Friday, June 30, 2017

BETWEEN BELIEF AND NON-BELIEF.. MESSAGE IS ONE; COLORS VARY!



A believer in God and doer of good
Ventured in life with certain care and simple prayer but failed..

He subsequently,
Ventured with more care and greater prayer but again failed..

Finally he,
Ventured with the best care and the deepest prayer but failed there too..

A non-believer in God and doer of good cheered him up and said,

“Dear! Why don't you straight away venture in your life with certain care and in case that becomes a failure,

Check if more care is required at your end
and
Venture with that more care.. If that too becomes a failure,
Take positively and with that spirit take the best care and venture..
If that too becomes failure understand..
It's just head and tail probability everywhere but all the time your care should be the best; nothing less!
For that simple straight understanding, you needn't believe and Worship God in an elaborate way!"

The believer replied..

“No Dear! My Worshipping God did it's own wonder to me..

In the 1st attempt, my Simple Prayer was answered and I recovered with a Message from God..

'Check if more care is required at your end!'

In the 2nd attempt, my Greater Prayer was answered and I recovered with a Message from God..

'Take positively and with that spirit take the best care and venture!'

In the 3rd attempt, my Best Prayer had been answered and I recovered with a Message from God..

'It's just head and tail probability everywhere but all the time your care should be the best; nothing less!'"

Keywords: 
God, Belief, Non-Belief

Thursday, June 29, 2017

THE WAY FOR PEACE IN LIFE IS ALWAYS UNIQUE..
'CARE FOR THE OTHER!'

The Epic Story says..

The two Attendants to Lord Vishnu once stopped the Great Sage from entering Vaikuntam, the Abode of the Lord. The Sage got very angry and cursed both of them forever to be borne on the Earth.

After the Sage left, the Attendants prayed to Lord Vishnu to bless them by reversing the curse. The Lord said that it would not be possible to do that one hundred percent but offered them a concession as they were His Ardent Devotees. The concession given by the Lord was..

  • “You will have eleven births on the Earth, all those lives you will remain as the Devotees of mine and come back to me naturally. Or, you will have three births on the Earth, all those lives you will remain as the Haters of me; I will come to you, end you and take you back. The choice is purely yours!”
The next moment without any hesitation, the two Devoted Attendants opted for the second choice saying that they could not take eleven births on the earth and live thru' so long!

This may be a Story from our Sacred Epic but one Truth is evident here that

One's Life on Earth comprising of a certain number of self oriented activities is not all that rosy if seen in depth and the highly Devoted Attendants of Lord Vishnu too never hesitated hating their own Lord when offered through cutting down drastically the number of births from 11 to 3.
Seen thus, sure MY SONG OF LIFE goes thus,

That Peace which is very much sought by me in this life 
Is Ever shaky,
Never stable and 
Can be lost easily
Provided I this moment, 
May not be able to say anything on living thru' my life on earth 
Which is nothing but 
The sum total of certain self oriented activities as 
I have no control on their happening but 
Sure am not be that helpless in respect of 
The quality of those very activities 
Where in to whatever extent possible, I try 
'Denying Myself' 
In living thru' those moments and 
Over the life span that 
'Sum total of Denying Myself' 
Is going to reserve certain sure peace for me in future 
Which ultimately is nothing but myself.. 
'Accommodating my next man everywhere as much as possible' 
In this one life known to me!

Keywords: Self, denial, accommodating, next man

Friday, June 23, 2017

THE PLACE I'D LOVE TO VISIT AGAIN AND AGAIN!

I was staying far, far away removed thousands of miles from my Native Land on the other part of the Globe no doubt on my Work Mission and forever around me were..
  • The sounds of starting, water splashing, whipping, again water splashing etc for almost half an hr of the washing machine.. 
  • The sounds of starting followed by the constant rotation sound and finally the machine coming to a halt making a screeching noise after some 20 minutes of the associated dryer.. 
  • The continuous water sprinkling sounds followed by jets of water hitting the vessels and repeating the same for another half hr approx of dish washer.. 
  • A big start of motors followed by a continuous air blow sound of AC plant.. 
  • A continuous humming motor sound of the air humidifier in the vicinity.. 
  • Certain sharp conversational sounds and some Western Music oft heard on TV..

