This Life Or The Next

The path wasn’t visible, 

But the direction was certain

Searching for peace,

 And trying to breathe 

 Fate seems to follow,

Where destiny leads

 Light was in the darkness, 

Which laid me to defeat 

It wasn’t walking towards,   

But the walking away 

Somethings are meant to surface, 

In this life or the next. 

True Surrender

“ This period you call darkness,

Is the emergence of light 

For in its wake of despair,

Lies a new lease of life 

Only when things end, 

Can things begin 

For without a fall, 

There can be no rise

Just like a dawn brings dusk,

So does a slumber bring an Awakening 

The heart that is open to dreams,

Knows what the future will bring.

When loss becomes a gain, 

There will be none to blame 

The spirit that knows no bondage, 

Will feel the coming of a New Age.

Isn’t it a true surrender,  

To lose all for the ultimate gain

For loss of life can only happen, 

To a life that was truly alive."

The Ride

Voice : You remember spinning on a revolving wheel in a playground ? 

Me : Oh ya. I was totally enjoying that until I was asked to step out and let the kids play. In our world we do everything possible to keep up with that schedule of 'growing-up' !

Voice : But you haven't. You still ring your neighbour's doorbell and run. 

Me : I think they know it's me, but they can't come to terms with it. Ha ha. Anyway, you were talking about the revolving wheel ...

Voice : You know when the wheel really begins to spin fast, and if you are on the edge, you are likely to loose balance and possibly fling away. But, if you remain right at the centre of the wheel, you are able to hold your balance and keep steady no mater how fast the wheel gets. 

Me : Yep. It was always harder finding balance on the periphery. 

Voice : That's exactly how most of you are living with God. God is right at the core of your being and you are always hanging on the periphery. This is the real reason why you tend to loose your balance. You easily become vulnerable to emotional swings, find yourself susceptible to fears, anger, fustration, worry and anxiety. It’s because of where you are standing with respect to Divinity.

If you want to ensure you don't fall from the wheel, the first thing you will do is anchor yourself. In the same way, the first thing you need to do is anchor your consciousness deeply with God, and then attend to your worldly matters. Instead, you are living in a reverse way by anchoring firmly with the world and later adjusting your time for Divinity. Wouldn't it then be natural to keep losing balance ?      

For the one who chooses to stay at the centre of the wheel, no matter how rapid the wheel may spin, he will remain grounded. For the one who is centred in God is balanced, steady and content. Real balance and equipoise is not gained by being on the sidelines, but by diving deep into the core of Divinity. It's impossible to lose balance when you are anchored in His Love.     

If you see yourself losing equilibrium, you would want to reflect on where you are standing.  

Me : Thank you. I am so glad you talk to me like this. You are so amazing, patient, humorous and of course, 'heavenly'. You have such a simple way to put things in perspective. Your guidance is ever so gentle and loving. I can't think of anything you really disapprove in me. I would be so utterly lost on my own. When you speak to me, I feel ...well....I can't find words to express it...   

That hugely misplaced idea of 'God' going around is so so so far from the truth. If only one knew what it felt to live deep in your awareness, one would not want anything else. 

Voice : Thank you. Ride with Me can get bumpy sometimes, but ..

Me : But, You always bring in the popcorn and candy and that's all I need to stay happy!     

Voice : Ha ha 

Me : You know I have loved that Transformers 4D ride at Universal Studios and done it multiple times. I have thought this often..like imagine if one day we would have a possibility of multi-dimensional ride into Infinity, crossing over the seven planes, moving into past and future simultaneously, hear the sound of creation, feel the knowledge, power and bliss...The ride can be called ‘The God Experience'. Wouldn’t that be so cool ? I mean anyone who gets a small glimpse of this experience, would easily turn to you, love you and you’ll have millions of crazy fans worldwide !   

Voice : Maybe a little different, but the ride is coming soon for all .....

