As we approach Palm Sunday let us reflect on the symbol of the ever-green palms that represent the immortal soul. Let us meditate on the one life breath that unites all of life in the perfection of soul. Let us call to mind these words of the Svetasvatara Upanishad:

"The flame of pure-consciousness is eternally ignited within this body. By the meditation of Hong-Swa, all delusion having been dispelled, the Self is revealed in its effulgent glory. There is no path other than this to the attainment of immortality...Hong-Swa leads to the realization of Sohong in wisdom and bliss."

“Awakened by spiritual hope, through devotion, we come to recognize that the whole created universe is the manifested form of God, the divine reality…Ascending in pure effulgence, consciousness reveals the universal oneness.”