Thank you Aparnaji for leading the contemplation class for us and everyone for your beautiful shares. It seemed too close to the end of the class for me to chime in when ‘remembering’ came up but I wanted to share something I’ve noticed and am wondering if others have too, that ‘forgetting’ is becoming more and more uncomfortable, painful even-it becomes barren so quickly, and I’m wondering if it’s like a built in mechanism of sorts, a natural motivation to be more diligent about NOT forgetting. It seems I can’t stray far or for long now without feeling the angst of separation and wanting, yearning to be back. It reminds me of the expression to be ‘on the straight and narrow’ and it seems to be getting straighter and narrower. I always feel such relief and gratitude when I have ‘strayed’ or forgotten, inevitably because my ego or mind has gotten carried away, to come back to mySelf-relief to feel that wholeness and deep gratitude that it is unchanging and always there for us.
Jai Maa
Jai Maa, Anjali. Thank you for putting words to this phenomina. I, too, have been experiencing the dark cloud that accompanies forgetting. Grateful for the revelation, though sometimes it takes longer than others for ego to quiet—for the Atman to rise from beneath the despair and come back to the peace of remembrance. With much gratitude.