Talking Inspiration

Hi All!

Last night I was telling a guy who came to the temple about Nithya Dhyaan. The guy told me how he is stressed out lately at work, and though he would try meditation. So I started convincing him to do Nithya Dhyaan, telling him about it's benefits and what a great meditation it was and all that. Well I am telling him all this and then going, man! why have I not been doing this meditation lately?! Cause I haven't. Well he agreed to come for a Nithya Dhyaan class, and I finished up my temple work and went home, then set my alarm clock for a time I wouldn't normally ever get up during summer break.

Well This morning I got up and did Nithya Dhyaan! So go me, we shall see how many days this lasts, but I am hoping for 21.

P.S. This is Lake Michigan, I took this picture 2 days ago when we went there.

Kayaking

Hello Readers!

Today, I did not do yoga. (I woke up to late) Instead my Dad and I took the purple Kayak, Kiwi to Delaware lake in the morning. So before it got unbearably hot (even though I am able to bear it, but a lot of people cannot). I paddled all the way across the lake, and then back (it's a smaller lake, one of Ohio's many man-made ones) which my dad said I wouldn't be able to do, but I was able to do it fine. Although I did get a little tired during the second half coming back. Since I still won't go to the gym, this is my way of getting my upper body exercise. Well my mother, sister and I are leaving for Michigan to visit family now, so I will write from there next!

Yoga!

Hello Readers!

So Guess who did some yoga today, the Teenage Yogini. OK so maybe by my name I am supposed to do yoga every day, but for about the past three months I have been extremely lazy in the exercise aspect of life, which includes yoga. But today I got up, took a shower then did about 15 minutes of yoga, I know that's not very much, but for someones (me) who has not done yoga in 3 months, it was good. I plan to do more tomorrow. Surprisingly it felt really good to stretch my body wake up muscles I don't normally use. More Later

P.S. This is a picture I took of Niagra falls when I went there about a week ago on my way back from Toronto

My Birhday

On July 12, 2011 I turned 16.

I actually meant to write this entry on my Birthday, and I did start it, I just never got around to finishing it. Well I spent the morning and early afternoon of my party at the barn helping out with Barn Buddies horse camp. Came home, changed and then had a small birthday party that I didn't exactly enjoy. After that I realized it's not about how you elaborate your birthday, the important thing is simply that it happened. Even though I did realize that (and I had a cake at the temple later on, I always do) I still wanted one special thing for my birthday. Swamiji's special blessing for my birthday. Well I was so excited and that night, he didn't give the morning message, just an insane. press conference in Chennai (the reporters were insane). I was pretty disappointed, but just had to hope that he would be on the following night. And he was! He was doing a scientific test on levitating, and talking about the press conference, so even though we had told the people over there, I was nervous that he would not see the message. He did not say it at the beginning when he usually announces everything, or in the middle when he got distracted and off topic, I pretty much gave up by that point I was going to get my birthday wish. And then at the very end he gave me a blessing!! He said my name, and blessing and said that I will be with him, and he will be with me, and it was so sweet and perfect. So Now i am content with my birthday.
Gurupoornima celebrations are tonight at the temple, simultaneously with India. Hopefully that will be something to write about!! More later!

The $10, 000+ Savior

Well about the miracle. So first night in Toronto, we ate dinner, then went to see the temple (which needed a lot of work and I really didn't think could be completed in just 5 days) all of the ladies piled into one woman's van and the guys got into a car. We started to drive home, the van was in front, then a car and then the guy's car. We stopped at a red light (as is normal) and the guy behind us (who was talking on the phone) smashed right into us, at a really high speed. The back window shattered, which was amazingly scary as I was sitting in the back seat of the van. I ducked my head down as the event unfolded. The car went through the light, and slid to a stop, the guy who crashed into us stopped his car and ran out, and then started to yell at the woman driving the van that she had stopped at a green light, which she had not. Well the police came and an ambulance, and the whole investigation took place, even though their was no blood or broken bones all six of us in the car went to the hospital to be checked out. All of us suffered minor injuries (back, head, and neck pain mostly).

Now going to the hospital was a bog thing in itself because I have a always had this big fear of hospitals, so the whole way there I was really nervous. We had to wait in the emergency room until 3:30 am just to see a doctor, we got there at 11:00. Finally when the doctor saw me all the pain had faded, and I just had a little chat with the doctor about Toronto. Here's the funny thing though, the hospital was OK! There were no pointy needles, and I didn't die, on the contrariety I had fun! I goofed off, played games on an cell phone laughed a lot, took pictures of my friends sleeping (other temple volunteers came with food, and kept us company through out the night)and used up all my quarters on the vending machine. It was really fun!

So miracle? Well we realized the next day that ....

OK there before we left the temple the temple head and the Canadian head discussed what to do with the large (I mean this is over 800 lbs) box of jewels and pooja supplies that was in the back of the van finally even though it took up the whole trunk they decided to leave it in the van.

We realized that that box had save our lives. It took the majority of the impact from the car that hit us. If the box had not been there the whole back of the car would squished inside, seriously maybe even fatally injuring me and the other girl in the backseat. Thankfully the wooden box was quite hard and the jewels where not damaged in any way. So thank you Swamiji!!

Travels

Hey Readers!!!

I haven't written in so long, but I have been sooo busy. First I was in Seattle which was amazingly fun. Then I came back to Ohio for just three days. Me and a couple of others spontaneously went to Toronto for the temple opening (well we knew we where going but we didn't think till a week later, so we left spontaneously). So now I am Toronto. The temple is offically opening with a grand celebration on July 10, which is in just 2 days (it's night, so today doesn't count). Everyone planned this big surprise for me, my best other teenage friend Paz came. So we have spent the past two days getting things ready for the opening. All deity stuff. I have got to do a lot with temples before, but never this important or behind the scenes close to the deities for an event. Whenever there was an event before people made the really good people do those things, but now I am getting the opportunity which feels really special.

It's really special getting to be here for the opening, sort of awakens WHY I am doing all this. When you are at your temple it's just the same people, the same thing and you just get used to it, and kind of take advantage. But being the people are sooo grateful to get a temple, it's really inspiring. The other thing is it makes me realize how much I don't know!! In Ohio it's basically more routine then knowing. I have learned the Ohio deities alankar, but just on those deities. I have learned how to prepare for Ohio's abishekum (sacred bath) but just there. So being here is a.) teaching me LOT'S of new stuff. 2.) showing what I do need to learn, which I think is kind of that lesson people are always telling you in life. That there is always someone better, but adding to that in my case, don't just accept that, strive to learn what you don't know. So I have a really big Swamiji Miracle to tell you all involving my life, but tomorrow. Keep checking, and commenting!