New Member Introduction: Let us welcome Dena Blay-Stroba

[Guest guest]

Namaste:

 

With great pleasure, we welcome another new member to

the list. We encourage all new members to actively

participate in the list discussions with thoughtful

questions and comments.

 

Warmest regards,

 

 

--- Dena Blay-Stroba <purnima wrote:

>

> Friends at Advaitin,

>

> Namaste! Thank you for considering me for the

> list. Following is a

> brief description of my journey in this lifetime.

>

> My name is Dena Blay-Stroba, which reflects both

> families to which I

> am affiliated through birth and marraige. I live in

> Michigan, U.S.A.

> At present I am 63 yrs old, mother of six, and

> grandmother of nine (and

> counting).

> I was raised and spiritualy formed in a devout

> Roman Catholic

> family, and attended parochial school through gr.

> 12. College was at a

> secular institution.

> I followed my Christian tradition in one form or

> another for 40+

> years (traditional Roman Catholic, Catholic

> charismatic, and finally as

> a member of the R.C. order of Teresian Carmel

> Secular).

> After I had been a professed Carmelite for 8

> years, I was introduced

> to the study of Vedanta at the Vivekananda Monastery

> (run by

> Ramakrishna order monks). I subsequently was

> blessed with Mantra Diksha

> by Gurudev Swami Bhashyananda, Abbot of the V.

> Monastery. His

> instruction was that I must learn to harmonize

> (never syncretize) both

> traditions in both my fields of study, and spiritual

> practice. This

> initiation took place in l988, and I am endeavoring

> to live up to his

> teaching ever since.

> At the instruction of our Gurudev, several

> monastics both male and

> female (who recieved their vows of sannyas from the

> Mataji of the

> Saradeshwari Ashram in Calcutta), and lay disciples

> formed the Sri

> SaradaMata Ashram. I am involved in the teaching

> arm of this institute

> (better known in our area as Mother's Trust /

> Mother's Place), which is

> the Lakeshore Interfaith Institute, where we teach

> about world faith

> traditions, peace and justice training, and

> spiritualy grounded ecology.

>

> Respectfully,

> Dena M. Blay-Stroba (Purnima)

 

 

=====

Advaitin List Moderators

 

Suggestions/comments from members are always welcome.

Please forward them to the email address: advaitins

Webspace: advaitin

Bulletin Board: http://www.escribe.com/culture/advaitin/bb/index.html

 

 

 

The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.

http://search.