Nov 14, 2021 Late Night Chat with Jeff Wolverton, topic: finding Baba in each other, live on Zoom

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Topic: The challenge of finding Baba in each other

In 1956, Anita Putalik, in her interview with Baba in New York City, expressed her deep devotion to Jesus. Baba was very pleased with her love for Jesus, and then responded by saying, “You have made one big mistake in your spiritual life: You have put God in heaven, and until you find Him in evryone you meet, your religion will always be lopsided.” This became the theme of her life, finding God in each one, and she expressed this magnificently in her profession as a religious counselor and with us at the Center.

With a dear friend of mine, we came up with these questions that might be helpful to explore:

Remembering that famous claim: "I love humanity--it s people I can't stand": What comes to mind as a really challenging encounter with someone who gave you a hard time? (and maybe this is an ongoing situation.)

In everyday life how do you deal with folks you need to get along with (neighbors, colleagues, employers, spouses, relatives, shopkeepers, medical practioners, et al.)? Even when--particularly when--they and you are not seeing eye-to-eye?

How much of your day-to-day interactions with others are "on AUTOMATIC PILOT"? Where you behave ROUTINELY, perhaps due to OVERLOAD, too much going on, anxiety, or just plain HABIT?

Do you think awareness, triggered by listening more, could help?

What helps you to bring out the "better angels" of everyone's nature? Theirs & yours.

Do some people come by this disposition, this openness, more easily than others? If so, can it be developed?

What role can/does/could PATIENCE play in seeing Baba in others?

What if the person has behaved like a scoundrel, and is still doing that? What then? How are we supposed to respond to such a person? What's the difference between "seeing Baba in" them, and MAKING EXCUSES for them? Do you find yourself continuing to accept abusive situations and behavior “in the name of love?” Is there a better way? Maybe keeping them at a safe distance and yet holding them in your heart.

Compassion and empathy: how do they fit in here?

What do we experience when we find Baba in others? Is this just another way of coming to ACCEPTANCE?

Could “finding Baba in everyone I meet" be to delight in their company, a welcoming, loving acceptance of them, without necessarily knowing consciously that we are doing this?

In His love, Jeff

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