Guest guest Posted May 5, 2010 Report Share Posted May 5, 2010 Shraddha by Swami Bhoomananda Tirtha Attention (Shraddha) is the sole quality and virtue in spiritual seeking. It is sheerly due to lack of sufficient attention that the seeker fails to get at the Self present in the body, animating and activating the mind, intelligence and ego. The same attention you employ in any field of knowledge has to be focused in the spiritual search also to reveal the presence and glory of the Self. Seekers cannot afford to be inattentive or careless in anything that they do. Unkempt hair, unclean dress or unhygienic ways of living and the like do not the least become harmonious with spiritual wisdom or grace. Earlier this truth is understood, the better. *** Shraddha Krishna says, is something inseparable from one's nature or inner constitution. In fact, every one is what his attention will be. It is in and through attention and application that an individual grows, expresses himself and brings about any and all outcomes in his life. Whatever level and degree of attention one has, that indeed will be his actual worth, skill and ability, and consequently the quality of effort and resultant attainment. *** Spiritual seekers and Knowers will generally be dispassionate and indifferent to the world and worldly life. It is an inevitable part of their inspiration and evaluation. But can these qualities in any way imply or advocate inattention on the seeker's part towards anything whatever? Shraddha is the first and last word in any field of knowledge, both in gaining and expressing it. It should be even more so in the context of spiritual wisdom. If attentiveness is there, it will express itself in all the fields of one's life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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