Guest guest Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Meaning in Life Often we feel that our lives are insignificant, pedestrian, mundane. We aren¹t famous directors like George Lucas, religious leaders like the Dalai Lama or artists like Georgia O¹Keefe. We wonder why we are here on this planet. What is our purpose? We cannot see what impact our lives have on anyone except the few members of our family or close friends. We may get brief glimpses of meaning in our lives. But then the feelings of ennui and uselessness descend once more. Do we make a difference? I can answer with a resounding ³Yes!² My first spiritual teachers taught me that ³thoughts are things.² They taught me to be observant and to learn from life. The expressions on people¹s faces and their body language reveal their thoughts as well as their words do. They taught that thoughts are manifestations that carry much power in the universe. They taught me that you become what you meditate on. If you lift your thoughts (your consciousness) to the divine, you will become divine. If you allow your thoughts to remain on the dense level of greed, bitterness, envy, lust, hatred, anger, regret and the desire to control others, you are not only making yourself and your immediate contacts miserable, you are having an impact on All That Is. Thoughts are like physical particles that create chain reactions or like a stone skipped on a smooth pond which sets off ever-increasing circles of influence. Our influence is so much greater than we allow ourselves to realize. My main teachers teach the Sanatana Dharma, the Eternal Ideal of Perfection. It is a way of living each moment of our lives with discriminating attention where the consequences are evaluated before we act or react to circumstances. Efficient evaluation leads to a focus on the central purpose of our existence, to know and realize that we are divine beings, privileged to have the capacity to worship the divine in and around us. In the anxiety of chaotic thought caused by stimulus of the world, we can take comfort in knowing that each and every being is moving toward its ultimate realization. We are all divine now, have always been and will always be so. We have no right to be judgmental about ourselves or others even if we appear to lack harmony or balance. They teach us that all energy in the universe is expressed through BHAVA (light) . Each one of us contributes to this cosmic energy by adding our own BHAVA, our own motivations for action. Each one of us experiences BHAVA all the time. Unfortunately most of us do not have control of our BHAVA. At times we are apathetic, antagonistic, hostile, etc. Our purpose is to maintain the BHAVA of respect and love. If each of us could create and maintain this BHAVA imagine the state of the COSMIC BHAVA! Harmony and love would reign over negativism. BHAVA is the strongest motivator since its very measurement is intensity of attitude. This seed of motivation can be cultivated and when it is divine it manifests a tremendous power. If we can take that attitude of pure devotion and give it to our family members, share it with our friends and associates, chop wood and carry water with the same BHAVA as we maintain in our spiritual discipline, we can change ourselves into really pure and silent divine souls. The Holy Mother sings a song that goes like this. ³The substance of your thoughts becomes the reality. As is your thought so is your profit, the root is your idea.² So, every thought, every motivation and every action have meaning, not only for your immediate circle but for the whole cosmos. Everything is connected. We are all One. We are the Divine Plan and Purpose. For more on this topic see: www.shreemaa.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Jai Maa! By the end of reading this, I am crying...it is sooo beautiful! I have always wondered about my purpose in life, about everyone's purpose. I remember feeling so happy to come across the teachings of Sanatana Dharma, to realize that I, like all people, have the chance to make a difference for our beautiful world through my personal choices. Through our words, our actions, and especially our thoughts and prayers, we can make a difference. We MUST make a difference. This is our purpose for taking birth on our precious Mother Earth. We in the West who feel drawn to Sanatana Dharma have come here for a purpose, to participate in a vast web of selfless prayer and intent for all humanity. I remember hearing once an explanation of the meaning of the Sanskrit name for India - "Bhaarata". The explanation is that the bhaa is for bhaava, the ra is for raaga, and the ta is for taaLa. Bhaava is the beautiful attitude of devotion, the supreme light that we attract through our pure love. The raaga is the divine melody of our song. The taaLa is the rhythm, the heartbeat of Time that awakens our consciousness to the presence of God. Taken together, Bhaarata means a beautiful song, sung with a divine melody that transports the mind, with a rousing rhythm that infuses us with energy, sung with an attitude of pure, selfless devotion. This is the true meaning of Bhaarata - a state of mind more than a physical country. Maa and Swamiji have brought this beautiful state of Bhaarata to America, for the benefit of the entire