“Only when you have lowered all the barriers between yourself and others will there be no barrier between you and the Lord within,” Easwaran explains in this week’s reading. “Deliberately, then, from the very first, you begin to chip away at those walls in consciousness. You do it in little ways, throughout the day, by trying to see the needs of others as clearly as your own and to act in harmony with them.” We are studying the Fall 2019 Blue Mountain Journal in support of our annual Celebration of Easwaran’s Life and Teachings. Let’s pick back up on page 12 of this article, titled “Seeing God Everywhere,” and read to the end on page 22. May we each be inspired to follow his example, realizing this truth in our own lives!
Our worldwide celebration of Easwaran’s life is coming Sunday, October 23. You can read details of how to participate in the Life Celebration at www.bmcm.org/celebration.
Is there a relationship in your life that you wish you could improve? Read this article for tips from Easwaran. Try applying those tips, even if you can’t apply them directly to this particular relationship.
Let’s continue our personal reflection for Easwaran’s Life Celebration. At the end of the process, we will each write a letter to Easwaran. Many of us keep these letters year after year, and you may want to do the same.
If you participated in last year’s Life Celebration Satsang, did you write a letter of rededication to Easwaran? If so, review that letter if you have it, or remember what you wrote. If you didn’t write a letter last year, you can start this meaningful tradition now.
Thinking over the last year, reflect on your successes in shaping your life and relationships based on your highest ideals. If you’d like, you can use this reflection worksheet to keep your notes.
We look forward to taking our theme of “Our Real Identity” even deeper in BMCM Satsang Live.
And for this week’s spiritual treat, here is the next excerpt from Quietly Changing the World.