreat in Shirdi was happening within three weeks, we purchased tickets.

At the retreat, I met up with Gurudatta and his mother. Before leaving Shirdi, we took Mohanji’s blessings plus his instructions and advice regarding visiting Nepal, doing annadan and T-shirt donations for protection and visibility in the country.

We had flight tickets from Delhi to Kathmandu, but unexpectedly, we were both denied access to the aeroplane due to positive Corona tests! Usually, at home, I would go for a second test to confirm, but now we had to make our minds up quickly because my Indian visa was about to expire.

We agreed to go by bus to Nepal in the afternoon and quarantine if needed in Nepal. It was a ride of nearly 900 km to the Nepali border in Sonauli.

Arriving at the border, we found out that I needed to travel another 100 km to do my new PCR-test in Gorakhpur, the place of the grand Gorakhnath mandir.

After taking the blessings of Gorakhnath, who is the incarnation of Shiva himself and is the patron deity of Nepal and the one who decides who can enter the country, I received a negative covid test, and I was ready to cross the border.

Back at the Indian immigration office, they told me to come again the next morning. The same officers said they could not allow me to exit early the next day because my Indian visa had expired the previous day. And here, the calamities started.

Gurudatta was able to leave. Being a Nepali citizen, he stayed with his relatives just across the border. We stayed in touch online.

I had to stay back and go to many different offices far from the town, but with no outcome. We made a lot of phone calls to the different authorities in India, Nepal, and even Denmark, but nobody could help me get an exit permit. In the process, I had to go through an online application, and there was no time limit set to it.

I now stayed at one of the only available hotels at the border, waiting to leave India. What are the normal living conditions for many people in Asia became a severe challenge for a western conditioned mind.

It was a cold hotel with muggy walls and no hot water if there was water at all. There was no electricity during the daytime—no places to eat except a sweetshop that served snacks only. Very poor internet connectivity made telephone calls a challenge. On top of it all, I also found that people would ignore me when I asked them about something or that people would make fun of me when I walked the street, being the only foreigner in town. Communication was not easy either, as practically no one spoke English in that area.

I must admit I had previously carried a romantic fantasy that if I had to isolate, I would only be happy to deepen my practice, meditate and chant. But this situation was so unexpected that I could not find peace of mind to practice seriously.

I remember Mohanji saying that he creates situations and circumstances for people to test them. Or rather, the Tradition tests you.

And I was tested!

My SIM card expired, and the internet was not working.

It seemed like there would be a new issue on top of the other each day. I thought to myself, is this a bad joke? But it was real, and I started to feel the heat and pressure within as the situation escalated.

One week passed, but I still did not receive permission to leave. I observed my mind becoming more unstable as my expectations of going to Nepal were not met.

We had announced our arrival in Nepal beforehand, and people were waiting to meet us and participate in Mohanji events. I could even peek over the border, but I could not go.

My mind questioned if I would be able to go at all? Maybe I was not eligible to go? I felt desperation creeping in.

I would pray to Mohanji and Gorakhnath to hold my hand throughout this experience. Not at one point in time did Mohanji leave me. I asked Mohanji to please help me to be able to go and serve in Nepal.

This seemed like a big-time test. Did I have enough determination and clarity of purpose needed to go to Nepal?
Would I give up? Would I quit? Would I turn back?
NO!

I felt I had no choice but to stay put despite all the obstacles. Going to Nepal was what I really wanted. Keeping in mind that all situations and experiences, good or bad, will pass, and having come this far, I waited rather impatiently for the obstacles to dissolve by the grace of Mohanji and time.

Now that I was in exile, deprived of comfort, I had to face all my addictions, dependencies, and patterns of insecurity. There was nothing to do but feel it.

I cherish this experience today because there is so much relevance and authenticity in observing your mind when under pressure. A mind full of constant craving, never satisfied and filled with endless desires.

Sitting in my room, the mind itself felt like a prison, and I felt I was here on a life sentence. This is a simple truth that we would normally avoid facing.

It was not that I missed the comforts a lot. What I longed for was a peaceful mind. I longed to be in Mohanji’s state of freedom, need nothing, go beyond the mind, and not be dependent on the outside world.

While connecting consciously to Mohanji, there were moments of causeless happiness in the middle of this agony. Mohanji is like the calm centre in the eye of a hurricane. He carried me all the way through like a silent companion.

As the days passed, my state of mind slowly started changing, and a transformation happened.

From feeling totally helpless, I wondered what else I could do when I could not change my situation. I longed to do something purposeful, so I started feeding the many stray dogs living outside of the hotel. I felt how it cleansed me and brought me new positivity and stability. Next, I tried to plan for a bigger annadan for people in the town. I had noticed that many of them looked very poor, pushing heavily loaded bicycle rickshaws all day.

I looked for people who could help me cook food, but suddenly, my application for the exit permit went through, and that was the end of 14 days of staying in an unknown place.

As if a dark spell had lifted, the people at the immigration office suddenly started to act friendly and humane. It was like being in a play that had all the ingredients of a drama, even a happy ending. One police officer listened to my story and kindly offered to take me in a rickshaw to the next town to sort out the complicated online payment for the exit permit, which I could not do with a foreign card, and help me prepare to leave the next morning. He said he saw his daughter in me and that it was his moral responsibility to help me. I had no other option than to trust him and Mohanji that his intention was pure. The policeman was indeed very helpful, and trusting him helped me get out of my situation.

Overall, it has been a fantastic experience. We often forget to be grateful for what we have and remember that things we take for granted can leave us in a split second.

Only the hand of Mohanji helped me get through these challenges. He inspired me and encouraged me to keep walking, not to give up, and keep the focus on my purpose. Through his own example, he reminded me that we can always do something for others even when we cannot do much for ourselves.

I thank him for the experience that made me once again realise the raw power we have inside to rise above the situation and our need for grace from the Master and God, without whom we are absolutely nothing.

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 24^thMarch 2022

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ACT 4 UKRAINE

Posted on March 21, 2022March 20, 2022 by Mohanji Testimonials

Shyama Jeyaseelan, UK

Through the ACT platform, we have a great opportunity to serve our brothers and sisters in Ukraine at this time of need. With more guidance and inspiration from Mohanji during his recent visit to the UK, Mohanji ACT Foundation President Jay and Mohanji Foundation, UK President Vijay are leaving on a journey to the borders of Moldova, carrying food, clothes and medical items. Driving in the ACT/MF van (and supported by TEECH, a UK based charity that supports us in various ways), they will be taking the ferry to the Netherlands and driving through Germany, Hungary, Austria, and Romania to reach the northern borders of Moldova to help those displaced from Ukraine.

