Guest guest Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 Dear Vishweshwar, I am sorry, I don't follow. I think perhaps you are responding to the questions that I quoted from Sal in my reply to him? Best regards, Kalidas On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 12:30 AM, inspectionconnection108 <inspectionconnection108 wrote: > Namaste: I would be happy to send your questions to Swami, but I am > not certain if you desire to ask a one. > > Jai Maa > > vishweshwar > > , " Thubten Namgyal " > <anandabhairav wrote: >> >> > How did those feel after completing or not completing some of the >> > huge sankalpas asked of us over the last several years? Does one >> > internalize it as guilt, sorrow, failure? Or does one beam with >> > pride over having accomplished something enormous? Either way, is >> > this not a direct hit to our vanity? Are we somehow attached to the >> > outsome? Again, I always ask, does Mother not love us all the same >> > anyway? >> >> While your point is well taken that any activity we perform with a >> sense of doership is just an expression of our vanity, the equal love >> of the Mother manifests differently according to the desires of her >> children. Not all devotees of the Mother are looking for liberation >> while living. In fact, probably a fairly small number. In the words >> of Ramprasad's song: >> >> In the market place of this world, the Mother sits flying Her kites. >> She cuts the string of one or two and when the kite soars up into > the infinite: >> Oh how She laughs and claps her hands! >> >> The sun shines equally on all but one with a magnifying glass we can >> use its rays to start a fire. Sadhana is such a magnifying glass with >> which we light the fire of tapas. There is obviously a very big >> difference between an ordinary person who does not perform ritual >> service or have devotion to an ishta devata and a sadhaka such as >> Svamiji or Maa who has immersed him or herself in remembering the >> divine. I think that is obvious to any of us that have spent time in >> the company of sages. >> >> Mantras do not truly awaken until they have been recited according to >> agamic injunction, often 100,000 or more times. This isn't a numbers >> game, but rather a divine science of sound and energy. >> >> Christianity likely has some redeeming qualities, but I think that we >> must treat each mystical discipline on its own terms rather than try >> to mash it all up into a single stew of aphorisms and axioms and >> insist that they be homogenous and consistent. Making resolves and >> vows and bringing them to fruition are part and parcel of the Hindu >> approach to purifying the habitual mind. They are not a form of >> spiritual materialism and should be judged according to their >> intention and purpose. >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Kalidas >> > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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