Quote from the true charm and power of Vedanta
Spiritual Healing
All real healing is quite involuntary. It comes from the central reservoir of life, and that reservoir is shut off when our consciousness is fixed on the physical. If we are overcome by aches and pains and look to material means only for relief, this may come or it may not but even if it comes, it will be merely temporary. There can be permanent healing only when we turn to the Source of all supply which is within. We must learn to retire within. We must learn to retire within ourselves when there is any trouble. Whatever overtakes us –whether it is physical illness, nervous excitement or mental disturbance-we must not reach out to the external world for help, we must try rather to make ourselves more fit for the manifestation of the divine Spirit. If we can draw close the cosmic Source within ourselves, we shall be relieved from our aches and pains and darkness.
That inner Light the wise men say is the cure for all ailments, but we do not seek help there. We seek everywhere else; we turn to the spiritual Source as a last resort. Yet until we bring ourselves into contact with That, we shall have no real peace or rest or strength Mediation therefore becomes a vital factor in all healing. I have known many instances of involuntary cures, through mediation, and it is easy to explain them. The power of mediation enables me to transcend the physical to forget the limited self with its endless concerns and occupations, which now absorb and distract the mind.
Your response to situations can immortalise you
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One of the elements in storytelling is to keep a little secret going till the end. Some call it suspense, others call it the climax. As a story is being told, there comes a twist, an unexpected challenge, and the plot intensifies. The listener typically asks, “And then what happened?” and there comes a turn of events. O’Henry was known for the sudden twist at the end of his stories.
Adikavi Valmiki wrote his famed story of the Ramayan, which has inspired
many generations, with a difference. It may be surprising to learn that in the
very first chapter, he tells the entire story of the Ramayan, with all the
details. If he has missed out anything, he repeats the entire story in the
third chapter again, right to the end when Ravan is slain and Ram returns to Ayodhya
and is coronated.
Whether you read the Ramayan with devotion or as a piece of literature,
the mind could feel an ennui since the story is completely revealed at the very
beginning. But the charming thing about reading Valmiki is that interest never flags.
Why?
The secret lies in framing the question. The Ramayan begins with Valmiki
asking Narad, who was visiting his ashram, a question that he had been
pondering over. “Who, in this wide world, is endowed with all qualities? Who is
he who knows the right from wrong, is courageous, abides by dharma, is full of
resolve, committed to Truth, has integrity in his actions, is full of moral
rectitude, a man of knowledge, powerful, humble, who has subdued his senses, is
gentle and soft spoken, splendorous, has a generous heart but when provoked can
make even gods tremble?” Valmiki wonders if there can be one person who has all
these qualities and more.
Narad agrees that it is a rather difficult question, but yes, he does know
of such a person. And he proceeds to tell Valmiki the entire story of Ramayan.
Valmiki hears attentively. The conversation comes to an end and feeling edified
and happy, Valmiki proceeds to river Tamasa for a dip when he sees two krauncha
birds in great harmony. Even as he is appreciating them, a hunter kills one,
leaving the other helpless in grief. An enraged Valmiki pronounces a curse. And
suddenly he finds his curse has found poetic expression.
He is struck by the metre and rhyme in his curse … Then Brahma himself
comes to tell him, “I was the one who created this situation and also gave you
the power of expression so that you may tell the story of the Ramayan.” And
then Brahma tells him the story of Ram all over again.
So within the first three chapters, the entire story is told twice. That
is because the focus of the Ramayan is not on Ram killing Ravan. It is on the
qualities of Ram and his character. The storyline is but a series of challenges
that come his way … challenges to his integrity, courage, generosity, his
commitment to Truth and so on.
It does not matter which trajectory your life takes; it does not matter
who behaves how. What matters is your response. And that is what immortalises
men and women.
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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