Good! But what about today?

Preventive Measures is the answer!



I have received couple of calls and mails asking “This Maintenance Free State is for our tomorrows. Because all these measures that we take from today will reflect in our present and every tomorrow that comes. But what about Karma that’s already done and all which is going to be reflected as an event in our present moment of Life (and I am sure the question reflects only ‘bad’ event!) today.

Well, every single karma (and always remember karma includes every thought, word, feel and action of ours) represents a seed that grows on to produce fruits at the appointed time. The past acts that have produced fruits – good and bad can only be lived through with grace and an understanding that I am just reaping what I’ve sown and to make my garden of Life-weed free, I need to do “Preventive Maintenance.”

Now, what is this Preventive Maintenance. Every one who owns a vehicle gives it for a periodic Maintenance – say quarterly for good mileage and for better performance. This is called as Preventive Maintenance. Preventive Maintenance of the vehicle also includes :
a) Petrol being checked regularly and filled at the appropriate time
b) Air pressure checked and maintained for the tyres
c) Spare tyre is kept every maintained especially on a long drive.

Inspite of all this Preventive Maintenance we know – we can meet with an accident and we need to exchange the vehicle after few years say 20-25 years later with the new one.

Now, what are the Preventive Maintenance that we can do to avoid accidents and delays in our day to day life – spiritually speaking! Write them out in the blog, I’ll join you later tomorrow then,

Revathi

Beginner's must know tips

All that you needed to make a brand new good beginning


As all journey starts at the very beginning, so does our journey towards a purpose, blissful and meaningful life start at the beginning or the starting point of our journey. And our journey’s starting point is the Thought. How? Well, the task of converting a mortal of mud into pure gold starts with the right raw material used for the purpose. As we all very well know any finished good is what it is or what it turns out to be because of the quality and the quantity of the raw materials used. For e.g.: wooden furniture can’t be made out of a clay mould just as a clay pot can’t be made from a lump of gold. The raw materials are the only deciding factor in the final product of the matter. Just the same FATE or DESTINY is just the final product. FATE is our present that we are living, experiencing and suffering/enjoying (as the case may). But it has been long before projected by a single thought of ours.

“I have long before lived all the moments in my thoughts”- Swami Chinmayananda.

GOD first thought, then uttered “OM” and the world came into being. He has made a replica of himself in Man. The creative abilities of His are also passed on to the Man in the Order of Thought, feel, word and Action. That means, every thought is the seed of my probable future. I nurture it further with similar or repeated thoughts. Then it is coloured with emotions and fed further with words. Each thought stays with us in our system as a Psychic Impression. Set of psychic impressions is what constitutes our Belief systems. Belief system in turn determine our habit. Our habits form the basis for our Character and the Character is the determining factor of our fate. And the FATE started with every Single Thought.
“Ke sera sera” - “As you think, you shall be.”

So, let’s work on our dear thoughts that arise dozen/second.

Now the next good question is how do I change the course of my thoughts or the way I think? Well,

a) Pranayamam is the easiest and the best way to bring awareness to the present Moment. Pranayamam automatically shifts our focus to the Moment. Thereby reducing the flow of thoughts and also its travel to past and future as such speeds.

b) Bring Awareness to every Act of yours. Whatever you do, even as you read this blog just ‘be Aware’ that you are reading this blog. Just be Aware of your eyes, of your breath, the colour and the backdrop of the blog. Just Be! As you practice it through the day, you will notice the effect it has on you. Initially, you may not be Aware for more than a minute or two. But still keep doing it. You’ll flow with the events and then again remember that you need to be Aware. Then be Aware of whatever you are doing then. This simple exercise has tremendous results. It empowers you in a strange new way. Experience it to believe it.

c) The simple tip to be Aware more often is stick at every place – kitchen, sink, doors, back of doors, on phone, on T.V., cupboards -on and inside, washbasin- just about everywhere a sticker that simply says “BE AWARE NOW!”.

d) Drop the Belief Systems that bind you. Doubt your Beliefs till you know for sure to believe your beliefs. Every thought that we generate is the outcome of some Belief System. No, (that you just uttered) also is coming out of a Belief System that what I believe is the only right thing. So on and so forth!

e) Meditation is the only way to gather our thoughts and heal all the psychic impressions that we have gathered.

f) Last but the most Important is “Sadhan, Sadhan and more Sadhan”. And one Sadhan that beats all is “HANDS ON EVERY DAY – FULL BODY OF 24 POINTS”.

These simple techniques can help us to grow towards our Maintenance Free state of existence. A state which doesn’t get effected by the laws of karma and the nature.

The product that is Maintenance Free and comes with life time guarantee and with no need for parts replacement and if need be immediate and full replacement guaranteed is a dream product for all of us. It is a Customer’s Ultimate Utopian Wish. But it can be made a reality with our efforts and hands – literally speaking.

So, how many takers?

So, looking forward to see you all as a Maintenance Free energy centres who create beautiful worlds within and without, I remain,

Revathi (as known to you)

उगादी स्पेशल

Let’s make a new beginning

నూతన సంవసర శుభ కాంక్షలు! Happy Ugadi! Ugadi means Yugamu yokka aadi – means the beginning of a new Yuga or era. New Yuga doesn’t just begin with a time striking particular hour or minute, but it represents a new beginning of thoughts. New Yuga means a conscious shift universally made. Now whether this universal consciousness is for good or bad depends solely on the shift made. Each one of us is contributing to this universal shift by giving through our Being. It means if I am frustrated and agitated, I am contributing that energy to the universal consciousness. In spite of me thinking of myself as a good person, karmically speaking as I am contributing agitated and frustrated energies to the universal consciousness, I am to bear the fruits of this karma – sooner or later. But, since it all happens in our unaware state, we are both angry and frustrated when things go out of hand in our lives. Anyone who feels he/she has had enough of this pain in their lives and don’t want any more naturally selects the path that takes them to a point of karma healing.

But, for that let’s understand at what points we can make a difference in the effect of karma in our lives.

Ø The last stage is the Break-down point. And the only way to fix it is Break-down Maintenance. Simply said, a vehicle which has a flat tyre needs immediate tyre change. A vehicle which has no petrol needs to be filled with petrol. Break which is not working properly needs to be fixed. At these points there is no point in talking of the mileage and the engine life etc. The action that needs to be taken is of immediate fixing of the problem. This is called as break-down maintenance.

Similarly in life, when we have a physical ailment, it needs to be attended. Any disease is to be fixed first then thought about correcting the cause generating fact and thereby preventing it from happening in the future.

