Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 After your Bhakti to God has matured you, God comes in the shape of a Guru and from outside pushes your mind inside, while being inside as Self He Draws you there from within. Such a Guru is needed generally, though not for very rare and advanced souls. (Gems from Bhagavan, selected by A. Devaraja Mudaliar) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 14, 2006 Report Share Posted February 14, 2006 So apt, Peter, on Valentine's Day. May I add two more quotes to hopefully inspire you all. *May I always have unswerving attachment to You!' * - (Vishnu Purana) "In bridal mysticism, the devotee considers himself to be the bride of God. He employs the intimate language of love in conversing with his Lord. All the processes connected with carnal love are observed to take place between the devotee-soul and the bridegroom, except the carnality. The devotee pines for, cringes, cajoles, chides and quarrels with the Beloved. There are courtship, union, separation, and reunion. In that phase of mysticism which is known as bridal mysticism, the mystic revels in the love-play with the Divine. The culmination of this sadhana, however, is the Realisation of non-duality. Love is never satisfied so long as the dualistic consciousness lasts. Where twoness is, there is no true love. Love is oneness; ananda is Advaita; the Atman is rasa.In Sri Ramana's love-litany we have this clearly taught. ...In the first verse* of Arunachala Aksharamanamalai he speaks of the 'I am Arunachala' experience. When love matures and realises itself, there is nothing but Arunachala. Arunachala is all; all is Arunachala. This is the plenary experience which is advaita." In Srimad Bhagavatam, Skanda 10, Chapter 29, we find Sri Krsna remonstrating, in jest, with the Gopis of Vraja. He advises them that they must not abandon their husbands and families and embark on a relationship with a paramour such as Him, for that would put a serious stain on their reputation and would surely lead to a tremendous fall from Grace. He advises them it would be easier if they saved their reputations and simply returned to their homes and took to devotional practices such as hearing and singing about the Supreme Lord.'The Gopis retorted that they had abandoned all to serve Him, alone, and that, in any case, the blissful Self of all had already stolen their minds and removed any delight that they may have had in family life. In fact, they advised Sri Krsna that if He persisted in sending them away they would attain association with His Lotus Feet through their already constant meditation and thus their bodies would be consumed in the fire of tapas. Those Gopis who had been unable to attend on Sri Krsna personally, perhaps because they had been shut in their homes by their concerned families, gave up their bodies, all karma burnt up by the intense tapas of separation, and immediately attained Realisation of the Self. Taken from: http://narada-bhakti-sutras.blogspot.com/ Happy Bhakti Day to all ! On 2/14/06, Peter <not_2 wrote: > > > > After your Bhakti to God has matured you, God comes in the shape of a Guru > and from outside pushes your mind inside, while being inside as Self He > Draws you there from within. Such a Guru is needed generally, though not > for very rare and advanced souls. > > (Gems from Bhagavan, selected by A. Devaraja Mudaliar) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Religion and spirituality</gads?t=ms&k=Religion+and+spirituality&w1=Re\ ligion+and+spirituality&w2=Ramana+maharshi&c=2&s=52&.sig=rtlFzYIesn1W1Y-8Lu6puA> Ramana > maharshi</gads?t=ms&k=Ramana+maharshi&w1=Religion+and+spi\ rituality&w2=Ramana+maharshi&c=2&s=52&.sig=nYv8FTa_UKL2pGJmm-ZmYQ> > ------------------------------ > > > > - Visit your group "RamanaMaharshi<RamanaMaharshi>" > on the web. > > - > RamanaMaharshi<RamanaMaharshi-@\ s.com?subject=Un> > > - Terms of > Service <>. > > > ------------------------------ > -- Man is by nature made up of un-clutched, abstract, unconnected, irrational and illogical thoughts. Each thought arises in him and dies before the next thought comes. But he tries to connect similar thoughts and form shafts of either pain or pleasure and because of this he suffers. Clutching onto this shaft is the Original Sin. This clutching is the root cause that is preventing man from experiencing the liberated or enlightened state while living on planet Earth. * To be un-clutched from this shaft at all times is the greatest liberation for man. * — Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda http://dhyanapeetam.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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