DEVOTION IS ONLY WAY

THIS MATERIAL WORLD IS FULL OF SUFFERINGS. THE ONLY SOLUTION WE HAVE IS COMPLETE SURRENDER UNTO GOD.

BUT MANY PEOPLE CHALLENGE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.

THEY ASK BELIEVERS TO PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.

CAN A BELIEVER CAN PROVE THE EXISTENCE OF GOD TO NON-BELIEVER.

GOD IS BEYOND THIS MATERIAL WORLD. THIS WHOLE MANIFESTATION IS JUST A SMALL PART OF HIS UNLIMITED POTENCY.

THEN HOW CAN ONE COMPREHEND GOD WITH HIS LIMITED SENSES.

IN UPANISHADAS IT IS STATED THAT GOD CAN NOT BE KNOWN BY MENTAL SPECULATION AND JUGGLERY OF WORDS.

GOD IS MATTER OF EXPERIENCE. ONLY A SURRENDERED SOUL WITH FIRM FAITH CAN UNDERSTAND GOD. EVEN THE MOST ERUDITE PERSON WITHOUT FAITH CAN NOT UNDERSTAND GOD.

THE ONLY QUALIFICATION WHICH IS REQUIRED BY A PERSON TO KNOW GOD IS DEVOTIONAL SERVICE. UNTIL WE TRY TO KNOW GOD WITH OUR LIMITED SENSES AND THROUGH MENTAL SPECULATION WE WILL NOT SUCCEED. BUT WHEN WE LEAVE EVERYTHING TO HIM HE WILL MAKE HIMSELF COGNIZABLE TO US.

ONCE MOTHER YASODA GOT ANGRY WITH LITTLE KRISHNA. SHE TRIED TO TIE HIM WITH ROPE FOR THE PURPOSE TO PUNISH HIM. BUT KNOW MATTER HOW MUCH ROPE SHE USED SHE FOUND IT ALWAYS INSUFFICIENT. IN THE END WHEN SHE GAVE UP HIS EFFORT KRISHNA ALLOWED HIS MOTHER TO TIE HIM.

THIS STORY TELLS US THAT ONLY DEVOTEES WHO ARE COMPLETELY SURRENDERED TO HIM CAN ACTUALLY KNOW HIM. DEVOTION IS ONLY WAY.

WHY ARE WE SO RESTLESS

PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE REWARD US BOUNTIFUL. OUR SINCERE EFFORTS BEAR FRUIT IN THE END. 

BUT PEOPLE ARE BECOMING IMPATIENT. THEY WANT TO ACHIEVE MORE AND MORE IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. A RESTLESSNESS IS SETTING IN OUR BEHAVIOUR. 

WHY WE ARE BECOMING SO RESTLESS ? 

WHY WE WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT ANY COST IN A SHORT SPAN OF TIME ?

THE REASON FOR THIS RESTLESSNESS IS SENSE OF INSECURITY WE FEEL. 

WHENEVER A PERSON FEELS INSECURE HE LOSES HIS POWER OF DISCRIMINATION. HE TRIES TO COME OUT OF THIS FEELING AT ANY COST. WE ARE DOING THE SAME THING. WE WANT TO SECURE OURSELVES. THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR THIS MOST OF US THINK IS TO GET MONEY AND POSITION IN SOCIETY.  

MONEY AND POSITION PROVIDE US FINANCIAL AND SOCIAL SECURITY TO SOME EXTENT. THEY BOTH ARE IMPORTANT BUT WE ARE GIVING TOO MUCH IMPORTANT TO THEM. THERE IS A LIMIT FOR EVERYTHING.

EVEN AFTER GETTING MONEY AND POSITION WE STRIVE FOR MORE. THE MORE WE GET THE MORE INSECURE WE BECOME. 

SO HOW CAN WE FEEL SECURE ?

WE FEEL SECURE WHEN THERE IS PEACE OF MIND.  WHEN MIND IS AGITATED WE FEEL DISTRESSED. IT LEADS TO SENSE OF INSECURITY. 

LOVE AND RESPECT PEOPLE AROUND YOU. FIND HAPPINESS IN LITTLE THINGS. BE AT EASE. DON'T THINK TOO MUCH ABOUT YOUR FUTURE. YOU CAN NOT CONTROL IT. LIVE LIFE AS IT COMES TO YOU.

