PERSONALISM & SAINTLINESS

Join Swami Padmanabha and friends as they excavate the topic of saintliness in relation to personalism, and, therefore, impersonalism as well, as it is there that we might more recognize our own participation.

During this conversation, a saint, or sadhu, is described as a person who is a thoroughly honest person, not just looking so on the outside but honest in their inner life as well, recognizing who they are as a person.

Turning to Bg. 9.30, Krishna explains that, although we may have very bad behavior, but are determined to love him exclusively, then we are saintly already, being honest about where we are.That honesty is saintliness—bringing our brokenness to the table and trusting God's love and unconditional acceptance of how we are right now. This is personalism.

However, although in name being personalists, we sometimes behave in depersonalized ways through our actions.

Tune in as the group discusses some ways we show up impersonally in four relationships in our daily lives:

—with ourselves
—with others
—with the world
—with god

And join in the conversation by sharing in the comments other ways we show up impersonally in these relationships.

“How can we be all that we can be today—not tomorrow, but today—as living emblems of devotion, and then facilitate that epiphany in others? What are the fullest implications of being a person, and, even more so, what are the implications of God being a person? What is the highest prospect for these two uniquely personal beings when they relate to each other through love, the most personal of all fundamental interactions?

This is Radical Personalism.”

RADICAL PERSONALISM: Revival Manifesto for Proactive Devotion.