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Dear Friends,

 

My chat with a great seeker.

 

 

Regards,

 

Virendra.

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The one who seeks to guide or help another in spiritual matters should be able

to go to any level to help the person at that level, i.e., he should not be

sitting on a mountain saying do this do that, nor should he try to drag a

person there. Nor should he have an attitude which is holier-than-thou.

(spiritual ego)

He should go to that persons level and look at how they are stuck. Then he

should give them his hand and lead them (only if they are willing).

"From what you tell me and what I see from you, you are such a man. I am honored

to know you!". This man should also have the ability and the tools to give to

others which are suited to their situation. For example: He cannot give a

person who is a Christian - Hindu tools, nor can he give a Moslem person

Christian or Hindu tools. He should not put one religion over another, nor any

god, nor philosophy . He should give each what will assist him towards God in

his own path, not try to drag him to another unless he asks for this.

All gods, all beings are created for each of the paths upon which God walks, all

are paths of God which lead to God ... after all we all agree there is but one

God , we simply call him by different names and prescribe different rituals and

observances to be applied in his worship. But the prescribed rituals and such,

are what comprise the path of a given religion. These rituals and modes of

worship of God, are modes of his own worship of himself.

Who are we to say one way in which He worships Himself is in error? Only a being

desiring separation from him could think such a thing. Hence behaviour which

would condemn another religion or path is an act of arrogance performed by the

ego in an attempt to justify the existence of its separation from him.

More trouble comes when we try to justify our rejection of each other by saying

our path is the only path upon which God walks.. If the claim that our path is

the only true path were true, then our believe in The One Omnipresent God (no

matter what our religion) is contradicted and is nothing more than the empty

claim of a dry and dead religion, because we have rejected some aspect of him

existing as that other path, or the people who walk that path and worship him

in that way. No he worships himself in every way we can imagine; and in ways we

could never imagine.

As Shiv Sutra says : He should be able to be free in all levels and modes of his

own being and be able to come and go from those levels at will -having true

freedom in will and efficacy at all levels. This way he can reach and help all

aspects of The Self who is none other than his own self dwelling in all beings

as the self.

Thus that man will be a humble man. Without that humility he cannot do this.

Humility will be limited in some way according to his devotion (which is

nothing more than humility) to The Self - or to his God whoever that god may

be. Humility in this way is not humiliation, but is recognition of the existence

of The Self walking on all paths as The One Manifold and Omnipresent Self in all

beings. From this Spiritual Realization of who He is can result.

This Manifoldness, this omnipresence existing as The Self in all beings. is in

this way also omniscient, being that is is He (God) who is know as The Self in

ALL Beings everything which those various selves might know or come to know;

also in this way he is the ONE TRUE EXPERIENT of all the knowables such as joy,

love, a compassionate heart and devotion to himself via the actions of beings

who understand who he is; hence He is existence-consciousness-bliss. The Great

Lord of Being Sri-Satchitananda.

Love is the measure of the Intellect (buddhi). With little love for The Self

who dwells in all beings as The Self there is low spiritual intellect ,

because knowledge of The Self comes from devotion to The Self . With great love

there is merging with The Self . Hence a man with great wisdom but without love

being expanded as the cosmic display of The Self cannot get the intellect of

the Atman. Love is the thing that bridges the distance of the whole of Lords

manifestation... love is the bliss... love is the consciousness...

Hence little consciousness comes from little love, great awareness and

realization comes from great love. Final merging into existence - consciousness

- bliss ( Satchitananda) comes from purest devotion. This pure devotion or

Para-Bhakti is the bridge to infinite being and conscious realization of The

Self.

 

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