Guest guest Posted February 24, 2005 Report Share Posted February 24, 2005 Dear Maaa- please take my hand....surrender to yourself through me! I love you, let me love you more, as oneness. Thy will be done! Gina On Feb 24, 2005, at 4:13 PM, Ardis Jackson wrote: > > > It is amazing what happens when you have no expectations. It is as > though a > window is opened up for the extraordinary. Writers know this. > Musicians > know this. But you don’t have to be one who is recognized as creative > or > spiritual or “special” in any way. New mothers sometimes experience > this > because the baby is constantly creating and recreating her own > schedule. > Mothers who are submerged in the bliss of this new being sometimes let > go of > all ideas of planning or scheduling. They totally surrender to the > baby’s > needs. They have no expectations. > > The Hindu concept of “no attachment” is akin to this. If you have no > attachment to the past and no attachment to the future, you can only > live in > the present with no expectations. You are liberated while living. > You are > fully alive in the moment. The opening is made for the Divine to act > in > your life. In fact, you are the Divine and you realize your Oneness > with > God/Goddess/All That Is. > > Another concept that is related, in my view, to “no expectations” is > pure > heart. Some people know from their early childhood that it is their > desire > to always have a pure heart. The Christian Bible states that the pure > in > heart will see God. That was my hope, my prayer, my goal - to be pure > enough to see God. > > Ramakrishna’s wife Sarada Devi looked at the full moon and said “O God, > there are dark spots even on the moon. But make my character > spotless.” > > If you are living in a state of “no expectations” and are aware of your > oneness with the Divine, your heart will be in its original state of > purity. > The only thing that can change your state of purity is by dipping it > in the > dyes of worldliness, especially the dyes of attachment in the ocean of > objects and relationships. If you keep your eyes on Divinity and your > heart > in pure love, you will become jivan mukta, liberated while living, and > able > to live in the present moment with no expectations. > > Links > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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