By Gurudevi Nirmalananda

It’s gone. I cannot remember the pain anymore. Shaktipat blasted me out of it.

It took a while for me to understand what I truly had gotten, and now I can’t remember the way it used to be. I remember events, names and places – but my memory of the pain is gone.

The pains and patterns that had defined so much of my life are gone. It’s like lighting a candle in a dark room – the dark cannot remain.

Yes, I am grateful. Beyond mere gratitude, I owe my life to my Guru, just as it says in Shree Guru Gita:

Guror aaraadhana.m kaarya.m sva-jiivitva.m nivedayet. — verse 27

Honor and worship the Guru. Dedicate your whole life to him.

Yes, I honor and worship my Guru. He made it easy to see the Divine in him. Better yet, he made it easy to see the Divine in me. That’s the whole point; that is what the Satguru does by giving Shaktipat. Who else gives so great a gift? I have found it nowhere else.

Yes, I dedicate my life to my Baba. There is nothing for me to desire, nothing to seek that would be better than what I’ve got. Baba gave me — me. And authorized me to share his gift with you. I serve him by serving you. Thank you for allowing me to give what he gave.

Jai Muktananda!