Guest guest Posted June 3, 2004 Report Share Posted June 3, 2004 Dear Chris, I related to you post so well. For me, I don't think the yearning is the hard part. It is such a gift, really. Understanding that this tremendous longing is for Home and for God; knowing that it isn't for something outside. Really it is such a boon. So I go to the altar everyday and hope to catch a glimse of the hem of Her robe. I've had enough of a glimse at samadhi that I know I want to live that way all the time. The hard, hard thing is knowing that it is mostly me that stands in my own way. This last weekend we went on a camping trip with many other families. They asked me to lead a meditation workshop and there was a woman there, new to meditation, who asked me about an experience that she had about 20 years ago. One day she woke up and eveything was different. She felt part of everything and everyone. She could see the trees shimmer and felt no separation between herself and the people she was talking with. She felt all of their emotions and could sense all of their thoughts. She felt exhalted. The next day everything went back to "normal". For many years she tried to make sense of this experience and she now sees the experience as a tremendous gift. Her life has been shaped around serving others--and she tries to remember that "we are all one". She feels like she really knows this. So, for her it just "happened one day", although she has been seraching for this experience again ever since. May we all be blessed with true vision and lasting peace. Oh Divine Mother, Know that I am here and I long to see Your face Love, love and more love to All of you, Lynne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 Kanda, Thank you for that beautiful post. Chris , kandaaran@a... wrote: > Dear Chris, > > The balance comes from understanding your nature and adding the light of the > divine to harmonize it. This last weekend our family was in Taos, NM and > visited the Neem Karoli Baba Ashram and Hanuman Temple. My recent experiences had > added enough weight (personal karma) to want some relief ( help! ) and so > early the first morning I visited the temple after the early morning arati for > Hanuman and Maharaj-ji. Prostrated and then sitting alone recited silently the > Hunaman Chalisa. After a few repetitions, now in silence within and without, > my yearning to be the son of Siva, (a beautiful picture of Hanuman like a > grown child resting his head on Siva's chest and shoulder was the catalyst) caused > a few tears to roll down my cheeks and then bliss permeated me. > > Om Namah Sivaya > > Love, > > Kanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 Lynne, It is, to me, one of life's greatest mysteries that She, who is known as the essence of loving kindness, nevertheless makes us wait in pain for Her grace. Though in all fairness, I know that when the grace comes, the pain is as nothing (that's small comfort sometimes). Chris , "yogalynne" <omgirl@p...> wrote: > Dear Chris, > I related to you post so well. For me, I don't think the yearning is > the hard part. It is such a gift, really. Understanding that this > tremendous longing is for Home and for God; knowing that it isn't for > something outside. Really it is such a boon. So I go to the altar > everyday and hope to catch a glimse of the hem of Her robe. I've had > enough of a glimse at samadhi that I know I want to live that way all > the time. The hard, hard thing is knowing that it is mostly me that > stands in my own way. > > This last weekend we went on a camping trip with many other > families. They asked me to lead a meditation workshop and there was > a woman there, new to meditation, who asked me about an experience > that she had about 20 years ago. One day she woke up and eveything > was different. She felt part of everything and everyone. She could > see the trees shimmer and felt no separation between herself and the > people she was talking with. She felt all of their emotions and > could sense all of their thoughts. She felt exhalted. The next day > everything went back to "normal". For many years she tried to make > sense of this experience and she now sees the experience as a > tremendous gift. Her life has been shaped around serving others-- and > she tries to remember that "we are all one". She feels like she > really knows this. So, for her it just "happened one day", although > she has been seraching for this experience again ever since. > > May we all be blessed with true vision and lasting peace. > > > Oh Divine Mother, > Know that I am here > and I long to see Your face > > Love, love and more love to All of you, > Lynne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 sadhvi i was watching this bird on a horizontal pole to the traffic light as i waited at the stop. how funny. he sort of wobbled his way towards the end, paused, looked around. he sat and stared for a while. not totally clueless but no soaring eagle. then he fluffed up his wings. he reminded me of myself! just hanging out, no big deal, nothing much, not king of the universe, just part of it. s , "nityashakti" <sadhvi@p...> wrote: > Dear Kanda, > What a great post! I have been wanting to visit the Hanuman > Temple in Taos for a long time...your experience there was very > vivid..thanks for writing it out and sharing it with all of us. > And thanks, Ardis, for the original post that started this whole > train of thought going! The power of Good Company...all riding in > the same boat, across the Ocean of Samsara. > love, > sadhvi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2004 Report Share Posted June 4, 2004 such a puzzle it is. on the one hand we have the sadhana to bring mind to a point and the bliss results as a matter of course. on the other hand, we have this struggle of existence, which by nature is dual, so feelings go up and down ... without variation there would be no experience of bliss. peace s , "yogalynne" <omgirl@p...> wrote: > Dear Chris, > I related to you post so well. For me, I don't think the yearning is > the hard part. It is such a gift, really. Understanding that this > tremendous longing is for Home and for God; knowing that it isn't for > something outside. Really it is such a boon. So I go to the altar > everyday and hope to catch a glimse of the hem of Her robe. I've had > enough of a glimse at samadhi that I know I want to live that way all > the time. The hard, hard thing is knowing that it is mostly me that > stands in my own way. > > This last weekend we went on a camping trip with many other > families. They asked me to lead a meditation workshop and there was > a woman there, new to meditation, who asked me about an experience > that she had about 20 years ago. One day she woke up and eveything > was different. She felt part of everything and everyone. She could > see the trees shimmer and felt no separation between herself and the > people she was talking with. She felt all of their emotions and > could sense all of their thoughts. She felt exhalted. The next day > everything went back to "normal". For many years she tried to make > sense of this experience and she now sees the experience as a > tremendous gift. Her life has been shaped around serving others-- and > she tries to remember that "we are all one". She feels like she > really knows this. So, for her it just "happened one day", although > she has been seraching for this experience again ever since. > > May we all be blessed with true vision and lasting peace. > > > Oh Divine Mother, > Know that I am here > and I long to see Your face > > Love, love and more love to All of you, > Lynne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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