30/10/2025
Darshan with my Teachers. What a blessing and an honour to sit today with my beloved teachers, A.G. Mohan and Indra Mohan, whose guidance I have received for the past eighteen years. Their influence on my life and teachings is profound and enduring.
During today’s talk they shared wisdom which is both timeless and deeply relevant. In a world where values are fading, while selfishness, fear, and the pursuit of power often dominate, it is through yoga and mantra we learn to protect the mind and heart. Selfishness and fear are innate within us all, and when these tendencies are left unrestrained, the result is conflict and imbalance in the inner and external world. Yet suffering has its sacred purpose. It comes to strengthen us, to lift us to a higher path, and to guide us inward.
Some situations are beyond our control, and peace is found in accepting them. Others require courage and action, standing firm and responding with empathy and strength. Yoga strengthens our capacity to act with integrity and keep ourselves safe in the world. There is an analogy in the Upaniṣads, life is like a bird with two wings, one wing is our values and the other is protection. Both are needed for balance and for flight.
To sit with teachers who embody such gentleness, clarity, and compassion is humbling and healing. They remind us that values must be consciously cultivated, that knowledgeable practice is the true teacher, and that love, real love, is discovered in the stillness within. It is a feeling of expansive peace which arises when the senses quieten and the heart turns inward. We seek this love everywhere else and forget it is already within. When we remember, we stop searching for happiness in the outer world and turn towards what is steady within. Even when our lives are imperfect, even in the midst of difficulty, we can be content. When we drop expectation and find acceptance, peace flows naturally.
