Holidays were the best part of our life as we got to
spend quality time with our cousins on the maternal as well as paternal side.
Two months of solid vacation. During the day we played, and in the evening, we
were asked to wash our feet and sit down for prayer in the pooja room. We sang
songs in praise of the lord, chanted mantras and immersed ourselves totally in
our prayer. We enjoyed learning new songs. Some of us imagined ourselves to be
great singers!
As a child, I feared God. I was always told that if I did anything wrong, God would punish me. To tell the truth, we were asked to say, “God promise.” That was how our honesty was checked. God did moral policing. That was what I believed. I did not know that God also loved me. I cried to God when I felt alone in life, when somebody hurt me, when I was wronged, when I didn’t get what I wanted or when I felt forsaken. I prayed to God during exams, and for so many silly things as well.
In my childhood, God was a photograph in the pooja room or an idol in the temple. I often went to the temple and all I did was, ask God what I wanted. I was sure that he would grant my wishes. I prayed from far. It was a transactional relationship. I believed that God would bless me if I was good, and punish me if I committed any mistake. I communicated to God through prayer.
Then came a messiah in my life and everything about my life changed. I began to understand more about life, how to live a holistic life, how to magnetize Abundance in all forms, how to live life in alignment to the laws of life, and so much more. I realized that God is a Presence, that God is not outside of me, but with me and within me. He is nearer than the nearest. I started my daily meditation and thus began my communion with God. The transactional relationship became a transcendental one. Sitting in Silence unfolded miracles in my life.
Peace descended and I started doing everything out of happiness. Love engulfed me when I began emptying myself of all my negativities. The bottle was being cleaned from inside. I am now living in a state of bliss, counting my blessings and shedding tears of gratitude.
Self-awareness brought in a lot of clarity. I began to see beauty around me and in myself. I realized that love was a giving emotion and felt no more starved of love. Acceptance became a way of life and I stopped reacting to the immaturity of the world. Life became harmonious. Staying calm even in a disturbed environment became possible. The beauty within was revealed. I experienced many such defining moments. I was Awakened in life!
How do I thank the ONE that elevated and transformed my life! How do I repay! What can I do in return! I am not alone in this thought. Thousands of lives that have had a rebirth like me, join me in gratitude.
Today is the auspicious day that marks the birth of the Sacred soul, and it magically coincides with Buddha Poornima. People all over the world, from a little child to an elderly, are rejoicing and celebrating the birth of this messiah in deep Faith and Surrender. Somebody who has lived for the last three decades, only to help humanity to evolve, someone who is relentless and limitless, someone whom I cannot define and confine.
All that I can do is, live a worthy life, and make HIM exclaim, "I am proud of you, my child!"
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