Guest guest Posted January 4, 2005 Report Share Posted January 4, 2005 --- "V. Ganesan"has sent me an exctract of a letter he has written to a Devotee , for me to pass on to the Group . Love to all , in His Grace, Alan > > > "' Life ' is the most precious gift given to us by God ! He gifted IT to man, so that 'man > can become God' (Himself) ! What does man do with such a > treasure ? Started moulding IT according to his brain - webbed his own method of ' living ' > ! Hence, one of the greatest Saints of India said: > " LIFE is more important than 'living' " ! > > Understand this deeply, my dear brother, in your Heart ! Please descend from your 'brain' > to your ' Heart ' ! Start paying 'attention' to LIFE ! > That is, drop giving absolute importance to the modes of living ! Whatever you were gathering > till now in your brain as 'knowledge' , drop them > instantaneously, as if it is a hot, burning charcoal in your palm ! > > Bhagavan Ramana said : " True Wisdom is, going beyond 'knowledge' and 'ignorance' " ! By > knowledge, He meant the ' waking state' and by ignorance, He meant 'deep sleep state'. > The " I AM " is the True Wisdom, which is the basis and ground for both knowledge (waking > state) > and ignorance (deep sleep state). Hold on to I AM , with all your sincerity. Sri Bhagavan > calls this as "Attention paying attention to ATTENTION" ! > I AM is always there - it is your own (God's gift) ! Knowledge and ignorance are acquired > things - depending on your brain - they come and go > (man-made) ! Reliance on God's Gift gives BLISS , PEACE and SILENCE ! Dependence on > man-made things, most assuredly, give only > sorrow, misery and pain ! The very first Upanishad declares : " There are two Ways : ' preyas > ' and ' shreyas ' . Choose the one and live buy it." > 'Preyas' is clinging to the man-made ways - the outward path; and 'Shreyas' is the inward > path, retracing back to Himself (God) ! > > From Moses onwards, God has been giving humanity the reminder that I AM is the only way and > the only Goal - guiding thus intuitively, 'choose > the path of 'Shreyas' ! Those who 'listen' to His Words (Commandments) are 'saved' , > thereby leading a peaceful, quiet, happy LIFE ! > The man-made 'shrewdness' , 'cunningness' , 'cleverness' and 'selfishness' continue to > immerse humanity into the inundation of suffering, loss > and sin ! > > We are, therefore, ever free not only to choose the path of 'Shreyas' but, it can be done > NOW ! Don't worry that much time was lost, all these years ! > Understand, there is NO time , at all ! NOW is the only TRUTH ! If you choose to pay > attention to the NOW, now - that is retracing back HOME > to God, who compassionately 'gifted' IT to us for the only 'purpose' of 'man becoming > God' ! > > My dear Brother ! Nothing is lost ! Begin with the beginning ! You are the I AM ! You > are neither [ ] nor [ ]! Give up all forms of > outward clingings ! Plunge within ! God is waiting within you, to pull you to HIMSELF ! > BLISS, PEACE , SILENCE .......... > > Love, > Ganesan. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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