Purpose in Life

Me : I want to find my purpose in life. I feel purposeless. Why do I feel this ?  

Voice : You feel purposeless ?

Me : Yes.

Voice : Great! You are so fortunate.

Me : To be purposeless ?? Hello ??

Voice : I know. Its always been advocated to find your purpose...to live for something...to find meaning in a cause and allow that to be your goal...

Me : Right!

Voice : But all that is to eventually seek fulfilment. You are restless because you feel a void inside. One looks to fill that space by finding a purpose in life which is natural and alright. No matter how noble, large or small your purpose may be, it will always fall short of what you really need. A life closest to Divinity is free of any purpose.

Me : So I must have no cause, aim, purpose or goal ?

Voice : Understand the depth of why you feel you need to..

Me : Why ?

Voice : Because you have a strong sense of doership. You fell you are the reason for all that is in your life, all that happens and all that will happen.

One of the most important steps to spirituality, is apparently doing nothing and yet accomplishing everything. You could do things and you will continue to do it like everything depended on it - but relinquishing all controls.

Me : How do I control anything ?

Voice : You don't. You never did. You never will.

Me : Oh

Voice : The very desire 'to find a purpose' itself is the assertion of the false self. Its just another trap to get entangled in the falseness of your existence.

Note this example. Imagine yourself to be a log of wood on a flowing river. The log has no idea of the  length of its ride, the flow, the raging rapids nor the final destination. During its ride, the log flows through innumerable hostile rapids and raging currents, long stretches of calm waters, gets thrown on the banks, and gets washed down into the river again, drifts through the valleys and forests, before merging with the ocean.

The log represents you, the river is your life, the rapids are your challenges, the shorelines are your distractions, the calm waters is the divine calling and the ocean is Self Realization.

It would matter little to the log to have a purpose or not, since the course of the river is pre-determined. The goal would always be the Ocean.  
  
Me : So, would I be doing good progress to stay purposeless ?

Voice : If you to feel very fulfilled and yet have no purpose in life, I think you can be pleased with that.

Me : So the purpose is 'not to have a purpose.'

Voice : Haha....There you go again..Doership is imbedded deep in your consciousness. Its not necessary to be in the space of 'have' or 'not have' or 'do' or 'not do'.

Try to ...... Just Be.

Me : Just Be ? Uh..ok.

Voice : The Ocean will find you....and it wouldn't matter if you are a swimmer or not.



        

Diets

Me : What's your take on vegan diets, sattvic food, vegetarianism ?

Voice : Nothing wrong with having food that nourishes us.

Me : So you recommend I follow a vegetarian or a vegan diet ?

Voice : Well, my taste buds work differently.  I assume you want to know if these diets will nourish you with health and wellbeing ?

Me : Yes..

Voice : Have you tried a diet of only slimmed anxiety, beautiful toasted thoughts, taste of divine breath, tossed up positivity, garnished with kindness for a worry-free menu ?

Me : Ha ha. I am taking about food here.

Voice : I am on the same subject.

Me : How ? Pls serve me !

Voice  : Everything is about what thoughts you hold in your head. The only diet you need is with your thinking. No amount of watching your food intake will make a difference if you are primary disposed to negative thinking or worrisome mind. Thats the reason you sometimes you can come across people who tend to have health problems in spite of the 'healthy diets'.

Similarly, a positive man predisposed to divine thoughts can eat the most unhygienic and unrecommended food and yet he will have the best of health !

Its simple..what are you thinking when you eat is everything. Good thoughts will turn whatever you eat into good food. Toxic thoughts will turn the most healthy food into poison for your body.

We have to move more our focus from the Gross to the Subtle and let our mind be well planted on the the Divine. When your mind is on Divinity, the result is also Divine. Wouldn't that be more convenient than spending so much energy and effort on eating food ?
    
The food that end up eating or having on your table is only as a result of your own energy. You have drawn that to you.

When we have someone who wants to loose weight, he often falls to a feeling of guilt while eating, if the food exceeds permissible calorie intake. The fat thinking brings the fat into his experience.

Similarly a vegan would be very 'cautious' while eating outside. But what happens to them here is very interesting. The mind unconsciously begins to focus on what he cannot eat. Eventually, when it comes to eating, the mind works up a fairly large 'to avoid list' and creates a very subtle energy of 'rejection' of food and this carries a risk of lowering the vibration.

Sure, you can choose what you want to eat, but you must understand that to change your life and stay healthy - your thoughts play the most important role. Not the other way around.

Me : What if I am invited to a party and served meals with meat and fatty desserts ?

Voice : I have always one message to offer - live with love. If the host has taken so much effort to invite you, make food and serve you a meal and if you reject it, the host would be disappointed. But if you eat the same food to ensure that the he is not dejected in the heart, then you have chosen to operate from the premise of love and anything you eat then, turns to nectar. Nothing is more powerful than love. Love has the magic to turn anything into purity.

