Guest guest Posted October 28, 2007 Report Posted October 28, 2007 Excellent response, Venugopal! This is the way I feel... and I suspect God would agree also! :) Stephen , Venugopal AK <akvenugopal wrote: > > Dear Amandala, > All the dieties are just symbols. Late Swami Chinmayananda says that Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are just symbols representing the three aspects of God - Creation, Maintenance and dissolution. He adds, a skull and two bones are used as a symbol of danger. On high voltage transformers this symbol is pasted. Will anybody think that there are skulls and bones inside the transformaer box ? No, people know they are just symbols. Same with hinu dieties. There is only one God and he has an infinite number of names !! > Regards > Venugopal > > Åmandala <mi5anthr0pe wrote: HI everyone, > > I was wondering if the belief in the actual god or goddess > shiva/shakti is absolutely necessary to study the Kundalini or if > using them is more like a symbolic thing. I personally do not follow > any gods or goddesses specifically, as that is not what feels best to > me. I feel as though I would be a complete fake if I were to > something in the name of or try and channel energy from such and such > god and/or goddess. I hope I am making sense. I believe in a greater > energy that we are all a part of so to speak. Would learning about > this be the wrong choice for me if I didn't follow these > gods/goddesses? Thank you! > > Amanda > Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. > > Quote
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2007 Report Posted October 29, 2007 Although this is tangental to the topic, it reminds me of something Babi Hari Dass once wrote. He was telling (via chalkboard, he was a mouni sadhu) an interviewer that as a boy he thought that God was like a giant that walked on the roof. The interviewer asked him what he now thought God was like. Baba Hari Das replied " I don't think He has legs. " , " Stephen AKA Master Condrey " <stephencondrey wrote: > > Excellent response, Venugopal! > This is the way I feel... > and I suspect God would agree also! > :) > Stephen > > , Venugopal AK > <akvenugopal@> wrote: > > > > Dear Amandala, > > All the dieties are just symbols. Late > Swami Chinmayananda says that Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva are just > symbols representing the three aspects of God - Creation, Maintenance > and dissolution. He adds, a skull and two bones are used as a symbol > of danger. On high voltage transformers this symbol is pasted. Will > anybody think that there are skulls and bones inside the transformaer > box ? No, people know they are just symbols. Same with hinu dieties. > There is only one God and he has an infinite number of names !! > > Regards > > Venugopal > > > > Åmandala <mi5anthr0pe@> wrote: HI > everyone, > > > > I was wondering if the belief in the actual god or goddess > > shiva/shakti is absolutely necessary to study the Kundalini or if > > using them is more like a symbolic thing. I personally do not > follow > > any gods or goddesses specifically, as that is not what feels best > to > > me. I feel as though I would be a complete fake if I were to > > something in the name of or try and channel energy from such and > such > > god and/or goddess. I hope I am making sense. I believe in a > greater > > energy that we are all a part of so to speak. Would learning about > > this be the wrong choice for me if I didn't follow these > > gods/goddesses? Thank you! > > > > Amanda > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Why delete messages? Unlimited storage is just a click away. > > > > Quote
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