Post 2 (week 2)

Post 2

One of my three favorite Indian gurus is Ramana.  I like the fact how he had the up most respect for all living creatures. In the reading it said that animals were attracted to him even animals that in general don’t like humans were at peace with him.  The reading also said that he accidentally stepped on a hornet’s nest and he allowed the hornets to sting him because he felt bad for stepping on their nest.  I happen to like animals and I think that it is good for someone to show love and have respect for animals.  Another reason why I like Ramana is because he believed in nonviolence to all living things.  And we all know that violence does not get us anywhere but trouble.  The reading said that he was hit in the leg and his response to this was “if you are not satisfied yet, you may strike my other leg also” I like how he said this, because one of my favorite scripture verses is when Jesus says if one were to hit you turn to him your other cheek as well.  There would be a lot less problems in the world if everyone learned to turn the other cheek instead of fight. 

 

Another one of my favorite Indian gurus is Yogananda.  One of the reasons why I like him was because he was able to double the size of his sister’s boil having that kind of power as a child would be funny and cool.  Another reason why I like him is because there is something that all of the believers are uncertain about nobody knows for sure the accounts of his perennial existence.  I like how there is this mystery about him. 

 

My third favorite of the Indian gurus was Mataji.  I think that she has one of the most interesting life stories.  She was married and then found her husband a new wife so that she would be able to do what she loves to do.  You can tell from the reading and I picture her as just the sweetest little lady that everyone seems to love.  The thing I like the most about this one is you get to see how these gurus are people.   Take for instance how the author was surprised to see Mataji smoking the fact is she was a human, and she needed to eat, drink, and go to the restroom like any living creature. 

 

After watching the film on Faqir Chand the first thing that came to my mind was the battle scene in the middle of the war, I remembered how many of the other gurus were against violence and I think would have been against going to war but this guru is fighting in the war.  The part where Faqir Chand say’s I don’t know why these men are putting me on a pedestal and worshiping me, this shows that he is very humble.  My favorite part of the film is towards the end when he says, “the truth is I know nothing” The older I get the more I realize the less I really know.

Surat shabd yoga is something that I find to be very unusual yet interesting.  It is a system or a process in order to see mystical insights.  It requires you to sit in certain postures and you focus intensely and you eventually withdraw consciousness.  The areas where you withdraw consciousness from are in your eyes, ears, nose, mouth, genitals, and alimentary canal.  While you are doing this you are to focus on your inner light and sound, which comes from in between your eyebrows.