New beginnings

 Dear Friends,

I sent this letter out to you on January 1, 2021 and thought it appropriate to post again, for our rentrée which is also the beginning of a new year for us.

Dearest Everyone!

Happy New Year!

Wasn’t this morning already something happily different?  The light in Paris was beautiful.

I feel we all want to try harder this year  to make the world a better place.

For Sunday’s meditation I propose 2 mantras that speak to the here and now.

The Gayatri and 

The Peace Mantra from the Taittiriya Upanishad

As you know from our practicing together over the years, the sounds in the original Sanskrit are the keys that open us up to transformation.

I enclose an English translation, too, but you know the translation does not hold the same power, because something is lost in all translations,

but you get the idea.

Gayatri

OM

Bhur Bhuva Svaha

Tat Savitur Varenyam

Bhargo Devasya Dhimahi

Dhiyo Yo Nah Prachodayat

Earth Atmosphere Heavens

We meditate on the divine Source’s brilliant light.

May that guide our thoughts and actions.

              **********************

Shanti  (On togetherness)

OM

Saha Navavatu

Saha Nau Bhunaktu

Saha Viryam Karavavahai

Tejasvi Navadhitam Astu

Ma Vidvishavahai

Om. May the Source protect us both in togetherness.

May this nourish us both in togetherness.

May we both work in unity with great energy.

May our study be energized and may our time together

be effective to strengthen our unity in all ways.

May we not hate each other destroying our togetherness.

Om shanti,

Michelle