Spiritual nourishment

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

 

reading The Nectar of Eternal Bliss again, I came across this passage

which I would like to share with you all, because it seems to be

relevant both to the matter of cooking and blessing food, and also to

the issue of tolerance for other people's spiritual inclinations:

 

 

(Ramakrishna to M.): "You were talking about worshiping an image made

of clay? Even though it is made of clay, worship is appropriate. God

has created various forms of worship. He has created this entire

universe and provided various practices by which people can attain

knowledge. Whatever path an individual takes, is the most suitable

one for that individual. The Divine Mother has arranged different

paths for different individuals. Look, a mother had five children.

She brought home a fish to eat. She began to cook it in different

ways. For one individual she made fish pulao. For another she made

fish soup. For someone else she made baked fish with vegetables.

Another got fried fish. Each one liked the fish they got, just to

their taste, to their satisfaction. Do you understand?"

 

I bow again and again to that Divine Mother, gathering us into Her

kitchen and feeding each of us exactly what is the most nourishing

and beneficial to our individual stage of growth and so tasty at the

same time,

 

with love,

henny

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 3/23/2006 8:56:11 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, HvI (AT) SoftHome (DOT) net writes:

(Ramakrishna to M.): "You were talking about worshiping an image made

of clay? Even though it is made of clay, worship is appropriate. God

has created various forms of worship. He has created this entire

universe and provided various practices by which people can attain

knowledge.

Namaste Henny

The following is from the book Loving Ganesa put together by Sivaya

Subramuniyaswami ( Gurdeva ) . This is from Swamiji, speaking about

an image of the God.

THE PROPER ATTITUDE

Making an image of the God must be done in the right spirit. Swami

Satyananda Saraswati of Devi Mandir in California contributed the

following instruction.

"Take all of the love in your heart, all the longing to see God face

to face, the totality of your aspiration for Self Realization, mix it

with straw and earth and watch as the devine image takes shape within

your very proximity."

With Love

Kanda