Shares and Experiences About the
Siddha Yoga Chanting Tour: Australia 2014

Sharing Experiences of the Satsang
Regional Audio Broadcast
Sydney, April 13, 2014

"It was beautiful. It was exquisite. The way Carlos delivered the instructions about chanting and brought us into the moment—with everything he said. Every word was precise. I felt present with every syllable, even the space between his phrases. That idea of listening with intent took it to a new level of exquisiteness and juiciness."

"I loved the intentional listening. And while I noticed how fast I can lose it, I learned how I can come back. There was also this musical silence."

"I enjoyed the silence afterwards. I could actually feel the vibration. This was new, the sense of the vibration after the music. Well, it's not actually new. But I've never paid much attention to it before."

"My highlight was hearing Anandatse Dohi. It was pure bliss. I have listened to it and have played it so many times. But this was the first time I have experienced such bliss. I loved the way it was introduced with all the different instruments. I have never heard it performed in this way, where the voice was included as an instrument. The satsang was great from then on."

"It was so beautiful. I realized that my tendency is 'to receive.' But with the instruction 'to be a part of the sound,' it became about offering myself to the sound, about offering my voice, my body, my energy, and my love to the sound. It allowed me to be so present. And this sound arose from the silence—and we manifested it—and then it subsided back into the silence. It was glorious."

"Sublime. From the moment the musicians sang the first abhanga, I was transported into a sublime place inside. Exquisite. Inner nectar. I often do feel this. But the experience here today was even more amazing. I kept feeling it coming up, over and over again. It renewed my sense of awe and wonder to be on the Siddha Yoga path and to be given these exquisite teachings! So inspiring!"

"A wonderful experience. A beautiful feeling of love in the room. A kind of ecstasy. I've always loved the music. It was great to have a conductor showing us the way. And with so many musicians, more than usual! It was full of harmony. I can't wait until next week."

"It moves me to another space, particularly when the drummer increases the speed. It moves me to another level. I always remember that drumming is good for the heart. I mean all of it was magic—but when the drummer sped up, it was blissful."

"Normally I find it hard to focus, but I stayed with the chant with great ease. Particularly I liked the drum. It was quite ecstatic when it was loud with the contrast to the softness. I went to a beautiful space—alive and joyful. When Carlos did the preparation work, it made a huge difference. That's why I could focus. And this is how I want to lead my life: to be fully aware."

"Beautiful. Shalini's speech was so profound. Clear. Deep. It clarified to me why we chant: the hope it brings to life and the possibility of living in joy. I brought friends new to the Siddha Yoga path, and at the start I felt responsible for them. But in the pause, I came out to the foyer, and one of them said, 'This is a beautiful world you inhabit, my friend.'"

"It was like the second day of a Shaktipat Intensive."

"I loved the chanting."

 

On the first day of the Chanting Tour, we had a mudslide in the area where I work. The highway had been wiped out, and my commute turned into a 4-hour one.
 
I began chanting. I chanted the whole time. I knew the music was giving strength to the community.   
 
Today, as we recited Shri Guru Gita in the live stream from Shree Muktananada Ashram, and as I heard Gurumayi’s words, I understood my responsibility to help infuse this world with joy through the power of my joy-filled practice of Siddha Yoga chanting.  
 

Washington, United States

I was beyond fortunate to offer guruseva for the Chanting Tour. One day I’d flown across the country on little sleep and arrived back at our hotel feeling empty and contracted. I then spied a bowl of fruit in our entryway, perfectly placed, with a handwritten note from the sangham welcoming us with such love and caring. So I took a peach and went to the balcony, where the view was spectacular. I found myself meditating on this peach, appreciating it from all angles, until I finally took a bite.
 
The explosion of sweetness inside my mouth felt like a new form of shaktipat! Tears came to my eyes at the profundity of what it felt like to taste the rasa, the nectar, of this peach.
 
I suddenly understood that I could only give something—like the rasa of each chant—to others that I’d actually tasted for myself. I have dedicated my practice of music ever since to this lesson.
 
Thank you, Gurumayi, for your sublime patience in allowing me to ripen in my own time.
 

New York, United States

As I reflected on my experience of the Siddha Yoga Chanting Tour: Australia 2014, I came to the realization that the Chanting Tour was a gift of love from our Guru.

