Category Archives: My Spiritual Journey

HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE…

MAY 23, 2023

The Guru of Joy, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Have you ever considered that you have a choice whether to be happy or not?

Spiritual Teacher and World Leader, His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is on a mission to teach people all over the world about Happiness.

What do all people want?  Happiness.  It is also elusive for most as the stresses and strains of the world often pull people down.  This stress leads many people to unhappiness and some even to depression.

The world is a busy place full of challenges.  How can one keep their head above water and find Happiness and Peace with never ending stress?

“Sri Sri” or “Guruji” or “Gurudev” as many call him has a solution.

Meditate.  Go deep within oneSelf.   Find Peace in the beautiful Light that you are. Find a place of Happiness within and spread that to the world.  Make a pledge to not let the smile on your face disappear no matter what comes in your life.  Bring Joy to everyone you meet.

He teaches us that we can choose to be Happy.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has been called, “The Guru of Joy”.  In his presence I found Joy that had been missing in my life for years.   He rekindled my Love, Light, Peace and Boundless Joy.

Find out more about him at his website: http://srisriravishankar.org/

and on his Facebook page:

 https://www.facebook.com/SriSriRaviShankar/

And learn to meditate with him here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4C9MyDMb2A

Om Tat Sat

LOVE ALL PEOPLE

The Greatest Spiritual Teaching

MAY 23, 2023

The greatest Spiritual Teaching I have learned from my Spiritual Teacher, Mata Amritanandamayi Devi, “Amma” is to LOVE ALL PEOPLE.

There is no greater teaching.

We are all one, made from the same love, the same light, the same divinity.

Where ever we live, what ever we believe, how ever we pray, we are all one.

LOVE ALL PEOPLE

Wake up, Wake up, WAKE UP!

Are you ready to awaken spiritually?

Are you immersed so much in the day to day challenges of the world that you have forgotten why you are here on earth?

You are here to awaken. To find your own Divinity.

To recognize the Truth that you are…

Spend some time asking yourself, why are you here?

What are you here to do?

What is the purpose of your life?

These questions can begin a whole new chapter in your life, one of spiritual seeking, one of spiritual awakening.

Wake up, the time is now!

Where are you on the Spiritual Path?

Where are you on your spiritual path?

Are you constantly pulled in too many directions while trying to balance all the things you must do in the world? Do you stop, breathe, relax and remember to meditate?

Remember, you are a Divine Being here on earth having a human experience…

Don’t forget to remember this truth.

Remember you are here to bring your Light to the world. Your Divine Self. Your Truest Self.

Take time to embrace your Divinity. Who you are. Why you are here on earth at this time.

Integrate your True Self with your actions in the world, they are not separate.

Realize you are here for a higher purpose. You are here to bring love, light, peace, kindness and compassion.

You are here to bring all your Divine qualities forth.

Enjoy your life and all you are able to experience while you are here. Find happiness, it is your true nature.

Om Shanti, shanti, shanti

Running to God

RUNNING TO GOD

The goal of life, to attain Enlightenment, Self-Realization.

Are you running to God? Or are you running away from God and into the Maya, the illusion that what worldly life has to offer is superior to the higher knowledge, the higher truth, the greater reality, the true nature of your SELF and the Supreme Consciousness that permeates every thing in creation?

Try to imagine life without your Spiritual Path, Spiritual Life. Where would you be today without the guidance and blessings and Grace of your Guru?

Om Tat Sat

WORLD PEACE

PEACE DOVE, artwork by Eszter Schall

PEACE FOR UKRAINE, PEACE FOR THE WORLD

Om Shanti,

It is time to pray for Peace in the World and Pray that the war in Ukraine and all the wars in the World should end.

We are all part of the same Human family. We all want the same things, Love, Peace, Contentment, Family, Good Jobs, enough Food, Clothing, Safe Shelter, Medical Care and Education.

Along with praying for Peace, we can help those in need.

Humanitarian organizations are assisting refugees who are fleeing from the catastrophic war in Ukraine. They are meeting people at the borders, taking them to safe shelter, providing warm food, warm clothing, toys for the children and medical assistance.

Here are two Humanitarian Organizations, both NGOs who are part of the United Nations who are assisting refugees in this way. Please donate if you can.

May Peace Prevail on Earth!

ART OF LIVING FOUNDATION AND INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HUMAN VALUES(IAHV), GLOBAL CHARITIES OF SRI SRI RAVI SHANKAR

EMBRACING THE WORLD, GLOBAL CHARITIES OF MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI

EMBRACING THE WORLD IS PROVIDING FOOD, CLOTHING, SHELTER, MEDICAL SUPPLIES AND OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES TO REFUGEES FLEEING UKRAINE.

TO DONATE GO TO THIS LINK AND SELECT “UKRAINE REFUGEE SUPPORT” FROM THE DROP DOWN MENU UNDER “PROJECT NAME”: https://donate.amma.org/classic

SUPPLIES FOR SUPPORT OF UKRANIAN REFUGEES, EMBRACING THE WORLD
VOLUNTEERS IN POLAND, EMBRACING THE WORLD

How to Stay Happy and Peaceful

How to stay happy and composed while facing difficult circumstances?

At this time I have found myself in very challenging circumstances.

Now there is a pandemic.

In addition, my family has been going through a lot of pain, my aged parents were involved in a very serious car accident which took the life of my mother.

How does a person cope with so many difficulties at once?

In my experience, the deeper one’s Spiritual connection, the more true one is to their own Spiritual path, the more peace and calm one is able to maintain.

Clinging to the Divine for support, Grace flows. Light comes in. Compassion is felt.

Instead of relying on the outside world for support, when turning to the Divine, when spending more time in meditation and prayer, Peace prevails.

Om Tat Sat

How to stay happy and joyful…

In my life there have been many ups and downs, huge losses and tremendous obstacles to overcome.

I know that many times I have felt that I could not manage any more challenges.  That is when i find my support from the Light, the Divine, the beautiful Beings who are near me each day and bring me inner guidance, spiritual support and yes, even joy!

Today I woke up feeling weary and tired.  I wondered how I could continue on.

As I rose from sleep all of a sudden I began to feel JOY.  Pure JOY.  I knew it was the Divine coming to me, bringing me the feeling that life is Joyous, Happy and Worth Living even when things all around you are so challenging.  The Spirit that I am can still thrive, can still find Happiness and Joy from within My SELF.

Om Tat Sat

Why are we here?

Have you ever wondered why we are here on this Earth?

Can it be that we are here for more than just getting an education so we can then find a good job to support ourselves and our family?  Are we here to be a parent,  a Mother, Father or a Child? Grandfather or Grandmother? Aunt, Uncle or Cousin?   Are we here to be a Doctor, Nurse, Engineer, Teacher or Scientist?

Could it be that our purpose here on Earth is something more than just the day to day responsibilities and challenges in life we all have?

When we step back from the busy schedules and myriad activities we have each chosen for ourselves and begin to look at our lives from a different perspective, can we see that there may be a greater reason for taking birth on this Earth plane?

What could our purpose be for being on Earth?

This is the question of our lifetime. A question so important that it cannot be ignored or pushed aside.

I think that if each person will look deeply inside them-self they might find the answer, an important answer that will take them to a higher plane of existence, to a greater realm of existence,  to that of their Higher Self, to their own ENLIGHTENMENT.

Om Tat Sat