Monday, 02 March 2020
Quote from True Charm and Power of Vedanta
Over coming fear of Death
Did our life begin with this bodily existence ? That is
not possible, for something cannot come out of nothing. like a tree it must
spring from a seed sown some where . the
feelings and tendencies and aspirations which we possess here must have had
their origin in some previous state. They must be the result of past experience
and effort. Who keeps the record of our past? You may ask. Not God. Do not
imagine that an invisible Providence keep a record and determines our reward
and punishment. It is we ourselves who keep the record. In our own character
and condition of life is stored up record of every selfish and of every loving
thought, of every good or bad deed; and we receive the fruits of these.
Life offers us innumerable opportunities. We cannot
complain that we lack them. We are placed just where we can advance most
quickly. We may not believe it. We may think that some one else has a better
chance than we have; but the all –wise One knows what is best suited for each
one; and if we have true longing and love for the ideal, we shall take the
material placed in our hand and out of it mould a beautiful life. The lesson we
have to learn is not how we can get better opportunities, but how we may make
the best use of those we have. We take our place according to our merit. No one
can force us to take any other place than the one we deserve. We cannot stay
where we do not belong . even if some one should put us in the most perfect
region, we would find ourselves out of place there . we should not know how to
speak the language of that region , nor should we be able to enjoy the freedom
it might offer us.
Conscious Thoughts
The Speaking Tree , India | ET
By SHRI SHRI ANANDAMURTI
The human mind gains knowledge of an object through
perception or cognition when one or more than one of its characteristics are
conspicuously manifested. Objects give expression to their inherent
characteristics through actional expressions.
Actional expressions are determined by the nature of
gunas. Where there is no guna, there is no actional expression. Consequently,
there is no manifestation of the inherent characteristics of an object. An
entity in which the gunas operate is called baddha purusha (one in bondage).
The gunas bring the abstract within the scope of the world of perception,
conception and sensation.
Body and mind of the microcosm are under bondage of Maya,
so microcosmic consciousness is also baddha purusha. By its actional
expression, it tries to maintain an existence separate from Macrocosmic
Consciousness.
Brahmn is not in bondage. Brahmn is an unbroken flow of
Consciousness. There is nothing outside Brahmn and, thus, there is no way to
discern His characteristics from without. But where there is an expression of
internal assimilation, there is an incessant flow of thought that causes the
creation, maintenance and dissolution of the entire universe.
This Macrocosmic thought process originates and functions
within the Cosmic Mind, and takes place due to the influence of the three
gunas. The characteristics of Brahmn that have been described in the Vedas or
in Tantra are only in the form of conation, as internal psychic thoughts.
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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