Hinduism Today
is my resource,
my guru, and my own voice
at the same time.
"I am a Hindu to the core, have been my whole life, and for many lives before that," explains David Weikrikas who was born in the US 53 years ago of Lithuanian parents.
Since he was a child, he has been blessed with profound spiritual experiences. When he was 12, he had a life-transforming "lightning experience" as he was walking the hallways of his school. Later, having become an auto worker at General Motors in Detroit, "I had a vision of the Divine Mother right in the factory, among the deafening noise and hubbub. I was really taken aback!" Today, he has come to be known as a spiritual light among his coworkers and bosses who often come to him for upliftment.
David lives alone because years ago he vowed to be a brahmachari the rest of his life. "I wanted to dedicate my life to God," he says. His world today is one of daily inner experiences and rare insights.
In explaining his connection with Hinduism Today, David has to go back to the 1940's when on two occasions his paramaguru, Paramahansa Yogananda, met Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami (Gurudeva), the magazine's founder. "The power of those meetings established a deep rapport that still vibrates today." Later, Gurudeva met David's guru, Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Yogananda and head of the Center for Spiritual Awareness.
“Hinduism Today
not only tells about the Hindu renaissance,
it is helping to bring it about.
The information it contains is the stuff of life,
it is the power of creation.”
"I saw the two of them as great and rare old souls who had known each other before. They remained in constant touch thereafter. And the electricity from my own meetings with Gurudeva feeds my soul to this day. We are one spiritual family."
Since David was introduced to Hinduism Today by his guru in 1992, he has read every word of every article of every issue. "Hinduism Today not only tells about the Hindu renaissance, it is helping to bring it about. The information it contains is the stuff of life, it is the power of creation, like everything Hindu. Because my guru introduced me to it, I feel his presence in it, he speaks to me through the words. There is no difference between us. Hinduism Today is my resource, my guru and my own voice at the same time."
David has very generously made the Hinduism Today Production Fund, which is a part of Hindu Heritage Endowment, a beneficiary in his estate plan. "The magazine is getting the message out there at a time when the world needs it most, and I can't think of a better cause to support," he said.
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