March 31, 2023
by Sri Prem Baba
*Article published in the April 2023 issue of Vida Simples magazine
I RECEIVED FROM My Master the mission to bring self-knowledge to the world. This involved a large project, which has had a positive impact on thousands of people.
In 2018, however, a crisis of confidence caused everything that had been created to crumble. Real episodes that took place ten years before were mixed with fantasies, inventions and public judgments that opened a rift in the relationship established between me and my students. One year after the crisis, the complaint against me was discontinued, as there were no elements to justify it. But the destruction had already been done. And I needed to deal with it and find a new way to follow my purpose. It was a chance to check if the lessons learned could be put into practice.
Every end marks a new beginning. The moment a tree falls, it makes a lot of noise and causes destruction in the forest. A cycle closes on impact, but at the same time a new clearing is opened, creating space for sunlight to illuminate places where it was not possible before. I had to accept that a cycle had ended and that the beautiful projects that were bearing good fruit around the world were also coming to an end.
Don’t rush anything. New seeds do not sprout in soil without nutrients. It is necessary to evaluate, reap what was good, learn from what was not and withdraw the nutrients that will serve as food for the new.
The purpose remains, but the form changes.
We all have a higher purpose, but the way it manifests can change throughout our lives. For some I am a Master, for others I am a teacher, for others I am a writer. The important thing is to be able to put purpose into action.
New trees are emerging. The transformation I went through enabled me to help people deal with all the planetary change we are going through. I created Djagô Awakening Academia, in which I accompany 800 students in more than 35 countries. I released two books, Plenitude and Parivartan. I restructured my Ashram in Brazil. I offered a season of Satsangs in India and workshops in Türkiye.
We need to learn to deal with the impermanence of things. We start, sustain and complete projects. When the end of a cycle presents itself, do not give up on your greater purpose, as it may just be undergoing an update that will bring new fruits in the adventure of evolution that we live in this dimension called Earth.
SRI PREM BABA unites the knowledge of yoga, psychology and the spirituality of the forest. He is the writer and teacher at Djago.
