4-9-24
Pranams to all,
I would love to share the most blessed and blissful experience I had yesterday.
I have been chanting the Shiva Sakshatkar Stotra every day at 5 a.m. for more than seven years as part of my sadhana (initiated by a spiritual guide with the blessings of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba).
Yesterday, I was talking to Amma over the phone about the Shakti Dham brochure that I was working on. Amma was guiding me to make a few changes, and during the conversation, I mentioned the mantra chanting I have been doing every day. I could feel over the call that Divine Mother was smiling at me while listening to me explain the mantra. After listening to me, Amma asked me to recite that stotra. As Amma commanded, believe me, my sisters and brothers, I was suddenly shifted to a different energy zone that I had never experienced before, and I couldn’t recollect a single word from the stotra. I was blabbering like a small child. Imagine what I was going through—Amma was listening to me over the call, and I was not able to recite the mantra that I have been chanting every day for so many years. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get one line correct. Amma waited for more than five minutes silently, giving me hints with a few words, but still, I couldn’t remember anything. My mind was completely blank, like a newborn child, and I felt a shift to a new state of ananda within me. 🙏
Finally, I gave up and surrendered to Amma, saying, “Amma, you know everything, and I offer everything at your lotus feet.”
Divine Mother told me: “What you experienced now is the shift in your consciousness. The purpose of the Shiva Sakshatkara Mantra was to bring stillness within and to lead you to Shakti, which is your supreme self. Once the Shakti consciousness takes over and as Mother keeps her foot down on the nothingness of your existence, all the sadhana you have been doing—Yantra, Mantra, Tantra—merges into her feet. It’s a new birth, my child. From now on, your presence will guide many to take the path you have walked. Always be humble. Blessings.”
Dear sisters and brothers, you all are my loving family, and I’m so happy to share this with you all. 🙏🙏🙏
Pranams at the lotus feet of our Divine Mother. 🙏🙏
ARUN S