Girish's Blog

This was a totally unplanned visit which went off like Pujya Gurudev had actually called us – it went so smoothly and the incidents - small small incidents which occurred were just out of this world! In fact I had declined a facebook invite from the Samarpan Meditation group. Here is the story of how this transpired. I had another engagement at Pune which got cancelled at the last minute, which is on Thursday afternoon, 3rd May to be precise. I then called Shri Ramnath Kamath and asked him if he was willing to come as I planned to drive down from Mumbai, if I got the company. He said he will confirm within an hour. He had to visit Surat on office work from Monday, which got confirmed, so he decided to combine his Mahadhyan with office, so instead of leaving on Sunday for Surat, he decided to leave home on Saturday! I then called Deepak Tandon, he said he cannot make it but I should call Shri Ramesh Ganiga and ask if he would join. He said yes on the spot. Then I called Dr. Ishnath Si...

From my college days I had a curiosity and a bent of mind towards the spiritual. I did not have even a foggy idea of the meaning of spirituality, but I used to go and attend Swami Chinmayanand’s discourses on the Bhagwad Geeta, and because of my uncle being a Secretray to the Tribal Ministry, we got to travel with him and meet a lot of Saints. I had the fortune of being blessed by Gagangiri Maharaj at his Khopoli Ashram, had met whom we knew only as Navsari ke Baba who was a devotee of the Sun God and Swami Pranavanand at Chaalisgaon in Maharashtra. I guess I was blessed to meet these holy souls. I have always had a very powerful inner voice which I ignored in my youth and which always ended in my being a loser for not listening to the inner voice. Whatever trials and tribulations I have faced in life, I think were just preparation for me to be introduced to Samarpan Meditation as taught by Parampujya Swamiji. A friend of mine and an ex-colleague, Mr. Ramnath Kamath came to my office a...