Real ThanksGiving

Me : Thank you 

Voice : For what ? 

Me : For what you did there! 

Voice : Oh that deal you signed ? It was always going to go through. 

Me : Was a big one and I know You made it possible. 

Voice : Ha ha 

Me : Whats funny ?

Voice : It's funny how I get credit for things that happen the way you want. 

Me : What do you mean ?

Voice : I didn't do anything...that deal was in your lot. Frankly, I don't care much about it.

Me : Huh ?

Voice : I am more interested in taking away what you have. Being credited for giving you what you want doesn't interest Me. If you want to really thank Me, it ought to be especially when things don't go your way.

Me : Why would any normal person in the world do that !??

Voice : Because like you said ...they are normal people of the world.  

There wasn't even a word of acknowledgement from you for all the personal efforts I put in your life to enrich it. 

Me : I always thanked you for everything I have in my life..health, wealth, success,  relationships, Your Love. What have I missed to thank You for ??

 

Voice : You forgot to thank Me from the bottom of your heart when your back broke and I didn't let it heal for months, when you had that tax inquiry with your business, when I broke your car down, when you faced humiliation, when you had to cancel your holiday because of ill health, when I had your dream project buried and especially when plenty of your investments were made to fail last year. 

Didn't you notice My loving hands in all this ? A little show of gratitude for this effort would not hurt. 

Me : Seriously ?? You call that loving hands ?? Gratitude for what ?? 

Voice : I had to make several adjustments and work very hard to keep you free of the  dangers of world entanglements. I had to make you lighter by shedding all the unwanted baggage. Man, you were heavy weight!  

Me : Are we done or there is more coming ?? Perhaps, you still think I need to get 'lighter' ? Why not shrink me down to a pea ?  

Voice : I love you so much. How can I forsake you, by making your false world of shadows a place of pleasure and comfort for you ? I will never let go of you.  

Me : You know what - you need serious PR work if this post goes public. God is not expected to sound like this. 

Voice : It's not for all that I choose to reveal Myself. Let the notion of God and the so called 'spiritual path' be perceived as it is, by most. They will revel in the notion of reaping and will be drawn to the Path to 'gain'.

But, this is only a losing game. You will be effaced to finally find the Truth.When one is ready, he will know the real meaning of treading the path of emancipation.

Me : Damn! So you would prefer if I start showing gratitude and joy when nothing is going my way and be indifferent when things are going the way I want them ? 

Voice : I know how this sounds. 

Me : Nobody is going to look forward to what they hate and thank you for it !

Voice : I know. I have been doing a thankless job since the beginning of time. 

I want you to understand this..If things in the world begin to happen as you desire with all your wishes being fulfilled, then I have allowed you to go deeper and deeper into your slumber of ignorance. By lovingly placing all the things that go against your worldly wants, know for certain that you are being awakened to Reality.   

And, you My dear, are precious to Me. 

Me : You know this won't get people to follow You and this certainly won't  sound good for Your image. You know that, right ?    

Voice : For your love, I will take all the abuses, insults and brickbats. 

There will always be a difference - a supreme difference between being a 'follower' and being a 'lover'. 

Me : I think only when one is out of his mind, he will want this path to God ! 

Voice : What you think path to God is ? Meditative bliss, peace, joy and a carefree life ? This is not an escape to a comfort zone. This is a conscious and courageous plunge for the sake of love. It is a path of shedding, not gaining as many expect.  

This is for the true lover who wants God above everything else. When the floodgates of divine love opens up, it will destroy and disintegrate everything in its wake like a hurricane, and in that emptiness and nakedness, lies the Real Treasure.      

That's why the world will always see large crowds of seekers at the shorelines but very few lovers of God diving in the deep waters of the stormy ocean.    

Me : Hmm

Voice : My most significant work in your life is unnoticed, unobserved and in those uncalled events in your life. This is My work that really matters.  

The reward lies in the unexpected and what you dislike. Here is My real flow of  compassion but it remains almost always unacknowledged. Subtly but strongly, the discomforts in your life navigate you to the Truth.   

By placing the gift of adversities, incessant pain, obstacles, disillusionment and desperation, I am loving you beyond measure. This helps you embark towards creating natural indifference to the world, as My Love slowly and surely begins to draw you closer and closer to Me. 

There will come a time when you will want nothing but God's love. This is when you will joyously be ready to relinquish all for this love, even your own form.

What more can you want from this life ? 'God' is a quest for billions of people, but here, you are My quest !      

Me : I am in tears.. 

Voice : It is true that I come for all, but I am for a few.   

  

Me : Wow

Voice : Do you seek God ? 

Me : Yes.      

Voice : Then, thank Me for that alone. 

 

Why thank me for the home of your dreams, recovery to good health and for all the money you just made from a business project ? 

Thank Me when you loose it all.