Swami Ritavan Bharati’s 2018 Guru Purnima Message
July 24, 2018
Swami Ritavan Bharati’s 2018 Guru Purnima Message
Dear Center Initiates and Students,
Thirty years ago we were reminded of the purpose of life. Each of us can reflect on how life has unfolded, karmic debts paid, dharma fulfilled. And now set the course with renewed intention, sankalpa, living each day with that awakened spirit, and finding joy in a life well-lived and well-loved.
As Gurudev reminds us: “fire purifies the gold, unconscious mind, and, entire reservoir, the storehouse can be purified by offering all that I have stored within to the fire of knowledge by saying Om Guruve Namah…Everything belongs to the Light of Light. When nothing belongs to me…I am free.”
Please again read through the daily inspirations for the 40-day Spiritual Festival of Peace and choose your top ten; then select the three that you will commit to practice for the next six months. At that time (Feb-2019), we will gather for our special AHYMSIN Sangha in Rishikesh, with prayer and contemplation to discover and apply the steps of Spiritual Peace, within, and for our global family. Further details are upcoming.
Om Shanti, may Peace fill your hearts.
Swami Ritavan Bharati, on behalf of the spiritual guides of AHYMSIN.