Watched a program related to bonded labour and how they suffer. Some want and work towards liberation while others are ignorant. The sufferings of both sets are different.
Now rethink with people in on the spiritual path in world and those in the worldly world. Suffering, approach and goals are different while being present in the same place physically
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Thursday, 5 June 2014
Vision
Look at the ground standing there
Now look down from say 4th floor. we will still see the drain, the dirt , the grass, a bit of the tree & the street, some cars etc
Now compare with the view from say 20th floor...tree tops , green grass, tiny cars on streets far away, clouds, roof tops...it all looks lovely
And when we see a city from a plan that has just taken off or just landing, it looks very pretty.
In fact while on a flight we see mountains & valleys and even arid desserts and they look beautiful in their own special way.
From where we see physically changes how we see it.
The ability to see with a higher perspective or to a further extent is VISION.
Now look down from say 4th floor. we will still see the drain, the dirt , the grass, a bit of the tree & the street, some cars etc
Now compare with the view from say 20th floor...tree tops , green grass, tiny cars on streets far away, clouds, roof tops...it all looks lovely
And when we see a city from a plan that has just taken off or just landing, it looks very pretty.
In fact while on a flight we see mountains & valleys and even arid desserts and they look beautiful in their own special way.
From where we see physically changes how we see it.
The ability to see with a higher perspective or to a further extent is VISION.
Tuesday, 3 June 2014
Body, Matrialism & Knowledge
Body, Matrialism & Knowledge : All 3 are needed to survive.
Durga, Laxmi & Saraswati represent these 3. And each Goddess has 3 days of the navratri dedicated to her.
An alignment and balance of all 3 during our time of Earth in human form can help achieve realisation.
Without a healthy body and basic needs of life met, one can't think of knowledge seeking etc....think about it.
Durga, Laxmi & Saraswati represent these 3. And each Goddess has 3 days of the navratri dedicated to her.
An alignment and balance of all 3 during our time of Earth in human form can help achieve realisation.
Without a healthy body and basic needs of life met, one can't think of knowledge seeking etc....think about it.
Desire Vs Duty
Desire
When you have an expected result it is a desire; if you fail and you are hurt & upset with outcome ;it is a desire. The outcome not being what you expected makes you angry, it is a desire.
Duty
And it is duty, when you only focus on effort before, during & after. You are happy with effort and accept the outcome. You do efforts to your best ability knowing God has chosen you to do this. You know God will decide outcome and your control is only doing your best.
Some people camouflage their desire in their duty. I want my son to become a doctor. I am helping my son get into medical school. Can you see that?!
When you have an expected result it is a desire; if you fail and you are hurt & upset with outcome ;it is a desire. The outcome not being what you expected makes you angry, it is a desire.
Duty
And it is duty, when you only focus on effort before, during & after. You are happy with effort and accept the outcome. You do efforts to your best ability knowing God has chosen you to do this. You know God will decide outcome and your control is only doing your best.
Some people camouflage their desire in their duty. I want my son to become a doctor. I am helping my son get into medical school. Can you see that?!
Gita for some ...new acronymns
GPS
Integrated
To
Atma
Good
Intention
Towards
Awareness
Integrated
To
Atma
Good
Intention
Towards
Awareness
God
In
Total
Awesomeness
Types of wealth ( Copy & paste from FB)
However, there are seven types of wealth:
Comfort in material wealth
The first type of wealth is what we commonly understand as material wealth. Just being born in Ford’s home, somebody acquired all that wealth without any effort. Why does this happen when somebody else had to toil all his life to make money?
The first type of wealth is what we commonly understand as material wealth. Just being born in Ford’s home, somebody acquired all that wealth without any effort. Why does this happen when somebody else had to toil all his life to make money?
Health equals wealth
Just having money is not sufficient. Some people may have a lot of money but they cannot eat well. They are suffering from many diseases — that wealth is nothing. Some people do not have money, but they have enough to eat and are healthy.
Just having money is not sufficient. Some people may have a lot of money but they cannot eat well. They are suffering from many diseases — that wealth is nothing. Some people do not have money, but they have enough to eat and are healthy.
Courage to become wealthy
One must see life as a game and should play without worrying about the outcome. But if one is afraid of making mistakes then one lacks the wealth of courage. And without that there is no fun in life even if the person has a lot of money. Someone may not have any money, but if they possess courage, they reflect wealth.
One must see life as a game and should play without worrying about the outcome. But if one is afraid of making mistakes then one lacks the wealth of courage. And without that there is no fun in life even if the person has a lot of money. Someone may not have any money, but if they possess courage, they reflect wealth.