The Balkans ACT team and other volunteers from the UK will join Jay and Vijay in Romania a few days later. A lot of planning and preparation is taking place, and it is wonderful to see how grace works in facilitating activities for smooth travel, and I share some incidents below.

Yesterday, Jay and I took the van to Skanda Vale to collect food hampers for school children. During the previous two trips, we had collected 2 tonnes of food from Skanda Vale for those displaced from Ukraine. Their kind and generous support have enabled Mohanji ACT Foundation to feed thousands of people over the last decade, and we are so grateful for their loving support.

As we got in the van early in the morning, my eyes fell on the cards Mohanji had placed in the van a few days ago. The most beautiful light emanated from his hand on one of the cards, giving us tangible evidence of his presence, protection, and blessings for all activities we carry out using Mohanji’s platforms. I was reminded of what he had told us one morning, “When we serve using Mohanji platforms, which are based on purity, the merits that we and our lineage receive is manifold.” It was also a wonderful reassurance that his energy and protection are with the van and the drivers as they serve the world, whether it is a short drive down the road or a long trip across many countries.

While I was driving, Jay spoke with Priti to organise the ACT4UKRAINE sweatshirts to be printed. Since we only had two working days to get them done, the printing company we recently used quoted us a very high price. Our hearts sank at the cost involved, and we decided to try another place outside of London. This lady not only agreed to do the sweatshirts for half the price, she actually came home the following day to show us samples of her work and also offered some free t-shirts printed with the same design! How amazing! Mohanji brought the right person to us at the right time, someone with the same mindset of helping others, with whom we will work together for our future printing needs.

Hanumatananda was doing the ACT4UKRAINE design, and he had sent the initial design to Jay. When shared with Mohanji, he asked for the silhouette to be added. While driving in the van, Jay was messaging Hanumatananda to request if it was possible to make the necessary changes, hoping he would see the message before reaching Skanda Vale, where wifi is not always available. As always, it was a rapid response and the design options were sent within the hour, shared with Mohanji and the correct one sent to the printer despite all of us communicating from such different time zones!

After spending some blessed time with the Skanda Vale community (with blue skies and sunshine, nature and animals) and collecting the food hampers, we returned the same day, reaching home at nearly 1 am. Before going to bed, I went into the prayer room to say goodnight and offer my gratitude to Mohanji for the beautiful day. I was very tired and wasn’t really paying much attention to the other pictures or figures at the altar, but somehow my eyes fell on a small picture of Baba encased in glass.

I noticed a beautiful light in the area of his heart, a pink heart in front of the glass and small golden wings near the heart. It was so very beautiful and unmistakable even to my eyes which don’t normally ‘see’ subtle things even after a circle is drawn and an arrow points to it. I remembered reading some time ago that Baba’s aura is huge and a beautiful pink colour, which was shown to me in the pink heart.

Both these tangible experiences on this wonderful day were really magical. The day started, continued and culminated with love and light. Immense gratitude to Mohanji and Guru Mandala (Guru Subramanium, Sathya Sai Baba and all the Masters); they bless us to add value to the world through their teachings, example, inspiration, guidance, energy and protection.

And our heartfelt love and gratitude to all who have supported the ACT4UKRAINE initiative.

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 21^stMarch 2022

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Lessons living with Mohanji – Days 111 & 112

Posted on March 20, 2022March 14, 2022 by Mohanji Editorial Team

by Christopher Greenwood

Day 111 Lesson – Paying the price

Good morning everybody. I hope that you’re doing well.

Yesterday I spoke about Tamas with the illustration that Mohanji shared of this big iron rod or iron jacket on our back and the bed being a magnet. It can take a lot of effort and help from somebody to even sit up before even standing and then walking.

I remember that conversation with Mohanji and wanted to know the benefit of service how that can help. Mohanji added that the size of the iron rod or the big iron jacket we’ve got on us is our karma. We have lots of heavy pending karma from previous actions – which means we’ve got a big and heavy iron jacket. It can be not easy to move or even to get up, but it becomes lighter through service.

Mohanji explained, “This is because everything which we’ve done in our life has a price.” For example, if we betray somebody, cheat somebody, talk bad about them, or gossip, we’re paying the price. Depending on the intensity of the activity, we have a corresponding price to pay. Betraying someone is a very high stake; there’s a huge price for this, and it can be high, depending on how that was done. It may take many lifetimes. And how will that display itself? Most likely, it will be continuously experiencing betrayals by many people repeatedly.

I asked Mohanji, “What’s the antidote then? How do you stop that?” He said, “Do a lot of good things, so that means the effect of any bad things is postponed, it’s not immediate. When the effect of the good things end, it comes back. It’s always waiting; it will come back, and it has to be gone through.”

This was interesting because I realized that I could never really know what was pending. It means that even if something has happened in the past, it still has to be paid for. But with the good things we’re doing, we are creating a postponement for that. It was interesting to hear this, so I asked more. Mohanji replied, “That’s exactly why I keep saying for people to feed the birds, feed the animals, feed the children, feed old people, feed sick people.” He keeps saying this, and if you want to do something for him, that’s what you can do. I realized that it’s not for his sake (as he doesn’t need any of that), but it’s for our sake because all those good things are helping us. If there’s something pending, that has to be paid at some point.

Mohanji said, “The first thing to do is – don’t betray, don’t cheat, don’t steal, and don’t talk bad. That’s the safest thing anybody can do because then people aren’t earning debts. That’s prevention, and prevention is always better than the cure. Do more selfless work as when we’re doing this; it benefits a lot of people, and grace flows.” That’s one of the beauties of the Mohanji platform; it’s producing a lot of grace for people.

He shared that if people have entered platforms, it means that it was permitted to enter. There must have been something good in our past that allowed us to come here and contribute. There are also people who came but weren’t able to stay. They had the opportunity, but then some things or obstacles came, which meant that they had to pay back something which was pending. That’s karma. So if something bad has been done in the past, it comes now and causes a situation.

We continued our conversation further, talking about using our lifetime effectively. We have this one life; how are we using it? We should use it for selfless service to come out of all our accrued debts. Everyone has their own free will to decide how they want to spend their life. There is no judgment here. But many people focus their life on looking for the usual mundane things, like jobs, house, children, and don’t spend much time settling any of their karmic agenda in their lifetime -which means it’s still pending.

