Ramesh

[Guest guest]

"Whatever you

think you should do at any moment is precisely what God would want you

to think and do."

- Ramesh Balsekar

His letter to God

Dear God,

This is my record of eternal gratitude

to You.

You gave me birth in a most respected

Hindu family,

but not high enough in social status

to make me proud.

You gave me a physical form well-admired

for its perfection,

but it was small enough to keep

me humble.

You gave me education high enough

to be most useful in life,

but not high enough to make me proud.

You gave me success in sports high

enough to be satisfied,

but not proud.

You gave me a career in which You

took me high enough to be

admired, but not high enough to

make me arrogant.

You gave me a wife and family for

which I have always been

eternally grateful, but You did

not spare me some grief to remind

me not to forget what life is all

about, and to be always grateful

for what I do have.

You did not forget to place an adequate

number of temptations in

my way so that I may not be too

critical of others who have to face

their own temptations.

I am now 84, and perhaps the only

wish that remains is that the

long life You have given me will

not carry a burden at the end.

But in that case, I know You will

also give me the necessary

courage to go with it.

You gave me a lot to show me how

little is needed to be content

and how much could be given away.

And, undoubtedly, the most important

of all - as if the bounty

You have showered on me were not

enough - You crowned Your

achievement by using this psychosomatic

apparatus to convey to

the world the most important message

of Advaita. Truly I am

blessed. Or, indeed, my Beloved,

have You not blessed Yourself?!

Finally, it occurs to me, if You

were to design for Yourself a life in

phenomenality, could it have been

much different from this one?

And, for this thought, no tears

are enough to wash Your

Noumenal feet.