more ... The mechanics postualte in my referenced post makes the seperate following quote make sense to me. It made me cringe a bit at first. While I find GD worshipable, having him say he is worhshible seemed rather "unhumble", not fitting.
But if one is actually "infinitely bestowed", then having ones praise you is a great blessing, and not a drain on the person of worship. The infinitely bestowed "pays" from infinite resources and passes on some good karma to the praisee. In contrast, praising the non-infinitely bestowed is a means of "boons', but drains the praisee. Praise the Lord! :) Praise Bhgwan. Thanks for the post. I get it now. "In fact he had put up a signboard in Jyotishpeeth Bhavan that read, "Worthy of worship, Infinitely bestowed, Universal Guru Shankaracharya Jyotishpeethhadheeshwar, Swami Brahmananda Saraswati-ji Maharaj prohibits those coming for his darshan, pooja, deeksha, etc. to make offerings of wealth." --- In [email protected], new.morning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], new.morning <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > My original comment was referencing something directly not in GD's text, > > > > " criticism helps the > > earnest seeker and even the wise, to wash off their > > sins and that in reality criticism is a support for > > their spiritual development." > > > > but rather some added insights or views MMY has provided on this same > > topic. According to him, FWIW, not only does criticism wash "sins" / > > negative karma from the criticizee, but those same "sins" are taken on > > by the criticizer. > > > > Some additional ponderings > > > If karma is symetrical (and if anything is symetrical, I suppose karma > would be), it follows that if one praises another, one gains some > postive karma from them (beyond simply being complimented in the > future.) And the one complimented "pays" for this via their good > karma. Thus perhaps the admonition not to seek praise, and treat it > with indifference (gracefully hopefully). That is, not to encourage it. > > Unless it is an environment of mutual praise. Kind of a overly sweet > scenario at times -- mutual admiration society. > > Which implies mutual criticism, may cancel itself out of sorts. So > blast away at each other everyone. :) > > Praising others and not seeking praise oneself (being humble) appears > the most positve course. Sort of a core message of most religions. > Still stuck in duality (positive / negative), but perhaps a nice > "trick" to flip duality to singualarity. Certainy better than finding > fault with all and seeking great praises for oneself. > > Regarding postive feedback, a form of criticism, if it is meant with > wood will, and of supportive motive, I assume good accrues. > > Is total indifference the path towards "beyond duality", beyond praise > and criticism, beyond good and bad karma? The end of the triple E ride > and "being" that totality of all "rides"? >
