Ananda Vanii in Our Unit

To: AM-GLOBAL From: "Phoenix Chapman" Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:44:09 -0700 Subject: Ananda Vanii in Our Unit Baba "Ek parikrama'r halo anta..." (PS 126) Purport: By the grace of Baba, the New Year is on the horizon; it is about to come. One cycle of the seasons is complete. The days are passing; the years are flying by. Time is moving on. So many flowers have wilted and fallen to the ground; so many fruits have ripened and fallen to the earth. So many things have happened; so many events have transpired; so many life experiences have come and gone. How the year has passed. This year was enmeshed in the very marrow of my existence; it was part of who I am. The year passed with so many joys and so many sorrows, with so much laughter and so many tears, with so much song and dance, as well as with so much disappointment and heartache. So many positive and negative things have happened in my life. Alas, this year has passed to some unknown place, waning into the far-off oblivion-- now today it is gone. Those who come on this earth-- those who have taken birth-- one day pass away and go. And those who have departed from this mortal world, one day return. Everyone leaves only to come back again. Those who float in the distant blue sky, return in newer and newer forms, shapes, and ways, by Baba's grace. The New Year is on the horizon; it is about to come. One cycle of the seasons is complete, by His grace... == ANANDA VANII IN OUR UNIT == Namaskar, Here in our unit, we selected this below original Ananda Vanii given by Baba for use on this coming New Year's Day of 2008. We found this one to be quite appropriate in these times. Other units are, of course, also welcome to use this Ananda Vanii-- or any of Baba's original Ananda Vaniis. Baba says, "Human society is one and indivisible. Keeping this supreme truth ever fixed in one’s vision, one will have to think of promoting human welfare, love for humanity, human solidarity and universal fraternity, and move accordingly. Not for a single moment should one forget it nor even ignore it. Due to lack of intellect or mutual conflicts in the past, a vast number of creatures have become totally extinct from the surface of the earth. Let human beings not meet the same dreadful consequence." (A'nanda Va'nii, #60) Happy New Year to one and all! Namaskar, Phanindra