When you are loyal to your integrity universe will be loyal to you. If you compromise on that, u may win the world, but can never win yourself..... When you cheat someone, harm someone, betray someone's trust, no one may know it ever, but certainly you know... And to live with that disloyal entity becomes your best punishment and however you try no one can ever save you from that....That's nature's law and divine justice... That's the greatest test...to prove your loyalty and innocence to your soul... Spare a moment, spare a thought....
Thursday, 28 March 2019
Monday, 25 March 2019
Illusion of attachment....
At the end of Mahabharat, when the greatest personality of all times, Pitamah Bhishm was about to leave his mortal frame,five pandavs with Shrikrishna stood before him to get his final blessings...All the Gods were seeing the never seen before scene of a mortal being transcending to immortality in front,....As a final blessing, Krishna requested Pitamah to give some lessons to Yudhishthir to follow in life while performing duty as a king. Bhishm smiled and said..."O Madhusudan, when u r there with them what kind of advice can I give them? You are ultimate friend,philosopher and guide to them'.... Krishna explained..."I am there,but I don't have the experience you have, please teach them something from your vast experience"... Bhishm said..."Hai Keshav, on this bed of arrows I realized the flaw of my life,now I realized the life I lived as an unmistakable principle to follow was a terrific attachment to my oath and my attachment to make my father happy...I sacrificed but didn't realize it's actually not doing good to Hastinapur innocent people and I was illusions to adore the king whoever sat on the throne... Thinking that I am keeping my oath and the promise I made to my father.... Even when I saw Hastinapur disintegrating and numerous wrong doings were happening in front of me"....It was only sheer attachment to myself....My oath...Vidur was only one who though utmost respectfully but firmly pointed that to me...But I didn't listen.
I was blinded by my illusions...So Hai Putra Yudhishthir...Never get attached to such illusions...Your praja are everything...The king,the kingdom and the throne are mere symbols.." while making decisions in life if needed,change strategy as long as you are caring basic principle of your duty.... And he closed his eyes... Leaving a legacy which was neither existent in past...Nor can be repeated in future... Humility unparalleled...
Spare a moment! Spare a thought !!!
I was blinded by my illusions...So Hai Putra Yudhishthir...Never get attached to such illusions...Your praja are everything...The king,the kingdom and the throne are mere symbols.." while making decisions in life if needed,change strategy as long as you are caring basic principle of your duty.... And he closed his eyes... Leaving a legacy which was neither existent in past...Nor can be repeated in future... Humility unparalleled...
Spare a moment! Spare a thought !!!
Sunday, 3 March 2019
Symbolism in Indian philosophy!
May be more than 2000 years ago,there was a period in Indian philosophy to create lot of symbols,we see,we adore,we celebrate and at times we do our interpretation and misinterpretation too. We have not been educated,taught,we have not given thoughts to the symbolism to understand them too. What we know lots of superstitious beliefs,misinformed values and the shallow way of our interpretation.
Today on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri,let's look at the symbols objectively,logically,scientifically and in they true spiritul intent as well.
We all have the image of "Shiva"...The Mahakal means who is eternal...And His image of sitting in deep meditation,Ganga flowing from head,moon is blessed to decorate His head,snake around His neck... And his throat is blue with the poison He drank but His face,His soul remain unfazed by the poisonous effect.... He is as composed as Time itself,as powerful as nature as well... What message does the creator of the symbol,such an image tried to convey... Few eternal truths and some precious lessons for us... And that remains unchanged. It says Shiva,the all powerful is also a responsible father figure for the creation and when it came to the poison discovered from the churning of seas or "Sagar manthan" He happily drank that to save the world from its I'll effect,to make everything and everyone of the creation safe. Such is the intent and goodness of a father for the creation. The poison is so strong it has made His throat visibly blue,we can imagine what could have been it's deleterious effect,but His face remains eternally poised,He remains composed and doesn't show any reaction to that pain... Such is the tolerance power of a father as He is for the universe. He has given place to a snake around His neck,a river on His hair and the moon on His head... The snake symbolises He is capable to take anything bad on His stride to save the universe and stay unfazed,the river Ganga's flow from His hair symbolises how painstakingly He has taken the burden of the flow of the mighty river which gives live saving water to the Indian subcontinent and the moon never fails to lighten the world even after Sun sets and It too has taken it's place on Shiva's head...
Shiva is the symbol of tolerance, goodness,peace,love, responsibility and least we as human beings can try to do our best to symbolise these values if we really worship Shiva... He must be expecting this from us,the human race, the finest of the creation may not be the gallons of milk pouring on His symbolism...
Spare a thought ! Spare a moment!!!
Today on the auspicious occasion of Maha Shivratri,let's look at the symbols objectively,logically,scientifically and in they true spiritul intent as well.
We all have the image of "Shiva"...The Mahakal means who is eternal...And His image of sitting in deep meditation,Ganga flowing from head,moon is blessed to decorate His head,snake around His neck... And his throat is blue with the poison He drank but His face,His soul remain unfazed by the poisonous effect.... He is as composed as Time itself,as powerful as nature as well... What message does the creator of the symbol,such an image tried to convey... Few eternal truths and some precious lessons for us... And that remains unchanged. It says Shiva,the all powerful is also a responsible father figure for the creation and when it came to the poison discovered from the churning of seas or "Sagar manthan" He happily drank that to save the world from its I'll effect,to make everything and everyone of the creation safe. Such is the intent and goodness of a father for the creation. The poison is so strong it has made His throat visibly blue,we can imagine what could have been it's deleterious effect,but His face remains eternally poised,He remains composed and doesn't show any reaction to that pain... Such is the tolerance power of a father as He is for the universe. He has given place to a snake around His neck,a river on His hair and the moon on His head... The snake symbolises He is capable to take anything bad on His stride to save the universe and stay unfazed,the river Ganga's flow from His hair symbolises how painstakingly He has taken the burden of the flow of the mighty river which gives live saving water to the Indian subcontinent and the moon never fails to lighten the world even after Sun sets and It too has taken it's place on Shiva's head...
Shiva is the symbol of tolerance, goodness,peace,love, responsibility and least we as human beings can try to do our best to symbolise these values if we really worship Shiva... He must be expecting this from us,the human race, the finest of the creation may not be the gallons of milk pouring on His symbolism...
Spare a thought ! Spare a moment!!!
Friday, 1 March 2019
The three eternal truths !
I had read Leo Tolstoy's story " What men live by" in the year 1983-84 in my curriculum. It had left an everlasting effect on my mind,so I have not forgotten it till date and probably it will not fade from my.memory in future either... He had narrated 3 incidents in the story gifting mankind the realisation of 3 eternal truths... I am retelling them in my words as don't remember the exact wording but the essence remains unchanged...
1) Man is intrinsically a loving creature and love is the force binding the knowns or unknowns and it makes the world beautiful and life worth living..
2) No one knows what is going to happen next moment,that is a divine treasure to be aware of future and not handed over to human beings by God for a well designed and logical reason...
3) Whoever is born in the world of God has come with it's provisions...we may or may not be aware or use or don't use it appropriately,but the provision is already made by God...
Spare a moment...spare a thought...
1) Man is intrinsically a loving creature and love is the force binding the knowns or unknowns and it makes the world beautiful and life worth living..
2) No one knows what is going to happen next moment,that is a divine treasure to be aware of future and not handed over to human beings by God for a well designed and logical reason...
3) Whoever is born in the world of God has come with it's provisions...we may or may not be aware or use or don't use it appropriately,but the provision is already made by God...
Spare a moment...spare a thought...
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