Shraddha is more than just faith.

[Guest guest]

Dear Ishmael, I enjoyed your description of the storm. It reminds me

of a sanskrit phrase; " Tat ksanam kim nah kuraddhi prasaddha

paremeshwarah " - (In)that instant what can the Beloved Lord not do?

If we could only keep our attention at that level of awareness

constantly we could move mountains. Sri Mataji points out that the

word " Shraddha " is more than just faith. It is that live connection.

Years ago when my daughter was still a child she woke me up crying

out in delerium. She was burning with fever when I touched her. I

just called " Mahakali, please help! " and she was instantly cool.

It seems as if we often divide our concerns up into areas which we

consider ourselves personally responsible for and other areas which

are within the province of the Divine.

When my aged parents were still alive I mentally seperated them

from my sahaj life because they were not interested. Until one day

in extremis I prayed " Sri Mataji Please; You look after them. " Of

course all the difficulties were quickly solved and they were soon

able to leave this life. I guess my concern was really holding them

back.

In my own case the christian conditioning certainly put God at a

distance and " faith " implies waiting patiently.

In sanskrit " tvam " is so familiar, calling on God as the friend,

this was another joyous discovery. Jai Sri Mataji! Aunty Lyndal.