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Anonymous
October 15, 2009 11:33 PM
I have been reading your blog over the past few days. Spiritual matters are something that we all internally debate and you explain things very well.
Besides the detailed and lucid writings - what I particularly like about your writings is that you elaborate upon the different prevailing perspectives and not just your own point of view.
The only thing which I wish for (though that's something which I have never found and perhaps never will) is a proper reconciliation of science and spirituality.
Sincerely,
Voyager
Karin
October 15, 2009 07:21 PM
Hello. I just wanted to say that I am very happy to find your blog. I have recently begun a yoga teacher training course in the United States, and have started reading the Yoga Sutras for the first time.
This post is serendipitous for me today. Actually, I found your blog over a week ago, and since then, for class, I had to write a paper called, "What is Om?" In it, I explored the connection between the sound of Om and Brahman. So it was great finding your passage here today. You explain this very well.
I'm looking forward to reading more!
tijana
October 01, 2009 07:54 PM
How logically explained. Amazing.Once in a discussion I had with people talking about right/wrong approach to God who were insisting on some religious as being better than others, I said that paths to Lord may be different in manifestation, but all of them must find their way through Sushumna. It`s beautiful how Vedic science underlines that we are all governed by the same universal law.Swami Vivekananda gave one absolute `must` to the process of Kundalini yoga - chastity. He said that no yoga can happen without chastity. But somehow people reduced this term to bramacarya as sexual abstinence, while it means purity in thoughts, words and deeds - trikarana suddhi - Savitri, Saraswati and Gayatri. Could be that these Three represent also Ida, Pingala and Sushumna.
tijana
October 01, 2009 07:34 PM
I`m thinking about meanings of Saraswati implied by the name. It can be Sara (as knowledge) and vati as flow. But it also implies the Mother of creation due to `rasa`. There are seven colors in the Sun`s ray, seven basic meters, seven sages, seven rasas, seven basic tones...
tijana
September 30, 2009 05:30 PM
Scholastic interpretation of the Holy Bible are futile and useless as the Word of God becomes alive only in the interaction between priest (Guru) and a devotee, very much like in the process of receiving a mantra described here.Lord Jesus is Guru, embodiment of the Word (Om or pranava) from which everything emerges and that`s what Bible states (In the beginning there was a Word). Lord Jesus met the darkness of the Kali yuga age that accepts falls teachers and is rejecting true spiritual authority. He came to bring light to the fallen Western world.The pride described in this discourse is to be understood as a quality which makes one unable to approach a Guru and to find a guidance without which he is lost. It is said that humility is the only thing a devil cannot achieve. Without humility and sincerity one cannot receive a Word, be it in the form of mantra or in the form of prayer.In the Orthodox Christianity to whom I belong, the spiritual voyage is not possible without a spiritual master or a Guru.Kali yuga is advancing and its description given in the Puranas do resemble what we imagine saying - the end of the world. Maybe, just maybe, Kalki avatar will be the One whom all religions are expecting. That would be the only way of entering Satya yuga - reestablishing of Sanatana Dharma.
tijana
September 30, 2009 12:50 AM
What is atma bija, i.e. how it is determined?Is the described procedure necessary for prasidha mantras also?
tijana
September 28, 2009 10:12 PM
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
tijana
September 28, 2009 10:00 PM
I`m sorry for posting so many questions at once, but you right so clear and I can`t resist asking.How do you see Kali yuga and Raja and Jnana yoga. Ramakrishna has adviced Bhakti yoga and japa as the means of realazing the God as even the simpliest meditation proves to be hard for people today?Can a person chose Ishta Devata on his own, or should that be advised by Diksha Guru?
tijana
September 28, 2009 09:48 PM
Can you kindly explain the concept of free-will in relation to Maya. Is there any free-will at all?In a Jyotisha concept there`s a principle of the upachaya (growing) houses that are also known as trika houses(Ka or Brahma akshara which implies creation - these are responsible for our creation/subsequent births due to ripus). It is said that life is a kshetra where one must decide and fight against ripus or weaknesses of mind. Upacaya houses covers about 33% of the Zodiac which gives a percentage of free-will in one`s life.Can we say that our free will is applied only in decision to realize the truth. I think yes, as the realized One doesn`t change the circumstances but excepts them as he becomes the witness as you have explained.Regards,Tijana
tijana
September 28, 2009 09:29 PM
I share the previous opinion...and can`t wait to read the rest.I`ve came across your blog now and have started to read it from the beginning.Regards,Tijana Damjanović
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