Still More About Dwelling in the Secret Place.....

Think of Him all the time before you act, while you are engaged in activity, and after activity.

The above quote is found in the excerpt that I posted a few days ago...by Yogando... in one of the posts about dwelling in the Secret Place of the Most High. It reminded me of several quotes I came across a while back that express a similar thought.

Another one by Yogananda:

There cannot be any excuse for not thinking of God. Day and night, rolling in the background of your mind, God! God! God!…Whether you are washing dishes or digging a ditch or working in an office or a garden—whatever you may be doing— inwardly say, `Lord Manifest to me! You are right here. You are in the sun. You are in the grass. You are in the water. You are in this room. You are in my heart.' (Paramahansa Yogananda, `God First, A Retreatant's Pocket Companion')

“Rolling in the background of your mind. I like that....sort of “pray without ceasing”

...every moment you can snatch away from your duties, take your mind within: "Are you there, my Lord? Am I in tune with You?" You can tell when you are in attunement with God; you feel His instant response. Eventually your awareness of Him becomes continuous, an unbroken connection with His indwelling presence. It is like a radio; you can turn the volume up or turn it down very low while keeping it on the same station. Similarly, when we get busy with external duties, we can turn the radio of our inner attention down, but still have it tuned to God.
(Daya Mata, `Self-Realization' magazine)

There is that radio station thing again...and how it relates to the Kingdom of God. I've posted about it here...we've talked about it on EU. The Christ mind is the tuner...and while, as the quote above states, the volume might be turned down low, we can always stay connected to the Source.

On EU yesterday, Deb posted about an upcoming family event that would take her to Tangier Island (in the Chesapeake Bay) There is no cell phone service on the island...no cars....and where she was staying there was no lickety split broadband internet connection. It was dial up. Ugh. It seems, however, that God spoke to her via the daily devotional that she receives...daily....from Neale Walsch (Conversations With God claim to fame) It said:

…..it doesn't matter if you can't get a cell phone signal or Wi-Fi where you are. You are always connected to Source.

I'm not kidding about this. I'm serious. Wherever you are, wherever you go, you are always connected to Divine Wisdom, Divine Intelligence, and Divine Love.

And indeed we are. So it matters not how many bars are showing on our cell phone...nor whether there is a Dunkin' Donuts with free wifi nearby, we can always “be connected” to our Source..to our Father.