Saturday, May 23, 2020

FOREVER, THE HIDDEN TRUTH! #CauseAChatter..


A Great Man of certain insight made a Proclamation of Truth and God. Many listening to the Great Man firmed up,


"Sloka 1 of Bhaja Govindam says,

'Bhajagovidam bhajagovidam
govindam bhaja muudhamathe
samprapte sannihite kale
nahi nahi rakshati drukrun karane'

  • 'Worship Govinda! Worship Govinda! Worship Govinda (limiting yourself to the ordained duties).. When the end approaches, the Grammar Rules (the craving for materialistic gain and recognition) will not save you!'
So, what the Great Personality says is exactly what we need in our life!"

Few listening to the Great Man firmed up..

"Slokha 14 of Bhajagovindam also says,

'jatilo mundii lujnchhitakeshah
kaashhaambarabahukritaveshhah
pashyannapi cana pashyati muudhah
udaranimittam bahukritaveshhah'

  • 'Many move with matted locks, many move with clean shaven heads, many have hairs plucked out, some clothed in saffron, others various colors, all for a livelihood none for Truth!'

So, all this talk takes us nowhere!"

Few of the 1st group in no time took great interest in line with the Great Man's Preaching. And few of the 2nd group became strong critics opposing the Great Man. The Rest of both groups just stopped concentrating beyond..

Soon the more interested people started a campaign supporting the Great Man. And the critics too started one but against Him. In time, the 2 campaigns picked up their own momentums with the powerful staying at the top of each..

In such a scenario, a few and very few from the supporting group put a question to themselves..

"He might have said something worth pondering over. Why not I

  • Probe,
  • Investigate and
  • Understand
Further in this line? Let me rise and further know what all this is!"

And few and very few from the opposing group too put a question to themselves.. 


"He might have said something not worth pondering over.. Why not I

  • Probe,
  • Investigate and
  • Understand
In this line? Let me rise and further know what all this is!"

Thus forgetting their difference of original reaction to the Great Man's Sayings, all of them together started searching for Truth to the best of their abilities..

Finally one true disciple of that ultimate investigation alone understood..

  • "Here lies what I'm searching for in my life.. I'm totally cleared of a certain doubt now and freed to this level.. Let me live my life thus and investigate further!"
And further to that, the Original Great Personality and the True Disciple sailed together in the same boat of True Investigation at their own Understanding Levels as Proclaimed by Lord Krishna thru' Verse 3 Chapter 7 of Srimad Bhagavad Gita..

'Manusyanam sahasresu kascid yatati siddhaye
yatatam api siddhanam kascin mam vetti tattvatah'

  • 'Out of thousands of men hardly one endeavors for the perfection of self realization and of such of those endeavoring hardly one alone knows Me in Truth!'
The Post is written in line with this week's IndiSpire Prompt Truth is a creation of the powerful. If Ramayana is narrated from Sita's or Ravana's perspective the truths in the epic would be different. So would a lot of other truths. #ColoursOfTruth

The Post is also written for BlogChatter to #CauseAChatter

Keywords: TRUTH

Tuesday, May 19, 2020

MY LIFE.. SURE A 'PROMISE!'
#CauseAChatter


Surrounded by on and off

Life threats, 
On the job pressures 
Separations, 
Tougher impositions,

Impairing health issues, 
Name tarnished instances, 

Litigations, 
Indirect pressures, 
Financial issues 
and 
Endless worries 

With a 
'LOST IN LIFE' 
Feeling that evening, as I sat at my Worshipping Place silently, 
The Lord was seen smiling at me asking me sing 
THE DIVINE SONG 
Viz., 

'Show-offs will not divert me, 
Sweet words will not trap me, 
Obedience will not carry me away, 
Monetary returns will not make me yield, 
Influencing will not hold me, 
Politicizing will not change me, 
Abuses will not deter me, 
Threats will not weaken me, 
Back-stabbing will not leave me wondered and 
Apathy will not make me pardon 
When untruth is forced upon me!' 

As my 
PRAYER 
For the day and leave the rest 
TO HIS ULTIMATE CARE.. 

