Kamal Tolia & Lotus Healing Seva Group

Living in our comfortable homes, knowing that our meals are guaranteed, it is easy to forget that there is a world out there in which people have no shelter and no food. It is these homeless people, the children that LHSG Kenya went to feed on 11th August. Read below the write up from Monica Gokaldas. Read also the moving experience of our youngest member, 12 year old Pranav Acharya, …….
Kamal Tolia

Narayan Seva at Sai Centre, Nairobi

On the 11th August 2013, a few of us from LHSG went to Sai Centre on Waiyaki Way to do Narayan Seva. Narayan in Hindi means God and Seva of course implies to serve. The people of Sai Centre feed the poor children every sunday and call this feeding programme a Narayan Seva as under Hindu belief system, feeding the poor is considered equivalent to serving the Lord.

The group had paid for the meal which is prepared at the Centre’s kitchen very early in the morning. The meal consisted of rice, red beans, bread and juice. We took with us packets of milk to be distributed to each child. Besides milk we went with sweets and biscuits. Some other people had brought bananas and someone brought Mandazis.

We began by prayers at a small table altar in the kitchen, thus offering the first plate of the meal to Baba. Each of us took a bit of prasad from that plate and then the children who had lined up by 8.30 am were brought in. The children who were roughly about 500 were brought in two shifts.

As the kids came in they took up places on the wooden low benches. They offered their prayers to Baba before being served the meals. We handed out plates, spoons and cups to each of them and then served the food one by one.

I felt very grateful to Punita and Jayant whose noble thought had resulted in this event being conducted by LHSG on the sunday before Dr. Usui’s birthday thus commemorating the day with the future of Kenya – the youth and kids.

It was a day well spent as we were all very happy to feed the children and their happy expressions at seeing packets of milk and bananas (which most of them saved to eat later) made us realise, how much this one meal meant to them. Kamal told us that sometimes, this is the only meal of the day most of them get.

The LHSG members and their husbands and children that did this seva were Punita, Jayant and Pranav, Monica and Haresh, Kamal and Harish, Lata and Harish and Pratima.
Monica Gokaldas LHSG Kenya
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On Sunday 11th Of August I Pranav Acharya went to the Sai center with the Lotus Healing Sewa Group. I had a great experience there. I went to do Sewa to the needy children that had no roof on their head and food on their plate some of them were orphans and I was sad seeing them in such a terrible state. I am so grateful that I have 3 meals a day without thinking twice. And I am so lucky to have a roof over my head. Being amongst all those children I was emotionally stirred which in turn gave me a stomach ache. I went up to my mom and said I am feeling very sad and in turn it’s giving me a stomach ache. She advised me to sit in a corner and bless these children with Love and Light. This made me feel much better towards the end.
I am extremely grateful to God, and specially my parents who take me with them to do Sewa as its a very fulfilling experience

Love and Light

Pranav Acharya LHSG Kenya

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What can one give to someone who has very little or nothing? The answer is plenty. You can give them so much …… food, clothing, shelter, money…… But what could you give them that would never finish, always be there, give them good health, heal them when sick, and heal their loved ones and friends too? The only thing that meets these criteria … You guessed right is … empowering them with healing energy!

This then is the mission of Lotus Healing Seva Group, to share our Love and Light with the poor, the poorer and the poorest in our society. On 22^nd July, the children of Pamela’s Paradise in the Kibera slums of Nairobi were the recipients of this sharing. Forty seven children between the ages of 3 and 17 came all excited in the morning for their training in Reiki. They were accompanied by 7 equally excited adults! The event took place in a Church hall in Kibera.

After an informative introduction to Reiki by Mamta, they were attuned to Reiki Level 1, and taught how to heal themselves. This was followed by a filling lunch and then how to heal others. Finally, before leaving, they were given cakes and milk, and some throat lozenges that had been kindly donated by Beta Health Care. 

And so ended another Reiki camp for LHSG in Nairobi, Kenya. One more chance for us to do seva and bring Light and Love to people. As at the end of every seva, we enjoyed the satisfaction of giving, for which we are always grateful to the Universe. But wait! We got even more. We got to witness the sparkle in the little kids’ eyes, the joy in their smiles as they marveled at the new found energy in their hands, the earnestness with which they did Reiki on themselves and on each other….