world. Just listen to any of Maa's singing, and we are transported to another place altogether - it is pure bliss. I have heard that if enough people pray for peace with enough sincerity, from the bottoms of their hearts, peace will come. We are all part of one radiant web of devotees, praying for that peace. Let it come. Let Her come! Forgive me, I've had a bit of wine... Jai Maa! Ekta --- Ardis Jackson <ardis1 wrote: > > Meaning in Life > > Often we feel that our lives are insignificant, pedestrian, mundane. We > aren¹t famous directors like George Lucas, religious leaders like the Dalai > Lama or artists like Georgia O¹Keefe. We wonder why we are here on this > planet. What is our purpose? We cannot see what impact our lives have on > anyone except the few members of our family or close friends. We may get > brief glimpses of meaning in our lives. But then the feelings of ennui and > uselessness descend once more. Do we make a difference? > > I can answer with a resounding ³Yes!² > > My first spiritual teachers taught me that ³thoughts are things.² They > taught me to be observant and to learn from life. The expressions on > people¹s faces and their body language reveal their thoughts as well as > their words do. They taught that thoughts are manifestations that carry much > power in the universe. They taught me that you become what you meditate on. > If you lift your thoughts (your consciousness) to the divine, you will > become divine. If you allow your thoughts to remain on the dense level of > greed, bitterness, envy, lust, hatred, anger, regret and the desire to > control others, you are not only making yourself and your immediate contacts > miserable, you are having an impact on All That Is. Thoughts are like > physical particles that create chain reactions or like a stone skipped on a > smooth pond which sets off ever-increasing circles of influence. Our > influence is so much greater than we allow ourselves to realize. > > My main teachers teach the Sanatana Dharma, the Eternal Ideal of Perfection. > It is a way of living each moment of our lives with discriminating attention > where the consequences are evaluated before we act or react to > circumstances. Efficient evaluation leads to a focus on the central purpose > of our existence, to know and realize that we are divine beings, privileged > to have the capacity to worship the divine in and around us. In the anxiety > of chaotic thought caused by stimulus of the world, we can take comfort in > knowing that each and every being is moving toward its ultimate realization. > We are all divine now, have always been and will always be so. We have no > right to be judgmental about ourselves or others even if we appear to lack > harmony or balance. > > They teach us that all energy in the universe is expressed through BHAVA > (light) . Each one of us contributes to this cosmic energy by adding our own > BHAVA, our own motivations for action. Each one of us experiences BHAVA all > the time. Unfortunately most of us do not have control of our BHAVA. At > times we are apathetic, antagonistic, hostile, etc. Our purpose is to > maintain the BHAVA of respect and love. If each of us could create and > maintain this BHAVA imagine the state of the COSMIC BHAVA! Harmony and love > would reign over negativism. > > BHAVA is the strongest motivator since its very measurement is intensity of > attitude. This seed of motivation can be cultivated and when it is divine it > manifests a tremendous power. > > If we can take that attitude of pure devotion and give it to our family > members, share it with our friends and associates, chop wood and carry water > with the same BHAVA as we maintain in our spiritual discipline, we can > change ourselves into really pure and silent divine souls. > > The Holy Mother sings a song that goes like this. ³The substance of your > thoughts becomes the reality. As is your thought so is your profit, the > root is your idea.² > > So, every thought, every motivation and every action have meaning, not only > for your immediate circle but for the whole cosmos. Everything is > connected. We are all One. > > We are the Divine Plan and Purpose. > > For more on this topic see: www.shreemaa.org > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 27, 2005 Report Share Posted January 27, 2005 Thank you Eleathea for your heartfelt reply. I loved how you explained Bhaarata and how Maa and Swamiji have brought Bharaata to America. That is sooooooo true! Ardis on 1/27/05 5:27 PM, Eleathea Barraclough at eleathea wrote: > > > Jai Maa! > > By the end of reading this, I am crying...it is sooo beautiful! I have always > wondered about my purpose in life, about everyone's purpose. I remember > feeling > so happy to come across the teachings of Sanatana Dharma, to realize that I, > like all people, have the chance to make a difference for our beautiful world > through my personal choices. Through our words, our actions, and especially > our > thoughts and prayers, we can make a difference. We MUST make a difference. > This > is our purpose for taking birth on our precious Mother Earth. We in the West > who feel drawn to Sanatana Dharma have come here for a purpose, to participate > in a vast web of selfless prayer and intent for all humanity. > > I remember hearing once an explanation