Daaji left Yog Gram around 7.30 AM and proceeded to Baba Ramdev ji's place, Sant Kutir. En route, Daaji stopped at the Patanjali Megastore located in the Patanjali University premises at around 8.20 am as Babaji was engaged in a live program with India Today. He was amazed to see the size and functioning of the store and did some shopping for his grandchildren. After spending about twenty minutes there, he left for Sant Kutir and reached there in ten minutes.


He was given a warm welcome by Babaji and his associates. After a short discussion, Babaji requested Daaji to conduct a meditation session. Babaji then took Daaji, accompanying guests and his associates to the small cave for the meditation session. As soon as everyone settled, Daaji asked Babaji to conduct the meditation session which He would observe. Babaji conducted the meditation session for fifteen minutes after which Daaji asked everyone to proceed to breakfast while He gave the final permission sitting to Sadhvi Devpriya ji.

Daaji and Babaji joined for breakfast later around 10 am. What followed was almost 45 mins of non-stop love and joyous fun-filled moments. Daaji and Babaji fed each other with their own hands. It was an inexpressible joy to watch both of them. During the conversation, Babaji asked Daaji about the water bottle that he always carries with him. Daaji shared that it is a special bottle that is not available in India and affectionately gifted it to Babaji. The mutual respect and affection between both of them was a joy to behold. It was a joyful stay throughout and Babaji assured Daaji that every support from Patanjali organization in terms of technical knowhow and committed persons would be extended to our wellness centers.


This was a landmark moment that held great significance in cementing the association between Shri Ram Chandra Mission and Patanjali Yogpeeth.
Babaji’s concern and love for Daaji and Daaji’s affection for him were evident throughout Daaji‘s stay there. Baba ji often expressed that though he was Daaji for the whole world, he was Dadaji for him. It was heartwarming to see how love and blessings flowed freely from the heart of our Master towards the open hearts there. It was a lesson for all, in how humility and simplicity can transform anyone and bring them to the feet of the Great Beloved Master.

When Daaji was about to leave, all the brother associates had a group photo with Daaji and Babaji. One of the sisters said "Daaji Beheno ka bhi ek group photo ho toh acha rahega" (it would be nice if all sisters could have one group picture as well). Daaji moved away to the other side and said, “Lelo bhai beheno ka photo” (take a picture of the sisters). Everyone started to laugh out loud at this spontaneous act of Daaji. She then laughingly told Daaji, "Aap ke sath group photo!" (a photo with you!). Daaji obliged and posed for a photograph with them. Such light and unforgettable moments reflected the love that he poured into the simple hearts - something that all would remember for a long time.

After spending this wonderful time, moments of joy, and numerous meditation sessions with Baba Ramdev ji and his associates at Sant Kutir, Daaji shared with them that though he didn't feel like leaving, it was time for him to continue his onward journey to meet the loving hearts waiting for him at Dehradun.


Daaji left the place at 10:45 AM and reached the beautiful Heartfulness Centre of Dehradun located at Yogashram, Paundha village at 12.34 pm. Children and abhyasis- young and old alike who had been awaiting him eagerly, welcomed him with flowers, joy, and smiles, pouring all their love in a simple way.

Daaji lovingly offered prasad to Babuji Maharaj in the cottage upon reaching Dehradun and gave it to all present there. Thereafter Daaji headed straight to the meditation hall and conducted Satsang from 12.42 pm to 1 pm, after which he went to rest.



Everyone started preparing themselves and it was a full day of blissful meditation as seekers took meditation sessions from trainers throughout the day in preparation for the evening group meditation.

Daaji rested well and conducted group meditation in the evening at 5:30 PM. It was a deep meditation followed by a talk. He spoke about a general misunderstanding around prayer regarding the goal. Saying that God is the real goal does not mean that one cannot have multiple goals (like becoming a doctor, lawyer, good marriage, having kids, etc) and there is nothing wrong with it. But the way planets circle around the sun and do not waver from their orbit, do not take their focus off the sun and the sun has become the center of the solar system - in that manner God has to become the center of our existence. The other material goals can be in the periphery. But unfortunately in our current life, we make unwanted material things the center of our life and keep God in the periphery.  This becomes the problem. We are not asked to leave the world or material life, but it is only when we make God the center of our existence, we can say with confidence that 'Thou(God) Art the Real Goal (of Human Life).

The second line of the prayer about desires does not mean one may not have any.  He jokingly gave the example of wanting to take a shower at Dehradun as the water there is very good, but when he went to take it, there wasn't any water. So his desire to be clean cannot be kept away. Similarly, the desire of having kids post-marriage isn't wrong but we are wrong when we emphasize that we want only a boy or girl.  We insist upon God that we want results as per our expectations alone and that is where all the problems arise.

He mentioned that he had seen kids argue that they had mundane desires which the system forbade and therefore left it.  But when we move towards the feeling of surrender, we accept things as they are. As we evolve in spiritual pursuit we develop a feeling towards God stating that if we have kids it is fine and if not, let it be as per His wish. Similarly, the desire to eat is good but the insistence upon a particular type of food alone is a problem.

The third line of the prayer indicates that the feeling of “I am nothing” has to arise. Without it, the spiritual yatra would be empty. Our demands would never be fulfilled because we are arguing or challenging God to fulfill them; only surrender can bring about profound results. Giving the example of stubborn demands coming from kids towards their parents for basic things such as the phone to a specific iPhone, he said that keeping conditions is not right with God. When we as parents do not like it, why should we push it on God? He (God) has given us freedom and made himself free from it too. It is our duty to give him freedom as well.

Proceedings from Dehradun can be watched in below video


After the evening session, Daaji named a baby girl Dev Priya on his way back to the cottage.

Afterwards he met four active young seeker volunteers at the center and decided to prepare them to become preceptors. He also met a couple who had come to start meditation that day and a few other seekers and officials. During the conversation, he mentioned that the name of a seeker does not matter to him in a way. One is just lucky that noble souls are there and the feelings they arouse in the heart are all that matter. He gave a sitting to all present and then went to rest.


