Guest guest Posted February 6, 2001 Report Share Posted February 6, 2001 Hello Mark & All Members of the Group A couple of days ago I received by email a beautiful quotation that - although it doesn't belong to Ramana Maharshi - I would like to send it to you as it is about God & suffering. Namaste , Vicki. ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` Like Christ all must be crucified. Like Buddha all must suffer before Enlightenment. We must endure patiently these sufferings if we really want to realise God. If we don't want God, we will be free of these tortures; but if we truly seek God, we will have to weep from our soul for God, not merely with tears from the eyes. When this happens and the ground is cut away from underneath you, as it were, when you cry in desperation, intensely longing for release, then the Grace of God or whatever you want to all it, comes and you are free. - Swami Krishnananda ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` ` Facets of Spirituality Complied by S. Bhagyalakshmi Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1986 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Hello: > > I would like to respond briefly to this because I've given some thought to this > conversation over the years. Yogananda was essentially a dualist, as are > yogis in general. His practice and teaching was about Kundalini yoga and > the main intention in this practice is to merge the Kundalini into the sahasrar, > or ajna - kutastha in Yogananda's case. > Yogic practice doesn't penetrate the illusion of self, it doesn't go deep enough > because there is still the sense of "someone" merging with "God." Yogananda's > teaching is about merging with God, not penetrating the illusion of being a > separate self. > > Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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