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Posted: 6 years 45 weeks ago
Who in the world do you think you are?
Great question for all of us.
To a large extent we are who we believe we are (we believe we are this body). If I think I am the president of the US, or I own the Bank of Whatever, or that I am good at math, that doesn’t make it true, yet there will be consequences for such a belief. If we feel we are stupid, or ugly or useless, that governs our life.
People are expert at arguing for their limitations, or why they will never amount to anything, or why God...
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Posted: 6 years 45 weeks ago
Layers of relative truth
one may apply today
others at different times
in our changing lives.
In principle I want
the Absolute and highest Truth,
yet my desires and conditioning
prevent my following that completely.
I try to make the Absolute Truth
my northern star guiding me---
though that is something, it is a far cry
from making my heart one with Krishna.
Scriptures, spiritual spouse,
friends, saints and guru
give us general
recommendations for life.
Yet in our everyday,
often ordinary life...
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Posted: 6 years 45 weeks ago
There are certainly more "countrified" places than we live in......I mean there is a "convenience/gas station/general/pay too much store" only 5 minutes away. However, if we want to get any "serious" supplies, it is a minimum of 30 minutes. That will get us to the nearest branch of the "evil empire" or Wal-Mart (it is cheaper, but I know well all the cons).
To reach the health food store and others takes an hour. The point being that getting supplies is...
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Posted: 6 years 45 weeks ago
In this tiny blog I can't do justice to the topic of Shri Radha , and I feel a bit naked without having all my Vedabases to quotes, my library of pictures, and the fact that I am using a Mac since my cheap PC crashed. I will try to point the way to your taking notice of this auspicious day, and reading up in our Gaudiya literature about Krishna's greatest devotee.
And on this day know that to get Krishna's mercy we have to get the mercy of Radha. The guru is said to represent Nityananda or...
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Posted: 6 years 45 weeks ago
We just had 3 guests stay with us, and I always love to offer our home to our dear devotee friends, acquaintances, and sometimes couples who we counsel. My wife likes it 'cus the house gets cleaned nicely :->>, yet more importantly we get to spend some quality time with devotees, and offer our best hospitality. Since we live in a rural area, the atmosphere is very peaceful and conducive for spiritual practice, and we have very beautiful Deities (authorized forms of God described in the...
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Posted: 6 years 45 weeks agoWho in the world do you think you are? Great question for all of us. To a large extent we are who we believe we are (we believe we are this body). If I think I am the president of the US, or I own the Bank of Whatever, or that I am good at math, that doesn’t make it true, yet there will be consequences for such a belief. If we feel we are stupid, or ugly or useless, that governs our life. People are expert at arguing for their limitations, or why they will never amount to anything, or why God...1 Comment(s)552 Reads