Becoming eligible for grace!

 

Becoming eligible for grace!

Bhagya Rekha, Kshitija, Swathi – sending reiki to you three for walking the most difficult yet compulsory and beautiful journey in the entire Universe! This is the ONLY purpose of our existence! Every other thing depends on this walk and these milestones that you cross in your life! What you receive and don’t depend entirely and solely on this journey!

You may not be able to do the entire journey in this very life – though I would wish and pray that you all do! But, even a few baby steps taken in this direction would affect your present life and all your future lives to come (for those who believe in its existence!).

That doesn’t mean you do a couple of exercises and leave it for this life! NO and a big NO! Once you start this journey, keep walking. You may go slow, that is accepted but don’t ever stop! Keep walking. That is the key to your growth and happiness – not to forget the most important one – your safety!

Many stop after taking just a couple of baby steps. That is the biggest blunder. Don’t do it!

As this journey is tough and lonely, I wish to show my respect, appreciation and support by sending reiki to you three for the next week to come. At every step and corner, you’ll see me standing by you, cheering you, encouraging you, shouting at you, yelling at you and telling you stories to frighten you enough to not let you stop walking this path!

While you do all this and suffer the pains of walking this path, also remember, there is no personal agenda that I have in here! I don't sit to gain anything in any form for any growth that you see in yourself! I just wish everyone gains access to their full potential which is within their reach! That's all! Nothing more for me here!  So, remember, you are not doing any of this to please me. You can't please me with your decisions on this path! You are walking this path for your own good ONLY! Nothing more, nothing less!

Every person who walks this path deserves and becomes eligible for Divine support and grace automatically. No need to beg or seek anyone’s blessings! Become eligible for that and this is a sure-shot way for that! And to prove that is by sending reiki to you all!

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****When the Reiki was sent to the above mentioned, some of you had doubts as to why to them especially? This post is to clarify that doubt!! So, I retained first and last para from the previous post! https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2023/09/becoming-eligible-for-grace.html?showComment=1695455541209 

# enlightenment, nirvana, knowing self, detachment, attachment, samsara, spirituality, ego, games of mind, living life fully, living in the moment, mindfulness, sadhan, healing self, healing earth, karma, destiny, 

read also: https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2019/02/on-healing-guru-god-and-all.html 

and

https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2018/03/stories-and-all-dog-and-priest.html

Me, my guru – on choosing love over hate!

 

Me, my guru – on choosing love over hate!

Today our Guru didn’t tell a story from any Epic. She didn’t tell the story from any other source. The story that she chose to share with us was from the book of life. Yes, she shared a real-life story with us. Maybe, that’s why it resonated with us today. Maybe, most of us couldn’t or won’t apply it right away. And yet, we would carry this tale for quite some time to come.

It was a very simple story of a simple sadhak. Because it was lived by someone just like us we could relate to it. As his strategy worked for him, we had the motivation enough to follow in his footsteps. In some city in India lived two brothers who were doing business together. Time flew and in just 20-25years they had a huge business. Their children also became involved in the business. At that time, the elder brother and children robbed the younger brother and his children of their share.

The younger brother (the hero of our story) was left penniless and on the roads. Now, this hero of ours had a Guru whom he respected a lot. He went to her and vented out his anger, and disappointments. He and his children wanted his Guru to give permission to file a case against his older brother. This though was purely his children’s wish. But our hero never did anything without seeking his Guru’s permission.

Contd....

# on living relationships, on love, on giving and receiving, you are where you are because of how you choose, on choosing right everytime, making choices, forgiveness, moving on, building over destruction,

previous post suggested reading to further understanding on this topic : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=Me%2C+My+Guru+%E2%80%93+On+disagreement 

Post pointers:

"But our hero never did anything without seeking his Guru’s permission." - Read these lines at the end of the topic again!!!

The hero's fate to a large extent depends on this sentence. When we are disturbed, heart broken, agitated or angry whatever be our decision, it is wrong. Blessed are the few who have worked on themselves enough to be calm and composed enough to take the right step even in such dire circumstances. Others are not!

We are ruled by our emotions and feelings. And that is the reason we end up taking all the wrong decisions and choices. Here, our hero simply followed a golden rule "Never to do anything that his Guru doesn't permit" Simple! This would be a ramaraksha to every one and any one who follows it.

Now, does this sentence mean 'literally'??? NO! It just means, you accept someone as your guide, mentor, teacher and seek their counsel before taking any major decisions in life. It can be your parent, spouse, friend or scriptures like Ramayana, Geetha and so on....

