Late Night Chat with Jeff: Feeling Uninspired, Sep 8, 2024, live on Baba Zoom

We have some informal chat after every arti, the "post-arti party"! But once a week, Jeff Wolverton joins us for some serious mining of the spiritual depths. Join us for conversation, more readings, songs, quotes - you never know what treasures will be uncovered!

Topic: When We’re Feeling Uninspired, What To Do?

Dear folks of Baba,

In struggling for a topic for this Sunday, I felt uninspired and hoped that Baba would provide one. A day went by with no word, but on the second day, still uninspired, Baba flashed this as a topic: What do we do when we feel uninspired? That is, we know Baba is here with us, but we are sometimes caught in an uninspired limbo, neither fully content resting in Him nor doing something with Him. What I did in my situation was to lie down and say His name for hours, filling in the time until something inspiring emerged. And this topic eventually made itself known. What do you do in your life with Baba when you find yourself down to the pilot light, no initiative, no inspiration, when nothing seems appealing? For people here in Myrtle Beach, a trip to the Center can usually be the solution; Baba rewards that effort often with a renewed vitality, or a conversation that elevates, or a rich silence within that has a life of its own. For others, it might be getting together with grandchildren who give us a sense of loving purpose. Even a trip to the grocery store may lift us out of aimlessly spinning our wheels at home and awaken Baba’s active presence. Reading from a book of Rumi poetry can sometimes catapult one out of the doldrums. A much-needed vacation can definitely regenerate our inner vitality with Baba.

What approaches work for you? What activity or preoccupation can you lose yourself in? Eruch once said to a buddy and me when were young, “In the beginning it’s important to remember Baba, to repeat His name, read His books, watch the movies and go where He has been. But eventually it becomes equally important to forget yourself. If you lose yourself in what you are doing, Baba can live through you, even if you are not aware of it. Lose yourself in your activities or work, and when you come out of the absorption, remember Baba. When you remember to remember, remember Him!” There is something renewing in losing ourselves in things, especially when we are wholehearted and one-pointed, and as Eruch said, that can be a form of remembering our Beloved.

So, put on your work clothes, grab a trowel and pruners, and head out into the natural beauty of your garden. Hopefully, hearing about your unique approaches to enlivening Baba within and in your outer activities will inspire the rest of us with new approaches!

In His love, Jeff

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