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.
The last two years, instead of sending cards and letters, you poured your hearts into the mantram, first as she was preparing to shed her body in summer 2022, and again last year in her honor.
So let’s continue this tradition, and make special effort with our mantrams throughout the month of June. Sunday, June 30 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.
This week we will begin studying the Blue Mountain Journal A World in Crisis – Part 2: Our Role as Instruments of Peace issued in the Fall of 2020. Let’s start by reading the introductory statement from Easwaran on page 3 along with his article “Unity in Dangerous Times” on pages 5–8. There he explains, “…the most powerful way to transform people is not through violence or punishment or sanctions, but through patient personal example. Every one of us has a role to play in this great task, right in our own home and community. It doesn’t require speaking or writing or political skills. It requires ideals and the desire to live by them.”
If you have a particular issue you are struggling with right now, look into this reading for tips, and try them out this week.
In these challenging times, the disturbances in our lives and in the world can creep into your sleep. But your evening routine can invite Easwaran in, and you can even make it a conscious invitation. Turn off other media, read from Easwaran for a few minutes, and then go to bed repeating the mantram.
And for our spiritual bonus this week, here is Christine Easwaran reading the passage “If You Want to Draw Near to God” from Abu Sa'id.