Ask yourself, when it comes to your eating - are you in a state of 'rejection' or 'acceptance' most of the time ? The frequency of 'acceptance' itself will change your vibration and your health. Unconscious cultivation of a deep sense of judgement on food that is not good to eat - is by itself moving away from positivity, trust and equipoise.

Me : What about damaging effects of eating polluted food ?

Voice : In that case, the air you are breathing now should make it difficult for you to live with its pollution levels. Let the Divine take care of you and this is possible when you keep your mind on Divinity. You may choose your food, but don't let the food choices control you.

Eating is an activity at gross level. Allow yourself to move to higher planes. There is lot more going on there.

Your vibration itself will create the desires within you for certain kind of foods and your own vibration will play a role for what will end up on your table for the next meal. And it is your own vibration that will respond to unhygienic or unpalatable food. So, ask yourself if it is your mind that needs to go on a fast ?

Me : I am ordering a double cheese pizza with coke tonight !

Voice : Ha ha. Don't forget to say your prayers before you eat.    





 

Abundance

Me : So when people come to me asking how to bring more abundance in their life..what must I tell them ?

Voice : That the question itself drives away abundance.

Me : How ?

Voice : Abundance is a state of being. It comes without striving for it. The strive for it itself will push you away from it. A truly abundant man does not need anything. He knows wanting nothing is having everything. He nurses no coarse desires, he actively needs nothing, he lives simple, he is tuned in to his heart and treasures happiness.

Me : What about those books that tell you about manifesting and dreaming big  ?

Voice : Forgive Me but I don't read much. But I think you referring to manifesting your desires by thinking of it or giving it constant attention and energy ?

Me : Yes

Voice : Manifestation of your dreams is possible...like your dream home or dream car or dream job.

Me : How is it that for most people this doesn't work ?

Voice : Because when you 'want' anything, that is essentially from lack. Its only when you truly feel that you don't have something or need something that you feel the need to manifest it in your life. Constantly having your mind focused on what you don't have is the very same reason you will feel more lack of it in your life.

Me : And what about those who manifest and get what they always dreamt of ?

Voice : Here's when things go complicated. You want something in order to make you happy. So you being to give attention to that thing which you think will give you happiness. Now happiness is not some distant land or in a thing or in some time in the future. You can either spend all your life chasing happiness or live your life happily. It is a mistake to believe that happiness lies outside of you - this chase does not end in fulfilment and eventually the person is tired of life - surprisingly inspite of  having all that he desired. So he may have manifested many things in his life, but had to constantly pay a price for it - ironically that of his own happiness.
   
Me : So what do you recommend ? How do we find happiness ?
 
Voice : Let the happiness find you. There is no road to it. There is no chase for it. There no plan for it.
 
Me : Please come down to my level and explain ...

Voice : Haha. Okay. Let me try to be as simple as I can. Last thing I want to do is complicate an already complicated world.
Try this simple exercise. I will give you a few scenarios from the real world that happen to people. Imagine that you are held captive in a dark, small prison with no sunlight and no interaction with anyone for many years with no clue of your fate. Imagine, if one of your family members were in coma for years with neither death or life certain, imagine being an orphan child, imagine being born blind, imagine being the lone survivor of an earthquake, imagine being bankrupted with legal cases against you, imagine losing all your limbs in an accident, imagine having an incurable ailment with mounting medical bills....now how would you feel about your life right now ?

Me : Cant complain about my life at all ...

Voice : I must apologise for having you imagine the most difficult scenarios but you must understand you are always more fortunate than many others. The gratitude brings abundance. When you are in a state of gratitude, you are always in a natural state of thankfulness with no strong desire to want more because you know you have everything. This feeling of having everything is abundance. This state of abundance brings to you whatever you need to be happy.

Me : So shouldn't people dream of being rich ?

Voice : I would rather advise them to dream of being wealthy instead of being rich.

Me : Whats the difference ?

Voice : Big difference. When you you chase an occupation or work for monetary gain as the primary goal, you have let money, possessions and material prosperity be the focal point in your life and with time you may get rich. You judge your success in life by your material prosperity and would even convince yourself about it being the right way. You even unknowingly begin to 'pay' a price for this because the primary goal did not emerge from the intention of love. This is being rich.

Wealthy people on the other hand hate the idea to trade off their happiness. They follow their passion, their dreams and things that make them happy regardless of any material gain. Gradually, they end up drawing material gains in their life from what they do. They live the life they love and love what they do. This is their natural abundant state. They didn't plan this - life just happened to them. Money, fame or material possessions are just an inevitable outcome of the way they choose to live their lives. Its easier for these people to give back to the world, because they are reasonably detached to money. They work out of passion and love.

So you see, the 'rich' struggle with happiness because of the 'reverse way' of going about their lives.

Me : And what about all those affirmations, exercises and books on bringing wealth into your life ?

