Guest guest Posted January 17, 2009 Report Share Posted January 17, 2009 Namaste Ruchi, Being a servant to circumstance means taking whatever life/God gives you and being happy. It is all Her prasad, everything that happens to us, so why not accept with humility and love. Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai Maa , " ruchibabbar " <ruchibabbar wrote: > > This is wonderful. I was wondering at the last page there is a teaching: > " Be a servant of the circumstance " . I do not quite understand it. Can > somebody please shed some light on it. > > Thanks, > Ruchi > > In , " inspectionconnection108 " > <inspectionconnection108@> wrote: > > > > Namaste all family: a devotee performed wonderful seva and collected > > some of Maa's teachings. They are posted on Her web site. Here is > > the link. There are some very powerful teachings there. I hope all > > will join in reading and discussing them here. > > > > > http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/shree_maa_and_swamijis_teachings_a_devote > e_shares > > > > Jai Ma Jai Swami > > > > vishweshwar > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Thank you so much for your reply. But this also leads to another question I have. When we are in situations which we perceive as unfavourable, we make efforts to get out of them, change them. For example if a person thinks: I am not making enough money or I am not happy with my job or my career choices, he/she strives to change these situations to be happier. Sometimes they are successful and many times not. Where is the boundary line between actually sitting out a unfavourable situation vs. trying to change it ? Most of the times even after making a reasonable effort to ask only for devotion I end up praying and asking maa to change things for me. In my own personal life a struggle a lot with these issues. I want to be successful in life as well to be successsful in getting her attention. Materialism and spirituality both. Does anybody think these two objectives can be simultaneously acheived. Thanks, ruchi , " gauri_108 " <gauri_108 wrote: > > Namaste Ruchi, > > Being a servant to circumstance means taking whatever life/God gives > you and being happy. It is all Her prasad, everything that happens to > us, so why not accept with humility and love. > > Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai Maa > > , " ruchibabbar " <ruchibabbar@> > wrote: > > > > This is wonderful. I was wondering at the last page there is a teaching: > > " Be a servant of the circumstance " . I do not quite understand it. Can > > somebody please shed some light on it. > > > > Thanks, > > Ruchi > > > > In , " inspectionconnection108 " > > <inspectionconnection108@> wrote: > > > > > > Namaste all family: a devotee performed wonderful seva and collected > > > some of Maa's teachings. They are posted on Her web site. Here is > > > the link. There are some very powerful teachings there. I hope all > > > will join in reading and discussing them here. > > > > > > > > http://www.shreemaa.org/drupal/shree_maa_and_swamijis_teachings_a_devo te > > e_shares > > > > > > Jai Ma Jai Swami > > > > > > vishweshwar > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 I can tell you what I would do in that situation. If there is something I really want or a situation I want changed that is causing me great distress, I will ask Ma to change it or to help me. I know however that Ma's plans may be something different for me, so I allow Her to be in charge. If there is something I need to do, that I don't want to do, I ask Ma to give me willingness to make the attempt and do it as thoroughly as I can. I have to remember, although this is difficult, that Ma will give me what I need and will take care of me. This is karma yoga - to work without expectation of results and this is bhakti yoga - to make your Ishta Devata the center of your life. Is materialism compatible with spirituality? If we are fullfilling the 4 aims of life then, yes, artha, aquiring wealth is necessary. That is one of the 4 aims - dharma, artha, kama, moksha. We need wealth in order to support ourselves and to not be a burden to others and to maintain our spiritual life. When it becomes something that is an obsession, then it has usurped the spiritual part of human life. Re: Shree Maa's Teachings -- To Ruchi Posted by: "ruchibabbar" ruchibabbar ruchibabbar Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:10 pm (PST) Thank you so much for your reply. But this also leads to another question I have. When we are in situations which we perceive as unfavourable, we make efforts to get out of them, change them. For example if a person thinks: I am not making enough money or I am not happy with my job or my career choices, he/she strives to change these situations to be happier. Sometimes they are successful and many times not. Where is the boundary line between actually sitting out a unfavourable situation vs. trying to change it ? Most of the times even after making a reasonable effort to ask only for devotion I end up praying and asking maa to change things for me.In my own personal life a struggle a lot with these issues. I want to be successful in life as well to be successsful in getting her attention. Materialism and spirituality both. Does anybody think these two objectives can be simultaneously acheived. Thanks,ruchi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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