Sri Ramakrishna Story ["Dev Ocean" :<) ]

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Sri Ramakrishna — I said to Narendra,[who later became Swami

Vivekananda] `Look here, the Lord is the sea of rasa (nectar; liquid

sweet). Don't you want to dive into this sea? Well, just imagine there

is a bowl of nectar. And you are a fly. Where will you sit to drink the

nectar?' Narendra said, `I will sit on the edge of the bowl and sip by

projecting my mouth towards it.' I asked, `Why? Why sit on the edge?'

He said, `If I go further, I shall be drowned and lose my life.' I then

said, `My boy, there is no such danger in the sea of Sachchidananda. It

is the sea of amrita (immortality). By diving into this sea nobody

dies. On the other hand, one becomes immortal. By going mad after the

Lord one does not lose one's head.

*From the Kathamrita

 

Your sister dissolving in the Ocean of Maa's Love,

muktimaa

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In a message dated 3/21/2006 8:55:39 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, muktimaa (AT) aol (DOT) com writes:

Sri Ramakrishna — I said to Narendra,[who later became Swami

Vivekananda] `Look here, the Lord is the sea of rasa (nectar; liquid

sweet). Don't you want to dive into this sea? Well, just imagine

there is a bowl of nectar. And you are a fly. Where will you sit to

drink the nectar?' Narendra said, `I will sit on the edge of the

bowl and sip by projecting my mouth towards it.' I asked, `Why? Why

sit on the edge?' He said, `If I go further, I shall be drowned and

lose my life.' I then said, `My boy, there is no such danger in the

sea of Sachchidananda. It is the sea of amrita (immortality). By

diving into this sea nobody dies. On the other hand, one becomes

immortal. By going mad after the Lord one does not lose one's

head.*From the KathamritaYour sister dissolving in the Ocean of Maa's

Love, muktimaa

Om muktimaa

What else to do ? It is not a big move, in surrendering to what is.

We say I'm sorry, or excuse me, or other simple things expressing how

we feel about someone or an event. Dive into Satchidananda, it is

recoginizing that which IS . Yes there are different Samadhis, a toe

in the ocean, sharing a wave, and dive into; none are more or less

than the other. You are touching into the Self, experiencing the

Self, or losing yourself in the Self.

Om Namah Sivaya

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, kandaaran wrote:

 

"You are touching into the Self, experiencing the Self, or losing

yourself in the Self"

 

Om Namah Shivaya, dear Kandaji!

 

And by losing our 'self', we re dis cover our True Self, who we,

actually, have always been, yet have forgotten. Om.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

>

> In a message dated 3/21/2006 8:55:39 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,

> muktimaa writes:

>

> Sri Ramakrishna â€" I said to Narendra,[who later became Swami

> Vivekananda] `Look here, the Lord is the sea of rasa (nectar;

liquid

> sweet). Don't you want to dive into this sea? Well, just imagine

there

> is a bowl of nectar. And you are a fly. Where will you sit to

drink the

> nectar?' Narendra said, `I will sit on the edge of the bowl and

sip by

> projecting my mouth towards it.' I asked, `Why? Why sit on the

edge?'

> He said, `If I go further, I shall be drowned and lose my life.' I

then

> said, `My boy, there is no such danger in the sea of

Sachchidananda. It

> is the sea of amrita (immortality). By diving into this sea nobody

> dies. On the other hand, one becomes immortal. By going mad after

the

> Lord one does not lose one's head.

> *From the Kathamrita

>

> Your sister dissolving in the Ocean of Maa's Love,

> muktimaa

>

>

>

> Om muktimaa

>

> What else to do ? It is not a big move, in surrendering to what

is. We say

> I'm sorry, or excuse me, or other simple things expressing how we

feel about

> someone or an event. Dive into Satchidananda, it is recoginizing

that which

> IS . Yes there are different Samadhis, a toe in the ocean, sharing

a wave,

> and dive into; none are more or less than the other. You are

touching into the

> Self, experiencing the Self, or losing yourself in the Self.

>

> Om Namah Sivaya

>