Guest guest Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 Chris and everyone, THANK You so much for your post - number 6065. I had to rewrite this in my own words to absorb the richness of meaning. If I take own life and just my work in the office - sometimes I find my interest in work just superficial and at other times passionate. Ditto with my interest in my sadhana. I used to wonder at what were the factors that caused the casual interest to increase into one of passion (the other way is simple - just get back to my lazy ol ways ) and Chris's post spelled this out so clearly for me. The steps from a casual interest to an ardent "I MUST complete this task". Lately it seems to me - that God's Grace is essential , BUT it is OUT THERE (or IN HERE) and it is UPTO us to get it. It is not for giving , it is for the taking and therefore we HAVE to give it ALL we got to take as MUCH as we can . I am beginning to think that is true for anything in life - that we can get anything that we want as long as we pay the price for it in terms of time / effort and sincerity. And the order is (to quote Chris's post) 1) the company of the sages 2) God's grace 3) dispassion 4) absorption in practice. 1) So in anything that we want to increase our interest in , we associate with people in that field. Or as Chris quotes in his post "Coming into the company of a wise person is the most critical juncture in a soul's evolution. Listening to and associating with those further along the path. The aspirant's interest is kindled and he or she begins to practice." 2 and 3) (Because of the satsanga and the right company) - the aspirant attains the grace that helps him or her to cultivate disinterest in sensory objects and awakens ardent desire for enlightenment 4) I think that before we come to point 4 - ie burning desire - we are faced with intermediate levels of desire , sudden spurts of interest, a waxing and waning of sadhana - and we loop through points 1 to 3, UNTIL we come to a point where we decide "ENOUGH ALREADY - I AM GOING TO GET THIS NO MATTER WHAT" To quote Chris's post again "Burning desire,in turn, helps develop unflagging determination to attain the goal. The aspirant begins listening to the confident inner voice that asserts, "I am going to do it. The goal can be attained and I will attain it. Lets keep with the satsanga, lets us keep fueling our sadhana and lets ride through the ups and down of interest and disinclination until we REALLY REALLY GET IT ! JAI MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!! Love Latha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 17, 2004 Report Share Posted August 17, 2004 latha, chris, all, i also found the words chris posted from Dattatreya incredibly right on and pertinent here. not only the purpose, but the ranking. pranams. steve , "Latha Nanda" <lathananda> wrote: > Chris and everyone, > > THANK You so much for your post - number 6065. > > I had to rewrite this in my own words to absorb the richness of > meaning. > > If I take own life and just my work in the office - sometimes I find > my interest in work just superficial and at other times > passionate. Ditto with my interest in my sadhana. I used to wonder > at what were the factors that caused the casual interest > to increase into one of passion (the other way is simple - just get > back to my lazy ol ways ) and Chris's post spelled this > out so clearly for me. The steps from a casual interest to an > ardent "I MUST complete this task". > > Lately it seems to me - that God's Grace is essential , BUT it is > OUT THERE (or IN HERE) and it is UPTO us to get it. It is > not for giving , it is for the taking and therefore we HAVE to give > it ALL we got to take as MUCH as we can . > > I am beginning to think that is true for anything in life - that we > can get anything that we want as long as we pay the price > for it in terms of time / effort and sincerity. > > And the order is (to quote Chris's post) > > 1) the company of the sages > 2) God's grace > 3) dispassion > 4) absorption in practice. > > > 1) So in anything that we want to increase our interest in , we > associate with people in that field. Or as Chris quotes in > his post > > "Coming into the company of a wise person is the most critical > juncture in a soul's evolution. Listening to and associating > with those further along the path. The aspirant's interest is > kindled and he or she begins to practice." > > 2 and 3) (Because of the satsanga and the right company) - the > aspirant attains the grace that helps him or her to cultivate > disinterest in sensory objects and awakens ardent desire for > enlightenment > > 4) I think that before we come to point 4 - ie burning desire - we > are faced with intermediate levels of desire , sudden > spurts of interest, a waxing and waning of sadhana - and we loop > through points 1 to 3, UNTIL we come to a point where we > decide "ENOUGH ALREADY - I AM GOING TO GET THIS NO MATTER WHAT" > > To quote Chris's post again > > "Burning desire,in turn, helps develop unflagging determination to > attain the goal. The aspirant begins listening to the > confident inner voice that asserts, "I am going to do it. The goal > can be attained and I will attain it. > > Lets keep with the satsanga, lets us keep fueling our sadhana and > lets ride through the ups and down of interest and > disinclination until we REALLY REALLY GET IT ! > > JAI MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!!!! > > Love > Latha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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