Ø The next stage is the Prevention Maintenance. Here, we concentrate on the issues that can avert the accidents, delays etc by taking regular maintenance actions. Like we do petrol filling at reserve, periodic and regular service done for the vehicle. This doesn’t though for sure avert accidents. Accidents may still happen. But it stands to reason that we took all the possible measures needed to avert one. Our lethargy and negligence surely is not to blame.

Similarly, we do exercises, yogasans, homam, hands-on etc as Preventive Maintenance.

Ø The best stage is the Maintenance Prevention stage. Here we go for such products that say no maintenance required. We rise to such state of Being where we are not bound by the laws of karma and nature.


Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa’s Guru always insisted on Meditation and would forcefully make Paramahamsa sit for long hours in Meditation. He would say repeatedly “Samadhi state is a must for a sadhak”. One day Paramahamsa asked him “But why should I Meditate. I already see and talk to Mother.”(He meant Mother Kali).

His guru showed his brass kamandalam (an urn used to carry water by sanyasis) and said “See it is shinning and it looks so beautiful when clean. I clean it daily while taking bath. In the same for the mind to be shinning only with the Light of Knowledge, we should clean it daily of all the dust that covers it. We call it as psychic impressions. And the only way we can clean ourselves of the Psychic Impressions is Meditation. So Meditate Daily!”.

Paramahamsa very innocently asked, “But, why carry an urn of brass? Instead carry one of gold. You’ll never need to clean it.”

His Guru was dumb-stuck and hugged Paramahamsa with tears rolling down his cheeks.

All Gurus and scriptures suggest Preventive Measures when they talk of charity, anger and other emotions management, yogasans etc. But, we like Ramakrishna Paramahamsa long to lead a maintenance free life. A maintenance free life is reflected in disease free body, mind and soul. It also means confusion free and clarity driven mind, emotionally balanced state of feelings, and Mind is without fear and soul is unbound and totally free of all dogmas and ignorance.

For each of us who wishes not to be doing the entire daily cleaning up and preventive maintenance we should work for a maintenance free state of existence. That is what the seers call as Enlightened. Anyone who has realized the Self goes well beyond the laws of nature and karma. Simply put,
“खुदी को कर कुछ इतना बुलंद के हर तकदीर लिखने से पहले ख़ुद खुदा आके ठुज्से पूछे बोल बन्दे आज तेरी राजा क्या है.”

It means “rise your consciousness to such great heights that even God is compelled to come down and ask you before writing your fate as to how you want it to be written for tomorrow!”

As you plan to rise your consciousness, I go to do mine,

revathi

Inexpensive is Cheap!

If it’s costlier, it’s best!

Every person is nothing but a combination of “set of beliefs”. Not necessarily the right ones! But since our “set of beliefs” constitute our habit which in turn build our character – character is the seat of our fate, is it not better we set right our “set of beliefs” that are the basis of our fate? Please don’t just read this out and push it aside. Take a paper at the end of today’s write-up and jot down all the “beliefs” that constitute you. You need to know which “belief system” is the driving force in your life.

Let me give you a helping hand. One common belief is that anything less costly or inexpensive has got to be of cheap quality. Be it for an item, place, cost of your vacation, gift, food, clothing, jewellery – why even Doctor is considered not so good if he or she charges less? The more the fees the famous and good Doctor he/she is considered. More expensive the treatment, the better it is! So on and so forth.

The Pomegranates

There was once a man who had many pomegranate trees in his orchard. And for many years he would place pomegranates in the silver tray and place it outside his dwelling. He would place a sign on it “Pomegranates for free! Take as much as you want!”

People passed by but never took even a single pomegranate.

He was truly hurt. And one autumn he placed the pomegranates with the sign “Best pomegranates in the land! Costlier than any other pomegranate in the land! Only silver accepted as it’s cost!”

And the next morn, all the men and the women of the neighbourhood came rushing by to buy it!

So, next time you make a statement just be aware! Am I changing the course of events? Am I making the pomegranates costlier when I could have them for free?

We have already ended up buying water, air, land, grave and what not? Are we to go on this buying spree but still further on this path or shall we retrace our steps to make this place a better place for ourselves to life and enjoy?

Experiences are coming free of cost. It’s time we share it with others so that they don’t start carrying a price tag on them. Our growth, our journey from where we started when we came to Reiki and where we are can also be shared. It’s precious yet comes free! Transformation that’s happened within and without is also very special though uncharged! Only sharing it can retain its cost as “free”. Please share because as we share, we grow, we are peaceful, healing is at work, we are connected and so much more!!!! And all for FREE. So high time we start sharing our journey details!

Revathi.

The Real Growth is in Letting Go!

LETTING GO!

Three days back, my neighbour’s son left his mortal body to resume his journey elsewhere. My neighbour who is 75 years old faced the situation with such calmness and equanimity that I learnt a couple of lessons from him. For an onlooker he may have looked insensitive and uncaring, but I saw emotional balance and trust in Lord personified through him. Anybody can appear or act calm in good times, but it is in such times that the person’s real character is put to test. Most of us quote scriptures in good times.

We all can talk philosophy when we give advice to others. But when time comes to live that philosophy we usually break down. We get carried in our ego game. Under ideal conditions anybody can do extraordinary things. But in the ordinary moments of life the extra ordinary character of the person is seen, caught and known.

My regular talks with my neighbour revolved around lord’s will and the surrendrance to his will. Not to forget the belief that his will is with the best of intention in spite of it being in contradiction to my tastes and likes and dislikes. And I found that he actually lived those words when the time demanded him of it. “all the world’s a stage and all men and women mere players”- Shakespeare.

Everyone who comes must also go.

मौत पे किसकी रफ्तागिरी है,
आज उनकी तो कल हमारी बरी है.
“No one’s got a stay on death, today it’s his but tomorrow is my turn.”

Heard it so many times have we, but has it sunk in? In this world only two things are for certain- uncertainty and death. Still why can’t we accept it with equanimity and grace. After all,

हर जनम में हम पोषक ही थो बदलते है
थो फिर हमें मरने या हमारी मरने की यह क्या बात है?
“I just change the attire in each of my lives, then what is this talk of me dying or killing me?”

Once, a Zen Master went to Bombay on an official trip. His three children aged three, two and one died suddenly in his absence at Hyderabad. His wife was perplexed. She didn’t know how to pass this news to her husband. She dressed the children in the inner room for the last journey and waited in the hall for her husband to return the next day. He returned the following day. She gave him water to drink. She asked him to sit down and asked him gently “Dear, if the neighbour asks me to keep few things of theirs for safe keeping in your absence, is it fine if I do so?” He smiled. He knew his wife very well. She could never go back in helping anyone. He nodded and said “Of course, you can. I wouldn’t mind.” She gathered little courage and asked the next question. “If the same neighbour comes back and asks me to return his things to him – again in your absence, would you be angry if I do so?” Zen Master smiled and replied, “He is asking for his things. Why would I be angry if you return his items back to him.”

