Om Ganesha,
Morning Pujas and Prayers.
June 21, 2008
Namaste my chelas all over the world.
The Karmic Space Of Worldly Desires affects every one simply because one thinks if they are on a spiritual journey that they can not have things of the world which is totally untrue and that if they are not on a spiritual journey that they can love and be attached to all their worldly possessions and this too is untrue.
Worldly desire brings up many questions in ones mind.
When you have a deep desire to possess something, some object or person, then all you can see is this obsession and this stops you from truly knowing what it is you truly want.
So many are so busy with the thought of what external necessities of life that they think they need that their attention is constantly scattered.
One never finds enjoyment in the moment when the Karmic Space of Worldly Desires invites you in.
Yet when any obtaining of things can be enjoyed in the moment and there is no attachment to the object then it does not take you out of the now.
Any time that you are in touch with your spiritual self the now becomes clear as a bell and you know what it is to happily enjoy the moment.
As long as you understand that when you are attached to any possession, you are giving up mindfulness.
Your whole being only knows want and not need.
Saying the Sanskrit mantra that goes along with any religious traditions is the mantra of Ham Sah.
Saying Ham on the inbreath means I am, saying Sah on the out breath means The Self.
As one says this mantra over and over the depth of I AM THE SELF, comes into every day life.
The Karmic Space Of Worldly Desire does not have you enjoying what you already have.
How many of us eat something so delicious when it is in our mouth and yet we can not wait to take the other spoon full thus not enjoying what it is we already have?
What if you live life like this?
In other words what if your whole life passes you by because you are always thinking of the next bite of life with out benefiting the beauty of the now?
The mantra is meant to keep our life on the path we are walking on in the moment.
It is said by the sages that if you listened carefully to the sound of your breath, that your breath will whisper the truth of your identity every moment of your life.
HAM SAH, over and over has yourself listening and knowing your life and the extent of your wants and your needs.
It is in the Kabala that one can compare meditation to the tree of life whose fruits one can eat in this present life and whose roots will always remain to nourish the Soul in the Afterlife and beyond.
Meditation is the Karmic Key to all the Karmic Spaces.
When you have love for your self you are able to share this love and give it freely to others.
When you have an obsession for WORLDY DESIRES THEN THERE IS NOTHING TO GIVE AWAY AND WORLDLY DESIRE STAGNATES DEEP INSIDE OF YOU FOR IT IS IN A STATE OF NON MOVEMENT.
Yet if you learn from the feeling of attachment to someone or something and the pain it has brought you is so great that the only desire you have is to be in the moment and to acknowledge the freedom of your awareness of your breath then this Karmic Space can be quite helpful as you light the flame of understanding.
This light will lead you out of the space.
Living a spiritual life is a connection to all who even think of walking the spiritual path.
The relation to objects that runs so deeply entwined in your life can ruin your relationship with others.
Yet to enjoy what you have and not be attached has you bring joy to others.
Sit this moment and say the mantra Ham Sah over and over for a few minutes, Ham on the in breath and Sah on the out breath.
Don’t worry about your thoughts.
Just keep saying this mantra until you feel a certain peace come over you.
Now look deeply inside of yourself and see if you have love in your heart.
Do you give to others with out looking for any thing for your self?
The ingredient of giving touches upon all you encounter.
You take on a glow, a radiance of light.
You radiate this light because you bring light rather than looking for what others can bring you.
When you realize you are a spiritual being first and a human being second then you can have any thing in the world.
You will feel the real power with in to bring about change.
You can enjoy every thing you have when you know the permanent aspect of the Soul and that all else is impermanent.
Worldly Desires can keep you on the path of constantly being in want even after the thought of what you want so deeply begins to fade away and the image disappears.
Going deeper and deeper inside your self you will learn that you can have any thing you desire as long as you can easily give it up.
Watching a child at play and wishing you were that child has you forget that you are that child at play inside of your heart.
You need not possess the moment of youth, you only have to enjoy watching it and being a part of it.
Your ego is always bringing you lists of your limitations.
Your ego is always telling you that you can not live with out so and so or this object or that object.
I watch my chelas walking on this Sacred Kashi Ashram that they call Home and the willingness in their hearts to share it with others and I am seeing that they are not attached that they just love the moment of living at the Feet Of Their Guru Mother.
Concentrating on the moment and the love in your heart, keeps the Karmic Space Of Worldly Desires undesirable.
When there is a conflict in your life and you cling to the desire to hide under the covers this too is a worldly desire yet if you sent the person love who is bringing you this conflict, you will gladly leave the shadow of doubt that the ego brings you and you will able to jump out from under the covers and begin to live your life enjoying what it is you have not matter what it is.
Being in the Karmic Space Of Worldly Desires you will find conflicts at every turn.
Yet it is fine to want new clothes or a new car or a new anything as long as you do not give up your life desiring it.
In living your life notice when the ego sends thoughts of judging and criticizing yourself.
Take a few deep breaths and move into the place of being the witness to what is happening.
You can become the watcher of your thoughts and from there you will truly see what your heart desires.
As so many know my favorite thing is to give to others what ever it is I am capable to give.
There are many babies being born this year as well as my own beautiful great grandson and I have had a ball giving the mommies and daddies clothes and diapers for the little ones.
This is not about them it is about the joy I receive in my heart when I see them so happy to receive the gifts.
It is not about what one is able to purchase.
When I lived under the board walk in my youth with my dearest friends who happen to be homeless African American, alcoholics and such, the greatest gifts I could give them was my respect and gratitude for all they gave me such as sharing their special cardboard boxes that were their homes in the dark sand beneath the boards of coney island and brighten beach.
Giving is a place that one can feel in the deep part of their Being.
And certainly when you can give others you are not caught in the Karmic Space Of Worldly Desire.
You create a miracle in your life when you give to others even what you love the most.
The secret of a joyful life is to give your love to others and to remove your ego from your encounters.
You will find yourself enjoying anything and every thing you have and you will be able to receive as well as give.
When the mind quiets down in meditation or in Darshan my chelas tell me that they feel relaxed and peaceful that often intensifies into a deep place of love.
In this moment they have corrected their thoughts of possessing that which they want in the future to what they have in the moment.
Yet in no way or form does this stop any ones dreams of a new T.V. or car or what ever it is they want, they just lose their attachments to it.
I can remember watching my babies sleep when I was a young woman, I felt full filled in the moment with out wanting anything else, just to see the little ones sleep.
And as we serve all over the world, and watch children go hungry and perhaps die, we give them what they need in the moment and hold tight to their little hands begging to be able to take their pain and suffering here in our beautiful country and the deepest part of Africa and India.
This does not take the joy away of loving our children and our babies.
To hold them on my lap, only intensifies my desire to bring a better life to others.
Enjoy your life my chelas just do not get caught up in the Karmic Space Of Worldly Desires.
Perhaps these words will bring you a better understanding of your self and this Karmic Space.
I love you always.
Love Ma
Jai Kali Ma Ki Jai
Always at the Feet Of My Neem Karoli Baba Ki Jai