On Mother’s Day, be grateful to your guru and god

By Sant Rajinder Singh

The second Sunday in May each year marks Mother’s Day – a day to recognise, celebrate, thank, and honour our mothers and all mother-like figures in our lives. There is a deep connection between the love, help, and guidance we receive from our mothers and gifts we receive from our spiritual master and God, our eternal Parent.

The deeper meaning of Mother’s Day is to not only honour our mothers for giving us life, but also to honour our true Parent, the Divine, who gave us life at all levels: physically, intellectually, and spiritually.

Our soul, which gravitated away from the Supreme aeons ago, has been trapped in the wheel of transmigration, cycling through God’s Creation and yearning to go back to the Source. It is through the grace of God that we are given a human birth so our souls can find their way back to Him.

Throughout our early years, it is our mothers who help create a strong foundation for our lives; they teach us the art of loving humanity and the power of love to transform our lives. Through their actions, they teach us to coexist peacefully with everyone and to serve God’s creation selflessly.

The love we receive in our early years leaves a deep impression on us, and we remember these moments of our childhood no matter how old we become.

On Mother’s Day, we should also remember, recognise, and be grateful to our spiritual master and God. We can draw a comparison between a mother’s love for her child, a spiritual master’s love for a disciple, and God’s love for the soul.

Just as a mother gives her child gains in the physical world, a spiritual master helps the disciple attain gains in spiritual worlds. They, too, shower us with affection and sweetness, and impart the wisdom of inner worlds so that we may embark on the journey to our true Home.

Likewise, God imparts wisdom and protection to our souls, ensuring we do not become entangled in activities of the outer world.

Spiritual masters help us awaken to the oneness of all God’s creation, exhorting us to live under the principle of love and to serve each other selflessly. When we do so, we find that life becomes harmonious, calm, and peaceful. As we take steps in accordance with their teachings and put in time to meditate daily, we make steady progress on the journey back to God.

As they reach their teenage years, children gravitate away from home and their parents in search of independence. Yet, after a while in the outside world, they come to recognise the love that surrounded them at home, and they yearn to return to their parents.

It is no different with our souls, which gravitate away from God. This human birth is the soul’s opportunity to return to its eternal Parent, and we must do all we can to make good use of the time we have by following the blueprint given to us by the saints and spiritual masters.

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