Without a single break in their working schedules..

Thus moved on my life for years no doubt it was one of the best livings talked of around which I too thought so for years but as time passed, I felt that I constantly missed something which I could never spell out as a specific entity..

All of a suddenly on a day I had to travel back to my place, accordingly I did all that and reached my destination.  The  next day early morning hrs, as I was standing near my window quietly watching the outside the busy market area next to my residence, I happened to hear in place of my well accustomed sounds some feeble voices not so audible but as I paid close attention, I could distinctly hear them and quickly match them with their counter parts seen deep rooted in my heart over years back since my birth exactly resonating to the tune of what I heard outside just then..
  • “Sir! I can’t sell this for the price you asked for.. If I start doing that, what money can I take home and feed my family?” 
  • “Madam, these are the fresh items arrived just now.. You are almost the first buyer here..” 
  • “Give me 'Do Chai' today.. My friend is here.. He has come after a long time..” 
  • “Let’s have a break.. Are you not hungry a little? Let’s have our favorite Chat at..” 
  • “It’s continuous holidays for schools for 3 days.. My daughter wanted to see the Market and buy something for herself...” 
  • “Ok! Dear! I'm going now.. Please, come home tomorrow.. I‘ll show you some of the……” 
As those soothing sounds touched my ears, an instant unknown warmth felt in my heart made me dance with an explicit joy and as the pace of my dancing increased, I suddenly woke up from my deep sleep of that night with the calling bell indirectly doing that job in the early morning hrs..

I moved from my bed and as I quickly opened the door, the milk boy at the door instantly greeted me in his own accent with a broad smile, handed over the daily required milk sachets and moved on making my day begin truly with a big cheer in my heart as I recollected my dream of

  • The enchanting familiar sweet voices of my Native Land spoken far and wide in different languages, with different accents and in different tempers but all forever spoken with a close knit feeling in the hearts of people
Doubly asserting that cheer of mine!

Yes.. That is the place I love to visit again and again in all directions far and wide countless number of times and feel blessed wherever I may be living on the Globe..The very much beloved Country of mine having a unique place in my heart!

The Post is written in line with the IndiSpire Prompt Share about any place that you would love to revisit. What makes the place special? #TimeToRevisit

Keyword: Native Land

Thursday, June 22, 2017

THE 'EXTRAVAGANZA' OF A CLASS LIVING!


  • A few eco-friendly vehicles moving in the well secured fenced area claiming pollution free operations with hundreds of vehicles zooming past round the compound wall causing unending air pollution.. 
  • Many gadgets and other help supporting a lot to make a day with stretching a bit here and there forgetting the fact that God had never provided food at mouth and a certain strain taken up in that direction alone completes the eating eligibility towards good health.. 
  • The Stores oft visited having all types of packed and bare foods huge in size and numbers with many things written on the package labels never knowing that so many varieties and so much quantity are not at all required for a good living.. 
  • The food quantity being enormous, filling and sumptuous to eat 3 times a day endlessly making forget the fact that all along leaving the stomach a little empty every time is truly the healthy way. 
  • Too many smiles, too many gentleman gestures and too much politeness followed oft not knowing that a behavior ripped of the unnecessary smiles, the extra gentleness and never ending politeness alone is the natural expression of a human being.. 
  • Living with a firm belief.. ‘I am in my four walls all myself with my own Freedom, my own Expansion and my very Expression!’ forgetting the ultimate truth that a little sharing with others alone is the Real ‘Me’, True Freedom, Growing and Truly Expressing in life.. 
  • Too many programs stretching max in every quality eternally searching for an unlimited happiness never seeing the fact that many times a simple living for the day alone is the real Happiness of Life.. 
  • Too many attractions and quickies around making the day go in no time totally forgetting the fact that in process the very person had become unfit to spend a day in a simple way without all those extras.. 
  • Once in way quoting Nature escaping into Wilderness where in artificiality invariably follows and stays in a different Avataar for eternal relaxation coolly forgetting the fact that it's better to live for a while, that Natural Life in front ‘As Is!’ 
  • Finally, equating God and Money all along the life, forever proclaiming the sentence, 
'Wherever I go, 2 things only interest me. Sacred Places and Business Opportunities!'
  • All along forgetting the fact that True Divinity forever lies in delinking oneself from the unending materialism around and try living unscathed by it as much possible! 
Keywords: EXTRAVAGANZA, CLASS, LIVING

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

NO DOUBT, I'M PART OF THE NATURE AROUND!


