30 Real Bhakti – Serving God or Serving Ego? Learning from a Christian Mystic

Sharing from the book "What The Mystics Know" by Christian Friar Richard Rohr & discussing knowing god & ourselves, recognizing the will of god vs our own will, being a servant of god, being objective/self-aware of ourselves. Live 4.22.2023

0:00 – Intro, Om Shri Swaminarayanaya Namah 7x, reading from "Swamini Vato"
3:47 – Overview & goals of live show & channel for new viewers, finding & knowing god, associating with other spiritual people
11:13 – Intro to Christian book "What The Mystics Know: Seven Pathways To Your Deeper Self" by Friar Richard Rohr, Christian mysticism & Sanatana Dharma
15:00 – Reading "The Discernment of Spirits" on recognizing will of god vs our own will
15:57 – Being a servant of god
16:44 – Being objective/self-aware about ourselves
18:37 – Knowing god & ourselves via scriptures of Sanatana Dharma, reading Srimad Bhagavatam (Bhagavata Purana) & Vachanamrut by Swaminarayan
23:16 – Challenge to the viewers proving values of Sanatana Dharma scriptures
25:01 – Reading "Beyond The Defended Ritual" on holding tight to rituals
25:57 – My fraudulent time as a Christian, being a Christian via rituals & learning only but no belief
38:04 – Having a relationship with god via being aware, the delight of knowing god
42:08 – Closing thoughts, Earth Day

"What The Mystics Know" can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/What-Mystics-Know-Pathways-Deeper/dp/0824520394

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