Strength of character!

 

Contd.....

Strength of character!

Nobody can help a person – yes, not even God can help them if they WANT to keep feeling sorry for themselves. Nobody can make them see reason if they have decided that all that they want is ‘someone to listen to their woes and not the solutions to come out their suffering’.

So just let it be! Bless them to be sensible and to make right choices and move on….

The world is so full of such people – don’t get stuck with one…..

Concluded....

***

# strength of character, being truthful to word, weakness of character, not living up to our word, 

Strength of character!

 

Strength of character!

                                   

Sometimes, we just have to get used to the fact that people are not true to what they say. They are just not as consistent as you would want them to be – that’s all!

Being true to one’s word and being consistent on that takes lots of character strength. And that is the main thing missing in most. And that exactly is the reason they can’t live up to their commitments. They fail themselves again and again.

What can you do when you meet them?

Explain them importance of building one’s character through various techniques if they want to strengthen themselves.

Some, just want to be weak and miserable. They love complaining and seeking pity. They want to go on guilt ride again and again and yet not want to hear the answer to get out of that ride. We can feel bad that we are not able to help them but that’s the most we can do. Don’t judge them. Don’t be angry with them. Because, they are happy being miserable. It’s you who loses his energy being angry at them and with them.

# strength of character, being truthful to word, weakness of character, not living up to our word, 

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=Angulimaan%2C+the+Saint 

On worry!

 

Contd.....

On worry!

Time spent in worry put it to good use in sadhan, for sadhan. When worry comes, start some technique of sadhan. Any technique is good enough.

What is sadhan?

It is prayer mixed with prayatna. Which is prayer and which is prayatna we cannot humanly separate. What works can’t be told. So let’s do both.

Let’s be clear and committed in our actions. Let’s also be in sadhan and prayer.

And the rest since we have no control on, let’s wait to see and face it.

*** 

# worry, prayer, will power, on life, proactive and reactive, sadhan, 

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2015/03/either-way-you-are-always-wrong.html 

Read the continuity of the link given till its end........

Question time :

What were your worries ten years back?

did they come true?

What were your worries five years back?

What happened to them?

What did you worry about two days back?

Look into your worry one at a time and see if it is worth worrying about.....

On worry!

On worry!

Unconscious repetitions of facts or in other words repeatedly stating facts (that includes desires not fulfilled) becomes worry!

Stop worrying by ‘will’. Yes, we worry by will. We make effort to worry. We look for excuses to worry. We want to worry! Read it again and understand it. Meditate on it. Digest it. Unless you see it and accept it you can do nothing about it.

Worry doesn’t go because we don’t want it to go. We want to worry and unless we decide not to nothing can stop us from worrying.

For ONLY those who really don’t want to worry, those who are looking for ways to stop worrying. I repeat, stop worrying by ‘will’. Will it and stop it. Then use the power of prayer. Instead of worry, resort to prayer.

Contd.....

# worry, prayer, will power, on life, proactive and reactive, sadhan, 

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=Me%2C+My+Guru+%E2%80%93+On+doing+good%21 

Why is life painful?

 

Why is life painful?

Toxins in body creates disease.

Toxins in mind causes misunderstanding.

Be a student of life. Be available to learn and experience life. Stop expecting and conditioning life, as this is the very cause that causes toxins in our body and mind.

Embrace life for what it offers. Flow with life. Then life seems both beautiful and fulfilling not to forget relaxing. So, every time stress builds, ask yourself “Am I a student of life” or “Am I trying to control life?”

You are very smart people. The answer will tell you the next course of action you need to take in your life.

*** 

# on life, is life painful, when life is beautiful, life is a game play it, 

life is beautiful, on controlling life, expectations and conditions,

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=Life+is+a+voyage+and+not+a+destination 

Question time :

So, think and answer - is life pain or joyful?

What is life?

Why is life so painful?

When is life painful and stressful?

Why are some so happy and most suffering?

Deepavali – The festival of lights – 2022

 

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Deepavali – The festival of lights – 2022 

Let’s show to the world the glory of ‘Rama’ by living his word and living by Dharma! Let’s express our ‘hindustv’ by living by it. One who hates people of other religion is not a ‘bhakta of Rama’. One who wants to kill others is not a ‘Hindu’. One who lives by ‘Dharm’ is a hindu, a true bhakta of Rama. Let’s be his devotees the real way! Not just talk, let’s walk his way!

