Guest guest Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Dear Mr. Narasimha, When you said "thanks, but no thanks" to Mr. Partha Sarathy, how do you know that that was the will of Narayana? Maybe Narayana WANTED you to perform Kundalini yoga, as His way of managing Her. Please don't take offence. I definitely respect your choice, whatever it is. In my own life, however, I often wonder about right and wrong. Sometimes the answer is obvious, but other times, like with this question, it is not so obvious. Of course everything you have is from Him, and if He wanted you to experience Kundalini Shakti, He will do so. But how can you be so sure, that like the original Partha Sarathy (Sree Krishna himself) showing the right path to Arjuna, maybe He is speaking to you through Mr. Partha Sarathy. I've had words of wisdom "beamed" to me from the most unlikely sources sometimes, including last night when I saw only part of the message on a T-shirt ... I saw "Just" on one line, and "try hard" on another line ... later when I saw the entire message, the actual text was "Just be like ME, try hard stupid"! But the part that I saw, though, was just the right message for me, since I was getting frustrated with something, and needed to " just try hard"! That's a silly example, I know .... but since I started to listen, the whole universe seems to talk to me, and to help me! You do perform pooja to Lakshmi Devi and Sreeman Narayana, as you yourself said, so isn't that the same concept as performing kundalini yoga? IF we perform it in the spirit of surrender to Him, just as the pooja will not hurt us, I believe that the yoga will not hurt us either, since He essentially is the very opposite of hurt. IF your attitude is to subdue great powers and misuse them, then yes, of course you will be hurt since dustha shakti can only cause destruction. Please don't take offence. Again, whatever you want to do or not do is totally up to you, and I am not trying to talk into one thing or the other. I am just trying to understand, and learn from my fellow seekers. Venkat vedic astrology, "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" > I (and many similar-minded people who are into the path of surrender) actually take a more conservative stand. We consider Kundalini to the the Yoga Maya of the Lord. Instead of harnessing the illusory energy and trying to get some powers, I'd rather leave Her management to the Lord. She was, after all, created by Him. That is why I basically said "thanks, but no thanks" when Partha suggested that I should do Kundalini yoga to make those experiences last longer. > > The Yoga Maya residing in us is safe under the management of Krishna (even safer than under the management of a good guru!). Narayana will manage Her, if we completely surrender to Him. > > But complete surrender to Narayana means being prepared for anything (including going mad or such things that are normally considered "dire") and, at the same time, not expecting or wanting any specific result (including the Kundalini rise). > > Kundalini rise was and is never, and hopefully will never be, my goal. If it happened, it happened naturally, without any desire or directed effort. > > Of course, others may not agree with this approach. Good luck to them! But they will do well to atleast remember Sri Chandrashekhar ji's words of caution. > > May Jupiter's light shine on us, > Narasimha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 6, 2003 Report Share Posted December 6, 2003 now i cant resist participating in the discussion. i read partha, narsimha & now u venkata. all of u were just great!! thanx to all of u to talk abt such nice things, one can actually feelthe positive vibes in the group mails. well, coming back to discussion part of it, yes, surrender & complete faith in him is the right answer. whatever path he takes u thru, whatever tools he gives u, -whether u fall or get hurt- may b sooner or later, but u 'll reach the destination that's definite. yes, as u rightly said, that no path is exclusive. one is mukhya, other two r also present in gauna form. bhakti gives u gyaan. gyaan gives u bhakti. detachment & equality comes naturally, which r essentials of karmayoga. i met a lady who was a great devotee, she beloneg to as ikh middle class family. but the way she talked abt HIM was better than so called pandits. like river of gnaan was flowing from the mountain of bhakti. the discussion is endless, because it involves the infinte HIM. in dasam granth, guru gobind singh ji tries to define & describe the almighty " akal purush" & ends up falling short of words. finally he describes him with reapeatitions of tu -tu, tu,tu tu ,tu hi tu... which means u, u, u & only u everywhere. sometimes i feel uncomfortable with the modern idea of religion. why it is given a name & fixed form? personally, i dont generally do aarti, after japa, i always do "ardas"-the sikh prayer. i also like qawallis sung in his praise. his destination has no fixed route, no fixed language, no fixed yoga, no fixed mantra, no fixed view, no fixed form. there r endless paths... on the contrary we try to standardise his his shape, form, poojas & everything. that's why in gita, bhagwan says whatever flower, fruit or even a leaf u get with love, he accpets. he accepted sudama's rice, & had vidur's saag too. what is needed is just love. he likes humility, he likes surender, & then he becomes urs,..... think, does the path matter much? reagrds prashant venkatarama_sastry <venkatarama_sastry > wrote: Dear Mr. Narasimha,When you said "thanks, but no thanks" to Mr. Partha Sarathy, how do you know that that was the will of Narayana? Maybe Narayana WANTED you to perform Kundalini yoga, as His way of managing Her. Please don't take offence. I definitely respect your choice, whatever it is. In my own life, however, I often wonder about right and wrong. Sometimes the answer is obvious, but other times, like with this question, it is not so obvious. Of course everything you have is from Him, and if He wanted you to experience Kundalini Shakti, He will do so. But how can you be so sure, that like the original Partha Sarathy (Sree Krishna himself) showing the right path to Arjuna, maybe He is speaking to you through Mr. Partha Sarathy. I've had words of wisdom "beamed" to me from the most unlikely sources sometimes, including last night when I saw only part of the message on a T-shirt ... I saw "Just" on one line, and "try hard" on another line ... later when I saw the entire message, the actual text was "Just be like ME, try hard stupid"! But the part that I saw, though, was just the right message for me, since I was getting frustrated with something, and needed to " just try hard"! That's a silly example, I know .... but since I started to listen, the whole universe seems to talk to me, and to help me!You do perform pooja to Lakshmi Devi and Sreeman Narayana, as you yourself said, so isn't that the same concept as performing kundalini yoga? IF we perform it in the spirit of surrender to Him, just as the pooja will not hurt us, I believe that the yoga will not hurt us either, since He essentially is the very opposite of hurt. IF your attitude is to subdue great powers and misuse them, then yes, of course you will be hurt since dustha shakti can only cause destruction.Please don't take offence. Again, whatever you want to do or not do is totally up to you, and I am not trying to talk into one thing or the other. I am just trying to understand, and learn from my fellow seekers. Venkatvedic astrology, "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" > I (and many similar-minded people who are into the path of surrender) actually take a more conservative stand. We consider Kundalini to the the Yoga Maya of the Lord. Instead of harnessing the illusory energy and trying to get some powers, I'd rather leave Her management to the Lord. She was, after all, created by Him. That is why I basically said "thanks, but no thanks" when Partha suggested that I should do Kundalini yoga to make those experiences last longer.> > The Yoga Maya residing in us is safe under the management of Krishna (even safer than under the management of a good guru!). Narayana will manage Her, if we completely surrender to Him.> > But complete surrender to Narayana means being prepared for anything (including going mad or such things that are normally considered "dire") and, at the same time, not expecting or wanting any specific result (including the Kundalini rise).> > Kundalini rise was and is never, and hopefully will never be, my goal. If it happened, it happened naturally, without any desire or directed effort.> > Of course, others may not agree with this approach. Good luck to them! But they will do well to atleast remember Sri Chandrashekhar ji's words of caution.> > May Jupiter's light shine on us,> NarasimhaArchives: vedic astrologyGroup info: vedic astrology/info.htmlTo UNSUBSCRIBE: Blank mail to vedic astrology-....... May Jupiter's light shine on us ....... New Photos - easier uploading and sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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