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True charm and power of Vedanta
Bliss through Bhakti Search for Everlasting Blissfulness
This brings us to the practice of bhakti as a means of attaining everlasting superlative Bliss. Since bhakti begins with love and has love of God as the very aim to be achieved it is blissful from beginning to end. Here God is Beloved. He is the most blissful. Even by thinking of our beloved in the world we are filled with joy . it is natural to expect that by thinking of God the embodiment of love and bliss one would be filled with much greater and deeper joy. To know that the lord is dearer then the dearest nearer then the nearest, and loves us more then any one else, fills us with great joy .o others may fail or may abandon us but the Lord will never. Mortal are weak but the Lord is free from blemishes and is immortal. to feel the presence such a Beloved is a source of great joy and bliss. Since the impure uncultured, and crude mind seeks name and forms and sense pleasure , why not give it the sweet name of God and his blissful form to mediate upon . as the mind goes on becoming purer and pure by thinking of God with form and taking his holy name it will be ale to drive greater and greater bliss even without they help of name and from. Let us replace vaishyananda joy of sense enjoyment with bhajan ananda the joy of singing the glories of God ,a d this will lead us to Brhamananda the joy of union with God
Let go of all that is causing negative emotions
By Dada J P Vaswani
Let go, let go, let God! Sounds so simple, doesn’t it? And yet most of us know that this is not as easy as it sounds. Indeed, it is a question that each of us must ask ourselves: Why don’t we let go? The answer could lie in attachment, insecurity, fear, or simply, the desire to control everything ourselves, even if it is having disastrous consequences.
Life is a roller coaster with its highs and lows that sometimes propels us to dizzy heights and then pushes us into a precipitous fall. When the going is good, when we are on a ‘high’ as people call it, we enjoy the ride. Failure and loss, disappointment and disruption of normalcy create negative emotions which soon express themselves in a mood of depression, gloom, despair and frustration.
Gurudev Sadhu Vaswani would often say that our so-called disappointments are His appointments, and that He upsets our plans only to set up His own – which are bound to be, in the long run, much better for us.
An effective way of dealing with despair and frustration is to go to the root of the matter, analyse and understand our own feelings and then to ‘let go’ of whatever is causing destructive, negative emotions.
Even if circumstances appear formidable and totally out of our control, it is important to remember that we can always choose to respond and react to the most adverse conditions in a positive and constructive way. In other words, our attitude is, and always should be, within our control. When we learn to cultivate such an attitude, we will find it far easier to face the challenges that life throws at us; above all, we become ready and willing to allow Divine guidance to lead us on the right path.
Life does not come to us with a special warranty. Change, as they say, is the only constant in life. Given this kind of uncertainty, the wise ones amongst us imbibe the valuable lesson that in this transient, impermanent life, everything passes away, sooner or later. That is why our sages and saints gave us the mantra: This too shall pass.
The call to ‘let go’ is made by several faiths and their sacred scriptures, including the Bhagwad Gita: “Renouncing all rites and writ duties, come to me for single refuge,” Krishna tells Arjun. “Do not fear, for I shall save you from all bondage to suffering and sin.”
The solution to most of our problems is to let go, in the name of God. Trust His wisdom to solve your problems when you feel that you can’t handle them yourself. It is particularly important to let go of petty resentments and losses. In the larger context of life, these issues are so petty and trivial. If you wish to nurture relationships, letting go of small irritations is a must. When you let go of your bitterness and anger, you will be surprised to realise how much more valuable life is, and how necessary it is to build lasting bonds with those you love.
August 2, Dada JP Vaswani’s birthday, is celebrated as Global Forgiveness Day by observing a ‘moment of calm’ at 2 pm. For details, visit www.momentofcalm.or
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