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JUST LOVE..

JUST LOVE..

Author: Verushka Pather
Date: 2017-07-28

I have been blessed with 5 years of Darshan (sighting of God), many miracles, I know now are just games to entice my heart, divine gifts, the opportunity to dance in a heightened arena of Shakti worship and the mercy to be enveloped in a cocoon of supreme, pure love. So the invite for JUST LOVE FESTIVAL was a personal gift from my Lord Himself. The holy abode of Paramahamsa SriSwami Vishwananda, Shree Peetha Nilaya Ashram in Springen, Germany is the meeting of many hearts, a family and community focused on divine love and unity and the journey of travelling souls arriving home to merge into the nectar of pure love.

The JUST LOVE FESTIVAL is the coming together of individuals from diverse religious & cultural backgrounds sharing the same goal of Unity and the opportunity to evolve in consciousness. The 3-day festival was a burst of spiritual freedom and the simple acknowledgment that we are one with the divine. The HOLI Festival was a celebration of love, life and happiness. It reminded us to be free from the restrictions that we put on ourselves and simply be in the moment. It was the most amazing day of fun and loads of colour. The KIRTHAN, singing that happens daily in the morning and evening is the one accessible form of Bhakti (devotion) that draws upon the energetic vibration of the divine names of our Supreme Deities. And all names and forms from all religions are acknowledged and praised through technically classical to the electrifying modern rock genres of music. For some of us it was the dancing and the letting go in the music and for some it was the sublime silence of MEDITATION that allowed them to receive insightful wisdom, become one with nature and experience the oneness of self through Love.

From the blessing Swami Vishwananda I have been able to meet amazing artist and souls from all over the globe and after an intoxicating day of Holi, Kirthan, Dancing and Prayer we would gather early hours of the morning to enjoy the mercy of the day, share our experiences and have great laughs over the scrumptious savory sweets and delectable vegetarian and vegan dishes provided by the Ashram.

JUST LOVE contains everything, the entire universe. It describes a Love that has been addressed before - after all, there is essentially nothing new to add to the wisdom of the Holy Scriptures of both East and West - yet the way this Love is addressed is new and speaks to us at the beginning of the 21st century in a way that touches us deeply. Sri Swami Vishwananda's message is simple; "Just Love. Yes, just love. Love is all there is. Love is all you have to do; the rest will take care of itself."