A few suggestions to fellow posters

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PraNams to everybody.

 

While agreeing with Dhyanasarswatiji for excellent

work that Ram Chandran and other moderators have done

to maintain this wonderful list serve to communicate

and use it as an excellent source for learning

advaita, I would like to make few suggestions for

improvement.

 

I see some posters rush to respond with extensive

quotes and verbage - while I like to complement them

for their resources, I suggest everyone to hold back

and think before they post - 1. Extensive and very

frequent posts are not read since they are too

extensive and too frequent. It takes time to read and

digest the material. Everybody’s time is very

precious. Therefore keep each post to a minimum to

communicate the essence of the topic of discussion.

 

2. I am glad that Shree Ram Chandran is going to

resume the Gita discussions. While participating,

please do not quote others using internet resources.

The purpose of the Gita study is not to know who said

what - it is yoga shaastram and Braham vidya - Please

focus on - What do I understand or do not understand

and how do I put this in to my practice or use this

for my saadhana.

 

3. When responses come from individuals - do not

immediately jump to respond but think it over and

contemplate on the teachings or suggestions offered

and then respond if needed.

 

During the past few weeks I got the feeling that

people are responding back and forth, without

contemplating on the correspondence that is provided.

It takes lot of time to digest some of the answers.

Some of the posts like that of Shree Shyamji require

lot of contemplation to understand and to assimilate.

Posts contain many of the answers to the questions

raised but I get the feeling that questioners love

their questions so much that they do not like to give

up their questions.

 

The suggestions are not to discourage the active

participation but use the advaitin list serve as a

means of individual growth. To minimize the

immediate and very quick responses, I suggest limiting

the number of posts to not more than 2 for day - It is

not the quantity that matters but quality of the

posts.

 

Now before you respond to this, think and suggest in

what way this list serve can serve better the

interests of advaitins around the world. We do have

more than 1500 members and many of them are silent

readers. Their response, of course, is also helpful in

terms of how the list serve is serving their interests

and what kind of posts they like to read, even if they

cannot actively participate.

 

 

Hari Om!

Sadananda

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--- kuntimaddi sadananda <kuntimaddisada

wrote:

 

> PraNams to everybody.

> During the past few weeks I got the feeling that

> people are responding back and forth, without

> contemplating on the correspondence that is

> provided.

> It takes lot of time to digest some of the answers.

> Some of the posts like that of Shree Shyamji require

> lot of contemplation to understand and to

> assimilate.

> Posts contain many of the answers to the questions

> raised but I get the feeling that questioners love

> their questions so much that they do not like to

> give

> up their questions.

>

 

 

Just to say: it is now past midnight; so a new day.

 

Sri Sadaji's post definitely has applications to my

case. In fact, asking many questions has an ego part

which one has to accept as eventually rejectable, in

order to get potential answers. Also, it is the case

that I have not (yet) carefully thought over many

responses, especially if there is a breach between the

technical machinery in responses and my present

capacity to absorb them. Often things come down to

precision and usage of language; the right words can

work like mantra. (In my personal case, there is a

feeling of rushing to get max benefit in quick time;

for world-tuned life has our priorities mixed up. The

" time is precious " business.)

 

Also, we all appreciate the fact that the subjects are

worth repeated scrutinizing, from every angle

possible. There is an internal resistance that often

needs more than scriptural quotations to clear up.

Even to diagnose the problem correctly takes a lot of

running about the bushes. Otherwise do we need forums

even after hearing/reading the same from various

sages? So even if a response seems to answer all, the

seeker has to be ready to get it all, otherwise it has

to be asked again and more in particular. Finally, we

work with past understandings; so when we see the same

presented in new frameworks, it takes some work to

make sense, new sense or nonsense out of it; the worst

case is when the answer falls in none of the

categories !

 

Of course, all this is not to say Sadaji's post is off

the mark. I agree and will try to keep in mind.

 

thollmelukaalkizhu

 

 

 

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