Sory of Lakshmi - Tony

August 25, 2005

Namaste,

I don't think we have to take into account the possibility of

sagesdisguised as animals re Lakshmi. An animal is just as able to

attainMoksha as a human being if it is through love or bhakti. After

all weare animals ourselves. Ramana isn't the only Sage to say that

animalscan achieve Moksha. Even people on the astral can achieve

moksha thesame way, through love and becoming love, and they don't

have thehardware of a human brain either.

Let us remember that ultimately 'God' doesn't have a mind, but yet

ananimal is still God, and we cannot make value judgements on who

ismore god and less god.........There is only one soul in

theuniverse...........ONS...Tony.

Hello, Namaste Dear Tony,

Yoganandaji used to tell numerous stories centered around animals,and

he said much the same as Harshaji did, (concerning Sri Ramana's view

on this subject), and much the same as you do here, my Friend.

I appreciate your reminder, Tonyji, that no matter how great the experience,

nor how sublime or high-minded, or, to what degree in which we

individually experience and express this same awareness ... there is

only one. One Essence

and One Presence.

A very fine point to make, Dearest Tony! Thank you for this. Here's a

Dear picture for your pleasure, a photograph taken by a devotee of my

Guruji. It shows him with a little puppy in his pocket. How I so adore

this sweet image!

"The mind turned inwards is the Self; turnedoutwards, it becomes the

ego and all theworld. Cotton made into various clothes wecall by

various names. Gold made into variousornaments, we call by various

names. But allthe clothes are cotton and all the ornamentsgold. The

one is real, the many are mere namesand forms."

- Sri Ramana Maharshi, "Be As You Are"The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshiedited by David Godman

As I Am,

Mazie

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