While walking my dog recently, I began to reflect on what it means to be in God’s sweet company. I asked myself what kinds of thoughts I would be having and what qualities would be flowing through my being if my mind was absorbed in God. Then, I mentally began listing some of the qualities of the Divine, as I understand them to be. I attempted to absorb my mind in each one as I named it. I started with qualities like compassion, kindness, expansiveness, gentleness, and forgiveness. Soon, my choices became more playful. I started contemplating and savoring words like ebullience, luminosity, resonance, and astuteness. This happy exercise went on for a while. I became immersed in a devotional, light-filled state, as each quality seemed to release its essence when my mind touched on it.
With the support of Gurumayi's Message, I am realizing how important it is to deliberately choose what kinds of thoughts I will have. I am experiencing that this practice cultivates the friendship of the mind.
Castlemaine, Australia