Guest guest Posted May 30, 2005 Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Dear Friends, Our verse today - Whoever, with an attitude of devotion, will recite or listen or bestow a writing of these mantras, all of these will produce fruit. Comment: Here we see devotion again as the key element for the bestowing of blessings. Please share your thoughts. Kalia ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Dear Kalia and all, this verse recommends to recite, listen to, or write the text with an attitude of devotion. This, to me, is not as easy as it may sound. I have been practicing the recitation of the Chandi for the last few weeks, and to my frustration, the easier the recitation becomes, the more I appear to lose the ability to really concentrate on the text. Although the recitation is motivated by devotion, and I start out with devotion, I get distracted somewhere along the way and although recitation goes on, my mind is elsewhere. And this also occurs when typing out the text. The same thing with the Guru Gita: when I recite it, I become distracted by the sound of the words without listening to their meaning, or I get lost in my own interpretations, or I think of something totally different like shopping that needs doing. Devotion returns when I remember what I'm doing, and goes when I forget. How to keep the attitude of devotion, or loving attention, more constant? Ah well, it is the story of our lives, isn't it? with love, Henny , Kali Kali <kaliananda_saraswati> wrote: > > Dear Friends, > > Our verse today - > > Whoever, with an attitude of devotion, will recite or listen or bestow a writing of these mantras, all of these will produce fruit. > > Comment: Here we see devotion again as the key element for the bestowing of blessings. > > Please share your thoughts. > > > > Kalia > > > > > > ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 31, 2005 Report Share Posted May 31, 2005 Pranams, Kaliahenny_v_i <HvI (AT) SoftHome (DOT) net> wrote: Dear Kalia and all,this verse recommends to recite, listen to, or write the text with an attitude of devotion. This, to me, is not as easy as it may sound. I have been practicing the recitation of the Chandi for the last few weeks, and to my frustration, the easier the recitation becomes, the more I appear to lose the ability to really concentrate on the text. Although the recitation is motivated by devotion, and I start out with devotion, I get distracted somewhere along the way and although recitation goes on, my mind is elsewhere. And this also occurs when typing out the text. The same thing with the Guru Gita: when I recite it, I become distracted by the sound of the words without listening to their meaning, or I get lost in my own interpretations, or I think of something totally different like shopping that needs doing. Devotion returns when I remember what I'm doing, and goes when I forget. How to keep the attitude of devotion, or loving attention, more constant?Ah well, it is the story of our lives, isn't it?with love,Henny, Kali Kali <kaliananda_saraswati> wrote:> > Dear Friends,> > Our verse today -> > Whoever, with an attitude of devotion, will recite or listen or bestow a writing of these mantras, all of these will produce fruit. > > Comment: Here we see devotion again as the key element for the bestowing of blessings. > > Please share your thoughts.> > > > Kalia> > > > > > Small Business - Try our new Resources site!Do You ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 Henny, We all go through this. Jai Maa! Chris , "henny_v_i" <HvI@S...> wrote: > Dear Kalia and all, > > this verse recommends to recite, listen to, or write the text with an > attitude of devotion. > This, to me, is not as easy as it may sound. I have been practicing > the recitation of the Chandi for the last few weeks, and to my > frustration, the easier the recitation becomes, the more I appear to > lose the ability to really concentrate on the text. Although the > recitation is motivated by devotion, and I start out with devotion, I > get distracted somewhere along the way and although recitation goes > on, my mind is elsewhere. And this also occurs when typing out the > text. The same thing with the Guru Gita: when I recite it, I become > distracted by the sound of the words without listening to their > meaning, or I get lost in my own interpretations, or I think of > something totally different like shopping that needs doing. Devotion > returns when I remember what I'm doing, and goes when I forget. How to > keep the attitude of devotion, or loving attention, more constant? > Ah well, it is the story of our lives, isn't it? > > with love, > Henny > > > > , Kali Kali > <kaliananda_saraswati> wrote: > > > > Dear Friends, > > > > Our verse today - > > > > Whoever, with an attitude of devotion, will recite or listen or > bestow a writing of these mantras, all of these will produce fruit. > > > > Comment: Here we see devotion again as the key element for the > bestowing of blessings. > > > > Please share your thoughts. > > > > > > > > Kalia > > > > > > > > > > > > ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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