MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1093

MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1093

Radhe krishna,

Have ablessed day.

THREE TENDENCIES Swami Sivananda He who has predominance of Sattwa possesses self-restraint, purity, straightforwardness, serenity, and other virtues. The first rung in the spiritual ladder is reached by developing Sattwa. If you want to attain freedom or perfection, if you wish to become immortal, you must rise above the modes of nature, you must transcend the three Gunas or qualities. Stand as a witness of the three Gunas. Do not identify with them. Separate yourself from them. You will attain supreme peace, immortality and eternal bliss. Why is this so? Because the God-nature is active, awakened in that being. For, the ultimate concept of God in man’s mind and heart is that God is infinite compassion, a source of mercy. He is all-merciful. A poet says that even if an individual has done a single act of kindness, then the great Cosmic Heart will forget about a hundred thousand errors and sins and only harbour in Its heart that one act of kindness. So this is God in the concept of man—an ocean of compassion and infinite mercy. And man is made in the image of God. Therefore, compassion and mercy are inherent in us. And the more we activate it—the more we exercise it, the more we manifest it, the more we grow in our real nature, our God-nature—the nearer we approach His experience. Ultimately, we enter into that experience when we become filled with the God-nature. Swami Chidananda, You will find finally that there is nothing so difficult as God-experience, and yet nothing so simple as attainment. In a trice you will understand what it is. It is simple because it is yourself, and it is also difficult because it is yourself. - Swami Krishnananda  Chant the Maha Mantra Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare BE HAPPY. https://sekhar789.blogspot.com/2017/03/controlling-stubborn-mind-3-pujya-swami.html