Warm Welcome Christina & All New Members

[Guest guest]

Namaste Christina,

 

Warmest welcome to yourself and other new members to our Rudraksha

Cyber Family.

 

Christina, thank you for introducing yourself and sharing your

thoughts and experiences. In much resonance about devotion, vairaga

and Jnana. Looking forward to more of yours and others' sharing of

their experiences with rudraksha, ratna and holy items.

 

Om Namah Shivaya

Sy (or Simone)

Australia

 

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christianecameron@m... wrote:

> Good evening, Namaskar,

>

>

> I am new on this list and would like to introduce myself shortly.

My

> name is Christina. I live in Berlin. I am a psychologist by

profession

> and a student of Jyotish, HIndu Astrology. Most important, I am a

> devotee of Lord Shiva and a follower of Shri Ramana Maharshi,

beloved

> Arunachala Shiva.

>

> One reason why Sanatana Dharma is so unique and wonderful is the

> vastness of truly amazing images offered to the seeker, the many

> lovable Gods and Goddesses. That makes it easy for the beginner on

the

> spiritual path to choose a Deity of his personal liking and than

make a

> connection through ritual and japa, which eventually develops

into

> Bhakti. For a beginner it is easier to develop feelings of

devotion for

> God in, say the sweet form of Lalu, Baby Krshna, or the beautiful

form

> of Parvathy Devi than to a formless impersonal God. As vasanas

(mental

> tendencies) get burned off and the mind of the seeker becomes

purer,

> the love for his deity also gets stronger and stronger. He starts

to

> develop detachment (vairagya). The world becomes less interesting

then

> his inner life. In the end, when he cannot stand to be separated

from

> his Beloved for a single moment, he will at last surrender the

ego,

> which is keeping us all in bondage. Surrendering the ego means to

be

> able to say to your Ishta Devata from the depth of your heart:

you

> are everything I am nothing, your will will be done not mine, just

> never let me be separate from you. From that day on you will be

with

> your Ishta Devata always. All Gods are one and we are not apart

from

> them

>

> Other Sadhakas follow the path of Jnana, the direct path of Lord

> Shiva. By taking control over the mind and tracing it back to its

> source through atma vichara (self enquiry), the original I-

thought and

> its hybris, ego with its illusions, the agent of our suffering.

>

> Hinduism is vibrant and alive. It lives in the people of India.

>

> Wearing Rudraksha,I am always reminded of Lord Shiva. So during

the

> day, when the mind gets caught up in mundane things more easily,

> Rudraksha reconnects me to Lord Shiva and I can carry on with my

> Sadhana.

>

> Om Namah Shivaya

>

> Christina

>