LEAVE EVERYTHING TO 'GOD' AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN. DON'T WORRY ABOUT RESULT. SURRENDER YOURSELF COMPLETELY UNTO 'GOD' AND BE AT REST.

IN BHAGWAD GITA HE ASSURES US FOR FULL PROTECTION IF WE SURRENDER OURSELVES UNTO HIM.

THE CHOICE IS OUR. WHETHER WE WANT TO LIVE PEACEFULLY OR WANT TO LIVE A LIFE FULL OF WORRIES.

DEPTH OF VEDIC KNOWLEDG

VEDIC KNOWLEDGE IS LIKE OCEAN. IT NOT ONLY HAS VASTNESS BUT ALSO HAS IMMENSE DEPTH. OUR SAGES{RISHIS} TOOK A PLUNGE INTO THIS OCEAN AND BROUGHT OUT GEMS OF KNOWLEDGE. THESE ARE KNOWN AS UPANISHADS.
THESE UPANISHADS PROVIDE ANSWERS WHICH ARE RELATED TO LIFE.

WHAT IS LIFE? IS IT A PERIOD BETWEEN OUR FIRST BREATH TO LAST BREATH.

LIFE IS NOT SO SHORT. IT IS A CONTINUOUS FLOW OF ETERNAL RIVER. WE ARE JUST LIKE WAVES WHICH RISE AND DISSOLVE IN IT. THE DISSOLUTION OF WAVE IS CALLED DEATH. BUT THIS IS NOT END. IT IS JUST A HALT IN A LONG JOURNEY.

THIS CONCEPT ALSO SOLVES THE BASIC QUESTION ABOUT OUR EXISTENCE.

'WHO I AM'

ARE WE LIMITED TO THIS PHYSICAL BODY. WHICH TAKES BIRTH, PASSES THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT STAGES CHILDHOOD, YOUTH, AND OLD AGE AND IN THE END EXTINCTS.

NO WE ARE NOT THIS BODY. THEN WHO WE ARE?

WE ARE PART OF THAT SUPREME ENERGY WHICH IS SUBSTRATUM OF THIS MANIFESTATION. WE ARE THE ENERGY CALLED 'ATMAN'. WHICH IS SO SUBTLE THAT IT CAN NOT BE SEEN. IT IS WITHOUT BEGINNING OR END. IT CAN NOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED.

THIS 'ATMAN' TRANSMIGRATES FROM ONE TYPE OF BODY TO ANOTHER ACCORDING TO KARMA [ACTION] OF A PERSON.

NOW THINK YOURSELF AS A ENERGY WHICH IS NOT GOING TO EMACIATED. WHICH IS WORKING IN ALL ANIMATED AND UN ANIMATED THINGS. THIS FILLS YOU WITH CONFIDENCE THAT YOU HAVE IMMENSE POWER WITHIN YOU. IF YOU KEEP YOUR CONDUCT RIGHT AND PERFORM YOUR DUTIES PROPERLY YOU CAN GET ANOTHER CHANCE TO BORN AS A HUMAN BEING AND CAN REACH TO YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL. BECAUSE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY DOES NOT END WITH CHANGE OF BODY.

Believe in supreme power

'I believe' when someone says this he shows the positivity of his character, and acceptance for something. The quality which separates us from other living creatures on this globe is that only human beings can believe. The world around us exists because we believe in its existence. We believe in past era and its history because we trust our ancestors who have left the records of previous era. We follow the instructions of our elders, teachers, spiritual masters because we believe that if we obey them it will help us to grow.
An idea becomes reality only when believe in that idea. The people who thought to reach to moon touched its surface because they believed in their idea. To make something possible the most required thing is self-belief. Doubts lead us no where. One who can't trust himself can not trust anything. Develop a self-confidence.

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.

Eleanor Roosevelt 

Believe in goodness, truth, honesty, purity. It will help you to become a good human being. 

Believe in supreme power which is cause of all things around us.

DO YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY

WE USUALLY HEAR PEOPLE SAYING ' I WANT TO BE HAPPY '. CAN ANY ONE DEFINE WHAT HAPPINESS IS.

HAPPINESS IS NOT A THING WHICH CAN BE ACQUIRED. IT IS A FEELING.

WHEN WHEN SAYS THAT HE WANTS TO BE HAPPY HE ACCEPTS THAT HE IS NOT HAPPY.

