Guest guest Posted November 5, 2008 Report Share Posted November 5, 2008 Hare Krishna, Iam on a spiritual path.want to know more about self. Still there is some doubts are not clearing.Alone finding the same. What is self? Who are you? What are you about? What are your core values and beliefs? What do you love to think about? Self is who you are inside. You have to understand this self. If you don't understand your Self, how can you have faith in yourself? How will you have direction in your life? If you don't fully understand yourself, there are hundreds...maybe thousands...of messages hammering you each day from media and the people in your life. These messages will define you instead unless you understand yourself. You want to reach your destination rather than be tossed about like a ship without a sail. Start taking time to get to know yourself. Learn to enjoy your own company. And...dare I say it...fall in love with yourself. Then you will have the confidence that will carry you forward. So get to know your Self. Sometimes outside encouragement is helpful. So first to help you get in the right frame of mind to grow and get to know your Self. With Love , Sree Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 guruvayur , " sreedhar c.p " <sreepal20 wrote: > > Hare Krishna, >  > Iam on a spiritual path.want to know more about self. Still there is some doubts are not clearing.Alone finding the same. > > What is self? > > Who are you? > > What are you about? > > What are your core values and beliefs? > > What do you love to think about? > > Self is who you are inside. > > You have to understand this self. > > If you don't understand your Self, how can you have faith in > yourself? > > How will you have direction in your life? > > If you don't fully understand yourself, there are > hundreds...maybe thousands...of messages hammering you each > day from media and the people in your life. These messages > will define you instead unless you understand yourself. > > You want to reach your destination rather than be tossed > about like a ship without a sail. > > Start taking time to get to know yourself. > > Learn to enjoy your own company. > > And...dare I say it...fall in love with yourself. > > Then you will have the confidence that will carry you > forward. > > So get to know your Self. > > Sometimes outside encouragement is helpful. > > So first to help you get in the right frame of mind to grow and get to know > your Self. >  > With Love , > Sree Dear sree, Don't worry about how r u ? et al. please note down the following answers which will clarify all ur doubts. The self is jeevaathma. You are daasa of lord krishna. There is no point in knowing yourself other than concluding the above answers. If u want to realize them you will have to spend crores of janmaas [ births]. So, just convince your self that u r a jeevaathma & want Anand - that is krishna. The only way to having him is to do bhakthi. If u agree i will teach u the method of bhakthi. regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2008 Report Share Posted November 6, 2008 Please read my posts on Bhagavatgita in the grup sloka by sloka . In the end al your doubts will be cleared as it ham ppened to Arjuna. There is no other effective reply to oyur questions than the Gita,.Vide my overall commentary on the Gita, http://www. geocities.com/sarojram18 Dr. Saroja Ramanujam, M.A., Ph.D, Siromani in sanskrit. www.freewebs.com/asrama3 --- On Thu, 11/6/08, kum_bha <kum_bha wrote: kum_bha <kum_bha[Guruvayur] Re: we first need to talk to selfguruvayur Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 11:01 AM guruvayur@grou ps.com, "sreedhar c.p" <sreepal20@. ..> wrote:>> Hare Krishna,>  > Iam on a spiritual path.want to know more about self. Still there is some doubts are not clearing.Alone finding the same. > > What is self? > > Who are you? > > What are you about? > > What are your core values and beliefs? > > What do you love to think about? > > Self is who you are inside. > > You have to understand this self. > > If you don't understand your Self, how can you have faith in > yourself? > > How will you have direction in your life? > > If you don't fully understand yourself, there are > hundreds...maybe thousands... of messages hammering you each > day from media and the people in your life. These messages > will define you instead unless you understand yourself. > > You want to reach your destination rather than be tossed > about like a ship without a sail. > > Start taking time to get to know yourself. > > Learn to enjoy your own company. > > And...dare I say it...fall in love with yourself. > > Then you will have the confidence that will carry you > forward. > > So get to know your Self. > > Sometimes outside encouragement is helpful. > > So first to help you get in the right frame of mind to grow and get to know > your Self. >  > With Love ,> SreeDear sree,Don't worry about how r u ? et al. please note down the following answers which will clarify all ur doubts.The self is jeevaathma.You are daasa of lord krishna.There is no point in knowing yourself other than concluding the above answers. If u want to realize them you will have to spend crores of janmaas [ births]. So, just convince your self that u r a jeevaathma & want Anand - that is krishna. The only way to having him is to do bhakthi.If u agree i will teach u the method of bhakthi.regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2008 Report Share Posted November 7, 2008 First we need to think about self-Ramana Maharishi - http://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/teachings.html#WhoAmIEnquiryThe Teaching in brief (http://www.arunachala-ramana.org/about_bhagavan.html) The fundamental teaching is that we are the deathless spirit, eternal, free, never born, never dying - which is why we do not really believe we are going to die, even in the midst of death. It teaches that perfect unending happiness is our real nature - this alone is the reason we pursue it at any price - but our tendency is to seek it in the world through the mind and senses. It teaches that Desires (Vasanas - Samskaras) are the source of misery - which is why those who lead the simplest lives are the happiest. It teaches that all manifest life is ruled by the law of Karma (the law of cause and effect, known generally as the law of retribution, but is also of reward) - we reap the rewards and pay the penalty for our every act in successive lives - which is why evil sometimes seems to be rewarded and good punished. All of the above we can prove for ourselves once our vision is clear and we begin to be honest. But is this enough ? The answer is no; it is not enough to think these things out. That does not bring happiness or solve problems. Advaita and specifically Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi, teach the path of 'Self-enquiry', the route to proof and permanent freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth, to the ending of misery forever and to the realisation (becoming) of our true nature as the immortal Self (Being-Consciousness-Bliss). Veena.--- On Thu, 11/6/08, ramachandra menon <ramachandramenon wrote:ramachandra menon <ramachandramenonRe: [Guruvayur] we first need to talk to selfguruvayur Date: Thursday, November 6, 2008, 6:15 PM That is the basic question. Who am I? Ramana Mahrishi's famous book in this title is read world over. First understand who you are. And then only the other questions come. That is the ultimate truth, to understand which ancient sages spent for many years doing tapas. All our sruthis and smrithis explore this only. If the individual "I" merges with the universal "I" then you are part of the that great I temporarily encaged in a body. This needs a detailed and careful study under a good teacher. --- On Wed, 5/11/08, sreedhar c.p <sreepal20 > wrote: sreedhar c.p <sreepal20 >[Guruvayur] we first need to talk to selfguruvayur@grou ps.comWednesday, 5 November, 2008, 9:08 PM Hare Krishna, Iam on a spiritual path.want to know more about self. Still there is some doubts are not clearing.Alone finding the same. What is self? Who are you? What are you about? What are your core values and beliefs? What do you love to think about? Self is who you are inside. You have to understand this self. If you don't understand your Self, how can you have faith in yourself? How will you have direction in your life? If you don't fully understand yourself, there are hundreds...maybe thousands... of messages hammering you each day from media and the people in your life. These messages will define you instead unless you understand yourself. You want to reach your destination rather than be tossed about like a ship without a sail. Start taking time to get to know yourself. Learn to enjoy your own company. And...dare I say it...fall in love with yourself. Then you will have the confidence that will carry you forward. So get to know your Self. Sometimes outside encouragement is helpful. So first to help you get in the right frame of mind to grow and get to know your Self. With Love , Sree Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Invite them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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