DEVOTEE STEVEN
STEVEN
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‡ STEVEN COMFORTS RASA & PLEDGES ALLEGIANCE TO HER AS A LEADER ‡
‡ PLEDGE
FROM STEVEN ‡
TESTIMONY
FROM STEVEN ‡
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ARTICLE CONTRIBUTION FROM STEVEN ‡
LETTER
TESTIMONY
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SHOULD
GURUS PROMOTE THEMSELVES? YES!! ‡
‡ DREAM
WITH RESPONSE & INTERPRETATION FROM RASA ‡
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GURUDAY
TESTIMONY
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FORGIVING
A DEVOTEE
DEAR GURURASA,
AGAIN THANK YOU FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS.
STEVEN
COMFORTS RASA AFTER SEVERE ATTACKS AND PLEDGES HIS ALLEGIANCE TO HER AS
LEADER
I SOULDN´T WORRY, NO ONE DOUBTS THAT WE ARE A GROUP WHICH IS GROWING INTO A SMALL ARMY AND THAT WE HAVE FREELY AND COMPLETELY SUBMITTED TO YOUR LEADERSHIP IN THE GREAT CAUSE YOU HAVE UNDERTAKEN. WE ARE BOUND TO YOU AND WILL FOLLOW WHEREVER YOU LEAD.
THERE WILL BE MANY OF HER TYPE BUT THEY ARE PEOPLE WHO WILL ADVANCE NOTHING
AND SIMPLE STAGNATION IS THEIR NATURAL STATE. YOU ARE SHAKING THINGS UP
AND TO THE COMFORTABLE AND SETTLED THAT IS FRIGHTENING. I SAW SOMEWHERE
YOU WERE ACCUSED OF WANTING TO RULE THE WORLD; I FOR ONE DON´T THINK
THAT IS BAD IDEA SINCE I AM NOT SURE WHETHER AN EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS WILL
NECESSARILY SUCCEED AND MAYBE THE MATRIARCHY NEEDS TO BE BATHED IN REVOLUTIONARY
FERVOUR TO ACCELERATE ITS ESTABLISHMENT.
THIS IS A MESSAGE TO CONFIRM MY BELIEF IN GURURASA AS MY GURU AND SPIRITUAL LEADER.
RASA,
I MUST SAY THAT IN THE SHORT TIME I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF YOUR GROUPS AND BEEN READING AND DIGESTING YOUR MINISTRY I HAVE FELT A FEELING OF SURETY AND PURPOSE I HAVEN´T FELT BEFORE. SURETY IN YOUR CALLING AS GURU AND AVATAR AND IN THE RIGHTNESS OF YOUR MISSION. I CANNOT SAY THAT I HAVE HAD ANY VISION BUT SIMPLY THE SURETY THAT TO FOLLOW YOU IS RIGHT, AS YOU SAY
DEAR GURURASA,
I WAS READING AN ARTICLE ON THE DIVINE MOTHER THIS MORNING AND THE FOLLOWING PASSAGES SEEMS SO OPPOSITE IN DESCRIBING HOW I SEE MY RELATIONSHIP TO YOU AND MOTHERGOD THAT I WANTED TO QUOTE THEM:
"This means that we can't say for sure how big She is or where She came from or what Her ultimate form is or why She is. What we can do is enter into a relationship with Her, a communion that is very intimate, close, loving and personal. She will be our best friend and confidant and our patient teacher.
