29 april 2010

silence , what a pleasant experience. when everything is quiet, u feel part of the larger universe, as the noise around u goes down and does not distract your attention.
listening to swamiji yesterday, i felt the beauty of the poetry that is Ramayana. Tulsidasji had a gift with words. the verse where he says there is no other way to be happy except in the glory of Rama is so definitive.
listened to swami chinmayanda on gita. he clearly said that the Supreme Lord does not need to do anything as he is free of desire. the more we clean up our vasanas, and exhaust them, the nearer we reach to God. we need to detach from the world of objects, emotions, and thoughts.

can u avoid actions. no, so then it is better to focus on those actions which create a positive impact on your self and the world around u. smile , make some smile. what does one need if u strip it to the minimum - we need food, clothes, and shelter to get a good night's sleep. that is all . the rest of everything is optional.

health is wealth

i know this is a highly cliched topic, but i must confirm that when i compare all the pleasures that one can aim for - money , status, comforts , recognition, fame, etc etc, nothing compares with the fact that one is able to eat a good meal, can exercise well and get a good night's sleep. if there was one thing i would like to trade for against any other thing, it would be to get good health for me and every one else. it is true medicine has made phenomenal progress in eradicating and curing many ailments, but it stills fall short of preventing those illnesses. the level of awareness that our education system creates in terms of maintaining good health practices is not enough. most young folks do not realise what they are doing to their bodies by what they eat, how they live out their day and the quality of sleep they take.
my single wish for all the folks in the world - May you be healthy from your first day to your last

life and death

life is so uncertain that no one can say with 100% confidence that he or she will live for the next year, month, day or minute. it implies that the current moment is all that you got to make the most of. the choice is with us how we spend this moment - we could remember the past, we could dream the future , or we could act in the present. the focus needs to be on the here and now. how can i be happy now, how can i make others happy now. the worst habit that most people develop over the years is to procastinate. but if something needs to be done to make you or some one else happy, do not wait. it could be a place u want to see, a book u want to read, some one u want to call or visit, some thing u want to gift to others who need it more than u do, and so on. GO AHEAD AND DO IT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, NOW !!!!!!!!

Persist

if u need to get something done the image of the end state needs to persist in your thoughts all the time. amongst all the clutter that life offers you , you need to able to see the desired image through the maze

simple pleasures of life

most of the pleasures of life are simple and very inexpensive. having a good sleep in the night, hugging some one you love, feeling the breeze in your face, drinking a glass of cool water, laughing at a good joke, watching a baby take her first steps, looking at the sun and the moon and the stars, enjoying a cup of hot tea in the morning, seeing some one smile. i could go on and on with this list. it is marvellous that God created and gave us so many gifts for free that are so much better than the man made things that cost more but the pleasure you get from them does not last . God is great as they say

power of thought

every thing originates from a thought. if the thought can be sustained long enough, it translates into reality. the reason many thoughts remain thoughts and nothing more is that the intensity behind the thought could not be sustained . the factors that impact the intensity of a thought are either it gets replaced by another thought or the environment is not supportive of that thought. it is very similar to how a seed needs to be in the right soil at the right temperature and right amount of watering and sunlight for the fruit to see the light of day.

lets live with our highest and best thoughts always , and we will see magic happen. it has happened before, and example being when Ramakishna Paramhansa could sustain the thought of Kali strong enough and long enough to be able to see HER as we see each other .

its all in the mind

things are always what they are . what looks like an opportunity for some, looks like a problem to another. what attracts one repels another. if the same object or situation creates opposite reactions in the minds of people, then it is obvious that its all in the mind. there is no real beauty, there is no real ugliness. there is no real happiness , there is no real sorrow.

So if all that is what we choose to believe, then why not believe in the best . why not choose to believe that it is a beautiful world where every moment there is a child wondering, a new flower blossoming, a new possibility arising .

it is hard to think this way if one is unhappy or unwell , but then the choice always remains with us as the situation we are in remains the way it is and changes only when it does.

finally, it is all in the mind, and you can wither control the mind or let the mind control you. DECIDE what you will be , and you will become that.