{"id":3717,"date":"2018-09-30T16:23:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-30T16:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kamaltolia.com\/?p=3717"},"modified":"2018-09-30T16:23:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-30T16:23:24","slug":"13th-anniversary-celebrations-event-no-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.kamaltolia.com\/?p=3717","title":{"rendered":"13th Anniversary Celebrations Event No. 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was to go on a family holiday to Mauritius for a week. I sent out a message to my whatsapp friends in Mauritius to ask for a possibility of meeting to say hello. And lo and behold! What materialized was three Reiki healing sevas!<\/p>\n<p>This is how my life seems to be turning out. I send out an intention of doing seva, do a bit of asking around, then sit back and watch. Be in receptive mode, be in the flow. Be open at all levels of my being. And God makes me be at the right palce at the right time to do the scea needed!<\/p>\n<p>With the help of Mauritius based <strong>Dr Ritesh Gajadhar, Pravin Boodhun, and Meghan Puttoo of Unitey Foundation<\/strong>, we were able to share our love and light in 2 places and with the help of <strong>Anishta Dharshini Seesurrun of Flame of Phoenix<\/strong> we could do it in 1 place.<\/p>\n<p>Our 1<sup>st<\/sup> seva was at <strong>Southern Handicapped Association school for Special needs children.<\/strong> We gave Reiki to about 40 children and staff.<\/p>\n<p>To begin with we were taken on a tour through the classrooms. The children greeted us but were shy. Halfway through the healing session, the situation was completely different. To reach the washroom, I had to pass through the classrooms again. This time a child got up from her chair and gave a me a hi fi \u2026 another got up and gave me a hug \u2026. And another did the same \u2026 then another and another \u2026. Their show of love was unmatchable! This was the dramatic transformation after receiving Reiki!<\/p>\n<p>This show of affection was repeated in a mega way at the end of the treatments when one after another, they would not stop giving me hugs \u2026\u2026 &nbsp;Truly, Love begets Love! An indescribable blessing for me! If there be another blessing in the universe, then I know it not!<\/p>\n<p>We ended the session with all of us chanting the Gayatri Mantra together.<\/p>\n<p>The Sevaks that did this seva were <strong>LHSG UK\u2019s Lekha Quilter and Mala Tolia, and I, Kamal Tolia of LHSG Kenya.<\/strong> Since it was <strong>Lekha\u2019s<\/strong> birthday, <strong>Meghan<\/strong> had a surprise cake for her which <strong>Lekha<\/strong> cut to the chorus of Happy Birthday from the children, who thoroughly enjoyed eating it soon after.<\/p>\n<p>With thank yous exchanged all round, we bid goodbye to the children, but not before donating Mauritius Rs 3000 (approx. US 90) to the school, which depends mainly on donations.<\/p>\n<p>Please do read <strong>Mala\u2019s<\/strong> account of this seva and watch the slide show and videos.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Kamal Tolia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LHSG Founder Member<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx<\/p>\n<p>Hello every one<\/p>\n<p>I just wanted to share the wonderful experience and opportunities that the Universe presented to us via <strong>Kamalbhabhi<\/strong> during our family holiday in Mauritius<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kamalbhabhi, Lekha<\/strong> and myself went to a beautiful seaside school on the south coast of Mauritius in a town called Surinam<\/p>\n<p>This school specialised in teaching handicapped children up to the age of 18<\/p>\n<p>They taught English , Maths etc to all but also taught vocational skills like sewing , crafts making to the older children to enable them to be independent financially.<\/p>\n<p>They were taught in groups of no more than 8 in a class to ensure each student got individual attention and focus<\/p>\n<p>We learnt that the school set up survived on donations and some money from the Ministry of Social Security<\/p>\n<p>The entire school was very clean, organised and tidy<\/p>\n<p>There was a special treatment room, no lights, to enable the patient\u2019s sensory perception. We witnessed a 5 year old having her treatment by a qualified professional&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We carried out our healing in the school\u2019s beautiful garden on a bright sunny day , which was very unusual and uplifting in itself for myself and <strong>Lekha<\/strong> as we come from a predominantly cold climate country<\/p>\n<p>The three of us gave healing to each child individually.<\/p>\n<p>It was very sad to feel their emotions; for about 7 of them, it felt like they had suffered sexual abuse, including 3 boys<\/p>\n<p>As it was a day school, it was sad to know that they would return each day to their aggressive environment<\/p>\n<p>They had lice in their hair, again, a sign of potential neglect, but otherwise were well kept<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kamalbhabh<\/strong>i also gave healing to the 5 year old who suffered from muscular dystrophy<\/p>\n<p>She was extremley calm afterwards and went into an unusually deep sleep; she wasn\u2019t able to be still prior to her reiki session.<\/p>\n<p>They were all beaming and uplifted after their healing session.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Meghan<\/strong> , kamal bhabhi\u2019s contact , had secretly ordered a birthday cake for <strong>Lekha<\/strong> and it was very impressive that they had executed the set up the presentation and organised the childrens attendance so quickly. They sang Happy Birthday to <strong>Lekha<\/strong>, she cut the cake and it was distributed to all the children who thoroughly enjoyed the treat<\/p>\n<p>Kamalbhabhi then&nbsp; asked them if they had enjoyed the healing and the response was very loud and very positive from them all; including the 7 teachers that we had given healing to as well.<\/p>\n<p>The children gave massive hugs to kamalbhabhi and they did not want to stop!<\/p>\n<p>Very very touching.<\/p>\n<p>They gifted us with beautiful bags that they made themselves in the school.<\/p>\n<p>We made a contribution to the school from LHSG.<\/p>\n<p>The whole experience was very humbling<\/p>\n<p>I know that you do a lot of sewa of this kind in Kenya and India but in the UK, we dont get these opportunities<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Kamalbhabhi, for making this possible<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mala Tolia<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>LHSG UK Member<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>slide show<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"mauritius seva one\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QXXDQt1_m30?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mauritius Seva 1 Video\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s6uo_86DcZc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was to go on a family holiday to Mauritius for a week. I sent out a message to my whatsapp friends in Mauritius to ask for a possibility of meeting to say hello. And lo and behold! 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