Guest guest Posted April 27, 2004 Report Share Posted April 27, 2004 On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 23:06:12 -0000 "Devi Bhakta" <devi_bhakta writes: > > In this group, let us skip the "humble prostrations" to other > members > from now on, how does that sound? If you find someone's posts to be > really clever and/or helpful, just say thanks -- no need to call > them > rishis, tri-rishis or any other superlative. Even serious, authentic > > gurus discourage the dualism that's engendered by that kind of > abject > kow-towing. The dust of my feet comes from the Noo Yawk streets. Ugh! Not recommended. As I said elsewhere, I am merely an ignorant Westerner, enmeshed in Maya, and fascinated by the Devi. As a Pisces, I'm more of a <sushi> than a <rishi>. > Furthermore, the poster below seems to be telling these "rishis" > that > it's okay for them to spit on him and criticize him, because the > information they offer is so valuable that it's worth whatever abuse > > they might dish out along with it. Well, I won't abuse fellow list members. > > > No matter how smart, well-read or knowledgeable you may be (or think > > you are), that is still no excuse to make another member feel like > something the cat dragged in. That is not "sattvic behavior", no > matter how "tamasic" you may consider the object of your derision to > > be. > > > There's a dowdy old rule that my gray-haired kindergarten teacher, > Mrs. Drew, used to repeat to us little rug rats all the time way > back > when: "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at > > all!" I haven't always followed that rule, but you know what? I'm > going to from now on. Just watch. I've been more fond of the version by Alice Longworth (who was Teddy Roosevelt's neice) "If you haven't got anything nice to say about someone, come sit beside me!" But I can be nice, too. > Even if someone calls me every name in the book Are you referring to the <Devi Bhakta Sahasranama Stotram>? I'm not going to > rise to the bait. Enough's enough. And if Shakti Sadhana goes silent > > because niceness is not as interesting as nastiness -- well, so be > it. The older I get, the more sense Mrs. Drew's old rule makes to > me. > Life's too short to spend it hurting one another; on a list like > this, there are way too many positive things that we ought to be > talking about. > > And since I'm lucky enough to be a moderator, guess what? I'm going > to delete the living daylights out of every negative post I see > entering this group. So here's a little corrolary to Mrs. Drew's > rule: If you have something important to say in Shakti Sadhana, say > it in a nice, respectful way -- or it gets zapped ... no matter how > much we like you. > > If you can't talk nicely out of sheer respect for Devi and a space > that is dedicated to Her worship, then I have some advice to help > you > out: Pretend you're in kindergarten, being watched over by a stout, > strict, kind-faced old spinster teacher named Mrs. Drew If she was a spinster, shouldn't she be MISS Drew? Or was she married, but never consummated her relationship with her husband? (Hmm... by that definition, was Sri Sarada Devi a spinster?) , Goddess > rest > her soul. From what I understand now, she was Devi too. ;-) > > DB Okay. Agreed. -- Len/ Kalipadma ______________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 Hi Len ... Thanks for the reply. *** Are you referring to the <Devi Bhakta Sahasranama Stotram>? *** ~ sigh! ~ *** If she was a spinster, shouldn't she be MISS Drew? *** Crikey, you're right! I believe I was in her class during the Summer of Love -- though the spirit of the times had not yet penetrated my underripe [nods to Kanna ;-)] brain, my home, or my classroom. And not once in all the decades since then has that question ever occurred to me. But for the record, she was definitely a Mrs.; a widow a guess. :-p Still, there goes my poetic closing sentiment all to hell. *** Okay. Agreed. *** Tanks, luv. DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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