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Gurumayi Chidvilasananda’s Darshan and Wisdom

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As I have continued to contemplate this teaching over time, I have noticed that it has taken on different meanings during different periods of my life. When I first read it, I experienced it as words of loving comfort in which Gurumayi was reassuring me that she was always with me. 

However, now the meaning of this teaching has, for me, become more about the Guru always being there in the form of the shakti. It allows me to recognize that the shakti eternally exists within me with the power to transform me and enable me to attain everything.
 

Vadodara, India

Yesterday I experienced a great shift in perception. I had been filled with anxiety after listening to the news; I called on Baba for help. After a few minutes, I noticed that with each utterance of Baba’s name, I grew calmer. I then had the impetus to visit the Siddha Yoga path website, where I found this incredible collection of photos and teachings of Gurumayi. After reading several teachings, I noticed that my fear was gone. Instead, I felt like I was floating on a comfy cloud of well-being.

I then heard a whisper of a thought with the question, “How can I be experiencing well-being when mere moments ago I was worried for the state of the world?” Then, I clicked on this photo and teaching of Gurumayi. Each phrase perfectly described what I was experiencing, and the divine alchemy of the Guru-disciple relationship. I am forever grateful.  
 

Maryland, United States

As I looked at Gurumayi meditating and read her sweet words, I slipped into inner silence and thought to myself, “Aha, this is meditation and it happens through the Guru’s will.” I felt an immense gratitude and release that by the power of her intention, I could enter the state of bliss. 
 

Issy les Moulineaux, France

Heartstrings 
 
When I get quiet now, I can often hear
Om Namah Shivaya
so softly chanting in my ear.
 
It happens automatically,
like I’m not chanting it.
It is chanting me.
 
I feel it in my heart,
like my heart has heartstrings
that vibrate with a gentle bliss
when they are strummed
by the divine sound of
Om Namah Shivaya
that I hear 
so softly chanting in my ear.
 

California, United States

My family and I have been traveling in Europe. Recently we visited the Sacre-Coeur Basilica in Paris. I came before an image of Mary with a lit candle in my hand and the intention to offer prayers. As soon as I was close to the image, I felt enveloped by the presence of the divine Mother. I prayed to her for the well-being of the world. Her presence was deeply comforting. I had the experience that her blessings and grace are eternal and exist independent of whatever is happening in the external world. I was amazed by how immediately present she was for me. 

Today I randomly clicked on this image of Gurumayi and when I read her words I was reminded of my experience at Sacre-Coeur. What a great synchrony! Gurumayi’s words exactly described my experience. 
 

California, United States

I am deeply grateful for the profound experience I had while viewing Gurumayi’s picture and reading the accompanying teaching.
 
The image and the text put side by side created a powerful moment of contemplation and insight for me. Gazing at Gurumayi’s picture, I experienced a scintillating blue light emanating from her eyes. It filled me with inner peace, and I felt Gurumayi’s grace and blessings.
 
This moment of tranquility and heightened awareness is a blessing I cherish.
 

Yamuna Nagar, India

Opening the webpage with all the images of Gurumayi, my heart opened like a lotus with many petals and I felt overwhelming love. How blessed I feel to have Gurumayi in my life!

Lismore Heights, Australia

I love the way this photo depicts Gurumayi bathed in sunlight. Today where I live, the rising sun is covered with clouds and a gentle rain is falling down. Yet I know the inner sun is always with me in the form of my awakened heart. I have nurtured the light through many years of meditation and today I long for meditation once again. I will take the Guru’s shakti-filled words with me into meditation.
 

Warrnambool, Australia

Every photo in this minisite brings me complete joy!

This one in particular speaks to me today because the sky is overcast and it has been raining all day. The words of the teaching are like drops “falling on parched earth,” reminding me to “soften and yield.” 
 
I trust in the lessons I learn from the “rain” in my life and focus on the beauty of the blooms the rain will bring.
 

Michigan, United States

Today is the anniversary of the day I received shaktipat initiation. I have been celebrating it by chanting with a recording of Gurumayi and dancing.
 
As I chanted, I connected with my longing and let my body express this longing as an offering back to grace. Afterwards, I sat for meditation and felt myself glide easefully inward, into the space of the heart.
 
I love this picture and the teaching about chanting, as chanting practice has been a joyful friend and an awakening power for me for many years.
 

Thornbury, Australia