Amlai & Umariya & Jabalpur 20th June 2023

Daaji led a meditation session for all of the Paper Mills' management personnel in the auditorium of the admin building. Daaji concluded his speech by highlighting the need of not missing a single day of cleaning. He then proceeded to his next destination, Umaria. Many Jan Abhiyan Parishad volunteers and coordinators had arrived to meet Daaji. Jodhaiya Bai Baiga, an elderly lady from Lodhha village in Umariya district, was also present during the meeting. He continued on to Jabalpur after this brief stop. Daaji arrived in Jabalpur at 5 p.m. and was warmly welcomed by hundreds of practitioners.

Many volunteers and coordinators from the Jan Abhiyan Parishad had gathered there to meet Daaji. Also present at the session was Jodhaiya Bai Baiga, an old lady from Lodhha village in Umariya district, who had been awarded the Padma Shri along with Daaji this year and has been actively encouraging Heartfulness meditation at her village. He conducted meditation from 11:12 am to 11:33 am and then felicitated Jodhaiya Bai on his way out of the hall.

The next morning Daaji conducted a meditation session for all the management employees of the Paper mills at the auditorium in the admin block, from 7:30 am to 8:00 am. Upon being asked to address the gathering, Daaji spoke on the importance of making the Heartfulness practices a habit to derive the benefit of personal transformation. He elucidated the importance of evening cleaning through many examples. The experience of the divinity within is commensurate to the extent of the purity of the heart. The purity or impurity of the heart acts as the filter through which one experiences the world. Reality is revealed as the filters are removed. Daaji ended his talk emphasising on the need to not miss a single day of cleaning.

He then departed for the next destination - a stop at a practitioner’s house at Shahdol, which had served as a homestay for all the volunteers and trainers who visited the area during the Ekatma Abhiyan. The family that had served all with affection, welcomed the Master with loving hearts. After having breakfast and spending a few minutes with the family, Daaji posed for a group photograph with the family and other practitioners present. It was touching to see overflowing hearts full of gratitude for his visit.

The next stop was a resort at Umaria for lunch and rest. Many volunteers and coordinators from the Jan Abhiyan Parishad had gathered there to meet Daaji. Also present at the session was Jodhaiya Bai Baiga, an old lady from Lodhha village in Umariya district, who had been awarded the Padma Shri along with Daaji this year and has been actively encouraging Heartfulness meditation at her village. He conducted meditation from 11:12 am to 11:33 am and then felicitated Jodhaiya Bai on his way out of the hall.

Daaji interacted with a sister practitioner who had worked actively in the Ekatma Abhiyan and listened to her experiences of the work at different villages. He then had lunch and rested for a while. After this brief halt, he proceeded to Jabalpur.

Jabalpur was the host city for the celebrations of the Central Government’s program of the International Yoga Day on the 21st of June 2023. Daaji arrived at Jabalpur at around 5 pm and was greeted with warmth and enthusiasm by hundreds of practitioners who had come from far and wide. The whole ashram was filled with a festive atmosphere and the feeling was almost like that of a small bhandara. Eager hearts were brimming with welcome and love, having waited long for him, especially after the Ekatma Abhiyan. He offered prasad immediately upon arrival and distributed it to all present there.

After a brief rest, he moved to the meditation hall to conduct meditation and then went for a walk around the ashram. He was met by Shri Dheerendra Pandey, Executive Director MP Jan Abhiyan Parishad, who formally invited Daaji for the Yoga Day event the next day. There was excitement all throughout the ashram with practitioners preparing for the yoga event, and everyone collecting their tee shirts and preparing to leave early the next morning.

Daaji joined the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Chauhan and other dignitaries for dinner that evening and had a good interaction with all. Returning late evening, Daaji went to rest as the Yoga Day event was to begin very early the next day.