Musings And Messages From the Heart II

This second volume of Musings and Messages From the Heart is more diverse, ambitious, and (hopefully) more illuminating than Volume I. Included are selected writings from 1990 to 2014, several poetic reflections, 'pre-school' efforts at Haiku, a public talk reflective of Paramahansa Yogananda's Christian teachings-delivered in 1978, a 1987 talk on educational priorities, and a few of the many talks, commencement addresses, and commemorative discourses presented over the years. Also included is a brief talk delivered at an interfaith event on Pilgrimages, with a focus on Hinduism, and a short story entitled, Master Yu that was inspired by the themes of another that I strangely happened upon in the early 1970's. This Volume may challenge those who are single-mindedly focused on one stream of wisdom and who are unappreciative of the Ocean from which all waters emerge. I have often remarked that "all rivers flow with the same H2O." Divinity is One, not two. And thus no matter the Name or Preceptor we may focus on or prefer, this One is omnipresent throughout all of creation, seen and unseen, and directly experienced or not. In this author's view, our common task as human beings is to accept all as expressions and manifestations of this unfathomable Unity, and learn to love all and serve all, notwithstanding any thought or 'lean' to the contrary.