Dear friends,As a daughter, a mother, a father, a son, a life partner, a friend, a colleague or a citizen, we all want to be the best we can possibly be, but often we fall short of our dreams. We may regret the hurt we cause others and the way we feel about ourselves in our hearts. We often prefer to avoid looking inward when we are disappointed, so instead tensions build up inside. But that doesn’t bring positive change....
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Dear friends,All around the world, festivals celebrate various traditions that bring people together in shared joy and happiness. The diversity of India is recognised in its myriad festivals, and Raksha Bandhan is one of them. It is celebrated on the last day of the Hindu lunar calendar month of Shraavan, which typically falls in the month of August.Nowadays, Raksha Bandhan celebrates familial bonds and has come to symbolize prosperity, health and well-being, the term literally meaning “the bond of protection.”...
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Exclusive Inerview of Daaji by Health Care India magazine. Spiritual guide, guru and successor to a century-old lineage of spiritual masters, Kamlesh Patel, popularly called Daaji, is the guide of Heartfulness Meditation, propagating the Sahaj Marg system of Raja Yoga. With centres in over 120 countries, his major aim is to preach simple meditation techniques and effective tools for designing our destiny and expanding our consciousness. He believes that with meditation, we can discover our full potential. Sinduri Vuppala visits the...
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Aren’t we all fascinated by this question: what happens after death? What becomes of me? Don’t we ponder also: what was I before I was born? So somewhere I must have died in the past. So when I die now I’ll become someone, something. And this circle goes on and on and on. Unless of course, this new mechanism which yogis have invented from their experiences – they have claimed that there is a state of liberation or moksha. What happens to...
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Travels with Daaji in Maharashtra Kolhapur, Miraj, Sangola & Solapur Monday,27 May 2019 After conducting meditation in the morning, Daaji left Satara for Kolhapur. In between, he stopped and conducted meditation at an abhyasi’s shop in Karad, and on the way out he noticed that they had a statue of Lord Krishna in a glass case kept on the floor. Immediately he pointed at the statue and asked them to elevate the statue so that it is not being touched by people’s feet. Upon...
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Travels with Daaji in MaharashtraIn times of disruption Most of us think of pride, ego and passion as negative forces that do not help in our evolution. Is it possible to use these energies for the greater good? Daaji was explaining this idea and said, “It is about flipping these energies positively towards spiritual pursuit. Even pride rightly placed can become an effective force in our upliftment.” He was remembering the call of Swami Vivekananda: “Give me men of passion.” The...
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Saint Tukdoji Maharaj’s satsangh and HeartfulnessAll religions and spiritual systems speak about oneness – about one God and one humanity. Yet how often do we find people of different spiritual systems openly and joyfully embracing each other’s approach and practices, and coming together in harmony, unity and peace? In fact it is so rare that when it happens it is cause for celebration and renewed hope for the future. Such a heartful embrace has happened in the last few months...
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In our heartfulness movement, all are welcome and encouraged to make heartfulness their own. When this feeling of apna pan or belongingness is there, we all work together as a family towards a common goal, serving humanity by working towards our Masters’ vision. An abhyasi brother who is the District Collector in Mahbubnagar came to Daaji with the inspiration to introduce heartfulness to Sarpanches (village heads), Anganwadi teachers (pre-school teachers) and Asha workers (health workers) across all the villages in his...
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