Participating in the Chanting Tour has deepened and strengthened my connection to the practices of chanting and meditation. Each day during the tour, I recited Shri Guru Gita, meditated, and read Gurumayi's thirteen intentions for the Chanting Tour; I then offered them to the universe as my own intentions for the Chanting Tour.

The days of the tour flew by and each day I felt more alive, with more love, joy, and contentment in my entire being.  I now have a new and expanded sense of purpose in my sadhana, more inner peace and satisfaction, and a feeling of oneness with Gurumayi. My heart pulsates with compassion and gratitude for the gift of walking this path.

Thank you, beloved Baba, and most beloved Gurumayi!
 

South Carolina, USA

     

Mumbai, India

Montreal, Canada

Brisbane, Australia

New York, USA

Lilyfield, Australia

New York, USA

Melbourne, Australia

At night, before retiring, I like to look at the amazing images of the Chanting Tour. Afterwards, I play each one of the Audio Recordings and chant along softly. I conclude this joyful session by going to the Temple— through the video Experience Darshan in Silence—to receive Bade Baba's darshan. Finally, I go to bed with a heart saturated with blissful feelings of love.

Yesterday morning, to my surprise, I woke up hearing my own voice chanting Jaya Jaya Shiva Shambho in my heart. I listened to it for a while with total abandon. Then I remembered I had a busy day ahead of me, and I got up to fulfill my duties.

Last night, while viewing the images again, I remembered my experience from the morning. Looking at these beautiful, glowing faces, I could feel how drenched in bliss the participants were from chanting. Each image I saw—whether of an adult, a child, a flower, a tree, the ocean, or the sky—was suffused with truth, auspiciousness, and beauty. Everyone and everything was radiating their own light, their own goodness, and their own color.

I am so grateful to everyone for sharing this treasure with us. Through chanting God's name all together, we have created such a deep connection!
 

Joliette, Canada

Melbourne, Australia

 

The Patch, Australia

As the Siddha Yoga Chanting Tour began to unfold, I made the intention to participate with my whole heart and being. To support this intention, I reserved a special time in the evenings to view and contemplate the tour postings on the Siddha Yoga path website, and to give my full attention to the tour.

Every time I began engaging with the postings, the exquisite image of the opal ocean in the tour poster would come to my awareness spontaneously, opening like a door to the infinite. Through the effulgent, blissful undulation of this ocean arising inside, I found myself immediately connected to the sublime and ecstatic energy of the tour.

I have been reflecting on how the cells of my own being are learning, through the precious gift of this tour, to find and dwell in my very own heart. In that space of pure connection, I experience how chanting the Lord’s name reaches everyone and every corner of this blessed world of bliss, resonating with the truth of union.

Thank you, Gurumayi, for Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and for the opal ocean on which to travel the world.

New York, USA

an 11-year-old from New York, USA

One evening, I made an announcement at the Siddha Yoga meditation center about the Chanting Tour. During the announcement, while I was sharing about the places where the Tour has been, I was reminded of the palkhi procession that goes from Alandi, the birth place of Saint Jnaneshwar, to Pandharpur.

Thousands of pilgrims make a pilgrimage on foot, chanting the Lord's name all the way. Their hearts are filled with intense longing, love, and devotion as they eagerly look forward to having darshan of the Lord. This tradition has existed for more than 700 years. Every year when the palkhi is moving from one destination to another, there is excitement in the air among devotees, an eagerness to know where it has reached. I felt the same joy and enthusiasm in myself and in the satsang participants, while I was sharing about the destinations of the Siddha Yoga Chanting Tour in Australia!

Thank you, Gurumayiji.

Pune, India

I often evaluate the effectiveness of my sadhana and my level of spiritual expansion by how patient I am with a certain relative.  Through the years, my progress has been very slow but steady—little by little, step by step. However, I have noticed that since the Chanting Tour began, my baby steps have picked up pace and I can feel my flower of patience opening up,petal by petal!

Thank you, Gurumayi, for the precious gift of the Chanting Tour!

New York, USA

The two Chanting Satsangs at the NIDA Parade Theatre in Sydney were unique events: a beautiful theater setting, an accomplished live music ensemble, Siddha Yoga teachings and explorations on mantra and sound, the resonant Aum of the didgeridoo invoking and offering blessings to the indigenous people of the great southern land, and vivid stories about the history of Siddha Yoga chanting. And when we chanted, we all contributed to creating celestial sounds! All of this was permeated by Gurumayi’s loving presence. Bravo!

