when some Sy's visit other Guru's............

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I will just attempt to give you my personal experience Sohniya.

 

I used to stay with my parents and my father being a staunch Sikh was

against Shree Mataji.I had a tough time in the beginning especially

when I dedicated a room just for Her altar and for meditation.He

could not change my mind about Her but he indirectly influenced my

wife and as for my mother he made her promise that she would never

become a SYogini.He died suddenly one day in his sleep at the age of

72 just the way he wanted his death to be – fast, " painless " and with

his dignity intact.I hold nothing against him.

 

Fast forward 7 yrs, my Mother who never use to say anything about

Shree Mataji now gives a lot of credit of the good in my family to

Her.She supports my kids belief in Her. I know that she in her heart

of hearts believes in Shree Mataji's powers but is bound by the

promise to my dad and I have to respect that.It was a slow and

gradual change in her heart with never once a serious discussion on

SYoga or Mother.

 

My mother stays with me and she goes for her regular programmes and I

am the one who takes her around and just 2 days ago we were at a

gurdwara together with 2 of my boys.I enjoyed the period in the

gurdwara because this hi-tech gurdwara had the prayers with meaning

projected on a 10X15 ft screen.Suddenly all my previous failure at

understanding some of the verses of the Granth Sahib now became clear

eventhough the translation was the same because now I had the

knowledge given by Shree Mataji and the experience of

selfrealisation.The gist of it was essentially supportive of

meditaion and that the kingdom of Lord is within us.

 

What I am trying to say is that Sohniya you just continue being an

exemplary example of a SYogini and not be too concerned about your

aunt's d-in-law.If she is going to bogus gurus knowingly , she does

not understand SYoga well and does have that deep a believe in Shree

Mataji yet.We cannot hold it against her because each and everyone of

us is different in our believe , discretion and level of ascent.One

day this d-in-law may very well be advising others against what she

is doing now.

 

I know it can be difficult being the only one practicing SYoga in the

family since I have gone through the same before.My method was just

to be strong in my faith and being able to defend my believe with

good reasons/examples when the need arose and never criticize what

they did but occasionally ask them why they did some ritual which had

no meaning.

 

About taking prasad and going to satsangs , you have to use your

discretion even if you do not like(or loathe) going to the

satsangs.Just remember that the AdiShakti knows how you feel in your

heart of hearts and She will definitely protect you and guide you.

 

Another suggestion to you is to get to know your aunt's d-in-law well

and slowly get to know her depth in Sahaj.There are many ways she can

be encouraged to increase her depth in Sahaj but for you to

personally advise her will be the last option.If the both of you are

not living too far apart maybe it would be a good idea to go to the

same collective – get to know a level headed SYogi/ni who can give

good advise to her at the collective.

 

In your case to win over your relatives is more of a one step back

and two step forward " strategy " , making exceptions once a while to

their demands , being an excellent example of a SYogini and

occasionally relating the teachings of SYoga/Shree Mataji to their

beliefs where possible/needed and leaving the rest to Shree Mataji.

 

Balwinder