A Hindu temple in The Hague (1)

 I am visiting a Hindu temple in The Hague. A family member of mine knows colleagues who come over there. The temple is maintained by the Shiram Mandir foundation, which "meets the needs of the Hindu community throughout the Netherlands by holding church services on a weekly basis."
 
 


See also http://shrirammandir.nl

The temple is located in the Schilderswijk, a neighborhood of The Hague, and I think it is housed in a former school and has been enlarged inside, so that I was pleasantly surprised to see a huge space with many Hindu gods, texts, decorations, golden domes, altars. In short it was as a whole full of inspiration and atmosphere and special energy. We took off our shoes on our arrival, and we really stood out as original Dutch people tall and white and blond and so but we were warmly welcomed by people from the Hindustani community. I quickly felt at home even though I really didn't know much about all the symbols and images. And the Mandir, the leader, said a lot, but that was in Hindi, so we didn't understand anything. Where do I look at, how does it come across to me, what do I find impressive or strange? Well that's what I'm going to describe.

·        I feel how I am immersed in an age-old tradition of devotion and fine energy. Somewhere is sung, we have the Dutch translation on paper "Come to me, My child" appears Brahman telling us. Well, of course, that feels very welcome. I think Brahman is the same as Allah, God or Yahweh of course. There is a lot of beautiful singing and partly because of this I feel how I am becoming more open to the beautiful old Hindu values ​​of faith. I feel awe, respect for the divine world, sincere faith and surrender. I also feel the support from the spiritual world as if we are immersed in grace and love so that we can stand it again in the outside world.

·        Throughout the service rituals, prayers and bows are performed, and flowers and food offered on all kinds of altars, and I don't know the names of all those gods, but I do see Krishna, Ganesh, Shiva, Vishnu and Durga somewhere. As far as I am concerned, they are all aspects of Brahman having here their own power and strength and status. But they are really Hindu gods without any doubt. In addition to the mandir, an older couple performs rituals throughout the meeting. It feels very devotional, warm and respectful. I think that's the older notables of the community, maybe the elderly ex-mandir and his wife. Later on I hear that this role is always performed by an different  older couple, and that old man is the cleaner at the school where my family member is working,  and his wife. I think that is really very special. Although the mandir is a man, I see all kinds of women performing rituals, in any case I have the impression that the feminine aspect is well given room in this temple, such as Durga, one important goddess.

·        Almost at the end of the service all of us get a dot painted with dye on our foreheads (I understood it is a bindi painted at the place of the chakra of the forehead). I am very moved, as a Catholic I experience it as a kind of communion, something sacred and that we as an outsider also get such a dot on the forehead feels very welcome and open, so of the sort of “we are all children of Brahman "

 I still feel uplifted and blessed all week long, I clearly got something of energy to withhold against the angry outside world.

My God, would You like to comment on my story?

My son, I will do so in the next blog.

My blessings to you all

No 456

God's form is Its content

God's form is his content

I saw this text on a painting *. Would You like to comment on it ?

We change it a little bit:

"God's form is Its content"

The human world is taking place on Earth, so to speak in form, exactly the reason why politics and religions are fighting against each other on the differences. When they focus on the content unity and coming together are immediately easier to accomplish. Mankind is gradually discovering this, but this is requiring more evolutionary time.

God / Allah / Brahman / Yahweh, however, is ultimately rather engaged in the content, and does consequently know content is more important than form. It does not matter to  God through which form (religion) you want to achieve God, as long as you focus on God.

"God's form is Its content"

God is content
God is everything
God is ONE
God is the goal AND the path
God is your destiny
God is your basics

"God's form is Its content"

Religions are form when they are behaving accordingly.
Religions are form when they drift apart man and God.
Religions are form when they drift apart man and his fellow man.

Religions are content if they consider form to be unimportant.
Religions are content if they consider themselves irrelevant.
Religions are content if they consider God / Allah / Yahweh / Brahman to be important.
Religions are content if they bring man to God.
Religions are content if they bring man to his fellow man.

My blessings to you all
 

* See http://www.henkheideveld.nl/index.html

 

A worldwide network of man of good will (Future, 2)

Is the spiritual world especially cherishing religions, are they their favorites?

The spiritual world does not look only at religions and does not work only with pastors, priests, imams and other ministers.
The spiritual world, God provides all organizations in the world with energy, following the principle of free will, so criminal organizations get it as well.
But organizations are extra supported and blessed when people of good will are working at a better world. And these organizations will ultimately prevail and win over the organizations of evil will. Because the evil is not existing for the sake of the evil, but for the sake of the good. The eternal prevails over the temporal.
All organizations of good will exist in the grace of God / Allah / Jehovah / Brahman, in short of the ONLY Cause.
All organizations of good will, worldwide, namely:

• The political organization working for the ideals of society, of mankind, of the world.
• The juridical organizations  developing the “Ten Commands” for mankind. 
• The nature organizations working for the conservation and protection of nature.
• The social organizations cherishing and supporting the vulnerable and the weak in society.
• The scientific organizations developing  the knowledge of the world and new technologies.
• The religious organizations helping mankind to look behind the scenes of life.

All these organizations are united in ONE large worldwide network of power and love and energy and good will. And this network will be each year of the earthy evolution stronger, more powerful, more influential and more pure. It can not be otherwise, regardless of the issues of the day such as temporary downturn, crisis, difficulties and wars.

There is only ONE way, the earthy evolution has only ONE direction, from beast to the spirit, from physical imperfection to spiritual perfection, from matter to God.
May you rely on a glorious future, how insurmountable the presence may seem to be.

My blessings to you all