How sincere we are ...!

[Guest guest]

Jai Srimannarayana!

 

With the benevolence and guidance of HH Shri Jeeyar Swamiji

I would like to continue the following few lines from my

previous posting.

 

So, the question that came up during Shri Swamiji's lecture

was 'If I am leading a sincere life, do I need to worship or

learn about God and His divine ways?"

 

Shri Swamiji has appreciated the question and answered -

rather - initiated a thought process among the audience.

 

Shri Swamiji said, "When you say that you are leading a

sincere life, think whether you are truely sincere ? and

if so to what extent?"

 

Are we utilizing 100% of the energy and potency given to us

by the Supreme Soul and putting it to the benefit of

ourselves, mankind and nature? The faculties given to a

human being are very superior and more powerful

than those given to other species in this wonderful nature.

If I am living by myself, earning money, feeding my family,

spending money on necessities and comforts of my life,

contributing to the society only when I can do so, then -

what is the difference between the life of an animal

in a forest and a human being?

 

Animals also do the same thing - to be more precise -

they do more than what we do. They find their food on their

own as per nature's law, feed themselves and their kitten,

give birth to young ones and train them, move in groups

(society in their primitive form!) when permitted by nature

and complete their life cycle. What do they do more than

a human being

- they utilize every gram of their energy for their benefit

and do not hesitate to put it to use,

- they respect the laws of nature and promote natural balance

and growth,

- they do not go against the nature in a destructive manner

as humans are doing now and so on.

 

Shri Swamiji was quoting a western philosopher and said

"ironically, the more we go against the nature, the more

civilized we are" - it is true if we think with our

conscience.

 

Even if we observe a bird, it wakes up in the morning

before Sun rise (Do we? and we are civilized ...). It leaves

its nest in search of food for the day. After it has taken

enough food, it does not stack any more food for tomorrow

- everyday is fresh start (Do we have to learn something

from this?). Eventhough its search for food is complete, it

continues to wander in the nature, without taking rest,

utilizing every ounce of its energy - sometimes enjoying the

beauty of the nature, sometimes promoting other activities

knowingly or unknowingly, sometimes helping other birds,

maintaining ecological balance and so on. When Sun sets

it comes back to its nest and sleeps for the night. Next

morning begins again after a good night's sleep. It never

thinks that the routine is very boring and let me go for

a movie today. It also does not expect anyone else to bring

food for it, on any single day. If it does not get enough

food, it does not blame others or God. All birds care for

their young ones, feed, teach and train them up and care

for a family. Some birds even are social - for example

crows - call other crows, for sharing food or help.

 

Do we do that? We will try to stack or hide something for

ourselves and will avoid sharing as far as possible. Do

we work as sincere at least as birds - leave alone animals.

 

Given a chance human tendency is to avoid any work that is

assigned to him. We want to enjoy the fruits without doing

the work that bears the fruits. If we do not get enough we

cry for it, blame others, curse society, God, ancestors etc.

Most of us work in offices or factories or in the market for

a salary. Given the salary, capacity, responsibilities, rights

and duties, are we doing 100% justification to our job?

 

It is high time to start contributing 100% into our lives.

"At the end of the day, if everyone of us can introspect

whether he/she has done 100% of what he/she could have without

any bias and resolve to fill the gap the next day

I hope our country would be the top most performer

in the whole world."

 

This is exactly why we should learn more about ourselves,

more about God, more about Rama, what He has done to be

a perfect human being whose biography is an object of worship

even after millions of years. What is so special about Him?

 

Let us continue to learn from Shri Swamiji's answer in the

next posting.

 

Adiyen

Ramanuja Dasaha

Murali Krishna Kalvapudi.

 

Jai Srimannarayana

[Guest guest]

Dear Sriman Muraliji,

Jai Sri:manna:ra:yana,

 

Thank you very much for this very thought provoking posting. It

precisely addresses our drawbacks and inspires us to better utilize

our time to serve our Acharya.

 

Our Acharya's "va:ni" has immense cleansing power. Adiye:n has found

a rule of thumb in this regard. Just hear with great attention,

morning 1 hour and evening 1 hour to any CD/tape of our Acharya, all

the inauspicious things will be washed away from our hearts.

 

And as our heart is getting cleansed of all dirty things, our

ability to hear increases. We grasp newer meanings from the same

lectures...we hear again, we grasp more... it is an ongoing exercise

to our mind, there is no ending.

 

Thank you very much and kindly forgive adiye:n's ignorance.

 

Jai Sri:manna:ra:yana.

 

Adiye:n,

Sheshagiri.

 

 

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