Swamiji warns that we’re being swallowed by the snake of time.
This is an easy to hear, and very impactful post. Swamiji starts by telling sadhakas at a yoga camp, how privileged they are to have spent time thinking and learning about God.
Then, Swamiji poses a really tough question: Have they taken the opportunity seriously, and made the best of it, or have they taken it for granted?
Swamiji gives an example of how he once watched a snake consume a live mouse. Gory, perhaps, but a hard-hitting analogy.
Swamiji explains how, if we don't take the spiritual journey seriously, the snake of time [even though we're not consciously aware of it] is slowly swallowing us up, too.
It's going to be really worth your while to find a quiet spot – away from others – and listen to this 6-minute powerful 'cautionary' tale.
Swamiji wraps up the post with an instructive but fun story, about Lord Yama getting upset with God-realised Rishis (Sage, Saints, Seers) for not showing him enough 'respect'. So many lessons are built into this story.
To listen to it, click on the link below. Jay Sri Ramakrishna!
Duration: 06:28
The original audio recordings of these posts were made by close Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa and Swami Shivapadananda devotee, Mother Radha. The audio editing and noise reduction of the original 1970s-onwards tapes, has been lovingly engineered, over many years, by her son and our dear gurubhai, Brother Tim. May Sri Ramakrishna and Swamiji bless them both.
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Links to our Guruparampara (spiritual lineage) organisations, which will broaden your knowledge base: Ramakrishna Math and Mission and our alma maters, the Ramakrishna Centre of South Africa and the Sri Sarada Devi Ashram in Durban.
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