Comments on: Modeling Towards Enlightenment

By: delilah

delilah — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:59:42 +0000

Dear Burt,

I feel so blessed that God keeps sending people in my life as my role model in deep prayer which now we called meditation.

It started in early years after I graduated in college when I studied special cours on religious studies. It was part of our formation to pray for 1 hour silent prayer/or meditation to develop our spiritual life goes with academic and work or ministry, for one year and one and two summer.

After this formation, I worked as pastoral worker in Muslim area in my country, Philippines where my Bishop and other religious missionary that I worked with involved in contemplative prayer or even applied the meditation techniques from Buddhist/Hindus tradition. The deep prayer life of the Muslims 5x a day sounded in the whole city creates a very contemplative atmospher plus the witnessing of the prayer life with all those I lived and workked with inspires me to continue in prayer.

When I arrived in Canada, I find it difficult to practice such intensity of prayer life which I believed was the reason of all sorts of crisis I had experienced during the first few years.

But, God continously pouring out His blessings to me in spite of my own limitation, that last summer I took a course under a lay professor who deepthness of his prayerlife/spirituality is similar to those people with whom I had been with who helped me to love to meditate. In our class prayer/meditation in Christian tradition is not popular in words but it is being lived out/practice that makes the class very life giving and people become more loving… THERE’S LIFE…

To give credit to this professor (though he does not need it) Prof. Michael Hyrniuk shortly became my spiritual director. For some reason, we did not continue our meeting, but His modelling and influenced in my life evoked in me the gift that i already have but not thoroughly practice until I met him/ learned something from his witnessing about spirituality. With his influenced in my life I continoulsy doing my meditation.

Burt, your program and lessons, guidance and wisdom reinforced such experienced for I learned a lot from you Burt.

Burt, thank you so much for encouraging us to share our experience.

Have a Nice Evening
adelaida

By: Wendy

Wendy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:54:19 +0000

Burt,
how fortunate you were to be in Yogananda’s presence to have the blessing to model after him. I have been involved in Siddha Yoga for over 20 years and have followed the teachings of Gurumayi and Baba Muktananda. I recently became involved with Kriya yoga courses through Yogananda’s self realization fellowship. I listened to the Autobiography of a Yogi for at least a year non-stop, no radio, no TV, just the Autobiography. It was incredibile and I recommend that to anyone that really wants to open up the channels to see what is possible for each and every one of us. I have been in the presence of Gurumayi for 2 intensives, but I feel like I am her and she is me. So I can just imagine how wonderful it was to be with your Guru on a consistent basis. Yes, you are so correct, by following and believing the deep teachings of the self through enlightened beings does make everything so much easier. Thank you for sharing.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:12:04 +0000

My greatest teacher in this life is my
Grandmother. She crossed over 20 years ago, and she is with me every day.

A smile on your face, a hug in your eyes and a laugh in your heart are best to share in and out of the mirror!

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:55:37 +0000

First of all, Jesus for obvious reason’s, but also my 20 month old great grandson.
He is so sweet and pure, unbiased, not a prejudice bone in his body, and he does not know how to hate.
He gives unconditional love, and is full of learning, playing, and laughter. That’s what I want is to
be able to love unconditionally, and to always be full of learning, laughter and playfulness. He is so innocent, which I believe is the essence of who we all are. Think about it, we were all born innocent, some one had to teach us how to be who we are now. I just want to go back to the innocents, the purity. He is so genuinely happy, and most of the time for no reason, just because he’s so innocent and doesn’t know any thing else yet.

Blue Skies,
Sandy

By: anna harper

anna harper — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:44:52 +0000

I would like to learn more of Burts suggested routines,
as a practioner of his materials, I am always looking to improve and I consider Burt a great role model. Thanks Burt .…Anna

By: Heide

Heide — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:43:52 +0000

Hi Burt,
being an conscious being of spirit has started when I was 24 years old. In this time, I lived in the south of France, in a community, buildet by an ancient priest, who has served the pope in rome. He gave me the book to read:
The life of the Masters,..from Baird T. Spalding.
This was my opening. And the real first contact with the Christ…Love every-body…
This is a big deal, and do not knowing myself, I loved and loved and loved, and forgived every-bodies.
But not me,.…..
Than latest, after another relationship was falling down, the last lover told me, that I‘ve to love myself.
What a big deal. Where to start? Being good to myself, loving myself. Looking inside, there is a big whole, going deeper and deeper, larger, wider. Infinity,..waow..
And where I am? How can I tell, that the I exist?
By being form, I am a reflection (mirroir) of all around me. And the Other‘s are me.
All the great teachers who are teaching Love are my teachers, children‘s and innocence,–everybody can give, if my ears and eyes are wide enough opened.
I wish that this earth-familie wake up from their dream– to be this body, that they stop to kill themself, by ignorence.
That the value of life itself will be greater as the material.
That, it is no more the having, but the being the most important.
Heide

By: Shelley

Shelley — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:35:11 +0000

My tai chi teachers, for starters. They are calm,
happy, balanced, healthy, giving, kind, and strong. I simply enjoy being in their presence. It makes me feel at home, happy, and it’s just plain fun learning from them. There are also many more people I’d like to emulate. My Aunt, NithyaAnanda, even fictional characters like Dr. Who, and, after listening to so much of your wonderful material, you, Burt!

Thank you for being you!
Shelley

By: Desiree

Desiree — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:29:11 +0000

Dear Burt,

..And to anyone else who reads this.

Please consider me the new kid on the block, or rookie if you will, when it comes to the path of Enlightenment.

But I DO want to learn, even more I want to APPLY those skills to my life. My life is good, pls don’t get me wrong.. But what I want is an amazing life. Growing up, I thought amazing lives only belonged to rich people. Now I’m beginning to see differently, and I’m so glad that I did

Thank you Burt for all that you’ve shared with the world so far. And I continue to look forward to anything else that you’d like to spread around

thank you for everything
your friend
Desiree

By: al leyva

al leyva — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:44:51 +0000

ummm my nympha…she is so good and noble and pure as snow and tries so hard to please me and others„,jesus of course and God who is love..My dad and my daughter jennifer born good and is good…ollie my father in law so good!…Alll for now …Alll symbols of love and giving!

By: joe

joe — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 05:53:48 +0000

jesus and buddha

because they repersent peace and love of the world

where as people teach this and yet smudge for they jesus and buddha is the reason why I try and not harm with spirtual power that could so easily so too say
it is the reason can these people be consicence modeling. LVX joe