A
success story is being penned in a small piece of land at Fatorda, in agriculture minister Vijai
Sardesai’s backyard. First it was a bumper paddy cultivation using cosmic
energy, and now it is vegetables; the Shiv Yog Cosmic Farming is showing the
way towards healthy food.
Usha Sardesai, who piloted this project near her house, wants to
promote it across the state. She says her endeavour to reach out with this
technique of passing on energy through meditation to the plants is irrespective
of the fact that her husband is the state’s agriculture minister.
“I used to practice meditation and cosmic farming when Vijai was
not even an MLA. It is sheer coincidence that he holds the agriculture
portfolio“ Usha said. The propagation of cosmic farming was not an easy task
for Usha who had to fight myths, wrong perceptions and taunts while speaking
about cosmic farming. She recalls how people used to taunt her that she has
turned into Baba Ramdev.
The original inspiration for cosmic farming stems from Shiv Yog
Foundation, Gurugram, which has pioneered and propagated this technique.First,
the project of paddy cultivation was taken up by Usha which saw astonishing
results during last year. “That is when I decided to experiment on vegetables“
she said.
To her surprise, the pilot project on vegetables
was successful, and the quality of vegetables that were grown proved that
cosmic energy does work on plants’ growth.
“The
meditation has to be done for 30 minutes. It is a process of 365 days. As you
meditate, you are tapping energy in you, which is good for yourself also. Same
energy has been transferred to the paddy field or vegetable cultivation. It is
all positive visualization,” she explained.
The
vegetables were grown without any fertilizer or any external element other than
water. Buoyed by the results, Usha wants to copy the project across the state
by involving self help groups.
“I want
to teach them the technique, you need not come to the field to do it. You can
meditate from home also. You can meditate from any part of the world and send
the energy. You don’t have to be geographically present there,” she said.
She
stated that the plot where she grew vegetables was traditionally a paddy field.
“vegetables were never grown there. This is the first time it is being grown.
After cultivating paddy, they used to leave it like that,” she said.
This
June, she wants to grow paddy again in the same plot, so that the land does not
remain unutilized.
“I want the people from the rest of
the state to follow this. I am filming a documentary so that we can teach
others also. We have been travelling“ she said.
Usha has travelled in the mining
affected areas where she is inspiring the people to take on agriculture with
cosmic energy.
“We want to teach them that agriculture
can also give you gold; in a healthy way. Earth is mother so we should use her
to produce which will give her due respect. We should not let her remain
abandoned,” she said.
Talking about the cosmic energy
philosophy, Usha said “universe never curses you or blesses you. It all
dependents on the vibrations that you send. If you send positive vibration you
will get positive results; negative vibrations, negative results.” she said.
Usha intends to spread the awareness
about cosmic energy across the state. “Food has no religion. Here I am trying
to give healthy food which has no religion“ she said.
“The final
aim is only to give most healthy food. Every person has a right to have healthy
food,” she added.
