--- In [email protected], Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > --- jim_flanegin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Marek Reavis" > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Comment/Question below: > > > > > > --- In [email protected], > > "jim_flanegin" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > **SNIP** > > > Besides the next time I see Guru Dev, I'm > > tattling on > > > > you....Ha Ha > > > > > > > **SNIP TO END** > > > > > > Jim, if you don't mind sharing, is there any > > details regarding your > > > interaction(s) with Guru Dev that you can relate? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Marek > > > > > Hi, yes- please see my answer to Vaj's question. > > > > Other than that, I've always detested mood making, > > and just followed > > the genuine desires of my heart. As I recall my > > desire began to form > > when I read in the Gita about God having a personal > > form, in order > > for us to be able to focus our devotion more easily > > on Him. > > > > At the time, I really wanted to be devoted to > > Maharishi, but just > > couldn't ever get personally jazzed about it. It > > always felt dry, > > like trying to fall in love with someone and you > > just can't. > > > > But I sure was attracted to that picture of > > Brahmananda Saraswati- > > his facial expression and the look in his eyes. I > > just really > > admired that- I thought, yeah, there is a true > > saint, who can live > > in the jungle, etc. That is a resolute Being! > > > > And it just went from there. Probably driven more > > from a sense of > > humility and desperation and surrender, than piety. > > > > I wrote a very few notes during that time: > > > > "January 22, 1993 > > from communion > > > > Guru dev, His Divinity Swami Brahmananda Saraswati, > > > > perfect body; to look upon any part of His form > > instantly leads the > > mind on an inward march toward the Absolute, using > > the sense of > > sight. > > > > perfect heart; to be near Him feels like your > > perfect dad and best > > friend. > > > > perfect mind; to gaze into his eyes is to sit in the > > lotus, looking > > out over vast galaxies of stars; a throne upon the > > universe." > > > > PS I got the date wrong earlier, when replying from > > memory. > > Very nice experience. I've never felt a strong > connection to him. Different dharmas for different > karmas. > Well said- a matter of getting our -armas around IT ;)
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