Continuous Love is Devotion

Continuous Love is Devotion

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today?  “Let’s talk about devotion. When you want God to help you with something that is challenging in life, it is easy for you to pray for that help.  As they say, ‘In foxholes, there are no atheists.’ But it takes much...
The Fire Burning Within

The Fire Burning Within

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today?  “Today it’s about spiritual hunger. I mean the passion with which one goes after God. Without that passion, that burning desire to know God, all the huffing and puffing in the world won’t get the job done. If you...
Manifestation of the Divine

Manifestation of the Divine

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? I loved the experience of Lahiri Mayasaya in his book, Purana Purusha, where he perceived himself behind a being that was standing but not moving or saying anything, and that this being shone with a radiant splendor....
Column of God’s Light

Column of God’s Light

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today?  When Swamiji teaches us to meditate with lifted chest and erect head, he is merely prepping us for what deep meditation will do to our body naturally. Sometimes we hear the advice to take the position for meditation...
Being There

Being There

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today?  Chanting IS half the battle, Master said. Occasionally, when I finish a chant that I’m playing or even listening to someone’s exquisite recording, I don’t even feel the need or desire to start my normal routine of...