Voice : Like I said earlier, the very striving for abundance or wealth drives it away from us. Abundance is a matter of the heart. It is a constant natural state of being. Love in the heart brings gratitude and dispels fear while its the mind that actually created fears. Therefore, you will find that mental exercises fall short.  

Me : Now if I have friends and if one of them wants to be a DJ in Ibiza, one wants to open a tea shack in the mountains of Sangla valley, one wants to explore Mars, one wants to be the man on Everest without supplemental oxygen, one wants to research and write books on Satan and God, and the other wants to play music on the streets of Venice...would that be practical ?  

Voice : How practical is shutting the voice of your heart for the rest of your life ?

Me : Makes sense.

Voice : All evolution and growth came from unpractical people and countless irrational decisions. Heart must have the freedom of choice. This group of abundant people will bring the transformation that the world really needs. They are normal people but will be called rebels, as they won't fit into social systems, conditioned thinking and work structures. They will face uphill challenges, but lack of fear will quickly overcome them. Their expanded consciousness will inspire the next generation to use love and happiness as the driving motive of life.

Taking a Break

Me : I used to travel a lot. I backpacked to offbeat places, was driven by expeditions, explored hidden lands and took off on long trips many times in a year. Even though I feel much fitter, I don't see myself doing too much of that now ... how is this dwindling away ?

Voice : Why did you seek to travel ?

Me : Well...to take a break. Escape and explore. Find joy in a new experience..

Voice : But what if your life is a vacation ? What if you are holidaying everyday ?

Me : How ?

Voice : One many take a 'break' to escape from the 'grind'. One may need a vacation to beat the monotony of life or one may seek to travel to a distant land to experience tranquility....

For many years, you traveled because you were 'seeking'. You were always inclined to escape the environment outside of you because you struggled to fit in. You believed the serenity, peace and tranquility lay in those places. You were looking for stillness while moving in the rapids.

Then, came a time when you finally found an end to this search. The emptiness found fulfilment. The restlessness found peace. The questions brought answers. The wave of love brought stillness. The seeker was sought. There remained nothing inside you searching for newer experiences.

You had found path to Divine Love. Your life became a 'vacation', because you began to live in 'Freedom'. You were on a holiday from bondage, grind or feeling trapped or miserable.

Love brings freedom and joy inside. Gradually, the idea of a vacation or a break has stop serving the same feeling for you.    

What were you going to take a break from ? from inner peace ?
You have changed much in last few years and that is a good thing.    

Me : So I have become boring !    

Voice : Ha ha. Sometimes spiritually aware souls lead very boring lives on the outside, but full of enchantment and fulfilment on the inside which the world cannot see.  

Me : Now thats why I don't feel connected to the Himalayas as I used to ?  

Voice : Because you have finally found your Himalayas within.  

Energy of Mind and Heart

Voice : So how was your meeting ?

Me : Not Bad

Voice : Wasn't great ?

Me : I sensed so much negativity in that office the whole time I was there !

Voice : Hmm

Me : I mean if I just had to compare that office vibration to that of my house in the hills or my favourite climbing site - there is an incredible difference in the negativity and positivity. I am so sensitive to the energies that I can't even hold a conversation with some people. I know that energies of the people contribute to the positivity or negativity of the place. Do some people even know that they are radiating negative energy ?

Voice : Thats strange.. I am not aware about 'negative' energy.

Me : There you go again....

Voice : I think you referring to mental energy.

Me : Whats that ?

Voice : Now I am going to tell you what isn't written in the books. You speak of positive and negative energy. I don't see it that way.

When you feel disturbed and anxious with some people, you don't pick up negative energy - you pick up energy of an uncontrolled mind. Irrespective of what he is thinking, as long as he is engaged in continuous thinking, you will struggle to find yourself calm in his presence. They are people who strongly tilt towards using their mind over heart.

On the other hand, if you are with someone who is always using his heart, you will be at ease with him instantly. Never mind if he may be silly, spontaneous, random or even lack charisma, he will be loved by many. These set of people do things to please their inner being, are spontaneous, intuitive with little worry of the past or future. They have given room to develop their heart over their heads.

Its natural to feel good when you are around people who use their hearts to live life - they are actually tapping into the space of Love. Its is this Love which you often refer to as positive energy. Its simply a case of giving mind the place it is intended for.  

And its equally natural for people to feel restless with those people who are always thinking, who have such accelerated thinking that they can switch between past and future without a break. Sometimes, their own intelligence goes against them. Decisions are weighed in the mind, analysed and rationalised. The mind is the store house of doubts, reasonings, fear, inadequacy, insecurity, hallucinations and stubborn control. Its is this vibration that you refer to as negative energy. Its just a case of people living life using the mind over heart in their lives.

Every realised why you feel great with a puppy dog, adventurer, painter or a Saint ? Because at most times the heart is used over the mind.

Every thought why you feel anxious in a corporate office, conference hall or with a politician ? Because so much is focused using the mind, that the heart struggles to have its say.

