{"id":582,"date":"2008-11-29T13:49:22","date_gmt":"2008-11-29T18:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/?p=582"},"modified":"2008-11-29T13:49:22","modified_gmt":"2008-11-29T18:49:22","slug":"may-you-be-blessed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/2008\/11\/29\/may-you-be-blessed\/","title":{"rendered":"May You Be Blessed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/2008\/11\/29\/may-you-be-blessed\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-410\" title=\"utbt1\" src=\"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/11\/utbt1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"158\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMay your eyes be blessed<br \/>\nwith sweet tears of longing<br \/>\nfor the beloved of your heart,<br \/>\nSri Sri Radha and Krishna,<br \/>\nfor such tears cure the \u201cmistaken outlook\u201d<br \/>\nand make the bitter tears of misery disappear.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>May your vision be blessed<br \/>\nwith calming glances of compassion<br \/>\nas you see the many souls all around<br \/>\nsuffering in the heat of their silent sufferings,<br \/>\nfor by thinking about the true welfare of others,<br \/>\nyour own problems will automatically leave you<br \/>\nand you will prosper and blossom.<\/p>\n<p>May your mind be blessed<br \/>\nby the divine touch of the Lord\u2019s presence<br \/>\nso that you gain the strength<br \/>\nto turn your challenges into opportunities<br \/>\nand your failures into impulses<br \/>\nthat bring out your best.<\/p>\n<p>May your heart be blessed<br \/>\nwith soft waves of gratitude and love for the divine couple<br \/>\nthat heal you inside and out<br \/>\nand awaken your true self<br \/>\nfrom the unconscious slumber<br \/>\nin which it has dozed since time immemorial.<\/p>\n<p>May all your efforts be blessed<br \/>\nso that you may reach the land of divine love,<br \/>\nconquering the relentless cycle<br \/>\nof birth and death in this world.<\/p>\n<p>And may your feet be blessed<br \/>\nalways to carry you into good association,<br \/>\nwhere all these and many more blessings<br \/>\ncan be experienced and nurtured.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, may the winds of blessings carry your entire being forward<br \/>\nlike a ship sailing on the ocean of time.<br \/>\nAnd should your ship experience difficulties<br \/>\nthat make your heart tremble,<br \/>\ndo not worry, there is hope:<br \/>\nCall upon the names of the Lord<br \/>\nwith deep feelings of yearning.<br \/>\nHe will rush to your aid<br \/>\nand give you the required strength of heart.<\/p>\n<p>All the best and lots of spiritual strength,<br \/>\n<strong>Sacinandana Swami<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Under the Banyan Tree<\/strong> is a regular column featuring the writing of <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/contributing-writers\/sacinandna-swami\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacinandana Swami<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/tag\/sacinandana-swami\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Related Posts<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May your eyes be blessed with sweet tears of longing for the beloved of your heart, Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, for such tears cure the \u201cmistaken outlook\u201d and make the bitter tears of misery disappear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[47],"class_list":["post-582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-weblog","tag-sacinandana-swami"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bhakticollective.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}