You are what you think: A Divine Soul

[Guest guest]

Namaste all family: I want to pass on a key teaching from Swami.

When you greet him, or call him on the phone, and ask him how he is

doing, he will respond with great vigor: " I am Divine. How are you? "

How would you respond when you are asked that question? Oh, fine,

feeling well, thanks Swami.

Well, the shock of hearing someone you love and trust make this

statement with so much love, really makes you think: well, if he is

Divine, what am I? Am I this mortal body? Am I these thoughts of

fear or anger or pain or suffering? Or, am I really the Eternal Soul,

beyond pain and suffering, and these thoughts and emotions which I

" see " in my mind, they are just like clouds moving across the face of

the sun.

Then, through the Grace he sends your way, you break through all the

thought forms in your head and heart and announce: " I am Divine too. "

And you really feel it.

Swami teaches us that we are the thoughts we dwell upon. Thus, he

fills his mind with mantras. And as a result, his Divinity, his true

nature, has flowered. He tells us how often he has chanted the entire

Chandi in his dreams. Then he awakens and goes to the fire and chants

it again.

He advises us to put our attention on our Divinity, our true nature,

and it will grow stronger.

Sure, we will slide back into the mud, and doubts creep in, but each

of you have shared some technique which helps you to remember your

true Self. Do it with faith, knowing that the Sun always rises, and

you will again feel its warmth and its light will shine on you and

warm your bones and light your path.

 

Jai Ma Jai Swami

 

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