Wife asked the Zen Master to come in. When he saw the bodies of his three children, he immediately understood his wife’s questions and the reason behind them. He quietly asked his wife to do the needful while he went ahead with his duties.

This balance is a possibility only if our Trust and Belief in GOD is REAL and just not verbal.

We say we believe Him but, only as long as things go in our favour. A little jerk in the routine and the Trust just flies out of the window sill. Why do we always Doubt our Beliefs? Yet faithfully Believe our Doubts? Time we shift our belief to Beliefs and Doubt our doubts. When we presume things going out of hand, actually he is at work to set them right the best possible way! Remember The Little Hut story.

No, this doesn’t apply to just accepting death. It is all to remind ourselves the “Importance of Let Go” in our little sensitive Lives. The moment we term something or someone as OURS, the identification makes it difficult and many times impossible to let it/them let go – though it may be for mutual benefit and good.

We don’t let go of our negative emotions – pain, anger, sadness, jealousies, depression and like because we call them “Mine” – My anger, My pain etc।

We don’t let go of our diseases as we accept them as something that need to be lived them for rest of the life time. We have this unwritten vow with most of our diseases “till death do us apart!”. How faithful we are to our diseases!

We don’t let go of our near ones off the formalities and rituals. We bind them with the formalities and rituals. We are afraid we’ll lose them if they don’t follow any or few formalities or rituals. Guilt and accusations and the weapons used to bring them back to the old ways. Because, we are presumably safe in the known backdrop of dead rituals.

We don’t let go of our near and dear friends because we are afraid of loneliness। We feel we would be left alone for rest of the life। Though at every juncture, we have made new and better friends and moved on both in life and grown as a person with every new relationship that’s come our way। Baseless fear stops us from letting go of the dead relationships too! Who afsana jise manzil thak lana na ho mumkin use ek khoobsoorat mod dekar chodna achha ! (That relationship which cannot be lived till the end should be given a decent and a beautiful turn and left alone!)

The same applies for name, fame, success, assets and all that I address as mine.

Letting Go is an ART that’s to be learnt for sure for happy living and it reflects our Spiritual Quotient too! We are but condemned to this choice of learning this lesson of Letting Go without fail – sooner or later. Then why not now?

Letting go means we are sure that
“when things work my way – its good, but when they don’t its doubly good because His Will is in it and His Will is ALWAYS for my larger Good only – FOR SURE and EVER SO MORE!.

This is the pre-requisite lesson for satisfied, peaceful, blissful and complete Life that each one of us longs to experience and lead.

May the Divine guide you in learning this lesson of life,

revathi

LIFE IS A JOURNEY OF JOY

Enjoy the ride while it lasts

Clarity about our life- its twists and turns and its destination put us at ease with many realities of our life.

'Life is like a train ride . . . We get on. We ride. We get off. We get back on and ride some more. There are accidents and there are delays. At certain stops there are surprises. Some of these will translate at moments of joy; some will result in profound sorrow.'
When we are born and we first board the train, we meet people whom we think will be with us for the entire journey. Those people are our parents! Sadly, this is far from the truth.
Our parents are with us for as long as we absolutely need them. They too have journeys they must complete. We live on with the memories of their love, affection, friendship, guidance and their ever presence.

There are others who board the train and who eventually become very important to us, in turn.

These people are our brothers, sisters, friends and acquaintances, whom we will learn to love, and cherish.

Some people consider their journey like a jaunty tour. They will just go merrily along .Others, will encounter many upsets, tears, losses on their journey.

Others still, will linger on to offer a helping hand to anyone in need.

Some people on the train will leave an everlasting impression when they get off….

Some will get on and get off the train so quickly, they will scarsely leave asign that they ever travelled along with you or ever crossed your path…

We will sometimes be upset that some passengers, whom we love, will choose to sit in another compartment and leave us to travel on our own.

Then again, there’s nothing that says we can’t seek them out anyway.

Nevertheless, once sought out and found, we may not even be able to sit next to them because that seat will already be taken.

That’s okay …everyone’s journey will be filled with hopes, dreams, challenges, setbacks and goodbyes.

We must strive to make the best of it… no matter what...



We must constantly strive to understand our travel companions and look for the best in everyone.


Remember that at any moment during our journey, any one of our travel companions can have a weak moment and be in need of our help.


We too may vacilate or hesitate, even trip… hopefully we can count on someone being there to be supportive and understanding…


The bigger mystery of our journey is that we don’t know when our last stop will come.

Neither do we know when our travel companions will make their last stop.


Not even those sitting in the seat next to us.

Personally, I know I’ll be sad to make my final stop…. I’m sure of it!

My separation from all those friends and acquaintances I made during the train ride will be painful. Leaving all those I’m close to will be a sad thing. But then again, I’m certain that one day I’ll get to the main station only to meet up with everyone else. They’ll all be carrying their baggage of understanding and learning… most of which they didn’t have when they first got on this train.

I’ll be glad to see them again. I’ll also be glad to have contributed to their baggage… and to have enriched their lives, just as much as they will have contributed to my baggage and enriched my life.

We’re all on this train ride together. Above all, we should all try to strive to make the ride as pleasant and memorable as we can, right up until we each make the final stop and leave the train for the last time.

With this awareness when we travel through our life we will be cautious enough to travel light. Because as they say “with less baggage you always travel easy.”

All through our lives we carry the baggage of pain, anger, frustration, sadness, jealousness. No doubt we drag through our lives. We can live life only if we are light within.

Travel we must through this path called life. But is the journey a joyful one or a laborious one depends solely on the luggage that we carry.

So, unburden yourself for a joyful journey.

Wishing for your journey to be happy,

Revathi

You can never lose it all!

Everything’s for good!

Anger, irritation, frustration and agitation also stem from the fact that my situation is not to my liking / things are not happening to my liking. The latest reason or excuse being recession too! Every adversity carries with it an equal or greater blessing. Every need of mine requests immediate gratification. But Reiki has better plans for long run – always.

YOUR LITTLE HUT

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.

Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little hut in flames, the smoke rolling up to the sky.

The worst had happened ~ everything was lost. He was stunned with grief and anger. "God, how could you do this to me?" he cried. Early the next day, however, he was wakened by the sound of a ship that was approaching the island. It had come to rescue him. "How did you know I was here?" asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they replied.

It's easy to get discouraged sometimes when things appear to be going badly. But we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering. Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground, it is just a smoke signal that summons the grace of God.