  • “You have to finish this surveying work in a day and give me the report!”

Was the strict instruction from the Big Boss. As the earlier survey reports were missing, the Company was tasked to do the re-survey of the 1 km stretch of busy road and make a new report.

  • "It's too difficult to finish this job in a day. But we can't just get off from this task and somehow have to complete it. Be prepared for a hard day boys!" 
Was the instruction from the immediate Boss. 

No go and so accordingly, the trio started their work in the cool early morning hrs on the D day at 6 AM sharp from one end of the road.
  • “Without disturb the smooth flow of traffic, let's finish off our work by the end of the day!"
The Senior reminded to his 2 Juniors. 

Soon it was 9 AM and the sun was up. The trio had their breakfast and resumed their work.
  • “It's a bit hot.. Let me remove this Apron!” 
Said the Senior and the others followed. Many vehicle users were seen observing them keenly as they moved on and it was a bit irritating to the men at Work. 

Time passed thus and it was 11 AM then. The heat slowly picked up.
  • "I can no more bear this Blazer. Let it go!”

Again said the Senior and the two simply followed. Suddenly, a Cab driver shouted at them.
  • "Hey! Move. You are blocking me!” 
That quickly irritated one of the men at Work.
  • "Hey! This is equally an important work. Unless we do this and give our report, you'll not get…….… Do you know?”
Shouted back the Senior. The Cab driver murmured aloud and moved on. 

Time too moved on to 1 PM soon and it was a blast of heat wave around.

Profusely sweating, one of the Juniors just kept his equipment partly into the road for a while preparing himself to go for lunch. In no time, the cab driver behind started honking continuously. Quite annoyed the man shouted back,

  • “Hey! Stop honking. We are working here!”
Next 15 minutes, heated exchanges were ON and finally some good Samaritans had to intervene and cool the unending tempers.

As certain time was lost, the trio decided to skip lunch, quickly grabbed some snacks from road side swallowing hot tea and once again resumed their work.

It was 3 PM and the sun turned and was straight shining on to their faces. The glare was too much, the heat was oppressive and there was no movement of wind. Fully exhausted, the trio inadvertently left one of their bags a little on to the road and a vehicle zoomed past close to the bag. That’s all..

Tempers ran high and for a while no one knew who was right. Sure for the next half an hr, it was free for all.. Time moved on, some calmness prevailed soon and the work was resumed.

It was 0600 hrs.. The Sun was seen on the horizon. A certain calmness picked up with every one steadily doing their jobs..

It was 0630 hrs.. Slowly, the sun went down the horizon with the bright colors of twilight fading off quickly. The trio closed their work for the day, picked up their blazers/aprons and slowly started walking back homewards with the heavy equipment at the back..

In few minutes, it was totally a different scene in front with the trio chit chatting among themselves with all coolness simultaneously

One singing a sweet tune, 
Another whistling aloud, 
The third breathing deep relaxing in between and 
The traffic around moving calmly in spite being hectic
As the cool breeze of the evening hrs gently touched every one without an exception in no time 
Bringing down the unending tensions of the hectic heat of the day with 
The Nature around instantly returning to it's Original Calmness!

Keywords: heat, tensions

Monday, June 19, 2017

TO DO OR NOT TO DO..

The very Senior Official of the Company was seen swiping his Card for registering THE attendance. The talk around went on thus..

