Me, My Guru – Stories and All! The river

Me, My Guru – Stories and All! The river

Once a student of life who had come to meditate on the banks of river asked the river “I see different type of people coming to you daily. Some revere you and hence come with lots of respect. Few others love you as their Mother (In India river Ganges is lovingly called Ganga Mayya meaning Mother Ganga. Similarly, all rivers are referred to as Mother in this land). But some come to throw their waste in you. Many abuse you. Few construct dams on you to curtail your flow. You are treated differently by different people. Yet, it doesn’t seem to effect your flow. How come?”

To which the river replied “Unka woh jaane, mera main” (They do their job and I mine!).....

“Now I know why my Guru asked me to come and meditate on your banks” replied the student with a smile.

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On being materialistic and spiritual….

 

On being materialistic and spiritual….

People usually treat materialistic and spiritual life as separate. I often hear one say “I want to taste spiritual life too and want to pursue that but after I retire. But for now I want to lead materialistic life and hence don’t ask me to heal…I just want to enjoy…?!” (Whatever that means)

As long as we hold view which stems from lack of clarity in this subject, we are bound to suffer. We are bound to not follow anything correctly and whole-heartedly.

In spirituality and in meditation, we don’t leave the world far behind. We so desire the world and the things of this world that it is difficult nay impossible even to think of ‘a desire to leave them behind’. But spirituality doesn’t mean any of these things. We don’t have to go to some forest to do some intense penance. Though, that too holds its lure!

Being spiritual means we become aware of our thoughts and emotions. We don’t let them play havoc with our state of mind. We can chose which ever emotion we fancy but at our pace and convenience. We are riding the emotion.

But, as a materialistic person, the emotions run amok. They drive us crazy. One desire is enough to make us desperate and reckless in our thoughts, words and actions. We lose integrity of character and we don’t even regret that with our reasoning that supports us with logic and reasons to do so! Our mind runs us and our life. 

Contd....

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