March 9 - Mahasamadhi of Swami Sri Yukteswar

Painting of Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri by Ashley Christudason

Lion of Bengal:
Fiercely standing in wisdom -
Oceanic Mind.

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WORDS FROM SWAMI SRI YUKTESWARJI:

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“In shallow men the fish of little thoughts cause much commotion. In oceanic minds the whales of inspiration make hardly a ruffle.”

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“Human conduct is ever unreliable until man is anchored in the Divine. Everything in the future will improve if you are making a spiritual effort now.”
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“Keen intelligence is two-edged, It may be used constructively or destructively like a knife, either to cut the boil of ignorance, or to decapitate one's self. Intelligence is rightly guided only after the mind has acknowledged the inescapability of spiritual law.”

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“When this love, the heavenly gift of Nature, appears in the heart, it removes all causes of excitation from the system and cools it down to a perfectly normal state; and invigorating the vital powers, expels all foreign matters- the germs of diseases-by natural ways (perspiration and so forth). It thereby makes man perfectly healthy in body and mind, And enables him to understand properly the guidance of Nature.”

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“Many teachers will tell you to believe; then they put out your eyes of reason and instruct you to follow only their logic. But I want you to keep your eyes of reason open; in addition, I will open in you another eye, the eye of wisdom.”

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“Tender inner weaknesses, revolting at mild touches of censure, are like diseased parts of the body, recoiling before even delicate handling.”

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 In three letters to Rajarsi, Paramahansa Yoganandaji wrote these words on his beloved Guru -  Swami Sri Yukteswar:

“You must have received my cablegram via Los Angeles announcing the passing of our lord (Swami Sri Yukteswar) on March 9. If I could cry I would feel relieved. I am sorry for all. Eternity has sealed his lips to most human ears. I am sad, even though I see him at every turn of my gaze. He was one of the wisest men, greater in exposition of wisdom than Shankara as far as I know. When comes such another? I am remembering all the divine play and communion he had with me. I can hardly think anything else these days than of all his untold gifts of upliftment given to me. I saw many teachers, but none like our lord who was a spiritual lion, never bending, ever aflame with wisdom.”

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The Giant Sequoias Witness to the Ages

Giant Sequoias -
The Standing Tall Grandfathers
Cathedral of green.

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Witness to the ages, The Giant Sequoias in the Sequoia National Forest are a thousand years older than the coastal Redwoods; the oldest known Sequoia Tree has been estimated to be 3,200 years old based on a ring count. Walking amoung these Grandfathers has the power of ancient cathedral. When I travel by car along the west coast of California, I know it is important to stop, get out of the car and walk with them for a bit. Then to sit with them a bit – breathing in the oxygen they are sharing with all on Our Great Mother, The Earth.

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Quiet, cool and peaceful, the standing tall redwoods of Santa Barbara are relatively young sequoias at about 100 years of age. They Stand less than a mile from my home. Feeling so blessed to live in a place of such beauty. The serene giants grow deep in Mission Canyon along the pathway favored by the small amount of seasonal water flow in the region. Couple this with a narrow canyon and you have the perfect microenvironment for the Sequoias.

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These quiet watchers, I wonder what their message is to the puny short-lived humans? It may be:

“Do not be in such a hurry Dear Ones, more is gained thru quiet rumination than rushing without thought. In your headlong running to ‘see it all’ you miss much. I delight in your joy and exhuberance, with wisdom you will learn to couple that with more time sitting quiet and tall – rooted like the redwood – becoming witness to the ages. Without moving, I have traveled the Milky Way and back. Come sit with me. Trust me, with stillness the panorama of existance will come to you.”

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