Confidence in 'God is Here'

So I was saying about God-confidence that it can seem strange that sages of the past have said that we are absolutely nothing. We are nobody, nothing special at all. And yet they seem to have this immense strength in their life when they deal with any obstacle that comes. You see, they are not phased by things that Maya throws at them. You see, and it can seem a bit strange: how is such a meek one dealing with these situations with so much strength? Where is the source of that strength? Where is the source of that confidence? You see, and that source of that confidence is as we deepen in our faith and we realize that it's not just lip service to say that God is here, but to see that He's actually here as a factual reality, more than sitting on the couch.

You see, and if He's actually here, He's not here in a sterile witnessing or a sterile presence sort of way, which we often confuse when we call Nirguna Brahman the pure witnessing—which it is—but it is not a sterile witnessing. You know what I mean by that? It's not just like aloof. You see that my children are going through all of this and I'm just aloof. I'm just untouched by all of this. It's a very loving, caring presence in the form of God Himself, in the form of consciousness itself. Now consciousness is the birthplace of the universe and many universes, as we were talking about the other day. So if the birthing ground of the universe is here with me in a loving and caring way, then what should my level of confidence be? What should it be? It should be infinite, isn't it? Because the One who is the source of all of this, He is with me and I am all that counts for Him in this moment when I am with Him.

You see, I don't know the mechanics of how that works. I just know intuitively that that is true. You see, that if I make Him most important to me right now in my heart, then I am the most important to Him in His heart in this moment. So I cannot be neglected by Him and He's here in that way. Then how much anxiety or fear can we have about what life has in store for us? Ramsukhdas Ji said that the ant gets that tiny amount of food every day and the elephant gets big tons of food. Who does all that? From the tiniest insect to the biggest mammal, who does all that? So what is the reason that we could have to worry, especially if we have insight about the fact that He is with us? What is a good reason to worry? The body is feeling shaky, but He is here. He is the creator and protector of billions and billions. What is one body for Him? He's here.

You see, and we ourselves have gone through so many bodies. Like Krishna said, the Lord said in the Gita, that like we change clothes, we have gone through bodies. So if the body is shaky when He is here, it means nothing. And I'm not saying that I'm speaking from a perch where I am over all of this; this is what I am also beginning to understand. I always share what I'm currently working on with all of you openly that way. But that is what my heart is telling me. So the body, or running out of money, or my relationships not being what I think they should be—all of these things are not worth worrying about because we are confident not in our own strength, but in His strength. So when we invoke Him, when we remember Him, it is that we become present to His presence. We become present to His presence and there's great power in that. There's great strength in that.

So just to live in that way, to be present to His presence, is to be in unceasing prayer. And if we can be present with Him when Maya is playing out in this way, then we'll definitely be present with Him when Maya is gone.