  • “This man is all powerful and almost the highest in the hierarchy. Should he stand in queue daily and swipe ‘In’ and ‘Out?’ He has better works to do!”
  • “Not exactly so.. However higher he may be, it's better he follow the basic discipline at work and set himself truly an example. If the big man himself is indisciplined, what can you expect from the Sub-ordinates?”
  • “I don’t agree. You are saying that he is setting an example by doing this when the prime issues are pending on his table. If he loses time like this when is he going to attend to the priority issues?
  • “See! If he wants, the entire day is with him. He can easily cut down few unnecessary here and there and still attend to the urgent issues. Just because he follows this discipline, never his basic work and responsibility is diluted!”
  • “You are wrong.. Any additional time at his level forever is a big asset. Actually people of this Cadre will be in dire need of even minutes. So every moment is precious for him and he can do wonders if those moments are with him!”
  • “Please let’s not talk of a few minutes spent in registering his attendance which very much upholds the discipline of the Company. If searched, sure you find that time!"
  • "I agree that you find that time but tell me what is that you are gaining in doing this to the root? Isn't it an indirect madness of sticking to principles? Why not relax a bit so that ease is developed in other works instead of constant tension within?"
  • "This man should simply ignore this and move on.. 
BETTER LATE THAN NEVER!"

"PRACTICE FOREVER MAKES PERFECT..
  • Let him not be an indisciplined personality in life, whatever be the gain seen the other way!"
The wise man listening to that talk mused.. "Alas! How these people have forgotten the fact that good Living is

Neither living thru' a feeling, ‘Life is not easy’
Nor feeling all along that life is rosy, 
Neither challenging and finding fault everywhere 
Nor yielding and accepting everything,
Neither attempting to make everything a success 
Nor leaving everywhere devoid of that attempt, 
Neither making too many riches
Nor leaving the very chances to make such riches, 
Neither trying to get a good name around 
Nor earning the title of 'troublesome person' the next moment!

Life has to be just to be lived through
forever balancing 
THE CAUSE AND EFFECT!

Here,
  • A man who coolly gets into his Office without bothering to register his time is forgetting the fact that..
TIME AND TIDE WAIT FOR NONE!
  • And a Senior man becoming an ardent lover of the 1:1 discipline therein is again forgetting an equal message..
PROCRASTINATION IS THE THIEF OF TIME!

Keywords:
life, balancing, cause, effect

Saturday, June 17, 2017



HAPPY FATHER'S DAY.. THE TIMELESS BLESSINGS!

It was early morning hrs of winter.. The boy of 16 was up but yet to be out of the comfort of the bed, his dad's voice was heard in distance..

"Why are you still sleeping? Are you okay? You should not waste precious morning hrs. Of late, you are missing many tasks which I asked you to do..
  • I struggled and got.... You showed no interest.... 
  • I requested my friend.... but you never....and 
  • I enrolled you for.... but you left it in the middle! 
  • You don’t move from the house, 
  • You don’t talk to people and 
  • You don’t do your works! 
How do you expect yourself to be a man of something tomorrow? No, I'll not allow it any more.. Today...."

The boy equally murmured at the back of a spontaneous reaction in him..

“He never says at least once in my life time that I did something right. I'm trying my best everywhere but somehow it's not clicking. Beyond this what else I can do? Always saying learn, learn and learn.. Very easy to say. Better, sometimes I'm left alone!”

That evening as planned the dad and the son moved out to the Shop 3 km away from their home. There the son alone was made to
  • Bargain for the right prices, 
  • Select the good items, 
  • Check for the weights, 
  • Move all the bundles into a small open van hired, 
  • Sit in a corner at the back of the van holding two big tins of oil, a few packets of powders in both hands and thus 
  • Move homewards!
It was a journey of 20 minutes in the hazardous slow traffic, the vehicle waded thru' all that and was crossing a canal over a narrow bridge at a considerable height. As the vehicle reached the top, it suddenly swiveled, moved to the side and rested on the edge of the road tilting precariously towards the waters deep down.

The father totally taken a back of the sudden happening, instantly jumped out of the vehicle shouting aloud at his son,

"Dear! Leave everything and first get down from the vehicle!"

The boy was worried of the items he was holding and thus shrugged for a while from getting down the vehicle. Seeing that, the dad instantly pulled him down with such a great force that the items went off from the son's hands and in no time, all the oil splashed on to the road, a few powders were everywhere around and some items straight away slipped down into the waters below.

The dad hugged his son tight and holding his hand firmly said,

"Don't worry, dear! You are safe. That's enough for me. Let the rest go!"