Thank you so much, Gurumayi, for inspiring this historical and inspired event.

Sydney, Australia

I was hosting a Chanting Satsang at the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Sydney during the Chanting Tour. We were chanting Jaya Jaya Shiva Shambho as people entered the hall, and as the hall filled up, the chanting increased in intensity. Suddenly I began to feel nervous. I remembered at that moment to invoke grace, but I wasn't quite sure how to do it. Then I started to listen intently to the chant, a practice we had learned about earlier in the week. As I did this, almost immediately, I experienced that Gurumayi wasn't far away; her grace was manifest in the chant and in the chanting, which enveloped me—the sound was all around me and through me. I felt calm and reassured—an experience that lasted as I offered hosting seva throughout the sublime night we had here in Sydney.

Thank you, Gurumayi!

Sydney, Australia

Several days after participating in the Regional Audio Broadcast Enter the Abode of Sound, I was having lunch in a rather busy and noisy restaurant. All of a sudden, I could hear the chant Shri Ram Jay Ram. I kept my focus inward, quietly eating and enjoying my lunch, listening to the strains of Shri Ram Jay Ram. This experience showed me the power of chanting to permeate my everyday life and activities.

Deepest gratitude to you, Gurumayi, for all that you have given and all I have received.

Busselton, Australia

As a result of the Chanting Tour, the world has been bathed in the sweet and pure vibrations of chanting from Siddha Yogis around the globe. Gurumayi has taught us how paradise can be made manifest through the power of sound, and that we can do this on a daily and moment-to-moment basis. We are so blessed!  
 
Thank you, Gurumayi.

 Armidale, Australia

The swan came by this morning, after a long absence. I ran downstairs and out to the water's edge and greeted this beautiful emissary of my beloved Guru’s grace.
 
Today is an auspicious day and my heart rejoiced to see the swan on the estuary, connecting with Gurumayi's grace and blessings for the Chanting Tour. The last time I saw the swan was on the day of A Sweet Surprise 2014 broadcast. The Guru's shakti transcends time and geography to reveal to me, again and again, her grace in the form of the swan, which has now shown up on the occasion of several auspicious Siddha Yoga events.
 
Feeling summoned by the power of the Guru's love, I have changed my plans for this evening and I will be going to my local meditation center to participate in the Global Live Audio Stream Satsang, Chanting Creates a Paradise in this World.

Massachusetts, USA

I was fortunate to be at the final satsang in the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Sydney with Gurumayi on her teachings visit in 1997. I was one of the tour managers and on that day I was overseeing the overflow room. Hundreds of people had come to be with Gurumayi.

As the satsang began, I was told that the distribution audio feed to the overflow room was not working. When Gurumayi was informed of this situation, she made a gesture—she raised her hands and moved them toward her heart, inviting everyone in the main hall to move forward. This created enough room for everyone from the overflow room to move comfortably into the main hall.

This morning, as I was singing the Kundalini Stavaha in the Bhagavan Nityananda Temple in the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Oakland, I had a vision of Gurumayi. She was once again gesturing us to move closer, moving her hands toward her heart, inviting us all to the Global Live Audio Stream Satsang, Chanting Creates a Paradise in this World. Gurumayi has created a Universal Hall—with room for us all.

California, USA

Montreal, Canada

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Minnesota, USA

Washington, USA

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Today I woke up early in the morning, feeling great gratitude for my parents. My mind became quiet and serene. I wondered, “Why is this divine bhava, this great virtue of gratitude sprouting up so early in the morning?”

For me the answer is Siddha Yoga chanting. Yesterday we were chanting Jaya Jaya Shiva Shambho in the Siddha Yoga Family Satsang, and I felt so much love and gratitude for my parents and for their benevolent nature.

Chanting inspires love in me, not only for myself but for others. Siddha Yoga chants bring out my love for my parents, my daughter, my wife, my students, my friends, nature, and this wonderful planet. Siddha Yoga chants inspire in me unconditional love for my beloved Guru, Gurumayiji.

Thank you, Gurumayi, for the Siddha Yoga Chanting Tour. Thank you for all the Siddha Yoga sevites who are making the Chanting Tour possible.

