Some days ago, at the supermarket, I saw a mother valiantly trying to manage two small children and a mountain of groceries. The scene touched me and reminded me of myself years ago as a young mother of four.
Reflecting on Eesha’s words, I realized that I still have this tendency toward “harriedness”—an impulse to try to hold every detail together. I also saw how often I still tend to focus outward—searching, arranging, anticipating—instead of staying “home” within myself and trusting the inner compass that guides me back to my true Self.
Sometimes returning “home” begins very simply: touching my moonstone wrist mala; breathing in and out, So’ham; and remembering what is already within.
I am deeply grateful to the Siddha Yoga path for giving me the opportunity of “learning, unlearning, and relearning”—and of returning to my true Self, again and again.
Bariloche, Argentina
In reading Eesha’s latest installment, I focused on Gurumayi’s story about what Baba said he meant in his greeting, “With great respect and love, I welcome you all with all my heart.” Baba said he was welcoming the nila-bindu that exists within each person. I imagined that Baba was seeing a field of blue dots (nila-bindu). This picture is now firm in my mind’s eye and will certainly recalibrate me whenever I am with or thinking about groups of people or even just one person. How long will I remain angry about something a person has said or done if I see that Blue Dot within them? I learned anger, I can unlearn it, and I can relearn being gracious or compassionate. We all have the precious Blue Dot within!
California, United States
Today I sought help from a tree to recalibrate my inner compass.
I breathed in the fresh morning air in the forest and looked upon a beautiful, strong tree with great respect, as if the tree were a human being, with its own personality and its own life. The longer I spent in the company of this tree, the calmer I became. I felt myself shifting from doing and wanting to simply being.
The profound humility and mastery I experienced in that tree touched me deeply. I focused on my heart and let it breathe freely. And then this tree led me to my true “home,” which is pure being. I simply stood there, and in standing and being—in non-wanting—I discovered the simplicity of my being.
Konolfingen, Switzerland
Just as fish swim in water and birds fly home in the air, I feel my “home” is in the Self. I am grateful for the reminder of the nila-bindu in Baba’s vision. I feel he is telling me of my own nature, since he experiences it and knows it from experience. That’s how I know I am That.
Listening to Eesha describe Gurumayi’s teaching about sadhana being “a continual process of learning, unlearning, and relearning,” I am grateful that I can constantly refresh my position, renew my understanding, revisit my Self-discovery, recontemplate all knowledge. I can feel the Guru’s compass pointing inward very deep, very high, in every direction—pointing in and out at the same time. I experience that it’s a perfect time and a perfect place to be in a human form!
Waterville, Canada
Reading Eesha’s words about sadhana being a “process of learning, unlearning, and relearning” struck the right chord in me. I have been learning how to play the refinements for a Siddha Yoga text chant on the harmonium. Eesha’s explanation reinforced this visceral process of “relearning” for me. Seeing through the lens of this wonderful three-step process gives me a better understanding of the music refinements.
California, United States
