Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Jai Maa, beloved family of light! Here is some spiritual gems from Thakur, Sri Ramakrishna: "Devotion and knowledge are identical in the end. People do not understand them well and mistakenly think that they are different. What is bhakti [devotion]? Love for God and playing with Him in various ways. the devotee says: 'Thou art the Master and I am thy servant. Thou art all, and all is thine.' Knowledge also means absolute love. That love is so intense that the jnani [the man of knowledge] never wants to be separated from God. He wants to become one with Him. Hence he says: 'I am He. I am Shiva, the Absolute.' Hanuman, the prince of devotees, said to Ramachandra: 'Lord, when I have consciousness of the body, then thou art the Master and I am thy servant. When I consider myself as a jiva, or individual soul, then thou art the whole and I am thy part. And when I think I am the Atman, that is, in the samadhi state, I feel thou art I and I am thou. There is no difference.' OM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 there is no difference is there?! without bhav there is no knowledge no matter how well a person can talk about advaita, and without knowledge, bhav is only attachment. people who are straight-on knowledge-only fans don't like to hear about bhav and think you are in duality. but their words alone do not place them beyond duality, if they critically study their own heart and behavior. spiritual life is walking a thin line that opens into a highway that is infinitely broad. we continue to walk that thin line for our own joy. from that thin line we see the infinity. otherwise, we do not see it, we are absorbed into it. from there come no words or meaning whatsoever. as we get closer we start burning a little and that is the source of all the samadhis and the beautiful words we hear from saints. quickly words end and feeling comes to the forefront, and we very easily intuit mind-communication from heart communication. then, we require that of our own self, that our own communications be true, or, we desire to just as well be quiet. , "muktimaa" <muktimaa wrote: > > Jai Maa, beloved family of light! > > Here is some spiritual gems from Thakur, Sri Ramakrishna: > > "Devotion and knowledge are identical in the end. People do not > understand them well and mistakenly think that they are different. > What is bhakti [devotion]? Love for God and playing with Him in > various ways. the devotee says: 'Thou art the Master and I am thy > servant. Thou art all, and all is thine.' Knowledge also means > absolute love. That love is so intense that the jnani [the man of > knowledge] never wants to be separated from God. He wants to become > one with Him. Hence he says: 'I am He. I am Shiva, the Absolute.' > Hanuman, the prince of devotees, said to Ramachandra: 'Lord, when I > have consciousness of the body, then thou art the Master and I am thy > servant. When I consider myself as a jiva, or individual soul, then > thou art the whole and I am thy part. And when I think I am the > Atman, that is, in the samadhi state, I feel thou art I and I am > thou. There is no difference.' OM. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Jai Maa!!!! OM. -- In , "Steve Connor" <sconnor wrote: > > there is no difference is there?! without bhav there is no knowledge > no matter how well a person can talk about advaita, and without > knowledge, bhav is only attachment. > > people who are straight-on knowledge-only fans don't like to hear > about bhav and think you are in duality. but their words alone do not > place them beyond duality, if they critically study their own heart > and behavior. > > spiritual life is walking a thin line that opens into a highway that > is infinitely broad. we continue to walk that thin line for our own > joy. from that thin line we see the infinity. otherwise, we do not see > it, we are absorbed into it. from there come no words or meaning > whatsoever. as we get closer we start burning a little and that is the > source of all the samadhis and the beautiful words we hear from saints. > > quickly words end and feeling comes to the forefront, and we very > easily intuit mind-communication from heart communication. then, we > require that of our own self, that our own communications be true, or, > we desire to just as well be quiet. > > > > , "muktimaa" <muktimaa@> wrote: > > > > Jai Maa, beloved family of light! > > > > Here is some spiritual gems from Thakur, Sri Ramakrishna: > > > > "Devotion and knowledge are identical in the end. People do not > > understand them well and mistakenly think that they are different. > > What is bhakti [devotion]? Love for God and playing with Him in > > various ways. the devotee says: 'Thou art the Master and I am thy > > servant. Thou art all, and all is thine.' Knowledge also means > > absolute love. That love is so intense that the jnani [the man of > > knowledge] never wants to be separated from God. He wants to become > > one with Him. Hence he says: 'I am He. I am Shiva, the Absolute.' > > Hanuman, the prince of devotees, said to Ramachandra: 'Lord, when I > > have consciousness of the body, then thou art the Master and I am thy > > servant. When I consider myself as a jiva, or individual soul, then > > thou art the whole and I am thy part. And when I think I am the > > Atman, that is, in the samadhi state, I feel thou art I and I am > > thou. There is no difference.' OM. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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