Namaste and Welcome to you.
I can’t remember when I wrote my last post. And of course it isn’t relevant at all is it? I mean to say that in the contemplative life, time sometimes seems to take on some other kind of character.
Or at least I should say that one’s perception of the passage of time shifts; nothing unusal there I hear you say, and of course you’re right. Just thinking out loud I suppose.
For me, having a right perception of time is an important aspect of my Sadhana, my practice: yes, it’s true: time is seen to fly, or it is frustratingly felt to drag. But my aspiration is to see time as simply a human construction that we use to limit, structure, bind, define, and place all kinds of restrictions on our lives.
Which for me, simply means that there is only presence or Presence; only the ongoing continous moment (what we often call The Now). Easier said than done mind!
In any case, here I am, just where God would have me be. Feeling strongly to reach out to you, I remember the poem (it’s not really about time in the sense we’re discussing it so far) that emerged the other day after reading a quote from Swami Ramdas that seemed to be an answer to some thoughts I’d been having.
I’m grateul for this, all of this. And for you too, the reader of these musings offered with humility and thanks.
Peace and love from me to you.
GOD IS MY ALL
Thinking thoughts
as if battered by demons.
Memories arising of my own evil deeds, selfish and cruel.
Right away I turn to God:
God is my all;
Hare Krishna
Forego repentance,
relinquish regrets;
you are filled with God,
the supreme essence of life.
God is my all;
Hare Krishna.
Through Papa Ramdas
I hear the Universe speak:
Forgiveness is from God;
and it has been granted.
God is my all;
Hare Krishna.
Broken Hill, Australia
9 July 2022
Notes from the Hermit's Cave 
Perhaps the hardest part of spiritual practice is self~forgiveness.
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Yes You are exactly right. And of course it’s easy to say “it’s been granted” but it is always an ongoing process. Thank you for your words♥️
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Without acknowledging our mistakes there would be too much arrogance, but the tendency to punish ourselves for not being perfectly aware all the time is a perpetual problem as well haha. What’s your solution for accepting our imperfections?
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Ah good question I think just as I say in the poem I turn to God or rge truth Of course action is also required to try to correct mistakes or turn around behaviours Also as I try to fix things change thoughts etc I try do remember that I am not in charge Meaning that this physical entity I call me is just the instrument The real Self or God is the Doer.
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I am not sure where this came from but I’ve remembered it…”The activity of the One is the many.” Perhaps one (or One) would (or could) say the real Self or God is on the path too?
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Yes I see The One or God is the taker of all actions in the material world through the many physical manifestations of the One. And because we are all Self or God (One) then yes God is also on the path My next post is actually about Dominus Est or God is Not this or that but just is So stay tuned haha.
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