Friday, November 28, 2008
What is education?
Education is the means of unfolding the moral and spiritual potentialities of man. Education reveals to man what is right and what is wrong. Education today is concerned with imparting worldly knowledge, with no place for ethics or spirituality. All along education has remained an exercise in acquiring bookish knowledge. What is needed today is practical knowledge. Every student should acquire a good character, moral values, and develop a spiritual bent of mind. These three constitute true learning
Human qualities...
Human qualities
How are human qualities to be promoted in society? Living amidst fellow human beings, man has to sow the seeds of love, rear the plants of harmony, and offer the fruits of peace to society. Thereby his humanness is manifested. Thus, non-violence, truth, non-stealing, celibacy, and non-acquisitiveness , are the five human values to be cultivated.
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How are human qualities to be promoted in society? Living amidst fellow human beings, man has to sow the seeds of love, rear the plants of harmony, and offer the fruits of peace to society. Thereby his humanness is manifested. Thus, non-violence, truth, non-stealing, celibacy, and non-acquisitiveness , are the five human values to be cultivated.
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Why do you grieve, men are born to die, one day each one of us will die?
Death and life are manifestations of God’s activity. you cannot separate the two. God permeates all. However, (in fact) none is born.
None dies. See with your inner eve. then you realise that you are God, and not different from Him. Like worn-out garment, the body is cast away by God. Appa wants to change his dress (kupni) before I do. Let Appa go. Do not stop him. Do not ask for Udhi.
Gain and loss, birth and death, are in the hands of God. But how blindly do these people forget God! Look after life just so long as it lasts. When death arrives, do not be grieved.
The wise ones do not grieve for death; the fools do.
Behold! The five elements were lent for use till now. Now the lender claims back his won; and they are returned. Air goes back to air, fire to fire. Every one of the five elements thus goes back to its place.
The body (is made up) of earth. See, really they are the same.
Therefore its return to the earth is not a thing to bemoan
None dies. See with your inner eve. then you realise that you are God, and not different from Him. Like worn-out garment, the body is cast away by God. Appa wants to change his dress (kupni) before I do. Let Appa go. Do not stop him. Do not ask for Udhi.
Gain and loss, birth and death, are in the hands of God. But how blindly do these people forget God! Look after life just so long as it lasts. When death arrives, do not be grieved.
The wise ones do not grieve for death; the fools do.
Behold! The five elements were lent for use till now. Now the lender claims back his won; and they are returned. Air goes back to air, fire to fire. Every one of the five elements thus goes back to its place.
The body (is made up) of earth. See, really they are the same.
Therefore its return to the earth is not a thing to bemoan
God is Love, I am Love...
You can call Me Love. Love is the wealth I have and which I spread among all. I have no other riches. The Grace of the Lord is always flowing like the electric current through the wire. Fix a bulb and the current will illumine your house. The bulb is the spiritual practice)you perform, the home is your heart. Come to Me gladly; dive into the sea and discover its depth. There is no use playing in the shallow waters and lamenting that the sea has no pearls. Dive deep and you will secure your heart's desire.
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You should pray... "O God, everything is yours, this whole body is yours, all the limbs and organs are yours...'
What is the point of offering to God what has been provided by God himself?
You should pray,
"O God, everything is yours, this whole body is yours, all the limbs and organs are yours. I am yours and you are mine."
When this kind of identity is established,
there is no further need for any external form of worship.
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You should pray,
"O God, everything is yours, this whole body is yours, all the limbs and organs are yours. I am yours and you are mine."
When this kind of identity is established,
there is no further need for any external form of worship.
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What is Birth?
Birth also is similar to be dealt with. Do not be jubiliating over a birth. This is the process of creation (and goes on from the beginning). Be not moved by it.
The earth bears seeds. Clouds drop their rain on them. The sun sends his rays, and makes them sprout.
When these sprout, earth, clouds and Sun keep on their sport and happy course in all directions.
But they neither exult at the growth not deplore the destruction of the sprout.
You should be (unaffected) like these. If you are, whence can sorrow come to you? Mukti is this absence of sorrow
The earth bears seeds. Clouds drop their rain on them. The sun sends his rays, and makes them sprout.
When these sprout, earth, clouds and Sun keep on their sport and happy course in all directions.
But they neither exult at the growth not deplore the destruction of the sprout.
