Kyiv, Ukraine : With the global family about the Raksha Bandhan news celebrated in Ukraine with courageous and big hearted alokik family members from Bila Tserkva, Vinnytsia, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Ternopil and Kharkiv.
Gift to Baba on the eve of the Rakshabandhan celebration
Shine of Purity began on the first day with an evening of powerful meditation. Followed by the meditation, we the children of the Purifier Father gathered around the fire to burn to the slightest traces of impurity on the eve of the Rakshabandhan celebration. After such a ceremony we returned to our rooms and moved into the Lap of the Purifier Father and Mother.
Sweet Silence
Filled with Sweet Silence from the beginning of Amritvela our retreat mood continued with Karma yoga and spiritual study. In addition, an online workshop “Light and Might of the Army of God” was also organised. In the evening we gathered in the newly built summer pavilion to meet the revered Didi Sudha via Zoom.
“When we tie rakhi to someone or some one comes to have a rakhi tie us, at that time a state of the soul naturally arises: “I, the soul, look at the soul.” This soul consciousness of both me and the other person is the foundation of purity. And in order to make this practice firm, we celebrate it every year, because knowledge of the soul is our first and our last lesson,” said Didi.
A sweet surprise was the joining of Baba’s special jewel, Didi Chakradhari in the meeting. Didi Chakradhari addressed to us with words of inspiration and blessing, and also congratulated us for celebrating the sacred festival in Ukraine.
Main event
Definitely, the main event of the retreat was the elevated celebration of Rakshabandhan. After a talk on the spiritual significance of the festival, everyone wrote a loving letter to Baba, gottied rakhi and applied tilak, received blessing, gift and toli. At the end of the Rakhi tying ceremony we sat together and again merged in the love of BapDada and divine family. Had Brahambhoj in silence.
Rakhi – a special gift of self-development
Various programs of self-development and subtle service:
Workshop on “Purity in the Service of the World”, special meditation on “Serving the Elements of Nature”, a friendly family talk on “Time of Receiving and Giving”, an evening meditation on “Gratitude to the Father”. A special event was the festive ceremony of planting flowers and trees in the garden of Baba’s Sangam Retreat Center.
Suddenly came the Last day
We felt how every minute of Rakhi gathering gave us unforgettable fruits of the Confluence Age. After the Murli class and breakfast, the retreat participants gathered for the farewell ceremony, vidai-badhai. Each Brahmin received an apple as a symbol of the instant fruit of spiritual efforts, and words of special inspiration from the senior sisters. Sisters and brothers left the Retreat Center as jewels of contentment.
