The Power of Our Radiance

“There is a light that this world cannot give.  Yet you can give it, as it was given to you. And as you give it, it shines forth to call you from the world and follow it.  For this light will attract you as nothing in this world can do.  And you will lay aside the world and find another.  …. Light is unlimited, and spreads across this world in quite joy.  All those you brought with you will shine on you, and you will shine on them in gratitude because they brought you here.  Your light will join with theirs in power so compelling, that it will draw the others out of darkness as you look on them.”

— A Course In Miracles

In February 2017, I had the privilege of attending the Global Peace Song Awards ceremony and party in Los Angeles, CA, after an invitation from the Grammy Award-winning Indian Music Composer and Environmentalist, Ricky Kej. Despite my extensive 30-year career in the music industry, primarily focusing on designing and art directing CD packages, this event was a unique experience for me. Encouraging my husband to accompany me, we seized the opportunity to enjoy a weekend in LA.

During the award ceremony, a woman named Santosh Khalsa captured my attention with her grace, beauty, magnetism, royalty, and radiance. Admiring her presence, I found myself saying, "I want what she has." Learning that she was a Kundalini Yoga Instructor marked my first encounter with the term Kundalini Yoga, sparking a newfound curiosity.

Draped in an all-white ensemble that exuded grace and attractiveness, Santosh also wore an all-white turban, an unusual and courageous choice that, in my opinion at the time, made her look royal, pure, and secure in herself. Her style projected elegance without pretentiousness, creating a powerful interface that demanded interaction on a higher level.

Though I didn't personally meet Santosh that day, she became a lighthouse for me, emitting a light that illuminated the path for my deepest journey of self-study, self-mastery, and self-transformation.

The key to Santosh's impact was her radiance, described as "hue-man" — a life filled with divine light, glowing, beaming, and bright. True radiance emanates from deep within, shining through the eyes, skin, and smile. It carries our aura, magnetic field, and arcline, a halo representing the steering wheel or GPS system of our lives: intuition, knowledge, wisdom, and discernment.

Radiance is our projection. We affirm who we are through words, experience ourselves through breath, and deliver our essence through radiance. Yogi Bhajan emphasized that our presence should be healing, uplifting others from across a room. In the Aquarian Age, leaders, teachers, healers, and yogis are called to embody radiance, illuminating even the darkest corners of the world.

I express gratitude to Santosh for being a beacon of light, guiding me to cultivate my own radiance and inner light. This journey allows me to navigate the world with happiness, health, and holiness, experiencing the ecstasy of consciousness and using it to serve humanity.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, ‘Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?’ Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world.  There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

-Marianne Williamson