Mohanji suggests that we use the lifetime well to settle all the karmic stuff. He is not against anything (we can do everything – marriage, children), but should also consider becoming lighter within our lifetime. It’s another reminder to be grateful for the Mohanji Platform that exists for me and many others to give back and repay. This way, even if we are lying on the magnet bed, our iron rod/jacket back (a reference to the previous lesson) will be much less in weight and lighter in life.

Automatically, that connection brings alignment to focus on positive actions and the negative actions you’re not interested in. Even if somebody says something, they will be avoided, and the path is given to follow and to move in the right direction.

I hope you have a good day and I will speak to you soon.

Day 112 Lesson – Experiencing the contentment factor

Good morning everybody. I hope that you’re doing well.

Yesterday I was invited to speak at the International Forum to promote homeopathy. I know very little about homeopathy, only that I take it myself and have experienced benefits from it. The forum was a group of doctors from across the world, some with 30-40 years of experience. I presented my talk “Awareness – A key to well-being” based on the Invest in Awareness program, which aims to bring people to a level of stability to have well-being and contentment in their lives. The byproduct of this is that when people are stable, well, and content, they’re more resourceful, creative, innovative, and energetic. They give significant contributions to their companies and become more productively efficient.

I wanted to focus on this because there is the alignment of bringing people to a good place of well-being with homeopathy and what we’re trying to do through raising people to a new awareness. I focused it on one of the major lessons from Mohanji that has enriched my life and which I practice here at the house all the time. That lesson is, ‘The real wealth we can experience in life is the contentment factor’, which means being contented with all situations that come.

Mohanji has shared in many satsangs, podcasts, and interviews that the real wealth we can experience is the moment-to-moment contentment factor – being contented with all we have in our lives, experiences, and relations. The experience of contentment is happiness which is our birthright. Mohanji has spoken many times that the basis for contentment is acceptance.

The first and the most important thing we can do in our lives is to accept ourselves. There’s no one else like us; we are unique. We are composite beings with strengths, weaknesses, and a mixture of the good, bad, and ugly. Many people in life (as I was explaining in the presentation) are in a hurry to present only their strengths to the world; they project, pretend, and try to prove. In reality, however, many people struggle with many other things inside that aren’t visible.

For me, this past year has been an ongoing practice to experience this contentment factor that no matter what is happening in the outside world – I’m fine, happy. I wondered if it was possible. What I’ve experienced is that it required me to take a hard look at myself, which at times was uncomfortable.

Living with Mohanji is like living with an intense mirror that continually shows me all aspects of myself, which keeps me from experiencing contentment. Situations have given me intense experiences where I would judge myself, doubt, criticize and see my impact on others – about which I wouldn’t be happy.

Since the boot camp, it’s been an intense period of reconciliation. The boot camp was the program that Mohanji took us through during December for all the heads of the organization. We’ve based the Invest in Awareness course mainly on that content. Mohanji said, “At the start of the New Year, you’ll be reinvented”, and there has certainly been an understanding taking place (with all this churning happening), and I can see myself with more clarity.

Understanding what is playing out has been Mohanji’s teaching. We are projecting into the world what is inside us; this understanding has bestowed great stability and contentment – no comparisons, criticisms or competition. I’ve found this year has given me more mental space or peace. I can’t say more time because time is already used to the maximum from working with Mohanji. Capacity is relentlessly pushed and stretched. But definitely, practising this awareness and reconciliation has brought clarity of mind.

I looked back through some of my notes about what Mohanji had said about contentment. He shared that contentment can always be set as a goal for everybody. Every moment of acceptance in our life can bring this. It’s actually is a choice.

The challenge we face is that our ideas of contentment are very wide. We have many varieties, needs, or requirements. Some of those can be binding or based on other people’s ideas of what we should be or on society. I found the COVID situation as helpful because I’ve been able to completely strip back all my pre-made ideas of what life needed to be or what it was going to be.

Coming back and connecting to the basics in life, grounding in having the essentials – such as food, a good place to stay, good company, friendships, so the contentment stays with the essentials, and anything else is a bonus. I wouldn’t be as bold to say that I’m always contented, and I never lose that factor of having contentment.

Normally, consciously or unconsciously, what happens is that I’m setting expectations for certain things, maybe certain tasks or certain people. No matter how small or unconscious these are, these can always create disappointments (when they happen), which affects me. But again, what I’m practising more, is acceptance and being flexible. This way, the turbulence created when expectations aren’t met is very short-lived. The disturbances that would usually last a long time a few years ago are now much shorter.

For now, to explore what wealth exists when I set contentment for life’s day to day experiences as a goal is an ongoing lesson and practice. I can’t say I’ve reached anywhere, but I have noticed a positive difference.

I hope you have a great day ahead, and we will speak soon.

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 20^thMarch 2022

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Trust in the Guru

Posted on March 17, 2022March 15, 2022 by Mohanji Editorial Team

by a Mohanji follower

THE WHOLE WORLD MAY FORSAKE YOU, BUT YOUR GURU NEVER EVER WILL!

This is my true experience, and I can vouch for this statement I have made!

I do not know where to start, but I am surrendering this piece of writing to Mohanji, and I am writing this with gratitude towards him for taking care of me.

I was an ardent procrastinator previously, especially when it came to taking care of my own things. This was a quality that I wanted to change, and I am sure it is with my Guru’s grace that I’ve been able to do it. Even writing this testimonial piece was supposed to happen sometime in early January, as I had mentally promised Mohanji to do so during my tough times. Still, it is coming to fruition now after Mohanji’s Empowered programmes, which made me feel more empowered to do what I needed to do punctually and swiftly.

Well, that being said, I have been on this path, searching for truth right from 2007. I believe the reasons I haven’t been able to get closer to my destination are procrastination, lack of faith, being judgmental of people and being carried away by sweet people’s talks instead of focusing on my Guru and his talks.
Here’s my roller coaster ride in a nutshell.

My whole world was filled with bliss and joy after I met Mohanji physically in 2018, and I was in love for the first time in my life. People around could see it, I could feel it, and I was practically living in bliss. But I also had a monkey mind that was always hungry and greedy for more explanations, and I was trying to analyse everything Mohanji was saying. Analysis kills the feeling. That’s what happened to me. Trying to practically ANALYSE my feeling of bliss and sweet longing for my Guru, I contacted people whom I thought, according to my analysis, were deeply connected to Mohanji and his mission. I told them about the intensity of my yearning and how tears would pour out of my eyes just by thinking of my Guru.