And that 
PROMISE 
Made to my God has become 
MY LIFE OF TODAY & EVERYDAY, 
Constantly making amends to the lapses where occurred without fail! 

The Post is written in line with this week's IndiSpire Prompt 

The Post is for BLOGCHATTER too to 
#CauseAChatter 

Keywords: 
LIFE, PROMISE

Thursday, May 14, 2020

MAY BE LITTLE THINGS BUT SURE PRECIOUS THINGS.. #CauseAChatter


At 12, when some one lured him saying,

  • 'You look smart.. Do you know.. You can double the 50 P with you?'
He innocently exchanged his precious 50 P coin with 2 counterfeit ones..

At 23 he in his college Fest was lured towards the 'Wheel of Fortune' when his 10 Rs got multiplied thru' few integers with some one around saying..

  • 'He is a smart fellow!'
Increased pace of his play, in no time lost all those integers including his original 10..

At 35 when he was traveling in a bus to his bank to deposit his hard earned savings of Rs 500, some one said,

  • 'Smart guy.. What is the secret of your such young looks?'
Diverted his attention and picked his purse in no time..

At 42 as some one promised to get a job done for him saying,
  • 'Leave these jobs for people like us who are not smarter in their life!'
he without much checking, handed over Rs 5,000 for the activity and soon found himself permanently relieved of that money as the man whose address was not noted never turned up again..

At 53, at the instance of a well-wisher as he dared to invest in a certain land purchase, the all smiling real estate agent promising him moon saying,
  • 'Smarter people make riches in life!'
Straight away took Rs 50,000 with a detailed receipt given on a glossy paper with the emblem of the agency beautifully printed on the top which as time passed just remained a paper with him..

At 65, as the matured retired man relaxing at home in his chair at the back of a few praises like
  • 'Sir! The smartest way you handled your monies all these years is truly commendable. We've to learn a lot from you!'
On one side and continuous phone calls, messages, and emails on the other side saying..
  • 'Why do you lock your monies in... with low returns? Our 'Grow your wealth under the Professional Care of....!'
  • 'Don't want to surprise your dear ones with what you can do sitting at home? Call on.....!'
  • 'The golden opportunity for the retired community to have a fixed income beyond their pensions.....!"
Smiled and mused within..

"My Company had given a fixed sizable retirement money with small pension to me and my family to survive at a decent level for the rest of our life..

Presently the returns on these lump sum monies may be very much limited compared to those my vast experience had hitherto handled but these

LITTLE THINGS

Of my life at this stage are truly precious for us and these monies forever remain in those schemes alone which are safe and secure!"

The Post is written in line with this week's IndiSpire Prompt Little things can make a lot of difference in life. How do you appreciate little things in life? #lifemotivation

The Post is written for BLOGCHATTER too to #CauseAChatter


Keyword: LITTLE, PRECIOUS 

Sunday, May 10, 2020

FRUSTRATIONS OF LIFE.. 
THE RIGHT WAY TO HANDLE THEM! 
#CauseAChatter 


'om puurnamadah puurnamidam puurnaat puurna mudachyate 
puurnsya puurnamaadaaya puurnameva vashishissyate 
om shaantih shaantih shaantih!'

'That (Outer World) is Whole (full of divine consciousness); This (Inner World) is also Whole (full of divine consciousness). 
From that Whole comes this Whole 
From that Whole, this whole removed 
Indeed what remains is the Whole 
Om Peace Om Peace Om Peace!' 

(The Shanti Mantra, Ishopanishad) 

As a limited entity, 
When I try to perceive myself full, 
The peace of mine too appears full 
But 
Remains limited only
Constantly tossing me between 
Pleasures and pains 
Making 
FRUSTRATION 
Ever be part of my life.. 

Constant Positive thinking 
(Hoping for the best) 
Is the right way to overcome those frustrations by
Getting up and moving on in life 
At every fall.. 

No doubt 
Perfection for me is at Infinity only 
But that situation never limits me from
Rising towards Infinity
Taking out as many imperfections possible when I voluntarily leave off certain 
Ni-NITYA KARMA 
(PLEASURABLE ACTIVITIES) 
Of my life and embrace few vibrant 
NITYA KARMA
(NECESSARY ACTIVITIES)..

