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Week 40/2025

· Mihir Pathak

30th Sep to 5th Oct 2025 (Monday to Sunday)

I am writing this on Monday and the ongoing week is super duper hectic, so I am keeping this weekly note short.

I am still in garba fever… still listening to Hardik Dave garba… “Khamma Khamma Khodiar Re Jogmaya”… my current tune while I am driving to the office on my Activa. I remember my dadaji whenever I see Hardik’s work. My dadaji used to sing garba during Navratri at Jaspur Village. He used to run a bhajan mandali in the village and sing Narayan Bapu’s and Gangasati’s bhajans.

Date Day Events
30th Sep Tue It was Ashtami - office work
1st Oct Wed Navmi - we went to Durga Puja after office. We ate sondesh and pakora. Watched dhunuchi dance
2nd Oct Thu Dussehra, Gandhi Jayanti - we ate fafda jalebi at home
3rd Oct Fri Office
4th Oct Sat We went to naturopathy. Doctor said I am on the right path in my treatment. She changed my diet a little bit. But still I have very limited options to eat. Nidhi’s health is not well. I think it is a viral infection
5th Oct Sun I went to attend a lecture ‘What is Presence?’ It was by a practitioner of spiritual practice called Fourth Way by Gurdjieff

More Details

I first heard about Gurdjieff from Mahendra sir, I think. I don’t remember clearly. I think he only shared about how his father was a sanyasi at Madhavpur Osho Ashram.

Documentary on Madhavpur Osho Ashram:

Then I accidentally found a documentary on Swami Brahmvedantaji on YouTube, where he explained about G’s work. I somehow got the contact details of the person who made the documentary - Ronak Seth (son of Darshan Seth who was a follower at the same place). I emailed him… I am talking about 2019.

Email screenshot

Then I forgot… I keep coming back to G’s work. 1-2 years ago I discovered the work of Hardik Dave. He and his father Praful Dave are also Osho sanyasis from Madhavpur. So I keep listening about Madhavpur and G. I read about him on the internet.

I was reading about it on Sunday afternoon. I typed in a search box: “Gurdjieff in Ahmedabad” and I got the Living Presence website and then Ahmedabad center Facebook page, and I got to know about the lecture happening in exactly 1 hour, just 5km away from my house.

I grabbed the opportunity. I bought some books also, saw Ronak there and met Darshan bhai.

I am so grateful to the universe for this.

I am slowly practicing self-remembering whenever I find a chance in a day. Baby steps…


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