Message from Seeker “T”

Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya! Namaste Bhagavan. I applied for the retreat some time back, and just got an approval mail. In my heart, I do not feel the need to attend. But, I will do whatever you say.

Love, Regards and Gratitude,

T.

Message from Seeker “R”

After coming back from Tiruvannamalai, I had written to them about wanting to withdraw my application for the retreat. I wrote to you asking you for guidance because I strongly felt that from now on, to inform you, ask you and do as per your guidance. Thank you so very much Gurudev, I promise you to commit wholeheartedly to your guidance on this path 🙏🙏🙏 R.

Response from Swamiji

My Blessed Mother,

Just before 10 minutes, T has sent me a similar message and asking my guidance. My answer to her will also be same. Will it be possible for you to send the gist of my reply to you to her also?

I am asking this because my reply was meant for you since I am quite clearly seeing where you are heading.

T is also a very evolved seeker and she came to me with you. What you feel about her going for the retreat?

I will write to her almost a similar reply without telling her do or don’t because Gita teaches us to take our own decisions.

In Gita, the Guru is only a facilitator. A Sadguru never imposes nor commands nor also creates confusion in the mind of a seeker by giving contradictory advice.

Because T is also a householder she should first get the opinion of her husband whether she should go for the retreat. In our yoga we are not supposed to create any disharmony in our family, group and social life for doing yoga. Harmony not conflict, clarity not confusion are the unique benefits of Gita yoga.

Please let me know whether you would like to talk to T on this issue or not. I am asking you because in Gita yoga the Guru always guides the disciple by creating opportunities for the seeker to guide fellow seekers in the role of a Guru. This is how Gita has taught me that Seers are made but not born.

Blessings and Love

Gurudev.

Replies from “R”

I personally feel that both of us must exclusively follow your guidance and not deviate from it! T’s husband is not happy about her going to the retreat; he doesn’t say yes or no. But when she asked for permission to come to Tiruvannamalai this time, he immediately gave permission! We both are indebted to him for his permission, otherwise we might have not come now. It’s the Lord clearing the path for us, this we strongly feel! I will immediately send your reply to her and share with her. 🙏🙏🙏 R.

Thank you so much Gurudev for your guidance, from my first visit to the ashram, where I came to know that there is a correspondence course, I felt The Lord is showing me how to use the time preciously after retirement. Then I got the foundation course on the Gita and started doing individual study, but felt the need to share and discuss the study, because was not interested in talking about anything else. So I joined the Gita study groups. Today I feel that was the Lord’s way   of connecting me to T, nothing more than that. After coming back from the ashram, what I felt was, do my individual study daily and do combined with T, once she gets her Foundation course shortly, on an app where we see each other and talk. This is what I want to do Gurudev with your blessings 🙏🙏🙏 R.

Reply from Swamiji

Many have come to me during the last 23 years for getting guidance to be a Gita yogi but 99.9% have gone back after getting some intellectual insights and some have become great teachers.

I am patiently waiting for at least that one yogi who will come and receive all that I have realized and manifest what he/she received from me.  Only through such a Seer the world will know me and the mission for which I came to earth in this turbulent era.

Blessings and Love.

Gurudev