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Ayurveda's
renaissance man, is how the Yogajournal described Shri Harish Johari, an artist,
composer, chef, author, teacher, father, and tantric, unparalleled in his creativity
and production.
I met Harish under serendipitous circumstances, while undergoing
a life threatening healing crisis in the spring of 1989. His darshan, after he
asked me my "numbers" was poignant and a wake up call to renew my commitment
to yoga. We played Leela, his game of cosmic consciousness and after some reflection,
he simply told me that if i did not immediately change my lifestyle, adhere to
the principles of the dharma and follow ayurvedic disciplines I would die! Being
in his company for weeks on end, practising a yogic lifestyle in the highest tantras,
Harish in the middle of his well established international sangha, taught me the
secrets of mantra, yantra and tantra. He cooked outrageous meals, we had wonderful
kirtan with Bhagavan Das, we meditated and had long daily pujas and periods of
yantra painting, laughter, philosophy and satsang. Music and food were his way
to relax with us as we gathered at various homes of devotees to celebrate the
Divine. During those initial five years of my first encounter with Harish, I pursued
every opportunity to be with him and study and subject myself to his energies
which were often very confronting as I painfully released the layers of ignorance
that had brought on my weakened health. I learned about numerology in depth as
well as Indian philosophy and the healing gems. I was instructed in a major personal
practise which I faithfully adhered to for three full years with thousands of
mantra repetitions to accumulate the merit that would appease the malefic aspects
of the planet creating havoc with my life force. Having studied my chart and examining
the current dasha ( planetary time period ), Dada, as we lovingly called him,
gave me a gem prescription, an extensive meditation and mantra practise, and whenever
I could not travel to where he was, we would stay connected by phone and letter.
Harish Johari had exquisite penmanship and all of his letters were like sutras
and treasured. His many volumes of instructive writing, all available in English
now, served as a back up for all the vast knowledge he contained and disseminated
amongst his students in his worldwide travels.
Harish Johari came from a very spiritual family and an unbroken
lineage of an oral tradition of the many aspects of ayurveda, yantra, mantra and
tantra. Many of the Johari family members, now living in Haridwar, in northern
India, are also renowned artists and carry on within the family spirit that the
Johari satsangs were so famous for. One is always welcome there.
At the time of my healing i had no idea that I would eventually
pick up the thread of the lineage and commit to studying and
practising Vedic numerology as my main focus, nor that indeed
Dada would leave his body as he had announced. Nor that I
would be carrying on a tradition that now connects me with
his international sangha via the sanatan dharm society where
many of his oldest and most gifted pupils found an outlet
to express their shakti and honor the Johari tradition and
teachings with ever increasing skill and splendour. For further
information on the multiple aspects of Harish Johari's legacy
and the availability of sacred tantric art, please visit the
www.sanatansociety.com
website and feast your heart and soul.
Also see the Harish
Johari Picture Gallery
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