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Kanha Shantivanam 28th January 2024

Samantha Ruth Prabhu had come to Kanha to meet Daaji with the Urban Kissan project team. After meditation, they were led to Daaji’s residence by the Kanha team.

Daaji asked Samantha if she had had breakfast and kindly extended an invitation to join him at the dining table. She is a well-known movie star here in the state of Telangana, India. Daaji asked Samantha about her experience during the meditation. She expressed that it proved to be an unparalleled encounter, characterized by a remarkably natural progression. Daaji proceeded to expound upon the advantages of meditation, delving into the bifurcated essence of the mind: "the brain or cognitive mind" and "the emotional mind." He elucidated that impressions, known as samskaras, manifest within the domain of both minds. The former involves the cognitive mind, engendering recollections of occurrences, while the latter concerns the emotional cortex, entailing affective ramifications, which may be ameliorated through acts of forgiveness and the practice of meditation. Daaji affirmed that upon the purgation of emotional residues, the memory connected to them doesn’t hurt us anymore.

Daaji conducted meditation in the grand meditation hall from 9:05 a.m. to 9:42 a.m. Later, he gave a talk on how to prepare for the upcoming celebrations.


 

After the meditation, he met a young student from The Heartfulness Learning School who he had invited to meet him behind the meditation hall to give him some information regarding the troubles he had been recently facing in the school and the hostel. He then invited the young boy and his mother for breakfast at his residence.



 

Samantha Ruth Prabhu had come to Kanha to meet Daaji with the Urban Kissan project team. After meditation, they were led to Daaji’s residence by the Kanha team.



 

Daaji asked her if she had had breakfast and kindly extended an invitation to join him at the dining table. She is a well-known movie star here in the state of Telangana, India. Daaji asked Samantha about her experience during the meditation. She expressed that it proved to be an unparalleled encounter, characterized by a remarkably natural progression. Daaji proceeded to expound upon the advantages of meditation, delving into the bifurcated essence of the mind: "the brain or cognitive mind" and "the emotional mind." He elucidated that impressions, known as samskaras, manifest within the domain of both minds. The former involves the cognitive mind, engendering recollections of occurrences, while the latter concerns the emotional cortex, entailing affective ramifications, which may be ameliorated through acts of forgiveness and the practice of meditation. Daaji affirmed that upon the purgation of emotional residues, the memory connected to them doesn’t hurt us anymore.



 

He said that the impressions formed consciously are relatively easier to cleanse; those in the subconscious mind are more challenging and often more impactful. However, through Heartfulness meditation and sitting with trainers, it is possible to cleanse these deeper impressions.



 

Daaji cited an example, saying that when he was once walking in New York City in the 1980s between huge buildings and billboards, there were pictures of people making love pasted there. Despite not even being consciously aware of the pictures, they formed impressions unknowingly, and he later had to clear them during meditation. 



 

Daaji then elaborated on The Heartfulness methodology and explained the process of tuning in to the heart during meditation and doing cleaning to clear impressions. He noted that some impressions are rather stubborn, and in such cases, a trainer's assistance is required. The trainer uses a technique known as transmission, or pranahuti, that helps clear these impressions during individual sittings. Daaji said all we have to do is to give a will or set a Sankalpa to let go of the impressions. These feelings or impressions don't need to be told to the trainer, yet through the process, the impressions will dissipate. Then, during group meditations, even the deepest subconscious impressions are brought to the surface and cleaned. 



 

Then Samantha asked Daaji, What is the fundamental vision while meditation or reason for meditation? Daaji answered that the state of nature is evolution; we can either grow or deteriorate. If we don’t make an effort to grow up, we will go downhill. And here, meditation helps us transcend to higher states.



 

As a social activist, Samantha is diligently committed to the education of  underprivileged children. Daaji explained how the Brighter Minds program regenerates neuroplasticity in children aged 5–15, enabling remarkable feats through the science-backed methodology used in this training. Samantha witnessed a demonstration of this program by Anuj, which impressed her greatly. Daaji said that this demonstration was akin to just scratching the surface of what all can be done with this technique. 



 

Daaji also mentioned a study conducted in Bangalore, which showed that listening to binaural music alone can increase the happiness factor in elderly people. He also mentioned another observation: somehow, children whose parents practice meditation seem to learn and retain the skills of the Brighter Mind program much more effectively. 



 

Samantha later mentioned that she is adopting a school that caters to orphan children below the age of 5. Daaji offered to train the children in the Brighter Minds program as a gift on his behalf, entirely free of charge. He was certain that there would be an interesting transformation in them in as little as three days!



 

Daaji then presented Samantha with signed copies of his books, "Spiritual Anatomy" and "Wisdom Bridge," seeking her honest feedback after she had read them. 


 

Daaji returned to the living room, where several other guests were waiting for him. Having noticed that there were more visitors in the foyer, he went there and greeted everyone. The guests included Prabhakar Rao, Chairman, NSL Group Seeds, Sugar, Textiles, Real Estate, and Infrastructure, Kalhan Mattoo, Architect, OOK Studio; & Amit Jadav, JAD Studio. 



 

Sundays are always times of great influx of visitors, and Daaji and his family lovingly cater to the hordes who seek his attention, trying to organize their lives in tune with their requests. 



 

The hospitality Daaji offers in his own home with the enthusiastic support of his family goes a long way to introducing in the subtlest of ways every seeker After a long discussion with the guests, he took some of them to his office to show them a video of some strains of corn being developed in a certain village in Mexico. The discussion turned to various applications of agricultural development, which Daaji has been envisioning and developing through the various projects in Kanha. 



 

After a while, Daaji had a more exclusive discussion regarding school projects with Shri Komaraiah, who had decided to extend his stay in Kanha for a day more. He is the Chairman of the Pallavi Group of Institutions as well as the Pro-Vice Chairman of the local chapter of the Delhi Public Schools in Hyderabad. 


 

In the evening, Daaji went for a walk and had dinner with Kailash Khandelwal from Atlanta.

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