SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 21 JUNE

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SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 21 JUNE

SUPREME LOVE OF GOD

 

 

Life is complex nowadays. The struggle is very keen.

 

Here is an easy way of worshipping the Lord. Consider your house as

the temple of the Lord. Your wife and children and others as the holy

company of the bhaktas (devotees). Consider every word you speak as

the japa (repetition) of the Lord's name and as praise of him.

Consider every action as service of the Lord. And your lying in bed

as prostrations before the Lord. And your daily walk and moving

about, as perambulations of the Lord. Consider the lights you burn

in the evening as the waving of lights to the Lord. Consider sleep as

samadhi (superconscious state). Give food and drink as offering to

the Lord, then take it as his prasad (gift). This is an easy way to

worship the Lord.

 

"How shall I wash thy feet with holy water, O Lord, when the very

Ganges flows from thy feet? How shall I give thee a seat O Lord? Thou

art all-pervading: How shall I wave lights for thee O Lord? The sun

and the moon are thy eyes: Shall I offer flowers to thee? Thou art

the very essence of the flowers."

 

This attitude is called para-puja (highest worship).

 

Feel the presence of the Lord everywhere. He dwells in the chambers

of your heart too. He glitters in your eyes. He is the breath in your

nostrils. He is nearer to you than your jugular vein. Behold Him in

every face. You will attain happiness here and hereafter if you

worship God in this way. Life is short and time is fleeting. Start

doing this right now.

 

Why should you roam hither and thither to find God, the supreme

being? Why should you go in vain to the forests? Why? Even as in the

flower, fragrance resides, even as in the fire, heat dwells - even so

doth the Lord abide. Seek Him within, my friend. Seek Him earnestly

too.