Special Announcement

Our beloved Christine’s birthday falls at the end of June. In former times, during this whole month, your cards and letters poured in, and Christine read each one with great joy.

Last year, instead of sending cards and letters, you poured your hearts into the mantram for her as she was preparing to shed her body. Doesn’t it feel right to continue this tradition in her honor?

So let’s make special effort with our mantrams throughout the month of June. Sunday, June 25 will be our actual celebration of her birthday with a special program on Satsang Live and a day of mantrams for peace and healing in the world.

Quoting the great sage Bhishma from the Mahabharata, Easwaran ends his introduction to The Constant Companion: “Now, O Prince, I shall recite the Thousand Names. Listen carefully, and they will remove fear and evil from your life."

For our second week of this new book study, let’s read pages 15–21,* finishing the introduction and taking in the first name on which Easwaran comments: He Who Is Everything. “[T]he Thousand Names reminds us from the outset that the Lord is the universe. He has entered into all things. At the core of creation, in the heart of every creature, is the Lord, the very basis of existence.”

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.
Last week we began reflecting on our practice of Spiritual Reading. This week, look for ways that reading Easwaran’s books helps you make your highest ideals a part of your daily life.

For our extra spiritual tidbit, here is Christine Easwaran reading the passage “Life of My Life” from Meera.

* For those using electronic versions of The Constant Companion with different page numbering: this week’s reading is the second half of the introduction, beginning with “Vishnu is also…,” plus Easwaran’s commentary on the name He Who is Everything. (Please note that the latest edition of our ebook is titled Names of the Lord.)