A trip to Khopoli Ashram - Mangeshda

On 27th December 2012, I was off to Khopoli for celeberating the New Year with Dada Mangeshda's 4 day retreat called "How to be Happy" in Mangeshda's Ashram in Khopoli from 27th December till 1st January 2013. The experience was so beautiful that can only be felt. Being with Dada all the 4 days itself is a bliss. It is said that if you only be with the enlightened soul, you get all the bliss and ample blessings of the sadguru and God by doing nothing else. Its like if the soil cloth is put in water with soap, and left it for sometime, it mud stuck on the cloth will automatically be loosened, and then after sometime we will have to only brush it once so that all the dirt is gone. Similarly, being with the enlightened soul , same thing happens, all the dirt from the inside, gets removed automatically, and then only by one chant of Rama, all the dirt will be washed off with the brush. So when we reached there, Dada was just waiting outside the Auditorium hall, and guiding the gardener to clean up the garden. And we took his blessings, and then we were given keys , we rushed and kept the luggage in our rooms, and came within 15 mins to the auditorium, as the retreat "How to be happy" was about to begin. We were all there. There were around 60 members who participated in the retreat, that was to go for 4 long days. The first round of introduction, of all the members, was in it, a lot of insight in different cultures, different people, coming from differen backgrounds, some from Maharshtra, some from South and everyone from different professional backgrounds. After that there was a small speach by Dada, in which he explained what we will be doing in these coming 4 days. He made 4 groups, and 4 leaders, and said that we will be playing lot many games, in the groups, many competitions, many debates will take place, and based on those the dharmic speeches will be given. Then we had lunch and then again settled down.