Harshaji on Compassion, Ahimsa & Love ... and Sri Ramana

[Guest guest]

"Our true nature is that of utterly innocent and pure love. It

manifests as the fundamental hunger for loving and being loved and is

at the core of our identity as human beings. This need to love and be

loved, by far, supersedes all our other defining attributes, even

those having to do with our gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability,

profession, wealth, status, achievements, etc. Life wants to be with

life. Life breathes life. Life celebrates itself through embracing

love. The overwhelming urge to love and be loved drives our other

motives, actions, and is central to our humanity. At ,

the fellowship of joy, we accept the opportunity to love each other

with gratitude. May you all be protected in the warmth of love and

nurtured in friendship. God bless you with all good things in life."

Lots of love to everyone - Harsha (Harsh K. Luthar, Ph.D.)

"Last semester, a student gave me a book "The Enlightened Heart"

edited by Stephen Mitchell. Looking through it this morning I came

across several beautiful poems. I wanted to share one with you from

Lao Tzu that speaks my heart:

"Some say my teaching is nonsense.Others call it lofty but

impractical.But to those who have looked inside themselves,this

nonsense makes perfect sense.And those who put it into practicethis

loftiness has roots that go deep.I have just three things to

teach:Simplicity, patience, compassion.These three are your greatest

treasures.Simple in actions and in thoughts,you return to the source

of being.Patient with both friends and enemiesYou accord with the way

things are,Compassionate towards yourself,you reconcile all beings in

the world."

Love to allHarsha

Ahimsa and Kundalini Shakti

Kundalini practices and rituals and their mystical visionary

manifestations are described in one form or another in almost every

religion or spiritual tradition.

Sages and scriptures declare, however, that although many

superconscious experiences and manifestations of siddhis are possible

through Kundalini Yoga, Self reveals itself only in a

calm and clear mind.

In Patanjali's Yoga sutras, Ahimsa (the attitude of nonviolence and

amity towards living beings) is mentioned as the first yama (rule or

restraint) for a Yogi. The ancient sages say that the practice of

Ahimsa brings peace.

A peaceful mind that has been refined through self-awareness and

devotion has the capacity to surrender to the Lord of Life, Lord of

the Heart. For such a devotee, the Goddess does not waste

time showing the scenery but takes the devotee directly to the Source,

the Heart, and reveals that the Goddess, Devotee, and the Lord are all

rooted in the Heart, the Self. All scenery and beautiful

paths merge in the Self that is It Self the nature of Self-Existent Beauty.

Here is a quote from "Day by Day with Bhagavan" where Sri Ramana quotes a poet saint:

"Not knowing who I was,I used to speak of "I" and "mine"But I am You

and mine is You,Lord whom all the gods adore." (Nammalwar)

Love to allHarsha

"Ahimsa is the path of maturity. It is easier to practice Ahimsa,

when there are others who share the same philosophy. In fact, that is

the beauty and the benefit of Satsangh. Mahatama Gandhi's

struggle was an uphill struggle. Neither his fellow Hindus nor the

British truly believed that Ahimsa could work. Of course it can work.

 

Success is determined by how the practice changes us. Perhaps as you

said, if we become aware of the self-violence, and discover our

peace, then we can share that."

Love to allHarsha

Mazie: Watching the last portion of “the Green Mile,” last night, and

I’m just caught flat-feet, full-frontal facing myself, crying away,

weeping openly for everyone, for myself, for my friends, for the

world, just wiped out by this beautiful being’s Beauty, his

Compassion, his struggles and his great suffering, for Love of

others, for Love of Love, evidencedin his actionless actions, his

non-resistance to what is being practiced, lived to the best of his

ability, (as are we all,)and I am so moved, just begotten, and you

know what I mean, smitten by the Suchness of Love, hit in the Heart

This …

Love.

Incomprehensible Unconditonal Endlessly Flowing Love.

Love’s Wound, oh the Sweetness and the Grief! God is Grace,God is

Love, and Love, as our Beloved Sri Ramana has spokento us, is the

actual form of God. Such Compassion Sri Ramanahas for us, so Yes is

this, and this moon grows more pale in its swelling, as I grow more

bright in this felling by Love’s only weapon –

Love, Love, Love, only always ...

Love.

The Heart is the Kingdom of Love, of God. We abide Here.

Love,

Mazie (photo of Sri Ramana from - http://www.mooji.org/gallery/ramana.jpg )