Late Night Chat with Jeff Wolverton: Self-forgetfulness, Jan 15, 2023, 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: Self-forgetfulness and Baba remembrance

Dear folks of Baba,

Eruch, one of Baba's intimate mandali, talked about combining self-forgetfulness and Baba remembrance in our relationship with Baba--to forget ourselves in our activities and work, that is, to be deeply absorbed in what we do, and when we come out of that absorption, to then remember Baba. Self-forgetfulness in the sense that Eruch describes is a dynamic, creative and one-pointed focus, in contrast to a self-focused and half-hearted state.

Eruch said when we truly forget ourselves in what we do, Baba can live through us even though we are not aware of it. At work, for example, we might be totally focused on the programming we’re doing on the computer; simultaneously Baba can be living through us. And when there is a break in that focus, we return to thinking of Baba. In Eruch’s words, “When we remember to remember, remember Baba."

Margaret Craske’s dancers found that it didn’t work to remember Baba in the midst of their professional ballet performances, but instead they would remember Him before and after their performances.

Do you feel your work or some of your activities take you away from Baba? Does that worry you?

Darwin Shaw, a long time follower of Baba, shared with us a balanced example of being wholehearted about work, earning a living for his family, while at the same time staying intimately focused on Baba.

In what activities do you lose yourself, such as sports, music, dance, art, walking in nature, being with your grandchildren?

Is there a smooth transition between the two, shifting from self-forgetfulness to remembering Baba?

Can too much conscious remembrance of Baba create an unnaturalness in us?

In His love, Jeff

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