PERSONAL PRAYER

There is a lot going on out here in the outside world, in the world of the senses, in the outside world, in the forest. 
 
Yet it is peaceful and calm here in the center, in the clearing that is the Atman, in “whatever this is,” what I, this person, now know to be the Atman, in “whatever this is,” what I, this person, now know to be union with God.

May the Atman grow ever more present in me, this person, continue to unfold, to blossom, to deepen, to widen.
 
After all this is his life, not my life, not this person’s life.  His many lifetimes, his many journeys, including the current sixty-eight years and counting journey, have been that he may realize his destiny, which is this awakening, liberation.

I, this person, am proud to have been his vehicle, and as it happens, his final vehicle. 
 
I, this person, will die one day, but he will not.  Nor will he ever be born into this world of form again.  His task is complete, the mission accomplished, the deed done.

I, this person, surrender to the Atman.  I, this person, yield to him.  He is the captain of this ship now, of this ship that is this person, only now he is up on deck and at the helm.

I trust his command, his guidance, his judgment.  He is me, this person’s true identity.

May he grow ever more present in me, continue to unfold, to blossom, to deepen, to widen.

And as always I am grateful for his protecting me, this person, and for his providing for me, this person, all these sixty-eight years.

This is his time.  His time has come at last.  The awakening.  Liberation.