To Nanda about Q&A WITH SWAMIJI- Be Spiritual - be a giver !

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Nanda wrote:

>> Question from Srini/Nanda and others:>> ...You and Shree Maa define

spirituality as giving more than you take.

>> We receive so much from You and Shree Maa. How do we give back to you?...

>> Swamiji's response:>> The only way to participate in spiritual life

is to give. There are two>> ways to give: either we give our actions,

or we give the fruit of our>> actions. Being spiritual we will want

to do both.>> Giving of our actions means sadhana. We want to follow

the examples of>> our gurus...

>> Giving of the fruits of our actions means supporting their sadhana.

The>> more they are free to pursue their sadhana, the greater is our>>

opportunity to witness and therefore increase in our own

disciplines...

Dear Nanda ~ thank you for taking this question we have been discussing right to Swamiji.

I have hear Swamiji say this, at some point during their last tour,

but I didn't take notes. So it's wonderful to have this to add to my

DM Notebook. We are given so much. I realize that more and more.

Earlier today, I was reading the first part of the digest and

listening to Maa sing from the cd "Shiva is My Heart." My own heart

was melting. Then today, I was looking at the first few pages of the

Shiva Beginner Puja from the document in the files. I had only

printed out the first 10 pages because the document is quite long,

but I plan to print out the whole thing. When I saw the diagram for

"an example" of how to prepare for a puja, my heart lept in joy.

Why? I can't explain it. More and more, things that seemed beyond me

due to health or due to space are becoming more a part of the realm

of what I believe is possible for me. When

I first started, and felt a bit discouraged at how much other people were accomplishing,

I thought I would never come close. Looking back, I never would have

thought I'd be spending two or three hours a day doing sadhana. I

know that is not much compared to some, but to me, it has the quality

of the miraculous, and it only happened, I believe, because of the

support of this group and the example of Shree Maa and Swamiji. Also,

it isn't something that happened all at once, but as a slow process of

trying something and then adding something.

Thank you, Nanda. Jai Shree Maa, Swamiji Ki Jai