The friendly wealth
The fifth type of wealth is friendliness. You may have the other types of wealth, but still feel no sense of belonging.That is what happens at most parties — rich people go to a party to show off their wealth, but feel out of place. Parties are like competition grounds or battlefields; everyone is carrying a shield. That is no wealth at all.
The fifth type of wealth is friendliness. You may have the other types of wealth, but still feel no sense of belonging.That is what happens at most parties — rich people go to a party to show off their wealth, but feel out of place. Parties are like competition grounds or battlefields; everyone is carrying a shield. That is no wealth at all.
Need skill to be wealthy
Another wealth is having different skills and talents. Some people write well, some good at debating, some have a knack for music, some cook well, some are good in administration, and so on. Some, put their maximum efforts to achieve what they want, yet they fail. Effort is not enough to achieve one’s goal.
Another wealth is having different skills and talents. Some people write well, some good at debating, some have a knack for music, some cook well, some are good in administration, and so on. Some, put their maximum efforts to achieve what they want, yet they fail. Effort is not enough to achieve one’s goal.
Be dignified, be wealthy
The world is full of lessons if only we observe it. Be as humble as the grass. Then nothing can touch you. No one can humiliate you. Always, walk like a king and be a perfect servant!
The world is full of lessons if only we observe it. Be as humble as the grass. Then nothing can touch you. No one can humiliate you. Always, walk like a king and be a perfect servant!
Memories are also wealth
Our memory only develops when we are three or four years and we start understanding things. The moment we become aware of our source of memory, and our infinite past, our whole life changes. It’s just like someone suddenly realizes how wealthy he or she is. Immediately your style of walking changes. This is the awareness of the source. - His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Our memory only develops when we are three or four years and we start understanding things. The moment we become aware of our source of memory, and our infinite past, our whole life changes. It’s just like someone suddenly realizes how wealthy he or she is. Immediately your style of walking changes. This is the awareness of the source. - His Holiness Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Sunday, 25 May 2014
Relevance
I once read that Churchil did not know his home phone number and had to look in a notebook for that. His reason was that it was irrelevant to remember it.
When Watson commented that Sherlock Holmes may be a genius at chemistry and knowledge of london lanes & by lanes, but knew nothing about astronomy, Sherlock responded that he chooses not to clutter his brain with irrelevant informations and keeps what he needs to do his job.
Someone commented that on reading a book about Steve Jobs its amazing that he had various fans and plenty of people who disliked him, was arrogant and yet a genius in his own way. It was summed up as he is part of our lives because his products touched us and too that extent relevant!
In this age of information overload, deciding the relevance is quite challenging.
Keeping focus will help in deciding what is relevant to a large extent.
When Watson commented that Sherlock Holmes may be a genius at chemistry and knowledge of london lanes & by lanes, but knew nothing about astronomy, Sherlock responded that he chooses not to clutter his brain with irrelevant informations and keeps what he needs to do his job.
Someone commented that on reading a book about Steve Jobs its amazing that he had various fans and plenty of people who disliked him, was arrogant and yet a genius in his own way. It was summed up as he is part of our lives because his products touched us and too that extent relevant!
In this age of information overload, deciding the relevance is quite challenging.
Keeping focus will help in deciding what is relevant to a large extent.
Thursday, 22 May 2014
Do unto others as you wish them to do to you
The famous proverb was the golden rule that a monkey had in his life and applied it always. He live on a tree in the banks of a river that had many fish. One day there was a flood. So the monkey thought , if there was a flood he would want someone to rescue him and with that though goes into the river to rescue fish. And the fish he rescued soon died. He applied the rule literally !!
There was another wise monkey in the next tree who was aware of the proverb, but also had the intellect that this rule cannot be literally & universally applied. We need to use our intellect before action.
Knowledge and Action need to be combined. As in the Gita it mentions that action with awareness and for the common good is Karamyoga.
There was another wise monkey in the next tree who was aware of the proverb, but also had the intellect that this rule cannot be literally & universally applied. We need to use our intellect before action.
Knowledge and Action need to be combined. As in the Gita it mentions that action with awareness and for the common good is Karamyoga.
Intention ref. Bathing in the Ganga
One person can go and bathe in it as its a river
And one may say well its water , H2O
Another will think , all are having a dip & so will I
Then comes along someone, who has heard stories of Ganga being the revered river and the holiness associated with same and that many sages have contemplated on the banks of Ganga and so on. And with these thoughts and filled with gratitude for the opportunity to dip in Ganga he goes ahead.
The first few fellows have a physical cleansing only.
And the person who goes in with awareness and gratitude gets physical as well as metal purity with the dip.
It's all in the intention and bhav !