Well, not everybody MAY BE THE RIGHT FIT to discuss your deep secrets, especially if it is about your Guru. I got swayed away in my path by their sweet talks and fancy projections, and my connection with my Guru gradually began to fade. I was totally aware of this happening, and I was unhappy to the core that my connection was being swayed. But I didn’t have the courage to NOT LISTEN to the sweet talks, which were true in their own way but not aligned with my Guru and his teachings. I so badly wanted to live Mohanji’s teachings, but I was associated with a company that was not! And I was getting swayed in all directions. I went from being a vegan to a non-vegan, and my perceptions were being changed without me recognising it.

Being in this company, I learned a lot about the many dimensions in which Masters operate, came across different practices, and even became good at some. But internally, I was bleeding because my connection with Mohanji was being compromised.

It was much later, after about two years, that I realised that my yearning was different, and I had the courage to break free from that sweet company and decided to dedicate myself only and only to Mohanji fully. Here, I am not criticising other practices or paths, but what I have learnt is that we should have clarity, conviction and courage to stand up for our Guru no matter how great and fast other practices/people may be or if they promise to bring you to liberation.

I also realised that being in this sweet company did not bring any internal transformation. However, I had acquired many healing/helpful skills and knowledge that very few people in the world possess. But what use is it if it cannot transform you from within? I was the same old person with a lot of guilt and regret! I am wholeheartedly seeking forgiveness from my Guru Mohanji for having swayed in my journey and not listening to him.

That being said, I also realised that breaking free from the company that you have been with for so long with support is not easy. Again, old patterns came up, and I was no longer in bliss, and was always irritated and lost due to family issues, my whole life falling apart, and a sudden relocation!

I wondered what had happened. How I had gone from being in a state of bliss to this mess just by not listening to my inner conscience and doing what I wanted to. I was paying the price for my own compromise. It was a huge price to pay, BUT Mohanji never left me during these times.

After I broke free from my previous company, I was always feeling Mohanji’s presence, but I was in no state to do anything internally or externally. Life was all rushed, and I didn’t feel like doing anything. I would sit in front of Mohanji’s picture every day and stare at him. My mind would wander about what would happen in the future, and guilt and regret again would fill me. I was not able to practice kriya or even chant. But the relocation did me good, and little did I know that it was Mohanji’s way of bringing me back on track.

The relocation process to another country was painful as I had embraced the country I was living in wholeheartedly right from childhood. It brought up a lot of anxieties and heartaches. But the good news was that the timing just coincided with the Empowered 1 program, and taking part in the program once again brought me back to my Guru’s embrace. I loved each moment of the 11-day program, and my life was once again back on track.

Then again, being in a different country had its own challenges. We rented a small place to stay from a friend with hardly a proper bed to sleep in, and most of the time, I was sleeping on the floor. Along with this, I was experiencing anxieties over my children’s education, financial situation and the need to find a new home. I continued trying to implement the being in the moment practice because that was all I could do and kept my faith in my Guru during this time.

As I said, with this minimal practice and only my intense faith, things started to turn around. A good friend of my family said he had found a beautiful house for sale, and we decided to look it up. It was indeed the kind of house we had been looking for, and with Mohanji’s grace, we decided to buy it. In the meantime, my kids were still at home and had not secured admission to any school. All the schools had opened long ago, and it was close to mid-year. Anxiety over anxiety built up as I approached different schools for admissions, but they all put us on a waitlist.

Suddenly, one day, I received a call from a school near the house to which we had decided to move, and they offered us admission immediately. I couldn’t believe it could all happen so fast as the rest of the schools were not ready to take us in. But it did happen, and everything was settled, and the kids started going to school. All this is the grace we get for the good things we do when our times are good. I seriously had no time to pray and no urge to do sadhana at that point, but my Guru has always taken care of me in the best possible way. I have felt it every time.

My focus began to improve as help was sent in many ways while settling into this new place. Support came to me physically and mentally, and Mohanji turned around the situation for me. Some Mohanji family members helped me tremendously during this tough period, and I wholeheartedly thank them for their love.

The next thing on my mind was finance. My financial situation was not so good, and I was looking for a job. While conversing with an old friend, she informed me of an internship in my field of education, and I immediately applied for it. I am sure this was the grace of my Guru, Mohanji, that I was selected for this program and was offered a stipend that could temporarily lessen my financial burden. I thanked him wholeheartedly for this in my mind and joined the internship.

While I was in this internship program, I received a call one day from the human resources department of a multinational company, asking me to appear for an interview. Even today, I cannot figure out how they got my number and my resume. When I asked them, they told me I had long back applied in a job search portal, and they had picked it up from there. I didn’t know where or when I had applied since I had quit working 10 years ago. Anyway, the good news was that I needed a job at that point, and this was my dream company from childhood.

What more can you ask for! I prepared in full and attended the interview. I was offered the job right away. But due to some personal reasons, I could not join that company, which shattered me again. However, looking at the bright side, I continue to do my internship, and now I am in a better place. It could have been much worse. I owe it all to my Guru, who has never let go of me even when I let go of him due to my own weaknesses.

This is how a Guru takes care of his children. We are very lucky and blessed to have a Guru like Mohanji. Trust me, many things/paths/people may seem far superior or even a faster path to liberation. But with my own experience from the roller-coaster life I have led for the last three years, I can say, “Mohanji will never forsake you if you believe in him”, and I vouch for this!

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 17^thMarch 2022

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Lessons living with Mohanji – Days 109 & 110

Posted on March 13, 2022March 11, 2022 by Mohanji Editorial Team

by Christopher Greenwood

Day 109 Lesson – “Our Path is not complicated.”

Good morning, everybody. I hope that you’re doing well.

Over the past few days, I’ve had the opportunity to go back over some of the notes I made during conversations that spontaneously happened with Mohanji at the house. Some of these have proven to be great reminders for me.

I’d like to share some of these with you over the next recordings because I think they give wonderful lessons and clarifications on some important aspects of our path, of Mohanji, and what it’s like to walk this path. Mohanji has said before that this is a path of no-nonsense, the path of Shiva, and the path of fire, which means that there will be challenges and hurdles. Now looking back, some of these have resonated with me as good reminders.

Today, I wanted to share what Mohanji spoke in conversations about the path. Some of these will be notes as I took them. Some of them could be words that Mohanji said, so I apologize if it doesn’t come across as one succinct flowing piece of voice.

