--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Brahman" > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > jim flanegin wrote: > > > > > > > > ...given Mother Divine as the Universal Supreme Being, > > > > all of these things are available to us at any time... > > > > > > > > ...I don't participate in such ceremonies yet live > > > > a life of total support from Mother Divine... > > > > > > while this is, no doubt, your true experience, still > > > it is good to participate, also. you may just need > > > to learn more about it ... here is a neat website > > > about MD and Navaratri: > > > > > > http://www.divyajivan.org/navaratri > > > > > > -- > > > > Thanks for the link. I enjoyed reading about the Goddesses. How is > > this different though from directly asking for blessings for others > > and myself at the appropriate time? Would those not also be > > considered yagyas? It seems to work in the same way. > > > > I am not negating these forms of worship, just adding that whether > > we want to contact Mother Divine directly or do it through > > intermediaries, the results are similar. > > Just out of curiosity, have you done both and > compared the effects?
I consistently exceed every expectation I have, have for my whole life, so what would be the point of a yagya? For what- I don't have any need strong enough for such a performance. Direct devotion is better, and more powerful, in my opinion. Perhaps if my life gets really, really, really, really intolerable in the future I will have need of a yagya, but that is purely a hypothetical instance. There appears to be a game we all play with ourselves, comparing where we are or what we have, and where we want to be. I have always been able to bridge such a gap through dilligence, focus, devotion, and surrender. Lately I have noticed that the equation has changed somewhat. The gap described above is very brief on the one hand, and on the other, the results realized always exceed my expectations. So I have concluded from this that there is nothing for me to do 'out there', such as a yagya, in order to achieve further happiness, satisfaction, good health, economic security, social integration, familial love, or any other aspect of my life which I deem important. For others it may be different. I have always enjoyed self-reliance. I feel that for this life, and the next, it is better to be self- reliant. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
