--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > 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.
Are you positive you're aware of all the aspects of your life that are important? (Either to you personally, or in the cosmic scheme of things?) > 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. Is self-reliance entirely consistent with devotion? I'm reminded of the joke about the guy who calls on God to rescue him from drowning and then waves off the helicopter that suddenly appears and offers to haul him up. Obviously you don't perceive yourself to be in a desperate situation from which you need to be saved, but I wonder whether the same principle might apply. I could conceive of a scenario in which Tom was equivalent to the helicopter, sent by Mother Divine to suggest the possibility of your deriving some benefit from yagyas that She is aware of but you aren't. (I'm really not promoting yagyas, just probing your reasoning in rejecting them. No need to respond if you don't want to.) ------------------------ 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/
