Surrendering is Hard to Do

Surrendering is Hard to Do

Dear Divine Ma,  What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? This was the first purification ceremony I’d attended in this new year. What a lift! I decided it was time to give up spiritual laziness, or at least offer it at Divine Mother’s feet. I even did something I almost...
Giving Up Resistance is Your Route to God

Giving Up Resistance is Your Route to God

Dear Divine Ma,  What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? It’s our first full day back serving at Ananda Mumbai. We have our “marching orders” from our friends and spiritual directors Narayani and Shurjo. The adventure has begun! What do You want us to do? “Your job is...
Putting Out the Effort

Putting Out the Effort

Dear Divine Ma,  What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “It’s time to go deeper in your attempts at sadhana. Not just today, but all week, all month, all year. You never know how long the Divine plan will take to unfold for your soul. How much time will you have to...
Renunciation

Renunciation

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “How much are you willing to give up—to sacrifice—for this path you are on? Some at Ananda Assisi have shaved off all their hair to renounce ego, to give it all for the guru. What do you give? You give money, yes....
The Spiritual Eye around Jesus

The Spiritual Eye around Jesus

Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? You came to us today as the spiritual eye in the nimbus or halo around Jesus’ head from the cross which spoke to Francis. That nimbus IS the spiritual eye. It’s just that the artists who depict Jesus that way are...