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89. Since the ego itself is everything (as revealed by Sri Bhagavan

in verse 26 of Reality in Forth Verses), giving up the ego, the

feeling "I am this body," by surrendering it to God, is lovingly

surrendering everything to Him. Having once surrendered the ego to

God, abiding in Self without taking it back again (that is, without

again identifying the body as "I" or "mine") is true tapas (austere

Self-abidance).

 

90. Having surrendered the ego to God, if one takes it back again,

that is the sin of stealing back what has once been given. Therefore,

in order to avoid committing such a sin, practice Self-attention

unfailingly, because only if one attends to the ego vigilantly and

unceasingly will it drown in the heart so as never to rise again. (

Garland of Guru's Sayings verse 317)

 

- Sri Sadhu Om ( A disciple of Ramana Maharshi)

 

Hari Aum !!!

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Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste.

 

This beautiful poetic expression is always a source of joy to the

devotees of the Lord.

 

Jai Mirabai - The madness of Bhakti, - peggyhand

 

So deep is this attachment that Meera has become completely absorbed

in it

 

Singing the praises of Hari down every street

 

She was born and groomed in Palaces, but now she has become a devotee

of krishna

 

People speak as if Meera has gone mad.

 

Nobody could stop her; nobody could interrupt her

 

Meera is singing of Govinda Gopala

 

Sitting in the company of Saints and Sages,

Meera became dyed in the color of Mohan

 

Meera, the Lover, has merged into the Beloved

 

The King, her husband, gave her poison

Which she drank as nectar

 

Meera is like the river that has merged into the ocean

 

Meera bore the pain of hundreds of thousands of sufferings, but could

only speak the Name of Govinda

 

Meera is singing of Govinda Gopal

 

Msg #: 1104

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Thanks.

 

Jaya Sri Radhey!

 

, pyari_h <no_reply> wrote:

> Jaya Sri Radhey! Namaste.

>

> Today's message reminds me the verse from Saint Mirabai's famous

> Bhajan:

>

> "mere to giridhra gopAla dUsaro na koyI

> jAkE zira mora mukuta mero pati soyI" (verse-1)

>

> "Giridhara Gopala alone is mine, none else!

> He, on Whose head is the elegant crown of pea-cock feathers,

> is my eternal Spouse and the Lord of my heart."

>

> "asuvana jala sIMci sIMci prema-beli boyI,

> abato ped phaila gayI Ananda-phala hoyI," (verse-4)

>

> "I have watered the creeper of Love with my sincere incessant

tears.

> Now that creeper has fully grown and spread well, its fruit is

Divine

> Bliss Itself."

>

> Further explanation-

>

> "phala rUpatvAt" (Narada Bhakti Sutra. 23)

>

> For, it is the NATURE OF THE FRUIT or result of all these.

>

> "ya dohane 'vahanane mathanopa lepa

> prekheMkha nArbha ruditokSaNa mArjanAdau

> gAyanti caina manurakta dhiyozru kaNThyo

> dhanyA vraja striya urukrama citta yAnAH"

>

> (Srimad Bhagavatam. 10.44.15)

>

> The Gopis performed every household chore,

> SINGING THE NAMES, GLORIES, EXPLOITS

> OF THEIR BELOVED KRISHNA,

> with THEIR EYES FULL OF TEARS,

> with VOICES CHOKED UP with LOVING EMOTION,

> and HEARTS SATURATED with Divine LOVE.

>

> Their supreme selfless devotion, made Lord Krishna Himself, their

> eternal Debtor.

>

> "kAmaM krodhaM bhyaM snehamaikyaM sauhArdam eva ca

> nityaM harau vidadhato yAnti tanmayatAM hi te"

>

> (Bhagavatam 10.29.15)

>

> According to this quotation of Veda Vyasa, whether it be through

> PASSIONATE LOVE, anger, fear, friendship or affectionate

attachment,

> whatever the manner be,

> GOD can be REALIZED ONLY BY ABSORBING the MIND IN HIM

> and UNITING THE HEART WITH HIM.

>

> This is the state of Lovers of God submerged in the OCEAN of Divine

> Love-

>

> "evaM vrataH svapriya nAma kIrtyAM jAtAma rAgo drutacitta uccaiH

> hasatyathO roditi rauti gAyatyunmAdAnan nRtyati lokabAhyaH"

>

> (Bhagavatam 11.2.40)

>

> That Love overflows in the REMEMBRANCE OF THE NAME, ATTRIBUTES, and

> PASTIMES OF THEIR DIVINE BELOVED and IS REVEALED IN THE FORM OF

> SATVIKA BHAVAS or states of ECSTASY.

> These principal ones are eight in number-

>

> "stambhaH svedO 'tha romAJca svara bhedo 'tha vepathuH

> vaivarNyam azru pralaya ityASTau sAtvikAH smRtAH "

>

> The above verse explains the ecstatic expressions of Divine Love,

in

> the body of the pure devotee.

> Becoming as motionless as pillar, sweating, horripilation,

trembling,

> loss of bodily color, choked voice, tears and unconscious trance

are

> the chief symptoms of ecstatic Divine Love.

>

> Lord Krishna declares to Jnani devotee Uddhava-

>

> "kathaM vinA romaharSaM dravatA cetasA vinA

> vinAnandAzru kalayA zudhyed bhaktyA vinAzayaH"

>

> (Bhagavatam 11.14.23,24)

>

> How can the mind be purified without devotional yearning

> characterised by a softening of the heart, the hair standing on end

> and TEARS OF LOVE AND JOY FLOWING OUT OF EYES?

>

> A loving devotee of Mine whose speech is broken BY SOBS,

> whose heart MELTS and WHO WITHOUT ANY SHAME,

> SOMETIMES WEEPS PROFUSELY, or LAUGHS, OR SINGS ALOUD,

> OR DANCES, PURIFIES THE WHOLE UNIVERSE.

>

> Jaya Sri Radhey!

>

> , s_v_c_s <no_reply> wrote:

> > 87. When, having wept and wept with intense yearning for a long

> time,

> > unceasingly thinking of and adoring the Gracious Feet (of the

> Lord),

> > the mind which rises (as "I am so-and-so") dissolves and becomes

> > pure, the blemishless Self-inquiry (jnanatma-vichara) will become

> > firmly settled (in the heart) and the experience of Self (swarupa-

> > anubhava) will of its own accord arise very easily indeed. ­

Sri

> > Muruganar ( a disciple of Ramana Maharshi)

> >

> > Note: from Sri Ramana Jnana Bodham v.1286

> >

> > Hari Aum !!!