Bhaktha and his bhakti – Guru Shishya – My Guru and Me

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Bhaktha and his bhakti – Guru Shishya – My Guru and Me      

Her explanation seemed simple and straight. She didn’t tell or justify her actions. She just stated her confidence in the Universal Law and its operation. She trusted HIM beyond our levels of understanding and acceptance. She knew JUSTICE and DHARMA prevailed come what may! She chose not to be the ‘one judging others and punishing them’ at her will and fancy!  

How noble were these words! How easy it seemed! How impossible they actually were!

We received our answers. We received more than what we had asked.

Yet we weren’t in ‘accepting mode’. Our anger and agitation still persisted. 

We still hated those people who were manipulative.

She was smiling peacefully. She moved on with other topics.

We were stuck in our hatred caused by our judgment of others!

We chose this.

She chose that! 

That was all that was!

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# Forgiveness, empathy, karma, destiny, choices, freewill, character, attitude, love, hatred, revenge, Universal law of karma and retribution

Points to be understood :

• Even if after being pointed out the importance, possibility, need and the possibility of not getting even with people whom we disagree with, dislike in our lives - what is the purpose of listening to all discourses? What is the purpose of being called a Reiki Channel? 
• What is the purpose of being a student if Guru's words are not implemented?
• If one wishes to do as he pleases how and why does he at all come to anyone calling him his Guru? Just to make him 'fulfill his personal desires'?

Purpose of giving

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1.      Highest of all giving is the giving away of knowledge of self – of Brahman. It’s the esoteric knowledge and very few are capable of giving. So don’t go there unless you’re well equipped in this field. Then how to do this ‘danam’ when I myself am ignorant of this knowledge? Simple! Facilitate in arranging of such satsangs. Arrange for such group meetings etc. Easiest is to introduce them to your Guru, Reiki or such of avenues which will give them know-how of their ‘soul consciousness’.

Yes, agreed I am grateful and am doing charity, but what’s the benefit I receive?

1.      Emotional satisfaction – you donate something on your birthday and then compare the happiness of partying with donating. I need not explain then. Do it today as ‘Trial run’ and feel the difference. Give just 5 packets of food and notice how your feel.

2.      We want so many things yet feel we have been denied of it. And the ‘Law of Karma’ states you didn’t deserve it. You are not worthy of it. What is the worthiness and how to increase it? This law simply means you didn’t give. You receive what you give.

So, by giving what you wish to receive you increase your worthiness. This is what is called as ‘Punya karma’ in spiritual language. In short by not giving much, you are not receiving enough and by giving more you receive more. But I already have everything that I need, so I need not donate, right?

Wrong. Yesterday’s good deeds have given you good and satisfying life today. But what about tomorrow? Your needs will still be the same. So, give more today as you already have enough to share to secure your future.

3.      This give and take philosophy and reason should be at the start of your donation but not throughout your life. If you are in sadhan regularly and working and checking on your attitudes, this platform from which you started to give changes. You no longer feel happy because you feel ‘great’ giving. You give because you have to. You slowly start living. “Do your karma but be detached’. You slowly loose the sense of doership over the period of time and hence no longer talk about giving away Rs.100 or Rs.500 to others. You give and forget. Your left hand will not know what your right hand has given. You grow as a person.

4.      Next, comes on understanding that there is no ‘you’ to associate the act with yourself. You no longer desire benefits of this ‘good act’ – be it a tag of being ‘a good person doing charity’ or a benefit of receiving goodies by way of luck or by way of reaping benefits of karma done. The one who gave you is Him and what He gave, part of it you gave to Him only. Because, the receiver though a begger is His manifestation only. So, He gives Himself. Where are you? Since, you didn’t exist in that act, you disown the fruits of this act totally. This state heals your karma beautifully. Beautiful because you stop reaping benefits of both good and bad karma and hence are existing in a state where you need to face the karma of past deeds only. Once exhausted, for not having created newer ones with the present karma or act you become ‘free’. You get ‘Moksha’ (liberated). Negating all karmas is the only key to reach that state of perfection. And this is the basis of ‘karma yoga’ – that a man can become free through his work and not be bound by it.

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On receiving consequences of our karma

 

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On receiving consequences of our karma

There are two options available to one and all always!

1.Following the path of Dharma and inheriting the kingdom of God. In this path we develop ‘Divine qualities’ like patience, trust, discipline, perseverance, selflessness, charity, sacrifice, truthfulness, simplicity and purity. 

