Guest guest Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 Dear Shiva, I can't be sure but believe it is. Isn't his music Divine. Ram , "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> wrote: > > > Namaste, Ram! > Thank-you so much for sharing this tremendous story! i have chills! > In my early years on 'the Path' i used to listen > to 'records'[remember those lil plastic fossils?] :<) by Sach Dev and > Ravi Shankar for hours on end. Is it the same Sach Dev? > Thank-you again for sharing such a personal and inspiring story! Om > Namah Shivaya! Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! Jai Ramakrishna Deva! > muktimaa > > > > > > , "ramavihs11" <ramavihs11> > wrote: > > > > > > Dear Shiva, > > > > A few years ago I was attending a month long yoga teachers training > > course at an ashram in the Bahamas. I wanted to teach yoga because > > asanas had had such a positive impact on my wife and I's lives. I > > wasn't really into to any other spiritual practices. At the ashram > > I was exposed to many of the other aspects of yoga; chanting, > > satsang, meditation, etc. After a couple of weeks I was very > > disappointed in the things I saw. The swami's took turns attending > > the satsangs like they had scheduled shifts at McDonalds. They > kept > > themselves separate from the others in the ashram and I witnessed > > very hypocritical behavior from these so called "holy people." > Much > > like I saw growing up in my own Christian background. It was very > > disappointing. > > > > Coincidently, Sivaratri was during the third week of my stay. A > > very interesting sadhu was leading the chanting for the > > clcebration. He was a disciple of Neem Karoli Baba and I was drawn > > to him from the first time I saw him. Looking back, I think mainly > > because he seemed to be the exact opposite of the swami's there. A > > couple of days before Sivaratri I saw a Bahamian man that had been > a > > swami at the center in our city when I first began to take asana > > classes. He was no longer a swami. He was a Rasta. He told me he > > quit being a swami because it wasn't who he really was. He was > > Rasta. He said as a swami he felt obliged to give advice and act > in > > a way that wasn't true to who he really was. Jai Ma to that I > > thought. He said he wanted to chant with me. On the night of the > > celebrations he came to the ashram and found me. The temple was > > open walled. He and I sat just outside the temple, on the ground, > > under a beautifully clear night and chanted Om Namah Shivaya with > > this strange sadhu leading the way. It was unbelievable. I was > > really into it. At about 3 a.m. I was getting so high. It was > like > > everyone took acid(though I don't think they did), they were > > ecstatic. > > > > In the morning I had more energy than ever. It was like someone > had > > plugged me in. My body had this current flowing through me and I > > heard this sound like standing under very high voltage power > lines. > > I was sooo high. And believe me I knew a thing or two about > > being "high." I went back to my room to rest and listened to this > > old Indian bansuri master practicing in the room next to me. His > > name was Sach Dev. He would play for hours, then sit and > meditate. > > That's all he ever seemed to do. Except maybe a couple of times a > > day he would walk along the beach. > > > > Anyway about noon the day after the festival I started to feel > ill. > > I got so sick. My body was purging in every way possible. I spent > > that day and most of the night in the bathroom. I was so > > miserable. If I could have ended my life I think I may have. > > Finally about 3 am I was able to spend some time resting in bed > > rather than in the bathroom. The next morning Sach Dev asked me if > > I was OK. I said, "Yeh, I don't know what happened. I think I > > maybe I had food poisoning or something." He said, "No, Shiva is > > very powerful. He was purifying you. The sickness was just a > > physical manifestation of your emotional purging. You are very > > blessed." Looking back, I was carrying around a great deal of > > emotional baggage from my family, etc. And I think the intensity > of > > my focus, and chanting with the sadhu and the rasta allowed me to > > release a great deal of it all at once. > > > > Shiva, the destoyer. He, like Kali, take that from us which is not > > who we really are. Sometimes it's painful. But you know what they > > say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I feel I still have > > plenty to offer up to Shiva and Kali but over time I know I'll be > > left with just my Self. > > > > Thank God for Shiva. Or should I say thank Shiva for Shiva. > > I would encourage everyone to spend the night with Shiva this > year. > > It's worth it. > > > > Ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2005 Report Share Posted February 19, 2005 , "ramavihs11" <ramavihs11> wrote: > Dear Shiva, > I can't be sure but believe it is. Isn't his music Divine. > Ram Namaste, Ram! Yes it most certainly is Divine! :<) Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! Jai Ramakrishna Deva! muktimaa > > , "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> wrote: > > > > > > Namaste, Ram! > > Thank-you so much for sharing this tremendous story! i have chills! > > In my early years on 'the Path' i used to listen > > to 'records'[remember those lil plastic fossils?] :<) by Sach Dev > and > > Ravi Shankar for hours on end. Is it the same Sach Dev? > > Thank-you again for sharing such a personal and inspiring story! > Om > > Namah Shivaya! Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! Jai Ramakrishna Deva! > > muktimaa > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > , "ramavihs11" <ramavihs11> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Dear Shiva, > > > > > > A few years ago I was attending a month long yoga teachers > training > > > course at an ashram in the Bahamas. I wanted to teach yoga > because > > > asanas had had such a positive impact on my wife and I's lives. > I > > > wasn't really into to any other spiritual practices. At the > ashram > > > I was exposed to many of the other aspects of yoga; chanting, > > > satsang, meditation, etc. After a couple of weeks I was very > > > disappointed in the things I saw. The swami's took turns > attending > > > the satsangs like they had scheduled shifts at McDonalds. They > > kept > > > themselves separate from the others in the ashram and I > witnessed > > > very hypocritical behavior from these so called "holy people." > > Much > > > like I saw growing up in my own Christian background. It was > very > > > disappointing. > > > > > > Coincidently, Sivaratri was during the third week of my stay. > A > > > very interesting sadhu was leading the chanting for the > > > clcebration. He was a disciple of Neem Karoli Baba and I was > drawn > > > to him from the first time I saw him. Looking back, I think > mainly > > > because he seemed to be the exact opposite of the swami's > there. A > > > couple of days before Sivaratri I saw a Bahamian man that had > been > > a > > > swami at the center in our city when I first began to take asana > > > classes. He was no longer a swami. He was a Rasta. He told me > he > > > quit being a swami because it wasn't who he really was. He was > > > Rasta. He said as a swami he felt obliged to give advice and > act > > in > > > a way that wasn't true to who he really was. Jai Ma to that I > > > thought. He said he wanted to chant with me. On the night of > the > > > celebrations he came to the ashram and found me. The temple was > > > open walled. He and I sat just outside the temple, on the > ground, > > > under a beautifully clear night and chanted Om Namah Shivaya > with > > > this strange sadhu leading the way. It was unbelievable. I was > > > really into it. At about 3 a.m. I was getting so high. It was > > like > > > everyone took acid(though I don't think they did), they were > > > ecstatic. > > > > > > In the morning I had more energy than ever. It was like someone > > had > > > plugged me in. My body had this current flowing through me and > I > > > heard this sound like standing under very high voltage power > > lines. > > > I was sooo high. And believe me I knew a thing or two about > > > being "high." I went back to my room to rest and listened to > this > > > old Indian bansuri master practicing in the room next to me. > His > > > name was Sach Dev. He would play for hours, then sit and > > meditate. > > > That's all he ever seemed to do. Except maybe a couple of times > a > > > day he would walk along the beach. > > > > > > Anyway about noon the day after the festival I started to feel > > ill. > > > I got so sick. My body was purging in every way possible. I > spent > > > that day and most of the night in the bathroom. I was so > > > miserable. If I could have ended my life I think I may have. > > > Finally about 3 am I was able to spend some time resting in bed > > > rather than in the bathroom. The next morning Sach Dev asked me > if > > > I was OK. I said, "Yeh, I don't know what happened. I think I > > > maybe I had food poisoning or something." He said, "No, Shiva > is > > > very powerful. He was purifying you. The sickness was just a > > > physical manifestation of your emotional purging. You are very > > > blessed." Looking back, I was carrying around a great deal of > > > emotional baggage from my family, etc. And I think the > intensity > > of > > > my focus, and chanting with the sadhu and the rasta allowed me > to > > > release a great deal of it all at once. > > > > > > Shiva, the destoyer. He, like Kali, take that from us which is > not > > > who we really are. Sometimes it's painful. But you know what > they > > > say, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. I feel I still > have > > > plenty to offer up to Shiva and Kali but over time I know I'll > be > > > left with just my Self. > > > > > > Thank God for Shiva. Or should I say thank Shiva for Shiva. > > > I would encourage everyone to spend the night with Shiva this > > year. > > > It's worth it. > > > > > > Ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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