Guest guest Posted September 3, 2004 Report Share Posted September 3, 2004 OM NAMAH SIVAYA what a great quote! very few people are perfect in all spiritual life or we would all be saints. that's why they call it spiritual practice, otherwise it would just be spiritual. the point isn't really whether or not you have deficiences, but more about striving to go greater lengths of time between deficient occurances? to me everthing adds energy to you or depletes you of it. worrying about spiritual deficiencies is not certainly additive. the point is more the effort devoted to increasing the length of time between them. increased effort is additive. i'm not sure many of us can judge effort of another. so we shouldn't necessarily only look to learn from perfect people. THE SPARK MAY COME FROM ANYWHERE. JAI MA , "Frederica Evangeline Wilder" <effie_wilder@e...> wrote: > Dear List, > > The "Sages Say" sections of "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism" > provide wonderful information. For example: > > "Although almost every one of us can speak most wonderfully on > spiritual matters, when it comes to action and the living of a > spiritual life, we find ourselves awfully deficient. To quicken the > spirit, the impulse must come from another soul. The person from > whose soul such an impulse comes is called the guru." -- Swami > Vivekananda > > Heartfelt thanks to all, > Effie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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