Curiosity and love (THE DIVINE MOTHER- can she be realized..)

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"adi_shakthi16" wrote

>CAN our mother kali be realized by means of mere scholarship?

>shri ramakrishna says .....

>" one must have faith and love. let me tell you how faith is. A man

>was about to cross the sea from ceylon to india. Bibishana said to

>him "TIE the thing in a corner of your wearing-cloth, and you will

>cross the sea safely. ypu will be able to walk on the water. but be

>sure not to examine it , or you will sink. "

>the man was walking easily on the water of the sea -such is the

>strength of faith-when having gone part of the way, he thought, "what

>is this wonderful thing Bibishana has given me, that i can walk even

>on the water? HE UNTIED THE KNOT AND FOUND ONLY A LEAF WITH THE NAME

>OF rAMA WRITTEN ON IT. 'oh just this!he thought, and instantly he

>sank."

 

Namaste.

 

This story reminds me of an early part of the story of Psyche and Cupid.

Perhaps you already know this story -- it comes from the writings of Lucius

Apuleius, an ancient Roman who was a devotee of Isis.

 

Psyche was a beautiful young woman of mortal family. After her kindred

abandoned her on a mountain, she found her way to a miraculous palace,

where she was welcomed by the voices of invisible beings. They advised to

prepare to meet her destined husband. That night, he came to her in

darkness in her bedchamber in the palace and embraced her as his wife. But

he warned her that she would lose her happiness if she tried to find out

what he looked like.

 

Eventually she broke the rule, by bringing a lamp into the chamber while he

was sleeping. She saw that her husband was none other than the winged god

of love, Cupid himself. He woke up and flew away.

 

After that, Psyche fell into the power of Cupid's mother, Venus, who was

jealous of Psyche's beauty. Venus set Psyche a series of apparently

impossible tasks. First she had to separate a large pile of different sorts

of seeds that had been thoroughly mixed. Then she had to collect golden

fleece from a flock of sheep who had the power to kill human beings who

annoyed them. Next she had to fill a vessel with water from the centre of a

huge waterfall. Finally Venus commanded Psyche to go the land of the dead,

and bring back to Venus a box of beauty from Proserpine, the queen of that

country.

 

Psyche received unexpected help, and completed all the tasks Venus had set

her. Then Venus relented, and Cupid and Psyche were reunited, and Psyche

was made a goddess.

 

Curiosity can indeed be dangerous. It can throw love itself into a state of

crisis. But that is not always the end of the story.

 

Om Shantih,

 

Colin.

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oh colin, that was so beautiful, my master story teller!

 

so let me ask you this...

 

1)are you suggesting that i should go on a 'blind' date

 

or

 

2) fall blindly in love ?

 

lol!!!! smiles!!! just kidding!!!! i got the spring fever!!!!

 

thanx for 'livening' up this place with your heart-warming posts.

 

love and more love

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

, colinr@z... wrote:

> "adi_shakthi16" wrote

>

> >CAN our mother kali be realized by means of mere scholarship?

> >shri ramakrishna says .....

> >" one must have faith and love. let me tell you how faith is. A man

> >was about to cross the sea from ceylon to india. Bibishana said to

> >him "TIE the thing in a corner of your wearing-cloth, and you will

> >cross the sea safely. ypu will be able to walk on the water. but be

> >sure not to examine it , or you will sink. "

> >the man was walking easily on the water of the sea -such is the

> >strength of faith-when having gone part of the way, he

thought, "what

> >is this wonderful thing Bibishana has given me, that i can walk

even

> >on the water? HE UNTIED THE KNOT AND FOUND ONLY A LEAF WITH THE

NAME

> >OF rAMA WRITTEN ON IT. 'oh just this!he thought, and instantly he

> >sank."

>

> Namaste.

>

> This story reminds me of an early part of the story of Psyche and

Cupid.

> Perhaps you already know this story -- it comes from the writings

of Lucius

> Apuleius, an ancient Roman who was a devotee of Isis.

>

> Psyche was a beautiful young woman of mortal family. After her

kindred

> abandoned her on a mountain, she found her way to a miraculous

palace,

> where she was welcomed by the voices of invisible beings. They

advised to

> prepare to meet her destined husband. That night, he came to her in

> darkness in her bedchamber in the palace and embraced her as his

wife. But

> he warned her that she would lose her happiness if she tried to

find out

> what he looked like.

>

> Eventually she broke the rule, by bringing a lamp into the chamber

while he

> was sleeping. She saw that her husband was none other than the

winged god

> of love, Cupid himself. He woke up and flew away.

>

> After that, Psyche fell into the power of Cupid's mother, Venus,

who was

> jealous of Psyche's beauty. Venus set Psyche a series of apparently

> impossible tasks. First she had to separate a large pile of

different sorts

> of seeds that had been thoroughly mixed. Then she had to collect

golden

> fleece from a flock of sheep who had the power to kill human beings

who

> annoyed them. Next she had to fill a vessel with water from the

centre of a

> huge waterfall. Finally Venus commanded Psyche to go the land of

the dead,

> and bring back to Venus a box of beauty from Proserpine, the queen

of that

> country.

>

> Psyche received unexpected help, and completed all the tasks Venus

had set

> her. Then Venus relented, and Cupid and Psyche were reunited, and

Psyche

> was made a goddess.

>

> Curiosity can indeed be dangerous. It can throw love itself into a

state of

> crisis. But that is not always the end of the story.

>

> Om Shantih,

>

> Colin.