Search For The Perfect Blossom

If you like the idea of taking a break into a different world, view this link here and let the visuals and music stir your soul. You may allow the music to play in the background, before you begin to read the  small poetry below. Detach yourself from everything and get immersive. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OEL4P1Rz04.  

Search For The Perfect Blossom

"Golden rays filtered through the mighty oaks, 

Creating a magic of darkness and light   

Scent of cedarwood filled the air,

Rustling of leaves pierced the silence. 

Mighty mountains enveloped the forests,

While the mist played hide and seek

Was that time when silence could speak, 

Innerbeing was in rhythm to nature’s beat. 

Finally, sighting the perfect blossom, 

It was a rare sight indeed

Life of a pursuit met its end,

But, I happened to sow seeds again. 

   

It was a familiar story, 

Of search for the greatest beauty 

The fulfilment was not outside, 

But, deep within me."  

Most Powerful Force Of Thought

Voice : What is the most powerful thought ?

Me : What ?

Voice : The mightiest and most powerful thought the mind can have is the thought of God.

Me : That’s a hard battle for most minds..

Voice : You know why ?

Me : Too much Netflix ?

Voice : If I asked you to run a marathon tomorrow, would you be able to accomplish it ? You have run marathons in the past.

Me : This lockdown has got me a little rusty. I need to practice. If I work on my stamina, strength, flexibility and diet, I can knock this within a month.

Voice : Sure. Also, your years of practice would help you to get ready for it quicker than others.

Me : Oh yes. That will count a lot.

Voice : Your mind works just the same. How can you expect to have effortless, continuous and spontaneous thoughts of God without preparation, practice and perseverance ? Unmindful living for years has left your mind totally helpless to indiscriminate and unchecked thinking. Often, any attempt to fight those thoughts results in repeated failures or simply magnifying them.

Your attempt to switch to the most powerful thought of God, is like trying to run a marathon without even a walking experience.

Me : So what does one do ?

Voice : Use discipline, determination and dedication - the same qualities you use for your physical fitness. Mind must go through the same levels of gradual progress and cultivation of elevated thinking until thinking about God becomes effortless.

You may find it necessary to graduate from negative thinking to neutral thoughts. This can be a big transition by itself. Next, you move from neutral to positive thoughts. And once you are predisposed to positive thinking in all circumstances, you will be able to effortlessly move to 'God thoughts’. If a constant state of Divine Awareness is your goal, you will have to rise from your current thinking with conscious efforts. Divinity will see to the rest.  

Me : But, doesn't one remember God best when one is suffering ? How can one have positive thinking while being down with all the negative thoughts and emotional chaos ? Isn't calling out to Divinity from one's heart still making a deep connection, although not in the most positive and calm state of mind ?   

Voice : I am glad you brought this up. "Suffering as a means to remember God" is not My idea. Because of your utter loss of control of your mind, you have been living with this belief since ages. On the contrary, one who thinks about God in his happiest state, remembers God the best. Why do you need suffering to call out for Divine help ? I love it when you think of Me when you are having a great time, experiencing peace, having fun and when you include me in your best moments. You feel God is with you when you are at your lowest, because at that time you become so helpless that the mind is undistracted with anything except focusing on your last ray of hope. I prefer to be your priority, instead of the last hope. Call me when nothing is going wrong and I can have a day off with you. Happiness and humour are God's closest allies.       

The reason why most remember God in suffering is because they have not been able to make the transition to living with higher ideals and thinking. Because if one did so, 'suffering' would be an alien word to them. Pain exists but suffering is the creation of your thinking. This is the reason why I pointed the importance of striving to create a life or a mind that is naturally predisposed to positivity. For then, it's infinitely easier to move to God-thoughts. Apart from the fact that I am happiest if you think of Me when you are happy, instead of the common belief that suffering is My chosen tool for deeper connection.

Me : Any suggestions for something that can help cultivate our minds to a life of continuous Divine awareness ?

