to Gautam - Shree Maa and Swami Satyananda, USA early years

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Yes, I second every word Tanmaya has so beatifully written! I would

certainly appreciate anything you would like to share,

 

with love,

Henny

 

 

 

, "ty_maa" <ds.james@c...> wrote:

>

>

> Namaste Gautam,

>

> Several images came to mind as I read your poetic entry; let me

see

> if I can put them into words.

>

> It is said that a saint who has had even a distant glimpse of God

> during his or her lifetime classifies as a saint, but that those who

> live day and night with God, for instance Jatadhari, "the babaji"

who

> brought Ramlala to Dakshineshwar, have a deeper and more intimate

> relationship with God. Among all the devotees who have come to the

> Devi Mandir, those who have remained there continuously from almost

> the beginning to the present can be counted on two fingers of one

hand.

>

> What one hears directly from God, the saints, and Avataras is

> shruti, but when one relates the memories to others, it becomes

> smriti, and these memories can be very important to others. And who

> has the full stock of such memories, and can put them into the

context

> of the full trajectory of the holy lives, except one who has been

> there from the beginning?

>

> Radhu, Sri Sarada Devi's "Daughter" companion, was raised by the

> Mother. No doubt, at least part of her contribution to the Mother's

> lila there was to make it difficult for the devotees who came for

> advice and inspiration to say afterward, "Well, Sarada Devi's

> teachings are very good, but then she never had to raise a

troublesome

> teenage daughter". But whatever Radhu's relative role may have been

> in the Mother's lila, after Sarada Devi's mahasamadhi many devotees

> came to her to hear her reminiscences of the Mother. Even the very

> highly esteemed monastic disciples of Sri Ramakrishna, who by then

had

> become great saints and avadhutas in their own right, came with

great

> respect to meet Radhu and listen to her stories of the Mother.

>

> The Vatican photographer has taken hundreds of thousands of photos

> of the Pope in every kind of context over his career, and to

devotees

> of that tradition these constitute a treasure that can't be given a

> temporal value. Just so, your memories of Sri Ma and Swamiji are

> beyond value.

>

> Now, a request. I know you have already written a bit is the

> published material about Sri Ma and Swamiji, and I also know that

you

> don't like to put yourself forward into the limelight, but if you

were

> to just keep note of memories, as they naturally come up during the

> day, that have inspiritional or instructive value, and wrote a few

> lines into the websight when you have a spare moment, I know that

many

> of us would benefit.

>

> I believe that this websight-this virtual Temple-is presided over

by

> Maha Shakti Herself, and, as such, it is just bursting with

potential

> Power. I have faith that anyone who just touches this websight,

even

> by accident, will be uplifted. How could it be otherwise?

>

> Its great to hear from you on line dear friend.

>

> With great affection,

>

> Tanmaya

>

>

>

>

>

> , "artsofnapa" <artsofnapa>

wrote:

> >

> > Inspiration, electricity in the air, shining ambassadors of truth,

> > yes, Shree Maa and Swamiji emanated this feeling of efullgeance

that

> > first evening I met them. My heart opened to their giving and I

could

> > not stay away from the little house a devotee had offered them to

live

> > in for a while. Their teachings and regular daily sadhana continue

to

> > verify the value of sankalpa (spiritual vow) and keeping it

(walking

> > the talk). Thank you, dearly, Mother and Swamiji, for your

continued

> > presence and 100 percent effort in our midst! Gautam

> >

>