In a happy place....

              The Navratri Homas began today. Ganesh Homa being the first one. 
As always, ashram is bustling with colourful clothes, bangles, mehndi, happy shinning bright faces from all over the world. At the moment we have about 1200 internationals and more than 3000 from different states of India.
The festivities and celebrations here transport you to some other world.


Today, offerings were made to Ganesha, the Lord of Auspiciousness. Ganpati Homa is symbolic of removing the obstacles before initiating anything new. Ganesha also symbolises joy, compassion and magnanimity. 
Thus, anything we begin with a happy full heart, with an intention to serve and share will certainly be fruitful.


And yet again, i made a new start, a new beginning on this path that takes me back to myself. 
As Swami Pragyanand ji Maharaj said in satsang last night, "If u stand in front of a mirror and u see a mark on the face in your reflection, if you try to remove it by wiping the mirror off, it wont go. You will have to wipe your face. The mark can be seen there,  but it really isn't. It is here. Recognise the fact that what u see outside is within you. Recognizing that all that is outside of us and within us is nothing but Divine Consciousness."


So i start to walk, yet again towards that happy place inside me :)


And as Maharaji said, "the recognition of the fact that what u see outside is within u, happens only by being in very few momentous occasions like this (ashram navratri puja).


I am filled with gratitude for this life for at an age like mine, i have had countless such oppurtunities, attended countless such pujas and been a part of countless such satsangs.
No life can be better than mine.


I am in a very happy place inside me right now.