{"id":598,"date":"2026-05-23T04:57:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T04:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/?page_id=598"},"modified":"2026-10-19T19:25:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T19:25:28","slug":"spiritual-journey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/spiritual-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Spiritual Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"598\" class=\"elementor elementor-598\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4dbb580f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4dbb580f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dadfdf elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0dadfdf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Swami-Isa-banner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-4020\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Swami-Isa-banner.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Swami-Isa-banner-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Swami-Isa-banner-1024x320.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Swami-Isa-banner-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Swami-Isa-banner-1536x480.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-396e6b1a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"396e6b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae8c1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-dw_submenu_navbar\" data-id=\"cae8c1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dw_submenu_navbar.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"dw-submenu-navbar\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/about-swami-isa\/\">About Swami Isa<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/teachings\/\">Teachings<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/spiritual-journey\/\">Spiritual Journey<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6001021 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"6001021\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 \n\t\tdata-interaction-id=\"98e4cae\" \n\t\tclass=\"e-98e4cae-9e3214a e-heading-base\" \n\t\t \n\t\t\n\t>\n\t\n\t\t\tSpiritual Journey\n\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-959792d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"959792d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The spiritual journey of His Holiness Jagadguru Swami Isa began in childhood with a deep longing to know God. What began as a profound attraction to temples, sacred stories and meditation gradually became an intense search for the Divine, leading him through years of sadhana, pilgrimage and profound spiritual experiences.<\/p><p>The story of this journey was originally published in Om Gayatree magazine in 1995. It has been preserved and is now being prepared as a new booklet, Saga of a Sage.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1d0f31 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f1d0f31\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49c557c elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"49c557c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Front-Cover-Saga-of-Sage.jpg\" title=\"Front-Cover-Saga-of-Sage\" alt=\"Front-Cover-Saga-of-Sage\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3b6df8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3b6df8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><em>\u201c\u2026Delirious with divine experience and yogic power, Swamiji began the first long journey from one end of Sahya hills to the other. Agasthyakoodam, Kalyanatheertham, Maruthvamala, Kudanchikkal in Karnataka, Kumaratheertham, Thiruvannamalai&#8230; Swami Isa passed through these holy places blessed with the foot prints of his spiritual predecessors. Spiritual experiences awaited him in all these sacred places.<\/em><\/p><p><i>Reaching home after the long journey Swamiji realized that a monastic life alone was possible for him. He decided to be a renunciant. But he would step into the new role with the whole hearted consent of his path. He proved to them that five elements (the panchabhoota) are under his control. Usually when a disciple becomes sannyasin, his bunch of hair is cut by the Guru. But here the father himself performed the ceremony and bestowed his blessings on the son in his spiritual journey.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2497a1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e2497a1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff7e939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff7e939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Saga of a Sage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-04c6fa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"04c6fa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The complete story of this remarkable journey \u2014 from Swami Isa&#8217;s childhood search and years of intense sadhana to his pilgrimage through the sacred places of India and his return to begin his life&#8217;s work \u2014 is told in Saga of a Sage.<\/p><p>The booklet preserves the original narrative and the many stories and experiences that trace the unfolding of his spiritual life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bd8e0df elementor-widget elementor-widget-dw_button\" data-id=\"bd8e0df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"dw_button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"dw-btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/publications\/\">Order Saga of a Sage<\/a>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-092f44e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"092f44e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f26e9c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f26e9c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/bg-005-rpb7q2huq5fn93mlwrpj4juqglj7rpyza2rcrfpx54.png\" title=\"bg-005\" alt=\"bg-005\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Swami Isa Teachings Spiritual Journey Spiritual Journey The spiritual journey of His Holiness Jagadguru Swami Isa began in childhood [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-598","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598"}],"version-history":[{"count":112,"href":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4649,"href":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/598\/revisions\/4649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iworksync.com\/ivpt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}