Guest guest Posted February 20, 2005 Report Share Posted February 20, 2005 Hello All, I was reading Spiritual Treasures - Letters of Swami Turiyananda. In one of his letters, the Swami quotes Vivekananda's prayer: "My only desire is to know thee, O Lord. Free me even from this" [A Song I Sing to Thee - a poem]. My doubt is, did Swamiji mean that one should not even have desire to know God. or was it a prayer to God to appear before him so that his lone desire is removed? Best Regards, Harish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 21, 2005 Report Share Posted February 21, 2005 Dear Harish, Not sure of what Swamiji meant. But the thought which came to my mind was that he may have been thinking of what Sri Ramakrishna used to say - we want to know God through this limited instrument we have (our intellect). It is like an ant hoping to devour a hill made of sugar. So, forget about " knowing " god. Just enjoy loving him and being loved by him. Just enjoy the mangoes ... I think from our point of view, we people who are so engrossed in the world that we do not even look at the sugar hill, the desire to get sugar should be there. So, for us, a desire to understand God and his creation should be there. But once we get some knowledge, then we will also realise that there is so much to know, that it is better to concentrate on the love aspect and not on the knowledge aspect. Best wishes, Ashish > > I was reading Spiritual Treasures - Letters of Swami Turiyananda. In one of his letters, the Swami quotes Vivekananda's prayer: " My only desire is to know thee, O Lord. Free me even from this " [A Song I Sing to Thee - a poem]. > > My doubt is, did Swamiji mean that one should not even have desire to know God. or was it a prayer to God to appear before him so that his lone desire is removed? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2005 Report Share Posted February 22, 2005 Namaste, A prayer, like you said. Love, Bob Rose I was reading Spiritual Treasures - Letters of Swami Turiyananda. In one of his letters, the Swami quotes Vivekananda's prayer: " My only desire is to know thee, O Lord. Free me even from this " [A Song I Sing to Thee - a poem]. My doubt is, did Swamiji mean that one should not even have desire to know God. or was it a prayer to God to appear before him so that his lone desire is removed? Best Regards, Harish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 6, 2005 Report Share Posted July 6, 2005 "My only desire is to know thee, O Lord. Free me even from this" One may interpret to say "Fulfil this desire so I am free of it". Or pleasse satisfy my desire so that I do not desire this anymore because You are always with me ? Respectfully, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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