The Maitreya arrives!

Mitr Sut’s spiritual journey led him to experience the grace of Maitreya Dadashreeji, who transformed him like no other

- Mitr Sut

It was in December 2011, that I stood with my friends, one early morning, for an aarti (ritual) of Shyam Sunder (Lord Krishna) at the well-known Vrindavan temple. This particular temple had the samadhis (tombs) of many saints around the main garbhgriha or sanctum sanctorum. As the aarti got over and I sat down and stared into the eyes of Shyam Sunder, I went into a different realm, as if my soul was pulled out and the Lord seemed to be sitting right in front of me. I prayed to Shyam Sunder, “There is so much pain and suffering in the world. When will YOU come? How can YOU allow so much pain and misery to continue?”

I was still and had no idea how long I sat there, but when my friend touched me to get up to leave, I realised I was in tears and in inexplicable bliss, feeling as if the various saints in the samadhis had come alive. I had no idea what was happening, and as my mind became active, I just prostrated in front of the idol and we left.

I continued exploring Vedantic philosophy, which I had been pursuing for more than 10 years. In January 2013, I was invited by my friend to attend a spiritual programme called Bodh, conducted by Maitreya Dadashreeji, founder visionary of the MaitriBodh Parivaar, in ShantiKshetra Premgiri Ashram, at Karjat, near Mumbai, India. It was a reluctant trip, as I had visited many spiritual masters before, and having read innumerable texts, I saw nothing beyond the path of Vedanta. But there had been an internal struggle to know more, to experience at least something of what I read and understood with the grace of my previous guru. This, coupled with my scientific and questioning mindset, I journeyed to the ashram.