Navratri at Ashram

Hey beautiful people,
I'm back again after a transformation over the weekend of Navratri...and its been a fulfilling experience in many many aspects...not to do injustice to the mystery, I shall reveal a little but certainly cannot express the experience completely, because just like we cannot describe electricity(unless yu would like to savor the experience of answering nature's call in public next to an electric transformer :-D ...a typical Indian scene) , or love (unless yu are yourself smitten) or even joy (no comparisons), so also certain things can only be experienced ....
In short, I had a blessed experience on Friday at Ashram during the Chandi Homa, organised by GuruJi for all of creation, with so much love and efforts, that I know why it happens to be the biggest festival around the Ashram...people flocked in multitudes of 20-50 thousands...and the entire panorama was awashed with rain , music , singing, dancing, serving and seva, and of people of all age groups from the smallest villages in Karnataka to the largest cities in other countries, gathered together to receive the blessings of the holy calendar of Navratri when GuruJi himself blessed all with his Presence and unconditional Love. In fact , he played the Veena and the Sarang on Thursday evening...just like a beautiful mystical angel speaks to us through music....and Vikram bhaiya enthralled us with a flute performance...crowds swayed to the tune of his charming notes as he played us along with the flute...
The Chandi Homa on Friday was an experience that not only the people who were present there, were lucky to have experienced, but definitely wall others who had the luck to view the telecast.....and as it concluded , people were bathed in the holy water via sprinklers at the ceiling of the Yagnashala...and soon before the rains drizzled upon us , in indication that the offerings of prayers were accepted and the God were pleased...towards evening after much seva and a youth meeting to focus young energies towards meaningful projects for the underprivileged, we all congregated at the Yagnashla again, and this time when GuruJi arrived with the Dandiya (after a lot of coaxing all those days that GuruJi didn't join us for Dandiya), and the moment his gliterring dandiya sticks struck, the clouds broke up in an out pour of celebration too....it was an immensely divine moment as bhajan (devotional song) after bhajan poured out of the lips of noteworthy devotees like pearls, and as we danced in bliss...just as Gopi's did when Sri Krishna played his heart out on His flute, in Vrindavan....the entire crowd was lost in a continual moment of "coming back to the Source" (that's what Navratri is all about)...the entire gathering resonated with claps and songs.....and then we meditated when GuruJi led us through a short meditation experience...
I can only say this to those who haven't experienced the joy of being at Ashram ....only after I joined Art Of Living, I smiled first time like never before, danced like never before, sang like never before, and my heart flowered like never before.
The bhajans sung at Ashram are now more rocking than any rock concert I have experienced, and the commitment and loving attitude I see among the people there is exceptional...I would strongly recommend anyone who is blue or dejected with life or job or bogged down with stress, must rekindle the Chaithanya of life with a visit, unconditionally. Its like a place beyond Earth, on Earth...a very very individual experience for anyone...an experience of a journey from the ever-changing external play of joy and sorrow, to the unchanging divine love that resides deep within at peace with every atom and every molecule in this Universe.

do check out this interview excerpts...its goooood !
http://niranjani.wordpress.com/2006/09/12/gurujis-address-at-financial-express/
http://niranjani.wordpress.com/2006/09/26/navratri-going-back-to-the-source/
http://niranjani.wordpress.com/2007/04/06/effortless-meditation/