Quote from true charm and Power of Vedanta
He Who
During the initial stages of spiritual life, the devotee cannot help, thinking of God as outside of himself and as the embodiment of power. He attributes to Him human sentiments, even if we can rise above the conception of human forms. And he wants to come into living touch with Him, to enter into an intimate and personal relationship with Him, and to receive His protection and guidance. A sage fo the Rig Vedas prayed, “Be of easy approach to us, even as a father to his son. Do Thou, O self-effulgent Lord, abide with us and bring blessings to us “(Rig Veda) The advanced devotee clearly aces the Divine also immanent in Nature and worships Him saying Salutations to the God who is in the fire, who is in the water, who has pervade the whole universe, who is in the plants and who is in the trees.” (Svetasvatara Upanishad2.17)
Next as result of mental purification and introspection brought about by devotion, the aspirant feels within himself the presence of the Divine which he has been worshiping outside. The sages of the Upanishad realized the Self-conscious Principle immanent in themselves as well as in all beings and declared. “It is the ear of ear, te mind of mind , the speech of speech the breath of breath, the eye of eye” (Kena Upanishad) And finally there comes the grand realization of the infinite Divine Existence that is imminent and transcendent at the same time as declared in the Upanishad passages.
“He who dwells in the earth , and it within the earth, whom the earth does
not know , whose body the earth is, and who controls the earth from within- He
is the Self , the controller within , the immortal”
“He who dwells in the sky and is within
the sky, whom the sky does not know, whose body the sky is , and who controls
the sky from within-He si the Self, the controller within, immortal”
“He who dwells in the mind, and is within the mind, whom the mind does not
know , whose body and mind is and who controls the mind from within-He is the
Self, the controller within the immortal “
When prized possessions gain immortality
By Sudhamahi Regunathan , TOI
One of the side effects of the pandemic has been that every one, at some
time or other, has ‘cleaned’ their house. Looking at all the stuff they have
collected they have asked almost innocently, ‘How did we manage to collect so
much?’ Suitcases and cupboards full of clothes and other things that one had
not even seen for the past few years but could still not be thrown away.
“Our desire to possess says a lot about us,” says psychologist Bruce Hood.
“We own so many things that often the garage is full of stuff while the car is
standing in the driveway.” Author of Possessed, a book about possession and the
madness to do so, Hood says in an interview, “There is a little demon inside us
that is compelling us to go for more and more things. Our need to have more
than we actually require is born out of a desire to control.”
It is true that when a child goes to the park with a ball of his own, he
becomes the leader to those who have not brought their playing balls. So this
desire for the power of control is born rather young. And then we have memories attached to that
ball … the first one my daughter played with or the one with which I won a game
and so on. We never throw it away.
Does our self-esteem come from these past glories that we need to preserve
them all? Does our sense of identity suck in these material objects too?
In the Valmiki Ramayan, Ram and Sita were preparing to go to the forest on
their 14-year exile and the first thing that Ram told Sita was, “Now that you
have decided to come with me, give away all your belongings.” She began
distributing all her jewellery instantly.
Ram instructed Lakshman to collect all his possessions. They made a pretty
pile with so much glitter and dazzle. Ram then began distributing them,
carefully and with affection. Ram and Sita gave away not only their jewellery
but also the livestock in their care, even their furniture.
They looked for the right person for their things. To the young disciples
of sages, Ram said enough should be given so that they could pay their guru’s
fees and would still be able to get married and manage a life thereafter. He
gave to those who would be looking after his mother in his absence. He gave to
young women who did not have adequate support and so on.
A man called Trijata was very poor and could not feed his family. He came
to meet Ram. His wife had suggested he go ask Ram for she had heard he was
distributing his wealth. Ram zested with him by giving him a stick and saying
that he would get as many cattle as would fall within the area where his stick
fell. Trijata did cover quite a distance, but Ram gave him even more than what
fell within that mark.
There have always been many a Trijata around us. Would we honour and give
a longer life to our precious belongings, if we gave them away with joy in our
hearts?
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 7 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 7 minutes a day. But, if He exists? I am afraid you are wasting
your entire lifetime. I prefer to waste 7 minutes rather than a lifetime. Why
should you grudge me the 7minutes joy that I derive 4m.-
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