Guest guest Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Why is my life full of problems related to money, relations, stress etc? Why do all the decisions that I take always go wrong? Man proposes and God disposes to show that you should not be too much involved in the worldly affairs and that you should turn to Him. The failures in the world show that God is very much interested in your case and is constantly trying to divert you towards Him. The failures and problems are real friends, who will turn you to God. The success with fame is the real enemy, which drags you away from the God. When Lord Krishna asked His aunt, Kunthi, to ask for a boon, she asked Krishna to continue only problems in her life. Her argument was that she remembered the Lord always in difficulties. She wants to remember God continuously. All the things in this world proceed according to the wheel of deeds (Karma Chakra). You cannot change the destined route of things in this nature. They reflect the systematic administration of rules and regulations laid down by the Lord. You cannot change the nature of the external atmosphere. You must cut your mental attachment to the external atmosphere and remain peaceful. With the peaceful mind, you must concentrate on God. You are standing in the sea and meditating upon the Sun. You cannot stop the waves. The waves in the sea should not move your mind. Your body or your cloths may be moved but not your mind. For this you must think that you are not the clothes and you are not the body. You are the soul, which is pure awareness. All the external bonds are related to your body and mind (feelings) only. This is called as self-realization through self-analysis. Sankara stressed this first part of the spiritual path because this is common to all the human beings in this world. The attainment of God is the second part of the path. Mental worry is like fever. Attainment of God is like attaining special strength. All the fever- patients want to get rid of the fever. After liberation from the fever, some of the patients may try to get special strength by taking special tonics. Ramanuja and Madhva stressed this second part of the spiritual path through the propagation of devotion. But, the first part is common to all the patients as stressed by Sankara. The self-analysis is like the anti- biotic medicine for the fever. First you must get rid of the fever. Without subsiding the fever, you cannot proceed for tonics to attain special strength. For the first part, there is no need of even the concept of God. Getting rid of the fever is peace. Attaining of God is bliss. Peace is required to get the bliss. Peace should not be mistaken as bliss. The soul is in your body only. If you attain the soul, you have attained your money, which is misplaced, in your house. When you get it, your worry is removed and you become peaceful. You need not become happy because it is your money only. But when you get some money on the road, outside your house, you are happy. The first part is avoiding loss and second part is attaining profit. The Advaita scholars are very happy when they have found their own misplaced money in their houses. They feel as if they have attained money from others. They are satisfied with `No loss' and feel that itself is the profit. They invest money in business and want their original money only at the end of business. They say that this is only the maximum profit. They deny the merchants who have more money as profits. Ofcourse, these innocent scholars are better than the merchants who are in loss. They are better than mentally worried people. But they think that peace is the bliss. For them, `no loss' is the only profit. I am therefore, advising you to take the antibiotic, which is the self-analysis as the first drug. Even for this drug to act properly and immediately, grace of God is essential as said by Sankara (Eeswaraamugrahaadeva…). At the lotus feet of Shri Datta Swami surya http://www.universal-spirituality.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 We are inside god,i guess.So whatever happens it's for good. Suresh , "surya" <dattapr2000 wrote: > > Why is my life full of problems related to money, relations, stress > etc? Why do all the decisions that I take always go wrong? > > Man proposes and God disposes to show that you should not be too > much involved in the worldly affairs and that you should turn to > Him. The failures in the world show that God is very much interested > in your case and is constantly trying to divert you towards Him. The > failures and problems are real friends, who will turn you to God. > The success with fame is the real enemy, which drags you away from > the God. When Lord Krishna asked His aunt, Kunthi, to ask for a > boon, she asked Krishna to continue only problems in her life. Her > argument was that she remembered the Lord always in difficulties. > She wants to remember God continuously. All the things in this world > proceed according to the wheel of deeds (Karma Chakra). > > You cannot change the destined route of things in this nature. They > reflect the systematic administration of rules and regulations laid > down by the Lord. You cannot change the nature of the external > atmosphere. You must cut your mental attachment to the external > atmosphere and remain peaceful. With the peaceful mind, you must > concentrate on God. You are standing in the sea and meditating upon > the Sun. You cannot stop the waves. The waves in the sea should not > move your mind. Your body or your cloths may be moved but not your > mind. For this you must think that you are not the clothes and you > are not the body. You are the soul, which is pure awareness. All the > external bonds are related to your body and mind (feelings) only. > This is called as self-realization through self-analysis. Sankara > stressed this first part of the spiritual path because this is > common to all the human beings in this world. The attainment of God > is the second part of the path. Mental worry is like fever. > > Attainment of God is like attaining special strength. All the fever- > patients want to get rid of the fever. After liberation from the > fever, some of the patients may try to get special strength by > taking special tonics. Ramanuja and Madhva stressed this second part > of the spiritual path through the propagation of devotion. But, the > first part is common to all the patients as stressed by Sankara. The > self-analysis is like the anti- biotic medicine for the fever. First > you must get rid of the fever. Without subsiding the fever, you > cannot proceed for tonics to attain special strength. For the first > part, there is no need of even the concept of God. > > Getting rid of the fever is peace. Attaining of God is bliss. Peace > is required to get the bliss. Peace should not be mistaken as bliss. > The soul is in your body only. If you attain the soul, you have > attained your money, which