China Tour II - Bangalore to HongKong

 

Jai Gurudev !!

Bangalore to HongKong Flight- Cathay Pacific

When all the hurry burry & tension of packing up subsided , soon we ought to undergo  various formalities like baggage weight check , ticket, Passport verification etc and got the boarding pass , only then we could sigh a big relief and relaxed ,waiting to aboard the flight . That time , happened to meet a college friend accidentally and had a nice chat , reliving our old memories & friends and sharing our present status . Infact my colleague got a bit irritated about our lengthy conversation.

The flight was to Honk Kong and we had to catch a connecting flight to Beijing from there.
It was a first time international flight experience for me and my colleague. We cannot deny , we had a pinch of fear during the flight take off  . The Air Hostesses were looking pretty and when I tried to capture a photograph , she sensed the Flash , immediately she came near me , picked the camera and deleted the capture.
Though their looks were stunning, their smile was only plastic , so artificial !!



Flight GPS

Watching the live status details of flight in the Flight GPS system relayed in the T.V placed in front of each seat was interesting as it continuously monitored the flight altitude, distance covered , the flight position , the prevaling temperature outside the flight , origin place time , destination place time etc.. When the flight was crossing the ocean  , I couldn't prevent the thought  from arising " What will happen if the flight falls into the sea ?!"
Alternately we can switch on to other channels to watch movies, cartons etc..




Bird's Eye View fromFlight

Once when the flight flew over Hong Kong , we were taken aback when we watched through the window - the over view or the bird's eye view of Hon Kong Island  in the night time , it is something very spectacular . The colourful lights illuminating Hong Kong and  different layouts like the decoarted land surrounding the beaches , the Harbor is a feast for the eyes , we can say !! It just seemed like a Sparkling  Jewellery with  a pendant crafted with precious Jems . Not just one type of jewel , but felt like entered a Big Jewellery Shop , wherein exquisite designs of diamonds studded jewellery is placed for the display . Amazing !!
Not only the Creator , but the Creation is amazing as well !!
One should never miss the opportunity of gazing through the aeroplane window , the HongKong view at night !! 




Hong Kong Airport

The Hong Kong airport was very big and a very busy one too . Literally we had to search for our counter to get the boarding pass for the connecting flight to Beijing and we were just in time to aboard the China Dragon Airlines flight . We were marvelled by the looks of shops at the Hong Kong Airport and even the prices of the items are also stunningly high . Not our cup of tea ,ofcourse !!

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China Visit I - Guru's Grace !!

Jai Gurudev !!



Standing amazed at Honkong Airport

It is said , " When we are in the path ...spiritual path we can feel and experience Guru's Grace or God's Grace thoroughly in every moment of our life !!"

And one such moment , which I had come across recently and which I enjoyed and feel grateful for His Grace is my China tour , organised as official tour . Though I was completely busy managing office work with my house work , added to the unexpected commitments at my hometown due to my father's demise , somehow all the things came in place , giving way for the China tour for about 17 days.

Standing a bit far away from the shop which shows
 the warning signal as "No Photography here !"

 It's my first out of India trip and obviously my excitement level was high. I was arranging for the trip all alone by myself as my husband had gone out of station before starting off for the trip.
Right from wardrobes like purchase of thermal wares , dresses to preparing the food , it was really hectic. Because the instructions were pouring from all sides as ,

" It will be very cold in China ( I had google the weather forecast for the next 15 days in Beijing & confirm ), so get ready with thermal wears  "

Food will be a major problem in China, especially if you are a vegetarian, So carry the food !!
( I had to carry the Rice Cooker along with some packed groceries & food stuffs ).It was a great difficulty to bring down the weight of my baggage to less than 23 Kgs with all these stuffs.

You need to walk a lot , so take your shoes and socks ..

The Chinese do not know English , and in case if you fall sick ,you may need Emergency medicine kit to meet your needs. Else you might tell some problem to teh doctor , he might understand something and give some medicine for a different problem.

Also browsed about Chinese language , site seeing places to visit and got myself prepared mentally apart from the hell a lot of official things , which we were engaged.

