Embracing Anger
Every time we get angry, we try to separate ourselves from the anger, and observe how it rises in our mind like a flame; we need to be aware, and awake to do this. This practice will dissolve the negative energy, and the light of our observation will transform anger into compassion.
No Waste, No Want
We need to wake up to the reality “No waste No want”. We all must rejoice whenever we are able to help our environment in small ways in our daily life through our awareness of its boundless gifts. The more we learn to respect Nature, and reduce all kinds of misuse and abuse of her abundant gifts to all beings, the more she will be cleansed by the positive vibrations. When we fill our hearts with overwhelming gratitude and love for her, it would also ward off the negative impact on the already polluted environment.
Nature, Our Most Compassionate Teacher
In the silence of my mind, I see God in Nature with every exquisite form! Everything is so uniquely beautiful! At that moment of peace, I ask God, why did you create religions? Why did you not make man worship only Nature? We would have no man-made doctrines, only universal laws that harmonize all that is diverse with that single thread of Prana, our breaths. We wouldn’t have fought wars in the name god and religion. We wouldn’t have killed each other to satisfy some unknown god! We could have learned only from Nature, our One teacher who gives us wisdom and love and sustains us all, unconditionally.
Essence or Whole?
“If one looks deeply into nature, one can see messages strewn about in every single detail. When your consciousness touches nature’s, the consciousness in nature speaks to you and reveals to you the secrets of an awakened living.” – Bodhi.
A Flower Is Happy to Be a Flower
There is no distance between you and God other than your fear and worries, which are creations of the ego. As you practice self giving, surrender and consecrating all actions to the Divine Doer, true flowering happens. The material flower, however beautiful, dies and withers away. The Flowering of Buddha, of pure consciousness in the heart of the seeker, never dies. Time has no function in the eternally flowering consciousness. We all are born to be that Flower!
Miracles and Visions Are Tricks and Traps!
Bodhi always says “Experiencing miracles and visions have nothing to do with spiritual greatness. In many cases, it is only a distraction, and the feeding of ego. Miracles create dependence, obstruct the path to know the truth. Visions create the illusion that he/she is greatly evolved. There is no ego greater and more destructive than spiritual ego.” “Agartala Maa used to say, “Visions, visions, visions! What good will they do? First try to know thyself. All are tricks and traps, meaningless, useless!”
No "Junk Foods" - No "Junk News"!
We need to be very careful about the news feed either through social network or news channels. We forget we don't only eat through our mouth but through our eyes and ears. Junk food = junk body, junk news feed = junk mind. If we eat the news through our eyes and ears, we are mostly ingesting the worst toxins into our mind and polluting our body. Let us never forget—every poison collected through our senses is dumped in our mind and we feel miserable.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
May Christ Consciousness, which is divine consciousness, touch our souls and uplift us to welcome the New Year with open hearts and open minds of optimism, peace and happiness.
The Teacher Teaches through His Own Life
He had prayed this for several days to the Mother asking Her to spare the betrayer’s family the onslaught of his dreadful crime. Now, looking upon the stool with some money, Bodhi laughed and said to me, “Life’s journey is like a flowing river. Losses and gains are the two banks on the opposite sides of this river. Most people spend their lives sometimes ecstatic and sometimes in an abyss of depression – all by being too attached to the riverbanks but ignoring the river’s destination. If one focuses on the destination, one will reach the ocean. One will reach the permanent Truth.”
The Religion of Consciousness
A seeker asked me the other day, “Bodhi, what do you think is the biggest challenge for all of us?” The Mother in my heart spoke: “To constantly remember yourself”! We remember many things belonging to the past and worry about many things related to the unknown future, but don’t forget to question: who is the thinker? who is the doer? and who is the one happy or unhappy?
Light Only Light!
May we find reasons to fill our mind with vibrations of joy and smiles; it is only when we are happy, we can share vibrations of happiness with those who come in touch with us! We are not physical beings but vibrational beings of Light and Love! May we meditate on this reality to give and attract the best in our life.
Bodhi Returns to USA
Bodhi’s U.S. trips are usually very hectic, involving back-to-back travels, long flights from one city to another without enough rest, frequent gatherings, talks and satsangs. This time around it will be more so, since he is to be covering the whole trip in mere 10 days time.
The Art of Mindful Living
Life has its own pristine flow that is simple and blissful. But modern civilization has taken us away from nature. We have created our own habitat of concrete jungles all over the world. We also have become subservient to machines, conveniences and electronic devices. Humankind has been losing contact with nature, and this has created a huge gap between our head and heart.