Guest guest Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 In a message dated 2/19/04 5:16:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, brian (AT) soulspark (DOT) org writes: Sridar prayed to Shiva, "I love you so much and I wish only to pray to you, but I have this duty in life that I must perform, please lord Shiva help me!"Lord Shiva saw Sridar's devotion and was so taken that he decided to do Sridar's work for him, disguised as Sridar. Om Namah Sivaya Brian, In this love for Siva, the prayer becomes manifest in others, Siva is in all. My work sometimes seems overwhelming to me, and then tasks that were for me to do were done by others and my surprise that it was done was to ask what next to do Siva ? With Love, Kanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2004 Report Share Posted February 19, 2004 Thank you so much Brian for sharing this with us; especially your understanding of worshipping Shiva so deeply that we stay in the state of worship and Shiva does our tasks in the world from inside of us. Yes!!!! Ardis "Brian McKee" <brian (AT) soulspark (DOT) org> Thu, 19 Feb 2004 18:33:19 -0500 (EST) Sridar: a story about love of Shiva The Children did a play last night for Shiva Ratri about Sridar a boy who lived near the Ganga who found a natural Shiva Lingam and fell in love with Shiva through worshiping it. He became so engrossed with his worship that he failed to do his chores. His mother scolded him for not doing his job. Sridar prayed to Shiva, "I love you so much and I wish only to pray to you, but I have this duty in life that I must perform, please lord Shiva help me!" Lord Shiva saw Sridar's devotion and was so taken that he decided to do Sridar's work for him, disguised as Sridar. The story continues, but I suspect Latha will have something to say about the rest of the story, so I'll let her tell you the rest. And if I'm wrong, I'll summarize the rest later. The story, as all proper Hindu stories, has meaning at many levels. I see this part of the story as a message for those who would worship Shiva. Worshiping Shiva is a process that happens inside is, it is the aligning of our mind with the consciousness of infinite goodness. When the story says that Lord Shiva disguised himself as Sridar and did his chores for him, it merely means that we can do our worldly deeds while worshiping Shiva and he will use us as a vehicle to accomplish our tasks. Its as if a part of us stays by the river worshiping that Jyoti Lingam and the divine part of ourselves comes out and does our work for us. This is what Shiva is, he is a part of us that we can connect with, he is divinity within us, the knower of all things, the doer of all things, the existance of the consciousness of infinite goodness. We should be like Sridar, we should worship Shiva completely so that it is he who does our chores, interacts in life, and pretends to be us FROM INSIDE US. That is one of the ways in which we can remove our I-ness, our ego identity that blocks us from seeing reality for what it really is. Brian No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com Sponsor / <?subject=Un> Terms of Service <> . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Yes, totally true, when we have trust in life, everything seems to work out the way its supposed to. That is the manifestation of infinite goodness. Brian At 07:06 PM 2/19/2004, you wrote: In a message dated 2/19/04 5:16:43 PM Mountain Standard Time, brian (AT) soulspark (DOT) org writes: Sridar prayed to Shiva, "I love you so much and I wish only to pray to you, but I have this duty in life that I must perform, please lord Shiva help me!" Lord Shiva saw Sridar's devotion and was so taken that he decided to do Sridar's work for him, disguised as Sridar. Om Namah Sivaya Brian, In this love for Siva, the prayer becomes manifest in others, Siva is in all. My work sometimes seems overwhelming to me, and then tasks that were for me to do were done by others and my surprise that it was done was to ask what next to do Siva ? With Love, Kanda / Your use of is subject to the --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.583 / Virus Database: 369 - Release Date: 2/10/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.583 / Virus Database: 369 - Release 2/10/2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 Dear Brian, Thanks for your interpretation of Sridar and the tasks. Also, at the end of the play Sridar is so engrossed in his love for Shiva that when the asuras came to kill him he did not move out of his meditation.He was in samadhi. He remained unmovable. The asuras could not make him move nor could they kill him. Just when the asura raised his sword Shiva manifested and that light was so powerful that the asuras were immediately killed. In this scene we can imagine the power of reciting a mantra, in this case it was OM Namah Shivaya. When we, like Sridar keep this kind of one pointed attention with continuous mantra in our minds with faith, then our own thoughts, our own asuras can not move us. We will not succumb to those negativities. We will be protected. Maa says that anytime a negative thought tries to enter or enters our mind immediately begin to recite a mantra. This is the battle. May all be victorious! ALSO, many thanks to Swamiji for inspiring this story, for Shree Maa who nourished it along and for Nitya Maa who lovingly wrote the script and directed the play.It was a great inspiration for all. , "Brian McKee" <brian@s...