A – U – M the eternal pauseless transition moment-to-moment, year-to-year, life-to-next life, created, sustained, dissolved, reflected in the Transcendental Breath. The gift of life is light, the infinite’s delight. The gift of light is love, received in your sadhana as knowledge, devotion, and selfless actions.

This theme, “Aapo Deepo Bhava”, “Light thy own Lamp” has been our contemplation throughout the year. The theme of our Sangha gathering in Rishikesh was also the theme for the regional sangha retreats in Taiwan and Thailand. The light of mantra in meditation, the light of contemplation in the silence retreats of Europe and America, ignited the heart-flame of our initiates across the globe.

Far too often we remain hurried and worried, burdened and buried in habit patterns of desires and possessiveness. We seek freedom from this ignorance of hurt, harm, and hate, but we are unable to discover our innate goodness to support the qualities of non-attachment, forgiveness, sincerity, and truthfulness. This year we have searched our hearts for answers to free ourselves from the limitations of temporary distractions.

Let us resolve to consciously weave the fabric of life through the illumination of our sadhana that ignites hope in reforming and transforming our thoughts, speech, and actions. Resolve to use the inner eye that ‘sees’ with the light empathy and understanding to experience peace and harmony in our relationships.  We are blessed with the firmness of the Ganesha mantra to remain steady in our faith, and through prayer, meditation and contemplation, we continue on the path.

Sadhana ‘lights’ our intellect to reveal our samskaras and vasanas, and illuminates the path with intuition and inspiration from the higher force of Atman. We are continually reminded, from this Centre of Consciousness, to live with the light of purpose and attain the highest goal. Our sadhana remains our path to freedom, to train our intellect, and to reorganize our lives and transform our personalities.

With the Blessings of Gurudev, we are reminded to meditate, thus attuning to the inner light that cultivates a mind-culture of peace, harmony, and love. May your contemplations reveal this truth that the whole world is One family through our intention of loving-kindness and compassion. In this coming New Year, resolve to live in the world selflessly and effectively, becoming resourceful and enjoying the inner light that guides our lives in service of humanity.

With Blessings of the Lineage,
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