An example of that being
Stop satisfying my requirement in as many human interactions and
Start helping out the other satisfy his/her requirement therein.. 

As I thus start rising towards Infinity thru'
A DEFINITE SACRIFICE 
That much of frustration falls off from me with equivalent 
PEACE AND POISE 
Accruing in parallel.. 

That's exactly what I need to do in this life of 
Many uncertainties truly bringing a 
GREATER MEANING
To my life leaving the unaddressed part of my 
FRUSTRATION
To the ultimate
DIVINE INTERVENTION AND RESOLUTION 
AS PER HIS WILL!

The Blog Post is written for BLOGCHATTER to #CauseAChatter

Keyword: 
FRUSTRATIONS

Friday, May 8, 2020

NO DOUBT I SHOULD THINK BIG BUT SMALL IS EVER BEAUTIFUL! #CauseAChatter



From my car, I saw that once upon a time friend of mine going on his 2 wheeler with pillion rider. Poor fellow.. He couldn't afford more than one 2 wheeler in his life..

The pillion rider's face appeared very familiar to me.. My consciousness clarified..

"Yes..You know the pillion rider.. Long ago, you too carried him on your 2 wheeler. After getting your car and other luxuries in life, you left him and happily welcomed the present trio in your car!"

"Yeah! I worked smart and had grown in my life!"

"None said don't grow.. Your friend too did that but he never left his long cherished mate.. Okay, that discipline never gave him luxuries in his life but he remained content all along with all those

LITTLE THINGS

He got!"

"Do you call it 'life?' See..Today, I've so much money and power with me.. He has nothing of them!"

  • "That's what greedy Midas thought about his gold.. You know what he lost finally.. Money is not everything!"
  • "And that's what Julius Ceaser believed in his power when he found his close friend Brutus alone turning against him.. Power corrupts!"
"Naah..They are just the stories and interpretations.. Believe and it happens!"
  • "That's what the Highly Evolved Saint too thought when he challenged the Ultimate.. Pride goes before fall!"
I just looked back.. The 3 tightly seated ones

MONEY, POWER AND PRIDE

Were seen with a vicious smile signaling me not to believe what my consciousness was saying and

The old friend of mine seen happily chit-chatting and going with his pillion mate

HONESTY

As our both vehicles slowly moved away from the scene!

The Post is written in line with this week's IndiSpire Prompt Little things can make a lot of difference in life. How do you appreciate little things in life? #lifemotivation..

The Post is written for BLOGCHATTER too to #CauseAChatter..

Keywords: BIG, SMALL

Sunday, May 3, 2020

THRILLS AND DISAPPOINTMENTS OF LIFE.. HOW TO HANDLE THEM? #CauseAChatter


  • “Taking care of your body through proper care and discipline is more important than this ritual washing. Hope you are keeping that Temple of yours too clean and healthy simultaneously!”
Was the subtle reminder from my Deity as I started washing my hands and feet before starting the Puja (Worship) for the day..
  • “I have given you the Garden of Mine (Environment) to freely move and feel the freshness and fragrance around. How much that Garden shines today thru' your past contributions?”
Was the gentle question from Him as I started decorating the Idol of my worship..
  • "I expect you to sit here through your honest work alone. Have you checked that before doing your Puja (Worship)?"
Was another question from the Almighty as I sat on the floor to begin my Puja (Worship)..
  • “How much you differ when you think, talk and act? Hope you are constantly trying to reduce the differences between the 3 thus lighting the lamp of the rare glow too in your life!”
Was again the silent reminder from Him as I lighted the Sacred Lamps..
  • “There is no place in your heart for blind beliefs, politics and display of wealth when you do this Puja(Worship). Hope you are making efforts to free yourself of those by saluting to the Reality!”
Was the check-back from my God as I got up and started ringing the Sacred Bell giving 'Arti' (Sacred Blessing)..
  • "Whatever worship you may offer to me carries no value unless you give a place in your heart to the man next to you unconditionally taking off all the thrills as well as the compulsions of it. Hope you are actively into that too simultaneously!"
Was the follow-up enquiry from the Lord as I had given the Arti (Sacred Blessing) to my family members..
  • "No doubt Charity begins at home and extends beyond. Do you know that Noble Giving ever surpasses all these servings?"
Was one more reminder from the Almighty as I served Theertham (Sacred Water) and Prasadam (Sacred Offering) to the family members..
  • “Time never stops and changes do come. Hope you are constantly bowing down to the ‘New’ freely flow everywhere so that what I plan good for the world will be well implemented!”
Was again a check from Him as I bowed down to offer my Salutations..

