Guest guest Posted October 21, 2006 Report Share Posted October 21, 2006 Sree Gurupavanapureswaran ThunaiDear Friends {gopalas and Gopikas] My name is Raj Vasudevan and currently in Bangkok as a lecturer. I am new to this group and i have been reading almost all the mails that share good and evident thoughts that are food both for the body and soul. In fact, i had written a mail to Sunil Menon, congratulating his effort to upload a video by Ajit Chandran that moved me too the deepest. And now the navaneetan deserves another round of appreciation for all their great work. Bhagavan Sharanam, I am happy that I am part of this group. I am a deeply religious person with all the malice of a man living abroad or of a man still enjoying the prime of his youth. When i said religious, it should not be narrowed down to fanaticism; rather it is synonymous with god fearing. It might sound contradicting-god fearing and malicious; but, somehow i have been pulling along with a kind of heaviness. I did seek much elderly wisdom but was not quenched of my thirst. As a small child, my mother's mother, who i used to fondly call "chithi"[literally it means mothers sister] had a great influence on me. Even my mother or my father had not made such an impact as my "Chithi". I was put to sleep at night by her, after narrating a couple of stories from the Bhagavatham, Bharatham , and the like. This was a regular feature until she passed away in 1994.Three years later i got married. And i am sad that my 7 year old daughter is deprived of this pleasant experience as she is away from both her grand parents. And my wife and I have no time to spare because of our official commitments. Surprisingly, my daughter has not complained to us about it (I think she has not felt our absence) nor has she been cranky also. My conscience used to prick me that I decided to give some of my time to her. So did my wife. But my daughter never ever felt the need. She said, "Appa all these stories are there in my "Grandma's tales (CD that I purchased from the Airport)" and the rest are there in the internet... so don't bother!” I was shocked and shamed. The revelation that my daughter has outgrown our sentiments and concern was a bit too big peck for the beak. But then my wife consoled me saying that " let us be happy that our little Ammu is understanding and caring...what if she had been making a big fuss about the whole thing. And we standing helpless...don't you think, Guruvayoorappan has been kind enough to pour such a wisdom in our child...?" When I sat back and thought, I felt what my wife told me was really true. May be for a week or few weeks I will be able to oblige. What if she is over demanding? What if she breaks down in disappointment and resent? These contemplations were a bit consoling and relieved me from self-criticism. I am thankful to Lord krishna for being a patient listener to all my grievances until now...How krishna has played in my life and made me a man is what prompted me to write this mail.The above incident is just a prelude.it will continue... Bhagavan Sharanam Raj Find out what India is talking about on - Answers India Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Messenger Version 8. Get it NOW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Dear Raj, Rarely we get to read a mail like yours. Thank you for sharing your perspective and welcome to the group. I share and understand many of your thoughts about conflicts and concerns of living in a new world. >> I am a deeply religious person with all the malice of a man >>living abroad or of a man still enjoying the prime of his youth. Very true. Many of us have to juggle our high pressure jobs, new life styles, life away from our roots. In this new era, we need to understand and respect other cultures and decide 'to be or not to be' when it comes to new world pleasures. It is easy to say that scriptures have all the answers, but very difficult to get it in time when you need it. Let me narrate a personal experience from a few years ago. I went to consult one of the senior most Ayurvedic Doctors in 'Kottakkal Arya Vaidya Sala' for finding a treatment for my Mother's Alzheimer disease. English medicine does not have a cure for Alzheimer's ,so our only hope was to find an answer in Ayurveda. And I was very sure that Ayurveda would have a way and I would get my mother back. Alas.. the well respected senior physician told me the sad truth. Ayurveda is age old wisdom but not an answer to many new illnesses like Alzhiemers! Since the formulation of Ayurveda by great saints like Charaka, we changed a lot - the way we live, work and eat. Human body has changed, illnesses have changed, new illnesses emerged, but sadly Ayurveda remains the same with not much reseacrh done to widen the scope of that great science. It was tough truth to accept. We kept trying, more Ayurvedic doctors, Homeopaths, etc.. I lost my mother two years later. In the last few months of her