Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Dear friends and devotees, Bhakti is external. Share the wisdom of His holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji 3. ATTACHMENTS Krishna means the most attractive. He is the divinity, the energy that attracts everything to it. Krishna is the formless center that is everywhere. All attractions from anywhere come only from Krishna. Often people fail to see the spirit behind the attraction, and merely hold onto the outer shell, you will see Krishna has played a trick; you will be left with an empty shell in your hands and tears in your eyes. Do not be tricked by Krishna – Be clever like Radha because her whole world was filled with Krishna. If you can see that wherever there is an attraction there is Krishna, then you are Radha, you are in your centre. The mind moves towards beauty, joy, truth. Krishna tells Arjuna, “I am the beauty in the beautiful, the strength in the strong, the wisdom in the Wide.” In this way he arrests the mind from moving away from him. Attachments cause feverish breath. Feverish breath takes away your peace of mind. And without peace of mind, you come apart and fall prey to misery. Unfortunately most people do not notice until it’s too late. Before you get scattered too much, gather yourself together and rid your breath of feverishness though surrender and sadhana – spiritual practices. When you are drowning in the ocean of attachments, surrender is a life jacket. Without fighting attachments, observe your feverish breath and go to cool place of silence within. Your first step in this direction is directing your attachment to knowledge, to the Divine. Your non-attachment to the mundane is your charm. Your attachment to the Divine is your beauty. Craving comes from encouraging thought of pleasure. Yet the actual pleasure may not be as pleasurable as the memory of it. Whether you encourage a worldly thought or a Divine thought, they both bring you pleasure. Worldly thoughts lead to indulgence, which brings disappointment and dejection. Divine thoughts take you up from pleasure to bliss, intelligence and progress in life. Worldly thoughts bring pleasure only as memory, while Divine thoughts come as reality. Question: “What is a Divine thought?” I am not the body; I am bliss, satchitananda; I am an unbound space; I am love; I am peace; I am light. Question: “What is worldly thought?” Worldly thoughts are about money, sex, food, power, status and self image. Truth is hidden by the golden veil of the mundane. Pierce through this thin glittering sheath and know you are the sun. Continued…. 4. With love and regards, Sastry. Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2008 Report Share Posted January 24, 2008 Dear Dr.Sastry, Om Namah Shivaya, Thanks for sharing the wonderful wisdom of Sri Sri Ravi Shakarji, God Bless you, this kind of discourse clears doubts about spiritual path end increases hope and faith on the God. in Divine Love, Divakar. --- " Dr.B.G.Y Sastry " <drbgysastry wrote: > Dear friends and devotees, > > Bhakti is external. > > Share the wisdom of His holiness Sri Sri Ravi > Shankarji > > 3. ATTACHMENTS > > Krishna means the most attractive. He is the > divinity, the energy that attracts everything to it. > Krishna is the formless center that is everywhere. > All attractions from anywhere come only from > Krishna. > > Often people fail to see the spirit behind the > attraction, and merely hold onto the outer shell, > you will see Krishna has played a trick; you will be > left with an empty shell in your hands and tears in > your eyes. > > Do not be tricked by Krishna – Be clever like > Radha because her whole world was filled with > Krishna. If you can see that wherever there is an > attraction there is Krishna, then you are Radha, you > are in your centre. > The mind moves towards beauty, joy, truth. Krishna > tells Arjuna, “I am the beauty in the beautiful, the > strength in the strong, the wisdom in the Wide.” In > this way he arrests the mind from moving away from > him. > > Attachments cause feverish breath. Feverish breath > takes away your peace of mind. And without peace of > mind, you come apart and fall prey to misery. > Unfortunately most people do not notice until it’s > too late. Before you get scattered too much, gather > yourself together and rid your breath of > feverishness though surrender and sadhana – > spiritual practices. > > When you are drowning in the ocean of attachments, > surrender is a life jacket. Without fighting > attachments, observe your feverish breath and go to > cool place of silence within. Your first step in > this direction is directing your attachment to > knowledge, to the Divine. > > Your non-attachment to the mundane is your charm. > Your attachment to the Divine is your beauty. > > Craving comes from encouraging thought of > pleasure. Yet the actual pleasure may not be as > pleasurable as the memory of it. Whether you > encourage a worldly thought or a Divine thought, > they both bring you pleasure. Worldly thoughts lead > to indulgence, which brings disappointment and > dejection. Divine thoughts take you up from pleasure > to bliss, intelligence and progress in life. Worldly > thoughts bring pleasure only as memory, while Divine > thoughts come as reality. > > Question: “What is a Divine thought?” > > I am not the body; I am bliss, satchitananda; I am > an unbound space; I am love; I am peace; I am light. > > Question: “What is worldly thought?” > > Worldly thoughts are about money, sex, food, > power, status and self image. > > Truth is hidden by the golden veil of the mundane. > Pierce through this thin glittering sheath and know > you are the sun. > > Continued…. 4. > > With love and regards, > > Sastry. > > > > > Never miss a thing. Make your homepage. ______________________________\ ____ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile./;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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