Annual Regional Retreat for Russian Center Residents “Sadhana. Sewa. Siddhi”

Russia : The Annual regional retreat on the them “Sadhana. Sewa. Siddhi” included center residents from Russia, CIS and Baltic countries, Ukraine, Mongolia, Georgia and Moldova. Brahma Kumaris Russia organized this retreat remembering the specialties and service of Didi Manmohini, learning something new about Didi’s divine dharna.

“Sadhana. Sewa. Siddhi” (“Intense spiritual endeavour, service and imperishable attainments”)
The sadhan, or facilities, of science enabled all the wonderful enthusiastic sadhaks and sewadharis from Russia, CIS, the Baltic states, as well as Ukraine and Georgia to get together for sharing their spiritual experience, love and inspirations for the future. For two and a half days, God’s servers from 65 centres of the region were staying threaded in a single rosary by means of Zoom video conference. A time slot from 10.00 am until 14.00 pm (Moscow time) was chosen for the classes and interviews with the seniors, group workshops and joint meditations.

Faith

Congratulating the participants of the retreat with a lucky opportunity to meet and greet one another, respected Didi Chakradhari described Faith as the foundation of stable spiritual endeavour, selfless service and imperishable success. We should make sure we maintain firm faith in ourselves, Baba (God), the beneficial World Drama, and our lovely divine family. Didi remembered the sakar (corporeal) Baba’s time when every BK was told to write a letter of faith a number of times (even 108 times!) We may feel that it is superfluous, however the subtle checking of the self will keep the tree of our BK life safe amidst the storms of Maya and situations.

Sadhana

Taking the subject of sadhana, Didi Sudha explained that the main features of this special type of effort are bhavna (doing that with deep dedication from the heart), regularity, perseverance and discipline. This is true out there, in worldly life, if you aspire to achieve heights in sports, music or any other field, for that matter. This is true in bhakti and even more so on the path of Gyan. Didi said that Sadhana in our Brahmin life is our spiritual effort to awaken the divinity of the soul. We should keep making this effort with love, on a regular basis, without missing a single day. She shared many inspiring examples from her own life of God’s student and server. For instance, Didi said that before conducting a murli (Godly versions) class she always reads that day’s murli herself at least 3 times, in Hindi and then in Russian!

Service

During the session about spiritual service, BK Vijay took us into a deeper dimension of what it means to do God’s sewa. The ultimate goal of our service is to reveal the truth about the Creator and His creation, and we are able to achieve this aim provided we ourselves become the embodiment of true self-awareness in our thoughts, words and actions.

Siddhi

The second day of the retreat started with all the participants going to their respective virtual “rooms” for a workshop that included a lively chit-chat on the topic of attaining Siddhi. Then Santosh Didi shared some invaluable pearls of wisdom on the topic. She said that the main Siddhi in BK life is attainment of lasting happiness and peace, or becoming liberated in life (jeevanmukt). The way of achieving this type of success is to have an attitude of benevolence, love, co-operation and selflessness, free from anything waste. The challenge is that we are to achieve the goal of jeevanmukti amidst all sorts of obstacles and bondages in today’s iron-aged world. The practical example of Brahma Baba and ancestor souls shows us the path to follow for reaching the destination.

Although the retreat took place online, it had a brief welcoming cultural programme, drishti sessions with the senior yogis, and special time slots for questions and answers. The most touching moments were those of the finale of the retreat when the photo of every participant was appearing on the screen with a special individual blessing for that soul from our beloved Father(BapDada).

 

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