Together Always

You and I are always thrown together in situations
I run to people, seeking their company
But time and again, when I look around,
They are all gone, and you alone remain
I try to avoid you, bored
But yet when no one else is there
You stand by me and give me strength to live life
We have fun moments together
You put me on to new people, new situations
And all the while wait for me to learn
And come back to you
I am happy to have you in my life
I am glad you are ever present like a shadow
Places change, people change, and things evolve
The one who remains through everything is you
My thoughts touch the ends of the world
Trying to answer mysteries, solve riddles
Through my mind
But many times it returns with no results
Unable to find the meaning of many things
At times I am disgusted with thoughts that arise in me
At times I feel proud of the thoughts that blesses all
And seeks peace with everyone
Why this duality? When will I conquer the duality and see one world of peace and calm, and understand my nature
Passions swirl, they are like open mouthed black holes
Dragging me by force to get sucked by them
Anger, Jealousy, Lust, hatred appear and disappear one after the other
When will these waves settle,
To learn that as long as we live, these emotions will continue
But knowing to hold back, and focus on our goal
Is the key to remain outside the blackhole.
Enable me to see thee in all things, beneath all things, through all things
Let me see the world as an extension of you in all moments
Bless me with this vision,

God's Touch

There is something called 'being touched by god'. God's touch is transformative. Your thought forces are changed. From being an ordinary person living a mundane life, you are reconstituted to serve as god's employee.Life's mission shines on you. The inspiration to implement is also provided by god. All praise to the lord, the indweller, master craftsperson, valley of wisdom, possessed of qualities representing the highest and best.

God's touch does not happen at a physical level. By that i mean that god does not appear in physical form and touch with you his hands. It is a purely mental experience. As one spends increasing lengths of time thinking of god, the divine energy slowly takes over your mental faculties. He/She possesses your mind at all times. When such possession takes place, the baser human qualities melt away to reveal a shining personality in you. This shining person represents lofty ideals, ideals close to God's heart and your vision of life is changed. Higher thoughts, higher goals are revealed to you. What do i mean by higher and lower thoughts. To eat, sleep, speak that does not lead to good for all represents actions guided by lower thoughts. Serving others, working for humanity represents actions progressing from higher thoughts as the individual desires are used for all.

Does this mean the baser nature in every one of us dissappears completely? No, depends on your level of association with god. The baser qualities keep returning time and again until you learn from the effects they have on your life and choose to release yourself from their clutches.

Let us take the case of anger. 'Anger destroys' is a phrase we often hear.I used to enjoy the presence of anger in me and prided myself for that. How foolish! Yet it took me thirty years to recognize that anger does little good. Everytime anger came and went, i felt drained. Instead tolerance i realized has greater rewards. What is that i seek from others? Tolerance, forgiveness and acceptance. The more i discovered the qualities i liked in others, lessons of anger's effects shone on me. Today i am able to exercise greater control of anger. What is god's role, you may ask. My association with god brought about this realization.

Study the lives of the great men and women, great due to their humane qualities and for their role in serving as agents of positive change and you will discover that there was a defining moment in their lives when god's touch changed them from rust to glowing gold. God is not high up in the clouds. He is in you at all times.

Seek god's company at all times. When his presence is their no matter what comes your way, you will be able to rise and grow. Life is god, god is life. Knowing that what can death do to you?

Strive to feel god's presence in you at all times.

The Prayer Box

I started writing to God on a regular basis especially when i was studying in Ithaca, NY. Everyone was new. Everything was very new and well i felt lost. Every evening i would return to my room and write the day's events sharing my feelings with god. This habit gave me a feeling of involving god in all that i did. I also launched the prayer box program to god. Things i felt were impossible to achieve, beyond my ability, i would write out a letter expressing my thoughts and seek god's help. I created a folder in my computer called Prayer Box and started dropping the letters there. Once dropped i would not read them again. I would write fresh letters every time the worry reappeared and keep dropping the letters in the box. This process continued. The most interesting thing i saw happening over the months was many of these problems were being resolved on their own, one by one. It is hard to believe but well, my post box was actually working. Slowly but surely even the most daunting tasks were simplified and i saw transformations happening in the environment around me. Those who were against were changed to supporters, those whom i never knew, came around to help, someone would remember me all of a sudden and connect me to resources. Shall i tell you the most wonderful thing you notice when letters are posted? You stop holding on to problems as your own and transfer the entire responsibility to god. And then the magic begins. When god takes over you can feel the air changing. The most unbelievable things happen and before you know it, you have been transported from this side of the problem to the other side of solutions. All of this happens with no special effort from you. It is like sitting in a car next to a driver and trusting the driver's judgement. Once i discovered the post box to be so powerful, the folder grew to subfolders with special prayers for each member of the family. My dad was hunting for an opening, my fiance was hunting for an opening, and i created letters for each of them and dropped it in. You will be surprised that they all got jobs. Interestingly i have dropped many letters now to god asking him to help find a job and i know he has heard me many times. Yet everytime i add the line in my prayer, i trust your judgement lord, dont go by what i say. Maybe that's why he is doing things according to his judgement. After some time, my computer was struck by a virus- the trojan virus and i had to reformat my system. My prayer box of two years now resides in the storage disk. I have created a new prayer box.

Absorption in the Divine name

Swamiji appears in dream vision

In the early hours of today, Swamiji appeared briefly in a dream vision. I have been praying to him for guidance and he seemed to have acknowledged the same through this dream darshan.