Then you can never go wrong...

Reflections – on repairing sofa

 

Contd....

Reflections – on repairing sofa

What can we take from this?

·       Don’t fret and fume on simple tasks of life.

·       Do Reiki and take decisions. Don’t let ‘greed’ and ‘mind’ come in the way of taking every ‘small decisions’.

·       When you take the overall account into count, you don’t lose if not benefit at least – when you do Reiki for every act of yours.

·       Look at the larger picture to see the sensibility of any decision.

When you look at only one aspect of a decision, or see it from only one angel, then it may look wrong. But, if you put aside your ‘mind’ and let ‘Reiki’ guide you, it will guide you to do every chore in a better way for yourself. It also takes into account the soul need and purpose – your soul need and purpose into account.

Do we see it as relevant to only repairing sofa?

No, not if we are sensible. Sit back and close your eyes. Go through the post and let it sink in. see the areas it can be put to good use in your life. Each life’s need and demands are different. You know yours. You know where it hurts too! See if this simple shift in perception and the way you take decisions can be put to use there! Apply it and see the difference. Share your experiences of your applications. “Someone will surely relate with your experiences and benefit. You can be a beacon of light unto others!”. “You are the stumbling block unto yourself!” – Don’t be! Care to share!?

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Concluded....

# on dealing with day to day issues, little differences, stress on little nothings of life, looking at big picture, making life stress free, on calculating right, using mind the right way, 

Also suggested reading : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-unimaginably-great-and-smallest.html 

Points to ponder :

• Instead of seeing every one and every situation 'as how to be' let's shift it to seeing it as 'how to make most out of it'.
• If we are doing Reiki for our daily jobs and works to be done, then why are we also worrying on the outcome?

Work to do :

Let's go back and see our life after being Reiki channel for once...

Let's recollect those incidents for which we did reiki and how they turned out to be...let's share it to inspire others with our story.......

Let's draw energies from each other's experiences to build our trust and overcome fear, doubt and worry. Let's infuse enthusiasm by going down the memory lane. 

Time to jot down from our journals - our Reiki miracles - once again...

For next one week please share your experiences at least one per day....

Let's show our gratitude for what we received yesteryear by VALIDATING IT.......

What did you take from this post?

Was it relevant?

Was it useful?

Me, My Guru – On Hindrances in problem solving

 

     Me, My Guru – On Hindrances in problem solving

Then talk to yourself with an intention to find out ‘about the problem’. Knowing ‘the problem’ and ‘about it’ is half the battle won! Then take necessary action for the same”.

Later she talked on other topics but I didn’t register any of them. Sometimes, one word, one thought, one sentence or a story says it all. I take just that for a day and plan to work on it. And it has borne fruit – always!

One gem collected per day made me rich on all accounts. Now, all I had to do was to ‘encash’ it. That, was totally my choice. It depended totally on me. And this is the reason why no two student who met benefited the same way!

Concluded.....

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# on talking about problems, consequences of talking about problems, karma, negativity generated, problems and solutions, healing the issue, finding solutions, life, beauty of life, facts of life, lessons of life, obstacles of life, life is not perfect

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=On+taking+decisions%21 

Points to remember and understand :

• Life is not about collecting stories, quotes or sayings...
• All teachings come to naught if not applied.
• Life gives us opportunities to put to good use all that we have understood (or atleast say we have?!). 
• Unless we are able to apply what we have learnt, how will we know that we have learnt?
• Unless we have opportunities to apply what we have learnt, how will we grow?
• Unless we have opportunities to behave differently and act differently from before, how will we know we have grown?
• So, to let us know of our understanding, wisdom, application of it in life we are thrown problems in our life.
• Every time we treat a problem as an opportunity to express our growth, know you have passed the test. You have reclaimed yourself. You have learnt to live life. You have learnt the 'art of living'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On taking decisions!

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On taking decisions!

The more we condition the outcome of our 'decisions' the less clarity of thought is available to us to take that 'right decision'. We want everything to go 'smooth' and trouble free and that's how we say if the decision is right or wrong. But we forget 'no decision' is completely 'problem free' - ever in life. Every decision comes with ups and downs of it's choice. We need to look into the fact 'is my decision based on my values and priorities of life or is it based on fear?'

Any decision based on values however difficulties it may end up giving us, there also comes a great strength with that decision that comes to us to face those difficulties...

Stop expecting a decision to give you 'happiness' only in life. That demand from that decision makes us assume that we could have been happier without that decision made in our life. It never is so - for any decision in life. 

