Fwd: Laugh and smile. How can a mind that is dull and gloomy think of God?

November 19, 2007

Hare Krsna. May I suggest we shed negative thoughts about ourselves and others. Constant criticism, nagging, and complaints generative negativism. This harms our spouses, relatives, friends, and others with whom we interface. Who wants to be around such a person? Let us create an aura of love, tenderness, romance, solace, and comfort. RISE ABOVE THE TWO MOODSIn vedanta there are only two kinds of moods - joy, exultation or exhilaration and grief or depression. Now there is joy and five minutes later there is depression - the currents alternate. They belong to the sad-urmis (six waves, i.e. grief, delusion, hunger, thirst, decay and death). People of gloomy moods attract gloomy thoughts from others and from the akasic (etheric) records in the psychic ether. Persons with hope, cheerfulness and confidence attract similar thoughts from others - they are always

successful in their attempts. People with negative moods of depression, anger and hatred do positive harm to others - and great damage in the thought world.Try to eradicate depression through prayer, meditation, counter-thoughts of joy, chanting Om, self-enquiry and singing divine songs. There are various causes for depression - cloudy day, associating with evil persons, indigestion, influence of astral spirits and revival of old impressions of depression. When you get into a talking mood - practise mouna (silence) at once. When you are in a mood of hatred, develop the opposite virtue, love, and the mood will pass quickly. When you feel selfishness arise, do selfless work. When you are in the mood of separateness, mix with others - through service, love, kindness and forgiveness. If you feel lazy, do some active work.A liberated being is free from all moods - he has become their master. In atman (self) there

are no moods, there is only pure consciousness. Identify with Atman and you will easily destroy all moods. However, there is one good mood - the meditative mood. When this manifests, immediately give up reading, writing, talking etc., and begin to meditate. Watch for this kind of mood - when meditation comes by itself, without effort.Laugh and smile. How can a mind that is dull and gloomy think of God? Try to be happy always. Happiness is your very nature. The spirit of cheerfulness must be cultivated by all aspirants.With the growth of the mind, the pains will increase. But with its extinction there will be great bliss. Having mastery over the mind, free yourself from the world of perceptions in order that you may be of the nature of jnana or wisdom. Though surrounded by pleasurable or painful objects which disturb the equilibrium of your mind, remain rock-like, and receive all things with

equanimity.

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November 20, 2007

Very nice. However, just remember that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna himself spoke the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna on a Battlefield. The whole purpose of the discourse was to enlighten Arjuna as to his duty to fight and kill. Peace is the goal but in pleasing Lord Sri Krsna, we may have to fight. In the age of Kali, the weapon is Sankirtan. However, defeating a Mayavadi's arguements against the Siddhanta of the Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Philosophy is a good fight. Srila Prabhupada sometimes would say about the Mayavadi Scientists "I kick on their face with boot!" This is the good fight in the age of Kali. This is our mission. To defeat the Impersonalists (Mayavadis) and the Voidists.

Syamakunda Das

From: capilsookdeoDate: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:08:11 -0800 Fwd: Laugh and smile. How can a mind that is dull and gloomy think of God?

Hare Krsna.

May I suggest we shed negative thoughts about ourselves and others. Constant criticism, nagging, and complaints generative negativism. This harms our spouses, relatives, friends, and others with whom we interface. Who wants to be around such a person? Let us create an aura of love, tenderness, romance, solace, and comfort.

RISE ABOVE THE TWO MOODSIn vedanta there are only two kinds of moods - joy, exultation or exhilaration and grief or depression. Now there is joy and five minutes later there is depression - the currents alternate. They belong to the sad-urmis (six waves, i.e. grief, delusion, hunger, thirst, decay and death). People of gloomy moods attract gloomy thoughts from others and from the akasic (etheric) records in the psychic ether. Persons with hope, cheerfulness and confidence attract similar thoughts from others - they are always successful in their attempts. People with negative moods of depression, anger and hatred do positive harm to others - and great damage in the thought world.Try to eradicate depression through prayer, meditation, counter-thoughts of joy, chanting Om, self-enquiry and singing divine songs. There are various causes for depression - cloudy day, associating with evil persons, indigestion, influence of astral spirits and revival of old impressions of depression. When you get into a talking mood - practise mouna (silence) at once. When you are in a mood of hatred, develop the opposite virtue, love, and the mood will pass quickly. When you feel selfishness arise, do selfless work. When you are in the mood of separateness, mix with others - through service, love, kindness and forgiveness. If you feel lazy, do some active work.A liberated being is free from all moods - he has become their master. In atman (self) there are no moods, there is only pure consciousness. Identify with Atman and you will easily destroy all moods. However, there is one good mood - the meditative mood. When this manifests, immediately give up reading, writing, talking etc., and begin to meditate. Watch for this kind of mood - when meditation comes by itself, without effort.Laugh and smile. How can a mind that is dull and gloomy think of God? Try to be happy always. Happiness is your very nature. The spirit of cheerfulness must be cultivated by all aspirants.With the growth of the mind, the pains will increase. But with its extinction there will be great bliss. Having mastery over the mind, free yourself from the world of perceptions in order that you may be of the nature of jnana or wisdom. Though surrounded by pleasurable or painful objects which disturb the equilibrium of your mind, remain rock-like, and receive all things with equanimity.

