Saturday, 27 JulyKurnool & AnantapurDaaji left Kanha by road for Kurnool in Andhra Pradesh around 10:15 a.m. on the morning of 27 July, along with a convoy of seven cars filled with abhyasis who were all going to Bengaluru for the International Conference on Elevating Consciousness at the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB). He arrived at the Kurnool Meditation Centre just before 1 p.m. and conducted satsangh for around 1,200 people who were present. He conducted a second satsangh...

Between events, during the day Daaji spent time with visitors and abhyasis in meditation and informal conversations. He shared many profound insights. Here are just a few:  The potential for evolutionIn response to a question about samskaras, Daaji explained, “You can see who are those abhyasis who do their Cleaning well every evening. Even their physical body is full of light. There is no heaviness in their system. But unfortunately most people do not do the Cleaning.” He became wistful and continued,...

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...

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...