I WAS BROUGHT UP IN A VERY LAX CHRISTIAN ENVIRONMENT, INDEED IT WOULD BE FAIR TO SAY RELIGION/CHRISTIANITY HAS PLAYED LITTLE OR NO PART IN MY LIFE TILL I MET GURURASA AND SHE CHANGED THAT COMPLETELY. IT DID SEEM TO ME THOUGH THAT DESPITE TO PATRIARCHCAL NATURE OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH ESPECIALLY THE ROMAN CATHOLIC MARY PLAYED THE CENTRAL ROLE IN PEOPLE´S EVERYDAY LIVES, THEY ALWAYS TURNED TO HER WHEN THEY WERE FRIGHTENED OR IN TROUBLE. SO IT SEEMS TO ME THAT MOTHERGOD HAS ALWAYS KEPT A GENTLE BUT CONTROLLING HAND IN THE AFFAIRS OF MEN/WOMEN EVEN WHEN IT APPEARS POWER LAY ELSEWHERE:
I AM NOT SURE HOW TO INTERPRET THIS PARAGRAPH. DOES IT MEAN THAT THE MOTHERGOD WILL PROTECT AND PROMOTE HER DEVOTEES EVEN IF THEIR ACTIONS WOULD BE REGARDED AS "WRONG"? WHAT I MEAN IS IS THE ONLY TEST OF FAVOUR BEING AN OBEDIENT DEVOTEE OF MARY? WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR WE DEVOTEES OF GURURASA? DOES IT MEAN AS LONG AS WE ARE DEVOTED TO GURURASA/MOTHERGOD SHE WILL PROTECT US AGAINST ALL HARM?
Most certainly!! In a world which has already become overladen with information then the ability to find the truth amongst an overabundance of dross is very hard. I think it is very legitimate for a Guru to promote herself and her ideas especially as the Internet is the perfect tool to achieve this. It is up to the individual if he wants to accept the truth and commit himself to the Guru and become on of her followers.
DREAM
OF STEVE, A NEW DEVOTEE
RASA: "THANK YOU FOR CALLING ME LEADER."
Devotee: FOR ME THIS IS A GIVEN AS IS THE FACT THAT YOU ARE MY LEADER. I AM VERY NEW TO SPIRITUALITY IN FACT THIS IS MY FIRST ATTEMPT TO UNDERSTAND THIS ASPECT OF MY LIFE. I HAVE READ NOW INFORMATION ON THE GURU/DEVOTEE RELATIONSHIP AND THE DUTY OF SURRENDER AND OBEDIENCE THE DEVOTEE OWES TO HIS GURU. THIS IS A NEW CONCEPT TO ME AND TAKEN WITH THE CONCEPT OF MATRIARCHY AND MOTHER/GOD I AM IN TOTALLY NEW WATERS. I DO ACCEPT THESE CONCEPTS AS TRUE FOR ME BUT ASK FOR YOUR DIRECTION IN HELPING ME TO CONTINUE.
RASA: I
RECENTLY READ AN ARTICLE ON THE INTERNET ABOUT GURUS. I POSTED IT ON THE
WOMAN THOU ART GOD GROUP. THIS WAS AROUND THE 7TH OR 8TH OF APRIL. ONE
INTERESTING LITTLE POINT. IN INDIA, THEY ORIGINATED THE GURU/DEVOTEE IDEA.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING IT FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS. TAKE THE IDEA
OF SURRENDER AND OBEDIENCE NOT IN AN ABSOLUTE LITERAL WAY, BUT IN A RATIONAL,
LOGICAL SANE WAY. IF THE GURU IS IN HEAVEN, YOU MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND ALL
THAT HE OR SHE IS SAYING TO YOU, AND IF YOU FOLLOW WHAT YOU THINK SHE
IS SAYING, IT MAY BE WRONG, SO IF ANYTHING SOUNDS STRANGE, DON'T DO IT.
NOW ON EARTH, ALSO, IN INDIA, THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THE GURU 100% ON EVERY
WORD. IN OTHER WORDS, SOMETIMES THE GURU MIGHT SAY SOMETHING WHICH IS
A WHIM, A PASSING THING WHICH FOR A MOMENT COMES OUT OF HER LIPS, BUT
LATER, SHE MIGHT NOT EVEN CARE ABOUT IT. TAKE IT ALL WITH A GRAIN OF SALT.
