THE LORD’S PRAYER FOR LITTLE CHILDREN

DEAR GOD, WHO IS EVERYBODY’S DADDY   AND WHO LIVES IN A MOST MAGICAL PLACE.   MAY EVERYBODY IN THE WORLD KNOW HOW WONDERFUL YOU ARE.   WE PRAY THAT ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE  WORLD,   WILL HAPPEN HERE,   JUST AS IT DOES IN THAT MAGICAL PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE,   CALLED HEAVEN.   PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT THERE WILL ALWAYS BE FOOD FOR US WHEN WE FEEL HUNGRY.  AND IF WE TRY NOT TO BE CROSS WITH ANYONE WHO   IS UNKIND TO US,   WILL YOU TRY NOT TO BE TOO CROSS WITH US   WHEN WE ARE NAUGHTY.   HELP US NOT TO THINK BAD THOUGHTS.   AND STOP ANYTHING THAT IS NASTY FROM HAPPENING TO US.   BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING –   AND THAT YOU ARE THE CLEVEREST AND MOST WONDERFUL   PERSON IN THE WHOLE WORLD.   AND WE KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE THERE TO HELP US   FOR EVER AND EVER.   DEAR GOD.  

THE LORD’S PRAYER FOR CHILDREN

OUR FATHER, WHO LIVES IN HEAVEN,   MAY THE WORLD KNOW YOU FOR THE GREAT BEING   THAT YOU REALLY ARE.   MAY THE WORLD BECOME A HEAVENLY PLACE   AND MAY LIFE BE LIVED AS YOU WANT IT TO BE;   JUST AS IT IS LIVED IN HEAVEN.   MAY WE HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT EACH DAY:   AND FORGIVE US WHEN WE DO BAD THINGS,   IN JUST THE SAME AMOUNT   AS WE FORGIVE ANYONE WHO IS UNKIND TO US. STOP US FROM WANTING TO DO WRONG   AND PROTECT US FROM ANYTHING THAT IS HARMFUL;   BECAUSE YOU CONTROL EVERYTHING   AND HAVE THE POWER TO DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE.   FOR YOU ARE THE GREATEST BEING IN THE WHOLE UNIVERSE   AND WILL BE THERE FOR EVER AND EVER. AMEN.

Shri Ganesha Puja: We must respect Mother Earth Campus, Cabella Ligure (Italy)

Shri Ganesha Puja. “We Must Respect the Mother Earth,” Cabella (Italy), 25 September 1999. Today we have gathered here to worship Shri Ganesha. You all know what a powerful Deity He is. His power comes from His innocence. When we see small children, we’re automatically compelled towards them and also we want to love them, kiss them, and [have them] be with us. And very innocent they are, extremely innocent. And when we worship Shri Ganesh, we have to know if we have been really innocent or not. These days people have become extremely cunning and they don’t mind any amount of cunning. They play all kinds of cunning games on others who are innocent and simple. They can justify themselves always, that whatever they are doing is the right thing in these modern times when everybody is so cunning. This cunningness can take you to the other extreme of right side, which is very much punishable, in the sense that some people develop all kinds of problems which are physical, you can say. Like, their hands can get paralyzed or their leg can get paralyzed. Also they can have other troubles with their liver treatments and all that. All this comes up. Then to punish them, a disease of a psychosomatic nature might set in.  At this time, when you have these problems, all such people who suffer from the right side should worship Shri Ganesh. For example, these days the life is very, very much busy with all Read More …