Story time [Use your common sense]

There was a cap seller. He was passing through a jungle to go to a village market. He was very tired so he thought to take some rest. He placed his bundle of caps on the ground and lay down under a tree. Soon he fell asleep. When he woke up he found all his caps were gone. He got worried started to search them. He looked up and saw a bunch of monkeys were playing with his caps. He started to think how he can get them back. He got an idea. He threw the cap which he was wearing on the ground. The monkeys imitated him and did the same. He collected all the caps and moved ahead.

What this simple story tells us. 

This gives us a message that whenever there is a problem don't be upset. Try to use some common sense to come out of it. Most of our problems can be solved by use of little brain. But we get so panicked that most of the time we end up creating a mess rather than to solve the problem.

We try to find extraordinary solution of our problem while it can be dealt with little patience and presence of mind. Don't blow your problem out of proportion. Judge it properly. Think about it. Try to find a solution without being disturbed. If it can not be solved competly atleast we can find a suitable next step to be taken. 

Nothing positive comes from disturbed mind. Only a calm and composed mind can give you right solution.

SO IN A PROBLEM STAY CALM AND USE SOME COMMON SENSE TO COME OUT OF IT.

KRISHNA AND HIS PASTIMES

Krishna means attractive. Lord Krishna is most attractive person of this universe. He attracts all beings not only with his beauty but also with his acts. As a child he steals the butter but denies it. He plays the flute and enchants everyone. He plays with cow herd boys and steals the hearts of  damsels of Vraj. He is a great magician who takes everyone under his spell.
Whenever there is decline of righteousness and increase of iniquity He comes to this earth to annihilate the impious and re-establish the righteousness. All his pastimes are attractive and meaningful.


As an infant he killed giantess PUTANA who came in the disguise of a beautiful damsel to kill Krishna. She asked Yasoda to permit her to breast feed little Krishna. She had smeared poison on her nipples. But Krishna recognized her and killed her. This gives us message to beware of MAYA which assumes forms of beautiful things to allure us.


Krishna killed the serpent KALIYA to teach us a lesson that whoever tries to disturb the harmony of this world will be punished.

He asked the inhabitants of  Vraj to stop worshiping INDRA and to worship GOVARDHAN hill which provides different types of vegetation and causes rain. Through this He asked us to respect mother nature which gives us so much to survive.

His RASLEELA teaches us total surrender unto Him. Like the damsels of Vridawan we all should surrender ourselves to Krishna. Only when ATMAN [Jeev] surrenders itself to PARMATMAN [Krishna] it can feel the eternal bliss.

When before the whole assembly DUSHASHAN tried to disrobe the queen of pandavas DROUPADI she asked everyone to protect her but no body listened her cry for help. In the end when she called Lord Krishna He immidiately came for her rescue. In a difficulty one must ask help from Krishna.

In the battlefield of KURUKSHETRA when the confused ARJUNA threw his bow and decided not to fight Lord Krishna spoke wisdom of BHAGVAD GITA to him and guided him the right path. Whenever we feel confused we must go to Lord Krishna for right direction.

Lord Krishna is the cause of all things in this world. He is the begining, middle, and end of everything. He is our only well wisher, friend, guide, and is the only destination of all being. Let us all surrender ourselevs unto Him.
HARE KRISHNA, HARE KRISHNA,  KRISHNA  KRISHNA, HARE HARE
HARE RAM, HARE RAM, RAM RAM, HARE HARE

Connect yourself with GOD

Human beings are social creatures. We live in families, bind ourselves in so many relations. We try to keep our  relationships healthy and everlasting. Not only with human beings but we attach ourselves with animals, plants, sometimes even with non-living things.

Even animals like to live in groups. They also feel attachment for other animals of their species. The animals which live with humans like cat, dogs, cows etc. feel the attachment with their owners as their masters feel with them.

The sense of belonging gives us solace. We try to relate ourselves to our family, society, country.

Why we have sense of attachment. why we try to connect ourselves with so many people and things.

We try to find love and security by relating ourselves with other people, society and our country.

