The Three types of Love !!

Jai Gurudev !!

Love is such an inevitable feeling in our life .

Guruji Sri Sri Ravishankar  says ,

" We are all born out of Love;

We move towards something called as Love .

And our destination is also Love !! "

It means,  a baby is born due to the love of a man and a woman .


Secondly , in every step of our life, our very purpose is love , either there will be the love towards an object or love towards power or the love towards other beings etc... Hence, it is said , we move towards the love .

Thirdly , our ultimate destination , after our body departs us, we become one with the universal Love or the source . so , our destination is also Love.  
Though the philosophy goes that way ,
in general we can classify Love into three types .

Type 1 : We always expect something from others . In any relationship , we try to get some benefit out of it . We move with others with the intention of getting something from them either monetarily or by other means.

This type of love is called as Tamasic Love !! 

Type 2: We love other person , only if the other person loves us. It's like a give and take policy , a business . You do something , then I 'll do something in return. You be good to me , then will I .
Something like that . This type of Love is called as Rajasic Love !!

Type 3 :  The third type of Love is the love in which we do not expect anything from others  . We  just love them and do whatever they want without  asking .
This type of Love is saying , " I am there for you . I want nothing but make you happy ! "
This is called as Satwik Love !!

In our day to day life , we would have come across all the three types of love .

If we closely observe ourselves , our love towards our family memebers or others would come under one of these three categories. 

The progress from Tamasic to Satwik Love is what one has to aim for in due course of time in any relationship .

That would definitely bring peace and happiness for sure !!

Love & smiles.....

The Dream in my waking state !!

Jai Gurudev !

On the way back home , happened to see the final journey of a good soul . Flowers being thrown all along the way. Common musical note from the the Drums accompanying …It’s a disturbing sight , however strong we may be.

Something pinches inside..

And the mind stays in the same mood for some time and then forgets it totally and starts to engross in the normal routine activities again.

Though this is the usual behavioral pattern , this time , a peculiar rather an unusual thought hit my mind.

Everyone who’s born in the world have to undergo the same process , No escape for anybody …be a militant or a Mahatma , be a politician or a normal man , be a good person or a bad person .

Envisioning  oneself in death bed , almost unconscious  creates some sort of fear . And that prevents us from proceeding further to imagine our  final journey to the graveyard.

If we just imagine ourselves lying dead  and run the thought horse ,  a little bit ahead of the happenings around  our dead body …

"Oh ! I am dead !!

I am laid down in the cot in the center of the hall .            

But then I can see what’s happening around .

I can make out who all have come to bid me good bye once for all !

I can hear what the people whisper among themselves.

I can make out who are all crying out from the heart and who are all just crying for name sake.

I can hear them who scold me for what I have hurt them during my life tenure.

Oh ! It’s a pity !!

I could see my loving family members and friends , undergoing a heavy pain in their heart due to the loss of their loving family member and crying aloud.

How I feel , I should appear before them and console them by uttering a few words  !!

Alas !! My body has lurched me in the middle and I am a departed soul now !!

Earlier , I was a pot !!

Now that , the earthenware is broken off and my soul doesn’t have any identification at all .

Now I am one with the space outside !!

Let me listen to the happenings around my dead body , for this is the chance to really gauge my life span …

Slowly I could calculate and estimate myself , my period of stay in the world  !!

How much I have been useful to the people around me ?

How good have I been to them ?

How much happiness , have I brought to them ?

And how bad I was to some people , which is causing them to scold me ?

Without my knowledge , how much misery also I have brought to them ?

Have I lived my life worth living ?

Have I made justice to my lifetime , God has given the opportunity to live in this wonderful world ?

Have I had any advances in my spiritual life , the path towards the Ultimate source ?

I could sense my heart becoming  heavy .I couldn’t control my tears …

“Why are you sitting all alone and  crying ? “

Suddenly the voice came from somewhere . Is it from heaven or what  ?

Again I heard the voice in more louder intensity , “Why are you sitting all alone and  crying , mummy ? “

Oh !!  It’s my son’s voice !!

I’m not yet dead . I’m still alive …

“Nothing dear !!” softly I whispered …

                                     Yes, I can talk too  !!

I have some more time to live , no doubt !!

I’m given one more chance and  can cope  up for the mistakes which I have been doing !!

I’m woken up from inside  !!

Love & smiles...

Flower -- One moment please !!

Jai Gurudev !!

Lovely and beautiful are you !

Fragrant and Fine are you !

Colourful and Catchy are you !

And you are an added beauty to this world

You bring in happiness ;

You decorate any occasion and make it very special !!

You take different forms as perfumes and scents !!

You bundle up as bouquets  and bring in spontaneous  smiles  !!

You carry  medicinal values  and raise your value !!

Though , you are so special and significant ,

You live only for a short duration !!

Indeed ,you have come to the world as a boon for the humankind!!

Can you please tell me ,

when will you feel on top of the world in your short little life span ?

 

Oh  well dear  !! I can say ,

I ‘ll be  happy , when my presence in the world gives a meaning ..

rather than falling off from the branch and die off useless !!

My joy is at its peak , when I reach the highest pedestal …

That is the abode of the divine !!

Before I get dry and leave this world ,

I wish I am taken to decorate the Divine …

I wish I stay in His heart as a garland !!

I wish I am offered at the Lotus feet of the Divine  !!

Oh Flower !!

Moved am I by your great thinking …

Shall I wish to become you and live up to my heart’s content !!

Love & smiles...