Me, My Guru – On karma explained – Bhagavatam

 

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Me, My Guru – On karma explained – Bhagavatam

It was later when Rahul and others pointed out I understood this point. The point was that we attacked our Guru with our questions. Yes, we attacked – didn’t seek an answer. We felt threatened by her answer. We were comfortable with our way of thinking and living. But her explanation challenged our beliefs. We hated her for that. We didn’t want to be shaken of our beliefs. Because that meant we had to accept that we were wrong. And we assume we are bad if we are wrong! How twisted and baseless was our logic!!! And we rested on this logic for our sanity and happiness!!?? No doubt, we suffered through life!

And all this was our assumption – not what she said or did. We were comfortable with our assumption that we were right and good people. And that, we were suffering because of others’ faults. But, her explanation bared this lie of ours. We were exposed to our assumptions and belief systems. That way we became responsible for all the good and bad in our lives. We didn’t like that. We didn’t want to own up our pain as our own doing. And therein lay the cause of our fight with our Guru. Maybe, even she knew that! But, she never mentioned it. she never ventured there. She kept up her work – as regular as ever!

Her reply brought me back to the present moment.

“Of course Karna was the greatest of data (giver). Yet, he too kept silent during Draupadi’s vastrapaharanam (disrobing of Draupadi). Not only that, in war people were to fight as per their ranks in war (in those days). A common soldier can’t challenge an adhirathi and vice-versa. Similarly, a fighter when he doesn’t have his weapon is not attacked. But these rules were not followed even by Karna during the war when the young boy Abhimanyau was attacked by Karna, Duryodhan, Shakuni and others – all at once. He fell to the ground and was without any weapons. Yet, they kept attacking. The brave lad used the wheel of the chariot to continue fighting and was then vanquished by Karna’s arrow. He asked for water but Karna didn’t give him water to drink even though a bowl of clean water was near Karna. He didn’t give water to the person who was about to die. This was the same cup of water that caused Karna’s chariot’s wheel to get stuck in the mud. And that became pivotal to his death in Arjuna’s hand.

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# bhagavatam, Krishna and Rukmini, Karna, how karma works, karma, one act of injustice can overdo the lifetime of good done.

Read the link to learn more on this topic https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2021/01/on-receiving-grace.html 

Questions addressed and points to ponder:

• Do not try to understand the Laws of the Universe by taking only a part of any story. 
• We can't understand the Laws of the Universe by looking at only one event of our life too!
• Karma can be understood only when we see the complete picture.

Reflections – on washing clothes

 

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Reflections – on washing clothes

Apply it in next major area of your life – your relationship. Your world begins and ends with your family and friends. Lucky that you’ve small area to cover here. Good for you! Now go for that! See how you can ‘give’ better in every relationship. See how you can contribute to your family’s energies sand wellness…

See how you can talk better or respond better in your everyday conversations.

Do you have anyone who is good at dealing with relationships? Then emulate their example.

If you don’t have any, then look how ‘Guru’ in ‘Me, My Guru series’ behave, acts or talks. If not that then look at ‘Lord Krishna’ the way he talks to Shakuni, Duryodhan and such people in his life. If you don’t’ like him, then just imagine yourself behaving in a calmer fashion next time.

Can we shift our energies from anger, conditions, expectations, hatred to that of calmness, trust in Reiki and smile?

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# reflections, spirituality in day-to-day life, mundane routines and yoga, being in the moment, purpose of life and situations of life, being aware, operating centre, consciousness, 

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2018/04/stories-and-all-wild-flower.html 

Few FAQs with Guru

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Few FAQs with Guru

(S – stands for student and G- stands for Guru in this post)

G – No. I consider myself greater than Krishna and so let my student commit 100 times more mistakes before I take some action?

S – (Student laughs at her sense of humour) So you too kill them?

G – No, not physically. I just send them away from my life. I don’t get angry and so don’t punish them. I realize by then that no amount of work on them is going to make a change in their attitude for now. After the ‘saturation point’ that I’ve set for them I reached I ask them to go elsewhere. I just stop seeing them and teaching them. What is the fun of meeting each other if we are not good with each other? If I am not of any benefit then the purpose of me being in his life becomes redundant and hence I part as friends with them. No malice nothing! I don’t send them away because I am angry at them. I no more have anything more to offer them. So, I ask them to leave so I can direct my energies on someone else who has and will come seeking what I have to offer them.

No good carrying a dead relationship as ever! Better to say good bye while we still have good feelings for each other!

S – Then they will go to other masters seeking their help.....

G – Good for both of them! Every nut will find its place. A person who wants to run illegal business or relationship has to go elsewhere seeking advice and help. My expertise is limited to ONLY GIVING ADVICE ON DEVELOPING CLARITY OF THOUGHT, HEALING KARMA AND OUTGROWING KAMA, KRODHA, LOBHA, MADA AND MATSARYAM. Not to instigate that in the person. And rightly said by you, there will be people using peoples’ need and greed to their benefit in the guise of being a ‘master’. Good for them and good for the student who goes to them. God bless them both! 