For all the negative things we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for it. Pass this story on, you never know whose life may be in need of this today. Believe me, there are some days when we all feel that our huts are burning.

Whether we know it or not, God is at work. Whether we believe it or not, God is at work. Whether we understand it or not, God is at work.

Every prayer of mine has wonderful words and emotions too at times. If only my prayers had TRUST too in them! I would be more at peace with the happenings of my life! I want to do things and when they don’t work out to my taste I get angry. Trust in the Lord and surrendrance would have automatically put me at peace and calm because I know once I do my bit (completely and honestly) I can leave the rest to his doing.

Leaving you for now to develop Trust, I retire peacefully for now,

revathi

Why good people always suffer?

Thank god – life is not just

“I don’t expect anything much in life. I can accept deficiency in any sphere in life, but I can’t accept injustice meted by life on the good people around me. I can’t see ‘my people’ suffering. Why should always good suffer?”

These and related questions are always bombarded at me every time I touch the topic of expectations and anger. The above stands true and justified if touched topically. But, in the larger context of time and life there is nothing as suffering by the good. It is always chosen by the ‘good people’ for their own good by them. It is always by choice. It is never thrust at them by some unknown force above.
Before explaining this statement, let me first look at the first part of the question – “…injustice meted by life on the good people around me..”.
· When I am standing and talking to my friend under a tree, even without a thought I pluck a twig/branch (depending upon my muscle power), pluck a flower and then throw it and am gone from there. No tree taps me on my head (but, that’s what I would do if someone did what I did to the tree – right?). AM I GLAD LIFE IS NOT JUST!

· During rainy season when it rains I curse the rain for dampening my day. Rain doesn’t withdraw from my bore saying I had abused it so many times, so it wouldn’t flow in my pipe line (again this would have been my attitude towards my so-called near and dear if they had said something unwelcome to me-right?). – AM I GLAD RAIN DOESN’T HAVE MY ATTITUDE? AND LIFE IS NOT JUST?

· When I am sitting on the banks of any river, I throw pebbles at it – just for fun or because I don’t have anything better to do. River doesn’t throw water at me nor does it drown me when I wade into it for washing my feet. I would remember the hurt given by someone even years down the line and get back to them physically or at least verbally whenever I get a chance to do so. Right? THANK THE INJUSTICE OF LIFE. RIVER DOESN’T DO SO.

ALL THESE ACTS AND MORE ARE PERFORMED BY THE GOOD PEOPLE IN MY LIFE. Am I glad life is not JUST so many times with them? Think!

Well, coming to the part “why should good people always suffer?”
King Harishchandra underwent so many trials in life because he stuck to his principle “I shall live by Truth alone”. He CHOSE to suffer (as per others definition). But to him he CHOSE it for Truth. He was never unhappy with his choice.

Every person who wants to lose weight goes on a crash diet. They end up making a statement “I am working so hard and suffering not eating good diet to lose weight”. But all through his life Gandhiji chose to eat minimal food out of choice. He enveloped it on his own. He did not suffer it and others who did it out of compulsion. So your choice cannot give you suffering as it is your choice.

Arjuna wanted to be recognized as a great archer in the history. So he was placed in the situations that gave him an opportunity to experience bravery and also to fulfill his desire to be known as a great archer. He chose his life plan. His suffering was out of choice for something that he wanted out of his life. It wasn’t because he was good.

Jesus had to teach the unconditional love by forgiving his enemies also stating “forgive them for they know not what they do”. So he chose to die on cross and suffered the crucification. His suffering (if at all there was) was his choice and not because he was good.

Helen Keller born deaf, dumb and blind went on to become the world’s renowned motivational speaker. She had every reason to suffer but she chose to outgrow self-pity and be a living model to all depressed souls (those with full body parts intact!). She was good. She didn’t ask the question why me and suffer. Instead she chose to outgrow the limitation. She made the CHOICE.

Look closely maybe “trouble should be a new window in the Eastern wall of your house?”

There certainly must be something strangely sacred in salt. It is in our tears and in the sea. But we need to suffer to experience them. But we forget that our GOD in His gracious thirst can drink us all, the dewdrop and the tear.

Once a great tennis player was diagnosed with cancer. A reporter asked her “why have you got this disease?” then the player said when 5 lakh children got the chance of being trained in tennis and I was one of them I didn’t ask “why me?” out of those 5 lakh 50 thousand got intensive training and the list included me, then I did not ask “why me?” when 5 thousand got advanced training and when I was there in it I did not ask “why me?” and when 500 of them reached the grand slam and I still continued to be there in that list I did not ask “why me?” when I won the grand slam out of the 500 people I did not ask GOD “why me?” then why now?

Sufferings may actually be the speed breakers in one’s life that toughens them and strengthens them for good. Isn’t it true that it’s the Turtles that can tell more about the roads than the hares? These sufferings soften the person in a strange beautiful and complete way. Remember the soft power of Gandhiji and Mother Teresa! Strange enough is the fact that the creatures without backbones have the hardest shells.

We life by choice and not be chance! So rejoice at your choice in spite of it bringing you to the steps of suffering (as per your definition!).

So, stop suffering and start living for now,

revathi

for further details go to post dt:5/3/09,12/3/09, 28/03/09,29/03/ 2009 and 8/14/09)

Ask - it shall be given!

The Saint

In my youth I once visited a saint in his silent grove beyond the hills; and as we were conversing upon the nature of virtue a king came limping wearily up the ridge. When he reached the grove, he knelt down before the saint and said, ‘O saint, I would be comforted! My sins are heavy upon me.”

And the saint replied, “My sins, too, are heavy upon me.”

And the king said, “But I am a thief and a plunderer.”

And the saint replied, “I too am a thief and a plunderer.”

And the king said, “But I am a murderer, and in my ears cries the blood of many men.”

And the saint replied ,”So have I.”

And the king replied, “but I have committed countless crimes.”

And the saint replied, “I too have committed crimes without number.”

Then the King stood up and gazed at the saint, and there was a strange look in his eyes. And when he left us he went skipping down the hill.

And I turned to the saint and said, “Why did you accuse yourself of uncommitted crimes? Don’t you see he no longer believes nor respects you?”

The saint smiled and replied, “True. He no longer believes nor respects me. But he is comforted. And that’s all he asked for!”

Strange indeed are the ways of Gurus and Masters. And they so verily give only that which is asked for!

revathi

Winner always ?

Be a winner always.....

Have you ever thought of being a winner always? Can you make a win-win situation wherever you are? 