You should be (unaffected) like these. If you are, whence can sorrow come to you? Mukti is this absence of sorrow
Do not be proud of the body or wealth...
1) Do not be proud of the body or wealth. Money comes and goes, morality comes and grows. Develop morality. In spite of their high education, people today have lost their morality. One bereft of morality is not a human being at all. In fact, one is a demon in human form. Where there is no morality, there can be no humanness.
2) Respect your elders; show gratitude to your parents. People today lack such feelings of gratitude and respect, thinking, "Why should we respect our elders? Why should we love them?" Wherever they go, they crave money and more money!
2) Respect your elders; show gratitude to your parents. People today lack such feelings of gratitude and respect, thinking, "Why should we respect our elders? Why should we love them?" Wherever they go, they crave money and more money!
2008's post 707... be fearless...
Be fearless.
Do not be afraid even if a thunderbolt
were to land on your head.
Death comes only once and not twice.
It is bound to come on one day or the other.
So, do not be afraid of death. Be ready for any thing.
Do not be afraid to follow Truth.
Fill your life with love. Only
then will your life be sanctified.
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Do not be afraid even if a thunderbolt
were to land on your head.
Death comes only once and not twice.
It is bound to come on one day or the other.
So, do not be afraid of death. Be ready for any thing.
Do not be afraid to follow Truth.
Fill your life with love. Only
then will your life be sanctified.
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How to follow the path of devotion?
Every aspirant who seeks the Eternal through the path of devotion should strive
to acquire these characteristics: He must
[1) keep away from the turmoils, the cruelties, the falsehoods of this world;
(2) practise truth, righteousness, love and peace;
(3) discard as worthless both praise and blame, appreciation and derision, prosperity and adversity;
(4) keep steady faith in his own Innate Reality; and
(5) dedicate himself to spiritual uplift
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to acquire these characteristics: He must
[1) keep away from the turmoils, the cruelties, the falsehoods of this world;
(2) practise truth, righteousness, love and peace;
(3) discard as worthless both praise and blame, appreciation and derision, prosperity and adversity;
(4) keep steady faith in his own Innate Reality; and
(5) dedicate himself to spiritual uplift
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One need to be watching for every chance to dwell on the noble thoughts, do elevating tasks, and to curb the downward pull of the ego...
A ladder has to be as tall as
the height you want to reach.
Your Sadhana has to be as long
as the time taken to reach the goal.
When the walls are completed,
the scaffolding is removed.
When the vision of the Reality is attained,
the spiritual practices of chanting, worship, etc.
can be dispensed with.
You must be watching for every chance
to dwell on the noble thoughts, do elevating tasks,
and to curb the downward pull of the ego.
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the height you want to reach.
Your Sadhana has to be as long
as the time taken to reach the goal.
When the walls are completed,
the scaffolding is removed.
When the vision of the Reality is attained,
the spiritual practices of chanting, worship, etc.
can be dispensed with.
You must be watching for every chance
to dwell on the noble thoughts, do elevating tasks,
and to curb the downward pull of the ego.
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Divinity is immanent in equal measure in every thing - good or bad...
Divinity is immanent in equal
measure in every thing - good or bad,
righteous or un-righteous, sacred or un-sacred.
If you expect others to respect and love you,
you should first respect and love them.
Without respecting or loving others,
you can not expect any reciprocal feeling from them.
In the same way, if you love God, God loves you.
Life consists of reaction, resound and reflection.
You get back exactly what you do to others
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The consciousness "I am the body" must go...
The consciousness "I am the body" must go,
if the spirit "I am one with the Self" must emerge.
So long as you are one with the Universal
consciousness, no pain or grief or egoism can tarnish you.
Take the sea water.
Small quantity of the sea water
enclosed in a small bottle will get foul in a few days.
But, if it remains in the sea, nothing could foul it.
Be in the sea, as part of it.
Do not separate yourself.
Do not feel that you are the body,
separate from the Indweller.
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- Sathya
if the spirit "I am one with the Self" must emerge.
So long as you are one with the Universal
consciousness, no pain or grief or egoism can tarnish you.
Take the sea water.
Small quantity of the sea water
enclosed in a small bottle will get foul in a few days.
But, if it remains in the sea, nothing could foul it.
Be in the sea, as part of it.
Do not separate yourself.
