Question for the group: how do we remember?

April 19, 2004

brian i thought you might like this, it is from a little daily Q&A

quote i get in e-mail from baba hari dass ... i know, i could

relate ... he is a sadhu from santa cruz, california ... here it is:

Q: When I am about to have a negative thought about someone,

is there anything I can do to stop that thought?

A: The mind enjoys its negativities because there is

violence. The mind, by nature, goes toward violence. If

negativity starts and you identify it as violence, then you

can stop it. - Gateways, May '88

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, "Brian McKee" <brian@s...> wrote:

> I was driving to work this morning, thinking un-nice thoughts

about other drivers who simply don't have good habits, when I

remembered that the Goddess is everywhere (that's one of Shree Maa's

books I think) and that if I'm resenting others, I'm resenting her

and the reality she created from herself for me. That rememberence

made me desire love for the other drivers. How do we remember that

Maa is everywhere and everything? What good habits can we develop and

what things can we do to to feel her grace all the time? Puja helps

the internal bhava, but how do we bring that bhava into our daily

lives? Brian"In the begining, the universe was created. This has made

a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." --

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April 19, 2004

Dear Brian,

I hope others will chime in with their comments as well, but here is

my take on your question.

IMHO , when we live in the relative world, we have to think and do

what is necessary. In the relative world, I do not always like every

one, I do not always get along with everyone , so why should I

expect to love everyone ? And worse, why should I feel disappointed

in myself for expecting to love everyone and falling short of my own

projection ?

So then, does it mean that I give vent to all my dislikes and

fears ? That is where She steps in.

I acknowledge to the Goddess that only She alone can take the power

away from the thought that is harassing me - even if the thought is

a noble one of wanting to love and understand more.

I go to the Goddess , warts and all, and do my sadhana with as much

sincerity that I am capable of . Let her take care of whether my

anger should stay or go.

I believe Sadhana puts us into a different frequency of mind - that

when tapped into gives us SOOOO much strength and consequently more

tolerance towards others .

It is like , the same bugs exist, but I am now immune because of a

stronger constitution.( Or I have Norton Anti Virus running in my

system and so no worms can infect me )

It is like what you said in an earlier post , allow Consciousness to

fill in. And that , for me atleast, happens when I do Sadhana and am

so full of strength that I can forgive anyone's trespasses.

JAI MAA

Latha

April 19, 2004

Stay in the bhava. Try to continually live within it. Short of that

re-create it through daily practice. When things go wrong intensify

your sadanna. Remember that all those people out there in duality are

parts of ourselves. It says so in the Rudri. Traffic conditions can

be aggravating. This should give us all the more reason to ever

return to our spiritual practices.