Attachement-and Pain

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, " c_morningsong " <shaktimaa wrote:

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Namaste Morningsong: Our family has been praying daily, and you are

in our thoughts. We love you and know Mother is taking care of you.

I have been reading a wonderful book called: : " On the road to

Freedom: A Pilgrimage in India " , by Neal Rosner. There is a wonderful

quote about living with pain and suffering. I would like to share to

with our, Dear sister.

The background: a saint in the late 1960's in India, has broken his

hip in a scooter accident. He is in the hospital, and his disciple

asks him how this terrible accident could have occurred. The saint,

Ratnamji, a direct disciple of Ramana Maharishi, replied:

" Accident? Is there such a thing? Is birth an accident? Is death an

accident? It is all God's sweet will for my spiritual good. For a

devotee of God, there is no such a thing as fate or accidents.

Whatever happens to him is happening by the gracious will of his

Beloved God, Who is ever busy trying to take the devotee back to

Himself. We should be happy in whatever situation He places us. "

 

Jai Ma Jai Swami

 

vishweshwar

 

 

Namaste

>

> First I want to thank everyone for their beautiful thoughts and prayers

> that have been offered to and for my family over the past couple of

> weeks. The love that has been showered upon us has been a great

> blessing.

>

> I wanted to share part of my process regarding this question of being

> in the present moment. I have been making a very conscious effort to

> remain present to the moment throughout the past couple of weeks. To a

> large extent it has been purely to protect my heart. If I find myself

> going into the past it is to painful, and thinking about the future

> without my son brings up even more pain. The only way to stay balanced

> has been to be with the moment, to feel my feelings now so that they

> don't pile up and attack me when I'm least expecting them. To do this

> I just keep breathing, doing sadhana, not making plans, not looking for

> ways to escape, staying present with my daughter and Caseys friends,

> and taking care of my own basic needs. I'm learning about the

> transitoriness of life at a very deep level as well as where my

> attachments are.

>

> In the past when I thought about my own passing it was always easy to

> think of being non-attached to my own body, but on the day of my son's

> creamation I had to look at my attachment to his physical body. That

> was somewhat of a shock to learn that I have great attachment to the

> body of my child. It was a comfort to receive the small box which

> contains all that is left of the body his spirit inhabited.

>

> By staying in the moment I am able to feel him around me, in his room,

> in his dog coming to me for reassurance, and in his friends telling me

> how much they love him. I find that looking deeply into each moment

> allows me to stay present, and maybe that has been the biggest gift

> from him so far.

>

> I know that this journey is just beginning, but if I keep my attention

> on my next step, instead of next week, month, or year there is comfort

> in the present moment, and then I can remember that there is no ending

> in God, no time, and nowhere to be but where I am right now.

>

> OM Shanti

> Morningsong

>

>

>

> , " n_ramya108 " <n_ramya108@> wrote:

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> > Dear Sal and Everybody,

> >

> > Namaste!

> >

> > Thanks so much Sal for sharing your beautiful observation. I was

> wondering - if you and

> > everybody can share their ideas on how we can do this -- live in the

> present moment.

>