Vedanta Society of St. Louis

Here I am. Where have I gone? - https://mailchi.mp/f0c615a28e2f/they-lived-with-god-2819020

God’s grace makes everything possible - https://mailchi.mp/37bf59fa0c0d/they-lived-with-god-2819016

Beware what you wish for! - https://mailchi.mp/6b94bea1b010/they-lived-with-god-2819012

VEDANTASTL December 2020 Bulletin Published https://vedantastl.org/services-classes/ NOTE: Due to COVID-19 concerns, public attendance at Sunday lectures has been suspended until further notice. Lectures will be live streamed Sundays on our YouTube channel starting at 10:35 a.m. Question and Answer sessions by email invitation only. The library and bookstore are closed due to COVID-19. The online bookstore is available at www.vedantastl.org. ... NEW !- Holiday online book sale, 30% off all books Dec. 1 to Jan. 31: vedantastl.org/shop No Classes Tuesday or Thursday (December) THOUGHT OF THE MONTH: CHRIST THE MESSENGER - He [Jesus] had no other occupation in life, no other thought except that one, that he was a spirit. He was a disembodied, unfettered, unbound spirit. And not only so, but he, with his marvellous vision, had found that every man and woman, whether Jew or Gentile, whether rich or poor, whether saint or sinner, was the embodiment of the same undying spirit as himself. Therefore, the one work his whole life showed was to call upon them to realise their own spiritual nature. Give up he says, these superstitious dreams that you are low and that you are poor. Think not that you are trampled upon and tyrannised over as if you were slaves, for within you is something that can never be tyrannised over, never be trampled upon, never be troubled, never be killed. You are all Sons of God, immortal spirit. "Know", he declared, "the Kingdom of Heaven is within you." "I and my Father are one." Dare you stand up and say, not only that "I am the Son of God", but I shall also find in my heart of hearts that "I and my Father are one"? That was what Jesus of Nazareth said. He never talks of this world and of this life. He has nothing to do with it, except that he wants to get hold of the world as it is, give it a push and drive it forward and onward until the whole world has reached to the effulgent Light of God, until everyone has realised his spiritual nature, until death is vanished and misery banished. Christ the Messenger lecture delivered by Swami Vivekananda, Los Angeles, 1900 Prayer has been emphasized in every religion. . . . Prayer manifests in four stages: 1. The devotee talks, God listens. 2. God talks, the devotee listens. 3. Neither talks, both listen. 4. Neither talks, neither listens: Silence. This silence is samadhi. The deeper the prayer becomes, the fewer words are needed, until one can hear the voice of the Indwelling God in silence. [Excerpt from See God with Open Eyes by Swami Chetanananda]

Sri Ramakrishna's simple and satisfying logic - https://mailchi.mp/7b3ec38fe92b/they-lived-with-god-2819008

Seeing God's real nature - https://mailchi.mp/3b78a2a2e994/they-lived-with-god-2819004