The west coast realization tour started in Seattle on 13th July and headed down the West Coast towards LA, hosting public programs in different states and cities along the way. The team split into smaller groups, one that went through the Coastal route and the other via the inland route, and the Coastal group further split to go to Sacramento and Bay area, and then to San Diego towards the end.
All in all, there were around 35-40 yuvas during the whole tour, with several aunties and uncles who also joined and helped out throughout. The tour started with Shri Guru Puja in Seattle, and ended with a Puja to Shri Vishnumaya after an auspicious Rakshabandhan ceremony in LA on 31st July.
Below please find few captures from the events.
A write-up from one yogini:
Dear family, it is hard to put in words the love and blessings Mother shared with us during West Coast Tour, but to keep the memories alive, I will try to do it to the best of my abilities. We started the journey in Seattle with one week of packed action. Our group sometimes was split in 2 or 3 teams for parallel programs all around city and suburbs. We were blessed with musician teams in each group and realizations always seems to be going easier and deeper when live music elevated seekers to their new awareness. Some of the comments I remember from the programs were: “I felt like I came home after a long time” , “I am so happy I found you on the social media and came to the program, I was raised not to express any emotions, but I feel so much love inside now” and that with tears in their eyes. The miraculous transformation of the yuva is that many never gave realization in their life and they all had opportunity throughout the tour in very organic and gentle way to learn how to do it looking at older yuva and try themselves. I can share with you that some became experts at the end of the journey in LA and we experienced most amazing state and deepest meditation during one of the sessions led by yuva who 2 weeks before was shy to speak with seekers about Sahaj. Most of you know what happened a day after we left Seattle- Mother, with all the vibration trail we left all around Seattle area blessed 500+seekers with self realization. Event came up while yogis were searching for opportunities for tour, but the date was after we left the city. From there we had 2 teams- one went on the inland route and the rest along the coast. I hope those on the inland/ mountain route can also share beautiful experiences as we only saw glimpses of their journey through few pictures and small talks.
Going through Oregon we were treated by local yogis to delicious food and did few small programs in the libraries. Currently only few cities have yogis, but the desire is in the air to expand that and we will see soon what Mother planned for them. After Oregon we reached Bay Area for some time (it’s really hard to imagine that those where just few days, because the amount of action and how many people we met, usually takes months in our regular life to accomplish). Bay Area was a sweet time we had- love of collective and their hospitality was at the top. Every day whole gang was treated with new culinary delights and we had time to share our experiences with each other and yogis. Just to give you prospective- many collectives didn’t yet meet or had in-person experience after pandemic and this was the opportunity Mother gave them to see each other and finally reunite for realization events. It was great to see how our lunches and dinners became spontaneously music performances with so many talented yuvas and yogis joining to play many instruments and without any prior practice perform bhajans in sync as if they always were in the same collective. It felt like never ending festival of Joy, Love and Bliss. And of course like any plans we make Mother brought multiple changes to them, just to teach us complete surrendering and absolute detachment. Many of us felt like it was another life squeezed into 2,5 weeks. A very transformational one, life changing for many. Inspirational experiences gave us strength and confidence in ourselves. Yuvas felt finally what beauty is Sahaj life, giving realization and living collectively. Before it was parents’ choice, as many are born realized, but through these days they understood many things themselves and from now it will be their choice to do regular meditations and giving realizations to seekers. That spark within their hearts is now fully lit and will give them no rest until they spread the love and joy Mother showered upon us with others.
Next after Bay Area was LA. And of course we had to fully experience what is awaiting us there, from the moment we set our foot on pedal towards this lovely city. Drama and challenges followed, catches and many more unpleasant things. And all that taught us again and again how to surrender, not react, seek Her help every step of our journey. Negativity was at its best, but here is the spoiler- Mother destroyed all the obstacles on our way and united us more than ever. The stronger negativity pressurized us, the stronger we came together and had deeper introspection into why all this happening. Looked like all challenges the world is facing was projected onto this tour and through these 40 yuvas Mother was working out all the problems, so it can be solved on planetary level afterwards. How many things we don’t see!!!! But if we had a glimpse into all the work She has to do to resolve ties and webs of wrongdoings it would transform the way we live our life.
Again- programs, parks, footsoaks, bodysoaks, meeting more yogis, dancing, singing, sharing experiences and love, some more dramas…. Simply LA. In LA finally all our teams reunited and it was amazing to see and be with everyone. One big house to accommodate us all and to fit all the fun we could produce.
Havan in the beginning of our LA journey, vibrated water, coconuts, lemons and chillies, all that was spread all around the area. It is hard to say how many seekers in total got realization, but for sure thousands got Mother’s vibrations. Each of us had experiences worth a small novel and I hope we hear more and more of that and moreover see the flocks of seekers coming to our programs online and in person.
One of the teams went to San Diego and has few programs there too, but the discovered a new way to give realization en-masse. Crash parties- Sahaj party crashing- there was a birthdays party for a yogi and he invited his colleagues and friends and our yuvas spontaneously gave realization to everyone there. It was another miracle of Mother, how She encourages us to be instruments in every situation.
The final puja in LA was sweet and joyful. Even though it meant the tour is finished, we felt like it is only the beginning. Now we have the treasure of our memories, new experiences, bonds with yogis which will last all life. The amount of tests we had to go through deepened our state and helped us see the Vision Mother had about Sahaja yoga. Thank you Mother for granting me such honor to be part of it. With all my love and gratitude to all those who made it happen, who worked days and nights to organize it, to all dear sisters and brothers who supported every step and every desire. We meet soon. Jai Shri Mataji!
Videos of joyful moments of participants while spreading Her message and love:
The entire tour was very successful. Also, it was a blissful experience for all who participated in this tour, as well as for those who helped in hosting the teams and in organizing local programs.
Even though there were certain difficulties at times, but Her protection always gave the strength to overcome those without much issues. At every moment it was felt that She is the Doer and the only Doer.
May Her blessings allow all sahaja yogis to reach out to true seekers in every corner of the globe, and help pure souls to get transformed.