Saturday, August 6, 2011
Friday, August 5, 2011
SPIRITUAL GEMS BY SHREE MAHARAJJI
Avoid fault finding etc. These are impediments in your devotional practice.By constant thinking about the faults of others, your intellect gradually gets contaminated by these faults.Finding faults in others is a definite proof that you yourself have that faults.
HUMAN BODY IS TRANSITORY
The most foolish action is procrastination of devotion inspite of full of knowledge of the frailty and transitory status of the human body
Thursday, August 4, 2011
SHREE KRISHNA IN EVERYBODY'S HEART
Actually one who criticizes us, is our well-wisher.One should not harbour resentment even towards someone who is actually condemnable, because Shri Krishna resides even in his heart. One should remain neutral towards someone who is actually condemnable.
DUTY OF SERVANT
A true servant will not ask for anything from his master, that is done only by a businessman. What is the duty of a servant? To serve keeping his master’s pleasures in his mind when engaged in his service.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
MAYA
Before the attainment of God, the individual soul remains under the control of Maya. As long as the individual soul is under the control of Maya, all faults like lust, anger, greed etc will remain with him. Inspite of the presence of all faults within us, we do not admit to having them.
MIND - CAUSE OF BONDAGE AND LIBERATION
It is the mind alone that has to be surrendered to Shri Krishna and engaged in devotional practices like hearing, chanting, remembrance etc.The mind alone is the cause of bondage and of liberation.One should constantly attach his mind to Shri Krishna, his Names, his Forms, his Qualities, Pastimes, Divine abodes and his Devotees.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
GOD AND GURU ARE WITH US
Constantly realize the presence of God and Guru with you. Never feel that you are alone. This is very important for devotion. When this decision becomes firm, then your mind will easily become focused in meditation and you will never commit any sin.
Why did God create souls and bring us into the world, where there is so much of suffering and misery?
There was once a very rich man, who had a fifteen-year old son. One day, the son was alone in his father's office, when he saw a fifteen-year old newspaper. It had an article titled, "Billionaire adopts orphan child." The boy was stunned to see his father's name mentioned there. When his father returned, the son accosted him, "Father is this article true?" The father replied, "My son! It is true." "Does that mean I am not your child?" "That is right, you are not my child." The son was shocked. "Then why did you adopt me?" The father explained, "Son, I am a billionaire. I had no shortage of money, and everything that money could buy. However, I did not have anyone with whom I could share my wealth. I adopted you so that I could give you everything I possess." Similarly, God is perfect and complete in Himself, and the possessor of unlimited opulence. He creates us so that He may be able to share all that He possesses with us. However, He can only do so when we truly love Him. Those souls, who have learnt to love God, are with Him in His eternal abode. We conditioned souls are here in the material realm because we have turned our backs towards Him. God hopes and waits for the day when we too will perfect our love for Him and attain Him for the rest of eternity.
Monday, August 1, 2011
MIND IS GOOGLE
Interestingly, our mind can be compared with any search engine on internet. You ask one query to Google & it will display so many possible answers. You select the answer which suits you the best. Likewise, you show one image to your mind and it will display many more similar images; you desire anything once & it will desire many more times. You fulfill one desire and your mind will produce many more desires before you. And the vicious circle starts in the mind, pressing us hard to keep on satisfying one desire after the other, with no end in sight. It is very similar to the anxiety that we face when we have many possible answers available on Google and we keep clicking one after the other & land up on different pages, drifting away from the main point of search. We keep on satisfying one desire after the other and in the process we forget the main purpose for which we had come in this human form.
Our mind has to work like a search engine by its nature. It has both type of thoughts (worldly & divine) flowing through it. A true seeker has to select between the two and mend his mind accordingly in such a way that the mind continues to work but in a way that is helpful to him in his journey within. The grace of almighty is present always to help selecting right type of thoughts when we surrender unto Him completely.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
The ultimate aim of human life
The goal of human life is to attain Divine love which is only possible with the Grace of God. To receive His Grace you have to wholeheartedly surrender yourself at His lotus feet and love Him selflessly. This is called divine love devotion. In fact our desired object, the Divine love, is Divine by nature which is beyond the material world, so there cannot be any direct approach to it, neither through our material intellect nor senses.
In this material world every person is born with certain tendencies and likings. As he grows, his likings take the shape of desires, and to fulfill those desires he works for his whole life. The life ends but desires never end. Everyone is devoid of real happiness, that is why they run after everything that pleases them.
This world has been created in such a way that every living being perceives two kinds of objects and situations; one is soothing to the senses and the mind, and the other is non-soothing. When a person perceives such an object which is soothing to his mind, his brain nerves feel a sweet comfort, and this feeling strengthens his faith that the world is sweet. This faithful imagination gives more imaginary pleasure which further multiplies his faith, and thus, this cycle of misunderstanding goes on forever.
You feel happy when you are having a good time, but at the same time your inner conscience declares a discontent that appears in the shape of a ‘desire to have more.’ The happiness that you receive from the world reaches to a certain depth in your mind, but the proclamation to receive total contentment comes from the very bottom of your mind which is next to your soul. Material joy, happiness, pleasure and felicity can never reach the very bottom of your heart and mind. There remains a big gap, and that gap can be observed by you if you sincerely think over it alone. This is the fact of life, and the truth of material happiness.
Material truth is the experience and perception of temporary discontented pleasures of the material life with a growing hope for future fulfillment that can never happen because ‘the present’ is always wholly or partially discontented. The Divine truth is God Himself Who is loving, kind, and friendly; Who is eternally yours and always with you in every situation.
Your innermost conscience is already desiring God’s love and His association. The moment your conscious mind begins to believe this fact, you begin to feel a kind of secure fulfillment in your life. This is the beginning of your spiritual life.
The nature of human mind is that it becomes attached to the object or person it faithfully remembers, and adopts the qualities of that where it is attached. When the mind is attached to material phenomena it develops only good and bad qualities, and always remains bound to the material dimension. When your mind is attached to God it develops devotional qualities and, in time, you may receive God realization with the Grace of God and your Divine Spiritual Master.
Thus, your ultimate goal of life is only God realization.
Love God
No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
Sunday, July 10, 2011
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