Starting to drift away from Hinduism...

[Maija]

Gaura Priya, Im right with you, theres a Radha Krishna temple in Berkeley i want to check out. Id much rather prefer one main focus for a temple too

 

[Jainarayan]

It's almost like trick-or-treat, with people wandering about and stopping briefly at one sanctum while a puja is going on, then moving on to the next one. I have seen people literally rush from one Vishnu sanctum to another other, after taking prasad at one Vishnu sanctum to take prasad at another Vishnu sanctum. Or start at a Sri Shiva abhishekam then wander over to a Sri Vishnu puja. It's a very uncomfortable and distracting feeling. One of the reasons I don't see myself attending very much anymore. But I guess this sort of thing happens.

 

[Andal]

It's almost like trick-or-treat, with people wandering about and stopping briefly at one sanctum while a puja is going on, then moving on to the next one. I have seen people literally rush from one Vishnu sanctum to another other, after taking prasad at one Vishnu sanctum to take prasad at another Vishnu sanctum. Or start at a Sri Shiva abhishekam then wander over to a Sri Vishnu puja. It's a very uncomfortable and distracting feeling. One of the reasons I don't see myself attending very much anymore. But I guess this sort of thing happens.

This is very common in in temples in India. If you like the shakti of the temple otherwise, keep going, you will get used to it

Aum Hari Aum!

 

[Jainarayan]

Hmm... perhaps you are right. The people are very nice. And I really shouldn't be concerned what anyone else is doing. If I'm paying attention to them, I'm not paying attention to myself.

 

[Vinayaka]

Hmm... perhaps you are right. The people are very nice. And I really shouldn't be concerned what anyone else is doing. If I'm paying attention to them, I'm not paying attention to myself.

None of the above. Pay attention to God.

 

[Jainarayan]

Pay attention to God.

That's what I mean.

 

[Maija]

I've no intention of completely giving up all ties to Hinduism. The philosophies of Vedanta, the divine stories of the Ramayana and Mahabharata, my love for Mother Kali, etc. will always remain with me, albeit I may express them with more European imagery (except for the Mahabharata, which is decidedly Indian.)

I've always been more of a wanderer than a settler (a stark spiritual contrast to my physical life in which I've barely moved at all).

Any more thoughts on this? New developments?

The underlined has been me for the last 10 years and now I feel to find my spiritual home, not so much in seek of a label so much as I'm ready to write a mental thesis of my mental beliefs down and start my practice. All this moving around has been great for the education and learning bit, but now I need to work on the sadhana part...if any of that makes sense.

Basically, I've been thinking/reading more than meditating.

 

[Riverwolf]

Any more thoughts on this? New developments?

The underlined has been me for the last 10 years and now I feel to find my spiritual home, not so much in seek of a label so much as I'm ready to write a mental thesis of my mental beliefs down and start my practice. All this moving around has been great for the education and learning bit, but now I need to work on the sadhana part...if any of that makes sense.

Basically, I've been thinking/reading more than meditating.

I'm pretty much fully moving into a custom mix of Celtic and Germanic Neopaganism (complete with a Thor's Hammer pendant I made out of paper ^_^.)

That does make sense, and at some point, something I'm going to have to do, as well.

 

[YmirGF]

LOL, perhaps. ^_^

Welcome to the art of creating your own reality.

 

[Riverwolf]

Welcome to the art of creating your own reality.

Oh, no need to welcome me to that. I've been doing that ever since I was a child. Even as a Hindu, I was VERY unorthodox.

 

[YmirGF]

Oh, no need to welcome me to that. I've been doing that ever since I was a child. Even as a Hindu, I was VERY unorthodox.

For what it's worth I think this is a good change in your direction. So often we seek mysterious answers from afar whilst ignoring the mystery all around us, verily, right at our fingertips...

 

[Maija]

I'm pretty much fully moving into a custom mix of Celtic and Germanic Neopaganism (complete with a Thor's Hammer pendant I made out of paper ^_^.)

That does make sense, and at some point, something I'm going to have to do, as well.

There are so many ways of reaching Truth or God and at different stages in our growth, different wording and approaches may be more or less relevant to us.

It makes no sense to stick around after a method has lost it's ability to reach and transform us, like others said if it feels right, it's important to take what we've learnt and carry on.

 

[nameless]

Welcome to the art of creating your own reality.

that very much sounds like hinduism , it is because hinduism encourages this kind of art, it has lots of branches and philosophies and so is diverse. It has no problem even if someone declares himself as 'god' or 'avatar'.

 

[Maija]

that very much sounds like hinduism , it is because hinduism appreciated this kind of art, it has lots of branches, philosophies and so is diverse.

Agreed.
Truth is diverse, there are many ways of seeing it.

 

[Satyamavejayanti]

Lately, I feel myself being drawn closer to the Gods and practices of my Celto-Germanic ancestors, and further from the Gods of India, except Kali who has been with me my whole life in one form or another; She'll always be Mother to me. I kind of feel like I've gotten as much out of Hinduism as I can right now (since Moksha in this life was never one of my goals), and I want to bring what I learned back to my own people. Even when I try to get the Gods' thoughts on it, I always feel that they're telling me to take what I learned back home.

I'm not going to stop with Hinduism just yet, as I feel like I need to do some sort of "graduation", for lack of better term, to help solidify what I bring back. (Any suggestions for what I could do would be appreciated.)

Anyway, just thought I'd share what's going on lately.

I think a break from Hinduism will do you good, like they say, "If you dont know where you come from, you wont know where your going". (or something to that effect)

I think its Good to be acquainted with ones Mother (mother Land, Culture ect) first, before we try to understand our aunties.

Plus I think the GODs of old, need some respect and adherents.