Practical and Inspiring

What seemed to be an unattainable task ahead of me, now appeared within my grasp in a heartbeat. Looking up into the vast and infinite sky I realised how humans have the capacity to accomplish wondrous things; everything in life is achievable. Practising Arka Dhyana and everything seemed straightforward and clear. I was left feeling motivated, uplifted and most of all inspired.

Vaishali Patel

 

A true personal experience

This is a true story of an individual who describes his experience through the practice of Arka Dhyana of the guidance he received from the invisible forces of nature in the universe. Invisible nature being the basis of visible nature inspires us to develop our intuition so that we connect our invisible spirit with it, at a deeper level either consciously or unconsciously. I had recently been on a trip with Srinivas Arka where I had participated in an Arka Dhyana instructor course. I present my story below following this trip as best as possible for the experience had left me with a far deeper impact than any words can describe.

Having attended this course and returning to Fiji I started to incorporate Arka Dhyana as part of my daily discipline for the last three weeks. Personally, I have found early morning to be the best time for this activity as it gives more energy and the early morning presents calm and stillness in the environment which helps my practice. It also supports my fast paced lifestyle as a business owner.

On one early Monday morning I had almost finished doing Dhyana and was lying down when I had a feeling urging me to go the shop early that morning. My usual start time of work is around 8.00am and as I headed out the door my wife was astonished that I was leaving earlier than usual. She enquired as to why, to which I replied that if I go early I can listen to the ‘Saaroogovaum’ CD of Srinivas Arka. I wanted to improve the sound reverberation during Dhyana.

As I was approaching my business premises the time was around 7.35 am when I received a call from a senior member of my staff informing that he was in great pain, feeling very weak and was unsure when or if he will be arriving into work today. I sensed something was wrong from listening to his weak voice and felt he was in agonising pain. I immediately asked him where he was. To my surprise he replied that he was in the mall foyer from which I was only 10 seconds away. I asked him to stay where he was and that I will come and find him. I parked my car and ran to the mall as fast as I could only to find him lying and crouching on the floor in great pain and breaking out in sweat. I found this unusual as we were in the middle of our winter and realised at that point that he was having a heart attack. At once I recruited some help from other passer bys and managed to transport him to the nearest hospital. The hospital staff took action instantly and in the evening I went to see him in CCU ward. To my relief he was looking more at ease now that the pain had subsided but he could not recall much about how he got to the hospital.

It was only a few days later when I was relaying this incidence to another person that I started to see all the invisible links - doing Dhyana in the morning; arriving into work early for some reason; receiving the phone call from the staff member; another one of my staff seeing me entering the mall thinking it was odd for me to be there this early in the morning. A realisation dawned on me -I felt deep inside me that this was no coincidence - that there was a stronger and bigger force at play that led me to be at the right place at the right time. To me it is an inexplicable wonderment of how this intuitive awareness developed in me through Arka Dhyana that had journeyed me into a different level of existence. It is beyond the normal intellectual intelligence. It is an innate wisdom that is communicated in a higher form of intelligence - intuition. It has transformed me as a person and how I perceive others.

I have known Srinivas Arka for the past fifteen years but this has been my first realisation of the precious gift of Arka Dhyana that he has shared. It has taken time for me to open up to receive this gift. I feel that we all possess this within us and that according to our individual development we open up truly when we are ready to receive this. This is the essence and fragrance of Arka Dhyana that is instilled in us. It is not just for the benefit of an individual but also benefits the society.

I have been in touch with the senior staff member only yesterday and the doctors are going to discharge him in a couple of days.

Yours truly,

Fiji member of Arka Dhyana study circle.