Simultaneously we also work on letting go off lust, greed, being adamant, ego, vengeance, anger, hatred, selfishness, jealousy, envy, laziness, indiscipline, irresponsible, lying, falsehood and attachments.

As we work to develop required qualities and let go off asuric qualities, we experience abundance in the form of purity, happiness, love, contentment and peace.

2.The second path is chosen by those who wish to live life as they desire – without any rules of Dharma to correct, stop or guide them.

No one can question them their choice?! It is their right. But, with every right comes responsibility too! Here too! He is responsible for his actions and hence should bear consequences of his acts!

You can’t follow second path and demand the goodies of the first path.

You can’t say ‘I want what I want the way I want’ and then seek asylum under ‘first’ category. 

Ravana was given the title of being the ‘Greatest Shiva Bhaktha’ and yet he met his end and his downfall for his acts. His bhakthi gave him benefits that he deserved for it. His suffering is the result of his karma. Mixing up both and coming up with ‘twisted logic’ doesn’t get you anywhere.

Your anger is misplaced. No one is going to break this Universal law of Karma only to appease your anger. Remember that! 

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# karma, karma's consequences,law of give and take, as you sow so you receive, law of attraction of Universe, why we receive what we receive, 

also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=selfish 

Questions addressed : 

• I am doing sadhan regularly. I am a great bhaktha. That should be enough to protect me against my negative karma. right?
• Can a person who is doing reiki regularly get away with wrong deeds and thoughts? 

Points worth mentioning :

• Karma's effect can be negated by those who have stopped the negative karmas completely and are living only for others and in service of others.
• Condonement of sins is received out of His Grace. It is not an entitlement. It is not your right. It can't be demanded.
• Only the humble in heart, free of ego, person who is pure is eligible to receive his grace.
• Become pure and receive His Grace!

Suggest other links /posts that you think supports this topic. You can do so for every post that you read in future.......

On receiving consequences of our karma

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On receiving consequences of our karma

Your anger is misplaced. No one is going to break this Universal law of Karma only to appease your anger. Remember that! 

No amount of explaining all this can give your clarity unless you sit and meditate. Go within. Look within. Know thyself – honestly. It is painful and disgusting – but it is better done now than later. Sooner we own up our desires and know their nature, sooner we can address them the right way.

Sooner we address them, sooner we can experience of abundance in our lives.

Sooner will our suffering end and we would have used our pain to come out of that pain. We would have used pain to become free from our very pain that is killing us since many lives.

Your choice today will decide your destiny and what you receive now onwards.

Your mind will take you down the ‘usual lane’ of pain and suffering with its anger and logical arguments (so called!) OR

You can use your mind to cut through its game and cunningness.

Is your mind using you or are you using your mind? That is the million dollar question that only benefits or breaks you.

Think! 

Concluded....

# karma, karma's consequences,law of give and take, as you sow so you receive, law of attraction of Universe, why we receive what we receive, 

also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=cow+is+tied+to+the+man 

Questions addressed : 

• What are the ways to surmount karma?
• How to change the way we receive?
• What should we sow so that we receive as we seek?

points to be understood : 

• No amount of crying our of fear, seeking attention or pity or shouting 'feeling bad' etc will give any respite from what we are supposed to receive.
• Accept that we are the creators of our fate!
• Next, bear what we are facing with poise and equanimity!
• Take charge of how you react to all that you are receiving.
• Look at your emotions - whatever they are - be them fear, pain, anger, lust, jealous anything - instead of justifying them or supporting them, heal them. Don't ask for reason to heal them. Just heal them. That is the only way to address them.
• Be patient. Be healing. Be changing for better. Be aware of your intentions and actions. Catch yourself from harmful thoughts. 
• Walk towards light and abundance with clarity of thought.

Me, My guru – working of Karma noted in a real life situation!

 

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Me, My guru – working of Karma noted in a real life situation!

Points to understand the post:

"We thought she would quote Rama, Krishna and we would counter that.

We had our argument against forgiveness and yet she didn’t go there. We were prepared to attack those and such explanations but here she was talking something completely different from what we expected." See here – the students are already having reasons to forgive the wrongdoer. They also had been explained how karma works based on Itihaasa (History of Vedic culture). And they had come prepared to counter all that if told. It means students don’t ask questions to which they don’t have answers – many times. They know the answers. They want validation for their venting and emotions. They come to sell their line of thinking to the Guru. No doubt, they go back angry when Guru doesn’t buy their ‘reasons’.

Ask yourself “Why do I ask questions? What is it that I am seeking?” be honest in your effort in seeking answers. Don’t fool yourself.

