Guest guest Posted May 18, 2007 Report Share Posted May 18, 2007 Oh so when the pupil is ready the Master appears is not relevant? I thought the Master chose the pupil? The Master calls the pupil and the Soul responds. Jane - Sunil Bhattacharjya Friday, May 18, 2007 11:53 PM Re: [HealthyIndia] Fw: Long - for your perusal at your convenience Probably the person concerned lost contact with his guru. Without casting any aspersions on his guru I wish to say that one should be careful in selecting one's guru. Swami Vivekananda accepted Ramakrishna Paramhamsa as guru only after the tests he carried out himself or in other words only after he was fully convinced about the latter's attainments.There are standard guidelines on choosing a guru. Brow Chakra is also called Guru Chakra. Meditating on that helps one attain spiritual knowledge and control the mind so that when the Kundalini rises from the Root Chakra the lower thoughts cannot create problems. Of course one has to observe discipline particularly one must follow 'Ahimsa' and 'Mitahara' so that there is no guilt-complex of any sort and the body is not lethargic. Meditation on the Heart controls the emotions and helps control the lower thoughts. One's own Transcendental Self or the Lord Himself resides in the heart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Dear Jane,Did I mean that? Ramakrishna Paramhamsa, to my knowledge, sent for Narendra ( Who later on came to be known as Swami Vivekanada) but Narendra accepted him only after testing. There is no substitute for vigilance at any stage in life as false gurus may appear at times. I think the Bible too had warned about the false prophets etc .Guru gives guidance. So Choosing a proper guru is important. Thereafter one has to work it out oneself. Did not Lord Krishna tell Arjuna, at the end of the discourse (See the 18th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita), that it was upto Arjuna to decide what he finally wanted to do? Further the guru may not always appear personally before you but he may inspire you in other ways. One can als directly follow what the Yogeshwara (Lord of the yogis) Krishna said. When one finds a proper guru one finds answer to one's all such doubts,Sunil BhattacharjyaJane MacRoss <highfield1 wrote: Oh so when the pupil is ready the Master appears is not relevant? I thought the Master chose the pupil? The Master calls the pupil and the Soul responds. Jane - Sunil Bhattacharjya Friday, May 18, 2007 11:53 PM Re: [HealthyIndia] Fw: Long - for your perusal at your convenience Probably the person concerned lost contact with his guru. Without casting any aspersions on his guru I wish to say that one should be careful in selecting one's guru. Swami Vivekananda accepted Ramakrishna Paramhamsa as guru only after the tests he carried out himself or in other words only after he was fully convinced about the latter's attainments.There are standard guidelines on choosing a guru. Brow Chakra is also called Guru Chakra. Meditating on that helps one attain spiritual knowledge and control the mind so that when the Kundalini rises from the Root Chakra the lower thoughts cannot create problems. Of course one has to observe discipline particularly one must follow 'Ahimsa' and 'Mitahara' so that there is no guilt-complex of any sort and the body is not lethargic. Meditation on the Heart controls the emotions and helps control the lower thoughts. One's own Transcendental Self or the Lord Himself resides in the heart. Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on TV. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 19, 2007 Report Share Posted May 19, 2007 Initially Christ called the disciples - I was going by this ........ Jane Sunil Bhattacharjya Dear Jane,Did I mean that? Ramakrishna Paramhamsa, to my knowledge, sent for Narendra ( Who later on came to be known as Swami Vivekanada) but Narendra accepted him only after testing. There is no substitute for vigilance at any stage in life as false gurus may appear at times. I think the Bible too had warned about the false prophets etc .Guru gives guidance. So Choosing a proper guru is important. Thereafter one has to work it out oneself. Did not Lord Krishna tell Arjuna, at the end of the discourse (See the 18th chapter of the Bhagavad Gita), that it was upto Arjuna to decide what he finally wanted to do? Further the guru may not always appear personally before you but he may inspire you in other ways. One can als directly follow what the Yogeshwara (Lord of the yogis) Krishna said. When one finds a proper guru one finds answer to one's all such doubts,Sunil Bhattacharjya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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