Dear Meditators
HAPPY NEW YEAR, MAY 2023 BRING YOU JOY, LOVE AND HAPPINESS.
2022 has been a huge year for everyone world wide - it's been a challenging time but also a time remembering the positives and the opportunities for learning and growth.
What is your Vision for 2023?
These words from Maharishi might give you food for thought.
Maharishi’s Five Points for Living Heaven on Earth.
1. Know yourself. Be aware of yourself as the creator of all you experience. Aham Brahmasmi “I Am That.”
2. Adopt the standard of perfection because it is a perfect universe
3. Be self-referral. Don’t go by outside prompts.
4. When Desires rise up - Trust the universe to take care of details.
5. Make Bliss a primary motivation for doing anything.
Please allow me to indulge in some nostalgia as I celebrate 20 years of practising Vedic Meditation in 2023. The words I use to describe how I feel today about my meditation practise is, it has been a profound life changing experience, l learnt to love myself and to have a happiness inside that surpasses anything that I have ever experienced. There are still life’s challenges, and sometimes there are sad days (I call them my sad bird days). Today I see and feel beyond my humanness to find the truth about not only who I am but what I am. Ahum Brahmusmi (I am Brahman, I am Totality).
It has been 20 years since I sat in front of my teacher Tim Brown to receive my Mantra. It doesn’t feel that long ago. I remember how I felt in the weeks after learning. I had been sceptical about learning because I had learnt many other types of meditation but this one felt different. I remember having lots of thoughts coming and going and my body being perfectly still. I felt relaxed, awake and deep but with many thoughts at the same time. I remember thinking this was crazy – how could I be feeling so relaxed with peace and calmness inside whilst still in my very stressful job. Add on six years of Meditation and I started thinking about becoming a teacher and here I am today almost 14 years later, still here, still feeling passionate about Teaching Vedic Meditation and still meditating twice every day.
What Nature has given me to celebrate is a trip to India. I'm very excited and grateful and look forward to celebrating with you all soon.
On 6th January I fly to the Holy City of Rishikesh which sits at the foothills of the Himalayan Mountains on the Ganges River. I will spend time meditating and being inspired by this wonderful spiritual place. I will be on Retreat for 10 days then Teacher training for 5 days with my Colleagues from around the world. Spending time with my amazing teacher Thom Knoles will be very special. Thom has spent over 50 years teaching and sharing his knowledge of the Veda with people all around the world. First with the TM organisation then as the Master of what we call Vedic Meditation. Thom was with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi for 26 years and spent most of that time as Maharishi’s personal assistant. Thom lived here in Sydney for 30 years until he returned to his families homestead in Flagstaff Arizona USA where he resides today.
Love to all and Happy 2023
Jai Guru Deva
Liz
