{"id":2649,"date":"2015-09-27T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-27T21:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mahayogi.org\/sahasrara\/?p=2649"},"modified":"2015-12-05T21:10:21","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T02:10:21","slug":"echo-from-the-cave29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mahayogi.org\/sahasrara\/index.php\/2015\/09\/echo-from-the-cave29\/","title":{"rendered":"Echo from The Cave:29"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sun Sep 27th, 2015 6:48 am Manhattan, NYC<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2650 aligncenter\" alt=\"\u771f\u5b9f\u3092\u6c42\u3081\u3066\" src=\"http:\/\/mahayogi.org\/sahasrara\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/\u771f\u5b9f\u3092\u6c42\u3081\u3066-309x500.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"180\" \/><strong>Seeking for the Truth,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Memoir of a <em>Yogini<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Written by Mirabai<br \/>\nPublished by the MAHAYOGI YOGA MISSION Kyoto, April 2015<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*** <strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A RECEIVER\u2019S VOICE:\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/book\/index.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pranavadipa <\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em>Vol. 10<br \/>\n<\/strong> The September issue of <em><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/book\/index.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Pranavadipa<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/em>, volume 10, contains a series of three <em>Jayanti<\/em> speeches by Endo or Gargi, now called Mirabai, covering a five year period that shows her amazing and progressive spiritual development through the years. Her development was no mere coincidence, but rather it occurred through her participation in the <em>kirtan<\/em> activities she speaks so lovingly of throughout her speeches.<\/p>\n<p>From the first letter you can sense Endo\u2019s childish side, as well as her gratitude towards <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Shri Mahayogi<\/a>. It is around this time that she begins to experience the effects of her <em>kirtan<\/em> activities. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SeJqFh6Tdw8\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Watch you Tube:\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"> Sakti at Shinpukan, September 2007<\/span><strong><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span>)<\/a> In the second speech, which takes place two years later, we see a very different Endo; she is full of love for God and for her <em>Guru<\/em>, whom she sees as one and the same. Her love for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Shri Mahayogi<\/a> is so intense, it can be felt throughout her writing. She is like a young lover yearning to be in the presence of the other. In the final speech, two years later, we see the vast depth of her spiritual growth. Mirabai\u2019s Love and insight has broadened beyond\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Shri Mahayogi<\/a> and the <em>sangha<\/em>, and now encompasses serving all of humanity.<\/p>\n<p>After reading Mirabai\u2019s <em>Jayanti<\/em> speeches, I was so moved and touched. I was forced to question the degree to which I love <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Shri Mahayogi<\/a>, my <em>Guru<\/em>. &#8220;How can I love you with such intensity that it pains my heart to be apart from you?,&#8221; I ask myself. I began to realize that such a magnitude of love will be required of me in order to renounce the world fully and achieve <em>Satori.<\/em> Through her speeches, part of the answer was revealed. Her <em>kirtan<\/em> activities with the members of the Shakti group helped her to cultivate such deep love for God and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Shri Mahayogi<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Feeling ashamed of myself, in my lack of that level of love and intensity that Mirabai expressed for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Shri Mahayogi<\/a>, my <em>Guru<\/em>, I expressed this to Anandamali, the yearning I feel to develop this deeper love. After some pause, she suggested to me that there are a few ways I can proceed in developing such intense love.<\/p>\n<p>1. Involve myself in as many of the activities of the Mission as possible. By being in the company of holy ones, or like-minded seekers, our love for God and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Shri Mahayogi<\/a> grows and becomes pure. Likewise, using our bodies and minds for the service of the Mission serves to deepen this love as well.<\/p>\n<p>2. Be consistent with my daily practice of <em>asana<\/em> and meditation. Recently when I re-read Endo\u2019s writing, &#8220;<span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/teaching\/rajayoga.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Raja yoga: Asana<\/span><\/a><\/span>&#8221; on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\">MYM\u2019s website<\/a>, it became apparent to me how having discipline toward my regular practice is important and effective.<\/p>\n<p>3. The last one that I mention here now is actually the first one that she mentioned. It is to sincerely pray for this love. She said that when you pray, &#8220;there should not be any space in between and you should not have any expectation.&#8221; I did not understand what she meant by that at first. But after having discussed it further, when I saw her the next time, I started to understand what she meant by &#8220;to pray,&#8221; which was completely different from how I had understood prayer to be. What she meant was to be completely immersed within the Self, where there is no space between you and It. Gradually, after understanding what she meant, my heart felt it could no longer pray the way I had always prayed before.<\/p>\n<p>To conclude, I seek to make it my obligation to develop this intense love for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Shri Mahayogi<\/a>, my <em>Guru<\/em>, the Master. It is the least I can give him for all that he has given me. Every day I can feel his power transforming me more and more into a real man.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jai Sadguru Shri Mahayogi Paramahansa<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aniruddha<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>***<br \/>\nSakti are a group of <em>yogi<\/em> and <em>yogini<\/em> of the Mahayogi Yoga Mission in Kyoto, Japan.<br \/>\nPart of their spiritual practice is singing of universal love.<br \/>\nIf you would like to watch a Kirtan activity by Sakti, please click the following link.<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SeJqFh6Tdw8\"><br \/>\nSakti At Shimpukan, September 2007<\/a><\/strong><br \/>\nThis footage is a part of the recording from Sakti&#8217;s first official appearance in public,<br \/>\ntwo month before Mirabai (Endo or Gargi) made her speech\u2014the first one of the three that are in\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/book\/index.html\"><strong>Pranavadipa<\/strong><\/a><\/em> <strong>Vol.10<\/strong>\u2014at the <em>Jayanti<\/em> of Our Beloved, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Shri Mahayogi<\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><strong>Seeking for the Truth<strong>\u2014Memoir<\/strong> of a <em>Yogini<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nWritten by Mirabai, a disciple of Shri Mahayogi<br \/>\nPublished by the MAHAYOGI YOGA MISSION Kyoto, May 2015<br \/>\n(Book in Japanese)<br \/>\n<strong>If you would like to order a copy, please <span style=\"color: #000080;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/contact\/index.html\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">contact MYM, New York<\/span><\/a><\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2650 alignleft\" alt=\"\u771f\u5b9f\u3092\u6c42\u3081\u3066\" src=\"http:\/\/mahayogi.org\/sahasrara\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/\u771f\u5b9f\u3092\u6c42\u3081\u3066-309x500.jpg\" width=\"309\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p><strong><strong><strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/book\/index.html\">Pranavadipa\u00a0 <\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><strong><\/strong>is a Monthly Publication of Online Study Material containing the Teachings of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mahayogiyogamission.org\/ssmp\/index.html\">Satguru Shri Mahayogi Paramahansa <\/a>\uff06 the Experiences of Practitioners that is available by annual subscription. 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