Teachings by Baba Muktananda
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I offer seva in my country as a Siddha Yoga satsang facilitator in a prison. Each time I welcome everyone at the beginning of satsang, I immediately recall Baba’s teachings.

By repeating again and again that there is a divine light within us that is always available, I open myself more and more to this experience. I become one with Baba’s words. Offering seva gives me the opportunity to share Baba’s words, inviting others to experience this same state of oneness and brilliance.

Torino, Italy

Baba’s words have always carried a powerful energy, returning me to the beauty of this life and this body, giving me great comfort. I feel a deep love when I read, “The fulfillment of yoga lies in establishing contact with the Blue Pearl,” as if I am about to meet a very special and wondrous friend.

Encountering Baba’s words in this teaching, I feel a movement in my heart. I am inspired to care for each moment of time, each part of my body, each person I meet because this physical existence beats with the Guru’s love, breathes with the Guru’s joy.

Warrnambool, Australia

This morning I had an epiphany. As I read Baba’s teaching on the Blue Pearl, I became aware of my attitude over these past few days while reading these teachings: I felt dejected because I haven’t seen the Blue Pearl, even after many years of sadhana.

I then remembered an excerpt I read yesterday from Gurumayi’s book My Lord Loves a Pure Heart. Gurumayi describes someone who came up in darshan and said he had come out of a dark tunnel and now he was feeling very, very good. Then he added, “But I still haven’t seen the Blue Pearl.”

I realized I was in a similar predicament. I have so much to be grateful for. I haven’t seen the Blue Pearl, yet I realize I have experienced its presence as love, strength, wisdom, and joy in my life.

Willemstad, Curacao

During my summer vacation at Gurudev Siddha Peeth when I was eleven, I overheard two teenagers discussing Baba’s spiritual autobiography Play of Consciousness. Curious, I read the chapter “My Method of Meditation” where Baba describes meditating on the Guru.

A few days later, I went to the meditation cave to meditate following Baba’s method. I visualized Gurumayi and began installing her throughout my body, repeating, “Gurumayi is within me, and I am within Gurumayi.” As I continued, my mind became still and silence filled my being.

Then, in my inner vision, I saw Gurumayi approaching me—and waves upon waves of love filled me. Amidst this experience, a tiny blue dot appeared within my chest. It began to spiral, gaining momentum as it ascended rapidly until it burst through the crown of my head and split into two.

I knew nothing about the Blue Pearl. Only later did I realize that I’d received shaktipat-diksha.

Over the years, with each darshan of the Blue Pearl, I have experienced the formless Absolute revealing itself as a tiny blue dot and discovered my inner divinity.

Sydney, Australia

During a meditation session in a Siddha Yoga course about the Blue Pearl, a person made of blue light came into my inner vision and stopped before me. I recognized this form as my Guru, Gurumayi.

I had wondered about this experience but had no frame of reference to contemplate it. Today, as I read Baba Muktananda’s words, I felt the joy of connecting my experience to the Guru within. Gratitude filled me up completely.

North Carolina, United States

London, United Kingdom

Oregon, United States

St. Laurent, Canada

Nelson, Canada