Sister Shivani Biography and Life story
𝙾𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙱𝚒𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚑𝚢.
Today, Brahma Kumari (BK) sister Shivani has become a household name. She first appeared on the television series Awakening with Brahma Kumaris in July 2007. By then, she has recorded many episodes on living values, self-management, inner powers, harmony in relationships, understanding the law of karma, healing, self-empowerment, self-discipline, BK organisation, spirituality in general, and the art of living. Many people around the world are benefited from the Awakening series. This is the official biography page, taking you on a journey to sister Shivani's life with regard to the BK organisation. Also, learn about her through her interview, and get details of the latest events and ways to contact her.
Shivani's Early Life
Shivani Verma was born in Pune on May 31, 1972. She had a profound love for science and was a bright student. After school, she chose to study software engineering at Pune University in Pune, India. During this time, somewhere in 1994, her mother was in contact with a local RajYoga center of Brahma Kumaris. After college, she got married to Vishal Verma with whom she started a software business that ran till 2004. Before the end of college, however, Shivani was attending a local BK centre and was connected to the Brahma Kumaris. After receiving the message of God, she chose to live with complete celibacy with her husband but did not break the marriage. This is exactly what she teaches in her lectures.
Journey with BKGSU
Before coming in connection with the Brahma Kumaris, Shivani struggled with anger issues and had disputes with her mother. But seeing the positive difference in the behavior and personality of her mother, after the finish of her college, Shivani decided to take the 7 days course at a regional BK centre and then started visiting there once or twice a week. Sister Shivani then learned the practice of RajYoga meditation, during which she felt a deep peace, love, and a spiritual connection with God. Gradually she realised that indeed God directly is teaching here. She would read the Murli every day without fail. Shivani used her prior knowledge of Science to understand the deeper secrets of the spiritual knowledge given by God through the Gyan Murlis. Attaining this, she also joined the mission to bring the new world (golden age). Read 'News' on this page to learn about her current services.
Going Into Details
An expansion to early life: Shivani Verma was a university student till 1994 and then she served as a lecturer at Bhartiya Vidhyapeeth College for 3 years in Pune, India. During this, she meet Vishal Verma and got married. During this very period, her mother was a regular student at a local Brahma Kumaris centre. Shivani witnessed a remarkable change in her mother's nature. She observed that her mother became very calm, sweet, and emotionally strong. This inspired her to visit the rajyoga centre by herself. When reached, she was told about the self as a Soul (a spiritual being). The elder Sister of that centre explained about God like this: "The Supreme Soul, our spiritual father is whom we call God. We all are his beloved children... When would God come? Of course, when the world is at its lowest stage, the father has to come to uplift the entire humanity and re-establish the true dharma (religion). And that time is NOW."
Shivani, as she reveals in this interview, was convinced about the self as a soul, but had difficulty in accepting that God indeed has come and is imparting the knowledge (as Murli, which is studied at Brahma Kumaris centres)
"And the explanation that God is not a corporeal entity but an incorporeal supreme conscious energy, was convincing to me being a student of Science; although I took some time to fully understand" – says Sister Shivani, in her interview with Devang Bhatt.
She experienced the presence of God during meditation and hence decided to go on with this and further understand the knowledge. This way Sister Shivani came in contact with BKGSU (Brahma Kumaris Godly Spiritual University). Shivani also applied the knowledge of science to understand the existence of God. Realising and experiencing the self as a divine point of energy, a soul, she now deeply understood our relationship with the supreme soul, who is our spiritual father. This way she progressed in this path day by day. (Source: Interview)
Awakening TV series
As you may know, Sister Shivani appeared on television on Aastha channel with a program named Awakening with Brahma Kumaris (listen here) which was started in July 2007 and since then this series became very popular in India and around the world. Thousands of people are benefited from the practical wisdom shared and explained by sister Shivani in a simple way. This further brought many towards the right way of living and brought them spiritual understanding, peace, and harmony in their relationships.
News and Services
Presently, sister Shivani lives with her family in Gurugram, Haryana. Due to COVID situation, she is holding online meetings/sessions regularly. She has appeared, on behalf of Brahma Kumaris, in conferences and special events to speak on general topics like taking control of life, relationship management, the law of karma, self-management, and spiritual wisdom for a happy life. Sister Shivani usually travels around India and outside for spiritual ceremonies organised for schools, colleges, companies, and hospitals. Update: Amidst Covid-19, she hosted many video conferences which can be found on the YouTube channel "BkShivani".
In 2011, this YT channel was started to publish episodes from our TV program Awakening with Brahma Kumaris, but now the channel offers her general videos and lectures too. Sister posts inspiring and empowering brief messages on her social media pages every day. Her facebook page has 3.9M followers (as of July 2023). The compassionate, wise, and sweet nature of sister Shivani, and not to mention the divinity on her face and in her voice, has appealed to a large audience to start living a more spiritual and conscious life, while she invited many times to find out the source of the wisdom that she shared.
How to Meet or Contact?
Many people wish to meet or contact BK Sister Shivani for various reasons. However, we always encourage them to watch our 'Awakening' and 'Samadhan' series (available on YouTube) to get a solution to their life challenges. This is the best way, as you will get in-depth guidance on the given subject.
But still, if anyone wishes to contact Bk Shivani or come and meet in person, it is possible in three ways as mentioned in our official post: How to Meet BK Shivani.
Upcoming Events
Get information on the latest upcoming event/seminar of sister Shivani on our official post: Upcoming Events
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