> wrote: > The Children did a play last night for Shiva Ratri about Sridar a boy who lived near the Ganga who found a natural Shiva Lingam and fell in love with Shiva through worshiping it. He became so engrossed with his worship that he failed to do his chores. His mother scolded him for not doing his job. Sridar prayed to Shiva, "I love you so much and I wish only to pray to you, but I have this duty in life that I must perform, please lord Shiva help me!" Lord Shiva saw Sridar's devotion and was so taken that he decided to do Sridar's work for him, disguised as Sridar. The story continues, but I suspect Latha will have something to say about the rest of the story, so I'll let her tell you the rest. And if I'm wrong, I'll summarize the rest later. The story, as all proper Hindu stories, has meaning at many levels.I see this part of the story as a message for those who would worship Shiva. Worshiping Shiva is a process that happens inside is, it is the aligning of our mind with the consciousness of infinite goodness. When the story says that Lord Shiva disguised himself as Sridar and did his chores for him, it merely means that we can do our worldly deeds while worshiping Shiva and he will use us as a vehicle to accomplish our tasks. Its as if a part of us stays by the river worshiping that Jyoti Lingam and the divine part of ourselves comes out and does our work for us. This is what Shiva is, he is a part of us that we can connect with, he is divinity within us, the knower of all things, the doer of all things, the existance of the consciousness of infinite goodness. We should be like Sridar, we should worship Shiva completely so that it is he who does our chores, interacts in life, and pretends to be us FROM INSIDE US. That is one of the ways in which we can remove our I- ness, our ego identity that blocks us from seeing reality for what it really is. Brian > > _____________ > No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. > Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 20, 2004 Report Share Posted February 20, 2004 there are unconscious people behind the wheels of other cars who regularly do really stupid things. I have a great deal of anger associtated with driving because my father instilled it in me and now I identify with it. My biggest test of consciousness has been driving. And I can guage my awareness by seing how little I react to my driving situation. On the way to work this morning someone who missed the exit I and the five cars in front of me decided to stop in trafic, cut accross the triangular line and wait for someone to let him in to our lane. The car five cars ahead of me decided to stop and let him in. I almost hit the person in front of me and the person behind me almost hit me because we didn't expect traffic to stop. Listen as I describe the emotional and mental reactions to this situation. 1. What an idiot (for the person who stopped).2. How inconsiderate (for the person asking to be let in).3. How dangerous!4. Someone could be hurt!5. I really shouldn't be thinking this way. I shouldn't react.6. People do stupid stuff all the time, why do I always react to them?7. I really want my bull dozer attachment. Or at least the right to revoke people's licenses based on stupidity.8. Why can't I just let it go?9. She really shouldn't have stopped on the off ramp, she's just begging to be whacked.10. Do these people ever learn? Sure doesn't look like it... And on and on... You get the idea. You might think that 5, 6 and 8 are coming from the aware part of myself, right? But they aren't. They are from my rational mind. The part of my mind I created to combat my irrational mind. Both of them are not who I am. I have been trying to identify with the rational part, and that is giving power to the irrational part. When I identify with the irrational part, the rational part always comes back with a big put down for me, "Oh there you go again you Schmuck!" For the most part my rational mind is self deprecation. A put down to divert myself from the fact that I'm not aware enough to not react. This is the current state of my awareness. I desperately want to stop identifying with all of those things. I want to stop reacting to my driving situations and stay in peace while driving. I want to stop comparing, contrasting, predicting and judging the happenings. The only recourse I have is to pray to Maa to help me see the truth. Currently I see the truth after the fact, after