Mind is gateway to God

2010-07-13

[2nd President and Spiritual Head: the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa]

[now a Centre of the international Ramakrishna Math and Ramakrishna Mission]

DAILY READINGS

Selected from Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji.

Day 868

When the scriptures say, one should listen, all of us take it for granted that we hear. But Christ said that people have ears but cannot hear. We think we listen but we do not. We think there is God but we do not see God.

Some people may think it is nonsense to see God everywhere but when you perceive a gross thing and think that God is permeating it, you are already going to the mental state. From the mental state you go to the spiritual. Without entering the first stage [mental] you can never go to the last stage.

Nothing will happen by miracle. Everything has a set rule, a set path, a set way, a set method, to reveal Himself [God, self-realisation]. Only some do it knowingly and some unknowingly. There is only one way and that is through the mind. The mind is the gateway to this world. The mind is the gateway to heal. The mind is the gateway to the Self. Everything is the mind.

1) Care should be taken by the reader to understand and take Swamiji's words in these postings, in context. Every teaching or instruction that he gave was specific to the people who were with Swamiji at the time.

2) Mouse-over the words highlighted in red in the posting for further explanation or links.

There are currently available, over 100 different CDs or DVDs with mp3 files, of Swamiji speaking. Please email timhoare@webmail.co.za to order.

Click HERE for the second website on Swamiji's life and teachings.

For more about the Holy Trinity, and also the founding Swamis of the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa, please mouse over their names below:

Sri Ramakrishna Sri Sarada Devi Swami Vivekananda

Swami Nischalananda Swami Shivapadananda

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The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna - read online

Reference websites – please mouse over the name and click to connect:

Ramakrishna Math and Mission Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa Ramakrishna Dham

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