Copyright (c) 2011 Brahma Kumaris. All rights reserved. Personal Experiences en-us 60 Plone http://bkwsu.org/interactive/testimonials http://bkwsu.org/interactive/testimonials/detail.html?itemid=b5bbe53e-ef4f-49b1-8778-34b41f150f9a Almost four years ago, I was in the middle of an emotional storm; and I was looking for real answers. It was at the local Raja Yoga Meditation Centre that I found them and after that my life changed drastically. I have experienced nothing but unlimited protection, peace, happiness, understanding, b5bbe53e-ef4f-49b1-8778-34b41f150f9a http://bkwsu.org/interactive/testimonials/detail.html?itemid=ae83e77f-a335-46a2-bf9b-1ce36872bfdd I was always eager to know the "Rules of the Game of Life" and when I turned 40, I felt an urgency to find a spiritual discipline which could provide me with them. After all, they say "life begins at 40," and I was eager to reinvent myself. Friends said that in spirituality there was no urgency; ae83e77f-a335-46a2-bf9b-1ce36872bfdd http://bkwsu.org/interactive/testimonials/detail.html?itemid=5a2a3d60-fc68-4fcb-972c-11faaa1aac10 My relationship with God began with presiding over funeral ceremonies as a little girl. My best friend Karlye had a cat that expressed its love for us by leaving dead squirrels on the doorstep. This of course horrified us , but we would bury the “gifts”. Then, as the priestesses of the ceremonies, 5a2a3d60-fc68-4fcb-972c-11faaa1aac10 http://bkwsu.org/interactive/testimonials/detail.html?itemid=240b3464-e92a-4517-b0b3-4aa786d7bac9 Like many others, I always wanted to believe in magic. I enjoyed books in which heroes used magic to make great things happen. However, I noticed that, although they sometimes did amazing things, their lives were often miserable. So I never really believed that magic had a place in my life. Not 240b3464-e92a-4517-b0b3-4aa786d7bac9 http://bkwsu.org/interactive/testimonials/detail.html?itemid=fb8ae1e1-33c6-4b47-8b37-893c864ed8c7 It was a steel grey day and the clouds hung low at the tops of the trees, pushed on by an Atlantic Ocean storm. The rain was splashing on the windshield as I headed to upstate New York from my home on Long Island. I felt the need to leave, to flee the thoughts and feelings I had been going through fb8ae1e1-33c6-4b47-8b37-893c864ed8c7