Lilith says "please start right where you are!"

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I am completely baffled by those who think they "need"

someone to help them "find God". God has never been

lost! A most ordinary spiritual practice, such as

"praying", (and by which I do NOT mean "bugging God

for material benefit")carried out on a regular basis

twice a day for half an hour, will bring most people

enough spiritual benefit for their needs. A good

spiritual practice, if one has no prayer or mantra, is

to read with focused attention a passage from a

scripture that has spiritual significance to one,i.e.

it evokes feelings of devotion or reverence in one's

heart,like, say, the 11th chapter of the

Bhagavad-Gita, or the 23rd Psalm from the Bible. Even

repeating significant chilhood prayers while picturing

oneself as a child and God as the parent watching over

one is good. Any guru will start you off in this

manner with a spiritual regime, so why sit around

waiting? Devise one on your own initiative, with

practices that mean something to you personally. Then

when and if the guru appears, you will be that much

farther along the Path! PS. You can't go wrong with

checking out Ramakrishna Paramahansa for ideas on

simple spiritual practices.

Lilith M.

--- Satish <satisharigela wrote:

>

> Namaste,

>

> It is not easy in India too. It is more worse in

> India and one can

> lose both money and time apart from emotionally

> broke. That is why

> one should not commit right away on seeing somebody

> in an ochre robe

> or if they run into someone who has an ..ananda or

> ..anandanatha

> suffix for their name. There are lots of dubious

> ones and it is a

> horrendous task to chaff out the fakers. It takes

> time.

>

> Let me tell you that I have seen Europeans who were

> initiated by the

> most traditional(the one whom people call extremely

> orthodox)

> teachers.

> It may take some time but it is not impossible.

>

> , Len Rosenberg

>

> <kalipadma108> wrote:

> >

> > Alas, I do not live in India, where Gurus can be

> found

> > on many streetcorners. I am lucky in that Ammachi

> > travels the world, and comes to New York City

> every

> > summer. Unless I am ill, I go to see her. Her

> > picture is on my altar, and I "talk" to her

> several

> > times a week.

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