Saying that God is the real goal does not mean that one cannot have multiple goals (like becoming a doctor, lawyer, good marriage, having kids, etc) and there is nothing wrong with it. But the way planets circle around the sun and do not waver from their orbit, do not take their focus off the sun and the sun has become the center of the solar system - in that manner God has to become the center of our existence. The other material goals can be in the periphery. But unfortunately in our current life, we make unwanted material things the center of our life and keep God in the periphery.  This becomes the problem. We are not asked to leave the world or material life, but it is only when we make God the center of our existence, we can say with confidence that 'Thou(God) Art the Real Goal (of Human Life).


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The day was filled with joyous activities, including Daaji’s visit to Sant Kutir and the Dehradun Heartfulness Ashram. The time Daaji spent with Baba Ramdev Ji is going to be marked as a historical moment when two great souls come together and create bliss. 


Sant Kutir Dehradun Ashram 5th April 2023

Daaji had a disturbed sleep and woke early at 6:40 AM. After a bath and papaya, coffee and snacks, He went for a walk within the compound. As usual many joined Daaji on his walk. He returned soon thereafter, and upon being asked if all was well, He jokingly replied that he may have developed a human allergy. It was a subtle reminder to all of us that he needed to walk alone peacefully at times.


At around 9 AM, Baba Ramdev ji and Sadhavi Devamaya ji joined him after their live TV programs. Daaji conducted a meditation session for about 30 minutes before breakfast. In a discussion that ensued, Daaji spoke about not having slept too well as vibrations of the previous occupant of the room had affected him. Daaji went on to share that we normally think that memory (smriti), remains in the brain. But it is not so. It remains in the atmosphere as well. Otherwise, how would the previous occupant’s desires and hopes have come from the bed into his head? Baba Ramdev ji continued the discussion, sharing that the whole universe is energy, and matter and energy are interrelated- different forms of matter being nothing but combinations of energy- to which Daaji agreed and said that everything is vibrations. Babaji went on to share that when he makes people do pranayama, he encourages them to give themselves positive thoughts, positive force and vibrations, that they are being healed in the process.

He spoke about a girl who had healed herself of breast cancer in just two months and a man who was healed of liver cirrhosis in just fourteen days with this technique. Daaji laughed and said that the disease had evaporated and expressed that he wanted to do it too. Even science now accepts this to be true.

Breakfast time was full of joyful moments. Daaji had liked the mulberries served to him the day before and had them again for breakfast. He was served by Babaji and his associates affectionately throughout his stay there- again, humble learning in respect and hospitality. After breakfast, a discussion followed on 'manan' (contemplation) as different from 'soach' (thinking), the former being a 360-degree expansion with no limitations, compared to the latter. Daaji then shared a few aspects about the research of Lalaji Maharaj on breathing trouble in the lungs.

Baba Ramdev ji recommended some treatment for Daaji to which he agreed. He also put forward a plan to visit the various parts of the Patanjali campuses in the evening that day. Further, they both discussed a few more plans. After some time, Shri Kamlesh ji (Salt man) visited Daaji and Baba Ramdev ji. He showed Babaji the different salt products that were produced and distributed through Heartyculture. Daaji presented Baba Ramdev ji with the Heartyculture Nasal Cleanse Kit and added that he prayed that he (Babaji) would never be in a position where he needed to use it.  After the meetings, Daaji was given some ayurvedic treatment by Baba Ramdev ji's associates following which he went to rest for the afternoon.


The evening was reserved for a special tour of the Patanjali Food Limited industries. Daaji left at 4:45 PM and reached the location where Babaji had been awaiting him eagerly. Baba Ramdevji took him on a tour of the whole facility driving him in his own car and showing him the various manufacturing and packaging units. During the tour, Daaji stopped to taste some interesting Ayurvedic food items. It was an amusing moment, where watching everyone look longingly at the items being tasted, Daaji jokingly asked the items to be given to them as their mouths were watering.
 
Daaji returned to Yog Gram by 8:45 PM, had dinner, and retired for the day.


Daaji went on to share that we normally think that memory (smriti), remains in the brain. But it is not so. It remains in the atmosphere as well. Otherwise, how would the previous occupant’s desires and hopes have come from the bed into his head? Baba Ramdev ji continued the discussion, sharing that the whole universe is energy, and matter and energy are interrelated- different forms of matter being nothing but combinations of energy- to which Daaji agreed and said that everything is vibrations. Babaji went on to share that when he makes people do pranayama, he encourages them to give themselves positive thoughts, positive force and vibrations, that they are being healed in the process.


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Daaji remained at the ashram with Baba Ramdev ji and listened to the effects of positive thoughts and how their predominance has eradicated fatal diseases even in a matter of days in the followers of Babaji. He also enjoyed a tour of Ayurvedic manufacturing and packaging units. 

Yog Gram 3rd April 2023

The morning began with preparations to go to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, where Daaji had been invited as Chief Guest for a felicitation ceremony and for a Distinguished Guest Lecture on Navigating Higher Consciousness: Nurturing Spirituality Beyond Genetics at 10 AM. The venue for the lecture was the Dr Ramalingaswami Board Room at AIIMS New Delhi.  

Daaji arrived at the venue and was welcomed warmly by the Director of AIIMS Dr M Srinivas; Dr Kanwal Preet Kochhar, Professor of Physiology; Dr Rima Dada, Professor of Anatomy and other doctors from AIIMS. The board room was full and all were eagerly looking forward to his talk. After a welcome address by Prof Kochhar and Director’s address, there was a presentation by Dr Rajiv Mehrotra on research that has been conducted so far on Heartfulness interventions in the medical field and proposed research areas in the future. Daaji’s guest lecture on the theme of the event was an eye opener for the doctors present there. 
"Your own consciousness will reveal to you that 'Look, I can experience the divine presence to the extent of purity of my heart and simplicity of my heart'. The more you experience, the more you will be tempted to further purify and simplify yourself so that you could accommodate more and more of that Infinity.
So to the extent this purity and simplicity are infinitesimally purified, simplified - to that extent that Infinity will descend in your heart and change your awareness." 

After his talk Daaji conducted satsang for the couple of hundred audience present there. It was then time for yet another distinction for Beloved Daaji and the mission as Heartfulness Institute made a landmark partnership with AIIMS by signing an MoU with them. The MoU was signed between Daaji and Dr M. Srinivas – Director AIIMS, New Delhi.