The day we realize this simple Truth we would get healed of our fears and go ahead and live life to the fullest. We will have courage enough to face the challenges that our choices presents us with. Then it is all a part of game in our life. There are no regrets. There are no remorse. There is no pain and no suffering - at least with regards to our decisions made in the past. How beautiful and light would such a state of mind would be! How wonderful would that life be!

Think about it!!!

Concluded....

# on taking decisions, regret and remorse, faults of past, ghosts of the past, problems and solutions, miracles, pain and suffering, on lessons of life, success and its ingredients, clarity of thought, everything happens for a reason, life is a teacher, situations of life and their reason to be

previous posts worth visiting : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=On+desires+and+decisions+%E2%80%93+Me%2C+My+Guru+Crow%2C+Parrot+and+other+birds 

As always, read the link given in the date order to understand it better....

Healing suggested :

• Sit in meditation and find the cause of 'taking decisions'. Heal it with the required technique...
• Look at the expectations and conditions set on each decision. Take couple of them (from the past) and grow through expectations and conditions you had from each of such decisions. Know the basis of your expectations and conditions. Heal them.
• Do reiki before taking any decision. Then develop trust that whatever comes is for your good and work around that faith. 
• Stop going back to past and wanting to change that decision.
• The decision many times is not the problem. The lack of strength to face and accept the outcome of that decision is. Work on that!

What did you learn from this post?

How was it helpful?

Heal the required areas and come back after say a month and give the feedback....have a reminder to do the same....

On taking decisions!

 On taking decisions!

Successful people take decisions based on "Where they want to be".

Others take decisions based on "their current situations".

What are the factors that control or affect how and what we decide? 

a.The current situations

b.Data available

c.fear - it can be fear of failure, fear of rebuke, fear of being left alone or any other fear

d.lack of confidence on self

e.lack of courage to face the outcome of our decisions

f.fear of challenges and strength to face them

g.ego

What are the factors, attitudes that help us take 'right' decisions?

a.Fearlessness of going wrong

b.Responsibility to take ownership of our decisions

c.Fear of outcome

d.Condition that everything should be smooth and comfortable

e.Confidence on self

f.Being independent

g.Strength to go ahead with 'right' decisions even if be alone 

h.flexibility to adapt as per requirement of the hour

i.humility 

Contd.....

# on taking decisions, regret and remorse, faults of past, ghosts of the past, problems and solutions, miracles, pain and suffering, on lessons of life, success and its ingredients, clarity of thought, everything happens for a reason, life is a teacher, situations of life and their reason to be

previous posts worth visiting : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2019/01/on-moving-forward.html  

and also

https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/2014/11/on-taking-decisions_17.html 

read the complete post........

On disturbances in life and their place in our life

Contd....

 

On disturbances in life and their place in our life

We want them to make us proud and are so busy investing our energies in the name of correcting them and taming them!

And then we look forward to being grandparents to spoil a child, enjoy just being with him, spoiling him with our love and think “this love that one has for grand children is the best!”. But it is never about grand children at all! It is not because they are grandchildren. It is all in how you reach to your grandchild - Just being with them with no strings attached. We don’t have any expectations from them. Why then postpone enjoying ‘just being with the kid’ to some distant future? Just be with a kid.

The conditions that we live with

a.you’ve to be strict with your kids to bring them up right.

b.if you play a lot with kids they get spoiled.

In the process we miss out on their growing up. We stunt their growth. Yes, in the name of expectations, our dreams and conditions, we don’t let them express themselves right. Our kid is not a trophy that we need to show the world. Let us bring up a confident kid. Give him freedom and trust him with decisions.

Contd.....

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=If+I+had+a+child+to+raise++all+over+again

# everything happens for good, ups and downs of life, challenges of life, facts of life, life, good and bad times, failure and success, pain and suffering, disturbances of life

Points worth taking in :

• Don't postpone living 'a moment'.
• Live whatever life throws at you. 
• Whether it be a chocolate, butterfly, sunset or a balloon - whatever you are passed on, experience it.
• Don't cry in some distance future when you can't eat chocolate (because of some disease like diabetes...). Watch butterfly while you still can see. We take these things for granted. Don't! Be with the moment while it lasts.
• Play with kids as much as possible.
• Don't pressurize kids with too much of discipline.
• Kids can be trained without being shouted at too! They don't listen to you but learn by seeing you. So be what you are preaching. As reiki channels just keep doing reiki for them. 
• Life is too short. Time flies. Don't complain that you don't have memories of fun with kids. Tomorrow all that one is left out is these memories that we make today. Most of the kids leave homes to chase their destiny. So make enough memories to fall back on those times.

