This week we’ll continue the title article of the Spring 2015 Blue Mountain Journal Does Meditation Really Help the World?, where Easwaran answers frequently asked questions about this urgent topic. Let’s pick back up on page 7 and read to the end of the article on page 18. As usual, Easwaran’s answers are personal, practical, and uplifting. He writes, “When the battle is waged within, against the forces of anger and selfishness we find in our own hearts, even our smallest triumph benefits the whole world.”
What is the most important thing that Easwaran said to you in this reading? How can you apply it in your life?
Last week we began working together on extending our mantram practice. On your regular mantram walk, try repeating the mantram very slowly, with for example five steps per syllable instead of one step per syllable. This is an experiment Easwaran did to deepen his mantram.
For our spiritual bonus this week, here is Christine Easwaran reading the passage “Prayer for Peace” from Hazrat Inayat Khan.