--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "jim_flanegin" <jflanegi@> > > wrote: > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB <no_reply@> > wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > So where do you fall on the bhakti question? > > > > > > > > I think it's a lot like love -- wonderful when > > > > unforced and when it happens naturally, usually > > > > a disaster when one has a bunch of expectations > > > > and rules about how it's "supposed" to work. > > > > > > > > In other words, if you made the decision to pursue > > > > a bhakti path, you probably aren't on one. :-) > > > > > > Well said! Innocent affinity (or not) and unfoldment is the only > > > way that works- otherwise it is just strain... > > > > So what if your guru DOES ask you to wear a crown in > > public? Is it a strain to agonize about your decision > > to follow this? > > If you have to ponder it, even for an instant, > you're not a bhakti, no matter what you tell > yourself you are. >
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