Saleel Pulekar

The last five days I have been meeting him daily. His presence exudes peace and awareness. His words bring solace, intrigues the seeker and kindle wisdom. I am in awe of his wisdom, I am inspired by his dedication, In his presence, my heart wells up in gratitude and my soul feels elevated. A few excerpts from his Gyan Vani: Being with nothing is Meditation, Doing for nothing is Seva, Singing for nothing is Satsang. Meditation gives Peace, Satsang gives Joy, Seva gives Love, Knowledge gives Contentment. Rather than 'Think before you Talk'; 'Observe your sielnce before you talk'. Only if you are silent within, then the words that you speak will either give solace or direction or both, to the listener. Words that bring neither solace nor give direction to the listener are best not spoken. Six reasons to use words: 1. To inquire about life 2. To bless 3. To praise 4. To delegate work 5. To give knowledge 6. To tell Guru stories More may follow, or the best thing is meet him...

23 to 26 Dec 2009 witnessed 490 people experiencing the Part 2 course in the famous Yogi Sabhagraha Swaminarayan Hall in Dadar. Sattva personified Rishi Vidhyadharji mesmerised all of us with his Satsang Aerobics Yoga at midnight (6 am for me is midnight...he he), his brilliant Sadhana sequence and his Q&A sessions in the satsangs early morning (if you have slept from 4 to 6 pm then 8 pm feels like early morning). Rishiji would conduct the course from 6 am to 9.30 pm. Inspite of such a busy schedule he offered 2 hour knowledge sessions on 2 days from 6 to 8 pm to YES!+ volunteers. Some snippets: (NOT verbatim...just jotting the essence from what I remember) This should be your goal: Becoming 'MUKT' (free) from the 5 deepest, strongest and oldest impressions: Food, Sleep, Sex, Fear and Laziness. He added that once you have become free from these impressions then you will know what your real purpose in life is. The humour and liveliness with which he explained this was exemp...