Grace of the Mantra

"Adau bhagavan shabdha rasahi: in the beginning the Lord manifested the universe through a stream of sound." ~Vedic text

"En archai ein ho' Logos: In the beginning was the Word." ~Gospel of John

This morning I am so grateful for the mantra given by the grace of the master at initiation. A living mantra is no ordinary word read from a book or heard in a conversation. A living mantra is an emanation of the Logos. Without repetition or concentration, but by Grace, a living mantra carries the mind back to the source of the universe. It is the Word of creation in reverse.

This Word invites us back to the Beginning. But the Beginning is not in time: it is in the core of our hearts.

Let grace, let grace, let grace guide you inward, to your original radiance, through subtler softer realms of energy, until you dissolve in the silence that was there before God said, "Let there be light."

Dearest friend, begin each new day with re-creation.