Do not feel that you are the body,
separate from the Indweller.
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- Sathya
Our thoughts shape our nature...
We become what we contemplate on.
When we fix our thoughts all the
time on the evil that others do,
our mind gets polluted by evil.
When, on the contrary,
we fix our mind on the virtues and well-being
of others, our mind is cleansed of wrong
and entertains only good thoughts.
No evil thought can penetrate
the mind of a person wholly
given to love and compassion.
Thus, our thoughts shape our nature.
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When we fix our thoughts all the
time on the evil that others do,
our mind gets polluted by evil.
When, on the contrary,
we fix our mind on the virtues and well-being
of others, our mind is cleansed of wrong
and entertains only good thoughts.
No evil thought can penetrate
the mind of a person wholly
given to love and compassion.
Thus, our thoughts shape our nature.
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All worldly things are like passing clouds...
All worldly things are like passing clouds,
which come and go. To feel proud of these
passing clouds is a great mistake.
At the time of speaking, we say anything.
But when it comes to putting into practice,
our actions do not match with our words.
This is a great sin.
which come and go. To feel proud of these
passing clouds is a great mistake.
At the time of speaking, we say anything.
But when it comes to putting into practice,
our actions do not match with our words.
This is a great sin.
What is our true wealth?
What is our true wealth?
Love is our true wealth.
When we acquire this wealth of love,
we can have everything.
We can catch even clouds in our hands.
Everything is there in the hands of a human,
and all gods are present in that human.
In fact, one is nothing but divine from foot to head.
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Love is our true wealth.
When we acquire this wealth of love,
we can have everything.
We can catch even clouds in our hands.
Everything is there in the hands of a human,
and all gods are present in that human.
In fact, one is nothing but divine from foot to head.
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Don't throw away your diamonds... in the dark..
Once, a Man lost all his wealth earned in his lifetime. Due to which he fell in deep depression & started fighting with his family members over trivial things.He started loosing his sleep & his health suffered too. In despair,one night, he got up & went out of his home. It was a very dark night outside.
As he strolled out on the empty streets late at night, he reached a river bank where he decided to sit & sulk over his lost Faith & Trust in LIFE & GOD.
In doing so,he started picking up pebbles from the shore & started throwing them in the lake,one at a time.
It was quite dark & the man was totally lost in despair throwing the pebbles into the river.
As dawn approached & the first rays of light hit the river,the man became aware that its time to get going. And, while getting up he picked up a pebble for the last time from the sand to throw into the river.
As he was about to throw it,he was surprised to see that what he was about to throw in the river wasn’t a pebble but a clear cut Diamond!!!
Frantically, he looked down at the sand & saw a small pouch with only a few diamonds left in it.
Now,he realized that all night what he was throwing in the river, were not pebbles but precious Diamonds… But due to the nights darkness he could not make out the difference between them & thereby had lost most of the flawless diamonds by dawn.
MORAL OF THE STORY.
DUE TO THE DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE, WE TOO UNKNOWINGLY
THROW AWAY OUR INNER DIAMONDS,WHICH ARE THE PRECIOUS MOMENTS OF GODS PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES & BY THE TIME REALITY DAWNS UPON US,
HARDLY ANYTHING IS LEFT!
As he strolled out on the empty streets late at night, he reached a river bank where he decided to sit & sulk over his lost Faith & Trust in LIFE & GOD.
In doing so,he started picking up pebbles from the shore & started throwing them in the lake,one at a time.
It was quite dark & the man was totally lost in despair throwing the pebbles into the river.
As dawn approached & the first rays of light hit the river,the man became aware that its time to get going. And, while getting up he picked up a pebble for the last time from the sand to throw into the river.
As he was about to throw it,he was surprised to see that what he was about to throw in the river wasn’t a pebble but a clear cut Diamond!!!
Frantically, he looked down at the sand & saw a small pouch with only a few diamonds left in it.
Now,he realized that all night what he was throwing in the river, were not pebbles but precious Diamonds… But due to the nights darkness he could not make out the difference between them & thereby had lost most of the flawless diamonds by dawn.
MORAL OF THE STORY.
DUE TO THE DARKNESS OF IGNORANCE, WE TOO UNKNOWINGLY
THROW AWAY OUR INNER DIAMONDS,WHICH ARE THE PRECIOUS MOMENTS OF GODS PRESENCE IN OUR LIVES & BY THE TIME REALITY DAWNS UPON US,
HARDLY ANYTHING IS LEFT!