Every person who decides to be a student of life gets to learn from every person he comes across in his life. Since, every person has something to offer by way of learning, judgmental nature falls out automatically and so does expectations – the two attitudes that stop us from accepting people for what they are and loving them for what they are. Let’s turn every person into a teacher – one who teaches you how to be or a teacher who teaches you how not to be. This way we are in a win-win situation whenever and wherever we come across people in our life. Let me give you a start up kit…

If a dog were your teacher, what you would learn:

When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. When it's in your best interest, practice obedience.

Let others know when they've invaded your territory.

Take naps. Stretch before rising. Run, romp, and play daily.

Thrive on attention and let people touch you.

Avoid biting when a simple growl will do. On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass.

On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree. When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.

No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout! Run right back and make friends.

Delight in the simple joy of a long walk. Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you have had enough.

Be loyal. Never pretend to be something you're not. If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it. When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.

want to add some more ?

leaving you to come out with the list of learning opportunities from the people and situations of your life,

Still Angry??

We always thought People in our life are the main reason for us to be angry.

So true! People! We can’t live with them. We can’t live without them.

You know, we are angry because we take TIME for granted in our lives. We presume we need to live with people for ages to come. When life flashes through us in just a wiff…and then no more of that person who irritated me – anymore. All happens just like that – within few seconds and we can do nothing-nothing absolutely about it. Time is just a relative fact. It expands when we are in pain and always contracts when in pleasure – Murphy’s Law. Life is lived in moments – don’t just let those moments pass by without any good memories to hold by.

BECAUSE AS THEY SAY TIME IS GOLD

And Every moment is precious!

To realize the value of ONE YEAR
Ask a student who failed in his exam.

To realize the value of ONE MONTH
Ask a mother who has given birth to a pre-mature baby.

To realize the value of ONE WEEK
Ask an editor of weekly.

To realize the value of ONE DAY
Ask a daily wage labor.

To realize the value of ONE HOUR
Ask the lovers who are anxiously waiting to meet.

To realize the value of ONE MINUTE
Ask a person who has missed his train.

To realize the value of ONE SECOND
Ask a person who nearly missed an accident.

To realize the value of ONE MILLI-SECOND
Ask a person who has won a silver medal in Olympics.

I can very well see you shouting – “All this is true, but how can live with this weakness in this person”.

LET'S SEE IF WEAKNESS IS A BANE OR BOON?

An elderly Chinese woman had two large pots, each hung on the ends of a pole which she carried across her neck.

One of the pots had a crack in it while the other pot was perfect and always delivered a full portion of water.

At the end of the long walks from the stream to the house, the cracked pot arrived only half full.

For a full two years this went on daily, with the woman bringing home only one and a half pots of water.

Of course, the perfect pot was proud of its accomplishments.

But the poor cracked pot was ashamed of its own imperfection, and miserable that it could only do half of what it had been made to do.

After two years of what it perceived to be bitter failure, it spoke to the woman one day by the stream "I am ashamed of myself, because this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house."

The old woman smiled, "Did you notice that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side?"

"That's because I have always known about your flaw, so I planted flower seeds on your side of the path, and every day while we walk back, you water them."

"For two years I have been able to pick these beautiful flowers to decorate the table.

Without you being just the way you are, there would not be this beauty to grace the house."

Each of us has our own unique flaw. But it's the cracks and flaws we each have that make our lives together so very interesting and rewarding. Just imagine, every being perfect. Life, trust me would have been so Boring.

You've just got to take each person for what they are and look for the good in them. Love is knowing the person completely and loving him inspite of it – not because of it. Let’s learn to love our people whom we say constitute our world. Not because it’s the right thing to do, but because it enriches and empowers us from within.

Leaving you for now to love,
I remain,
With love revathi

Life is a Voyage not a destination.....

Life is a voyage and not a destination

Before going any further on to know how to deal with anger, let’s first understand what constitutes anger and why we get angry. After all, knowing the problem is half as good as solving it. Let’s look at the results of being angry.

· We lose clarity of thought. Instead of solving the problem we become the problem. Many times, the solution is right under our nose, but we tend to overlook it because we are angry. If there is an issue which you would like to change, then be calm first. Only a calm mind can be reactive oriented and not get blown over by the situation.

· We lose the person, many times for ever – if not physically, then mentally a dent is made in a relationship which takes many years to heal – sometimes life times to heal.

· We end up saying things we never meant – then end up wasting our entire life justifying and explaining that episode.

· A chemical reaction takes place that generates strong acids in our system that burn our digestive lining thereby causing ulcers and other digestive related diseases in the long run.

· Acidity is the by-product of the anger. So, is BP and hyper-tension.

Now, you come up with other reasons as to not to be angry…..

Now, let’s look at things or reasons for which one gets angry:

· People in our life are the main reason.
· We are not happy the way things are going on in our life.

· Any other reason ? Tell me, then I will continue with this topic …..
1. We are not happy the way things are going on in our life: The main reason for this reason to be the causative factor is that we don’t look at the reason from the right angle. Each of us, many times is hurrying away the life. And in this hurry, delays and stop-gaps irritate us because we presume they’ll cause us to reach the destination late. And mind you, we don’t even know which destination we are going towards.

But Life is a voyage not a destination. We convince ourselves that life will be better once we are married, have a baby, then another.

Then we get frustrated because our children are not old enough and we hope that all will be well when they are older but even then it never seems to happen that way.

Then we are frustrated because they reach adolescence and we must deal with them. Surely we’ll be happier when they grow out of the teens.

We tell ourselves our life will be better when our spouse get his/her act together, when we have a better car, we can take a vacation, when we finally retire.

The truth is that there is no better time to be happy than right now!

Our life will always be full of challenges. It is better to admit as much and to decide to be happy in spite of all.

For the longest time, it seemed that life was about to start. Real life!
But there was always some obstacle along the way, an ordeal to get through, some work to be finished, some time to be given, and some bill to be paid. Then life would start.

We see Life’s challenges as Problems not as challenges. If only we could call them as Puzzles to be solved and not as Problems, may be we would be less angry with the situations in Life. Everyone fails to understand that those obstacles were life.

That point of view will help everyone see that there isn’t anything worth worrying - only issues that need planning and action as and when time demands. All roads lead to happiness. Because, Happiness IS the road! With this awareness, anger is dropped automatically, when situations are not “conducive” as per our expectations.

So, enjoy every moment. Happiness is a voyage; not a destination! There is no better time to be happier than…Now!

revathi

GOD'S ROLE IN THE LIFE OF PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE IN HIM

God's role in the life of people who believe Him

Not long long ago or once upon a time, but in the very recent past lived Chirkut Ram who was such a soft hearted person that he could not see anyone struggle in their life, leave alone suffer.