Pune, India

Last night, a Siddha Yogi who had met Baba many years ago unexpectedly appeared at the Siddha Yoga meditation center. He had not attended the center for twenty years. After we warmly welcomed him, someone asked him, "What has brought you here tonight?"

He answered, "You know, I am not quite sure. But tonight I suddenly felt drawn to come here by a great urge to chant. It came out of the blue. I suddenly wanted to chant."

He said he hadn’t seen the Siddha Yoga path website or heard about the Chanting Tour, but an insistent urge to chant, which had come “out of the blue,” had brought him to the center. Everyone who heard him say this shared in his delight.

Washington, USA

For the past 41 years I've been chanting and doing daily Siddha Yoga practices. I still clearly remember experiencing my first Shri Guru Gita recitation at age five while sitting at Baba's feet. Now I am a health practitioner, and when my patients say to me, “I find it hard to meditate,” I respond with “Then chant!”

This Chanting Tour has been a great experience for Siddha Yogis and new seekers alike. Chanting is easy, and it remains my great love.

Thank you, Gurumayi!

Melbourne, Australia

Just before the Chanting Tour began, I was inspired to retrieve my harmonium, which I had lent to someone a long time ago. I hadn't played the harmonium for over ten years. I have now been playing almost every day, and it is ecstatic! I am amazed how easily the chants are coming back to my fingers.

Heckmondwike, United Kingdom

Oh, my goodness! We just had the chant of Kali Durge in the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Sydney. It was the 10th Chanting Satsang of the Tour—in the very room where, in 1997, Gurumayi announced that there would be Chanting Tours. In this hall, the sound of Kali Durge rose and rose and filled the room, the hearts, and the minds of the Siddha Yoga sangham. The chant was a welling-up of love, power, and reverberating divinity. The sound of the ensemble was pure and clear, and the sound of the response group was something to treasure! Strength and power and beauty. Truth, auspiciousness, and beauty. All in one place!

How blessed we are, Gurumayi, to have your intention resting in our hearts and minds. Australia is blessed—really, really blessed. Thank you.

Dulwich Hill, Australia

Being immersed in Chanting Tour seva involves many meetings with other sevites as we plan, offer, and debrief after events. These meetings have provided me with beautiful opportunities to implement Gurumayi's teachings from her book The Yoga of Discipline about applying the two "C’s" of concentration and contemplation before I speak. Practicing this is so precious, and so honoring of others.

Thank you, Gurumayi, for these emerging gifts of Chanting Tour seva.

Melbourne, Australia

Palm Beach, Australia

Yulara, Australia

Newcastle, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Artarmon, Australia

New York, USA

Mumbai, India

Sydney, Australia

New York, USA

Sydney, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

My husband and I have been out sailing in the Atlantic Ocean, taking our boat Hanuman from the east coast of Florida to South Carolina.
 
Numerous times dolphins appeared alongside the boat, and I would chant to them, asking them to take the vibrations and love of the chant to all the creatures they visit in the sea. They seemed to understand my intention; they would swim alongside of us, and the faster I would chant and keep time on the side of our boat, the more they would dance—twirling and leaping out of the water. Others would then join in—such a delight!
How joyful to know that our beloved Guru’s intention for this Chanting Tour is bearing fruit all over the globe­—even in the seas.
 
Thank you, Shri Gurumayi, for the extraordinary gift of this Chanting Tour, and for the opportunity to participate in it from wherever we are on our planet! And thank you to all the sevites worldwide who continue to make accessing this tour possible! We love you!

Colorado, USA

Virginia, USA

Sydney, Australia

Gurudev Siddha Peeth

New York, USA

Sydney, Australia

Bhusawal, India

New York, USA

Ever since I first heard about this beautiful Chanting Tour, I was filled with enthusiasm. I had a deep urge to be a part of it. I knew I couldn't fly down to Australia to physically be a part of it, but I still had a deep longing to contribute to the tour. After participating in the Shri Guru Gita recitation satsang for the Chanting Tour, I instantly decided to refresh my practice of chanting. Meanwhile, a friend and fellow Siddha Yogi told me, "Keep visiting the website.” Now, each time I come back to the website, I feel present and in the company of Siddha Yogis around the world in the Universal Hall.

The Audio Recordings have been such a beautiful surprise. In a second, I am connected and relishing the same bliss, enthusiasm, and divine love as the participants of the Chanting Tour in Australia.

