Meeting Durga Through The Path Of Rumi: A Journey From To Goal

-Kirti Tarang Pande

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Originally Published in Daily Bhaskar

“Why should I seek more?

I am the same as he.

His essence speaks through me.

I have been looking for myself.”

- Rumi

Rumi used these words to define his meeting point with Allah, students of Home Yogis’ Home, a Nanded City, Pune based yoga centre, used the same thought to reach Durga this Navratri.

Shunning all the orthodox snobbery, they met daily at Home Yogis’ Home to connect with the Cosmic Mother through an amalgamation of Bhakti Yoga & Shakti Yoga. Coming from different walks of life, some are IT professionals, some are home-makers, some are business leaders & some belong to the Indian Airforce fraternity; yet, every morning at 6:30 am, they all are unified as yoga sadhaks in pursuit of awakening the inner Shakti.

“Channelizing inner Shakti is a sadhna & like every form of devotion it takes its own time. However, such group practices are an integral part of Home Yogis’ Home, as they instantly transcend us to our Anandmayakosa- seat of bliss”, explains, Pankaj Pandey, director Home Yogis’ Home.

The culmination of this ‘blissed out’ path of reaching Durga happened on Ramnavani, April 04, 2017.

Dressed in black & green to represent the control on inner Tamas (inertia)through inner healing, the students invoked inner Shakti via a yogic dance on the tunes of ‘Aigiri Nandini’.

“When our teachers initiated us into the practice, it sounded like just another of those fun things we do as a group. It started with us putting our heads into it. In no time our souls were involved too. We had no worries in our heads just a dedication towards inner awakening,” shares Rupa Pillai, student Home Yogis’ Home.

However, that’s not it. Kirti Tarang Pande, founder Home Yogis’ Home, explains the utilitarian aspect of it, “When we come together as a group for invoking the inner power, the sadhana converts into an anandmela.”

She further adds that by feeding upon the group energy, this practice expresses the divinity within, removes introversion & brings out hidden talents. She explains that this not only transforms us into leaders but works upon the five sheath existence of the human body:

1. At muscular level it brings deep relaxation

2. At pranic level it slows down breathing, enhances balancing & leads to increased life-span

3. At mental level it increases creative & will powers

4. At emotional level it enhances happiness in life & equipoise.

5. At intellectual level it sharpens intellect & calms down the mind.

Pankaj Pandey takes the discussion further by mentioning the four fold effects of this practice on the development of consciousness:

1. It imparts civic sense

2. Inculcates zeal for service

3. Instill a patriotic urge

4. Invokes a spiritual yearning.

“For me the benefit is simple, it kept in the present, so now I know that I am on the right path”, concludes Ms. Pillai with a smile.