Right things in the Right Time !!

Jai Gurudev !!

"Is it mandatory that we need to ask for something , while praying ? "

The other day , a friend of mine  raised a question .

Approaching from a different  perspective , we can easily arrive at a suitable answer .

Lets assume , a child and its mom going for the shopping in a mall . They wanted to buy some clothing for the child.

The child , right from the time they started off to the mall , was very curious , asking for a specific type of dress . The mom said , "Yes darling , definitely I'll get one such for you !!"
All the way to the mall , the child did not keep quiet , kept on asking for it , though the mom had agreed to meet its demand . The child did not stop , until such time it got whatever it needed.

Immediately , the next moment , the child started off again with a fresh demand  and just kept on pestering for the same .The patient mom , out of her love for the child , tried her best to meet its' demands . 

But, the child did not stop with one or two demands . Next ...next...one more ...one more...

Just imagine the mental state of the mom . She finally would have got fed up of the ever growing demands of the child .

Sometimes her response would be " Okay , take it and get lost !!"

And sometimes, she would not bother to hear the child's demand at all .

Though at times , she would even go to the extent of scolding & beating the child to make it sit quiet and calm .



So, coming to our discussion ,
let's put our ownself in the place of the child  and
let's put the Divine or the God in the place of the mom and imagine such a situation as above .
Generally ,we call the Divine as The Heavenly Father or The Divine Mother as the path set by our  religions .

Though we may feel a bit uneasy to imagine  ,
the underlying fact is that  , that's what exactly is happening in our cases too .
We go to the places of worship or do the prayers , only to keep on placing one or the other demands to the God .
How disgusting would it be , if we are in the place of the divine !!

Inspite of the divine taking care of our every needs right before we are born , till we die , we never get contented with what we receive at all !! 

As the mom knows the needs of the baby well in advance , keeps the food ready even before it starts feeling hungry , nurses the baby during the times of illness , showers love abundantly on the child unconditionally  and takes care of the child's every need meticulously with dedication and love .

So, Will not the God or the Divine Mother/Father take care of  us and bless us with whatever we need in appropriate time ,  even before we ask for anything  ?!

What if the child  , having confidence in its mom , remains happy and relaxed/peaceful all the way to the shopping mall , enjoying the location , laughing and playing , singing and dancing with her  ?!

What if we , also have an unshakeable Faith in the Divine that our wishes will all be fulfilled in the right time , in the right way and .... move around in a relaxed and peaceful state of mind , enjoying every moment of our life ?!!

What if we say a word of thanks to God for whatever He is showering on us instead of placing demands after demands ?!







Love & smiles.... 

Why don't Lord Vishnu have any kids ?

Jai Gurudev !!


Just happened to face a question from a colleague of mine ,
 " When Lord Shiva and Goddess Parvathy have 2 kids viz. Ganesha and Subramanya , why don't  Lord Vishnu have any kids ?  "

Though the question brings a smile to our face , it makes us to really think about it .

In temples and places of worship , we  see the pictures of Lord Shiva along with His wife Parvathy , with their sons Ganesha and Subramanya  and worship is made to the idols with fervour and devotion . Mount Kailash is believed to be the abode of Lord Shiva .

Similarly Lord Vishnu is being prayed along with His wife Goddess Lakshmi . Tirupathi Tirumala is a popular temple down south for Lord Vishnu. But , nowhere we see or hear about the children of Lord Vishnu.

Contemplating on this aspect , we can say that ,
" All these Divine forms , which exists in Hindu Mythology depicts the different states of Consciousness , which a human being can witness in his spiritual journey !!

It can be put as : 

• The Deep meditative state represents the Shiva Consciousness .,

• The State of action or Dynamic power is represented by Goddess Parvati or Devi .

• A combined state of Meditation and the Dynamic action leads to the birth of two more  consciousness states  ; That means , a person who practises *deep meditation* and also engages oneself in * 100 % action*  would witnesses the birth of  *KNOWLEDGE*  and attain  a * state of Joy and Bliss * .

Here Knowledge represents Ganesha Consciousness , as Ganesha is the Lord of Knowledge. And the Joyful /Blissful state represents Lord Subramanya or Muruga . Lord Muruga is the bestower of Material pleasures and Joy .

• One who indulges himself more and more in meditation and remains in the path of Truth and Knowledge can witness the blossoming of one more Supreme consciousness called as Krishna or Vishnu Consciousness .

With the birth of Vishnu Consciousness , he starts to reach out to  people in multiple ways , and lifts the people up , liberating them from their worldy miseries by instilling in them the Knowledge of the Truth  .( We can recall here ...Baghavad Gita states as  Lord Krishna imparting Knowledge to Arjuna in warfield and also protecting his people in Brindavan from natural calamities , by lifting the Govardhan Hills in his little finger . Lord Krishna also mesmerises people by His Flute and His mere presence ).

