a little light

My name is Kusuma and I live in Sebastopol with my husband Tobias. This year is our ten year anniversary together, also marking ten years since I met Acharya ‘by chance’.

It’s Thanksgiving week here in America and there is a lot to be grateful for. 2020 is the year my dream came true. I’ve wanted and prayed for a child for 15 long years.

Every day, I am in love and in gratitude. For me this is a precious opportunity. It is with deep heartfelt bows that I thank Acharya, Ganapathiaarya, Dr Ramachandra, and many others for their immense support. It would not have been possible without them.

Acharya teaches us that the soul is like a little spark of the Great Light. Indeed, when this little light arrived, I felt amazed- how did this happen? And a distinct feeling that this is not mine, I am just appointed to be a guardian of this little light spark.

Maya may overcome this feeling in time and I might get tricked!

For now though, I feel so lucky to have been entrusted with the most precious and sattvik material in this world -the human system.

It is no small duty, as you parents know. But somehow, in those 15 years of desiring, suffering, trying to learn the hidden lesson of Mother Nature behind it, and many many actions to right those wrongs, I feel deep contentment, and excitement to have this opportunity; despite the challenges, discomforts and inconveniences. One friend mentioned getting some ‘me-time’. Sure, my hair is