Thank you, Jim. ** --- In [email protected], "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. >
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