Voice : Meditation. A conscious effort to exercise your mind to elevated thinking. Meditation can be done in different ways. It's training yourself to exercise mindfulness. It's bringing your consciousness to dis-engage unserving thoughts.        

Me : It does feels good during the meditation. But, the moment you eject yourself from meditation, myriad of thoughts return back as quickly as they had disappeared.

Voice : This is because you have compartmentalised your thinking. Your higher state of mind is not exclusive to meditation sessions. Meditation is not a goal. It is a means to your goal. You must use the profound experience from meditation to seamlessly continue it's flow into your daily activities. You must try to hold the peace, stillness and joy from the mediation as long as you can. Gradually, you are able to increase this time and this turns effortless and your life shapes up to a living meditation. You must want to live God. 

That is the reason why one must keep working on it. It becomes a part of your existence. It propels your intuition. It brings you stillness. It's your intimate communion with God. 

You begin to generate a tremendous power with God-thoughts. It not only alters your frequency, it begins to impact the world. You begin to evolve at a heightened speed. All that does not serve your higher purpose begin to fall off because you have become a natural magnet for all that is Divine. 

A simple act of thinking about God, can impact your entire being and has the power to reshape your evolution and open a gateway to the most treasured inner journey of your soul. You draw to you the highest divine qualities by constantly thinking of the Divine. The world around fades away and you awaken to your true purpose. If you had the slightest idea of the power of God-thoughts, you would do everything to channelise your thinking towards Divinity.  

The life of the one who meditates and lives on the highest ideal of Love will reflect Divine Abundance.

Me : Simple thing to do, if one seeks the highest treasure.. 

Voice : Yes, It's simple. You become what you think of deeply. If you think God, you will become God. Perhaps, the innate simplicity of this, is the very reason it's not sunk deeper for Humanity.   

  
Me : There are tons of books on positive thinking which can manifest a good life. Can this be of help with one’s journey to higher living ?

Voice : Of course. Good thoughts and positive thinking is certainly useful. But, it’s equally important to know who you are and what you want.  

Me : Meaning ? 

Voice : When you reach deeper awareness, you will find a significant difference. 

You will realise that positive thinking is about the creation. God-thinking is about the Creator. Positive thinking creates a better world for you. God-thinking detaches you from the world. Positive thinking is what you want. God-thinking is about what He wants. Positive thinking belongs to the mind. Thinking about God belongs to your soul.

Me : Wow..    

Voice : If the intent is from the depth of your heart, you won’t struggle to remember God, because He will begin to remember you. 

In His Ocean

"Lonesome in the deep ocean,
My boat drifted far away
 Seagulls circled above, 

As sunset painted the horizon  

It was peaceful and still, 

Until the dark clouds appeared, 

Thunder and lighting tore the skies, 

As the mighty waves rose higher.

A perfect storm seized the night, 

Did I drift away from Light ?    

There was no shore at sight 

I was helpless to my plight. 

I remained still, in it's wake, 

 For it was just a life at stake

What was I to pray ? 

 Isn't He the hurricane ? 

Then, came the moment I trusted,

Rescued by the Love of my Saviour

His Mercy sank me with the boat, 

I was no more living afloat.  

Being eternally drowned in His Ocean,

I was fortunate to never find the shore."

Offering Weaknesses To God ?

Me : I need your help. I have so many weaknesses.   

Voice : Are you suggesting that My creation of you is ‘Faulty' ? I thought My work is nothing short of total perfection.    

Me : I know I am not perfect, but….

Voice : But, you want to be perfect. For yourself or Me ? Because, your so-called weaknesses is not coming in My way. Do you find My love conditional ?  

Me : Of course not. Your love is unconditional.

Voice : Then, what more do you want ? Maybe, you want Yourself more. You are already having a false identity of yourself and now you like to further shape this falseness by desperately sculpting yourself by removing the so called ‘weaknesses' to meet your satisfying idea of being God-worthy. 