Everyone has to face the consequences of his actions...
Every one has to face the
consequences of his actions.
None can predict when and how,
but you are bound to face them.
However, when you constantly think of God,
you will never be put to suffering.
God will protect you from all suffering.
He will always be with you, in you, around you, safeguarding you.
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consequences of his actions.
None can predict when and how,
but you are bound to face them.
However, when you constantly think of God,
you will never be put to suffering.
God will protect you from all suffering.
He will always be with you, in you, around you, safeguarding you.
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God can be realised only through love...
God can be realised only through love. God will
not reside in a heart devoid of love, which is
like a desert. Other paths develop conceit,
separating man from man and man from beast.
They contract and do not reach out, shrinking your
awareness of the Divine. Love is expansion, and
expansion is divine life. Sow love – it will
blossom as compassion and tolerance. It will
yield the fruit of peace. God is reflected in the
medium of Nature; in everything His image can be perceived
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not reside in a heart devoid of love, which is
like a desert. Other paths develop conceit,
separating man from man and man from beast.
They contract and do not reach out, shrinking your
awareness of the Divine. Love is expansion, and
expansion is divine life. Sow love – it will
blossom as compassion and tolerance. It will
yield the fruit of peace. God is reflected in the
medium of Nature; in everything His image can be perceived
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The first lesson in services has to be learnt in the family circle itself.
The first lesson in sevices has to be
learnt in the family circle itself.
Father, mother, brothers, sisters---
in this limited group which is well knit,
one must engage in loving service and
prepare for the wider serva that awaits outside the home.
The character of each individual member
determines the peace and prosperity of
the family; the character of each family
is the service factor that decides the happiness
and joy of the village or the community.
And, the nation's progress is based on
the strength and happiness of the communities
which are its components. So, for the welfare
of the country and of the entire world, the spirit
of service, vital enthusiasm, constructive imagination,
pure motivation, and unselfish alertness are all urgently needed.
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learnt in the family circle itself.
Father, mother, brothers, sisters---
in this limited group which is well knit,
one must engage in loving service and
prepare for the wider serva that awaits outside the home.
The character of each individual member
determines the peace and prosperity of
the family; the character of each family
is the service factor that decides the happiness
and joy of the village or the community.
And, the nation's progress is based on
the strength and happiness of the communities
which are its components. So, for the welfare
of the country and of the entire world, the spirit
of service, vital enthusiasm, constructive imagination,
pure motivation, and unselfish alertness are all urgently needed.
divinely sent
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Be honest...
Honesty should thus be at the
core of character and speaking the truth should
not only be seen as an important feature of character,
but also as the doorway to righteousness.
Just as deliberate lying is among the
ugliest traits; truthfulness is one of
the most beautiful traits.
"Being truthful is obligatory,
for truly truthfulness lead to
righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise."
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core of character and speaking the truth should
not only be seen as an important feature of character,
but also as the doorway to righteousness.
Just as deliberate lying is among the
ugliest traits; truthfulness is one of
the most beautiful traits.
"Being truthful is obligatory,
for truly truthfulness lead to
righteousness, and righteousness leads to Paradise."
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Deceitfulness and fraud are things that lead one to Hell fire...
A true believer of God
should keep his word and fulfill his promises.
God will reward the men of Truth for their Truth.
"Remember, there is no faith in him who is not
trustworthy; there is no place for him
in religion who cares not for his pledged word or promise".
"He who cheats is not of us.
Deceitfulness and fraud are things that lead one
to Hellfire." A true believer
of God has many characteristics by
which he can be identified.
The most outstanding one should be
honesty of character and truthfulness of speech.
The tongue translates man's internal feelings
to the outside world.
should keep his word and fulfill his promises.
God will reward the men of Truth for their Truth.
"Remember, there is no faith in him who is not
trustworthy; there is no place for him
in religion who cares not for his pledged word or promise".
"He who cheats is not of us.
Deceitfulness and fraud are things that lead one
to Hellfire." A true believer
of God has many characteristics by
which he can be identified.
The most outstanding one should be
honesty of character and truthfulness of speech.
The tongue translates man's internal feelings
to the outside world.
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