Hindus across the world are celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi today. This also commemorates the beginning of
Ganeshotsav or Festival of Ganesha
which will go on for another 10 days. The entire city has been dressed up in
bright lights and colors and people can be heard shouting “Ganpati Bappa Morya”
as you walk down the road. Today, everybody is celebrating the Lord’s festival.
And we aren’t far behind.
Celebrating Ganesh Chaturthi has been a part of our
family tradition and this year we complete 70 years. The practice that was
started by my grandfather in 1942 was continued by my father and is now overlooked
by me. Over the next one and a half day, our house will be open to anybody and
everybody to seek the blessings of the Lord.
Apart from completing 7 decades of a family tradition,
today is a special day for me because of another reason too. On this auspicious
day today, I complete 12 years in the Art of Living family. It is said that 12
years equal 1 tapa and I’m glad to
tell you that I’m successfully 1 tapa old now!
Lord Ganesha is the symbol of prosperity and good luck.
Honestly, I couldn’t have agreed more. I’d set out on a road 12 years ago as a naive person who had no clue where his life was heading. But Lord Ganesha showered
his blessings on me and guided me to that one soul, who would change my life
forever. Maybe it was the result of a tradition that my previous two
generations dedicatedly followed that I was chosen to be transformed into the
person I am today.
The journey on this path has been extremely enriching.
I’ve met scores of people, learnt loads of new things and still managed to dive
deep inside myself. But all of this wouldn’t have been possible without one
person, my guiding light and my master, Gurudeva Sri Sri Ravishankar ji. I’ve managed
to stay on this path only and only because of him. I bow down to my Guru in reverence
and seek his blessings and pray that I continue to do what I love doing the
most, my Guru’s work.
I pray that on this auspicious day, everybody’s materialistic
as well as spiritual life be enriched and uplifted.
Ganpati Bappa Morya!
Jai Gurudeva.
