Guest guest Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 Though you all may appear as many, the same God is in all of you. That is why I address you as Divyaatma Swaroopulaara! - Baba For me, one of the hardest things to do seems to be able to see God in everybody. I mean, I know and believe that there's God in every single person, animal and thing, but it's a superficial intellectual knowledge. When it comes to dealing with people personally, I seem to forget it completely. Especially when I'm dealing with the people around me. I can't seem to see past their human failings - like greed, selfishness, desires, etc., and what's worse is that they seem to trigger in me my own dark hidden failings - anger, ego, intolerance, judgment. There are, of course, other human emotions involved - affection, happiness, longing, sadness, etc. as well, and each of them seem so natural when I'm in the middle of a situation, but when I sit back and think about the day is when it hits me that things didn't exactly go so divinely. As they say, hindsight is 20/20. When I look back, I can see exactly where I mis-stepped, and how I should have behaved, but why do I forget it so completely when I'm in the middle of it all? Is it because I'm so far away from my center that I couldn't hear the whispers of my innervoice? Was I so far away from my God-center that I was totally attached to my human periphery? I thought I was fine all day, but now I see how I was walking around with gritted teeth right below the surface, and I hadn't even noticed. I think I should have taken some much needed breaks during the day, no matter how busy the day had seemed. Taking a few breaks, even small ones, might have helped me to stop, center myself, assess my steps and move forward with a smile, rather than with gritted teeth. Well, I guess I live and I learn. Until Godlinesess comes more naturally to me, and into my life, I have to remind myself constantly, as often as I can. It is an absolute necessity, not only for me, but only fair to the other people around me, since how I treat them is based on my centered-ness, as I'm finding out. I'm happy to have gotten this hour now, to reflect back about the day, however painful it might have been. I can see I was walking around completely blind and deaf to the God-ness within me, and it's time to give my vision and hearing back to where they belong - to God. Because only when I find my God-ness first will I see the God in the people around me. Sai Ram and Love sai_sravanthi_999 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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