The universe is so benevolent and its mysteries so apt in time and place. The elemental forces of the sun, the moon, and water are directly connected to our own life cycles. When we live in an aware way, our bodies and minds become instruments that are able to function with their own cosmic intelligence.
Today morning..after a past few difficult days of recovering from COVID, I decided to expose myself to the early morning sun. Somehow all my thoughts prompted me towards the sun. So I walked my body outside in a garden and then decided to do barefoot walking in the mud and sun gaze. While I did that, I was guided to sing the ADITYA HRIDYAM STOTRAM the ancient Vedic hymn of our gratitude to the sun God. I ended the session by simply standing still and completely surrendering my recovering body’s healing to the powers of the sun. And suddenly I saw the sun with a bright red halo around it. I thought it was a visual hallucination or a consequence to glaring too long and hard. But it prevailed for a few seconds and filled my heart and body with bliss.
I came home to discover that today is the summer equinox and exactly knew how the universe had synchronously made me available to the grace without even my seeking it. It’s all about alignment and preparation and not always effort and pushing. I spent an hour watching the rain after that and feeling simply blessed without any reason. The compassion of grace is infinite. Only that we fail to notice it as we are always busy bullshitting in our heads.
Make yoga, pranayama, sun gazing, tree-hugging and barefoot walking simple daily reflexes in your life. It’s always the simplest things we miss and when we get back to basics…we remain happy without solving our happiness.
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