This is a special time for me to express my gratitude and love  for God…..
Before I came to this realization that there is just but one aim and objective in life……who I am and what I am,
I was so lost and empty…..

This is my story…..

I had a life of plenty in the material sense no real hardships….Lots to wear,eat and drink…..and yet no sense of belonging. All I needed was love and light. I was like most human beings, failed relationships,psycho-therapy, social therapy, girls nights  out, retail therapy. All I needed was knowledge and understanding. I then became despondent with everything in my life, everything was just temporary and becoming less and less so. There was no substance in my life. All I needed was sustenance from the One Supreme Source.
My saving grace was going to the Brahma Kumaris 5 months ago. I learnt to meditate - Raja Yoga meditation.  It is easy and everyone can do it. The benefits are extraordinary… I did the many courses that were offered,and still continue to do so, all of which helped me self-realise who I truly am.
It is a personal realization that is life changing……please try it if you can or need to change your life.
Not only did I learn to meditate, I learnt to live differently.  I discovered to my absolute delight what a wonderful life I could have by just being me. Cleaning up my lifestyle meant changing my mindset about life. I am at the most beautiful stage of  understanding that there really is a bigger picture, way beyond this physical world,and that I have a right to happiness,joy,peace and wisdom.  I can draw immense strength from the Almighty.  It is now my greatest desire to desire nothing from this physical world and to make good the one relationship that is everlasting and constant.  Raja Yoga meditation is the  tool to achieve this.
May you all be blessed and loved.

Anonymous, South Africa

I am working in a MNC where the boss has resigned and a new one has come. I was not quite comfortable with the new boss as he did not trust me with
anything. I believe I am  a very honest person. I felt hurt everytime I was rejected. But I have realised the lesson behind this through God’s wisdom and got the power to transform myself. I began to use my positive thoughts and vibrations towards my boss and slowly he started believing me and things started going smoothly. I tried this with my collegues, parents and others and got success  at every step. Thanks to the Supreme Soul.
Anonymous

DEDICATED TO MY SWEETHEART AND SOUL PARTNER   JAYANTHI ON THE OCCASION OF THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF HER DEATH

“Cancer was in your body but not in your mind. Pure were your thoughts and actions”

‘Time and tide waits for none’. How fast one tearful year had passed by, while you still live in my heart of hearts, beating with my rhythm, everyday, every minute and every second. You are living with me in every thought and every action .Your positive vibration from Heaven reverberates in every part of my physical, mental and spiritual existence. It is an extraordinary event of two souls merged into one that fused our relation in many births before and so in the coming ones, till we retire together at the Lotus Feet of Lord the Almighty. Many faces I saw and many more came and longed and persisted to associate with me, but vanished as snow that melts under the sun. The very first vision of you, the first eye contact was enough to trigger the memory panel of our previous births. A fraction of a second was enough to fine-print and restart our life together in this birth. From that glorious moment till this day last year, your unconditional love charted a new dimension and chapter in our eternal relation

It matters more how we lived together than how long, as quality and quantity never go hand in hand .Only we know how we valued the treasures of life while we saw and encountered the ill-wills of others. You were always one step ahead of me. You rang alarms when seeing an adversity and were prepared mentally to overcome any crisis. In such an involved life-journey, which brought us more and more together, you abruptly left creating a vacuum that no one else can fill. You ended the role of your life story you enacted so well, to adorn your new costume. You are an elevated soul as your values and actions were unconditional, with the fragrance of love and care. Physically you are not with me today but your affection is living with me, mentally and spiritually. Days are not far away to complete my part of the drama. Sure I will catch you, wherever you are in your next birth. We are made for each other -not only in past but in all future reincarnations and for ever.

The vacuum that came with your exit opened my third eye. Many prophecies that you used to narrate kept ringing in my ears unanswered. Great lives glitter when alive, but shine more like twinkling stars when they are in heaven .You are such a star, as you started sending me your positive vibrations and showing me the tracks to get answers. To quench my thirst, your signals guided me to the wells of spirituality. More I drank, more the thirst to make myself and the “ME ’inside better. I started valuing the super power inside which drives me. I wanted to clean all the accumulated dirt and filth that I encased and fill with heavenly values of love, affection, peace and purity and remold my soul. This may help to enact the remainder of my role in this life-drama better and faster, so that I, the soul, reach you to play our roles together in the ensuing plays of our next reincarnation.

