Om Ganesha
Afternoon Pujas and Prayers
March 17, 2009
Namaste my chelas all over the world.
Happy Saint Paddy’s Day.
It is as if our Mother Kashi is wearing the green today, She is so filled with fertile beauty.
I miss our Mata Ram Jaya.
She is taking care of her sister.
Count your blessings this Saint Paddy’s Day, in fact count them every day or a few times a day.
Any moment that you can count your blessings is a moment you are making space for the positive thoughts of gratitude.
Give thanks for the subtle channels ( nadi ) that run through you and brings the life force that is so needed.
It is quite easy to know your blessings, just look around you and feel what you would feel if any of what you see or feel is gone.
Perhaps the air is gone then how can we stay alive?
Then give thanks for the air.
What if the birds were gone and the world was silent with out the singing of the birds?
What if the flowers were gone then where is the beauty that the flowers once bought us?
What if the masters were gone how would one learn that there is only the self?
On and on we can go asking WHAT IF ?
With the grace of the living guru one learns to be grateful for all that there is on earth and the heavens.
All of us has in us the Jiva Atman.
The Jiva is the entity that lives in our body.
It is the individual soul in which we live in our karmic actions.
One can sit by the Ganga and see all that there is to see in life and death.
The Ganga can be any place where you escape time by noticing time is going by and you are truly living.
Living with gratitude is truly living in the moment.
The Mother Goddesses need to hear your appreciation for all the gifts She has given you upon Earth.
Earth Herself is your greatest gift that you can receive.
Bliss is knowing this can not be compared with anything at all.
My chelas, you have always been Home.
The Soul has always existed.
Even when the body has left, the Soul existed.
Spirit is always in you.
Feel it now.
The breath will always touch your Soul.
The Soul will always respond to the breath and to the acknowledgment of the non breath
And so I take you more and more into the Formless by the way of the Ganga
The living breathing golden liquid that drenches us with the spirit of the Mother.
We are all the Mother.
Male or female, we are all the Mother.
This thought brings peace of mind and the joy of the Soul.
Just sit and imagine that each breath is the living Ganga and you are able to live and breathe in Her Waters.
Sit and know that you are always sitting in front of the Guru.
Watch how beautiful your life will flow.
And this is true, you are always living with the Guru’s Eyes upon you.
The Guru is you.
You are the Guru.
Time is mind.
When you are awake there is time.
When you sleep there is no time.
Where does time go or better yet where do you go?
No where.
Every where.
Are you blissful?
If you identify with what is not permanent then how will you know what is permanent?
That which lives forever and dies forever.
If you wait for someone to bring you happiness it will never happen.
If you know that you are the Source of all your happiness then you are living in the moment.
The Emptiness calls you and you come.
You must come.
You want to be in the Emptiness.
And so you bring the Emptiness to you.
Think of this concept.
God and Goddess is in me.
And so am I my chelas.
I love you all so very much.
Love Ma
Jai Kali Ma Ki Jai
Always at His Feet Of Our Neem Karoli Baba Ki Jai