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...

The Raipur Diaries – part 3     From the 16 to 18 January, there was a three-day public event held in the Balbir Singh Juneja Indoor Stadium in Raipur. All were encouraged to come from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for the masterclasses. Each day provided a focus on a specific element of the practice: meditation, cleaning, and prayer. Such large public gatherings will now be circulated in general as Dhyanotsavs.16 January 2019After breakfast, Daaji was soon joined by a number of...

The Raipur Diaries – part 2  15 January evening, the Babylon HotelIn the evening at 7 p.m. Daaji went to a gathering of the EO – Entrepreneurs’ Organisation, a group of young entrepreneurs of Raipur who have created large and successful business houses. It started with a beautiful five-minute video, which can be seen on YouTube, introducing Kanha Shanti Vanam Ashram. How wonderfully it illustrates the ‘symbiotic relationship between nature and spirituality’ and how uniquely that would speak to the entrepreneurial...