EXPERIENCES

EXPERIENCES

In 1999, a number of years before I had even heard about Sri AmmaBhagavan and the Oneness phenomenon, I met Shri Punitachariji Maharaj, of the State of Gujarat in India, (affectionately known as 'Bapu'), the founding saint of Girnar Sadhana Ashram, at the foot of sacred Mount Girnar outside of Junagadh, and also of the Datta Ganga Ashram on the banks of the Ganges in Rishikesh. This was Bapu's first and only trip to the USA to visit his devotees there. It was then that I learned Bapu is a direct disciple of Sri Dattatreya. I had never heard of Sri Dattatreya before. The mantra Sri Dattatreya gave Bapu for meditation is "Hari Om Tatsat Jai Guru Datta". As I meditated with Bapu the night we met, the only time I ever saw him, I had many amazing Divine visions including one of being completely enfolded in a  beautiful Golden Ball while Lord Vishnu appeared before me. When I related this experience to Bapu, he seemed to know all about me and told me that I must pray to remember my former lives in India and return to India as soon as possible, because I had unfinished work there. I did pray as Bapu asked, but I remembered nothing at all about any previous lives at that time. 11 years passed.

In October 2010, the day I arrived at the Oneness University for the 28 Day Deepening Process,  a friend of mine who lives and works at the Oneness University took me to the Oneness Temple where I saw the new Srimurthi for the first time. It was like lights coming on inside of me! As my friend related to me the 800 year story of Sri Dattatreya's intervention during the current Kali Yuga, I began to have vivid flashbacks, memories of past lifetimes and places I have been before with my Beloved AmmaBhagavan. The puzzle pieces of my life came together, and I could clearly see the hand of the Divine at work through it all, the unbroken chain of coincidences and miracles of Grace that tell the story of my life! I was overwhelmed and flooded with Love and  Gratitude for my dear Divine Friend. Sri AmmaBhagavan. It was on this very night, after our visit to the Temple, that the Srimurthi began to miraculously pour forth streams of Divine honey that continued to flow for several days!

Coincidence after coincidence has given way to miracle after miracle too numerous to name. I am so grateful. Everything and everyone I see is you, Bhagavan. I am you and you are me! I am inundated and intoxicated with your love. All I see is you everywhere I look. You have become my closest and dearest Friend who is always with me, always talking to me, teaching me, playing with me, showing me your love and your miracles. 

AmmaBhagavan Sharanam!

Michael Milner