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Studying Gurumayi’s Message for 2014

Siddha Yogis Share Their Experiences

I Immersed Myself in the Sounds of the Chant

Studying Gurumayi’s Message this year has changed my understanding of the practices of chanting and meditation, and I have experienced the stillness of my inner Self.

While offering seva as a lead chanter, I’ve been learning to listen to the melody, listen to the group, and listen to myself. In this way I can better contribute to the harmony and beauty of the chant. One evening, while chanting, I started paying close attention to my voice. I listened to its quality, the melody, the clarity of the notes, my breathing—everything.  As the chant progressed, I heard myself singing from a place deep within me. I was amazed by the sound. The more focused attention I gave to it, the fuller and more melodious the sound of my voice became. And when the chant concluded, I experienced the beauty and joy of that sound in the stillness that followed. I felt like I had entered the place where joy originates.

The following month, when I was offering seva in Gurudev Siddha Peeth, we chanted a namasankirtana that I had never heard before. I was filled with sweetness as I immersed myself in the sounds of this new chant. Afterwards, I was drawn to go sit in the meditation cave. I could feel the nighttime stillness inside of me. In that stillness, I heard sounds arising from somewhere deep within. I was pulsating with sound. Yet I was focused, quiet, and calm.

A Siddha Yogi from Bikaner, India

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    When I read this beautifully descriptive share, I recalled Gurumayi’s teachings on chanting that we learned from Carlos del Cueto during the Global Live Audio Stream Satsang of this year’s Chanting Tour. It was by practicing these teachings that I first began to grasp Gurumayi’s Message for this year on a deep experiential level.

    As I think about how wonderfully we’ve been guided in our exploration of Gurumayi’s Message this year, I’m getting even more excited about A Sweet Surprise on January 1, 2015.

    Michigan, USA

    A few weeks ago, while chanting at the local Siddha Yoga meditation center, I practiced feeling my body as the instrument through which God was chanting the divine Name. As the chant progressed, I felt complete harmony and oneness. The chant was coming from a place much deeper than my throat. I felt that there was only one lead voice and only one response voice. Everybody was chanting with love. There was absolute stillness and love. The sound of the harmonium was in rhythm with the sound of the drum. Even as the chant reached its crescendo, all that I felt was pure joy and pure bliss.

    As the satsang ended, I shared my experience with the other sevites. They all felt the same love, the same peace, and the same joy.

    Thank you, Gurumayi, for the prasad of chanting, which has sweetened our lives.

    Florida, USA