Guest guest Posted February 12, 2000 Report Share Posted February 12, 2000 Dear Vinaire The answer to the question put forth by the new devotee of Sri Ramakrishna in His own words is that when He used to stand in spiritual ecstacy oblivious of the outer world, all kinds of 'people' used to touch His Body made of Suddha Sattva, and the 'sins' entered Him from them, which resulted in the suffering of His Divine Body from 'cancer'. This was revealed to Him in a 'Vision' by the Divine Mother, Kali, Herself. Thanks and kind regards vinaire Ramakrishna and Cancer I guess I have a question that was put to me by a new devotee of Sri Ramakrishna. The question was, " If Sri Ramakrishna was an AVATAR, how come he had to suffer from cancer near the end of his days? " That devotee is very sincere. She told me that Sri Ramakrishna recently appeared in her dream and blessed her. She is simply puzzled by the above occurrence in the earthly life of Sri Ramakrishna. I did answer her in my own way, but it seems that it didn't quite satisfy her curiosity. I would like to know how other participants on this board view that event. Thank you, Vinaire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2000 Report Share Posted February 12, 2000 Dear Vinaire, Ramakrishna himself said, " I can't ask the Divine Mother to cure my illness. I shall be cured if it is God's will. " (Gospel p. 842:i,j, Nikhilananda translation) When he thought of God, his mind soared and he could not bring it to the concern of his body. My understanding is that we normal human beings are body and mind connected, but Avatars only wear the clothing of body and mind; their concern, their focus, their reality, is Reality itself. Not only why bring it down to the body? but just the thought of God took him to greater heights of consciousness than worrying about his cancer. I hope this makes sense. edtipple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2000 Report Share Posted February 12, 2000 Vinaire and Jay, Is there some way that Vinaire's messages can be posted so that they read up and down as a letter? I'm having to scroll to the right, to the right, to the right, until I'm dizzy. edtipple Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.