Next Deepavali, let’s come back with our journey and our achievements over our inner demons. Let’s come back to celebrate killing Ravana within us – next year. Let’s do it from today! And continue every single day – may be in small quarters – but let’s overcome our asuric nature little by little.

Jai siya ram!

Happy deepavali – let’s light up our inner chambers with bhakthi, commitment, faith, patience and purity!

Concluded....

***

# Deepavali, festival of lights, evil and good, Dharm, Hindu festivals, vedic traditions, vedic philosophy of life, Rama and Ravana, Rama - Purushottam,

also suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2017/10/question-time-again.html 

and

https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=rama

 

Deepavali – The festival of lights – 2022

 

Deepavali – The festival of lights – 2022 

This festival is considered a celebration of Rama’s victory over asura – Ravana. This festival is celebrated as a victory of Good over evil. This is a reminder to one and all that however powerful, able, rich might be the evil, bad or a lie, it always loses to Truth. Truth prevails – always!

This isn’t a story of just Rama and Ravana. This isn’t a story that’s over. This is story of each one of us. There is Rama in each one of us. There is Ravana in each one of us. Rama represents ‘the path of Dharma’. Ravana represents ‘our lust, ego, greed, arrogance, vanity, ignorance’ – in short everything and all of our weaknesses. However big may our weakness grow, however justified may be the acts of ego, yet in the end only Dharma prevails.

This Deepavali, let’s light up our inner Rama. Let’s vow to work on killing our Ravana within. Let’s kill one ‘head of Ravana’ – each representing one of our weakness – each single day of our life. This Deepavali, let’s burn our ego and its related nature within us. Let’s burn asura within us and let Rama within us express himself! Let’s bring ‘Ramarajya’ – the right way! 

Contd....

# Deepavali, festival of lights, evil and good, Dharm, Hindu festivals, vedic traditions, vedic philosophy of life, Rama and Ravana, Rama - Purushottam,

also suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2017/10/on-diwali.html 

and

https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=diwali 

Question time :

Are our festivals just a tradition blindly followed by you?

Why do you celebrate Deepavali?

What does it represent to you?

How did you celebrate Deepavali this year?

Me, my guru – on life!

 

Me, my guru – on life!

“Guruji why is life so painful?” asked us one day.

“Life by itself is everything but painful. It is painful when we get fixated on how our life should be! Remove that fixation. Life happens, be with it and you’ll be happy” she replied.

“Will our pain go away? Will things go our way then?” we asked.

She smiled and said “Yes your pain and suffering will go away. Things going way is the fixation I asked you to do away with”

We realised our folly and laughed.

***  

# on life, conditioning of life, expectations, happiness in life, pain and suffering, freedom from pain in life

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2018/06/the-happy-monkey-short-story-on-letting.html 

Questions to ponder :

What are the things  I need to let go to suffer less in my life?

What is the secret of living painfree in life?

Me, My guru - on capacity of love!

 

Me, My guru - on capacity of love!

The talk was on death that day and One among us said “Guruji, I can’t imagine my life without X in my life. I love X so much. I would die without X!”

Someone immediately blurted out “Koi Martha nahi kisi ke ishq mein,

Bas yadein katl karthi hai kisht kisht mein..”

कोई मरता नहीं किसी के इश्क़ में 

बस यादें क़त्ल करती हैं किश्त किश्त में 

No one dies in love

It’s the memory that kills the person little by little…

And our Guruji even without as much as waiting for a second replied 

“koi ishq ke naam Taj chod jaata hai,

Aur koi khudh ko mitane ke samaan dhoodh letha hai

Ishq to ishq hai

Wo tho karne waale pe hai ke

Use ibaath bana de ke sharaab khaana…”

कोई इश्क़ के नाम ताज छोड़ जाता हैं 

और कोई ख़ुद को मिटाने के सामान ढूढ़ लेता हैं 

इश्क़ तो इश्क़ हैं 

वो तो करने वाले पे ही के 

उसे इबादत बना दे के शराब खाना 

One leaves behind Taj (Taj mahal) in the name of love

And the other finds ways to mess up his life (by becoming a drunkard)

Love is love

it’s the lover who decides

to convert that into a worship or a means to his destruction….

(to take up love as worship or to demean it to a status of lust…)

She said it casually. But it held answer to each of our pain and suffering. We all took as we wanted to. In each and every situation of life, we took it to break us or make us. It entirely depended on us. She gave answer to one person. But in that one answer she answered all – if one would want to. The rest as they say is history….

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also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2020/01/on-hindi-poems.html 

and

https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2020/01/on-hindi-poems-safar-mein-by-nida-fazli.html