Mohanji essentially said that this path is not complicated at all. All that’s required for the path of an Avadhoota is a deep, unshakable connection with the Master. And this was the case for all the Avadhootas, just connection to the Master. Thus, if I consider Mohanji as the Master, then it’s a deep, unshakable connection to Mohanji. This is not complicated. “But why then”, he asked rhetorically, “why is it complicated? Why can it be complicated?” He said that’s because of the mind.

The mind itself can create tests. The Master has no interest in testing anything because all the Master is doing is simply being available for people to connect to. People can connect, or they don’t connect – no problem, a master has nothing to do with it. Mohanji explained quite nicely that we are all on our journey in life. Each of us has a unique journey. Situations will keep changing, different situations will happen, and a corresponding effect will be there. And he reminded us that the Master is not creating this; our karma is creating it.

For me, this was an interesting understanding. Because it’s our karma that allows us to come to a certain situation in life, even to have a certain awareness, or even the opportunity to connect with someone like Mohanji. We don’t know exactly what’s happening, but we can be sure it’s because of our karma. As karma brought us to this situation, it can equally take us away. He reminded us that our job is simple in a way, just to ensure that we have alignment with all our activities so that we’re focused on the real purpose. Because then everything else is not so important.

In that case, a Master will know what’s good for us, what’s necessary, and will give what’s necessary, no more and no less. This gives stability all the time, and steps can be taken in a stabilized manner. Only what’s essential is given, and our job is to stay integrated simply – no doubt, no criticism, no judgments.

Mohanji shared a story about one person who saw Sai Baba eating onions, and because of that, he left Sai Baba. What was the problem? It wasn’t that Sai Baba was eating onions that the problem was. His concept of the situation was the problem. He decided that a Master shouldn’t eat onions and left. Mohanji reminded me that it doesn’t matter what you’re doing once you cross over because you’re operating from a plane of grand existence.

But for the majority of us, we’re operating at the karmic level, which means that there’s a price we have to pay for everything that we do, everything counts. Once we cross over, there’s no karma. So, there’s no desire, inclination, and there’s no price. It’s just responding to the situation. That’s how masters exist. They simply respond, reflect, respond, reflect. When someone comes with anger, emotions, a master will respond accordingly; he reciprocates. He’s not projecting anything. He stopped projecting long ago; there’s just a reflection; there’s no karma.

Mohanji also explained that there’s no testing on the path; there’s no interest in testing because who are we to be tested? He simply explained that the path itself is like a flowing river. It’s just flowing. To say that these tests come from a Master is like saying that the flowing river is interested in me taking a bath in it. The river doesn’t care. We can take a bath if we want to, and we need not take a bath if we don’t want to. But if we enter, we’ll get wet. We should know that. The river doesn’t need to tell us that we’ll get wet if we enter. That’s for us to know, for us to understand.

Mohanji explained that this is how things work. The Master is like a flowing river, completely flowing. And if we want to use the Master, we can use him. But the Master is not telling, “Please come and use me.” This was an important reminder because I’ve seen that Mohanji is not binding anybody to himself. He’s not asking anybody to come. But to those coming to him, including myself, he’ll give very clear instructions and directions to say, “Do this” or “I think you should do that.” Because what that does is break boundaries and comfort zones so that reality can be seen better. This is what he does.

Apart from that, he’s not binding anybody. If anyone wants to come, that’s fine. If they want to leave, no problem. He is available for our evolution and our growth, just like the flowing river. If we want to use it to take a bath, we can jump in and let it take us. And at the same time, if we don’t want to, no problem. Regardless, Mohanji will still be there, as the river will still flow.

I hope you have a great day ahead. I will speak soon.

Day 110 Lesson – The magnetic pull of tamas

Good morning, everybody. I hope you’re doing very well.

Today, I share another of my recollections of the notes I made some time ago. I think this one is very relevant, and that is not to underrate comfort zones and tamas.

Mohanji said that the root cause for all the calamities in the world is tamas. For people who don’t know, tamas is extreme inertia, procrastination, sleeping, indifference, and settled in comfort zones. Thus, he said that the comfort zone is the root cause of disturbances. Because if a society is proactive, creative, benevolent, alert, and aware, there’ll be no calamity. But when tamas comes, people are taking it easy, procrastinating, talking too much about rights, instead of acting on responsibilities. And that causes wars.

This was quite an interesting insight for me because when you look at the world and the general sentiment of society, you can see this. Nobody wants to do anything. Then, anybody can come in and manipulate, which is what we’ve seen. In a proactive society, which would be based on Dharma (righteousness), there’ll be no wars because the right action is always taking place at the right time.

Extreme tamas is inertia, procrastination, sleeping. Mohanji shared that we have to break out of that if we’re seeking elevation. Living with Mohanji has definitely meant there’s no room for tamas; he makes sure of that. He kicks tamas’ butt, as he says. But I know from my own experience that it comes back; comfort zones pull back, and I’m more aware of that now.

Mohanji also gave a good illustration which helped me picture this in my mind. He said, “Imagine that you had a huge iron rod on your back, or a thick coat of iron. And your bed is a huge magnet”. So, the majority of people in the world are stuck on that bed, i. e. the magnet, with the iron rod on our back. We’re eating, sleeping, drinking, procreating, the usual unconscious life, tamasic life, not caring, breeding indifference and comfort zones.

We’re lying on the bed with a magnet and this huge iron rod. And we can’t get up and go. It’s very, very difficult because we’re stuck to the magnet. Mohanji said that the path from there is at least sit up in the bed; you must take it step by step. So, you are rising to the level where you still have part tamas and part rajas (action). You have the initiative to do something. Mohanji said that if we’re associated with a Master who’s doing something in the world, like Karma Yoga, it comes in very handy because Karma Yoga is a selfless service, which means that you’re engaged in action. And slowly, slowly, you’re removing the junk of tamas.

Then, the next step. Once you reach that point, the pull of the magnet is lessened, so then it’s time to stand up. This means that you have some more initiative, more rajas, more activity to stand up. Again, the Master will help you stand up, encourage you to engage in activities, give work, give guidance so that you slowly come out of that cycle of tamas. After that, we have to start walking; we have to practice it. That means we have to practice what the Master tells us to do, not what we’d like to do. Because what we would like to do (if we understand that tamas is connected to comfort zones) is moving back into what’s familiar.

A Master will tell us what to do, not that he needs us to do something, but he’s guiding us through the right course of action for us to move out of tamas, to break it. He tells us how to come out of it. At that point in time, if we say, “I’m not interested in that, I’ll only do what I like. I don’t feel like it anymore. Why do I have to do this?” – that’s when we’re falling back into a comfort zone.

