It’s 6:30 a.m. on a Sunday still drowsy and disoriented I peel myself out of bed. I knew today was special, but any and all expectations I had of this day would soon be exceeded as I was about to receive an immense surge of divine inspiration. Today was the day I would receive a personal blessing from a glorious enlightened spiritual guru: Swamiji Nithyananda, founder of Dhyanapeetam, a worldwide movement, based in Bangalore, India.
I drive to Miami Yogashala in Miami Beach and as a volunteer for this event I set up my computer and help with the registration process. Over 100 people of all ages and backgrounds arrive at the studio searching for something: inspiration, energy, answers, hope, affirmation and/or personal enlightenment. The energy in the room was blatant and in examining everyone’s faces, it was clear to me that faith and devotion was nestled within each individual, waiting to be shone to the universe and to Swamiji.
To get started, one’s energy field must be heightened and an open mind and heart is a definite requirement in order to connect with the abundant flow of energy that would soon circulate around the room. So in order to achieve this state, a series of meditation exercises was performed and interestingly enough, something that I have never tried before – they were all done blindfold. Why might you ask? Well in order to truly go within and to avoid distraction from outside stimuli, the blindfold assists you better in being in touch with your breath, with your own spiritual connection, and accentuates all the other senses. One particular meditation involved setting a clear intention/prayer that you would like to see manifested in your life. The key here is “clear,” not convoluted with superfluous words or as Swamiji eloquently put it: self-contradicting thoughts. What do you truly want? When you analyze that question, the answer should be pretty instantaneous. We all have desires and being in touch with those desires daily and affirming them to yourself and to the world serves to continually fill your vessel with that intention, until you practically become it and your energy field exuding to others is precisely that of which you have so carefully nurtured.
Over 100 intentions were circulating across the room that day, swirling and colliding with others as if they were molecules, small particles of personal wishes, hopes and dreams. As I set my own personal intention during this meditation, the music soaring through the background, I felt my body literally tingling as if all my cells were chatting with each other, creating a conversation within my body, only they were in dialogue not only within myself, but with every person in that room. In a seated meditating position, my body rocked back and forth, side to side with the music without even being conscious about it. I knew my body was moving, neurons in my brain were firing eliciting that response, but to me it seemed as if it was by some uncontrollable force, an unexplainable energy field.
After the series of meditations were complete, it was now time to meet Swamiji, who was being broadcasted live from India. Blindfolds were removed and in front of us was this glowing, enlightened, and enchanting figure smiling back at us and ready to shower us with his blessings. One by one, each person kneeled before his image and then looked directly into the webcam and voiced their desires. “What do you want?” Swamiji would ask, always with a divine smile across his face. As each individual proclaimed their wish, Swamiji rose his right hand and would repeat in a serene and blissful manner, “I am with you, you are blessed” or as it was the case to me, he said in Spanish “Lo tendrás.” Simple and affirming, that was all I needed, “lo tendrás.” I walked away feeling my body still tingling, the energy still circulating and rising in temperature until my face was flushed and the feeling of contentment raveled itself within every organ.
In closing, I would like to depart to you the knowledge I gained from this experience and that is: simplify and be clear about what you want to achieve, guard it within yourself and pay a visit to that intention every time you feel disconnected, anxious, angry, or any negative emotion that does not correspond to your true nature, which is one of bliss, completeness. You are a magnificent being with all universal knowledge within you, connect to it and shine it to the world, and you will achieve it – lo tendrás.
For more information on Swamiji Nithyananda please visit www.lifebliss.org
Below is a link to connect to “jivan mukthi” or living enlightenment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYhfKuYX1vI
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