Season’s Greetings 2022
from Gurumayi Chidvilasananda

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Milan, Italy
Sydney, Australia
Kolkata, India
Each time I view the “Season’s Greetings” video, I find myself in a state of stillness and witness-consciousness. All the assessments and judgments that I usually have in relation to myself and the external world seem to dissolve, and I perceive that all forms exist to do their own specific work.
Through watching Gurumayi’s “Season’s Greetings,” I feel that the meaning and experience of samanubhuti, the virtue given by Gurumayi on June 24, 2022, have been made more available to me. I experience that this video encapsulates the Siddha Yoga teachings that I have received in 2022 in the most beautiful way.
New Delhi, India
Washington, United States
Indore, India
Gurumayi’s “Season’s Greetings” filled my heart with awe and inspiration. In these images and sounds, I see and hear AUM, the primordial sound, blanketing the world. It reminds me of the sacred source of Earth’s creation.
I see the divine elements derived from this source—ether, air, water, earth, fire—merging and emerging. I sense the ebb and flow of the cosmos and also of my own time here on Earth. And seeing the handprints of children who will one day hold the world in their hands gives me hope and strengthens my resolve that dharma and righteousness may prevail.
Florida, United States
North Carolina, United States
When I sat and contemplated this, I came to know that this happened because I had viewed Gurumayi ji’s “Season’s Greetings” and the power had come from that.
Udhna, India
Watching further, it seemed as if I could see the elements of earth, water, air, and fire merging into the golden yellow and blue. I felt I was watching the manifestation of divine love. I feel this love as the presence of the Guru in my life.
Russian Federation
Jaipur, India
I realized that I want my life to be flowing like the wind in the sand dunes, like the uplifting fire, like the waves of the sea. There is no room in my life anymore for rigidity or strictness. There is only the flowing love of my precious Guru, who constantly calls me to be my best and most natural self.
Florida, United States
As I awoke this morning, I had an inner experience of Gurumayi’s gift! First, I experienced a thick mist of gentle energy settling down all over and around me. It was soothing and reassuring. Next, slowly floating down on me and all around me were small, brilliantly colored squares. I sensed they contained blessings of joy and fulfillment. Then luminous white liquid light began to pour in through my head. It filled my being to the brim and beyond and whispered, “You are loved. You are abundantly blessed. You are safe.”
Georgia, United States
Melbourne, Australia
Second, the admirable views of the five elements: the windy sand dune, the fire dancing happily, the rain gently landing on the lake, the eternal ocean waves, and the blue ether that I can see pulsating during deep meditations. What a marvelous representation of the “play of Consciousness”!
Pau, France
California, United States
North Carolina, United States
Then, when I watched the cosmic video with all the elements dancing, I felt such intimacy with the all-pervasive shakti of our Gurus. I understood how fortunate I am to be under their wings as I experience this powerful “play of Consciousness.” At the end of the video, when the shooting star swished through the heavens, I felt Gurumayi’s blessings enter my soul.
Washington, United States
Gurumayi’s “Season’s Greetings 2022” fills my soul with hope. As I looked with wonder at the images in the video, I saw them flow in harmony with the music, and watched the waves and particles of blissful energy filling the five elements and spreading throughout the entire universe, just as Gurumayi’s love pours into my heart. The yellow and blue colors appeared to me as the golden light of divine energy and the blue of Consciousness.
Rodez, France
When the stars in this video all danced and fell from the heavens, transforming into the vivid, colorful mosaic of hands forming the border of Gurumayi’s “Season’s Greetings 2022,” my heart sang with gratitude to the way Gurumayi is constantly showering us with her loving grace and creativity. For me, these rich and vibrant hands made of stardust represent all of us in the Siddha Yoga global sangham. We are all included and are all participating in the blessings and celebration she is bestowing on each and every one of us at this beautiful, magical, and glorious time of year.
Colorado, United States
Contemplating these experiences revealed to me that I have to take care of the purity of the five elements through my daily Siddha Yoga sadhana, and interact with the world with the utmost care for the sake of the sustainability of this planet.
Udaipur, India
Hampton, Australia
What an exquisite “Season’s Greetings 2022”! When I watched the video, an abundance of light, love, peace, and expansiveness emanated from it.
The first time I watched it, I marveled at all the yellow and blue stars. I thought I saw an exquisite Blue Pearl star in one corner of the sand dunes; and when the gold lights started rising up from the bottom of the screen, I saw them interspersed with various Blue Pearls—like a divine dance of blue and yellow stars. At the conclusion of the video I was filled with light and love and felt expanded like the cosmos.
When I watched the video again, I realized that the lights I had seen were not in the video per se. I say “per se,” because there is such an abundance and potency of lights in this video, that when the video is played, it emanates even more lights. I can only imagine how many blessings people are receiving!
New York, United States
In each scene of the video, the sparkling of its blessings was palpable. It was as if Gurumayi’s intention for the greeting was so active through each tiny particle of the light. I was connecting to my breath; I was experiencing the shining light, and sensing how Gurumayi’s light was spreading to the entire world through the fire and its sweet warmth. I could see with my own eyes that the light of Gurumayi’s love is healing this entire world in seen and unseen ways. The blue light with rings took me more and more inside, reminding me of the existence of the Blue Pearl and divine Consciousness.
Bhandara, India
The message I take for myself from this video is: “There is nothing to hold onto; so let go of all things and all notions, envelop the mind in trust, rest in the Witness of unimaginable bliss, and welcome the journey of God’s grace.”
California, United States
I so love the many ways that Gurumayi reveals the Truth and keeps me steady on the path to that Truth.
New York, United States
Mexico City, Mexico
California, United States
Sherbrooke, Canada
As I watched the beautiful and meaningful images and listened to the exquisite divine sound of the flute and drum, I experienced deep stillness and peace. Joy welled up within me and blessings flowed through me from the vastness of the universe.
When all the forms and sounds dissolved at the end of the video and a white surface appeared, I had the experience of the formless form of God, dwelling in everything, at all times, in all places, without beginning or end.
Unterlangenegg, Switzerland
Oregon, United States
Ville St. Laurent, Canada
Castlemaine, Australia
Florida, United States
I found Gurumayi’s “Season’s Greetings” video card to be soothing, filled with light, and peaceful. I also see it as bringing good news. In the yellow and blue colors, like honey and the celestial sky, I can imagine peace in our marvelous world. What a precious card!
New York, United States