Namasthe- This is only a passing phase

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Dear All,

 

 

 

 

" When Dharmaputra was in exile in the forest, Krishna visited him in his retreat and they talked for long on the vicissitudes of fortune and the effect of karma and dharma. At last, Dharmaputra asked Krishna to give him some upadesh or formula which he can keep in memory and which will sustain him during the ups and downs of fortune. Krishna wrote on a piece of paper a few words and told him to look into it and read it only when he becomes really desperate. Later, he opened the precious paper, and found that the advice, the upadesh was: " Even this shall pass away " . It meant: " Why worry about this passing show? Put up with the good fortune as well as bad, knowing that both are transient "

The above story I read in " Sai Stories " and found to be interesting.

When we are going through a hard time, it is not easy to think and comfort ourselves saying: " This is only a passing phase. God, give me enough strength to successfully pass through this " . But it is harder to think " This is only a passing phase " when we are enjoyingg a wonderful time with all the good fortune because we do not want to end that enjoyment. We may even forget to stop and think and thank God for the transient good fortune until we realize that it is only transient and not permanent. At this point we understand the definition of sukham and duhkham given by great seers. Sukham is the period between two duhkhams and duhkham is the period between two sukhams which alternate in everybody''s life.

Bhagavan says:

atmoupamyena sarvatra samam pasyathi yorjuna

sukham va yadi va duhkham sa yogee paramo mathah

Let Guruvayurappan bless all of us with sukha duhkha samathwa darshanam!

 

Regards and prayers

Savitri