AW: Sadana

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Robert,

it is wonderful that you should have mentioned this psalm which to me

encompasses the foundations of all spiritual life, whatever the path

or religion. Here is the hoary Latin version, which resounded from

the altars of Christian monasteries and churches through the

centuries, even unto this day. These verses in Gregorian chant set up

a deep spiritual vibration.

Beatus vir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum

et in via peccatorum non stetit

et in cathedra derisorum non sedit

sed in lege Domini voluntas eius

et in lege eius meditabitur die ac nocte.

Et erit tamquam lignum

quod plantatum est secus decursus aquarum

quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo

et folium eius non defluet

et omnia quaecumque faciet prosperabuntur.

I have this on the first page of my little collection of spiritual

counsel, and read it often, to remind myself of the importance of

Moral Conduct or Yama, first of Patanjali's eight yogangas. Universal

concepts of truth that belong to East and West alike.

Michael

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----Von: Skyeryder

[skyeryder (AT) email (DOT) msn.com]Gesendet: Sunday, February 25, 2001

22:37An: Betreff: SadanaThis morning

thought was on "Sadana" - or on my spiritual discipline. It ismost

difficult to do when that ego keeps popping up in my polishedmemories

- "out damn spot... out! Yet, one of my favorite things to do isfind

an Eastern concept/term in the Western Bible... heretical perhaps.

Bookof Psalms chapter 1, 2 and 3 - "Blessed is the man that walketh

not in thecounsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners,

nor sitteth inthe seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law

of the LORD; and inhis law doth he meditate day and night. And he

shall be like a tree plantedby the rivers of water, that bringeth

forth his fruit in his season; hisleaf also will not wither; and

whatsoever he doeth shall prosper." Thank you and Love,

Robert/joinAll paths go

somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

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