It
is exactly when we are at our best, top of the world, everything taco
and tutti, that we should remember God and remain steadfast in prayer
– that is, whatever the form our sadhana
takes, whatever our practice.
And it is exactly when we are at our lowest, most uncertain,
as-losers-convinced, ready to throw in the towel and let the wolves
have at us, ready to cut a vessel or throw ourselves in front of that
bus – that we should remember God and remain steadfast in prayer.
God is not absent and takes no break, so neither does sadhana.
Who
remembers Dr. Seuss' Green Eggs And Ham?
Sure you do, admit it. We loved it. Sam-I-Am running around
totally getting on this other Seuss-character's nerves, chasing him
all over, literally everywhere - and insisting he just
try the green eggs and
ham. And to make matters worse, everything is in rhyme – just the
reason is never clear. Finally the poor guy gives up and accepts the
invitation from Sam-I-Am, and lo and behold: he loves the green eggs and
ham. Of course, this lovely children's story wouldn't have reached
any Muslim households, nor orthodox Jewish, as the ham would be
neither helal
nor kosher,
notwithstanding that the Muslims are rather partial to green.
So
my own take on it, if I may so presume: ends with the hum-drum guy,
having been offered Bhajan
and Prasad,
shouting with awakened joy, "Thank you thank you, Sam-I-Am, I will
try green eggs with Ram,
I will sing bhajan
with you, I will take some prasad
too – I will praise God in a plane, I will praise God on a train,
with a goat on a moat in a boat – every note, I will praise God in
the rain, in the snow till I'm insane, I will praise God here and
there, I will praise God everywhere! . . . Thank you, Sat Nam,
Sam-I-Am, I do so love green eggs and Ram!"
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