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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
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
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...
Uplifted Stillness
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? The very best of my visit to Assisi town this time around was a destination that was new to me. A side altar in the Cathedral of San Francesco—called the Immaculata—is where a 600-year-old ceramic statue of Divine...
Keeping the Body Fit for Self-realization
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “You do have to take care of your body. Without your body being strong, you won’t have the ability to use it as your vehicle to find God. True, your main tool for finding God is consciousness, but how are you...
Just Leave Earlier
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “Timeliness. What is it that keeps you from allowing the actual time it takes to get to your next appointment? In most cases, you do know how long it takes. But you seldom allow that time, so you are 5 or more...