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A lot of our senior yogis are coming to Manila lately it feels like Madhuban (the university of Brahma Kumaris Meditation up in the mountains of Abu, India).
I go to India year after year for my retreat and to learn from our seniors.
I save for it, take the long flights and haul a luggage full of food good for 2 weeks (I don't like Indian food)- just so I can be in their company.
And now in Manila, you have a chance to sit down with Dr. Nirmala Kajaria, the Director of Academy for a Better World (Gyansarovar), one of the campuses in Madhuban, India.
Didi is a real yogi to the core. I love watching her reaction during cultural presentations- she has none. She is looking but not looking. She's not pulled by the music or the dance or the pageantry. She's beyond this world- high above the sights & sounds, a true yogi.
Of nearly a million students of Brahma Kumaris meditation, Didi Nirmala's among the handful which our Teacher mentions in the classes.
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"This one has a clean and honest heart.",
our Teacher says in one class
when I was in Madhuban.
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Then, the camera zooms in on her- again no reaction.
She does not take in the praise or the defamation. This allows her to see things clearly.
In a plenary with around 500 yogis, a classmate asked, "How can I be content if everyone around me is uncooperative?".
In front of 500 other souls, Didi answered in her signature neutral tone, "Become the solution. Don't depend on anyone."
We have a term for her in raja yoga lingo- a detached observer.
For me, it simply means she's able to cut all ties with this old world- culture, desires, relations, possessions, and positions; and simply forge a connection with the true self and the Divine.
Didi Nirmala talks about spirituality
But, she is loving as much as she is detached. I usually go to her for spiritual advise about important life decisions- career, relationships and even investments.
Even when she has a very tight schedule and meets with VIPs from all over the world, she allots personal meeting for all of us in her ward (meditation students from the Asia-Pacific region).
Even when she has a very tight schedule and meets with VIPs from all over the world, she allots personal meeting for all of us in her ward (meditation students from the Asia-Pacific region).
Such is Didi Nirmala- detached yet loving, a powerful yogi but a nurturing mother to all of us in her care.
You have to meet her!
Dr. Nirmala Kajaria, Director of Academy for a Better World in Rajasthan, India and Brahma Kumaris Regional Coordinator for Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific Region will have a FREE talk on June 13, Wednesday, 6:00 to 8:00PM, Brahma Kumaris Quezon City, 34 T Gener Street corner Kamuning Road Quezon City.
You are warmly invited.
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