A post submitted b y CGI member Morgan.

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http://www.visibleorigami.com/2022/03/god-stays-in-background-unless-you-are.html

I look at the wall above my computer screen and I see, in two rows; Peter Deunov, Lord Vivasvan. Mikhael Aivanhov, Ramakrishna, Babaji, and Guru Bawa. Off to the right are Swami Vivekananda, The Divine Mother, and Sri Yantra. Behind me and to my left are, Lahiri Mahasaya, Sri Yukteswar, and Paramhansa Yogananda. Then... at the top of the wall, going around for about three-quarters of it, are large-format BOTA, Major Arcana Tarot cards. Mercifully, for the reader that will be an end to the inventory of items on view.

I suppose there are other images I still wish to add to these, but... my printer was acting up. I think I have that taken care of now. I have these pictures, which are 19” by 13” on my walls because they are my heroes. I see them every day. I see them all day long. When I take my lunch at my desk (if I have lunch), I can consume their images while I eat. As I drink tea through the day, I look at Lord Babaji and I let the idea of him permeate me with the warmth of the tea. All by itself, my right hand assumes a particular mudra over The Heart Center. I do not know why that is happening or what it means. I can guess at parts of it, but... there is probably more.

Why am I telling you this? There are two features in my life these days that were not a constant before. They came and they went. They are Discipline and Order. When they were not present, my life went to Hell without the luxury of a handbasket. When they were present, that meant things were progressing smoothly. They must have been present more than I remember over the course of my life, given the condition I am in, which... to me... seems nothing short of a miracle. How is this possible? I ask myself this when it occurs to me how unusual it has to be.