Mantra for Lost Things A 2008 Summer Solstice Memory
From MEMOIRS OF A YOGINI
"Guru Amar Guru
Siri Sat, Kali Jug Rakhi Paat"
This morning at sadhana, joyfully
helping to serve Guru's Prashad, I could not find my boots! They were
not where I left them by the rock wall of the Gurdwara. Searching and
searching I was in tears. On top of everything else, when I went to the
latrine to splash my face I discovered my nose was bleeding!
Folks
at my Gurdwara Missal meeting were unsympathetic when I attended the meeting
in stocking feet. One guy said he had seen my boots but could not
remember where. Great. It was so exasperating. I could not walk up the
rocky hill to my tent barefoot! As soon as I started chanting, "Guru Amar Guru
Siri Sat, Kali Joog Rakhi Paat," --the mantra for finding lost things,
I saw the boots clearly standing right where I had left them --on the
other side of the Tantric Shelter, on the shoe tarp.
After walking down to my booth to get a dollar I had parked them there before bowing before the Guru.
It
is a truth that all my karmas have been burnt off. The only thing in my
way is my self! Any tears I have are from misplaced blame and
short-sightedness.
Pronunciation Keys
"Guroo Amar Guroo Siree Sat, Kalee Jug Rakee Paat"
Pronounce "a" as the short "u" in "hut," "aa" as long "a" in "paw" "u" as the short "oo" in "good," "oo" as the long "oo" in "room." "i" is a short version of the two-count "ee" in "feet,"
joyfully
helping to serve Guru's Prashad, I could not find my boots! They were
not where I left them by the rock wall of the Gurdwara. Searching and
searching I was in tears. 
On top of everything else, when I went to the
latrine to splash my face I discovered my nose was bleeding! 
exasperating. I could not walk up the
rocky hill to my tent barefoot! As soon as I started chanting, "Guru Amar Guru
Siri Sat, Kali Joog Rakhi Paat," --the mantra for finding lost things,
I saw the boots clearly standing right where I had left them 
--on the
other side of the Tantric Shelter, on the shoe tarp. 
