The essence of my relationship with Maharajji is to love him, to open
myself to his presence, to surrender to him. That's my bhakti practice, a
practice of Guru Kripa. But those qualities of love and openness and
surrender are the essence of every bhakti practice. We find some being
that draws our heart: it could be Maharajji or Anandamayi Ma, Christ or
Krishna, Allah or G-d. You pick the name.
Then we invite that being in. We install that being in our hearts, and
we offer ourselves to it: We sing to it, we chant to it, we pray to it,
we bring it flowers. We love and we love, and we open and we open. And
then we watch, as slowly, slowly, but surely, surely, we love our way
into becoming it.
- Ram Dass -