If you were immersed in Divine Love alone, you would never had any notions of faults or weaknesses, because the life-giving love would make you feel complete in the truest sense. You would not have any doubt that ALL of you is accepted and loved. This is the true nature of divine love that flows both ways - unhampered, unconditional and ever flowing. 

Your attention to your so-called faults is nothing, but remembering your ownself more than God.    

Me : But, why then do I feel I must overcome my weaknessess ?  

Voice : Because of the notion that mankind has held for ages.

Me : What notion ?  

Voice : Notion of virtues and vices, good and bad. You have a habit of judging your ownself. This mirrors from the deep subconscious habit of judging others. All your attributes are a perfect blend of creation to fulfil your destiny. Attempt to work on so-called weakness will only perpetuate them. That is the law. 

I don’t have a list of vices or virtues at My front door and neither can I place My finger on one God-unworthy soul, but you have a long list there and even a longer list of what you call ‘unworthy attributes’. 

How can you ever tell if the so called faults or vices are not playing the most crucial part of your spiritual advancement ? How can you be sure that you are not walking the path of pride having ‘vanquished’ so-called lower attributes ? How can you ever know if it's your weaknesses rather than strength that keeps you grounded and helpless to My Love ? Can I not use your weakest attributes for the greatest work ? Do you think I am drawn to you by your strengths ?    

Me : Wow. I need to reflect on this perspective. 

Voice : Perhaps, you want to reflect on why you want to overcome your weaknesses, in the first place ? Will the conquest of overcoming your so-called weaknesses tickle your pride for your innate desire to be spiritually 'perfect' ? Or does a part of you relate to 'assumed modesty' that suggests you are not worthy of God ? Whatever that may compel you - the premise stems from a strong attachment to your own identity. The idea of weaknesses emerge because of the distance you experience with your ownself.   

Me : Damn. How and where did this idea of 'offering your weaknesses' to God come about from ? One hears that often.  

Voice : The idea of 'offering your weaknesses’ emerges about from an inner attempt to detach you from thinking about ‘faults’ within you. ‘Offering' means totally forgetting about it so you can focus on Divinity wholeheartedly. The intent is to dislodge your thoughts about it.     

When you love God deeply, just the way you become detached from the world outside, you become detached from who you are. Strengths, weaknesses, virtues, vices, good and bad becomes significant only for the one who has not dived deep into Divine Love.  

What am I going to do with your weaknesses ? I want nothing but pure love. Only love is of significance to Me.

Me : Hmm

Voice : When you are immersed in love for God alone, the consciousness of 'I' begins to fade, and gradually you begin to disappear and God begins to appear. 

And, when God manifests, to whom does the so-called weaknesses actually belong ? 


   

    

Who Am I ?

Me : Who am I ? 

Voice : A-ha. So, you have moved into the league of big questions now.   

Me : Are you gonna answer this ? 

Voice : To find the answer to 'Who am I’ - ask yourself  'Where are you' ?  

Me : You can never give me a straight answer, can you ?

Voice : When you come to a point when you can reply to that question honestly and say - 'I am in the NOW’ - you will find the answer. Answers to all questions lie here.

But, your questions itself have been pulling you out of the NOW. That is the nature of questioning. Because when you ask, the expectation of an answer has already created a moment of a probable future, and you drift away from the Present.   

Me : Oh 

Voice : This oscillation of your mind between the past and future drifts you into a state where you create more bondage and suffering. You feel worn down from the bindings of conceptual past and future and this drifting causes the emergence of endless enquiry, questions and doubts.  

When you drown yourself in the precious stillness of the Present, you find your honest state of Being. Your identity with your ownself loosens up and so does all that comes with it. There is nothing to know; only Experience. 

Those who know and live this, are living in True Freedom. 

And, don’t worry thinking about God when you are in the eternal NOW, because when you are in the NOW, God is already present.