of the meaning of the Sanskrit name for > India - "Bhaarata". The explanation is that the bhaa is for bhaava, the ra is > for raaga, and the ta is for taaLa. Bhaava is the beautiful attitude of > devotion, the supreme light that we attract through our pure love. The raaga > is > the divine melody of our song. The taaLa is the rhythm, the heartbeat of Time > that awakens our consciousness to the presence of God. Taken together, > Bhaarata > means a beautiful song, sung with a divine melody that transports the mind, > with a rousing rhythm that infuses us with energy, sung with an attitude of > pure, selfless devotion. This is the true meaning of Bhaarata - a state of > mind > more than a physical country. Maa and Swamiji have brought this beautiful > state > of Bhaarata to America, for the benefit of the entire world. Just listen to > any > of Maa's singing, and we are transported to another place altogether - it is > pure bliss. > > I have heard that if enough people pray for peace with enough sincerity, from > the bottoms of their hearts, peace will come. We are all part of one radiant > web of devotees, praying for that peace. Let it come. Let Her come! Forgive > me, > I've had a bit of wine... > > Jai Maa! > Ekta > > --- Ardis Jackson <ardis1 wrote: > >> >> Meaning in Life >> >> Often we feel that our lives are insignificant, pedestrian, mundane. We >> aren?t famous directors like George Lucas, religious leaders like the Dalai >> Lama or artists like Georgia O?Keefe. We wonder why we are here on this >> planet. What is our purpose? We cannot see what impact our lives have on >> anyone except the few members of our family or close friends. We may get >> brief glimpses of meaning in our lives. But then the feelings of ennui and >> uselessness descend once more. Do we make a difference? >> >> I can answer with a resounding ?Yes!? >> >> My first spiritual teachers taught me that ?thoughts are things.? They >> taught me to be observant and to learn from life. The expressions on >> people?s faces and their body language reveal their thoughts as well as >> their words do. They taught that thoughts are manifestations that carry much >> power in the universe. They taught me that you become what you meditate on. >> If you lift your thoughts (your consciousness) to the divine, you will >> become divine. If you allow your thoughts to remain on the dense level of >> greed, bitterness, envy, lust, hatred, anger, regret and the desire to >> control others, you are not only making yourself and your immediate contacts >> miserable, you are having an impact on All That Is. Thoughts are like >> physical particles that create chain reactions or like a stone skipped on a >> smooth pond which sets off ever-increasing circles of influence. Our >> influence is so much greater than we allow ourselves to realize. >> >> My main teachers teach the Sanatana Dharma, the Eternal Ideal of Perfection. >> It is a way of living each moment of our lives with discriminating attention >> where the consequences are evaluated before we act or react to >> circumstances. Efficient evaluation leads to a focus on the central purpose >> of our existence, to know and realize that we are divine beings, privileged >> to have the capacity to worship the divine in and around us. In the anxiety >> of chaotic thought caused by stimulus of the world, we can take comfort in >> knowing that each and every being is moving toward its ultimate realization. >> We are all divine now, have always been and will always be so. We have no >> right to be judgmental about ourselves or others even if we appear to lack >> harmony or balance. >> >> They teach us that all energy in the universe is expressed through BHAVA >> (light) . Each one of us contributes to this cosmic energy by adding our own >> BHAVA, our own motivations for action. Each one of us experiences BHAVA all >> the time. Unfortunately most of us do not have control of our BHAVA. At >> times we are apathetic, antagonistic, hostile, etc. Our purpose is to >> maintain the BHAVA of respect and love. If each of us could create and >> maintain this BHAVA imagine the state of the COSMIC BHAVA! Harmony and love >> would reign over negativism. >> >> BHAVA is the strongest motivator since its very measurement is intensity of >> attitude. This seed of motivation can be cultivated and when it is divine it >> manifests a tremendous power. >> >> If we can take that attitude of pure devotion and give it to our family >> members, share it with our friends and associates, chop wood and carry water >> with the same BHAVA as we maintain in our spiritual discipline, we can >> change ourselves into really pure and silent divine souls. >> >> The Holy Mother sings a song that goes like this. ?The substance of your >> thoughts becomes the reality. As is your thought so is your profit, the >> root is your idea.? >> >> So, every thought, every motivation and every action have meaning, not only >> for your immediate circle but for the whole cosmos. Everything is >> connected. We are all One. >> >> We are the Divine Plan and Purpose. >> >> For more on this topic see: www.shreemaa.org >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > Links > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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