One
MahaShivarathri night a few years back, after the midnight meditation with
Sadhguru, many Isha meditators were gathering around something and taking turns
to bow down. Some of them just sat still on the carpets there. I was a distant
watcher for some time. When curiosity got the better of me, I went to see what
it was. The long queues discouraged mere onlookers and only the persistent ones
made it.
When
I went closer, to be honest, I did not know what to make out of it. Though I
had heard of 'paadham' before, this was the first time I am seeing something
like that. I just bowed down, took the vibhuthi prasadam and moved on. That
this simple darshan would bring a profound change in my life was not even in my
distant dreams!
Over
time, I heard from other meditators that Sadhguru Sannidhi was very powerful,
charged up, etc. We also heard from one of the Isha teachers that his mother
just used to sit before Sannidhi daily during the presence time (6:20 PM)
without doing anything and bliss out!
Then,
Abi and I registered for bringing Sadhguru Sannidhi home a couple of years
back. As we were (rather stupidly) apprehensive of 'maintaining' its sanctity
in our house, we registered it for my parents living separately. I vividly remember
the day an Isha meditator came to consecrate it at my parents' house. The
person said 'Anna - Please choose where you want to place. You should not move
it around just like that later.'
My
heart sank at this comment! It was with great difficulty that I had persuaded
my mom to drive up the attic some of the gods in her pooja room and make space
on the granite marble for Sannidhi. However the consecration went on smoothly.
My mother was surprisingly hooked on and started doing the Sannidhi pooja almost
daily.
The
whole house felt quite different & charged up the very next weekend we
visited them! I was doing my Surya Namaskar & Shambhavi Kriya in the hall
(Sannidhi was a good distance away in the pooja room) and it was all happening
so effortlessly for me. My 4-year-old daughter, who used to be very clinging to
us all the time, was suddenly behaving so matured and still having fun with
everyone around! That weekend was our first-hand experience of how Sannidhi can
transform the atmosphere of an entire house within such a short span of time!
My
mom still does the pooja on many days without fail. Her practices have become
more regular, her health and the overall peace in family are so much better
now. These are definitely not coincidental :)
It
was almost one year back that His grace descended upon us and we were able to
register for bringing Sadhguru Sannidhi home. It so happened that we were to
receive one of the 108 Sannidhis being distributed in Chennai on the
MahaShivarathri night of 2013. How fitting an entry!?
Brindha
akka came to our home, inspected the space we were going to hold Him in and
performed the consecration process. I remember even today how bewildering and
unbelievable it was for me that we had taken such a step.
The
transformation we have undergone started with Bhairavi entering our home and
once Sannidhi came in, the pace has been faster thereon. We do our Sannidhi
pooja quite regularly and the very experience of sitting in that space before
Bhairavi Yantra and Sadhguru Sannidhi is enough to settle us down most of the
time.
While
offering Guru Pooja at home in any room feels like it is in His presence. Apart
from our practices becoming more regular & more volunteering opportunities
coming our way pulling us up higher, we have been blessed with Sadhguru's
darshan ever so frequently and more visits to the Ashram.
Since
then, we have had the good fortune of witnessing two blessed individuals
convert the rooftops in their homes to house Sadhguru Sannidhi. The
transformation of these spaces has been very visible and they are being revered
as the Isha local centers now at Nanganallur and Medavakkam.
These
lines truly resound what Sannidhi means in our lives.
Un padam panindhen,
ennaye marandhen!
Un padam panindhen,
ennulle malarndhen!!
Similar experiences galore in our friends and family circle. Now, living in a consecrated space like this has sunk in so much, we feel odd when we see someone without such an opportunity!
[PS: This MahaShivarathri, there is an opportunity for willing individuals to receive Sadhguru Sannidhi in Chennai itself. Interested people can contact me or call +91 9789983260]
