On ingratitude!

On Ingratitude!

Gratitude is the back-bone of abundance – be it any abundance – more so for the financial. First let me see how or what acts show- my lack of gratitude! Ingratitude is the main reason for mis-management of finance and thereby bringing about financial abundance in life.

Mother Lakshmi has two vahans – vehicles to travel. One being Owl and the other Garuda. When she enters our life on Owl, she makes a fool of us – ullu – and walks out of our life too that way! Not every rich person has right attitudes, then why attitude is considered so important for a sadhak? Well, here goes the answer. Just the way he earns, his spending is also found senseless and useless even to himself in many ways. When money is earned by wrong ways, then Mother Lakshmi is said to be entering our lives sitting on Owl and hence she brings only sukkh – only comforts and there is no samridhdhi and also no shanthi.

When Mother Lakshmi comes sitting on the Garuda, she enters our lives with Lord Narayana sitting with her. She represents sukh – comforts and he represents shanthi & samridhdhi i.e., character and also wealth. When Financial abundance is uttered by a sadhak and that too with sadhan, then we are talking of Goddess of Wealth coming into our lives with her consort Lord Narayana.

Now, the question is what are the symptoms that point out my ingratitude?
· Talking ill of against person/ system / institution / nation which supports us and also benefits us. Just for sustaining us, we should have gratitude! Over and above that, it supports us and feeds and benefits us. But, we are ever so cribbing, complaining, talking lowly about the person / system / institution etc that’s given us so much.
· One more statement that surprises me is when people get job / loan / money to run their families / life through Reiki yet complain that Reiki doesn’t give financial abundance in their life. Are you AWARE of the level of ingratitude that you have?
· Calling / SMS when in need and not calling / Sms once the healing is complete. Dukh mein sumiran sab karein, sukkh mein karein na koi, jo sukkh mein sumiran karein, tho dukkh kahe ko hoi?
Every one remembers while in need/ pain, but hardly anyone remembers / calls to say thanks once relieved of it. If people can remember even in good times, then why would be there any pain at all in life?
· Calling for an enquiry regarding Vaasthu etc and not calling in say if house is purchased / shifted etc….

These instances are only examples and not the be-all of ingratitude. Similar must be the fashion we deal with others in our life. We would be taking others also for granted in the same way.

Ingratitude can be negated with Gratitude only. What Gratitude is and what it is not will be discussed tomorrow. But, before that please come out with instances that talk of ingratitude especially so with regards to the financial aspect. Till you come out with your examples, I go to write tomorrow’s blog….

Me, My Guru – Indra and I

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Me, My Guru – Indra and I

Manda took dhoti from him but the villager’s words made a mark on his psyche. What could he do to protect his dhoti? This thought kept him busy for couple of days. One day on his way back from river, he saw a kitten. He immediately saw the solution to his problem. He took the kitten home and was totally relaxed now. Within couple of hrs, the cat started crying out loud for food. Manda out of affection for it went into the village seeking milk for it. He gave the milk thus collected to it. for the sake of milk, he ended up going more than once (which he would go for himself) into the village.

Seeing his plight, the villagers took pity on him and gifted him a cow. This way, he could get milk for himself and the cat and there was ‘no waste of time’ of his in search of food for himself and his cat.

In just few days, he developed affection towards the cow. He felt bad that it was sitting under the tree all day long. He decided to build a shed for it. he went into village seeking wood for the same. Knowing it to be a difficult task to do on his own, few villagers pitched in. in few days, they built a good shed for his cow. It was on one of those days that one of them suggested that he also grow some grass for the cow to graze. Suggestion being genuine, it was taken and implemented by our dear Manda.

Manda started tending the grass, cattle and the cat. He soon found that the milk was much excess than his requirement. He started giving it away and people started paying for the same. 

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# My, my Guru, Indra and I, purpose of life, right and wrong, on following orders, on breaking rules, 

also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=Goddess+Lakshmi+and+Lord+Narayana to understand the connection between earning material riches and being wealthy. Also understand how our attitudes and character make a difference in us being rich or wealthy....

Points to understand :

Why should I work for things that I don't need?

I have all that need already in my life. Why do I want more?

Why am I going behind my wants?

Does fulfilling my wants fulfill me completely? Can I be so sure of it?

THink about it! Meditate. Take time to look within. Face yourself honestly and be free of your clutter. Be free of your fears. Be free and enjoy the bliss that is rightfully yours.

on wealth..

It all depends on what money means to us.
How do I bring both Goddess Lakshmi and Lord Narayana into my life and home? Simple. By making the right shift in my priorities. Our assets may increase but we end up being poor rich people if we are in the category of persons who are “loving things of life and using people”. We would end up being wealthy and successful not to forget satisfied if we are “using things and loving people.” Think about it!

A woman came home from work late, tired and irritated, to find her 5-year old son waiting for her at the door.
SON: 'Mummy, may I ask you a question?'
MUM: 'Yeah sure, what it is?' replied the woman.
SON: 'Mummy, how much do you make an hour?'
MUM: 'That's none of your business. Why do you ask such a thing?' the womansaid angrily.
SON: 'I just want to know. Please tell me, how much do you make an hour?'
MUM: 'If you must know, I make $20 an hour.'
SON: 'Oh,' the little boy replied, with his head down.
SON: "Mummy, may I please borrow $5?"
The mother was furious, 'If the only reason you asked that is so you can borrow some money to buy a silly toy or some other nonsense, then you march yourself straight to your room and go to bed. Think about why you are being so selfish. I don't work hard everyday for such childish frivolities.'
The little boy quietly went to his room and shut the door..
The woman sat down and started to get even angrier about the little boy's questions. How dare he ask such questions only to get some money?

After about an hour or so, the woman had calmed down , and started to think:Maybe there was something he really needed to buy with that $5 and he really didn't ask for money very often.The woman went to the door of the little boy's room and opened the door.
'Are you asleep, son?' She asked.
'No Mummy, I'm awake,' replied the boy.
'I've been thinking, maybe I was too hard on you earlier' said the woman. 'It's been a long day and I took out my aggravation on you. Here's the $5 you asked for.'
The little boy sat straight up, smiling. 'Oh, thank you Mummy!' he yelled.
Then, reaching under his pillow he pulled out some crumpled up bills.
The woman saw that the boy already had money, started to get angry again.
The little boy slowly counted out his money, and then looked up at his mother.
'Why do you want more money if you already have some?' the mother grumbled. 'Because I didn't have enough, but now I do,' the little boy replied. 'Mummy, I have $20 now. Can I buy an hour of your time? Please come home early tomorrow. I would like to have dinner with you.'
The mother was crushed. She put his arms around her little son, and she begged for his forgiveness.
It's just a short reminder to all who are working so hard in life. We must not let time slip through our fingers without having spent some time with those who really matter to us, those close to our hearts. Do remember to share that $20 worth of your time with someone you love.

Always remember comforts and riches are for the people in our life. Our life is not to accumulate the riches at the cost of losing out on people in our lives. Let us be little more AWARE and sensible as we are amassing riches of life…