One day during his evening walk, Chirkut ram saw a beautiful butterfly trying to come out of its cocoon. He couldn’t take its suffering. So, he helped the butterfly by breaking open its cocoon and the butterfly very effortlessly flew out of its cocoon. But to his surprise, he saw that one of its wings was absolutely undeveloped, and hence it couldn’t fly at all. It ended up limping its way all through its life.

Chirkut ram was saddened to look at it and asked the butterfly for the reason of its undeveloped wing. The butterfly smiled very painfully and replied “all because of your help. When we come out of our cocoons, the nature sees to it that we struggle our way through the cocoon. In this process our wings gather strength and beautiful when we come out of the cocoon. You out of pity removed the struggle from my act of coming out of the cocoon, in the process I lost the opportunity to strengthen my wings. Struggle is the causative factor of internal strength.

Likewise “EVERY ADVERSITY CARRIES WITH IT A SEED OF EQUIVALENT OR GREATER BENEFIT”.

This is how GOD benefits us by creating opportunities that we label as struggles in life. Because we label them as struggles or problems, we suffer. When we see them as PUZZLES we end up solving them happily and also come out as successful human beings.

“I asked him to teach me to love unconditionally and he surrounded me with people who were selfish and ungrateful”.

“I asked him to make me strong and he gave me challenging situations in life”.

“I asked him for peace of mind and he gave insight”.

“I asked him for patience and he gave me students who invariably misunderstand and mess up everything that I tell them”.

“Whenever you go seeking answers to GOD you end up getting these stories”.

So you see he has always answered our prayers in the best possible way.

Wishing for nothing this time, I sign off,

Revathi

AFTERMATH OF FORGIVENESS

Dear self healers,

So, feeling at peace after doing forgiveness act for the past 3 days? (I am addressing this sentence only to those who are applying the cleansing techniques that is suggested- not to those who are just reading it and commenting/ arguing about it.)

Each one of you who has done rebirth meditation with anger also must be feeling calm and peaceful from within. Good. But, hey folks! Want to know what’s the aftermath of forgiveness like? Well, read on…..

Once upon a time, there lived a farmer who had a son who was very short tempered. The farmer wanted his son to conquer his anger. So, he gave his son a packet of nails and a hammer and asked him to hammer these nails on to the fence whenever he lost his temper. So, whenever the boy lost his temper, he went and hammered the nails on to the fence. Slowly the boy started to become aware of the number of nails he hammered every time and tried to reduce them. Finally came a day, when he did not hammer any nail on to the fence. He had FINALLY conquered his anger. He gave the remaining nails and the hammer back to his father. Now, the farmer wanted his son to realize the consequences of anger. So he asked the boy to remove all the nails from the fence. The boy found it very difficult to do but finally he removed all the nails from the fence. Then both father and son went to inspect the fence. The farmer said “you might have removed the nails, but the scar is left behind. In the same way, as time goes by you may forgive someone or may be even forget, but the scar of your words has left its scar on them for ever”.

So you see anger vented leaves behind a dirty scar forever. You may later forgive someone and move on but your anger has made a dent on your self and your near and dear ones not to talk of your relationships. So let’s go one step down and get hold on our emotion called Anger. Let’s work on it from today. After all anger is like a charcoal burning that burns the person holding it rather than the person upon whom it is thrown, right folks?

Let me get to know my anger better, so I can talk about it tomorrow. Till then I ask you to be aware of your emotions especially anger…………

Wishing you all a peaceful life,
Revathi

What does God do?

What does God do?

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.

As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.They talked about so many things and various subjects.When they eventually touched on the subject of God,

the barber said:

"I don't believe that God exists."

"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.

"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.

Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?

Would there be abandoned children?

If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.

I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."

The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument. 

The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.

Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. 

He looked dirty and unkempt. 

The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again

and he said to the barber: 

"You know what? Barbers do not exist."

"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber. 

"I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"

"No!" the customer exclaimed.

"Barbers don't exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."

"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me."

"Exactly!" affirmed the customer."That's the point! God, too, DOES exist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him

and don't look to Him for help.That's why there's so much pain

and suffering in the world."

Ask and it shall be given , Seek and it shall be shown and knock and it shall be opened - said LORD. but we need to ask to get, seek to be shown and should certainly knock for the way to be shown or opened - it applies both to GOD and his beings. Don't expect people to understand your requirements - be it physical or emotional on their own. Speak up when you want or expect something from someone. to give or not though is optional (for them).....

wishing that your prayers be answered, 

revathi

Forgiveness and empowerment - II

Always remember,

NEVER CRY FOR ANY RELATION IN LIFE
BECAUSE FOR THE ONE WHOM YOU CRY
DOES NOT DESERVE YOUR TEARS
AND THE ONE WHO DESERVES
WILL NEVER LET YOU CRY..........

TREAT EVERYONE WITH POLITENESS
EVEN THOSE WHO ARE RUDE TO YOU,
NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT NICE
BUT BECAUSE YOU ARE NICE.........

NEVER SEARCH YOUR HAPPINESS IN OTHERS
WHICH WILL MAKE YOU FEEL ALONE,
RATHER SEARCH IT IN YOURSELF
YOU WILL FEEL HAPPY
EVEN IF YOU ARE LEFT ALONE..........

ALWAYS HAVE A POSITIVE ATTITUDE IN LIFE.
THERE IS SOMETHING POSITIVE IN EVERY PERSON.
EVEN A STOPPED WATCH IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY..........

HAPPINESS ALWAYS LOOKS SMALL
WHEN WE HOLD IT IN OUR HANDS.
BUT WHEN WE LEARN TO SHARE IT,
WE REALIZE HOW BIG AND PRECIOUS IT IS! ........

Even as we try to understand and implement it in our lives, continue with
- let go meditation
- forgiveness meditation
- and the rebirth meditation
because forgiveness is not yet complete….So,
until then,
revathi

Forgiveness and empowerment

Hello everyone,

So, found some peace forgiving few people for few issues? Good. But, I know there are miles to go in this path. It’s not as easy as said. We have read it umpteen no. of times but couldn’t do it completely till date. Because, we read and moved on. We ACTUALLY never ever tried any procedures to experience the joy of forgiving. So, today let’s do that.

For the start, do LET GO MEDITATION with PAIN, ANGER and EXPECTATIONS.

Please do rebirth meditation with hurt and pain.

Those of you who know FORGIVENESS meditation, do it.

These simple techniques will help to release all the psychic impressions that stop us from forgiving and forgetting.

