Guest guest Posted January 24, 2009 Report Share Posted January 24, 2009 Namaste Dear Linda: I searched through Maa's teachings on her web site, these are her words for you and all of us who can a burden in our hearts and minds. You are not alone, we all love you and pray for you. Be at peace. We are all part of that family of Brahmins she mentions below. " It's so difficult to get a human birth. It's much more difficult to get a birth in a family of Brahmins, knowers of God. It's even more difficult to get a birth in a family of knowers of God and yourself be infused with the love of God and the desire to find and live with that divinity. So please don't waste the opportunity. Take every opportunity that you can and search for God and fill your life and your environment with Godliness, more and more. " Jai Ma Jai Swami vishweshwar , nierika wrote: > > Dear vish ~ I agree with all you so eloquently write here, but I must tell > you that, in some cases, what is right or true for most people is not right or > true for others. My journey into these illnesses has, as my symptoms grow > ever worse, made me more and more dependent on others. > > First I was dependent on people to help clean my house. That may not seem > like much, but for one who enjoyed cleaning and the feeling of renewal that > activity brought, it was a blow. Then I became somewhat dependent on people to > cook or prepare meals for me. I do that myself now, but my diet is extremely > restricted because I don't have the energy for cooking and preparing food. My > diet is cheese, yoghurt, fresh fruit, and muffins, every day. So in that way I > have taken that burden off of my husband. > > But now I am not able to drive. Will I ever drive again? I don't know. It > depends on what is wrong with me; the doctors are still trying to figure it out. > I am dependent on David to walk my dog, another " chore " I loved. David > doesn't like to do it, but he knows I can't, and so he does. I live in fear over > what ability I may lose next. My balance is really off; I stumble; I am > clumsy; I fall; I drop things. Each of these is a reminder of the loss of abilities > that I used to take for granted, and the loss has been so gradual, spread > over several decades, that I really didn't " see " it coming. > > I pray to Maa to help me bear my illnesses without rancor, fear or > resentment; to give me the courage to be strong and to accept what I bear with grace > and graciousness. I throw myself at the Mother, in anger like a child with a > temper tantrum, then I grab onto her skirts and plead with her to help me be > more accepting. So, I agree the ideal is to not be a burden on anyone, yet I am > acutely aware every day, of just how much of a burden I have become. For > some reason this is my karma and my dharma, and I work to learn whatever lessons > are here for me. > > I am sorry I reacted so strongly to what you wrote; I am now one of a group > of millions, people who live at the good will of others; people whose > " disability " may be invisible, but is just as limiting, just as frightening ... and > like many, I work every day to rise above this. I guess this topic has been > very much on my mind these last few weeks. ~ Linda > > > vish wrote: > > Namaste all: Kumari captured the essence of Maa's teachings as I > relate to them. All of us face these issues every day and we can all > relate to your dilimma Ruchi. > The key princilples here are: faith, trust, and surrender to Divine > Will while acting in accord with the highest principles we are capable > of at any moment. > We have a body, we have responsibilities, we have physical and > material needs and we cannot be a burden on anyone. So we perform > sadhana to increase our capacity: our capacity to surrender, to have > more faith, to have greater devotion, to be more conscious while we > act; and then we move into the world to perform our karma to fulfill > our dharma. > > > **************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy > steps! > (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100000075x1215855013x1201028747/aol?redir=http://\ www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072%26hmpgID=62%26bcd=De > cemailfooterNO62) > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 25, 2009 Report Share Posted January 25, 2009 And Dear Linda this is an opportunity for your husband to help and take care of an aspect of the Divine Mother - you! Knowingly or unknowingly this is his sadhana. Then your role would be the one of blessing and praying for him. It says in one of the archanas that when you perform them they are for the benefit of yourself and all your family. They will help you and your loved ones obtain liberation. When one is sick, the work one must do is to get well. And be ready for the amazing, you just might get well and then you can work and help others in other ways. I pray that you will get better and better now. Love to all Kumari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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