Thursday 14 June 2007

A Celebration of Dignity, Divinity, and Grace

We have had such an intensely beautiful time over the past week – just before camp our guests came from the U.S. and we had the honour of hosting some of them. Our time together in KL was quite rushed; still I celebrated every joyous moment spent in their company.
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Nirvair Kaur, Shanti Kaur and Mataji

Guru Chander Singh and Nirvair Singh

As for the camp itself, I currently face the dilemma of wanting so much to share how powerful and significant it was for me, but I am stuck as I know not how I can ever do it justice by trying to describe such an experience in words.
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I could show you pictures - they say a picture speaks a thousand words, but there are still not enough words to describe an experience. You have to be there and hear the rhythm of your breath with your own ears and see the radiance on other faces with your own eyes and chant Guru’s praises with your own lips and sense your muscles tense as you stretch out and feel your fingers tingle as you bring your palms together in prayer pose. That feeling even a thousand pictures cannot express.
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(For the record, we have 262 photos that will be up on an online photo album soon – I will post the link once they are ready :p)
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At the women’s end we had Shanti Kaur, Nirvair Kaur and Kirn Kaur and my god it could not have been more perfect – it was bliss, grace and live wire blended together. On our journey together we discovered strength and grace, love and power, leadership and inspiration. And from what Pitaji and Hargobind tell me, the men had nothing less from Nirvair Singh and Guru Chander Singh.
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Over the 4 days we meditated, listened, shared, did yoga, chanted, stretched, bonded, learnt to identify all the muscles in our bodies as they were pulled one by one, sang, laughed, learnt, hugged, played Police and Thief (lols!), got massages, gave massages, loved, healed, experienced. And even after 4 days they had us pleading for more.
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Breathwalk warm-ups by the beach

In the pages of my life, that weekend comes under the ‘Truly Unforgettable and Life-changing’ category.

And just like that, as quickly as they came, everyone is gone. To apply a well-used oxymoron: the silence is truly deafening. I had grown accustomed to having the house filled with the spirit of our friends, and now that they are gone it feels empty and a little lonely.

To dearest Shanti Kaur, Nirvair Kaur, Kirn Kaur, Nirvair Singh and Guru Chander Singh: our home and family has been blessed blessed blessed by your beautiful and warm presence, thank you so very much for gracing our lives with all your love. Even if it is some time before we meet again, I am comforted in knowing that our souls had the chance to meet yours in this lifetime.

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with Kirn, Guru Mitter and Nirvair

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To my lovely parents - thank you for making this happen, you will never know how much this experience has touched us.
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The next camps will be in 2009. Until then, my cells have locked on to the experiences I had, and I will live in the light of all that love we shared.
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Satnam

1 comment:

H said...

Great to see a pic of your dad. Looks like he is well and good. Hope he does another one of his talks as in "Keep on Walking".