Supernatural
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Question the Quality of the Guru Material the Sooner the Better
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| "Bulwark against going astray." [See nearly all] |
If you stumble toward a mirage in the desert in order to drink water and save your life, you end up disappointed, most likely. Maybe you cannot afford an exhausting chase either, and die there. These things count.
Being forewarned counts, as experience can be a hard and costy teacher. Many make mistakes and few live to tell well so as to bulwark against going astray and prevent clumsy living - living that does not pay well enough.
To test canonical teachings to see how far they carry water, can be time-consuming. Quality control may rise on top of things like that. The site contains contributions that may serve quality control.
"Atman [spirit] has no emotions, it is supreme Bliss", says the Ramayana [Ups 63]. But considerable parts of these teachings might be too hard to stomach for the guru and many followers for a while all the same. Sleep on the better parts and take notes. The procedure is well in step with proficient study and dream teachings. - Tormod Kinnes
From the Depths of Others
The depths of others have plentiful supplies.
Yogananda found it out and fairly often lectured in response to unspoken thoughts of listeners, his publishers say in a long note in Man's Eternal Quest [Ak note ix, xi]What if gurus mess with you and others? Taking care may pay.
A passage in the ancient Indian [Laws of Manu, (2:85) tells that quiet sound meditation can be vastly superior to restless prayer. Thus, repeating a fit name of God (ie mantra yoga) can work very well. Ramakrishna tells that too [Rap 879; Mux].
Memorise hovering, general truths and do not get sidetracked by getting all preoccupied with less than adequate yoga ways and methods.
"Different strokes for different folks" seems to have been the "song" of Yogananda when he dropped a long row of kriya regulations to accommodate kriya to Westerners. He changed kriya methods too.
Words to remember
The kind of advice we do not like to take, often turns out to be the best. [Ap 10]"Your words cannot fool us any more. " - Devendra [Rap 879].
Maturation and Education
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| "Well-well's" could help good enough living. Be served by "well-well"s. |
Don't accept a pack of lies. Yet have tact. On this site you may find open and friendly or handy self-help programs. It contains many heart-warming tales or lessons and show how to be handy in dealing with an awed and soap-pretentious following that may not be wholly to your satisfaction.
But getting into significant idea gifts and exploring advancing openness isn't all there is to a successful fare. Far from it. Even if each idea is inspired from above, even if "bluntness may counteract decadence in finer circles", try to get in touch with your own jolly good, significant guts or dreams as well.
From the old Hebrew tradition
The old Hebrew tradition is that one has to honour Yahweh, which means "I Am" (etc.) above all. Since God is in heaven and heaven is inside you, it means that God must be inside somehow, and that the way of Biblical God is not to bow to representations - idols, man-made gods, foreign gods and the like.Further, Jesus says, "you are gods" who seem capable of lifting up the son of man (everyday self and its mentalities) to heaven and communion with I Am - roughly said [Cf. John 14:12]. That gives hope. It is further said that in the old days some did that without any spoken-of middleman. Enoch is one such personage of the Old Testament.
Much history shows that contrary to this tradition, seemingly good ideas and practices persons are fed with and fostered on, get well accepted in the socal spheres without deserving it. Ideas are often ruinous, not just preposterous.
Against low-levelled thinking, a little dreaming may do. A lot of renowned scientists and artists have exemplified that, including Albert Einstein. "Gentlemen, learn to dream," he said.
If you don't feel up to it yet, and perhaps not "crowned with honour and glory" [See Hebrews 2:7] either, you may still enrich yourself - judged from Bible evidence and more - by learning to interpret dreams. Go to the dream page: [LINK]
Some Points
Salient notes for those in need of gliding inwards
SOME make mistakes due to errors and mistakes, and thus need strong and fit devotion to sane and good thinking. There are also times when no amount of redressing takes off anyway. Time will show in some cases. Nudity can be hard to carry into the regular living, like uprightness. In a society we normally profit from wearing regular clothing.It generally helps to be on guard no matter what and how. "Every animal in the jungle" has to learn that or fall.
One should beware of conformity that breeds hypocricy, and is based on hypocricy of others that earlier walked the paths that attract you. Hypocricy deranges people without their knowing all at once.
Those who trust too much, have not learnt to ask for evidence, and may be in for hard times because of their trust.
Trust is not to be looked down on, nor is rightful shares and roles in interactions either. But submitting overly much through trust may spell disasters to come. Thus, "Look before you leap" is sound counsel.
A guru that comes in the name of god-masters in Hinduism and decrees he has a particular dispensation with Jesus Christ behind it too, talks considerably against certain forewarnings by Jesus against (a) having many masters, (b) other masters than him, (c), false Christs, (d) misleading, ravenous wolves in sheep's clothing - it is all in the Bible.
Sectarians may decide wilfully to smear the person or persons behind fit and fair material and distort like hell, use loose and negative inunendos and the like - they were not better in the first place. Such fellows have to go for the necessary amount of fairness and skill - and if they do, it may take them out of their sect. It may be expected.
The worst case scenario should be taken into account before you commit.
♦ Rabbinic at best goes against hypocricy.
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Literature
Ak: Yogananda, Paramahansa. Man's Eternal Quest. 2nd ed. Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1982.
Mux: Bühler, Georg, tr. The Laws of Manu. Delhi: Banarsidass (Reprint from Oxford University's 1886-edition), 1984.
Rap: Gupta, Mahendranath. The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna. Tr. Swami Nikhilananda. New York: Ramakrishna-Vivekananda Center, 1942. On-line.
Ups: Suddhasatwananda, swami, Thus Spake Sri Rama. 3rd ed. Madras: Ramakrishna Math, 1985.
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