MEENA DISCOVERS HER INNER SILENCE. SHE LISTENS & WRITES!

MEENA'S CHILDHOOD HAD LAYERS OF LOVE & LEARNING FROM HER  PARENTS WHO CAME FROM DIFFERENT FAITHS HINDUISM AND  ISLAM. YET THEY COMMUNICATED SO EFFECTIVELY AND TRANSFORMED HER iINTO A WONDERFUL HUMAN BEING. THEY COMMUNICATED THROUGH THEIR DAILY ACTIONS(KARMA) WITH LOVE, TOLERANCE & RESPECT. 

SHE RECALLS THOSE BEAUTIFUL IMAGES ENGRAINED IN THE CREVICES OF HER BRAIN. IMAGES ABOUT HER LIFE AND SHARES IT WITH YOU AS YOU VISIT HER SITE. 

THE STORY IS...EACH MORNING SHE WATCHED HER SERENE AND BEAUTIFUL MOTHER RAFIA KHANNUM  HOLDING AN EMPTY BASKET IN HER HAND. MEENA SAW HER WALK TOWARDS THE GARDEN OF OUR HOME AND PLUCK FLOWERS FILLING HER BASKET IN PREPARATION FOR HER FATHER;S DAILY MEDITATION PRACTICE.

MEENA PICTURES HER MOTHER'S MOVEMENTS..PURPOSEFUL AND MINDFUL AS SHE GATHERED AND FILLED THE BASKET. THIS WAS A DAILY RITUAL FOR HER...HER FORM OF MEDITATION WITH LOVE & KINDNESS.  

NEXT HER MOTHER WOULD WALK INTO OUR PRAYER ROOM AND PLACE THE BASKET OF FLOWERS AT THE DESIGNATED SPOT. SHE THEN LIGHTED THE ESSENCE STICKS.

MeEENA WATCHED IN WONDERMENT HER MOTHER;S MOVEMENTS FLOWING GRACEFULLY IN SILENCE.  THESE MOMENTS FOR MEENA WERE LIKE FRESH DEW DROPS ON THE MORNING LEAVES. 

FINALLY, HER MOTHER WOULD SIT AND SAY HER PRAYERS ON HER ISLAMIC "JANAMAZ" RUG ! 

MEENA FEELS SHE WAS VERY FORTUNATE IN BEING TAUGHT BY HER PARENTS ACTIONS TO RESPECT, APPRECIATE  & LOVE  THE DIFFERENT NUANCES OF EVERY FAITH AROUND THE WORLD. 

HAVE YOU EVER STEPPED ACROSS A BROOK BY HOPPING FROM ONE STONE TO THE NEXT? IF YOU HAVE, THEN YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO QUICKLY TRAVEL A DISTANCE BY LEAPING FROM ONE MOMENT TO THE NEXT. MEENA'S PATH WAS ALREADY CARVED BY THE DIVINE. A MAGICAL JOURNEY WAVES THAT DANCED WITH JOY BUT WERE VERY ROUGH AT TIMES. SHE  ALWAYS FELT CRADLED BY THE DIVINE AND EACH TIME LANDED SAFELY ON TO HER NEXT STEPPING STONE..  

HER CHILDHOOD HAD LAYERS OF DIVERSITY WHICH REFLECT ON WHO SHE IS TODAY!

MEENA HAS VIVID MEMORIES OF HER MOTHER IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THE MORNING, CARRYING AN EMPTY ROUND BASKET AND STEPPING INTO THEIR GARDEN. SHE WOULD  RETURN WITH A FULL  BASKET OF SEASONAL FLOWERS. AT THESE SACRED MOMENTS MEENA CAPTURED HER MOTHER'S GRACEFUL & DELEBERATE MOVEMENTS. THIS VIBRATION OF  SILENCE WAS CAUGHT BY THE MRONING BREEZE WHILE HER MOTHER  PLUCKED EACH SACRED FLOWER WITH TENDERNESS.  HOW MEENA AS A CHILD IMPRINTED THESE SNAPSHOTS IN HER  LENS WITH AN INTENSITY OF HER MOTHER'S FRAGRANCE.

WHILE SHE WATCHED HER MOTHER WITH LOVE AND TENDERNESS, A PRAYER WOULD ESCAPE FROM MEENA'S HEART.  SHE KNEW THAT THEIR HEARTS BEATS WERE RHYTHEMICAL. SHE WATCHED IN AWE.  FOR A CHILD THAT YOUNG TO WITNESS HOW HER MOTHER RAFIA RESPECTED THE ENERGY OF THE EARTH WAS A SPIRIYTUAL AWAKENING. 

HER MOTHER'S DAILY DEVOTION TOWARDS HER FATHER'S MEDITATION PRACTICE WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR. HER FATHER'S EYES EMBRACED HER MOTHER WITH LOVE. 

THESE WERE MEENA'S DAILY SACRED MORNING FLOW. SHE TREASURED THEM IN THE CREVICES OF HER HEART & BRAIN. SHE LOVED HER FATHER'S SERENE IMAGE.

MEENA HAS VIVID MEMORIES OF HER MOTHER DOING YOGA POSTURES EVERY MORNING. SHE RECALLS THAT HER PARENTS NEVER EXPLAINED IN WORDS WHAT "MEDITATION" & "YOGA" MEANT. IT WAS THEIR  ACTIONS THAT PREPARED HER FOR WHAT WAS TO COME INTO HER LIFE. 

