Our Sacred Purpose: A Dharma Vehicle for a New Age
Introduction: The Vow We Are Here to Fulfill
I’ve gathered you here because you are the core of this mission. I need to share with you the deepest story behind what we are about to create, because the Bhavani Sakthi Peetam is not a project; it is the fulfillment of a timeless vow, and our coming together is not an accident, but a sacred convergence.
For some, a lifetime is not a self-contained story but a single chapter in a much larger epic. I have come to understand that my life, and now ours, is exactly that. We are not starting something new. We are continuing an unfinished mission, one that has been carried forward across the boundaries of birth and death. Our work is not defined by ordinary ambition or the pursuit of conventional success. Instead, every action we take, every challenge we face, and every brick we lay will be an instrument for fulfilling a purpose that is both ancient and profoundly new.
This is the path of the bridge-soul—a path I find myself on, and one to which you have been called. We are here to inherit the deepest essence of spiritual wisdom from past cycles and re-anchor it in new soil for the future. Our role is not to follow the well-trodden paths of existing institutions but to found a new one. We are not here to be mere followers of tradition, but to become a living conduit through which dharma—the timeless cosmic law—can take a new body for this new age. I want to share with you the anatomy of this sacred destiny, to explain why our work together is not just a career, but a profound spiritual calling.
Chapter 1: Our Work as an Instrument of Dharma
For most of the world, a career is a means to an end—a way to earn a livelihood, achieve social status, or find personal fulfillment. It is a segment of life, separate from one's spiritual or private self. But for us, for the mission we have undertaken, this separation is an illusion. The professional sphere, the work we do to build thisPeetam, is not a distraction from our spiritual path; it is the primary battlefield where our dharma will be tested, forged, and ultimately expressed.
Transcending Worldly Ambition
A key signature of this path, one that I have felt my entire life, is a deep and abiding detachment from the conventional markers of success. The titles, the recognition, the financial gains that motivate the world will never be our true goal. While these things may come as a consequence of our work, they will feel strangely hollow if they are not aligned with our higher, sacred meaning. This creates a unique tension we must navigate: we must be highly capable and effective in the world, yet our motivation must remain pure, untethered to the fruits of our actions. Our work itself is the offering.
The Karmic Battlefield of Our Identity
Because our mission is so profound, we cannot treat it like a simple job. Our very identities will become intertwined with this work. The Peetam will not be a place we go to; it will be an extension of who we are. Every decision we make, every action we take, will be a test of our integrity, our perseverance, and our alignment with the Devi’s will. This is not a burden; it is a sacred responsibility. We have been chosen for this, and ours will be forged in the fire of this creative process. The challenges will be immense, but they are designed to force us to activate our highest potential.
Our Work as a Sacred Offering (Yajña)
Ultimately, we must transform our very concept of work. Our efforts are not just labor; they are a dharma-yajña—a sacred offering to the universal law itself. The Peetam we build is not just a structure; it is an altar. The healing we facilitate is not just a service; it is a ritual. This is why any previous, ordinary employment may have felt temporary or like a stepping stone. My soul, and I believe yours too, knew it was in a preparatory phase, acquiring the skills and resources needed for this final, sacred work. Every experience we have had until now has been our training.
Chapter 2: Transcending the Outer Form of Religion
Our mission is to build a Shakti Peetam, but we must be clear about what that means. We are not here to replicate the past. My own journey has been one of deep reverence for tradition, but also a profound feeling of detachment from its outer forms. The rituals, dogmas, and sectarian rules that provide a secure anchor for many are not our primary focus.
The Memory of Mastery
I have come to understand that this feeling comes from a past-life memory. My soul, and perhaps yours as well, has already walked the established paths to their end. We have been the pilgrims, the disciples, the ascetics. We have mastered the rituals and performed the austerities. Through that deep immersion, we have already extracted the timeless essence from its temporary containers. Now, in this life, we are no longer satisfied with the container; we seek to build a new one, designed to pour that living nectar into the world today.
The Direct Path of Essence
This is why our path must be direct and experiential. We are not interested in what is written about the divine; we are interested in creating a space for a direct encounter with the divine. The lamps, the mantras, and the architecture of our Peetam will be honored as beautiful and potent vehicles, but they will always be understood as means, not the end. The goal is the living, breathing connection to the source, to the Shakti, to the truth that animates all forms. This is why we may sometimes feel like spiritual outsiders, unable to be fully contained within the walls of a single tradition. Our loyalty is to the essence, not to the institution that houses it.
The Freedom and Responsibility of Being Unbound
This path gives us profound freedom, but also a great responsibility. We are free from the need to conform to old structures, but we are responsible for creating a new one with absolute integrity. We are untethered from the anchors of conventional religious and career authority. This unique, and sometimes lonely, position is the necessary prerequisite for our true function: to build a new path, to found a new institution, because the old ones can no longer contain the specific vibration of truth we are here to embody.