This imbalance between the heart and mind is perhaps what you refer to as negative and positive energy.  

Me : So there isn't anything like negative energy. So if I sometimes feel restless with someone, its likely I am with someone who is pre-disposed to over-thinking.

Voice : And any kind of over-thinking is a mental activity that snubs the development of the heart. And life is found when you expand your heart, embrace the love inside, rejoice in freedom and find your true nature. Its tuned in to the eternal now and has no rationale or reasoning. You do what makes you happy in the moment and this happiness and love transforms others.
Too much effort is being made to develop the mind from the time you were born, went to school, college and your work life.

Me : Wouldn't the intellect come handy ?

Voice : How intelligent do you want to be ? I think you have enough to drive a car, use your phone, make a good cup of tea or even count cash on your own. What do you want from life ? If its Divinity what you want - then its only Love that must prevail. It must soak the mind completely at the threshold of Divinity. Has your intelligence brought you closer to me or the purity of your heart ?

Me : So using my head is a case of imbalance in my spirit ?

Voice : Use both but let your mind listen to your heart and not the other way around.

Did you use your head to recognise my Voice or your heart ? Did you use your head to choose climbing as a career when no one thought that was a career move, find your lovely partner aganist all odds, adopt a loving puppy when you had no one to look after her, buy a countryside home when you didn't have the money, call that friend to give advise out of the blue and save him, climb an impossible route when you were still injured, paint the wall with a beautiful sketch when you were running high fever ?

Me : I see your point..the most life changing decisions have been from my heart. If my mind had its way - I think I would have come up with many 'logical' and 'practical' reasons to never do all that ! In fact, the most 'impractical' thing I do is let your voice make those decisions completely against the grain of my thinking !    

Voice : Let me be your safety net. I know the way and the pitfalls. When you surrender, it means you actually only surrender your mind. Thats pretty much everything.


         

Love and God are Identical

Voice : So you think you are spiritually qualified and closer to God than many others ?

Me : Why are you saying that ?

Voice : Remember when you were with your friends today evening. There was this one person you were talking to about God..

Me : Yes, I remember. He said there is no such thing as God. And he also said people look for dependency outside and the ones who take no responsibility of their actions turn to this concept of God. He called it a big league bullshit ! What an idiot !

Voice : And what did you say to him ?

Me : Well, I just walked away.

Voice : Why ?

Me : I don't know what to talk to him. Its your Love that sustains us. You are the reason for everything, and here we have someone who thinks is the one behind all that happens to him and all that he has accomplished ! I am sorry but I have nothing in common to talk to him.

Voice : You could have spoken about what you do and about what he does for a living...

Me : What are you getting at  ?

Voice : Well, he is a wonderfully talented painter and his paintings attract buyers from all over the world. He is wealthy and is renowned for his extraordinary talent ...

Me : Talent that you gave him and he thinks its all him !

Voice : Yes, I am with him when he paints. In each work of art he creates, I am with him.

Me : I dont undertand. He doesn't even think you exist !

Voice : When he paints, he forgets everything. When he is immersed in the painting, he is neither in the past, nor the future. He is in the space of the eternal NOW where I reside. He is so joyful when he works, there is so much love in what he does, that he connects to Me instantly.

I am nothing but Love. Love and God are identical. Love is my only language, my only way to make and keep the connection.

God is embodiment of only Love. Not everyone is able to find so much Love in what they do, like this painter. The ones like him are closer to Me without them knowing about Me because they use this Love everyday. His extraordinary paintings are only a result of that Love. Love doesn't need a Form. Its needs a Heart.

If you could understand, these kind of people are closer to divinity without them knowing anything about God. Maybe, I think they don't need to.      

Me : Now this guy is closer to you than me ??

Voice : Hahaha. Funny part is everyone is equidistant from where I am. Everyone.

Btw, I know you were looking for a lovely spiritual painting in your room and I sent this painter to you hoping that you would engage in a little conversation and eventually with My help, he would have created a wonderful work of art that would have been so perfect for your house....

Me : Oh no.....

Voice : Don't worry. I am working on it.

Me : Judging people....that is so subtle, but so self-damaging.  

Voice : Open your heart to everyone. You never know who is carrying my goodies to you.
   

Weaknesses

Me : When people say we must offer our weakness to the Supreme Being - what does that exactly mean ? 

Voice : You tell me...

Me : I think it means we must just surrender our weakness to Divinity and not think about it. Is it ? 

Voice : Yes, but what does 'giving' your weakness really mean ? Does it go away ? Are you free from it ? 

Me : If that happened, we would be Saints in a day ! 

Voice : And that would be wonderful.  

Me : So please tell me...I have plenty of weak spots... lazy, shy, fear of public speaking, poor at maths....lots more

Voice : Everyone has something they 'choose' to call a weakness. Weakness is a term coined to call something that you are willingly harbouring and nurturing within you that actually prevents you from taking a massive jump in consciousness. 

