Tradition tells us that we should avoid clinging. But there is one exception: holding on to Bhagavan. Bhagavan is the “good attachment,” the one that will stand us in good stead through the seasons of life. 

Carrying Bhagavan with us wherever we go—leaning on him in times of trouble—and holding him up before a world that may at times appear confused or even out of kilter, we use the lens of Bhagavan’s face to recover clarity. At such times, we may beseech him: be before us, and lead us, be behind us and protect us, be beside of us and accompany us, be beneath us and carry us, be in us and move us, be between us and connect us, be over us and surround us from all sides—and bless us! —