I had an insightful experience during the study session when Swami Akhandananda guided us to create an affirmation. He invited us to become quiet, to connect to the space of the Heart, and from that space, to see what words for an affirmation would arise. As I savored my experience of the Heart, the words "With every breath, I am with God" arose in me.
Later, when I repeated the words of the affirmation, I experienced the Heart. I understood that one leads to the other. As the Heart had led to my affirmation, now the affirmation is my immediate pathway that leads me to return again and again to the Heart.
New York, United States
I am sharing my enthusiasm for the study sessions on
svadhyaya purely out of joy! How great to feel like a new student and discover things about my actions that I haven’t noticed before. After last week’s session on posture, I realized that I sway a lot. This past week I have been watching the strong winds whipping through the willows on the other side of the river. Today, reciting
Shri Guru Gita, I noticed I was swaying again and recalled the willows swaying in the wind. But it was easy for me to adjust and allow the sweet energy of the verses to just flow upwards. The only movement was my eyes traveling over the verses!
Hampton Hill, United Kingdom