Verbal Form

Me : There are so many spiritual books to read !

Voice : I know. 

Me : I have always struggled to read. For me, its easier to climb a mountain than read a page. Was I an illiterate in my pervious birth or am I not prepared enough for this Path ?

Voice : Ha Ha. Just in a way, the mind wants to relate to Reality in a physical form, the mind also craves for definitions and formulations wanting to squeeze Reality into a verbal shape. 

 

Me : Hmm. Then, how will I ever gain spiritual knowledge that are in these precious books ?  

Voice : You will. 

Me : When ?

Voice : When Silence begins to speak more than words. 

Just A Leaf

Voice : What are you staring at ?

Me : Your wonderful creation. 

Voice : I am glad you paused to admire My work. It is hard to get your race to find a moment of stillness.  

Me : Maybe that’s why we are referred to as 'race'.

Voice : Ha ha. Doing absolutely nothing, nature has a way to regenerate, renew and grow by itself. It is not racing anywhere. It is not competing. It is serving by it's mere presence.   

Me : Yes. 

I was looking at this one tiny leaf gently fall off from the tree. What a beautiful glide it had all the way down to the grass. From the millions of leaves, this one leaf struck my attention.    

Voice : Hmm

Me : Is this a creative way of wasting my time ?

Voice : You think it was strange to care or notice a single leaf fall gently all the way from the branch to the ground ? Now, imagine countless number of trees in the world. Now grasp the infinite number of leaves - growing, renewing, falling from all the trees in existence. The numbers are impossible to fathom. 

Me : Oh yes !

Voice : Now imagine from these vast infinite numbers, there is one leaf that is hand-picked, chosen and cradled by Me. Grasp the great fortune of that leaf amongst so many which has My special attention right from its entire journey of birth, renewal and the end. 

You are like this leaf in this infinite vastness. You have no idea about this priceless life you live. With all the things happening in the Universe, you are gliding in the hands of the Creator Himself.  

Me : So hard to grasp this.  

Voice : How many feel lost, alone and defeated ? And, here you are…enjoying an effortless moment of stillness with Me…only because you are wrapped in the My fulfilling Divine Love. 

You are chosen. 

Me : Wow

Voice : The winds of destiny can blow all the leaves away, but the leaf that is in My hand is beyond seasons or hurricanes.

    

    

Moving Closer Or Away

Me : How does one know if one is moving away from God or coming closer to God ?

Voice : The more differentiation you see, the more distance you create with God.  

And when you feel less separation from everyone and everything, you are moving closer to God.  

The former is the cause of much suffering and the latter brings spiritual poise. 

Me : And how do we work on the later ?

Voice : The more you soak in God's company, the less you assert yourself. And when this happens, you are able to see the One in the many, instead of the manyness that you are used to seeing.  

This is when you know you are truly moving towards God’s light. 

No miracles, visions, experiences, virtues or knowledge can overshadow this simple truth.