SWAMI SHIVAPADANANDA
DAILY READINGS
From Mother Radha's recordings of Swamiji
620
[Swamiji continues reading from the Bhagavad Gita]
Lord Krishna speaking: There is nothing whatsoever higher than Me, O Arjuna. All this is strung on Me as clusters of gems on a string.
There is nothing higher than Consciousness. All things are built around Consciousness. If you look at a stone, even the stone is appreciated because you have Consciousness. The Consciousness in that stone is latent or dormant so you are higher in many ways.
I am the sapidity in water.
Like the sap of a tree. Without the sap the tree is a dead thing. There is something called strength or sapidity in water; without that strength the water would be of no use. The strength in the water is God Himself.
I am the light in the moon and the sun.
We know that the moon has no light of its own, so the Lord says the reflected light and the light origin are both His. In the same way, the apparent man is also Him. If the 'rope' was not there, where would the 'snake' come from? But it is not the truth; it is a reflected truth.
I am the syllable Om in the Vedas.
If you want to read the Vedas know that He is Om; the AUM; the creator, the preserver and the transformer or destroyer is He.
I am the sound in ether and virility in man.
He is the sound that you hear. Even if no one makes a sound there is a sound the yogis hear within themselves. And He is strength in man.
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.
Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Sarada Devi, Swami Vivekananda, Swami Nischalananda Puri, Swami Shivapadananda Click Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna to read online... Reference websites (please mouse-over
the name to connect): Ramakrishna Math and Mission, Ramakrishna Centre of SA, Ramakrishna Centre of Southern Africa,
Ramakrishna Dham, Swami Shivapadananda 2
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