By Dr. Pillai

Giving is the hardest thing. Everyone tries to escape giving away his money and belongings.

Human ego is often at war with God. Everyone wants to satisfy his ‘ego’ and train God. This disobedience to God is the primordial or original sin.

If you keep God’s gift to yourself, you will become greedy. Greed is the surest road to destruction.

Krishna says in the scripture Bhagavad Gita that the Earth plane was founded on a reciprocal relationship between God and the humans. The humans perform offerings for the Gods and the Divine, in turn, multiplies them a thousand fold.

The human logical mind asks, “Why would God expect gifts from man? Anyway, doesn’t everything belong to God?”

It is true that God doesn’t require anything from the humans. Giving is a mechanism to reform and civilize human ego and greed.

Giving makes you experience your subjugation to God. It is a way of killing your ego and accepting God’s supremacy. It is a device to strengthen man’s relationship with God.

Most importantly, it is expressing your gratitude for life.

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I would like to thank everyone in the daily Vayanamasi chanting group. My surgery went very, very well. The incision to remove a lump from one of my breasts was smaller than a quarter. It was benign.

My doctor couldn’t believe how well the surgery had gone. I had no pain, swelling or bruising. Yesterday, when I saw him; he couldn’t really tell where the incision was actually made from last week. I didn’t take any pain killers or antibiotics; there was absolutely no pain or problems. He commented that most people would have problems with pain, swelling or bruising in that area, but I had none of those problems at all!! Miracles, Miracles and more Miracles!!

I truly believe the group chanting made a very big difference. I chanted before I received the anethesia and chanted in the recovery room after the surgery. I could have walked out of the hospital, but I was asked to sit in the wheelchair due to their hospital rules and procedures.

Blessings to this yahoo group and the chanting group, too. I strongly encourage everyone to use the group chanting and chant with them if your schedule allows you. TYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTY and LYLYLYLYLYLYLY!!!

Thank you.
N. Afiya
NOTE: If you are interested to participate in the yahoogroups which will have the chanting group call information, please join at

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GraceLightGlobal