Doors of information opened where I started journeying inside, only to see and marvel the real treasures of life. Different rivers commence the journey from different locations and run through various plains and terrains but ultimately meet at one Sea. Different spiritual masters at various places take us through the routes they have learnt and followed, but ultimately all of them come together at on meeting point -ONE GOD. Call Him by any sweet name you like, see Him through any pleasing figure or feel Him through any touch or smell Him through any pleasant fragrance. Ultimately HE is the ONE. Above caste, creed, color, race, nationality, gender or religion.

This is reinforced when we hear from these Prophets that love is one’s religion. When the house of life is built with love as the foundation and virtues like peace, joy, purity and compassion as building bricks, the stay in that home becomes like heaven on earth. Everyone in that earthly paradise will have a meaningful life. For this every individual has to reform, and only then the collective effect can be achieved. All one needs is the desire and will-power for this transformation.

‘One who lives a life on Earth with all values and virtues, will have his heavenly life among the enlightened divine souls’ -says the famous Tirukural in Tamil. While one knows the values, many a times he has to swim across. If determination is there, he reaches the shore. A shaky mind pulls towards the unrealities of the world and instant worldly pleasures. Hence one searches constantly for peace and happiness. He forgets the fact that what he wants is within him and all he needs is to take the first step of sparing a few seconds with oneself, in silence.

We give so much time in our daily life for others. We give time for our daily activities and we even manage to find time to find fault with others and hurt in all possible manners. We can speak hours about unwanted, waste things and activities which neither benefit us nor others. Still we cannot find a few seconds for our self to introspect in silence. We have butter in our hand and keep running for ghee. We hardly spare a few seconds to think of the Almighty, and then we expect God, who has the whole existence to look after and is ever so busy, to spare time for us?  Awaken at least now, before time is out.

‘Try as everything depends upon you and then pray as everything depends upon God.’ Good seeds will yield good fruits, but we need to protect and nourish the plant. In the same way we need to feed the mind with good thoughts and save it from external attractions. When we have God with us as our Friend and Guide, our thoughts and actions will be on the right track. If God can be with us who can be against us?

‘Four persons make history and four thousand read it’. All four thousand persons can make their own and cross-fertilize life. Individual contributions when accumulated turn into a treasure. Unity thus leads to strength and happiness. “For many a flower is born to blush unseen and waste its fragrance in the air”- Every person in the creation of God is unique and gifted with an excellence. He should not allow this specialty to be lost in the air like an unnoticed flower .Every flower is different in size, shape, color, seasonality, aroma, and so many other attributes. This is true for human beings also.

My tributes to you, Sweetheart, for all the meaning you made when you were alive, now guiding me with your positive vibrations. You have helped me explore and add more value to life. You are not only refining me, but also those with whom I interact with my changed outlook. The new third dimension of life opens new vistas to make the remaining part of my life-journey easier and enjoyable. I am not alone. You are with me!

Yes, I am not alone, as you are with me every second, every hour and everyday.

“May God save us from all illness, lead us to light from darkness and to immortality” Gita

Chandigarh, North India is a place filled with beauty. It was the
place of my childhood. Unlike the India portrayed as filled with slums and squalor, it smells of fresh roses that elevate your senses whichever road you walk down. Its landscape is perfectly manicured and the aroma of the freshly cut grass lingers in the air. As a child, growing up there enabled me to develop a deep connection with Mother Nature.  Nature’s virtues of peace and purity have remained with me forever.
At the age of 21 years I was married. I moved with my husband to Cheung Chau Island in Hong Kong, where I embarked on a new journey in a new land with new people.  After a few years, we were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, Anika. Two years later the blessing was once again bestowed upon us when we had another daughter and named her Aditi.
Months after Aditi was born, Anika stopped talking and our nightmare
began. Our world was suddenly turned upside down as Anika was diagnosed with autism. The years to come were filled with struggle and near-defeat, as we tried to seek out the best therapies, as well as carry forward our secret hope that she had been misdiagnosed. However, as time went by we slowly started to come to grips with the reality of the situation. Anika was indeed severely autistic and hyperactive.
One day I went to see the children’s programme at Sai Center. There I saw a peaceful woman seated opposite me. She had a soft smile on her face and her eyes radiated with happiness. I felt drawn to her and we began speaking. Her name was Diana and she invited me to send my children to her spiritual classes. So at the tender age of 5, Aditi along with her friend Payal went to class at Diana’s house.  At the time, it seemed like a chance encounter, yet when I walked through the door  of Diana’s home and heard the philosophy on the cycle of life, it stirred something deep within my soul.  Thus began my journey.  In all the years since, I have spent my life rediscovering myself and my true form: a soul, an infinite point of light. I began developing
the sweetest relationship through my meditation with the Supreme Soul,
the source from which I draw all my strength. I do not discredit the love and support from my husband and the rest of my family. I am grateful to them. Yet this strength from the Supreme Soul is completely different. When I sit in yoga with the Supreme I am filled with everything that I need. Deep within the core of my soul, I feel recharged enough to face any storm. It is during the storms of my daily life that I have now found the secret to bring about calm and travel swiftly to the eye of the storm where there is peace. I learned that it is just a matter of shifting my consciousness and remembering that I am a peaceful soul. In an instant the storm is alleviated and I am no longer tightly bound to my physical reality but am connected to the ultimate reality that I am indestructible. It is an unshakable stage. It is through this stage that I can draw on my inner power and easily skip through my life.
Anika is now 29 years old. She goes to a special school. She has an IQ
of a four year old. She is hyperactive and demanding. We love her tremendously. She is God’s greatest gift. Aditi is now 27 years old. She has done physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Aditi’s friend Payal is now a journalist.
I have learned a great deal in this journey. I am a stronger and better human being now. My spiritual family has given me so much love and support. I feel infinitely blessed. I don’t see any situation as a nightmare any more. I only experience dreams that carry on even after the night has faded. I cherish every step of my journey and when I gaze back, I remember the fresh roses of my childhood. I’ve learned now that these were my teachers. As I continue on my path, under the canopy of protection from the Supreme, I remain soul conscious, spreading fragrance to all.

