From: Mandalji <love1truth@hotmail.com>
Subject: Rev Anuradha Tarneja ji
To: "SNM1-Rev Anuradha ji/Pramod Tarneja ji" <ptarneja@yahoo.com>
Cc: "00-Mandalji" <love1truth@hotmail.com>
Date: Sunday, April 19, 2009, 10:43 PM
Beloved Sant ShreeSibling of Destiny Rev Anuradha Tarneja ji,
Oh wondrous Lord of All, may we gladly live in harmony with Thy Divine Will by means of our love, respect, consideration and awe for Thee!
Naman Namaskar and dhan nirankar ji in thy lotus feet!
Wish you a blissful journey thru life!
Here are some of the thoughts daas wishes to share with you. If you find them to your satisfaction , please do not hesitate to share with Divine Souls Group.
Yes, indeed, Sant Shree Rev Anuradha ji you are on the right track when making the comparison to one's beloved. When seen more clearly, God is Love and God is our ultimate Beloved. However, some people need to have the ideal of a fearsome, threatening Lord in order to help keep them on the path. So, that attitude is right for them, but that attitude is neither necessary nor right for everyone. Indeed, as one evolves spiritually, one is inspired to act out of motives such as love, consideration and awe (rather than fear).
In virtually every language and every religion of the world, there is some mention of a condition which might be translated as "fear" of the Lord. And indeed some people do need that fear to keep them on the path, so we must let them use that fear as is appropriate for them. But in general, the word which such people translate from the great scriptures and teachings as "fear" can be more generally translated as "awe", "respect" or "reverence".
For an example of how "fear" and "awe" are related in the translation of Christian and Jewish scriptures such as the Bible, please read the article at:
In the words of Scriptures:
There are four paths or stages that lead a person to spiritual knowledge, from the limited to the unlimited. The first stage is conscientiousness. This is where the God-ideal is impressed upon mankind as authority, as fear of God. This really means conscientiousness, not fear as is usually thought. If we love, we do not wish to displease; love does not force us to act, but it asks us to be conscientious and take care not to cause the least disharmony with the one whose happiness we want. The first lesson is to idealize someone who is above the personalities of the earth, more than mortal, a protector more than a father; a guardian, a king, mightier than the nations; richer than all the super millionaires in this world. Wonderful though the goodness is that we see in a mother, causing us to realize how kind and merciful she is, it is nothing compared with the perfection of the kindness and mercy of God. That which attracts us in the mother is limited; unlimited mercy and kindness are only to be seen in God. We perceive that all things that give protection, peace, fear, or love are only found in their perfection in the one ideal, and that is in God.
The one who realizes this offers his prayers to God, worships Him, thinks of Him, and holds the God-ideal in his mind. And a kind of connection comes to be established between him and the ideal, so that in times of depression, of despair, of sorrow and helplessness he has the ideal within immediate reach. He can say, ' I know someone greater, a greater friend than anyone in the world, to whom all respect and worship and humility are due.'
This stage of conscientiousness is that in which a person asks himself what will please Him, or displease Him. He learns his religion from his parents, from his friends. A good action pleases, a bad action displeases, and pride displeases most; he learns everything very easily by seeing what displeases another. How easy it is; and yet they still go to a clergyman or to a priest, to ask what pleases God. And all the time it is just what pleases man that pleases God, and therefore if we please all around us, we please God; if we displease them, we displease God. A man who has attained to this stage realizes what reward comes to him when he pleases the world, and what happens when he does not. Just think of the peaceful state of the one who has done some good to another, what condition is his when he retires to bed at night; what joy, what peace, what sense of safety! Whereas the person who has harmed another; stolen something, caused trouble or pain, his punishment is with him also. The reward and the punishment can be seen in our own day; there is no need to wait for heaven or hell; every day is heaven or hell once we realize what reaction our own works bring upon ourselves.
Do not fear God, but regard carefully His pleasure and displeasure.
With love & light
Dust of the Holy Feet is the crown on my head
Mandalji
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