is misplaced, in your house. When you get > it, your worry is removed and you become peaceful. You need not > become happy because it is your money only. But when you get some > money on the road, outside your house, you are happy. The first part > is avoiding loss and second part is attaining profit. > > The Advaita scholars are very happy when they have found their own > misplaced money in their houses. They feel as if they have attained > money from others. They are satisfied with `No loss' and feel that > itself is the profit. They invest money in business and want their > original money only at the end of business. They say that this is > only the maximum profit. They deny the merchants who have more money > as profits. Ofcourse, these innocent scholars are better than the > merchants who are in loss. They are better than mentally worried > people. But they think that peace is the bliss. For them, `no loss' > is the only profit. > > I am therefore, advising you to take the antibiotic, which is the > self-analysis as the first drug. Even for this drug to act properly > and immediately, grace of God is essential as said by Sankara > (Eeswaraamugrahaadeva…). > > At the lotus feet of Shri Datta Swami > surya > http://www.universal-spirituality.org > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 12, 2006 Report Share Posted July 12, 2006 Perhaps we are part of the System also called God or All That Is, etc , "sureshbalaraman" <sureshbalaraman wrote: > > > We are inside god,i guess.So whatever happens it's for good. > > Suresh > , "surya" <dattapr2000@> > wrote: > > > > Why is my life full of problems related to money, relations, stress > > etc? Why do all the decisions that I take always go wrong? > > > > Man proposes and God disposes to show that you should not be too > > much involved in the worldly affairs and that you should turn to > > Him. The failures in the world show that God is very much interested > > in your case and is constantly trying to divert you towards Him. The > > failures and problems are real friends, who will turn you to God. > > The success with fame is the real enemy, which drags you away from > > the God. When Lord Krishna asked His aunt, Kunthi, to ask for a > > boon, she asked Krishna to continue only problems in her life. Her > > argument was that she remembered the Lord always in difficulties. > > She wants to remember God continuously. All the things in this world > > proceed according to the wheel of deeds (Karma Chakra). > > > > You cannot change the destined route of things in this nature. They > > reflect the systematic administration of rules and regulations laid > > down by the Lord. You cannot change the nature of the external > > atmosphere. You must cut your mental attachment to the external > > atmosphere and remain peaceful. With the peaceful mind, you must > > concentrate on God. You are standing in the sea and meditating upon > > the Sun. You cannot stop the waves. The waves in the sea should not > > move your mind. Your body or your cloths may be moved but not your > > mind. For this you must think that you are not the clothes and you > > are not the body. You are the soul, which is pure awareness. All the > > external bonds are related to your body and mind (feelings) only. > > This is called as self-realization through self-analysis. Sankara > > stressed this first part of the spiritual path because this is > > common to all the human beings in this world. The attainment of God > > is the second part of the path. Mental worry is like fever. > > > > Attainment of God is like attaining special strength. All the fever- > > patients want to get rid of the fever. After liberation from the > > fever, some of the patients may try to get special strength by > > taking special tonics. Ramanuja and Madhva stressed this second part > > of the spiritual path through the propagation of devotion. But, the > > first part is common to all the patients as stressed by Sankara. The > > self-analysis is like the anti- biotic medicine for the fever. First > > you must get rid of the fever. Without subsiding the fever, you > > cannot proceed for tonics to attain special strength. For the first > > part, there is no need of even the concept of God. > > > > Getting rid of the fever is peace. Attaining of God is bliss. Peace > > is required to get the bliss. Peace should not be mistaken as bliss. > > The soul is in your body only. If you attain the soul, you have > > attained your money, which is misplaced, in your house. When you get > > it, your worry is removed and you become peaceful. You need not > > become happy because it is your money only. But when you get some > > money on the road, outside your house, you are happy. The first part > > is avoiding loss and second part is attaining profit. > > > > The Advaita scholars are very happy when they have found their own > > misplaced money in their houses. They feel as if they have attained > > money from others. They are satisfied with `No loss' and feel that > > itself is the profit. They invest money in business and want their > > original money only at the end of business. They say that this is > > only the maximum profit. They deny the merchants who have more money > > as profits. Ofcourse, these innocent scholars are better than the > > merchants who are in loss. They are better than mentally worried > > people. But they think that peace is the bliss. For them, `no loss' > > is the only profit. > > > > I am therefore, advising you to take the antibiotic, which is the > > self-analysis as the first drug. Even for this drug to act properly > > and immediately, grace of God is essential as said by Sankara > > (Eeswaraamugrahaadeva…). > > > > At the lotus feet of Shri Datta Swami > > surya > > http://www.universal-spirituality.org > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 13, 2006 Report Share Posted July 13, 2006 Even though God is the base of the world, the world does not touch Him as the man touches the cot. It is possible in the case of a daydreamer. A city imagined by him exists in him and he is the base for that city. Let the city and the people in that city burn. The daydreamer is not burnt. Like this the world is based on God but the changes in the world cannot affect. Either the changes in the inert objects or the changes in the human beings cannot affect God. Hence any inert object or any human being can neither be God nor does God exist in them. They are based on the God and they are not present in the God also. At the lotus feet of Shri Datta Swami surya http://www.universal-spirituality.org "crystal pages" <jyotish_vani wrote: > > Perhaps we are part of the System also called God or All That Is, etc > "sureshbalaraman" <sureshbalaraman@> wrote: > > We are inside god,i guess.So whatever happens it's for good. > > > > Suresh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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