You think I would be interested in your strengths ? Thats not what draws my attention. Its natural to play out your strengths.  

Me : Why would I or you be interested in any of these weaknesses ?  

Voice : Because, its your weakness that actually gives you strength. 

When you do something you thought you couldn't, when you explore abilities that though you are not born with, when you dive into the unknown, when you walk into your fears, when you willingly face all odds - thats when you are really 'giving' your weakness to the Supreme Being. Thats when you are able to really surrender the weakness, because you have walked into it with faith and love. 

Where there is love, there is no fear. 

Where there is no fear, there is faith.

Where there is faith, weakness cannot remain.

Your weaknesses is my favourite playground. Everytime, you play with it, I am actively giving My Love to you. This is when you are able to really give Me your weaknesses.  

Once, you transcend them - which I assure you that everyone can..you take a giant leap. Remember, you just need to take that step and help from the Universe will be with a hundred steps.  

     

It will always seem a better idea to walk right into your fears - with Love. This way we use the power of the most important force in the Universe - Love.  

About your strengths - I don't notice that too much. Give Love a chance to power whats holding you back !

Me : I am not sure if I am excited to have so many weaknesses, but I think I know what to do with them - They certainly not going under the carpet again.    

Voice : Never hesitate. Let Love flow in all that you do and know you are born only with strengths. Because weaknesses do not exist, unless you believe they do.        

Suffering

Me : Why is there so much suffering in the world ?

Voice : Because Love isn't being used as the remedy.  

Me : I know people who live their lives praying to their Lord, chanting his name, reading holy books, doing no harm to others, visiting sacred places and even remembering him as often as they can - I see suffering in their lives ! Why does suffering have to be for them ?

Voice : No, it doesn't have to be that way.

Me : So if I believe in God and daily prayers to the lord are a part of my life - is God testing me if i face hardships ?

Voice : God does not 'test'. Because He is All-knowing. If He already 'knows', what purpose will any test serve ? And thats not His job anyway.
God is Love Incarnate. God is nothing but embodiment of Love. Love and God mean the same. Where there is love, there is God. If you feel divine love, you experience God.
The suffering exists because one comes in his own way and God hasn't got anything to do with it.

Me : What do you mean by saying 'coming in your own way' ?

Voice : When I say 'coming in your own way', I mean that people tend to take decisions or do things with reasons to believe it will find them happiness. But, instead if you surrendered to His Will and let him lead you, things would get a lot easier to find happiness. Wouldn't God have a better view of things that you might not - simply by the virtue of being God ?? His Path is often the one you looking to avoid taking.

Me : So thats how we suffer and go through the same challenges until we are able to transcend it ? We keep taking the road we think is right for us, but its just another easy way out.

Voice : I like to push you gently towards the best route that will take you to the destination. But, I can't force your choices. Love and coercion cannot go together.    

Failed Summit Attempt

Me : I want to know why I failed making it to the summit of the peak ? I trained hard. I scarified. I toiled. I went through pain. I was disciplined. I gave my best to prepare for the climb. I don't think I could have worked any harder for this. I think I deserved success here !

Voiceless Voice : Yes, I think so too.

Me : Then, why did I not make it ?

Voiceless Voice : In my understanding, it was a success. The failure itself was the success.

Me : What the..... ??

Voiceless Voice : Your judgement of success was summiting the peak. My focus lies not in the result, but in the process. Many times, you begin to follow and do what you love ( in this case - climbing ). In the beginning, you climbed for the love of it and the heart brought joy to your soul, irrespective of any goals, agenda, aims, recognition or material reward. This kept you happy and results you achieved were simply by-products of your state of being. This is the journey of the heart - a space of Love.
Then, came the goals, ambition and a result-orineteed approach ( in this case - summitting high peaks ). Gradually, heart made way to the mind. The romance gave way to an agenda. Freedom was clipped with bondage of success. And passion took over from love. The transition was subtle and you wouldn't even know the difference.

I wanted you back. Back to the world of Love. So I sabotaged your summit bid. My connection with you is Love and I want you to use more of your heart. Once you started making plans of bagging high summits, I decided to pull you back or I may have lost you. You would have gone ahead to be a successful climber but I want you to climb higher.

This failure will remind you be detached to results, enjoy the moment, live in love and celebrate small moments of joy with equal joy as summiting.

Me : You could have told me this earlier ! I would saved all those calories and agony of hard training !

Voiceless Voice : I want you to know the difference on your own - climbing after intense training with focused goal and climbing the same peak with a detached approach, just enjoying days in the mountains.

Me : Hmm...I did get lost in the goal and lost sight of the moment. I felt more anxious of failure and forgot to have fun. Thanks for bringing me back !

Voiceless Voice : Find Me in that leaf on the trail, that glorious sunrise, passing butterfly and that smooth boulder on the way or a just a passing cloud...  

           
        

Truthful Lie

Me : I just lied to my Mom. Is that bad ?

