I am a distracted product
of a certain age
Yet
God is all-creative
armed w/ ways to get my attention
He appears in unexpected costumes
i double-take
loud giggle
Today, it's the Frito Bandito dude
commodity of my childhood
He's gone to some trouble
to get me to listen
Now
He expects participation
I never knew that God wore plaid
not until today
I've seen Him as the consoler, the controller
fellow gymnast
But never the one in plaid
country club golf pants in 4 different colors
I didn't get it
If God can wear anything
why this?
He laughed at me
It was His sense of humor
He likes to laugh
"The soul never suffers ... but when the soul identifies with the physical body, it is destined inevitably to suffer"
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The Mahabharat Truth: Purity Doesn’t Mean Perfect Choices
One of the most powerful lessons from the Mahabharata is this:
Even the purest souls can make the hardest, darkest choices.
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Thanks for this share. This is wonderful analysis and speaks to a real conflict I'm grappling with. I find great consolation in B.G. 9.22: "But those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form – to them I carry what they lack, and I preserve what they have."
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Our lives here are like a movie. We wanted free will, so God wrote a program to satisfy our wishes. But in fulfilling material desires, we forget original perfection, our relationship w/ a loving God, our spiritual world of love & pleasure, eternal youth, & divine partnership. We forget real love.
Comfort is sometimes uncovered in unusual spaces, spoken in unexpected voices, a straight shot to the soul. Someone understands. We step out of a trap, shake ourselves off. We won't make ourselves small again to please others' insecurities. Our light won't be dimmed.
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"Nothing is mine. We are caretakers"
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"Devi," or "the Goddess," is one of Sri Radha's many names.
"Human life is meant for the ultimate pleasure, the ultimate contentment and the ultimate realization of the love of God. Without self-realization, a human being is miserable and unfortunate."
-- HH Radhanath Goswami
To be fair, the upsides are so much greater than the struggle. The most delicious aspect is feeling the love everywhere around us, realizing how loved we all are, the truth of divine partnership that is so much sweeter than most imagine. The truth of a perfect reality devoid of suffering. Love wins.
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There are love notes everywhere around us.
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"Shantah," or "Peaceful Lord," is one of Sri Krsna's 108 names.
The most fundamental need for every living being is to love and be loved... Only love can give fulfillment to the heart.. the origin of all love is..between the Atma & God.. and when we connect to that love.. it extends to every living being..
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I've decided that this was written about narcissists. I love the silver lining.
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i've hidden
in plain sight
like Esther
savior
w/ a mission
yet different
a survivor
not a savior
hiding herself
in an unsafe
world
a mummy, maybe
gradually healing
unbinding fears
anxieties
insecurities
to reveal me to me
me to you
discovering you
in me
stretching
to see you
as you
Looking back, I see that I've naively navigated life with narcissists. I'm realizing now a narcissist is someone to walk away from, ignore, tune out w/compassion. They skate too close to evil in their mercenary need to manipulate others. Just wondering if anyone else has experience and/or advice?
"the holy names .. bring one into the immediate presence of the Supreme"
Hare Krsna Hare Krsna
Krsna Krsna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama
Rama Rama Hare Hare
Mr. Trump thinks he's God. But God doesn't say this stuff.
5000 years ago, Krsna said to Arjuna:
"For the soul there is never birth nor death. Nor, having once been, does he ever cease to be. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, undying and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain"
idk. best to be prepared for anything.
You're on point. & At the time of his death, he'll say, "God has been very unfair to me."
"Where there is love, there is no space for selfishness".
-- HH Radhanath Goswami
"Saumya-Rupa," or "She is gentle and noble," is one of Srimati Radharani's 108 names.
Easter Parade Redemption
in electric shades
of hot pink joy
a miracle I never saw coming
so now..
forgiveness wrapped
in pretty polka dots
for you joker-jester fool
do with it as you wish
while i hoover up
40+ years of bleep
jitterbugging
glitter-poof
done & dusted
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"If you love God, you can't hate anything or anyone. If the love one offers is met with hate, it doesn't die, rather it manifests in the form of compassion. That is universal love. It is not just a sentiment."
-- HH Radhanath Goswami
Shiny brilliant stuff. "Easter Parade" is streaming for free with ads today on this otherwise gloomy Easter Sunday. Go ahead, sing & dance along if you're in the mood. No one's watching. Not really.
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"Madan," or "The Lord Of Love," is one of Sri Krsna's 108 names.