For a while some confusion prevailed all round. The driver quickly lifted the vehicle, set it right and soon they headed home wards.

That night passed off pretty cool and calm. The son was truly elated all along. After all he was not less and was something special to his dad..

"He sure has a great concern for me.. Thank God.. one incident brought me so close to him.. I'm really lucky.. He knows me now!"

It was twilight morning hrs of the next day.. As the boy was relaxing a little extra in his bed at the back of the memories of previous day's incident, all of a sudden, the loud voice of his father was heard..

"Why are you still sleeping?......... You should not waste.... Of late, you are missing many.....
  • I struggled...... 
  • I requested..... and 
  • I enrolled you..... 
  • You don’t move...... 
  • You don’t talk.... and 
  • You don’t do..... 
How do you expect yourself to be a man of something tomorrow? No, I'll not allow it any more.. Today...."

Keywords: dad, son

Friday, June 16, 2017

THUS ENDS MY SCIENTIFIC TEMPER AND BEGINS THE SUPERSTITION!

I am a bundle of desires ever working to satisfy them as I live thru' my life.

I basically have no control on the quantum of desires with me as well as in saying no to them except streamlining them in the line of Worldly Order around me thru' certain legal and social measures prevailing thus safe guarding my interests as well as satisfying myself at my expression level.

Left thus, I am equally a dynamo of certain thrust in me called intuition which forever propels me to find out something ever new as I live this life with a constant questioning in my surroundings thru' the 7 questioning methods available with me Viz.,

WHY,
WHERE,
WHEN,
WHICH,
WHO,
WHAT and
HOW!


As I start leading my life thus on this earth,

  • My desires constantly propel me to get into a certain belief of happening good to me so that they can continuously be kept satisfied but
  • My intuition which comprises the 7 questionings mentioned above too propels me to constantly negate this believing, do the experimentation and find out what is what..

When my intuition is strong in me, this questioning is seen on the top priority of course my basic desires invariably getting satisfied at a certain level.. Here, I should understand that the lighter desires alone are kept to a side and that is exactly the time when I do not enter into any belief so easily and appear as if I am questioning everything everywhere..

But when this basic level itself comes under threat, no doubt as I at this moment have no absolute control on its existence, I will yield, get off from the scientific temper sooner and get into a firm belief of something called the superstition which will simply be adapted by me so that my basic level of existence is well protected.

Thus forever exists my belief of any thing and none can educate me or guide me to get out of this and be with scientific temper as I alone ultimately have to do that but to do that the Knot Level at which I exist has to be broken and I should be freed.

When and how it happens is never known to me at this moment and thus I continue my living on the earth alternating between pleasure and pain endlessly!

The Post is written in line with the IndiSpire Prompt

Thursday, June 15, 2017

THE HIGHER LEVEL OF UNDERSTANDING HAS IT'S OWN GREATER MEANING!

On a cool day, a man and his friend were walking on the road. A group of urchins followed them asking for some money. The friend was about to shout at and send them away but
  • The man stopped him from doing that, took out some cash and eatables from his bag and gave them away!
On another occasion, the two were traveling by train. A co-passenger befriended the man and after few exchanges requested him to lend him a small sum as he had fallen short of that during the travel and promised to send back the amount to his address in a week's time. The friend signaled him to ignore the passenger but
  • The man straight away took cash from his purse gave the passenger what he asked!
On a third occasion the man had planned a Pilgrimage to a Sacred Place and booked a small accommodation at the place in advance for his stay. As he was ready to go, his younger brother rang up and said, “I heard you are visiting the Pilgrimage Center. Can you in person book the VIP Facility there for our accommodation for.........?" The friend with the man listening to the conversation expected him to say some excuse there but
  • The man instantly agreed to his younger brother's request!
Not able to control his feelings any more, the friend asked, “My dear! I am observing you for a while in some of your actions.
  • At one place you encouraged alms giving, easy money and laziness,
  • At another place you simply believed and wasted your money on a cheat may be by giving a loan, 
  • And you are now going to work for your brother who never cared for your betterment but expected the best for himself!
Thru'

  • Bearing the nuisance
  • Loosing and 
  • Not getting recognized but struggling
Where as you yourself could have
  • Shouted at,
  • Simply denied and 
  • Not agreed to
in the situations. What is that you are ultimately getting in your life by doing in this way?”