Voice : What did you lie for ?

Me : I didn't want to go with her to a family gathering so I just said I was very sick and running a temperature when actually I was out for a movie with my friends.

Voice : Are you feeling guilty ?

Me : Uh..No.

Voice : So why bring it up ?

Me : I just want to know if its bad to lie ?

Voice : I am not sure how you like to judge actions as good or bad. All I can say that it pays to make others happy and it certainly boomerangs to make anyone unhappy. So anything you think, speak or do - ask yourself if it makes the other feel good or miserable ?

Me : So I can lie - if my intention is not to hurt the other person ?

Voice : The whole deal about speaking lies and truth is nothing but a magnified work of the Ego. Sometimes, we feel we are being righteous by saying the truth - even at the cost of someone else's happiness. How can that ever be the truth which fails to uplift anyone ? How can it be called a lie when you protect the feelings of other ?

In reality, you are a Living Lie ! Everything about You and this existence is a Lie. There is only one Truth. Until we reach there everything is a lie.

Me : And what is that Truth ?

Voice : Love. Love. Love.
Anything you think, speak or do from the premise of Love can never be a lie. Love only uplifts the other. Love protects the weak. Love gives strength. Love only gives. Love is sacrifice.

Me : So when people talk about calling 'spade a spade', it's actually just acting from the standpoint of their Egos !

Voice : Over time, it will be natural of you to be conscious only of one fact - ' will my actions and words uplift another ? ' You won't be driven by the usual trick of 'I always tell the Truth.' Its just a play of the mind.







           

Tea Companion

Voice : Hi. I know you are lost in the moment and enjoying your cup of tea right now, but can I join you for a moment ?

Me : You are funny.

Voice : Thank you for the compliment.

Me : So, did I do something stupid, again ?

Voice : Ha ha. You are funny too. In fact, I wanted to tell you something. You did very well today. I mean you had a flat tyre, lost your wallet and your proposal got rejected. All this happened in one day and I like the way you are handling it all.

Me : Well..you been guiding me. But, I did get angry again and I know I should have stayed positive.

Voice : I can only guide, but you have to live it and I see you doing everything in your capacity to try and live the positive way. It doesn't matter if you get angry sometimes, get dejected or disappointed or fall prey to senses. The important part is to acknowledge and accept and that gradually turns into Awareness. How will you ever know light unless you know darkness ? How will you know forbearance until you experience anger ? How will you know joy unless you know despair ?

Me : Hmm.

Voice : How will you ever understand the stillness of this cup of tea that you are having right now unless you crave for the stillness ? And the craving will come when you experience chaos or intense activity.

Me : You are right. I enjoy the cup of tea most in the day, when if it follows long hours of mental or physical work. I still remember my most precious moment of devouring a simple cup of tea. It was after trekking for almost 12 hours in most arduous climb in the Himalayas and being exposed to continuous snowfall and bitter cold winds. That hot tea I had after arriving at the campsite was the most valued, treasured, loved and remembered moment. The tea was not exotic but it was the best ! Think I got your point.

Voice : No matter what is happening around you, no one can take away the that moment of stillness from you. You will always have the power to create that moment. It can be sipping a cup of tea, lying on the grass, walking your dog, cooking a new dish, staring at the clouds or simply listening to the birds chirping.

Me : Yes.

Voice : Remember pain may be inevitable, but suffering is a choice. Don't loose sight of the bliss that is you. And I don't mind being invited for your tea breaks. I quite like it.

Me : Ha ha. You are my eternal tea companion!

Love Potion

Me : Can you take this guy away ? Some place far ! I don't need this right now.

Voice : What happened ?

Me : I am so angry and disturbed right now. He is totally wrong to do this. All he needs to do is get this simple job done and I know he is letting his big ego come in the way and my work is getting delayed. I have been very patient with him.

Voice : So, you want me to help ?

Me : Yes !

Voice : Alright. Lets discuss how we can change our response to this and...

Me : I don't want to change anything about me ! Just get him to disappear from my life ! Can you do that ?

Voice : How can I vanish him when it was Me who placed him in your life in the first place ?

Me : You ???

Voice : Yes, its always Me.

Me : So now this is good of me ? You like me getting angry, hateful, anxious and frustrated ?

Voice : No, I don't want you to feel like this.

Me : I dont understand...what do you want me to do now ? You know clearly he is unfair, mean and has nothing to do with spirituality.

Voice : I know. He was hand-picked by Me and I placed him in your life for an important reason. He will help you remove layers of undesirable aspects within you. The only way I can do that is when I succeed in finding just the right personality to move into your life and at regular intervals to challenge you to respond either out of hate, anger, fear, anxiety, jealousy, envy, insecurity or out of Love.

Me : And what about failing at work ??

Voice : The only real failure is failing to respond with Love.

Me : So, you okay with me if I become a total loser, but I respond with Love to all these clowns and circus around me ?

