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JosephUK
United Kingdom
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Posted - Sep 08 2010 : 6:17:51 PM
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Hi everyone :)
i feel a little lost , i seem to have reached a dramatic peak in my purification process from being deeply possessed by evil spirits and other awful things with massive blockages all over my body (psychotic)
to the relative purity of just having karmic or darkness without the voices (Hurray!)
I have two voices: my mind, intellectually understanding the problem and victim to all this and my soul or spirit :P
I have had a to be a warrior with much desire for healing and purity to get this far and God has given me the strength to bear it.
I'm working a very mundane job which i get great satisfaction from and i practise DM, Pranayama and Samyama (just settling in with that)
and i have experienced the witness at times of stress in the physical world.
Now, at first i felt lost but now i feel very excited. I can't believe i made it this far and yet there is an infinite journey ahead of me.
My question is this:
I'm reading about bhakti on AYP, is it the same or a higher version of focus?
and if so what do i do now I've been so focused on getting well, i need a number of different ishtas but wound't know where to start?
Bliss and ecstasy rule
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Anthem11
Canada
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Posted - Sep 09 2010 : 5:56:38 PM
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quote: Originally posted by JosephUK
Hi everyone :)
i feel a little lost , i seem to have reached a dramatic peak in my purification process from being deeply possessed by evil spirits and other awful things with massive blockages all over my body (psychotic)
to the relative purity of just having karmic or darkness without the voices (Hurray!)
I have two voices: my mind, intellectually understanding the problem and victim to all this and my soul or spirit :P
I have had a to be a warrior with much desire for healing and purity to get this far and God has given me the strength to bear it.
I'm working a very mundane job which i get great satisfaction from and i practise DM, Pranayama and Samyama (just settling in with that)
and i have experienced the witness at times of stress in the physical world.
Now, at first i felt lost but now i feel very excited. I can't believe i made it this far and yet there is an infinite journey ahead of me.
My question is this:
I'm reading about bhakti on AYP, is it the same or a higher version of focus?
and if so what do i do now I've been so focused on getting well, i need a number of different ishtas but wound't know where to start?
Bliss and ecstasy rule
Joe
Hi Joe,
Congratulations on your healing and amazing progress!
Your desire to heal is your bhakti and I can think of no higher ideal than that, it can carry you all the way.
Choosing an "Ishta's" is a very personal thing, if you search your heart something will present itself that is ideal for you.
Best of luck! |
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Yonatan
Israel
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Posted - Sep 09 2010 : 7:30:59 PM
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Hi Joe,
So good to hear of your amazing results!!! It's always great to hear of a person who's bhakti led and leads to wholeness!
I wish you much happiness and supreme peace of mind and heart!
Namaste |
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mr_anderson
USA
357 Posts |
Posted - Nov 04 2010 : 5:06:15 PM
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Great to hear this :)
quote: I'm reading about bhakti on AYP, is it the same or a higher version of focus?
and if so what do i do now I've been so focused on getting well, i need a number of different ishtas but wound't know where to start?
Let your inner guru guide you on this one. I personally didn't feel that the correct way for me was to devote myself to any physical or personal image of an ishta. I read through enlightenment milestones and the descriptions of experience/states of consciousness from AYP members and other enlightened people, or people on the path. Whilst reading these, I feel the strong desire for awakening. I then pray to myself, repeatedly, with intense longing "divine father, show me that you and I are one" (prayer suggested by paramahansa yogananda), or "father, show me the kingdom of heaven that lies within me".
I reccomend reading this - a guide of how to pray to god for enlightenment www.alightproducts.com/pdf/p...edextract.pdf
Written by paramhansa yogananda. So I just have an intense longing and continually offer that longing to god. I remind myself that the fulfillment of this intense longing for non-duality is why I am meditating, before each meditation session.
hope this helps |
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