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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
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
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
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
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...
Do What’s In Front of You, Gracefully
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “It’s willingness. How willing are you to do what it takes? To do what needs to be done? To do what’s trying to happen? To do God’s will. Yes, these are high marks to achieve. But what else is life meant for?...