The Goal of All Your Spiritual Striving

The Goal of All Your Spiritual Striving

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “We want you to learn persistence. You too often expect miracles overnight. But spiritual growth is not so much like fireworks but rather more often like a small volcano. It’s a way to push the impediments of your...
The Guru Knows the Way

The Guru Knows the Way

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “Today it’s about loyalty. If one wants to progress on the spiritual path, one needs to stick to one map, not mixing and matching among various maps to get to the goal. Choose one path and follow it all the way to...
Realizing There’s Nothing but God

Realizing There’s Nothing but God

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? It’s been a lovely Thanksgiving week. And I am thankful for many things. I am truly grateful for a community of people around me who continually remind me to put God first—to live in God—to live in gratitude. Even to...
Don’t You Want the Good Cheese?

Don’t You Want the Good Cheese?

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “It’s about why you still ‘pray before others’, the thing the Bible counsels us against. Jesus knew that outward show of devotion was not only not helpful spiritually, but downright harmful. It’s just about what...
Claim the Prize that Awaits You

Claim the Prize that Awaits You

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? It’s been a long time, Ma, since I’ve talked to you. Why do I leave such gaps between our conversations?  “Priorities.”  Oh, when You are my priority, we talk. When you aren’t my priority, we don’t. That’s...