To Devapriya about communion with beings of truth

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Devapriya wrote:

Saturday evening we had a satsangha. Swamiji startedto sing the Sundar

Kanda before arati. It was verylively and Swamiji was beaming with joy

andexcitement. When he got to the doha in the 4th verseon page 21, he

stopped and translated loudly withexcitement, "take all the pleasures

of heaven and eventhose of liberation and count them as one, all of

themtogether cannot be equal to the pleasure gained fromsatsangha,

from the communion with beings of truth,who don't want anything from

you but your devotion!"Amazing -it was very inspiring...

Dear Deva ~ I know I do this everytime someone who is at the Mandir

posts something about what is going on there, so I hope nobody is

getting tired of me saying this: the smallest glimpse about what is

happening at the Mandir is like getting a big Christmas present. The

ribbon is made up of the very words, unique to the person, who is

describing the "bird's eye view" for the rest of us. The box is the

Mandir itself, and especially the Temple, which, on the information

page on the website is described as being "as big as your heart." The

gift is the glimpse contained within the box. There is nothing too

mundane about what happens at the Mandir to give us joy; we are even

joyful about learning about Shree Maa cleaning the kitchen. Hearing

about Swamiji "beaming with joy" brings a big smile to my face

(which, this morning, is quite an accomplishment). And then these

glimpses of what happens during worship and satsanhga at the Ashram

are very special gifts, for when we open the boxes, we read the

words, and we "see the picture," and floating all around in there are

stars sweetly encircling our glimpse. Thank you from the bottom of my

heart ~ Linda