Guest guest Posted November 22, 2003 Report Share Posted November 22, 2003 Namaste: With great pleasure, we welcome another new member Celine Tosta to the list. We invite and encourage the new members to actively participate in the list discussions with their thoughtful questions and comments. Warmest regards, --- Celine Tosta <nirakaram wrote: > > Namaste, > > My name is Celine, I´m a 26 years old brazilian > girl. My search in spiritual field began 10 years > ago when I read the Bhagavad Gita. After some time, > I met Sai Baba, visited his ashram and participated > in his organisation for some years. But this was not > enough for me. > In the beginning of this year I began to feel tired > of the cicle of happiness and sorrow, and started > asking God for guidance as how to get rid of this. I > could feel that I was not this body, but I didn´t > know who I am. Then I met one indian fellow, > Karthikeyan by name, disciple of Swami Shantananda > Puri. He´s living in Brazil and we meet once in a > week to discuss vedanta. He revealed to me who I am > and is helping me to transform my mind and intelect > so that I can live this Truth all the time. > I´m able to see the Truth in quick flashes, and feel > a sensation of supreme satisfaction. But the major > part of the time I´m identifyied with this body and > all its miseries. > I´d like to join this list because in this western > culture I feel like I´m swimming against the stream. > When I´m in Karthik´s company (satsang) it´s easy to > get detatched from the worldly objetcs to some > extent. But during the week, when I´m alone, the > colective consciousness is all the time draging my > mind towards the world and my old mood of thinking. > I just want to have some satsang for more time. If I > can join the list, I´ll be very happy, if not I´ll > atribute this to Iswara´s will and continue my > weekly satsang. > > Love and regards, > Celine ===== 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 Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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