SNEHAM AND SWAMI SUNILJI - THE ESSENCE OF LIFE BY DANIJELA MILANOVIC
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE...
So many people search for love in their outer world (from their parents, partners, friends, relatives, children, etc.), until they realize that there cannot be such a deep, joyful, blissful and peaceful love as Divine love. This kind of love doesn't know cast, religion, language, color, race, education… It's unconditional, timeless and the most important – it is our very nature, our source. We are made of love!
Paths of reaching this goal are different, but the presence of enlightened Master is always the most powerful and easiest way to bring us back home i.e. to our source, our true nature… love. The one that is SNEHAM (meaning Love) and that truly lives the quote "LOVE ALL, SERVE ALL", the one who radiates love and gives unconditionally is someone to whom I was brought on my path of love few months ago - Swami Sunil Das, or SunilJi, as most of us like to call him. He has been giving us an example since his early childhood how the message of love and service can be lived. He likes to remind us that THERE ARE NO DIFFERENT CASTS, LANGUAGES, and RELIGIONS. THE ONLY CAST IS CAST OF HUMANITY, THE ONLY LANGUAGE IS LANGUAGE OF HEART, THE ONLY RELIGION IS RELIGION OF LOVE, AND THERE IS ONLY ONE GOD WHO IS OMNIPRESENT.
God IS grace and by His grace, people from more than 51 countries worldwide have already visited Swami Sunilji's Muthalamada Sneham Charitable Trust and became its love centers. Swami has visited more than 20 countries and spread the message of Love there. He preaches that the world peace solution is only Love and solution for all the diseases is only Love. There are so many masters' devotees, but there is no unity. Love unites everyone in one and there is only Oneness in Love. When unity starts, purity comes. When purity starts, divinity comes. These are some of the Sunilji's messages which have been deeply established in my Being, my Self, reminding me daily that the message of love has to be spread worldwide for the benefit of this society, for the better, healthier, more loving and peaceful life of those who ARE love and who ARE divine.
I'm from Serbia, former Yugoslavia and as a Sneham love member, I can say that I've never felt like a foreigner neither in India nor at the Sunilji's ashram. Loving atmosphere and presence of Swami makes that 'belongingness to the country' vanishes and only belongingness to 'One World Family' exists. Love is, ofcourse, the one which unites us all in this One World Family.
For more than 2 months that I've spent in India, I had a chance to experience so many miracles and transformations which happened both to me and so many people who come everyday to visit Swami. There are no working hours or distinctions between people who come to ask for help and blessings. Swami's love and services are unconditional.
On 22nd of June, which was my birthday, Muthalamada Sneham Cheritable Trust was visited by Honorable Chief Justice Supreme Court of India, Sri K.G. Balakrishnan's wife, Srimathi Nirmala Balakrishnan. Instead of staying there for only 20 minutes, as was announced in advance by police, she stayed for 4 hours, deeply touched by love that she found as main characteristic of the Trust. She expressed her willingness to support all the activities of the Trust.
Three days later, Indian Great Guru, Master and Philosopher, Dr. Sukumar Azhikode visited the Trust. The same day school uniforms were distributed to the students of Sneham School and scholarships given to best students of Sneham Colledge. Dr. Sukumar couldn't hide his gladness to see so much of love, happiness and bliss on the faces from all the students at the Sneham School, HIV family and leprosy patients, whom Sunilji adopted, poor people whom daily meals are provided, to all the people who are related to Swami and enjoy the grace of His presence.
Last day, just before I left, one man came to share his experience with us and to offer his gratefulness to Swami, since he was the one who, few months back, came to Swami with diagnosed cancer, got vibuthi (sacred ash) and Swami's special blessings and was cured since that moment. Examples like this one are many. Actually, each person who comes to the ashram has his own story regarding the way in which God's Grace was manifested through the Swami as divine channel.
This is just a sequence of everything that I've witnessed during the time that I spent with Swami. By the Grace of God, I will do my best to put into words what happened to me, what all lessons and blessings I got, how I became involved in daily activities of the Trust, how I was a channel of divine energy and how Swami helped me to purify myself.
Different masters might have different techniques of teachings, but tool is same – Love, divine Love and that is definitely the strongest tool of Swami Sunil Das. Thank you God for the opportunity that was given to me to experience Swami's presence, being able to share my experience with people and spread His message of love…
With all my love and gratitude, I bow down to His feet…
Dana