HER LIFE EMBRACED HER WITH EMOTIONS OF JOY & DEEP SORROW. ALONG HER JOURNEY IN LIFE SHE SEEMED MINDFUL & AWARE. MEENA  FEELS THAT IN THOSE SAD & HURTFUL MOMENTS OF HER LIFE, ALL HER GODS WERE WATCHING OVER HER.

MEENA GREW UP WITH A DYNAMIC GRANDMOTHER "THAKURMA". A FORCE THAT TRAVELS WITH HER EVEN TO THIS MOMENT. A COURAGEOUS & STRONG WILLED LADY,  WHO EDUCATED ELEVEN CHILDREN ...AND THAT TOO AS A YOUNG WIDOW OF 23. 

MEENA'S FAITH IN HER ANCESTORS STANDS STRONG AS A ROCK. SHE FEELS THAT THEY HAVE ALL ALONG SHADOWED HER WITH THEIR GRACE & BLESSINGS.

ONE WONDERFUL DAY, WHEN SHE WAS 7 YEARS YOUNG, AND CHATTING WITH HER FATHER, SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE STRONGEST TOOL IN A HUMAN BEING WAS THE BRAIN, AND THAT NOTHING WAS IMPOSSIBLE. LIFE WAS FULL IF INFINITE POSSIBILITIES. MEENA HAS ALWAYS CARRIED HER FATHER'S WORDS OF WISDOM IN HER HEART.  

TIME CERTAINLY HAD SOME SURPRISES FOR MEENA. SHE  STEPPED ON SOME ROUGH SHARP EDGED ROCK,  WHICH LEFT DEEP WOUNDS IN HER HEART.HER FATHER FELL SERIOUSELY ILL AT AGE 31 YRS. THE FAMILY'S STRONG PILLAR CRUMPLED, AND SHE FELT DEVASTATED & ALONE.

IN THOSE SORROWFUL LONG 8 YEARS OF HIS ILLNESS,  HER FATHER'S POWERFUL WORDS VIBRATED IN THE UNIVERSE. THEREAFTER, THOSE WORDS ECHOED FROM THE HEAVENS ABOVE. HE WAS LAID TO REST UNDER A CANOPY OF TREES.

EACH TIME MEENA STUMBLED DOWN IN AGONY, SHE FELT STRONG HANDS PICKING HER BACK UP. EACH FAILURE IN HER LIFE RESTORED HER FAITH AND MADE HER FEAR LESS AND  LESS. SHE GOT TO UNDERSTAND & KNOW HERSELF BETTER.

 MEENA HAS ALWAYS LOVED SOLITUDE, AS ONLY DURING SILENCE COULD SHE COMMUNICATE WITHIN.FOR HER MEDITATION IS LIKE LISTENING TO THE UNIVERSE.AS TIME PASSED SHE BECAME DISCIPLINED IN THIS PRACTICE . SHE BEGAN TO PRACTICE  HEARTFULNESS WITH DISCIPLINE 7 YEARS AGO, AND IN 2021 SHE LEAD THE HEARTFULNESS WEEKLY SATURDAY 9PM PRAYERS VIRTUALLY.

IN 2018 MEENA WENT UNDER THE KNIFE WITH A TRIPLE BYPASS HEART SURGERY KNOWN AS THE (WIDOW MAKER) AT JOHN HOPKIN'S  BETHESDA, MARYLAND. AFTER THE SURGERY, A NURSE  COMMENTED, .."YOU ARE STILL ON THIS EARTH BECAUSE THE DIVINE HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOU. YOUR WORK ON  EARTH IS UNFINISHED" THIS WAS TRUE & SHE SMILED WITH GRATITUDE.

MEENA HAD SINCE A YOUNGA GE  CARRIED A DREAM IN HER SOUL...TO BE OF SERVICE TOWARDS THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY. IN 2019 WHEN COVID19 STRUCK THE PLANET EARTH HER DREAM CAME TO BE MANIFESTED.

SHE  STARTED TO CONDUCT HER SELF HEALING ZOOM SESSIONS "BREATH & MOVEMENT MEDITATION" AND "VOICE OF THE SACRED HEART" MANTRA MEDITATION. SHE TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH ONTO ANOTHER STONE. FINALLY HER FEET TOUCHED THE MAGICAL STONE..THAT WAS THE MOMENT WHEN HER VISION BECAME CLEAR. 

MEENA ALSO STARTED HER JOURNEY WITH DEEPAK CHOPRA'S ONLINE STUDY "MEDITATION, AYURVEDA AND WELL-BEING COACH" CERTIFICATION IN 2021. 

NOW, SHE SMILES ..LOOKS BACK AND SEES THOSE SILENT STONES SHE HAD LFT BEHIND NODDING. THESE ARE THOSE DIVINE MOMENTS WHEN SHE FEELS  THE  DYNAMIC FORCE OF HER GRANDMOTHER "THAKURMA", HER PARENTS & ANCESTORS. THIS IS WHEN SHE FEELS THE SENSATION OF THEIR COLLECTIVE TOUCH ON HER HEART...AND HEARS THEIR WHISPERS SAY GENTLY ..."THIS WAS MEANT TO BE". SPARKS OF STARDUST SURROUND HER AT THIS MOMENT. 

HER MESSAGE TO YOU IS...SURROUND YOURSELF WITH THOSE HUMAN BEINGS WHO IMBIBE THE SAME FRAGRANCE OF YOUR HEART AND  LET GO OF THOSE WHO DO NOT SERVE YOU ANYMORE.

"IF PEOPLE DON'T MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE IN YOUR LIFE....DON'T TRY SO HARD TO BE IN THEIR'S. IT IS NOT WORTH IT" BUDDHA