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Mazie wrote [[There are some incredibly inspiring people here .. ]]

** Of this I am sure.

 

[[This silly upset that you happened upon is but a small ripple on

this pond of true devotees.]]

** I am glad to hear this. When a new member enters an angry house,

it is difficult to imagine that it has ever been any other way.

 

[[Love, Always Love .. ]]

** You are very generous. Thank you for gifting me with such kind

words.

 

I found this on the Sri Ramana Maharshi website

(http://www.arunachala.org/):

 

"All beings desire happiness always, happiness without a tinge of

sorrow. At the same time everybody loves himself best. The cause for

love is only happiness. So, that happiness must lie in one. Further

that happiness is daily experienced by everyone in sleep, when there

is no mind. To attain that natural happiness one must know oneself.

For that, Self-Enquiry, 'Who am I?' is the chief means."

 

To this I will add:

"Who Am I?, Where did I come from?"

 

"Rishis proclaim that we are not our body, mind or emotions. We are

divine souls on a wondrous journey. We came from God, live in God &

are evolving into oneness with God. We are, in truth, the Truth we

seek. Aum!

 

We are immortal souls living & growing in the great school of earthly

experience in which we have lived many lives. Vedic rishis have

given us courage by uttering the simple truth, "God is the Life of

our life." A great sage carried it further by saying, there is one

thing God cannot do: God cannot separate Himself from us. This is

because God is our life. God is the life in the birds. God is the

life in the fish. God is the life in the animals. Becoming aware of

this Life energy in all that lives is becoming aware of God's loving

presence within us. We are the undying consciousness & energy

flowing through all things. Deep inside we are perfect this very

moment, & we have only to discover & live up to this perfection to be

whole. Our energy & God's energy are the same, ever coming out of

the void. We are all beautiful children of God. Each day we should

try to see the life energy in trees, birds, animals, & folk. When we

do, we are seeing God Siva in action. The /Vedas/ affirm, "He who

knows God as the Life of life, the Eye of the eye, the Ear of the

ear, the Mind of the mind - he indeed comprehends fully the Cause of

all causes." Aum Namah Sivaya!"

 

Om Shanti ...

Yogini Shakti