My experience with Brahma Vidya

My experience with Brahma Vidya

When I joined the basic course on Brahma Vidya, little did I know what lay ahead. I am basically a joyful person looking to enjoy life at its abundance. At the same time I do not have a casual attitude and am passionate about whatever role I am placed in whether a mother, a wife, an employee …whatsoever. The best part is that I have never ever considered work as drudgery and so am always enjoying my work. I always had an inborn curiosity to know more about the amazing secrets of life. Life to me was sometimes too meaningless and sometimes it revealed to me great treasures, great joys that I would revel at. So while riding on these waves of ecstasy and sorrow, I never realized when I turned 50. My heart was still that of the girl in her teens and yet there were sure signs of ageing. As my children grew up I realized that I was slowing down. So when my sisters urged me to join this course, I joined to know whether I can get answers to all my tribulations. As a person with spiritual bent of mind I always had this conviction that in so far as I don’t do bad to others nothing bad will happen to me.

And yet life had something else for me. In my deepest sorrows I kept on wondering why I had to suffer. I kept on analyzing the vents and yet could not seek a befitting answer except the all enveloping ‘karma’ theory which goes further behind to past births. Since we have no clue whatsoever what we did in our past births I was still seeking answers.  Kept on asking myself is my ‘karma’ so powerfully bad that I have to suffer? In a material way all was well. I have a nice family with husband and two young kids- a boy and a girl, a good job, a good home, good health  and generally all those comforts that a lady would want for .And yet there was something amiss, a void due to unanswered questions of life.

Brahma Vidya gave me that completeness - that whole picture. Initially when I was undergoing the course I had lots of questions which were unanswered. Yet the lessons were to be imbibed with ‘feelings’ and with an unquestioning mind. I thought to myself, why not give it a fair try without much questioning and reasoning – after all it is only a matter of six months. So week after week I went on practicing unquestioningly, whatever was being taught. With the innocence of a child I kept on pursuing the teachings of the course. Without fail I did all the breathing exercises and meditation. Sometimes I used to feel lost in the milieu because there was no seeming change in me or to the circumstances around me.

The same ego issues, the same anger …I wondered where is the change?  Yet I did not give up the practice. And slowly but surely I started enjoying life. I started looking forward to each day. Every dawn was eagerly awaited for practicing the breathing exercises. I used to look forward to every night for practicing meditation. The sleep thereafter started to be so deep, dreamless and blissful that I wake up crisp and fresh to take on a new day. It gave me a different high. Life around me did not change but my response did. This gave me an added boost. It is just about four months into the course but now I feel that I am on the right path. I have no fear for tomorrow.

Even before joining this course I have been through other courses on Yoga & Vedanta and each of them helped my progress. I have also read many other books that tell you what life is, what you are etc. etc. But Brahma Vidya takes you by your little finger and guides you through step by step. It reveals to you not just the ‘why’ but the most important answer of ‘how’ to solve riddles of life. 

I am a very sensitive and emotional person by nature. I always nurtured this thought that it is my greatest weakness. It was Brahma Vidya that revealed to me that in fact emotions are powerful tools. We have always learnt that ‘Knowledge is power’. Today I can say with conviction: ‘Emotion (Feeling)’ is POWER and Brahma Vidya teaches us how to harness this to achieve our goals.

Anagha Hunnurkar

amrutahunnurkar@yahoo.com
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