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Jai Maa dear companions,

First, I want to thank Sadvi Aparna and Sadhvi Ishani for guiding us so beautifully through contemplation in today's session. The contemplation itself was very helpful for me as I am now navigating some stormy waters in family life. Looking closely at how Acharya Shunyaji's teachings of Karma Yoga has impacted my way of being and acting was very healing at this time. Alongside that, I cannot say how your shares touched my heart as we are walking on this path together. I resonated with all of them and I made the effort to copy as many as was possible during the session so that we can go back to them when we need inspiration to go deeper in what we have recieved from Shunyaji, teachings that help us act intelligently in the world so that we gradually become free of Karmic bondage. I also hope that Guruji also reads these to see the tremendous impact of her teachings on us. As always, I feel so grateful from the bottom of my heart.

So, without further ado, here are your inspiring shares, the ones that I had the chance to copy ✨️

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What comes up for me is that everything has been intentionally created, there is a divine order. Nothing is random. Its quite beautiful to contemplate the perfection of it all.

I have had the pattern of thoughts that how I'm feeling about a situation is how others feel about it. Usually patterns of "did I do enough?" Now, through these karma yoga teachings, I stop myself from saying that and it's been freeing.

I've noticed I don't mirror how others are with me, I am more centered. I am not mean if someone is mean to me which is how I used to act. When things don't go well, I tell myself at night, this is not who I am, this is all just the waves of samsara.

I feel like i have greater awareness and will to not just react, I don’t have to think about it, Ishvara is more forefront in my mind. I’ve been asking and  Inviting radical transformation within all of my being.  Since I don’t know what that might look like, I feel very open, alert, yet calm and settled.

For me, a teaching that has really impacted me is that I am not the doer. I am the tool. And the idea of inspired action without attachment to the outcome. These have really allowed me to let go of my need for control, and offering my actions up to Maa. Idam Na Mama - Swaha!

I have been really noticing when there is a possibility for me to let go of entanglements with others, which is a great liberation. Also realizing that I can pass my perceived struggles off to Ishwara to help me, which is the greatest relief of all.

I’m finding new inspiration to witness ego in more and more sneaky and subtle little places since the bar is higher… because I am not trying to reduce ego just to be a better person but because I really don’t want to edge G.O.D. out and I am doing it for that Ishwara.

I had a theme of bondage related to issues related to finances, feminine status, race, really everything, being part of a heavy sociological "soup". Now I respect the pursuit of social justice, while starting to free myself to act without the weight of the systemic issues humanity has created because at my core I am pure and everything else is created samsara lying on top.

To remember that I am not separate. I am also part of the cosmic order. I am part of the whole. Part of the cycle of reciprocity. The concept of yajna has been transformational. It feels like something I am remembering that I had forgotten.

In Sovereign Self, Shunya-ji describes the ego as becoming active during the process of self-discovery. I’m curious if others have experienced the ego rising up in a kind of desperate attempt to preserve itself.

I don't need to "fix" everything. I can't! Situations/feelings are not mine to fix. And...I can't earn love. Love is given or not.  Let go, let God!

Karma yoga is giving me courage to connect with life again. Withdrawal, inaction or delayed action due to fear of making the wrong decision and trying to control outcomes has been my karma cage.

Trying to guess what will happen in the future and plan for that is a pattern my ego uses to try and control the narrative. When I let go of outcomes I don’t try to guess the future which opens up the present moment and all the information available in the preset moment which gives a sense of the larger cosmic context.

Historically, life 'pressure' or immediate draws on my attention elicit a survival instinct which induces anxiety and unconsciousness, however Karma Yoga is a daily reminder when this pattern emerges, and slowly slowly, the patterns are breaking up and awareness is flowing in.   things still need attention and action, but I'm shifting my response and detachment to these.

Karmic bondage - not rocking the boat, seeking love outside myself, eg people pleasing. Now that i have divine love (shout out to bhakti yoga) i can live more authentically without the burden of the opinions of others’ egos.  For the other contemplation, my relationship with the divine is a balm in everyday life but is also the path to awakening.

One main pattern of mine that I can see loud and clear is my pattern of staying quiet to “keep the peace” when speaking truth and taking an action is what is required. My choice to not act and stay quiet is also an action. I see myself in Arjuna’s reluctance to “fight”. Sometimes fighting is required. It takes courage from the heart.

A theme that this life, this body is impermanent keeps showing up.  Aging, disease, mortality have been visiting in all shapes, forms and disguises in family and dear ones.  Karma Yoga keeps showing me that there is no place for attachment, that all that is happening in life is not about me, not mine.

Karma Yoga keeps showing me It’s not about my striving, performance-oriented ego, it’s about being present and serving where and how I’m needed.  When I release it to Ishvara, deeper powers, presence, intuition start to show up  unfold in my life and the way to act becomes clear.

Been experiencing a sense that the portal through which I view the world is clearer, less encumbered, present in the moment... My body is feeling lighter in many ways...

One new pattern I am working on is asking Maa what she needs from me in my contemplation. I picture the clear crystal Shunyaji mentioned and ask Maa to shine through me.

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Idam na mama, Svaha!

Jai Maa 🤍 Jai Guru Deva 🙏🏼