Posts filed under 'USA'
Shalab, USA
I was fortunate enough to get my realization in Feb 1994. I was a friend of a Sahaja Yogi for three years. I had seen Shri Mataji’s poster in his office and in his dorm room. I never asked him about Her, and he never offered to talk to me about Her. Looking back, I think he talked to me couple of times about spirituality, but I had my own notions. For example, I used to say that “why should I worry God with my own problems”. I was of the opinion that one who approaches God in times of need was not entirely faithful. What did I know? Then in December 1993, my friend got married to a Sahaja Yogini, and she asked him to invite me to the public program. I agreed without any qualms or questions as if it did not matter whether I went or not.
Continue Reading June 27th, 2006
Barbara, USA
I had been seeking answers to so many questions of life since my childhood. Seeing that I was not getting anywhere and weary from the great effort, at age twenty-three I pretty much gave up and decided that if I cannot live a life of fulfillment, at least I can numb the pain.
It was in this self-destructive “party” mode that I met a good friend named Ransom. He was also a great seeker. He had a clear twinkle in his blue eyes and he pretty much got me up, dusted me off and set me back on the road. Ransom’s mother had died when he was 12 years old and he had a vision of Christ around that time. He could clearly see Christ in his bedroom and felt such a great comfort from this experience that he began actively seeking spiritual union with God. Just hearing about this made my heart sing – I knew that there was a God although I was professing to be an atheist for years out of spite for not finding a way to Him. This story confirmed to me that the possibility still existed for me to have communion with the Divine.
Continue Reading June 27th, 2006
Matt, USA
It was in 1986, and I was touring the country with a feminist bluegrass band (I’d do anything to be a professional musician). I started seeking because of a friend at the time who was a martial arts enthusiast and he exposed me to some philosophical, “seeking” books by people like Alan Watts and Joseph Campbell, (authors of books about things like “Eastern thinking” or meditation techniques). What this did for me was show that a lot of people are trying to break free of the
mundane, day to day existence, even writing books about it - and I knew that I was one of these people.
Continue Reading June 26th, 2006