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It is essential that each of us cultivates a mind of peace.
For it is such inner cultivation that brings forth true peace in the world.
When one person embodies peace, that peace flows naturally to the family.
It blesses the children, it shapes education, it reaches the workplace, society and, ultimately, the world itself.
Yet when we look around today, we see that peace is fading.
The mind is restless, entangled in attachments and endlessly driven by ceaseless activity.
Nations struggle with unresolved challenges.
Conflicts persist within the international community.
The world has fallen into turmoil, shaken by economic challenges and environmental crises.
And still, we must not surrender hope.
We must continue to pray for peace in our world.
For within each one of us abides the power to create peace.
The sages of the Himalayas entered the deepest meditation, attaining the supreme state of samadhi.
In that boundless silence, they discovered the essence of peace.
In purity, they became peace itself.
They became one with the Divine, and awakened to eternal truth.
Our true nature is silence.
Our essence is wholeness and fulfilment.
This is the Self.
Within it dwell wisdom, strength and universal love.
You were born of peace.
But humanity has forgotten this truth, seeking happiness outside itself.
Thus the mind wanders, the body struggles and peace is lost.
Through countless lives, the mind has been clouded, veiling the radiant Self.
Now is the time to return to our essence.
To disperse the inner clouds, to be fulfilled from within.
In this awakening, we discover the way to live.
We return to the true Self.
We meditate. We pray.
Not for relaxation alone, but to dissolve the clouds that bind us, to awaken the light within, to realise truth, to be transformed and to live in the qualities of the Self.
At the depths of the mind lies peace.
It is an unshakable peace.
From it, our prayers kindle peace in others.
Peace spreads to families, to communities, to nations and to the world.
Love is shared with all around us.
We live in mutual respect.
We seek to understand one another.
We transform anger into forgiveness, loneliness into love that fulfils and desire into love that gives.
We share with one another.
For within you flows a fountain of love.
With a serene mind, you may live each moment fully.
No longer ruled by the restless mind, you may learn to guide it with clarity.
Together, let us pray: ‘May there be peace in the world.’
And let us begin to meditate, each in turn.
I will tell you why I became a Himalayan Master.
Years ago, a saint of the Himalayas came to Japan for a television programme.
At that time, I was already well known for teaching yoga for health.
I was invited by a television director to appear on a programme, and through that programme I encountered the saint.
When the filming ended, he extended an invitation to the Himalayas.
For me, this was a profound blessing, for I had long yearned for the light of enlightenment. I accepted at once, and journeyed deep into the Himalayas.
There, under the most rigorous discipline, I devoted many years to meditation.
At last, I attained the supreme samadhi and was recognised as a Himalayan Master.
Now I carry the lineage of the Himalayas, with a vision to offer love and peace to the world.
Through purification and transformation, I was granted the power to guide the transformation of others.
I became a vessel of pure vibration – a current that flows through my body, my eyes, my hands and my words.
And when you receive this current, the doorway to your source is opened.
I offer to you the sacred practice known as Himalayan Siddha Meditation.
This meditation holds the power to purify your karma and to guide you to the very source.
Through these secret practices, you may be transformed, reborn and released from your burdens.
The weight of the mind, which often feels heavy, is lifted.
You become a heart of light – filled with love, strength and wisdom.
You live in peace, and bring peace to all around you.
I invite you to become a meditator, to walk the path of truth.
Through your prayers, together, we shall bring peace to the world.
Through prayer and meditation, peace will arise on Earth.
And in that peace, your own heartfelt wishes may also be fulfilled.
ABOUT YOGMATA KEIKO AIKAWA
Yogmata Keiko Aikawa is the first female and non-Indian Siddha Master, and the only Siddha Master to appear in public to this day. A Siddha Master is a Himalayan saint who has achieved supreme samadhi, a state of human consciousness that transcends the physical and mental to achieve oneness with the source of all creation. This ascetic practice, the final stage of yoga and meditation, is said to be the most difficult of all due to the possibility of fatality.
In 2007 Yogmata Keiko Aikawa received the prestigious title of Mahamandaleshwar (the Supreme Master of the Universe) from Juna Akara, the largest spiritual austerities association in India. Her eminence in the yoga and spiritual realm has been recognised worldwide; her blessings and messages of peace, love and unity have featured on the BBC, CNN, TV Asahi and Reuters, and guided the publication of 80 books and audio materials.
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