Guest guest Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 Swamiji has often said that Lakshmi and Saraswati are 2 sisters. If you don't want your wealth(Laksmi) to run away you need Saraswati(wisdom) as well. Om srim laksmyai namah! Om sang saraswatyai namah! , "ecjensen_us" <ecjensen_us> wrote: > > > OM NAMAH SIVAYA > > Ekta your post on LAKSMI and the true boon of her blessings reminds > me of a quote i read from NEEM KAROLI BABA. He said, "Money is > never a problem. The difficulty is in the correct use of it. Large > amounts of money would come easily if they were going to be put to > wise use." > > in my experience we build our material net worth by investing > wisely. money must not be invested foolishly. money invested > foolishly is money spent and in the end depletes us of our net > worth. also it is of paramount importance to periodically evaluate > the investments. i must make a concerted effort to rid my portfolio > of any poor investments decisions i may have made. in other words, > i must make sure the money is being put to good use. the poor > investments have a greatly adverse impact on the value of my > portfolio, and on my ability to accumulate wealth. > > to me these same principles seem appropriately applied in both the > material and spiritual worlds. invest wisely and with great care. > > JAI MA > > , Eleathea Barraclough > <eleathea> wrote: > > > > Jai Maa! > > > > Happy Diwali from Chennai (formerly known as Madras)! I normally > live in > > Philadelphia, but I have just arrived in Chennai, because I'll be > doing a 2-wk > > meditation retreat in Andhra Pradesh. > > > > This morning, in between shower bursts, I could see people on > thier rooftops > > from my hotel window...they were setting off small fireworks, > sparklers, and > > firecrackers in honor of Diwali. The first time I experienced > Diwali in > > Bangalore, it sounded like the city was under attack, because of > rat-tat-tat > > going off all over the city. I would go to the rooftop of my > apartment, and see > > small rocket fireworks shooting up all across the city through the > palm trees. > > Pretty fun! Although walking through the streets became a bit more > hazardous > > than usual, because kids would set off their bottle rockets in the > streets, and > > I had to be careful not to walk on them just as they went off! > Good lessons in > > mindfulness, that's for sure! > > > > Well, I just wanted to send a little note from India. There have > been so many > > great discussion threads, but I've been so crazy from getting > ready for my trip > > that I just couldn't join in. > > > > May all be blessed abundantly with the grace of Divine Mother > Lakshmi Devi. She > > wants ALL Her children to be happy, healthy, and capable of > performing whatever > > sadhana they want to do. She will give whatever external wealth is > needed for a > > pure, dharmic life, and She will give all the inner riches, like > love, > > devotion, spiritual wisdom, and contentment. Contentment is so > much more > > important than physical possessions for true wealth. That is what > Lakshmi gives > > when we pray to Her and worship Her. > > > > Jai Maa! > > Ekta > > > > > > > > Tired of spam? Mail has the best spam protection around > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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