One instant , which I 'd like to mention His Grace is , I was in need of a pretty good handbag to safguard my passport, dollars ,visa etc. Due to shoratge of time, I couldn't purchase one. But , it so happened that the previous day , a friend of mine asked me willingly if I 'm in need of a handbag by any chance , as she had one for sale .I  just grabbed it , as it was quite sturdy & robust .
Later on, it invited the comments from my colleagues as "The compunder bag"  ..that's a different issue altogether.

So with all the things, got set ready to take off to China via Hong Kong route. Myself along with 2 of my colleagues, one lady and one gentleman .

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I am there here and there !!

Jai Gurudev !!

Recently we have shifted our residence. A little girl in the opposite house addresses me as "Aththai (aunt) " to her grandma , even before I get myself introduce to her . Her grandma was surprised to hear this from the small 4 year old child and tells me in awe . I believe because of this , the grandma considers me as her kin and showers love on me .

In  our previous home , a street dog all of a sudden came from somewhere and sticked  herself to us. She used to  cutely wag her tail and looks at us with so much love. Though I was not much inclined to the dogs from my childhood, I was attracted to her.I used to feed her regularly in the mornings. She visits our home regularly in the early morning , eats the rice mixed with milk and moves away.Even she gave birth to babies twice near our house , during which time, she never left  her babies alone and never allowed anyone to go near that area  , but allowed me to go near it and feed her . And finally , on the day of shifting our residence to the new one, she smelt our shifting and was found to be seen very restless , barking continuously at all for no reason . I felt very sorry for her . And yesterday , when I happened to go near the old house, she saw me and she came near me and started licking my toe with so much love.

The neighbour  aunty in our old house , who considers Jesus as her Way & Life and speaks Malayalam , just considers me as her own relative and  used to shower so much love on me . I never can feel that she is a distant person and I always can say that she is mine.

Though we cannot explain the reasons for the above instances, I just simply remember Shirdi Sai Baba's words :

" I am there in each and every living being . The hunger of the dog is no different from the hunger of mine. "

And also He says ,

" Those who enthrones Me in their heart and sees Me in every living being , I an indebted to them !!"

Jai Sai Ram !!


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Rama Vs Krishna !!

Jai Gurudev !!

What's the difference between Rama and Krishna ?

One can say , both are just different forms of the same God . But , if we dwelve deep into their lives and their mission thereon , more truths would start revealing in front of us !!

Rama taught the disciplines of Life !!

Krishna marks Total and unconditional Love !!

 

 Rama's life says , " How God performs His duties ? " by taking a human form !!
Whereas Krishna , being in the form of  Lord , soaked other people in Love and made them to perform their duties !!

In other words, Rama indicates, " As God , what I do ?"
Krishna says, " You, as humans do the same as what I do ? "

Infact Mahabharatha came next to Ramayana , ie, Krishnavataar came next to Ramavatar . Why ?
Because, till Ramavatar , God was the sole doer of heroic acts!! This brought all the people to His Feet !!
Whereas in Krishnavatar , Krishna made Arjuna to perform the Heroic act . He was behind Arjuna !!

Indirectly Krishna's motive was to show that "Man can perform the Heroic acts equally to Him , provided the man is equipped with the Courage to perform along  with the unconditional Love !!

How he gets the courage ?
By doing "Nama Japa!!" that is "Repeated chanting of Lord's names !!" . Infact this is a  meditation. This was shown in Ramavataar , by Hanuman !!

Unconditional Love can be practised by the man , if  he leaves the "Mamakara" or the "Mine " feeling  minus the Ego attached to it !!
This was shown in Krishnavatar , by Arjuna .

 Arjuna was couragoeus and also practised unconditional Love without any Ego feeling , whereas Duryodana has the Ego feeling leading to his downfall !!

Rama showed what role does Faith plays in our life , by instilling Devotion and Faith in Hanuman !! Hanuman was always chanting the Ram Naam and believed, "Ram Naam" is more powerful than Rama Himself for Ram Nama fetches Ram automatically.

