My Journey ... Before NIGER and NOW
WHO AM I?
I AM YOU... THE PURE PRESENCE OF REALITY. I AM THAT...THE SOURCE I AM...
YOU ARE I in this DIVINE PLAY of CONSCIOUSNESS... WE ARE ONE.
MY life MISSION: 
2 LOVE all unconditionally
&
SERVE everyone
with DIVINE LOVE and JOY...
I have no specific religion, I respect all beliefs; if someone were to ask me about this question, I would have to simply say that my religion is LOVE...For me, LOVE is ALL there is...
SO SUDDENLY
So suddenly…
the world became deeply silent.
The cars, the busy streets, the motion of
modern life – all gone
in a blink of an eye.
It was just a dream; today I woke up
in a different world and
time seemed to flow
in the waves of red sand…
then God greeted me with a smile
of a Nigerian girl walking by barefoot
in the rain… She carried a bundle of sticks
in her hand; her white teeth matched the
glimmer of her sparkling eyes –
So suddenlyI was entranced
by your beauty, oh God!
(CEZARINA/
I BOW to ALL MY TEACHERS...
- My Romanian family (includes the family I was born into and all beautiful souls I encountered along the way in my early Romanian life journey)
- the Divine Christ ( I was born into the Romanian Orthodox Church and always treasured my Grandmother's stories about Jesus and his spiritual teachings...what a spiritual Master he was! Later I was to find the real meaning of this early experience and my own soul connection to modern Christ consciousness. )
- The beautiful lineage of Kriya Yoga spiritual Masters (Mahavatar Babaji Maharaj, Shri Lahiri Mahasaya, Swami Shriyukteshwar Giri, Shrimat Bhupendranath Sanyal,Paramahamsa Yogananda, Swami Satyananda Giri, Paramahamsa Hariharananda)
For those who are not familiar with KRIYA YOGA:
Kriya Yoga is an ancient and powerful system of meditation, which promises perfect health, peace of mind and a stress-free life. It is a scientific technique of action with constant God-consciousness, which ultimately leads to realisation - going beyond the body, mind, intellect, thought, and even the world, to Soul-consciousness.
To perceive the Soul in every breath, in every moment, in every action, in everything and every being is Kriya Yoga. By the practice of Kriya Yoga meditation, one aspires to lead a life of divine consciousness, which ultimately brings love, purity and joy.
"Leave emotion and be motionless” (Paramahamsa Hariharananda) |
HOW DID I STUMBLE UPON this scientific science of Kriya Yoga? Simply reading the book written by Paramahamsa Yogananda "Autobiography of an Yogi" and doing online reasearch...
"Your unceasing love and unselfish readiness to help others without
distinction of religion, sex, creed or caste will make your heart big enough to
receive all humanity therein. And once the love of all human beings and all
living things shall have entered into your heart, your heart will be the ONE
HEART of GOD. Feeling all hearts as One, you will feel the One Cosmic beating
behind all hearts. Recognizing no individual selfish love, feeling the
same love for all, you will feel the One Great Love which is everlasting and
forever burns as pure white flame on the universal altar of all hearts. SAY
silently to your own soul, ‘I shall drink Thy Love alone from all cups, O
God! From the gold and silver and crystal cups of the world and from the
shining invisible cups of human hearts, I shall drink Thy Love
alone!’" (Paramahamsa Yogananda)
- My divine Kriya Yoga teachers whom I personally met 6 years ago and who touched my life in the deepest way possible. I bow to your Endless Love and Wisdom...
Paramahamsa Hariharananda Paramahamsa Prajnanananda
“The key to life
is that within the short span of our existence,
and with a limited body frame,
we should experience the limitless soul
and achieve enduring bliss -
Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is achieved”
(Paramahamsa Prajnanananda)
- My beloved friends in Southern Illinois (among them, my beautiful Romanian sister Clara) and Ohio (Yellow Springs)... I cherish you always, so grateful our paths have crossed...
- My ex-husband Mark who journeyed with me for 11 years of intense seeking of truth within and without.
- James, my loving spiritual partner, my reflection of joy and wisdom...
- All the children of the world I have taught and I am still teaching. You are my guiding light, you hold such BEAUTY and PURITY inside.
- All my friends in NIGER, West Africa. You know who you are. You made this place feel like home to me.THANK you for you...
- All life , all nature... I experience LIFE as ART in MOTION. I hold everything sacred, I am in love and awe of Creation. What a miracle we are!
- All SUFI poets ( Rumi, Hafiz, Rabia, to name a few)
"Give me ecstasy, give me naked wonder, O my Creator!
Give birth to the Beloved in me, and let this lover die.
Let a thousand wrangling desires become one Love. "
- Rumi
OTHER influences:
- SRI RAMAKRISHNA & SARADA DEVI
