Daily Thoughts And Prayers
Available in paperback
Prayers, guidance and lessons to start each
day of the year with themes of practice for each month.
From writings and poems by Swami Paramananda • 405 pages.

Salient Thought for the Day.

Unless we are born again as little children our burdens will not roll off.

Lines to Memorize.

I shall always remain ignorant, that Thou, All-wise One, may ever guide me;

I shall always remain a helpless child, that Thou, mighty Spirit of the universe, may ever protect me.

I thank my fate that keeps me ignorant of many things, so I may know naught else but One.

I bless my fate that keeps me ungrown, so I may cling to Thee alone.

Lesson.

The child has not the wisdom and calculation that a grown-up person has and he is always protected. The world is powerless to resist the charm, the appeal of a child. When a child is born, it seems to bring fragrance from an unknown region. Let us learn the art of being like little children. We are so grown-up, we have such a sense of independence and self-importance that we cling to our burdens. When we gain a trusting spirit and give them up in complete surrender and simplicity of heart, our burdens drop from us of themselves.

Prayer.

0 Lord, make my heart pure and clean and humble.

Help me to approach Thee with guileless spirit.

Make me childlike and simple,

That I may be able to lay all my burdens at Thy blessed feet,

And trust wholly in Thy tender care.