I've identified with the vengeance, or the "justified" hatred. That IS awareness. It IS truth. It is slowing down the wheels of that karma. It is Maa showing me the truth and me accepting it. One of the biggest mistakes I've made is when I catch myself being unconscious after the fact and then berating myself for it. That berating is an uncionscious act against myself and distracts me away from consciousness yet again. So I see the mistake I made while driving after I get home and then feel badly about the mistake, when in reality I should feel the full force of the truth of the mistake and not feel bad. Obviously I wasn't aware, and therefore I couldn't have done any better. Consciousness doesn't make mistakes, therefore I wasn't identifying with it, I was identifying with my mind. And by feeling bad I am identifying with the the "feeling badly" part of my mind, not with consciousness, and thus failed again. To summarize: Sridar is a story about what we all are facing. Sridar is the spiritual example we should follow. The asuras are the parts of us that are not real, but we identify with because we simply do not know who we are. And lastly, my biggest asura is anger for stupid driving behavior and not previously mentioned, electronics that are flakey. hehe. Brian--- On Fri 02/20, parvati_saraswati < parvati_saraswati > wrote:parvati_saraswati [ parvati_saraswati@ ]Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2004 20:15:13 -0000 Re: Sridar: a story about love of ShivaDear Brian,Thanks for your interpretation of Sridar and the tasks. Also, at the end of the play Sridar is so engrossed in his love for Shiva that when the asuras came to kill him he did not move out of his meditation.He was in samadhi. He remained unmovable. The asuras could not make him move nor could they kill him. Just when the asura raised his sword Shiva manifested and that light was so powerful that the asuras were immediately killed.In this scene we can imagine the power of reciting a mantra, in this case it was OM Namah Shivaya. When we, like Sridar keep this kind of one pointed attention with continuous mantra in our minds with faith, then our own thoughts, our own asuras can not move us. We will not succumb to those negativities. We will be protected.Maa says that anytime a negative thought tries to enter or enters our mind immediately begin to recite a mantra. This is the battle.May all be victorious! ALSO, many thanks to Swamiji for inspiring this story, for Shree Maa who nourished it along and for Nitya Maa who lovingly wrote the script and directed the play.It was a great inspiration for all., "Brian McKee" wrote:> The Children did a play last night for Shiva Ratri about Sridar a boy who lived near the Ganga who found a natural Shiva Lingam and fell in love with Shiva through worshiping it. He became so engrossed with his worship that he failed to do his chores. His mother scolded him for not doing his job. Sridar prayed to Shiva, "I love you so much and I wish only to pray to you, but I have this duty in life that I must perform, please lord Shiva help me!" Lord Shiva saw Sridar's devotion and was so taken that he decided to do Sridar's work for him, disguised as Sridar. The story continues, but I suspect Latha will have something to say about the rest of the story, so I'll let her tell you the rest. And if I'm wrong, I'll summarize the rest later. The story, as all proper Hindu stories, has meaning at many levels.I see this part of the story as a message for those who would worship Shiva. Worshiping Shiva is a process that happens inside is, it is the aligning of our mind with the consciousness of infinite goodness. When the story says that Lord Shiva disguised himself as Sridar and did his chores for him, it merely means that we can do our worldly deeds while worshiping Shiva and he will use us as a vehicle to accomplish our tasks. Its as if a part of us stays by the river worshiping that Jyoti Lingam and the divine part of ourselves comes out and does our work for us. This is what Shiva is, he is a part of us that we can connect with, he is divinity within us, the knower of all things, the doer of all things, the existance of the consciousness of infinite goodness. We should be like Sridar, we should worship Shiva completely so that it is he who does our chores, interacts in life, and pretends to be us FROM INSIDE US. That is one of the ways in which we can remove our I-ness, our ego identity that blocks us from seeing reality for what it really is. Brian > > _____________> No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.> Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com! Groups Links<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:/<*> To from this group, send an email to:<*> Your use of Groups is subject to:No banners. No pop -ups. No kidding.Introducing My Way - http://www.myway.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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