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  1. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    CNN documentary

    Don't you mean he already believes that but maybe this or a next time he'll realize it? (Can't find a way to draw a line through your 'lol,' dang it!)
  2. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    CNN documentary

    You're so cute, Aupji... Wipe that grin off your face, you shameless Son of my Beloved Prankster!
  3. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    Attachment and the Nature of Motivation

    Hi, Maa Know I sound like a broken record but once again I urge you to examine this "I" you keep mentioning, the one which insists on identifying itself as a "this" or a "that," e.g., a Hindi (or Japanese) linguist, an artist, a woman, a Westerner, a sighted (or not), physically able (or not)...
  4. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    Christians, anything wrong with the following?

    Oy, I just can't let this go, @1robin. You were doing OK outlining potentials and options for a Christian Truth-seeker, etc., but what's this about ETERNALLY separate from our Father? That's crap and certainly not supported even by the stories of your own Teacher, to wit, the Return of the...
  5. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    Christians, anything wrong with the following?

    Hello, I'm totally the wrong person to carry on this conversation with for two reasons. First, I'm not much into religion(s) per se, finding that "this one" and "that one" and "that one there" are usually formed not by fans of the Teacher or Prophet or even his teachings but by his fanatics...
  6. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    Christians, anything wrong with the following?

    I believe this is a quote out of context and is not attributable to Jesus but rather to the king in a parable Jesus narrated and which Luke is retelling. Please read Luke 19, commencing at verse 11.
  7. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    Christians, anything wrong with the following?

    Greetings, Milton What does accepting or declining the invitation to explore the wonders of selfless Love have to do with belief?? If you invite someone to dine with you and they decline, what do you do? Rough 'em up? Burn their house down?
  8. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    Christians, anything wrong with the following?

    Would anybody be up for considering that neither "cake" nor "death" are eternal principles?? But Christ is.
  9. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    Christians, anything wrong with the following?

    No, that's our Daddy (the Christ/Buddha/Krishna/Allah/NamedGod/OneGod et al principle). Let me see if I'm in a debate forum. Yep, good. It's the Christ principle which extends an invitation to the humble, open heart. Jesus, among other human beings who are atOne with Father, at times manifested...
  10. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    Christians, anything wrong with the following?

    I don't recall Jesus threatening an outcome if his invitation wasn't accepted??
  11. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    How does one change one's varna?

    O dear kind Sir, the difference is that yours is poetry with unstruck melodies coursing its length and breadth. That Blue Singer just delivered an amazing Gita through you. We are blessed by our Masters to be their dasas, They who are unparalleled dasas of our awesome God.
  12. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    How does one change one's varna?

    Jaya Nitaai AND His dasa! Indeed. Thank you. Namaste.
  13. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    How does one change one's varna?

    Yeah, but drawing blood, even minute amounts, isn't. We gots some weak-stomached vegetarians visiting here. :p
  14. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    How does one change one's varna?

    Doggone, you guys. can't you please eliminate the sniping, slings and arrows directed at people offering their opinions before making yours? It's making us sound like a bunch of three year olds in a chaotic kindergarten. Criminy.
  15. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    How does one change one's varna?

    Ouch, Vinayakaji. Not grokking this animus? You OK? I don't see an error in Sayakji's motive--to help reduce the restrictions permitting people be able to take advantage of the rituals tailored for their natures and attainments? He was asking if your friend had discovered a dharmic way to do it...
  16. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    How does one change one's varna?

    Clear enough for me. Let's see if that clarifies your position for Vinayakaji.
  17. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    How does one change one's varna?

    When I reread the exchange, it appears to me that Vinayakaji is saying or asking if a man's occupation is determining his varna, while you are saying: not necessarily, it's his gotra which will permit him to engage in the rites and rituals pertaining thereto? Is this close to the meanings of...
  18. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    How does one change one's varna?

    See? Thank you. Right there you confirm you fit my conception of what it is to "be" Brahmin! It's not that that magnanimity of heart is exclusive to that varna, but IMO, by the time one "claims" Brahmin as one's varna, that characteristic should just naturally be an integral part of the package.
  19. Sw. Vandana Jyothi

    How does one change one's varna?

    I'm sort of chuckling here because while I don't think a shudra, say, would have an issue with my aspiring to their varna, with many, many of the Brahmins I've encountered, it might, no, it would be another story. I cannot discount the majority of my experiences both here in the West and in...
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