One need not run away from the problems

[dattaswamI]

One need not run away from the problems

The devotee can become the Lord in all aspects except the aspect of creation, maintenance and destruction of universe. The other aspects are not at all disturbed due to absence of the last aspect. Suppose a producer of a film is enjoying His own picture. Though you are not the producer, you can enjoy the cinema in equal status with the producer. You can enjoy just like the producer because you are enjoying the same cinema without taking the laborious efforts of its production. Therefore you should not say that since he is the producer, he is enjoying.

People often say that since the human incarnation is Lord, He can enjoy the tragic scenes of the cinema. Do you mean that the producer only can enjoy the tragic scenes of the cinema? Any spectator can enjoy the tragic scenes of the cinema. The only requirement for such continuous enjoyment of comic and tragic scenes of the cinema is only the realization of the nature of the cinema. If you know that the cinema is unreal, you can enjoy even the tragic scene.

Whether the spectator is a producer of the film or an ordinary human being the requirement for the continuous enjoyment of the cinema is only the knowledge about the unreality of the cinema. Therefore you need not run away from the problems of the life and leaving the theater is committing suicide. Therefore do not say that Rama, Krishna etc are God and so could stand unperturbed during the difficult times in life. The argument is completely wrong and what you lack is the knowledge of the reality of this creation (forms and feelings) and not the producer-ship of this creation.

At the Lotus Feet of His Holiness Sri Dattaswami

Anil Antony

www.universal-spirituality.org
Universal Spirituality for World Peace
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[Random_Australian]

1. That is one analagy - there are many more ways to deal with problems.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

2. SpamalamaDingDong!

Interesting, never the less. I find myself humming ohm and sitting in the lotus position.

[Random_Australian]

3. Oh yeah! Interesting reply waiting for you in the "it is not about bieng

rude" thread. :)

Bet you never guessed!

[Dogmudgeon]

5. If you chant "farad", it will increase your spiritual capacity

Then there's the question-mantra that will increase your cosmic power -- "watt".

(And a big ol' honkin' :evilgrin: )

--p!
I = E/R except after C

[saltpoint]

4. I think Jim Dobson needs a copy of this post.

Jim's a little confused about things, ya know?

If you don't mind, be sure to copy Jim on your next post.

[saltpoint]

6. On the cinema passage up there? I like films because the director

and actors et al strive to make it real.

Not because I know it's unreal.

It doesn't matter if it is technocally unreal if it seems real or if you like it because it feels real.

The reel is real, and what it projects on the screen is only unreal if you allow the real world to impose limits.

But don't do that! Enjoy the movie!

[saltpoint]

7. I was in and out of this post until the part about committing suicide

if you leave the movie theater.

How does that work, exactly?

[Book Lover]

8. Are you ever going to reply to any of the posts to your topics,

or are you going to continue spamming this board until you get tossed off? I am not here to read your lectures - I am here to discuss ideas with other human beings. Care to do any of that?

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. Dataswami's spam stretches across the world

You can find it on mutiple discussion boards, with no replies to anyone who pays it attention. Just pick a phrase, google it, and you'll find it all over the place.

[Book Lover]

10. Aihime!

and yeesh... thanks for the reply.

[saltpoint]

11. When somebody loves you, it's no good unless he loves you all the way.