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Report from Slovenia

Master's Love Abounds
at the 2005 Slovenia Retreat

By brother-initiate Benjamin Borisek, Ljubljana (Originally in English)

[Ljubljana] From June 24–26, 2005, Slovenian initiates joyfully prepared for their annual retreat by remodeling a remote cottage in the woods near Ljubljana into a spacious meditation hall. Traditionally, the initiates invite their brothers and sisters from Croatia to attend the event, and this year three participated.

We decided to follow a meditation schedule modeled after that of our beloved Master at the recent retreat in Hungary; that is, one hour was reserved for breakfast and two hours for dinner with the remaining time used for meditation. At the beginning of the retreat everyone watched two of Master's latest DVDs well into the next evening and with great surprise and joy noticed that She mentioned our country Slovenia on both randomly selected DVDs.

This year's retreat was special because we could feel Master's powerful presence the whole time as Her love emanated throughout the site, and we bathed in this soft wonder throughout our time there. Some shed tears of wonder and cried out in euphoria while others saw Her sitting on the chair in the meditation hall that was made especially for Her. We were also blessed with the sweet scent of orange petals emanating from the kitchen, and one sister exclaimed, "It's the scent of Master's perfume!"

Although Master was not physically present, Her Love was felt by everyone and thus we were sure that Her blessings were with us the whole time, which made this the best retreat ever for the Slovenian and Croatian initiates!