Guest guest Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Dear Beloved Kumari, Lalitha, Neeraj, Linda, Dr. Sandeep, Usha, Kamalaji, Henny...and Everybody Thanks for listening to Maa's beautiful story. I told Maa that everybody enjoyed Her story so very much. i had a doubt as i was writing and thinking about the story and i was wondering if i could share with you -- and if we can get an understanding together. What exactly is pure love? Is it the same as unconditional love? Can you please write what is your understanding. After we discuss and churn (as Shree Maa says!), we can ask Shree Maa and Swamiji also! So please do take a moment to share your thoughts/examples of " What is pure love? " Thank you and waiting to hear from you! Om! Jai Maa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Pure love has no agenda, requirements, needs, reasons, it just is.Mother is the perfect example of pure love.To love even those that are mean and cruel to us for no apparent reason would be a pure love. Anyone can love someone that is nice to them or that loves them in return.But the love that is pure can love all and expect nothing in return.It doesn't even require being known that it loves.It is just pure love.Devi--- On Thu, 3/19/09, n_ramya108 <n_ramya108 wrote:n_ramya108 <n_ramya108[www.ShreeMaa.org] Shree Maa's Story and Pure love Date: Thursday, March 19, 2009, 7:14 PM Dear Beloved Kumari, Lalitha, Neeraj, Linda, Dr. Sandeep, Usha, Kamalaji, Henny...and Everybody Thanks for listening to Maa's beautiful story. I told Maa that everybody enjoyed Her story so very much. i had a doubt as i was writing and thinking about the story and i was wondering if i could share with you -- and if we can get an understanding together. What exactly is pure love? Is it the same as unconditional love? Can you please write what is your understanding. After we discuss and churn (as Shree Maa says!), we can ask Shree Maa and Swamiji also! So please do take a moment to share your thoughts/examples of "What is pure love?" Thank you and waiting to hear from you! Om! Jai Maa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 You've said it all, Devi Maa, thank you for your beautiful words of wisdom. Having read your post, I had a question: to love even those that are mean and cruel to us cannot not mean giving them permission for abuse, can it? If we were to act with pure love in such circumstances, what would we do? Could we say that pure love is not dependent on conditions, but that it manifests differently in different circumstances? And that sometimes pure love expresses itself in ways that would not necessarily be perceived as 'loving' by the recipient? Thinking along those lines I thought: would not the Chandi be a perfect 'Course in Pure Love'? Having often wondered what the 'Glory of the Goddess' actually means, I know feel that it is Her pure love that is Her Glory, and Her victory is the victory of pure love over all that is mean and cruel. If we would learn about pure love, everything we need to know has been given to us in the Chandi. I remember Shree Maa said in one of the books 'the Chandi is my life' and I begin to understand a little what this means. Jai Maa! May we all grow in the realization that we are all one in pure love, may all obstacles to this realization be removed, may we always be grateful for the perfect example and may we never forget examples are to be followed, with love, Henny , devi <student61754 wrote: > > Pure love has no agenda, requirements, needs, reasons, it just is. > Mother is the perfect example of pure love. > To love even those that are mean and cruel to us for no apparent reason would be a pure love. > Anyone can love someone that is nice to them or that loves them in return. > But the love that is pure can love all and expect nothing in return. > It doesn't even require being known that it loves. > It is just pure love. > > Devi > > --- On Thu, 3/19/09, n_ramya108 <n_ramya108 wrote: > > n_ramya108 <n_ramya108 > [www.ShreeMaa.org] Shree Maa's Story and Pure love > > Thursday, March 19, 2009, 7:14 PM > > > > > > Dear Beloved Kumari, Lalitha, Neeraj, Linda, Dr. Sandeep, Usha, Kamalaji, Henny...and Everybody > > > > Thanks for listening to Maa's beautiful story. I told Maa that everybody enjoyed Her story so very much. > > > > i had a doubt as i was writing and thinking about the story and i was wondering if i could share with you -- and if we can get an understanding together. > > > > What exactly is pure love? Is it the same as unconditional love? > > > > Can you please write what is your understanding. After we discuss and churn (as Shree Maa says!), we can ask Shree Maa and Swamiji also! > > > > So please do take a moment to share your thoughts/examples of " What is pure love? " > > > > Thank you and waiting to hear from you! > > > > Om! Jai Maa! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Thank you, Ramya, for this question. I think pure love is a description, or definition, of the essence of love. Pure love is love itself. Pure, clean, unadulterated, unconditional, and, perhaps one could say, in existence before it is even offered to anyone or anything. It is a description of its very existence. When love is offered or received, only then is it able to become unconditional (or conditional). I look forward to hearing more churnings from my Devi Mandir brothers and sisters, and Shree Maa and Swamiji's words. Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! love ambika -- In , " n_ramya108 " <n_ramya108 wrote: > > Dear Beloved Kumari, Lalitha, Neeraj, Linda, Dr. Sandeep, Usha, Kamalaji, Henny...and Everybody > > Thanks for listening to Maa's beautiful story. I told Maa that everybody enjoyed Her story so very much. > > i had a doubt as i was writing and thinking about the story and i was wondering if i could share with you -- and if we can get an understanding together. > > What exactly is pure love? Is it the same as unconditional love? > > Can you please write what is your understanding. After we discuss and churn (as Shree Maa says!), we can ask Shree Maa and Swamiji also! > > So please do take a moment to share your thoughts/examples of " What is pure love? " > > Thank you and waiting to hear from you! > > Om! Jai Maa! