The 23rd day of February is a very special day.........

[Guest guest]

The 23rd day of February is a very special day, because.....it is

Nirmilananda's birthday!

Dear brother, all your friends and family at the Devi Mandir

Group are very happy to celebrate this day with you! Please accept

this priceless gem from Shree Ramakrishna's Treasure House as our

birthday gift to you and as a token of our love and appreciation:

 

Ramakrishna said: `I told Narendra, "Look, God is the ocean of nectar.

Don't you have the desire to dive in and swim in the ocean of eternal

bliss? Think that your mind is a fly, and it comes upon a whole

container of honey?" Narendra said, "I will sit on the edge and reach

down and sip the honey." I asked him, "Why, why will you sit on the

edge?" He said, "If I fall in, I will sink, and I will lose my life."

I said, "No, that is not how it is. This is the ocean of the bliss of

immortality, true existence, consciousness, and bliss. You have

nothing to fear. If you submerge yourself in this ocean, you need

never fear death. It is eternal life. You will not be lost by becoming

mad for God."

 

Nirmilanandaji, may you dive right in today and all days,

 

Devi Mandir Birthday Club