In this blog where I attempt to share the inevitable twists and turns of my own tapestry of life , I want to be as emphatic as I state that while I have come to realise this fully enriched state of being- is a masterpiece where it is at …and in changing myself and others around me as a community builder …that none of this will not be possible without unimaginable support of a spouse and children who have allowed this state to develop.

Who gets to realise in this lifetime that everything that has flowed from their existence and state of being in its endless gifts to others is possible without realising the gifted souls who have supported it and to me that is my family and the Divine Master over my existence my Guru , Swami Sivananda. A long time ago I met a Saint who asked me if I lived so that the name of the things my Guru built were the institutions I wished to protect or was it the message of my Guru’s life that I wished to be acquainted with. He also asked me what my reaction would be if those things he built went up in flames , what a huge realisation hit!!!

I realised that because as of now in this country it is only people on the board of the things my Guru built, householders with their own spiritual journeys to accomplish, none ahead of others on the ground in service to my Guru- I would rather attach to the message of his life and I was ok with the institutions burning down by corruption, pretty much how I realised that even in my own country- aligning myself to the values of the greatest leaders like Madiba , Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Ahmed Kathrada and so on and so forth was more important for me to align with than the institutions that they had created -embroiled in corruption and greed …

So in getting back to the introduction of this blog, post that meeting with a saint - I unconsciously from then submitted to the entrenchment of what my life was going to be- a simple enhancement of the embracing of my Gurus message of Serve , Love , Give as I deemed the consciousness of Purify , Meditate and Realise an inconceivable task without the former - and said maybe that will be another lifetime.

You see despite my own volition- the energy behind the total surrender to my Guru for his life to be an imprint on mine, in leaving a profession of money and using intellect and every other god given talent to serve rather than preach … I am realising that others who are protectors of the institution might not want to endorse anything done… but that’s ok- it is a consequence of how I have chosen to live….

Because in the grand tapestry of life we are meant to be connected with those that challenges us, even the naysayers , with people that teach us how not to be , as much as we must remain connect with those that are gifts to us, helping us be who we are , inspiring our very existence , this is how the perfect picture is woven….