"WHERE DO YOU GET IT?"

MONDAY, 28th. May, 2012.


If you are anything like me, you will probably be in need of your 'daily bread' on a Monday morning!  Today being monday, (at least where I am on the planet);  and NOT feeling particularly inspired, I asked myself "where should I go to for my "daily bread?"

Where is the 'boulonger', the purveyor of the quality, and type of 'bread' that I am in need of RIGHT NOW?  - Today, THIS  morning?  

After 'casting around' in my own mind for  possible clues, it occured to me, all of a sudden - as though waking up to a 'perennial revelation' -  Of course! 

The  Discourses of Avatar Meher Baba!  Where else?  Yes, I thought,  it's obvious, why did I have to remember that simple truth all over again. It seems we do indeed have to 'remember all over again' each morning, when we wake up.  At least 'most of the time.'

O.K. Which particular Discourse? It then occured to me that perhaps the best option would be to go straight to the sequence of chapters, which, to my mind most directly present a ready offering of  "Daily Bread."

Not feeling particularly inspired on this Monday morning, the 28th. day of May, 2012, I decided to first review the "menu" of possible selections, in terms of which particular 'loaf' might satisfy my need for - 'something', not only suitably 'nutritious'  but also, hopefully INSPIRING!

It now becomes apparent to me that I am really focusing  here  on the "nutritional" metaphor, and my very real need for 'quality bread' - in terms of specific 'nutritional requirements' (incidentally, in 'purely' physical terms, I have a very delicate 'digestive profile') ; meaning  that I always have to be very discriminating when it comes to eating anything at all! So, QUALITY is a major consideration.

I would say that this particular sensitivity  also applies to what 'I take in' in the way of 'mental content.'

So, what precisely do I NEED, in terms of 'mental-emotional-spiritual' nutrition?   

Firstly, I need to distinguish between what I THINK I might need, and what I ACTUALLY NEED.

O.K., I shall now consult the MENU! This (speciality) 'menu' can be found on page 229, of the 7th. edition  of the Discourses of Avatar Maher Baba. It is aptly named the "Table of Enumerative Classification of the Forms of(specialised) Meditation" - and is the most succinct 'entry point' (especially re. Practice), an index to all types of meditation covered in the "8 Parts" or 'chapters' comprising the set of Discourses relating specifically to the subject of 'meditation.'

To return again to our 'nutritional' metaphor. By the way, anyone getting 'peckish?' I am. I shall include here a brief excerpt from the 7th., edition of the Discourses of Meher Baba (1987, p.209) entitled The Chief Types of Meditation and Their Relative Value (Part II, of The Types of Meditation).

Analogy of Food: "Associative meditation is to the spirit (consciousness) what the assimilation of food is to the (physical) body. The body can make up for it's deficiencies by assimilating the right sort of food. Similarly, the mind can secure its health (wholeness/integrity) by the assimilation of Spiritual Truths through meditation."  

"It is necessary to strike a balance between the different forms of associative meditation, even though in their own way they are all good, just as it is necessary to balance one's diet, even when one is satisfied as to the nutritive value of the different components of the diet."  "....The right combinations are those that promote an advancing equilibrium by emphasising just those aspects of the Truth that are relevant to removing the special obstacles the (spiritual) aspirant is faced with at the moment." 

It seems to me that I will be going for a 'combo' 'loaf' today!

If you, my dear readers are wondering why it has taken me 3 separate 'postings' to today's 'Daily Bread' it is because as often happens when I take my lunch, I end up having it 'on the go' (of necessity) - so it is with the taking of my own 'Daily Bread.'  

I believe this is a good thing, particularly with a Blog such as this, that it should happen 'in real time' and reflect the reality of 'daily life.' I will be very glad if you too are able to 'take in' and hopefully assimilate even just a little of this 'Daily Bread' even and especially if it has to be 'on the go!'     


In God's Pure Love, and Infinite Mercy;


MeherStar

Bread and Wine of Meher Love: 'The Daily Bread.'

Why so many references to Avatar Meher Baba on the internet these days?

In my opinion it is very simple. Avatar Meher Baba's Manifestation is well and truly underway. One only needs to observe the progression of world-changing events, from the 1960's onward, (e.g. the end of the 'cold war' and crumbling of the Berlin Wall in 1989; consequent re-unification of Germany; the co-operation of U.S.A.and Russian Republic, where we now have American 'astronauts' and Russian 'cosmonauts' riding on the same Soyus rocket from Kazakstan to the International Space Station.

The extent of dramatically changing attitudes to many key socio-cultural issues, (eg.racial equality in the U.S.A., at least on the political level, exemplified by the first African-American President in history, the increasing acceptance of the inevitability of'gay' marriage,etc.)

I fully realise that such social-political issues have the ability to polarise attitudes within the total population of not only the U.S.A.,but also the entire world, however the general progression over time is unmistakeable, not just in North America but across the world.

The significance of the spread of the Internet and the freedom of expression that it enables cannot be underestimated. Such movements, once started, are virtually unstopable. All to the good!

Such radical changes to the social structure were unthinkable a mere 60 years ago. In all of these areas of radical change in socio-cultural attitude, as well as the very tangeable results of such changes in thinking, Avatar Meher Baba throughout His Mission, which began in 1923, and reached its culmination in 1969, when He gave His inimitable 'spiritual push' to the entire Universe of Creation, and in terms of the present discussion, to the inter-human, socio-cultural world, (which apparently put up the most resistance to this Spiritual Gift - inevitably, given the deep spiritual ignorance endemic to humanity), with all its mostly misguided social, economic, and religous institutions, ('enshrined ignorance' - the 'status quo' ,'false gods', etc.).

There should be no surprise that China, for instance, is keeping a close watch on its 'citizens' and especially clamping down on any dissent from the communist party's dictatorial line re., free speech and the free use of 'social media' platforms. This goes hand in hand with China's ability to create it's 'economic miracle', absolutely dependent as it is on it's ability to control every aspect of it's population's work lives. Indeed every aspect of the lives of it's people.

However, it is just a matter of time. Freedom is unstopable. When more and more of the world is moving in that direction, it produces a massive wave of collective energy moving in the 'one direction' towards evential liberation. Not just in terms of tangeable social and economic freedoms but also (and what is really central in importance) in terms of each individual's consciousness.

For those who already know about this unique Person, Avatar Meher Baba, and in terms of the two  categories outlined by Ken Lux, (i.e. so-called 'suddenists' and 'gradualists') on the web site 'Avatar Meher Baba Manifesting', this would put me in the camp of so-called 'gradualists'. However, personally, I don't see much point in simply naming or rather identifying people by any particular category of belief, rather I would identify myself, in terms of a broad category as 'one of us' - a 'human-spiritual being', with both shared and unique characteristics. But more on that later.

I would invite all forms of 'inter-experiential interaction', on this particular web platform and indeed in all such forums for sharing in the wonderous experience of Avatar Meher Baba's Manifestation, which is currently unfolding. What a wonderful opportunity it is to be here on this beautiful jewel of a Planet we call the Earth, at this time.

As Meher Baba Himself 'said', in spiritual terms, it is the centre of the Universe, and the place where all souls must eventually come in order to realise the ultimate goal of Creation - 'God Realisation', or True 'Self Realisation.'

Jai Baba! to All.

MeherStar