Voice : Only the most fortunate one will be a total loser. Where loss will be his highest gain. Where Love will be the only motivation, only fuel, only response, only hope, only longing and only direction for him. He would have known that everything around him is just training him to respond from the premise of Love.

Its is Love that has the power. Its is Love that is antidote to hatred. Its is Love that heals. It is Love that fulfils all of us. Its is Love that the world needs. Its is Love the solves all difficulties. Love and Love alone.

When we fail to operate out of Love, we strengthen the grip of false over us. We see separateness instead of oneness, we feel inadequacy instead of abundance, we embrace fear instead of faith.

I want you to grow towards Love which is true strength. The road is uneasy, but I am with you each time you take the courage to win others with Love. Where there is Love, my presence is felt and you are always protected. Everything may fail but Love never fails.

So, each time you face a person or a situation that challenges you to use the lower qualities of hate, revenge, lust, envy, pride, greed, judgement - think of it as game that I am playing with you. And each time you transcend the lower qualities, I promise to celebrate our victory together - 'Victory of Love' - that binds us all together !

Me : Phew! Thats gonna be tough. I was raised all these years with a very different mindset of self-preservation, protection, distrust and separateness; this is gonna take a huge change in my thinking.

Voice :  That change takes only a moment. Remember - the only real failure is when we fail to operate out of Love.    
 
Me : Lets get started ! I am selling love potions...anyone ?


 

 

Losing The Connection

Me :Why is that I feel that somedays you are not present in my life ?

Voice : Because you are absent with me. I am always present. I can never go anywhere.

Me : But at times, I feel so disconnected with you. I feel like you have gone away and I need something that tells me you are here with me right now and right here.

Voice : I am always deeply connected with you. I give you that experience continually.

Me : I haven't had any of those experiences for a long time now.

Voice : You mean like miracles ?

Me : Maybe...

Voice : What do experience and miracles mean to you ? You couldn't be talking about someone appearing in front of you from the wall in a bright white light or the sea parting way or you taking a flight on a golden chariot ? I am a little boring. That isn't my style these days.

Me : Then, what can tell me that you have been around me every time ? I had a rough day yesterday and I felt I was alone.

Voice : Then let me tell you about your day yesterday. I assure you I was looking into you continually. When you were walking with your dog in the garden in the morning, you sprained your ankle and fell on the ground. I know you were cursing me then. I had to do that cause a few seconds later a branch fell on the ground which was about to crush you which would have meant a month of being immobile. So I arrested your strides by creating the sprain and you just missed the branch from falling over you.

Later in the day, you were disappointed to lose a big customer. I was behind this. If I hadn't done this, you would signed the customer, but you would have lost all you savings to compensate him as he was very hard to please and would have directed a legal proceeding against you. I know you felt me absent here.

When you were making yourself a cup of tea today, you forgot to shut the cabinet door, so I simply nudged it a bit and saved your forehead a few stitches. You had some meetings this week, so I thought you would have hated the sight of stitches on your forehead. I was discreet here.

In the evening, you stepped outside to have a quick bite, but you only had enough money to pay for a small cup of coffee and you couldn't order that sandwich. I made you forget carrying your wallet, so you couldnt eat that sandwich as I knew his food was stale and unhygienic that day. But, I did ensure that when you searched your pocket, you would find a few notes that can get you a cup of coffee.

Also, you walked out of the house without locking your main door. And, suddenly you remembered to turn back all the way to lock the door. Yes, this meant you got delayed to watch the movie and you got upset. Well, I planted that thought in your head cause I wanted your dog and your house to be safe and yes, I got you to sit on the fifth row instead of the premium sofa seats. Those sofa seats had bugs.

And, when you went to bed that night, you were furious at me. I knew you had a long day, so I covered you in my blanket of white light, shut your mind of all thoughts, infused love in your heart  and gave you the deepest sleep. I was watching you even while you were asleep.  

Yes, I struggle to signal my presence every moment - maybe I am getting boring but I assure you I am with you EVERY MOMENT. I love you more that you can imagine.

Me : Wow. I don't know what to say..I feel so stupid. Now, I also remember something else...Were you not also behind getting my phone battery totally drained that night ? Because I had plans to shout at someone for something that was bothering me and surprisingly I don't feel the need right now to do it. It wouldn't have helped the situation for both of us. To avoid a totally meaningless confrontation, you drained my phone battery, didn't you ?  

Voice : That might have been a coincidence...        
      
Me : Thank you so much for watching over me. No matter what is happening, there is nothing to worry about. I am so overwhelmed. You just shifted my entire perspective. Think, I will watch out for the smallest details in my life and smile with you.

  

Why Cant I Read ?

Me : Why do I struggle to read ? I know so many of my friends who can finish reading fat books in just a couple of days ! How will I ever know more ?

Voice : What is there to know ?

Me : About anything ! About spirituality, about God, about the unknown, maybe learn from experiences of other people..

