St. Peter

You know I just re-read yesterday's blog this morning and it wasn't all that good. I don't think I made myself clear. The point is, just because you're on the 'spiritual path', don't think you're any better than anyone else. I think I came back to the west with that feeling and it really separates us from everyone else, from ordinary people. As a matter of fact everyone is on the spiritual path whether they know it or not because everyone is, in reality, the pure unsullied Atma.

Yesterday Christine and I went to Publix market to shop for food for two weeks. We took my huge wire cart and she dragged it on and off the city bus. Our Neighborly Bus now only picks us up twice a week instead of every week because of 'cut-backs'. The economy is causing pain everywhere.

There was a lady in a wheelchair on the bus causing the driver, a hefty lady, to park, get up and undue the lock which kept the chair from rolling, before pushing the chair out the door. All the city buses are well equipped with ramps and locks for this purpose. Also in front of the bus is a rack for a couple of bicycles . All of this is new to me because I'm been gone so long and I am amazed. It's truly awesome. And I thought, “What a wonderful person that driver is to do all that for an elderly person . She's paid to drive this huge bus all around and also she has to be sort of a care taker and nurse too. That's really great, isn't it? Now she is really doing service.

As a mater of fact I was thinking this morning what a great place St. Petersburg is for the elderly and infirmed. So this morning I thanked St. Peter for all the blessings we enjoy here. I really don't know anything about His life except that He was also crucified. He wasn't in 'the Room' with the others so I don't think He wasn't one of the 12 disciples. I know so little about the Bible, don't have one. I know! I'll Google Saint Peter and let youall know what I find out! Anyway I do feel His grace here at Peterborough Apartments in St. Petersburg, reading the St. Petersburg Times every morning and riding the St. Petersburg city buses. See, that tells us right there how much Grace He is giving to us.

This morning when all of this was going through my head another thought super-imposed itself . It is all done in the name of Jesus Christ. Well, of course that is true and we are always aware of how much is done in the name of Jesus Christ,,,and also the name of Buddha and even Mohamed... but I'm not sure about that either. I think in Islam everything is done for Allah alone. I always thought of Allah as being like the Atma, being everything there is. It's really all the same and just a question of different names and forms. The Holy Ghost, the absolute, Atma and Allah are all the one aren't they? Wow, am I showing my ignorance! Now where does our Swami fit in or does He? I really wish I hadn't started this thing. Our Swami is the KaliYuga Avatar who is not very well known over here in the west. Doesn't matter because we know there is ONLY ONE GOD AND HE HAS MANY NAMES. AND FOR THAT REASON, SATHYA SAI BABA IS THE ABSOLUTE, THE HOLY SPIRIT. THE HOLY GHOST, JESUS AND ST PETER... AND YOU AND ME BECAUSE GOD IS ALL THERE IS!