In that way, people become lazy. Then they sit on the bed, and then before they know it, they’re lying back on the bed, with their back stuck to the magnet with the iron rod. They are so relaxed in the bed that they can’t even move their hand to take the food. They’ll open their mouth and say, “Please feed me.” Like that, you’re back lying on the bed again. Then you have to begin all over again, with all the effort, to first sit up in the bed, then stand up.

Mohanji shared that this can be an interesting and difficult trap for some people because they move through life with great initiative and speed, and they accomplish many things. And then what can happen is, because they’ve reached a place of comfort, where they have power, money, they can hire help, they can do what they like to do, and then in the bargain, they can begin to fall again. Thus, that can be a trap. What I understood from that is that we always need to have movement to always do something and never settle. There’s always an evolution, then.

When we finally stand up, Mohanji says that the next stage is to start running. This is where there are lots of rajas. This can be a dangerous time because we feel great, we have the grace behind us, many things are happening. Mohanji explained that this could be dangerous, too, because there can be a lot of predators who recognize that one has gained some spiritual balance, and they’ll want to take that. They’ll start to share ideas or doubts such as, “You’re doing so great, you could be so much more. Look, your Master is holding you back. He wants to keep you like this; he wants to control you.”

This happened to people who’ve been connected to Mohanji, and then they’ve left him to experience the big fall. But a Master doesn’t give everything because he’ll only give what can be individually handled at that time. He can’t give something which we can’t handle, because again he will also fall back. He says, “Okay, sit, now stand, now walk, walk gently, strengthen your legs, gain momentum, and then eventually you run.” It’s not that a Master can give 10 kilos when we can only lift five because we will just collapse.

This was a really good conversation for me because it was a reminder that we would only be given what we could handle at the time. We won’t be given anything which can take us down or cause us to fall. That’s not in the interest of a master. It’s not for him to say, “Okay, take more and more and more,” and then we die. Then it’s finished. It’s not to do that at all.

Until we have reached that stable state, we will always be prone to this sway of comfort zones pulling back and the risk of lying down on that bed with the magnet, to be stuck, to have to go through a lot more effort again just to even sit up. However, the Master will guide us to the right activity to bring us out of it.

I hope you have a great day ahead, and I will speak to you soon.

I hope you have a good day ahead and we will speak soon.

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 13^thMarch 2022

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Unconditional grace & love

Posted on March 10, 2022March 10, 2022 by Mohanji Editorial Team

By Sonia Mayur, Muscat

I was part of Mohanji’s Birthday Chanting that went on from 23rd January until Mohanji’s birthday. It was my first experience of group chanting, and it seemed to have become a lifestyle for me. I looked forward to waking up and getting ready with a pure body and mind for the chanting.

The chanting was done by Mohanji Acharyas, and not even knowing or meeting personally with anyone, it seemed there was a deep connection. For sure, the connection was common, as we have one FATHER who connected us all with one single thread. All through, it felt as though I was a bead in this beautiful mala (garland) that Mohanji had brought together.

During the chanting sessions, I had so many experiences, which made me feel more deeply and unconditionally connected to Mohanji.

One experience that I want to share is of the unconditional grace and love that I received from Mohanji on his birthday.

On the day of Mohanji’s birthday, there was supposed to be a 24-hour chanting, and closer to the date, it was announced by Subashree Di that the chanting would happen on 24th February, as Mohanji’s birthday as per his star/Hindu calendar was falling on that date.

Subashree Di announced that a Google form would be shared, and whoever wanted to chant could fill in the slots.

I had always wanted to lead chanting, but being a shy person, I always feared speaking in front of people where I would be at the focus. This time I thought, “Let’s do it, and Mohanji will hold my hand if I shake out of fear.” Unfortunately, the slots during which I would have been able to do chanting got filled up so fast, and I was a bit disheartened.

The night of 22nd February, I kept praying and telling Mohanji how I wanted to do the chanting on his birthday and how I missed my chance because I was not proactive when the list came, and my fear overtook my decision.

I kept chanting the whole night to Mohanji, and his face was right there, crystal clear in front of me, and he was smiling all through. I kept thinking why Mohanji was smiling. Was there something he was telling me, and I was not understanding? Little had I known at that time that his unconditional grace was flowing upon me!

My chant was continuous all night with Mohanji’s strong presence along with me. I woke up at the usual time at 4:30 am Muscat time, thinking that the daily chanting would be going on as the 24-hour chanting had been moved to 24th now.

I never ever look at my phone when I wake up, leave alone put the Wi-Fi on. But that day, I did so while I was still in bed, and I was amazed to see many messages from Preeti Di, mentioning that she was going to start the 24-hour chanting at 6:00 am. It didn’t take me much time to understand that there had been some confusion, and instead of the 24th, the chanting was about to begin on the 23rd as scheduled.

I didn’t wait for much time and took a shower and connected, and all through, I just thought that this was what Mohanji’s smile was all about. The 24-hour chanting was about to be converted into a 48-hour chanting. It was all his leela but also all of Mohanji family, how each one of them connected and took this to ensure the chanting was happening nonstop.

It was a usual working day for me, but the hope of chanting on Mohanji’s birthday was still very strong. I was just waiting for the moment to arrive. I got ready for work and kept checking the messages on the group. Each and every slot kept filling up quickly, but at 12:30 pm IST, a message kept flashing that the slot of 1:30 pm IST was free if anyone was keen. I didn’t even think for a wink and typed “I will do it “.

My heart was pounding so fast just while typing that I would do it, and I wondered what would happen when I had to begin the chant. But I went with the flow and just surrendered to Mohanji, and I knew he would be there to hold my hand and walk me through this gracefully.

I immediately planned my exit from the office and went home to do the chanting session. My heart kept pounding, but there was some relief, as I knew Mohanji was holding me.

And it was my turn to begin, I just closed my eyes, and the light of the lamp and Mohanji’s picture on the altar gave me the courage to go ahead.

As I started chanting the mantra, “AUM SHATA SAHASRA SOORYAYA VIDMAHE, AVADHOOTAYA DHI MAHI, TANNO MOHANA PRACHO DAYAAT”, I felt a bit of heaviness right on the top of my head. I felt there was a hand on my head, and I even touched it to feel where the heaviness was coming from.

It was none other than my Mohanji who had kept his hand right on my head and was blessing me so I could overcome my life-long fear of speaking in public. The whole session just flowed gracefully, as I kept merging in his consciousness and kept feeling divine light all around me.