The purpose of the agreement is to make Heartfulness meditation and relaxation techniques specifically related to Health and Medicine a part of their system. They also agreed to put to best use and apply each organisation’s infrastructure and capabilities to conduct research, education at universities, institutions, corporate houses, schools and colleges, government departments, medical professionals etc, and other related activities in collaboration.
The aim of education and research activities with Heartfulness is to bring meditation and sciences into day-to-day life and impact various aspects of human health and wellbeing.
Collaborative research will also include the field of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and other diseases, catering to the areas of preventive, curative and palliative care with an objective to improve the quality of life of patients and their families. Research will also involve areas like epigenetics, intuition and infertility related issues. Both the organisations will also submit joint proposals and white papers to the government or private agencies or organisations when the opportunities arise and present final research papers at events and seminars organised jointly.


In the near-term, Heartfulness Institute and AIIMS have agreed to jointly organise a conference on “Consciousness based Medicine” later this year as a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations. The MoU also opens the door for investment for both organisations in in-house research initiatives. Any patent resulting from research shall be applied jointly with joint claim on ownership of any invention, discovery, knowledge or copyright arising thereof. A specific Proposal or Statement of Work (SOW) shall be drafted and signed by both the organisations for the work taken up and outline the financial commitments.


The vote of thanks for the event was delivered by Prof Rima Dada. Thereafter, the director Dr M Srinivas took Daaji to his office and in a sign of humility and respect, offered Daaji to take his chair. It was a most poignant moment for all present.

watch  below video for the session.

The second half of the day was yet another significant engagement for Daaji. At 5 PM, the Salwan Education Trust in association with the Directorate of Education, Govt of NCT of Delhi had organised a huge event at the Thyagraj Stadium where all the school principals and teachers of Delhi Government schools had been invited for an interactive session with Daaji. There were more than 4000 members of the audience present for the session for Daaji to lead the school leaders Toward Living A Heart Centered Life. It was a surprise to see the large turnout at the event. The Minister for Education, Govt Of NCT of Delhi Ms Atishi Marlena; Director School Education Shri Himanshu Gupta; Chairman Salwan Educational Trust Shri Sushil Salwan; Director SCERT Shri Rajanish Kumar Singh and other senior officials from the government were present on the occasion and felicitated Daaji on receiving the Padma Bhushan. A group of school children from one of the Salwan schools sang a beautiful prayer song that melted the hearts of the audience. 

Daaji addressed the audience, guiding them through the relevance of meditation for school leaders. He spoke about how happiness, inner peace, focus and excellence in work are all related. He took a few questions from members of the audience and guided them through developing an understanding of meditation and its benefits. Thereafter he conducted a short meditation session and after having tea, departed from the venue at about 7:45 PM. 

"Your own consciousness will reveal to you that 'Look, I can experience the divine presence to the extent of purity of my heart and simplicity of my heart'. The more you experience, the more you will be tempted to further purify and simplify yourself so that you could accommodate more and more of that Infinity.
So to the extent this purity and simplicity are infinitesimally purified, simplified - to that extent that Infinity will descend in your heart and change your awareness." 



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The morning began with preparations to go to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences New Delhi, where Daaji had been invited as Chief Guest for a felicitation ceremony and for a Distinguished Guest Lecture on Navigating Higher Consciousness: Nurturing Spirituality Beyond Genetics. The second half of the day was yet another significant engagement for Daaji. At 5 PM, the Salwan Education Trust in association with the Directorate of Education, Govt of NCT of Delhi had organised a huge event at the Thyagraj Stadium where all the school principals and teachers of Delhi Government schools had been invited for an interactive session with Daaji.



Delhi NCR 29th March 2023

It was yet another day of meetings and sessions for Daaji. He met Dr U S Awasthi, Managing Director IFFCO and Shri Yogendra Kumar, Director IFFCO, and had a fruitful discussion with them and other important senior officials from the organisation. The discussion continued over breakfast.

In an informal conversation with abhyasis after breakfast, Daaji was happy and in a good mood. He spoke about deservingness and expressed that Babuji would have been very happy if there were abhyasis such as are there now. He said that the Padma Bhushan award was all because of abhyasis and not because of the President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission. In Babuji’s time this would have brought him the Bharat Ratna. He was so liberal that he would have put all the abhyasis who are so driven, into the Central Region. 

The next engagement for Daaji was a visit to the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) at New Delhi at noon. Daaji was warmly welcomed by Dr R C Agarwal, Deputy Director General ICAR and other senior officers from the institute. Dr Agarwal took Daaji on a guided tour of the vast and beautiful campus and its research laboratories and explained about the different research work being undertaken by ICAR. The facilities created for agricultural research at the institute are impressive and Daaji was happy to see them. As part of the tour, he also visited Nanaji Deshmukh Plant Phenomics Centre and was taken around by Dr A K Singh DDG (Agri Extension). Daaji admired the work being done there through the technology on scanning plants, their health and the steps to be taken further. 

The facility for the Chickpea project was the next part of the tour where different varieties of chickpeas developed at the institute had been put on display. The next stop was the National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources (NBPGR) where Dr Gyanendra Pratap Singh, Director, gave Daaji a walkthrough of the National Gene Bank  for various plant food resources. Daaji was full of appreciation for the pioneering work being done there. At the end of the tour of all the places he endorsed his views in their guest register, admiring the vision of the pioneer who made this futuristic lab in our country. He gave his prayers for greater and greater products coming from the lab for our planet’s better health.

After lunch with the officers, he rested briefly at the guest house on the campus before his next engagement for the evening - a special award and felicitation function at the Bharat Ratna C Subramaniam Auditorium, NASC Complex at the ICAR campus - one of the best and most impressive state-of-the-art auditoriums in India. Daaji arrived there at 4:30 PM and was given a heartfelt welcome by Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar; Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Kailash Choudhary; Secretary, DARE and Director General of ICAR, Dr. Himanshu Pathak, and Deputy Director General (Agriculture Education) Dr. R.C. Aggarwal. Daaji conducted a sitting for the agricultural scientists and held a discussion with them.

