"All actions become ritual of worship when offered with love
and devotion."
Devotion
I often ask my self what is devotion. Who should I be
devoted to? I have been reading Bhagvad Geeta with the group. Lord Krishna
often says my devotee comes to me. I wish I could put my faith in the phrase.
Don’t we all go to Him? Even though I consider Lord Krishna an avatar, worship
and pray to him with my entire heart still I do not know who am I praying to?
Krishna the charioteer of life: Krishna the Cosmic Spirit or Krishna
residing with in as my eternal self? It is interesting to read and note how
Lord Krishna interchanges the word ‘I’ to address him, and also to address The
Supreme self or the Self of all others in nature and universe. In other words
devotion to one can be extended and interchanged with any one of them.
I have a small place set for prayer with various deity
pictures, diya, water, incense and prayer books etc. and pray regularly. Mostly
it is part of my routine with out much depth yet there have been times when I
become aware of an emotion of deep reverence taking place in a moment of
prayer. Some time it is just spontaneous, some time just part of routine and
some time a sublime feeling needing an expression bursting as a soft prayer. It
needs no receiver, object, or deity. The loving expression contained in prayer
reflects peace, tranquility and harmony with in myself as well as around me. The
entire world is of calm beatitude at that moment. I look at the little light of
diya burning steadily and think our devotion is really to the burning of this
little flame of life. It is built in all of us to burn in many shapes and
forms. For some burnings are intense and move through turmoils and
tribulations of life; for others it might be a little easy but we all are
devoted to it in one way or other and we all are responsible to nurture a sense
of devotion and for creating an atmosphere of peace and harmony with in us as
well as around us.