AFTER ALL, YOU DO NOT OBEY YOUR PARENTS ON EVERY WORD, YOU COULD GO CRAZY
IF YOU DID. THE IDEA OF SURRENDER AND OBEDIENCE IS A GENERAL ONE. YOU
DO IT THE BEST YOU CAN, WITHIN REASON. IN OUR SURRENDER TO GOD WE DON'T
EVEN KNOW EXACTLY WHAT GOD WANTS AND WE COULD KILL OURSELVES TRYING TO
FOLLOW ALL THE COMMANDMENTS LITERALLY. HONESTLY, DO NOT SUFFER OVER SURRENDER
AND OBEDIENCE. DO THE BEST YOU CAN WITHOUT GOING TO EXTREMES. YOU SURRENDER
TO THE GURU GENERALLY AND CASUALLY, NOT IN ALL SPECIFICS AND NOT IN ALL
EXTREMES. YOU ASKED: "ARE
YOU MEDITATING? WHATEVER YOU ARE DOING MUST BE GOOD, AS YOU ARE MANIFESTING
A GOOD SPIRIT. DO YOU PRAY, DO MANTRAS, OR FOLLOW ANY DISCIPLINE TAUGHT
BY ME?"
I HAVE NEVER MEDITATED. PRAYERS, MANTRA OR FOLLOWING A DISCIPLINE ARE NEW TO ME AND I AM TRYING HARD TO UNDERSTAND. HERE I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD TELL ME WHAT TO DO AS I DEFER TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND AUTHORITY ENTIRELY IN THIS AREA.
RASA: WE WILL HAVE TO TAKE THIS ONE STEP AT A TIME. I DON'T WANT TO OVERLOAD YOU AND YOU CRASH, AND GET DISCOURAGED AND GIVE UP. AS YOU GO ALONG, YOU WILL FEEL A NEED TO DO SOME OF THESE THINGS, AND WHEN THAT NEED ARISES - INSOFAR AS MEDITATION AND MANTRA - THEN WE LOOK FURTHER INTO IT. YOU DID SAY THAT YOU PRAY, AND JUST CONTINUE PRAYING AND LATER YOU WILL GRADUATE INTO THE OTHER.
IN PART OF A DREAM LAST NIGHT I WAS BEING HELD ON THE LAP OF A VERY LARGE FEMALE FIGURE, I FELT WARM AND PROTECTED. AFTER A WHILE ANOTHER VERY LARGE FEMALE FIGURE ENTERED THE ROOM AND THE FIRST FIGURE HELD ME UP TO THIS SECOND FEMALE SAYING "THIS IS FOR YOU." I WAS TAKEN BY THE SECOND FEMALE FIGURE AND CARRIED AWAY. AT FIRST I WAS VERY DISTRUBED BUT THEN THE SAME WARMTH AND FEELING OF SAFETY CAME OVER ME. I HAVE NEVER DREAMT ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE BUT GUESS THE FEMALE FIGURE MUST BE THE MOTHER/GOD ALTHOUGH WHAT IT MEANS ESCAPES ME.
CHECK SECTION ON PURGATORY
DEAR S. MOTHER RASA I KNOW LITTLE OF YOGA AND I AM IN THE EARLY STAGES OF MY SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT SO I CAN ONLY USE MY OWN WORDS TO HONOUR MY GURU BY DESCRIBING YOUR GROWING IMPORTANCE TO ME. ENLIGHTENMENT HAS BECOME AN ALL IMPORTANT AIM FOR ME AND I KNOW THAT ONLY THROUGH YOU CAN I ACHIEVE THIS. YOU ARE REPLACING ALL THOSE THINGS IN LIFE WHICH WERE MOST IMPORTANT TO ME. GURURASA HAS BECOME THE FOCAL POINT OF MY STRIVING IN LIFE AND I DO MOST HONESTLY HUMBLE MYSELF BEFORE YOU. ON THIS GURUDAY I AM MADE ACUTELY AWARE OF HOW MUCH NOW MY LIFE REVOLVES AROUND YOU AS MY GURU AND HOW MUCH MORE CENTRAL YOU WILL BECOME IN DIRECTING MY LIFE. THIS FEELING IS NOT CONNECTED TO A PARTICULAR DAY BUT IS A POWERFUL AND GROWING FEELING DAY FOR DAY.
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