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Post by soulatom on Mar 21, 2008 18:29:21 GMT -5
Original Self is Goodness daily reminder necessary to feed the soul Illness result of forgetfulness of goodness within the cry of hungry soul The miracle is relief of remembering Love this Kwan Yu. You have described something that happened to me throughout my life and then even deeper into my illness. In my negativity and antagonism over the last few years I was getting so angry at the people around me because I thought they were shrinking my world. My illness was shrinking my world. The things other people were doing to me were shrinking my world, their upsets, their dramas, etc. etc. I was shrinking away from my family, into my room, under the covers away from the light. When I realized I was shrinking away from myself, it was then that I remembered. It's just like you said "the relief" . That is what washed over me. The relief that there is forgiveness and there is goodness, in me, in others, in God. I don't want to forget again. I want to affirm and reaffirm when I wake up, throughout the day and before I go to sleep.
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Post by atman on Mar 22, 2008 10:42:55 GMT -5
This is great!
"I was shrinking away from my family, into my room, under the covers away from the light.
When I realized I was shrinking away from myself, it was then that I remembered.
It's just like you said "the relief" . That is what washed over me. The relief that there is forgiveness and there is goodness, in me, in others, in God. I don't want to forget again. I want to affirm and reaffirm when I wake up, throughout the day and before I go to sleep."
Healthy affirmation. I will use this! Easy and all-encompassing. Thanks, soulatom.
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Post by soulatom on Mar 24, 2008 12:18:18 GMT -5
Mar 21, 2008, 11:01am, Kwan Yu wrote:[/B]<TABLE class=quote cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=2 width="100%width="100%"> Original Self is Goodness daily reminder necessary to feed the soul
Illness result of forgetfulness of goodness within the cry of hungry soul
The miracle is relief of remembering[/i] I read this everyday. I find if I don't remind myself everyday of the goodness it is so easy for the little negative thoughts and barbs to sneak in. The doubts that my fellow man may be as noble as I am imagining him to be. I never prayed before on a regular basis, except when I was distraught. I learned something that though through this thread. It does not have to be an asking of God to do something for me. The knowingness that God exists is all that I need. For me prayer has become an opportunity to cleanse myself. One of the biggest things I found in this process speaking from a very personal level was that I had allowed my trangressions againt others to to take over my life. Prayer and confession is a very good to way to take stock of the day and review myself to see if I have been honest with myself during the day in fessing up to and correcting that path of transgression. To be thankful for the goodness, it is amazing to me now how much we take for granted in just that simple task.
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Post by tabinda6 on Mar 25, 2008 11:50:31 GMT -5
Hello Everyone.
It is a basic tenet of tantric Yoga practices that the God within can be contacted along many different paths, depending on the particular spiritual gifts each one of us is born with.
Dear MM please help mw with this. I want to do Yoga that suits my particular spiritual gift.
First of all, I have posture problem due to spinal tilt and pelvic tilt. How can I do exercises related to yoga with my physical condition?
Secondly I feel Bhakti Yoga, Kriya Yoga, and Jnani Yoga, all three suit me. How shall I find which one is the best for me?
And last but not least, which exercises of Yoga I must do, and how?
Discover what spiritual gift is most attractive and begin devout practice. When the Cosmic God is seen, spiritual healing is accomplished.
Yes, I'd greatly appreciate your guidance for this. My inner world is full of anxiety and sorrow. When I try to communicate with God, I can easily feel Him and His love externally. I want to feel Him internally as well. Whenever I try to focus my attention on some beautiful feeling or image to gain enough energy, I fail to do so. Living a limited life in a city with a strict routine, has drained out the +ve energy from my being. That is how I feel.
I wish I could somehow fully participate in this forum.
MM, I will anxiously wait for your reply.
Dear Soul and Kwan Yu, it was great reading your input.
Love and Peace.
Tabinda.