Renu Chadha, Hong Kong

More than three decades ago my husband and I realized that we had a problem with a child who was beginning to descend into drug dependency.  Not knowing about the benefits of my own inner strength through the practice of meditation, my daily family life began to disintegrate into a constant struggle of anger, hard feelings and disbelief in any solution. Although I was raised in a religious and beautiful family, I could not access my belief system in God  and “let go” of the problems and situations.  Struggling many years in this turmoil, life was to take a new direction.  I was introduced to a teacher of Raja Yoga Meditation through a mutual friend.  My journey into oblivion stopped in mid stream and my connection with the Divine was restored, through the Brahma Kumaris’ teachings and knowledge. As God’s  instrument, I now know His Power and His Strength will give me the solutions I so desperately seek.  As an actor on this stage of life I have found my inner core of Peace, Love and Wisdom.  God’s guidance has given back to me the life I so earnestly desired.  His protection, His gift of the abundant blessings and knowledge, inspire me each and every day.   In silence, I practice Meditation and although I am just a novice of several years, the “search of many lifetimes” has brought me home to the beauty of my  own loving soul combined with the Supreme  Soul, God Shiva.  I have become detached and loving with our child and send wishes of love and pure feelings to him daily.  I know that God will help him find his highest and his best and that the survival of his life is completely in his control, if he chooses to make the right choices and decisions.  I can only pray that he will find his life again and as a “child of the Universe” he will take benefit and wisdom from God when he sees fit to do so.  In the meantime, I have found my own Peace, my own Power and Love for the rest of our family and friends with the help of many, many Godly Souls that I have encountered on this journey.  The kindness, care and support has sustained my husband and I and continues to do so, with our greatest  teacher, friend and confident, The Supreme Soul, God, Shiva.  May His many blessings continue in my life and the lives of those  near and dear to me.

Etta, USA

I could not remember as to whether I had prayed or thought about God when I was a little girl but when I was about eight years old, my search for God began. Being an Indian, I followed my elders to pray in the temples and also at home. Each time I prayed, there was always the question as to who are all those deities when there could only be One God in this entire world. Besides, I often had this vision of an old man in white (with beard as well) looking down at me from the sky. As I grew older and mature, I started seeing things, good and bad events as some kind of fruit or punishment respectively for whatever would have happened or done in the past. I did go through a lot of hard times with my family before starting to work, but there was always some divine protection that came by as help either through people or situations. There was always some good happenings in the midst of crisis. Of course, at the same time whenever I prayed, though standing in front of the deities, I use to call out, “God, I know that you are the only One who is the true God, wherever You are and whoever You are, …………( after that it was all begging and asking).
I did receive a lot of help and I had strong faith that it was this One God who was helping me. Now, whenever I sit back to think of how in my teens, I had gone  through lots of hardship without feeling much sorrow at those times, I realise that the strong faith and love I had for Him though not knowing His virtues and powers at that time, that unknown power to me at that time had actually been my Company and protection,  carrying me through my years. We are not suppose to think of our past but in my case, this flashback of past events has made me love God even more and my faith in Him is ever strong. God has always been with me. It is just that when I was searching for Him, He was with me but, in the form of my inner powers, strength and protection. After knowing Him, He is known to me as God.
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