memory-less life, the only thing she recognized was a Guruvayoorappan's photo in her room. She used to start praying when she sees that photo. I still beleive there is cure for Alzhiemers in Ayurveda - somwhere in India. But I never did locate that 'Vaidya' in time. So, what can we do? We need to unify our wisdom. Modify it with time. Widen the scope. We shall explore,analyse,understand and write new BHASHYAM'S of our old texts in the new context of our life. Why? Because we have changed the way we live, we work and and we eat. Groups like Guruvayur is an attempt to answer that gap. Here we get answers and scholarly advice from many of our respected members. Others like me, realize the issues of living in a new world. More than anything we come across others in the same situation as we are. Do not be shocked and ashamed of what your child learned in the fast lane of Internet. But make sure it is right knowledge. Infact we should be thankful and respect the fact that we could widen our horizon in this new connected world. Because of new technologies, we all can come together and get to know many things we did not know before. We can soothe our minds watching Ajit's beautiful Bhakti video or listening to Sukumar's Ramayanam audio. This is the way of re-defining our old wisdom in the new light and making it accessible everywhere. We can read great poems from our group members, listen to our respected members like KVG or Sarojaji or Prof.Krishnamurthy and many others I missed here. Again, welcome to the group and look forward to hear the second part of your story. I encourage all of our members to write similar personal stories once in a while. Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhanvanthu. Om Namo Narayanaya: Sunil. guruvayur , Rajesh Vasudevan <rajeshamruth_vasudevan wrote: > > > > Sree Gurupavanapureswaran Thunai > Dear Friends {gopalas and Gopikas] > My name is Raj Vasudevan and currently in Bangkok as a lecturer. > I am new to this group and i have been reading almost all the mails that share good and evident thoughts that are food both for the body and soul. In fact, i had written a mail to Sunil Menon, congratulating his effort to upload a video by Ajit Chandran that moved me too the deepest. And now the navaneetan deserves another round of appreciation for all their great work. Bhagavan Sharanam, I am happy that I am part of this group. > I am a deeply religious person with all the malice of a man living abroad or of a man still enjoying the prime of his youth. When i said religious, it should not be narrowed down to fanaticism; rather it is synonymous with god fearing. It might sound contradicting-god fearing and malicious; but, somehow i have been pulling along with a kind of heaviness. I did seek much elderly wisdom but was not quenched of my thirst. > As a small child, my mother's mother, who i used to fondly call " chithi " [literally it means mothers sister] had a great influence on me. Even my mother or my father had not made such an impact as my " Chithi " . I was put to sleep at night by her, after narrating a couple of stories from the Bhagavatham, Bharatham , and the like. This was a regular feature until she passed away in 1994.Three years later i got married. And i am sad that my 7 year old daughter is deprived of this pleasant experience as she is away from both her grand parents. And my wife and I have no time to spare because of our official commitments. Surprisingly, my daughter has not complained to us about it (I think she has not felt our absence) nor has she been cranky also. My conscience used to prick me that I decided to give some of my time to her. So did my wife. But my daughter never ever felt the need. She said, " Appa all these stories are there in my " Grandma's tales (CD that I purchased from the > Airport) " and the rest are there in the internet... so don't bother! " I was shocked and shamed. The revelation that my daughter has outgrown our sentiments and concern was a bit too big peck for the beak. But then my wife consoled me saying that " let us be happy that our little Ammu is understanding and caring...what if she had been making a big fuss about the whole thing. And we standing helpless...don't you think, Guruvayoorappan has been kind enough to pour such a wisdom in our child...? " > When I sat back and thought, I felt what my wife told me was really true. May be for a week or few weeks I will be able to oblige. What if she is over demanding? > What if she breaks down in disappointment and resent? These contemplations were a bit consoling and relieved me from self-criticism. > I am thankful to Lord krishna for being a patient listener to all my grievances until now...How krishna has played in my life and made me a man is what prompted me to write this mail.The above incident is just a prelude.it will continue... > Bhagavan Sharanam > > Raj > > > > Find out what India is talking about on - Answers India > Send FREE SMS to your friend's mobile from Messenger Version 8. 