Guest guest Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 Dear Shiva, Thanks for the post Steve. Abandon all confusing places sounds great to me. Like you and Shree Maa said, spiritual practice feeds our souls. For me the analogy of food is such a deep one. It seems that the true value of both food and sadhana lies in our ability to convert it to energy for some relevant use, not in the mere accumulation. I mean, I can eat food constantly, but if my body doesn't know how to or can't use the food as energy, the food's true value is lost. If my body isn't benefiting from the food's energy, I am then only eating for the sake of eating. And actually eating in this manner could be counterproductive, it may make me fat. I feel in the same way I can do constant sadhana but only when I use the energy from sadhana for some benefit does it have any true value. Some say spiritual energy manifests as love and compassion. So expressing love and compassion would be how my soul uses spiritual energy. I wonder if sadhana for the sake of sadhana is also counterproductive? Maybe in both instances it may make me "fat"? Ram , "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...> wrote: > > > Parvati, > > I read in the Guru Gita last night, to resolve to abandon all > confusing places. I interpreted this to at least partly mean, to > abandon confusing states of mind. That's like going hungry, while the > spiritual practices feed us. > > s > > , "parv108" <parv108> wrote: > > > > > > Namaste to all, > > > > Shree Maa says that just like we feed our body with food, we feed > > our soul with doing sadhana(spiritual practices). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 give your sadhana to god and he will render it down and absorb it so you do not get fat. s , "ramavihs11" <ramavihs11> wrote: > > > Dear Shiva, > > Thanks for the post Steve. Abandon all confusing places sounds > great to me. Like you and Shree Maa said, spiritual practice feeds > our souls. For me the analogy of food is such a deep one. It seems > that the true value of both food and sadhana lies in our ability to > convert it to energy for some relevant use, not in the mere > accumulation. > > I mean, I can eat food constantly, but if my body doesn't know how > to or can't use the food as energy, the food's true value is lost. > If my body isn't benefiting from the food's energy, I am then only > eating for the sake of eating. And actually eating in this manner > could be counterproductive, it may make me fat. I feel in the same > way I can do constant sadhana but only when I use the energy from > sadhana for some benefit does it have any true value. Some say > spiritual energy manifests as love and compassion. So expressing > love and compassion would be how my soul uses spiritual energy. > > I wonder if sadhana for the sake of sadhana is also > counterproductive? Maybe in both instances it may make me "fat"? > > > Ram > > , "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...> > wrote: > > > > > > Parvati, > > > > I read in the Guru Gita last night, to resolve to abandon all > > confusing places. I interpreted this to at least partly mean, to > > abandon confusing states of mind. That's like going hungry, while > the > > spiritual practices feed us. > > > > s > > > > , "parv108" <parv108> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Namaste to all, > > > > > > Shree Maa says that just like we feed our body with food, we > feed > > > our soul with doing sadhana(spiritual practices). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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