Today is 'B' Day, B is for Bliss

My word for today is 'Bliss'

There are many ways to find your Bliss. One special way I find bliss is by attending a Bhajan.
A Bhajan is a devotional song, a song to God!

Interesting considering my spiritual name is 'Giitanjali' which translates as 'offering of song to the Supreme'. I was given this name some years back whilst attending a gathering known as the  Festival of Bliss.  

I first attended a Bhajan way back in around 1983. This was when I first heard about Sri Sathya Sai Baba....who was to become my Spiritual Teacher and has remained so for this past 29 years.
I was hooked and went on to host many Bhajan sessions through the formation of  a Sai Baba Bhajan Group.

Initially I was quite fearful of singing out aloud but with the encouragement of the other participants I took the plunge,  never to look back.  In no time at all I found I could put my fear aside and that I actually looked forward to leading a Bhajan, after all I was offering my song to my Spiritual Teacher and in so doing there really was no room for ego.


A Bhajan is a song rather than a chant, a leader sings a line and the group follows repeating that line and so it goes...the first round is slower and then the second round sees the pace quickened.
It's not a repetitive chant where you are encouraged to loose consciousness of your immediate environment.

 The vibration can be so high at times and the subsequent feeling is pure bliss,  it's like food for my soul and the uplifting feeling I receive and take with me is something to be treasured and nurtured. 

I've had quite a long break from my Bhajan sessions due to my path twisting and turning and yet now I am finding that I am being lead back along that sacred path.

A Bhajan is not generally a tool for loosing yourself in deep mediation, it's more about a conscious offering to God and being in the moment. Having said that it's quite easy to find yourself consumed by feelings of bliss and love.


Wherever your bliss comes from, embrace it, soak it up and in so doing it becomes like a magnet to those you come into contact with....uplifting and feeding their souls too, regardless of whether they are conscious of it or not.