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 22, 2009 Report Share Posted March 22, 2009 Dear Ones, For me, unconditional Love is Pure love.....devoid of any selfishness and agenda. Although I have tried to love unconditionally, i find it very difficult. The mind and the ego are always at work.But over time I have realized that this is what Sadhana- spiritual practices are for.They help us to burn up our selfishness and ego and strip off the layers and layers of impressions from countless lifetimes.We unlearn so many unhealthy ideas and concepts that shape the way we think and act and the Shakti purifies us. I think that I am a work in progress and have much to learn. I don't know when I will reach the place from where I can give unconditonal Love. However, I do feel that I have received unconditional Love- from the Divine Mother.Countless times She has reached out and saved me. Ofcourse, the churning process is tough too,all the debris that come to the surface are hard to deal with. But I intend to hold on to Her and at some point be able to offer Pure Love - love for Love's sake and nothing else. On Fri, 20 Mar 2009 n_ramya108 wrote : >Dear Beloved Kumari, Lalitha, Neeraj, Linda, Dr. Sandeep, Usha, Kamalaji, Henny...and Everybody > >Thanks for listening to Maa's beautiful story. I told Maa that everybody enjoyed Her story so very much. > >i had a doubt as i was writing and thinking about the story and i was wondering if i could share with you -- and if we can get an understanding together. > >What exactly is pure love? Is it the same as unconditional love? > >Can you please write what is your understanding. After we discuss and churn (as Shree Maa says!), we can ask Shree Maa and Swamiji also! > >So please do take a moment to share your thoughts/examples of " What is pure love? " > >Thank you and waiting to hear from you! > >Om! Jai Maa! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Hello Everyone, thank you for this invitation to meditate upon pure love. I think of Shree Maa as the perfect example of pure love, selfless, simple, a power that opens my heart, stops my words, calms my soul, motivates me to be my best to everyone. Pure Love is what all of creation is resolving into. I also have always loved 1 Corinthians 13: " If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I deliver my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing. Love is patient, love is kind, and is not jealous, love does not brag and is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered; does not rejoice in unrighteousness but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.........now abide faith, hope and love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. " Thank you Shree Maa and Swami, for being always a reminder of this Love. Jennifer , " n_ramya108 " <n_ramya108 wrote: > > Dear Beloved Kumari, Lalitha, Neeraj, Linda, Dr. Sandeep, Usha, Kamalaji, Henny...and Everybody > > Thanks for listening to Maa's beautiful story. I told Maa that everybody enjoyed Her story so very much. > > i had a doubt as i was writing and thinking about the story and i was wondering if i could share with you -- and if we can get an understanding together. > > What exactly is pure love? Is it the same as unconditional love? > > Can you please write what is your understanding. After we discuss and churn (as Shree Maa says!), we can ask Shree Maa and Swamiji also! > > So please do take a moment to share your thoughts/examples of " What is pure love? " > > Thank you and waiting to hear from you! > > Om! Jai Maa! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Pure love is heartbreak. Seeing all of your children suffering, some whose bodies are skinned while still alive to clothe another, some boiled in pots as food, so many who are lonely and afraid and who confuse what is wholesome with what is harmful and have no protector. From beings tormented in hellish existences of extreme heat and cold to those racked with hunger and thirst, nowhere to turn. Pure love expands ever outward like an umbrella, an intention to shelter all beings with one's own wholesome intentions and actions. Be careful what you wish for. Pure love is like an ache in your heart that opens ever outward leaving you ever more vulnerable and exposed to the sorrow of samsara. It is to experience life in all its sublime horror free from the analgesic of ego. Kalidas On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 7:14 PM, n_ramya108 <n_ramya108 wrote: > Dear Beloved Kumari, Lalitha, Neeraj, Linda, Dr. Sandeep, Usha, Kamalaji, > Henny...and Everybody > > Thanks for listening to Maa's beautiful story. I told Maa that everybody > enjoyed Her story so very much. > > i had a doubt as i was writing and thinking about the story and i was > wondering if i could share with you -- and if we can get an understanding > together. > > What exactly is pure love? Is it the same as unconditional love? > > Can you please write what is your understanding. After we discuss and churn > (as Shree Maa says!), we can ask Shree Maa and Swamiji also! > > So please do take a moment to share your thoughts/examples of " What is pure > love? " > > Thank you and waiting to hear from you! > > Om! Jai Maa! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2009 Report Share Posted March 24, 2009 Dear Ramya, Please thank Maa for the beautiful story, and thank you for sharing it with us and spreading love.... I think we all know when we see pure love or feel pure love with the depth of our being! I remember the time I first saw my newborn baby - I forgot all my pains and aches and gazed at him in wonder, awe and love. All the long hours of looking after the little bundle of joy did not matter, and his priorities were my mine. And was I thinking of returns? Ha! I wasn't thinking at all.. I was all feeling and emotion and caring...full of joy! I guess that's the kind of love Mirabai had for Krishna, or Sri Ramakrishna for Maa Durga, or Swamiji has for Maa Durga! This love is accompanied by commitment...but the commitment is a joy!!! Its a wonderful feeling that fills our existence and grows and grows....you can't hide it!! And Kalidas is right its heartache all the way.. Compassion is a product of love. Love manjushri , " n_ramya108 " <n_ramya108 wrote: > > Dear Beloved Kumari, Lalitha, Neeraj, Linda, Dr. Sandeep, Usha, Kamalaji, Henny...and Everybody > > Thanks for listening to Maa's beautiful story. I told Maa that everybody enjoyed Her story so very much. > > i had a doubt as i was writing and thinking about the story and i was wondering if i could share with you -- and if we can get an understanding together. > > What exactly is pure love? Is it the same as unconditional love? > > Can you please write what is your understanding. After we discuss and churn (as Shree Maa says!), we can ask Shree Maa and Swamiji also! > > So please do take a moment to share your thoughts/examples of " What is pure love? " > > Thank you and waiting to hear from you! > > Om! Jai Maa! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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