What an amazing year. I am so grateful and feel like the year 2013 will be one of my most significant years of reference. I completed two TTCs (Art of Living and Sri Sri Yoga) this year, Sri Sri Yoga I & Sri Sri Yoga II, Guru Puja I, attended Guru Poornima for my first time, became a Marma practitioner, taught my first Art of Living course, went through my Upananayanam, learned the Sandhyavandanam Puja, and attended Navratri celebrations in Bangalore. I also committed to the spiritual path as a Brahmachari for life.
On the professional front, this was the first year ever of being self-employed. I brokered over US $2M in real estate investments, sold my property management company, paid off all of my debts including student loans and my house, and remodeled my cottage house.
My most memorable experience this year was directly speaking to Gurudev twice in one year. During our Vedic Wisdom course I told him we would raise 15 lakhs or $25,000 US dollars for a village's water system near Yellamanchili in Andhra Pradesh. During Gurudev's first Christmas in the US, I had a chance to have Gurudev open my Christmas gift to him on Christmas day...felt like a dream come true! He opened up the Ganesha glass globe ornament and held it up for everyone to see. I also had a chance to give him our Keep Austin Meditating business card. He seemed to love it :-) For one reason or another, I felt like I was pulled in to meet Gurudev in his Boone home multiple evenings during the Christmas TRM & the Silence Course. I feel so blessed to be in his consciousness. I feel that he's in each and every cell of my existence. This was also the first year I completely surrendered to the divine. I am now completely open to whatever Gurudev wants.
Here's my list of New Year's resolutions I keep on my phone to review every now and then...here's the year 2013:
1. Guru Puja, TTC, Upanishads, Guru Poornima - DONE
2. Grow business &/ get work - DONE
3. Get in a loving relationship / don't waste your time - DONE
4. Finish all of Notes to the Sincere Seeker - DONE
5. Bring 50 people to AOL
6. Heal shoulder - DONE
7. Be a great uncle & mentor to kiddos - DONE
8. Sincerely help / uplift at least one person / day
9. Be loving & unassuming - innocent
10. Study all of Ashtavakra, Yoga Pitanjali, & Narada Bhakti Sutras books & videos - DONE
All in all, I feel like I had a very successful year. On the happiness side, I feel much happier than I was at the end of 2012 and can feel the change within a year. I can feel the depth of being on this path with discipline. I can sense the changes will continue as I lose the sense of "I" "me" or "my" and gain the sense of the field of consciousness. What is truly hollow and empty? Who am I? What does "you are that" really mean? What is happiness? Equanimity? What are the layers of the universe? What is surrender? What is consciousness? What is liberation? Enlightenment? What is present moment awareness? Brahma Consciousness? So many questions to ponder on...I have some ideas, but sense the answers we have to these questions are either beyond words / change over time.
In loving kindness. May 2014 be filled with love, harmony, belongingness with everyone, sincerity, and authenticity.
Love & Jai Guru Dev,
An Aspiring Yogi
On the professional front, this was the first year ever of being self-employed. I brokered over US $2M in real estate investments, sold my property management company, paid off all of my debts including student loans and my house, and remodeled my cottage house.
My most memorable experience this year was directly speaking to Gurudev twice in one year. During our Vedic Wisdom course I told him we would raise 15 lakhs or $25,000 US dollars for a village's water system near Yellamanchili in Andhra Pradesh. During Gurudev's first Christmas in the US, I had a chance to have Gurudev open my Christmas gift to him on Christmas day...felt like a dream come true! He opened up the Ganesha glass globe ornament and held it up for everyone to see. I also had a chance to give him our Keep Austin Meditating business card. He seemed to love it :-) For one reason or another, I felt like I was pulled in to meet Gurudev in his Boone home multiple evenings during the Christmas TRM & the Silence Course. I feel so blessed to be in his consciousness. I feel that he's in each and every cell of my existence. This was also the first year I completely surrendered to the divine. I am now completely open to whatever Gurudev wants.
Here's my list of New Year's resolutions I keep on my phone to review every now and then...here's the year 2013:
1. Guru Puja, TTC, Upanishads, Guru Poornima - DONE
2. Grow business &/ get work - DONE
3. Get in a loving relationship / don't waste your time - DONE
4. Finish all of Notes to the Sincere Seeker - DONE
5. Bring 50 people to AOL
6. Heal shoulder - DONE
7. Be a great uncle & mentor to kiddos - DONE
8. Sincerely help / uplift at least one person / day
9. Be loving & unassuming - innocent
10. Study all of Ashtavakra, Yoga Pitanjali, & Narada Bhakti Sutras books & videos - DONE
Extra Credit:
Sri Sri Yoga 2 - DONE
Back to daily Sadhana - DONE
Close 2 properties and sign up two new clients - DONE
Get to true passive income goal - DONE
Maintain a clean and well organized home - IN PROGRESS
Sell all 3 cars and get Highlander - DONE
All in all, I feel like I had a very successful year. On the happiness side, I feel much happier than I was at the end of 2012 and can feel the change within a year. I can feel the depth of being on this path with discipline. I can sense the changes will continue as I lose the sense of "I" "me" or "my" and gain the sense of the field of consciousness. What is truly hollow and empty? Who am I? What does "you are that" really mean? What is happiness? Equanimity? What are the layers of the universe? What is surrender? What is consciousness? What is liberation? Enlightenment? What is present moment awareness? Brahma Consciousness? So many questions to ponder on...I have some ideas, but sense the answers we have to these questions are either beyond words / change over time.
In loving kindness. May 2014 be filled with love, harmony, belongingness with everyone, sincerity, and authenticity.
Love & Jai Guru Dev,
An Aspiring Yogi
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