A saying in Hindi " samjho to maa Gange, nahi to behta paani"
And one may say well its water , H2O
Another will think , all are having a dip & so will I
Then comes along someone, who has heard stories of Ganga being the revered river and the holiness associated with same and that many sages have contemplated on the banks of Ganga and so on. And with these thoughts and filled with gratitude for the opportunity to dip in Ganga he goes ahead.
The first few fellows have a physical cleansing only.
And the person who goes in with awareness and gratitude gets physical as well as metal purity with the dip.
It's all in the intention and bhav !
A saying in Hindi " samjho to maa Gange, nahi to behta paani"
Wednesday, 21 May 2014
Positive attitude
The difficulty in keeping a positive attitude is because we are in the " I " mode. The minute you switch to the I am God's instrument mode, it becomes easier to be positive .
I is one straight line and a little loss of balance or bend becomes a flat line : - ( the negative sign)
The positivity of a person is his sattwa / divinity reflecting
Also note when we study quadrants & intercepts we see that the positive is going up & right ( note majority of population is right handed, so moving ahead is right convention )
Can we learn to be positive? In m opinion its about believing in the power of it & then practicing it and it becomes a habit and eventually second nature
I is one straight line and a little loss of balance or bend becomes a flat line : - ( the negative sign)
The positivity of a person is his sattwa / divinity reflecting
Also note when we study quadrants & intercepts we see that the positive is going up & right ( note majority of population is right handed, so moving ahead is right convention )
Can we learn to be positive? In m opinion its about believing in the power of it & then practicing it and it becomes a habit and eventually second nature
Tuesday, 20 May 2014
Duality
- Pain & Pleasure
- Happy & Sad
- Action & Inaction : There is really no inaction, choosing to sit & do nothing is also an action!
- Me & rest of the world
- Body & Self
- Budhi & Bhakti : Devotion & Reasoning can't co-exist
Gita touches upon various perspectives of duality to explain the true nature of the self.
Monday, 19 May 2014
Dividing Space or Air or water
We can't really do that...
Its only when we pull out water from a well/river or lake in a container it gets separated from the rest, let it out of that and the water will eventually via the water cycle meet with the water again.
Similarly with space. By constructing a house we demarcate the space as yours & mine, no walls and space would be one again.
This morning read a quote by Krishnamurthy (http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/commentaries-on-living-series-1) talking about how when we identify ourselves basis religion or nation or anything else, we are separating ourself from rest of mankind
Very profound thoughts ...think about it!
Its only when we pull out water from a well/river or lake in a container it gets separated from the rest, let it out of that and the water will eventually via the water cycle meet with the water again.
Similarly with space. By constructing a house we demarcate the space as yours & mine, no walls and space would be one again.
This morning read a quote by Krishnamurthy (http://www.jiddu-krishnamurti.net/en/commentaries-on-living-series-1) talking about how when we identify ourselves basis religion or nation or anything else, we are separating ourself from rest of mankind
Very profound thoughts ...think about it!
What makes us upset?
At a physical level : Comfort & discomfort
At an emotional level : Sukh & Dukh / Raag & Dwesh
At an intellectual level : Maan & Apmaan
Also we can agree to disagree, but not be disagreeable
Similarly we can like or dislike, as long as we do not hate.
Think about it !
At an emotional level : Sukh & Dukh / Raag & Dwesh
At an intellectual level : Maan & Apmaan
Also we can agree to disagree, but not be disagreeable
Similarly we can like or dislike, as long as we do not hate.
Think about it !
A dimension for E
Explore
Experience
Exposure
Express
Expand
Experiment
Is that EERIE..but for a seeker on the spiritual path all these are important.
Experience
Exposure
Express
Expand
Experiment
Is that EERIE..but for a seeker on the spiritual path all these are important.
Repetitions of the concepts within Gita
It is important to revisit & reiterate important concepts while teaching.
Hence the Master Teacher intertwines and gives similar messages again and again in the Gita.
For example 2.47 dwells on focussing on action and not fruit of action or inaction. Then in 12.6 there is a mention of same
Similarly in 2.55-62 he explains about the Sthirpragya and in 12.13-19 he speaks about qualities of bhakta , which have a lot in common.
And the Guna's are mentioned / elaborated in chap 4 & 14
Hence the Master Teacher intertwines and gives similar messages again and again in the Gita.
For example 2.47 dwells on focussing on action and not fruit of action or inaction. Then in 12.6 there is a mention of same
Similarly in 2.55-62 he explains about the Sthirpragya and in 12.13-19 he speaks about qualities of bhakta , which have a lot in common.
And the Guna's are mentioned / elaborated in chap 4 & 14
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