Guest guest Posted March 26, 1999 Report Share Posted March 26, 1999 Sure go ahead! On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 Vidya123 wrote: > Vidya123 > > Dear Members, > > I would like to start a discussion on divine love, it's nature, it's motives, > Goal, manifestations, applications, practices and anything concerning it. > Swami Satprakashananda said " Religion is nothing without Love " . And our > beloved Sri Ramakrishna stressed love through every step of spiritual life. > Please consider my request. > > Yours in Sri Ramakrishna, > > > Om Lala Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 1999 Report Share Posted March 26, 1999 Dear friends, Love & Science of Values " We, and all other animals, are machines created by our genes. ....A prominent quality to be expected in a successful gene is ruthless selfishness. ...Universal love & the welfare of the species as a whole are the concepts that simply do not make evolutionary sense. ...My own feeling is that a human society based on the gene's law of universal ruthlessness would be a very nasty society in which to live. ...Let us teach ourselves generosity, altruism, & love, because we are born selfish. " (Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene). The question is, what is the source of these values? From where the love originates? Vedanta answers: All these values of selflessness, love, and generosity have their origin in the depth dimension of our own Self, the Atman. With conscious and deliberate spiritual practice (sadhana) one can acquire these values for one's spiritual progress and the welfare of the world. Love yourself not as a mere body-mind complex, but as Pure Self--Atman, and then your love towards others will also acquire a 'pure universal dimension'. Science of values is primarily a check on human sensory impulses with a view to manifest a higher human dimension--a tendency towards Divine Love. DR. C. S. SHAH: < drcsshah > < http://come.to/neovedanta > ********************************************************* Vidya123 wrote: > Vidya123 > > Dear Members, > > I would like to start a discussion on divine love, it's nature, it's motives, > Goal, manifestations, applications, practices and anything concerning it. > Swami Satprakashananda said " Religion is nothing without Love " . And our > beloved Sri Ramakrishna stressed love through every step of spiritual life. > Please consider my request. > > Yours in Sri Ramakrishna, > > Om Lala > > ------ > Ta Da! Come see our new web site! > > Onelist: A free email community service > ------ > Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah > Vivekananda Centre London > http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 1999 Report Share Posted March 26, 1999 Namaste... The nature of Divine Love is Being, and the nature of Being is Divine Love. Tat Tvam Asi, Thomas ============================================================ " The paradox is that in letting go, we hold on to the one thing that is permanent; not the song, but the source of the song. Therein lies the Way. " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Find yourself at the Arcanta website... www.arcanta.com ============================================================ Namaste Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 18, 2009 Report Share Posted October 18, 2009 Swami wonderfully says : From the time of birth unto death, you experience different forms of love. I call these your ‘addictions’ and dependencies more than love itself. From birth you feel instantaneous love for the mother that delivered you in this world and the father that protected you from discomfort and stresses. You grew to love your siblings who shared your childhood with you. You grew attached to your surroundings and friends that spent time with you in the course of your studies. Then you gave your heart to the one person you committed to spend your lifetime with. This union brought your children into this world for whom you sacrificed your entire life for. But in each of these kinds of love, is a ‘selfishness’ hidden. Even after experiencing all this love, you remain restless, unhappy and in search of something new. In each of these stages of love, you will find your eye looks for a love that is sweeter and more complete. A love that completely accepts you with no expectations. When the love of God walks into your life, His strength of goodness becomes your ideal. His power to change you is your only obsession. His shadow of protection is your motivation to move forward! I urge you to walk your first steps towards this stream of love. Push yourselves, slowly, from these strings of confinements, and arrive at My doorstep. Give up the name that is attached to this body and call upon Mine. These doors of My love will stay open for you always, anytime, anywhere and whenever you are ready for Me. It is only your readiness to walk Godward, that will one day, make you the divine being you pray to be today. Om Sai Ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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