The man smiled and said, “My dear! The story goes..

When a Sage was meditating in a lonely area, a thief having robbed the king’s treasury came that way when the guards chased him, suddenly dropped all the gold and cash in the the Sage's lap and fled. When the guards spotted the Great Man and questioned Him, the Sage simply said,

‘Yes, I committed the theft!’

Instead of speaking out what is what. In my case, I too humbly feel that

  • I should help a person who is far less placed in society compared to me without questioning that is right or wrong, 
  • I should just help a man who requests for a small benefit without doubting him whether he would return that or not and 
  • I should help my brother to the extent possible without expecting any return! 
As doing such actions alone bring the true peace in my life!
Keyword: GREATER MEANING

Saturday, June 10, 2017

THE HAPPY WAY OF LIVING!



“When you’re happy and you know it, and you really want to show it - clap your hands!” 

I might have taught the Little One that Rhyme myself reciting it aloud along with firm clapping and 
the Little Boy seeing me doing that might have repeated the same out of a natural happiness within.. 
But when I looked at myself, it appeared I was not truly blessed with such happiness the Little One possessed as my endless worries constantly were seen eating me out..

I was helpless that way for some time when on a day by the Grace of God my mind all of sudden advocated..

'Why not follow
The 8 Golden Principles 
in life to the best of abilities and be done away with this unhappiness?' 



As the Message slowly percolated into my personality, I found myself not so helpless and hopeless with a deep understanding in my heart that 

true happiness sure follows if I stick to that discipline with those 
8 Precepts of Life
forever going thus.. 

Lawful attitude forever is the true safety net. 'The dead End' of unlawful living is sure the welcome gate to the 'Hell!' 

A sincere and hard work makes one a wonderful human. A second thought here in no time brings down that great title! 

Discharge of family responsibilities to the core brings in the true joys of life. A neglect here is definitely a life time regret! 

Money truly gives a feeling of safety and security and helps one all along the life. A craving for and a wrong use of this one entity surely leaves the individual with a single choice between the 'Devil and Deep Sea!' 

Challenges are definitely the opportunities in front of to grow and expand. Devoid of the challenges invariably is the inevitable rotten routine left out! 

Charity as part of one's life makes the individual a certain sure worth. Devoid of charity, what else can be the plan of one's leaving the world? 

Preservation of Nature forever is a healthy way of living. Destruction of the same is the waiting chance for disease and disaster! 

A sincere Prayer to God is the sure outlet of many tensions of life and conflicts around. No such Prayers; who else can rescue from the Eternal 'Fear of Unknown?' 

‘This post is a part of Write Over the Weekend, 
an initiative for Indian Bloggers by BlogAdda.’ 

Keyword: Happiness

Thursday, June 8, 2017

IN THE EYES OF GOD..

"The Great Man never used to eat His food unless He strained Himself physically in that direction for a fixed time for the day in spite of His Nature of Work being totally different!"

Two devotees of a Great Saint were living near to the Ashram as neighbors as well as friends and both together were working in the Ashram serving the Master daily. 
All around were really happy with the discipline and devotion with which the two friends worked in the Ashram for its upkeep.

  • Daily they used to get up very early in the morning at 4 AM, finish their morning chores and important home activities and straight head to the Ashram sharp by 0530 AM. 
  • From that time, they both used to welcome and look into the needs of the visitors to the Ashram for the morning session up to 0700 AM. 
  • Subsequent to that, they used to be back home attending to the family needs and leave for their work around 9 AM. 
  • And on holidays and Sundays, invariably they used to extend their stay at Ashram up to 0900 AM attending to the special discourses offered on those days!
Thus they were tiring themselves between Home, Ashram and Office endlessly doing all that is required never doing anything less anywhere. The Friends and Colleagues were all praise for both of them for doing such a yeoman service amidst their busy life and used to have their regard for the two.

No doubt, the two friends were close to the Saint and all the time the Master too used to praise their services offered.