Your honesty will open the doors of heaven for you!

Your honesty will make you courageous.

Your honesty will make you fearless.

Your honesty will release you from your bondage and karma!

 

Let’s understand this with some exercise.

I’ll give one real-life example at a time.

I want you people to see how this example applies to your life situations.

In what way does this example help you to understand how the lives of those around you in impacted by this “law of karma”. Not every time we’ll be able to see it happen in our life. It is too personal for us to note that. But, in the joy of finding pain and seeking revenge for others, we notice these things happening in others' lives.

Share your stories – real life ones to validate the ‘law of karma’. How you have seen this law operate in and around your life.

When the number of stories is good enough to run home this point, I’ll share one more example – a real-life one – and then the exercise will continue. This way let’s learn it as we read about these cases.

If I don't receive feedback - enough of it from your end, then this topic will not be discussed further......

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# Me My guru series, karma, everything happens for a reason, as you sow so you reap, on receiving and giving, good and bad deeds, the effect of our actions and deeds,

also read suggested https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2020/08/few-faqs-with-guru.html 

any questions or doubts?

Me, my guru – Karna receives what he gives!

 

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Me, my guru – Karna receives what he gives!

Karna was surprised. He asked “And why is it so?”

“Because you’ve given various kinds of riches as charity in the World below (meaning on Earth). But you never gave food to anyone. So, you will not receive food. In the heaven, you receive 10 times of what you give on Earth. You can’t receive what you didn’t give!” the Angel said and left.

So you see you receive what you give in equal measure. That is the Law of Karma. You can’t redeem one act of yours with your desire as you please.

If you go on a pilgrimage, it heals a certain kind of karma. The purpose of going on a pilgrimage is to drop our ego and walk towards God or the Truth!

You can’t encash the punya of going on the pilgrimage or doing some sadhan with better relationship with your near and dear ones.

You are connecting the wrong dots here!

YOU ARE ASSUMING WRONG! The Law of the Universe doesn’t cater to your demands, assumptions and expectations. Our pain and suffering are the result of these wrong attitudes.

By doing good to others we are cleansing our souls and karma. It aids us in becoming pure. Being pure is the pre-requisite to Realize Self. That’s all!

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# me my Guru, Karna, Mahabharata, Itihaasa of India, on receiving and giving, Law of Karma, suffering and pain, good deeds and their repercussions, acts and their impact, how our deeds decide our fate, fate and destiny, choices, dharm, 

also read suggested https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2024/07/me-my-guru-on-karma-explained-bhagavatam.html 

On receiving Grace

 

On receiving Grace

Dear one,

You have been wronged – I understand.

You are hurt – I understand.

You are denied your right – I understand.

And you are angry, hurt and frustrated – I understand.

You wish to see the persons who hurt you be hurt. You feel powerless, helpless and hopeless. You feel bad.

You can’t see the wrong having good time – I understand.

If, (I say – IF!?) he has wronged, he’ll suffer his karma – when his time comes.

If he’s slapped you today, he won’t be slapped tomorrow. That’s not how karma works!

It has its own timetable. But it’ll slap him!

There are no buts and ifs here – be rest assured!

“I love this ‘karma’. Every person who has hurt me will be dealt with” says you!

Look into this ‘Law’ closely. Does it say ‘special excuses to people belonging to XYZ category’?

No – Rama and Krishna (Both considered incarnations of Lord Vishnu – one of the Trinity Gods of Hinduism) weren’t left out of it!

No one is left out of receiving consequences of karma.

So as you are happy when the wrong doer receiver punishment, then also know and accept, you’ll also receive consequences of your karma. 

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# on receiving grace, karma, consequences of karma, give and take, grace, 

also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=grace 

PS : If you have any other post from this blog related to this topic, give the link to it for all to benefit. 

Points to be considered : 

• What exactly is the Law of karma and how it functions?
• It is so easy to see the wrong done to us and justify our wrongs. That is the cause of pain and suffering!
• Clarity is when we can see our actions and others in the same light and apply same rule for both!
• What we wish for others is exactly what we are attracting for ourselves! Be aware of it!  

Share a thought or feeling : 

How does greenery make you feel?

What does looking at sunset affect you? 

or any such thought or feeling.....

A look at a tree or any of its parts - say flower, leaf, branch anything makes me stop then and there and marvel at the beauty of the life and the greatness of its Creator!

Trees in all their forms and shapes fill me with happiness and I am not aware of the daily 'painful facts' of my life! 

They enrich me with peace, smile and a twinkle in my eye!