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Namaste Friends!
I hope that all of you are doing well and playing nicely together these days. I have unfortunately had little time to participate on the board due to life being so packed with adventure and change. Regardless of the amount I have been able to participate in the board I hope that you are all aware that I hold a special place in my heart for you all and hope that you and your families are all well.
In December I returned to the state I grew up in (Tennessee) in order to be close to my elders and help them as they age and their health declines. What I thought was going to be a drag of a task has turned out to be a great blessing. I truly couldn't be much happier here though and I am learning valuable lessons about family, friends, and life.
So many of you have seen and helped me hash through many natural questions and obstacles that a westerner might encounter while entering into Sanatana Dharma formally. For that I thank you all. It was a wonderful opportunity to step to the plate and act as Sri Ganesha's own hands and you all have done and continue to do so with deft ease and skill. For that I am eternally grateful to the community on this site.
On May 2, 2013 after nearly 20 years of study, the last eight of which being true pursuit in earnest, I received my Samaya Diksha! I received initiation from Sivaguru Shanmugamji Sivachariar, the son of the late great Sri Sambamurty Shivachariar. There are truly no words I can use to describe the immense significance and power of the occasion. The entire ritual (which is no short ceremony) was literally exploding with love. On that morning large parts of me were laid to rest while even older parts were reawakened. A new man was born. Connections between old friends were reinforced, cut and retied as true family. Roman Hunt was laid aside and from that point Siddheshvara Aghoraganaha began to walk the earth and singing the holy name of god. A man with few family members took off the sad identity of an lonely orphan and wrapped himself in the warmth of a large and true family that loves him.
These days I fill almost all of my time teaching yoga professionally. I spend my Sundays teaching yoga to children and families at our Sri Ganesha Temple as seva to the community. Life has truly blessed me. Yet again I had to (or rather think that I had to) lose everything to achieve my goal. In retrospect all I had to do was let go of what I thought I already knew. That has never been easy for me (or maybe anyone for that matter). I am blessed to keep having the opportunity to learn though even if it is often the same lesson repeatedly.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and tell you all that I hope you are well.
Sincerely,
Siddheshvara Aghoraganaha
(Formerly Roman Hunt)
I hope that all of you are doing well and playing nicely together these days. I have unfortunately had little time to participate on the board due to life being so packed with adventure and change. Regardless of the amount I have been able to participate in the board I hope that you are all aware that I hold a special place in my heart for you all and hope that you and your families are all well.
In December I returned to the state I grew up in (Tennessee) in order to be close to my elders and help them as they age and their health declines. What I thought was going to be a drag of a task has turned out to be a great blessing. I truly couldn't be much happier here though and I am learning valuable lessons about family, friends, and life.
So many of you have seen and helped me hash through many natural questions and obstacles that a westerner might encounter while entering into Sanatana Dharma formally. For that I thank you all. It was a wonderful opportunity to step to the plate and act as Sri Ganesha's own hands and you all have done and continue to do so with deft ease and skill. For that I am eternally grateful to the community on this site.
On May 2, 2013 after nearly 20 years of study, the last eight of which being true pursuit in earnest, I received my Samaya Diksha! I received initiation from Sivaguru Shanmugamji Sivachariar, the son of the late great Sri Sambamurty Shivachariar. There are truly no words I can use to describe the immense significance and power of the occasion. The entire ritual (which is no short ceremony) was literally exploding with love. On that morning large parts of me were laid to rest while even older parts were reawakened. A new man was born. Connections between old friends were reinforced, cut and retied as true family. Roman Hunt was laid aside and from that point Siddheshvara Aghoraganaha began to walk the earth and singing the holy name of god. A man with few family members took off the sad identity of an lonely orphan and wrapped himself in the warmth of a large and true family that loves him.
These days I fill almost all of my time teaching yoga professionally. I spend my Sundays teaching yoga to children and families at our Sri Ganesha Temple as seva to the community. Life has truly blessed me. Yet again I had to (or rather think that I had to) lose everything to achieve my goal. In retrospect all I had to do was let go of what I thought I already knew. That has never been easy for me (or maybe anyone for that matter). I am blessed to keep having the opportunity to learn though even if it is often the same lesson repeatedly.
Anyway, I just wanted to say hello and tell you all that I hope you are well.
Sincerely,
Siddheshvara Aghoraganaha
(Formerly Roman Hunt)
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