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Dear Girish:

 

Thanks so much for recommending the following link:

 

THE MAKING OF A DEVOTEE

by Swami Vidyatmananda (John Yale)

 

http://theworld.com/~elayj/

 

 

I'd like to share a small portion from one of John Yale's talks I found at the

site:

 

 

 

" After I took sannyas, Swami Prabhavananda told me the following: " Nothing -

remember, nothing bad can ever happen to you again. It may be bad, it may seem

bad, but it won't be bad for you. "

 

Now that's a very curious statement. Because it seems to contradict itself. But

if you reflect a little bit on it you see exactly what it means. It means this -

that, having put yourself in His hands, having taken your stand as a devotee -

both as occupation and avocation -whatever happens, we must believe and know,

must be good for you.

 

And, of course, as you go on with your life you realise that He is pulling all

the strings. Events that seem impossibly terrible at the moment - disasters - at

the moment, somehow or another twist themselves around - or you get twisted

around, that's probably the case - so that later on we can say, 'well, I

wouldn't have had it any other way.' "

 

Jai Ramakrishna!

 

Brad

 

 

 

 

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