Guest guest Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 , " NMadasamy " <nmadasamy wrote: > > , <IlluminatedCelestial@> > wrote: > > > > When I was making the transition between Christianity and > Hinduism, I actually was dabbling into Wicca. Some of the > principles appealed to me, but then I recalled being turned off by > the content because it seemed that each author more or less kept > repeating and doing the exact same thing as the original authors. > It seemed that the books were coming en masse and there lacked > quality. > > > Sorry, I just have this urge to respond to this statement. > > All this thing about making a transition.... This is what ive been > thinking for the last few days : Why am I not satisfied? I asked my > guru this question before. Why? Why cant i be like for eg my > husband. He is so content with what he have. He do not have a > guru... he dose his pooja everyday without any issues. He does not > seek anything but what that comes to him. But NO I wanted more. I > believe I deserve more because I wanted to believe there are more > for me out there..... only to realise that this need to seek.. > brings in more pain. I create my own pain. > > I asked this question now everyday : why am I never satisfied with > anything? > > Is it because I am seeking happiness.. and I think that through > constant change I will be happey. Indeed ive been told many times, > change is a normal process. We must change. To remain stagnant is > death. So I move from one job to another, from one relationship to > another, from one religion or ideology to another, thinking this > constant movement of change will bring forth happiness. > > But do they? > This desire to make the transition....... is good I believe. But what is real transition or true transition? Would you be able to appreciate your transition when your mind are still block/ cloud with all the remnants of your past esperience. Our actions and everything else is the byproduct of our experience. It's this past experience that create this conditioning. So my question is can we remove our mind from this conditioning? " Let say if our mind is like a vessel containing all the experiences, recondition means to remove and empty all the content until there is none only then we are able to experience the purity of the new experience, because like collecting milk in the vessel as long as there's left over or stale milk in the vessel, if you do not empty them, it will pollute the fresh milk. The new milk can never remain fresh or pure. Can it be done? Any takers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 18, 2008 Report Share Posted January 18, 2008 > This desire to make the transition....... is good I believe. But > what is real transition or true transition? Would you be able to > appreciate your transition when your mind are still block/ cloud > with all the remnants of your past esperience. Our actions and > everything else is the byproduct of our experience. It's this past > experience that create this conditioning. So my question is can we > remove our mind from this conditioning? " > > Let say if our mind is like a vessel containing all the experiences, > recondition means to remove and empty all the content until there is > none only then we are able to experience the purity of the new > experience, because like collecting milk in the vessel as long as > there's left over or stale milk in the vessel, if you do not empty > them, it will pollute the fresh milk. The new milk can never remain > fresh or pure. > > Can it be done? Any takers? I suppose it depends on what people view as a transition. I will admit that there are some things that will not leave me that was part of my Christianity, such as the concept of " love thy neighbor " and acknowledging that Jesus Christ was more than just a man. However, I still changed and made a shift from one religion to another. Some would say that perhaps I was making the transition while I still called myself a Catholic, and only realized what was more appropriate for me later. Others can say that I have not truly stopped this process of transitioning, and that I will not until I am dead or until I complete another lifetime. Time is relative, after all. So I suppose it is safe to say that I made a transition, but I still carried experiences with me. I am not going to say it is impossible to undo my conditioning, but I suppose the most probable route for me is to pick up a different brand of milk that might have some similarities to the original milk, but takes on the change that I believe was a relative transition...if that makes any sense. In other words, I could reflect on the experiences that taught me something, and then find a more appropriate way to look at life while still finding harmony with those experiences. Yet, there are some things that I am still undergoing a transition on. For example, part of my problems that I see in my current life is learning how to let things go more. I am still trying to learn how to do this better, but I think I am managing it one step at a time. I may not forget the past, but perhaps I will not be burdened by it so much in good time. I hope some of my ramblings make sense... Jai Ma! Sincerely, Christina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2008 Report Share Posted January 20, 2008 Namaste: For the record, one can be a Hindu and worship Jesus as great teacher and avatar. (I for one personally hold Mother Mary in great respect.) Thanks to great sages and reformers such as Sri Ramakrishna, we have been given the permission to explore other spiritual paths without loosing Sanatana Dharma. -- -S. Santo Sengupta " Aum Shanti Shanti Shantih. " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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