How can we love God or surrender to Him?...... (fwd)

[Guest guest]

Ranganadhan NS <nsranga

How can we love God or surrender to Him?......

Wed, 07 Jul 1999 09:58:23 PDT

 

---------------------- HARI OM -----------------------

 

Courtesy : " God lived with them " - Swami Chetanananda

Page 436

Latu Maharaj : Swami Adbhutananda

(Direct Disciple of Sri Ramakrishn)

 

---------------------- HARI OM -----------------------

 

 

Another devotee asked a common question: How can we love

God or surrender to Him, without seeing Him? Latu Maharaj

answered :

 

Don't you send your application for a job to the manager

of a company without ever having seen him? Your interview

with the manager depends upon sending your application

to him. You write the application thus : " Sir, please

appoint me for the job; I shall be extremely happy to

serve you; I promise my unswerving obedience to you, "

and so on. And you write all this without having seen

the manager, don't you?

 

Similarly you can send an application to the Lord.

However, this application is not to be written on

paper, but on the pages one's mind: " O Lord, may

I never forget Your name. I take refuge in you.

Please assign me to Your service and destroy my ego

and doubts. You are my master, guru, father, mother,

and all in all. I am your child. Make me your ins-

trument. Do not delude me with Your bewitching

maya. O my sweet Lord, I have not seen You; I have

only heard Your name. Please make me Your own. "

You will have to pray like this daily. Only then

will He choose to bestow His grace on you.

 

---------------------- HARI OM -----------------------

 

 

_____________

Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

 

 

 

--

----------

Email: gomu

Phone: +91 80 6634617

Webpages: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1863

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2973

----------

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sending us Latu Maharaj's apt illustration!

 

Gokulmuthu N <gomu

Indian Philosophy Mailing List <philist >;

ramakrishna <ramakrishna >

Thursday, July 08, 1999 10:53 AM

[ramakrishna] How can we love God or surrender to Him?...... (fwd)

 

 

>Gokulmuthu N <gomu

>

>Ranganadhan NS <nsranga

>How can we love God or surrender to Him?......

>Wed, 07 Jul 1999 09:58:23 PDT

>

>---------------------- HARI OM -----------------------

>

>Courtesy : " God lived with them " - Swami Chetanananda

> Page 436

>Latu Maharaj : Swami Adbhutananda

> (Direct Disciple of Sri Ramakrishn)

>

>---------------------- HARI OM -----------------------

>

>

>Another devotee asked a common question: How can we love

>God or surrender to Him, without seeing Him? Latu Maharaj

>answered :

>

>Don't you send your application for a job to the manager

>of a company without ever having seen him? Your interview

>with the manager depends upon sending your application

>to him. You write the application thus : " Sir, please

>appoint me for the job; I shall be extremely happy to

>serve you; I promise my unswerving obedience to you, "

>and so on. And you write all this without having seen

>the manager, don't you?

>

>Similarly you can send an application to the Lord.

>However, this application is not to be written on

>paper, but on the pages one's mind: " O Lord, may

>I never forget Your name. I take refuge in you.

>Please assign me to Your service and destroy my ego

>and doubts. You are my master, guru, father, mother,

>and all in all. I am your child. Make me your ins-

>trument. Do not delude me with Your bewitching

>maya. O my sweet Lord, I have not seen You; I have

>only heard Your name. Please make me Your own. "

>You will have to pray like this daily. Only then

>will He choose to bestow His grace on you.

>

>---------------------- HARI OM -----------------------

>

>

>_____________

>Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com

>

>

>

>--

>----------

>Email: gomu

>Phone: +91 80 6634617

>Webpages: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/1863

> http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/2973

>----------

>

>--------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ----------------------------

>

>How has ONElist changed your life?

>Share your story with us at

>

>------

>Sri Ramakrishnaye Namah

>Vivekananda Centre London

>http://www.btinternet.com/~vivekananda/

>