Amrish and all: 4 stages of life and self realization

[Guest guest]

Namaste Amrish and all: Great question. Ask Mother to erase your

confusion by performing sadhana now. Start your sadhana today. Do not

wait one minute. Why would we wait?

Just think about a simple discipline we all perform daily: brushing

our teeth. Now, if we did not brush them daily, and ate sweets often,

what would happen? Our teeth would decay and we would be in pain, and

have to suffer.

Just so, if we do not perfrom sadhana now, and wait until we grow old,

we will not have the discipline and momentium, and performing sadhana

will be difficult. And, if difficulties arise, we will not be strong

enough, not connected to God enough, to weather the storms. We will be

overshadowed.

Whatever stage of life we are in, performing sadhana is important and

valuable and will bring us God's Grace. As Swami explains: one has to

perform sadhana in order to gain Grace. One needs Grace in order to

succeed in each stage of life.

 

For example, I am 53 years old, father, grandfather, and disciple to

Maa and Swami. I want to be the best student when I am young, and

every day, the best husband and provider, and the best devotee during

all stages of my life. And, when I have completed my worldly

obligations, and turn away from the world to comtemplate God and serve

my Guru full time, I want to perform seva and be an instrument of

Divine Will in every action, 24 hours a day.

In order to give my best in every stage of life, and to be prepared

for whatever God brings to me, I have to perform sadhana every day. I

have to align myself with Maa and Swami and God. The spiritual

practices they have taught me bring me into alignment with them, and

then they can begin to fill me with their spirit and use me to perform

actions to benefit this world.

 

Each of us needs to take the time to commune with God daily, for the

rewards are out of this world.

 

 

Jai Maa Jai Swami

 

Happy New Year

 

Vishweshwar

 

 

 

, " amrish krish " <krisam76 wrote:

>

> Namaste

> Advanced new year greetings to all. The other day i was

> reading a article when i came across the 4 stages of man's journey-

> infancy, youth,family life and old age. These are referred to as Balya,

> kaumarya, grihasta and vanaraprastha. Specifically, after fulfilling

> all obligations, a person returns to woods or a place to contemplate on

> divine and for spiritual upliftment. This makes me confused. Does this

> mean we have to start thinking of divine and do our spiritual

> activities only at late stage(vanaraprastha)? Does this mean we enjoy

> and luxuriate in our material comforts and start turning towards god at

> a later age? Will a person still be able to get moksha if he does that ?

> what about his actions(bad deeds) during youth and family life?

>

> And what about persons who die early? say soomeone had life span of

> only 35 years. How will he go through the 4 stage?by time he gets

> married and have child, death takes him away.

>

> SO what is the hope for him? does this mean this birth has been futile

> since he had so manyy responsibilities and at 35 when he died, did not

> get to turn towards devotion and hence lost out?

>

>

> I hope some other friends can answer this. I am eagerly waiting for

> Swamiji to answer this.

>

> JAI MAA

> Amrish

>

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, " inspectionconnection108 "

<inspectionconnection108 wrote:

>

> Namaste Amrish and all: Great question. Ask Mother to erase your

> confusion by performing sadhana now. Start your sadhana today. Do

not

> wait one minute. Why would we wait?

 

