Guest guest Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Namaste Dearest Kumari: Thanks so much for your beautiful thoughts. They touch my heart. I send you my greatest thanks for living a life of committed service to the highest principles: for being a wonderful example of selfless action for the benefit of others. Dearest sister, your actions provide us with this wonderful forum and allow Maa and Swami to reach out thru the internet to touch the lives of thousands of devotees around the world. Thank you so much and God bless you. Jai Maa Jai Swami love vish -- In , " ty_maa " <dsjames wrote: > > Dear Holy Family, > > While thinking of Swamiji's question of whether prayer or work is > better, I remember that the Sanskrit term for our world is karma bhumi, > the realm of karma or work. > > According to my understanding, our soul evolves when we make appropriate > choices, and then do so. That is, our soul evolves by means of right > action or work. > > It is not always clear what is the appropriate action to take. Arjuna > had that difficulty in the Bhagavad Gita war. But Krishna corrected him > by telling him that it was his duty to fight, even though it would cost > thousands of lives. > > I believe that continuous prayer is necessary for correct choices > leading to right actions, or efficient work. Because through prayer we > are drawn closer to God thus allowing us to know God's will in every > circumstance of life. Then we can act accordingly. > > Often, prayer is petitionary: " O God, please give me this, or that or > do this or that for me. " With the understanding that our job is to try > our best to know God's will first and then to act on that knowledge; > i.e. to work. > > I would say that the highest prayer is: " Thy will be done on earth as > it is in Heaven " . > > > With Love, > Kumari > > > > , " inspectionconnection108 " > <inspectionconnection108@> wrote: > > > > Namaste all: Swami has asked we post this question from him > > > > Which is greater, praying to God or working for God? > > > > Jai Ma Jai wami > > > > vishweshwar > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 24, 2007 Report Share Posted November 24, 2007 Dear Brother, Thank you for your kind words. This gives me an opportunity to point out a typo that crept in. The last two sentences of my post should have been separated by a semicolon, not a paragraph. With love, Kumari , " inspectionconnection108 " <inspectionconnection108 wrote: > > Namaste Dearest Kumari: Thanks so much for your beautiful thoughts. > They touch my heart. I send you my greatest thanks for living a life > of committed service to the highest principles: for being a wonderful > example of selfless action for the benefit of others. > Dearest sister, your actions provide us with this wonderful forum and > allow Maa and Swami to reach out thru the internet to touch the lives > of thousands of devotees around the world. > Thank you so much and God bless you. > > Jai Maa Jai Swami > > love > > vish > > > > > > > -- In , " ty_maa " <dsjames@> wrote: > > > > Dear Holy Family, > > > > While thinking of Swamiji's question of whether prayer or work is > > better, I remember that the Sanskrit term for our world is karma bhumi, > > the realm of karma or work. > > > > According to my understanding, our soul evolves when we make appropriate > > choices, and then do so. That is, our soul evolves by means of right > > action or work. > > > > It is not always clear what is the appropriate action to take. Arjuna > > had that difficulty in the Bhagavad Gita war. But Krishna corrected him > > by telling him that it was his duty to fight, even though it would cost > > thousands of lives. > > > > I believe that continuous prayer is necessary for correct choices > > leading to right actions, or efficient work. Because through prayer we > > are drawn closer to God thus allowing us to know God's will in every > > circumstance of life. Then we can act accordingly. > > > > Often, prayer is petitionary: " O God, please give me this, or that or > > do this or that for me. " With the understanding that our job is to try > > our best to know God's will first and then to act on that knowledge; > > i.e. to work. > > > > I would say that the highest prayer is: " Thy will be done on earth as > > it is in Heaven " . > > > > > > With Love, > > Kumari > > > > > > > > , " inspectionconnection108 " > > <inspectionconnection108@> wrote: > > > > > > Namaste all: Swami has asked we post this question from him > > > > > > Which is greater, praying to God or working for God? > > > > > > Jai Ma Jai wami > > > > > > vishweshwar > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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