Chapter 3: Our Dharma Vehicle – Founding an Institution for a New Age
A soul that cannot be held by existing institutions is destined to found new ones. This is the ultimate purpose we share: to create a new vessel that can carry the timeless essence of dharma into the next cycle of humanity. Our work is not an imitation of the past, but the continuation of its living spirit in a new form.
The Nature of Our Institution
● It will be land-based and sacred. Our connection to this specific land is paramount. We are not just building on a plot of land; we are re-consecrating a kṣetra, an ancient field of energy. We are anchoring dharma back into the soil, creating a living, nurturing space for others.
● It will be Śakti-centered. The Divine Feminine principle—in the form of beauty, grace, fierce compassion, devotion, and the arts—will be the core of our work. This will not be an austere, purely intellectual space, but a culturally vibrant and abundant Peetam that honors the creative, life-giving force of the cosmos.
● It will be built for permanence and infused with tapas. We are building an enduring institution, one that is structured, disciplined, and designed to last. This structure will be infused with the fire of transformation (tapas), creating a space that is both stable and intensely catalytic for all who enter.
Chapter 4: Our Past-Life Narrative: The Burden of the Impatient Builder
To understand the depth of our mission, I must share with you the story of its origin—a story that does not begin in this lifetime. The reason our work feels so profound, so necessary, and at times so challenging, is because we are not starting from scratch. We are here to complete an unfinished vow.
In a previous incarnation, my soul was already deeply immersed in this path. I was a leader and a devout Spiritual Warrior, intimately connected to the fierce and loving energy of the Divine Mother. My own spiritual practices had purified me to a great extent, and I was driven by a powerful dharma to move beyond my individual sadhana and create something of lasting value for the world.
I envisioned a sangha, a sacred field, a dharmic community where seekers could gather and find true transformation. My heart and soul were set on building a physical institution—a temple or ashram—to permanently anchor the Devi's energy on this very Earth.
But this noble vision was met with immense resistance. The path was not easy. The community I tried to hold together was fraught with challenges. Disciples doubted the path or deserted our mission. Orthodox authorities, wary of our unconventional methods, opposed us. Patrons and supporters, swayed by the politics of the time, withdrew their help when it was needed most.
This is where I made a pivotal karmic error. Faced with these relentless obstacles and delays—the great tests of Saturn—my impatient warrior nature took over. Instead of enduring this burden with patient wisdom, I chose to use my immense personal will to force the outcome. I overpowered the opposition, pushed forward with my own timing, and chose my own power over the universe's patience.
This single act of choosing my will over a higher wisdom created a deep schism in the very foundation of our work. The sangha fractured. While I may have won the immediate battles through sheer force, the victory was hollow. The community, our sacred vessel, collapsed under the weight of the internal conflict I had created.
The consequences were devastating and have echoed into this lifetime. I experienced a profound betrayal from those I held closest, a trauma that felt like a deep and searing poison. The mission failed, leading to the destruction of the spiritual lineage we were trying to build. And instead of the joy of creation, the entire endeavor became a heavy, lonely burden on my shoulders. I had carried the weight of many, yet in the end, I was left utterly alone, with the seed of our vision planted but the tree left to wither before it could ever offer its shade.
This is the source of the deep sorrow, the feeling of being a "forsaken one," and the karmic wounds that I carried into this life. Our mission was left unfinished. But the cosmos never forgets a sincere vow. That unfinished work has now returned. The same impulse—to anchor community, create a sacred foundation, and build a dharmic field—stirs again as our vision for the Bhavani Sakthi Peetam.
This time, we return with both the wounds from that past failure and the immense wisdom gained from it. Our destiny is not to be solitary ascetics, but to finally anchor what could not be completed before. Our sacred task is to turn the unfinished sangha of the past into a permanent dharmic institution for the future, but this time, by uniting our immense power with profound, patient wisdom.
Our Role as Founders
Our role in this is not to be priests repeating old rituals, renunciates detached from the world, or executives chasing status. We are a unique synthesis of all three:
● We are creators of a new dharma-institution, a living yantra charged with a specific divine vibration.
● We are synthesizers of knowledge, taking the deepest wisdom from ancient traditions like Tantra, Nadi, and Ayurveda and presenting them in forms fit for the challenges of this age.
● We are guardians of continuity, holding the timeless essence of spiritual practice while courageously reshaping the vessel that contains it.
This is why our vision for the Bhavani Sakthi Peetam feels like an absolute destiny. It is not just a temple, an ashram, or a retreat center. It is a living dharmic body—a pīṭham where the essence of timeless wisdom, the beauty of Śakti, the fire of tapas, and the stability of community can converge to create a new vehicle for transformation in a new age. This is the fulfillment of our rare and sacred vow, a mission we are restarting together.