This morning I prayed that anything blocking my experience of the divine would be removed. Then in meditation I had an inner vision of Gurumayi and felt her
shakti pour through me. A series of challenging memories played before me, and I experienced my fears dissolving in the Guru’s love. I was left with deep physical and emotional relief.
Then I had a vision of Baba, and a cobalt blue space opened up and drew me in. This deep blue light was mesmerizing and enchanting. Immersed in this celestial light, Baba and I laughed together. My laughter felt belly-deep and free.
When I visited the Siddha Yoga path website, I saw that today is Baba’s lunar birthday. What a divine gift Baba has been to me personally, and to the world! How can I thank such a one who can remove our burdens with so much love? O Sadguru, you have lit my lamp from your lamp.
Illinois, United States
These last few weeks I have been feeling alone and unsure of my purpose. On the night of Baba’s lunar birthday I found myself guided to the Siddha Yoga path website. I sang along with the
Divya Jyoti recordings and afterwards felt a quiet, calming, commanding stillness.
Then I prepared to go to bed. As I turned the lights off around the house and it became darker, I noticed a bright light shining from my meditation room. What could it be? As I entered the room, a beam of bright, silver-white light was shining across the room from the window. The clouds had parted, and Baba’s moon had risen above the trees. The moon shone with a radiance I had never experienced before. Light streamed in like a river; it flowed across the room, stopping only when it reached a photo of Baba. I looked back and forth from the moon to Baba. Baba’s smile beamed at me, and I felt his presence embracing me from within. I realized that I’m not alone at all.
Melbourne, Australia
Yesterday I visited a beautiful monastery church and was drawn to light a candle and offer a prayer. I lit my tapered candle from the central one and set it in place.
As I looked at the flame, set among the other candles there, my mind became very still. I felt that this flame represented my own inner light, kindled by the Guru’s grace. Great love filled my heart, and I prayed to be able to offer my very best to the world.
I have sung
Jyota se Jyota Jagao many times. In this precious moment, the words of the refrain came strongly alive for me: “Light my lamp from your lamp, O Sadguru; light my lamp from your lamp. Remove the darkness covering my heart.”
Havant, United Kingdom
Verse 2 in the prayer
Jyota se Jyota Jagao says: “We, your children, have come to your door. Show us your auspicious form.” I have been reflecting on what this means to me.
For me, the Guru’s form is auspicious because it evokes love in me. It reminds me of my own divinity and helps me focus on my path. In lonely times, the form of my Guru is my anchor and greatest reassurance. In happy times, it is the object of my gratitude.
The more I reflect on the form of my Guru, the more I find it in everything around me and in myself. Truly, contemplating the form of my Guru is in itself auspicious.
Unterlangenegg, Switzerland
Many years ago, I was invited by a friend to attend “An Introduction to Siddha Yoga.” As I biked to the event, an unexplained excitement began to build inside me.
When I arrived, we all sat cross-legged on the floor of an old church. The satsang began with the singing of Jyota se Jyota Jagao. As the music rang out, a force pushed my head to the floor, where it remained for almost the whole event. Just once, I looked up briefly, and noticed a woman swinging something around her head. The next minute a drop of perfume hit me square in the forehead. As this intoxicating perfume reached my nose, my mind stopped and I was filled with an incredible sense of bliss. Then my head went back on the floor and I remained like that for the rest of the satsang.
Afterwards, I could feel that something was different inside of me. When I looked at the people around me, they felt like members of my own family and I realized that in some way that I couldn’t yet understand, I had found my home.
Vancouver, Canada