We can see that whole humanity  gets benefitted by this consciousness. With the attainment of Krishna Consciousness , He starts to care for the world. The Earth  finds  it's caretaker in Krishna Consciousness .

• In Fact , the Inner Consciousness of Lord Krishna  is  Shiva Consciousness .
• And the outer consciousness of Lord Shiva is Krishna or Vishnu Consciousness .

And the Hindu religion  initaites one into the path of spirituality by making him familiar with the various consciousness as the first step . This has led to the construction of temples and formulation of customs /practises / stories associated with it  due to which the knowledge finds a way to get transferred from generation to generation easily and stays immortal in this world . 

Also go through Why-dont-lord-vishnu-have-kids-Part-II



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The Rich , Richer and the Richest !!

Jai Gurudev !!

A very happy New Year to one and all !! 

New Year is a time of  celebration , which everyone would love to do it without fail !! There may be exceptions hear and there !
Atleast once in a year , we stop for a moment to take a lookback at our life , make some new resolutions to correct ourselves and we look forward for a better , fulfilling year ahead !!

Those who celebrate the New Year once a year is a common phenomenon ...Wishing the near and dears , doing prayers , wearing new dress , tasting cakes ,sweets and special food items etc.
Can we call them as Rich persons ?







But , one step ahead of them , there are those , who celebrate the birth of every day , at the dawn of the Sun  . They consider every day as new and fresh . Forgetting the worries of the previous day , they will move about with fresh mind , with a cheerful spirit . They wind up completely for the day before sleep . No carryovers of the worries to the next day at all . The next day will be started newly .We can call these persons as Richer !!

There's one more category of people , who are at one more pedestal higher or superior .
And they are those , who celebrate every moment !!
Every moment is fresh for them !!
One can see the never dying enthusiasm and high spirit , characterising this type of people.
They are always seen charged up with high energy , positive ofcourse !!
And their energy is in such a way that , it catches up the one who comes in contact with them and elevates  them up too .
We can call them as the Richest , celebrating every moment of their life !!

Could you classify yourself ?
Would like to like to come under the Richest category  ?

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Desalination Plants ...

Jai Gurudev !!


Desalination is the process by which salt and minerals are removed from salt water , so that it can be used for drinking and irrigation purposes .  In regions where there are no Fresh water bodies or where there are no sufficient rains , huge desalination plants are set up to convert the sea water into Fresh water. We can see many such desalination plants in Gulf region . The desalination plant involves multilevel distillation processes to desalinate the water to a higher degree.


Adelaide Desalination Plant, Australia

SaudiAl-KhobarDesalinationPlant .

Though the man made Desalination plants have gained popularity in recent years and the cost involved in the construction and maintenance are enormous , we can see the natural Desalination plants spread across widely especially in the tropical regions near the ocean , in beaches , near rivers and in other places where there are plenty of rainfalls and sunlight . 
The Natural desalination plants are a boon to the humanity . In India we find their extensive cultivation in Kerela . As one can easily guess , it's the coconut tree , which is the subject of discussion.
 

We can see the Coconut Tree as one such natural desalination plant . It's highly tolerant of salt water .The coconut tree taps the water from the ground and  just purifies it into clean and sweet coconut water and stores it  inside the coconut , which we relish drinking as tender coconuts. It cools our body system and is very good for our health too , a prescriptional medicine for many diseases also. 



San Blas Islands, Panama



Coconut trees in Juan Dolio Beach

  Having discussed of the Man-made and natural desalination plants , it  brings to our mind  , a wonderful comparison to the desalination plants  , that is quite amazing.
It's none other than us Humans .
As humans , we are so much stuck in the material world and we are not aware of own consciousness .And there comes something called as the Knowledge Factor , which acts as the Coconut tree and lifts us to a blissful state from the state of agony and misery . The Knowledge of our self wipes away our miseries, gets us rid off the ignorance ; purifies us and keeps us ever happy . The Knowledge or awareness that one develops during his lifetime can be termed as something very precious and never lost births after births .

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Why do you do the Charity ?

Jai Gurudev !!

With our age moving up , at one point of time , we feel like doing charity or do some service to the needy like Orphanages , Old Age homes or handicapped institutions , donating blood, educatig children , adopting the kids  etc. 
The service may also include other types which is spiritually based like spreading the knowledge of Truth or Self Knowledge  to people through  various spiritual techniques . The spiritual techniques may be Yoga, meditation, Breathing techniques , Prayers , Chanting etc...
Whatever may be the service , the service can be broadly classified into five types as

1. First type is :We do the service just to show off or gain recognition .
     We generally see this type of service in case of politicians or even some rich people to be in the limelight in their social circle.
     They do that because it would gain fame and popularity to them .

2.  Second type : We do the service expecting some merit in future.
It's like we do some charity or help someone because we believe that it's going to fetch some good merit to us in our future.We have the belief that if we do something good to someone , we might get back the same or in multifolds in our next birth or to our children etc.

