Shirdi Sai Baba & Sri Ramakrishna/ To Sri Neilji

[Guest guest]

Salutations Sri Neilji,

 

Thank you most sincerely for your kind response. You have put it all

very well and nailed it; so to speak. Sorry to hear you were below

par for wee while but hope this has completely passed. Agree that

non-duality has not been largely addressed within our little Ganesh

Cyber Family here )))) Perhaps its about time to begin exploring

this when "Time Is Ripe"?

 

In my very, very humble opinion, Lord Ganapati does not

discrimminate, has no discrimmination; all 1008 names and Forms of

Ganapatiji are One and the Same, nevertheless. After all, the Beeja

Mantra for Him, is "One". It is also encompassed in the

abstract "Om" which is also Ganapatiji as in "All", below and above

the comos and beyond planes, and further so beyond that too..

 

Much appreciate the excellent points you've made in your message. In

absolute resonance and thank you too, for Kabir and especially Hafiz;

both my Hot Favourites apart from Lao Tze too.

 

You are most kind, Neilji..... You see, many who have experienced me

in person will not agree with you about my whacky humour being on par

with kindness, for indeed, and "in deed", they feel I lack these two

virtues (((((((

 

Gotta say that I am so darned often misunderstood that its not funny

at all...... Even in Australia when we are supposed to speak the

same lingo, it differs from locality to precinct....sigh..

 

But thank Mighty Ganapatiji and Divine Lord Shiva, all Hindus whom

I've had the immense honour and pleasure of meeting and working with,

(no matter what background and country of birth) understand me

perfectly. I'd better start counting my blessings fast

 

And may i still insist: "Sri Neilji" is "Sri" to me.

 

99% are flattered when addressed thus. But I know you are of that

almost extinct 1% who doesn't allow honorifics pump up the Ego )

May I mention once again that when I apply "Sri" in your case, you

are certainly more than highly deserving of it and transcends it too.

 

Ommmmmmmmm

Simone

 

 

, "Neil " <Trikashaivism@o...> wrote:

> Namaste Simone and friends,

>

> Apologies for the delay, have been a bit below par this last week.

>

> I personally feel it is sign of wisdom when one can find the truths

that

> one has learnt through one's one path and see it within another.

Several

> notable saints of relatively recent times have did this publically,

> perhaps none more noted than Shirdi Sai Baba and Ramakrishna. But

it is

> worth noting that Ramakrishna didn't practices other religions for

what

> could be considered an extended duration. Shirdi Sai Baba on the

other

> hand though basically lived in a Mosque and had just as many Moslem

> devotees as he did Hindu when he was physically incarnated. Today it

> would seem most are Hindu. Hindu-Moslem saints and holy figures

seem to

> have a relatively strong presence in India, Kabir was another who

was a

> mix of Hinduism and Islam. To a large extent Sikhism is a sound mix

of

> elements of both religions and traditions such as Kashmir Shaivism

have

> absorbed Sufi influences into their writings, particularly

devotional

> poetry found in writers such as Lal Ded and Utpaladevacharya.

>

> However, I think I am rambling here! The point I wished to

reiterate was

> that to one who has samavesha (same-sightedness), it matters little

what

> religion or spiritual system they are following, for each being is

> non-different from theirself, all they can find is their own being.

To

> them the world is a mirror in which they are wearing a million

masks.

> All they see is their own being (Shiva) behind the form (Shakti).

Baba

> Muktananda said "Shiva is neither Shaivite nor Vaishnava nor

Buddhist.

> He is your Self. Shiva is neither Hindu nor Moslem nor Christian.

He is

> the Self of all. Shiva is inner bliss. Shiva is boundless love."

There

> is a poem by Hafiz, which I very much enjoy, that speaks well of

this

> general point, of transcending religious boundaries through

spiritual

> illumination:

>

> I have learned so much

> From God

> That I can no longer

> Call myself,

>

> A Christian,

> A Hindu,

> A Muslim,

> A Buddhist,

> A Jew.

>

> The Truth has shared so much

> Of Itself with me

> That I can no longer call myself

> A man, a woman, an angel,

> Or even a pure soul.

>

> Love has befriended Hafiz so completely

> It has turned to ash and freed me

> Of every concept and image

> My mind has ever known.

>

> This last verse I suppouse would speak of the mental state of likes

of

> Shirdi Sai Baba and Sri Ramakrishna.

>

> I hope this poem illustrates the point, and probably does so better

than

> I could. Non-duality is something that has not really been explored

too

> much within this group. It seems that the perception of Ganesh is

often

> that based upon the holy Puranas, which are generally dualistic by

> nature. The perception of Ganesh I have noted within the group is

more

> often than not very dualistic. Hindu texts, if we can categorise

them

> neatly into division for simplicity, fall into three basic groups -

> dualistic, dualistic-come-monisitic, and non-dualistic. That is not

to

> say that one is right and another is wrong, each has its place.

>

> For those who have put up with this long windy post - thank you!

>

> Om Shanti

> Neil

>

> P.S. Sri Neilji - who?! Simoneji, your humour is on par with your

> kindness! You can tell when the display of respect has gone too far

when

> the honourifics add up to more letters than are in your name

itself! LOL