Because always remember -


People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered
Forgive them anyway

If you are kind, people may accuse you of having selfish, ulterior motives
Be kind anyway

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies
Succeed anyway

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you
Be honest and frank anyway

What you spend years building, some one could destroy over night
Build anyway

If you find serenity and happiness, they may be jealous
Be happy anyway

The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow
Do good anyway

Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough
Give the world the best you have anyway

You see in the final analysis
It is between YOU and GOD
It was never between you and them anyway.

While you do your exercises, I’ll take leave to do mine,

Revathi

baby bear talks to mamma bear during their walk ...

one evening, baby bear goes for a walk in the woods with his mamma...and he chats along.......(he has just 10 minutes before read the blogspot - kantipadam, so asks questions based on its posts...)

Baby Bear :If gratitude is just all that requires to make one successful and happy, how come it is found wanting in most of the mankind?

Mamma Bear : Because, gratitude requires that you first don’t hold any ill-feelings for anyone.

Bear Bear : Then, why do we hold anything bad against anyone?

Mamma Bear : ‘cause of expectations. When people don’t fit into our expectations, we feel cheated by them. We feel hurt and we presume it is because of them or their act. We carry these hurts and nurture either pain or anger for such of the people in our life.

Baby bear : But the wound often gets healed over the period of Time. Isn’t it?

Mamma Bear : No. Not these type. They tend to become deep unhealed open wound over the period of time that we prick periodically to see that they are not healed – ever.

Baby bear : oh! But why would anyone do that? Why wouldn’t people want to heal their wounds? Why would they work so hard to keep it fresh and hurting for such long stretch of time?

Mamma Bear : Somewhere down the line, they develop taste buds for pain. They start enjoying being in pain. When they don’t have a present issue to generate any pain feeling in them, then they log on to old memories and wounds. They re-live those painful moments (both imaginary or real) to experience pain. This pain then fans their ego and they are happy that they are suffering.

Baby bear : What? What did you say? They are HAPPY that they are SUFFERING? But how? Why? I mean ,,,,,I am confused!

Mamma bear : Every time, we are experiencing a certain emotion, we release chemicals into our system. The chemical reaction that follows generates corresponding by products which we know or name as feelings. Certain feelings are mild and are hardly felt in few areas of our body or for a very short span of time only. Body doesn’t experience great highs in such situations. But sometimes, certain feelings invoke great thrust of chemical reaction and as a result we experience intense feelings throughout the body.

Baby bear : I know, like when I get a prize fish for a catch. Right?

Mamma bear : Right. Like a drug, body longs for such feelings at regular intervals. And we feed the body such feelings by going into our past and by re-living some painful moments.

Baby bear : Something like a drug addict…..

Mamma bear : Absolutely right…

Baby bear : Very interesting but frightening too… now, how do I get de-addicted to pain then? In the first place, can I get de-addicted?

Mamma bear : Yes, ofcourse. Absolutely. Most important is that you make a commitment to yourself that you want to get de-addicted from pain. Next, forgive and move on in life.

Baby bear : But, if I forgive, how will they ever know that they need to change?

Mamma bear : That exactly is the point. Them changing or they knowing is not the criteria here at all. It’s all about your happiness. And the key to your happiness is forgive anyone whom you feel has hurt you. ‘cause the fact is many times, the pain is real but the feeling that they have wronged is only presumed. You may not know the complete picture at all.

Baby bear : But I know they have hurt me. How can I be wrong?

Mamma bear : ‘cause you may be right but not totally right.

Baby bear : what the hell, what’s the difference anyhow?

Mamma bear : Let me tell you a story first.

There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly. So he sent them each on a quest, in turn, to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.

The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in
summer, and the youngest son in the fall.

When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.

The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent, and twisted.

The second son said no it was covered with green buds and full of promise.

The third son disagreed; he said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful, it was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.

The last son disagreed with all of them; he said it was ripe and drooping with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but only one season in the tree's life.

He told them that you cannot judge a tree, or a person, by only one season, and that the essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.


If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer, fulfillment of your fall.


So, you see mamma bear continued, you can’t let the pain of one season destroy the joy of all the rest.
Don't judge life by one difficult season. Persevere through the difficult patches and better times are sure to come some time or later. One act of the person or persons doesn’t constitute their complete character. One or few acts of a person cannot be taken to hold it against him. To judge, you need to take him as a whole. And many times, we hardly know him in other aspects. Moreover, our expectations and pain blind us from seeing the good in that person for now and for ever. So move on……. Only when you let go, you actually are free from past and can glide into the future happily. Life is a journey. Don’t carry the unnecessary luggage of pain, hurt throughout your life. At the end of the journey, you anyhow need to leave it behind and go. Then why carry it through out your life and cry of pain?

Baby bear : Seems to make sense, but phir bhi, lekin kintu, parantu…..

Mamma bear : Sleep on this thought and I will talk to you later…..


Baby bear is put to sleep and mamma bear also snoozes alongside..

I came out silently. Need to do some thinking on this, so all the best for de-addiction. Will sign off, while you do some forgiving,
ok folks, bye for now,  
revathi

(also refer topic dt:3/5/09 and 12/3/09)

Is Luck by chance?

When your attitude is right, you convert your problems into opportunity.....

and if we are humble even a donkey can teach us this lesson!!!

Luck always favours the successful!!!

Everytime, we hear a success story or see a successful person, we unconsciously utter “how lucky!”. We by default assume that person’s life to be easy and success given to him dressed in a plate. We attribute the success always to the luck of that person. We very rarely look into his life before him being successful. It’s always full of situations that YOU and I would term as PROBLEMS in life. It’s the same situations that the LUCKY successful person converted into STEPPING STONES towards success.

Don’t believe me? Then read on……..

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do. Finally, he decided the animal was old, and the well needed to be covered up anyway; it just wasn't worth it to retrieve the donkey.

He invited all his neighbours to come over and help him. They all grabbed a shovel and began to shovel dirt into the well. At first, the donkey realized what was happening and cried horribly. Then, to everyone's amazement he quieted down.

A few shovel loads later, the farmer finally looked down the well. He was astonished at what he saw. With each shovel of dirt that hit his back, the donkey was doing something amazing. He would shake it off and take a step up.

As the farmer's neighbours continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he would shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon, everyone was amazed as the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and happily trotted off!

IT MEANS :

Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to getting out of the well (of despair and self-pity) is to shake it off and take a step up. Each of our troubles is a stepping stone. We can get out of the deepest well just by going, never giving up! Shake it off and take a step up.

Remember, when the world pushes you to your knees, you're in the perfect position to pray.

There is no perfect situations in life, just opportunities in the guise of challenges waiting to happen. and to make them happen depends entirely on you and you alone.

