Wednesday 2 October 2024
Why did Swami Vivekananda die from human disease?
Why did Swami Vivekananda die from human disease? Why didn't he cure himself by the power of body control that he gained from meditation?
The Sages accept disease and death as a natural course of life.
The Gnanayogis are indifferent. The Bhaktayogis surrender. The Karmayogis and the Rajayogis may endeavor to cure but still surrender the results to God and life.
We can place a million arguments against these but they seem to know life and death infinitely better than us.
Swami Vivekananda contributed so much to the world in such a short span of life that regular mortals like you and me could not in a million years.
What does he need from this world, to keep frantically extending this piece of life?
Beggars need more, that one more morsel, that one more moment of indulgence, that one more feast even when they cannot clean their own motion, and that one more day of life even when a single finger cannot be moved…
The brave king comes to give to his people all he can, and departs in style and joy when his moment comes!
Swamiji came to give, he gave it all and went off giving a king-size goodbye to his loved ones.
That was a cyclone of grace for humanity!
Well, a few mortal details for the curious cat in us …
He consciously died, and he prophesied long back that he would not live beyond 40, and he died when he was 39.
I am glad Wikipedia has such apt details-
On 4 July 1902 (the day of his death), Vivekananda awoke early, went to the monastery at Belur Math and meditated for three hours. He taught Shukla-Yajur-Veda, Sanskrit grammar and the philosophy of yoga to pupils, later discussing with colleagues a planned Vedic college in the Ramakrishna Math. At 7:00 pm Vivekananda went to his room, asking not to be disturbed; he died at 9:20 p.m. while meditating. According to his disciples, Vivekananda attained mahasamādhi; the rupture of a blood vessel in his brain was reported as a possible cause of death. His disciples believed that the rupture was due to his brahmarandhra (an opening in the crown of his head) being pierced when he attained mahasamādhi. Vivekananda fulfilled his prophecy that he would not live forty years
It is not how a man dies, but how he lives for the cause of others, and Swamiji’s life was phenomenal at that!
SERENITY AFTER THE STORM
Good Morning!!!
God grant me the Serenity
to accept the things
I cannot change;
Courage to change
the things I can;
and Wisdom
to know the difference.
Thy will, not mine, be done.
*~*~*~*~*^Daily Reflections^*~*~*~*~*
October 3, 2024
SERENITY AFTER THE STORM
Someone who knew what he was talking about
once remarked
that pain was the touchstone
of all spiritual progress.
How heartily we AA's can agree with him. . . .
TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS,
pp. 93-94
When on the roller coaster of emotional turmoil,
I remember that growth is often painful.
My evolution in the A.A. program has taught me
that I must experience the inner change, however painful,
that eventually guides me from selfishness to selflessness.
If I am to have serenity,
I must STEP my way past emotional turmoil
and its subsequent hangover,
and be grateful for continuing spiritual progress.
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The Sense of Belonging
Perhaps one of the greatest rewards
of meditation and prayer
is the sense of belonging that comes to us.
We no longer live in a completely hostile world.
We are no longer lost and frightened and purposeless.
The moment we catch even a glimpse of God's will,
the moment we begin to see
truth, justice, and love
as the real and eternal things in life,
we are no longer deeply disturbed
by all the seeming evidence
to the contrary that surrounds us in purely human affairs.
We know that God lovingly watches over us.
We know that when we turn to Him,
all will be well with us, here and hereafter.
TWELVE AND TWELVE, P. 105
As Bill Sees It, P. 117
THE LARGESS OF GOD
Good Morning!!!
THE LARGESS OF GOD
Around the Year with Emmet Fox
October 3
Read Psalm 18
In verse 19 the Psalmist asserts,
“he brought me forth also into a large place . . .”
Is it not a wonderful thought
that God brings us forth into a large place?
Then he adds that God delivered me,
because he delighted in me.
This verse really means that being delivered
from the dungeon of fear,
the Psalmist was beginning to experience the delight
that peace of mind naturally brings.
And now comes a very significant statement,
"according to the cleanness of my hands
hath he recompensed me."
This refers to right conduct or right living.
To have clean hands means trying to live the Christ life.
Our prayers have but little power
if we are not honestly trying
to live up to the best that we know.
We always do what we believe.
“With the merciful
thou wilt show thyself merciful;
with an upright man
thou wilt show thyself upright;
with the pure
thou wilt show thyself pure;
and with the forward
thou wilt show thyself forward”
Psalm 18:25-26
This is a concise and powerful statement of the law
that we literally reap what we sow
God, in His infinite wisdom,
has made the Laws of the universe
and left them to work themselves out.
He is not constantly interfering
in every individual transaction.
If this were the case,
there would be no law
and God would not be Principle.
Devi Maa Akhilandeshwari
Devi Maa Akhilandeshwari was said to have “Ugram”, fierce in her form at the temple of Thiruvanaikal.
Her vibrance, energy was too intense for any human to withstand.
Devotees who went to have her darshan could not stand her fierceness.
To calm her down, Sri Adi Shankaracharya placed a pratima of Ganapathi in front of Devi in the hope that seeing her son in front of her would have a calming effect.
He also adorned the ears of Devi with ear-rings called Tatankas with the Sri Chakra inscribed on them.
Devi Akhilandeshwari is the presiding deity in the Jambukeswarar Temple in Thiruvanaikaval along with her consort Shree Jambukeswarar, Lord Shiva.
Tuesday 1 October 2024
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