Los Angeles,
Good Morning!
Yesterday was an incredible day. I woke early enough to do all my usual Prayers and Affirmations before going down to the Kriya Initiation/Kriyaban Ceremony. We were being seated and for whatever reason the ushers changed their minds and moved us elsewhere. I didn't really notice where we were and mentioned to my Guru that I didn't mind if He put us in the very back row. I happened to turn around well into the Ceremony and we WERE in the last row...haha. Yet, I was able to meditate deeply and fully enjoyed the event, which I believe may have been the best one of those I have ever attended. The minister just did such a good job.
Shortly after it was over I walked up to the Cathedral for mid-day Mass. Something happened that has never happened to me before...I was given TWO Eucharists/Hosts which are metaphysically the Body of Christ. They were not "stuck together"...I was deliberately given TWO. There is incredible Grace and Power in ONE...I was bowled over with that.
Later I took both a regular bath and a sunbath and we did our pre-meditation routine early. Our intent was to have one of us go the the special meditation room while the other waited in the line building for Mrinalini Mata, the President of SRF, who was elected after Daya Mata passed. She was to come welcome the Convocation audience that evening. Babaji has said that only God-Realized beings will be President...which means she is fully liberated and definitely in Nirbalkalpa Samadhi.
We both got in line and then Dennis left for the meditation room. I had an uneasy interaction with the woman just in front of us. I thought about it for about a minute and said some conciliatory words to her to smooth things over. I know there is no coincidence in who I was interacting with. If the pot gets stirred it means it is so that I may notice what I must work on and change. I also studied the first of the 26 Qualities of a Divine Life listed in the Bhagavad Gita, as Den and I have decided to work on one quality per week. Fearlessness is up. "The foundation of the spiritual life; having faith in God's protection, justice, wisdom, mercy, love and omnipresence."
Dennis and I stopped lining up for these special events years ago cuz the energy can get pretty weird. Competition for the best spot, irritation toward line-crashers...you get the picture. Anyway, I could feel myself revving up and it wasn't much fun. I started focusing on Fearlessness, and also meditating, and it really mellowed me out. I actually got to the space where I really appreciated the lady in front of me and told her so.
When Den returned from the meditation room, it was my turn to go. It just didn't feel right though...I thought I should retain my "presence" in line. Other liners don't much like people coming and going. I followed my intuition and stayed on and kept meditating. Finally it was time to go in. I noticed people trying to crash the line, etc. but the ushers were having none of it. It looked like some people got in via another way and I just kept focusing on Fearlessness.
Den found his way quickly down front but when he tried to get our seats the woman said they were saved. As we began to back out of the row the usher overheard and told the lady she couldn't save seats, it just wasn't FAIR. There we were, in the 2nd row, right in front of the huge photo of Master! I have never been that close to the speaker in my life! I just couldn't believe it!
The expectation was that the new President would say a few words, or maybe stay 15 minutes, and leave. She stayed almost an hour and a half. And I was right there! I knew that her aura was HUGE and that her Frequency was off the charts, and we were being bathed in it! I thanked Master over and over because although we were in line, our seats were far better than we ever thought possible. If I HAD gone to the meditation room, Den would not have been able to save me a seat either and it would probably have been the back row again, haha.
While I was listening to her, I remembered what Yogananda said about receiving the sun's healing rays during sunbathing. He said if one concentrates and focuses on the healing coming in it is one hundred times more powerful. I did that with Mrinalini Ma. I knew her vibrations were healing us....and i kept framing it as her being a Sun that was showering healing rays upon me. I was almost overcome with the power of her saintly presence. Transfixed is probably the right word. Several times I felt her gaze upon me as I kept praying to be changed, healed, transformed.
I have never been in close proximity of a saint for that long....and the fact that she was from my own spiritual path as well made it even more profound. Now I understood why I got the double Eucharist. I received double huge blessings, that's for sure.
This Convocation has been the best one of my life. You can bet I intend to keep coming year after year! If you have something similar offered in your life, I sure hope you, too, pick up on it!
Loving you always, k
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