Guest guest Posted December 16, 2006 Report Share Posted December 16, 2006 Daily Reflection December 16 - Discrimination After you have attained the perfection of discrimination and renunciation, only then should you enter the world. In the ocean of worldliness, there are many crocodiles with names like "desire, attachments," and "anger." If you rub turmeric on your body and submerge yourself in the waters, you have no fear of crocodiles. If you rub the turmeric of discrimination and renunciation over your body, you can submerge yourself in the ocean of worldliness without any fear at all. God is Truth. That is the eternal phenomenon. Everything else is transient. It is impermanent. from Ramakrishna The Nectar of Eternal Bliss Copyright 2005 Devi Mandir Publications First Edition www.shreemaa.org - ______________________ Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 , shreemaadevotee wrote: > >Most of us still have to go in the world even though we have not gained perfection in discrimination and renunciation but hope fully we're all striving in that direction.For myself the tumeric analogy would relate to what I have done in my puja before I went out in the world.Certainly all the aspects of doing a Puja helps cultivate more things in this direction,but I would point a key element in the system of worship that might help protect against those "crocodiles"and maintain our discrimination. Really Good Spiritual Armor would be the Shiva Kavacam(From Shiva Puja and Advanced Yagna) or the Devyaah Kavacam (from the Chandi Path)both by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. The Shiva Kavacam(Armor of Shiva) is convenient when you are very busy and but still want to maintain a divine bhava in the world. In Just 7 verses you recite mantras which elucidate The qualities obtained by wearing the mantra: OM Namah Shivaya. We touch those cooresponding parts of the body related to parts of the mantra.So in just few minutes you are cloaked in the consciousness of infinite goodness.One great line translates as:"For the welfare of his or hers own soul a person should not take one step without this armor.But where he or she proceeds with the armor,wherever that person goes,there the objectives are accomplished conquering all desires..Whatever desires(pure) one contemplates,he or she attains them without a doubt.A human being becomes equivalent to the Supreme Sovereign of All." If you have more time the Devyah Kavacam(The Armor of the Goddess) is very beautiful way of being protected while wearing all the best qualities of the Divine Mother. Some really good tumeric for the waters of the world! Namaste, Surath > Daily Reflection > December 16 - Discrimination > > After you have attained the perfection of discrimination and renunciation, only then should you enter the world. In the ocean of worldliness, there are many crocodiles with names like "desire, attachments," and "anger." If you rub turmeric on your body and submerge yourself in the waters, you have no fear of crocodiles. If you rub the turmeric of discrimination and renunciation over your body, you can submerge yourself in the ocean of worldliness without any fear at all. God is Truth. That is the eternal phenomenon. Everything else is transient. It is impermanent. > > from Ramakrishna The Nectar of Eternal Bliss > Copyright 2005 Devi Mandir Publications > First Edition > www.shreemaa.org > > - > ______________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 , shreemaadevotee wrote: >> Most of us still have to go out in the world even though we have not gained perfection in discrimination and renunciation,but hope fully we're all striving in that direction. For myself the tumeric analogy would relate to what I have done in my puja before I went out in the world.Certainly all the aspects of doing a Puja reflect in the course of the day,but I would point a key element in the system of worship that might help protect against those "crocodiles"and maintain our discrimination. Really Good Spiritual Armor would be the Shiva Kavacam(From Shiva Puja and Advanced Yagna) or the Devyaah Kavacam (from the Chandi Path)both by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. The Shiva Kavacam(Armor of Shiva)is convenient when you are very busy and but still want to maintain a divine bhava in the world. In Just 7 verses you recite mantras which elucidate The qualities obtained by wearing the mantra: OM Namah Shivaya. We touch those cooresponding parts of the body related to parts of the mantra.So in just few minutes you are cloaked in the consciousness of infinite goodness. If you have more time the Devyah Kavacam(The Armor of the Goddess) is very beautiful way of being protected while wearing all the best qualities of the Divine Mother.One great line translates as: "For the welfare of his or hers own soul, a person should not take one step without this armor. But where he or she always proceeds with the armor,wherever that person goes,there the objectives are accomplished, conquering all desires. Whatever desires one contemplates,he or she attains them without a doubt. A human being becomes equivalent to the Supreme Sovereign of All." Some really good tumeric for the waters of the world! Namaste, Surath > > Daily Reflection > December 16 - Discrimination > > After you have attained the perfection of discrimination and renunciation, only then should you enter the world. In the ocean of worldliness, there are many crocodiles with names like "desire, attachments," and "anger." If you rub turmeric on your body and submerge yourself in the waters, you have no fear of crocodiles. If you rub the turmeric of discrimination and renunciation over your body, you can submerge yourself in the ocean of worldliness without any fear at all. God is Truth. That is the eternal phenomenon. Everything else is transient. It is impermanent. > > from Ramakrishna The Nectar of Eternal Bliss > Copyright 2005 Devi Mandir Publications > First Edition > www.shreemaa.org > > - > ______________________ > Check out the new AOL. Most comprehensive set of free safety and security tools, free access to millions of high-quality videos from across the web, free AOL Mail and more. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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