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These several weeks of Gayathri sadhana have been transformative. As I write this, tears flow from gratitude, joy and compassion. The daily practice is a blessing that returns to me again and again from morning til noon til night, and when we gather together each Sunday, the Shakti of the group and deep listening to my Guru’s voice in the recordings intensifies the blessing as moments of union are experienced amidst consciousness dancing between gross and subtle realms, sometimes arising as deep stillness, sometimes the presence of light, or a message being received in the cave of my heart, or a vision, or a visceral heart expansion, or even sensing an aroma I can only describe as divine perfume. What is this thing I call a “blessing”? It is the moksha moments, the falling away of the illusion of maya to reveal only light, only Self, only God, bathing in the oh so brief purifying bliss, and the resulting gradual detachment, a growing recognition and gentle letting go of all that is not Self. It is also the deepening of my mind’s understanding of this great gift of Jnana, that must never be wasted, not taken for granted for a single moment, the knowledge of who we are, and the compassion that arises when remembering that there are countless beings who are that same Self, yet are presently wrapped in the suffocating cocoon of maya, from avidya, the not knowing. Today in my mind’s eye I saw a fetus “shape” made of pure light, and then countless points of light throughout galaxies – Adi Shankaraji’s words came and sat down in every particle of my being; I was never born, I was never born, I was never born. Thank you Acharya Shunyaji, thank you Babaji and Bade Babaji, thank you Sadhvis, Sadhyas, Sadasayas, thank you Adi Shankaraji, thank you Gayathri Maa, thank you Lord Surya, Thank you Shri Maa! Jai Maa, Jai Guru Dev!