On this occasion, Union Minister Shri Tomar along with other dignitaries present felicitated Daaji and gifted him with two new varieties of roses that had been developed by ICAR specially for him. He said that Daaji is such a personality, if we call him the pioneer of spirituality and science, then it will not be an exaggeration.  The agriculture fraternity is blessed to have such a great seeker among them. Everyone in the world is in search of happiness, but the methods adopted to achieve them are endless; to achieve them, the path of spirituality along with Karma is very important. In Daaji we can see a combination of both spirituality and action. His guidance, lifestyle, far-reaching thinking, love for nature and dedication to Nature are an inspiration to all. In light of the recent Padma Bhushan award bestowed upon Daaji, the minister shared with all present that the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi is giving full respect to such eminent personalities and progressive farmers. He appreciated Daaji ‘s best efforts to convey the message of science and spirituality and life's values to as many people as possible. An MoU was signed between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and heartfulness Institute, which is benefiting everyone. He mentioned that due to the efforts of Daaji in Kanha Shanti Vanam, 1,400 acres of barren land is now covered with green cover and every drop of water is being saved through best water management practices. People from about 130 countries come and meditate there. One lakh people can meditate at a time and 50,000 people can stay there at a time.


Daaji gave a talk at the event, where he said that India is the only country which can perfect and build the spiritual foundation of the world. No country can survive without spirituality. It was here that sages had experienced the divinity that resides in every particle. There is a big difference between religion and spirituality. In religion we put God out of our hearts, so people don't meditate because their conscience pricks them and that is why people get upset during meditation. Meditation is like standing in front of a mirror in which a clear picture of the person meditating is displayed. Shri Krishna says that everyone wants happiness, but one who does not have peace in his mind cannot find happiness. The only way is to meditate; to bring harmony in our heart through purity and integrity in the mind through focus. Meditation works wonders but most people don't know what it is. During meditation, the mind is always engrossed in thoughts. 
The chief objective of meditation is God-realization. An inner search is needed to find God. If the deeds are right the soul automatically gets peace, otherwise the soul makes us restless. Once the heart is pure, God comes to you as God is more eager to meet you than you are. What you build today will follow you in the future. Such a peaceful state can be achieved through Heartfulness cleaning techniques and meditation.

Watch the below video for the session.


Thereafter Daaji took questions from the scientists present there and gave simple solutions from a scientific and spiritual perspective. The vote of thanks was given by Dr. R C Agarwal who expressed his gratitude to Daaji for his presence and guidance. After having tea with the officials, Daaji spoke to press representatives from DD News and ANI. He left the venue by 7:20 PM and returned home after  a fulfilling yet tiring day.

No country can survive without spirituality. It was here that sages had experienced the divinity that resides in every particle. There is a big difference between religion and spirituality. In religion we put God out of our hearts, so people don't meditate because their conscience pricks them and that is why people get upset during meditation. Meditation is like standing in front of a mirror in which a clear picture of the person meditating is displayed. Shri Krishna says that everyone wants happiness, but one who does not have peace in his mind cannot find happiness. The only way is to meditate; to bring harmony in our heart through purity and integrity in the mind through focus. Meditation works wonders but most people don't know what it is. During meditation, the mind is always engrossed in thoughts. 

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It was yet another day of meetings and sessions for Daaji.He spoke about deservingness and expressed that Babuji would have been very happy if there were abhyasis such as are there now. He said that the Padma Bhushan award was all because of abhyasis and not because of the President of Shri Ram Chandra Mission.



Delhi NCR 28th March 2023

Daaji decided to extend his stay at Delhi for a few days for some events organised to felicitate him. He conducted satsang at 7:30 AM, which was a beautifully soothing sitting that seemed to linger on and on throughout the whole day. He departed from Gurugram ashram at about 11 AM with a heartfelt send-off from grateful abhyasis.


Daaji had been invited to attend a meeting at the residence of Shri Kishen Reddy, Minister of Tourism, where other spiritual leaders were present.  Also present at the meeting were Dr B K Mrithyunjaya, Executive Secretary and Ms B K Asha, Director from Brahmakumaris organisation; Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Director Parmarth Niketan; Swami Nityadipananda, Assistant Secretary Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission; Shri Kanan Malusekaran from Isha Foundation. Sri Sri Ravishankar, Founder of The Art of Living International Center; Baba Ramdev, Founder Patanjali Yogpeeth; Swami Chidananda Saraswatiji, President Parmarth Niketan; Swami Amritaswaroopananda, Vice Chairman Mata Amritanandamayi Math attended the meeting virtually. A few senior officials from the government were also present at the meeting.

Daaji gave a talk to all the leaders present there. He urged the leaders that the time had come to stay together and remain focused. “Staying together is growth. We need to grow together.” A few other pearls from his talks are given below:
The essence of India is about unity and we need unity and harmony amongst all people. We need to evolve out of our human animalistic tendencies and use the God-given intelligence for constructive purposes. The role of spirituality is to say, “May there be peace throughout. May there be love, purity and simplicity in everyone’s interactions.” We are all connected spiritually, mentally and intellectually, and need to drop the differences and polarities we have created in ourselves. Remove friction.” Peace is attained through meditation. As Lord Krishna says, the only roadway is through dhyana. People of different samsthas have to have mutual respect. We need to stand together and come together. Many have visited kanha Shanti Vanam. Its ambience and beauty remind you of Sage Kakabhushandi’s ashram. It represents a bridging of the East and the West.


All the spiritual leaders who came to the meeting paid their respects to him and congratulated him for the Padma Bhushan award. It was yet another significant day for the Heartfulness movement in his travels.

The essence of India is about unity and we need unity and harmony amongst all people. We need to evolve out of our human animalistic tendencies and use the God-given intelligence for constructive purposes. The role of spirituality is to say, “May there be peace throughout. May there be love, purity and simplicity in everyone’s interactions.” We are all connected spiritually, mentally and intellectually, and need to drop the differences and polarities we have created in ourselves. Remove friction.” Peace is attained through meditation. As Lord Krishna says, the only roadway is through dhyana. People of different samsthas have to have mutual respect. We need to stand together and come together. Many have visited kanha Shanti Vanam. Its ambience and beauty remind you of Sage Kakabhushandi’s ashram. It represents a bridging of the East and the West.

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All the spiritual leaders who came to the meeting paid their respects to Daaji and congratulated him for the Padma Bhushan award. It was yet another significant day for the Heartfulness movement in his travels.

