Let’s conclude our study of the new digital-only issue of the Blue Mountain Journal with two brief and inspiring statements from Easwaran, on pages 3 and 63, as well as the passages included in this issue of the journal on pages 24, 45, 46, 50, 53. In the opening article Easwaran begins, “I keep in close touch with what happens in the world. And there are times when I feel deeply grieved by the suffering I read about, and I wonder why life has to be this way. But I never despair. At those times I go deep, deep into meditation until I reach the very source of love and wisdom that exists in each of us.”
Identify something in your life that you find confusing at this time, and where you wish you could ask Easwaran for his tips. See what he has to say in our readings. How can you apply his words or these passages to your situation?
How is your evening routine going of turning off other media, reading from Easwaran for a few minutes, and then going to bed repeating the mantram?
And for an additional spiritual treat, we hope you enjoy this recording of Easwaran reading the passage “Prayer for Peace” from Hazrat Inayat Khan!