3.Third Type is : We do the service because it gives us Joy !!
Like if we relieve someone from their troubles or problem , we feel happy . Some thing inside us becomes happy . We feel some unparalled joy sort.
Once that joy of giving joy to others is tasted , then one tends to do similar services more and more to get more joy again and again.

4. Fourth type of Service : We do the service because it is needed at that particular point of time.

Whenever the situation necessitates some immediate action to be taken either by cash or kind , then the service is offered by the individuals without any second thought. Probably , it's like ,we always wait for an opportunity to serve others and just do it , when and where the demand arises.

5. Then come the last type of service , that is , " We serve the people /world as part of our nature " .
We do not even recognise that we are doing some service to others. We just do it as though it's our part of our job or nature. We just cannot keep quiet without doing it .




So, out of the five types of service , the last type of service stands above the rest .
One can see oneself growing in the five levels of service gradually , if they consciously do it , observing their state of mind at each step.

We also can observe one interesting thing here that , the first type of service is simply exhausting , draining out all the energy  whereas the last type of service does not give any tiredness at all and gives more energy and enthusiasm rather!!

So, hope you are in one type of service ?
If so , where do you stand ?!

Love & smiles....



   

Merry X'mas !!

Jai Gurudev !!

Snowy surroundings … Chilly  Air … Freezing temperature !!

The buildings , the trees everything wear a snowy white coat . The green leaves of the trees cannot be spotted out at all .People are  seen moving around with thick leather Jackets, pull overs  and Hats or Caps. This characterizes the  month of December .

None of the trees bear any flowers or fruits in this season .

Though this is the case , there’s one tree which provides us with the ample amount of gifts , chocolates and glitters with colorful lights and makes us happy in this season .

As you guess it right , that’s none other than the Christmas tree !! This marks the specialty of the Christmas tree ,where all the other trees go behind the scene, the X’mas tree alone is the one which stands above the rest .

 The X’mas tree indirectly indicates … the entry of the Divine in the times of tough in one’s life , due to whose Love , all our miseries vanish and we get all joy we want as like the Xmas tree gives us abundantly the gifts even in rough weather conditions .

The world celebrates the birth of the Master , Jesus Christ  in December  and it is a month of celebration all over the world .The city is decorated everywhere ,the malls , the houses, the shopping lanes everything decked up with sparkling lights everywhere. The  people are busy participating in the Christmas carols, singing the glory of  the Lord  , shopping to grace the festive occasion  and exchanging the gifts with the loved ones and attending special mass/prayers in the Church . The brightly colored ,  illuminated Star can be seen hanging in front of each house welcoming the birth of the Jesus Christ . Not to forget… the X’mas tree decoration that ‘s done with great interest and enthusiasm in every household. It’s a wonderful sight  watching them which delights the onlooker and we can say in short ,  a time for merriment time with friends and family.

Merry X'Mas for all !!

May we see the Bright Light in our lives !!

May the Birth of the Divine uplifts us in all ways !!

May the Joy and Happiness embraces us all !!

May the world live in eternal Peace forever !!

Love & smiles...

Born again and again !!

Jai Gurudev !!



 

How many Kgs of Joy do you need ?


A baby is born in a family ...
We see the baby does not come empty handed !!

Are you celebrating me ?

It brings in loads and loads of Joy to the family .

The celebration begins with the distribution of sweets to near and dears!!

The parents and the grandparents of the baby step into a wonderful world , with all their miseries vanishing . The problems of the family , if any would bother less or no more .

The presence of a child makes the atmosphere cool and enchanting.

The enthusiastic nature of the baby just radiates all around.

The innocent smile cannot be paralled with any other precious things in the world.

In short  we can the family is gifted to have a baby !!
The family which deprives of a baby can innately and deeply feel the real value of it !!

They say that the presence of a baby is the same as that of an enlightened master. Both fetch enormous joy and happiness to the people around. The reason being , they live in the present moment totally.

They do not sit and worry over the past nor they keep thinking of the future . What they do is , they are just absorbed in the present moment . And that infact is Yoga  !!

Apart from that , the baby by its actions , behaviour or appearance keeps reminding us of our ancestors or the family members who have departed . Something indicates us the connection.
Though the science says it's due to heredity , there's much more we can observe , apart from what science says !
During our lifetime , how much bondage do we develop with the individual family memebers !
Once the body is lost ,  we cannot lose the thick bondage we have developed in the whole lifetime as such.
May be because of  this so called bondage , the departed members rather departed souls keep returning back with a new body again and again into the world or the same family , says the scriptures.

And that's one of the reason , in most of our communities, the new born baby carries the name of its grandparent .

Probably , they would be christened a second name to suit the modern world and still that name stays with it as an alias .

So,  is it not apt to say ...
We are born again and again ...
Ofcourse everytime with a different body package !!






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