Monday,
03 June 2019
The Secret of Happiness
Quote from the True Charm and Power of Vedanta
The greatest joy of a chase Hindu wife is to serve her
husband. And Sri Ramakrishna was not an ordinary husband. He was a saint, a
rishi, nay, he was the prophet of the modern age. What can be a greater privilege
than to be get the opportunity of serving him?
One is reminded of Sita, the chaste wife of Rama . When Rama
was banished to forest, he told Sita to remain at home, and serve her in –laws pointing
to the hardships of the forest. But Sita categorically said that for her forest
will be heaven with him, while living in the palace with all amenities will be
like living in hell. Except for the period when she was stolen away by Ravana
and confined as a prisoner. Sita had the privilege of being close to Rama
constantly.
But while Sita was constantly with Rama, Sri Sarada Devi did
not have this good fortune. There were times, when even while living in a room
only few feet away from Sri Ramakrishna she could not meet him or see him for
months at a stretch . And yet she did
not complain! She would console herself saying to herself, that she was not really
qualified by good karmas, to have the vision, darshan of Sri Ramakrishna every
day!
What does this period of the Holy Mother teach us, so far as
the secret of happiess is concerned? That dedicate, unselfish service of the
person especially whom we love and adore is a great source of joy. Secondly,
living in proximity of someone whom we love and adore also gives great
satisfaction. Thirdly we shall have to face hardships and privations all
through our life all these must be patiently borne. Patience and tolerance are great
virtues and conduce to great happiness.
And finally containment .Holy Mother herself used to say. There
is no treasure lie patience and there is no virtue higher then forbearance. in
Patanjali yoga sutras , it is said that the practice of contentment under all
circumstances leads to superlative happiness. Courtesy secret of
Happiness
Higher
level of awareness
The Speaking Tree | Spirituality | ET
By Alfredo S Younis
We are living in a world of major awakening. We are not only
part of this experience of awakening; we happen to be the architects. I often
ask myself: how would I like to wake up tomorrow morning? What would be my
ideal awakening? What would I like my eyes to see? We want a world free of
poverty, crime, racism, a world full of equality and understanding, where
people are in happiness. We want a world without environmental destruction.
The essential lesson we need to learn from spiritual leaders
like Dadi Janki (Brahmakumaris) is that it is not a matter of being only
spiritual — we need to be trustees of the purity of knowledge. It is not just a
matter of knowing, it is what we really self-realise and how that knowledge
makes us live our life in a particular way.
One of the most interesting things in my conversations with
Dadi Janki is the high degree of consistency. A spiritual leader is effective
if she has transformational value. You would be able to recognise that person
as a teacher because they have transformed your life by their mere existence.
Speaking well and giving knowledge is not everything; there is something more.
This universal transforming value should also become the
engine and ultimate ingredient that moves all institutions in our society,
because, in the end, institutions are people. Factories don’t exist without
humans.
Governments don’t exist without people. The higher the level
of consciousness, the higher will be the level of awareness and the higher the
ability
DISCLAIMER : Views expressed above are the author's own.
But, if
He exists?
I
drive joy There was a doctor in Benaras who spent 7 minutes in the morning and
evening for mediation on God. Knowing this, his colleagues and friends laughed
at him. One day they argued that he was wasting ten precious minutes on
something, which he had been misled into believing. The doctor replied, “Well,
if God does not exist, I agree that I am wasting ten minutes a day. But, if He
exists? I am afraid you are wasting your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste ten
minutes rather than a lifetime. Why should you grudge me the 10 minutes joy
that I derive 4m.
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