Thank you, Gurumayiji, for including every Siddha Yogi in the world in this beautiful Chanting Tour. Thank you to each one of the sevites for all the thought and effort you have put forth to bring this experience to us. I am eagerly waiting to be a part of the Global Live Audio Stream Satsang!
 

New Delhi, India

Lake Bolac, Australia

Massachusetts, USA

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Artarmon, Australia

Havant, United Kingdom

Utah, USA

California, USA

Shree Muktananda Ashram

New York, USA

Perth, Australia

Sydney, Australia

I have been chanting every day since the beginning of the Chanting Tour as a way of giving my blessings to the Tour and supporting Gurumayi’s intention for it. I wondered, as the days went by, if I could formulate my own intention for the Tour, but nothing would come to me. The other night, as I was chanting with my family, I felt words arising directly from the space of my heart. Their motive power was love. In that moment, my intention formulated itself: “May every utterance of mine be infused with love.”

I have experienced now that words can arise directly from the boundless space of love. Now I need to remember this and practice it. I know that chanting is the easiest way of practicing this intention!

Nelson, Canada

California, USA

Udhana, India

New York, USA

Nairobi, Kenya

Melbourne, Australia

As host of the satsang on March 18 at the Siddha Yoga center in Montpellier, I invited everyone to send blessings during the chant for the Chanting Tour in Australia. At the beginning of the chant, I had a vision: I saw our chant becoming a big heart made of roses, and it was flying towards Gurumayi, who was surrounded by sevites and Siddha Yogis. As it reached her, this heart released all the flowers as petals in the air, and Gurumayi received them with open arms. 
 
Later on in the chant, I heard the pure laughter of Gurumayi within, a laughter made of divine joy. I experienced oneness with the chant. I felt it was such a great gift to send blessings for the Chanting Tour, and I recognized that I always receive so much by offering blessings. 
 
Thank you, Gurumayi, from the depths of my heart.

Montpellier, France

Melbourne, Australia

On the second day of the Chanting Tour, the community where I work experienced a tragic landslide that greatly affected all the people who live there. I chanted many hours before going to work and then chanted AUM—silently, and when possible aloud—during the whole day. I remembered Gurumayi's teaching that music can help the recovery in situations of natural disaster like this.

On the drive home from work, I imagined being in the Bade Baba Temple and asked Bade Baba for blessings for all the people who were affected. Then I chanted for this blessing.

When I passed the old exit where the town is located, I saw a huge rainbow. I felt confident that Bade Baba had heard the blessing and that the chanting had helped the blessing. Today, I have been hearing stories of how loved ones in the community are feeling strong.

Thank you, Gurumayi, for giving me the practice of chanting, which is so perfect an answer to how I can help myself to be my best in this world.

Washington, USA

I have been a Siddha Yoga student for over 20 years, and my favorite practice has always been chanting.  So when the Chanting Tour was announced, I knew I would be at the opening program.  Carlos instructed us, delightfully, in teachings on posture and breath.  I learnt how to listen and to respond wholeheartedly, I experienced the joy of our finely tuned chanting, and I learnt so much more. 
 
I responded to the poise of the host, the warm intelligence of the teacher, the focus of the musicians, the loving commitment of the sevites, the brilliant Australian welcome that resonated throughout the ashram, and the subtle inner radiance of the other students. How marvelous that I now experience this "call and response" everywhere! More and more, I listen to those around me and receive their best whilst I, in turn, respond with mine.
 
Thank you, Gurumayi, for this wonderful opportunity to expand and deepen our understanding and practice of chanting.

Auckland, New Zealand

When I am chanting from deep within my heart, I feel I am exclaiming "Yes!" to life and all its blessings, apparent or hidden, that it has to offer.

Each day, as I follow the Chanting Tour and read the teachings and shares, I become aware of new gifts within that the practice of chanting offers me.

Thank you, Gurumayi. And thank you to all the devotees in the Universal Hall who are participating in this sacred event.

New York, USA

We, the teens of the Siddha Yoga Meditation Center in Varanasi, decided to participate in the Chanting Tour: Australia 2014, Satyam Shivam Sundaram by chanting every evening for 35 minutes and meditating for 10 minutes.
 
