#personal relationship

“‘I have a personal relationship with my toaster.’

‘It loves me unconditionally & it answers me when I talk to it.’

This is what you sound like when you talk about your religion.”

The toaster sounds much more sane.

We actually know toasters exist; it’s only the relationship that is imaginary.

Not because you were good or kind

But because you were mean to me

The same way I was mean to myself

You told me every negative thing I said about myself was true

You made me feel small

Affirmation

O Heavenly Father, O Cosmic Mother,

O Master Mine, O Friend Divine,

I came alone, I go alone;

With Thee alone, with Thee alone.

With Thee alone, with Thee alone.

The Guru - Feel His Presence - Write a Letter - Listen to Daya Mata Read His Poem

“It is the mercy of my true Guru that has made me

to know the unknown;

I have learned from Him how to walk without feet,

to see without eyes, to hear without ears, to

drink without mouth, to fly without wings;

I have brought my love and my meditation into the

land where there is no sun and moon, nor day

and night.

Without eating, I have tasted of the sweetness of

nectar; and without water, I have quenched

my thirst.

Where there is the response of delight, there is the

fullness of joy. Before whom can that joy be uttered?

Kabir says: “The Guru is great beyond words, and

great is the good fortune of the disciple.”

*Sister Gyanamata, From a Letter written to Paramahansaji in the book God Alone p 216 (One Hundred Poems of Kabir, trans. Ravindranath Tagore). Affirmation, Yogananda, Scientific Healing Affirmations p 57.

*Sister Gyanamata wrote many letters to her Guru. They inspire the devotee by their depth of intimacy and outpouring of reverence for him. Developing a sacred rapport with the Divine Teacher is one of the sweetest elements of the search for God. This personal relationship fills the heart with overflowing love. The palpable responses from the Guru are beyond words. If you feel moved, write a letter to the Guru or listen to this video in which Dayamataji reads “When I am Only a Dream” with music and slideshow of photos of Paramahansaji. May your day be blessed with treasured moments with our beloved Gurudeva. Jai Guru! OmLove, Annie