Karani from Finland is doing seva in the sewing studio since five months. Here are some of her experiences about living at Shree Peetha Nilaya:
"I
met Sri Swami Vishwananda for the first time in Finland in August
2009 where he was giving Darshan. Only a few months later in December I came for a visit to the ashram here in Germany. After that I came
quite often. Already from the beginning I helped during my visits
with making murti clothes and different other cloths like the brown ones for the bamacharinis.
It
was always my wish to stay for a longer period of time and to
participate in the life here in the centre. But for a long time it
was not possible to do this due to my life in Finland. But then at
the end of 2013 things suddenly came together in the right way and it
was possible for me to come and stay for a longer seva time.
For
me this place means having a feeling of being at home which I have
nowhere else like that. The prayers in the temple and in the church
are like food for me. A food that I have missed for so long. The
lifestyle here seems to be the only useful way of living.
The
community of people is quite big with so many different personalities
and people from all over the world and I can learn so much through
meeting them which is a great blessing.
The
most important one here is of course Guruji and I know that only
through him this place is possible.
Never
before in my life did I have the possibility to learn so many
different things. Be it the daily prayers or doing seva together with
others, there is so much here which is opening the heart. If I take
time to reflect a bit on what this place and its people are giving me, I am very touched and tears are coming to my eyes.
I am learning that we can be very strong together if we are able to
open ourselves. And this is what is happening here. Now that I am in the ashram for a longer period of time I am beginning to understand what
respect is. It is especially through Guruji that I am learning this.
To learn to be humble and to respect others is getting more and more
important for me. I am learning this through the people i meet here
and through observing others. Once I saw Swamini Dayamati meeting
Guruji and greeting him. There was so much respect and friendliness
in her behaviour towards him that it left a deep impression on me and
it made me understand that for me the most important thing to learn
is true humility."