Delhi NCR 27th March 2023

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A live journal of blessed activities in and around Kanha with Daaji

Daaji’s day started with a morning walk. While walking Daaji stopped at a Papaya plant and instructed his team of associates that this plant be provided more nutrients owing to its numerous branches.

 

Walking further, one of the associates updated Daaji about the volunteer activities being undertaken by practitioners from Madurai and Manamadurai, who had been working tirelessly to prepare the Madhuvanam Hydroponics area for cultivation and were also helping in cleaning the Karela (bitter gourd) farm. The associates informed Daaji that they would go early in the morning to the karela farm to work and continue well into the day.

 

Daaji then asked about their breakfast and was told that the volunteers usually return from the farm around 8 am for breakfast and then work in the ashram till evening; later in the evening, they go back to the karela farm to finish the day’s work. Daaji then asked the team to arrange for breakfast for all of them at the canteen and that he would also join.

 

After the morning walk, Daaji spent some time doing Yoga exercises with Dr. Kishore, while being watched curiously by his grandchildren, Nanak and Layaa. The intrigue and love in their eyes while watching their grandfather perform Yoga was a sight to see!

 

On his way to the canteen for breakfast, Daaji met some students from Adilabad, Telangana, and had a short conversation with them. After they left, Daaji mentioned, with a laugh, “These students are higher than the Adilabad center practitioners.”

 

Daaji reached the canteen around 8.30 am and had a joyful breakfast with a very surprised and thrilled team of volunteers from Madurai and Manamadurai. One couldn’t miss the happiness and love shining in the face of every volunteer, as they sat down with beloved Daaji for a hearty morning meal. When they finished, Daaji ensured that the staff created a bill for him and that it was paid from his pocket.

 

Several abhyasis came running to meet Daaji, who was startled to see the continuous stream of people, wanting to meet him and talk to him, during the entire duration of the breakfast.



After that, Daaji returned home and remained busy with work and meetings.

In the evening he spent some time with his youngest granddaughter Layaa, listening to devotional music. After some time one of the associates asked Daaji where he wanted to place the plants that he had recently bought from the Nursery. Daaji said he has already selected a place for the plants and took them to the new office area.

 

There he suggested that the Phyllodium pulchellum (two plants) and Plumeria (one plant) be placed near the entrance of the new office. He suggested covering up the entrance with leafy gardens using tropical plants instead of letting it remain a lawn and then asked to plant a Mahogany tree at the bottom of the stairs, which would give space for the creepers to grow.

 

Daaji and the associates then walked around the canal behind the house. He narrated to the associates the story of soda making by using the fruits of the phalsa plant. As they walked, they reached an area where some underground construction was in progress. Daaji had a discussion with a sister architect about the construction plan and then returned to the house. After reaching home, he headed upstairs to oversee the construction work that had been underway in the house.

At night Daaji expressed he would like to see short clips be made of excerpts from the Wisdom Bridge book as it has many valuable lessons and teachings.

In the evening he spent some time with his youngest granddaughter Layaa, listening to devotional music. After some time one of the associates asked Daaji where he wanted to place the plants that he had recently bought from the Nursery. Daaji said he has already selected a place for the plants and took them to the new office area.

 

There he suggested that the Phyllodium pulchellum (two plants) and Plumeria (one plant) be placed near the entrance of the new office. He suggested covering up the entrance with leafy gardens using tropical plants instead of letting it remain a lawn and then asked to plant a Mahogany tree at the bottom of the stairs, which would give space for the creepers to grow.

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Daaji spent time with his granddaughter Layaa, listening to devotional music. He suggested placing Phyllodium pulchellum and Plumeria near the entrance of the new office, covering it with leafy gardens using tropical plants, and planting a Mahogany tree at the bottom of the stairs. This would provide space for creepers to grow.

Kanha Shantivanam 26th May 2023 

In the morning around 9.30 am, Daaji explored different types of leafy gardens which could be created at Gokul Point. He is taking a lot of interest in creating such gardens and asked the Tool Room team to fix a garden mesh in Gokul Point which would help in growing the leafy gardens. He also suggested a few areas where plants naturally hanging with wood could be placed.

Around 10 am Daaji went to his meditation hall office. Upon his arrival, the room was filled with guests, including Telugu actors Navdeep Pallapolu, Deepthi Pallapolu, Likitha, and several practitioners. He conducted meditation from 10.05 am till 10.32 am for all present. The meditation session was deep and almost transported everyone present to a different dimension and filled them with lightness and joy. After such a beautiful session Daaji distributed a special mango sweet which had brought by one of the practitioners visiting from Mumbai, to all present there.  This was followed by a light session of conversation and laughter between Daaji and the practitioners who were thrilled to share their joys, sorrows and stories with beloved Daaji.

When Daaji was informed that the guests would be leaving soon, he asked  Deepthi where she was going. When she said she was going to work, Daaji jokingly said, “You are a slave of your work. You can say I don’t want to work today.” She laughingly replied that she truly didn't want to. Daaji then asked her who was stopping her. To this Navdeep promptly said that it was she herself. Everyone burst out laughing, enjoying the light moments with him

Daaji then said, “Work as if you have never worked, then you'll have freedom.” He then asked the guests to carry on and come back soon to visit him, unless they had any questions to ask.

After a short silence,  Navdeep shared that since the beginning of the interaction he had been trying to understand how a person could be in a room full of people looking at him and waiting for him to give them some answers,  without even knowing the questions!  Laughter ensued at this innocent question. To this Daaji replied “Whenever I was with my Master, my answers came from inside. Very rarely to keep him busy, you would ask, keep him busy, just for fun of it. Then later on you regret, why did I do that? You go to silence, which is more enticing than answers. And how much can you be taught? The teaching is very specific to time and place, situation, and they don't repeat ever. So, what is the gift of the Master is ‘awareness’. If you have that all your answers can come, under all different situations.”

Daaji then asked the video of the thief and his daughter to be shown to them: https://youtu.be/mxB6y6vokqw

Later when Daaji was about to leave, Mani Shankar (Bollywood Director), came to meet him to discuss the upcoming World Spiritual Conference planned to be hosted in Kanha Shanti Vanam. He explained a lot of concepts & ideas to Daaji. Later Daaji discussed many spiritual concepts on Consciousness, Chakras, Genetics and more with him.

