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The boundaries of teacher and student, you and I melt away in the experience of the music of life.
For this experience, Gurudev is not only grateful to the ancient Masters who handed down their insights to mankind, but also to his students themselves. “You are the breaths,” he smiles, “I am the flute. Thanks to you, the music can be brought out.” To Gurudev, each of his students has a place in his consciousness like “safes in the sky!” As he helps each one find the missing key, untie the ties and unlock the lock, there is freedom, freedom to experience life in its formless eternal dimension.
Each student has a unique story, a drama to work out personally. Transformations have been occurring subtly, on deep inner levels, eventually to manifest in budding smiles, light hearts, and acts of egoless service. Gurudev encourages commitment, not to an ideal, goal, or concept, but to one's own growth and to the sanctity of life itself.
Those who are inspired to go deeper into experience accompany Gurudev on a three-week pilgrimage to India. Every fall since 1973, Gurudev has led about twenty to forty students to the sacred mountains, temples, and villages where
Gurudev and Pramodaben visit former Prime Minister Morarji Desai
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