My seventy-eight-year-old father is currently dealing with a neurological disorder, which often renders him still for hours at a time. Yesterday, our family sat beside him and recited Shri Guru Gita. He started moving his lips for the last verses of text during Sadguru ki Arati. Afterward, I opened the first image of “Gurumayi Chidvilasananda’s Darshan and Wisdom” for him to look at. When he saw Gurumayi’s photo he became visibly moved, and we all felt the presence of the shakti. He started to speak to us about the importance of the Guru’s image and about how he got introduced to this grace-filled path.
Ulhasnagar, India
Last night I had a beautiful dream of beloved Shri Gurumayi. In that dream I was offering garden seva with my eleven-year-old godchild in Shree Muktananda Ashram. How happy and blessed we felt when we noticed Shri Gurumayi approaching us, with a smile and firm steps, while carrying two happy monkeys on her shoulders. After this darshan we went to participate in the morning Arati and chanted with all our love and gratitude with many others present.
This divine experience is so alive within me that I am overwhelmed! Later I found this photo of Gurumayi with her teaching, “Darshan happens in the Heart.” Yes, even in the dream state, darshan is happening in my heart! It’s not just a dream, it is “the movement of shakti in the Heart”!
This divine experience is so alive within me that I am overwhelmed! Later I found this photo of Gurumayi with her teaching, “Darshan happens in the Heart.” Yes, even in the dream state, darshan is happening in my heart! It’s not just a dream, it is “the movement of shakti in the Heart”!
Palzing, Germany
For me, the way to constantly experience “the movement of shakti in the Heart,” which Gurumayi teaches us is the essence of darshan, is to do the practices regularly and to spend the rest of the day remembering the Guru’s teachings. I do this by repeating one of her teachings over and over and feeling the movement in the Heart that results from this remembrance and repetition.
Washington, United States
I tried to approach darshan fully present and open to the Guru’s shakti.
I experienced such stillness, sweetness, and vibrancy. May I carry this sweetness into my day, while still listening and responding to the needs of the moment. May I cultivate a deeper reverence for my sacred heart, which carries the Guru’s shakti.
I experienced such stillness, sweetness, and vibrancy. May I carry this sweetness into my day, while still listening and responding to the needs of the moment. May I cultivate a deeper reverence for my sacred heart, which carries the Guru’s shakti.
Maryland, United States
I first saw Shri Gurumayi in person standing in front of Gurudev Siddha Peeth in February 2003. Looking back, I see that I immediately understood Gurumayi’s words in this first posting. I sensed that the Sadguru’s heart is beyond anything I was used to. I knew her heart was full of compassion, and in that moment my heart filled with devotion to her.
Whenever I remember that moment, I experience anew the depth of the power of love in the heart.
Whenever I remember that moment, I experience anew the depth of the power of love in the heart.
Kopargaon, India
I have experienced that “Darshan happens in the Heart” because I have unfailingly received guidance and affirmations from Gurumayi ji in my daily life, as if she was right there with me. Also, I feel deeply connected with Gurumayi ji when I’m established in my true nature, in my heart.
Thane, India
When I first looked at the photograph of Gurumayi, I gazed into her eyes, looking for a revelation. However, a shift in my perception then occurred, drawing me inward. Now I was experiencing a light-filled vibration, serenity, love.
Ah, this is darshan.
Ah, this is darshan.
Washington, United States
The moment I received the glorious blessing of Gurumayi’s darshan via this picture, I felt white waves of energy moving upwards through my body. And I knew, as Gurumayi says here, that this was “the movement of shakti in the Heart.”
Lucknow, India
After seeing the touching photograph and reading Gurumayi’s teaching, I was inspired to look back over the 32 years of my sadhana. Over the years, the love, care, grace, and understanding I have received from Gurumayi’s teachings and the practices have taken me deeper and deeper inside myself. I have been able to connect more and more with my heart, which has also led to a stronger inner connection with Gurumayi.
Now, I just have to turn inside to have her darshan. I know that Gurumayi is always with me, in my heart. Every day, when I bow to the padukas on my puja, I ask Gurumayi to come with me to my work and guide me to do my work in the same selfless way that I would offer seva.
Thank you, Gurumayi, from the bottom of my heart for giving me these understandings and for always being with me in my heart.
Now, I just have to turn inside to have her darshan. I know that Gurumayi is always with me, in my heart. Every day, when I bow to the padukas on my puja, I ask Gurumayi to come with me to my work and guide me to do my work in the same selfless way that I would offer seva.
Thank you, Gurumayi, from the bottom of my heart for giving me these understandings and for always being with me in my heart.
Lucknow, India
Gurumayi’s compassionate words answered both a heartfelt prayer and a question of mine with such clarity and simplicity. I felt her blessing reach right from her words, through her picture, and straight to my heart.
I am reminded again of the precious and mysterious connection that exists between the Guru and disciple, and feel an overwhelming appreciation for the amazing good fortune to have Gurumayi as my living Master. I am filled with awe and infinite gratitude.
