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“The process to make your soul and consciousness to become strong, and to create the pure bliss in life around you. You need to become the highest, strongest divine spirit on this planet and handle your soul. Handle it and the Mother Nature, in a beautiful way. That is the greatness of the Chandra Nadi Process.”
October 17 & 18, 2009: At the Church of Divine Lineage in Laytonville, California, Swami initiated the Chandra Nadi process, or Moon process, for the first time to the world.
Over 360 determined individuals made the journey up the mountain to the temple, while another 150 people connected to the event remotely from their homes. The temple grounds were transformed in the weeks and days prior by a highly dedicated seva team. Only five days before the event, the area received four inches of heavy rainfall, with continued rain predicted through the weekend. With everyone’s sankalpam and strong hard work, the tents went up, woodchips were spread, and emergency plywood laid down. Remarkably, the weather held, making it possible for the initiation to take place. The breathtaking beauty of the land, combined with great vaastu and, most of all, Swami’s grace, made it all possible.
All aspects of the two-day event were carefully orchestrated by Swami from the ashram in Penukonda, India. The program opened Saturday morning with participants gathered under the big tent to hear his welcome and new teachings via a broadcast telephone call. Night was falling in Penukonda, and despite losing the connection four times, Swami was able to transmit the ancient knowledge about the Chandra Nadi process, and detailed instructions for simultaneous fire pujas in both India and Laytonville. With exact coordinated timing, the fire puja began as the aarti flame offered to Dattatreya’s statue was carried to the Laytonville Temple’s new 7-foot wide dhuni, while halfway around the world in Penukonda the fire blazed in Swami’s dhuni and Brahmin priests began changing Vedic mantras. This chanting was broadcast live to the puja in Laytonville, creating a strong merging of the energies from these two power spots on the planet. Then the sound of Swami’s voice chanting mantras echoed down the northeast valley for the whole town to hear. The initiation had begun. Swami said that the highest charging and de-charging “started today at the fire pit.”
That night was timeless; the mystery of the Divine was evident as the Chandra Nadi Process continued on the very darkest night of the month, the new moon, when no moon was visible. Stars were visibly flung across the sky, but quickly disappeared under the thick blanket of fog that rolled in. The darkness of the night was in contrast to the glow of the temple, illuminated with strings of Christmas lights and candles to celebrate Diwali, celebrating the victory of the Light over darkness. Down the hill at the dhuni, students meditated through the night at the roaring fire of the dhuni.
The group slept in the tents as one big Sai family. Everyone awoke and slowly greeted the cool, misty dawn, while the sound of Baba’s morning song was broadcast over the speakers evoking a feeling of being at the ashram in Penukonda. Everyone slowly made their way to the food tent for a hot tea and breakfast to start the day. All seva teams worked hard and pulled together, accepting “in a sporty way” Swami’s changing plans and the dramatic shifts in weather.
That day Swami released the Chandra Nadi yantra. The group gathered under the big tent to draw their yantras, and then spread out into nature to charge their yantras with their meditation energy. With their yantras placed on the earth, and the warm sunshine on their faces, everyone settled down for the 3-hour meditation around the northeast lake, while Lakshmi, the temple dog, happily made her rounds. A great peace and stillness permeated the area.
Like a flame set to spread throughout the world, the Chandra Nadi process has been lit.