Yesterday, we chanted Govinda Jaya Jaya, Gopala Jaya Jaya. I was playing the harmonium. As I started chanting, my mind became calm and steady. As the chant proceeded, my mind became more and more quiet and just turned inward.
 
When I opened my eyes, I could not see anything but darkness. When I closed my eyes, I saw light. I saw Gurumayi sitting in front of me and chanting with me. I also saw Baba sitting near me, and I was playing the chant on his feet with my fingers.
 
I played the whole chant with closed eyes. I don’t know even a little bit how I did it. I could see each and every person in the hall fully intoxicated with the chant.
 
When the Namasankirtana ended, I went into deep meditation. And when I came out of meditation, I saw everyone had left the hall. I found myself full of energy.
 
When I went home, my 4-year-old cousin, who chanted with us, asked me, “Didi, why were you sleeping during the chant?  I answered, “I was not sleeping. I was with Gurumayi.”
 
She also shared, “Gurumayi was smiling at me and gave toffee to you and me.” I asked her, “Why didn’t you share this with the others?” She replied, “If I shared, then they might take my toffee. So I didn’t. I asked, “Where is your toffee?” She replied, “I ate it.”
Later on, someone shared that after the chanting my cousin was sitting “still like a statue” for about ten minutes in front of Gurumayi’s puja.
 
Thank you, Gurumayiji, for this wonderful experience.

a teen-ager from Varanasi, India

During the Siddha Yoga Chanting Tour, I had a direct experience of Gurumayi's Message for 2014. When the chanting stopped and there was silence in the hall, in that moment I experienced the "soundless sound." 
 
Thank you, Gurumayi, for continuing to enliven my spiritual practice.

Gold Coast, Australia

Tonight, in the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Melbourne, Carlos del Cueto instructed us on chanting with careful focus on pronunciation and phrasing. Very soon I became aware of a weight pressing on my heart and my head: it felt like an ancient weight that's been pressing on me for many lifetimes. All the time I chanted, I maintained the focus on pronunciation and phrasing, and tears were coming from my eyes. I could feel myself gradually loosen and let go inside. The chanting itself, along with the practice of specific focus, seemed to be working on dissolving or lightening the weight.
 
Thank you, Gurumayi, for imbuing my favorite practice of chanting with such transformative power!

Clifton Hill, Australia

The power of the Siddha Yoga Chanting Tour is immense! Every moment of the day is filled with the Guru's shakti. In fact, 24 hours a day it feels like Gurumayi is sitting in the room, in the car, in the chanting hall, guiding every moment of this special and sacred time. It is transformative, refined, enlivened, and joyful!
 
I hope everyone all around the world is experiencing what we are feeling here in this extraordinary Siddha Yoga Chanting tour: Australia 2014 Satyam Shivam Sundaram! You are all welcome!

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Sydney, Australia

California, USA

What a sublime experience! I feel so grateful to Gurumayi for creating this extraordinary event. Two teachings from Gurumayi encapsulate the experience for me. The first teaching is "Everything happens in God's Time." The second teaching is "Remember the Guru's Grace." I felt such a strong connection to that grace!

Carlos conducted the chant with great elegance and beauty. At the moment the chant reached its crescendo, powerful waves of energy flowed through me and I felt as if Gurumayi were walking down the aisle and sitting in her chair. When the chant finished, I closed my eyes to meditate. In those few minutes I fell into a profoundly deep and effortless meditation.

Thank you, Gurumayi.

Gold Coast, Australia

The Chanting Tour has begun and what a sweet beginning! Everything was perfect. The hall of the Siddha Yoga Ashram in Melbourne looked resplendent and you could feel how excited everyone was in anticipation of what was about to happen.

The chant began with the deep, resonant sounds of cello and violin, which went straight to my heart. Pure magic! I can feel it now as I close my eyes and recall that moment. The voices in the hall united to chant Jaya Jaya Shiva Shambho, honoring Lord Shiva as the auspicious one who brings supreme joy. And supreme joy was present!

My son sat near the drummer, chanting, tapping his knees, and gently swaying. Seated behind my son, I felt such immense gratitude to be able to share this experience with him.

After he went to bed last night, I could hear him quietly singing Jaya Jaya Shiva Shambo. Such sweetness! My heart was full of gratitude. Thank you, Gurumayi!

Balnarring, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Mexico City, Mexico

Melbourne, Australia

Ocean Shores, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Marseille, France