Guest guest Posted August 30, 2006 Report Share Posted August 30, 2006 Dear Srini, thank you for your kind response. One of the great things of this forum is that you feel safe to formulate and post any questions you may have. And in the thinking and formulating process lies great value because it already gives you a glimpse of a possible answer and a good step to take, I have found. As a result of this I have turned to my dear friend the Guru Gita again, the chanting of which forms, in my experience, a kind of combination of all the three sources of knowledge you mention. thanks again, with love, Henny In , "srini_sadhu" <srini_sadhu wrote: > > Dear Henny, > > My question is: are we always able to judge what would be best for us? > > I would see for some one who has not seen the "light" it would be hard to judge what is > best for us. > > The three sources of knowledge to guide us are > > a. A guru or more knowledgeable person > b. The Scriptures > c. Our Intuition and past experience > > How well do we know ourselves and how do we judge our own strenghts > and weaknesses? What would be the role of a guru in this? > > The answer is to maintain a spiritual diary everyday and maintain an honest account of our > failings. About the role of the Guru, I am not sure. > > Love > > srini > > > > , "henny_v_i" <henny_v_i@> wrote: > > > > Dear Sriniji and all, > > > > thank you, Sriniji, for uploading the files. Having read what has been > > said, I am left with a question about choosing steps/minor goals. > > My question is: are we always able to judge what would be best for us? > > I realize that it is important to decide if a step will take you > > towards a chosen goal or away from it, and that this is also a tool > > with which you can evaluate steps already taken. But my question is > > whether or not we are always able to judge this for ourselves. > > I mean, isn't there a tendency to choose steps which are either too > > comfortable/easy, or too difficult/ambitious (when learning how to > > perform puja, I could choose to add one mantra a month or I could have > > the ambition to master the advanced Shiva Puja in that time.) So in > > the first case you could be tempted to think you are doing fine, while > > actually you are not moving at all, and in the second case you would > > think you had chosen the wrong goal, while all you did was bite off > > more than you could chew. > > I also find it is not always easy to evaluate if some situation I have > > maneuvered myself into is taking me towards or away from the goal. For > > instance, some years ago I decided to take a simple part time job in > > order to have more time for spiritual practice. Now I have more time, > > but really dislike the job. Does this dislike take me away from my > > goal because I spend too much time fretting about it and I feel I > > waste talents I could have put to better use, or does it actually take > > me closer because it gives me a chance to practice humility and > > selfless service? > > How well do we know ourselves and how do we judge our own strenghts > > and weaknesses? What would be the role of a guru in this? > > > > > > I would welcome any ideas on this, > > > > with love, > > Henny > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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