Inspiring Thoughts

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Dear Deovtees in TBP,

 

Love and Love alone.....

 

Since I have not received any objection from any corner, thiniking

that I have your approval, I continue posting these Inspiring

Thoughts - one a day - for everyone's benefit.

 

Love and Love alone......

 

P. Gopi Krishna

 

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You are Unique in the Eyes of God

 

Blessed Atman! The key to blessedness lies in being aware of

blessedness. If your awareness is turned in different directions,

towards what you do not have, or what you think or imagine you do not

have, then this wrongly directed pattern of thought will make you

unaware of the many things that you have.

 

Each one is distinct and unique in the eyes of the Creator; there is

none like that particular being, there is no second. So each one is

precious and specially valuable to the Creator. In the eyes of God,

therefore, each one is something special. This should always be

remembered. No one can replace you in the role that you fulfill in

God’s creation at any given place and at any given point in time. You

are most necessary and indispensable for that particular set-up in

that particular time-space context. And therefore rejoice and be

grateful to the Lord that He has given you a role to perform.

 

Whether you perform your role perfectly and in a meaningful manner or

not is irrelevant, because God expects each one to do what one is

capable of, at any point, at any time. God does not expect an ant to

haul a great timber as the elephant does in the forest. Nor does God

expect the elephant to fly gracefully in the air as do swallows and

doves. He expects birds to fly and He loves them to what they do. He

expects elephants to fulfill their role, giving dignity to the forest

and doing incredible jobs of strength. And He expects man to live as

man. And each one in his own place, in his own sphere, can fulfill a

task and gladden the heart of the Maker and contribute something to

His plan on earth.

 

And this is the truth. And to be aware of the truth is to be worry-

free, anxiety-free. To be aware of the truth is to be grateful to

God: “You have made me unique, You have given me a role, and You have

prompted me and brought to me all helpful factors to fulfill my role

and play my part. For that I ever give thanks.â€

 

No one is dispensable. No one is useless. No one is lesser in the

eyes of God or in the eyes of those who try to avoid human judgment

and human standards of criticism, who accept God’s creation as it is,

because God created it. For them, whatever God thought fit to make,

in any manner whatsoever, is perfect; there is nothing wrong in it,

and it is acceptable. For them, whatever emanates from God partakes

of His divinity and perfection, and therefore are unique, and so we

are to all those who are trying to look with the impartiality of

God’s vision, then in the presence of God and of those who are

devotees of God, we must feel at home, we have arrived; we may no

longer feel distressed in heart. One should rejoice in serene

calmness of spirit: “I have arrived, I am at home, I am in the

presence of God and I am totally accepted.â€

 

Things are as they should be. The Lord is in heaven and all is well

on earth. This is the faith, the firm belief of those who have faith

in the infinite love of God, who have trust in the infinite goodness

of God and who are sure that in God’s heart they have a special and

unique place. This is ever kept reserved for them and no one can take

it away from them, because God’s infinite heart is large enough to

held the entire cosmos and everything within it.

 

Thus knowing, we should have great comfort in our heart, great

satisfaction and contentment. And that is the secret of inner joy,

the key to blessedness and the pathway to peace, serenity and inner

clam, where there is no fretting, agitation or restlessness.

 

The peace of God pervades the entire earth; the peace of God pervades

everywhere, without and within. The peace of God is the one great

truth underlying all things, ever-present, ever-accessible and

available, ever-full and inexhaustible.

 

Try to live in the light of this truth, and the heart and mind will

be at ease. Never compare and contrast, because there is no comparing

and contrasting amongst unique things. Every little fledgling hatched

from an egg is unique to its parents; so is each being unique in

itself, for God is the parent of all. Hence sages and saints and men

of wisdom look upon all with equal vision.

 

Therefore, rejoice that you are special to God in His infinite love.

Rejoice that you have your own special place and role to perform in

this creation of God. And rejoice that His love is immediately

available to you, for He is not a remote reality, but He is the

indwelling Reality, nearer to you than anything else on earth. And

rejoice that within you is the peace of God as your own Self. You are

God’s peace and you have a duty to perform, that is, to spread this

peace which you are to one and all. Live to spread this peace!

 

… Swami Chidananda