Message to Visitors by SWAMI OMKAR JI
MESSAGE to VISITORS
Dear Loving Friends:
A hearty welcome into our Abode of Peace, with greetings of Peace and Love. I am grateful for your visit to Santi Ashram and it is my one ambition, that you should not leave this place until you fill your hearts with Peace and Love. My contribution to humanity is this Abode of Peace; therefore I request you to make best use of your precious time here without spending it with empty words or lifeless thoughts
Santi Ashram belongs to you as much as it belongs to me. So let us make best use of its existence by spending our time in deep silence where God is abiding and awaiting us. Since God is abiding in our hearts, let us merge within and recognize Him in silence, in the stillness of our inmost being even here, leaving each other alone to silence, where He is shining in full glory.
Remembering that Time is our real Wealth let us make the best use of it as long as we remain in the Ashram, by connecting consciously with the Indweller of our hearts.
Words lead us nowhere, but silence lead us into Peace. Words create confusion but silence creates Souls. It is this which urges me to say that even though I love you, I love silence more than I love you, for the sake of our mutual welfare. Just as soon as we can realize how simple and effective Silence is we can build for the Eternal One a shrine in our hearts to which we can withdraw and leave behind us the distressing influence of the world. Nothing that can worry or hurt us can pass that barrier, but we must KNOW, not merely believe the power of Silence. Remember that "to be alone with silence is to be alone with God..
If there is anything precious in this life, it is TIME. One moment lost is lost forever. So I beg you not to waste my precious time and also yours in the name of Religion.
If you have real doubts, sincerely walking in the path of Truth, with a striving heart, get your doubts cleared in the Ashram, by speaking with active members who are here to serve you.
Dear Friends! I request you to come to me, only to feel His Presence not through lifeless words but through life-giving Silence. Verily He is equally present in the stillness as well as activity; but it would be easier for you to feel HIM in the Abode of Peace, n the stillness of your heart.
Feel ! feel ! For, He is with you, in you -now and here. THOU ART THAT. If you want to help me, pray, help me with your Universal Love and Silent Meditations.
Accept my silent and sincere prayers for your Peace and Illumination and may the blessings of Infinite Silence be ever upon you is the prayer of your brother OMKAR.
Hari Om Tat Sat.
Swami Omkar
Sri Santi Ashram - The Universal Home
O Come to Santi Ashram,
Abode of rest and love,
To visit, stay or meditate,
And find the Peace that's incarnate.
The gates are wide
There's room for all
We welcome folks both great and small.
Come to your gardens full of flowers
And tarry in its fragrant bowers
High, lovely hills to sooth the eyes
At Sri Santi Ashram where Peace abides
There wild birds fill the air with song
And learned Sadhus linger long
They'll share with you the truths so dear
That make mere man a saint or seer
Then flock to Santi Ashram
The Universal Home
Its gates are standing now ajar
To friends from near and far.
--- Sister Sushila Devi
Into the midst of the most beautiful nature
Charged with the power of the penance of Sri Omkarji
Into the atmosphere most serene
Santi Ashram welcomes the seekers of peace;
To saints and sages, to the poor children, to the old and helpless
Providing food, shelter, medical and educational aid
Striving for their progress
To such selfless workers willing to spread peace
Santi Ashram extends warm welcome;
To Hindus, to Muslims, to Christians and Buddhists
To those of all other religions
Without causing harm to their faith or principles
Functions the Santi Ashram.