DwarkaMai - Sai Baba Forum
Indian Spirituality => Philosophy & Spirituality => Topic started by: bohemianbab on November 28, 2006, 09:24:15 PM
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Hello Baba,Universe...the sky,the sun,the moon,the stars..the air..water....
Thank you for all the goodness in my life. How amazing it is to be blessed with the ability to see and take in the magnificence of the universe.
In my daily life, I'm often distracted from noticing the marvels and miracles that surround me. There is so much to accomplish, so many hurdles to jump, so much that I feel needs attending. I sometimes get so involved in my past and future thoughts..that I lose sight of the larger amazing realities that abound in my life at the present moment.
Sometimes, I am so much lost in myself..my loneliness,my emptiness..my nothingness..that I forget to acknowledge my beloved parents,siblings,blessings that I have got in this existence….
I am young,fair,good looking(comparatively),have a fair amount of confidence, intelligence,humility,compassion,assertivement,discretion to say right from wrong,lots of emotions,feelings,little bit taste of corporate background,little bit of training to live happily in a village hut,I hv traveled in some places,could sit in business class..could stay in 5 star business suite ,walked miles and miles on foot and managed as I had strength in my legs..ah..there are umpteen reasons to thank you for all…
So I want to take this moment to more fully acknowledge what I know but rarely say to myself:
The universe did not have to evolve in the direction of creating conscious creatures who could yearn for love and could appreciate complexity and could rejoice in the abundance and manifest kindness. Thank you universe, thank you the consciousness of the universe, thank you the evolutionary force of the universe, thank you Baba, thank you the Force of Life and Healing and Transformation, thank you however inadequate my formulation of your name and your being, for having evolved in this particular direction so that life would emerge from the elements, so that consciousness would emerge from life, so that kindness and love and attraction to peace and justice would emerge from consciousness.
This country in which I reside has so much beauty in its hills and mountains, its rivers and streams, its forests and marshes, its oceans and lakes. How amazing to be able to be in the presence of all this beauty. I am in awe of the grandeur of this universe with all its complexity and beauty.
I celebrate this particular body which I at once am and inhabit, this blend of consciousness and part unconsciousness, at every moment operating on multiple levels, tapping in to the larger pool of consciousness of the universe in the ways that I can with all the limitations that are part of my consciousness receptors (and all the levels of consciousness that are available to me but which I have not yet fully explored), breathing and being breathed by the universe, pumping blood, taking in and expelling parts of the world, listening, smelling, tasting, seeing, hearing, and perceiving, forming plans and assessing information and dreaming dreams, connecting me to others in emotional and physical ways that are pleasurable-making me an ongoing miracle of life.
I rejoice in all that I am and all that I have been and all that I will become, knowing that this too will pass, and that this miracle of embodied being will someday be merged back into other forms of being from which I am made and from which I emerged, the matter and consciousness of the universe, the Spirit is you ,Baba Sai.
I am thankful for my own personal life, for this particular set of dramas that I am part of and which surround me at this moment of history.
I rejoice in the opportunities I have been given to play some role in advancing the consciousness of the universe.
I stand on the platform of a thousand generations who developed agriculture and food and recipes to cook or prepare, who developed technologies and medicines that would make it possible for me to live a relatively gentle and easy life, who developed language and the refinements of thought that were passed on to me by parents and teachers and friends and books and movies so that I can now advance and create new thoughts that are only possible because of all that has gone before me and because I can draw upon their creativity which has become the common property of the human race. I am grateful to the generations of humanity that developed science, but I hate mathematics L , experimental interactions with the universe, and rational thought, and affirm all the goodness that has come from that powerful enterprise, as well as affirming the need to develop ways for science to be expanded or reconceived so that it can be more fully harnessed to the enterprise of building a world of love, justice, generosity, awe, ecological sustainability and peace.
I have been given the knowledge of mystics and prophets and artists and poets from which I can draw inspiration and sustenance when things look momentarily difficult.
I can learn the stories of the past, the history of others who similarly faced difficult moments, moments in which it looked like the forces of darkness were triumphing, and see that they too, like me, could not fully see how the darkness would be overcome, and yet, learn also how it was overcome, time and time and time again.