At the end of the camp, we wondered … who had given whom? … who had enriched whom? …… For sure there were many many happy and grateful hearts that day!

The members who were privileged to do this seva were Raj, Mamta, Monica, Punita, Anuradha, Brit, Pratima, Bubbles, Shariffa and myself. this brings to 27, the number of Reiki camps we have carried out in Kenya in which 868 people have benefited.

Kamal Tolia

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The Kenya members of Lotus Healing Seva Group did Seva at the Nairobi Hospice on Thursday 18 July 2013. Here is the write up by Azmina Mulji, followed by input from some of the other members …..

Twelve members of the Lotus Healing Seva Group including myself lead by our founder Kamal Tolia made our way to the Nairobi Hospice at Kenyatta Hospital to give Reiki to the terminally ill patients.

 We introduced ourselves to the patients who welcomed us with applause. The patients introduced each other and described their individual ailments without a word of complaint or self-pity.

Thereafter Kamal  explained to them what Reiki was and what it could do to help them and they listened intently.  Upon being asked whether they would like to receive healing they jumped with enthusiasm, ready to receive.

Healing was given to each patient individually. I gave Reiki to a patient suffering from liver cancer. Her body was so receptive to the healing and I felt the Reiki flowing from my palms like a river. She said she felt the heat from my palms and it made her feel good.

Another patent suffering from stomach cancer told Kamal how good she felt and kept repeating not to stop.

After we completed the healing session, there was a complete change in the aura of the room and the expressions on the faces of all. There was a feeling of peace and calm and gratitude.

My lesson from this experience? I was taken aback by the manner in which these terminally ill persons had accepted and surrendered to what they are going through. I felt very humbled and hope that I be blessed with the same ability to accept and surrender.

My gratitude to God, and the wonderful patients who gave me an opportunity to do this seva. 

The Members who did this seva were: Kusum, Bubbles, Punita, Monica, Mamta, Kamal, Anuradha, Shalini, Raj, Pratima Nalina and myself.

Love and light

Azmina

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I admit at first I was a little nervous as I did not know in what condition the patients would be.

Just when they started introducing themselves and saying how happy they are, I thought what lovely souls knowing that death can knock on their door anytime they still say they are happy to see us.

The young girl I did the Reiki on did not speak English but had a million dollar smile. Even when I finished and guided her to a relaxing chair she smiled and said thank you. She certainly made my day, for the whole day I was in bliss picturing her smile, I should have been the one to say thank You.

I was indeed touched that the creator made it possible for us to do this Sewa.

Love, light and laughter

Raj

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The visit to Nairobi Hospice was a very humbling experience. The cancer patients were a bit unsure about what we had come to do there, though they were informed we were a support group.

Once they were told about us and we all introduced ourselves, they were very willing to speak to us. They introduced themselves, greeted and welcomed us and mentioned their ailment.

They readily agreed to have Reiki conducted on them, without asking any questions. That made me feel they must be in so much pain that they are prepared to receive help in any way to ease their situation. It was very touching to know how they were handling themselves with so much of acceptance about Cancer and no one spoke in any regretful, pitiful manner.

During the Reiki session, they were all very quiet and just received the hands on individual healing coming their way. After that they rested for a bit and then when we spoke to them, they seemed very happy and relaxed. Triphona, the lady who I did Reiki for said she felt very smooth after the session.

They urged us to visit them again, more often if possible as they enjoyed the HEALING .

Monica

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I am very grateful for the hospice Seva. It was a very touching experience. The patients were so open to Reiki and they looked so relaxed and happy after experiencing Reiki! They even requested us to come back again. I felt wonderful all day, even after leaving the hospice!!

Love n light! 

Mamta

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My gratitude to God and to my Guru for giving me an opportunity to do this SEWA.

When we went there at the hospice I was giving Reiki to Winnie, a lady in a wheel chair and she was very receptive, she felt very relaxed after I was done in spite of being paralysed waist downwards.

To my surprise I found that she was a volunteer there. Despite her disability Winnie is there every Thursday for the other patients who are suffering from Cancer. My heart became heavy and I had this “extremely humbling feeling” which made me SALUTE Winnie!

May we all learn from these little experiences.

Love and light

Punita

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