HI friends,
The PAST is past, nothing can be done and the future is unknown, unseen and nothing can be done except TAKE CARE. So its all about the PRESENT. Probably just like what Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, of the Art of Living-fame says.
Coming to the present, its very very very important, right ? Every minute, every hour, every day and every action counts. And it is here that one finds the need for GOD, or a superior power, as the non-believers would say. So being a believer, I trust in GOD. End of matter, eh !
Now coming to things at home, both me and wife are forced to get up early, get things done, pack four tiffin boxes and two snack boxes ready. Two tiffin boxes for my baby and two snack boxes for my baby and my wife. The minute we manage to get our baby ready and into the school bus, we heave a sigh of relief.
The sigh doesnt last long though, for we have to get ready ourselves, as in get ready for the office. One might wonder and rightly so, what is great about it when every family goes about this routine every day. If either spouse gets to stretch the legs on the sofa for a minute, its bedlam, as I have faced often.
But then YES, I realise that I need to be just not more active but more pro-active. So it happens that we go on and on and on, fingers crossed, day after day......... :)
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Complete realisation - Complete surrender, with the required action
Sometimes I wonder which comes first - complete realisation or complete surrender to the One Above. But what one should not forget is that both of them go together with corrective action, whatever be the motivation.
What differentiates the successful and the moderate ones and the-also-rans is also is the fact that they do not do things differently or different things for that matter but just do the things they are asked/paid to do. In this competitive world where the numbers-of-have-nots is increasingly on the rise and one would try to logically put it down to bad luck.
And here the realisation is required that 95 per cent of things and situations in one's life are those which are well within their control and the consequences of which have to be owned up by the concerned person. It is said that only five per cent of life life in general is the uncertain. So here too, if someone thinks that Dame Luck is to be blamed, such persons are proved wrong.
Realisation, surrender and other such feelings do not carry any relevance if the corrective measures are not initiated. Re-invention here becomes a word of paramount importance. And once the person in question gets more number of chances than others, re-invention should be more of an instant nature than with a time allowance.
Here I am reminded of what doctors say about smoking ? There is no fixing a timeframe to stopping the habit. ITS NOW OR NEVER, they say. And in relation with one's life, the best time to do things that they should do is DO IT NOW. And in this case comes the realisation that the re-invention too should be carried out in a manner that best shows results to people.
Results here are also mean re-gaining the lost credibility. And so alongwith a complete surrender what is required are to do those things that will get one back the credibility. The word credibility too, appears to be similar to what they say about character. WHEN CHARACTER IS LOST, EVERYTHING IS LOST, they told us during childhood.
Someone down the line as a person grows in age, the word CHARACTER merges with and into the word CREDIBILITY. And when everyday actions are in tune with these objectives, they comes in progress. And hope on God for things to improve should too, not be BLIND, BUT followed up with the required, corrective action.
What differentiates the successful and the moderate ones and the-also-rans is also is the fact that they do not do things differently or different things for that matter but just do the things they are asked/paid to do. In this competitive world where the numbers-of-have-nots is increasingly on the rise and one would try to logically put it down to bad luck.
And here the realisation is required that 95 per cent of things and situations in one's life are those which are well within their control and the consequences of which have to be owned up by the concerned person. It is said that only five per cent of life life in general is the uncertain. So here too, if someone thinks that Dame Luck is to be blamed, such persons are proved wrong.
Realisation, surrender and other such feelings do not carry any relevance if the corrective measures are not initiated. Re-invention here becomes a word of paramount importance. And once the person in question gets more number of chances than others, re-invention should be more of an instant nature than with a time allowance.
Here I am reminded of what doctors say about smoking ? There is no fixing a timeframe to stopping the habit. ITS NOW OR NEVER, they say. And in relation with one's life, the best time to do things that they should do is DO IT NOW. And in this case comes the realisation that the re-invention too should be carried out in a manner that best shows results to people.
Results here are also mean re-gaining the lost credibility. And so alongwith a complete surrender what is required are to do those things that will get one back the credibility. The word credibility too, appears to be similar to what they say about character. WHEN CHARACTER IS LOST, EVERYTHING IS LOST, they told us during childhood.
Someone down the line as a person grows in age, the word CHARACTER merges with and into the word CREDIBILITY. And when everyday actions are in tune with these objectives, they comes in progress. And hope on God for things to improve should too, not be BLIND, BUT followed up with the required, corrective action.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Simple Faith to Complete Surrender
Since childhood, most of us believers are brought up to believe in God blindly. Thats OK. We do too, as in follow our parents' words. We apparently do not think about it very much, accepting that God up there is watching out for us, warding off evil.
Suddenly there comes a situation in one's own life when there is this urgent need for some divine support. And even as one urges God for support, when one knows he or she is atleast partly at fault, how does one go about it ?
