 ecognized
as one of the foremost visionaries of our time, she has been
honored as a Master Spiritual Teacher with the sacred name of
Surya Sai Ma Durga Devi, and is fondly referred to as “Surya Ma.”
She was born into this world with the birth name Devra Lynn Patton
and is part of the Patton family lineage of World War II fame,
which shaped her future as a child with the Patton family
tradition of service to God and Country. Her first name Devra,
means divine wisdom or wise one in the feminine context and she is
sometimes called by the endearment of Devraji which connotates
loved one or honored one in the Eastern cultures. Her spiritual
name is like a string of magnificent pearls glistening from the
radiance of their timeless and profound meaning. Throughout our
website of written and audio materials, you will hear Surya Ma
referred to in many veins. In formal circles she is also addressed
as Dr. West, her married name. Having trained with the revered
indigenous elders and the master teachers of many faiths, she is a
recognized pundit of interfaith studies and the world’s spiritual
philosophies. She is also a leader in the field of transpersonal
psychology which embraces the science of individualized spirit,
the psychology of the soul and the soul’s quest for
self-realization of its true spiritual identity.

urya
Ma began her childhood from the awakened state and was consecrated
at the age of seven by the Universal Christ to serve as a dynamic
catalyst for this time of planetary transformation. She received
illumination in 1967 at the age of seventeen through direct
contact with the Immortal Masters of Universal Wisdom and has
carried forth her mission of integrating the enlightened state, to
live “in the world but not of the world” with fierce commitment
here in the West. She is
indeed
a Great Light whose life example is offered as
an inspiration to
all who recognize that the "Time is Now" to renounce the illusion
of duality and separation, to proclaim the Truth of Eternal Life
and our
essential unity as souls.
We are blessed to
have a Master Teacher in our midst who is dedicated to bringing
the timeless wisdoms of sacred knowledge into contemporary
expression through the application of universal principles into
all aspects of our shared human experience. As a consummate
healer, author, meditation master, and humanitarian, Devra Surya
Ma has been on the front lines of holistic healing and personal
transformation for over thirty years. As a world-renowned Master
Teacher, she has pioneered some of the most dynamic approaches in
meditation, mind-training, and the transpersonal healing arts. As
a master healer of profound adeptship, Surya Ma is a gifted
clairvoyant whose high-sense perception enables her to access
etheric structures and the universal blueprints of divine
perfection, the gateway to mastery in the healing arts.

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Surya Ma’s spiritual path is universal and nondenominational.
She has spent her life steeping in the deep wisdoms of the
world’s primary spiritual traditions and philosophies. Her
quest to achieve an essential synthesis of our planet’s
spiritual wealth has taken her from the deep Amazon to the
heights of the Himalayas, from the temples of ancient Egypt to
the holy sites of Jerusalem, from the tipis and kivas of the
Native American tribes to the tantric wisdom of Tibetan
Masters. She has dedicated her life to bringing the universal
principles, for the well-being of a prosperous and thriving
humanity,
into
contemporary life, through the ideals of global guardianship
in its most benevolent premise. Planetary sustainability
through the living brotherhood of the human family runs as the
informing keynote throughout her focus of world service. She
is actively engaged in philanthropy, writing sacred texts,
creating enlightened enterprise in the health and healing
field and merging the scientific and spiritual realms. Her
purpose is to open the way to the one thousand golden years of
peace and prosperity through her ability to live and embody
the principles of universal abundance that will form the
building blocks of that reality. She is here to example a
higher order of life and to demonstrate the divine birthright
of all human beings. Her work crosses into the full gamut of
active stewardship with her primary influence being directed
toward inspiring change in economics and finances, healing and
medicine, environmental governance, human values and youth
education, especially for the spiritually gifted, genius
child.
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Teachers of
Light Training, Montana, USA

Gateway of
Awakening Training, Assisi, Italy
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Over the years,
Surya Ma has brought the Teachings of Wisdom to seekers from
around the world and has been instrumental in founding and
furthering many humanitarian initiatives. Her planetary focus
is wide in scope and weaves together many factors of
service-orientated endeavors. Surya Ma brings a brilliance of
insight and a refreshingly direct approach to unifying
universal commonalties. Offering a piercing clarity to some of
the most challenging dilemmas in today’s global society, her
gracious demeanor, largeness of heart and hands-on manner
exemplifies her commitment to the many humanitarian issues she
seeks to uplift. Ever motivated by the selfless desire to
assure the full potential of the human spirit for all world
citizens, the Master Teacher is a humanitarian who is a
tireless force for the betterment of life for all beings.
Surya Ma offers
the mature soul the rare opportunity for profoundly intimate
exchange. Her teaching, and more importantly the dynamic
experience of her "Fire of Mind", are extended into the outer
world quietly and without fanfare. She works selectively with
accepted initiates who demonstrate the commitment to not only
shatter the false premise of ego identity, but to also emerge
in the nobility of service to the Divine Plan and the purpose
of the Living Christ. Through the Universal Teachings, Surya
Ma opens the gateway of time to ignite the certainty of the
enlightened mind to reclaim its natural state of being. The
privilege of working directly with a Living Master Teacher
offers the opportunity of a lifetime...one that will cultivate
and ignite an all new degree of personal and group
illumination. Through her dynamic presence and generosity of
spirit the wisdom of the ancients and the teachings of the
Great Masters are brought into clear and contemporary
comprehension.

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Men's Meditation Retreat, Montana, USA |

Women's Meditation Retreat, Nakashela Conference Center,
Montana, USA
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Path of
Enlightenment Training, Geneva, Switzerland |

Gateway for
Awakening Retreat,
Frankfurt, Germany
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International group attend European
Gateway of Awakening
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Surya Ma's
multi-faith gatherings in Jerusalem, Israel,
bring together Jews, Arabs and Christians through
the universal soul.
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Sacred Site Journey to the Great Pyramids |

Path of Enlightenment Training,
Bozeman, Montana |

Sacred Sites Journey to Jerusalem and
Peace Promise Initiative Symposium
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Path of Enlightenment Training, Phoenix, Arizona |

Path of
Healing session, Surya Ma's
Nakashela Retreat Center, Montana, USA. |

Path of Enlightenment, four year self-mastery program,
Nakashela Retreat Center, Montana, USA. |

Gateway of Awakening Training, Missoula, Montana |

Path of Enlightenment, International Students,
4 Year Program, Nakashela Retreat Center,
Montana, USA
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