AS ONE WANTS TO ACHIEVE WHAT HE DOES NOT HAS. SO THE MOMENT WHEN ONE TRIES TO BE HAPPY HE BECOMES UNHAPPY.

THEREFORE DO NOT  PUT PRESSURE ON YOURSELF TO BE HAPPY. HAPPINESS IS A MENTAL STATUS. ONE CAN FEEL IT BUT CAN NOT ACHIEVE IT. ENJOY THE SIMPLE THINGS YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE.

ONE WHO APPRECIATES SMALL THINGS AND IS CONTENT ABOUT WHATEVER HE POSSESSES CAN FEEL HAPPINESS.

THE MORE YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE HAPPY THE MORE HAPPINESS YOU FEEL. HAPPINESS IS WITHIN YOU. FEEL IT. DON'T TRY TO BE HAPPY.

“People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.” 
― Abraham Lincoln

BE FOCUSED ON ONE THING AT A TIME

MOST OF US THINK THAT IT IS SMARTNESS TO DO MANY TASKS AT A TIME. THE MADNESS FOR MULTITASKING IS INCREASING THESE DAYS. THE REASON FOR MULTITASKING  IS GIVEN IS SHORTAGE OF TIME. WE CLAIM THAT WE HAVE TO DO MANY TASKS IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THEREFORE IT IS COMMON TO CHECK YOUR E-MAILS WHILE TALKING TO SOMEONE OR READING A BOOK WHILE WATCHING T.V.

TO GET BETTER RESULT ONE NEEDS TO GIVE FULL ATTENTION TO WHAT HE IS DOING. ONE CAN NOT PAY FULL ATTENTION ON TWO TASKS SIMULTANEOUSLY.

THEN WHY WE PREFER TO DO MANY TASKS AT A TIME. IT IS BECAUSE WE THINK THAT BY DOING MULTITASKS PEOPLE THINK THAT WE ARE SMART AND VERY BUSY.

WHEN WE COMPLAIN ABOUT SHORTAGE OF TIME WE FORGET THAT OUR PREDECESSORS WERE ALSO HAD ONLY TWENTY FOUR HOURS IN A DAY. THEY ALSO HAD TO DO MANY TASKS IN A DAY. THEY WERE NOT SO WELL EQUIPPED AS WE ARE. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY MACHINES WHICH CAN DO A JOB IN A VERY SHORT TIME WHICH IN THAT AGE REQUIRED HOURS TO DO. THIS MAKES OUR LIFE MUCH EASIER.

THE REASON FOR OUR OBSESSION FOR MULTITASKING IS THAT WE ARE BECOMING RESTLESS. WE LACK PATIENCE. WE CAN NOT FOCUS ON ONE THING AT A TIME AND KEEP MOVING ON FROM ONE TASK TO ANOTHER.

WHAT WE REQUIRE TO MANAGE OUR TIME PROPERLY. WE SHOULD DIVIDE OUR TIME ON VARIOUS TASKS. TRY TO DO ONE TASK AT A TIME. BUT DOING MANY TASKS AT A TIME WILL CREATE A MESS.

LEARN TO RESPECT WHATEVER YOU HAVE

EVERY EXPERIENCE TEACHES US SOMETHING. I ALSO LEARNED SOME VALUABLE LESSONS FROM ONE OF MY EXPERIENCE. I OBSERVED FAST ON EKADASI. DURING THAT I FELT THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD WE EAT. THE ENERGY IT PROVIDES ENABLES US TO THINK AND ACT PROPERLY. 

I FELT GRATITUDE FOR GOD THAT I AM FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET MEAL THREE TIMES A DAY.  WE TAKE  FOR GRANTED WHATEVER WE HAVE. MOST OFTEN WE COMPLAIN ABOUT OUR FOOD. ' OH NO THE SAME STUFF AGAIN ' ' I DON'T LIKE THIS ' ' IT IS NOT TASTY '. THOUGH WE MUST LEARN TO RESPECT WHATEVER WE HAVE. BUT WE WASTE SO MUCH OF FOOD. THE FOOD WE GET IS LIKE BLESSING OF GOD. IT GIVES US STRENGTH TO SURVIVE.

