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> I agree wholeheartedly (Lemme have it, Braja!).

 

Babhru prabhu, would I ever let you "have it"? Personally I agree, and I

guess I'm guilty here of doing what I'm asking for caution against - being

general. I also "knew" my guru. Very simple. No one had to explain to me at

all. So ok, that was there, but then, how did I know that this "aaah"

feeling that I experienced was genuine? That it was based on spiritual as

opposed to material emotion or sentiment? My own experience was very very

lucid: I recall very strongly my mind being completely empty of every single

thing - purely empty - but for one thought: "I've found him" - and that

thought startled me it was so incredibly clear. I hasten to share that with

anyone because it can reek of sahajyaism But the fact remains: many, many

thousands of people - Sai Baba followers for example - will tell you of same

or similar experiences, yet look at whom they are following. So I asked Rama

Keshava prabhu, please clarify what you mean by this 'heartfelt sentiment'.

 

> So I don't think this is a sentimental perspective at all. It's the

> most Krishna conscious perspective, in my considered (you thought I was

> going to say humble, didn't you?) opinion.

 

No, this is definitely not a sentimental perspective. But there is also

some clarification of sentiment required, which I believe I did specify in

an earlier text. The general term 'sentiment' is categorised in two ways in

regard to this discussion: material sentiment and spiritual sentiment. My

question was: how does one make the judicious separation of the two, most

especially at that particularly early stage of *choosing* one's guru. Do you

understand what I mean? Where does that discrimination enter? Spiritual

intelligence, or causeless mercy?

 

Ys

Braja Sevaki dd

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> Babhru das