Dear OM Devotees: Good morning and namaste. One lesson I have been learning over the years is regarding the nature of prayer. Meditation is ultimately...
Dear OM Devotees: According to the late sage Ramana Maharshi, the original thought of God was "AHAM", or "I AM". He says that out of this thought came the AUM....
Dear OM Devotees: The Self has projected itself into the temporal realms of gross matter (A), subtle matter (U) and causal matter (M). Thoughts that manifest...
Dear OM Devotees: It seems "sin" has a negative connotation. Traditionally, it means we have violated God's laws and will be punished for such violations. Sin...
Dear OM Devotees: The greatest challenge for all of us, and even Patanjali has written on this, is doubt. There is a story in the Bible where Jesus tells a...
Dear OM devotees: as Keith wrote - the ultimate goal of our prayer and meditation is to separate ourselves from the material body. For many years it was ...
Dear Kieth, I do not aggree to the conclusion. The thoughts have existance in our mind only because of our attatchments. Our mind can exist "on its own" ,...
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Mar 2, 2004 10:19 am
India in Columbia The Proposal There has been a long and close cultural cooperation between Columbia and India. Savitar, the UM yearbook, derived its...
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Mar 2, 2004 10:36 am
Comments from OMGOD are requested. Om Shanti. MLN...
The bang happens at a plane above that of Causal plane.It happens all 365 days 12 months in a year in our human body. Technically, it is the moment of...
Dear OM Devotees: This morning, I'd like to present "human expectations" as the topic of discussion. Expectations affect our spiritual life greatly. When we...
Our miseries arise out of our expectations from others. We have no control over how others would behave; we have control over only how we ourselves behave....
Awakening to the truth that we have no control over how others behave is very difficult. Most people Think they can do so many things, and in doing so, create...
Indeed the root cause of our existence in this body is our vasanas from infinite births in the past. And yes, we must train ourselves to overcome them. This ...
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Mar 3, 2004 5:33 am
Om Shanti. I do not feel that I should ask God for anything. Perhaps it's because I feel I am not worthy, or maybe it's because I believe that God does not do...
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Mar 3, 2004 10:04 am
OMGOD is blessing us with immeasurable benefits. I am happy. There is a profound saying in Sanskrit that reads: Vaade vaade jayate tattvabodhah. By a series of...
The Christian concept of sin and eternal hell can be reconciled with the law of karma as follows: The very fact that we exist in this physical body is because...
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Mar 3, 2004 8:04 pm
I hope all the members of OMGOD know that all these discussions will be preserved and made available to the interested persons in future on CD's at a nominal...
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Mar 3, 2004 9:50 pm
Interesting perspective, especially the part about eternal hellfire. It reminds me of our discussion of Christ living off of the Word of God. Perhaps I am...
Dear OM Devotees: I realize this posting is more along the lines of Vedanta, but nonetheless, I believe it is worth posting. We are all progressing along to...
Dear OM Devotees: Dualism is the religious theme of most religions today. God is a separate being, although one might say, verbally, or think even, that one is...
The Bible tells us in St. John's Gospel that "Word was with God, and the Word was God". A better translation would say that "transcendental vibration" was with...
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katherine strickland
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Mar 3, 2004 10:11 pm
Thank you for this point of view and information on the word "sin." I also appreciated the connections with AUM and AHEM. That art thou (Sat sit evam?). Words...
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Mar 3, 2004 10:23 pm
Indeed, with reason comes doubt. Henceforth, there is always a "reasonable doubt." But how can we transcend reason through contemplation? Is it thought without...
Could Jesus have been speaking for the Universal "I" instead of his little ego-centered I. When he said "I am the Truth, the Way, etc." he could have been...
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Mar 3, 2004 10:57 pm
Tat tvam asi. Please see the first presentation in our OM Home Page. ... From: katherine strickland [mailto:kamalee7@...] Sent: Wednesday, March 03,...
A realized saint would indeed see everyone as God's essence and would not differentiate. But external appearances do indicate to some extent the internal ...
The Christian point of view is from outside in whereas the Vedantin's point of view is inside out. Vedantins realize that the innermost core of a human being...
