Shree Maa responds

[Guest guest]

Beloved Mother,

 

In reply to your second question, I would think it depends on the

degree of a person's faith. If a person believes that God is far away

in space--or in time--then pathways and methods are necessary.

 

And, in that case, it is far easier and quicker to travel in a

comfortable vehicle on a six-lane highway than to cut a new path

through the jungle with a machete.

 

On the other hand, if a person has burning faith that God is the

Nearest of the near and Ever-present in one's own Heart, then methods

and vehicles may be less necessary. Does a wife need rituals and

ceremonials to speak intimately with her husband?

 

It is my belief that with sincerity and a little experimenting each

person will find her or his own level: if one can sit quietly for

hours, feeling the Presence of God without distraction, then outer

aids would become less necessary.

 

As Sri Ramakrishna said, " When the sandhya merges into the Gayatri and

the Gayatri merges into Om, rituals will fall away by themselves " .

 

However, in either case, with external methods or not, I believe that

a Guru is always necessary.

 

With loving pranams,

Kumari

 

 

 

 

, " inspectionconnection108 "

<inspectionconnection108 wrote:

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> Namaste all family: I forwarded all of your responses to Her question

> and She replied.

>

> SHRE MAAA SAID:

>

> Can you imagine that we could get the opportunity to sing the same

> mantras that the rishis sang, in the same place that they sang them,

> performing the same sadhana with the same bhava! Surely we will be

> entitled to the same fruit!

>

> Why would we want to mimic the sadhana of the rishis at this time in

> our own lives? Isn't it important for us to find our own ways to God,

> rather than copy someone else's?

>

>

>

> Jai Ma Jai Swami

>

> vishweshwar

>