After a deeply inspiring month celebrating Easwaran’s life and teachings and rededicating ourselves to our practice, we now turn again to Easwaran for guidance on how to be of service amidst a world in crisis.
Let’s turn to the Spring 2021 issue of the Blue Mountain Journal, A World in Crisis Part 3: Living in Unity, and this week we’ll begin by reading the brief statement from Easwaran on page 3, along with his article “The Tree of Life: A Symbol of Unity” on pages 5–18. Exploring the Bhagavad Gita’s magnificent simile of the Tree of Life, Easwaran guides us through the vast practical consequences and opportunities it implies, including enriched relationships, security, and love that grows without bounds. He writes, “There is no limit to how wide our concern can extend, because in meditation our consciousness expands little by little, until ultimately we discover we are the very root of the Tree of Life.”
Read this article as if you and Easwaran are having a conversation. What advice does he give you, and how can you apply it this week?
Let’s keep our mantram practice growing! Say your mantram before starting tasks. See how often you can do this. Can you make it a habit?
When sending email or text messages, say your mantram a few times before hitting “send.”
When you walk from one place to another, say the mantram to help you transition.
For our spiritual bonus this week, here is Christine Easwaran reading the passage “The Miracle of Illumination” from Shantideva.