Speech of HH Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji – New Year’s day message – January 1, 2018 – Taipei
Compiled by: Archana Penukonda
Happy New Year!
I bless you all.
God bless you.
May Lord Hanumanta bless you.
I am very happy about yesterday’s concert. The arrangements, sound system, lighting and decorations were good. I am especially happy about the Bonsai trees. The antique stools and tables on stage that were about 100-200 years old were also very good. The audience was very good. Yesterday’s concert was very special. My Roland (synthesizer) is a new one. I am very happy about all the healing Ragas (melodic modes), especially the fifth Raga – Keeravani. It heals the whole body. Each note and each sound works on all parts of the body. I healed myself yesterday. I merged with the music. Someone else was playing the music. I was only a witness. My fingers just dance like a nightingale. You know that the synthesizer can be dangerous in that the notes are very close to each other. If you miss a single note, it will not be good. Different Ragas and different tunes lead to different experiences. I am very happy about all the tunes. Everything about yesterday was very good. It was very powerful. Once again, happy new year!
There are three types of numerology. As per vedantic numerology, this is a very powerful year. Half the year is good and the other half, I do not know. There is no danger, but there is a little confusion. I pray to Lord Hanumanta and Lord Ganapathy to please protect this world, this earth and the innocent people. I pray to grant me good health and strength. There will be some tsunamis, calamites and confusions. But the other half of the year is good.
In the number 2018, 2 is very good for prosperity. 8 is also good. 2 indicates Jeevatman and Paramatma. Jeevatman is a little troubled, Paramatman is a witness. The total of the digits in 2018 is also 2. The total in 2017 was 1, that was the problem. This year, number 2 indicates half the year will be good and the other half will have problems. I pray to Hanumanta. 2 is a powerful number per numerology. The 8 planets are together this year. There will be a little problem in this world when they are together. The number 2 is always protecting. It is a good number. It is fighting 8 and with all the planets. The innocent will win. This is the vedantic way. I have very little knowledge. Based on that little knowledge, I am telling you. I am not forecasting. I do not know to forecast. That is not my job. My job is only praying, witnessing and silence. Forecasting is not Swamiji’s subject. We want to bid goodbye to 2017 and welcome the next year.
You must face the good and the bad. Do not hesitate and quarrel with the good and the bad. We welcome both like we welcome night and day. Do not be afraid of night and happy about day. Balance the good and bad in life. If you are afraid about the bad, that is not good. Do not be afraid about darkness or night. Darkness and day are both good. Good and bad is a natural creation of God. You must experience both. You must win over them.
Our body has good and bad bacteria. That is why we live like this. There would be no life if there was only good bacteria or only bad bacteria. We need both good and bad bacteria in our body. My body was a bit sick. Swamiji’s doctor is traveling along with Swamiji. It was very cold in Dallas. But yesterday, all fever and headache was gone.
Today is a good day. You are all with me. I am very happy. Today I just asked that I sit on a bus with the devotees and travel the city. When we travel the city, we will see the people. The people here are very nice, like the people in Japan. The people in Japan too are very nice and humble. This country is also very peaceful. Someone yesterday was asking me why I came here. I said it is a powerful and spiritual land. There are ancient stories about this land. In a previous life, Swamiji came here. I wanted to touch this land again, that is why I am here.
I am happy that my Japanese students are here too.
Close your eyes and meditate.