The Masters are like expert gardeners who can teach us how to tend to the seeds of our soul so we can blossom forth into the spectacular flowers God meant us to be. — H. H. Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj
May 18, 2013
The Spiritual Significance of Mother’s Day
When Mother’s Day was celebrated earlier this week, we were reminded that without our mothers we would not be here. They sacrificed themselves to help us enter this world, yet, as we grow up, many forget. This day is a reminder to be grateful to our mothers for what they did to bring us into the world.
Similarly, we also forget that all of us, including our mothers and fathers and the generations who preceded them, are here because of the true Mother or Parent, God. We forget that we exist only because we have been created by God.
Many think they are the center of the universe. In earlier times, scientists used to believe that the solar system revolved around the earth. However, later they came to know that the solar system revolves around the sun. Similarly, we think that all creation revolves around us. Little do we realize that we are players in the giant drama of God. This creation is the Lord’s play, and we are bit players. We may think we are separate from God, but we are a creation made by God and are playing our roles. We are all a part of God.
The deeper meaning of Mother’s Day is to not only honor our mothers for giving us life physically, but also to honor our true Parent, God, who gave us life at all levels: physically, intellectually, and spiritually. When we remember our mothers, we should also remember God for creating us.
Any of us who are parents know the pain felt when our children are not grateful for all the love and sacrifice made for them. We also know how happy we feel when they recognize our love for them. In the same way, we can think of the difference between those who remember God with gratitude and those who are either ungrateful or do not even acknowledge the existence of God.
How can we remember God? When we sit in silent meditation, we can commune with the spiritual Power within us. Through inner concentration in meditation, we can experience God. Through that experience, we then know there is God, that we are soul, and there is a way to reconnect the two. The more we experience God within, the more we can appreciate and be grateful for God’s gifts. Through seeing God with our own inner spiritual eye and hearing the Sound of God with our inner spiritual ear, we grow in gratitude for God as we are showered with grace and Godly love.
Living in Truthfulness
It is important to be truthful at all times—in all activities, in all actions, in all thoughts, in all words, and in all deeds.
Lack of truthfulness creates havoc, not only in the lives of others but in our own life. To be untruthful is to create more ramifications of the mind, more situations for the mind to deal with. When you are dealing with the truth, you are always dealing with one. The truth is always one and the same. But when you’re dealing with activities that are not truthful, you are dealing with many situations. So let us always practice truthfulness.
~ Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj
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Transforming Our Lives (3:14)
We all want loving and peaceful lives, but what do we do about it? The spiritual Master says that going to our places of worship once a week and thinking that is enough won't do. We need to put an emphasis on the esoteric or inner aspect of our faith, rather than focusing on the exoteric or outer aspect, such as rites and rituals. Unless we truly want to experience a change in our being, our life will just pass us by.
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Belief in Inner Realms (5:39)
When scientists tell us there are worlds beyond this world, we can understand that. Yet when saints tell us about spiritual regions that we can reach, regions that are more loving and conscious than this physical one, we have a hard time believing it. According to the Gallup poll, 21 million people have had near death experiences, and they have been transformed by the experiencing the inner Light.
Remembering Sant Darshan, the Poet Saint
A program honoring the inspiring and exemplary life of renowned Sant Darshan Singh Ji Maharaj will be held May 30 - 31 in Delhi. (Please see Events for times and location details.)
Twenty-four years after his physical passing he remains deeply missed and greatly revered. Crowds nearing 100,000 are expected to attend.