As I was nearing the close of my chanting, the hand was felt strongly on my third eye and filled me with gratitude, love and grace beyond words. I felt as if Mohanji granted me Shaktipat.
Beautifully, I closed the chant, folded my hands and bowed down to my Guru’s feet for the unconditional grace as he’d bestowed upon me this GIFT on the special occasion of his birthday.

When I finished, not only did the fear of public speaking vanish like it was never there, but the joy and grace my heart was feeling was beyond words.

In the evening, it was announced that there would be a session with Subashree Di for anyone who wants to wish Mohanji a very happy birthday and share their experiences. I attended it and fearlessly spoke to Subashree Di sharing my experiences since I met Mohanji and the two experiences that I’d recently had. I shared and spoke without any fear.

I can still feel the effect of the chanting on me and its impact on my dealing with the outside world and day-to-day life.

I really feel I got a new birth; I just felt so loved with so much blessing and grace that Mohanji bestowed upon me. I love you, Father, from the deepest of my inner self. I prostrate at your lotus feet for always being with me.

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 10^thMarch 2022

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Lessons living with Mohanji – Days 107 & 108

Posted on March 8, 2022March 6, 2022 by Mohanji Editorial Team

by Christopher Greenwood

Day 107 Lesson – The frequency of Mohanji

Good morning everybody. I hope that you’re doing well.

Yesterday I went through notes that I’d made from some of the morning meetings with Mohanji. From time to time, Mohanji would share information that helped me understand some of the dimensions that I couldn’t perceive.

I wanted to share the time we discussed Masters, Incarnations, and Avatars. Mohanji clarified the difference between the frequency and the state of a Master and their personality – the frequency they’re operating from, their personality, form, appearance, and behaviours, which most people would connect. This distinction was meaningful learning because it helped me understand this difference. Especially as I’ve spent a lot of time with Mohanji now, and it can be very easy to start connecting to him simply as the form, as the personality, missing out on the stature that he’s representing.

He explained it using the examples of Masters such as Sai Baba and Bhagavan Nityananda – each of these masters had their distinct personalities. But at the same time, they were considered as Dattatreya Avatars. Mohanji explained that this is said because they were operating at the frequency of Dattatreya. In personality, though they were unique, their stature or frequency was that of Datta.

This was an important distinction for me because it’s the frequency that somebody is operating from, where you can say that they are that. Anyone raising their frequency to that of Dattatreya would be called Datta. This clarity was vital for me because I realized one would completely miss the point, to think of Dattatreya or anybody as a person or a personality,

This is the same for Mohanji too. To consider him as a person or a personality, just the body, the form, would also be missing the bigger picture. If I’m only connecting to Mohanji as the personality, then that’s the level that it will stay. Once he’s passed on, it will be Mohanji’s personality body. Beyond the personality, there is an operating frequency, a stature. Someone who has raised their operating frequency to that of Mohanji will also be considered as Mohanji.

This is how people connect to other Masters too. If someone operates from a state or frequency of Krishna or Rama, they’d be considered Krishna or Rama. The frequency that people are operating from gives that recognition of a state.

If it’s from a place of anger, hatred, jealousy, gossip, or judgments, it’s simply personality that has been expressed, something much lower.

I hope you have a great day ahead and that this was useful or interesting for you. We will speak soon.

Day 108 Lesson – Mohanji does not need the body to work

Good morning everybody.

Yesterday I shared an insight from a conversation I had with Mohanji. He clarified what people mean when they say that a certain Master is an Avatar of Dattatreya, a different deity, or what we can consider a deity. He shared that when somebody reaches or attains a particular frequency, they can be called that frequency. They are that.

I spoke of Shirdi Sai Baba or Bhagavan Nityananda, considered Dattatreya avatars, as their operating frequency is Dattatreya’s. I also shared that this is the same for Mohanji too. Beyond Mohanji’s personality, there is an operating frequency, a stature. Someone who has raised their operating frequency to Mohanji’s will also be considered Mohanji.

This was an eye-opener as it increased my awareness to differentiate between the form (the body) and the state. Today, I wanted to expand on that a little by recalling some of the previous recordings, where I had given examples that Mohanji didn’t necessarily need the body to work. There have been a few cases like this explained below.

Once we were having a conversation in the morning, Mohanji suddenly stood up, walked forward, came to his knees, did some push-ups, returned, and restarted our discussion again. It really confused me. He said that someone had called out to him and needed to help them. Later, somebody had confirmed that their relative survived the experience in the hospital. (I think it might have been a heart attack)

Sometimes I’ve seen Mohanji in his room in the mornings; his body seemed changed or shifted shape, which shows that something is happening with his body. Sometimes he’d grow in size and would have muscles (as if he’s been to the gym), even though he hadn’t been out of the room in months. Other times, his stomach would completely swell in size.

There have been testimonials where people have physically seen Mohanji, even though he’s been in a different country. I’ve received some interesting experiences in the office through an email, and then I’ve also received an email of sincere gratitude, thanking Mohanji for all his help. We have a rule in the office that everything should be attended to within 24 hours maximum. Sometimes an email might arrive, and it could be maybe 10 hours before I’ve had a chance to check it.

There’ve been two incidents where I’ve received an email about a major issue or trouble. Shortly after that, I’ve also received an email conveying extreme thanks and gratitude, thanking Mohanji for all his help. Ironically, I hadn’t spoken to him about the issue or trouble, but he’d already heard the call and did what he needed to do.

Similar things have happened when I sit with him in the morning to talk about activities. Many people would be praying to him at that time; many would have had experiences, too, with their prayers answered. Mohanji has shared with me that he doesn’t necessarily need the body. He’s understood himself sufficiently to know that he’s not the body, and the body is kept as a reference point, a point of communication. I think he shared this in satsangs, too. Mohanji will keep the body as long as it’s required by us (the people) and the tradition, but He doesn’t necessarily need it for work.

I also see this from changes in his presence throughout the day. During the day, there can be a noticeable change in his presence. He will be more conversational at certain times, and at other times, it’s as if he is barely there, yet he is physically there.

I know people say you should never try to understand and observe the behaviours of the Master. But there’s been enough time now to observe patterns when Mohanji is more present and when he’s less. For me, it wasn’t easy to understand this at the start, and even now, I can’t say with total honesty that I can completely do it because it’s not something I can see. From these individual events/experiences and hearing them from other people, I know that there’s much more activity taking place than what I can ever comprehend. And for that, he doesn’t need the body. We see Mohanji’s form, Mohanji’s personality, but it is one aspect – a point of communication.