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November 20, 2007

Hare Krishna Bhagvad-Gita As It Is Chapter 2, Text 14matra-sparsas tu kaunteyasitosna-sukha-duhkha-dahagamapayino 'nityastams titiksasva bharataTRANSLATIONO son of Kunti, the nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed. Bhagvad-Gita As It Is Chapter 2, Text 15yam hi na vyathayanty etepurusam purusarsabhasama-duhkha-sukham dhiramso 'mrtatvaya kalpateTRANSLATIONO best among men [Arjuna], the person who is not disturbed by happiness and distress and is steady in both is certainly eligible for liberation. Bhagvad-Gita As It Is Chapter 2, TEXT 38sukha-duhkhe same krtvalabhalabhau jayajayautato yuddhaya

yujyasvanaivam papam avapsyasiTRANSLATIONDo thou fight for the sake of fighting, without considering happiness or distress, loss or gain, victory or defeat--and, by so doing, you shall never incur sin. As long as the material body exists, there are actions and reactions in the material modes. One has to learn tolerance in the face of dualities such as happiness and distress, or cold and warmth, and by tolerating such dualities become free from anxieties regarding gain and loss. This transcendental position is achieved in full Krsna consciousness when one is fully dependent on the good will of Krsna. One can succesfully rise above the dualities of material existence if he fully surrenders to Lord Sri Krsna. Haribol ManishaStephen Silberman <srs8 wrote: Very nice. However, just remember that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Sri Krsna himself spoke the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna on a Battlefield. The whole purpose of the discourse was to enlighten Arjuna as to his duty to fight and kill. Peace is the goal but in pleasing Lord Sri Krsna, we may have to fight. In the age of Kali, the weapon is Sankirtan. However, defeating a Mayavadi's arguements against the Siddhanta of the Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Philosophy is a good fight. Srila Prabhupada sometimes would say about the Mayavadi Scientists "I kick on their face with boot!" This is the good fight in the age of Kali. This is

our mission. To defeat the Impersonalists (Mayavadis) and the Voidists. Syamakunda Das From: capilsookdeo Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:08:11 -0800 Fwd: Laugh and smile. How can a mind that is dull and gloomy think of God? Hare Krsna. May I suggest we shed negative thoughts about ourselves and others. Constant criticism, nagging, and complaints generative negativism. This harms our spouses, relatives, friends, and others with whom we interface. Who wants to be around such a person? Let us create an aura of love, tenderness, romance, solace, and comfort. RISE ABOVE THE TWO MOODSIn vedanta there are only two kinds of moods - joy, exultation or exhilaration and grief or depression. Now

there is joy and five minutes later there is depression - the currents alternate. They belong to the sad-urmis (six waves, i.e. grief, delusion, hunger, thirst, decay and death). People of gloomy moods attract gloomy thoughts from others and from the akasic (etheric) records in the psychic ether. Persons with hope, cheerfulness and confidence attract similar thoughts from others - they are always successful in their attempts. People with negative moods of depression, anger and hatred do positive harm to others - and great damage in the thought world.Try to eradicate depression through prayer, meditation, counter-thoughts of joy, chanting Om, self-enquiry and singing divine songs. There are various causes for depression - cloudy day, associating with evil persons, indigestion, influence of astral spirits and revival of old impressions of depression. When you get into a talking mood - practise mouna (silence) at

once. When you are in a mood of hatred, develop the opposite virtue, love, and the mood will pass quickly. When you feel selfishness arise, do selfless work. When you are in the mood of separateness, mix with others - through service, love, kindness and forgiveness. If you feel lazy, do some active work.A liberated being is free from all moods - he has become their master. In atman (self) there are no moods, there is only pure consciousness. Identify with Atman and you will easily destroy all moods. However, there is one good mood - the meditative mood. When this manifests, immediately give up reading, writing, talking etc., and begin to meditate. Watch for this kind of mood - when meditation comes by itself, without effort.Laugh and smile. How can a mind that is dull and gloomy think of God? Try to be happy always. Happiness is your very nature. The spirit of cheerfulness must be cultivated by all

aspirants.With the growth of the mind, the pains will increase. But with its extinction there will be great bliss. Having mastery over the mind, free yourself from the world of perceptions in order that you may be of the nature of jnana or wisdom. Though surrounded by pleasurable or painful objects which disturb the equilibrium of your mind, remain rock-like, and receive all things with equanimity. Be a better sports nut! Let your teams follow you with Mobile. Try it now. Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. Connect now!

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