Mercy! Mercy! Mercy!

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Dearest Mazie:

 

What a lovely sharing of love and fine realization. I am sorry to

hear of the serious illness of Brother Anandanoy, as I also,

benefited much from his loving discourses and discussions. I will

meditate and perform my humble form of Darshan on his behalf...as

well as send you also my blessings.

 

How lovely and true are Sri Ramana's words to the questioning

student/visitors. Always, his humor, patience and love are expressed

as genuine caring rather than superiority and he always gently guides

the student back to their own understanding of their own heart,

experience and inner knowing...for that is how a true teacher leads a

student to comprehend a greater truth and to find understanding...we

can all be shown a thing or technique in a book, but until that

lesson or thing has been made "alive" within us, it has no truth...it

has no fixed reality and it never becomes a part of us.

 

It is funny to me that Americans often ask, "What do you think about

so and so?" rather than to ask, "What do you feel about so and so?"

as the latter form invites them to engage in a deeper emotional

process of validating the truth and also examining one's heart.

 

There is one other picture of Yogananda that I love...it is of him

playing the autoharp and looking like a delighted young boy...despite

the fact that he must have been 55 or 60 in the photo! perhaps you

have seen this? I have his recordings somewhere...packed away of

course. Must dig them out. Always enjoyed the "Divine Mother" and

"Blue Lotus Feet" chants best of all.

 

Well, must trundle off to sleepy land as I have had restless sleep all

week. Cannot explain why, as I am usually always a very sound napper.

 

 

Much Love & Peace,

 

Zenbabaji