In 1986 Two
foreigners, Surya Green and Omuni, from Americans, come for Shri Nathji’s
darshan and are greatly touched by Shri Nathji’s personality and words:
“We have got PEACE
from you,” they say.
And Shri Nathji
speaks to them, even as he embraces the Jewish man by the name of Omuni. As was
Shri Nathji’s ‘maryaada’ his etiquette – he always blessed women from a distance.
The woman’s name is Surya Green. Both are American Jews even though they have
taken on names with an Eastern tinge.
Shri Nathji tells
these Jewish folks:
“Jews are the jewels
of the garland of God!”
Shri Nathji says to
them:
“I am your servant
and am living only for your sake. I wish to keep my body, not for my sake, but
for your sake!”
The Americans had
never met such a PURE BEING in their entire lives and are astonished at the
Divine Light of Shri Nathji.
“I AM AN OCEAN!” Shri
Nathji says in a moment of inspiration.
‘Yes! Yes! You are!
You are!” say the Americans, besides themselves with wonder.
Shri Nathji had once
stood by the shore of an ocean years ago and had asked himself:
“Who is bigger – the
ocean or I?”
Surya Green, and ‘Omuni’
come again for Shri Nathji’s darshan and to record his voice and sermon. Shri
Nathji speaks to them and tells them that what was most important was the
desire for God, without which the goal was unattainable.
Shri Nathji says:
“If a glass be filled
with water, air cannot come inside it, but throw the water out and air shall
come inside of its own accord.”
“The moment man
empties himself of his ego, God enters his heart.”
Shri Nathji tells
them of the Palace of gold which is hit by an earthquake. The finery of the Palace
becomes frightening. Man cannot enjoy a Palace of gold if its foundation is
shaking. In a like manner, man cannot enjoy the material prosperity around him
unless he has peace within his heart. Shri Nathji reveals the true state of the
world, as it existed.
Shri Nathji speaks
about the Sun as the giver of light, and says:
“The Sun can only be
seen with the light of the Sun! Similarly God can only be realized through His
Grace alone!”
And he had given the
answer Himself as he said: “I am the greater – for the ocean has shores, but I
can see no shores within myself!”
Shri Nathji also says
to the Americans:
“I DON’T NEED
MEDITATION! WHO CAN I MEDITATE UPON? GOD IS NOT SEPARATE FROM ME!”
Surya Green records a
wealth of His spoken words in their tape recorder. After visiting Shri Nathji
repeatedly for a few days, they left with the words of caution to Priya Nath:
“His health must be
taken care of at all costs. He is too precious a person in this world to be
ignored in any way. His life is meant for the whole world. He is the only Messiah
in this strife torn world!”
Surya Green, later
also telephoned Priya Nath and said to him:
“Tell your Father to
turn on his power to Himself – we need Him in this world!”
Born in Manhattan,
Surya holds a B.A. degree in American Studies from New York’s Barnard College
of Columbia University (Regent’s Scholar). She earned her M.A. in Communication
from California's Stanford University, Department of Communication (National
Honors Fellow). She also attended the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the
Theatre in New York. Finishing her M.A. studies, she accepted a temporary
writing job at an internationally-renowned animation and documentary film
studio in Zagreb, the capital of Croatia.
After completing her
work stint at Zagreb Film, she stayed on longer in Europe. Eventually, she
found her writing home in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Establishing herself as
Benelux correspondent for several international travel magazines, she became a
member of the Foreign
Press Association of
the Netherlands. In the progressively-minded Netherlands, her view of life as a
citizen in society underwent further refocusing and expansion of social awareness.
Surya entered the
second part of her lifestyle transformation when she attended events held in
connection with the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment in
Stockholm in Sweden. At the world’s first international conference on the environment,
she awakened to the One Earth whole and the ecological-environmental crisis
threatening that whole. Returned to Amsterdam, she started to live a
socially-responsible, Mother Earth-friendly lifestyle encompassing balance and
non-harm, natural and organic, in a pioneering form of what would become the
21st century’s green lifestyle. Then the Government of India, Ministry of
Tourism, invited her to India as its guest. Traveling to India on freelance
journalistic assignment, little did she know that the land of ancient solar
heritage would jumpstart the third part of her total transformation. Having
begun her Indian journey as Norma Green, a worldly Western woman, she returned
to Amsterdam as a serious seeker of higher wisdom. She renamed herself as
“Surya,” Sanskrit for “the Sun, the Source.”
Without warning, she underwent mystical
experiences that were spiritually awakening and dramatically life-transforming.
It was during this phase of her life that she met Shri Nathji.
During her travels, Surya
met and interviewed foremost spiritual leaders. Her articles on
transformational topics, including spiritual growth and natural lifestyle, as
well as her interviews with a broad range of social, cultural, and spiritual
notables, began to appear internationally.
As a pilgrim with
journalistic shoulder bag, Surya gained knowledge of Eastern religions, philosophies,
and consciousness-raising systems by wending her way around the globe to sacred
sites and power spots, holy celebrations of all kinds, and diverse groups and communities.
During a six years’ residence in Asia, she studied the spiritual heritage of
the East through practice and experience that included: staying in monasteries
with Buddhist monks and nuns in Thailand for four months, meditating in a
Buddhist monastery in Myanmar for six and a half months, and practicing various
streams of devotion in India for five years. Her training includes association
with leading spiritual teachers of both East and West.
In 2000, in
Amsterdam, Surya inspired the establishment of the non-profit planetary service
foundation Sun Conscious. Presently Surya
divides her writing and residential time between the Netherlands and the USA. On
invitation, she gives talks and workshops and guides spiritual gatherings. She
has spoken on various aspects of personal transformation, Sun-power, and the
spiritual heritage of India to spiritual, religious, and cultural organizations
in the Netherlands, UK, India, and the USA.