to Muktimaa- Love, Love, Love

[Guest guest]

Dear sister,

 

thank you for your kind and most beautiful response. I'll try to make

your weapons mine too,

 

with love,

Henny

 

 

, "muktimaa" <muktimaa@a...> wrote:

>

> Beloved Hennyji,

> i am swimming in a flood of tears, as i must admit i am one of those

> who was suffering from a touch of "The Christmas Blues" for most all

> of the reasons that you experienced and mentioned in your very

> thoughtful post. i thank you from the bottom to the top of my heart

> for taking the time to write this wonderful and much appreciated

> post. i, too, am bounden determined with renewed vigor to conquer

> that pesky ego who trys to steal our joy and instill fear, which is

> the son of duality. My weapons are Patience, Tolerance, inner

> Renunciaton, Compassion, and Love, Love, Love. Let us start the day

> with cosmic love, fill the day with cosmic love, & end the day with

> cosmic love!

> Let us crucify our ego upon the cross and truly give birth to

> our "Christ Consciousness" + Cross out the i.

> Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! Jai Thakur Ramakrishna Deva!

> muktimaa

>

>

>

> , "henny_v_i" <HvI@S...> wrote:

> >

> > Dear all,

> >

> > Having returned from my shopping and having been confronted by the

> > chaos in the mall now that Christmas is approaching, I felt not a

> > little disheartened. People getting annoyed and irritated,

children

> > whining about their presents, enormous amounts of delicacies to

> buy,

> > and meanwhile passing the newspaper stand with everywhere stories

> of

> > wars and disasters mixed with holiday cheer. How can you truly

> > celebrate Christmas like this? Do people think of nothing else but

> > food and drink? Don't they know people what's going on in the

> world?

> > How can we sing about Peace on Earth now?

> > I was sorely tempted to climb into bed and sleep for a week,

> > pretending not to be at home this weekend. Even the parcel on my

> > doorstep, containing the books I had ordered from the Devi Mandir,

> > failed to cheer me up. As I was browsing listlessly through the

> > Bhagavad Gita, my eye was caught by the preface Swamiji has

written

> to

> > the Third Edition. In it, he talks about the circumstances in the

> > world today (he wrote in 2003, but I think it is safe to say that,

> at

> > least on the surface, things have not improved much since then).

> What

> > Swamiji said and the way he said it lifted me up immediately. In

> case

> > there are some of you out there also suffering from a touch of the

> > Christmas Blues, I have copied his message:

> >

> > `The enemy is within. He is inside. He is pointing his weapons at

> all

> > that we hold dear: universal peace, love for all, the evolution of

> > mankind – nothing is sacred. He will demolish them all only to

> serve

> > his interests. This ego I – the one who says, "I know, I am

> different,

> > I am special," this ego I is the culprit.

> > And now, the Bhagavad Gita comes along and says, "I have been

> > calling out to you since Vedic times! I have been trying to

explain

> to

> > you since thousands of years! Don't allow the ego to rule! You

must

> > subdue the ego! Only then can we ever hope for peace."

> > Please, my friends, devotees, well-wishers! Conquer the ego!

> Let

> > us make that our battle! Direct all our attention towards the

> > subjugation of duality, and let us realize that the One God dwells

> in

> > the hearts of us all.'

> >

> > Gone was the criticism of other people, the anxiety about

> calamities

> > which might befall us, the irritation and desire to hide under the

> > covers. Instead, there was a new resolution to turn within and

> fight

> > that inner battle, and prepare a fitting environment for the

Prince

> of

> > Peace to be born into. Nothing was standing in the way of

> celebrating

> > Christmas but me. So this Christmas I will be celebrating: I'll

> > celebrate the presence of those who are willing to guide us to

true

> > Peace and the presence of those who are willing to follow, I'll

> > celebrate the faith, hope and love expressed, against all odds, by

> so

> > many different people in so many different ways, I'll celebrate

> with

> > the birds and the trees, the moon and the stars and I'll celebrate

> > with those coming to my doorstep, in the recognition that it is

the

> > One standing there. And, of course, I'll be reading the Bhagavad

> Gita!

> >

> > wishing you all a very happy Christmas,

> >

> > JAI SWAMIJI,

> >

> > Henny

> >

>