Be New
1. Be new. Pure awareness, free of thought, is ever new.
2. Be fresh. Old judgments arrived at through limited knowledge, are no more valid. Drop them.
3. Be open. Let new outlooks emerge, and lighten your burden.
4. Be watchful. Let your mind’s false beliefs surface. Let them get exposed and leave you.
5. Be still. Once in a while, see something (a flower, a child’s face, the blue sky) with no interference of thought.
6. Be good-humored. After all, it is all a big sad joke.
7. Be unbiased. See things as they are.
8. Be alone. Conquer loneliness. Enjoy space; give space.
9. Be. Do not worry about ‘becoming’. Let it happen.
WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Swami Chidananda
January 1, 2003