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Singing “A Prayer to Shri Guru” this morning with Gurumayi on the recording from the Siddha Yoga path website, I had an insight into the nature of Shri Guru. First, I became acutely aware that everything in life is subject to change. We grow older and sometimes lose our faculties. We may get money, we may lose money; sometimes we have power and status, sometimes we lose them; the weather changes, the earth changes.

The only thing that doesn’t change is the Guru—who is constantly sending blessings, both spiritual and mundane. No matter how many mistakes I make, the Guru is always there, picking me up and showing me how to live with love, how to join her in the experience of the Self, blanketing me with her extraordinary love.

A window opened and I saw the glory of Shri Guru. I saw the Truth.

Vancouver, Canada

I am grateful to Gurumayi for her unwavering devotion to her beloved Guru and for teaching us how to cultivate this same devotion in our hearts. I am grateful for Gurumayi’s teachings and guidance for each day of my existence. May I honor this sacred relationship between Guru and disciple with my words, actions, and thoughts.

São Paulo, Brazil

Often, as I conclude my recitation of Shri Guru Gita with A Prayer to Shri Guru, my heart fills with the quiet emotion of recognition and gratitude that Swami ji so beautifully describes in his introduction.

In those moments of singing, it feels as though God’s own hands are gently playing the strings of my heart, as if my very being, my essential nature, has become an instrument of divine music. And in that sacred awareness, I make a wish, that I may live each moment attuned to the rhythm of grace, aligned with Shri Guru’s teachings, and guided by the steady pulse of her love.

New York, United States

When I sang this prayer, I felt a deep connection with my heart and with gratitude. It had been a long time since I last sang the prayer. Now, as I sang with my eyes closed, I felt immense love and thankfulness within. The darkness behind my closed eyes gradually transformed into a reddish pink and orange light—colors that remind me of the Guru. I felt the presence of the Siddha lineage with me, in the peaceful state that the prayer had brought.

Rheinbach, Germany

I grew up in Kenya singing this beautiful prayer. Today, as I listened to Shri Gurumayi singing it with so much love and feeling, tears flowed in “streams of love” for my beloved Gurumayi.

Gurumayi is forever in my heart, always providing me with what I need. My gratitude has no bounds. And so, yes: “O Lord, you have given everything. What shall I offer to you? With folded hands, I offer salutations.”

New York, United States

This prayer touched me deeply when I heard Gurumayi singing. She offers so much love to her Guru.

Yesterday, before falling asleep, I remembered the moment when Gurumayi bestowed shaktipat on me. At the time, I had no idea what a great and precious gift I had received. But now my gratitude for that moment and for the years of guidance and grace that followed is more tangible.

For me, the Siddha Yoga path and my sadhana are a great love story that teaches me to truly love and feel love—love for my Guru, love for God, love for my own Self, love for the dance of life, and love for everyone and everything that is.

Konolfingen, Switzerland

I awoke this morning feeling worried and flustered by the many changes occurring in my life at present. As I prepared to do my morning Siddha Yoga practices, I felt drawn to visit the Siddha Yoga path website, where I came upon this beautiful prayer. Listening to it and reading the translation evoked gentle waves of peace and contentment within me. I began to settle into a familiar, easeful state of mind. Then I read the introduction to the prayer. When Swami ji wrote of the disciple’s awareness of their identity with the supreme Self, I was especially moved by this line: “It is with this awareness that the disciple finds inner peace.”

Waves of gratitude for the precious presence of Gurumayi’s love, blessings, and guidance are now arising within. This is a much better way to start my day.

Central Lakes, New Zealand

As I sing along with this heartfelt prayer during the time of longer nights and shorter days in the northern hemisphere, I am reminded that even in the darkest night the stars will shine. Similarly, when I feel the darkness of confusion or fear come over me in the context of world events, I remember the Guru’s light and the Guru’s grace, and I am deeply comforted and reassured that Shri Guru is always there to guide me on my path.

Virginia, United States

Recently, I got the news that my brother-in-law is seriously ill. I contacted other Siddha Yogis in my community and asked for prayers for him. Immediately I received many messages of love and strong support from my friends.

