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Our Saturday night Satsang was a special event for several good reasons. As Ma Devi noted, it was both the beginning of our annual Summer Retreat, and the 12th anniversary of our move to the Kailas Nivas ashram in Mt Eliza.
Ma Devi then read a description of the word ‘ashram’, which described such places as where “sages live in peace and tranquility among nature” or – as Swamiji interjected – ‘suburbia’! After a shakti-filled puja, honouring and invoking the qualities of Saraswati (Goddess of knowledge), Lakshmi (Goddess of abundance) and Durga (Goddess of personal power) there was slide show, showing events from the last 12 years.
It was remarkable to see how much has been achieved over such a relatively short time. After darshan, Swamiji read and commented on aphorisms by the founder of the Shiva Yoga tradition – Bhagawan Nityananda.
Swamiji summed up the yogic quest by saying it was the “art of learning how to live” and the great love and joy at our celebration Satsang was certainly evidence that we were on the right track.
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