Advaita 101 - An interview with Swami Dayananda Saraswati/Susan

[Guest guest]

Namaste and welcome to this list, dear Susan:

 

I know I am several messages behind now,

but...you wrote earlier in this thread...

 

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I am reading a lot about this lately,

and some of you (I read some of

your articles Sadananda) are incredibly

articulate and lucid, and what you are

saying is resonating with me. At the same

time, my brain is just about frying with all

the words, even though I love to read about it.

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I have been here for about six years now

and I sometimes marvel at all of the " words "

I now know compared to when I first arrived here,

the proverbial blank slate. I do not always know what

they mean, though! As to the words and your fried brain,

just try to relax and let them come your way as many

times as needed until you recognize the word

itself, and then you can also move forward to connect

it with some meaning. Since you love to read

about it and it resonates with you, then He

has called you to Him in this way.

 

You have landed in a sangha, a cyber Shankaracharya

mutt or math, (a temple of worship and learning) with

numerous scholars/bhaktas in so many areas, bringing

their collective knowledge to the same mutual goal

of understanding by way of jnana, or Knowledge.

While we have no physical Swamiji in residence, know

that He is in residence here.You will often

recognize Him in words which will strike to your

very soul and know that they were meant for

you. They may have been meant for others as well,

but you will know when you are on His list that day:-)

 

I know this may sound strange coming from me,

being that I am a kind of outwardly noisy little jiva :-),

but I would like to tell you something. There is always

Silence in Surrender...and it is there where you

will find the Eternal Teacher...the satguru...the One.

 

He has been there all this time guiding you, and

every moment you have known has been exactly

the way He wanted it to be. And that includes

all of those with whom you have come in contact

in your search. It has all led you here. Jai Shri Krishna!!!

 

Hari OM and away I go,

 

Joyce

[Guest guest]

Thanks Joyce,

I do feel guided here somehow,in fact these teachings seem to be an

answer to a prayer.

Susan

 

> You have landed in a sangha, a cyber Shankaracharya

> mutt or math, (a temple of worship and learning) with

> numerous scholars/bhaktas in so many areas, bringing

> their collective knowledge to the same mutual goal

> of understanding by way of jnana, or Knowledge.

> While we have no physical Swamiji in residence, know

> that He is in residence here.You will often

> recognize Him in words which will strike to your

> very soul and know that they were meant for

> you. They may have been meant for others as well,

> but you will know when you are on His list that day:-)