Shakuni wouldn't suite Arjuna and Duryodhan wouldn't benefit from Krishna. Each master unto his student. That's why it is Krishna for Arjuna and Shakuni for Duryodhan. What you are walking towards decides which master you get attracted to!

And that is the beauty and wonderful thing about all this! No master is good for all! No master comes for all! No one master is enough for all!

Each unto his nature and desire!

There is an animal and Divine in each one of us! That is what Vedic philosophy states! And I teach to overcome that animal in us and to light that Divine spark within us. Let only those who want this, stay, let others go where their desires and karma take them!

I work within these parameters only. Just because you demand me to ‘fulfill’ your ‘adharmic’ desires I am not going to break my parameters. 

S - How would you wind up your advice for me?



G - Seek not favours from your master. Seek not pity from your master. Seek not fulfillment of your desires from your master. Seek ways to work towards your Divine Nature. That itself will take take of everything else. 

When you seek blessings, favours, material gains and hold on to animal nature, even when God's bless you, it will not reach you right! 



Be not with a master who works to please you. He will exploit you in more than one ways. He has nothing to offer you. He will use you for his benefit only.

Instead be with a master who gives you pain of losing your lower nature. He is working towards your higher good. He means good for you. He seeks that good which would benefit you for all your future janmas too to come!

And pray that you are given clarity of thought to know the right from the wrong!

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# each unto his deed, master and student,

also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=duryodhan+and+shakuni 

Points to be taken : 

• There is an animal within each one of us!
• There is a Divine spark within each one of us!
• Master is one who lets you and shows you to kill the animal within and ignite the Divine within, each time you falter in life.
• The one who promises to fulfill your desires may be called a master - but there are actually different words for such people.
• The one who goes to such people because of one's own greed and nature falls into their trap and gets exploited. 
• It is our weakness that drives us towards such people. Our weakness is at fault. As long as we are weak from within, there will be people who will exploit us. 

Me, My Guru – On purpose of life!

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Me, My Guru – On purpose of life!

Gandhi fought for ‘Indians’ in SA and later ‘Ahimsa’ became tool in his ‘purpose of life’ – freedom for India” saying so our Guru became silent.

“My purpose of life is to raise my kid to be a rich and successful person” said one.

“My purpose is to get married and lead a happy married life” said other.

“My purpose is to give a house to my family and provide them with all material comforts” said another.

Most of our purposes were on this line only.

“Your purpose of life decides your destiny. Your intent decides the outcome. See ‘POL’ as the train that takes you to the destination of your life” said our Guru.

“Is that going to work out bad for us?” I asked a bit frightened and tensed. My POL lay in the ‘common area’ of most of the people.

“Shakuni’s POL was to seek power and material success for his sister and her sons. You know that brought down their entire clan.

Shakuni’s love for his sister was very strong and yet because his intent was based on anger, hatred and vengeance the result became painful and suffering became the gift he gave to his ‘dear sister’. His means were based on ‘adharma’ and the result is always ‘destruction and pain’ for such a choice.

End will never justify the ‘means’. Means decides the quality of journey and the results of the life and its fruits.

POL of Dhritarashtra was to make his son King and you know the result.

POL of Karna was to stand by his friend, Duryodhan and what happened? Inspite of being warrior par excellence, man who would give anything and everything in charity, being mind-born son of Sun God, he died a pathetic death. His life was no good either. He didn’t get peace inspite of becoming successful by means of becoming ‘King of Angh’. Why? All because he stood by a wrong person – Duryodhan! 

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# purpose of life, happiness, pain and suffering, challenges of life, giving and sharing, 

also read :  https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=Me%2C+My+Guru+-+on+essence+-+Bhagavatam 

If your life is already happening without knowing 'purpose of life', then you can choose to let go to know this now......

Teachers - Everyone : Me, My Guru

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She, but just smiled and said “all that could or could not be true! We can't jump to conclusion about their character based on their one decision or act. So we’ll not go there! What I wanted to point was this – we always give excuse of ‘market requirement’ i.e., “I acted so because of “whenever I do reiki, light goes, so it was very clear, that I am not required to do sadhan. Reiki doesn’t want me to do sadhan!”

“Whenever I put on TV, take a magazine, I see Gold ads. So I took it as Reiki’s clue and ended up purchasing gold against loans”.

Wow! What a way to mess up ones’ life and others with such distorted and bent up logic!

