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Svadyaya for January 11, 2014
God Dwells in Our Heart
by Swami Chidananda
Radiant immortal Atman!
Beloved and Blessed children of the Divine! The ideals and goals are the only
things worth living for and striving after. You are a part, an amsha of
that great Transcendence. Act in Its living presence – heart within and God
overhead. That is life. Sadhana is to act in its living presence, and
utilising every moment and filling it with radiant Divine Consciousness: “I am
That; That I am.”
We are part of God. God is
supremely divine. We are also supremely divine. This consciousness must
dominate your life. The Divine Spirit is not remote. It is something nearer
than the nearest, dearer than the dearest, in fact the very centre of our
being. We dwell in the Divine, the Divine dwells in us. Let this truth be the
central awareness in our life. Never separated from God, we move about as
moving temples of the living spirit abiding within us with the splendour of
million suns. You are that timeless Divinity. Make the whole of your life a
radiant process of Divinity in dynamic manifestation. Let divinity be the
keynote of the New Year all the 365 days of it. Always be aware, “I am Divine.
My life must be divine. Divinely shall I live my life.” Live with this
aspiration and He who dwells within you with all His splendour will help you to
succeed in this noble endeavour.
The great God Mahadev is
invoked through a popular verse, “Hridaya Ravinde Bhavam Bhavani SahitamNamami – I bow to the Lord Siva who always dwells in the lotus of the heart
with Goddess Parvati.” The abode of Siva is constantly the very centre of your
being. “Thou art always, constantly dwelling in the lotus of heart. O God!
Grant us this gift that all our days may commence with invoking and awaking the
awareness of Thy presence within us.” This is the prayer.
Let there be the awareness
that „I am Divine. I am a part of God. I am a wave upon the infinite ocean of Satchidananda.
I am a radiant ray of that Light of lights beyond all darkness.‟ “I am in the
Light. The Light is within me. I am the Light. Jyotishaamapi
Tajjyotistamasah Paramuchyate | Jnaanam Jneyam Jnaanagamyam Hridi Sarvasya
Vishthitam – That, the light of all lights, is said to be beyond darkness |
Knowledge, the knowable and the Goal of the knowledge, seated in the hearts of
all.” [Gita 13.17] Live to manifest this truth. Then you will be really living.
Let the New Year be to you a year of such light, a year of such luminous
consciousness, a year of constant affirmation of your true nature: Mano Buddhi Ahankara Chitta
Ninaham | Chidananda Rupa Shivoham Shivoham.
God Bless You!
Swami
Chidananda
Additional Reading:
Goal of Life Is God- Realisation By
Sri Swami Sivananda
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