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Jai Maa Jai Guru Dev. Hola community!

Thank you Shunyaji for last week's satsanga, which I am reviewing today.

After the session I definitely felt a shift in myself. I relaxed more into my life. I began to realize I was trying too hard to get it all right and get to the next level toward moksha (the exact opposite of karma yoga). We are such silly humans, sometimes.

Today, as I relisten I am struck by how this vague shift is becoming more clear to me. Somehow I feel more clear about Ishvara as the one living through "all" of us. It was an idea before - somehow it is now a more felt experience. I am sure this deepening will continue as I review, come to more satsangas, attend pod meetings and practice sadhana.

As you reviewed the REST acronym in the beginning at around 10 minutes into…

Jai Maa, Jai Guru Deva,

At the closing of yesterday’s East Coast Reflection Pod gathering, I was asked to post the links from which we can watch our teacher’s satsangs from Sivananda Bahamas, happening next from April 17-20 as of this writing. They are available freely live or via recording after via YouTube, Zoom, or Facebook. Here are all of the link options.

In Seva,

Kalyani

Jai Maa! Jai Guru Deva!

@Everyone you will find an important contemplation for all of us from Acharya Shunya (see attached video). During this contemplation on Ishwara, Acharya shares on the Bhagavad Gita, Ch.18, Verse 61:

īśvaraḥ sarva-bhūtānāḿ

hṛd-deśe ’rjuna tiṣṭhati

bhrāmayan sarva-bhūtāni

yantrārūḍhāni māyayā

Please share any of our Acharyaji’s pearls of wisdom with Shunya Speaks where they will be preserved, held with care and shared. Email them to shunyaspeaks@vedikaglobal.org or use this link

A white marble temple doorway, bathed in the golden glow of the rising sun, with radiant light streaming through its opening like a sacred invitation.

“And so karma yoga begins with remembrance.  It's a great wakeup call. If somebody can even reach this first lens, you're good to go.  You're way better than simply ‘me, me, mine, mine’, which is a bunch of body-based physical separation. This remembrance purifies you. 

Remembrance is the doorway through which the yogi now moves forward.”

Jai Gurudev🙏

Jai Maa,

I am grateful for the handout from last week's summary class on the spiritual lens. There are contemplation questions at the end of the handout that have led to some deep churning in my heart. Thank you for this resource. 🙏

Here they are:

• Where do I still act as though everything depends on me alone?

• Which daily action in my life most needs to become an offering?

• What would change if I remembered the Divine before I responded?

Jai Maa Jai Guru Deva

The Acharya Shunya quote below was my focus and contemplation this week based on Karma Yoga Session 36 and the beginning of our R.E.S.T. acronym exploration. R is for; Remember the Divine, even before I act. 

“What are we remembering? We are remembering that this whole universe is not material, it is spiritual.”

Karma Yoga - session 36 @ 13:23

What quotes or ideas occupied your contemplation this week? Jai Maa 🌸

Everyone studying Karma Yoga with Shuyaji is invited to join us in a group contemplation on the recent teachings. Bring the concepts you found most interesting, including teachings on "Remembering" and becoming "A knowing victim." Together, we will take small steps towards creating a grand designer life.

Zoom link https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86968428741?pwd=BJDpaZQraOOco4Av6hFc6Krir6WHVg.1#success

Meeting ID: 869 6842 8741Passcode: 339357

Jai Maa community.

What a sweet gentling happens each time we are together in this Satsanga led by Sadhya Vimala.

She brings a topic, a meditation and we share. We uncover together the gentleness that is our Spirit living in the body. Far beyond just technical aspects of herbs or lifestyle, although that shows up in the process sometimes, too.

Thank you to everyone who attends and a gentle invitation to try it out if you have not. Like a sweet deep morning chai with friends❣️

JAI MAA Everyone !

What shifts in your mind and heart when you consciously 🔆REMEMBER🔆 your spiritual nature and approach life through the Spiritual lens of Karma Yoga?

You are warmly invited to share your reflections from Session 36 with Acharya Shunyaji - your contemplations, lived experiences - or simply join us in Satsanga this Sunday, April 12th at 7:00 PM (CET).

This is the Zoomlink :

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83688609152?pwd=AUbgZiAJaVhAQ3edGCRgUXLvkA7XHk.1

Meeting ID: 836 8860 9152