Hi to all,
I started Chanting Gayatri Mantra at the age of 24,25 and later was introduced go Gayatri Pariwar by my mother herself. I wonder now and feel bad why it has taken this much time to start chanting Gayatri Mantra and feel very happy that today in most of the parts of India it is not a taboo to chant gayatri mantra publicly in loud speakers or irrespective of caste,creed,religion or sex. I have seen many a children are now chanting Gayatri Mantra very freely. This was the dream of PPGurudev to first reach all the Indians through the medium of Gayatri Mantra now to make it to reach to the whole world as it was the vision of PPgurudev{dream comes first and vision later} to reach all religions conveying them the importanceof gayatri mantra which is nothing but the Solar Rays and its powers. To make this possible or to do our role in spreading the message to the whole world first one has to research on certain things. How many religions are there on this earth planet,do they really acknowledge atleast Sun as a major Force to evolve spiritualiy. If one particular religion acknowledges that Sun is a major force definitely they must have found a formula or mantra for that , firstly we have to know what they have in their scriptures and correlate with our gayatri mantra. As usual an Ethnic Christian American or Russian or Europian or a Buddhist of China may acknowledge the power of gayatri mantra but definitely he ask us why should I do gayatri mantra when they have so many mantras or meditation methods with them then we have to tell them the research done by Non Indian Spiritualists on Indian Mysticism the power of Sanskrit Syllables which have divine effect on Thought Atmosphere and then we can explain the Discovery of Gayatri Mantra by PPG{ I mean here that he has removed Gayatri Mantra from the Shackles of Hinduism and explained it in several possible ways that Gayatri Mantra belongs to every Human Being}
I have got beautiful experiences on Gayatri Mantra I have found my guide,philosopher,teacher and hero of my life only after I started chanting Gayatri Mantra and he has shown me Parama Pujya Gurudev. Today I am very much enchanted with the work of Parama Pujya gurudev and the more I do gayatri mantra chanting the more I am being associated with the activities of Gayatri Pariwar and I am coming in contact with different Authors on Gayatri.
I.K.Taimini of theosophical society has written a book on Gayatri, surprisingly the book was published in the period of Gayatri Mantra Purascharans of Parama Pujya Gurudev one can definitely know that I.K.Taimini could have never known at the time of his writing this book on Gayatri that A great seer of India is working on this Mantra to release it from the shackles of Hinduism.
One other link that gives what upanishads say on Gayatri mantra is
 
http://www.eaglespace.com/spirit/gayatri.php
Gayatri mantra is THE KEY to open the gates of Spiritualism
But, my logical mind always wonders what is the equivalent mantra or meditaion that gives the same result that Gayatri Mantra is giving us if an aspirant want to evolve spiritually who is a European or a Russian Christian or a muslim of Arabian countries? Thus the discussion is continued....... kishore