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Post by MagnetMan on Mar 26, 2008 20:13:57 GMT -5
Dear MM please help mw with this. I want to do Yoga that suits my particular spiritual gift. First of all, I have posture problem due to spinal tilt and pelvic tilt. How can I do exercises related to yoga with my physical condition? From the age of forty onward it is important to exercise strenuously enough to increase heart-rate and allow increased blood-pressure to force oxygenated blood out to the furtherest capillaries. This keeps sinews and the skin young and supple. Working up a sweat helps to flush out the pores of salt blockages. In your condition, if at all possible, join a wheelchair sports club - or simply start training on it alone. Work up gradually until you are going as fast as you can for as long as possible. Tone the upper-body muscles and work up a sweat for twenty minutes a day, Tabinda. The body is the temple of the soul and you are the care-taker. Try your hardest to keep it fit. A moderate diet is important. If you are born with a good musical ear, then Bhakti yoga - singing and chanting joyful hymns and praises to God - is your natural yoga gift. It is the fastest and happiest way to feel God in your heart. I have found Hindu kirtans are the most melodious and most joyous. They have a hundred names for God. Join a choir group. If you have a vivid imagination and can conjure mental images easily, then Kriya is your gift. This is a very complex form of yoga with specific mental drills regarding envisioning the chakra system. Let me know if you have the gift of imagery and we can explore this further. If you are of an analytical mind-set, then jnani is your path. Since the left brain is highly critical and takes decades to exhaust all questions before surrendering to the right brain, jnani is the longest and hardest path. Raja yoga is a combination of all the above. Discover what spiritual gift is most attractive and begin devout practice. When the Cosmic God is seen, spiritual healing is accomplished. Love and Peace to you. Tabinda.
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Post by tabinda6 on Mar 27, 2008 12:34:42 GMT -5
Thank you very much for such a detailed, informative, comprehensive, wonderful reply.
Parents contact God through devout practice in Karma Yoga
I missed reading this line in one of your previous posts, and looks like I was made to miss this so that I can go back again and realize that this is the path I am supposed to walk on.
In 2006, when I learnt that God was blessing me with my baby, it was like a resurrection from the dead, for me. Ever since she was born, I have been eating, breathing, sleeping, working for her.
I no longer have time for myself, and I can't take it out no matter how hard I try.
All this indicates, Karma Yoga is my path.
I was born with a good ear for music. I feel I have the gift of Imagery as well. And, I am a very curious person, with a mind overflowing with questions. So yes, I have an analytical mind set as well.
But living and struggling for my daughter has left all music and questions and imagery behind. I crave to hear meditation music, or visit places of nature, or indulge myself in intellectual discussions, but I can't.
I feel all of this leads to "Karma Yoga", or is that "Raja Yoga" that I should go for?
So please guide and help me with Karma Yoga or Raja Yoga, if you feel I am making sense.
In your condition, if at all possible, join a wheelchair sports club - or simply start training on it alone. Work up gradually until you are going as fast as you can for as long as possible. Tone the upper-body muscles and work up a sweat for twenty minutes a day, Tabinda.
We don't have a wheelchair sports club in my city, and there is no space for moving in a wheelchair at my home and at the locality where I reside. I will figure out some other way to work up a sweat for twenty minutes. It is very hot in summer here. Maybe I can walk for twenty minutes in the room, with the ceiling fan off.
Bless you.
Love and Peace.
Tabinda.
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Post by soulatom on Mar 27, 2008 19:16:34 GMT -5
Parents contact God through devout practice in Karma Yoga This has proven to be so true for me. The amount of self realization that comes about through the raising of your children. All children. In my life I have been blessed with many some that aren't biologically my offspring but I have had the honor of helping to parent. Some of my most painful revelations about how small I can be have come from the interaction with children and the greatest joy and laughter. How empty life was before them... So nice to see you on here Tabinda and Kwan Yu, always a reaffirmation of truth.
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Post by MagnetMan on Mar 28, 2008 9:29:10 GMT -5
Parents contact God through devout practice in Karma Yoga [/b] I missed reading this line in one of your previous posts, and looks like I was made to miss this so that I can go back again and realize that this is the path I am supposed to walk on.. [/quote] It is written in the Bhagavad Gita, one of the Hindu Gospels, when God was asked: "Of all the yoga's, which is the finest?" Krishna replied that karma yoga, the duty of the householder and parent is dearest to His heart. Raja yoga is the karma of the king - duty to the national family. Use all your gifts, Tabinda. Sing to your child. Teach her art and share your knowledge and, above all, get her to love mankind, for we, good and bad alike, are manifestations of God.