Indeed , why to wait any minute or second?? Great posting and great

answer , as usual by Shri Visveshwar, on behalf Pujya Shree Maa and

Shir Swamiji. I would hasten to add my own halfpenny worth, in

reiterating the global appeal and the cause celebre issued by Shree

Maa. Our lives are usually dictated by series of happenings, mishaps

and more often than not, unplanned for activities, which usurp

valuable time frames. Just as the larvae turns into pupa to moth to a

beautiful butterfly which flutters away in total freedom, we tend to

lose track of our limitations, and time constraints. It is never too

late to start anything anew. Prahalad was so devoted at a such young

tender age that Naryana came to him, in rescued against the cruel

Hiranya Kashibu. So there is really no such clear cut demarcations

that could cause us to limit the search and sadhana. Thease four

stages of our lives were decreed as part of the Karma Yoga factors,

where one has to perform certain specific " duties " including

gathering knowledge, wealth, family and then slowly release these

bondages to avoid dramatic or sudden swings, which no ordinary human

can perform without too much stress. In these days of excessive

demands on time and efforts, the demands for perfection always pose

far too mcuh pressures. Thus when we start early, we get used to

certain aspects of sadhana, and acute practice syndromes, which tone

our ideas and shape our thoughts, thereby enabling us to transition

smoothly. Hnece there is a saying= " subhasya shreekaram " what is

worth doing, is worth doing well and SOON.

 

Happy NEW YEAR greetings go out all our Devi Mandir Parivar and

humble namastes to Shree Maa and Swamiji.

 

Be Well, Be Smiling and Be Safe.

 

Lovingly

 

babu krishnan

> Just think about a simple discipline we all perform daily: brushing

> our teeth. Now, if we did not brush them daily, and ate sweets

often,

> what would happen? Our teeth would decay and we would be in pain,

and

> have to suffer.

> Just so, if we do not perfrom sadhana now, and wait until we grow

old,

> we will not have the discipline and momentium, and performing

sadhana

> will be difficult. And, if difficulties arise, we will not be strong

> enough, not connected to God enough, to weather the storms. We will

be

> overshadowed.

> Whatever stage of life we are in, performing sadhana is important

and

> valuable and will bring us God's Grace. As Swami explains: one has

to

> perform sadhana in order to gain Grace. One needs Grace in order to

> succeed in each stage of life.

>

> For example, I am 53 years old, father, grandfather, and disciple to

> Maa and Swami. I want to be the best student when I am young, and

> every day, the best husband and provider, and the best devotee

during

> all stages of my life. And, when I have completed my worldly

> obligations, and turn away from the world to comtemplate God and

serve

> my Guru full time, I want to perform seva and be an instrument of

> Divine Will in every action, 24 hours a day.

> In order to give my best in every stage of life, and to be prepared

> for whatever God brings to me, I have to perform sadhana every

day. I

> have to align myself with Maa and Swami and God. The spiritual

> practices they have taught me bring me into alignment with them, and

> then they can begin to fill me with their spirit and use me to

perform

> actions to benefit this world.

>

> Each of us needs to take the time to commune with God daily, for the

> rewards are out of this world.

>

>

> Jai Maa Jai Swami

>

> Happy New Year

>

> Vishweshwar

>

>

>

> , " amrish krish " <krisam76@>

wrote:

> >

> > Namaste

> > Advanced new year greetings to all. The other day i

was

> > reading a article when i came across the 4 stages of man's

journey-

> > infancy, youth,family life and old age. These are referred to as

Balya,

> > kaumarya, grihasta and vanaraprastha. Specifically, after

fulfilling

> > all obligations, a person returns to woods or a place to

contemplate on

> > divine and for spiritual upliftment. This makes me confused. Does

this

> > mean we have to start thinking of divine and do our spiritual

> > activities only at late stage(vanaraprastha)? Does this mean we

enjoy

> > and luxuriate in our material comforts and start turning towards

god at

> > a later age? Will a person still be able to get moksha if he does

that ?

> > what about his actions(bad deeds) during youth and family life?

> >

> > And what about persons who die early? say soomeone had life span

of

> > only 35 years. How will he go through the 4 stage?by time he gets

> > married and have child, death takes him away.

> >

> > SO what is the hope for him? does this mean this birth has been

futile

> > since he had so manyy responsibilities and at 35 when he died,

did not

> > get to turn towards devotion and hence lost out?

> >

> >

> > I hope some other friends can answer this. I am eagerly waiting

for

> > Swamiji to answer this.

> >

> > JAI MAA

> > Amrish

> >

>