Just learn to be with nature at least for 1/2 an hour daily for next 11 days. It doesn't mean you need to go to some hill station. Don't take it as an excuse to travel. Just take a walk in the neighbourhood. Look at the sky and the trees in your area while you walk. Sit in the park. Listen to birds and see them fly.

Need for pain

 

Contd....

Need for pain

I don’t predict future. I am a believer of ‘writing and designing our future’. And so am in ‘healing path’. Our future is going to be right whatever the outcome be. Note here clearly. I said ‘future is going to be right’ and not ‘good’. Good is subjective. What you consider as good is only your ‘desire’. And you are happy only when your condition of that desire is fulfilled. But, here I am not saying ‘good’ I am saying ‘right’. Right means ‘may be not up to my taste or as per my desire’ but still what is right for me!

This right is selected by the Universe. It is decided by the reiki. How can it be wrong for me? Whatever He decides, it’s got to be good. This is based on the fact and Truth that His love for me is greater than my love for myself.

Think about it! So many times we have asked things and situations for our pain. We attracted that which was painful for us. We choose things and people who are harmful for us. Agreed in ignorance, but choose we do. How we are wrong for ourselves!

HE is beyond ignorance. He is knowledge himself. How can he operate out of ignorance? And so, His decision for me can only be good and right at the same time! That is Trust I have in Him!

So whatever fears you have because of COVID surrender it to Reiki/Universe/God and just do your bit every single day.

Surrender doesn’t mean you throw caution to the wind. I know a gentleman who does pooja for a min. of 3-4 hours. He has chosen ‘celibacy’ (brahmacharyam) over married life. Why? Because, for him being with God in every thought is the only way of life. He takes care of his aged parents. He is a successful professional. He is from well to do family. And yet he is clear in his purpose of life. He went to ‘kumbh mela’ saying ‘energies of that place would not let virus come there’. He came back with COVID and both his parents in late 80s with co-morbidities are at risk because of him. His SIL who is mother to a one year kid is already infected. SIL’s both parents (who live in next house to theirs) are cancer patients undergoing cancer treatment. Just imagine the scenario.

Our belief should not be a cause of pain, suffering or trouble to others. Remember that always!

Contd....

# pain and suffering, desire and its fulfillment, destiny, twists and turns of life, life - a miracle, unfolding of life events, everything happens for a reason, everything happens for good, 

also read suggested : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search? q=everything+works+out+for+good 

Questions addressed : 

• Why do I suffer when my prayers are answered too?
• Why am I not happy inspite of my wish being fulfilled?
• Now I am afraid of asking for wishes as their coming true also gives me pain. Does that mean I don't ask for wishes? Then how do I run my life?
• Who takes decisions when I am not taking decisions for my life?

Points to be understood : 

• When my desire is fulfilled, Good!
• But when my desire is not fulfilled then it is better for me as HIS WILL is present in the decision.
• जब मेरी चाहत पूरी होती है तो अच्छा 
• पर जब मेरी चाहत पूरी नहीं होती है थो बहुत अच्छा क्यूँकि उसमें उसकी रज़ा होती है..... 
• What I desire for myself is not necessarily good! No arguments there!
• What I want need not be for my good. 
• There is His Love operational even in denial!
• His love for me is much much greater than my love for myself.
• I in my ignorance can want and chase things and people harmful for me.
• HE never gives me anything harmful for me. It may be distasteful for me - but harmful - NEVER!
• He knows more about me than I myself!
• If you want to argue on that, first sit in meditation and go within. Know thyself! Then open your mouth to argue.
• One who feels restless, fear, pain just by closing one's eyes and wanting to be silent for few minutes - what does that reflect about that person?

Please note : I am not communicating doesn't mean 'no teacher period and so make more noise and do no homework....!'

Some of you have been given special task to be performed for 3-4 months next. Are you doing it? I am sure i don't need to repeat saying this again.....

Read https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=why+God+doesn%27t+come+to+my+rescue  to understand how God helps people in Sadhan.

Also find answer to your question : Aren't energies of Kumbh mela and pooja supposed to protect a bhaktha? If no, then why be in sadhan?

Ask yourself this question before blaming Reiki/Guru/God "Am I here to question His Greatness and Glory or am I working towards experiencing a miracle happening through Him in life?"

Am I challenging his Glory and Greatness OR 

Am I being a torch to his Glory and Greatness?