--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Ankur Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > People use the word âspiritualityâ without understanding > its true import. Only those who have developed a calm and > clear-sighted intellect and are leading a life of self-discipline > understand its true meaning. The Sanskrit word for âspiritualityâ > is âadhyatmamâ, which means, âcentered and established in the > atma â. Lord Krishna says in Srimad Bhagvad Gita(2/55): â A > person who voluntarily gives up all his desires, lusts and > ambitions and whose individual soul remains poised in the > omnipresent Spirit is called sthitapragya (a person of steadfast > wisdom)â. Here the meaning of soul is oneâs own real self, > which is eternal, pure and indestructible. The essence of > spirituality is atmagyana- to realize that our true self is the > spark of the Cosmic Self-Spirit. To remain unshakably poised in > this awareness means spiritual living. It is the ultimate aim > of human life.
IMO, the person who is focused on denying and pushing away the relative is every bit as caught up in it as the person whose life revolves around indulging in it. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/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/
