You become what you meditate on
[Pictured: Swami Yatiswarananda 1889-1996]
[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 941
When you meditate on Krishna you become Krishna. This means you have Krishna's qualities. What you think you become. When you meditate on Shiva you become Shiva, you have Shiva's qualities, and so on.
God as man suffers too. Sri Ramakrishna had [throat] cancer to teach us to become above suffering.
What is the absolute and relative goal? To realise dharma [righteousness, God, our true nature].
The mind is layer after layer after layer. One layer is spiritual and one layer is worldly, and so on. That is why you feel spiritual one day and not spiritual the next day. It is like this because you neglect the mind. But the spiritual will come back. Think that your mind is your child [i.e. it behaves like one].
Sri Ramakrishna is the embodiment of all the deities, past, present and future. Give him what he loves . . . In his book [Meditation and spiritual life] Swami Yatiswarananda says, 'The seeker seeks the company of God.' You and God together are strongest – otherwise you are weak.
Swami Vivekananda [the spiritual heir to Sri Ramakrishna] said, 'What is intellect [buddhi]? What is reason? It goes a few steps and then stops. But through the [spiritual] heart comes inspiration and love; which opens more impossible gates.' Love is the key to all the doors.
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
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