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RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

Set the World Ablaze!

Allow Spirit to express in everything you do

Sri Ramakrishna described the world of confusion and delusion as a thorny plant. He advised that we ask Spirit to set the world — the plant — ablaze and burn away all that is not useful or true. Explore profound yoga techniques which allow Spirit to flow through your thoughts, words and deeds. Set the thorny false world ablaze!

Spiritual Development

Humility is Essential

Spirit will not come through you and set the thorny plant of the world ablaze if your ego, the false self, thinks it is the doer. The ego has to be humbled. A humble ego is called a ripe ego. It permits Spirit to express and burn up the thorny plant of the world. If you want Spirit to express in your life, humble your ego.

  • To tune in with Spirit, the Bhagavad Gita suggests you think of yourself as a flute through which God is playing a wondrous melody
  • Yogis view the perishable body as a covering for the unchanging soul within
  • Learn the sacred mantrams Sri Ramakrishna sang to humble the ego and allow Spirit to express
  • Mystics say that a true master is one who has been mastered by God
  • The seemingly impossible can be done by those who understand that God is the eternal power behind them, flowing through them into the world
  • Meister Eckhart:  God wants to do your work Himself. He will make you an instrument for His work.

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