That same day, on the Siddha Yoga path website I found A Prayer to Shri Guru. I sang it three times. At one point I felt as if Gurumayi, Baba, and Bade Baba were telling me, “Dear one, we are with you, in joy and in sorrow.”

As I sent a message to my brother-in-law full of love and consolation, I felt wrapped in a mantle of light.

San Giorgio a Cremano, Italy

I sit with overflowing heart after singing this most beautiful prayer of gratitude. From my earliest days of following the Siddha Yoga path, this prayer has always brought me to the fullness of my heart. I am grateful to Gurumayi for reminding me that I can come home to the heart by singing A Prayer to Shri Guru.

California, United States

As I sat in the stillness after listening to this hymn, I felt rivers of grace flowing in my being. It is so very true that the Guru has “given me everything.” I have received the understanding that every place, time, and person in my life is perfect, as is every situation. I have received the gift of experiencing “I am That.”

I pray that I may always “remain connected to my divinity,” in the words of Gurumayi’s Message for 2024, and that I may grow to embody the teaching of perfection.

Warrnambool, Australia

Yesterday I was visiting a nearby prison to conduct a Siddha Yoga satsang as part of the Prison Project. The CD player didn’t work. But as soon as some of the men there prepared the puja with Gurumayi’s photo and an electric candle, I had a sense that the Lord’s “infinite light,” as referred to in this hymn, had arrived. As we chanted Om Namah Shivaya a capella, I felt that the chant was coming from this infinite light in my sahasrara, then pouring out into the infinite light surrounding the room. We all knew that Gurumayi was in the room with us, listening and blessing us.

Washington, United States

“O Lord, you have given me everything. What shall I offer to you?” As I listen to Gurumayi's voice, I dive into the love I experience as she sings to her Guru. I want to offer gratitude and remembrance that the Guru has “given me everything.” And I want to fashion all that I have been given to uplift and serve the world.

Maine, United States

Reading the translation of this prayer while listening to Gurumayi sing evokes feelings of enormous gratitude, devotion, tenderness, and love in me. It is like the homecoming I experienced when I first began to follow the Siddha Yoga path. I am so grateful to Gurumayi for illuminating the path to the Heart, the inner space of wonder and love.

New Jersey, United States

For many years, I recited this sacred hymn at the local Siddha Yoga meditation center every morning before going to work. Today, after reading these shares, I too “offer namaskara”—I offer my salutations—to Gurumayi for having given me the highest knowledge of the Truth.

Rivière-Rouge, Canada

I found myself listening to this beautiful prayer this morning . It reminds me of Bade Baba. I know that his state and his teachings didn’t change, no matter what upheavals were transpiring in world events during his lifetime.

I am drawn to lean into Bade Baba’s shakti during these times of uncertainty, knowing his state and his teachings always held steady—and knowing that the stream of awakened Consciousness from the Siddhas goes on forever.

California, United States

This prayer to Shri Guru evokes a sense of veneration and wonder rising from a deep place inside me. As I recite the verses aloud, I feel them reverberating and expanding within, dissipating my ordinary thoughts and dissolving my worries.

Sainte Anne de Bellevue, Canada

I have started a daily morning practice of singing A Prayer to Shri Guru . I begin by writing down one reason why today is worth living. Then I sing the prayer. Afterwards, I read it aloud in English and then sit quietly for a few minutes. This entire ritual takes only about ten minutes, and it transports my mind to a place of elevated thinking and opens my heart before I begin the many activities of my workday. This prayer has always brought me peace, and I am grateful that the recording is now available on the Siddha Yoga path website.

New York, United States

Listening to or singing A Prayer to Shri Guru, I feel purity of being, purity in my mind, purity in my heart, serenity in my body, confidence in my soul. These verses bring me very close to God and to the Guru. They allow me to experience intimacy with the innate Truth at the core of my being. A pure feeling of love surges within, cool and fresh as the rays of the moon. Simplicity of heart fills my being with contentment and gratitude.

Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France

Over the last couple of days, I have been singing along with these verses, and when I do, it feels like I’m touching a place inside me that is my own gratitude.

