Comments for Sitaram Das

Comment on A Dream of 99 Teslas by Lana

Lana — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:05:10 +0000

I am certain that there is more meaning behind your involvement with Viridian…this is only the beginning. With your creative mind and passion, it wont be long until this “energy” evolves into what’s already being manifested

Comment on A Dream of 99 Teslas by sabina

sabina — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:24:08 +0000

wonderful dream daniel, lets make it a reality!
happy new year!

Comment on A Dream of 99 Teslas by jade

jade — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:26:33 +0000

Of course I read it through- really prophetic dream- great story- those sorts of dreams remind you of your ability to connect with other beings, dimensions….and to expand and tune in…..I believe in what he shared and that there are more intelligent beings than us. or rather, that we have forgotten how to tap into the possibilities of our intelligence- we use a very small fraction of it- thanks for sharing.

Comment on A Dream of 99 Teslas by madeline

madeline — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:51:53 +0000

Daniel…You never know what hidden jems are just waiting for you to dream them. More dreams in the new year-looking forward to hearing them!-Maddie

Comment on A Dream of 99 Teslas by IBFree

IBFree — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:11:03 +0000

Hi Daniel
Your dream reminds me of the movie Thrive which speaks of the same issue–free energy, and why it’s been kept from being made manifest (so far anyway). Then I heard the movie has been erased and eliminated from access. Surprised?
I’m all for the 99 Teslas.
Nice dream.
I a big fan of that medium.

Comment on A Dream of 99 Teslas by susan brown

susan brown — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 22:20:55 +0000

great dream – I hope it comes true very soon\
thanks for all of your work and inspiration, happy new year Daniel

Comment on A Dream of 99 Teslas by aparna hasling

aparna hasling — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:50:50 +0000

I love your randomness, and for some reason I DID reach the end of your story and felt inspired to help raise your google score, or whatever. I have missed many chances and invites to hang out with you, but I do hope that we get to chant and hang before the end of the world in 2012. Glad to know that you are selling clean energy and I hope the Tesla thing does mess that up…. Go Daniel! Happy New Year!

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Comment on My response to Yogi Ram’s Denouncement of Shiva Rea. by Sitaram Das

Sitaram Das — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:56:55 +0000

Jai Ma Shiva,
Thanks for commenting. Its a little hard for me to really go deep on my 6 month old motivations for choosing that word, but i do apologize. It wasn’t the right word, and it doesn’t truly express my experience of you. I have always experienced you and your teachings as inspired, sincere, and profound. You mention ‘full spectrum living’. I see that, I love it. It is a good mantra for me, a good lesson. Thanks for all that you do, and I look forward to seeing you in class sometime soon.

Comment on My response to Yogi Ram’s Denouncement of Shiva Rea. by Shiva Rea

Shiva Rea — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:20:33 +0000

Dear SitaRamDas,

A friend brought this up thinking that it was happening now. This happened in March 2011. I wrote to the Telegraph about the article and got no response. This is what I wrote about the experience back in March. While I really appreciate your support, I have to say the most bizarre experience as a human being is to see what is sacred to you, an offering from your heart transformed into actual lies or reinterpreted through lens that are biased as sitarammdas describes. The article appeared in the same newspapers (and actually spread around the world) as an article about brutality towards women in India. I guess the interesting thing about people’s comments is to see how easy it is to dehumanize another person. My intention in teaching is actually to serve the life-force in each person. “Inspirational cheerleading” seems to be in the same vein as yogi rams description.

Anyhow…you are welcome to read my actual response below. My prayer is that we actually connect with each other as human beings, as emanations of Source. It is really hard to get used to this “Shiva Rea” projection that people create. But I made a commitment long ago to full-spectrum living and practice as in the Navaratri sadhana from Lakshmi to Durga. I have done my homework and projections upon women and the actions that have followed have been so culturally conditioned that I feel it is part of every woman’s process including if you are a female yoga teacher to navigate those waters as authentically as possible.

I made a vow to never publicly teach in Rishikesh again. I prefer being a devotee and not a scapegoat for India’s strange public arena of spiritual politics, power and disowned confusion about the body, sexuality and freedom. If you have been to India recently, you know what I am talking about.

Next time, please contact me. I am a human being just like you. Thanks Sitaramdas for speaking out. May we meet on subtler terms. I am no cheerleader and really cannot stand anything that is so externalized like that.

Jai Ma!

“I am still in Kerala studying Kalarippayatu and I have been bringing students here to connect with the roots of Indian culture for the last seven years. I am a bit surprised by the article…very bizarre as it was not at all …what was happening. I am very respectfully dressed when I am in India as this was my 12th pilgrimage over the last 20 years. I was offering a namaskaram for Ma Ganga and instead of being on a big stage we faced Ma Ganga all together. One of the most beloved Mataji of the Parmath Niketan ashram was singing Ganga slokhas and mantras the whole time and we closed the whole practice by making offerings to Ma Ganga. I was wearing either crop pants with a skirt over the pants or long pants no different than other yoga practitioners even Indians. I am very respectfully dressed when I am in India. . There was a part of the namaskaram in which we were moving in a sahaja flowing motion to connect with the powerful flow of Ma Ganga. There was a lot of bhava and devotion. I felt such blessings from Pujya Swami and all on Shivratri. I actually intentionally offered classes to honor the source of yoga. Quite bizarre…I think they were seeking publicity. It was a blessed Shivratri and Ma Ganga is alive in my heart.

This was my workshop description not as a “defense” but just a glance how limited the engagement of the press is at going deeper. I would have loved to be interviewed before being plastered as the “cover girl” of this article. I am a student and sadhaka like everyone else.

Ganga Namaskar – A Prana Flow Movement Offering with Live Chanting

In this energetic vinyasa sadhana on the banks of the Ganga , we will experience a prana flow namaskaram dedicated to Ma Ganga as the living flow of the Shakti and the healing power of the water element. Through mantra, mudra, healing asanas, and sahaja flow, we will explore movement as meditation as a way of embodying the flow of the sacred for realization and awakening.

It is a good debate that we all can engage in – the roots and living evolution of sadhana.

Jai Ma Gange! Jai Ma Shakti! She is alive in us all!”