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" sudheesh_s " <sudheesh007

<Ramakrishna >

Sunday, April 11, 2004 04:53

Re: The Divine and the Flesh, vivekananda....

 

 

> Im indeed glad to hear from you srikanth. It was indeed very helpful

> n motivating to hear from another soul soldiering on. I think to a

> certain extent the more you are able to control your instincts, the

> easier it gets. And the more you indulge, the more you get caught up

> in it.

> I find this group very down to earth and a lot more hands seem to be

> around to help people just for the sake of helping, looking at some

> of the older posts/ Some of the other groups that I am d

> to, I find people arguing about nuances which wud be better off left

> alone. The more we argue n debate the more we get entrenched in our

> ego. Indeed im it seems infinitely more important to love god and

> love everyone else as god and serve them.

> I get high on swami vivekananda for some unknown reason. The very

> mention of his name, gives me goosebumps and it had been so since

> childhood when I hardly knew anything about him. I first, saw his

> name on a paperweight on my dads table when I was little, it

> said " Arise, Awake and stop not till the goal is reached "

> Merely hearing his story brings tears to my eyes and my heart swells

> with an unselfish pride for him, when I read about him. When I was 8

> and I went to the swami vivekananda rock, the very last bit of

> India, out into the Indian ocean. And I almost fell to my knees and

> kissed that place, where he once lay his foot- the culmination of

> his voyage of discovery.

> Now I find myself away from the hallowed land, but I want to go back

> n understand that wonderful place again. I again look to

> vivekananda's days of travelling from the north to south, from the

> east to west, seeing his people, feeling the compassion flowing

> forth like an incessant waterfall, as my inspiration. He indeed had

> the love of Christ and Buddha and an unmatched intellect.

> God bless you all,

>

> Cheers,

> Sudheesh

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> Ramakrishna , " siddharth_ua "

> <siddharth_ua> wrote:

> > Sudeesh,