Winter Tour 2009: Columbus GA

The Winter Tour arrived at the house of Guru and family in the late hours of December 29th.

Image credit: derived from MS Office clip art

It was a very crowded scene that night, with sleeping bags spread around pretty much every surface of the floor in every available room! Sarika did an excellent job catering to our food, drink and accommodation needs, and is to be commended for all her effort! We woke up the next morning refreshed and of good cheer, re-energised to spread vibrations in Columbus!

Once again, we split into two groups.

One group would cover as many strip malls and stores in the area close to the library where a beginners program was to start the following weekend. Based on feedback and discussions among the Tour participants, we made it a point this time around to silently keep our attention and praying to Mother to awaken the kundalini of each person who came in contact with us. We approached the cashiers and store managers with the dynamism to spread vibrations and awareness of this beautiful gift of realization. Often people were helpful about spreading the message to their friends and or employees either by passing the fliers along or putting it up in their break rooms or community boards. Occasionally they politely pointed us to the 'no solicitation' rules. Some of us were able to talk to customers 'trying to shop' who seemed welcome to hear more or try the experience, others tried to spread awareness to those in parking lots. Yet each one tried to give the world out there who is also seeking this knowledge in their own way, a tiny little taste of the bliss that could be attained.

The second group focused on libraries and recreation centers in the city. Some of the centers were closed for the weekend/holidays but we collected the required contact information to follow-up with them after the holiday season. We might not have directly talked in detail about Sahaja Meditation but we took the first step towards getting the word out there.

The more important task in Columbus was just to spread vibrations and support the only yogi family in the area. Having enabled about 50 Realisations and distributed about 550 flyers, it is our hope that we helped plant and vibrate enough seeds that would blossom into many yogis and seekers of spirituality in Columbus!

After an extended lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings where we ordered about 100 wings with a variety of dips/sauces, we returned to pack our bags and load up the van for our final destination: back to Atlanta!

(Many thanks to Asees for contributing to this write-up!)