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Post by soulatom on Mar 30, 2008 20:24:50 GMT -5
Use all your gifts, Tabinda. Sing to your child. Teach her art and share your knowledge and, above all, get her to love mankind, for we, good and bad alike, are manifestations of God. Beautifully put. I had a little moment last night I thought I would share. I say the "LordsPrayer" daily and I was thinking of a story someone told me that day how they went to a meeting with these people and everyone held hands and said the Lords Prayer. They described how uncomfortable it was for them but they finally learned to stop resisting it and just do it and how much energy came from that practice. I thought of this story at prayer time and it made me feel kind of alone that there I was saying my little prayer by myself, just me and God, no one else. Then it came to me that at any given moment on this planet how many people are probably saying that prayer at that moment that I am. Very cool as the sound of their voices rose in my ears. And then I thought about all the other religions I don't even know the prayers for and how many of those are united in God every minute of every day. My heart rejoiced at the day that humanity, every voice would ring out accross the universe in holy recognition of God simultaneously. We are never alone not even in our private little world with our private little thoughts and our private little perception of God.
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Post by soulatom on Apr 8, 2008 19:07:45 GMT -5
Just checking in on this thread because it is near and dear to my heart.
I have been struggling with some serious illness the last couple of weeks and it is amazing to me how illness actually distills and purifies so much of the dross that we reside in. They say no pain no gain and I believe that.
Alchemy at work. It forces me to explore the up and the down and insides and outs of my soul. When I think I've got a handle on it something else comes flying my way. Somedays I succumb to the down side but I am amazed at how much healthier I am now from working on this forum through this. Right attitude then right body....thanks again MagnetMan for always trying to point this stubborn nose of mine in the right direction.
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Post by MagnetMan on Apr 8, 2008 23:44:44 GMT -5
. I have been struggling with some serious illness the last couple of weeks and it is amazing to me how illness actually distills and purifies so much of the dross that we reside in. They say no pain no gain and I believe that. Strange, isn't it? that the road to heaven must lead through hell. Keep on trucking girl and shout at the devil
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Post by tabinda6 on Apr 11, 2008 6:34:09 GMT -5
Hello, Everyone after a long time. This forum is my most favourite too. In fact I visit the site just for this one. MM, I've been working on myself ever since I joined this forum. I was reading the whole forum again today, to seek guidance as I've been constantly probing my inner self and this topic. I came upon the following in one of your replies: An incurable disease may be the result of past trespass or, alternatively, the willingness to carry more of the human load than necessary.I am a bit confused about "the willingness to carry more of the human load than necessary". Could you please further shed light on this. Secondly, I need to be more clear about "what we don't like in others is actually what we dislike in ourselves". Often there are certain -ve traits in others that we don't possess orself. For instance, I don't like people who steal things because I've never done that myself. Similarly, there are people who do not lie and for that reason they do not get along with liars. MM & Soul, so please elaborte this "People are our mirrors" concept for me. Thank you for being there, both of you. Lots of prayers, love and peace.
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Post by MagnetMan on Apr 13, 2008 13:37:30 GMT -5
This refers to the Hindu/Buddhist doctrine of karma. One pays for past trespasses, or donates good deeds via bearing pain and discomfort for the relief of others.
There are more subtle traits that we dislike in others and do not see in ourselves. For instance; one can dislike those who are too bossy and not realize that it is also one of our own traits.
The under-lying point is not to be too judgmental and try to be more understanding.
Dysfunctional behavior of any degree is invariably the result of prior infantile neglect. Therefore harsh judgment on others is unkind and can create bad karma for one's self. One should always try to share your own good spirits and try to heal those who suffer.
See no evil; hear no evil; speak no evil.
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Post by tabinda6 on Apr 14, 2008 9:11:56 GMT -5
There are more subtle traits that we dislike in others and do not see in ourselves. For instance; one can dislike those who are too bossy and not realize that it is also one of our own traits. The under-lying point is not to be too judgmental and try to be more understanding.
Dysfunctional behavior of any degree is invariably the result of prior infantile neglect. Therefore harsh judgment on others is unkind and can create bad karma for one's self. One should always try to share your own good spirits and try to heal those who suffer.
See no evil; hear no evil; speak no evil.
Thank you very much. This is so very true. Instead of liking or disliking a trait, we like or dislike people, which is Judgment. I never thought deeply about this. Thank you for this fuel for thoughts MM :-)
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Post by soulatom on Apr 15, 2008 16:58:27 GMT -5
Hi Tabinda, nice to see you again. I enjoy reading your posts as you continue on the path.
One thing I have noticed about myself is whenever there is a "judgement" resentment will follow in some form or another. All of it as MM says traced back to infantile neglect. So hard to put ones finger on because it is so buried in there.
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