{"id":54656,"date":"2017-12-27T13:44:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-27T12:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dandavats.tumblr.com\/post\/168997050306"},"modified":"2017-12-27T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T12:44:32","slug":"rathayatra-makes-devoteeshello-my-name-is-ian-somerville-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=54656","title":{"rendered":"Rathayatra Makes Devotees!\nHello, my name is Ian Somerville. I&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-54655\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads6\/tumblr_p1me28iF771sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p1me28iF771sbj0vuo1_500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr_p1me28iF771sbj0vuo1_500-255x187.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Rathayatra Makes Devotees!<br \/>\nHello, my name is Ian Somerville. I am a devoted young man in search of true enlightenment. Throughout the course of my life, I have personally studied and practiced many world religions. But the one that ignited that withered flame was Krishna consciousness.<br \/>\nDuring my spiritual journey, I have read many religious texts, but none can compare to the Bhagavad Gita. This book is not a Shakespearean playwright or a book of dreamy poetry, but a book in which Krishna, the supreme being, god of all gods, truly shows us how we can gain a life of spiritual perfection. Within the boundaries he has set in place for us He shows how to separate our material and spiritual worlds. Without a spiritual world, there can be no material world.<br \/>\nLet me give you a brief tour into a recent miraculous event that occurred for me. Recently, I had checked out a copy of Bhagavad Gita from the library. Following that I prayed \u2018God, please give me a sign that this is the path I should pursue\u2019. Two days later I happened to be walking down the Baltimore Inner Harbor and as I turned around I saw a sign that read, \u2018Festival of India\u2019. So I walked to the event, turned around, and before my two eyes I saw the sign, \u2018Bhagavad Gita\u2019! My prayers were answered almost immediately.<br \/>\nEveryone who has grown up has to find an identity, not only that but a personal faith. May Krishna bless all.<br \/>\nDon\u2019t ever forget to chant:<br \/>\nHare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/78.media.tumblr.com\/2e15927eb1fb2adc2597f34163d59d2e\/tumblr_p1me28iF771sbj0vuo1_500.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Rathayatra Makes Devotees!<br \/>\nHello, my name is Ian Somerville. I am a devoted young man in search of true enlightenment. Throughout the course of my life, I have personally studied and practiced many world religions. But the one that ignited that withered flame was Krishna consciousness.<br \/>\nDuring my spiritual journey, I have read many religious texts, but none can compare to the Bhagavad Gita. This book is not a Shakespearean playwright or a book of dreamy poetry, but a book in which Krishna, the supreme being, god of all gods, truly shows us how we can gain a life of spiritual perfection. Within the boundaries he has set in place for us He shows how to separate our material and spiritual worlds. Without a spiritual world, there can be no material world.<br \/>\nLet me give you a brief tour into a recent miraculous event that occurred for me. Recently, I had checked out a copy of Bhagavad Gita from the library. Following that I prayed &lsquo;God, please give me a sign that this is the path I should pursue&rsquo;. Two days later I happened to be walking down the Baltimore Inner Harbor and as I turned around I saw a sign that read, &lsquo;Festival of India&rsquo;. So I walked to the event, turned around, and before my two eyes I saw the sign, &lsquo;Bhagavad Gita&rsquo;! My prayers were answered almost immediately.<br \/>\nEveryone who has grown up has to find an identity, not only that but a personal faith. May Krishna bless all.<br \/>\nDon&rsquo;t ever forget to chant:<br \/>\nHare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10650,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118],"tags":[152],"class_list":["post-54656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recent-media","tag-nectar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10650"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54656"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54657,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54656\/revisions\/54657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}