Ground Reality

Deep in the woods of majestic Himalayas’ foot hills lies  leisurely   a non-descript hamlet  Sathkol, perched on a height of 6000 feet above sea level. Whistling pine trees impart suspense to the environment which is filled with wafting  fragrance of  wild flora and fauna. Reading “Save wild life and  forests” small tin plates kiss an internationally famed meditation  centre's  outer fences.  The centre, cocooned in  mesmerizing breathtaking  environs, holds a raft of intriguing attractions like Heartfulness meditation in surreal calmness. Ice capped Himalayan peaks paint a befitting background. The serene tranquility here is punctuated only by chirping of Himalayan birds. Abhyasis (Practitioners) who get a chance to visit what they call ”Sathkhol Ashram” are a few in numbers. Only small batches are permitted at a time due to limited capacity of two dormitories.  One gets this chance only once in a span ...

SRCM’s Heartfulness on Meditation goes viral       There was nip in the Delhi air on this Sunday morning as we drove to Gurgaon for a meditation session in  a sprawling campus .Every  one was hurrying to catch a  quite  corner for the session which was to be headed by the Ram Chandra  Mission’s  head Kamlesh Patel who had come from Chennai, and was camping there for a couple of days. Cutting across caste creed and age barriers, scores of people were heading for the session as locals around the SRCM ashram were dumbfounded due to  palpable tranquility in the air despite marching crowd of people which included both women and men of all ages.       The Mission Chief appeared on the dais and started transmission for the mediation during which there was a pin drop silence and each one of the participating "Abhayasis" looked fully absorbed and relaxed during the 50 minutes exercise.Bliss fullness ...