Oneness and Manyness of Forms ....re Narasimha's comments vs Sanjay's

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, "Narasimha P.V.R. Rao" <pvr

wrote:

>

> Pranaam Sanjay,

>

> > This statement of philosophy is fine for beginners and the list.

Don't waste

> > my time with this.

> > That is why I say that the understanding of jyotish depends on how

high one

> > gets in undrstanding the philosophies.

>

> I tried my best to highlight how all forms essentially give a

similar experience after you reach a certain spiritual development

stage and yet how choice of a specific form can be important in

deciding how fast you reach that stage. IMHO, there are many valuable

lessons hidden in the analogy I put forward.

>

> Out of all the mails I have written on this subject so far, I

personally consider the latest mail the best and the most lucid.

Unfortunately, I cannot expect everyone to share my sentiments! So,

thank you for your feedback.

>

> I am sorry my effort was found to be a waste of time by you. I will

try to not waste your time in future.

>

Om Amrtevaryai Namah!

 

Namaskarams Narasimha!!

 

thank you so much for the previous posting....it was very well put,

and beautifully written...a perfect example of what a Sakta might

say...now you are talking Sakta speak so to speak...with all these

lovely referral to the Triple Goddesses....Maha Saraswati, Maha Laksmi

and Maha Kaali...what you are saying is quite similar in my view to

what Sri Aurobindo was expressing in His Great work "The Mother"

 

Also what you are saying coincides very well with what my Guru Sri

Mata Amritanandamayi Devi teaches...She always says that whatever form

of the Divine appeals to one, that is the form that one should call

out to and the Divine will then appear in that form to the

devotee...that doesn't imply that any other forms are not so good, or

invalid...but rather it is saying that ALL forms of the Divine are

equally valid if you wish to call Her in that form...and that certain

forms are more appealing than others to each of us...and that is the

form that we should approach in our sadhana....just as you are

approaching MahaLaksmi...

 

it is true that we need to put our OWN samskaras to the side, when we

are trying to find Ishta Devatas for our friends and clients...because

they may not have the same samskaras as we do....if we are Saktas, the

client might be a Saivite, or a Vaishnava, or a Christian...we must

attempt to deal with them on their OWN terms, rather than on

ours...otherwise what we are giving them will be for them like trying

to eat stones...

 

again, thank you for the wonderful post....

 

by the way...did you read my previous letter wherein i was asking you

to try and help me to find the Ishta Devata for a friend of mine...

She told me today that her Ishta Devata is really Abirami, and that

Ammachi had given her a mantra for Abirami...now i wonder how one

might arrive at such an Ishta Devata from the information i had given

in that previous letter?

 

hoping that you have the time to take a look, and to answer my

question, as it will help me a lot to understand this.

 

in Amma's Divine Love,

and in Her Service,

as ever,

 

visvanathan

 

Om Namah Sivaya!