MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 921

MESSAGE  FOR CONTEMPLATION 921

Radhe krishna,
Good after noon & have a blessed day,



IDEAS AND FEELINGS DIFFER

Swami Sivananda

For one man a woman is his wife. The same woman is mother for another.
The same woman is sister for another. The same woman is grandmother
for another. The same woman is aunt for another. The same woman is
sister-in-law for another. The same woman is niece for another. The
woman is the same, but idea and feelings differ. It is all Maya and
her work. Mind is Maya but Brahman is One and the Same. There are no
ideas here. There is neither difference nor destruction.




Ultimately, the innermost quintessence of real tyaga is renunciation
of oneself, the renunciation of one’s very identity, because that is
the quintessence of ignorance. Maya abides in the jivatma as ahamkara
(ego). The svarupa of avidya is ahamkara. The essential nature of
ignorance is ego, considering oneself to be the body. Therefore, the
essence of discipleship is the willingness to die to one’s human
personality and identify oneself with one’s nija svarupa, one’s own
true nature, to give up what constitutes the ignorance within one. If
one clings to it, the guru may be a sad-guru or he may be sakshat
bhagavan, but he will not be able to do anything.

swami chidananda



Chant the Maha Mantra


Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY