Om Namo Bhagavate Satchidnandaya!
On 1st November, All Faiths Day ,the Light in us all was celebrated around Europe and at the Ashram in USA
with the ecumenical service given to us by Sri Gurudev.
Here are some of the reports from around the world.
First from the Rev. Lakshmi Barsel at the Ashram ...
Satchidananda Ashram-Yogaville, VA-USA.
At 12 noon on November 1st, approximately sixty people gathered in the All Faith's Hall of the Light of Truth Universal Shrine (L.O.T.U.S.) to join in the Integral Yoga Global All Faith's Day celebration.
The people assembled were from a diverse group of guests, teacher trainees, program participants, staff and community members. Twelve members of our "Living Yoga Training" program had volunteered to assume the roles of the representatives of the different faiths. Swami Jyothirmayanandaji provided us with the music of the different faiths and our beloved Mataji (Swami Gurucharananandaji) gave us the readings from prayers of all of the world religions.
The Interfaith Worship service began after the sounding of the bells. Classical music was played as the twelve representatives, each carrying a lit candle, processed to a central candle, jointly lit it and then took their seats around the circular base of a sculpturededicated to global unity. Signaled by the sacred music of each of the worlds faiths, one by one, each representative moved to the central light and recited a prayer asking for universal blessings for all of humankind and mother earth.
After the last representative completed his prayer, the audience was asked to join in with their individual prayers. People asked for peace in troubled areas of the world, world leadership, an end to the global financial crisis, an end to suffering and then many began to express their gratitude for life, the human spirit, and all of the blessings that are constantly showered down upon us.
The service ended with all of the representative relighting their candles from the central candle and processing out. All who were present felt a great wave of hope, inspiration, love and connectedness with our worldwide spiritual community. Om Shanthi Shanthi Shanthi.
And from
Ramakrishna in
Belgium, who was the Divine Instrument who inspired this event ...
Hari OM dearest Padma, The All Faiths Day in Belgium was beautifull. It was a small group of people but the quality of this group was great.
There were many different religions in the group.
Frank and Martine are very interested in the Sufi tradition. Patrick is a Buddhist attracted to the Gyalwang Karmapa. Marleen who studied the Kabala for many years.
Ludo who was going from atheism to study all the great Western philosophers to the study of Yoga with Rama Saenen. Gina who is a Reiki therapist. Allice who is a student of Rama Saenen and Catholic - this woman is special because she is deaf, but she could follow all the talks and just is saying what she has to say. I wish that every body had the same quality as her.
And then we had also Daya and her friend Michel. Daya is a pearl who is going very deep in the practice of yoga. She will follow the TT course in Quinta de Calma.
The group was meditating together, lighting the candle, there was singing and every body was making a prayer for the world and offering flower petals to the Light. The prayers came out of their heart. There was a very big Light coming out of the group and the Love was spread to all.
Thank you for all you have done, the support and the courage you have given me. I will always serve you all with unconditional Love, Namaste,Ramakrishna
And from Brahmani in Mojacar, Spain ...
Hari Om Dear Yoga Mum
Here are a few photos of our humble little celebration, just a few of
us. Thank you so much for inspiring it with your letter. There was
such a beautiful energy and l wish l could have photographed
Kaivalya . He sat beside me and when l asked the children to put
their hand on their hearts ,close their eyes and imagine the light in
there, I looked at him and the expression on his face was so
beautiful. (l can't put it into words) It seemed like everything was
there for that moment.
Love and light, Your yogi daughter, Brahmani
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