The Essences of Gita

 

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The Essences of Gita

The scriptures say that we should first of all study the Vedas That gives us faith in moral values and these values are rooted in action. To live up to them we do different types of work. White working we have varied experience of joy and sorrow and gradually we come to know that this world is a passing show. As a result we stop working for our own enjoyment or glorification and try instead to do work in a detached way as matter of duty. In this way the mind and the intellect gradually become purified and we totally stop calculating our own gain and loss ,. This is what real “giving up” means. Once this kind of detachment produced by right thinking takes root in our lives and intense desire to attain the eternal Reality grows in the heart and also the knowledge of Reality dawns at that very moment. Then we perceive the One in everything and to every way. Within and without , we are only the One, and nothing but the One. One this knowledge of the One comes it does not go away. Once the mirage is known to be the play of light over the sands , no more can it be mistaken for water.

But even after having the knowledge of the One, it is possible to work by bringing back to some extent the ides of the “many” in order to teach others or to work for some other special purpose . Sri Ramkrishna used to say, “It is like what expert singers can do. They can rise to a high scale of musical pitch and also can down again to a lower scale. they can produce sound on any pitch they wish. Thus knower of the One are capable of working as well as not working . But try as they may, they cannot , unlike other people , view enjoyment , wealth, success and fame as the things worth attaining or as the sole purpose of life. Those who have seen a mirage and have realized that it si not really water my  see the mirage again, but they will never go to it to quench their thirst. This too is just like that.

 

Healthy mind, healthy body

Acharya Mahaprajna

 

Mental health promotes physical health. The reverse is also true. The mind and the body are two mutually connected entities. However, the mind’s influence on the body is deeper than that of the body on the mind. Mental health is connected with the feeling of equality. Without this feeling the mind cannot be healthy.

 

The principle of equality is also the principle of mental health. One principle of mental health is: Know thyself. One who does not know his own strength and weakness cannot be mentally healthy. We do not know our strength because we are weak and we feel a sense of being wretched. We become excited when somebody misbehaves with us because we do not know our weakness. In such cases we overlook ourselves and try to find fault with others.

Another principle of mental health is the willingness to admit one’s responsibility for whatever has been done. We are not prepared to visualise the consequences of our actions and that is why our mind has no peace. It is unhealthy to avoid responsibility for our actions. It can lead to mental illness. One needs courage to admit his faults. A weak mind does not have this courage.

 

One should take responsibility for the good as well as bad consequences of one’s actions. It is the weak who find fault with others. They want to save their own skin. We generally like to be praised for our good actions but are not prepared to be blamed for the bad consequences of our actions

 

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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Towards the Goal Supreme

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Towards the Goal Supreme

Only an Incarnation of God can be free from faults and imperfections and endowed with all the blessed qualities. the conduct and dealings even of a man of Realization of a highly advanced and revered spiritual teacher, or of a fully qualified Guru, may not be entirely without defects or imperfections, errors of judgment or lack of proper understanding of song sort or other. But their exceptional merits predominate to such an extent that even their defects and eccentricities often serve as embellishments to their character and make them all the more loveable . Besides leaving apart these exalted personages, the age of love does not see the ugliness or blemishes of persons who are loved or adored.

Convert Pain Into Wisdom

By SADHGURU JAGGI VASUDEV

For many people nowadays, whatever has happened in the past has become an excuse for what they are right now, ‘I am like this because somebody abused me.’ I am not saying this without any concern or lack of compassion for such things, but this problem has taken on major proportions.

 

If they do something nasty and somebody asks them, ‘Why did you do such a thing?’ people say, ‘When I was a child, you know what my uncle did to me?’ Iam not trying to belittle somebody’s unpleasant experiences. I know there is pain behind it, but do we want to continue to harvest pain or do we want to convert this pain into wisdom and harvest wisdom out of our experience of life?

 

That is a choice every human being has. Especially if you have been abused, if you have been put through unpleasant situations in your life, you should be sensible enough not to put anybody else in those situations. Isn’t that an intelligent way to be? But many people just use the unpleasant experiences in their past as something to hide behind. If something unpleasant happens to us, what should be our first thought? ‘This should never again happen to me or to anyone.’

 

This is very human. But because something unpleasant happened to you, if you repeat that and say, ‘I am doing this because they did it to me,’ this needs to be looked at. Especially if you have been abused and you know the pain of being abused, you should ensure it never happens to anybody.

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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To Take a Deep Breath

 

Quote from the True Charm and Power of Vedanta

Wishing you happiness 

Live one day at a time

Avoid unhealthy worries.

Reduce your desires,

Take notice of simple things.

Trust in God.

Be friendly

Be satisfied

Appreciate yourself

Make love your sole aim

Care for others

Choose…

You are happy when you view each day as a fresh beginning bright with promise, and never define yourself in terms of past accomplishments.

Today is a fresh day be it sad of gay, 

Try new things in a new way,

No matter what it may be.

A chance to make a fresh beginning.

