Guest guest Posted May 31, 2001 Report Share Posted May 31, 2001 Hello everyone.....I just wanted to tell how I became aware......It was back in the 1980ssss that my friend interduced me to the master (heart master Da love ananda).....Nothing really clicked at that time, although I was interested and would buy some books and listen to tapes but never really moving much into the spirit.....<br><br>In the the 1990s I was sitting in my house saying there has to be more in life then what I see, well I could feel the books of the Master over in the corner calling me, so I started to read the books and the more I read the more I had to read, the Master was coming to me through the words.....I could hardley put the books down as my awakeing was happening, but also I became some one else for awhile, my humor was gone, I was not commicateing with my friends or family very well....All I could do was think about God and My Master and I stayed like that for month's.....slowly I drifted away from the masters group, but My spiritual growing continued as I found other group's and then seemed to drift away from them.....always chooseing to move on.......I am not sure what will happen on my path but I bow to the master everyday for my awakening and think of him fondley......<br><br>Please feel my warmth and it is on the wind.<br>Namaste jeffrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2001 Report Share Posted June 3, 2001 A dear friend of mine suffered a severe loss and felt his life was over. He had lost the woman he loved and for him there was nothing more to live for. He sobbed for days and after several weekends of crying and praying for help he saw a strange "man in orange robes with an afro hair cut" consoling him that all will be fine and to be at peace. He woke up amazed and with a strange sense of peace and ran to the local spiritual book store to look for a picture which matched the image his dream! <br><br>His GURU had found him .. Sai Baba! <br><br>Amazing isn't it Jeff! when the student is ready the GURU (internal or external) seeks us out and takes ahold of our hand to guide us where we need to be. All we need to do is "listen", but with our hearts not just our ears.<br><br>Tell us more about your journey Jeff? <br><br>Peace<br>Tat Twam Asi<br>UMA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2001 Report Share Posted June 3, 2001 Blessed Self. Allow me to tell all of you about my meeting with my Guru, Swami Vishnu Devananda.<br><br>Many years ago, I came to a point where I wanted to make some changes in my life. I had only been to the Sivananda Ashram in Quebec, Canada once or twice but felt that I should spend a weekend there to see if I could come to some decisions on some life issues. To keep my focus, I wrote down five issues that I intended to ponder during my time at the Ashram and didn't tell anyone the purpose of my visit. Swami Vishnu was at the ashram that weekend but I had never met him and, as far as I was aware nobody knew me. I was just an anonymous face in the crowd.<br><br>I participated in the ashram's daily routine of morning and evening satsangs and yoga classes. At an evening satsang, Swami Vishnu was giving a talk to several dozen people. As I listened to Swamiji's talk, it suddenly dawned on me that Swamiji, within the context of his general talk, was answering the questions that I has come to the ashram to resolve and he was answering them in the order that I had written them down. <br><br>At first, I was stunned by this discovery. Then awed by Swamiji's ability to know my mind so intimately. Next, I was impressed by his ability to weave his responses to my questions seamlessly into the talk that he was giving. I was overwhelmed by the compassion and solicitude that he demonstrated for my struggle and the succor that his answers provided. Finally, I recognized his willingness to offer himself as guru and accept me as disciple.<br><br>As Swami Vishnu came out of the room after the Satsang ended, I knelt down, thanked him for his help and touched his feet. I had met and recognized my guru.<br><br>And those issues that I was struggling with? They dissolved, simply vanished. Not because of the particular answers that Swamiji gave or because he cared enough to answer or because he recognized my concerns and distress and made a compassionate response to them. The issues vanished because Swami Vishnu answered them in a way, that I could understand and in a way that gave me a different, higher perspective that showed those issues to be actually non-issues. The issues that had been so important to me simply vanished in the light of Self-Realization that Swamiji has so briefly elevated me.<br><br>Omprem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2001 Report Share Posted June 6, 2001 Thank you Uma and Omprem.....I thank you for your response....I enjoyed your story..<br><br>Namaste ...... were all alright..jeffrey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 10, 2001 Report Share Posted June 10, 2001 Jeff .. as you have been journeying on .. have you had an opportunity to study with other teachers?<br><br>What are some of the Truths that you learnt that are part of your life now?<br><br>sending Peace and love your way<br><br>UMA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.