I am Happy!

[Spiritualseeker]

Namaste,

I just wanted to say I am happy with my path. I believe Lord Ganesha and Lord Siva are bestowing many blessings upon me and my wife. My wife is even noticing it and feeling that Lord Siva is blessing her. She started off not wanting to learn anything about hinduism! Now she wants to make puja to Ganesha and Lord Siva and to do Kriya Yoga. Lord Ganesha prepared the way for me. He planted the seed in me when I was a young teenager. He allowed me to overcome the obstacle of Islam. Now I am drinking from the Fountain of Eternity of the Eternal Dharma.

OM Gam Ganapataye namaha
OM Namah Sivaya

[sunyata07]

Namaste SS,

I'm glad to hear you are feeling so much contentment in Sanatana Dharma and that now even your wife is trying to learn more about it! What was her religious background before you introduced her to Lords Shiva and Ganesha? It seems to take only a little bit of exposure to Hinduism for foreigners and Westerners to develop a curious interest for what different rituals and gods are, later growing into a thirst for knowing more about it - like the smallest of sparks creating a strong flame, and then later a huge fire.

I spoke to my family (my parents in particular) last night about my new found faith, and I'm so happy to say they completely respect my wishes. I was worried mainly about my father not accepting the news, but to my immense relief he seems to understand what I meant when I told him "all paths lead to God" and that I felt this as well as Buddhism were the ones most fitting for me. I give my thanks to Lord Ganesha for removing the obstacles so that I can keep my family, an important part of my life, close to me.

I think it is interesting to hear it was Lord Ganesha who introduced you into Sanatana Dharma. It is the same with me, and I'm sure with many other Western Hindus. It started for me when I was mildly curious about ancient Indian customs and decided to buy a small Ganesha murti I'd seen in a flea market while on holiday. From there, my mild curiosity soon blossomed into hunger for knowledge of God and the Supreme Reality and greater awareness of this Oneness that is in all things (something I never truly considered and now can't stop thinking about when I deal with other people and creatures). It's fitting really, as Lord Ganesha is the guardian of the Dharma, the Gatekeeper if you will, to the world's oldest faith.

[connyxoberst]

reading your stories made me smile. i too have a happiness inside me i never felt until becoming enlightened. its truly a beautiful path.

[Sherab]

reading your stories made me smile. i too have a happiness inside me i never felt until becoming enlightened. its truly a beautiful path.

What kind of enlightenment do you mean?

[connyxoberst]

What kind of enlightenment do you mean?

for me personally or in general? in general i meant living the life of an eastern mindset. having the religion of hinduism in any form. me personally it was realizing that my thoughts could be confirmed as truth and finding a utopia of more truths in hinduism. being able to confirm more than question. to be able to pick up on subtle clues in my day to day life as learning experiences to better myself, or as the result of an earlier action's karma, or a sign of love and comfort. to be able to make the huge switch from feeling a black empty hole inside my soul causing much pain and sadness and depression and have it completely patched up by a combination of my husbands love, my sons love, and now realizing there IS a higher power who takes many many forms who loves me even more than that.
one can become enlightened in big and small ways.

for spiritualseeker i was referencing his wife's enlightenment by being able to notice the Lord's blessings and recognizing them for what they were and choosing to learn more to further enlightenment.

i was happy that sunyata's family was not only receptive but supportive and i liked the paragraph they wrote about Ganesha. it is very fitting and there are no coincidences.

[Sherab]

Okay, just making sure you didnt think you were already had attained moksha

namaste
PS. simply because we read"god is all" and we know it on some deep level (not real realization) we think we are liberated. In buddhism, we had seen those types, and we asked them to show siddhis - the only real measureable way of proving it

[Spiritualseeker]

Namaste SS,

I'm glad to hear you are feeling so much contentment in Sanatana Dharma and that now even your wife is trying to learn more about it! What was her religious background before you introduced her to Lords Shiva and Ganesha? It seems to take only a little bit of exposure to Hinduism for foreigners and Westerners to develop a curious interest for what different rituals and gods are, later growing into a thirst for knowing more about it - like the smallest of sparks creating a strong flame, and then later a huge fire.

I spoke to my family (my parents in particular) last night about my new found faith, and I'm so happy to say they completely respect my wishes. I was worried mainly about my father not accepting the news, but to my immense relief he seems to understand what I meant when I told him "all paths lead to God" and that I felt this as well as Buddhism were the ones most fitting for me. I give my thanks to Lord Ganesha for removing the obstacles so that I can keep my family, an important part of my life, close to me.

I think it is interesting to hear it was Lord Ganesha who introduced you into Sanatana Dharma. It is the same with me, and I'm sure with many other Western Hindus. It started for me when I was mildly curious about ancient Indian customs and decided to buy a small Ganesha murti I'd seen in a flea market while on holiday. From there, my mild curiosity soon blossomed into hunger for knowledge of God and the Supreme Reality and greater awareness of this Oneness that is in all things (something I never truly considered and now can't stop thinking about when I deal with other people and creatures). It's fitting really, as Lord Ganesha is the guardian of the Dharma, the Gatekeeper if you will, to the world's oldest faith.

Namaste,

My wife was originally 7th day adventist then ventured into experimenting Islam as I was practicing it at the time. But she found it to be dry and too dogmatic.

I am so glad your parents were okay with it! Perhaps Lord Ganesha really is placing compassion in their hearts. This is the lifetime for you to become close with Lord Ganesha and learn the Dharma from the Lord of Dharma. He will always be there for you

We need to stay consistant with 108 repetitions of Om Gam Ganapatye Namaha

with love
-juan

[Spiritualseeker]

reading your stories made me smile. i too have a happiness inside me i never felt until becoming enlightened. its truly a beautiful path.

I know exactly what you mean. Yesterday I was watching the movie called "What the Bleep Do we Know" and I was so contented. Because that movie (all about workings of the universe and what goes on inside our bodies) confirmed the age old Hindu truths.

[Sherab]

Namaste,

My wife was originally 7th day adventist then ventured into experimenting Islam as I was practicing it at the time. But she found it to be dry and too dogmatic.

I am so glad your parents were okay with it! Perhaps Lord Ganesha really is placing compassion in their hearts. This is the lifetime for you to become close with Lord Ganesha and learn the Dharma from the Lord of Dharma. He will always be there for you

We need to stay consistant with 108 repetitions of Om Gam Ganapatye Namaha

with love
-juan

We can do much more then that, i even count mantras on my fingers.. 3 joints per finger, plus the tips make 4.. 4 times 5 = 20, and then tapping rach finger tip for each et of 20 done = 100.. Once 100 is done, just do the 8 needed then start over.

namaste

[connyxoberst]

What kind of enlightenment do you mean?

Okay, just making sure you didnt think you were already had attained moksha

namaste
PS. simply because we read"god is all" and we know it on some deep level (not real realization) we think we are liberated. In buddhism, we had seen those types, and we asked them to show siddhis - the only real measureable way of proving it

jeez no no no i am but a child. i meant it in a more broad meaning not the true enlightenment that most will never know