Comments on: Gita Talk #12: Does the Infinitely Wondrous Universe Give a Damn About You and Me?

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By: paramsangat

paramsangat — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:24:06 +0000

As I understand it The Universe care alot about all of us and wants us to get and experience all that we want. Its us misunderstanding and complicating things with our fears and analyzing. The Universe is not "non-caring" when "bad things happen", instead it has the bigger view where we are all eternal and "bad things" just seem that way when you dont have the distance to it (upeksha).
Thats my understanding of it.

By: paramsangat

paramsangat — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:17:02 +0000

The description in chapt.10 (of the Blessed Lords beingness) is more of my taste than in chapt.11. Chapt.11 was to me a lil boring meanwhile chapt 10 was very enjoyable.

By: paramsangat

paramsangat — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 18:59:01 +0000

yes, very beautiful

By: Bob Weisenberg

Bob Weisenberg — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:52:03 +0000

It probably won't surprise you to learn that my favorite Jewish writer is Heschel, who's spiritual anthology is called I Asked for Wonder. Bob Weisenberg YogaDemystified.com

By: Bob Weisenberg

Bob Weisenberg — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:28:26 +0000

Thanks for writing, paramsangat. Yes, this is wonderful spiritual poetry, isn't it? Bob W.

By: paramsangat

paramsangat — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:21:40 +0000

About chapter 10.__I love the 10.8, ending with "…by entering my state of being" – which I see as you enter your own center of being where your soul-feelings/qualities resides (and is the Universe at the same time as its your own center "within").__Also loving the description of "who/what" the blessed Lord is, starting 10.19.____will be back commenting chapt.11 ____

By: Bob Weisenberg

Bob Weisenberg — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:14:50 +0000

Yes, we have refreshingly diverse points of view on this.

To me the Gita is the ultimate Yoga text, even though, the Upanishads and Yoga Sutra are indispensable as well. If you had to choose one of the three, the Gita is the only one that encompasses them all. (Some theorize that the only reason the Yoga Sutra's so surgically cold is that Patanjali assumed familiarity with the other two and was just trying to fill in some procedural blanks.)

To me, compared to the Torah (which I also happen to be intimately familiar with) the Gita seems like a model of cohesive logic!

Thanks for writing.

By: Bob Weisenberg

Bob Weisenberg — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 13:03:58 +0000

Not to worrry, Ronen. I didn't take any personal disrespect at all from your words, just a very interesting difference of opinion. Not the slightest problem. I always learn a lot more from people who have a different view than I do than from those that agree with me. So I'm actually grateful when someone disagrees. (It's also my idea of fun.) Bob W.