A key attribute of real spirituality is it flexibility

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meta means post and metania means to change your mind after something

you did, usually wrong.

 

michalis

 

, " veena2yoga "

<rajouu wrote:

>

> In the Bible the word " metanoia "

>

> metanoia??

> is interpreted as

> repentance, which is from Latin and means " to feel sorry. " But

> in the original Greek, the meaning of the word " meta " means to

> go beyond, or rise above. " Noia " means " change of mind. "

> Hence, in the original Greek text the Bible is pointing to a

> change of being, a change of mind and a transcendence to a

> higher order of life and intelligence.

>

> Our level of thinking is raised by contact with a higher order

> of ideas. This is the purpose of all authentic spiritual

> teachings. However, the words in the books and lectures are

> not an end in themselves; they serve a temporary purpose. Their

> aim is to lift our thinking to a level where we can begin to

> receive direct inspiration from the original Source of all

> inspiration.

>

> When you live with uncertainty without trying to replace

> it with certainty, everything false and painful vanishes and

> you merge with Life. Then Certainty (with a capital " C " )

> comes to you and saturates you. You then have no uncertainty

> over your purpose, for you now have, and are, the purpose of

> Life itself.You are the life.For the purpose of life is not to

> 'get somrthing,.

> But to BE something.

>

> It is one thing to meditate in the heart of a wood or alone

> in one's room,(like Mahesh) but experience shows that it is quite

> another

> thing to maintain this state of tranquil alertness in the

> company of one's fellow beings, and it is this that the

> teachers of the Fourth Way demand of its followers. Those who

> pursue this path are not monks or anchorites who have turned

> their backs on the world, but are quite ordinary men and women

> who are using in a special way the raw material of life. It is

> not under the Bodhi tree but in the mirror of our

> relationships with people, animals, property and ideas, that

> we ordinary people are best able to catch sight of ourselves

> most clearly,as sahaja yogis.

>

> Continue in spite of all and you will be wealthy in a way

> that this world cannot imagine, and you will be wealthy

> forever. Just tell the Truth to yourself regardless of

> everything and you will come out all right

> Continue in spite of all and you will be wealthy in a way

> that this world cannot imagine, and you will be wealthy

> forever. Just tell the Truth to yourself regardless of

> everything and you will come out all right.

>

>

> A key attribute of real spirituality is it flexibility.

> Though its core principles are as grounded and sure as a

> mountain, its means of expression adapt with time, peoples and

> culture.

>

> People take `ideas' which were intended to be `prescribed'

> for specific situations and groups to enable them to learn.

> These they imagine are `laws' or perennial truths. The result

> is a mechanical system which is next to useless.

>

> Once one joins an organization of this kind his capacity to

> think and judge for himself will be slowly and insidiously

> destroyed, for he will be expected to imitate the thinking and

> judgment of the mass of other members.I don't think Shri Mataji

> meant that.

>

> Regards,Veena

>