Dear sadhaks ...

[Guest guest]

Dear Sadhaks <br><br>Peace be with you all.

<br><br>No one is fallen in our eyes; each one is a

manifestation of the mighty "GOD". Each one is at different

stages, with different temperaments depending on the

karmic baggage.<br><br>Each member is encouraged to

express his or her opinions, ideas and thoughts they wish

to share. The only request is to do it in the spirit

of love and respect for fellow sadhaks. In fact, I

have always maintained that for sadhaks it shouldn’t

be hard to do, since no matter what path we choose

for ourselves, all roads appeal to their followers to

speak in love and without judgment. A satsangh is an

ideal place to practice “walk the talk”.<br><br>We have

a beautiful opportunity to learn from each other,

understand each others' paths and thus progress on our own

journeys. Of course, if we choose to.<br><br>The whole

field of love /Bhakti is awesome to me. In Bhakti the

waves of love totally blind us to everything else.

People have moved mountains when they are in this kind

of love. In fact, this one-pointed focus is

precisely the role of Bhakti in God-realization. When we

see nothing else but our ishta-devata, (one’s chosen

representation of “God”) in everything around us and we become

truly one with him/her we find ourselves experiencing

the Spiritual bliss of God- realization. In fact, it

is true even if one’s Bhakti is directed to the

impersonal TRUTH (though it may be harder to form the same

kind of attachment to the impersonal). Speaking for

myself, I am uncontrollably and illogically moved to

tears by certain Advaitic chants just as songs of

praise for their Guru or ishta-devata moves others. I

see no difference. I see a resonance with what is

appropriate for each of us.<br><br>I feel, the key phrase is

“seeing God in everything around us” and not “everyone

see God my way; through my eyes”. Of course it is

natural for a sadhak to be so excited at the beauty and

wonder of their personal experience that they want to

share it with everyone around them. We tend to do it

with everything. It has happened to all on this path.

Only with experience does one realize that each one

has to discover their own path, one can only be a

catalyst and a trigger in another’s journey. A Guru, too,

is a catalyst, and cannot spoon-feed anyone.

<br><br>Thank you everyone for a wonderful discussion. There is

so much to learn. Let’s continue and keep it where

we show respect to each other’s path just as we

would like others to respect ours. <br><br>Tat Twam

Asi<br><br>UMA