Guest guest Report post Posted September 19, 2003 I'm haveing a little trouble downloading the software to creat a chat room but if anyone wants to do it just go to the homepage and Go to chat. Just creat one and post the name of it to the group and whoever is online can enter. I will try later to install the IM so I can start one up myself. , Virupaksh Kadam <gwlvirvpaks@s...> wrote: > Is there a chat room to discuss all this or we just do it though e- mail. > > Babu > > Sarada [sarada_saraswati] > Friday, September 19, 2003 5:36 AM > > Swamiji's answer to Kp's question about longing for > God > > > > > > Kp writes: Dear Swamiji, > First of all, Thank you, and Maa! for being alive and sharing your > gifts of > truth and serving as role models, with all of us! > Second, I've been reading the postings on the group chat about "what > is the > most important attribute of a spiritual seeker?" and I'm left with > this empty > feeling. Kirk's response, about what all of us seekers have in > common > really > spoke to me. We all have the yearning for Truth, for God, for > Oneness- > whatever > it is. But My question is : what is one supposed to do with that > yearning? > Listening to Maa or reading the spiritual texts only fills me with > more > yearning, but its a feeling that feels close to love- so its kind-of > good in a > torturous way. Its yearning that the yearning will go away and > transform into the > constant feeling of God/Love/Truth. Meditation helps, but then I hit > a > point > where I don't even know how to meditate. Is the only cure moving to > an > ashram and > focusing all of me on learning how to fulfill the yearning for > God??? > Love be with you- Kp > > > Swamiji answers: We've been translating Ramakrishna's Katha Amrita, > and he calls it > VYAKULATA, the sincere, intense, longing with a Capital L. > > The story is told of the guru who was asked, "How can I see God?" > The guru replied, "I will show you," and took the disciple to the > bank > of the river. The two waded into the waters to bathe, and the guru > held > the discipe's head under the water. > > When the disciple started to gasp for air and to fight for his life, > the guru pulled him up and asked, "How did you feel?" > > The disciple replied, "I felt like I would die!" > > Then the guru replied, "When you feel like that for God, then you > can > hope to have His darshan!" > > > > > > Sponsor > > > > > > > > > > > Terms of Service. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
