Are you nobody?

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Dear All,

I saw this post on another group and wanted to share it with you. The

original author is Swami Turiyananda from the Ramakrishna Order and this

is a paragraph from his article titled "How to Get Rid of Despondency"

 

Jai Shree Maa

Jai Swamiji

Jai Sri Ramakrishna

 

Nanda

 

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Self-praise is no doubt bad; none the less, continuous harping on

depressing thoughts like, 'Our lives are in vain,' 'we are failures,'

etc., are also not conducive to the best results. Our Master hated

pride, but he also would not put up with despondent, self-deprecating,

abject attitudes. Rather he would ask us to be proud of our relation

with God and would say, 'I am His child, what fear can be mine?' He

would ask us to summon great strength saying, 'I shall be easily

delivered, thanks to His grace.'

 

The following attitude is always there in the songs of Ramprasad too:

'Of whom is he, whose Mother is the Divine, afraid?' He is not even

afraid of quarrelling with the Mother. There are many songs like, 'I

shall no more call on the Mother', in which all kinds of sulks are being

indulged in against the Mother. The Master also tried to drive home this

idea into us. So you will have to reject this feeling of despondency.

 

Are you nobody? Manage to find time for the contemplation of God even in

the midst of this great activity. Spend all your leisure on it. Why only

noons and twilights - all time is His. The whole life is His alone.

Besides, it is necessary to have the faith that if one can take refuge

in Him giving up everything else even for a moment, life becomes blessed

and pure and all sins and suffering flee.

 

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