--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, akasha_108 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- 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. > > Thats all fine. But you didn't answer the question. Not that you are > obligated to. You stated "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." How can you > assess if the results are similar if you have not done the same yagyas > that Tom is doing. If on the other hand, you simple meant, "the > descriptions of yagyas sound similar to what I experience" then fine. > But thats a difference from saying the results ARE similar.
Yes, right, absolutely. I have no idea at all what the results of the yagyas that Tom is having done feel like, for me, or anyone else. Thanks for the clarification. And I hope for everyone's sake that the yagyas work as described. That would be great! ------------------------ 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/
