To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/05/13 10:50
Subject: Re: [K-list] Ramana Maharshi
From: Gloria Joy Greco
On 1999/05/13 10:50, Gloria Joy Greco posted thus to the K-list:
Harsha shared:
> Some years ago I had been initiated into two mantras and was enjoined to
> repeat them a minimum number of times every day. I had been doing it
> punctiliously, but now after entering the Ashrama, I had no mind to the
> mantras or do any kind of formal worship. After a few days I was seized with
> the fear of incurring sin by failing to observe the instructions on my
> initiation. So I put it to Sri Bhagavan himself, making a clean breast of my
> default. Sri Bhagavan smiled and said, "Just because you have done so much
> of japa, its merit has brought you here. Why should you now fear while
> enjoying the fruit of the japa ?"
>
> I had also at this time a more serious trouble. I had been practising breath
> control ( pranayama ) as taught by Swami Ramtirtha in his works. There came
> a stage when I felt a terrible sensation as though my head would crack and
> break into pieces. Then I stopped doing it, but every day the sensation was
> recurring at the time of practice and the fear was growing that disaster was
> imminent. So, at dead of night, when Bhagavan was alone, I approached him
> with my tale. He said laughing, "What! Again you are seized with fear! These
> are the usual experiences of people who do yogic exercises without the
> immediate guidance of a Guru, but having come to me, why should you fear ?"
> Then Sri Bhagavan added in an undertone: "Next time you get that sensation,
> you think of me and you will be all right." From that moment to this I have
> never felt it again.
Gloria
This really shows the power of mind and fear doesn't it? And once that is
put to rest through a being that is realized then it is no more. Of course
you had the faith and trust in the Guru which also erased the fear and
thought.
>
>
>
>
DISCLAIMER!
Home | Archive Index | Search the archives | Subscribe
K. List FAQ | Kundalini FAQs | Signs and Symptoms | Awakening Experiences | K. list Polls | Member Essays | Meditations | List Topics | Art Gallery | Cybrary | Sitemap | Email the moderators.
symbol.