Feeling Fortunate, God Lover ?

Voice : So, you feel you are fortunate that you have a deep connection with Divinity?

Me : Yes 

Voice : And, the others are less fortunate? 

Me : Sounds like I am in for some serious chat here ... 

Voice : You were speaking to a friend the other day and he had to abruptly excuse himself to observe Namaz.

Me : Ya..   

Voice : So, I know each thought and feeling that went into your head, when he excused himself to offer prayers. It is true that God is love and it is only love that draws the seeker closer to God. 

Seeking Divinity through empty rites or ritualistic prayers done out of fear or mechanical exercises is a barren approach. You know this and your mind spiralled into thinking how your friend was unaware, unawakened and distant from the Path. Your pride was tickled into believing your closeness to Divinity over the other. It resides deep within you and you are unaware of harbouring it. 

You know that just call from your heart can get My attention and therefore any other so-called dogmas are only a part of lives of 'unfortunate' souls. 

Me : Well…

Voice : But, you overlooked that it was True to him. And, therefore I am True to him. He may not understand Me completely today, but that's unimportant to Me. I understand him, for I know his tomorrow. 

I know the sincerity and honesty in his prayers. Irrespective of whatever he is busy with, whoever may be around him or wherever he may be, he halts his entire world to offer his Namaz. He has found a way to break his day five times daily, to halt the force of the false pull of the world and remember the Almighty. None can ever question the expression of a pouring heart and the means used for it.

Detachment from constant assessment of others in their spiritual journey, is imperative for your own progress. It's not uncommon, for those treading the early spiritual path to form constant judgements in the mind of where everyone stands with their spiritual evolution and use that to gauge one's own closeness to Divinity.   

Me : Oh

Voice : I am quite sure I don't belong only to a 'Gang of God-Lovers' and 'Spiritual Seekers'. That is to belittle My Love and Infinity. 

I am for all - Equally. How will you ever understand that a part of My working includes veiling My Ownself from man ?  

Me : Hmm

Voice : Your strong and self-created identity of 'God-Lover' is your own binding. 

In contrast, your friend who is immersed in rituals is free as he is detached from any labels, ideas, spiritual progress or rewards. Being true to himself, he lives with an honest heart. 

Remember, once you identify yourself as a Seeker or Lover of God, you also create 'Non-Seekers' in your mind. It is bound to silently creep into your being. 

Me : I don't want that. What do you suggest I must do ? 

Voice : You have to believe the whole world is moving together towards God - in its own way. There cannot be any distinction of the right or wrong Path as there exists nothing like a Path. You have conjured the idea of a 'Path' to create your own distinctions, when the Truth is only a matter of unveiling layers of Self. The false idea of 'The Path' can make you pretentiously pious when you are not, and judge a maverick while he may be closest to the Truth. 

To build communities, groups, speak and hold gatherings in the name of God, you have to be ever conscious of the fact that you don't nurture feelings of separateness and divisions from rest of the people and take subtle delight in it. 

How can you afford to miss the idea of unity if your friends and family choose to worship a stone idol in a temple, pray in a mosque, visit church for a Sunday mass, observe fasts, attend healing workshops, walk barefeet to a tomb, make pilgrimages to shrines, climb mountains to search for God, or even totally disbelieve in His existence ? 

Me : Hmm..

Voice : The illusion of duality is tricky and it often uses a back-door entry especially for 'God-Lovers' and 'Spiritual Seekers' to magnify separateness and invisible pride. You share a greater responsibility to weed out judgement, differentiation and opinions in your own mind before you can be the Light yourself.   

Remember, that each journey to Me is crafted by Me alone. I am most eager for you to find Me.      

It is good to feel fortunate, but how you use this good fortune is of great importance. 

If everyone is equidistant from Me, then believe it's only a matter of turning the key. 

Weren't you an atheist, few years ago ?