Healing Guru

These spiritual gems were sent to me over a period of time from May 1, 1998 to Nov 12, 1998 by Mr. D.S.Uppal. Then suddenly after a long break, I received his last letter containing a few more of these gems, which he penned down on Dec 27, 1999. Thereafter, we lost contact. I had never met him in person, but we would talk over the phone on rare occasions. Fortunately, I carefully filed them to regularly draw inspiration when required.

I would like to share with you all these thought provoking sayings by some of the enlightened minds of our times and the times gone by. Vivekachoodamani was written by Adi Shankracharya, one of the greatest saints India has produced.

“The spirit of revolt against one’s self-shaking weaknesses is the spirit absolutely necessary in order to set forth in seeking new powers and gaining new strength”.

- Vivekachoodamani – 7-18

“The peaceful state of the mind, when it rests constantly upon the contemplation of the Goal after having again and again detached itself from the chaos of the sense objects through a process of continuous observation of their defects, is called Sama”.

- Vivekachoodamani – 7-22

“In Bhakti (devotion), the devotee employs his mind constantly in the meditation of his beloved Lord, and therefore, the mind is automatically drawn away from its pursuits of sense objects”.

- Vivekachoodamani – 7-22

“Calmness and other practices have their meaning and they bear fruit indeed, only in him, who has an intense spirit of renunciation and yearning for liberation”.

- Vivekachoodamani – 7-29