Spirituality and the human
The Cosmic Sai Baba gives another transmission at Bundanoon, NSW. The Golden Age is foretold, and it will be a little time for the energy to change and align with the Golden Age. All these changes can be as gentle as a still pond, were everyone on Earth to pray to the Source of the All. Cosmic Sai Baba asks that all upon Earth work with God in this alignment to take place.
Thích Nhất Hạnh was a Vietnamese Thiền Buddhist monk, peace activist, prolific author, poet and teacher, who founded the Plum Village Tradition, historically recognized as the main inspiration for Engaged Buddhism. Known as the “father of mindfulness”, Nhất Hạnh was a major influence on Western practices of Buddhism.
The question is asked about the correct (or proper) relations between pupils and spiritual teachers. Should a pupil give money to the spiritual teacher? What is the proper focus of such a relationship if money is involved? What about those fees for spiritual teachings?
The question arises about the value of reading holy books. What can we get out of them, what purpose do they serve? Do we consult the Master, our Friend, first before reading? Do we seek the opinion of the Master as to what we should read, HOW we should read, and what personal transformation should come from our reading? The Master, your Friend, stands ready to guide you at all times.
Arutprakasa Vallalār Chidambaram Ramalingam (5 October 1823 – 30 January 1874 [Attained Immortality]), whose pre-monastic name was Rāmalingam, is commonly known in India and across the world as Vallalār. He was one of the most famous Tamil Saints and also one of the greatest Tamil poets of the 19th century and belongs to a line of Tamil saints known as “gnana siddhars” (gnana means higher wisdom).
The Cosmic Sai Baba gives a transmission at Bundanoon, NSW. The OM is led, and an exposition is given about breath and all forms of life: Mother Earth, the ocean, inanimate objects breathing and the last breath, when all returns to the Source, the receiver of all things. We are told the Source is Love, and that Love is Absolute.
Once upon a time, when the Source took human form, a divine discourse was given. At the end of that discourse, there was a lull in the proceedings. Source returned to the podium, to the microphone and told, “I am a devotee! I am a devotee of all those who are devoted to Me!” Imagine, that this very somebody is just next to you and is ready to present you with His love and everything that He’s got available.
Claude G Montefiore was the intellectual founder of Anglo-Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a scholar of the Hebrew Bible, rabbinic literature and New Testament. He was a significant figure in the contexts of modern Jewish religious thought, Jewish-Christian relations, and strove in his works to find a middle ground acceptable to both Jewish and Christian scholars.
