Guest guest Report post Posted August 29, 2007 You have such a big heart and you do me great kindness, Gauri! I am so blessed to be among you.... much love to all! sal. , " gauri_108 " <gauri_108 wrote: > > Namaste Sal! > > Wow! your post had me laughing and crying all at once! > You are great! > > , " sal. " <salpaulsen@> wrote: > > > > Peace to you, Eric, > > > > IMHO, both your questions, to paraphrase, " should I stay or should I > > go " are truth. You, in your experience, on your Path, at that > > present moment, were protected . Your faith determined you were > > protected. Your wife, in her experience, on her own Path, in that > > present moment, may not have felt so protected. > > > > I may be going out on a limb, here, but Swamiji teaches/models what > > he does in the moment. That is his Path. I would venture to guess > > that he also is also extremely protected and he trusts that > > protection. He teaches how he became protected. He teaches us the > > ultimate in personal protection. But he would never judge right or > > wrong what another would do. How would we know what he would do if > > he was in an asan in the midst of a tornado...and all of the sudden > > any particular form of God said, " Hey, Swami, you'd better get up and > > go to the basement. " Swamiji would always, always follow that > > protection. (Is the vibrational energy of a mantra stronger than > > that of a tornado? Now there's a cool question! But as usual, I > > digress...) > > > > It was spiritual for you to stay. It would also have been spiritual > > to break the puja and serve the God in your wife. Perhaps she was > > the form of God that was telling you to get your tail downstairs. > > The rest of us do not know nor can we judge. Whatever it was you did, > > you trusted your ultimate intuition. > > > > Once one enters the thought seed, " should I " , there enters the > > equally, yet polar seed, " or shouldn't I " . The space lying between > > those two thought seeds is now conflict. You are no longer acting in > > the spiritual present moment, but in this foggy abyss of mind, > > thought, time and ego. What should " I " do? Doing one automatically > > conjurs up a hypothetical consequence for not doing the other. There > > now exists this new dimensional twist called, " what if? " > > > > Faith and trust in the universe get thrown out the window. > > > > What if your wife had come upstairs to rattle you back to reality and > > your roof blew off and she went with it, leaving you perfectly placid > > and peaceful in your puja? What if you went downstairs and now felt > > guilty for breaking your asana? Silly to ask, but what if? > > > > The householder in me says we ditch the should I, shouldn't I and > > what ifs, and just do. That is spiritual. > > > > And Wendy? You know I don't have to tell how cool it is to get all > > that love when that beautiful boy's tummy is full...you get hugged > > and told that that was the best dinner he's ever eaten (even if it > > was just mac and cheese), and you KNOW all is right in the universe! > > > > I guess this means y'all know that this mother hen would have been > > right down in the basement with her chicks under her wings...telling > > them they were safe. > > > > love to all, > > sal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