Please, save yourself from all such illogical and stupid logic. This is sheer escapism at its best form. Don’t buy such ‘logical reasoning’ even if sold in ‘my name’ “. She paused a while here. Her voice had become heavy. Clearly she was hurt by some peoples’ acts and behaviour. Again, as we understood doing our discussion later, that it was not for herself or for the fact that her’ name’ was tainted. She was feeling bad for ‘those wise souls’ who were behaving so! She was feeling for them. If this wasn’t ‘unconditional love’, we didn’t know what is! And to think ‘these people left her’ to start on their own!

‘circumstances and situations don’t push us towards wrong-doing’ she continued collecting herself “At every juncture we are given choices – right, wrong and that of indifference. The choice we make talks about our priorities, principles and desire. They reflect “who we truly are and what we actually want” – they are not reiki’s choices for us. Reiki doesn’t push us to commit wrongs, it protects us from it.

Krishna – the Divine gave one last chance to Duryodhan, Shakuni and his lot to make right choice and to right their wrong when he came with ‘peace talk’ or ‘shanthi sandes’. Similarly, Rama also gave one chance to Ravana to avert war and thereby his death. But, in both the cases they out of their ego and nature couldn’t cash the opportunity correctly and mocked Krishna and Rama respectively. The divine always gives us chance to improve, correct our attitude. It doesn’t want us to falter. We falter because of our own weaknesses. Then why does

He give us such temptations? Sorry! Whoever gave you an impression that He gave you those temptations? He didn’t and never does. Neither does Reiki do such things. We with our desires, intentions and thoughts attract such situations in our life and then blame him. (All this is actually clearly dealt with in I degree class!)

It is destined that Rama has to kill Ravana. Agreed. But where is it written that ‘you play the role of Ravana?” you decide your role by making choices every single time in your life. That’s exactly what Salman is telling. There has to be a villain in his film. It just wouldn’t be him.  And who is to be villain in your life is your decision entirely.

‘Me and only I am responsible for what I experience in my life’. Only when you accept this will you understand your role in your life and life situations and that understanding will help you to take correct decisions from then.

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Me, My Guru - On essence - Bhagavatam!

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These were scores of others – Shakuni, Duryodhan, Dushshashan and all others who shut off their eyes unable to bear the brilliance of that Divine form. This shows that not everyone is ‘eligible’ to receive the ‘good’ or ‘Divine’.

“You don’t get what you desire, but what you deserve”.

Because of all impurities like anger, envy, lust, hatred and such qualities filled in their hearts, these people were automatically ‘not worthy of receiving’ Divine Grace. Even if given they can’t receive it. Their body is the cup that can’t take the filling of ‘good’ or ‘Divine’.

So, to receive His Grace or even to get ‘your desires fulfilled’ you should be worthy of it. And that’s where emptying of self of all impurities like anger, lust, envy etc come into picture. So do hands-on regularly” she replied with a smile.

“Then what about Dhritarashtra?” you said once that he was an epitome of ‘moham’ attachment. Then how can he receive the divine grace?”

She seemed ever ready with answers. Was she prepared or what, I had wondered many times!

I heard many answers to the questions posed to them. They gave any answer that came to them. But people like her were actually very few in numbers. To answer a question is not that important as to give appropriate one. People were bowled over with ‘any answer received’. But I over the years have learnt to understand and appreciate ‘Right answer’ to ‘any answer’. Yes, this a commoner would never know. But thanks to my healing sessions and ‘good company’ that I kept I received this understanding and what a priceless treasure was this treasure. I’ve found ‘so-called Gurus’ fooling around with words in the name of answer and I pity people and their students who looked up to them for their answers.

“Lord, doesn’t keep accounts of only bad deeds but also of good deeds – even the ones performed unknowingly or by chance. Dhritarashtra was jealous of his brother Pandu and his sons. He felt Pandu usurped his rights to the throne. He wanted to fulfil his desire of being ‘a king’ through his son knowing full well that Yudhishtra was more eligible and the right candidate for the throne of Kuru dynasty. Moreover, he was son of deceased king of that kingdom i.e., Pandu. Dhritarashtra on the other-hand was only a king on deputation. And that’s why too; his son was not eligible to be a king.

Yet,he, because of being blinded by his ‘lust’ for throne and power was an accomplice in all the plots against Pandavas by his son Duryodhan.

 

(Vidur and Dhritarashtra)

But inspite of having so many negative qualities had one weakness which was a ‘great quality’ in the eyes of Lord i.e., ‘Satsangh’ meaning ‘good company’. Vidura being an avatar of Lord Yama who was the custodian of ‘Dharma’ or righteousness, was a great devotee of Lord Krishna and was also an exponent of ‘Dharma’ – but obviously. He was fearless in speaking about ‘right’ and ‘wrong’ – not based on his likes and dislikes as many of us do, but based on ‘Dharma’ or ‘Law’. Dhritarashtra could never stay without him. Especially at nights, he would seek Vidura’s company and listen to his talk on Dharma, virtues, scriptures and about the qualities and glory of God.

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