Picture: Centenary Hall. Swamiji held of my hand and I was lifted into bliss, love would overwhelm my heart. Truly, blessed times.
Note: I am being called to the desert to write, so we will be leaving soon to travel south. I will maintain contact with you through regular posts, as well as Skype/YouTube Services, and I will still communicate by email and text, although there may be periods of time when we are out of reach. I take you with me, and send you all love and blessings.
Yogacharya David
This is an email from Rebecca who has currently taken residence at our beloved Anandashram. I think that you, like me, will find inspiration and interest in her experiences. This email is used with permission. Following are some of my comments to her.
Hari Om, Dear Guruji!
Days here are each snapshots of incredible beauty and Joy. How blessed I am that God has allowed me to have this time now to be intensely absorbed in communion with Him, within and without.
Some days ago, I asked Him, “Lord, what would you like me to do today?” He replied, “To listen and to learn.”
So, I have taken this as my theme not for that one day only, but for this whole time here. To “listen” I am paying close attention with my “third ear”; that being the medulla. I am using the technique you gave me which is to imagine it as a receptor the size of a dinner plate. One effect which has been most delightful from this exercise is that as long as I am “listening” (conscious attention at the medulla) I am not thinking….Can’t “talk” and listen at the same time!
And as far as learning, this place is overflowing with the highest wisdom just ripe for the picking and tasting. So much to learn, so many humbling and empowering lessons; each day is a new unfolding of His training and teaching.
On another note, I was excited this morning to have had Darshan of a scorpion…From a respectful distance!…as he was crossing the courtyard in the early morning. A handsome creature in his own way.
And do you remember seeing giant bats in the trees? They’re wonderful animals! They swoop around and make screeching sounds like monkeys do. They are fruit bats I’m told- they especially love mangos when they’re in season. At first I thought they were birds. I watch them every morning as I wait outside Centenary Hall for Swami Sannyasananda to unlock the door at 5am. He never speaks to me but when he is finished opening Swamiji’s room and comes out, he gestures for me to enter and smiles in such a way that if feels like it’s Papa Himself who is smiling!
Thank you for your constant blessings which are being received. So necessary for me to use this golden opportunity for growth into complete and permanent Oneness with Him.
Om Sri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram
Your Own,
With Love and reverence,
Rebecca
My Reply: Subject: RE: Listening & Learning
Hari Om my dearest One,
To listen and learn, a most perfect message. Ah, learning to listen to God, what a day that is when you open the door and really attune yourself to what God is speaking to you. And, what an attentive friend and lover God is: infinite in knowledge and wisdom, full of fun and joy, a constant life-stream coming through the medulla, a guiding light at the ajna, unfolding into infinite reaches from the crown chakra–there is nothing in the world that can compare! My heart thrills at your expansion into this heavenly realm, of which there are countless mansions of experience. You may sit in simple silence with your Friend, enjoying the fullness of the moment, or He may be a volcano of inner awakening, yet you are unafraid and trusting. All is He, all is He.
I do not think I had the darshan of a scorpion, but I very much remember the fruit bats. They would swoop through the covered porches of Krishnabai and Arunachala blocks in the dark, black shapes with perfect guidance systems. They are fascinating creatures that seem to harken us back to prehistoric times.
Many, many blessings my dear child, for fulfilling all your soul’s desires while there, to be in the joy of listening and learning.
With loving pronams,
Gurudev