Rituals and what they do to us...

A master would always ask his students to follow few rituals like going to temple, to pray and chant few mantras. One student who didn't like to follow the rituals asked his master "I've gone to temple for 30 years now and in that time I have heard something like 3,000 mantras. But for the life of me, I can't remember a single one of them. So, I think I'm wasting my time and You as a Guru are wasting yours by giving services. Since no benefit is to come out of this, why not stop it altogether?"

The master smiled and replied "I've been married for 30 years now. During that time, my wife has cooked some 32,000 meals. But, for the life of me, I cannot recall the entire menu for a single one of those meals. But I do know this... They all nourished me and gave me the strength I needed to do my work. If my wife had not given me these meals, I would be physically dead today. Likewise, if I had not gone to the Temple for nourishment, I would be spiritually dead today"

Thank God for our physical AND our spiritual nourishment!

WE don't know what we HAD till we LOSE it!

To acknowledge, validate, cherish and celebrate what we have, we should have 'gratitude, clarity of thought and above all heart that is full of love and is sans envy, hatred, fault finding nature and complaining attitude.........and this is gained bye and by through meditation....

So, sit upright and meditate right away...........

revathi

How a simple technique called Pranayamam and Meditation (which is considered - and is the highest form of technique for self-awareness and self-realization) will be discussed during the course of future posts.....

And that understanding would come only if each one of us would make it a point to meditate atleast 15 mts from today onwards....I'll explain the benefits over the period of time..

In the meantime, let's go through other understandings....

THIS IS HOW WE MISS OUT SOMETHING CALLED "LIFE".

A boy was born to a couple after eleven years of marriage. They were a loving couple and the boy was the gem of their eyes. When the boy was around two years old.

One morning the husband saw a medicine bottle open. He was late for office so he asked his wife to cap the bottle and keep it in the cupboard. His wife, preoccupied in the kitchen totally forgot the matter.

The boy saw the bottle and playfully went to the bottle fascinated by its color and drank it all. It happened to be a medicine meant for adults in small dosages and if taken in larger dose would prove to be poisonous.

When the child collapsed, the mother hurried him to the hospital, where he died. The mother was stunned. She was terrified how to face her husband. When the distraught father came to the hospital and saw the dead child, he looked at his wife and uttered just five words.

QUESTIONS : 1. What were the five words ? 2. What is the implication of this story?

ANSWER : The husband just said "I am with you Darling"

The husband's totally unexpected reaction is a proactive behavior.

The child is dead. He can never be brought back to life. There is no point in finding fault with the mother. Besides, if only he had taken time to keep the bottle away, this would not have happened.

No one is to be blamed. She had also lost her only child. What she needed at that moment was consolation and sympathy from the husband. That is what he gave her.

If everyone can look at life with this kind of perspective, there would be much fewer problems in the world. "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step". And that step can be taken by US only and not wait for the other party to take that step......

Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness, and fears. And you will find things are actually not as difficult and as painful as you think.

Many times, we are not even aware of the fears -unknown which is making us bitter towards a person/persons/situations which would be a simple day to day talk/routine. These fears,envy, unforgiveness, selfishness, ego makes us hurt a person who didn't deserve to be hurted....it makes us bitter through the day...it may even break a relationship....

..... Sometimes we spend time in asking who is responsible or whom to blame, whether in a relationship, in a job or with the people we know.

THIS IS HOW WE MISS OUT SOMETHING CALLED "LIFE".

ARE WE TO GO THROUGH LIFE SUFFERING AND MAKE OTHERS SUFFER ALONG WITH US OR ARE WE GOING TO CELEBRATE LIFE AND MAKE IT A JOYOUS ONE FOR OUR CO-TRAVELLERS?

Each one need to answer it to himself....honestly....and then take a RIGHT and a WISE decision....

May you meditate on these and get clarity of thought devoid of your ego-centric judgements....

May you understand the implication of every act,word,thought and feel that you generate even in your silence by your presence...