Sangha

Right Association 18

Thank You Aum. Thank You Bha. Thank You Gye Nyame.

Thank You Aum. Thank You Bha. Thank You Gayatri.

1

Our union with You, attained by associating

with You, is the root and ground of our Joy

and Fulfillment.

2

Through this spiritual practice of associating

with You by offering all to You, we are

simplifying our life. Living Simply and

Thinking Divine, is our Motto.

3

Unnecessary things, or any thing that does not

improve our health or draw us closer to You,

we keep out of our consciousness and our life

in general.

4

We are also eating to live rather than living to eat.

Before we eat or drink, or play, we offer to You.

Associating with You in this way, we are enjoying

solitude and silence with You evermore.

5

By association with You, by offering all

to You our consciousness, awareness, and

intelligence are purified. They are

returning to their original position

beyond desire, including the desire for

desirelessness, and even the desire for

You.

6

We associate with You by offering to You

all we think, feel, will, say and do. Constantly

remembering You in this way, we are keeping

You in front as our Charioteer. 

7

This spiritual practice of always remembering

You is helping us in our efforts to be

purified and restored to our spiritual and

cultural heritage.

8

We are spiritual, not material beings. This

is our first teaching. We are not the body with

a soul. We are the soul pervading and

transcending the body.

9

Remembering that You are the Divine Soul within

and beyond all bodies is our method of purifying

our consciousness, awareness, and intelligence.

10

Through Your purifying association, we transcend

lust, anger, and greed. Thus, associating with You,

and becoming purified, we are working out our

own salvation and awakening to union with You.

11

You, our Eternal Well Wisher, pervade and

transcend all designations of class, caste,

race, religion, wealth, creed, color, etc., or

species of life.

12

Our spiritual practice of always thinking of You

by offering all to You, is helping us attain union

with You through associating with You.  

13

When we associate with You, we purifiy our

consciousness, awareness, and intelligence,

aligning them with You.

14

Assuredly, we do not have to struggle trying to

change the world. When we change our concept

of the self, from material to spiritual, and strive

to remember You, we see the world in a more

positive light. 

15

When we change the way we see the world, by

striving to always remember You, the world

we see becomes more beautiful all of the time.

16

The world we sees starts and ends with the way

we see who we are. We are the eternal soul, free

of all distinctions, labels, and designations,

dependent on no material considerations.  

17

Our own name, language, our own culture, mores

folkways, and norms are centered in You, our

own Original, Divine Intelligence.

18

This knowledge, observation, and experience

of Self as Divine Intelligence is confirming

the benefits of our spiritual practice of

remembering You.