Ananda Spurana Program
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Come with an open mind & return
rejuvenated enough to proclaim,
“my cup runneth over”.
EMPTY YOUR CUP
A university professor went to
visit a famous Zen master.
While the master quietly
served tea, the professor
talked about Zen. The master
poured the visitor's cup to the
brim, and then kept pouring.
The professor watched the
overflowing cup until he could
no longer restrain himself.
"It's overfull! No more will go
in!" the professor blurted.
"You are like this cup," the
master replied, "How can I
show you Zen unless you first
empty your cup."
People's reactions to this story: "You cannot learn anything if you already feel that you know." "Preconceived ideas and prejudices always prevent us from seeing the truth."
"WHOSOEVER KNOWETH
THE POWER OF THE DANCE,
DWELLETH IN GOD,"
CRIES THE PERSIAN DERVISH
POET RUMI IMPULSIVELY.
The autointoxication of
rapturous movement
brings the devotees,
for a while at least into that
self-forgetful union
with the non-self,
which the mystic ever seeks.
WHEN I DANCE,
I CANNOT JUDGE,
I CANNOT HATE,
I CANNOT SEPARATE MYSELF FROM LIFE.
DANCE, IN ITS ESSENCE, IS SIMPLY LIFE ON A HIGHER LEVEL.
"MEDITATION WILL COMPLEMENT MEDICATION"
Paramahamsa Sri Nithyananda Swamigal