Speaking on genetics Daaji said, “Babuji gave a message once, sometime in 1981, when I was visiting him in Shahjahanpur, for me it was an aha moment, and he said I'm changing the genetic pattern of the human race. I was a pharmacy student, so I said what are you talking about, how are you going to change, and then he left. We had no further discussion. He just came to me, he was just walking towards his bedroom, I was just sitting in one corner and he just leaned down and he said, ‘I'm changing the genetic pattern of the human race.’ And then started walking again. And many years later, he conveyed the same message after he passed on through a medium, and that message is, when the consciousness of the human race will achieve egregore, it is this egregore that will trigger the mutation, the genetic mutation. So, I could connect how he is going to achieve that state. Because today the science says that genetic mutation can happen through changes at the external level, which is called epigenetics. Epigenetics is how the environment, I am not talking of heat and cold environment, but the vibrations in the family, for example, when Dr. Bruce Lipton, he conducted the study on epigenetic changes in mothers who live in tough neighbourhoods, Brooklyn, for example, Brooklyn, NY, versus mothers who live in Long Island suburbs. He studied their lives. And in a tough neighbourhood, mothers-to-be who are pregnant, right, they wait for their partner to arrive home. God knows when he will be coming, 10 o'clock, or maybe not at all, and if he does come back home, he’ll be sleeping with a gun under his pillow and so on.”

“She will be always under stress (threat). And whenever you are under stress, your sympathetic nervous system kicks in. Our nervous system is two parts, mainly two. Sympathetic and parasympathetic. Sympathetic is all about to protect yourself, to preserve yourself, to secure yourself. Suppose you are fighting with someone, what will happen when you are fighting with someone? You know, your hands will go up, you become angry. If you are not able to fight with your hands, you will think of running away. Right? So, your legs will become active, more active. So, what happens then? More blood flow will be there in the limbs. and it comes at a cost, there is lesser blood available in your visceral organs like lungs, liver, digestive system and the impact remains for some time. When you are angry, you feel less hungry, if you noticed, it’s because of the sympathetic response. So now when the mother is under a sympathetic response where epinephrine or adrenaline or noradrenaline or cortisol, which are all stress hormones are released massively into the blood stream and this blood also reaches the embryo, all of which has nothing to do with the guy who is sleeping with the gun.
So that blood also creates a sympathetic response in the embryo. The blood will be more in the limbs at the cost of the visceral organs so that the embryo’s digestive system will remain weaker and that will reflect later in life also. Though he has received very perfect genetic things, both husband and wife, their good health has given good chromosomes, but because of the environment, the digestive system is compromised. Sympathetic response means, reptilian response, animalistic response, where the blood supply is more in your occipital area. Hind brain they call it. It is very basal, animalistic. And this diversion of blood flow comes at a cost. Just as limbs receive more blood at the cost of visceral organs, this part of the brain receives more blood at the cost of reaching the frontal brain. The frontal brain is all about your cognition, intellectualizing, thinking, pausing, things like that. So, this is well developed, and this is underdeveloped. So, children born under such environment will have a different genetic expression.”  

“That's why in our culture, in Hinduism, mothers-to-be are sent to their parents’ home. The moment you know that my wife or my daughter-in-law is pregnant, we offer rituals. We invite relatives, group homam(fire ritual), and very respectfully, very reverentially, we send her to her parents' place, where she can spend time in peace, in a familiar environment. She can spend time in various rituals also, read books, maybe do more tapasya (austerity/practice) at home. So that is the reason behind why we do what we do, rituals. The environmental impact, vibratory impact, I think it changes the genetic pattern.”

“And when many human beings coexist and create such an environment that will trigger mutation at the genetic level and it should be irreversible – spiritual epigenetics.”


After a long discussion, Daaji took him along to show the meditation hall and left for home around 11.50 am.

The evening was a quiet affair with little activity, offering him rest.

Speaking on genetics Daaji said, “Babuji gave a message once, sometime in 1981, when I was visiting him in Shahjahanpur, for me it was an aha moment, and he said I'm changing the genetic pattern of the human race. I was a pharmacy student, so I said what are you talking about, how are you going to change, and then he left. We had no further discussion. He just came to me, he was just walking towards his bedroom, I was just sitting in one corner and he just leaned down and he said, ‘I'm changing the genetic pattern of the human race.’ And then started walking again. And many years later, he conveyed the same message after he passed on through a medium, and that message is, when the consciousness of the human race will achieve egregore, it is this egregore that will trigger the mutation, the genetic mutation. So, I could connect how he is going to achieve that state. Because today the science says that genetic mutation can happen through changes at the external level, which is called epigenetics. Epigenetics is how the environment, I am not talking of heat and cold environment, but the vibrations in the family, for example, when Dr. Bruce Lipton, he conducted the study on epigenetic changes in mothers who live in tough neighbourhoods, Brooklyn, for example, Brooklyn, NY, versus mothers who live in Long Island suburbs. He studied their lives. And in a tough neighbourhood, mothers-to-be who are pregnant, right, they wait for their partner to arrive home. God knows when he will be coming, 10 o'clock, or maybe not at all, and if he does come back home, he’ll be sleeping with a gun under his pillow and so on.”


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Daaji spent the morning exploring various sorts of leafy gardens that may be developed at Gokul Point, as well as suggesting a few spots where plants naturally hanging with wood could be placed. When Daaji returned to his meditation hall office, it was packed with visitors, including Telugu actors Navdeep Pallapolu, Deepthi Pallapolu, Likitha, and other practitioners. Daaji had a good and enjoyable conversation with them. Mani Shankar (a Bollywood director) later came to visit Daaji as he was about to leave to discuss the impending World Spiritual Conference.

Kanha Shantivanam 24th May 2023

At around 9.20 am that morning, a few members of the youth team came to meet Daaji and present him with a booklet of the recent proceedings of the Youth Seminar held from 12 to 14 May 2023. A young boy from Madurai who had eagerly been waiting outside the house to meet Daaji, also came in with them and wished him. Daaji lovingly called him forward, asked his name (Giridhar) and then took a picture with him. At the time of leaving the boy said “poren” (meaning I take your leave, in Tamil) to which Daaji replied, “poitu vaanga” (meaning come back again, in Tamil). This sweet and affectionate exchange between the hearts was a treat to behold!


