World Oneness Day is not a meditation event but a deeksha event—a consciousness transmission practice where millions simultaneously generate resonance toward human unity. Participants chant the Ekam mantra (Humsah sohum Ekam) 108 times, holding the meaning "I am you, you are me, we are one," while directing a prayer toward experiencing oneness in their heart consciousness. Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji enter Maha Dhyana (a state of advanced austerity and heightened consciousness) to amplify this collective awakening, with their merit and fruit offered toward the cause of global oneness.
What Is the Ekam Mantra and How Does It Work?
The Ekam mantra—"Humsah sohum Ekam"—translates as "I am you, you are me, we are one." This mantra is not meant to be chanted mechanically. Instead, participants are instructed to hold the meaning while reciting it 108 times. This marriage of sound vibration and conscious intention creates the conditions for movement into dhyana, a state of profound meditative absorption where the boundaries between self and other begin to dissolve at an experiential level.
The repetition of 108 is significant in yogic and vedic traditions; 108 is considered a sacred number representing cosmic wholeness. By chanting this mantra 108 times while maintaining awareness of its meaning—recognizing the fundamental non-duality between the self and all beings—the practitioner begins to shift consciousness away from the illusion of separation toward an embodied recognition of interconnection.
What Distinguishes Deeksha from Meditation?
A critical distinction in the World Oneness Day framework is that this event is explicitly not a meditation. Deeksha is a transmission-based practice rooted in the concept that consciousness can be directly transmitted from an awakened being or group to others. While meditation is typically an individual practice of observation and cultivation, deeksha operates as a resonance field—a collective frequency generated by awakened consciousness that activates and amplifies similar states in participants.
In this model, the quality of consciousness held by the teachers (in this case, Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji) radiates outward, creating an energetic environment that facilitates awakening in others. Participants become what the teachings refer to as "Oneness Meditators"—individuals who, through their participation in deeksha, generate a resonance that contributes to a larger collective field of oneness consciousness.
How Do Millions Create a Tidal Wave of Consciousness?
The World Oneness Day model proposes that when millions of individuals simultaneously participate in a practice with unified intention, the combined resonance generates "a massive reverberation in human consciousness." This is not metaphorical; it reflects a cosmological view in which consciousness itself is a unified field, and localized shifts in awareness ripple across the whole.
Each person participating in the Ekam mantra chanting becomes a node in a vast network of synchronized intention. Their prayer—that they and all members of their soul circle experience oneness in their hearts—aligns their individual consciousness with the collective intention. The cumulative effect of millions holding this same intention and generating this resonance is understood to create a tidal wave of awakening that shifts the baseline of human consciousness itself.
This approach differs markedly from the idea that individual spiritual practice is only for personal benefit. Instead, the awakening of one directly contributes to the awakening of all, because consciousness is recognized as fundamentally non-separate.
What Is Maha Dhyana and Why Do the Teachers Enter It?
Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji are described as entering Maha Dhyana—a state that involves "great austerities" and inhabitation of "very high states of consciousness." This is presented not as an exclusive retreat but as a deliberate offering of their consciousness to amplify the deeksha power flowing through the global event.
Maha Dhyana is understood as a deepened, intensified form of dhyana where the consciousness of the practitioner operates at such a refined frequency that the merit and fruit of their state can be channeled toward a specific cause—in this case, the awakening of oneness in human consciousness. The austerities involved suggest that entering and maintaining such states requires discipline, sacrifice, and surrender of the normal modes of functioning.
By entering Maha Dhyana, the teachers are not creating something from nothing but rather opening a direct channel through which the accumulated power of the collective practice can be multiplied and directed. Their consciousness becomes a transformer that steps up the voltage of the deeksha current flowing through millions of participants.
How Should Participants Approach the Ekam Mantra Practice?
The instruction is direct: hold the meaning of the mantra while chanting it 108 times. This requires that the practitioner not fall into mechanical repetition but instead maintain continuous awareness of the truth being invoked—"I am you, you are me, we are one." This is not a belief to be adopted intellectually but a state to be actualized through the combination of sound, intention, and sustained attention.
Simultaneously, participants are invited to hold a prayer: that they and all members of their soul circle (understood as beings with whom one shares deep karmic and spiritual connection) experience oneness in their hearts. This prayer serves multiple functions—it personalizes the practice, it extends the benefit beyond the individual ego, and it aligns the participant's will with the larger collective intention.
The practice is structured so that the participant is not isolated in their spiritual work. By joining millions of others in synchronized chanting and intention, the individual effort is amplified by the collective field, while the individual's resonance simultaneously contributes to the field that uplifts others.
What Is the Global Context of World Oneness Day?
World Oneness Day is scheduled as an hour-long global virtual live online event launching on March 7th. The digital format ensures that geographical and logistical barriers dissolve, enabling simultaneous participation across the world. This technological infrastructure serves the spiritual intention: all participants, regardless of location, occupy the same temporal moment and the same consciousness frequency.
The fact that this is a "global" event is significant not merely for participation scale but for the cosmological claim underlying it—that human consciousness is fundamentally unified, and moments of synchronized collective intention can shift the trajectory of that whole. The broadcast format becomes a vessel for the deeksha transmission, with the teachers' presence and state of consciousness flowing through the medium to reach all participants.
Where to Go From Here
For those drawn to this practice, engagement begins with registering for World Oneness Day and preparing to chant the Ekam mantra with full intention. The practice requires both inner discipline (holding the meaning of "I am you, you are me, we are one") and openness to receiving the deeksha transmission from the teachers.
Beyond the event itself, the teachings suggest that oneness consciousness is not a one-time experience but an ongoing recognition to be deepened and embodied over time. The prayers held during World Oneness Day—for oneself and one's soul circle to experience oneness in the heart—become seeds of intention that continue to germinate long after the event concludes. Seekers interested in this lineage and approach to global awakening can explore further resources at ekam.org and engage with the ongoing teachings and practices offered by Sri Preethaji and Sri Krishnaji.
