As the New Year dawned, people across different cities of the world took to streets to welcome the New Year with booming pyrotechnics, party-goers singing and dancing. The participants at the Silence retreat in Kanyakumari, amidst profound setting of the five elements, welcomed the dawn of 2018 differently - in Sunrise meditation, sacred chants and prayers for the universal well being.
An inspiring feedback from Sivakumarji,one of the sadhaks is reproduced below:
“I was one among participants at the AMP from 29th Dec 3017 to 01st Jan 2018 at Kanyakumari, the holy tip of Indian sub-continent where Devi Bhagavathi is abode blessing the devotees in the confluence of Bay Of Bengal, Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea. Before embarking on his tour for the famous Chicago address, Swami Vivekananda went into meditation on the rock few hundred metres inside the sea.
The serene natural setting of the Kendra facing the sea and Rock Memorial in immediate vicinity provided the right setting for participants from all age groups. They were fortunate enough to receive guided meditation on all the four days. Arunji explained divinity of the place - coastal belt, where Lord Rama went into meditation towards Sun God for victory in war with Ravana, chanting Aditya Hrudayam gifted to him by Sage Agasthya. What a privileged souls we are to receive the New Year Sun with Sun Rise Meditation.As vehicles are not allowed beyond a point, we enjoyed the pre dawn walk with natural sea breeze at the confluence of all three seas with a bonus of tens of Peacocks flocking around in midst of a semi forest. Our lungs filled with natural and pure oxygen!
Post Sun Rise Meditation, the course was followed by Sadhanas, Meditations, fun filled activities .Evenings filled with nature walk at the venue including Ramayana pictorial depictions, Gurudev’s knowledge videos. Arunji presented distilled essence of Yoga Vashista knowledge. His simple explanation of Self effort, Karma and freewill reached all the participants.”
The holy retreat ended on New Year Day with well attended Divine Satsang by Arunji at nearby Thanumalaya Temple at Suchindram, Thanks to AOL Nagercoil team for all the arrangements.
Pranams to Arunji and Gurudev!🙏
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