I have been given the joy to know others, to have contact with other people who are similarly blessed with the gifts of life and who are similarly embodiments of the sacred energies of the universe. Their very existence gives me hope. And, I've been able to connect with the hopeful energies of Tikkun and The Network of Spiritual Progressives and its message that the world can be healed and transformed, and that has become yet one more source to reconfirm me in radical hope that the forces of love will eventually triumph.. And as I look carefully and examine my life, I can see that there are many other aspects of my life from which I can also draw hope.
In this next month, I will commit myself to doing more to preserve the planet by reducing my resisting the pressure to join the orgy of consumption that leads to the misuse of the earth’s resources. Instead, I will to the greatest extent possible give gifts of my time (e.g. some amount of hours to provide something my friends or neighbors actually want - to this one, child care, to that one, help in food shopping, to another, help with an elderly parent, to yet another, help in painting part of their life or helping with their garden or teaching their children some skill or sport, or in some other way sharing one’s time in a way that the particular person receiving the gift would actually need and benefit from), and I will let others know that it is that kind of gift that I most wish to receive.
I rejoice in the goodness of all that I am, of all that I have been able to experience, of the goodness of my family and friends, of all the amazing and wonderful people I have been blessed to meet or to encounter through their writing, art, and music. I’ve been blessed in all the bounty, wisdom, pleasure and joy, and even from the painful lessons and disappointments, that I have inherited from the universe and from my family and from all that I have come to experience and know. I am grateful for the generosity of the universe.
And I renew my commitment to bring more love, more kindness, more open-heartedness, more non-violence, more peace, more social justice, more environmental sensitivity, and more gratitude into the life that I live, into my encounters with others, and into the world that I am helping to shape, and into the consciousness that I bring to each aspect of my life.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all this and for much more beyond all that I can put into words.
Last but not the least,I thank my husband and my in-laws for whatever gifts they could give me.they gave me only what they could afford and my life accepted those gifts.I pray to universe,to be kind to them and to shower some light of hope, happiness and peace on them.
With all my soul,
Bab
(these maybe/are thoughts of many spirits,many souls with some little bit modifications here and there, I am sure u cud also feelsome connection ,pls write .)
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Baba,
The movie had a big impact on me today..how do these human beings live behind those prison bars..?especially those who have committed no crime and still have been imprisoned due to being suspects..It must be so heart rending-the same 4 dingy walls,cockroaches,rats..mosquitoes..the watery food..the sad air ,the seeping energy..people must be dying each day a hundred times!Is there anyone who can tell them to look above,in the sky?but can they even see the sky ?Can they see starts?Baba,when you are there,then why these jails?why severe punishments?why so much anguish?
This heart cries out and just doesnot know how to whisper in the ears of each and every such man ,woman and child ,who is living there like a vegetable,that even this side of the world is not free from suffering, so create beautiful garden with yourselves..Connect to Baba from wherever you are, and you will find peace and happiness..you will find freedom..
My brothers and sisters..eat every drop of watery vegetable as if it is baba's prasad,and relish it like you would relish a mouth watering delicacy..
Is there any system in our country where counselling can be done for prisoners?I had heard that Kiran Bedi had done some'Vipassana Camps'in Tihar Jails..but are they really going on?are they really getting some books to read?are they living in clean environments?
Oh baba, why you fill me with all sorts of thoughts?when u know I m a silly girl who has not done IAS/IPS qualification?Do i have a say anywhere?
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Dear Baba,
Yes,I heard your voice,after lot of turbulence..I felt you want me to light a diya everyday till i am alive,and remember you every moment,also to read your book each day nomatter even if it is one page.I remember you came to me many times in past and i was not consistent enough with my regular practice.I apologise baba.My past karmas could have been cut by now if i had heard your voice clearly.But today, you have said it very clearly to me,and i heard it ,i promise you that i will never forget to remember you and will be consistent in my daily practice.You are my Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo and my Nam Myo Ho Renge Kyo is you..Reforming myself in day to day life is the first step .Baba, let me never question you.Let me have complete faith,surrender and more patience.Let me have more wisdom, courage and hope.Let me have more knowledge,love,ability to fight against evil.Baba,Let me forget all what i just said...let me just have YOU.
I am close to you and still far away .I can see you but sometimes,i can only crave.Just be with me at all times Ba.
We will sail this journey of life together ..in mind and in spirit.
Love and hugs.