simple thoughts - a reflection quote about the Gita

from poet "A.E."

The Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads contain such god-like fulness of wisdom on all things that I feel the authors must have looked with calm remembrance back through a thousand passionate lives, full of feverish strife for and with shadows, ere they could have written with such certainty of things which the soul feels to be sure.

simple thoughts - the body is a temple of God

The body is a temple of God. It is vital for our path toward God-realization. Therefore, learning the lesson from the last post, from the "Drops of Nectar," that we learn to make choices in life not based on likes/dislikes but according to highest possible wisdom - discriminative wisdom - is a very important practice for us.

Many paths lead to God, and in relation to our body, some of these include:
* Viveka - discriminative wisdom (described above; ability to make wise choices rather than choose according to attraction/repulsion/impulsive desires
* Bhava - emotional love/sentiment
* Kriya - action/effort
* Bhakta - devotion
* Sadhana - spiritual practice
* Karma - selfless service
* Dhyana - meditation, mindfulness, presence

and many more. =). Love, Lalita

simple thoughts: from "Drops of Nectar" by Swami Ramsukhdasji

An aspirant's activity or inactivity should not be influenced by likes and dislikes, but must be in accordance with the scriptures.

The outcome of actions undertaken under the influence of likes (attraction) and dislikes (aversion) is not very good.

When there is a feeling of dislike (hatred) for another aspirant, it becomes an impediment in one's own spiritual progress.

Discrimination is eternal, whereas likes (attractions, attachments) are self created. When there is attraction for the world, one's discrimination is curbed, but when discrimination is awakened, attachment goes away.

On considering the ever-changing world as permanent, that itself, causes the rise of duality of attraction (likes) and hatred (dislikes).

In whatever we develop and attachment (likes, attraction), in that we do not find any faults or flaws, and in whatever we develop aversion (hatred), in that we do not see any good qualities. It is only on being free of likes and dislikes, that we are able to see the true nature of a thing.

In reality, everything is divine, but because of likes and dislikes, it appears as inert. If likes and dislikes were absent, then besides divinity there is nothing else existing.

From "Drops of Nectar" in Hindi pg 62
by Swami Ramsukhdasji