At the Beginning was....

The When and How?

With not much response from all of you I thought I would drop writing in the blog. Just when I told Vijyalakshmi the other day I am going to stop writing blog, I get wonderful feedbacks and beautiful and meaningful questions posed. Well, I suppose that could keep me going for some more time …..

Padmaja had written “happiness and peace may be within our reach and yet unattainable…..”. Yesterday’s blog must have answered the statement partially….
Regarding Mona’s query with regards to “Soul laughing and enjoying the moment God say’s cut etc”, “I have always emphasized that we can be happy inspite of situations. And here I meant the soul we.” We would be dealing with the entire subject for the next few days to come…….in detail. So hang on…..
Ravi’s e-mail ……. Well, even that’ll be addressed in the days to come………

If I answer these questions, we’ll be addressing the topic topically. But, it is better to address this issue from the root cause onwards. So, let’s understand how and when the whole game started…….

Aap khud ko dekhne ke waasthe hum ko aaina banaya yaar ne…
To look as Himself, Lord made me a mirror of Himself.

It was just one more day like this one in the council of God where all souls were just sitting. A wise Old Soul got up and said, “Lo! How beautiful, divine and complete are we! We are but Love personified!.” There was a small soul who was recently born who asked with eyes wide and questioning, “But, how do we experience it? Knowing, yes we do. But wouldn’t it be nice to experience it too?”

God smiled, “So be it! May all that you wish come true!” he said with a knowing smile.

All the souls became busy choosing what they wished to experience. They chose to be artists, players, nature and all. The small soul started to cry. The wise old soul came near it and asked, “Why are you crying?”

The little soul replied “I want to experience Being and giving unconditional Love. But, since none is choosing to be bad, how can I experience to give unconditional love?”

The old soul thought for a while and said with the smile on his lips, “Don’t cry. I’ll choose to be a very mean, selfish and a crooked person in your life. Then, you can forgive me for what I am and yet love me in spite of me being so bad. This way you can BE and experience giving unconditional love.”

The little soul jumped out of joy. He clapped his hands and started to dance. The wise soul stopped it and said, “But, remember one thing. I am doing this out of love for you. Will you remember this when I am cruel, mean and bad to you.”

The little soul said “Of course, I’ll.” But, does it?

This of course is a story…but, the fact is we are where we are out of our own choice. We chose to be someone to experience a quality of the soul – say love, empathy etc.

Now, presume I have chosen to experience love. How do I know that I am a person who can love unconditionally? Ideally, I should be surrounded by people who are taking, taking and still taking from me – physically, mentally, financially and spiritually. I should be with all these and still giving without experiencing the pain of giving. I should enjoy giving to the hilt. Giving should be at a level where a thought that “I am giving” also should not be registered. I should have ideally given up a thought that I am giving also to experience Being Unconditional Love. With all mean and selfish people around, now I can’t complain of their nature. Can I? They are playing their roles correctly and beautifully, but it’s me who’s forgotten my part of choice and commitment towards learning this lesson – completely. No doubt, I come again and again to learn this lesson.

Jab ke tujh bin nahin koi moujood
Phir ye hangama aye khuda kya hai?
When there is no one but you present everywhere
Then what is this cry all about of separateness?

Just as the same Sun is reflected in muddy water, pool, lake, river, pot, glass, land and everywhere differently, so too it’s the same consciousness that is pervading everywhere.

Earth bears trees and thereby sustains life and the needs of life. It also takes the shape of pot, jug and other utensils. It also manifests as an artifact. Earth has a transmutation quality that converts the physical wastes into manure. It takes the dead body in its cover and releases the five elements which constitute the body.

Just as the material being same, it’s the positioning of this material which gives it the quality that it exhibits, so too the soul manifests in various forms to experience life in all ways.

If it’s the same soul, how can I don’t remember and feel divine? Where and when did I lose myself in the character that I was playing is what we’ll address tomorrow….patience my friend, as they say is virtue…so wait…and as you do the waiting do a little peeping within to find the Real You……

Leaving you to silence to go within in search of your sweet self is
revathi

PS: Few of you wanted posts to be small but couldn't shorten this topic...sorry.