“I am ever next to you when you thus live your life with this discipline instantly taking away the words

'Thrill' and 'Disappointment'

From the dictionary of your life where in

For every success that comes to you, you will be ready with a question
  • 'How much I will be useful to others thru' this one time boon given to me!'
And

For every failure you face in life, you will be ready with an answer
  • 'I should do the best in my next assignment thru' this one time lesson taught to me!'"
Was the final confirmed answer from the Almighty at the back of a subtle Smile as I closed my Puja (Worship) for the day and got into my active work!

This Post is written in line with the IndiSpire Prompt Disappointments are inevitable parts of life. We all (must) have met with one or the other at some point in our lives. How do you deal with a disappointment? What do you do when life knocks you down? #DealingWithDisappointment

The Post is written for BlogChatter too to #CauseAChatter

Keywords: THRILLS, DISAPPOINTMENTS

Friday, May 1, 2020

SPIRITUALITY.. WHAT'S IT LIKE? #CauseAChatter



"I want to say the truth known to me.. None listens!"

"Just say and leave.. Why do you expect others listen to you?"

"I passed thru' the very life now these people are chasing.. For me that looks a utopia now and going round and round that had stopped for me long ago even though my aged people are still after those pleasures!"

"I agree that chasing of life of those pleasures is no more interesting to you.. I further agree without a contest that you are freed from the influence of those utopian entities.. But forever remember the words of the contemporary Philosopher in that context who said to his disciples once,

  • "Our minds are like open books in front of us. I can only read my book and you can only yours. In Spiritual Search, we both can do a similar activity only. How each one of us understands our books and accordingly get into our actions is purely left to us!"
So, why not you continue leading your life without chasing those pleasures and try finding out more of yourself instead of asking others to listen to and follow you? Is it not a desire in you to see that some one will tick you as right thus indirectly supporting your ego?"

"Yes.. It's definitely an egoistic feeling in me seeing others concur with me. Do you mean to say, I should simply smile and nod my head to whatever the other man says?"

"Dear! We are all humans living on the earth chasing our own dream lives at different psychological planes as per understanding with us in respect of Truth. Every one has his/her freedom of chasing that dream life and there is ever known happiness in the process for the individual as the Great Saint once advised a man who used to love his goat kid max on how to meditate..
  • "Imagine that goat kid's face and meditate on that form. You don't need any God's Form to meditate!"
Of course, there are limits to that chasing and I sure need to be within those limits like lawful and decent social practices for my own body safety and existence which discipline at any stage of living is the No 1 primary duty with man as again seen in the actions of Great Masters like..
  • 'The Great Saint doing Penance soon found that starving body is not the way to Spirituality as such an activity undoubtedly remains a self oriented action and a weakened body in that state would not help man in the Mission of Realization!'
Knowing this in full if you still want to say that appears right in the situation, go ahead but forever in a softer way only constantly checking yourself

Why you are saying that and

What happens when you stop doing that?

That introspection in parallel should never stop in me as the highest ignorance and arrogance in the world ultimately lie in

Me when I feel firmly that my learning is complete and there is nothing more to learn

And that ignorance and arrogance steadily multiply by leaps and bounds in me

When that learning field happens to be Spirituality as in the words of the Great Saint..
  • "The man working at the busy cross roads unmindful of surroundings putting up his best efforts on his task is far more Spiritual than a man who preaches/claims authority on Spirituality!"
The Post is written for BLOGCHATTER to #CauseAChatter

Keyword: SPIRITUALITY