Guest guest Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 Hi everyone, Wish you had a wonderful Nirjala Ekadashi. If you are a Christian, hope you read Bible, went to church, meditated on teachings of the saints and generally had a blast of a time in pure goodness! Same to Jains, Jews, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Buddhists and rest others at the mailing list. The practices (like Ekadashi, mahamantra japa, the 7 principles etc.) we speak about at ACBSPN.COM are like spiritual medical prescriptions that work regardless of the practitioner's personal religious background. A medicine is know to be appropriate if "it heals". Period. If you find Ekadashi, mahamantra japa, Srila Prabhupada's books etc bringing postivity in your life, yup you got it right. Otherwise it is best to simply dump it. No blind faith, No superstition. Just plain-old result orientedness. Yes, just be sure that you understood the prescription exactly as it was meant to be and then you followed it exactly as it was supposed to be. Our motto is: "SATISFACTION GUARANTEED!" Those who couldn't make it thru the Nirjala fast in completeness, take it easy. Cool. Don’t worry about it. Just meditate on what mistakes we did and where exactly we went wrong. In case we broke the fast too early or broke it by taking water, now we may meditate if taking water then was actually necessary? Did we ACTUALLY had to do it, or was it just uncontrolled passion? Those who didn't even attempt the fast, take a long hard look and go in for a serious self critiqe. Give yourself a break. Be your best friend. Prepare yourself for the next Ekadashi (25th June) and make it up. We may also analyze our Ekadashi day's mental disposition and our activities of the day and make a conscious mental note of how we could have fared it better. Just see, this one Nirjala Ekadashi was so difficult for us. Why? Maybe its because we never had a *regular practice* of Nirjala fasting, appropriate services and meditations for Ekadashis. We know we could have done better. Right? Just imagine, the point of time when we are about to embrace death and leave our connection with our body. How much attachment will we have to objects connected to our body? Relatives, friends, finances, un-finished work and so on! Apart from these mental agonies, there is a good possibility of experiencing rapidly increasing excruciating pain. How then can we expect that without having constantly practiced the Mahamantra japa will we be able to bring it to our consciousness at that fleeting but supremely important point of time of our life? How can we pass the exam if we did not prepare for it seriously when we had the opportunity? Specially when we have no clue when will this fleeting point of time come-and-go taking a fractional timeframe than that of snapping of fingers. We need to seriously practice Ekadashis regularly, then we are able to do the yearly Nirjala Ekadashi nicely. Similarly we need to practice japa meditation on a daily basis to be able to meditate on the Supreme at time of ditaching from the body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gHari Posted June 14, 2003 Report Share Posted June 14, 2003 I had two pears the next day at 8:20AM, and I guess I had to just say "No" to food ten times, and "No" to drink another ten times. Of course, each time I remembered Krsna and my fallen status encaged on this planet. The full fast was easy, but I was quite looking forward to the end of it. Yet when I sat down to eat/drink the mind's envisioned feast, it turned out to be two relishable pears; most relishable pears. I don't eat as much now, and expect to drop a useless pound or two because of Pandava Nirjala. Maybe we should do this twice a month! My thanks to whoever promoted the day here on the Fellowship. It was definitely an uplifting experience. gHari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 very hot climate fast work all day with a hot lap top 16 "poor" rounds some pages of "the sweet reality" of Srila Sridhara Maharaja thinking of pasta and pizza all time breakfast at five with some crackers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonehearted Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Did someone die? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gHari Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Checking our tummies for cheating chapatis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 On this day (Nirjala Ekadast) my material desire to want to enjoy in this material world died.May it RIP ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gHari Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 I too had that sensation as hunger's grasp began to loosen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stonehearted Posted June 15, 2003 Report Share Posted June 15, 2003 Wonderful answer. I pray that you're right--that it's not just dormant or comatose. If I could observe this fast, I'd follow you next year. Unfortunately, even skipping a meal usually triggers disabling migraines that last two or three days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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