Sadhna, Satsang and Satguru

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shriman silent soul ji, sadar pranams -thanks for

the two illuminating posts on sadhna and satsang.

<br><br>maa (this one=I) LUVED THE analogy of cloth while

describing the Diffrent paths to God realization. You are

indeed the master "WeAVER" OF STORIES JUST LIKE our

mystic sufi poet kabir- to explain great mystical truths

with the help of simple daily truths is a great art

and maa really enjoys these analogies a lot- in this

context, maa was reminded of that great poem by kabir

where he compares ths body to a Chaddar or a garment

-"ye jini jini chadriya......"<br><br>yes, all sadhna

lead to god realization - sri ramakrishna was

externally a great bhakta and internally a supreme gnani but

he retained the "ego of devotion" to the divine

mother kali just <br>so he could be in the satsang of

the devotees as well as impart teaching to those who

are seeking god realization- there are many gnais who

once they reach nirvikalpa samadhi rarely come down to

body conscousness- but, our ramakrishna paramahmsa

could get in and out of samadhi so skillfully just like

a actor changing costU/mes-such was his

LEELA!<br><br>AS FAR AS brahmavadi adi shankara is concerned ( sri

shankarawas not a MAYAVADI) , HE WAS OUTWARDLY A GNANI AND

INWARDLY A PARA BHAKTA- as is evident from the numerous

bhakti hymns he composed on the divine mother and othe

deities. <br><br>gnana and bhakti are the two spiritual

eyes- bhakti helps us to have "visions" and gnana helps

us to "expeience" those visons. they are

complimentary not competitive -<br><br>today is thursday-

guruvar- a good day to remember the guru- <br><br>maa

leaves you with a kabir verse-<br><br>THERE IS NO

RELATIVE CLOSER THAN THE SATGURU<br>NO BOUNTY EQUAL TO

SPIRITUAL AWAKENING<br>THERE IS NO BENEFACTOR THAN HARI

<br>NO COMMUNTY EQUAL TO THAT OF HARI'S DEVOTEES.

<br><br>THANKS, SHIV OHAM FOR SAADHNA-TWO AND THANKS SILENT

SOULJI FOR YOUR CONTINUED GUIDANCE AND ILLUMINATING

POSTS, <br><br>ALSO, THANKS FOR THE CLUB PIC-

SADHNASOUNDS SWEET IN EVERY LANGUAGE- SADHNA IS THE LANGUAGE

OF LOVE -THE LANGUAGEOF THE HEART<br><br>LOVE,

MAA<br><br>**************************************************<br><br>MAA IS

HAPPY TO NOTE DREAMY HAS REJOINED OUR SATSANG

AND WE HOPE SHE WILL SHARE WITH US HER BEAUTIFUL

POEMS. <br><br>MAA