IT IS SAID THAT OBSERVING FAST CAN PURIFY OUR HEART. I DON'T SAY THAT I AM COMPLETELY CLEANSED BUT THIS EXPERIENCE MADE ME SENSITIVE ABOUT THOSE WHO SLEEP ON STREETS HUNGRY EVERY NIGHT. I CAN FEEL THEIR PAIN THAT THEY DON'T HAVE EVEN THE BASIC THINGS REQUIRED TO LIVE. 

LEARN TO RESPECT WHATEVER YOU ARE PROVIDED BY GOD AND BE THANKFUL FOR THAT. THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT SO FORTUNATE TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE.

BE A GOOD LISTENER

WE COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. DOING SO WE EXPRESS OUR FEELINGS TO OTHER PERSONS. MOST OF US TRY TO TALK MORE AND MORE TO GET ATTENTION OF OTHER PERSONS. WE THINK THAT PEOPLE WILL TAKE US AS MOST AWARE PERSON AND WILL RESPECT US MORE.
EXPRESSING YOUSELF IS GOOD BUT TO LISTEN OTHERS' IS AN ART. THIS HAS FOLLOWING POSITIVE SIDES.

• TEACHES YOU TO BE PATIENT

WHILE IN A DISCUSSION IF ONE  TRIES TO CUT OTHER PERSON IN THE MIDDLE OF A STATEMENT HE SHOWS HIS IMPATIENCE. THIS CREATES A BAD IMAGE OF THAT PERSON IN THE EYES OF OTHER PEOPLE. A GOOD LISTENER NEVER CUTS A PERSON IN BETWEEN A TALK BUT WAITS UNTIL OTHER PERSON COMPLETES HIS TALK. HIS PATENCE EARN HIM MORE RESPECT. PATIENCE ALSO HELPS HIM IN OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE.

• YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT NEW THINGS AND IDEAS

SOMETIMES LISTENING TO OTHER PEOPLE GIVES YOU NEW IDEAS AND THOUGHTS. IT MAY HAPPEN THAT WHILE LISTENING TO OTHER PERSON YOU FIND THAT YOUR IDEA ABOUT CERTAIN THING WAS NOT SO PERFECT. YOU CAN FIND FLAWS OF YOUR OWN THOUGHTS. IT MAY ALSO HAPPEN THAT YOU WERE COMPLETELY UNAWARE ABOUT THE POINT THE OTHER PERSON IS DISCUSSING.
YOU CAN EXPRESS YOURSELF BUT CAN NOT LEARN WHILE TALKING.

• MAKES YOU  ALERT 

MOST OF THE TIME WE ARE NOT SO ATTENTIVE WHILE SOMEONE ELSE TALKS TO US. WE PHYSICALLY REMAIN THERE BUT OUR MIND WANDERS SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT A GOOD LISTENER TRIES TO ABSORB MOST OF WHAT OTHER PERSON IS SAYING. THIS MAKES HIM MORE FOCUSSED AND IMPROVES HIS CONCENTRATION POWER.

• TEACHES YOU TO RESPECT OTHERS'

WHE YOU LISTEN TO OTHER PERSON YOU ACCEPT HIM. YOU TRY TO UNDERSTAND HIM. THIS DEVELOPS A SENSE OF RESPECT FOR OTHER PERSONS. ONE WHO DO NOT HAVE RESPECT FOR OTHER PERSON'S FEELINGS WILL NEVER LITEN TO HIM.

• MAKES YOU MORE LIBERAL 

WHEN YOU LISTEN TO OTHER PERSONS YOU GET MANY VIEWS ON CERTAIN TOPICS. YOU TRY TO ASSIMILIATE VARIOUS POINTS. THIS MAKES YOU MORE LIBERAL AND HELPS YOU TO GROW.

• MAKES YOU POPULAR AMONG PEOPLE 

WHEN YOU LISTEN TO OTHER WITH PATIENCE YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THEM WELL. TRY TO LEARN ABOUT THEIR PROBLEMS, THEIR FEELINGS. THIS BRINGS YOU CLOSER TO THEM. YOU CAN WIN THEIR TRUST.

• YOU CAN BE A GOOD ORATOR 

THROUGHOUT HISTORY GOOD ORATERS ARE REVERED. BUT NO ONE CAN BE A GOOD ORATOR WITHOUT BEING GOOD LISTENER.


A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.
Wilson Mizner