Testimonials

My journey to seek important spiritual answers began at a very young age. I used to ask my mum, “Why am I here, what is the purpose to my existence?” but she didn’t have the answers and I had to continue on with my seemingly purposeless life.

As the years progressed I began successful businesses, married and had two wonderful children, and I would honestly have to say that I had everything I could possibly ask for so I couldn’t understand why I was still so empty inside, emptier than ever before. Sure I put on a happy face and tried to maintain a positive attitude as I’d always been taught not to be negative, but in reality, nothing seemed to satisfy my craving for fulfillment and purpose.

One day, I happened to stumble across a free three-part meditation course and decided that this might take me in the right direction. In the class we learned some different forms of Mantra Meditation and lo and behold, I immediately felt some relief. I didn’t realize what that relief was at the time, I just knew that it took away some of that emptiness inside and made me feel happier. I continued through the course and continued applying meditation in my daily life as it was recommended in the meditation course. I found that the more I practiced this meditation, the happier I became. I started to sing the Mantras when I was doing the housework, hanging out the washing, driving in the car and when I was stressed. Whenever I sang them, it seemed to fill that inner emptiness a little more.

The meditation teacher happened to be a disciple of Jagad Guru and after I had finished the meditation course, asked me if I’d like to go to see him in person. I absolutely jumped at the opportunity. I wanted to meet the person behind this wonderful meditation practice that had already helped me so much in such a short time.

The gathering was held at the beach and there was lots of kirtan meditation. I remember it being something I’d never experienced before, but also something really amazing. Jagad Guru was there leading the kirtan and then he began to speak. Even though it was so many years ago, I still remember the main message of the talk.

Whenever there is love in this world, there is also pain and this is why we are hesitant to place our love on God, because we have all experienced the pain involved in a loving relationship. However when we place our love on God, there is no question of pain there is only pleasure, because the nature of that love is spiritual, not material.

This lecture totally answered why I was feeling such emptiness and purposelessness, it was because I wasn’t tasting love for God. This was when I made the decision that I wanted to love God and I knew that Jagad Guru could teach me how to develop this love.

Twenty-two years later, my life has turned around completely. I’m no longer feeling emptiness and purposelessness, I have such inner-satisfaction and there is so much purpose to my life. I’ve never been happier and as I continue on my journey, that happiness keeps increasing.

Jagad Guru is the most wonderfully compassionate person who spends his life teaching people how to find true happiness and as one of those people, I’d like to thank him from the bottom of my heart, I can never ever repay him for what he has given me, never.

My spiritual journey began 11 years ago, the catalyst for this to occur was the emptiness and dissatisfaction I was experiencing in my life even though I had I had everything, money, house, car, girlfriend. It was not a lack of appreciation for the things I had, but a yearning to experience something deeper in life, to understand what it is all about.

So I started to drop certain habits and vices, I replaced these with hatha yoga, exploring different systems of healing, vegetarianism and getting back to a more natural way of life. These lifestyle choices lead me to a more peaceful existence, but I was still not fulfilled inside and many questions remained.

My inquisitive nature led me to a meditation class where I was introduced to Mantra Mediation and began practicing on a regular basis what I had been taught. After a short time I began to listen to the teachings of Jagad Guru and found him to be a very funny, light hearted person whom was able to answer my many questions.

Jagad Guru is a teacher by example, in other words he lives what he is teaching.
After a decade of following these teachings and practices, my spiritual garden is blooming more and more and I am able to taste the fruits of my spiritual labor, namely tolerance, patience, compassion and love.

All my life from the time I started to think about things I wanted to know the truth. I am 70 years old now and through my life I have encountered many faiths and philosophies.

Part of my childhood was influenced by Sisters of the Presbyterian order and it was through them that I first received a solid grounding in Christianity. Despite being a top student and being enthralled with the stories of Lord Jesus and the philosophy behind them I found that when I started asking questions about God, what he looks like and where he lives, I would get fuzzy answers that did not really answer these queries. This was frustrating and I wanted to know more than they could tell me.

As I grew older I started reading comparative religious texts, eastern philosophies, orthodox religion texts and went around the city I lived in checking out churches and other, what I thought were spiritual groups at the time, poking my head in the doors, listening to the services, talking to people and in the course of this searching I became a vegetarian based on the Buddhist concept of Ahimsa. I was 14 at this stage. This led to practicing a Buddhist mantra and lifestyle for the next three years.

The era of hippies and chasing gurus to India became fashionable and slowly I began to practice yoga asanas and immersed myself in the yoga system philosophies but mostly from an impersonal point of view. The teacher I was following at the time believed that enlightenment was achieved when one merged in the White Light or Nirvana, a state of blissfulness that purportedly brought you to the realisation that you were one with everything, that you were God. Even though I was experiencing a lot of satisfaction with the life style choices I had made I still felt that this was not the goal I was aiming for. I didn't really know what it was that I was looking for but each time I encountered something it was obvious that it wasn't that. So I kept looking.

When I met Jagad Guru and heard the Science of Identity teachings from him, it was as if all the questing and searching had come to fruition. I could hear that this person was speaking the truth. I came to understand that a real spiritual master passes on the truth with the intention of helping everyone willing to listen, learn and apply. I came to appreciate that Jagad Guru did not want anything from me, that he was offering me a gift and it was up to me to accept it. His endeavours to give Krishna to the world and to me has given me a whole new way of living and being. I cannot write enough of the gratitude I have for him and the self sacrifice he has made to do the Lord's will. The path that Jagad Guru has laid down for anyone to follow has made all the difference in my life. The deep satisfaction that comes from following this philosophy and practicing bhakti yoga daily has enriched my life in a way I never thought possible. It is only because Jagad Guru has made the effort to help people like myself that real spiritual life is now available and it is free. There is never any charge, in the same way that one gives a gift to someone they care about, so I have been given a very precious and everlasting gift.