Voice : I have gifted you the special ability to be ' incapacitated ' when you try to read a book.

Me : How do you call this a gift ? How will I grow without divine wisdom  ?

Voice : Books are good. Reading is a good habit. But real experience is matchless. The Truth is beyond any Knowing.

Me : Yes, but everyone has experiences. How does it benefit me more ?

Voice : I work internally with you. To do that I need your mind to be free of clutter, pre-conceived ideas, impressions of peoples experiences, notions of good and bad, anticipations, other peoples ideologies, consequences of particular actions, etc. In other words I prefer you reasonably ignorant with a totally 'untrained' intellect. You have intelligence but instead of more help from books, I want to train your intellect to suit you best because you are an open soul. Maybe, I would even let it fade totally someday. Its the heart where I work from.

I will put you through experiences that would teach you and guide you. This is turn will help others when you share your stories. Why do you need a book for growth ? Keep my company in your heart and I will always reveal to you what you must know.  
With me, its a bigger job to deal with people with more knowledge, cause I then have to spend more time to clean up the mind, have them un-learn and then begin my work.

Me : So this makes sense now - Ignorance is bliss!

Voice : Real knowing is when you know there is nothing to know.

Me : Next time I come across a book with an interesting title, I will just prefer to take a walk in the garden with you. I will know what I need to know.
           

Inhale Love, Exhale Gratitude

Me : You know, I have always spent quiet time with myself to dream. I have dreamt of many things, but I have never got what I dreamt - I always got MORE than I ever imagined ! I feel so fortunate, so happy, so thankful and so peaceful. You were behind this, weren't you ? Why do I see others around me struggle to live the life of their dreams ?

Voice : Do you remember those days as a young child when you were playing football for your school, then you got into climbing mountains. Did you think of your future, ambition, career or what people would say ? You just did it as this was an expression of who you are.

Me : And who am I ?

Voice : You are Bliss. You are Love. You are Freedom. Everything your think, speak or say must originate from here.

Me : So you saying, I was unconsciously pursuing my love, feeling the freedom and joy from what I did and it brought me to who I am today ? I manifested everything in my life ?

Voice : Yes...with a little help from Me.

Me : Oh yes..I can see your hand in everything. I know that its only me getting in my own way. I just need to continue to live in freedom and love. So its really that simple..to strive to live a life that you resonate to, be natural, and whatever that is great for me will come to me.

Voice : Yes. Think, Speak and Do from the premise of Love. Just like a child. Love will find a way to lead you to Love. It will give you all that you need and more..That is the law.

 

Dreams Coming True

" All he did was imagine 
All he owned was dreams 

He had a wanderlust heart 
Where reality was without reason 

Gentle breeze caressed the day 
And hope had its way 

Songs poured from the heart,
Mind was at large   

As joy became the goal 
Life awakened within the soul

In each moment of peace 
Life carved its golden path 

Just sipping those cups of tea,
Dreams have come true for me."

I don't want this world !

Me: There is so much pain around. If you are all bliss, I am sure I don't want this. I want you. I feel I have never been so ready to give up this false world ! 

Voice: Wonderful.

Me: I want to give up everything and experience your Reality.

Voice: I want you to come to Me, not when you are defeated in this world, nor dejected. I want you to come to me and want me when you are enjoying this world, when you are loving everything about it - cause this is when you really want Me. 

Come to me for Love of Me where all the joys and peace of this world have no draw for you. Its easy to give up what disillusions you or when you are in despair and dejection. 

Me : Are you saying I must strive to find happiness and joy in this world only to give it all up, to come to You ? 

Voice : I am saying when you want Me enough, the thought of 'giving up' anything will not even cross your mind. Nothing will matter to you - no joy nor sorrow, nor pleasure or pain. You would have reached a time in your journey where even wanting Me will be willingly left to My Will. Thats when you ready to join Me.       

It must certainly not be the defeat in the world, but the victory of your unwavering heart that must draw you to Me.  

Voiceless Voice

Its that voice again. Its not important for me know who is speaking, where is it coming from and why do I hear it ? I have concluded long back that as long as you feel Love - there can be no doubt. The  The feeling of Love is unmistakable. Its a voice deep within that gently seeks to gain my attention. That seeks to guide, to inspire, to love, to smile. The voice is real and knows what I need to know and where I must go.

The voice appears when I use my mind more than I must, only to remind me to use my heart. Many times I have been given a question instead of an answer which has only helped me to repeatedly move inwards and use the gift of intuition.

Long before, I discovered I was talking to 'someone', I always felt I had company. Someone who has always been watching my back, someone who loves me, someone who shared a wonderful companionship without conditions.

The voice is always clear, loud and ever present. I just have to make sure I am not living with ear buds in my head.  

 " I am never silent. I speak eternally. 

The voice that is heard deep within the soul is my voice - that of guidance, intuition and inspiration. Those receptive to this voice, I speak."

 ~ Meher Baba.