Following on from the lesson yesterday, I feel this is a good reminder that there is Mohanji as the personality/form and Mohanji beyond the body – the frequency or consciousness. It’s a reminder to be aware of what I am connecting to.

I hope you have a good day ahead and we will speak soon.

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 8^thMarch 2022

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Walking with Mohanji

Posted on March 6, 2022March 5, 2022 by Mohanji Editorial Team

By Krishnan G. alias Vivek, Kozhikode, Kerala

The Grace of Brahmarishi Mohanji, available to one and all, is indescribable.

I hail from Kozhikode, Kerala. I have been a spiritual seeker since my youth. I was always keen to know about enlightened Masters and used to read biographies of various spiritual Masters. I had to face a challenging situation in my office in 2020, during the start of this pandemic. Being an HR (Human Resources) professional, I was forced to lay off many employees due to the financial crunch my company faced because of the Covid situation. Losing a job is the worst thing that can happen to a person, and imagine the plight of the person who has to forcefully remove the employees?. Needless to say, the sad faces of the people who had lost their jobs haunted me like anything.

I was desperately searching for peace of mind, and that’s when I came across the Mohanji Foundation’s website, and I immediately contacted the officials for techniques to calm my turbulent mind. That very evening, I received a call from Devadas of Palakkad that an online meditation session called ‘Power of Purity‘ was to be held through Zoom, and he asked me to connect to Kishore, who was going to conduct the same if I so wished. The meditation session had a profound impact on my life and my state of mind. I became calmer and was able to face challenges with more clarity and focus, and became a devotee of Mohanji.

“Peace is our very nature and the nature of all beings. Acceptance helps peace. Awareness stabilizes it. Restlessness rests only in the mind.”
Mohanji

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On 20th January 2022, I was down with a high fever and was tested positive for Covid. Unfortunately, within two days, my two-and-a-half-year-old son, wife, father, and mother were all down with Covid. I desperately needed Mai-Tri sessions. So I contacted Devadas for the same but found out that he and his family members, all of whom are Mai-Tri Practitioners, had been affected by Covid. He gave me another person’s number, whom I called and found that he too was down with Covid. I did not know what to do in that situation. I prayed to Mohanji for help, and suddenly, Chitra came to my memory. I called her up and explained my situation, for which she readily agreed to do a three-day Covid Mai-Tri Sessions. We recovered soon, and so did my father and mother.

Chitra said Mohanji’s grace is protecting us like a kavacham (armour), and the impact of Covid was very low because of that. While doing the session for me, she said that she’d had a vision of a royal divine cow, which was fully satisfied, and she asked me whether we own cows or have a farm. I said, “No”. But then, suddenly, I remembered one of my bedtime stories told by my grandfather about the cattle he’d owned in his village in Kannur district and how he lovingly used to milk the cows. My grandfather had also been fond of a particular cow. This struck me like a thunderbolt; the appearance of a royal cow during my Mai-Tri session and my grandfather having a farm all seemed connected.

We don’t know or understand the spiritual messages and the grace that animals shower for generations. Chitra told me that the vision indicated that it would be good for me to feed cows.

I was in confusion about whom to contact and how to do the same because I did not know anybody who had cows in my city. Not everybody would be interested in giving permission for cow feeding during this pandemic. I discussed this with Chitra, and she told me she would enquire and get back.

The next day, she messaged me with the mobile number of Dr. Madhuraj and told me that he had cows in his house. He is the brother of Dr. Jyothirmayi, who is active in the Mohanji Foundation, and added that his home was located in my area as per the landmark. Another surprise was waiting for me as I called him and understood that I had known him since my childhood. I had noted him as a spiritual person since my childhood days. His home was only a kilometre away from my house, but I did not know that he owned cows. I really became excited to meet the person I admire after a long time. I thanked Mohanji for connecting me to him again after such a big gap.

I was bewildered and happy at the same time. I was searching everywhere, but Mohanji gave me this surprise near my house. What should I call this? Grace? Love? Compassion? I don’t have words to describe the happiness I experienced. I went to Dr. Madhu’s (Madhu Ettan) house. He was really happy to let me feed the cows, hug them and be with them. This was absolutely a magical event that happened in my life. I’m forever indebted to Brahmarishi Mohanji for showering so much compassion and grace on me.

I understood that if we make ourselves available with utmost humility, he will be there with us always, holding our hands tightly.

Manisha Patel, Canada

When you walk with a master like Mohanji, it’s not about having everything good in life. It’s about self-transformation while heading on your journey towards your merger with the Master. It’s not about gaining materialistic things; it’s about achieving and experiencing oneness with the Master. It’s not about fulfilling desires; it’s about awareness of contentment with what we have. It’s not about securing your future, but it’s about being in the present and accepting the moment we have now.

Life was very different before Covid started in early 2020. I had many plans and desires to live life as per my plan. I was thinking of quitting my job, having a break from work for six months and being semi-retired to be more available for Mohanji foundation work. Then Covid happened; my husband’s business closed down because of lockdown, which never came back to normal, and since then, I have been working six days a week.

As per our family plan, my husband and I should be at ease after working for 13 years in Canada. We should have relished the fruit of our hard work in Canada. At the moment, my husband does not have any business income; hence I’m working six days a week. We are extremely grateful to Mohanji for giving us the richness of awareness and understanding that he has a better plan for our journey with him. He has helped us develop unshakable faith and awareness. He made our family richer with his blessings and love in our hearts and lives. Lots of shedding happened. Faith increased instead of ego, and doingness transformed into beingness.

Earlier, I used to cry and worry about the future and old age. Now I have only the current moment to live. I don’t know if I will be alive tomorrow, whether the business will get sold or not, and what we will do if our business gets sold. We know only one truth in our life: “The biggest asset in our life is Mohanji.”

He brought more stability during this uncertain and turbulent time. He brought awareness of acceptance and contentment. He brought awareness that his presence in your journey is more important than any materialistic thing when your journey is with him.

I am always grateful for your presence and uncountable blessings, dear Mohanji!

At your lotus feet!

|| JAI BRAHMARISHI MOHANJI ||

Edited & Published by – Testimonials Team, 6^thMarch 2022

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Month: March 2022

By Swati Jarugumilli, Australia

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Day 114 Lesson – Sharing what we do & the new family members

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Day 109 Lesson – “Our Path is not complicated.”

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Day 107 Lesson – The frequency of Mohanji

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