In the past few years,
I had begun to feel that my birth name
did not fully express how I have grown & continue to develop
with my Vedic Meditation
practice
&
education.
I shared this with Thom,
he blessed me with the beautiful name
Jānaki,
another name for Sita,
meaning
daughter of Janaka
the enlightened King of Mithilia
from the Ramāyana.
She is also seen as an incarnation of
Śri Lakshmi
श्री
SuJung
Jānaki
In Exploring the Veda 1, we learn
Nāma Rūpa
sahitam eva bhavati
translated by Thom as:
Name and Form
are infinitely correlated indeed
Nāma = Name
Rūpa = Form
sahitam = together
eva = indeed
bhavati = they become
He also shared the story of the evolution of his name to Maharishi Vyasananda Saraswati, saying that names can evolve along with the individual. Today, I reflect on the energetic resonance of my new spiritual name and the arc of the story of evolution.
May we all find greater happiness & understanding with each step toward Unity Consciousness.
Love & Jai Guru Deva