Daaji then got busy with meetings with the architects of Kanha. He took them to the Star Building, inspected the area and asked them to prepare some good designs for it. 


In the evening, Daaji went to the Karela (bitter gourd) farm and provided inputs on the Moringa and Karela farm fields. While walking around the fields, he suggested an area for Bamboo plantation, another area for Coconut, and in between the two plantation areas (Bamboo and Coconut), create spaces for cultivation. While walking, Daaji asked the team to keep a watch during monsoons, on the flow of water in certain areas. He returned home soon thereafter and was informed of the progress of the work taking place in the site behind Madhuvanam.


After dinner, Daaji stepped out around 9.15 pm to visit the plantation work near Madhuvanam. Some construction work is going on in Daaji’s house, which has picked up pace with the labour force working late into the evening. With the heat rising, they are trying to accomplish more in the evening, thereby avoiding the afternoon heat. 


While walking to his car, Daaji saw one of the workers and called him to inquire if they had had dinner. The labourer replied, 'no'. Visibly concerned, he told them that going forward if they worked till late hours, to let them know in advance so they could plan dinner for them. Then he asked how much longer they planned to work. The worker mentioned they would wrap up in half an hour. 


After inspecting the work progressing near Madhuvanam, Daaji returned home. He observed that the workers were still going strong and instructed Br. Kannan to provide the workers some water and dates. His humility in compassion is a lesson to learn.


While walking to his car, Daaji saw one of the workers and called him to inquire if they had dinner. The labourer replied, 'no'. Visibly concerned, he told them that going forward if they worked till late hours, to let them know in advance so they could plan dinner for them. Then he asked how much longer they planned to work. The worker mentioned they would wrap up in half an hour.

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A few members of the youth team came to meet Daaji and present him with a brochure of the Youth Seminar's recent activities.A little lad from Madurai, who had been waiting outside the home for Daaji, joined them and wished him.Daaji thereafter became preoccupied with talks with Kanha's architects.Daaji went to the Karela (bitter gourd) farm in the evening and provided inputs on the Moringa and Karela farm fields.

Kanha Shantivanam 23rd May 2023

Daaji’s day began with some morning yoga.
 
At around 9 am, he was researching on different gardening techniques and was very impressed with one of the techniques from Thailand. He asked the in-house team to create a garden using the Thailand technique in the walking zone in Gokul Point’s forest area.
 
The garden was created using a variety of leaf plants such as Philodendron, Anthurium, Colocasia, ferns and many other varieties that provide a lush green display. Inside the garden, there will be a small water pond and some trees.
 
Daaji liked one of the trees used in the Thailand gardening technique – Alstonia pneumatophora (Marsh Pulai, a rare tree found mainly in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand) – which was growing inside the water body and asked the team to procure it if we do not already have it. 
 
Later in the day Daaji was busy with the meetings with the HeartyCulture team and then with the architects of Kanha.
 


Daaji then joined an online interview with the Khaleej Times (a leading English newspaper across UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait) via Zoom. Daaji was introduced to the Khaleej Times anchor, Somya Mehta, by a few Heartfulness practitioners, and who reached the KT’s office to watch Daaji’s interview. The interview will be published by Khaleej Times in their upcoming 02 June 2023 edition along with information on Kanha Shanti Vanam.
 
The interview lasted for more than an hour and was vibrant, energetic, and full of humorous conversation between Daaji and the KT team. It mainly revolved around Heartfulness meditation, Daaji’s journey into meditation, science & spirituality, how meditation will be beneficial to society, the book Wisdom Bridge and other such topics. The interview was filled with many pearls of wisdom from beloved Daaji.
 
A few quotes from the interview are as follows:
 
“Heartfulness is all about going by the feelings of your heart. The decisions that we make have to be followed by the heart's permission, and sanction. Often, we overrule the heart, and we go with the whimsical mind that we have or the emotions that drive us. So, in one way, you can define Heartfulness as following your life every moment with (using) the signals of the heart. And in order for us to follow the heart in a very pure way, the heart has to also be pure and simple. So, the Heartfulness Way of practice asks us to meditate on the presence of divinity that is already there in the heart so that we remain purer and simpler. And the decisions that we make will also be influenced by this purity and simplicity. So, we meditate on the heart and that's about it.”
 
“… God is not an entity that can be seen or felt with our five senses. He has to be experienced with the heart. You know all religions, be it Islam, be it Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, we all believe in one thing that God is love. And love can't be seen, it can only be experienced. So, we close our eyes, all senses withdrawn into the heart and say okay let me experience the presence. So that's Heartfulness.”
 
“The very first thing that develops because of meditation is the ability to discriminate. Discriminate between what is right, and what is wrong. What is beneficial for me, what is beneficial for others. Which business to run, which one to avoid. Whom to marry, for example, and I think how to raise my children. You are able to see clearly with the eyes of your heart and it is not that you're blocking everything from outside, nothing is to be blocked, but your heart becomes louder and clearer.”
 
“You can have everything healthy, but if your spiritual health is suffering, nothing in the world can make you happy. You can have all the things in the world, physical, mental, emotional, great, spouse, etc. but without spiritual wellbeing, no one can be successful. That's one fundamental thing that really, really happens because of a spiritual life. So, when the heart gives you a signal, it's always correct. And that has always been my experience (Daaji’s experience).”
 
One of the members of the Khaleej Times asked ‘What if your heart is not talking to you? Like how, what if you're not able to listen to that voice?’
Daaji said: “You know, the heart always speaks, always speaks. We don't listen because we don't want to listen. Because the thing is when the heart is telling us something, we say shut up I want to do this no matter what, right, and then you put a stone on the heart (deliberately suppressing your feelings) and then we regret later, oh I shouldn't have done that, I should have listened to my heart, the regrets come in. So, it is regrets that occur time after time, time after time, by not listening to the heart. One ends up having anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia even. So, meditation, in a way, is to vaccinate against your emotional health. It improves because you are not there to make wrong decisions. You are immune. Your immunity has developed not only physically because of a good lifestyle but because of meditation you are very clear about things in life.”
 
The discussion continued to topics of matrimony, conception, destiny, inviting the right souls into the conception process, Brighter Minds and more.
 