Krishna marked the significance of Guru in one's life !! With Guru's blessings and guidance , one can reach the ultimate goal of life !!

But , why then Mahabharatha came later than Ramayana ?
Because, With the courage and Faith in God ( as in Ramavataar ) , the man moves on to the next level of existence ,  that is, with  Guru's Guidance or Blessings ,   he gets  unconditional Love devoid of  Ego   ( as seen in Krishnavataar ), which leads to  "Faith in Oneself "  !!

Following Krishnavatar, comes Kaliyuga, which calls the need for the above characteristics .This is mandatory for a man to remain unshaken , in the midst of n number of turbulences he has to encounter in Kaliyuga, which is inevitable !!

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Which is the best blessing one can get ?

Jai Gurudev !!

When you pray to God, generally you ask something . You know , which is the best blessing one can get ?

That's none other than " COURAGE " !!

Because , the world is for the Courageous people !!
And definitely not for the cowards !! Because we see , the people who hang themselves are cowards , unable to have courage to face the world.
Courageous are the ones , who see the success in all walks of life !!
Courage or boldness is required both in material and spiritual world alike !!
In Bhagawat Gita, when Lord Krishna showed his full form ie Vishwaroopa Darshanam to Arjuna, Arjuna could not see Him and said , "Krishna, please get back to the normal human form , for I fear to see you in magnanimous form  !!"
That means , even to see the divinity ( both in oneself and others ), you need courage !!

And one more thing is that ,
Courageousness is associated with Divinity and
Cowardliness is accompanied by all forms of negative characters like greed, jealous , lust , anger etc..

You need courage to accept a mistake.
You need courage to learn from the mistake too !!

You can achieve anything with courage ...
and you cannot take one step , if you are a coward !!

How do you differentiate a Courageous person from a coward ?
Though he can be recognized, the basic difference is , there lives inside the courageous person - the Divine power !!
And God stays with the man of courage and definitely  not with a coward !!

So now what do you ask for ?

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We or I ?!

Jai Gurudev !!


Just thinking what if I can start sharing some of the supreme Knowledge that I had come across on a daily basis . Hope it captivates you as it had me !!

                                                                         

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Whenever we do a job , there are two ways which we view at ...


1 . We ( along with others) do the job.


2. I do the Job !!


There's a lot of difference between the above 2 perspectives !!


In first perspective , when we think , "we" do the job , then "I" takes the dependancy on others .
In the second perspective , " I" do the job, then there's "Total Responsibility " associated with the "I" factor. That "I" sees that the job is completed at any cost , come what may !!


And another view point is ,
in "WE " , "God or the Divine power " is not included .
whereas in "I" , you get the total or the required  strength from the Divine power to accomplish the job.


So, "WE" = devoid of Divine power  + Dependancy on others !!


"I" is Divine strength + Total Responsibility !!


Now you decide , how do you take up a job now ?
As "We" or" I " ?!


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A Festival of Bevu Bella ...

Jai Gurudev !!

Today I happened to go to the Sai Baba temple nearby , where I was blessed to listen to wonderful talks of  Baba on the special occasion of Ugadi .

One thing what He said was ,
"Ugadi marks the beginning of New Year and this special day, people follow the practise of having the mixture of Neem and Jaggery. This indirectly indicates us , we ought to take the pains and pleasures in life with the equanimous state of mind .


There is also another meaning to this ,
Jaggery or the sweetness is what we get , if we take the pains of others and work to relieve them of their pains . And the sweetness or the joy gets multifolded , if we share our joy with others .


Neem or the bitterness is what we get , if we keep thinking of our own pains and try to relieve that only. And our sorrow gets even more , if we do not share our joy ,whatever we have with others. "


Secondly He said,

 " Fron this New year onwards , stop comparing yourself with others.
Do you compare yourself with a dog ?
No !!
Because you know very well Dog is a lower being than you.
But why then you compare with other human beings and spoil your mind.
Instead you compare yourself with Me ( God) !! "


By comparing ourself with God , we attain a Higher state of being !!


Love & smiles...