question for swamiji

[Guest guest]

my question is about the sadhus and his own experience with solitary

practice. did he or the other sadhus miss the company of the human

goddess? did they get lonely? how did they manage that? does the

infinite goddess overcome their human need for company?

 

peace,

 

steve

[Guest guest]

Good and interesting question. I look forward to hearing this answer,

though I would believe it is a matter of just doing than a concept of

trying to understand the "how".

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Steve Connor

Wednesday, May 12, 2004 8:47 PM

Question for Swamiji

Latha, I hope this qualifies as a question related to sadhana and is

not too conjectural ... I believe this is a turning point in common

to many of us here ...=====What is the dynamic, the practical

process, for pulling the mind back to the divine, when circumstances

demand attendance to daily duties, especially when they require

speaking, or other mental processes not related to the path, but

computers, or mundane work, etc.The question is related to a period

of life in which, the demands of life are great, and the hours for

sadhana are relegated a lesser percentage of the day. Another way of

asking this is, how does SOME of the day for God become ALL of the

day ... even if the hours might not be spent in an asana or before a

alter, etc.Is it a matter of soaking the mind in sadhana as much as

possible when not otherwise occupied, or practicing virtues while

doing duties ... or something else ... or a combination? Is it a

matter of one's grasp of the immediate experience as divine or

mundane? Being Hanuman, seeing the Goddess? Making action for others,

not self?What is your experience and instruction regarding this,

Swamiji? Howe is it that the fetters of mind and thus the world begin

to loosen?Pranams,steve