Baba for President

 

Each night before bedtime, Russ and his mother would kneel beside his bed to pray.  Like a bhajan, they would pray in response and repeat.  The mother would say a sentence and her seven year old son would repeat.  The mother had chosen as the prayer Swami's teaching.  "There is only one caste - the caste of humanity.  There is only one religion - the religion of love.  There is only one language - the language of the heart.  There is only one God and He is omnipresent."

The mother would recite each line and Russ would repeat the same line in prayer.  One evening as they were getting ready to close the day with their prayer, Russ turned toward his mother and said, "Mom, I think I can pray this by myself tonight."

"Oh, son," replied his mother proudly.  "That would be wonderful."

Kneeling, Russ began to pray with confidence.  "There is only one caste - the cast of humanity.  There is only one religion - the religion of love.  There is only one language - the language of the heart.  There is only one God and He is our new president!"

I pray we may all be innocent and pure in our minds and our hearts, in our search for the Lord.  May we all see the funny side of living and may we all trust in God as children.  Baba for president?  Not a bad idea, do you think?

~ Joy Ziegler ~

(Sanathana Sarathi - Oct. 1992)