Teachings to Live By
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~ Baba Muktananda
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Recently, I was offered a certain seva at the Siddha Yoga Meditation Center in the city where I live. At the time, I felt as though I didn’t want to take on the responsibility.
Then, this morning, as I meditated with the dharana of Baba’s teaching, I had a vision of a fire in the center of a huge room with many people moving in concentric circles around it. At first, I noticed my closest family and friends; then I saw people from my city, then my nation. Finally, I experienced that all of humanity was singing and dancing around this fire. It was like a universal dancing saptah.
An incredible feeling of love arose within me, which then radiated into every dancer’s heart. After this meditation, I realized that the seva I had been offered had come from this central flame around which so many people had connected. For me, that flame represents my beloved Guru. I now understand that this seva is a great gift, which I will accept with infinite gratitude.
Naples, Italy
Palzing, Germany
Mumbai, India