Namaskar; from Slovenia
Respectful salutations to all and a bow to Āchāryaji who allowed for this wonderful and rare opportunity. How lucky we are to be able to partake! I am now doing the introductory course, and am especially looking forward to moving to the course on Yogavasistha: Maharamayanam of Valmiki, which is a text that I have always treasured and has made the most impact on my life, a veritable "ontological atom bomb" so to speak, and if you excuse the non-non-violent metaphor. - I have been studying Dharma for around 10 years (but mostly Mahayana and Varjayana Buddhism; however, since encountering the texts belonging to the nondual śaiva-śakta lineage, I truly fell in love with them, as I also find in myself a longing for the Divine Mother. - What has always fueled my longing was a deep intuition that there is something deeply wrong with how I perceive myself, what I take myself to be. This feeling has been with me all life: that something is not quite right, that there must be a different way of seeing, that there must be a discovery that makes sense of it all. - When I heard Āchāryaji discourses on YouTube I was moved because, even though I'm a total beginner as a sadhaka, I think at least I can say I developed a good "radar" to spot genuine teachers and it so I was overjoyed to see such individuals exist in our time and are even producing content for us online. I cannot express the gratitude! Thanks also to others who are making this website possible with their work. - I am now focusing on the Introductory Course and its practices and the main task will be to do them daily to the best of my abilities. Thank you and I hope to interact with the community again in the future.
Love what you shared JK. It's been a year, hope things have been good.