On Mar 24, 2006, at 9:12 AM, authfriend wrote: > > > > As the great Saint Tukarama said, the aspirant must put in > > > > ceaseless efforts in the pursuit of spiritual life. > > > > > > In other words, meditate and act, meditate and act, > > > be regular in your meditation and follow a healthy > > > lifestyle, right? > > > > I wasn't getting a meditate-rinse-repeat, meditate-rinse-repeat... > > message out of it Judy. > > > > Since Nisargadatta was talking about (essentially) repetition of > > ishta-mantra and worship of deity, as well as the pranas, > > kundalini and the chakras, I took it to mean keep an intense > > sadhana. > > Sure. I thought you were using it to suggest that > he was recommending effort *in meditation*.
No (but an interesting thought, esp. re: channels and pranas meditation). It is referring to the suggestion in vogue that we "call off the search". No sadhana. A good suggestion from the absolute POV perhaps, but relatively speaking, not so realistic. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/