I am reminded again of the precious and mysterious connection that exists between the Guru and disciple, and feel an overwhelming appreciation for the amazing good fortune to have Gurumayi as my living Master. I am filled with awe and infinite gratitude.
California, USA
When I gaze on Shri Guru’s divine form, I find in myself the power of discrimination that I need for the current situation. This has been my experience many times.
Surat, India
Viewing this photo of Gurumayi led me to imagine that, in a sense, Gurumayi is waving to each of us in the Universal Hall via this website. And, like the lila the gopis experienced with Krishna, I experience this as Gurumayi waving personally to me.
I also became aware that I can have Gurumayi’s darshan continually—each time I think of her and feel that movement of love for her in my heart. What a sweet awareness and sweet experience!
Thank you, Gurumayi, for this gift and blessing.
I also became aware that I can have Gurumayi’s darshan continually—each time I think of her and feel that movement of love for her in my heart. What a sweet awareness and sweet experience!
Thank you, Gurumayi, for this gift and blessing.
Maryland, USA
Experiencing Gurumayi’s "Darshan and Wisdom," my heart opens with affection and love for my beloved Guru. I really feel the shakti vibrating in my whole body and I realize that this is the darshan of the Guru in my heart.
Bistan, India
Seeing Gurumayi’s smiling photo, I felt that I was experiencing her darshan and I felt the movement of the shakti in my heart, as it almost burst with joy! It felt as if Gurumayi were personally keeping in touch with me and I feel such love and gratitude.
Thank you, Gurumayi, for your love and blessings in my life.
Thank you, Gurumayi, for your love and blessings in my life.
Maryland, USA
Recently, before leaving home to offer seva in another city, I bowed before Shri Gurumayi’s photo and invoked her grace. While doing so, I experienced her presence so tangibly in my heart. I felt certain that her grace is always with me, guiding me, protecting me. Throughout my journey and while offering seva, I would consciously visualize Gurumayi’s smiling face and remember the words of her Message for 2016.
This practice of remembrance filled my heart with love and a sense of equipoise. And, despite challenges, I felt grounded and unwavering.
Thank you, Shri Gurumayi, for your eternal presence in my heart.
This practice of remembrance filled my heart with love and a sense of equipoise. And, despite challenges, I felt grounded and unwavering.
Thank you, Shri Gurumayi, for your eternal presence in my heart.
Thane, India
Once, when I experienced Gurumayi’s darshan, I felt a presence in my heart. This presence moved gently and actively in the heart space, as though it were transforming something there. When I felt this, I allowed myself to become as open as possible, observing and allowing this process to take place. After this experience I felt happy, peaceful, and grateful.
New York, USA
When I see Gurumayi’s beautiful smile, my heart smiles too. I am so grateful for her many blessings in my life.
New York, USA
Just before I woke up, I had a beautiful dream. I was in an Ashram with my family, and we were on a rooftop from where we could see Gurumayi in a large hall speaking with people. She looked up at us, and very gently, with a very sweet smile, she waved at us.
Then, my morning alarm rang and when I got up, as usual I visited the Siddha Yoga path website. I couldn’t wait to have a look at the new Darshan and Wisdom gallery. I was so surprised to see this picture of Gurumayi waving, with a sweet smile, just like in my dream some minutes before!
When I read Gurumayi’s quote by this picture, I understood that we are always linked, and that I can meet Gurumayi daily in my own heart.
I’m feeling so blessed this morning. Thank you, Gurumayi!
Then, my morning alarm rang and when I got up, as usual I visited the Siddha Yoga path website. I couldn’t wait to have a look at the new Darshan and Wisdom gallery. I was so surprised to see this picture of Gurumayi waving, with a sweet smile, just like in my dream some minutes before!
When I read Gurumayi’s quote by this picture, I understood that we are always linked, and that I can meet Gurumayi daily in my own heart.
I’m feeling so blessed this morning. Thank you, Gurumayi!
Marseille, France
This beautiful teaching affirms for me the constant presence of the Guru in my life. So many times each day I experience shakti moving in my heart. I understand from this teaching that each time I remember to repeat the mantra, each time I allow the power of a virtue to sweep through me, each time I pause and remember the breath, is a sacred moment of darshan.
Melbourne, Australia
Sitting with this photo of Gurumayi helps me understand the quotation next to it—for gazing upon Gurumayi’s smile and gesture actually gives me that experience of "the movement of shakti in the Heart." For me, the experience of darshan can vary: sometimes I experience it as love, sometimes as joy, sometimes as profound unity.
The quotation also reminds me that where I feel these wondrous blessings is in the place where I am always connected to my Guru and to my Self: the universal Heart.
The quotation also reminds me that where I feel these wondrous blessings is in the place where I am always connected to my Guru and to my Self: the universal Heart.
Illinois, USA