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On this third Sunday of June, which marks Father’s Day in the Western Hemisphere, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj spoke about gratitude; gratitude to our fathers and our spiritual father, God.

Wishing the global audience a Happy Father’s Day, the spiritual Master reflected on this day when we honor our physical fathers, grandfathers, and great-grandfathers. It is a day to be grateful to those who brought us into this world and taught us the ways of the world. On this day, he said, let us also express our gratitude to our spiritual Father who created everything.

Seldom do we think about God and all we have been given. We think of God when we are in need or looking for some physical gain for ourselves, rarely pausing to acknowledge all our blessings. On this Father’s Day, let us remember the One who blessed us with this human existence, for it is only as humans that our soul has all the faculties needed to recognize itself and to find its way back Home to God.

Our love for God is but a reflection of the great love that emanates from God. When we grow in gratitude and love for God, we embark on the journey to know God. This is the journey of meditation that takes our attention away from the world outside and into the spiritual regions within us. On this Father’s Day, let us honor our fathers and our spiritual Father, the Creator. Let us focus our attention on God through meditation and strive to embark on the spiritual journey.

Today, Sant Rajinder Singh Ji spoke of how we can learn to live in the light despite the darkness around us. Our human existence, he said, is a gift from God. In this human body, we have been given all the faculties we need to achieve life’s purpose—to know ourselves as soul and to realize God so the soul can return to God—the Ocean from where it originated.

As we live in this world, God wants us to love God and to love the creation—to see God in all living forms. God wants us to adopt the path of love and use our time on earth wisely. Yet, the human condition is such that we have taken this illusionary world to be real. Through the mechanism of thoughts, desires, and aspirations, we have become entangled in the pursuit of material wealth, fame, and gain. In the process, we while away our precious time, having forgotten and lost sight of the goal.

However, despite the distractions brought about by our mind, we can learn not to be enslaved by the mind. Despite the darkness brought about by the challenges and changing tides of life, we can learn to live in the light. This is possible when our attention is focused solely on God, said the spiritual Master. When we go about our day in sweet remembrance of God, we are firmly anchored in God’s love, which keeps all worldly distractions at bay. When we experience God’s love and light shining within us through meditation, we no longer experience the world’s darkness outside. We learn to always live in the light. This is the life that God wants for us, and it can be ours when we walk the path of love and always remain focused on God.