Pure "Atma"s

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Dear Prapatti Groupmembers,

 

I had some "revelations" this weekend, and imagine that it might be

interesting to at least a few members. (I must confess, often my revelations

are merely old insights that everyone else has had and figured out a long

time ago....but when it finally dawns on me, I am usually in great awe of

having culled such a "maanikkam" from the usual rubble of thoughts related

to saamsaaric life in the U.S....)

 

It occured to me that the net is a great medium for relating to each other

as Atmas, all in search of the same Paramaatma. We are mainly known to each

other through our thoughts alone. It is as if our philosophy has come to

life and all matter has turned to energy. Like our munis and rishis who

traveled time and space, we are able to send and receive thoughts and

prayers across the seas as electrical impulses. It matters not if a person

is a millionaire or a hunchback, no such extraneous cover colours our

vision, and we receive with all humility their offerings towards furthering

us on our chosen path. (Who is to say that it is not a perfect setting for

someone like Sage Narada to quietly acquire an id and start up a discussion

that will end in all of us holding even more tightly to the Lotus Feet of

SrimanNaaraayaNa... )

 

For those of us who "get" about 25% in the first reading/hearing of a

Kaalakshepam, we are able to "save" thoughts/emotional outpourings without

any name or face attached to them. Especially at the office, where if Tagore

could see what else is on the disk-drive he would wish all the more to

"sweep the tinsel from the room", it's a great source of strength to know

that alongside are priceless shlokas, translations and Genuine Love... for

the Lord, for the Acharya, for the Poetry, for other Bhaagavathaas with whom

people share their knowledge....

 

It reminds me of the first time I heard that in ancient times from every

home people did sangeetha alaapanai early in the morning, because the sounds

merged in the air, and the combined resonance brought mangalam. It makes me

feel swept away, as if I too am a pure particle in the light wave of Sri

Vaishnavism...

 

I'm sure the above sounds like I'm not all there, but I promise I was in

full control of my limited mental faculties when I thought of the above.

While in physical proximity to Berkeley, I wasn't close enough to inhale

anything except all the Bhakti flavor from your many emails....

 

Kaayile Pullippathenne, kannapperumaane Ni

Kaniyile Inippathenne, Kannapperumaane

Noyile Paduppathenne, Kannapperumaane, Ni

Nonbile Uyirppathenne, Kannaperumaane

 

(Bhaaraatiyaar's poem relating that Krishna is the essence in the sourness

of the unripe fruit, the sweetness of the fruit, the weakness during

sickness, the vitality after recovery...and so on... Tagore called it "The

Sameness of the One in the Play of the Many.."). A single email (bhakti

post) with various mental/emotional/spiritual offerings from across the

globe, all in the Name of the One, allows even an ordinary soul like me a

glimpse of the same elevating experience...

 

Sarvam KrishnaarpaNam Astu...

Viji Raghunathan