But some of the Ashram Disciples over a time, noticed that the Master was a little more closer to one devotee than the other.. They were a little astonished at the Master's attitude as all along He preached, 

Service to Humanity is next to Service to God

And in that context, the two friends were truly doing the best in their lives.. Somehow they could not control their feelings for long and one evening asked the Master for that difference in His attitude.

The Saint smiled and said,

“Dear, I know that one day, you will ask similar question. No problem, I 'll explain to you.

No doubt, both the friends are well disciplined and contribute a lot from their side for maintenance of the Ashram out of their precious limited available with them beyond their normal duties at home and Office. But as one observes them carefully doing these activities at Ashram, he/she sure will not miss noticing the difference that..
  • One will always be taking up and doing only such works which are of more pleasing and eye catching type and which involve less physical labor in doing all invariably in a clean environment..
Where as
  • The other always takes up jobs that are basically essential from health and cleanliness point of view of the inmates of and visitors to the Ashram, jobs of real physical exertion and eventually all those jobs behind the screen which most of the time go unrecognized! 
Thus seen,
  • The first one is attending to the activities of the Ashram but in a fine way is keeping off from the tough, rough and not recognized jobs. In fact he is taking life easy but at the same time is trying to get a better name and recognition for himself..
But
  • The second man is truly straining himself through these activities, helping all of us at the core but is never coming into the limelight so easily! 
That way the second friend is really nearer to God in doing his duties and no doubt is ever dearer to me in this context!”

Keywords: Spirituality, Physical Exertion

Friday, June 2, 2017

JUDGING OTHERS AND BEING JUDGED BY THEM!

Initially, left to my wish and will and with a contempt attitude I used to react whenever people tried to judge me saying within myself..
"No doubt it's a problem with me. But of late, I see often people talking about it!
Why every one is so much bothered about my this problem alone? They should mind their work! 
If I try to open the topic a bit, people are ready to know the details. I should ever be extra careful!
This is totally my personal issue. Who is some one to talk on this? 
This is too much. The man doing this doesn't know that he is wasting his precious time and energies just to talk on this. How mean people are! 
Of late, I am fed up of being so alert. Hereafter, if some one talks on my problem, I'll open their history and they have to run away from me. They sure very much deserve that!"

With such a burning in my heart which almost made me a living corpse in my life, that night as usual as I went to sleep, I had the strangest dream of my life wherein the wise man in distance was seen smiling at me saying.. 

"What a great mistake you are doing in your life! 
Instead of bringing out the best in you by making use of your time and energies in the right way, you are constantly diverting the same to 
Observe,
Make a note,
Murmur within,
Become angry
Criticize and finally live by 
Hating others..
Thereby adding a greater insult to the already injured ego of yours by degenerating your personality in front of others! 

Do you know? 

Whenever the Great Man was praised, He used to feel instantly restless, continue His search and find out any small mistake He was doing, bring it out in front of others making it clear to them that He was not that Great and then alone used to be at peace.. 
He firmly believed that yielding to praise in life is an eternal trap and sooner He comes out of that and start accepting own mistakes, the better and in the process when people judge they really are helping Him out in cleansing!"

"Got the point.. But what about myself judging others?"
I meekly asked. The wise man was heard further clarifying.. 

"You are already doing that when you react to you being judged by others.. 

When the disciples were not happy with the man of ill-repute visiting the Ashram regularly the Great Saint said, 
'I see this man daily coming to this place in time, himself well dressed and groomed and sits thru' full time paying all the attention. None of you are doing that as I see you all daily. Why don't you learn these good habits of him and implement?' 
confirming the fact that it's ever good for one to see as much good in the the other man as possible and carry that respect for the man instead of resorting to the easy path of criticizing bringing out the man's defects which indirectly is nothing but oneself again degrading in front of others!"

Suddenly, I got up from my sleep and as I slowly came to senses, I realized that sure I got a Great Lesson but that message to percolate into me it needed
Initiation, 
Fencing, 
Constant watching,
Timely correction,
Strengthening in between with booster doses and finally
The God's Grace
for which the only way in front of me is to clean my house, keep it open and wait patiently humbly doing my ordained duties..

The Hardest Lesson of my life but sure
The Most Valuable Life-time Lesson!

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Keywords:
Judging, being judged