Quote from
the True Charm and Power of Vedanta
Spiritual
Practice
It is
best for the ordinary Sadhaka , the spiritual aspirant not to concern himself
with human love. Let him give himself heart and soul to God as He is in
Himself. That will purify his mind and clarify his vision. If he indulges in
human love as an ally in the path of spirituality, there is every chance of
Moha, infatuation, stopping in, with a blurring of the spiritual vision and
eventual fail. All such experiments must be carefully avoided . But the right
and privilege is always left of serving others as God Himself –but observe. It must
always be as God, and not as man; and there must be as reference to the usual
love-relations. The human element must not be allowed to creep in ; for they
are fraught with danger.
We must here insist that what we have written above, only applies to sincere spiritual aspirants and not to the average man. There are many who are redeemed by the touch of human love. There are many again. Whose life would dry up without the springs of human love? Most men are in this condition. Then duties then are in this condition. Their duty then is to conceive their love-relations in the best possible spirit, to purify, ennoble, and exalt them. Then they are for their good and essential to it. But beyond even this noble state, is the life spiritual . when a man has been sated with human love, when a man has been sated with human love, when finite life and reality have made him restless to escape their limitations, when his heart yearns for the Infinite and Eternal, even as the mother cries for her child, then spiritual life begins . and then so called human love appears as a dark, deep, weed-smothered well, to quoted the significant description. Of Sri Ramakrishna . Like the fabulous Cahataka bird, a man then cries for the rain-drops in order to slake his thirst and refuses to drink from rivers or ponds evewn though they be full.
The modern
age with its cheap idealism, its secularity and tendency to cover the corpse
with flowers has been trying to create a glamour about normal life, the life,
of the senses and surface mind . spiritual aspirants , if they are serious and
sincere must beware of its pitfalls .
men have tried in every age to idealize the real, to shut their eyes to the
grim reality that this world with all
the joys and sweets is after all false .
but they have not succeeded yet and they never will .
Live
without regrets
By Atul
Sehgal
Life is a mixed bag. For most of us, it brings goodies interspersed with adversities and many opportunities for progress. Some folks are deeply regretful of missed opportunities, follies or blunders that cost them heavily through the course of their lives. Yet, there are others who always appear to be thankful for what life gave them, never regretful for what they did not get.
Regret
may appear to be a natural emotion to some, but to others, it is equally
natural to never grieve over their past or present adversities. Regret can also
be a negative emotion that dissipates your mental and physical energies.
The
only difference between regret and worry is that the former is in the context
of past and the latter in the context of future. In the spiritual context,
regret means a mental expression of unhappiness with some action or outcome.
One should remember that man always acts as per his best understanding in each
situation. Unforeseen problems can emerge and they could be absolutely beyond
his control.
Then
why should an unfavourable outcome bother him? Fretting or regretting,
therefore, is against the immanent and inviolable laws of the universe set in
operation by the creator. Regret is different from remorse, in the sense that
remorse is a feeling of penance for the wrongs committed by a person.
It sets
him on a corrective course. In the divine setting, whatever happens is for your
ultimate betterment. Learn from your mistakes but never curse yourself. So, no
regrets, happy living.
IF HE EXIST
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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