I asked this friend of mine for over decades and he quipped, 'Simply surrender urself'. So that sent me thinkin. How does one go about surrendering completely ? So I went to this Sai Baba temple on Minister Road and sat there for a while. Then this pujari comes and asks me, if I was going to stay for 'Aarthi'.
Even as I was wondering why he asked me, he said no one was supposed to leave in the middle of the 'Aarthi' song. So I stayed on. Initially a blank, then some trepidity and then a sort of lull. It took a while for me to realise that the seeming lull was showing signs of transforming into a sense of calm, relative though it may be, the first time.
And the experience at the Sai Baba temple on Minister Road was indeed hard-hitting the first time I visited, actually looking for peace of mind. On earlier occasions, I had simply parked my bike, left my footwear outside, gone in for darshan and came out after a while, all in rather a mechanical mode.
As I said, as my situation continued to be much the same without any improvement per se, I found that visits to other temples too, had a calming effect. It slowly dawned on. The definition of complete surrender. Definitions may be heard from others, read in books or over the net, but I understood that they are best understood only when experienced.
Suddenly there comes a situation in one's own life when there is this urgent need for some divine support. And even as one urges God for support, when one knows he or she is atleast partly at fault, how does one go about it ?
I asked this friend of mine for over decades and he quipped, 'Simply surrender urself'. So that sent me thinkin. How does one go about surrendering completely ? So I went to this Sai Baba temple on Minister Road and sat there for a while. Then this pujari comes and asks me, if I was going to stay for 'Aarthi'.
Even as I was wondering why he asked me, he said no one was supposed to leave in the middle of the 'Aarthi' song. So I stayed on. Initially a blank, then some trepidity and then a sort of lull. It took a while for me to realise that the seeming lull was showing signs of transforming into a sense of calm, relative though it may be, the first time.
And the experience at the Sai Baba temple on Minister Road was indeed hard-hitting the first time I visited, actually looking for peace of mind. On earlier occasions, I had simply parked my bike, left my footwear outside, gone in for darshan and came out after a while, all in rather a mechanical mode.
As I said, as my situation continued to be much the same without any improvement per se, I found that visits to other temples too, had a calming effect. It slowly dawned on. The definition of complete surrender. Definitions may be heard from others, read in books or over the net, but I understood that they are best understood only when experienced.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Its Sunday and one day that never felt like any other. I am surrounded by a maze of thoughts, warped in time, thinking of the future. My mum told me not to think too much into the future but to think short.
I reflect and agree. After all, doesnt Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ask people to 'THINK OF THE PRESENT' ? But what does one do when he's rendered all alone, all on a sudden. Of course, atleast for believers this situation should not happen for with God, the Almighty watching us, no one can truly be alone.
Well, mum, dad, bro, aunt and sis apart there was this amazing call from a very dear friend a couple of days ago. He wouldnt like to be named though, so I shall not. The call that energised me apart, there is this wealth of profundities in his blog. Something that I read today for the first time.
Simply put, if one were to reflect on the reflections in his blog, nothing will cause anguish or pain. While its easier said than done, it certainly is possible for a wee bit of all those 'gyan' to be rubbed off on anyone reading, but with loads of practice for sure.
All right. Coming to a positive aspect of this-being-rendered-alone (even if it is only for a brief period) situation is that I have started writing. And writing not those silly things I earlier scribbled, albeit using the keybooard of a compute, but something that seems sensible, first and foremost for me.
Oh yes, my good friend told not, rather never to feel guilty and I added, something like a last word freak - Yes never feel guilty. Instead start feeling responsible. Now isnt that a wonderful thought ?
God bless me !
I reflect and agree. After all, doesnt Sri Sri Ravi Shankar ask people to 'THINK OF THE PRESENT' ? But what does one do when he's rendered all alone, all on a sudden. Of course, atleast for believers this situation should not happen for with God, the Almighty watching us, no one can truly be alone.
Well, mum, dad, bro, aunt and sis apart there was this amazing call from a very dear friend a couple of days ago. He wouldnt like to be named though, so I shall not. The call that energised me apart, there is this wealth of profundities in his blog. Something that I read today for the first time.
Simply put, if one were to reflect on the reflections in his blog, nothing will cause anguish or pain. While its easier said than done, it certainly is possible for a wee bit of all those 'gyan' to be rubbed off on anyone reading, but with loads of practice for sure.
All right. Coming to a positive aspect of this-being-rendered-alone (even if it is only for a brief period) situation is that I have started writing. And writing not those silly things I earlier scribbled, albeit using the keybooard of a compute, but something that seems sensible, first and foremost for me.
Oh yes, my good friend told not, rather never to feel guilty and I added, something like a last word freak - Yes never feel guilty. Instead start feeling responsible. Now isnt that a wonderful thought ?
God bless me !
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