Help others to tide over your problems!

…contd….

But, as you experience these emotions just stick to sadhan – preferably regularly. Even if you are not regular don’t feel bad. Apart from sadhan or when unable to do sadhan do the following (whichever relaxes you) – 

1.       Listen to music

2.       Watch movies

3.       Take a walk and preferably make it a ‘must routine’ atleast for ½ hr daily – twice may be.

4.       Do yoga preferably or exercise. You can be irregular but do it. When I say irregular, I mean atleast 3-4 times per week – not once in a month.

5.       Join swimming classes, dancing or aerobic classes if possible. Take to some hobby that you long since wanted and if it is physical in nature better.

6.       Pick an orphanage or an old age home near your home and visit regularly – atleast 3 times/week and teach them whatever you know. Spend time with them. To understand why listen to tum besahara ho tho from Anurodh

7.       Go to temple near your house preferably at same time daily (or as many times as possible/week) and do (circumbation) pradikshanam atleast 108 times. If not possible start with 21 times. While you are at temple chant 108 times on mantra. Gradually increase it to 7 malas or 7*108 times.

Nothing beats depression, loneliness like selflessness. The more the person thinks about himself, his desire, his life, his pain, his suffering the more he’ll be depressed. So do the opposite. Give your know-how, time to others.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF99K-uM9Fc

Duniya mein kitna gum hai

Mera gum kitna kum hal….

Looking at the pain in the world

I realized how little I have….

All this is fine but how will I know “God’s chahat” (His will)?

Buddha

 

Once in a village a notorious thief became jealous of a Buddha who was regarded as the ‘most pious man’ by the villagers and gave due respect to him. This thief went to meet the Buddha in the dead of night and looking at him said “people may not see through your garb but I can. All I can see in you is he most manipulative thief who is so smart that he’s not yet caught. You are no Buddha as people say”. To this Buddha smiled and said “Yes, I see that. That’s no problem. Because I can see only Buddha in you.”

The thief went out in a huff and started telling one and all that the Buddha was a fraud.

So you see one can see only oneself in the other. Because Buddha was Buddha, he saw Buddha in the thief but thief being himself could see himself in Buddha. In short to recognize or understand even a Guru or a Buddha one should be a Buddha or atleast have Buddha like qualities to say the least.

…contd….

Me, My Guru – On purpose of life!

Contd.....

Me, My Guru – On purpose of life!

Instead of wishing for ‘respect’ that he sought because he was denied since childhood if he had used the same pain to inspire him to find his POL his life would’ve been much more richer, beautiful, meaningful and useful. His life story would have been different in a good way!

“How could he have made his pain his inspiration for POL?” I asked. I was both surprised and amazed that we can actually convert our suffering into our POL.

She replied “By standing up for all the people who were denied respect because of their caste or class. He could’ve brought meaning in their lives. He could’ve guided them right to increase their abilities and express their potential to the fullest.”

“Is that practical?” I asked.

“Didn’t I give an example of Mahatma Gandhi already? Look into lives of Martin Luther King, Nelson Mandela and so many others. Whenever we pity ourselves because of our situations, we suffer and also become pain unto ourselves and to people in our lives. This pain will then become our ‘bonds’ that turn us into victims for the rest of our lives and we lead a very ‘sorry lives’. We become prisoners of our pains. Like beggars we then seek alms of ‘pity’ from one and all! We like and praise people who pity us and hate those who ask us to be strong.  

Contd.....

# purpose of life, uselessness and usefulness, dreams and their fulfillment, pain and suffering, happiness

also read : https://kantipadam.blogspot.com/search?q=tum+besahara+ho+tho 

Question to think over :

• What is your purpose of life?

Today's miracle :

Saw dragonflies - lots of them. Used to seeing them as kid. Don't remember seeing them for the last so many years. Went back to my childhood days. Wonder how one small insect can make us relive our past days?!

That was not all!

Saw lots and lots of butterflies. Then as if that was not enough I also saw honeybee. 

Am seeing lots of humming birds - with shiny dark violet skin - simply beautiful. 

Because we identify with only 'human race' we think this time is bad for the world. But the world belongs to all species and our existence is also dependent on their existence. Like butterflies and honeybees are essential for our crops and plants. We would die in just few years without them. And yet we behave as if only we have right over this world. 

Now coming back to 'existence' or 'life' - it finds its balance on its own when we create imbalance with our 'logical and selfish' ways of living, thinking and existing.

No external being need punish us. Our acts catch up with us - sooner or later and we pay a price - sometimes in the form of covid situation. It is 'existence' correcting itself and bringing order in the world. 

As long 'humans' don't learn to think beyond themselves, as long as humans don't start identifying with others as self, this ups and downs would keep happening.

And that 'knowing of self' is therefore essential. It is not a choice we have. It is the only choice we have to stop being selfish. Only the day we identify with our 'real self' will we identify with others as self.