During his last Darshan on October the third 2009 Sri Swami Vishwananda gave answer to an interesting question:
Last week somebody asked “Swamiji, have you ever seen God?” The answer is Yes, not only one time, but actually everyday. Everyday I see the Divine Mother and I see God in all beings which breathe, because He is inside of them. So the Darshan of the Divine is ever present. If you have the eyes to see that, you will see. That’s what Christ said no?
Where does the multitude of beings all around come from? Does it not come from God? And where are they all going? They are going towards God. Some say we are doomed, which I don’t believe at all. We make ourselves doomed. We make ourselves being miserable. When we are far away from the light, we are in darkness. We have the choice: If you want to be in the light, you will see the light. But if you refuse to see the light , don’t complain that you are not seeing the light. If you sit in the dark room and say “It’s dark, it’s dark” and you don’t want to move to the next room, where there is light, then why do you complain? So the same thing: the Divine is ever present. If you want to see the Divine, you will see, it but you have to be sincere in your want. Many people say” Yes, Swamiji I want to see the Divine, but… it’s difficult.” Well, just by knowing that the Divine is ever present, you will have the Darshan of the Divine.
Like I said once: It's not by seeing a light, that you call that light the Divine. It’s good if He comes in the form of the light. Be happy about it. But yet the light has a limit. The Ultimate doesn’t have a limit. You are breathing the Ultimate. You are living in the Ultimate. You are part of the Ultimate and this is the real Darshan of the Divine. There is no use looking for something which has a limit. It is inside of you. So: Yes, everyday you have Darshan of the Divine with each person that you meet, each work that you are doing, you are serving the Divine and if you just say to yourself “Yes, I see the Divine Mother everyday in every being”, you will see the Divine Mother in every being.
Having recently returned from Germany after spending time with Sri Swami Vishwananda celebrating Navaratri, it was a truly beautiful experience and time, sharing those moments with Him.
The one thing I always see is how much Swami just gives and gives. There were over 200 people staying at the centre in Germany and as you can imagine everyone wanted to spend time with Swami. However no matter how many people He had already chatted to or seen that day He always had a smile for the next person. Navaratri was an experience like never before. It is the celebration of the Divine Mother over a 9 day period and without going into detail about the actual celebration I rather want to share my experiences with everyone out there.
Each day we celebrated from around 6pm till on average 1am. Now normally one would sit there and think when is the prayer ending or have other thoughts. However Divine Mother's energy could be felt so strong and I knew she was with us. My mind was clear and all I could focus on was Her, Her love and Her grace. It is something until now if someone had said this to me I would not have been able to understand. But after my experience and feeling Divine Mother around me I ask Her to always be with me. Her energy is soft and gentle with so much love. A couple of the nights at the end of the prayers it felt like we all had been transported to a Lokka the abodes of the Gods and Demi Gods. It was so beautiful as we sang, danced and prayed with the Divine Mother each night.
I urge all of you to sit down in a moment of silence and call the Divine Mother, look inside your heart and you will find her. I urge this so you may share the experience of love I found over Navaratri with Divine Mother, have Darshan of Divine Mother and move into the light.
Swami’s trip is coming closer and I spoke to Him about it, He is really excited to be coming to South Africa and sends everyone His love. During November we will be communicating Swami Schedule to you, Darshan dates and times and the News Years eve celebration with Him.
We hope to see you all soon at the Temple and if you would like to help with Swami trip in December please contact me so you can get involved.
Much Love
Last week somebody asked “Swamiji, have you ever seen God?” The answer is Yes, not only one time, but actually everyday. Everyday I see the Divine Mother and I see God in all beings which breathe, because He is inside of them. So the Darshan of the Divine is ever present. If you have the eyes to see that, you will see. That’s what Christ said no?
Where does the multitude of beings all around come from? Does it not come from God? And where are they all going? They are going towards God. Some say we are doomed, which I don’t believe at all. We make ourselves doomed. We make ourselves being miserable. When we are far away from the light, we are in darkness. We have the choice: If you want to be in the light, you will see the light. But if you refuse to see the light , don’t complain that you are not seeing the light. If you sit in the dark room and say “It’s dark, it’s dark” and you don’t want to move to the next room, where there is light, then why do you complain? So the same thing: the Divine is ever present. If you want to see the Divine, you will see, it but you have to be sincere in your want. Many people say” Yes, Swamiji I want to see the Divine, but… it’s difficult.” Well, just by knowing that the Divine is ever present, you will have the Darshan of the Divine.
Like I said once: It's not by seeing a light, that you call that light the Divine. It’s good if He comes in the form of the light. Be happy about it. But yet the light has a limit. The Ultimate doesn’t have a limit. You are breathing the Ultimate. You are living in the Ultimate. You are part of the Ultimate and this is the real Darshan of the Divine. There is no use looking for something which has a limit. It is inside of you. So: Yes, everyday you have Darshan of the Divine with each person that you meet, each work that you are doing, you are serving the Divine and if you just say to yourself “Yes, I see the Divine Mother everyday in every being”, you will see the Divine Mother in every being.
Having recently returned from Germany after spending time with Sri Swami Vishwananda celebrating Navaratri, it was a truly beautiful experience and time, sharing those moments with Him.
The one thing I always see is how much Swami just gives and gives. There were over 200 people staying at the centre in Germany and as you can imagine everyone wanted to spend time with Swami. However no matter how many people He had already chatted to or seen that day He always had a smile for the next person. Navaratri was an experience like never before. It is the celebration of the Divine Mother over a 9 day period and without going into detail about the actual celebration I rather want to share my experiences with everyone out there.
Each day we celebrated from around 6pm till on average 1am. Now normally one would sit there and think when is the prayer ending or have other thoughts. However Divine Mother's energy could be felt so strong and I knew she was with us. My mind was clear and all I could focus on was Her, Her love and Her grace. It is something until now if someone had said this to me I would not have been able to understand. But after my experience and feeling Divine Mother around me I ask Her to always be with me. Her energy is soft and gentle with so much love. A couple of the nights at the end of the prayers it felt like we all had been transported to a Lokka the abodes of the Gods and Demi Gods. It was so beautiful as we sang, danced and prayed with the Divine Mother each night.
I urge all of you to sit down in a moment of silence and call the Divine Mother, look inside your heart and you will find her. I urge this so you may share the experience of love I found over Navaratri with Divine Mother, have Darshan of Divine Mother and move into the light.
Swami’s trip is coming closer and I spoke to Him about it, He is really excited to be coming to South Africa and sends everyone His love. During November we will be communicating Swami Schedule to you, Darshan dates and times and the News Years eve celebration with Him.
We hope to see you all soon at the Temple and if you would like to help with Swami trip in December please contact me so you can get involved.
Much Love
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