We Exist in a Field of Infinite Power and Goodness
The strength I have in going into the New Year is that we exist in a field of infinite power and goodness. And cause must have effect; that is the Law of Karma. If you have been good, then you are protected and goodness will save you. Hence the reason why I said this is the best place you could be to begin the New Year. Think of how vulnerable you can be when you are outside where the vibrations are different. But, in this kind of gathering you are protected.
The strength I have is that I am aware of this power in me and around me and no matter how difficult the test becomes, that awareness ‘kicks’ in very strongly. Even when I hear all the negative things around me, something inside me says, ‘Be positive, be positive, be positive, be positive,’ and that reverberates so strongly that the negative just seems to disappear and stay outside. If we are to celebrate anything this evening, then it is that we exist in a power of goodness that never fails and that is the strength I hold on to.
I want to wish and pray for our country. I am wondering in my mind, do we have cause to celebrate in all these big celebrations around the country? What are we really celebrating? Even if you look across the world, you will see the same, the suffering, the crimes, the wars. What are we really celebrating? What have we achieved as humanity that we should celebrate? The only thing I think we can celebrate is the Divine Power. The fact that we have this power of goodness inside that can protect us, that is the only thing I can think of celebrating. As we enter into that New Year, it is with that strength that I can only celebrate the goodness, the power that can defy evil, conquer evil, and resist evil.
This year in Blue Star, our Leader in Holland, Dr. Vyasa Verhoeff, was challenged with a brain tumour. He is on the path to recovery and needs all our prayers. And those who remember Lee who has recently been here, she has been recently diagnosed with breast cancer, so she too is challenged. I hope tonight we will remember them and continue to remember everyone in our world. As I said, the only thing I can really celebrate is the power that I know.
This is a time for prayer, for gathering our strength and for coming together in circles like this. I wish we can have more of this tonight across the country because we need it. It is so difficult to think that a group of bandits can hold our country to ransom and nobody can do anything. This evening, I feel sorry for Trinidad and Tobago, a country I am always proud to say is God’s country.
This evening I am asking you to join with us as we remember Vindra. I feel very positive that something will happen and I ask you to hold that same feeling.
One of the Goals of Spiritual Life
One of the goals of spiritual life is to make the mind very strong and very positive. You cannot do that if you have wavering thoughts, wandering thoughts, and fluctuating thoughts. You cannot do that if the mind is fluctuating. The simple exercise of chanting as we are doing is helping the mind to become focussed and positive. It is more than just a vocal exercise of singing; it is a powerful tool of concentration and mind power.
May You Start the New Year…
May you start the New Year with the power of your inner being. May this be a powerful New Year for you. May you become so strong in your light that darkness will be repelled. May you be so positive that negative thought would not come to your mind. May you be so full of love that you may know no sadness. May you live in the light of your divinity. May the New Year bring you this.
Why do I choose to sing with you? So we can go to that place of power. We can meditate and do it too, but singing has a way of revitalising the senses – the body becomes energised.
Though we may be separated by bodies, we are connected in a deeper space. If I am happy, I tend to excite that in you and stimulate the same thing in you because we touch an inner space.
I Wish…
I wish our country and world could go into the New Year like this. I wish that your homes can be like this. I wish that your workplaces can be like this. All these are within the realm of possibility. You can make it happen. If you listen to the right songs every day, if you meditate every day and if you keep your thoughts positive, the space around you will be different. If you become very lazy in a space, that is the energy the space will carry. The space carries the mentality.
You have the power to create your own space, the space of meditation, the space of recreation, space of study, space of exercise. May the New Year bring you many gifts.
New Year's Meditation
Let us centre ourselves in that sacred space inside. We have begun the New Year in a divine way.
Beloved God we thank You for taking us into the New Year. We ask You to guide us through this year; let it be better than the last. Let us grow more spiritually. Let us receive Your light. Take away the darkness from within us. Help us to be a better instrument of Your Divine Will and let our lives be a blessing to Your world.
We ask You in this New Year Beloved God to bless this country of Trinidad and Tobago with peace, love, harmony and prosperity. We ask that You grant us good leadership as we move into the future. We ask that You purge our island of criminal elements. We pray that in this year we will see much progress. We ask You to bless our world Beloved God.
Bless us with peace, love, harmony and abundance. May no one go hungry, may all be healthy, may no one suffer. We thank You for all the blessings You bestow upon us and we pray that we will continue to be worthy. We thank You Beloved God. Grant us the wish that we will never forget You no matter how busy our lives become. May we be ever connected with You. May we be ever aware of You. And may we ever surrender to You. Thank You Beloved God. Peace, peace, peace.