Complaining mind sees cloud in every silver lining. A grateful heart and a person with gratitude sees silver lining in every cloud. In gratitude, we are placed in a state of mind which talks of opportunities of self-growth in a given situation. It talks of stock of things that you possess and how to use them to the best of your abilities to grow in life – both internally and externally. Every successful person thanks the situations in his life for what they are – because they made him what he is today. So, you wanted a success mantra – take the first one – be grateful for all that you have and plan to create the life of your choice out of these possessions of yours.

As you plan your success route, I go to dream on – ‘cause only those who dared to dream make it happen – sooner or later…..

Wishing you all a successful journey, I remain still

revathi

BEINGNESS WITH AWARENESS

One of the major reasons why we fail to find happiness or to create a unique lifestyle is because we have not yet mastered the art of being.

While we are home our thoughts are still absorbed with solving the challenges we face at the office. And when we are at the office we find ourselves worrying about problems at home.

We go through the day without really listening to what others are saying to us. We may be hearing the words, but we aren't absorbing the message.

As we go through the day we find ourselves focusing on past experiences or future possibilities. We are so involved in yesterday and tomorrow that we never even notice that today is slipping by.

We go through the day rather than getting something from the day. We are everywhere at any given moment in time except living in that moment in time.

Lifestyle is learning to be wherever you are. It is developing a unique focus on the current moment, and drawing from it all of the substance and wealth of experience and emotions that it has to offer. Lifestyle is taking time to watch a sunset. Lifestyle is listening to silence. Lifestyle is capturing each moment so that it becomes a new part of what we are and of what we are in the process of becoming.

Lifestyle is not something we do; it is something we experience. And until we learn to be there, we will never master the art of living well.

Just remember WHEREVER YOU ARE, BE THERE.

When you’re at work work. When you’re at play play.

When you’re talking to you spouse talk to you spouse.

When you’re talking to your kids talk to your kids.

When you’re at the dinner table be at the dinner table.

When you’re at the game be at the game.

When you’re at the show be at the show.

Be there; don't let your mind wander. Bring your attention back; enjoy it for what it is.

Being happy doesn't mean everything's perfect. It means you've decided to see beyond the imperfections!

Hello, I am GOD speaking...........

       

Hello friends,

You all seem to have done a good job of thanking God the right and heartfelt way. He called me up yesterday, so I grabbed the opportunity to ask few other questions that’s always bombarded at me. Here’s the chat that followed. I am putting it up for you to see how it went about……


GOD: Hello. Did you call me?

Me: Called you? No... Who is this?

GOD: This is GOD. I heard your prayers. So I thought I will chat.

Me: I do pray. Just makes me feel good. I am actually busy now. I am in the midst of something.

GOD: What are you busy at? Ants are busy too.

Me: Don't know. But I can't find free time. Life has become hectic. It's rush hour all the time.

GOD: Sure. Activity gets you busy. But productivity gets you results. Activity consumes time. Productivity frees it.

Me: I understand. But I still can't figure out. By the way, I was not expecting YOU to buzz me on instant messaging chat.

GOD: Well I wanted to resolve your fight for time, by giving you some clarity. In this net era, I wanted to reach you through the medium you are comfortable with.

Me: Tell me, why has life become complicated now?

GOD: Stop analyzing life. Just live it. Analysis is what makes it complicated.

Me: Why are we then constantly unhappy?

GOD: Your today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday. You are worrying because you are analyzing. Worrying has become your habit. That's why you are not happy.

Me: But how can we not worry when there is so much uncertainty?

GOD: Uncertainty is inevitable, but worrying is optional.

Me: But then, there is so much pain due to uncertainty.

GOD: Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional.

Me: If suffering is optional, why do good people always suffer?

GOD: Diamond cannot be polished without friction. Gold cannot be purified without fire. Good people go through trials, but don't suffer. With that experience their life become better not bitter.

Me: You mean to say such experience is useful?

GOD: Yes. In every terms, Experience is a hard teacher. She gives the test first and the lessons afterwards.

Me: But still, why should we go through such tests? Why can't we be free from problems?

GOD: Problems are Purposeful Roadblocks Offering Beneficial Lessons (to) Enhance Mental Strength. Inner strength comes from struggle and endurance, not when you are free from problems.

Me: Frankly in the midst of so many problems, we don't know where we are heading..

GOD: If you look outside you will not know where you are heading. Look inside. Looking outside, you dream. Looking inside, you awaken. Eyes provide sight. Heart provides insight.

Me: Sometimes not succeeding fast seems to hurt more than moving in the right direction. What should I do?

GOD: Success is a measure as decided by others. Satisfaction is a measure as decided by you. Knowing the road ahead is more satisfying than knowing you rode ahead. You work with the compass. Let others work with the clock.

Me: In tough times, how do you stay motivated?

GOD: Always look at how far you have come rather than how far you have to go. Always count your blessing, not what you are missing.

Me: What surprises you about people?

GOD: When they suffer they ask, "why me?" When they prosper, they never ask "Why me" Everyone wishes to have truth on their side, but few want to be on the side of the truth.

Me: Sometimes I ask, who am I, why am I here. I can't get the answer.

GOD: Seek not to find who you are, but to determine who you want to be. Stop looking for a purpose as to why you are here. Create it. Life is not a process of discovery but a process of creation.

Me: How can I get the best out of life?

GOD: Face your past without regret. Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear.

Me: One last question. Sometimes I feel my prayers are not answered.

GOD: There are no unanswered prayers. At times the answer is NO.
(Please read the above line with full understanding. ......... .It has got an indepth meaning )

Me: Thank you for this wonderful chat.

GOD: Well. Keep the faith and drop the fear. Don't believe your doubts and doubt your beliefs. Life is a mystery to solve not a problem to resolve. Trust me.. Life is wonderful if you know how to live.

NEVER GIVE ANYONE THE AUTHORITY TO HURT YOU OR MAKE U SAD HAPPINESS IS NOT WHAT YOU DO OR HOW YOU DO IT IT'S THE WAY YOU THINK SO THINK HAPPY, STAY HAPPY KEEP SMILING!

SITUATIONS IN YOUR LIFE ARE MY GIFT TO YOU.....
HOW YOU DEAL AND LIVE WITH THEM IS YOUR GIFT TO ME !!!!

AND I LIKE TO RECEIVE MY GIFTS WRAPPED UP WITH A SMILE FROM THE GIVER…….

This conversation with God left me wondering if I was living my life happily or was I packaging it with grumbling and complaints every day of my life….

As I do the thinking and little (or rather lots of) revamping of my emotions with regards to the situations of my life, I suggest you to go on the similar tour of self-enquiry………

As it needs few hours to do the needful, I sign off for now,

Keep smiling (as told by GOD!!!), be happy till we meet again