And to change failure into winning.

To live a little better.

And let your faith not shatter.

You can be a winner,

When God is on your side,

Just trust His loving care

For He can turn the tide.

You are happy when you avoid unhealthy worries about tomorrow, for it never frees tomorrow of the sorrow, but only saps today of its strength in other words worry dissipates our strength and inhabits the enjoyment and intensify of the present moment

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To Take a Deep Breath

NARAYANI GANESH

 

For people like me who like spending time outdoors, breathing in freely circulating air and enjoying the wind in one’s hair and the rustle of leaves underfoot, the gym is not a good option. A closed environment symbolically shuts down the feeling of liberation and openness, and despite long periods on the treadmill and other devices, one is left wanting; even stressed.

 

But, for urban dwellers in India, there are very few outdoor outlets that are not polluted, dirty, dusty or crowded. The Swedes are lucky: 70% of Sweden is covered with forest, so nature is within reach for most people, wherever they live. In a small country like Britain, the sea is never more than 70 km away (on an average), no matter which part of the Isle you live in.

 

In large countries like India, however, with large populations and high density, accessing the clean outdoors is a luxury. In natural surroundings, one’s mental and physical health find space to bloom, untrammelled by constrictions so typical in indoor settings. We feel less of negative emotions and stress levels plummet.

 

Which is why ‘forest bathing’ is so popular in Japan, where city dwellers are encouraged to spend time walking amidst trees in forested areas to open their minds and boost their physical health. The Covid-19 pandemic has perforce kept most of us indoors for most part of a whole year — something unimaginable in ‘normal’ times.

 

And the situation continues indefinitely. Yet, even as the lockdowns reveal the importance of family time, frugality, creativity and de-cluttering, they have also brought home to us the value of the outdoors and how much we miss it.

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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Spiritual initiation

 

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Spiritual initiation

Five Codes of Conduct

Our conduct should be in tune with our state of being initiated. I recommend . I recommend following five codes of conduct in the time of initiation . There is nothing secret about it. Everybody should know it. Hence I speak for everyone . No one can move towards God, unless he is pure to conduct . to precede towards God the conduct must be pure.

We often here about the necessity of taking pure food. Does it mean that our diet should include sufficient clarified butter? Not that . Pure food . this is the scriptural injection. The food that is beneficial both for the body and the mind and for building them up is to be consumed as much as the body needs it, i.e. one must not eat to satisfy one’s greed. We must partake of the food with the idea that if will nourish our body and mind, and we shall use the nourished body and mind for contemplation of God  

Purification of one’s conduct is even more important than purification of food. We shall state here the five types of good conduct.

1.     We should pray for the welfare of all.

2.   We must hold on to truth always in such a way that under no circumstance should we deviate from it.

3.   Let us not cheat anybody or deceive anybody by cheating somebody; Let us be satisfied with what is due. This is honesty in our dealing with others it is of great help in the spiritual path.

4.   We have to bring all our sense organs under our control. Let us not be guided by them. Control ever one or two sense organs will not do. All the sense are to be brought under control . it is a must for spiritual life.

5.   
Life is meant for thinking of God and for raising Him . lead a simple straightforward and natural life. We should not seek luxury. I do not mean that all should wear clothes like beggars or live miserably. I mean we should strive to maintain ourselves with minimum requirements  . we should be absolutely free form greed. The man who earns thousand rupees a month wants to earn five thousand instead. Another one earning five thousand wants to  earn ten thousand instead. In a similar fashion others are after a target of one lakh from ten thousand and even one crore from one lakh and so on., this is how our desires are continuously increasing . such ever incensing craving keep the mind constantly restless.

Meditate for progress’ sake

The Speaking Tree, , ET

In the face of life’s challenges, it is difficult to focus on spiritual growth. When we sit down to meditate, these difficulties keep us from stilling the body and mind, which is critical to focus our attention within and make inner spiritual progress.

 

Saints and spiritual masters teach us how to deal with life’s ups and downs, so that they do not impact us spiritually. To do so, we first need to realise that we are not the body or mind but soul. We need to understand the importance of cleansing ourselves and of leading the right kind of life that takes us Godward.

 

We are like a pipe; the cleaner the pipe, the more easily God’s Light and love can flow through us. We have a choice to either allow our pipe to get clogged or to cleanse it so that the divine waters flow smoothly through it. It all depends on how we live our life. As we do so, we awaken from leading an unconscious life where we believe we are simply the body, mind and intellect to a life of consciousness where we embrace our true nature as soul, a part of God. We awaken to the beauty of God’s love that permeates the inner worlds, and we are imbued in God’s Light and love.

 

With this Light, all darkness is dispelled. We develop right understanding about our human existence. When we entertain negative thoughts, words and deeds, we clog our pipe. In contrast, when we lead an ethical life and regularly focus our attention within through meditation, we pierce the walls of body and mind and connect with the divine Light of God. Meditation serves as a mechanism to pierce through the barriers that impede our spiritual progress.

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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