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This month when the world will be celebrating the English New Year to usher into a new set of days on a calendar, the Akhand Gyan Blog of Divya Jyoti Jagrati Sansthan is a clarion call to the entire world to enter into a New Era! An era, where ‘Divine Peace’ reigns supreme!
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Blessings In Guise of Words!

In reality, every moment of ‘Divya Shanti Mahotsav 2010’ was divine and celestial. Shri Ashutosh Maharaj Ji’s holy words resonated with the exclusive shades of affection for His disciples. His conversation was settling in their hearts directly. He was knocking at the depths of their inner portals. It appeared as if His benevolence had taken the shape of a cloud about to rain the heavenly blessings. And, when those heavenly showers poured, every single disciple got drenched in them; each mind was dripping wet; none remained untouched by the torrents of His mercy. Some drops from those blissful showers of His divine revelations are reproduced below:


“All of you have been blessed with Brahm Gyan for a great cause. You have to fulfill that great purpose, for which it was bestowed upon you. A lot has to be done for the society, nation, and the whole world from various platforms. Now, it is in your hands to transform this era from Kaliyuga (Iron Age) to Satyuga (Golden Age) where peace and brotherhood would reign supreme… If you wish, you can roll the Planet Earth to the nethermost depths. You have the power to change the direction of the tempest storms hitting the sky. You are the beholders of that infinite power. Once Archimedes said, “I will move the world, if I get that standpoint.” You have that standpoint within you. It has been revealed to you through the eternal technique of Brahm Gyan. All that you need to do is to make its appropriate use.


…Mutual love, noble feelings, and unity– these are the ornaments of the assembly of devotees blessed with Brahm Gyan. Therefore, maintain mutual goodwill. Progress with oneness, shoulder to shoulder, and with a co-operative attitude. Remember, where there is unity, victory shines bright. The Goddess Durga has one head and a number of hands. On the contrary, Ravana had ten heads and two hands. You know, ultimately who was victorious! Ravana had to face utter defeat. Why? Because– “Munde-Munde Matirbhinna”– as many heads so many opinions, and an equal number of conflicts! And mutual conflicts mean a certain invitation to defeat. As for Goddess, victory was on her side forever.

One needs to learn an important lesson from this comparison. When all do sewa (service) with one mind, with one inspiration, with one feeling, and with one mission, when all work for one goal– only then victory is certain, otherwise not!"

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Panoramic View of India

-Unity in Diversity

Truly a celestial feeling it was, when I heard scintillating musical notes, entwined in different regional languages, from one dais! This raised platform was embellished to celebrate– Divya Shanti Mahotsav (Divine Peace Mega-festival). Are you eager to know, who am I? I am bent and stooped “Sky” spread over hundreds of acres of land– the venue of mega-festival of divine peace. I was witness to such an exquisite dais from which echoed voices coloured in different shades and hues; sometimes came rants of Vedic hymns and inditions (compositions of wisdom) and sometimes resonated azaan (a call of a Mohammedans in a mosque for prayers) and aayats from Islamic faith; at other times musical notes of folk songs of Marathi, Garhwali, Bhojpuri, followed by Sufi and Punjabi devotional songs suffused the surroundings with pulsations of devotion.

Undoubtedly, it was a unique congregation of inquisitives and followers of India’s culture of every shade & caste, creed and community. Years ago, an English author– Isabel Allende had said– “Peace requires everyone to be in circle– Wholeness, Inclusion.” This implies that everyone has to subsume in the circle of unity; for peace to reign supreme. Divya Shanti Mahotsav (Divine Peace Mega-Festival) clearly seemed to be one such circle drawn by His Holiness Ashutosh Maharaj Ji.

Beyond the boundaries of this auspicious circle, when I look down at the society, I find it fragmented, divided and torn into pieces. The earth flourishing under my shade has so many boundaries that despite being sky, I can’t count them.

I clearly see that man of today does not show affinity with people of other religions, castes, creeds, and communities. He does not even hesitate from stooping down to confrontation, communal riots, and bloodshed. Due to this discriminatory mindset, the history has been witness to numerous bloody battles to such an extent that the stains of blood have dappled and smudged me (the sky) all over. On top of the list of all disputes is the horrible monster called– ‘Terrorism’. My wet eyes see human bombs blowing themselves off to show their animosity and disliking for people of a particular religion. I see so many rifts in society professing ‘isms’ like casteism, communalism, etc. I have been witness to an Age of Devotion also, when our revered saint Shri Ravidas Ji had said– “these castes are like layers clamped on a banana-tree. Just as the stem of a banana-tree is completely destroyed by peeling off layer after layer, even so discrimination in the name of caste and religion can annihilate the entire society.” These words of wisdom appear to have become the watch-word of the present era.

But, stop! Why am I thinking all this now? Now this watch-word is appearing to prove false. Why should I look elsewhere? Why not fix my eyes only on that fortunate part of the earth, where the divine currents of Divya Shanti Mahotsav danced? Where I saw… Every parochial feeling and divisive sentiment getting absorbed in the complete grandeur of unity! I saw… A strongly built, stout Sikh youth riding on a horse, holding and unfurling peace flag was acclaiming enthusiastically– ‘Jai Shri Ram! Jai Shri Ram!’ I saw… When a Muslim brother, from the dais, gave azaan (a call in a mosque for prayers), the whole enclosure replete with families of every sect and caste of India reverberated with clappings. I saw… When Bhojpuri devotional songs were sung from dais, even Muslim brothers sitting amidst spectators jumped and danced and the Sikh brothers hopped to the tunes of folk dance (Bhangra) full of life and agility. Responding to a devotional song in Marathi, a brother was heard after three days of the mega-event saying– “I don’t know Marathi, but the magic in the Marathi devotional song was so mesmerizing that the melodious tunes still reverberate in my ears.”

On seeing this unique display of unity in diversity, my eyes welled up and I felt proud. I got into a reverie, thinking and comparing that apart from this huge courtyard of Shri Ashutosh Maharaj Ji, how many Hindus in society feel elated on hearing azaan or seeing light of chiraag (lighted lamp) in the mosque? How many Muslim brothers taste the sweetness of reciting ‘Jai Shri Ram’? How many Sikh brothers experience the teachings of their gurus in the Vedic mantras and compositions too? I could hardly find any other single model in the society.

Ishwar, Khuda, Waheguru, God... by whatever name we may call that Supreme Being, He is essentially divine light. Even then, today we can see so many disputes, discrimination and communal hatred in His name. The sole reason is that we have not perceived and practically experienced the sovereign Truth, His elemental form– Divine Light.

His Holiness Ashutosh Maharaj Ji has applied this infallible and eternal formula. Through the divine instrument of Brahm Gyan (Divine Knowledge), He has revealed to His followers the wondrous experience of One Truth, One God. That is why, His followers see and experience the ‘One’ in ‘all’– a perfect example of unity in diversity. Barriers and shackles of discrimination have banished. This was the precise reason that the Divya Shanti Mahotsav became the dais of proclamation of Indian Rishis of yore– “Vasudhaiv Kutumbakam– the whole world is one family!”

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