What If Now Is All We Have? - 7th May 2015

Then I got a call from one of the Sangha members who's going through something really strong in life. If you can call something strong, you could really call anything strong. She's in the process of undergoing it and it will be not right on my part to share that with you, what it is. But on a scale of one to ten of what can happen in this phenomenal realm, I feel she is going through an eight right now. So it reminded me that every moment that we have is so beautiful. We are grateful about it. This deep gratitude, this joy, this love that we have for all of us, because it only takes an instant, it only takes a few minutes of something, and then life takes a completely different course.

And this one, I'm not sure whether she is listening at the moment, but this is also pure Grace. But it's extremely strong medicine. It is using strong medicine and there is no way the mind can tell her what the future will look like. And in this way also it is Grace, because the way the events have unfolded around her for the last few days, even the mind has given up trying to predict the future. So all that it's trying to do now is trying to scare her even more, saying, 'Oh, what's going to happen with this?' and 'What's going to happen to my life?' But if you're listening and you're here, just know that right now, this moment, in spite of all of these seemingly strong events, right now you are That which is still the witness of all of this. And That can be found now, even now.

So if these strong events have led to this place where you have no idea where the future is going to be, then let's use this momentum and let's use that to discover That which is untouched by any of this play, however strong it might seem. And so much Grace still, in spite of all of these events happening. It was so beautiful that we were talking and I was feeling that today I'll go to that Sangha, literally I felt I'll spend some more time with her, but she said, 'No, today Satsang is 4:30 and you can go.' This is love. These are the small miracles which I really love in these moments where it seems like the entire world is going crazy around you, to find this clarity, this peace to say, 'Yes, I know you're with me and everything will be fine eventually.'

The great Indian sage, I think Kabir Ji, said don't postpone. If you're saying that you will find yourself tomorrow, then find yourself today. If you find yourself today, don't say today, say now. Because in a moment all the appearances around you can seem to collapse and then there's so much of the distracting energy around you that you will crave for these times of peace when you are able to be in Satsang. So you're here now. You're here now. First, for a while, don't listen to this insistent mind, even when it's saying, especially then it's saying, that 'No, my attention is required for practical things.' All practical things can get finished off in just a minute. All the things which seem like they're so important... even to this dear one who was going through all of this, all the events of the previous day, they seemed so important when she was doing them. Now she sees that it was nothing compared to what happened after that.

Beloved Father, will you please lead us all in a prayer for beloved Lucia, her brother Guido, and father Melchior? Om Namah Shivaya. May all our prayers be answered thousandfold. May Lucia and her family find strength to make it through this time. Much love, Ragga Becky.