A monk in Paramahamsa Yogananda's ashram became very emotional in his fervour. In the midst of group chanting, he would cry out and roll on the ground, calling to God. Some of the monks were quiet put off by this. But when it was mentioned to Yogananda, he said, "Ah - if only you all had that kind of fervour!" We need to understand what's important to God. We may have our ideas of what the spiritual life is about. But God doesn't care about our ideas. Nor does He care about the feelings and images we have of ourselves - including the self-image we project to the world.
He accepts us exactly as we are. And what we are is a vibration that we have generated by our consciousness. Our consciousness shapes our actions and our thoughts, feelings and what we feel is important in life.
A disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, the great Bengali saint of the nineteenth century, brought a group of dancers, singers and actors to visit the ashram. Entertainers were considered of low caste, but Ramakrishna embraced them and gave them his heart. After they left, some of the master's more narrow-minded disciples wondered aloud - why did he welcome such low-class people?
The great yogi said, "The God they are worshipping now is dance and music". And he added blissfully, "Ah - but they know how to worship!" This is what pleases God. It isn't the careful, well-organised way we present our self to the world.
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He accepts us exactly as we are. And what we are is a vibration that we have generated by our consciousness. Our consciousness shapes our actions and our thoughts, feelings and what we feel is important in life.
A disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, the great Bengali saint of the nineteenth century, brought a group of dancers, singers and actors to visit the ashram. Entertainers were considered of low caste, but Ramakrishna embraced them and gave them his heart. After they left, some of the master's more narrow-minded disciples wondered aloud - why did he welcome such low-class people?
The great yogi said, "The God they are worshipping now is dance and music". And he added blissfully, "Ah - but they know how to worship!" This is what pleases God. It isn't the careful, well-organised way we present our self to the world.
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