Nithyanandam,
My name is Vaishali Verma. I am a PhD in Medical Biochemistry, living in California with my husband. Both of us have been devotees of Swami Paramahamsa Nithyananda for 2 years, and have benefited in numerous ways from his teachings, meditation programs and healing.
I completed Nirahara Samyama (Level 1,2,3) in December 2012. Initially I had the fear of doing Nirahara Samyama because of low body weight as I thought if I didn’t take solid food for 21 days I might feel weak. Because of this fear I passed up several prior opportunities, but deep down I really wanted to do it and always had strong trust and faith that by Swami ji’s grace I would successfully complete it without any problems. So, in December I made a strong intention internally to do the Nirahara Samyama and prayed to Swamiji to give me strength and energy to complete it. I started with Level 1 which was for two days. I felt highly energetic for entire two days despite not eating any solid food. Then I started Level 2 which was for seven days and Level 3 which was for 11 days. Days passed very easily. I felt much higher energy in the body compared to prior days when I was on my regular diet. Unlike other days, I was able to do Arthritis Kriya, Yoga/Exercise literally everyday and noticed that there was no tiredness in the body, there was only overflowing energy. Vaishali’s body has Rheumatoid Arthritis. I noticed that during the whole 21 days process the pain in the body went down a lot. The body felt very light and had a very light feeling in my joints too. For Nirahara Samyama we have to get Nayana Deeksha from Swamiji i.e. Swamiji should be able to see us every day during the whole 21 days process. So I used to go to the Nithyananda Vedic Temple in San Jose everyday in spite of very cold weather at the time. The high energy in my body kept me going. I kept practicing Ajapa-Japa of Guru Mantra (Om Hreem Nithyanandaya Namaha) which always gave a blast of energy taking me to a much higher state of energy, clarity and divine connection. My awareness also increased and I was able to clearly witness the emotions, both positive and negative, happening inside me. Even my skin became very radiant and lot of people complimented me for the glow on my face and skin
What a miraculous journey it has been for someone like me with such a strong medical research background. The biggest breakthrough for me from the Nirahara Samyama has been that contrary to my earlier conditioning and beliefs, I realized that solid food was actually causing lethargy and dullness. I felt much more alive and full of strength and energy without eating any solid food. Also I realized that it is the food which was cause of lot of pain and swelling in the joints. This experience has motivated me to not only do the Nirahara Samyama again, but also pursue it as a research topic to assist Swami ji in bringing relief to Humanity. I am immensely thankful and grateful to Swamiji for blessing humanity with this beautiful gift of Nirahara Samyama.
Dr. Vaishali Verma
(PhD, Medical Biochemistry)
San Jose, California, USA
