Guest guest Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 In a message dated 7/29/05 2:34:23 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, ecjensen_us writes: we feel very blessed. not to be obtuse but he not "my" swamiji if you catch my drift. if "you like" he is yours as well. as a matter of fact, he is anyone's and everyone's who benefits from his words. (you started it with the whole non-duality thing.) Jai Swamijis! Om Namah Sivaya The Guru Is ! With Love Kanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 29, 2005 Report Share Posted July 29, 2005 we feel very blessed. not to be obtuse but he not "my" swamiji if you catch my drift. if "you like" he is yours as well. as a matter of fact, he is anyone's and everyone's who benefits from his words. (you started it with the whole non-duality thing.) Jai Swamijis! , "Steve Connor" <sconnor@a...> wrote: > i like your swamiji, eric. > > , "ecjensen_us" <ecjensen_us> > wrote: > > OM NAMAH SIVAYA > > > > this is a great story, Maa! the feet thing reminds of this past > > weekend when Swamiji came to do puja. my wife(i hate that term, it > > implies posession to me) make that my lover and i each had a bowl > of > > rice to offer to the lingam. Swamiji asked me to get something > > behind me and when i turned around i accidentally knocked over the > > rice. i started to clean up the rice and was going to put it off > to > > the side when Swamiji said, "NO use it. it is OK. remember > > everything is God. you are Divine from head to toe. this includes > > your feet." He went on to say, "people sometimes consider things > > that touch the feet impure, but this is not right. in our > tradition > > people touch the Swami's feet when they meet him they don't shake > > hands. this is because the feet are Divine. they are what we > stand > > on, they carry us around, they take us everwhere we go. therefore > > they are Divine. if anything, the hands are what are impure. the > > hands make demands. how many people have been killed by the feet? > > but the hands have killed people in numbers too big to count." > > > > i guess it is all God. > > > > JAI MA > > > > > > , "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> > wrote: > > > Aum Namah Shivaya, dear devotees! > > > i just found one of my all time favorite teaching stories, and i > > wish > > > to share it with all of you. Here it is: > > > > > > "Thiruppandar was a great devotee of lord Shiva. Once he happened > > to > > > visit a famous pilgrim center dedicated to his favorite Lord. > > After > > > the darshan of Siva, he felt that he was too exhausted and weak > to > > > walk further, and therefore rested for the night in the temple > > itself. > > > > > > Early in the morning, the priest entered the temple with a potful > > of > > > water to perform abhishek to the Lingam. To his utter > > consternation, > > > he found an aged man sleeping right in front of the shrine with > > legs > > > stretched towards the sanctum sanctorum. He got wild at the sight > > > and, in indignation, he sprinkled some water on the face of the > > old > > > man. But, there was no sign of any movement. So, he bent down and > > > tried to lift the old man's legs. Immediately the old man opened > > his > > > eyes and said in an appealing tone, "My dear Son! Why are you > > pulling > > > my legs?" The priest shouted "Oh! For your age, is it not > shameful > > on > > > your part to indulge in such a sacrilegious act of stretching > your > > > legs towards God?" The old man said calmly, "My dear son, I feel > a > > > cramp in my legs and cannot get up. Will you place my two feet in > > a > > > direction you like, where God is not? I shall certainly get up > > after > > > a while." The priest did not want to waste time in arguing with > > the > > > man. So, he held the two feet of the man, lifted them up and > > placed > > > them in the opposite direction. Suddenly, there sprang out a > > lingam > > > from underneath the feet! The priest tried to place the old man's > > > feet in another position, but there again sprang up another > > lingam! > > > In a minute, the place was full of lingams! The priest fell at > the > > > feet of the old man and said "Oh revered one! You must be a > > realised > > > soul. Pardon me for my insulting words and actions." The old man > > got > > > up and said "My dear son, have you not read in the scriptures > that > > > God is omnipresent? Can you limit God to a place and to an image > > or a > > > picture or in a frame? Of course we have temples with idols and > > > pictures of worship; but they only help devotees to direct their > > > faith and devotion to God as embodiments of the various Divine > > > shaktis in this vast boundless universe. The Supreme Creator, the > > > Almighty God is only one, and remember, He is Omnipresent." > > > > > > Your sister dissolving in Maa's Love, > > > muktimaa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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