Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 The grace of the guru is mysterious and profound. Chris , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > Dear Steve, > > I liked very much what you wrote about "playing softball as puja" if > you had to, if Maa asked you to. > > IMHO, and I have read this also by Lee Lozowick in a book called 'As > It Is' , Guru Seva does not always mean offering to the Guru what > you do well, though that is good too. > > It simply means doing what is needed at that moment and giving it > your best because it will please your Guru. > > It means forgetting that "I am not good at doing this ..." and > instead "You want me to do this for you, now let me see how best I > can do it for you" > > It means open and WILLING ... so that we are open to the Guru's > ideas and pushing our opinions and thoughts to the background. > > And I think that when the magic happens, when we are willing to > stick our necks out, whether we know what we are doing are not ... > the task becomes possible, we get the ability, we earn it because we > forget our little selves and choose to be the instruments of a > greater force. > > Truly I believe in the Dayak proverb , > "Where the heart is willing, it will find a thousand ways; but where > it is unwilling, it will find a thousand excuses." > > Jai Maa > Love > Latha , "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...> > wrote: > > hi all, i added a bio, but alas, i mispelled the word "say" (it is > > just too difficult) so i need to be able to change that ok. > > > > i also like what rosie said about why she does the puja -- it is > > because shree maa asked her to. this is guru seva, it is not at > all > > conventional as it involves the contemplation and enactment of > love > > via the living ishta deva. so her answer is profound. i declare, > if > > maa said "play softball" i would do that same as puja. now don't > get > > me wrong, i am not a drone or a worker bee or a cult person, or > anti- > > intellect, or not discriminating. this has to do with connection > to > > the guru, to who you believe is the guru for you. think of, for > > example, a parent's interest in his/her child's interest, etc. we > > are interested becasue they are interested. it is our interest in > > them, primarily. the actions are sort of a scaffolding for the > form > > love takes. > > > > i didn't read latha's post yet, but i bet that is also very good. > > > > steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2004 Report Share Posted May 2, 2004 good. good. i am taking that in. thank you for that teaching. as god wills it ... as it is. love to you all ... peace, steve , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > Dear Steve, > > I liked very much what you wrote about "playing softball as puja" if > you had to, if Maa asked you to. > > IMHO, and I have read this also by Lee Lozowick in a book called 'As > It Is' , Guru Seva does not always mean offering to the Guru what > you do well, though that is good too. > > It simply means doing what is needed at that moment and giving it > your best because it will please your Guru. > > It means forgetting that "I am not good at doing this ..." and > instead "You want me to do this for you, now let me see how best I > can do it for you" > > It means open and WILLING ... so that we are open to the Guru's > ideas and pushing our opinions and thoughts to the background. > > And I think that when the magic happens, when we are willing to > stick our necks out, whether we know what we are doing are not ... > the task becomes possible, we get the ability, we earn it because we > forget our little selves and choose to be the instruments of a > greater force. > > Truly I believe in the Dayak proverb , > "Where the heart is willing, it will find a thousand ways; but where > it is unwilling, it will find a thousand excuses." > > Jai Maa > Love > Latha , "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...> > wrote: > > hi all, i added a bio, but alas, i mispelled the word "say" (it is > > just too difficult) so i need to be able to change that ok. > > > > i also like what rosie said about why she does the puja -- it is > > because shree maa asked her to. this is guru seva, it is not at > all > > conventional as it involves the contemplation and enactment of > love > > via the living ishta deva. so her answer is profound. i declare, > if > > maa said "play softball" i would do that same as puja. now don't > get > > me wrong, i am not a drone or a worker bee or a cult person, or > anti- > > intellect, or not discriminating. this has to do with connection > to > > the guru, to who you believe is the guru for you. think of, for > > example, a parent's interest in his/her child's interest, etc. we > > are interested becasue they are interested. it is our interest in > > them, primarily. the actions are sort of a scaffolding for the > form > > love takes. > > > > i didn't read latha's post yet, but i bet that is also very good. > > > > steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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