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You Have to Want to Make Contact
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “It’s time to turn your attention to the point of all sadhana.” What is the point? “It’s to make contact with the Divine.” Do I need to do a certain quantity of some particular technique in order to fulfill that...
Nothing Happens Outside God’s Will
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “Today’s lesson is realizing with every bone of your body that God is at the center of everything that happens in your life—the good and the challenging. To think that I am not in the center of it all is to lose...
The Days That You’re Not Touching In
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “Today it’s about showing up. Yes, you made it to sadhana today, but what about those days you don’t. Sure, you can try to excuse yourself by saying there was no one with whom to meditate. But that leaves a lot of...
A Free Ride, or a Trap?
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “Well, you’re going to be freer to do what you want in retirement. But will ‘what you want’ still be spiritually dharmic and growth producing? Or will it be procrastination and hedonism? Just because you have more...
Becoming All You Can Be
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “It’s time to show more love into the world.” But I’m about to go into a 3-week writing seclusion. Is this really the time for that? “Love is what is needed all the time. When you see someone in need, meet the...
God is Bigger than That
Dear Divine Ma, What Do You Want Me to Learn Today? “It’s time to put all of yourself into your sadhana.” How can I do more? “Set your alarm and respond to it. Get to bed earlier. Join the others whenever they’ve created a group meditation. Make that a priority....