In the end when Daaji was asked on what’s his advice to the people living in the UAE, Daaji said, “It's very simple to me from my life's experience that we often give importance to one side of our life. We get so much bogged down with security in the material world, my house, my car, my you know, it's nothing wrong with that, absolutely fine, but I should not get carried away so much that I forget my spiritual existence; and I should not get into spirituality so much also that my material responsibilities suffer. So, my request, my pleading is only that we all should understand to balance material and spiritual life. It's a way of life. It's adventurous. It's joyful. And it's blissful. Try it.”
 
After the interview Daaji was introduced to Ms. Harjyot Oberoi, Head of Marketing, at Khaleej Times (KT). She then thanked Daaji for a wonderful interview. Daaji asked all of them at KT to start the meditation practice and then invited them to visit Kanha, before taking leave from them.


Later Daaji went for lunch and then rested till evening.
 
In the evening Daaji took his grandchildren to the Madhur area mango farm and then showed them some peacocks, who were showing off their feathers amidst the backdrop of trees swaying happily in the evening breeze, awaiting the monsoon season. The children were enthralled by the lush land and the peafowl’s cries, signifying the anticipation of flora and fauna for the first drops of rain, which, as we know, is the season for the peafowl’s monsoon dance.
 
From there they drove to the Kanha Sarovar for a walk. Daaji walked up to the top of the mountain and spent some time there. While returning there were a few volunteers from Madurai and Manamadurai waiting at the gate to meet Daaji. These volunteers worked in the Karela (Bitter Gourd) farm. Daaji stopped the car, spoke to them, enquired about each of them and then drove home.


At night Daaji invited one of the architects from the meeting this morning, for dinner, and later showed him a few videos on different types of constructions, for his reference.


Heartfulness is all about going by the feelings of your heart. The decisions that we make have to be followed by the heart's permission, and sanction. Often, we overrule the heart, and we go with the whimsical mind that we have or the emotions that drive us. So, in one way, you can define Heartfulness as following your life every moment with (using) the signals of the heart. And in order for us to follow the heart in a very pure way, the heart has to also be pure and simple. So, the Heartfulness Way of practice asks us to meditate on the presence of divinity that is already there in the heart so that we remain purer and simpler. And the decisions that we make will also be influenced by this purity and simplicity. So, we meditate on the heart and that's about it.

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Daaji's day began with some yoga in the morning. Daaji explored different gardening techniques and was really taken with one from Thailand. He instructed the in-house staff to design a garden in the Thai style. Daaji was busy with meetings later in the day. Daaji then participated in an online interview with the Khaleej Times. The interview will be published by the Khaleej Times in their upcoming June 2, 2023 edition, along with information on Kanha Shanti Vanam.

Kanha Shantivanam 22nd May 2023

Being a Sunday, it was an early start to the day with morning group meditation for which Daaji reached the meditation hall around 7.25 am. He proceeded to conduct the meditation session from 7.28 am to 8.06 am for around 1059 practitioners present in the meditation hall and returned home soon thereafter. He later got busy with meetings with a brother associate overseeing construction works at Kanha and subsequently visited the Star Building area to check the location for upcoming construction activities.

The afternoon was quiet and uneventful, bringing a much-needed respite from the flurry of activities that normally surround him. The evening was about spending time with his grandchildren listening to devotional music and introducing them to the subtle vibrations that music for the divine evokes in our hearts. Time and again, we see how beautifully he nurtures the little ones through a carefully curated outer environment to nourish the soul.

Later that evening, Daaji connected at 5.30 pm over Zoom to preside over the first virtual meeting with representatives from different spiritual organizations, yoga institutions, religious institutions, and individual researchers working in the area of self-development and spiritual growth the world over. This meeting was organized as part of a joint planning for the ‘World Spiritual Conclave’ to be held in the Kanha Shanti Vanam in the first week of August and many participants from all over the world joined the call.

Daaji expressed his joy to see so many of them at the very first meeting and read out the letter issued by the Ministry of Culture, Government of India who is jointly organizing the conclave along with Heartfulness. Daaji in his address said, “We all know and the world also knows very well that the next revolution that is to happen is a spiritual revolution. India will be leading it from the forefront and there is no doubt whatsoever about this. India is very well placed today in leading all the countries on the spiritual frontier. All the like-minded organizations who are striving to establish a unified consciousness- one level of consciousness, are working towards bringing about unity through various practices that each one of us offers. Each one of us is in a very special position to teach techniques, methodologies, know-how, and philosophies, and for all our inherited knowledge that we can share with one and all, this will be the platform.”

Daaji asked everyone to provide their input, suggestions, and ideas for the event and the discussion went on for more than an hour. After the long discussion, Daaji concluded the call with a sharing of his recent experience. “Recently, after a seminar organized and conducted by the Yogoda Satsang Society at Kanha Shanti Vanam, a lady from the Society came up to me and asked me a question. Her query was about how and why they had been invited to conduct their program here and how it was possible that we could be so open towards them and not see the differences between the two systems. I told her that we don't see any difference. All spiritual organizations are the same. We are not in competition with any organization and in fact, if we are competitive, then we are not spiritual organizations.  She was very happy to hear that many such spiritual organizations could come together.” There were many such profound ideas that were discussed in the meeting.

After the call, Daaji went for an evening walk. During the walk, the conversation revolved mostly around how we could better plan and promote the upcoming World Spiritual Conclave to involve more participants and representations from around the world. It was a fruitful end to a relaxing day for Daaji.

Daaji in his address said, “We all know and the world also knows very well that the next revolution that is to happen is a spiritual revolution. India will be leading it from the forefront and there is no doubt whatsoever about this. India is very well placed today in leading all the countries on the spiritual frontier. All the like-minded organizations who are striving to establish a unified consciousness- one level of consciousness, are working towards bringing about unity through various practices that each one of us offers. Each one of us is in a very special position to teach techniques, methodologies, know-how, and philosophies, and for all our inherited knowledge that we can share with one and all, this will be the platform.”

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It being a Sunday, therefore, the day began early with morning group meditation, which Daaji led for the 1059 practitioners present in the meditation hall. He thereafter became preoccupied with discussions with a brother associate in charge of building at Kanha. Daaji convened the first virtual gathering with representatives from various spiritual organisations, yoga institutes, religious institutions, and individual researchers working in the field of self-development and spiritual growth from around the world via Zoom.

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