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Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 Dear Sunil, You have rightly said, we are now faced with new illness and new problems and we are expected to find solutions to those problems...I think being Indians we have an advantage of having a bit of the Vedas in our blood therefore very often we are able to work out a solution to almost all the problems. May be that's why we see Indians all over the world, may be we are not top leaders, but we have been taught not to be greedy and therefore we are much happier with what we have and get. On personal experience, my mother too died of Alzheimer that was back in 1992, as you had said we too did try various hospitals, ayurvedic treatments and puja as well, but they could not confirm if there was any cure, but slow death was confirmed. In this case the person who is sick does not know what the problem is only those near and dear has to watch helplessly... I used to do a lot of prayers during those days...may be that could be reason why we all are in now in such a GREAT group though physically scattered around the world...our mind and thinking is well tuned in the same direction...GURUVARYOOAPPA SHARANAM Narayana..... Pravin guruvayur , " Sunil Menon " <menon_sunil wrote: > > Dear Raj, > > Rarely we get to read a mail like yours. Thank you for sharing your > perspective and welcome to the group. > > I share and understand many of your thoughts about conflicts and > concerns of living in a new world. > > >> I am a deeply religious person with all the malice of a man >>living > abroad or of a man still enjoying the prime of his youth. > > Very true. Many of us have to juggle our high pressure jobs, new life > styles, life away from our roots. In this new era, we need to understand and respect other cultures and decide 'to be or not to be' when it comes to new world pleasures. > > It is easy to say that scriptures have all the answers, but very > difficult to get it in time when you need it. > > Let me narrate a personal experience from a few years ago. I went to > consult one of the senior most Ayurvedic Doctors in 'Kottakkal Arya > Vaidya Sala' for finding a treatment for my Mother's Alzheimer disease. English medicine does not have a cure for Alzheimer's ,so our only hope was to find an answer in Ayurveda. And I was very sure that Ayurveda would have a way and I would get my mother back. > > Alas.. the well respected senior physician told me the sad truth. > Ayurveda is age old wisdom but not an answer to many new illnesses like Alzhiemers! > > Since the formulation of Ayurveda by great saints like Charaka, we changed a lot - the way we live, work and eat. Human body has changed, illnesses have changed, new illnesses emerged, but sadly Ayurveda remains the same with not much reseacrh done to widen the scope of that great science. > > It was tough truth to accept. We kept trying, more Ayurvedic doctors, Homeopaths, etc.. I lost my mother two years later. > > In the last few months of her memory-less life, the only thing she > recognized was a Guruvayoorappan's photo in her room. She used to start praying when she sees that photo. > > I still beleive there is cure for Alzhiemers in Ayurveda - somwhere in India. But I never did locate that 'Vaidya' in time. > > So, what can we do? > We need to unify our wisdom. Modify it with time. Widen the scope. We shall explore,analyse,understand and write new BHASHYAM'S of our old texts in the new context of our life. > > Why? Because we have changed the way we live, we work and and we eat. > > Groups like Guruvayur is an attempt to answer that gap. Here we get answers and scholarly advice from many of our respected members. Others like me, realize the issues of living in a new world. More than anything we come across others in the same situation as we are. > > Do not be shocked and ashamed of what your child learned in the fast > lane of Internet. But make sure it is right knowledge. Infact we should be thankful and respect the fact that we could widen our horizon in this new connected world. Because of new technologies, we all can come together and get to know many things we did not know before. > > We can soothe our minds watching Ajit's beautiful Bhakti video or listening to Sukumar's Ramayanam audio. This is the way of re- defining our old wisdom in the new light and making it accessible everywhere. > > We can read great poems from our group members, listen to our respected members like KVG or Sarojaji or Prof.Krishnamurthy and many others I missed here. > > Again, welcome to the group and look forward to hear the second part of your story. > > I encourage all of our members to write similar personal stories once in a while. > > Loka Samastha Sukhino Bhanvanthu. > > Om Namo Narayanaya: > > Sunil. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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