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Being a medical
doctor, and having ‘been there done it all’, at 36 years of age I realized I
was still searching for something, but was unable to know exactly what.
I went for a talk for
Doctors by a Doctor about medical research on a breathing technique called SUDARSHAN KRIYA that
could alter DNA in Nov 2005. Now that was something that triggered my curious
intellect.10 minutes into the talk , 2 min of looking at the smiling faces of
some Art of Living members on stage
and I knew I would be at the course venue next morning, along with my husband.
After the first Kriya I
knew I had started my earnest journey to discover ‘that something’ I had been
missing. A small but clear voice in my head said ‘Continue with this and you
will eventually find the answers to your burning questions.’
When I asked my teacher
‘What next’, his smiling reply was ‘Do the Art of Silence course’, and I went for
it. Like a bird in a cage I was flustered during the course, since I was silent
for the first time in years but again I heard the same voice. After this, still
not convinced about the ‘Guru’ principle, I continued to feed my intellect with
Sri Sri 's talk CD's and books but
amazingly would go to sleep like a little baby and wake up all wise and smart.
One day at my hospital
a complication with a patient made me
feel helpless for the first time in life and I heard myself speak to Sri Sri's
photo on my desk, asking Him to do something. After 3 days, in a follow up X
ray I witnessed a miracle. The fractured segment of instrument lodged in the patient’s
bone had vanished. That moment I saw what I had been missing - I saw My Guru.
Now I had the burning desire to meet Him, somehow, somewhere, but soon and I started
vehemently praying for it!
That wonderful day happened
in Ahmedabad at Maha Shivratri in 2007. There were thousands of people, and it
seemed impossible that I would get to meet Him in person. So I just closed my
eyes and started expressing my gratitude under my breath. Suddenly people started
nudging me to get up and go towards the stage because GURUJI was asking me if I
wanted to share something and that I should be given a mike. Walking through
that crowd towards my Master I realized He knew ME all along.
Now 8 years later,
miracles are have become a part of my life. I was cured of claustrophobia and
panic attacks through eternity process, Vertigo with Blessings course and Yoga,
Even pre-cancerous findings disappeared with my regular practice of Sudarshan
Kriya and Sri Sri Ayurveda products.
Now as a Dentist I continue to create smiles as my business. But bringing life
and adding miles to those smiles is my one and only mission, which with the
Grace of my Master I am able to do as an Art of Living Teacher and Blesser.
Content in every
aspect of life with a loving husband who supports my endeavors to spread the
Art of Living knowledge and two wonderful boys who are also steadily bringing
Yoga, Ayurveda and Meditation in their daily routine there is only one prayer I
am hoping my MASTER will continue to fulfil - Let me continue serving HIM. I want to be more useful in this lifetime and
only He can put me to good use. :)
Jai GuruDev!Dr. Shivani (Rita) Billamoria
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