All living beings are part and parcel of  SUPREME POWER GOD. We are called ATMAN [SOUL] which  get separated from SUPER SOUL [PARMATMAN]. We come to this world due to this separation. As we come to this world we forget our relationship with GOD. This creates vacuum within our hearts. By relating ourselves with so many things we try to fill this vacuum.

We are like a child who is lost in a fair. He has no memory of his father but feels a sense of separation. So he tries to connect with people around him. But nothing provides him peace of mind. Like this child we try to find love and peace but are not satisfied. Because love we get from our relations is short lived and conditional. Unless we don't connect ourselves with our father we will not feel that love which is eternal.

How one can connect himself with GOD.

First step is to accept this whole manifestation as property of GOD. Enjoy everything as gift of GOD. Second step is to accept everyone without any discrimination. When you think that everything and everyone belongs to GOD only then you can completely connect to GOD. Connecting to GOD should be your only goal.

It seems hard. Yes it is. But to get ultimate result you have to work hard.

Don't avoid questions

So many questions arise in our mind. Some questions lead us to some serious contemplation, some generate curiosity in us, while some make us despondent.

Why questions arise in our mind

Questions arise in our mind because we are intelligent creatures. We have the power to observe things around us, we can feel our surrounding. When we look at things it starts a thought process in our mind. This creates so many questions in our mind. Therefore questions indicate that person is conscious and thinks about his surroundings.

Some questions arise out of curiosity. Especially in children. When a child looks around him, he finds different things. He asks so many questions. This way he learns so many things. When a child asks questions from his elders most of  time it irritates us. But we must understand that this is helpful to him in his progress. Be patient and answer his questions in such a way that he can understand things in a better way.

A simple question can be the cause of major discovery. Sir ISAAC NEWTON Was sitting under a tree. An apple fell down on his head. A question arises in his mind. Why this apple fell on my head. Why did it not go up. This question inspired him to establish theory of gravitational force.

Most of questions change our life entirely. Siddharth had so many questions about life, its sufferings. He left the comforts of royal life to find answers of his questions. When he got answers of his questions he became BUDDHA [ENLIGHTENED ONE].

Don't ignore questions arising in your mind. Try to find their answers. This will take you on the path of evolution.

Ignite the fire within you

Two seeds were sown in the ground few inches apart from each other. After sometime one seed germinated while other failed to do so. 

Both seeds were sown in the same soil, were exposed to same amount of light, got equal water and air.

Then what was the reason that one seed sprouted but other remained beneath the soil. 

The answer is lack of passion and determination in other seed. The most required thing to make progress is passion for coming out of a situation. Only one  who has determination that he will do everything to move ahead can grow. One who has fire within him can not be dissuaded by any difficulty which comes in his way. He tries to overcome all obstacles without being disconcerted. But one who has no determination can very easily surrender before difficulties. 

There are so many examples of persons who born in abject poverty and had to face discrimination based on their caste or skin color. But they had fire to come out from those situations. So they fought hard and came out as winner. 

Same goes for a person who wants to advance spiritually. He need to be determined to do so. Unless he is not ready to overcome his faults he can not make any progress. No matter how deep his knowledge is or how much his spiritual master preach him.

One has to find his own way. When he tries his best only then GOD helps him.

IGNITE THE FIRE WITHIN YOU. IT WILL TAKE YOU TO YOUR DESTINATION.

Three aspects of an action

There are three things behind every action

KNOWN [Object]

KNOWLEDGE [Information of object]

KNOWER [Posseser of knowladge]

When these three combine together then an action takes place.

When there is an object only then one can has the knowledge. 

When one has the knowledge only then he gets the inspiration to get it. If any of the three is missing there will be no action.

For example suppose a boy knows that his mom has kept chocolate cake [Object] in fridge. This knowledge inspires the boy [Knower] to get a piece. Then he will act to get that piece.

Suppose there is no chocolate cake or there is cake but boy is unaware of this. Then he will not try to get it. 

Of course if there is no knower then both object and knowledge have no relevance.

Unless one has knowledge of an object he has no craving for it. Without craving there will be no action to get it.

The perfect combination of these three is when a person [Knower] has the knowledge of ultimate thing to be known GOD. 

When a person has knowledge of GOD his cravings for material things started to fade away. Then he has only one desire to reach to GOD. His all actions will have only one goal GOD.