I feel grateful for being safe when I see so much of the world in turmoil. I feel grateful for wanting to connect to strangers with simple gestures of kindness. I feel grateful for having a good mind, which likes to think about ways to solve problems or to be helpful to someone.

I am most grateful that I can turn my mind within and focus on Gurumayi in my heart, and on the feeling of being in her presence. My heart then responds with a feeling almost like a teardrop had just landed, and I feel warmth and joy spreading within me. I am grateful for Gurumayi who guides me to experience my own gratitude.

Florida, United States

Listening to and singing A Prayer for Shri Guru, I felt protection from negative thoughts and emotions. Afterwards, the words of the prayer kept repeating in my mind and this continued when I sat in meditation. I am grateful for the way this prayer supports me in being positive.

Surat, India

As I began listening to this beautiful prayer, I saw myself in front of Bhagavan Nityananda in his Temple in Gurudev Siddha Peeth. I bowed my head and offered this prayer to Bade Baba. As I sang the verse that begins with dura karo duhkha darda saba, suddenly my eyes started watering. I felt so grateful for the Guru’s grace, love, care, and protection that are always with me, throughout the ups and downs of life.

Surat, India

After I sing this prayer, I enjoy lingering in the stillness that arises. I feel protected by each and every word.

Chennai, India

This prayer invites me to welcome God. As I was singing and listening to Gurumayi’s voice, I stayed anchored inside myself. It is from this inner space of joy and contentment that I am able to enjoy my life and be aware of God’s presence within and around me.

Rodez, France

In my childhood, I used to sing this prayer with my family as part of our daily evening prayers before dinner.

My father would explain the meaning of this prayer of gratitude, and later, before falling asleep, I would silently thank God for everything I had been given.

Later on in life, I reconnected with this prayer, and a whole new avenue of love opened. Immense gratitude flooded my being.

Today, singing this hymn along with Gurumayi on the website brought tears of devotion to my beloved Guru.

Nairobi, Kenya

This hymn takes me back to the serene atmosphere of Gurudev Siddha Peeth, the place I love most in the world, where in the past I’ve sung it after the morning recitation of Shri Guru Gita.

Even now, as I sing it with the recording on the website, I can still feel the morning mist, the cool air, and the sound of birds chirping around us in the courtyard.

Pune, India

What a beautiful prayer to pay homage to Shri Guru!

I have been hearing this prayer since I was a child; my grandmother used to sing it aloud during her evening puja, and she made me memorize it so I could sing it along with her.

Today, after a long time, I am listening once again to this prayer. While reading the meaning of the verses, tears of gratitude are moistening my eyes, and I am revisiting my connection with my Self.

New Delhi, India

Each morning I sing this hymn before I meditate. As I do so, I invite the Guru’s grace that lives in my heart to be awake and fully active. As I sing the last verse’s phrases that begin with Om purnamadah, I contemplate that everything is perfect, everything is Shiva, and there is no thing, no place that is not Shiva.

As the hymn states, everywhere the Lord’s name is chanted, there he appears. And as I meditate on the Self, bringing my mind toward its true nature, the joy of the Lord’s presence dances within. In that moment, everything is perfect—I am the Self, I am Shiva, I am Consciousness and bliss.

New Jersey, United States

This morning I sang this prayer over and over, bowing with reverence and gratitude to the Guru, whose grace keeps me on a continuous path of ecstasy. I repeated with enthusiasm “Thank you,” knowing that everything is a blessing bestowed by the Guru, and feeling that immense gratitude reverberating in each of my cells.

Mersin, Turkey

This prayer is very dear to my heart. Its exquisite words and images give expression to my deepest feelings of gratitude and love for Shri Guru. Verse 4 is especially moving for me: “Wherever devotees chant your name and streams of love flow, there you descend from Satya Loka to listen.” As we sing this verse, I feel the Guru’s loving presence responding to our song.

When we conclude reciting Shri Guru Gita with this prayer, my heart melts with love, and I want nothing more than to spend the rest of my life in loving service to Shri Guru.

Massachusetts, United States